Fitzgerald wants override assurance if guv touches transpo
Fitzgerald says he'd like to know what assurances the governor has given on vetoes, particularly that he won't use his pen to take money from the transportation fund.
Fitzgerald said he fears that in his perusal of the bill, he sees that the transportation fund may be vulnerable to the governor.
LFB director Bob Lang said despite some curbing of veto power on the April ballot, the governor still has some broad latitude that could be used.
Fitzgerald said if veto assurances don't exist "for us to move forward on this ... is ridiculous."
He said he wanted both houses to agree that if the governor changes the bill to access cash from the transportation fund that there will be a vote to override him.
Kreuser said he wouldn't support delaying the bill by attempting an override of the governor's veto action. "I don't see that being workable or reasonable," he said.
He said the bill does not include some provisions his members wanted to see, but it is the result of a compromise.
"Is it perfect? No, it's not," he said.
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