N.D. Const. art. V, § 9 — Research
Presentation of bills, veto power. Text of the section: current and prior versions.
Every citing reference in the corpus: 9 court opinions and 13 Attorney General opinions. Counts include the section's pre-1981 designation (§ 79), era-gated by the renumbering crosswalk.
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Cases by topic
Topics are machine-generated groupings of the citing references — reading aids, not editorial judgments. Documents cited after the last classification pass appear in the lists below until the next pass.
Item veto of appropriation bills
- N.D. Att'y Gen.: N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 2025-L-02 (2025)
- Bd. of Trustees of The N.D. Public Employees' Retirement System v. N.D. (con't), 2023 ND 185 (2023, Crothers, J.)
- N.D. Legislative Assembly, et al. v. Burgum, 2018 ND 189 (2018, Tufte, J.) · quotes the provision
- ¶ 9: “…uld merely be issuing an advisory opinion. The Legislative Assembly argues that because an attorney general opinion is not binding law, *see* *Sorum v. Dalrymple*, 2014 ND 233 , ¶ 10, 857 N.W.2d 96 , it cannot negate a gubernatorial veto. N.D. Const. art. V, § 9 ("Portions of the bill not vetoed become law."). Under the constitution, a veto is either effective when made or it exceeds the Governor's authority and is a legal nullity. *State ex rel. Sandaker v. Olson*, 65 N.D.…”
- N.D. Att'y Gen.: N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 2017-L-04 (2017)
- N.D. Att'y Gen.: N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 2014-L-14 (2014)
- N.D. Att'y Gen.: N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 2001-F-04 (2001)
- State ex rel. Link v. Olson, 1979 ND 147 (1979, Pederson, J.)
- State ex rel. Dahl v. Dewing, 1964 ND 59 (1964, Erickstad, J.) · quotes the provision
- “…executive, legislative, and judicial branches of our state government, and that it was not an initiated measure governed by Section 25 of the Constitution but was merely an item of a bill enacted by the Legislature, subject to the Governor's veto power under Sections 79 and 80. They cite State ex rel. Sandaker v. Olson, 65 N.D. 561, 260 N.W. 586, to support their view: '1. The Governor has the constitutional power to disapprove of any item in any bill enacted by the legislative assembl…”
- N.D. Att'y Gen.: N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 63-233 (1963)
Return of bills, time computation, and post-adjournment vetoes
- N.D. Att'y Gen.: N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. (Nov. 6, 1991)
- N.D. Att'y Gen.: N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 91-16 (1991)
- N.D. Att'y Gen.: N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 67-87 (1967)
- N.D. Att'y Gen.: N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 63-158 (1963)
- State ex rel. Sandaker v. Olson, Acting Governor, 1935 ND 25 (1935, Burr, J.)
- State ex rel. Watkins v. Norton, 1911 ND 54 (1911, Fisk, J.)
Scope of the general veto power
- N.D. Att'y Gen.: N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 2009-L-08 (2009)
- N.D. Att'y Gen.: N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 2007-L-08 (2007)
- N.D. Att'y Gen.: N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. (Mar. 14, 1985) (to Sinner)
Passage, authentication, and presentation of bills
- State ex rel. Sanstead v. Freed, 1977 ND 15 (1977, Paulson, J.)
- State ex rel. Wattam v. Poindexter, 1921 ND 68 (1921, Birdzell, J.)
- Woolfolk v. Albrecht, 1911 ND 73 (1911, Fisk, J.)
Other applications
- N.D. Att'y Gen.: N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 2025-L-03 (2025)
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