What Is the Governor's Most Significant Constitutional Budget Power

question 19

Multiple Choice

What is the governor's most significant constitutional budget power?

• A) Transferring funds from one line item to another
• B) Reducing funds in one or more line items on his own initiative
• C) Vetoing all or part of the biennial legislative appropriations act
• D) Submitting a draft budget for legislative consideration
• E) Appointing members to the House Finance Committee

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Definitions:

Mailbox Rule

A legal principle that an offer is considered accepted once the acceptance is dispatched, not when it is received by the offeror.

Verbal Acceptance

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