1.2relating to openness in government; requiring certain budget negotiations to
1.3be open to the public;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 3.055,
1.4subdivision 1.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 3.055, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7    Subdivision 1. Meetings to be open. (a) Meetings of the legislature shall be open
1.8to the public, including sessions of the senate, sessions of the house of representatives,
1.9joint sessions of the senate and the house of representatives, and meetings of a standing
1.10committee, committee division, subcommittee, conference committee, or legislative
1.11commission, but not including a caucus of the members of any of those bodies from the
1.12same house and political party nor a delegation of legislators representing a geographic
1.13area or political subdivision. For purposes of this section, a meeting occurs when a quorum
1.14is present and action is taken regarding a matter within the jurisdiction of the body.
1.15(b) In addition to the openness requirements imposed on conference committees by
1.16paragraph (a), from the time a conference committee is appointed until it is disbanded,
1.17any negotiations between senate and house of representatives members of the conference
1.18committee or senate and house of representatives staff members related to the conference
1.19committee or the bill referred to the conference committee must be open to the public.
1.20(c) A meeting between the majority leader of the senate and the speaker of the house
1.21to set budget targets or negotiate the state budget must be open to the public.
1.22(d) A meeting with the governor to set budget targets or negotiate the state budget
1.23must be open to the public if the meeting includes any of the following members of the
1.24legislature:
2.1(1) the majority leader of the senate;
2.2(2) the speaker of the house;
2.3(3) the minority leader of either the senate or house of representatives; or
2.4(4) the chair of a standing committee or division of the senate or house of
2.5representatives.
2.6(e) Each house shall provide by rule for posting notices of meetings, recording
2.7proceedings, and making the recordings and votes available to the public.

2.8    Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
2.9This act is effective the day following final enactment.