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HF 2890

1st Engrossment - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

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A bill for an act
 relating to the legislature; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota
Constitution, article IV, section 4; providing staggered terms of office for senators
and staggered four-year terms of office for representatives.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
new text end

new text begin An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article IV, section 4, is proposed to
the people. If the amendment is adopted, the section will read:
 new text end

Sec. 4.

Representatives deleted text begin shall be chosen for a term of two years, except to fill a vacancy.
deleted text end new text begin and new text end senators shall be chosen for a term of four years, except to fill a vacancy and except
new text begin as otherwise required by this section. new text end There shall be an entire new election of all the
senators new text begin and representatives new text end at the first new text begin general new text end election deleted text begin of representativesdeleted text end after each new
legislative apportionment provided for in this article. new text begin At that election, senators elected
from odd-numbered districts and representatives from even-numbered districts shall be
elected to two-year terms. new text end The governor shall call elections to fill vacancies in either
house of the legislature.

Sec. 2. new text begin SCHEDULE AND QUESTION.
new text end

new text begin The proposed amendment must be submitted to the people at the 2006 general
election. The question submitted must be:
 new text end

new text begin "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to require that representatives be
elected to four-year terms and that, as nearly as practical, one-half the senators and
one-half the representatives be elected at each general election beginning in 2012?
 new text end

new text begin Yes .......
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new text begin No ......."
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