1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to elections; moving precinct caucuses from the first Tuesday in March 
1.3 	to the second Tuesday in February;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 
1.4 	202A.14, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 202A.14, subdivision 1, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Time and manner of holding; postponement. At 7:00 p.m. on the 
1.9 	first second Tuesday in March February in every state general election year there shall 
1.10 	be held for every election precinct a party caucus in the manner provided in sections 
1.11 	202A.14 to 202A.19, except that in the event of severe weather a major political party 
1.12 	may request the secretary of state to postpone caucuses. If a major political party makes a 
1.13 	request, or upon the secretary of state's own initiative, after consultation with all major 
1.14 	political parties and on the advice of the federal Weather Bureau and the Department of 
1.15 	Transportation, the secretary of state may declare precinct caucuses to be postponed 
1.16 	for a week in counties where weather makes travel especially dangerous. The secretary 
1.17 	of state shall submit a notice of the postponement to news media covering the affected 
1.18 	counties by 6:00 p.m. on the scheduled day of the caucus. A postponed caucus may also 
1.19 	be postponed pursuant to this subdivision. 

1.20 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.21 	This act is effective for the precinct caucuses in 2008 and thereafter.