1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to elections; providing for elections for 
  1.3             school districts to convert from election of school 
  1.4             board members by election district to election at 
  1.5             large; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 
  1.6             205A.12, by adding a subdivision. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 205A.12, is 
  1.9   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 7a.  [ELECTION TO CONVERT TO AT LARGE 
  1.11  ELECTIONS.] Except as provided in subdivision 7, if a school 
  1.12  district has previously been reorganized into election 
  1.13  districts, the school board may, on its own motion or upon a 
  1.14  petition signed by at least 50 electors of the district or ten 
  1.15  percent of the votes cast in the most recent school board 
  1.16  general election, whichever number is larger, place on the 
  1.17  ballot at the next school district general election the question 
  1.18  whether to dissolve the election districts previously 
  1.19  established and thereafter to elect school board members at 
  1.20  large.  If the voters approve electing school board members at 
  1.21  large, at-large elections would be held beginning at the next 
  1.22  school district general election that follows approval by the 
  1.23  voters.  The question on the ballot shall be presented in 
  1.24  substantially the following form:  "Shall the members of the 
  1.25  school board of independent school district No... be elected at 
  1.26  large in 20... and thereafter?" 
  2.1      <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective the day 
  2.2   following final enactment.