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Thursday, July 24, 1975 Nyssa Gate City Journal. Nyssa. Oreqon The last choice is the one that makes news on this particular day after each regular biennial sessatn and Gov. Straub provided his share He had vetoed two hv Jack .farli 7lrnniermsn 7lmrtiaein<ki by bills earlier and on deadline day announced vetoes of eight more. He also let Governor Bob Straub on another 10 become law July 8 complied with the con without his signature. stitutional provision that re Actual effective date for quires gubernatorial review most of the new laws will be of all new legislation. In the Sejjtember 13—90 days fol case of each of the record 8t>7 lowing legislative adjourn- measures passed by House ment. and Senate. Gov Straub had But of particular vigni three options. He could flcance lo students of con express his approval by stitutional law, was Gov. signing them into law. He Straub's item veto on House could let them become law Hill 2647. designed to ease without his signature on the’ problems caused by soaring 20-day deadline date. Or, he costs of medical malpractice could veto those he dis insurance. Attached to the favored for any of a variety of hill was the Emergency reasons. Clause, which would have A Salem Scene .Naw Governor Exenlaea «■ra Vaio Pruc-adura Although the 58th Legis lature adjourned sine die on June 14. another step in the legislative process was com pleted 20 days later—this time by the Executive Depar* ment. Wattwise Hom« Making Tip« made the measure effective upon receiving the gover nor's signature instead of 90 days after the Assembly adjourned. The partial veto is a con stitutional except ion to the general rule in this state that a governor cannot strike out portions of an enacted law and let the remainder survive. The exception is carefully stated in Article V, Section IS: "The Governor shall have power to veto single items in appropriation bills, and any provision in new bills declar ing an emergency, without thereby affecting any other provision of such bill.” And it was the emergency portion of the bill stricken by Straub, who also refused to sign it. So although he didn't particularly like the measure, he only delayed its effective date until fall. The reason given, according to his veto statement, was to permit more time for setting up necessary procedures for its implementation by the Insurance Commissioner. It is interesting to note Oregon governors seldom use the item veto, although it has been on the books since 1916, Gov. Mc( all vetoed individual appropriations out of only two bills during his two terms in office. And the E-Clause veto was most recently invoked by now Sen. Mark Hatfield in 1963 on House Bill 1234. the state's first sub-diviaion control law, and quite likely for a reason similar to Gov. Straub's. A perusal of the Voter's Pamphlet for the 1916 Ge neral Election at which the people approved the amend- Page Seven merit. reveals arguments for of new laws on all but its passage More convincing revenue bills. then, than now was the fact Article V, Section 15a an "emergency" might well simply provides another of subside between the time of those executive checks that legislative enactment and we find balancing consti signing of a bill by the chief tutional government where executive. Hut the major ever it exists. reason for providing the Gubernatorial vetoes are exception is the additional seldom exercised cap fact that the E-Clause can riciously and might be circumvent the right of the considered rare when ba people to gather signatures lanced against the great sufficient to refer bills to number of new laws ap statewide vote in the three proved each legislative ses months between adjourn sion. Halting 10-and-a-frac- ment and a new law's normal tion out of 867 isn't much of a effective date. percentage, really. Lawmakers today reluc Gov. McCall vetoed 16 tantly admit emergencies measures out of MJ passed were probably considerably by the 1973 session, one out more vivid when the clause of 792 in I97| and 2out of 710 was attached to bills in the in 1969. He vetoed 7 out of past than now. Nonetheless, 638 in 1967 and Hatfield it remains their collective vetoed 8 out of 634 in 1965. right to speed effective dates Stemming from Latin, one must assume the veto dates back to anoent Rome and Greece Drafters of the U S. Constitution were naturally influenced by British par liamentary procedure Re gardless of origin, it is an integral part of our system today And until and unless abused, the power of the veto remains a strong segment of the checks and balances sus taining that system for two centuries in this country. A former Oregon lawmaker looking at the veto from a retrospective stance, des cribes it as the system’s single remaining opportunity for a politician to exercise statesmanship. Unfortunately, he added, few chief executives really take advantage of the op portunity until their political options are foreclosed. Hv Helen Johnsen Whale irr Happened To The l ight Bill? We used to refer to the monthly charge from the electric company as the "light bill.” lighting now represents a relatively small percentage of electrical use. Unfortunately in many areas the light bill is no longer "light " There is no good short answer to the question "why?" For many years utility companies had a record of the average unit price coming down; one of the reasons being advancing technology which made conversion of basic fuels to electric power more efficient Because elec tric energy has been known as a flexible, versatile form of energy, increased use has forced electric utility com panies to build larger and larger power supply facilities However, at the beginning of the 1970's inflationary pres sures began to take their toll Money is short for the utility companies (as it is for consumers). Consequently the rates must go up At the same time, progress in extracting more electric en ergy from the basic fuels becomes more difficult as technical limitations slowed advances in efficiency There must be a proper balance between energy needs and environmental goals. The result should be sound erwt/benefit evaluations. Evidence that greater and greater reliance on electricity abounds Numerous exam pies of switches over to electric power to substitute for other energy forms in short supply can be found. With substantial numbers of new families, new homes, new babies, more and more families are improving their living standards through electric labor savers and conveniences. We watch this grerwth in electric use; adding 7000 new customers in 1974. Yet we hear about people who any no new power plants are needed. Meanwhile, the homeow ner is concerned about her Energy Dollar Idaho Power would like to help you get the greatest benefit of electric energy. As residential ad visor. 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