1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to the legislature; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota 
1.3 	Constitution, article IV, section 4; providing staggered terms of office for senators 
1.4 	and staggered four-year terms of office for representatives.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
 1.7 	An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article IV, section 4, is proposed to 
1.8 	the people. If the amendment is adopted, the section will read:

1.9 	Sec. 4.  Representatives shall be chosen  for a term of two years, except to fill a vacancy. 
1.10 	and senators  shall be chosen for a term of four years, except to fill a  vacancy and except 
1.11 	as otherwise required by this section. There shall be an entire new election of all  the 
1.12 	senators and representatives at the first general election of representatives after each  new 
1.13 	legislative apportionment provided for in this article.  At that election, senators elected 
1.14 	from odd-numbered districts and representatives from even-numbered districts shall be 
1.15 	elected to two-year terms. The governor shall call elections to fill vacancies in either 
1.16 	house of the legislature.  

1.17 	Sec. 2. SCHEDULE AND QUESTION.
 1.18 	The proposed amendment must be submitted to the people at the 2006 general 
1.19 	election. The question submitted must be:
2.1 	"Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to require that representatives be 
2.2 	elected to four-year terms and that, as nearly as practical, one-half the senators and 
2.3 	one-half the representatives be elected at each general election beginning in 2012?

2.4		Yes .......
	
2.5		No ......."