STATE OF MINNESOTA
SPECIAL SESSION - 2005
_____________________
FIRST DAY
Saint Paul, Minnesota, Tuesday, May 24, 2005
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 Tuesday, the twenty-fourth day of May 2005 at 12:01 a.m.
PROCLAMATION
FOR SPECIAL SESSION 2005
Whereas, The Eighty-Fourth Legislature will adjourn from
its 2005 session 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 regarding agriculture, economic development, education,
environment, health, human services, transportation, taxes, and the orderly
functioning of state government; and
Whereas, After the time permitted by law for passage of
such legislation during the 2005 regular session expires, 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
avoidance of a government shutdown and 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
one minute after the last house of the Legislature adjourns its regular session
on Monday, May 23, 2005, pursuant to Article IV, Section 12, at the State
Capitol in St. 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 twenty-third day of May in the year of our Lord two thousand and five, and
of the State the one hundred forty-seventh.
Mary Kiffmeyer 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 2004, Section 3.073, the
Honorable Steve Sviggum, Speaker of the House, called the House of
Representatives to order.
Prayer
was offered by the Reverend Lonnie E. Titus, 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
Abrams
Anderson, B.
Anderson, I.
Atkins
Beard
Bernardy
Blaine
Bradley
Brod
Buesgens
Carlson
Charron
Clark
Cornish
Cox
Cybart
Davids
Davnie
Dean
DeLaForest
Demmer
Dempsey
Dill
Dittrich
Dorman
Dorn
Eastlund
Eken
Ellison
Emmer
Entenza
Erhardt
Erickson
Finstad
Fritz
Garofalo
Gazelka
Goodwin
Greiling
Gunther
Hackbarth
Hamilton
Hansen
Hausman
Heidgerken
Hilstrom
Hilty
Holberg
Hoppe
Hornstein
Hortman
Hosch
Howes
Huntley
Jaros
Johnson, J.
Johnson, R.
Johnson, S.
Juhnke
Kahn
Kelliher
Klinzing
Knoblach
Koenen
Kohls
Krinkie
Lanning
Larson
Latz
Lenczewski
Lesch
Liebling
Lieder
Lillie
Loeffler
Magnus
Mahoney
Mariani
Marquart
McNamara
Meslow
Moe
Mullery
Murphy
Nelson, M.
Nelson, P.
Newman
Nornes
Olson
Opatz
Otremba
Ozment
Paulsen
Paymar
Pelowski
Penas
Peppin
Peterson, A.
Peterson, N.
Peterson, S.
Poppe
Powell
Rukavina
Ruth
Ruud
Sailer
Samuelson
Scalze
Seifert
Sertich
Severson
Sieben
Simon
Simpson
Slawik
Smith
Soderstrom
Solberg
Sykora
Thao
Thissen
Tingelstad
Urdahl
Vandeveer
Wagenius
Walker
Wardlow
Welti
Westerberg
Westrom
Wilkin
Zellers
Spk. Sviggum
A quorum was present.
Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 2004, Section 3.073, the Speaker
declared the House of Representatives organized for the 2005 Special Session.
Paulsen 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.
ADJOURNMENT
Paulsen moved that when the House adjourns today it adjourn
until 12:00 noon, Thursday, May 26, 2005.
The motion prevailed.
Paulsen moved that the House adjourn. The motion prevailed, and the Speaker declared the House stands
adjourned until 12:00 noon, Thursday, May 26, 2005.
Albin
A. Mathiowetz,
Chief Clerk, House of Representatives