1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; providing a procedure for removal of a county sheriff 
1.3 	by the county board under certain circumstances;proposing coding for new law 
1.4 	in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 351.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [351.24] REMOVAL OF COUNTY SHERIFF BY COUNTY BOARD.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Removal of county sheriff by county board. In addition to the vacancy 
1.8 	and removal procedures otherwise provided in chapter 351, the county board may remove 
1.9 	the county sheriff from that office in accordance with the procedures under this section if 
1.10 	the county sheriff is convicted of a targeted misdemeanor in section 299C.10, subdivision 
1.11 	1, paragraph (e), or a gross misdemeanor during the county sheriff's term, regardless of 
1.12 	whether the behavior resulting in the conviction occurred while the county sheriff was acting 
1.13 	in the performance of his or her official duties.
1.14 		Subd. 2.Resolution. The county board must adopt a resolution setting forth the facts 
1.15 	that support a removal of the county sheriff under this section and shall state the county 
1.16 	board's intent to hold a public hearing on removing the county sheriff from office. The 
1.17 	resolution must be published in a legal newspaper in the county for two successive weeks 
1.18 	and posted on the bulletin board in the county auditor's office for one week after the date 
1.19 	of the last publication of the notice.
1.20 		Subd. 3.Public hearing. A public hearing on removal of the county sheriff from office 
1.21 	under this section must be held within 60 days of the resolution under subdivision 2. At the 
1.22 	public hearing, the county board must invite public testimony from persons residing within 
1.23 	the county relating to whether the county sheriff should be removed from office. The county 
2.1 	board must hear and consider all testimony for and against the removal of the county sheriff. 
2.2 	If, after the public hearing, the county board determines that it is in the best interest of the 
2.3 	public to remove the county sheriff from office, the county board may remove the county 
2.4 	sheriff upon a unanimous vote of the county board.
2.5 		Subd. 4.Notice. The county board must deliver written notice of the public hearing to 
2.6 	the county sheriff by personal service no less than 30 days prior to the public hearing.
2.7 		Subd. 5.Appointment. Upon removal of the county sheriff from office, the county 
2.8 	board must fill the vacancy by appointment in accordance with section 375.08.

2.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.