Filed Date: 4/17/1985
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 7/5/2016
REQUESTED BY: Senator Sandra K. Scofield Nebraska State Legislature 2000 State Capitol Lincoln, Nebraska 68509
Dear Senator Scofield:
You have asked if LB 662 of the Eighty-ninth Legislature, First Session (1985), which is on final reading, contains more than one subject.
The title to LB 662 is quite long and no useful purpose would be gained by quoting the same verbatim herein. We note, however, that it recites that it is "an act relating to schools," the statutes to be amended, and analyzes much of the details of the bill.
Section
If an act has but one general object, no matter how broad that object may be, and contains no matter not germane thereto, and the title fairly expresses the subject of the bill, it does not violate Article III, Section 14, of the Constitution.
Anderson v. Tiemann,
Applying the above quoted rule to LB 662, it appears to us that LB 662 contains but one subject and the title fairly expresses the subject of the bill. We are therefore of the opinion that LB 662 does not violate Section
Very truly yours,
ROBERT M. SPIRE Attorney General
Harold Mosher Assistant Attorney General