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MN Stat § 3.084 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.084 — Lobbying Activities Prohibited.

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 of the legislature is prohibited from accepting employment with or otherwise receiving compensation for services performed from: (1) a business whose primary source of revenue is derived from lobbying, government relations or government affairs services; (2) a business whose primary source of revenue is derived from facilitating government relations or government affairs services between two third parties; or (3) any other business that employs or contracts with lobbyists, government relations or government affairs professionals, if the member's job duties include acting in that capacity or providing direct or indirect consulting, advice, or administrative support for that work. (b) This prohibition applies regardless of the location where the work of the business is substantially conducted or its clients are located. (c) The house of representatives and the senate must adopt rules to enforce this section. History:  1Sp2021 c 14 art 11 s 1  NOTE: This section, as added by Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 14, article 11, section 1, is effective January 3, 2023. Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 14, article 11, section 1, the effective date.
MN Stat § 3.087 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.087 — Right Of Action In District Court.

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 sections 3.082 and 3.083, specifically require the employer to comply with their provisions and compensate the member for any loss of wages or benefits suffered by reason of the employer's unlawful action. The court shall order a speedy hearing in the case and advance it on the calendar. History:  1955 c 690 s 3; 1974 c 306 s 3; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1
MN Stat § 3.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.09 — Compensation Of Employees.

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; Ex1937 c 82 s 1; 1947 c 233 s 5; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1; 2000 c 457 s 2
MN Stat § 3.095 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.095 — Legislative Employees, Leaves.

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 210 s 47; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1; 2000 c 457 s 3
MN Stat § 3.096 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.096 — Transfer Of Leave.

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 legislature who accepts a position in the classified or unclassified service shall have accrued vacation and sick leave transferred and placed to the employee's credit on the records of the new appointing authority. Vacation and sick leave are not transferred if the new position does not provide for the leave. The amount of vacation and sick leave that may be transferred is subject to any limitations imposed by the receiving agency's collective bargaining agreement or compensation plan. History:  Ex1967 c 48 s 65; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1; 1999 c 221 s 2; 2000 c 457 s 4
MN Stat § 3.098 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.098 — Expense Reports.

3.098 EXPENSE REPORTS. The house of representatives and senate shall by rule require detailed quarterly reports of expenditures by the house of representatives and senate to their respective committees on rules and legislative administration. These reports are public information. History:  1993 c 370 s 9; 1999 c 99 s 6
MN Stat § 3.099 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.099 — Members; Compensation And Expenses, Flexible Sessions.

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 first month of each term and on the first day of each following month during the term for which the member was elected. The compensation of each member of the legislature elected at a special election is due on the day the member takes the oath of office and payable within ten days of taking the oath for the remaining part of the month in which the oath was taken, and then in equal parts on the first day of each following month during the term for which the member was elected. Each member shall receive mileage for necessary travel to the place of meeting and returning to the member's residence in the amount and for trips as authorized by the senate for senate members and by the house of representatives for house members. Each member shall also receive per diem living expenses during a regular or special session of the legislature in the amounts and for the purposes as determined by the senate for senate members and by the house of representatives for house members. On January 15 in the first month of each term and on the first day of each following month, the secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house of representatives shall certify to the commissioner of management and budget, in duplicate, the amount of compensation then payable to each member of their respective houses and its total. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1987 c 404 s 191] Subd. 3. Leaders. The senate Committee on Rules and Administration for the senate and the house of representatives Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration for the house of representatives may each designate for their respective body up to three leadership positions to receive up to 140 percent of the compensation of other members. At the commencement of each biennial legislative session, each house of the legislature shall adopt a resolution designating its majority and minority leader. The majority leader is the person elected by the caucus of members in each house which is its largest political affiliation. The minority leader is the person elected by the caucus which is its second largest political affiliation. History:  Ex1971 c 32 s 22 subd 1; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1977 c 35 s 10; 1984 c 654 art 2 s 30; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 59; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 3.101 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.101 — Living Expenses.

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 and when the legislature is not in session in the manner and amount prescribed by the senate Committee on Rules and Administration for senators and by the house of representatives Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration for house of representatives members. History:  1969 c 1139 s 70; 1984 c 648 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1
MN Stat § 3.103 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.103 — Special Session Living Expenses.

