1998 Minnesota Amendment 2

September 2026 Minnesota 1983 Minnesota Amendment 2 November 3, 1998 1087789 855853 2105343 County results 1998 Minnesota Amendment 2 was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The amendment amended Articles V, VIII, and XI of the Minnesota Constitution to abolish the office of Minnesota State Treasurer. The duties of the State Treasurer would be transferred at the recommendation of whoever was incumbent Treasurer in 2000, and the office would be abolished upon the expiration of that term in 2003.Minnesota Session Laws - 1998 Regular Session Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statues https://www.revisor.mn.gov/laws/1998/0/Session+Law/Chapter/387/ The amendment was accepted with 55.97% of the vote. The incumbent Treasurer at the time was Michael McGrath, and Carol C. Johnson was elected at the same time the amendment was passed. The question on the ballot read: "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to abolish the office of state treasurer?" Results 1087789 855853 161701 2105343 State Constitutional Amendments Considered Minnesota Legislative Reference Library https://www.lrl.mn.gov/mngov/constitutionalamendments#p References Category:Politics of Minnesota Category:1998 Minnesota elections Minnesota Category:Minnesota ballot measures Category:U.S. state constitutional amendments