Minnesota Standing Appropriations Amendment (2012)

Not on Ballot
This measure was not put on an election ballot

The Minnesota Standing Appropriations Amendment did not make the November 2012 ballot in Minnesota as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The proposed amendment would have forbidden standing appropriations.^[1]

Text of measure[edit]

The question would have been presented to voters as follows:^[2]

"Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to forbid the legislature from appropriating money from the state general fund for a period beyond the biennium in which the appropriation is enacted, except for appropriations necessary to pay principal and interest on state bonds?"

• YES
• NO

Constitutional Changes[edit]

The proposed amendment would have amended Article XI of the Minnesota Constitution.^[2]

Path to the ballot[edit]

See also: Amending the Minnesota Constitution

In order to refer proposed amendments to the ballot they must be agreed on by a majority of the members of each chamber of the Minnesota State Legislature. The 2012 legislative session ended before the measure was passed on to the ballot.

See also[edit]

Suggest a link

• 2012 ballot measures
• Minnesota 2012 ballot measures

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