HF 4501

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 05/14/2018 09:48am

A bill for an act
relating to state government; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota
Constitution expanding the prohibition on laws embracing more than one subject.

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

Section 1. new text begin CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED.
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new text begin An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is proposed to the people. If the amendment
is adopted, article IV, section 17, will read:
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Sec. 17.

No law shall embrace more than one subject, which shall be expressed in its
title. new text begin No law shall contain more than one policy topic within a single subject, unless the law
reflects the enactment of a major finance or revenue bill pursuant to the rules of each house.
A law enacting a major finance or revenue bill must not contain policy items with no fiscal
impact, a negligible fiscal impact, or which are not directly related to a fiscal item contained
in the bill.
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Sec. 2. new text begin SUBMISSION TO VOTERS.
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new text begin The proposed amendment must be submitted to the people at the 2018 general election.
The question submitted must be:
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new text begin "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to prohibit laws from containing more
than one policy topic within a single subject and to prohibit major finance and revenue laws
from containing policy items with no or negligible fiscal impact or which are not directly
related to a fiscal item contained in the law?
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	new text begin Yes . new text end
	new text begin No . new text end	new text begin " new text end