Post by Logan on Mar 7, 2016 5:58:31 GMT -6
Sam Brownback vetoes bill blocking implosion of Docking State Office Building
Gov. Sam Brownback rejected a bill Friday supported by an overwhelming majority of lawmakers that would have blocked the governor from taking future action to implode the Docking State Office Building.
The governor’s veto of Senate Bill 250 sets up a potential showdown with the Legislature, which will now have to decide whether to override the veto. If the bill retains its current support, lawmakers would have little trouble forcing the bill into law over Brownback’s objections.
Lawmakers passed the bill in a single day after the administration disclosed it had backed out of a $20 million contract to build a new Capitol complex energy center that had drawn the fury of lawmakers who say the administration bypassed the Legislature when it moved forward on the contract. The Senate passed the bill 40-0 and the House passed it 121-1.
The current power plant sits under Docking, and building a new one is necessary before the building can be imploded.
Read more: cjonline.com/news/2016-03-04/sam-brownback-vetoes-bill-blocking-implosion-docking-state-office-building
Gov. Sam Brownback rejected a bill Friday supported by an overwhelming majority of lawmakers that would have blocked the governor from taking future action to implode the Docking State Office Building.
The governor’s veto of Senate Bill 250 sets up a potential showdown with the Legislature, which will now have to decide whether to override the veto. If the bill retains its current support, lawmakers would have little trouble forcing the bill into law over Brownback’s objections.
Lawmakers passed the bill in a single day after the administration disclosed it had backed out of a $20 million contract to build a new Capitol complex energy center that had drawn the fury of lawmakers who say the administration bypassed the Legislature when it moved forward on the contract. The Senate passed the bill 40-0 and the House passed it 121-1.
The current power plant sits under Docking, and building a new one is necessary before the building can be imploded.
Read more: cjonline.com/news/2016-03-04/sam-brownback-vetoes-bill-blocking-implosion-docking-state-office-building