HF 3077

1st Engrossment - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/21/2018 12:27pm

A bill for an act
relating to port authorities; modifying membership of the Seaway Port Authority
of Duluth; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 469.050, subdivision 2.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 469.050, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Duluth.

The Seaway Port Authority of Duluth consists of seven commissioners:
three appointed by the Duluth city council; two by the St. Louis County board new text begin , at least one
of whom is a St. Louis County board member representing an area that includes, as of 2015,
an active mine or active mining area new text end ; and two by the governor.

A member of the St. Louis County delegation of the state house of representatives
appointed by that delegation, and a member of the St. Louis County delegation of the state
senate appointed by that delegation are advisory members of the authority.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

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