STATE OF MINNESOTA
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION - 2010
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FIRST DAY
Saint Paul, Minnesota, Monday, May 17, 2010
In obedience to the Proclamation of the
Honorable Tim Pawlenty, Governor of the State of Minnesota, summoning the two
houses of the Legislature to meet in Special Session, the members of the House
of Representatives assembled in the Chamber of the House of Representatives at
the Capitol in Saint Paul on Monday, the seventeenth day of May 2010 at 12:01
a.m.
PROCLAMATION FOR SPECIAL SESSION 2010
Whereas,
The Eighty-Sixth Legislature has reached the final day pursuant to Article IV,
Section 21 of the Minnesota Constitution on which bills may be passed by either
house without enacting legislation essential to the health, well-being and
safety of the citizens of Minnesota; and
Whereas,
The unfinished matters of the Legislature include essential laws balancing the
state budget; and
Whereas,
The time permitted by law for passage of such legislation during the 2010
session for the Legislature will expire imminently, and an extraordinary
occasion as envisioned by Article IV, Section 12 of the Minnesota Constitution
is thereby created; and
Whereas,
The people of Minnesota are best served by a prompt conclusion of legislative
business.
Now
Therefore, I, Tim Pawlenty, Governor of Minnesota, do hereby summon you,
members of the Legislature, to convene in Special Session on Monday, May 17,
2010, at 12:01 a.m. at the State Capitol in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
In
Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of
the State of Minnesota to be affixed at the State Capitol this 16th day of May
in the year of our Lord two thousand and ten, and of the State the one hundred
fifty-second.
Mark Ritchie Tim
Pawlenty
Secretary
of State Governor
At the hour of 12:01 a.m. and pursuant to
the Proclamation of the Governor and pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 2008,
Section 3.073, the Honorable Margaret Anderson Kelliher, Speaker of the House,
called the House of Representatives to order.
Prayer was offered by the Reverend Dennis
J. Johnson, House Chaplain.
The members of the House gave the pledge
of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
The roll was called and the following
members were present:
Abeler
Anderson, B.
Anderson, P.
Anderson, S.
Anzelc
Atkins
Beard
Benson
Bigham
Bly
Brod
Brown
Brynaert
Buesgens
Bunn
Carlson
Champion
Clark
Cornish
Davids
Davnie
Dean
Demmer
Dettmer
Dill
Dittrich
Doepke
Doty
Downey
Drazkowski
Eastlund
Eken
Emmer
Falk
Faust
Fritz
Gardner
Gottwalt
Greiling
Gunther
Hackbarth
Hamilton
Hansen
Hausman
Haws
Hayden
Hilstrom
Hilty
Holberg
Hoppe
Hornstein
Hortman
Hosch
Howes
Huntley
Jackson
Johnson
Juhnke
Kahn
Kalin
Kath
Kelly
Kiffmeyer
Knuth
Koenen
Kohls
Laine
Lanning
Lenczewski
Lesch
Liebling
Lieder
Lillie
Loeffler
Loon
Mack
Mahoney
Mariani
Marquart
Masin
McFarlane
McNamara
Morgan
Morrow
Mullery
Murdock
Murphy, E.
Murphy, M.
Nelson
Newton
Nornes
Norton
Obermueller
Olin
Otremba
Paymar
Pelowski
Peppin
Persell
Peterson
Poppe
Reinert
Rosenthal
Rukavina
Ruud
Sailer
Sanders
Scalze
Seifert
Sertich
Severson
Shimanski
Simon
Slawik
Slocum
Smith
Solberg
Sterner
Swails
Thao
Thissen
Tillberry
Torkelson
Urdahl
Wagenius
Ward
Welti
Westrom
Winkler
Zellers
Spk. Kelliher
A quorum was present.
Garofalo, Magnus and Scott were excused.
Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 2008,
Section 3.073, the Speaker declared the House of Representatives organized for
the 2010 Special Session.
Sertich moved that the Chief Clerk be and
is hereby instructed to inform the Senate and the Governor by message that the
House of Representatives is now duly organized pursuant to law for this Special
Session. The motion prevailed.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE
The following message was received from
the Senate:
Madam
Speaker:
This is to notify you that the Senate is
now duly organized for the 2010 Special Session pursuant to the Minnesota
Constitution and Minnesota Statutes.
Colleen J. Pacheco, First
Assistant Secretary of the Senate
Sertich moved that the House recess subject to the call of the
Chair. The motion prevailed.
RECESS
RECONVENED
The House reconvened and was called to order by Speaker pro
tempore Sertich.
ADJOURNMENT
Obermueller moved that when the House adjourns today it adjourn
until 7:30 a.m., Monday, May 17, 2010.
The motion prevailed.
Obermueller moved that the House adjourn. The motion prevailed, and Speaker pro tempore
Sertich declared the House stands adjourned until 7:30 a.m., Monday, May 17,
2010.
Albin
A. Mathiowetz,
Chief Clerk, House of Representatives