1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, 
  1.3             article IV, section 4; providing staggered four-year 
  1.4             terms for representatives and senators.  
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.] 
  1.7      An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article IV, 
  1.8   section 4, is proposed to the people. 
  1.9      If the amendment is adopted, article IV, section 4, will 
  1.10  read: 
  1.11     Sec. 4.  Representatives ~~shall be chosen for a term of two~~ 
  1.12  ~~years, except to fill a vacancy.~~ and senators shall be chosen 
  1.13  for a term of four years, except to fill a vacancy and except 
  1.14  there shall be an entire new election of all the ~~senators~~ 
  1.15  members at the first election of representatives after each new 
  1.16  legislative apportionment provided for in this article.  As 
  1.17  nearly as possible, one-half of the members of each body elected 
  1.18  at the first election after a new apportionment shall be elected 
  1.19  from odd-numbered districts and serve two-year terms and 
  1.20  one-half shall be elected from even-numbered districts and serve 
  1.21  four-year terms.  The governor shall call elections to fill 
  1.22  vacancies in either house of the legislature. 
  1.23     Sec. 2.  [QUESTION.] 
  1.24     The amendment shall be submitted to the people at the 2000 
  1.25  general election.  The question submitted to the people shall be:
  2.1      "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to provide 
  2.2   staggered four-year terms for representatives and senators? 
  2.3                                      Yes .......
  2.4                                      No ........"