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 house of representatives at the last regular session before the special session. Reimbursement for travel shall not exceed one round trip per member for each seven calendar days in which the legislature meets in the special session. History:  Ex1971 c 3 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1
MN Stat § 3.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.14 — Contempts.

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) disorderly conduct in its view and presence, or in the view and presence of any of its committees, tending to interrupt its proceedings; (3) giving or offering a bribe to a member, or attempting by menace or corrupt or improper means, directly or indirectly, to control or influence a member in giving or withholding the member's vote. No person shall be excused from attending and testifying before either house of the legislature, or a committee of either house, for an alleged offense upon an investigation of giving or offering a bribe, or attempting by menace or corrupt or improper means, directly or indirectly, to control or influence a member in giving or withholding the member's vote upon the ground that the person's required testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, may tend to convict the person of a crime or subject the person to a penalty. No person shall be prosecuted, or subjected to a penalty for a transaction, matter, or thing concerning which the person may so testify, or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise. No testimony, so given or produced, shall be received against the person in any criminal investigation or proceeding. History:  (38) RL s 19; 1907 c 319 s 1; 1971 c 227 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1
MN Stat § 3.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.15 — Punishment For Contempt.

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 in which the seat of government is situated shall receive and detain the person in close confinement during the term fixed by the order of commitment, or until the detainee is discharged by vote of the committing body or due process of law. History:  (39) RL s 20; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1
MN Stat § 3.151 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.151 — Disturbing Legislature Or Intimidating Member.

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 proceedings or impair the respect due to its authority; or (3) willfully, by intimidation or otherwise, prevents a member of the legislature from attending a session of the member's house, or of a committee of it, or from giving the member's vote upon a question which may come before the house, or from performing any other official act. History:  (10000) RL s 4815; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1
MN Stat § 3.153 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.153 — Legislative Subpoenas.

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 subpoenas, including subpoenas duces tecum, requiring the appearance of persons, production of relevant records, and the giving of relevant testimony. Subpoenas shall be issued by the chief clerk of the house of representatives or the secretary of the senate upon receipt of the request. A person subpoenaed to attend a meeting of the legislature or a hearing of a legislative committee or commission shall receive the same fees and expenses provided by law for witnesses in district court. Subd. 2. Service. Service of a subpoena authorized by this section shall be made in the manner provided for the service of subpoenas in civil actions at least seven days before the date fixed in the subpoena for appearance or production of records unless a shorter period is authorized by a majority vote of all the members of the committee or commission. Subd. 3. Counsel. Any person served with a subpoena may choose to be accompanied by counsel if a personal appearance is required and shall be served with a notice to that effect. The person shall also be served with a copy of the resolution or statute establishing the committee or commission and a general statement of the subject matter of the commission or committee's investigation or inquiry. Subd. 4. Attachment. To carry out the authority granted by this section, a committee or commission authorized by subdivision 1 to request the issuance of subpoenas may, by a two-thirds vote of its members, request the issuance of an attachment to compel the attendance of a witness who, having been duly subpoenaed to attend, fails to do so. The chief clerk of the house of representatives or the secretary of the senate upon receipt of the request shall apply to the district court in Ramsey County for issuance of the attachment. Subd. 5. Failure to respond. Any person who without lawful excuse fails to respond to a subpoena issued under this section or who, having been subpoenaed, willfully refuses to be sworn or affirm or to answer any material or proper question before a committee or commission is guilty of a misdemeanor. History:  1971 c 227 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1; 1992 c 385 s 1
MN Stat § 3.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.16 — Members, Officers, And Attorneys Excused From Court Duty.

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 committee or commission when the legislature is not in session unless the court in which the action is pending orders it, upon sufficient showing and with the consent of the presiding officer of the body of which the witness is an employee or the consent of the body of which the witness is a member. No cause or proceeding, civil or criminal, in court or before a commission or an officer or referee of a court or commission or a motion or hearing on the cause or proceeding, in which a member or officer of, or an attorney employed by, the legislature is a party, attorney, or witness shall be tried or heard during a session of the legislature or while the member, officer, or attorney is attending a meeting of a legislative committee or commission when the legislature is not in session. The matter shall be continued until the legislature or the committee or commission meeting has adjourned. The member, officer, or attorney may, with the consent of the body of the legislature of which the person is a member, officer, or employee, waive this privilege. The cause or proceeding, motion, or hearing may then be tried or heard at a time that will not conflict with legislative duties. History:  (40) 1909 c 51 s 1; 1925 c 18 s 1; 1927 c 47 s 1; 1929 c 19 s 1; 1941 c 45 s 1; 1957 c 183 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1
MN Stat § 3.17 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.17 — Journals.

