OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An
Oklahoma City attorney says a charter school bill that was amended in
the final days of the 2012 Legislature to include a $30 million
appropriation for textbooks is unconstitutional.
Attorney Jerry Fent sued
Gov. Mary Fallin in October claiming that Senate Bill 1816 contains two
subject matters in violation of the Constitution's prohibition on
logrolling, or creating legislation with multiple subjects. Fent told a
state Supreme Court referee Tuesday that the entire bill should be
invalidated.
But Assistant Attorney
General Nancy Zerr says the appropriation and the portion of the bill
dealing with charter schools all deal with education and are not
unconstitutional logrolling.
Referee Gregory Albert says
he will write a report on the issue and present it to the Supreme
Court, which will make the final decision.
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