AGO 1994-44.

• Court: Kansas

Kansas Attorney General Opinions 1994. AGO 1994-44. April 31, 1994 ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION No. 94-44The Honorable Doug WalkerState Senator, Twelfth DistrictState Capitol, 138-NTopeka, Kansas 66612-1504 Re: Constitution of the State of Kansas--Legislative --Subject and Title of Bills; Amendment or Revival of Statutes; Two Subjects in One Bill Synopsis: The provisions of 1994 house bill no. 2056 do not embrace two or more subjects which are so dissimilar and discordant that the provisions cannot reasonably be considered as having any legitimate connection with or relationship to each other. The bill does not violate section 16 of article 2 of the Kansas constitution. Cited herein: K.S.A. 72-5443; K.S.A. 1993 Supp. 72-6410; 72-6433; K.S.A. 76-11a03; Kan. Const., art. 2, sec. 16; 1994 House Bill No. 2056.* * * Dear Senator Walker: As ranking minority member of the senate education committee, you request our opinion regarding the constitutionality of 1994 house bill no. 2056 (H.B. 2056). Specifically, you ask whether the bill includes multiple subjects in violation of section 16 of article 2 of the constitution of the state of Kansas. The house committee on education introduced H.B. 2056. As originally considered by the house committee, the bill was titled: "AN ACT concerning teachers employed at the state school for the blind or the state school for the deaf; relating to hearings provided upon notice of nonrenewal or termination of contracts of employment. . . ." In its original form, H.B. 2056 contained twelve sections and amended a number of statutes in article 11a of chapter 76 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated. The statutes amended in the original form of H.B. 2056 were applicable only to teachers employed by the Kansas state school for the deaf and the Kansas state school for the blind. See K.S.A. 76-11a03 et seq. The bill was passed by the house on February 10, 1993. During a hearing of the senate committee on education, H.B. 2056 was amended to include: a section amending K.S.A. 72-5443 regarding the role of a hearing officer in due process hearings of teachers employed by unified school districts; a section amending K.S.A. 1993 Supp. 72-6410 increasing the base state aid per pupil; and a section amending K.S.A. 1993 Supp. 72-6433 regarding a cap on the local option budget. The title of H.B. 2056 was amended to...