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 approved shall be certified by the secretary or clerk to the printer, who shall print the corrected permanent journal. Executive messages, addresses, reports, communications, and voluminous documents other than amendments to the constitution or to bills and resolutions and the protests of members submitted under the constitution, article 4, section 11, shall be omitted from the journals, unless otherwise ordered by vote. Before distributing journals and other publications to members, legislative staff, and others, each house shall notify prospective recipients of the cost of the publications and the availability of the same information on the Internet. History:  (41) RL s 21; 1976 c 2 s 172; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1; 1999 c 250 art 1 s 36
MN Stat § 3.18 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.18 — Other Records.

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 document to be so printed, it shall be inserted only in the appendix to the senate journal. History:  (42) RL s 22; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1
MN Stat § 3.185 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.185 — Altering Draft Of Bill.

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 officer in language different from that intended by the house, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. History:  (10001) RL s 4816; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1
MN Stat § 3.19 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.19 — Engrossing And Enrolling.

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 shall be used to the greatest possible extent. History:  (43) 1905 c 153 s 1; 1959 c 366 s 1; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1; 1988 c 479 s 1
MN Stat § 3.191 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.191 — Altering Engrossed Bill.

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 printer of the statutes, in language different from that in which it was passed by the legislature, is guilty of a felony. History:  (10002) RL s 4817; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1
MN Stat § 3.192 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.192 — Requirements For New Or Renewed Tax Expenditures.

3.192 REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW OR RENEWED TAX EXPENDITURES. (a) Any bill that creates, renews, or continues a tax expenditure must include a statement of intent that clearly provides the purpose of the tax expenditure and a standard or goal against which its effectiveness may be measured. (b) For purposes of this section, "tax expenditure" has the meaning given in section 270C.11, subdivision 6. (c) Any bill that creates a new tax expenditure or continues an expiring tax expenditure must include an expiration date for the tax expenditure that is no more than eight years from the day the provision takes effect. History: 2010 c 389 art 10 s 1; 1Sp2021 c 14 art 11 s 2 NOTE: The amendment to this section by Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 14, article 11, section 2, is effective beginning with the 2022 legislative session. Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 14, article 11, section 2, the effective date.
MN Stat § 3.196 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.196 — Audits.

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
MN Stat § 3.197 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.197 — Required Reports.

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
MN Stat § 3.199 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.199 — Accessibility In The Legislature's Information Technology.

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 the senate, the secretary of the senate; (3) for the Office of the Revisor of Statutes, the revisor of statutes; (4) for the Office of the Legislative Auditor, the legislative auditor; (5) for the Legislative Reference Library, the library director; (6) for the Legislative Budget Office, the director of the Legislative Budget Office; and (7) for any entity administered by the legislative branch not listed in clauses (1) to (6), the director of the Legislative Coordinating Commission. Subd. 2. Accessibility standards; compliance. The senate, the house of representatives, and joint legislative offices and commissions must comply with accessibility standards adopted for state agencies by the chief information officer under section 16E.03, subdivision 9, for technology, software, and hardware procurement, unless the responsible authority for a legislative body or office has approved an exception for a standard for that body or office. Subd. 3. Not subject to the Department of Information Technology Services authority. The chief information officer is not authorized to manage or direct compliance of the legislature with accessibility standards. History: 1Sp2019 c 10 art 5 s 1; 2021 c 31 art 2 s 16 NOTE: This section, as added by Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 10, article 5, section 1, is effective October 1, 2024. Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 10, article 5, section 1, the effective date.
MN Stat § 3.20 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.20 — Form Of Act; Submission.

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 submitted and voted upon at the next general election as provided by the law relating to general elections. If adopted, the governor shall announce the fact by proclamation. History:  (45) RL s 24; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1