1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota 
1.3 	Constitution, article V, sections 1, 2, 5; abolishing the office of lieutenant 
1.4 	governor. 
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS PROPOSED. 
 1.7 	An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is proposed to the people. If the 
1.8 	amendment is adopted,
1.9 	article V, section 1, will read: 

1.10 	Section 1. The executive department consists of a governor, lieutenant governor,
1.11 	secretary of state, auditor, and attorney general, who shall be chosen by the electors of 
1.12 	the state. The governor and  lieutenant governor shall be chosen jointly by a single vote 
1.13 	applying to both offices in a manner prescribed by law.
1.14 	article V, section 2, will read: 

1.15 	Sec. 2.  The term of office for the governor and  lieutenant governor is four years and 
1.16 	until a successor is  chosen and qualified. Each The governor shall have attained the age of 
1.17 	25 years and, shall have been a bona fide resident of the state for one year next preceding 
1.18 	his election, and shall be a citizen of the United States. 
1.19 	article V, section 5, will read: 

1.20 	Sec. 5.  In case a vacancy occurs from any cause  whatever in the office of governor, 
1.21 	the lieutenant governor secretary of state shall be governor during such vacancy.  The 
1.22 	compensation of the  lieutenant governor shall be prescribed by law. The last elected 
1.23 	presiding officer of the senate shall become lieutenant  governor in case a vacancy 
1.24 	occurs in that office the offices of governor and secretary of state. In case the governor 
2.1 	is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his or her office, the same devolves on 
2.2 	the lieutenant governor secretary of state. The legislature may provide by law for the 
2.3 	case of the removal, death, resignation, or inability both of the governor and lieutenant 
2.4 	governor secretary of state to discharge the duties of governor and may provide by law 
2.5 	for continuity of government in periods of emergency resulting from disasters caused by 
2.6 	enemy attack in this state, including, but not limited to, succession to the powers and 
2.7 	duties of public office and change of the seat of government. 

2.8 	Sec. 2. SCHEDULE AND QUESTION.
 2.9 	The proposed amendment shall be submitted to the people at the 2008 general 
2.10 	election and, if approved, shall take effect on the first Monday in January 2011. The 
2.11 	question submitted shall be:
2.12 	"Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to abolish the office of lieutenant 
2.13 	governor on the first Monday in January 2011?

2.14	Yes .......
	
2.15	No ......."