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DELEGATE CHABOT: Well, I have some uncertaintie
about how it would fit into 4.03, and the reason is that we
use the word, "duties", in line 4, and again in line 5.
Now, if the veto or the signing of bills consti-
tutes a duty in line 5, I am not sure that it doesn't also
constitute a duty in line 4, and I wouldn't want the legis-
lature to be able to give the Lieutenant Governor the oppor-
tunity to make a decision as to whether a bill were to be
signed or vetoed.
This is why in my amendment I said that the
authority to sign or veto a bill may not be prescribed or
delegated under this section, because apparently, if some-
thing is accomplished in one word used in one place in the
sentence, I assume it is accomplished with the same word
used in the other part of the sentence, so I don't know how
your proposal would fit into the rest of that one sentence.
If there were some way to make sure that the legislature cot,Id
make the Lieutenant Governor in effect a super Governor, I
would tend to agree with you.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Sickles, before you reply
to that, may the Chair make a comment, because the two