BISMARCK – The state will disburse $35 million in housing funds as approved by the state Legislature after a North Dakota Attorney General’s opinion found the governor’s written objections in a line-item veto of Senate Bill 2014 did not target the housing funds.

There had been discussion of legislators coming back into session to undo a line-item veto made by the governor in error.

In an opinion released Wednesday, Attorney General Drew Wrigley stated the governor’s written statement of his objections to SB 2014 is what controls the extent of the line-item veto – not a mismarked version of the bill provided as a visual aid.

“The written veto message is the controlling document because it clearly states our objection to the bill as required by the North Dakota Constitution. There was no ambiguity in our veto message, which was printed in the official Legislative Journal and is what lawmakers should rely upon when interpreting a veto,” Armstrong said in a