1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to economic development; providing for state involvement in trade 
1.3 	policies.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. ROLE OF STATE LEGISLATURE IN TRADE POLICY.
 1.6 	(a) It shall be the policy of the state that approval for the state to be bound by any 
1.7 	trade agreement requires the consent of the state legislature.
1.8 	(b) Four state legislative contacts must be informed by the governor or the governor's 
1.9 	designee as the state's "single point of contact" when any trade agreement arrives in the 
1.10 	office of the governor or in the office of the single point of contact on trade. The four 
1.11 	contacts are the majority and minority leader of the state senate or their designated 
1.12 	legislators and the speaker and minority leader in the state house of representatives 
1.13 	or their designated legislators. The legislature declares that the purposes of the state 
1.14 	contacts are to:
1.15 	(1) serve as the state's official legislative liaisons with the governor and the state 
1.16 	legislature on trade-related matters;
1.17 	(2) serve as the legislature's designated recipients from the governor of federal 
1.18 	requests for consent to consultation regarding investment, procurement, services, or other 
1.19 	provisions of international trade agreements, which impinge on state law or regulatory 
1.20 	authority reserved to the states;
1.21 	(3) transmit information regarding federal requests from the governor to all 
1.22 	appropriate legislative committees;
2.1 	(4) issue a formal request to the Department of Administration and all appropriate 
2.2 	state agencies to provide analysis of all proposed trade agreements' impact on state 
2.3 	legislative authority and the economy of the state;
2.4 	(5) inform all members of the legislature on a regular basis about ongoing trade 
2.5 	negotiations and dispute settlement proceedings with implications for the state more 
2.6 	generally;
2.7 	(6) communicate the concerns of the legislature to the governor and United States 
2.8 	trade representative regarding ongoing and proposed trade negotiations; and 
2.9 	(7) notify the governor and the United States trade representative of the outcome 
2.10 	of any legislative action.
2.11 	(c) At a minimum, the following actions are required before the state shall consent to 
2.12 	the terms of a trade agreement:
2.13 	(1) when a federal trade request has been received, the governor or the single 
2.14 	point of contact must submit the request to the legislative contacts on a day both houses 
2.15 	are in session. The request must contain a copy of the final legal text of the agreement 
2.16 	together with:
2.17 	(i) a state agency or the governor's single point of contact designee's analysis of the 
2.18 	trade agreement's effects to the state, including, but not limited to, legal, financial, and 
2.19 	government procurement;
2.20 	(ii) a statement of any administrative action proposed to implement these trade 
2.21 	agreement provisions in the state; and 
2.22 	(iii) a draft of necessary legislation authorizing the state to sign on to the specific 
2.23 	listed provisions of the agreement in question;
2.24 	(2) at least one public hearing, with adequate public notice, shall occur before the 
2.25 	legislature votes on legislation proposed by the governor or the governor's single point 
2.26 	of contact on trade; and 
2.27 	(3) the bill authorizing the state to sign on to specific listed provisions of an 
2.28 	agreement is enacted into law.
2.29 	(d) It is the sense of this legislature that Congress should pass legislation instructing 
2.30 	the United States trade representative to fully and formally consult individual state 
2.31 	legislatures regarding procurement, services, investment, or any other trade agreement 
2.32 	rules that impact state laws or authority before negotiations begin and as they develop, 
2.33 	and to seek consent from state legislatures in addition to governors prior to binding 
2.34 	states to conform their laws to the terms of international commercial agreements. Such 
2.35 	legislation is necessary to ensure the prior informed consent of the state with regard to 
2.36 	future international trade and investment agreements.
3.1 	(e) The state secretary of state in consultation with the state attorney general shall 
3.2 	notify the United States trade representative of the policies in paragraph (d) in writing 
3.3 	no later than 30 days after its effective date, and shall provide copies of the notice to the 
3.4 	president of the senate, speaker of the house of representatives, the governor, and the 
3.5 	state's congressional delegation.