Minnesota SF 495: Cook county higher education board educational programming and academic support services funds transfer and appropriations
Status: Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Jobs and Economic Growth Finance and Policy (as of 2017-02-16)
State: Minnesota · Session: 2017-2018 · Bill: SF 495
Subjects: Counties-Specific, Education-Higher, Employment and Economic Development Department, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
Sponsors: Bakk, Clausen, Eichorn, Isaacson, Tomassoni
Bill Text
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to state government; establishing a process to select delegates to a 1.3 constitutional convention; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 1.4 chapter 1. 1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.6 Section 1. [1.60] DELEGATE SELECTION; CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. 1.7 Subdivision 1.Constitutional convention delegate appointment.The state must send 1.8 five delegates to a convention called by Congress under Article V of the United States 1.9 Constitution. One delegate each must be appointed by the senate majority leader, the senate 1.10 minority leader, the speaker of the house, and the minority leader of the house of 1.11 representatives. The four appointing authorities must appoint a fifth delegate by unanimous 1.12 choice. If the appointing authorities are unable to select a fifth delegate unanimously by the 1.13 deadline for appointment, the state will send four delegates to the convention. The selection 1.14 process shall be used for any convention called under the authority of Article V of the United 1.15 States Constitution. 1.16 Subd. 2.Alternate delegates.Each appointing authority may appoint one alternate 1.17 delegate to serve in the event that the delegate appointed by that appointing authority is 1.18 unable to perform delegate responsibilities. The four appointing authorities may unanimously 1.19 appoint one alternate to serve in the event the fifth delegate appointed unanimously by the 1.20 four appointing authorities is unable to perform delegate responsibilities. 1.21 Subd. 3.Appointment deadline.The delegates and alternates must be appointed no 1.22 later than 30 days prior to the date that Congress calls a convention for proposing 1Section 1. 25-01726 as introduced01/02/25 REVISOR SGS/DG SENATE STATE OF MINNESOTA S.F. No. 495NINETY-FOURTH SESSION (SENATE AUTHORS: BAHR, Drazkowski, Koran, Putnam and Cwodzinski) OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE Introduction and first reading15001/23/2025 Referred to State and Local Government 2.1 amendments or no later than 30 days prior to a time limit set by Congress, whichever is 2.2 earlier. 2Section 1. 25-01726 as introduced01/02/25 REVISOR SGS/DG
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