HF 295

1st Engrossment - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to school board elections; Special School District No. 1; providing for
six members to be elected by district and three to be elected at-large.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin MINNEAPOLIS SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION DISTRICTS AND
AT-LARGE MEMBERS.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Size and type of membership. new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding contrary provisions
in Minnesota Statutes, section 205A.12, or other law, the board of Special School District
No. 1 shall consist of six members elected by district and three members elected at-large,
beginning with the 2006 school district general election.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Election district boundaries. new text end

new text begin The school board shall designate each
election district by number. For the 2006 election, the territory in each school election
district shall consist of the territory included in a corresponding Minneapolis Park Board
election district. Beginning with the 2010 federal census, the board may provide for
election districts that correspond to the Minneapolis Park Board election districts or may
designate different district boundaries for the school election districts, except that each
school election district must be as equal in population as practicable and be composed
of compact, contiguous territory.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Board elections. new text end

new text begin A candidate for school board at the election in 2006 and
thereafter must file an affidavit of candidacy to be elected as a school board member for the
election district where the candidate resides or for one of the at-large seats. A candidate
must indicate on the affidavit the number of the district from which the candidate seeks
election, or if applicable, that the candidate seeks one of the offices elected at-large.
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new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Transition. new text end

new text begin (a) A board member elected at the 2004 election shall
complete the term to which the member was elected. At the 2006 election, districts with
odd numbers must elect members of the board and districts with even numbers must not
elect a member. Two at-large members must be elected, bringing the board to a total of
eight members. At the 2008 election, districts with even numbers must elect members of
the board and one at-large member must be elected.
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new text begin (b) Notwithstanding subdivision 2, for the 2008 and 2010 elections, the territory
in each school election district shall consist of the territory included in a corresponding
Minneapolis Park Board election district.
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Sec. 2. new text begin LOCAL APPROVAL.
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new text begin Section 1 is effective the day after the school board of Special School District No. 1
and its clerk file their compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions
2 and 3. If this compliance is not filed by the opening date of candidate filing for the
2006 school district elections, the board must place on the ballot at the 2006 election the
question whether to approve section 1 and the transition schedule in section 1, subdivision
4, paragraph (a), is delayed by two years.
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