SF 1386

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

A bill for an act
relating to employment and economic development; changing membership of the
Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board; amending Minnesota Statutes
2006, section 298.22, subdivision 2.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 298.22, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board.

There is hereby
created the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board, consisting of deleted text begin 13 deleted text end new text begin ten new text end members,
five of whom are state senators appointed by the Subcommittee on Committees of the
Rules Committee of the senate, and five of whom are representatives, appointed by the
speaker of the house of representatives. deleted text begin The remaining members shall be appointed one
each by the senate majority leader, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the
governor and must be nonlegislators who reside in a taconite assistance area as defined in
section 273.1341. deleted text end The members shall be appointed in January of every odd-numbered
year deleted text begin , except that the initial nonlegislator members shall be appointed by July 1, 1999, deleted text end and
shall serve until January of the next odd-numbered year. Vacancies on the board shall be
filled in the same manner as the original members were chosen. At least a majority of
the deleted text begin legislative deleted text end members of the board shall be elected from state senatorial or legislative
districts in which over 50 percent of the residents reside within a taconite assistance area
as defined in section 273.1341. All expenditures and projects made by the commissioner
of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation shall be consistent with the priorities
established in subdivision 8 and shall first be submitted to the Iron Range Resources and
Rehabilitation Board for approval by a majority of the board of expenditures and projects
for rehabilitation purposes as provided by this section, and the method, manner, and time
of payment of all funds proposed to be disbursed shall be first approved or disapproved by
the board. The board shall biennially make its report to the governor and the legislature on
or before November 15 of each even-numbered year. The expenses of the board shall be
paid by the state from the funds raised pursuant to this section.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective January 2, 2009.
new text end