1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to the legislature; requiring that certain services be provided through 
1.3 	a joint legislative office;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 3.06, 
1.4 	subdivision 1; 3.303, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 3.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Election. Thereupon, if a quorum is present, the houses shall elect 
1.8 	the following officers, any of whom may be removed by resolution of the appointing body.
1.9 	The senate shall elect a secretary, a first and a second assistant secretary, an enrolling 
1.10 	clerk, an engrossing clerk, a sergeant-at-arms, an assistant sergeant-at-arms, and a 
1.11 	chaplain.
1.12 	The house of representatives shall elect a speaker, who shall be a member of the 
1.13 	house of representatives, a chief clerk, a first and a second assistant clerk, an index clerk, a 
1.14 	chief sergeant-at-arms, a first and a second assistant sergeant-at-arms, a postmaster, an 
1.15 	assistant postmaster, and a chaplain.

1.16 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 3.303, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
1.17 	read:
1.18 		Subd. 11.Joint administrative services. The Legislative Coordinating Commission 
1.19 	must provide or arrange for the provision of the following services to both the house of 
1.20 	representatives and the senate: information technology, telecommunications, printing and 
1.21 	duplicating, postmaster and mail functions, television and other public information, human 
1.22 	resources, payroll, purchasing, and accounting. The house of representatives and the senate 
1.23 	may not maintain separate offices or hire separate employees to perform these services.

2.1 	Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.2 	Sections 1 and 2 are effective July 1, 2011.