SF 348

as introduced - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) 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 IV, section 21; prohibiting passage of bills 
  1.4             on the last day the legislature meets in regular 
  1.5             session each year.  
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  [CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.] 
  1.8      An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article IV, 
  1.9   section 21, is proposed to the people.  
  1.10     If the amendment is adopted, the section will read: 
  1.11     Sec. 21.  No bill shall be passed by either house upon on 
  1.12  the last day prescribed for adjournment the legislature meets in 
  1.13  regular session in any year.  This section shall does not 
  1.14  preclude the enrollment of a bill or its transmittal from one 
  1.15  house to the other or to the executive for his signature nor 
  1.16  does it bar an override of a veto. 
  1.17     Sec. 2.  [SUBMISSION TO VOTERS.] 
  1.18     The proposed amendment must be submitted to the people at 
  1.19  the 2004 general election.  The question submitted must be: 
  1.20     "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to prohibit 
  1.21  passing bills on the last day the legislature meets in a regular 
  1.22  session in odd-numbered years, consistent with the prohibition 
  1.23  for even-numbered years, and to clarify that this prohibition 
  1.24  does not apply to override of a governor's veto? 
  1.25                                     Yes .......
  2.1                                      No ........"