Minnesota Standing Appropriations Amendment (2012)

Not on Ballot

This measure was not put
on an election ballot

## Contents

* 1 Text of measure
* 1.1 Constitutional Changes
* 2 Path to the ballot
* 3 See also
* 4 Footnotes

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]

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* 2012 ballot measures
* Minnesota 2012 ballot measures

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Minnesota Legislature, House File 544, bill description
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Minnesota Legislature, House File 544, as introduced

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