1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	 relating to the senate; prohibiting action on confirmation of an appointment after 
1.3 	adjournment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 15.066, subdivision 2.
1.4 	 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	 Section 1.Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 15.066, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.6 		 Subd. 2.Procedure.  In all appointments to state agencies which require the advice 
1.7 	and consent of the senate, the following procedure shall apply:
1.8 	 (a) the appointing authority shall provide to the president of the senate a letter of 
1.9 	appointment which shall include the position title to which the appointment is being made; 
1.10 	the name, street address, city and county of the appointee; and the term of the appointment;
1.11 	 (b) for those positions for which a statement of economic interest is required to be 
1.12 	filed by section 10A.09, the appointing authority shall give the notice to the Campaign 
1.13 	Finance and Public Disclosure Board required by section 10A.09, subdivision 2, at the 
1.14 	time the letter of appointment is directed to the president of the senate;
1.15 	 (c) if the appointment is subject to the open appointments program provided by 
1.16 	section 15.0597, the appointing authority shall provide the senate with a copy of the 
1.17 	application provided by section 15.0597, at the time the letter of appointment is directed to 
1.18 	the president of the senate; and 
1.19 	 (d) the appointment shall be effective and the appointee may commence to exercise 
1.20 	the duties of the office upon the receipt of the letter of appointment by the president 
1.21 	of the senate ; and 
1.22 	(e) if the senate neither confirms nor rejects the appointment before the senate 
1.23 	adjourns the annual regular session to which the appointment was submitted, the senate 
1.24 	may not thereafter act on the appointment, except that if an appointment is submitted 
2.1 	within 20 days before the adjournment of a regular session, the senate may act on the 
2.2 	appointment within 20 days after the beginning of the next regular annual session .