HF 1943

as introduced - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, 
  1.3             article XI, section 1; prohibiting laws appropriating 
  1.4             sums greater than a certain amount. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.] 
  1.7      An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is proposed to 
  1.8   the people.  If the amendment is adopted, article XI, section 1 
  1.9   will read: 
  1.10     Section 1.  No money shall be paid out of the treasury of 
  1.11  this state except in pursuance of an appropriation by law.  No 
  1.12  law may appropriate an aggregate amount greater than $....... 
  1.13  for any fiscal year. 
  1.14     Sec. 2.  [SCHEDULE AND QUESTION.] 
  1.15     The proposed amendment shall be submitted at the 1996 
  1.16  general election.  The question proposed shall be: 
  1.17     "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to forbid any 
  1.18  single law from appropriating more than $....... for any fiscal 
  1.19  year? 
  1.20                                     Yes .......
  1.21                                     No ........"