Bill Text: MN SF2323 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Metropolitan council member terms of service change to staggered terms
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-08 - Referred to Local Government and Elections [SF2323 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF2323-Introduced.html
1.2relating to the Metropolitan Council; providing for staggered terms of
1.3Metropolitan Council members; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section
1.4473.123, subdivision 2a.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 473.123, subdivision 2a, is amended to
1.7read:
1.8 Subd. 2a. Terms. Following each apportionment of council districts, as provided
1.9under subdivision 3a, council members must be appointed from newly drawn districts as
1.10provided in subdivision 3a. Each council member, other than the chair, must reside in the
1.11council district represented. Each council district must be represented by one member
1.12of the council.The terms of members end with the term of the governor Members
1.13serve four-year terms, except that all terms expire on the effective date of the next
1.14apportionment. Half of the initial appointments following each apportionment are for
1.15two-year terms, with the members from odd-numbered districts serving initial terms of two
1.16years and the members from even-numbered districts serving initial terms of four years in
1.17odd-numbered decades. In even-numbered decades, the members from even-numbered
1.18districts serve initial terms of two years and the members from odd-numbered districts
1.19serve initial terms of four years. A member serves at the pleasure of the governor. A
1.20member shall continue to serve the member's district until a successor is appointed and
1.21qualified; except that, following each apportionment, the member shall continue to serve
1.22at large until the governor appoints 16 council members, one from each of the newly
1.23drawn council districts as provided under subdivision 3a, to serve terms as provided
2.1under this section. The appointment to the council must be made by the first Monday in
2.2March of the year in which the term ends.
2.3 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.
2.4 Section 1 is effective on January 1, 2013. The terms of council members from
2.5odd-numbered districts serving on the effective date of section 1 end on January 7, 2013.
2.6The governor must make new appointments to the odd-numbered districts as provided by
2.7Minnesota Statutes, section 473.123, subdivision 3, for four-year terms ending on the first
2.8Monday in January, 2017. Section 1 applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota,
2.9Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.
1.3Metropolitan Council members; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section
1.4473.123, subdivision 2a.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 473.123, subdivision 2a, is amended to
1.7read:
1.8 Subd. 2a. Terms. Following each apportionment of council districts, as provided
1.9under subdivision 3a, council members must be appointed from newly drawn districts as
1.10provided in subdivision 3a. Each council member, other than the chair, must reside in the
1.11council district represented. Each council district must be represented by one member
1.12of the council.
1.13serve four-year terms, except that all terms expire on the effective date of the next
1.14apportionment. Half of the initial appointments following each apportionment are for
1.15two-year terms, with the members from odd-numbered districts serving initial terms of two
1.16years and the members from even-numbered districts serving initial terms of four years in
1.17odd-numbered decades. In even-numbered decades, the members from even-numbered
1.18districts serve initial terms of two years and the members from odd-numbered districts
1.19serve initial terms of four years. A member serves at the pleasure of the governor. A
1.20member shall continue to serve the member's district until a successor is appointed and
1.21qualified; except that, following each apportionment, the member shall continue to serve
1.22at large until the governor appoints 16 council members, one from each of the newly
1.23drawn council districts as provided under subdivision 3a, to serve terms as provided
2.1under this section. The appointment to the council must be made by the first Monday in
2.2March of the year in which the term ends.
2.3 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.
2.4 Section 1 is effective on January 1, 2013. The terms of council members from
2.5odd-numbered districts serving on the effective date of section 1 end on January 7, 2013.
2.6The governor must make new appointments to the odd-numbered districts as provided by
2.7Minnesota Statutes, section 473.123, subdivision 3, for four-year terms ending on the first
2.8Monday in January, 2017. Section 1 applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota,
2.9Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.
