Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

3.02 EVIDENCE OF MEMBERSHIP. For all purposes of organization of either house of the legislature, a certificate of election to it, duly executed by the secretary of state, is prima facie evidence of the right to membership of the person named in it. History: (25) RL s 10; 1969 c …

3.05 ORGANIZATION. At noon of the day appointed for convening the legislature, the members shall meet in their respective chambers. The lieutenant governor shall call the senate to order and the secretary of state, the house of representatives. In the absence of either officer, t…

3.055 OPEN MEETINGS. § Subdivision 1.Meetings to be open. Meetings of the legislature shall be open to the public, including sessions of the senate, sessions of the house of representatives, joint sessions of the senate and the house of representatives, and meetings of a standing…

3.056 DESIGNATION OF SUCCESSOR COMMITTEE. If a law assigns a power or duty to a named legislative committee or its chair, and the committee has been renamed or no longer exists, the speaker of the house or the senate Committee on Rules and Administration shall designate the succe…

3.06 OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. § Subdivision 1.Election. Thereupon, if a quorum is present, the houses shall elect the following officers, any of whom may be removed by resolution of the appointing body. The senate shall elect a president, who shall be a member of the senate, secre…

3.07 ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES. Each house, after its organization, may appoint and at pleasure remove the employees provided for by its permanent rules or recommended by its Committee on Rules. All officers and employees shall receive the compensation provided by the permanent rules …

3.073 ORGANIZATION OF SPECIAL SESSION. The officers elected, the rules adopted, and the committees established by the legislature and by each house during the preceding regular session shall serve and be in effect during a special session, except as the legislature or a house pro…

3.08 ELECTION; DUTIES. In addition to the duties prescribed by law, the officers and employees shall perform the services required of them by rule or vote of the appointing body or by direction of a committee of the appointing body. History: (32) RL s 16; 1947 c 233 s 3; 1988 c 4…

3.082 MEMBERS' EMPLOYMENT; CONTINUATION. A member of the legislature of the state of Minnesota who held a position, other than a temporary position, in the employ of a private employer in Minnesota at the commencement of service in a legislative session, who applies for reemploym…

3.083 RETENTION OF SENIORITY, FRINGE BENEFITS AND TENURE. § Subdivision 1.Entitlement to benefits and position. A member of the legislature who is continued in or restored to a position in accordance with section 3.082: (1) shall be continued or restored without loss of seniority…

3.084 LOBBYING ACTIVITIES PROHIBITED. § Subdivision 1.Definition. As used in this section, "lobbying" means engaging in activities that would require an individual to register as a lobbyist, as defined in section 10A.01, subdivision 21. § Subd. 2.Prohibition. (a) A sitting member…

3.087 RIGHT OF ACTION IN DISTRICT COURT. If a private employer fails or refuses to comply with sections 3.082 and 3.083, the district court where the private employer maintains a place of business may, upon the filing of a complaint by the member entitled to the benefits of secti…

3.088 LEAVE OF ABSENCE. § Subdivision 1.Leave of absence without pay. Subject to this section, any appointed officer or employee of a political subdivision, municipal corporation, or school district of the state or an institution of learning maintained by the state who serves as …

3.09 COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES. The compensation of officers and employees shall be at the rates fixed by the permanent rules of the electing or appointing body or recommended by its Committee on Rules. History: (33) RL s 17; 1907 c 229 s 1; 1909 c 132 s 1; Ex1936 c 115 s 1; Ex19…

3.095 LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEES, LEAVES. The Legislative Coordinating Commission shall adopt plans for sick leave and annual leave for the employees of the legislature and of legislative committees and commissions. History: 1965 c 901 s 76; 1973 c 507 s 45; 1980 c 617 s 47; 1981 c 21…

3.096 TRANSFER OF LEAVE. An employee in the classified or unclassified service who accepts a position as an employee of the legislature shall have accrued vacation and sick leave transferred and placed to the employee's credit on the legislative records. An employee of the legisl…

3.099 MEMBERS; COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES, FLEXIBLE SESSIONS. § Subdivision 1.Paydays; mileage; per diem. The compensation of each member of the legislature is due on the first day of the regular legislative session of the term and payable in equal parts on January 15, in the firs…

3.101 LIVING EXPENSES. A member of the legislature in addition to the compensation and mileage otherwise provided by law shall be reimbursed for living and other expenses incurred in the performance of duties or engaging in official business during a regular or special session an…

3.103 SPECIAL SESSION LIVING EXPENSES. Each member of the legislature, during a special session, shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of duties in the same amounts, for the same purposes, and in the same manner as authorized for senators and members of the…

3.14 CONTEMPTS. Each house may punish, as a contempt, a breach of its privileges, or of the privileges of its members, but only for the following offenses: (1) arresting or causing to be arrested, a member or officer in violation of the member's privilege from arrest; (2) disorde…

3.15 PUNISHMENT FOR CONTEMPT. Punishment for contempt shall be by imprisonment. The term of imprisonment shall not extend beyond the session at which it is inflicted. When either house shall direct the imprisonment of a person for a contempt the keeper of the jail of the county i…

3.151 DISTURBING LEGISLATURE OR INTIMIDATING MEMBER. A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor who: (1) willfully disturbs the legislature, or either house of it, while in session; (2) commits disorderly conduct in the presence and view of either house, tending to interrupt its p…

