April 26, 2022

 

 

TO THE MISSISSIPPI SENATE

 

GOVERNOR’S PARTIAL VETO MESSAGE FOR SENATE BILL 3010

 

I am returning Senate Bill 3010: “AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023” partly approved and partly not approved pursuant to Article IV, Section 73 of the Mississippi Constitution as an “exercise of the authority endowed the office of the Governor by the people of Mississippi in our Constitution.”  Governor Reeves v. Representative Gunn and Representative White, 307 So.3d 436, 439-442 (Miss. 2020).

 

I am vetoing Section 24 (Lines 153-214) providing a $50,000,000 appropriation to the University of Mississippi Medical Center for the purpose of capital improvements to the patient care facilities and operating suites of the Adult Hospital at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. 

 

Article IV, Section 73 of the Mississippi Constitution states: “The Governor may veto parts of any appropriation bill, and approve parts of the same, and the portions approved shall be law.”  The removal of this separate, distinct and complete appropriation does not affect any other appropriations in Senate Bill 3010.  See Reeves, 307 So.3d at 442. 

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

 

                                                                        TATE REEVES

                                                                        GOVERNOR