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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 two copies with the Legislative Reference Library, and by making the report available electronically to the […]
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
3.199 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 […]
