| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
|---|
| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to state government; prohibiting legislator compensation in certain |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 circumstances; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article |
|---|
| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 IV, section 12. |
|---|
| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
|---|
| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED. |
|---|
| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is proposed to the people. If the amendment |
|---|
| 8 | 8 | | 1.8is adopted, article IV, section 12, will read: |
|---|
| 9 | 9 | | 1.9 Sec. 12. The legislature shall meet at the seat of government in regular session in each |
|---|
| 10 | 10 | | 1.10biennium at the times prescribed by law for not exceeding a total of 120 legislative days. |
|---|
| 11 | 11 | | 1.11If a house does not organize on the day prescribed by law for convening the legislature, the |
|---|
| 12 | 12 | | 1.12members of that house must not be compensated for any day that the house is not duly |
|---|
| 13 | 13 | | 1.13organized. The legislature shall not meet in regular session, nor in any adjournment thereof, |
|---|
| 14 | 14 | | 1.14after the first Monday following the third Saturday in May of any year. After meeting at a |
|---|
| 15 | 15 | | 1.15time prescribed by law, the legislature may adjourn to another time. "Legislative day" shall |
|---|
| 16 | 16 | | 1.16be defined by law. A special session of the legislature may be called by the governor on |
|---|
| 17 | 17 | | 1.17extraordinary occasions. |
|---|
| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 Neither house during a session of the legislature shall adjourn for more than three days |
|---|
| 19 | 19 | | 1.19(Sundays excepted) nor to any other place than that in which the two houses shall be |
|---|
| 20 | 20 | | 1.20assembled without the consent of the other house. |
|---|
| 21 | 21 | | 1Section 1. |
|---|
| 22 | 22 | | REVISOR SGS/EN 25-0308201/31/25 |
|---|
| 23 | 23 | | State of Minnesota |
|---|
| 24 | 24 | | This Document can be made available |
|---|
| 25 | 25 | | in alternative formats upon request |
|---|
| 26 | 26 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
|---|
| 27 | 27 | | H. F. No. 1026 |
|---|
| 28 | 28 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
|---|
| 29 | 29 | | Authored by West, Robbins, Zeleznikar and Rymer02/17/2025 |
|---|
| 30 | 30 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy 2.1 Sec. 2. SUBMISSION TO VOTERS. |
|---|
| 31 | 31 | | 2.2 (a) The proposed amendment must be submitted to the people at the 2026 general election. |
|---|
| 32 | 32 | | 2.3The question submitted must be: |
|---|
| 33 | 33 | | 2.4 "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to prohibit legislator compensation while |
|---|
| 34 | 34 | | 2.5the senate or house of representatives is not organized as required by law? |
|---|
| 35 | 35 | | 2.6 Yes ................... |
|---|
| 36 | 36 | | "2.7 No .................... |
|---|
| 37 | 37 | | 2.8 (b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 204D.15, subdivision 1, the title for |
|---|
| 38 | 38 | | 2.9the question submitted to the people under paragraph (a) shall be "A constitutional |
|---|
| 39 | 39 | | 2.10amendment to prohibit legislator compensation in certain circumstances." |
|---|
| 40 | 40 | | 2Sec. 2. |
|---|
| 41 | 41 | | REVISOR SGS/EN 25-0308201/31/25 |
|---|