1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to the legislature; prohibiting payment of
1.3 	compensation to legislators during a period of
1.4 	government shutdown; proposing coding for new law in
1.5 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. [3.0985] NO COMPENSATION DURING GOVERNMENT
1.8 	SHUTDOWN.
1.9 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, members of the
1.10 	legislature may not receive salary or per diem living expenses
1.11 	during a government shutdown.  For purposes of this section,
1.12 	"government shutdown" means a period after June 30 of an
1.13 	odd-numbered year in which the legislature has not passed and
1.14 	presented to the governor one or more of the bills designated as
1.15 	major appropriation or revenue bills by law, or by rules of both
1.16 	the house of representatives and the senate.

1.17 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.18 	Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.