Minnesota Legislature
HF 1408
1st Engrossment - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 03/03/2014 03:26pm
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A bill for an act
relating to elections; requiring soil and water conservation district supervisors
to be elected by supervisor districts in the seven-county metropolitan area;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 103C.311, subdivision 2.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 103C.311, subdivision 2,
is amended to read:
Subd. 2.
Supervisors elected by districts.
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(a) A district board in the seven-county
metropolitan area shall by resolution provide that supervisors will be elected by supervisor
districts as provided in this subdivision.
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deleted text begin (a) Thedeleted text end new text begin (b) Anew text end district boardnew text begin outside of the seven-county metropolitan areanew text end , with the
approval of the state board, may by resolution provide that supervisors will be elected by
supervisor districts as provided in this subdivision.
deleted text begin (b)deleted text end new text begin (c)new text end The supervisor districts must be composed of precincts established by
county and municipal governing bodies under section 204B.14. The districts must be
compact, include only contiguous territory, and be substantially equal in population.
The districts must be numbered in a regular series. The districts must be drawn by the
county board of the county containing the largest area of the soil and water conservation
district, in consultation with the district board and with the approval of the state board.
The boundaries of the districts must be redrawn after each decennial federal census as
provided in section 204B.135. A certified copy of the resolution establishing supervisor
districts must be filed by the chair of the district board with the county auditor of the
counties where the soil and water conservation district is located, with the state board, and
with the secretary of state, and the filings must occur within 80 days of the time when the
legislature has been redistricted or at least 15 weeks before the state primary election in a
year ending in two, whichever comes first.
deleted text begin (c)deleted text end new text begin (d)new text end Each supervisor district is entitled to elect one supervisor. A supervisor must
be a resident of the district from which elected.
deleted text begin (d)deleted text end new text begin (e)new text end The district board shall provide staggered terms for supervisors elected by
district. After each redistricting, there shall be a new election of supervisors in all the
districts at the next general election, except that if the change made in the boundaries of a
district is less than five percent of the average population of all the districts, the supervisor
in office at the time of the redistricting shall serve for the full term for which elected. The
district board shall determine by lot the seats to be filled for a two-year term, a four-year
term, and a six-year term.
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This section is effective January 1, 2015, and applies to
elections conducted on or after that date.
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