State ex rel. Collar v. Evnen

Summary

The Nebraska Supreme Court denied the requested writ of mandamus and dismissed the petition because the challenged statutory section did not itself make an appropriation, so the referendum exception in article III, § 3, did not apply. The court held that the separate appropriations bill, rather than the section subject to referendum, contained the specific appropriation needed to fund the scholarship program. The court did not decide whether an appropriation for private-school scholarships would qualify as an appropriation for the expense of state government.