The governor has until Sunday to amend or veto legislation, including the two-year state budget adopted by the assembly, which will consider his actions when it reconvenes April 20.

“This confirms the governor’s concerns about the structure of the program,” said spokesman Brian Coy, who said the administration is working with the legislation’s principal sponsors, House Majority Leader M. Kirkland Cox, R-Colonial Heights, and Senate Majority Leader Thomas K. Norment Jr., R-James City, both fierce political antagonists of McAuliffe, to find a solution.

“The issues are not insurmountable, but the final product will need to address the issues raised in the opinion,” Coy said.

McAuliffe included nearly $39 million in his proposed budget for the GO Virginia initiative, as it is known, and the assembly ultimately included about $36 million for the new program.

Like the governor, Herring expressed support for the concept behind the law, which he said “can be an important initiative in helping to create a new Virginia economy.”