STATE FINANCE COMMITTEE v. O'BRIEN

No. 51945-5.

105 Wn.2d 78 (1986)

711 P.2d 993

THE STATE FINANCE COMMITTEE, Petitioner, v. ROBERT S. O'BRIEN, as Treasurer, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 9, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Elvin J. Vandeberg and Clifford D. Foster, Jr. (of Kane, Vandeberg, Hartinger & Walker), Special Assistants, for petitioner.

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and David E. Walsh, Deputy, for respondent.

Edward L. Fleisher and Martin H. Brown on behalf of the Legislature, amici curiae for petitioner.


BRACHTENBACH, J.

This is an original action seeking a writ of mandamus ordering the state treasurer to sign resolutions authorizing the sale of state bonds.

The petitioner correctly and precisely states the issues:

Whether chapter 4, Laws of 1985, 1st ex. sess., which authorizes the state to issue bonds for a number of capital projects, violates Const. Art. 2, § 19 because it embraces more than one subject or is not properly titled?

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