1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; providing that certain compensation for legislators 
1.3 	and the governor is forfeited upon failure to pass specified budget provisions in 
1.4 	a timely manner;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
1.5 	15A.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. [15A.23] SALARY FORFEITURE.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Other law superseded. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, 
1.9 	members of the legislature and the governor forfeit salary under the circumstances 
1.10 	described in this section.
1.11 		Subd. 2.Failure to enact budget in odd-numbered year. (a) In an odd-numbered 
1.12 	year:
1.13 	(1) members of the legislature and the governor forfeit their salary for the month 
1.14 	of June if the house of representatives and the senate have not passed all of the major 
1.15 	appropriation and revenue bills before midnight of the first Monday following the third 
1.16 	Saturday in May;
1.17 	(2) members of the legislature and the governor forfeit their salary for the months of 
1.18 	July and August if the house of representatives and the senate have not passed all of the 
1.19 	major appropriation and revenue bills before midnight on June 30; and 
1.20 	(3) after August, members of the legislature and the governor forfeit their salary for 
1.21 	the next month if the house of representatives and the senate have not passed all of the 
1.22 	major appropriation bills by the end of the preceding month.
1.23 	(b) Members of the legislature may not receive per diem living expenses or 
1.24 	reimbursement for travel during any period under this section in which members forfeit 
1.25 	their salary.
2.1 	(c) If the governor forfeits salary under this section and the state pay periods do not 
2.2 	exactly coincide with the calendar month of forfeiture, the governor forfeits salary for the 
2.3 	two, two-week pay periods beginning after the first day of that month.
2.4 	(d) For purposes of this section, "major appropriation and revenue bills" mean 
2.5 	one or more bills establishing the taxes anticipated to be needed to provide funding for 
2.6 	state appropriations, and bills making appropriations for the following areas: higher 
2.7 	education; K-12 education; agriculture, environment, and natural resources; health and 
2.8 	human services; state government; jobs and economic development; transportation; and 
2.9 	public safety. This section does not require bills to be organized in the manner specified 
2.10 	in this paragraph, provided that appropriations are enacted covering all of the topics 
2.11 	listed in this paragraph.
2.12 		Subd. 3.Failure to enact budget decisions in even-numbered year. (a) If the 
2.13 	legislature meets in regular session in an even-numbered year, members of the legislature 
2.14 	and the governor forfeit their salary for the month beginning immediately following 
2.15 	adjournment of the regular session if:
2.16 	(1) the most recent forecast of general fund revenues and expenditures under section 
2.17 	16A.103 before adjournment of the regular session shows that anticipated general fund 
2.18 	expenditures for the remainder of the biennium exceed anticipated revenues for the 
2.19 	remainder of the biennium; and
2.20 	(2) the house of representatives and the senate do not pass legislation necessary to 
2.21 	correct the budget imbalance predicted by the forecast.
2.22 	(b) This subdivision does not apply if the amount by which general fund expenditures 
2.23 	are forecast to exceed revenues is ten percent or less of the amount in the budget reserve 
2.24 	account established in section 16A.152.
2.25 		Subd. 4. Exemption from forfeiture.  The salary and other forfeiture provisions of 
2.26 	this section do not apply to members of the legislature who are not a part of a legislative 
2.27 	committee, conference committee, or other subgroup whenever the committee, conference 
2.28 	committee, or other subgroup prevents a majority of the full house of representatives or 
2.29 	senate from taking legislative action to move towards adoption of budget bills specified 
2.30 	in subdivisions 2 and 3.
2.31 		Subd. 5. Forfeiture of salary for governor.  If the governor vetoes one or more 
2.32 	budget bills specified in subdivisions 2 and 3 and the veto necessitates a special session 
2.33 	to establish or balance the state budget and complete the state's work, the governor 
2.34 	forfeits salary until all of the applicable budget bills specified in subdivisions 2 and 3 
2.35 	are enacted.   If the governor forfeits salary under this subdivision, the forfeiture of the 
3.1 	governor's salary begins with the pay period next beginning after the first occurrence of 
3.2 	the conditions requiring forfeiture.