Colorado legislature.In a legal battle that pits Colorado's top Republican lawmakers against their GOP governor, the Colorado Colorado, state, United States Colorado (kŏlərăd`ə, –răd`ō, –rä`dō), state, W central United States, one of the Rocky Mt. states. legislature legislature, representative assembly empowered to enact statute law. Generally the representatives who compose a legislature are constitutionally elected by a broad spectrum of the population. is challenging Governor Bill Owens' authority to spend some $146 million in federal tax relief money. Owens Owens, river, c.120 mi (190 km) long, rising in the Sierra Nevada, E Calif., SE of Yosemite National Park and flowing SE, to enter Owens Lake, near Mt. Whitney. Since 1913, at a point c. earmarked the money for various state programs when the legislature was out of session last year. After two weeks of negotiation, the legislature rejected re·ject tr.v. re·ject·ed, re·ject·ing, re·jects 1. To refuse to accept, submit to, believe, or make use of. 2. To refuse to consider or grant; deny. 3. Owens' offer of $35 million in exchange for dropping their constitutional challenge. The state Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on the constitutionality of legislation preventing Owens and future governors from spending certain kinds of federal money. |
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