Bill Text: MN SF2302 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Metropolitan area soil and water conservation district supervisors election by supervisor districts requirement
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-04 - Referred to Rules and Administration [SF2302 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2302-Introduced.html
1.2relating to elections; requiring soil and water conservation district supervisors
1.3to be elected by supervisor districts in the seven-county metropolitan area;
1.4amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 103C.311, subdivision 2.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 103C.311, subdivision 2, is amended to
1.7read:
1.8 Subd. 2. Supervisors elected by districts. (a) A district board in the seven-county
1.9metropolitan area shall by resolution provide that supervisors will be elected by supervisor
1.10districts as provided in this subdivision.
1.11(a) The (b) A district board outside of the seven-county metropolitan area, with the
1.12approval of the state board, may by resolution provide that supervisors will be elected by
1.13supervisor districts as provided in this subdivision.
1.14(b) (c) The supervisor districts must be composed of precincts established by county
1.15and municipal governing bodies under section204B.14 . The districts must be compact,
1.16include only contiguous territory, and be substantially equal in population. The districts
1.17must be numbered in a regular series. The districts must be drawn by the county board
1.18of the county containing the largest area of the soil and water conservation district, in
1.19consultation with the district board and with the approval of the state board. The boundaries
1.20of the districts must be redrawn after each decennial federal census as provided in section
1.21204B.135
. A certified copy of the resolution establishing supervisor districts must be filed
1.22by the chair of the district board with the county auditor of the counties where the soil and
1.23water conservation district is located, with the state board, and with the secretary of state
1.24at least 30 days before the first date candidates may file for the office of supervisor.
2.1(c) (d) Each supervisor district is entitled to elect one supervisor. A supervisor must
2.2be a resident of the district from which elected.
2.3(d) (e) The district board shall provide staggered terms for supervisors elected by
2.4district. After each redistricting, there shall be a new election of supervisors in all the
2.5districts at the next general election, except that if the change made in the boundaries of a
2.6district is less than five percent of the average population of all the districts, the supervisor
2.7in office at the time of the redistricting shall serve for the full term for which elected. The
2.8district board shall determine by lot the seats to be filled for a two-year term, a four-year
2.9term, and a six-year term.
1.3to be elected by supervisor districts in the seven-county metropolitan area;
1.4amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 103C.311, subdivision 2.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 103C.311, subdivision 2, is amended to
1.7read:
1.8 Subd. 2. Supervisors elected by districts. (a) A district board in the seven-county
1.9metropolitan area shall by resolution provide that supervisors will be elected by supervisor
1.10districts as provided in this subdivision.
1.11
1.12approval of the state board, may by resolution provide that supervisors will be elected by
1.13supervisor districts as provided in this subdivision.
1.14
1.15and municipal governing bodies under section
1.16include only contiguous territory, and be substantially equal in population. The districts
1.17must be numbered in a regular series. The districts must be drawn by the county board
1.18of the county containing the largest area of the soil and water conservation district, in
1.19consultation with the district board and with the approval of the state board. The boundaries
1.20of the districts must be redrawn after each decennial federal census as provided in section
1.22by the chair of the district board with the county auditor of the counties where the soil and
1.23water conservation district is located, with the state board, and with the secretary of state
1.24at least 30 days before the first date candidates may file for the office of supervisor.
2.1
2.2be a resident of the district from which elected.
2.3
2.4district. After each redistricting, there shall be a new election of supervisors in all the
2.5districts at the next general election, except that if the change made in the boundaries of a
2.6district is less than five percent of the average population of all the districts, the supervisor
2.7in office at the time of the redistricting shall serve for the full term for which elected. The
2.8district board shall determine by lot the seats to be filled for a two-year term, a four-year
2.9term, and a six-year term.
