April
29, 2010
The
Honorable Michael Mauro
Secretary
of State
L
O C A L
Dear
Mr. Secretary:
I hereby transmit Senate File 2367, an Act relating to and making appropriations to certain state departments, agencies, funds, and certain other entities, providing for regulatory authority, and other properly related matters, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. Senate File 2367 is approved on this date, with the exception noted below, which I hereby disapprove.
I am unable to approve the item
designated in Section 13, subsection 4, paragraph b of the bill in its
entirety. This paragraph directs the
Department of Inspections and Appeals to provide information to the public relating
to inspections, operating costs, and FTE positions. I strongly encourage the
Department to continue its efforts to provide greater transparency, however I
disapprove this language because some of this data is already being collected
and controlled by the federal government. Because the Department has already
made much of this information, especially regarding inspections, part of the
public record, the added expense that would be required to assemble and
maintain the information to meet the legislative requirement is fiscally burdensome.
For
the above reasons, I respectfully disapprove the designated item in accordance
with Article III, Section 16 of the Constitution of the State of
Sincerely,
Governor
cc: Secretary of the Senate
Chief Clerk of the House
cjc:rco