67-501. ENDORSEMENT OF BILLS. Every bill must, as soon as delivered to the governor, be endorsed as follows: "This bill was received by the governor this …. day of …., ….." History: [(67-501) R.S., sec. 150; am. R.C., sec. 63; reen. C.L., sec. 63; C.S., sec. 104; I.C.A., sec. 65-501; am. 2007, ch. 90, sec. […]
67-502. APPROVAL OF BILLS. When the governor approves a bill he must set his name thereto, with the date of his approval. History: [(67-502) R.S., sec. 151; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 64; C.S., sec. 105; I.C.A., sec. 65-502.]
67-503. PASSAGE OF BILLS OVER VETO — AUTHENTICATION. When a bill has passed both houses of the legislature, and is returned by the governor without his signature and with objections thereto, and upon a reconsideration passes both houses by a two-thirds (2/3) vote, it must be authenticated as having become a law by a certificate […]
67-504. RETURN OF BILL DURING ADJOURNMENT. If, on the day the governor desires to return a bill without his approval and with his objections thereto to the house in which it originated, that house has adjourned for the day (but not for the session), he may deliver the bill with his message to the presiding […]
67-505. BILLS NOT RETURNED. Every bill which has passed both houses of the legislature, and has not been returned by the governor within five (5) days, thereby becoming a law, is authenticated by the governor causing the fact to be certified thereon by the secretary of state in the following form: "This bill having remained […]
67-506. DESIGNATION OF LAWS BY CHAPTERS. Each act of the legislature shall, on becoming a law, be designated as "Chapter …. of the Laws of ….," adding its chapter number and the year in which it becomes a law; and in respect to each session of the legislature, the laws enacted at such session shall […]
67-507. PROPOSAL OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. Amendments to the Constitution may be proposed by joint resolution in either house of the legislature of this state, and if the same shall be voted for by two-thirds (2/3) of all the members of each of the two (2) houses, voting separately, in the manner provided by section 1, […]
67-508. ENROLLMENT AND PRESERVATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. Whenever any amendments to the Constitution shall have been proposed to and adopted by the electors of this state, as by this and the preceding section provided, the same shall be enrolled and numbered in the order of time in which they may be adopted, and preserved by […]
67-509. PUBLICATION OF LEGISLATIVE JOURNALS AND SESSION LAWS — DISTRIBUTION AND REPORT. (1) On the first legislative day or as soon thereafter as the speaker shall have been elected, it shall be the duty of the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives each to appoint a printing committee for […]
67-510. STATUTES AND RESOLUTIONS — WHEN EFFECTIVE. No act shall take effect until July 1 of the year of the regular session or sixty (60) days from the end of the session at which the same shall have been passed, whichever date occurs last, except in case of emergency, which emergency shall be declared in […]
67-511. EFFECT OF AMENDMENT. Where a section or part of a statute is amended, it is not to be considered as having been repealed and reenacted in the amended form; but the portions which are not altered are to be considered as having been the law from the time when they were enacted and the […]
67-512. REPEAL OF REPEALING ACT. No act or part of an act, repealed by another act of the legislature, is revived by the repeal of the repealing act without express words reviving such repealed act or part of an act. History: [(67-512) 1874, p. 858, sec. 1; am. R.S., sec. 158; reen. R.C. & C.L., […]
67-513. REPEAL OF PENAL LAW. The repeal of any law creating a criminal offense does not constitute a bar to the prosecution and punishment of an act already committed in violation of the law so repealed, unless the intention to bar such prosecution and punishment is expressly declared in the repealing act. History: [(67-513) 1874, […]
67-514. TITLES TO BILLS. The title to each legislative bill shall contain a specific phrase which expresses the subject matter of the bill. Such phrase may be the short title of the act, and shall be used in legislative journals to identify the bill upon introduction, along with other identification required by rules of the […]
