BISMARCK - Legislative leaders say they won't return to Bismarck and attempt to override a veto by Gov. Doug Burgum that cuts funding for more than 1,600 townships across North Dakota.
Republican Sen. Ray Holmberg tells The Associated Press Tuesday that "it's not going to happen.'' Holmberg heads a committee of 17 lawmakers that oversees the Legislature's business between sessions.
Lawmakers adjourned their session last month after 77 days. After lawmakers left town, the Republican governor vetoed a $16.1 million appropriation that would have provided each non-oil producing township $10,000.
Burgum said in his veto message that the money was not a good use of the state's "scarce financial resources.''
GOP Sen. Rich Wardner, the Senate majority leader, says the number of votes necessary to override the veto is uncertain.
