--- Jan Del Calzo wrote: > I just heard on the news that an amendment to the stadium bill called > for > money to implement noise insulation around the airport. I don't know > who > offered the amendment, but I just want to say I think it set back the > cause > of airport noise mitigation more than anything else I can think of.
<snip> > I thought there were rules in the legislature about "germane" > amendments. > Obviously someone was asleep at the switch when this one got through. [TB] The rule is the MN Constitution which says that acts of the Legislature must be confined to a single subject. The courts have ruled some legislative acts to be void because they covered more than one subject (the famous "garbage bills") In this case the single subject may be appropriations since its all about money. I agree, there really isn't any reason to try to mix these two issues together. Come to think of it maybe the single subject is things people get emotional about. Terrell Brown Loring Park __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
