1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, 
  1.3             changing article IV, section 23; providing for veto 
  1.4             override sessions of the legislature.  
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [PROPOSED AMENDMENT.] 
  1.7      An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is proposed to 
  1.8   the people.  If the amendment is adopted, article IV, section 
  1.9   23, will read: 
  1.10     Sec. 23.  [APPROVAL OF BILLS BY GOVERNOR; ACTION ON VETO.] 
  1.11  Every bill passed in conformity to the rules of each house and 
  1.12  the joint rules of the two houses shall be presented to the 
  1.13  governor.  If he approves a bill, he shall sign it, deposit it 
  1.14  in the office of the secretary of state and notify the house in 
  1.15  which it originated of that fact.  If he vetoes a bill, he shall 
  1.16  return it with his objections to the house in which it 
  1.17  originated.  His objections shall be entered in the journal.  
  1.18  If, after reconsideration, two-thirds of that house agree to 
  1.19  pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the governor's 
  1.20  objections, to the other house, which shall likewise reconsider 
  1.21  it.  If approved by two-thirds of that house it becomes a law 
  1.22  and shall be deposited in the office of the secretary of state.  
  1.23  In such cases the votes of both houses shall be determined by 
  1.24  yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for or 
  1.25  against the bill shall be entered in the journal of each house.  
  2.1   Any bill not returned by the governor within three days (Sundays 
  2.2   excepted) after it is presented to him becomes a law as if he 
  2.3   had signed it, unless the legislature by adjournment within that 
  2.4   time prevents its return.  Any bill passed during the last three 
  2.5   days of a session may be presented to the governor during the 
  2.6   three days following the day of final adjournment and becomes 
  2.7   law if the governor signs and deposits it in the office of the 
  2.8   secretary of state within 14 days after the adjournment of the 
  2.9   legislature.  Any bill passed during the last three days of the 
  2.10  session which is not signed and deposited within 14 days after 
  2.11  adjournment does not become a law. 
  2.12     If a bill presented to the governor contains several items 
  2.13  of appropriation of money, he may veto one or more of the items 
  2.14  while approving the bill.  At the time he signs the bill the 
  2.15  governor shall append to it a statement of the items he vetoes 
  2.16  and the vetoed items shall not take effect.  If the legislature 
  2.17  is in session, he shall transmit to the house in which the bill 
  2.18  originated a copy of the statement, and the items vetoed shall 
  2.19  be separately reconsidered.  If on reconsideration any item is 
  2.20  approved by two-thirds of the members elected to each house, it 
  2.21  is a part of the law notwithstanding the objections of the 
  2.22  governor. 
  2.23     If the governor vetoes a bill or item of appropriation 
  2.24  after the adjournment sine die of any session of the 
  2.25  legislature, the presiding officers of the two houses of the 
  2.26  legislature may jointly convene a session of the legislature not 
  2.27  to exceed five calendar days at a time specified by the 
  2.28  presiding officers, solely for the purpose of reconsidering the 
  2.29  one or more bills or items of appropriation vetoed.  If, after 
  2.30  reconsideration, two-thirds of each house agree to pass the bill 
  2.31  or item of appropriation, the bill becomes law or the item of 
  2.32  appropriation is part of the law notwithstanding the objections 
  2.33  of the governor.  The procedure for reconsideration shall be the 
  2.34  same as that for reconsideration during the regular session. 
  2.35     Sec. 2.  [SCHEDULE AND QUESTION.] 
  2.36     The proposed amendment shall be submitted to the people at 
  3.1   the 2002 general election.  The question proposed shall be: 
  3.2      "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to provide for 
  3.3   the legislature to reconvene to reconsider bills and 
  3.4   appropriations vetoed by the governor? 
  3.5                                      Yes .......
  3.6                                      No ........"