Bill Text: MN HF2904 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Appointment of at least one member of the minority party in the house of representatives and the senate required to any conference committee appointed to resolve differences in a major appropriation bill, legislator compensation suspended until major budget bills have been enacted, and legislators and the governor required to mediate their differences after adjournment of the annual legislative session in an odd-numbered year if the governor vetoes a major appropriation bill.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-15 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Government Operations and Elections [HF2904 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF2904-Introduced.html
1.2relating to finance; requiring the appointment of at least one member of the
1.3minority party in the house of representatives and the senate to any conference
1.4committee appointed to resolve differences in a major appropriation bill;
1.5suspending compensation of legislators until certain major budget bills have
1.6been enacted; requiring legislators and the governor to mediate their differences
1.7after adjournment of the annual legislative session in an odd-numbered year if
1.8the governor vetoes a major appropriation bill; proposing coding for new law in
1.9Minnesota Statutes, chapters 3; 16A.
1.10BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.11 Section 1. CITATION.
1.12Sections 1 to 4 may be cited as the "Anti-Shutdown Act."
1.13 Sec. 2. [3.058] FINANCE LEGISLATION; CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
1.14REQUIREMENT.
1.15Each body of the legislature must appoint at least one member of its minority caucus
1.16to each conference committee appointed to resolve disagreements concerning a major
1.17appropriation bill. This section remains applicable when no member of the minority
1.18caucus has voted for a major appropriation bill. For the purposes of this section, "minority
1.19caucus" means the caucus that is the second-largest political affiliation in the respective
1.20body of the legislature.
1.21EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.22 Sec. 3. [3.0985] COMPENSATION SUSPENDED UNTIL MAJOR BUDGET
1.23BILL ENACTED.
2.1 Subdivision 1. Suspension. Notwithstanding sections 3.099 and 3.101, and
2.2except as provided in subdivision 2, members of the legislature may not receive salary
2.3after the end of the fiscal year following the deadline for annual adjournment in an
2.4odd-numbered year unless the legislature has passed and the governor has signed all of the
2.5bills designated as major appropriation and revenue bills by law, or by rules of both the
2.6house of representatives and the senate.
2.7 Subd. 2. Exception. This section does not apply to the payment of the amount of
2.8salary equivalent to the employee contribution for state-paid health and dental insurance
2.9for legislative members.
2.10 Sec. 4. [16A.117] MEDIATION REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN VETOED
2.11APPROPRIATION BILLS AFTER ADJOURNMENT.
2.12(a) If a major appropriation bill to fund a given state agency for the next biennium has
2.13been passed by the legislature before the constitutional deadline for annual adjournment of
2.14the legislative session in an odd-numbered year and subsequently vetoed by the governor,
2.15the governor and the legislature must seek to resolve the disagreements concerning the
2.16bill through mediation after the legislature has adjourned the regular legislative session
2.17for that year, as provided in this section.
2.18(b) After a bill subject to this section is vetoed, the chief justice of the Supreme
2.19Court must name a mediator within three days after the date of adjournment of the annual
2.20legislative session during which the bill was vetoed, or within three days following the
2.21date the bill is vetoed, whichever is later. The mediator named under this section must
2.22be a retired judge of the appellate or district courts of this state who has not served
2.23in a party designated or party-endorsed position, such as legislator. The parties to the
2.24mediation shall include:
2.25(1) the governor;
2.26(2) two members of the senate designated by the majority leader in the senate;
2.27(3) two members of the senate designated by the minority leader in the senate;
2.28(4) two members of the house of representatives designated by the speaker of the
2.29house; and
2.30(5) two members of the house of representatives designated by the minority leader
2.31in the house of representatives.
2.32 (c) The parties to the mediation shall meet with the designated mediator within two
2.33days after the mediator has been named and shall attempt to resolve the differences related
2.34to the major appropriation bill that is the subject of this section at that meeting through
2.35mediation. The parties must complete the mediation no later than ten days before the end
3.1of the fiscal year when the bill was vetoed. The senate and the house of representatives
3.2shall share the cost of the mediation.
