1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; establishing a schedule for consideration of 
1.3 	legislation; appropriating money for expenses of a governor-elect and 2007 
1.4 	legislative forums; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 
1.5 	3; 4.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. [3.052] SCHEDULE FOR CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Agency bills.  An executive department or agency intending to urge 
1.9 	the legislature to adopt a bill shall deliver the bill to the revisor of statutes by November 1 
1.10 	before the regular session at which adoption will be urged.  This deadline does not apply: 
1.11 	(1) to bills necessary to implement the governor??a??a??s budget proposals;  (2) to other bills that 
1.12 	are initiatives of the governor, as opposed to administrative initiatives of a department or 
1.13 	agency; or (3) as otherwise provided in section 3C.035.
1.14 		Subd. 2. Resolution for structure of budget bills.  By January 15 of each 
1.15 	odd-numbered year, the legislature must adopt a concurrent resolution designating 
1.16 	the major budget bills to be considered that legislative session and allocating all state 
1.17 	programs and budget accounts for consideration in one of the major budget bills.
1.18 		Subd. 3. Deadline resolution.  By January 31 of each odd-numbered year, the 
1.19 	legislature must adopt a concurrent resolution establishing deadlines for committee 
1.20 	consideration of policy bills and budget bills.
1.21 		Subd. 4. State of the state.  The governor is encouraged to submit a state of the state 
1.22 	address in January of each odd-numbered year and within the first ten days after the start 
1.23 	of the legislative session in an even-numbered year.  Before or during this address, the 
1.24 	governor is encouraged to announce major legislative policy initiatives that the governor 
1.25 	intends to promote that year.
2.1 		Subd. 5. Executive submission of budget bills.  The governor must submit bills 
2.2 	necessary to implement the governor??a??a??s operating budget to the legislature within one 
2.3 	week after the date specified in section 16A.11 for the governor to submit the detailed 
2.4 	operating budget to the legislature. The bills must be provided to the speaker of the house 
2.5 	of representatives and the majority leader of the senate in a manner ready for formal 
2.6 	introduction and final consideration.
2.7 		Subd. 6. Price of government resolution.  By March 15 of each odd-numbered 
2.8 	year, the legislature must adopt the price of government resolution required by section 
2.9 	16A.102, subdivision 2.
2.10 		Subd. 7. Individual budget resolutions.  By April 1 of each odd-numbered year, the 
2.11 	house of representatives and the senate must each adopt a budget resolution that applies 
2.12 	to that house.  Each house's resolution must establish overall expenditure targets for the 
2.13 	upcoming biennium and separate expenditure targets for each major budget bill designated 
2.14 	in the concurrent resolution adopted under subdivision 2.

2.15 	Sec. 2. [4.51] EXPENSES OF GOVERNOR-ELECT.
2.16 	This section applies after a state general election in which a person who is not the 
2.17 	current governor is elected to take office as the next governor.  There is appropriated from 
2.18 	the general fund to the commissioner of administration, an amount equal to ... percent 
2.19 	of the amount appropriated for operation of the office of the governor and lieutenant 
2.20 	governor for the current fiscal year.  The commissioner of administration must make this 
2.21 	amount available to the governor-elect to immediately hire staff and provide other support 
2.22 	to the governor-elect before he or she takes office. The commissioner must provide office 
2.23 	space for the governor-elect and for any employees the governor-elect hires with funds 
2.24 	appropriated in this section.