1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to counties and cities; permitting county boards to decrease their 
1.3 	compensation at any time; modifying the limitations on salary changes for 
1.4 	city council members;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 375.055, 
1.5 	subdivision 1; 383B.021; 415.11, by adding a subdivision.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 375.055, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Fixed by county board. (a) The county commissioners in all 
1.9 	counties, except Hennepin and Ramsey, shall receive as compensation for services 
1.10 	rendered by them for their respective counties, annual salaries and in addition may receive 
1.11 	per diem payments and reimbursement for necessary expenses in performing the duties of 
1.12 	the office as set by resolution of the county board. The salary and schedule of per diem 
1.13 	payments shall not be effective until January 1 of the next year. The resolution shall 
1.14 	contain a statement of the new salary on an annual basis. The board may establish a 
1.15 	schedule of per diem payments for service by individual county commissioners on any 
1.16 	board, committee, or commission of county government including committees of the 
1.17 	board, or for the performance of services by individual county commissioners when 
1.18 	required by law. In addition to its publication in the official newspaper of the county as 
1.19 	part of the proceedings of the meeting of the county board, the resolution setting the salary 
1.20 	and schedule of per diem payments shall be published in one other newspaper of the 
1.21 	county, if there is one located in a different municipality in the county than the official 
1.22 	newspaper. The salary of a county commissioner or the schedule of per diem payments 
1.23 	shall not change except in accordance with this subdivision.
1.24 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a resolution adopted by the county board to 
1.25 	decrease commissioners' salaries or per diem payments may take effect at any time.

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

2.2 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 383B.021, is amended to read:
2.3 	383B.021 COMPENSATION.
2.4 	No per diem payment shall be allowed county board members for service on the 
2.5 	county board or any other county body. County board members shall pay for parking in 
2.6 	county owned parking facilities where payment is required. County board members may 
2.7 	be allowed mileage for use of their personal automobile at a rate per mile.
2.8 	The Hennepin County board may set the salary of board members by resolution 
2.9 	limited to that subject. The salary must be stated as a fixed dollar amount. Adjustments 
2.10 	in commissioners' salaries shall be adopted by the county board by resolution prior to a 
2.11 	general election to take effect January 1 of the succeeding year, except that a resolution 
2.12 	adopted by the county board to decrease commissioners' salaries may take effect at any 
2.13 	time. Any resolution that makes an adjustment must state the change and the resulting 
2.14 	salary for a member as fixed dollar amounts.

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

2.16 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 415.11, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
2.17 	read:
2.18 		Subd. 3.Decreases may take effect immediately. Notwithstanding subdivision 
2.19 	2, the governing body may adopt an ordinance to take effect before the next succeeding 
2.20 	municipal election that decreases its members' own salaries.