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Bill Title: Constitutional amendment for a three-fifths legislative majority requirement for proposed constitutional amendment submission to voters
Sponsorship: N/A
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-17 - Second reading [SF4 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF4-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Constitutional amendment for a three-fifths legislative majority requirement for proposed constitutional amendment submission to voters
Sponsorship: N/A
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-17 - Second reading [SF4 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF4-Engrossed.html
1.2proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article IX, section 1;
1.3requiring a three-fifths vote of one body of the legislature in the calendar year
1.4after a three-fifths vote of the other body of the legislature to submit a proposed
1.5constitutional amendment to the people; placing a proposal for a constitutional
1.6amendment on the ballot in the general election after the next general election
1.7following passage of the act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 3.20.
1.8BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.9 Section 1. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED.
1.10An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is proposed to the people. If the
1.11amendment is adopted, article IX, section 1, will read:
1.12Section 1.A majority Three-fifths of the members elected to each house of the
1.13legislature may propose amendments to this constitution. An amendment may not be
1.14proposed until it has passed one house of the legislature in one calendar year and the other
1.15house of the same legislature in the next calendar year. Proposed amendments shall be
1.16published with the laws passed at the same session and submitted to the people for their
1.17approval or rejection ata the general election following the next general election. If a
1.18majority of all the electors voting at the election vote to ratify an amendment, it becomes
1.19a part of this constitution. If two or more amendments are submitted at the same time,
1.20voters shall vote for or against each separately.
1.21 Sec. 2. SUBMISSION TO VOTERS.
1.22(a) The proposed amendment must be submitted to the people at the 2014 general
1.23election. The question submitted must be:
2.1"Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to require that an amendment to the
2.2Minnesota Constitution be proposed by three-fifths of the members elected to one house
2.3of the legislature in a calendar year and three-fifths of the members elected to the other
2.4house of the same legislature in the next calendar year and submitted to the people at the
2.5general election following the next general election?
2.8(b) The title required under Minnesota Statutes, section 204D.15, subdivision 1,
2.9for the question submitted to the people under paragraph (a) shall be "Amending the
2.10Minnesota Constitution."
2.11 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 3.20, is amended to read:
2.123.20 FORM OF ACT; PROCESS FOR SUBMISSION.
2.13Every act for the submission of an amendment to the Constitution shall set forth the
2.14section as it will read if the amendment is adopted, with only the other matter necessary to
2.15show in what section or article the alteration is proposed.It After passage of the act by
2.16three-fifths of the members elected to one house of the legislature in the calendar year
2.17following passage of the act by three-fifths of the members elected to the other house of
2.18the legislature, the amendment shall be submitted and voted upon at the general election
2.19following the next general election as provided by the law relating to general elections. If
2.20adopted, the governor shall announce the fact by proclamation.
2.21EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following adoption by the
2.22voters of the constitutional amendment in section 1.
1.3requiring a three-fifths vote of one body of the legislature in the calendar year
1.4after a three-fifths vote of the other body of the legislature to submit a proposed
1.5constitutional amendment to the people; placing a proposal for a constitutional
1.6amendment on the ballot in the general election after the next general election
1.7following passage of the act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 3.20.
1.8BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.9 Section 1. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED.
1.10An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is proposed to the people. If the
1.11amendment is adopted, article IX, section 1, will read:
1.12Section 1.
1.13legislature may propose amendments to this constitution. An amendment may not be
1.14proposed until it has passed one house of the legislature in one calendar year and the other
1.15house of the same legislature in the next calendar year. Proposed amendments shall be
1.16published with the laws passed at the same session and submitted to the people for their
1.17approval or rejection at
1.18majority of all the electors voting at the election vote to ratify an amendment, it becomes
1.19a part of this constitution. If two or more amendments are submitted at the same time,
1.20voters shall vote for or against each separately.
1.21 Sec. 2. SUBMISSION TO VOTERS.
1.22(a) The proposed amendment must be submitted to the people at the 2014 general
1.23election. The question submitted must be:
2.1"Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to require that an amendment to the
2.2Minnesota Constitution be proposed by three-fifths of the members elected to one house
2.3of the legislature in a calendar year and three-fifths of the members elected to the other
2.4house of the same legislature in the next calendar year and submitted to the people at the
2.5general election following the next general election?
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Yes ..... |
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| 2.7 |
No
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2.9for the question submitted to the people under paragraph (a) shall be "Amending the
2.10Minnesota Constitution."
2.11 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 3.20, is amended to read:
2.123.20 FORM OF ACT; PROCESS FOR SUBMISSION.
2.13Every act for the submission of an amendment to the Constitution shall set forth the
2.14section as it will read if the amendment is adopted, with only the other matter necessary to
2.15show in what section or article the alteration is proposed.
2.16three-fifths of the members elected to one house of the legislature in the calendar year
2.17following passage of the act by three-fifths of the members elected to the other house of
2.18the legislature, the amendment shall be submitted and voted upon at the general election
2.19following the next general election as provided by the law relating to general elections. If
2.20adopted, the governor shall announce the fact by proclamation.
2.21EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following adoption by the
2.22voters of the constitutional amendment in section 1.