3.153 LEGISLATIVE SUBPOENAS. § Subdivision 1.Commissions; committees. A joint legislative commission established by law and composed exclusively of legislators or a standing or interim legislative committee, by a two-thirds vote of its members, may request the issuance of subpoen…

3.16 MEMBERS, OFFICERS, AND ATTORNEYS EXCUSED FROM COURT DUTY. No member or officer of, or attorney employed by, the legislature shall be compelled to attend as a witness in a court of this state during a session of the legislature, or while attending a meeting of a legislative c…

3.17 JOURNALS. A journal of the daily proceedings in each house shall be printed and laid before each member at the beginning of the next day's session. After it has been publicly read and corrected, a copy, kept by the secretary and chief clerk, respectively, and a transcript as…

3.18 OTHER RECORDS. Each house may determine, by rule or resolution, the number of copies of its journal to be printed, and the form and contents of its other records. It may have printed, in an appendix to its journal, the documents it desires. If both houses order the same docu…

3.185 ALTERING DRAFT OF BILL. A person who fraudulently alters the draft of a bill or resolution which has been presented to either house of the legislature to be passed or adopted, with intent to procure its passage or adoption by either house or certification by the presiding o…

3.19 ENGROSSING AND ENROLLING. All bills shall be engrossed or enrolled as provided by section 3C.04 and the rules of the senate and the house of representatives or their joint rules. In engrossing or enrolling bills, copying machines and other labor saving devices and equipment …

3.191 ALTERING ENGROSSED BILL. A person who fraudulently alters the engrossed copy or enrollment of a bill which has been passed by the legislature, with intent to procure its approval by the governor, certification by the secretary of state, or printing or publication by the pri…

3.192 REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW OR RENEWED TAX EXPENDITURES. (a) Within 60 days after final enactment of a bill that creates, renews, or continues a tax expenditure, the chairs of the house of representatives and senate committees with primary jurisdiction over taxes must submit to th…

3.195 REPORTS TO THE LEGISLATURE. § Subdivision 1.Distribution of reports. (a) Except as provided in subdivision 4, a report to the legislature required of a department or agency shall be made, unless otherwise specifically required by law, by filing one copy with the Legislative…

3.196 AUDITS. The house of representatives and the senate shall each contract with the state auditor or a certified public accountant to perform an audit at least biennially. History: 1993 c 192 s 34

3.197 REQUIRED REPORTS. A report to the legislature must contain, at the beginning of the report, the cost of preparing the report, including any costs incurred by another agency or another level of government. History: 1994 c 559 s 1

3.1985 LEGISLATIVE FUNDING; APPROPRIATION. § Subdivision 1.Definition. As used in this section, "member expenses" means: (1) compensation to members of the legislature, to include salary; payroll taxes; leadership pay; employer-paid benefits or contributions offered through the s…

3.199 ACCESSIBILITY IN THE LEGISLATURE'S INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following term has the meaning given. (b) "Responsible authority" means: (1) for the house of representatives, the chief clerk of the house; (2) for…

3.20 FORM OF ACT; SUBMISSION. Every act for the submission of an amendment to the constitution shall set forth the section as it will read if the amendment is adopted, with only the other matter necessary to show in what section or article the alteration is proposed. It shall be …

3.21 NOTICE. At least four months before the election, the attorney general shall furnish to the secretary of state a statement of the purpose and effect of all amendments proposed, showing clearly the form of the existing sections and how they will read if amended. If a section …

3.221 COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS TO CONSIDER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY. Appropriate committees and commissions of the legislature must consider how proposed legislation that potentially affects scientific and technological development in the state conforms to the state's scie…

3.222 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY. § Subdivision 1.Scope. The science and technology policy in this section lists five goals that contribute to Minnesota's long-term economic growth. Development of these goals is critical if the state is to create an environment conducive to th…

3.225 PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL SERVICE CONTRACTS. § Subdivision 1.Application. This section applies to a contract for professional or technical services entered into by the house of representatives, the senate, the Legislative Coordinating Commission, or any group under the jur…

3.226 CONTRACTS WITH VENDORS WHO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ISRAEL PROHIBITED. § Subdivision 1.Discrimination by vendor. (a) The legislature may not enter into a contract with a vendor that engages in discrimination against Israel, or against persons or entities doing business in Israe…

3.227 CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH THIS CHAPTER. The legislature shall require that the terms of any contract include a certification of the vendor's compliance with all requirements of this chapter in entering and executing the contract. History: 2017 c 21 s 2

3.251 COMMISSION ON UNIFORM STATE LAWS. The Commission on Uniform State Laws consists of four appointed commissioners and any persons who have served as appointed commissioners for 20 or more years. Before the first day of June, each odd-numbered year, the governor, the attorney …

3.252 COMMISSIONERS TO REPRESENT STATE. The commissioners shall: (1) represent this state in the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; (2) examine legal subjects on which uniformity of legislation in the different states is desirable; (3) ascertain the best …

3.253 NO COMPENSATION FOR COMMISSIONERS. The commissioners serve without compensation for services as commissioners. History: 1943 c 348 s 3; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1

3.30 LEGISLATIVE ADVISORY COMMISSION. § Subdivision 1.Appropriation; transfers. A general contingent appropriation for each year of the biennium is authorized in the amount the legislature deems sufficient. Additional special contingent appropriations as the legislature deems nec…