Colorado General Assembly v. Lamm

How courts have described this case

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• noting that the Commission “suggested that federal assistance to the states be restructured to allow revenue sharing and block grants in addition to categorical grants.”
• determining whether the General Assembly had the authority to appropriate federal block grant funds without veto by the Governor
• finding that \the amount of flexibility\ allowed states in transferring certain block grant funds was \inconsistent with a description of the governor's exercise of authority over the funds subject to transfer as `essentially custodial in nature'\
• finding that “the amount of flexibility” allowed states in transferring certain block grant funds was “inconsistent with a description of the governor’s exercise of authority over the funds subject to transfer as ‘essentially custodial in nature’ ”
• relying on a body of state caselaw dating as far back as 1922 for the concept of “custodial funds” under the Colorado constitution
• analyzing the nature of federal revenue sharing, categorical grant, and block grant programs

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