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May 31, 2007

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Lurker

There are alot of "Has the [Committee] considered..." things, like, say, the methods of drawing district lines?

In any case, I was informed of this testimony when I actually read a newspaper (In New York, I think). It didn't express its opinion, but did note the lack of supportive testimony.

Karl Kurtz

Bill Marx of the Minnesota House staff sent me the following excerpts from House and Senate rules correcting my assertion that no state has term limits for committee chairs.

From House Rule 6.02: "A member must not serve as the chair of the same standing committee or division, or a standing committee or division with substantially the same jurisdiction, during more than the three immediately prior consecutive regular biennial sessions. This Rule does not apply to service as chair of the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration."

Minnesota Senate Rules 10.5: "A member may not serve as the chair of the same standing committee or the same division of a standing committee, or a committee or division with substantially the same jurisdiction, for more than three consecutive Senate terms. This limit does not apply to the Committee on Rules and Administration. This limit applies to time served as a chair in the seventy-eighth legislature and thereafter."

Thanks for this information. It would be interesting to hear from a Minnesotan how this limit has worked.

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