Second, even if the legislature could guarantee the payment of all PACT contracts, such a guarantee must be shown clearly and unequivocally from the terms of the appropriating statute. Shamburger v. Tierney, 257 S.W.2d 592, 593 (Ky.1953) (“It is a fundamental rule of construction that statutes authorizing the appropriation of public funds will not be extended beyond the natural and fair meaning of the words used.”). Outside the legislative context,
Second, even if the legislature could guarantee the payment of all PACT contracts, such a guarantee must be shown clearly and unequivocally from the terms of the appropriating statute. Shamburger v. Tierney, 257 S.W.2d 592, 593 (Ky. 1953) ("It is a fundamental rule of construction that statutes authorizing the appropriation of public funds will not be extended beyond the natural and fair meaning of the words used."). Outside the legislative context,