1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to civil service; providing for the abolition 
  1.3             of a police civil service commission by a unanimous 
  1.4             vote of the city council; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.5             1998, sections 419.16 and 419.17. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 419.16, is 
  1.8   amended to read: 
  1.9      419.16 [DISCONTINUANCE ABOLITION OF COMMISSION.] 
  1.10     Any A police civil service commission hereafter created 
  1.11  pursuant to the provisions of under this chapter may be 
  1.12  discontinued and abolished as follows:  (1) by the voters in 
  1.13  accordance with section 419.17; or (2) by a unanimous vote of 
  1.14  the city council.  Abolition by the voters shall be initiated by 
  1.15  a petition signed by at least 25 percent of the number of legal 
  1.16  voters voting at the last general municipal election shall be 
  1.17  filed with the governing body of such the city and shall request 
  1.18  requesting that the following question be submitted to the 
  1.19  voters:  "Shall the police civil service commission be 
  1.20  abolished?"  
  1.21     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 419.17, is 
  1.22  amended to read: 
  1.23     419.17 [DISCONTINUANCE ABOLITION SUBMITTED TO VOTERS.] 
  1.24     When such a petition is filed under section 419.16, the 
  1.25  governing body of such the city shall cause the question to be 
  2.1   submitted to the voters at the first following general municipal 
  2.2   election.  The commission shall be deemed to be is abolished if 
  2.3   two-thirds of the votes cast in the election be are in favor of 
  2.4   such the abolishment;, and the status of the police department 
  2.5   and all of the its employees thereof shall thereafter be deemed 
  2.6   to be the same as if the commission had not been created. 
  2.7      Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.8      Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final 
  2.9   enactment.