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OFFICEOFTHEATTORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS
AUSTIN
iionorabls mdney LdJmn
stxrotary of state
.&uets.n
, 1 cxas
DOarU'.~atkauil
Your statement
quoet for an opinien by
t11sirov%rnor for his
0 Le@alature cui3ourn-
m%uav0lnor tileI
HE an slay 17, 194s.
noted that the bill was 8-t to
n the ls~t ten days of the Sfms-
Iain the class of billa upon
Ilk%&twmty af&ys Rftar fins1
ti&xmment of ~tI.10
Seeelan to act under i;ection
14 of Mticlc 4 af the Const~tuticm~ but the bill
was felodl in this office bM%re the mp,iration nT
t&s twexltp cIi3y
period.
The tlnswer is, Senate 13111293 becam tXPfeet-
ive hay 17, 1943, upon the filing by the (iwernor oi
t&e Aii.11
in the office of the Seoretary of State vith-
out ilLssipatklre.
The reMOR for tiis oIISiV@r IS l;hRtthe tKf?nty
days alloworftu the mvernor under the ciroumstano~
stated by you 1Pithin which to file the Uill uith his ob-
jeationa or apprwal are days of gram or privilege of
tima within 8h.isl1 .U wy exerotee his dla0reUon of
exeoutivc ~pyroval or tisapproval. uilan,bowevQC,
won thou& short of tlmt period he has esoraised
tileparogativo, iiehas fully tunctioned,the matter
La out of U.6 control, and the MU becomes ePf%ctlve
a0cording to its tams as though ha had neglected to
exercise the privilegeof the full twenty days allowsd
him.
our recent oylnion so. o-l&Ho 18 analogous'in
prinaiple, though not identical ln substmoe, and ve tu-e
hamUng you hweu$t.h a aopy of that opinion.
Very truly youre,
OS-Wl
enoloeure