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Title: 2012 1st Special Session Leadership Agreement
Article Date: 8/24/2012
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File: 2012 1st special session agreement.pdf 

Text: The undersigned all agree that the 87th Legislature, 2012 1st Special Session will convene on
August 24, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at the State Capitol in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and will be limited to
the 2012 Disaster ~elief Appropriation Bill. The appropriations in the 2012 Disaster Relief
Appropriations Bill are reflected in the legislative spreadsheet.
Under this agreement, the undersigned agree to the.following:
1. No amendments to the Disaster Relief Appropriation Bill~ once it is finalized by the
signature of all five leaders below, and ·conveyed to the House and Senate in that exact
on Friday, August 24th, will be voted upon or passed by either body.
2. the only other bill that will be considered or passed, if-necessary, will be a technical
corrections bill related to the 2012 Disaster Relief Appropriation Bill. Before any
technical cori:ections bill can be considered or passed by either body, all of the
undersigned must agree to it in writing.
3. An urgency will be declared under Article IV, Section 19 of the Minnesota Constitution,
and Permanent Senate Rule 2 and Permanent House Rule 1.04, requiring that a bill be
given three readings on three separate days, vvill be suspended.
4. Under this agreement, no amendment will be considered to the legislation listed above.
No other votes will be permitted and no other bills other than those listed _above wiLI be
passed.
Under this agreement, the Special Session will conclude within one legislative day, and the
bodies will adjourn the Special Session sine die no later than 7:00 a.m. on August 25th, 2012.
Senator Tom Bakk
Senate Minority Leader
Representative Kurt Zellers
Speaker of the House
Representative Paul Thissen
House Minority Leader
Senator David Senjem
Senate Majority Leader ·


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