Barbour vetoed parts of two budget bills this past Saturday – one for the attorney general’s office and one for the Department of Human Services. Both bills are for the state budget year that starts July 1.
Hood said the Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled as recently as 2004 – in a case involving a 2002 veto by Barbour’s predecessor, Democrat Ronnie Musgrove – that a governor does not have the power to veto the parts of budget bills that put conditions on how money can be spent.
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