Text: Statement from Governor Dayton Regarding a Tentative Budget AgreementJune 10, 2015ST. PAUL, MN - Below is a statement from Governor Mark Dayton regarding a tentative budgetagreement reached by the Governor and the four Legislative Caucus Leaders."We have reached tentative agreements on the remaining bills, which must beenacted to conclude the 2015 Legislative Session. I will call a Special Session, assoon as the four Caucus leaders and I have each reviewed and approved theproposed statutory language and have all signed a written agreement defining thesession's parameters."I am pleased that these agreements finally include $5 million to help Minnesotanswith disabilities find and maintain employment, and to help prevent Minnesotanswith mental illness from becoming homeless. They also add consumer protectionsto the Energy Intensive Trade Exposed (EITE) rate provision that will help thetaconite and forest products industries in northeastern Minnesota. Finally, they adda provision giving the City of Rochester flexibility to use its local sales tax tosupport the Destination Medical Center economic development project."These resolutions to the bills I vetoed three weeks ago have been extremelydifficult. Last fall, Minnesotans elected a divided state government, led by peoplewith very different views about the role of government in our society; the optimallevels of state revenues and expenditures; and the policies and programs, whichthey should support."The sign of a true compromise is that no one is happy with it. Proponents andopponents of various policies across the political spectrum will be as unhappywith certain features as we, who ultimately had to accept them to avoid anothergovernment shutdown, the indefinite layoffs of 9,500 state employees, and severedisruptions of important public services."[File includes 2015 Special Session Proclamation and attached correspondence and bill]