HF 2223

as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to local government; authorizing home rule charter cities to provide by
charter the procedures for appointment of housing and redevelopment authority
commissioners; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 469.003, subdivision
6.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 469.003, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6.

Appointment; approval; term; vacancy.

The commissioners shall
be appointed by the mayor, with the approval of the governing body. Those initially
appointed shall be appointed for terms of one, two, three, four, and five years, respectively.
Thereafter all commissioners shall be appointed for five-year terms. Each vacancy in
an unexpired term shall be filled for the remainder of the term for which the original
appointment was made. Any member of the governing body of a city may be appointed
and may serve as a commissioner of the authority for the city. The council of any city
which appoints members of the city council as commissioners may set the terms of office
of a commissioner to coincide with the commissioner's term of office as a council member. new text begin
A home rule charter city may provide in its charter another procedure for the appointment
of commissioners, their terms, and how vacancies will be filled.
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