HF 1695

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to higher education; changing the method for
recommending regent candidates to the legislature;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 137.0245,
subdivisions 1, 4; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 137.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 137.0245,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Establishment.

A Regent Candidate
Advisory Council is established to assist deleted text begin the legislature deleted text end in
determining criteria for, and identifying and recruiting
qualified candidates for membership on the Board of Regents new text begin and
making recommendations to the governor new text end .

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 137.0245,
subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Recommendations.

The advisory council shall
recommend at least two and not more than four candidates. By
deleted text begin March 15 deleted text end new text begin February 1 new text end of each odd-numbered year, the advisory
council shall submit its recommendations to the deleted text begin president of the
senate and the speaker of the house of representatives. The
legislature shall not be bound by these recommendations deleted text end new text begin governor
who must nominate a slate of candidates and present it to the
legislature under section 137.0247 new text end .

Sec. 3.

new text begin [137.0247] LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF REGENTS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Governor nomination. new text end

new text begin Within 30 days of
receiving the recommendations of the Regent Candidate Advisory
Council, the governor must submit a slate of regent candidates
to the legislature that names one candidate for each vacancy.
The governor may name candidates from the recommendations of the
advisory council, or may select a candidate without regard to
the recommendations but according to sections 137.023 and
137.024.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Election by the legislature. new text end

new text begin In each
odd-numbered year, the legislature must elect regents as
required under the Minnesota Constitution, article XII, section
3, from a slate of candidates submitted by the governor under
this section. If the legislature fails to fill one or more of
the open positions, the governor has 15 days from the date of
the joint convention to submit a new slate of candidates for the
open regent positions. The legislature must meet in joint
convention to act on the second slate of candidates. The
nomination and election process under this section continues
until regents have been elected for all positions scheduled for
the current election cycle.
new text end