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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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