<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>adding a provision to allow legislators to call a special session.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>    Section 1. <b>CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is proposed to the people. If the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>amendment is adopted, article IV, section 12, will read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>Sec. 12.  The legislature shall meet at the seat of government in regular session in each <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>biennium at the times prescribed by law for not exceeding a total of 120 legislative days. <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>The legislature shall not meet in regular session, nor in any adjournment thereof, after the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>first Monday following the third Saturday in May of any year. After meeting at a time <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>prescribed by law, the legislature may adjourn to another time. "Legislative day" shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>defined by law. Upon written agreement of the president and majority leader of the senate <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>and the speaker and majority leader of the house of representatives and upon approval <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>of this agreement by the committee in each house with jurisdiction over its rules, the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>legislature shall convene in special session. Any bill may be considered whose subject <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>is stated in the agreement that convened the special session. A special session called <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>by legislators may not exceed seven legislative days. A bill may be passed on the day <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>prescribed for adjournment of the special session. A special session of the legislature may <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>be called by the governor on extraordinary occasions.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>     Neither house during a session of the legislature shall adjourn for more than three <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>days (Sundays excepted) nor to any other place than that in which the two houses shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>assembled without the consent of the other house.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>    Sec. 2. <b>SUBMISSION TO VOTERS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>The proposed amendment must be submitted to the people at the 2010 general <br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>election. The question submitted must be:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>"Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to allow the legislature to meet <br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>in special session for up to seven legislative days upon the agreement of the president <br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>and majority leader of the senate and the speaker and majority leader of the house of <br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>representatives and upon approval of this agreement by the committee in each house <br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>with jurisdiction over its rules?<br/>
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<td><a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var><br/>
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<td>Yes <br/>
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<td><a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var><br/>
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<td>No <span>
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