Download or read book Attorney General Opinion No. 1980-140 written by Robert T. Stephan and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even though the president of the United States may have authority to delegate powers and duties to the governor, the president has no constitutional power to compel the governor's acceptance of such delegation. Moreover, under our constitutional form of government, the governor has no inherent power separate and apart from our state's constitution, and the authority of the governor must be derived from the specific grants of power to the governor in the constitution and in the laws duly enacted by the legislature thereunder. Thus, as respects powers and duties delegated to the governor by the president, the governor's ability to accept such delegation is dependent upon the existence of specific constitutional or statutory provisions providing such authority, or upon such authority as is to be reasonably and necessarily implied therefrom. Cited herein: Kan. Const., Art. 1, sections 3, 7; 15 U.S.C.A. sections 751 e̲t̲ s̲e̲q̲., 42 U.S.C.A. sections 8501 e̲t̲ s̲e̲q̲.