1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to local government; permitting Grand Rapids 
  1.3             Township to hold its general election in November; 
  1.4             permitting the city of Grand Rapids to increase the 
  1.5             membership of its public utilities commission to five 
  1.6             members. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  [GRAND RAPIDS TOWNSHIP; NOVEMBER GENERAL 
  1.9   ELECTION.] 
  1.10     Grand Rapids Township may designate the first Tuesday after 
  1.11  the first Monday in November of either the even-numbered or the 
  1.12  odd-numbered year as the date of the town general election.  The 
  1.13  ordinance or resolution changing the date of the town general 
  1.14  election must include a plan to shorten or lengthen the terms of 
  1.15  office to provide for an orderly transition to the November 
  1.16  election schedule.  The ordinance or resolution changing the 
  1.17  date of the town general election may be proposed by the town 
  1.18  board or by a resolution of the electors adopted at the annual 
  1.19  meeting and is effective upon an affirmative vote of the 
  1.20  electors at the next town general election.  Town supervisors 
  1.21  elected at a November election shall serve three-year terms and 
  1.22  shall serve until a successor is elected and qualified. 
  1.23     Sec. 2.  [CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION; 
  1.24  MEMBERSHIP.] 
  1.25     Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 412.341, the 
  1.26  city of Grand Rapids may by ordinance increase the Grand Rapids 
  2.1   public utilities commission membership to five members. The 
  2.2   ordinance increasing the commission membership must provide for 
  2.3   the initial terms of the additional members so that no more than 
  2.4   two positions on the commission are open for appointment in any 
  2.5   year. 
  2.6      Sec. 3.  [LOCAL APPROVAL NOT REQUIRED.] 
  2.7      This act is effective without local approval as provided in 
  2.8   Minnesota Statutes, section 645.023.