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If they don't act, the budget as presented by the Governor
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takes effect.
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MR. BOND: The Constitution says if they don't
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pass it, he's got to extend the session.
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MR. DONAHO: Yes, and you get into special
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session and you are there for a long time politicking a
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lot of Other things.
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MR. BOND: But you wouldn't put anything in to
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say the budget must be adopted sixty days after the beginnii
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of the session or the session will be extended by the
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number of days necessary?
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MR. DONAHO: No. I would just say the legisla-
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tion will become effective automatically if they didn't act
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after sixty days. They will act.
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MR. BROOKS: The objection of the legislators
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who feel this present practice is objectionable is that the
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budget is actually delayed intentionally in order to make
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it difficult to pass the supplementary matters and this is
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admitted to by the leadership of the legislature, that they
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do in fact use it as a device to squeeze out, so to speak,
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undesirable supplemental --
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