Walker, 062415 AKAGO, AGO JU2015200327

• Case Date: June 24, 2015
• Court: Alaska

The Honorable Bill Walker AGO JU2015200327 No. JU2015200327 Alaska Attorney General Opinions June 24, 2015          The Honorable Bill Walker          Governor          State of Alaska          P.O. Box 110001          Juneau, Alaska 99811-0001          Re: HCS CSSB 26(FIN) am H: Fiscal Year 2016 Capital Budget Our file: JU2015200327          Dear Governor Walker:          This is a supplement to our bill review of May 12, 2015, for HCS CSSB 26(FIN) am H, making and amending appropriations, including capital appropriations, supplemental appropriations, reappropriations, and other appropriations; and making appropriations to capitalize funds.          While we adhere to our prior review of this bill, we wished to bring to your attention our concerns with delay of the legislature in delivering this bill to you Although the bill was passed by the Twenty-Ninth Alaska State Legislature on April 27, 2015, this bill was not transmitted to you until June 22, 2015, after adjournment of the Second Special Session of the Twenty-Ninth Alaska State Legislature. Since the legislature was not in session at the time of transmittal, you have twenty days, excluding Sundays, to sign or veto the bill; if you neither sign nor veto the bill, it becomes law without signature as provided under art. II, sec. 17, Constitution of the State of Alaska. Because this is an appropriations bill, you may exercise your line item veto authority to strike or reduce items in the bill (art. II, sec. 15).          The bill has various effective dates—April 19, 2015, June 30, 2015, and July 1, 2015. Sections 46 - 48, page 63. You have until July 15, 2015, to take action on the bill (although nothing prevents you from taking action earlier than July 15, 2015).          The delayed transmittal raises two issues. First, we wish to alert you to our general concern over delay in delivery of this bill to you Once a bill has passed both houses, transmittal to you for consideration is a mandatory and ministerial function (1981 Inf Op. Att'y Gen. (July 6; File no. J-66-005-82). A substantial delay in delivery to you of a bill that has passed both...