HF 246

as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to elections; eliminating precinct caucuses; 
  1.3             amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 202A.156; 
  1.4             and 202A.192; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, 
  1.5             sections 202A.14; 202A.15; 202A.155; 202A.16; 202A.18; 
  1.6             202A.19; and 202A.20. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 202A.156, is 
  1.9   amended to read: 
  1.10     202A.156 [INTERPRETER SERVICES AND ACCESSIBLE PRECINCT 
  1.11  CAUCUS EXEMPTIONS EXEMPTION.] 
  1.12     A major political party is not required to: 
  1.13     (1) provide an interpreter for a convention or precinct 
  1.14  caucus if it has made documented good faith efforts to locate 
  1.15  and assign an interpreter, including contacting an interpreter 
  1.16  referral center or regional service center for the hearing 
  1.17  impaired, and no interpreters are available; or 
  1.18     (2) hold a precinct caucus at a place that meets the 
  1.19  accessibility standards for precinct polling places specified in 
  1.20  section 204B.16, subdivision 5, if it has made documented good 
  1.21  faith efforts to locate and secure an available accessible site 
  1.22  within a reasonable distance of the precinct, and no accessible 
  1.23  site is available. 
  1.24     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 202A.192, is 
  1.25  amended to read: 
  1.26     202A.192 [USE OF PUBLIC FACILITIES.] 
  2.1      Every statutory city, home rule charter city, county, town, 
  2.2   school district and other public agency, including the 
  2.3   university of Minnesota and other public colleges and 
  2.4   universities, shall make their facilities available for the 
  2.5   holding of precinct caucuses and legislative district or county 
  2.6   conventions required by this chapter.  A charge for the use of 
  2.7   the facilities may be imposed in an amount that does not exceed 
  2.8   the lowest amount charged to any public or private group. 
  2.9      Sec. 3.  [REPEALER.] 
  2.10     Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 202A.14; 202A.15; 
  2.11  202A.155; 202A.16; 202A.18; 202A.19; and 202A.20, are repealed.