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FENT v. STATE ex rel. OKLAHOMA CAPITOL IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY

Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Feb 26, 2009
2009 OK 15 (Okla. 2009)

Summary

In Fent v. State ex rel. Okla. Capitol Improvement Auth., 2009 OK 15, ¶ 20, 214 P.3d 799, 806,Nova Health Systems, 2010 OK 21, 233 P.3d 380, and Thomas, 2011 OK 53, ¶ 27, 260 P.3d at 1260, we continued to reject a broad, expansive approach to the single-subject rule.

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Opinion

No. 106611

February 26, 2009


ORDER

Original jurisdiction is assumed. Okla. Const. art. 7, § 4. A written opinion from the Court will follow. However, today we determine that Senate Bill No. 1374, Okla. Sess. L. 2008, Ch. 431, §§ 2 and 3, insofar as it pertains to the Oklahoma Conservation Commission and the River Parks Authority, is hereby declared unconstitutional and void, because the enactment violates the one-subject rule mandated by the terms of art. 5, § 57 of the Oklahoma Constitution.

DONE BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT IN CONFERENCE THIS 26th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2009.

EDMONDSON, C.J., TAYLOR, V.C.J., HARGRAVE, OPALA, KAUGER, WATT, JJ., concur.

WINCHESTER, COLBERT, JJ. concur in result.

REIF, J., dissents.


Summaries of

FENT v. STATE ex rel. OKLAHOMA CAPITOL IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY

Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Feb 26, 2009
2009 OK 15 (Okla. 2009)

In Fent v. State ex rel. Okla. Capitol Improvement Auth., 2009 OK 15, ¶ 20, 214 P.3d 799, 806,Nova Health Systems, 2010 OK 21, 233 P.3d 380, and Thomas, 2011 OK 53, ¶ 27, 260 P.3d at 1260, we continued to reject a broad, expansive approach to the single-subject rule.

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Case details for

FENT v. STATE ex rel. OKLAHOMA CAPITOL IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY

Case Details

Full title:JERRY FENT, as a resident taxpayer, citizen and voter of the State of…

Court:Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Date published: Feb 26, 2009

Citations

2009 OK 15 (Okla. 2009)

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