1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to constitutional amendments; defining the legislative majority and 
1.3 	process required to propose amendments to the state constitution; amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 3.20.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 3.20, is amended to read:
1.7 	3.20 FORM OF ACT; PROCESS FOR SUBMISSION.
1.8 	Every act for the submission of an amendment to the Constitution shall set forth the 
1.9 	section as it will read if the amendment is adopted, with only the other matter necessary to 
1.10 	show in what section or article the alteration is proposed. It After passage of the act by 
1.11 	three-fifths of the members elected to one house of the legislature in the calendar year 
1.12 	following passage of the act by three-fifths of the members elected to the other house of 
1.13 	the legislature, the amendment shall be submitted and voted upon at the general election 
1.14 	following the next general election as provided by the law relating to general elections. If 
1.15 	adopted, the governor shall announce the fact by proclamation.

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.