Bill Text: MN SF932 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Joint legislative administrative services offering by legislative coordinating commission (LCC) requirement

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-21 - Referred to State Government Innovation and Veterans [SF932 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2011-SF932-Introduced.html

1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to the legislature; requiring that certain services be provided through
1.3a joint legislative office;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 3.06,
1.4subdivision 1; 3.303, by adding a subdivision.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 3.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7    Subdivision 1. Election. Thereupon, if a quorum is present, the houses shall elect
1.8the following officers, any of whom may be removed by resolution of the appointing body.
1.9The senate shall elect a secretary, a first and a second assistant secretary, an enrolling
1.10clerk, an engrossing clerk, a sergeant-at-arms, an assistant sergeant-at-arms, and a
1.11chaplain.
1.12The house of representatives shall elect a speaker, who shall be a member of the
1.13house of representatives, a chief clerk, a first and a second assistant clerk, an index clerk, a
1.14chief sergeant-at-arms, a first and a second assistant sergeant-at-arms, a postmaster, an
1.15assistant postmaster, and a chaplain.

1.16    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 3.303, is amended by adding a subdivision to
1.17read:
1.18    Subd. 11. Joint administrative services. The Legislative Coordinating Commission
1.19must provide or arrange for the provision of the following services to both the house of
1.20representatives and the senate: information technology, telecommunications, printing and
1.21duplicating, postmaster and mail functions, television and other public information, human
1.22resources, payroll, purchasing, and accounting. The house of representatives and the senate
1.23may not maintain separate offices or hire separate employees to perform these services.

2.1    Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
2.2Sections 1 and 2 are effective July 1, 2011.
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