Saturday, June 15, 2013

Governor Perry vetoes a total of 26 pieces of legislation from the 83rd session

Here is the official statement from the governor's office about the final bunch.

And a list of all vetoes, again from the governor's office, and a similar list from the Texas Legislature Online.

I'll detail the reasoning behind each of these vetoes in separate posts.

Here's further commetary:

- The Dallas Morning News criticizes his decision to veto two ethics bils and to use line item veto authority to stop funding of the Public Integrity Unit which is investigating the cancer research center. They suggest the cut might actually be illegal.