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MICHELLE L. FISCHBACH

President of the Senate
Senate District 13
2113 Minnesota Senate Bu?ding

95 University Ave. West 
St. Paar, MN 55155-1606 enate

State of Minnesota

 

January 3, 2018

Amanda Simpson

Director of Operations

Of?ce of Governor Mark Dayton
130 State Capitol

Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155

Dear Ms. Simpson,

I do not intend to accept the salary prescribed for the lieutenant governor. Accordingly, please do
not issue any form of payment of the salary to me.

The Minnesota Constitution, article V, sec. 5, provides for the salary of the lieutenant governor to
be "prescribed by law.? The salary for the lieutenant governor was "se in Laws 2001, chapter 10,
art. 1, sec. 2, subd. 4, at 65% of the governor's salary. Ms. Anderson assumes that ?prescribed by
law? and ?set? mean ?required to accept payment.? I do not see any authority for that assumption
in her email. As I noted in my inquiry, another reasonable interpretation is that the prescribed or
set amount is required to be offered to the individual who has assumed the of?ce. The legal
obligation for the state to offer the salary does not create a requirement that I accept it.

To ensure that we record our understanding of this matter preperly, I am willing to sign a document
acknowledging that the prescribed salary has been made available to me, and that I have declined
to accept it. I will provide you with a draft of this acknowledgment if necessary.

Thank you,

 

State Senator
Cc: The Honorable Mark Dayton, Governor of Minnesota

Kristyn Anderson, Minnesota Management and Budget
Joanna Domfeld, Chief of Staff, Office of Governor Mark Dayton

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