Opinion ID: 2628919
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Heading: order kauger, j.:

Text: Original jurisdiction is assumed. Okla. Const. art. 7, §4. A written opinion from the Court will follow. However, today we determine that Senate Bill No. 1374, Okla. Sess. L. 2008, Ch. 431, §§2 and 3, insofar as it pertains to the Oklahoma Conservation Commission and the River Parks Authority, is hereby declared unconstitutional and void, because the enactment violates the one-subject rule mandated by the terms of art. 5, §57 of the Oklahoma Constitution. DONE BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT IN CONFERENCE THIS 26th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2009. EDMONDSON, C.J., TAYLOR, V.C.J., HARGRAVE, OPALA, KAUGER, WATT, JJ., concur. WINCHESTER, COLBERT, JJ. concur in result. REIF, J., dissents. ¶ 1 The first impression issues presented are: 1) whether the petitioner is precluded from challenging only a portion of Senate Bill 1374, Okla. Sess. L. 2008, Ch. 431, §2 and §3, as unconstitutional; [1] and 2) if not, whether the specific portions of the legislation challenged in this original proceeding are unconstitutional and void because the entire original enactment violates the single subject rule mandated by the terms of art. 5, §57, Oklahoma Constitution. [2] We hold that: 1) the petitioner is not precluded from challenging §2 and §3 of the bill pertaining to the Oklahoma Conservation Commission and the River Parks Authority; and 2) §2 and §3 are hereby declared unconstitutional and void.