3.3(d) This section does not apply to a major appropriation bill:
3.4(1) if a subsequent major appropriation bill to fund each state agency funded within
3.5the bill subject to this section is enacted before any of the deadlines provided in this
3.6section; or
3.7(2) during a special session of the legislature.
1.3minority party in the house of representatives and the senate to any conference
1.4committee appointed to resolve differences in a major appropriation bill;
1.5suspending compensation of legislators until certain major budget bills have
1.6been enacted; requiring legislators and the governor to mediate their differences
1.7after adjournment of the annual legislative session in an odd-numbered year if
1.8the governor vetoes a major appropriation bill; proposing coding for new law in
1.9Minnesota Statutes, chapters 3; 16A.
1.10BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.11 Section 1. CITATION.
1.12Sections 1 to 4 may be cited as the "Anti-Shutdown Act."
1.13 Sec. 2. [3.058] FINANCE LEGISLATION; CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
1.14REQUIREMENT.
1.15Each body of the legislature must appoint at least one member of its minority caucus
1.16to each conference committee appointed to resolve disagreements concerning a major
1.17appropriation bill. This section remains applicable when no member of the minority
1.18caucus has voted for a major appropriation bill. For the purposes of this section, "minority
1.19caucus" means the caucus that is the second-largest political affiliation in the respective
1.20body of the legislature.
1.21EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.22 Sec. 3. [3.0985] COMPENSATION SUSPENDED UNTIL MAJOR BUDGET
1.23BILL ENACTED.
2.1 Subdivision 1. Suspension. Notwithstanding sections 3.099 and 3.101, and
2.2except as provided in subdivision 2, members of the legislature may not receive salary
2.3after the end of the fiscal year following the deadline for annual adjournment in an
2.4odd-numbered year unless the legislature has passed and the governor has signed all of the
2.5bills designated as major appropriation and revenue bills by law, or by rules of both the
2.6house of representatives and the senate.
2.7 Subd. 2. Exception. This section does not apply to the payment of the amount of
2.8salary equivalent to the employee contribution for state-paid health and dental insurance
2.9for legislative members.
2.10 Sec. 4. [16A.117] MEDIATION REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN VETOED
2.11APPROPRIATION BILLS AFTER ADJOURNMENT.
2.12(a) If a major appropriation bill to fund a given state agency for the next biennium has
2.13been passed by the legislature before the constitutional deadline for annual adjournment of
2.14the legislative session in an odd-numbered year and subsequently vetoed by the governor,
2.15the governor and the legislature must seek to resolve the disagreements concerning the
2.16bill through mediation after the legislature has adjourned the regular legislative session
2.17for that year, as provided in this section.
2.18(b) After a bill subject to this section is vetoed, the chief justice of the Supreme
2.19Court must name a mediator within three days after the date of adjournment of the annual
2.20legislative session during which the bill was vetoed, or within three days following the
2.21date the bill is vetoed, whichever is later. The mediator named under this section must
2.22be a retired judge of the appellate or district courts of this state who has not served
2.23in a party designated or party-endorsed position, such as legislator. The parties to the
2.24mediation shall include:
2.25(1) the governor;
2.26(2) two members of the senate designated by the majority leader in the senate;
2.27(3) two members of the senate designated by the minority leader in the senate;
2.28(4) two members of the house of representatives designated by the speaker of the
2.29house; and
2.30(5) two members of the house of representatives designated by the minority leader
2.31in the house of representatives.
2.32 (c) The parties to the mediation shall meet with the designated mediator within two
2.33days after the mediator has been named and shall attempt to resolve the differences related
2.34to the major appropriation bill that is the subject of this section at that meeting through
2.35mediation. The parties must complete the mediation no later than ten days before the end
3.1of the fiscal year when the bill was vetoed. The senate and the house of representatives
3.2shall share the cost of the mediation.
3.3(d) This section does not apply to a major appropriation bill:
3.4(1) if a subsequent major appropriation bill to fund each state agency funded within
3.5the bill subject to this section is enacted before any of the deadlines provided in this
3.6section; or
3.7(2) during a special session of the legislature.
