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Gordon vetoes Legislature's $75M land-use legal fund spurred by Rock Springs plan

Taking on the federal government in court – however necessary – is not the job of lawmakers, Gordon wrote in his veto letter

Citing concerns over the separation of powers between the legislative and executive branches, Gov. Mark Gordon vetoed a bill Friday afternoon that would have earmarked $75 million for lawmakers to bring legal action against the federal government over land-use plans.

Senate File 13 – Federal land use plans-legal actions authorized was spurred by the state’s ongoing fight over the Bureau of Land Management’s draft resource management plan for 3.5 million acres in southwest Wyoming. But taking on the federal government in court — however necessary — is not the job of lawmakers, Gordon wrote in h...

 
 
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