1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to port authorities; modifying membership of the Seaway Port Authority 
1.3 	of Duluth;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 469.050, subdivision 2.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 469.050, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 2.Duluth. The Seaway Port Authority of Duluth consists of seven commissioners: 
1.7 	three appointed by the Duluth city council; two by the St. Louis County board, at least one 
1.8 	of whom is a St. Louis County board member representing an area that includes, as of 2015, 
1.9 	an active mine or active mining area; and two by the governor.
1.10 	A member of the St. Louis County delegation of the state house of representatives 
1.11 	appointed by that delegation, and a member of the St. Louis County delegation of the state 
1.12 	senate appointed by that delegation are advisory members of the authority.

1.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day after the Duluth Seaway Port 
1.14 	Authority board and the St. Louis County board and their chief clerical officers timely 
1.15 	comply with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3, and applies to the 
1.16 	appointment made by the St. Louis County board for the port authority commissioner whose 
1.17 	term begins January 1, 2022, or to fill a vacancy in one of the positions appointed by the 
1.18 	St. Louis County board, if the vacancy occurs before January 1, 2022.