1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 300 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. [202A.191] MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY CAUCUS WITHIN CITIES
1.4OF THE FIRST CLASS.
1.5    Subdivision 1. Applicability. This section applies to a major political party precinct
1.6caucus held within a city of the first class in an odd-numbered year, on the date determined
1.7as provided in subdivision 2.
1.8    Subd. 2. Date of caucus. (a) The chairs of the two largest major political parties'
1.9city organization within each city of the first class shall jointly submit to the governing
1.10body of that city the single date on which the two parties have agreed to conduct their
1.11precinct caucuses in the next odd-numbered year. The date must be submitted no later
1.12than August 1 of each even-numbered year.
1.13(b) On August 1 of each even-numbered year, or at the next regularly scheduled
1.14meeting following that date, the governing body within each city of the first class shall
1.15publicly announce the official date for major political party precinct caucuses to be held in
1.16the next odd-numbered year within the city.
1.17(c) If the chairs of the two largest major political parties do not jointly submit to the
1.18governing body of a city of the first class a single date for conducting precinct caucuses in
1.19that city as provided in this subdivision, then for purposes of the next odd-numbered year,
1.20the first Tuesday in February shall be considered the day of a major political party precinct
1.21caucus within that city, and this section shall only apply within that city on that date.
1.22(d) For purposes of this subdivision, the two largest major political parties within a
1.23city of the first class shall be the parties whose candidates for mayor received the greatest
1.24and second greatest number of votes at the most recent mayoral election in that city.
2.1    Subd. 3. Prohibited meetings and activities. (a) The following meetings and
2.2activities are prohibited after 6:00 p.m. on the night of a major party precinct caucus held
2.3within a first class city:
2.4(1) A meeting of a school board or city council;
2.5(2) A meeting of the governing body of a special taxing district, as defined in section
2.6275.066, if the special taxing district is wholly contained within the first-class city;
2.7(3) An event sponsored by a public elementary or secondary school.
2.8(b) This subdivision only applies to meetings and activities held within the first class
2.9city in which the major party caucus is to be held.
2.10    Subd. 4. Absence from work. Every employee who is entitled to attend a major
2.11political party precinct caucus within a city of the first class is entitled, after giving the
2.12employer at least ten days' written notice, to be absent from work for the purpose of
2.13attending the caucus during the time for which the caucus is scheduled without penalty or
2.14deduction from salary or wages on account of the absence, other than a deduction in salary
2.15for the time of absence from employment.
2.16    Subd. 5. Public School Buildings. No school official may deny the use of a public
2.17school building for the holding of a major political party precinct caucus within a city of
2.18the first class if the school office has received a written request for the use of the school
2.19building 30 days or more prior to the date of the caucus.
2.20    Subd. 6. Use of Facilities. Every public agency, including the University of
2.21Minnesota and other public colleges and universities located within a city of the first class,
2.22must make their facilities available for the holding of a major party precinct caucus on
2.23the date determined according to this section. A charge for the use of the facilities may
2.24be imposed in an amount that does not exceed the lowest amount charged to any public
2.25or private group."