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HF 2101

as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, 
  1.3             article IV, section 12; prohibiting regular sessions 
  1.4             in even-numbered years. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSAL.] 
  1.7      An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is proposed to 
  1.8   the people.  If the amendment is adopted, article IV, section 
  1.9   12, will read: 
  1.10     Sec. 12.  The legislature shall meet at the seat of 
  1.11  government in regular session in each biennium at the times 
  1.12  prescribed by law for not exceeding a total of 120 legislative 
  1.13  days.  The legislature shall not meet in regular session, nor in 
  1.14  any adjournment thereof, after the first Monday following the 
  1.15  third Saturday in May of any year.  After meeting at a time 
  1.16  prescribed by law, the legislature may adjourn to another time.  
  1.17  "Legislative day" shall be defined by law.  The legislature 
  1.18  shall not meet, except in special sessions, during an 
  1.19  even-numbered year.  A special session of the legislature may be 
  1.20  called by the governor on extraordinary occasions. 
  1.21     Neither house during a session of the legislature shall 
  1.22  adjourn for more than three days (Sundays excepted) nor to any 
  1.23  other place than that in which the two houses shall be assembled 
  1.24  without the consent of the other house. 
  1.25     Sec. 2.  [SCHEDULE AND QUESTION.] 
  2.1      The amendment proposed in section 1 shall be submitted to 
  2.2   the people at the 2002 general election.  The question proposed 
  2.3   shall be: 
  2.4      "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to prohibit 
  2.5   regular legislative sessions in even-numbered years? 
  2.6                                      Yes .......
  2.7                                      No ........"