1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to elections; soil and water conservation
1.3 	district supervisors; providing for election of
1.4 	certain supervisors and appointment of certain
1.5 	supervisors; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
1.6 	sections 103C.311, by adding a subdivision; 103C.315,
1.7 	subdivision 1.
1.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.9 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 103C.311, is
1.10 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
1.11 		Subd. 3.Elected or appointed supervisors in certain
1.12 	districts. Notwithstanding subdivision 1, and in addition to
1.13 	the provisions of subdivision 2, if the boundaries of a soil and
1.14 	water conservation district coincide with the boundaries of one
1.15 	county, this subdivision applies.  In order to have elected
1.16 	supervisors, the district board must consist of the same number
1.17 	of members as the county board, and the boundaries of the
1.18 	supervisor districts must coincide with the boundaries of the
1.19 	county commissioner districts.  If the county board does not
1.20 	provide for the district board to consist of the same number of
1.21 	members as the county board and be elected from districts whose
1.22 	boundaries coincide with county commissioner districts, the
1.23 	county board must appoint the members of the district board.

1.24 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 103C.315,
1.25 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.26 		Subdivision 1.Members.  (a) Except as provided in
2.1 	paragraph (c), the district board shall consist of five
2.2 	supervisors, elected or appointed as provided in sections
2.3 	103C.201, subdivision 8, and 103C.305, and 103C.311, subdivision
2.4 	3.
2.5 	(b) Supervisors must be eligible voters residing in the
2.6 	district.
2.7 	(c) In counties where the county board consists of seven
2.8 	members and districts have been divided into supervisor
2.9 	districts, under section 103C.311, subdivision 2, the county
2.10 	board may establish seven supervisor districts, elected or
2.11 	appointed as provided in sections 103C.201, subdivision 8;
2.12 	103C.305; and 103C.311, subdivision subdivisions 2 and 3.

2.13 	Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; TRANSITION.
 2.14 	Sections 1 and 2 are effective August 1, 2005, and apply to
2.15 	elections for soil and water conservation district supervisors
2.16 	at the state general election in 2006 and after.
2.17 	To achieve staggered terms after the effective date for
2.18 	supervisors elected at large before the effective date and by
2.19 	district after that date, the district board shall determine by
2.20 	lot which terms must be filled for a two-year term, a four-year
2.21 	term, or a six-year term at the 2006 state general election.