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82nd Minnesota Legislature

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Election
  
2000 General Election

Members
  
67 Senators

Website
  
www.leg.state.mn.us

82nd Minnesota Legislature

Jurisdiction
  
Minnesota, United States

Meeting place
  
Minnesota State Capitol

Term
  
January 3, 2001 (2001-01-03) – January 7, 2003 (2003-01-07)

The eighty-second Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 3, 2001. The 67 members of the Minnesota Senate and the 134 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were elected during the General Election on November 7, 2000.

Contents

Sessions

The legislature met in a regular session from January 3, 2001 to May 21, 2001. A special session began on June 11, 2001 to consider taxes, the budget, and other bills not passed during the regular session.

A continuation of the regular session was held between January 29, 2002 and May 20, 2002. An additional special session was convened on September 19, 2002 to provide flood relief for Roseau and consider sales taxes and charitable deductions.

Party summary

Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Membership changes" section, below.

Senate

President of the Senate
Don Samuelson (DFL-Brainerd)
Senate Majority Leader
Roger Moe (DFL-Erskine)
Senate Minority Leader
Dick Day (R-Owatonna)

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
Steve Sviggum (R-Kenyon)
House Majority Leader
Tim Pawlenty (R-Eagen)
House Minority Leader
Tom Pugh (DFL-South St. Paul)

References

82nd Minnesota Legislature Wikipedia