Key Votes
SF 2734 - Sales Tax Dedicated to the Environment and the Arts Constitutional Amendment - Key Vote
Minnesota Key Votes
Michele Bachmann voted Nay (Passage) on this legislation.
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Stages
- April 25, 2006 House Amendment Adopted
- April 3, 2006 Senate Amendment Adopted
- March 2, 2006 Introduced
Family
- SF 2734 - Sales Tax Dedicated to the Environment and the Arts Constitutional Amendment
- LB 1103 - Prohibiting Abortions After 20 Weeks of Pregnancy
- SB 124 - Concerning Long Island Sound and Coastal Permitting
- H 7007 - Establishment of Historian Laureate Position
- HB 704 - Special Education Funding
- S 2055 - Relating to State Police
- S 2175 - Relating to State Emblems
- S 2213 - Relating to the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation
- S 2228 - Relating to Criminal Procedure
- S 2425 - Relating to Health Care Facility Licensing
- S 2559 - Relating to Criminal Injuries Compensation
- S 2643 - Relating to Elections
Issues
Stage Details
Constitutional Amendment - Amendment Adopted (House) (78-55) - April 25, 2006 (Key vote)
Title: Sales Tax Dedicated to the Environment and the Arts Constitutional Amendment
Vote to pass a bill proposing a constitutional amendment that dedicates 3/16 of one percent of the state sales tax receipts to the following purposes: 60 percent for game and fish preservation, 30 percent for protection and restoration of Minnesotas water, 5 percent for parks and trails in Minnesota, and 5 percent for the arts and public broadcasting. The bill also creates separate funds for each of these four areas and requires the Commissioner of Natural Resources to create a plan to encourage owners of private land to make that land available for hunting and fishing.
Constitutional Amendment - Amendment Adopted (Senate) (42-22) - April 3, 2006 (Key vote)
Title: Sales Tax Dedicated to the Environment and the Arts Constitutional Amendment
Vote to pass a bill proposing a constitutional amendment that increases the sales tax by three eights of one percent. The bill specifies that 34 percent of the money collected from this increase will be used to protect and improve Minnesotas wildlife, 22 percent for parks, trails, and zoos in Minnesota, 22 percent to protect and restore Minnesotas clean water, and 22 percent for the arts, humanities, history museums, and public broadcasting. The bill also creates separate funds for the money in these four areas and separate councils to administer the money provided for wildlife and for clean water.
Constitutional Amendment - Introduced (Senate) - March 2, 2006
Title: Sales Tax Dedicated to the Environment and the Arts Constitutional Amendment
Sponsors
- Dallas C. Sams (MN - D) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Richard J. 'Dick' Cohen (MN - D)
- David Dill (MN - D)
- Tom M. Hackbarth (MN - R)
- Dean Elton Johnson (MN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Philip 'Phil' Krinkie (MN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Frank R. Moe (MN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Lawrence J. 'Larry' Pogemiller (MN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Tom Saxhaug (MN - D)
- Steven A. 'Steve' Sviggum (MN - R) (Out Of Office)
