1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article IV, section 12; 
1.3 	adding a provision to allow the legislature or presiding officers to call a special 
1.4 	session.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED.
 1.7 	An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is proposed to the people. If the 
1.8 	amendment is adopted, article IV,  section 12, will read:

1.9 	Sec. 12.  The legislature shall meet  at the seat of government in regular session in each 
1.10 	biennium at  the times prescribed by law for not exceeding a total of 120  legislative days.  
1.11 	The legislature shall not meet in regular  session, nor in any adjournment thereof, after the 
1.12 	first Monday  following the third Saturday in May of any year.  After meeting  at a time 
1.13 	prescribed by law, the legislature may adjourn to  another time.  "Legislative day" shall 
1.14 	be defined by law.  Upon the written agreement of a majority of the members elected to 
1.15 	the house of representatives and a majority of the members elected to the senate or upon 
1.16 	the order of the presiding officers of both houses, the legislature shall convene in special 
1.17 	session. Any bill may be considered whose subject is stated in the agreement or order that 
1.18 	convened the special session. A special session called by the legislature may not exceed 
1.19 	seven legislative days. A bill may be passed on the day prescribed for adjournment of the 
1.20 	special session. A  special session of the legislature may also be called by the governor  on 
1.21 	extraordinary occasions.  
1.22 	 Neither house during a session of the legislature shall  adjourn for more than three 
1.23 	days (Sundays excepted) nor to any  other place than that in which the two houses shall be 
1.24 	assembled  without the consent of the other house.  

2.1 	Sec. 2. SUBMISSION TO VOTERS.
 2.2 	The proposed amendment must be submitted to the people at the 2008 general 
2.3 	election. The question submitted must be:
2.4 	"Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to require the legislature to meet in 
2.5 	special session for up to seven days upon the agreement of a majority of the members of 
2.6 	each house of the legislature or upon the order of its presiding officers?

2.7	Yes .......
	
2.8	No ......."