Minnesota Session Laws - 1983, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1983 

                        CHAPTER 155--H.F.No. 694
           An act relating to Ramsey county; providing for the 
          membership, terms, and procedures of the medical 
          center commission; amending Minnesota Statutes 1982, 
          section 383A.41, subdivisions 2, 3, and 4. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 383A.41, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [MEMBERSHIP.] The Saint Paul-Ramsey Medical 
Center commission shall consist of 13 15 members appointed as 
follows: 
    (1) Four members from the board of Ramsey county 
commissioners, including one two residing outside the city of 
Saint Paul, and 
    (2) Nine citizen members, each of whom must be a resident 
of Ramsey county, all of whom shall be appointed by the board of 
county commissioners and.  There shall be one resident of each 
of the following Minnesota senate districts, as defined for the 
1972 1982 general election, appointed as a citizen member of the 
commission:  Districts 48, 49 and 46 51 and 52 considered for 
the purposes of this section as one district, 50, 62 53, 54, 56, 
63, 64, 65, 66 and 67.  The state senator and representatives 
whose constituency resides within constituencies are in one of 
those senate districts shall nominate for commission membership 
up to three persons residing within such the district and Ramsey 
county and shall submit such the nominations to the Ramsey 
county board of commissioners.  The Ramsey county board may 
appoint citizen members to the commission from the nominations 
received by senators and representatives, and in any event shall 
make all initial appointments.  The same procedure shall be 
followed upon expiration of a citizen member's term.  Vacancies 
shall be filled by the appointing authority in the same manner 
as regular appointments are made, within 30 days after the 
office is vacated.  Nominations by legislators shall be 
submitted to the county board within 30 days after the office is 
vacated. 
     (3) Two citizen members and their successors shall be 
appointed by the board of county commissioners upon nomination 
by the commission.  Vacancies shall be filled by the board in 
the same manner as regular appointments within 30 days after the 
office is vacated.  Nominations by the commission shall be 
submitted to the board within 30 days after the office is 
vacated.  The citizen members shall reside in Ramsey county.  
     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 383A.41, 
subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 3.  [TERM.] The four members appointed from the 
membership of the Ramsey county board of commissioners each 
serve for a term coinciding with his term as a county 
commissioner.  Each of the other nine 11 members hold office for 
three years and until his successor is appointed, except that 
for the first appointments, members appointed serving from 
senate districts 48, 62 and 65 53, 64, and 67 shall hold office 
for one year. until August 1, 1984, members appointed serving 
from senate districts 49 and 46 combined, 63 54, 56, and 66, 
shall hold office for two years until August 1, 1985, and 
members appointed serving from senate districts 50, 64 and 67 51 
and 52 combined, 63, 65, and the two members appointed pursuant 
to subdivision 2, clause (3) shall hold office for three years 
until August 1, 1986.  Vacancies on the board are filled by 
appointment in accordance with the provisions of clause (b)(2) 
subdivision 2 for the unexpired term of the position which is 
being filled.  A member of the commission whose term expires, 
may be reappointed to the board if otherwise qualified.  Citizen 
members may be compensated at the rate of $35 $50 per day for 
services actually and necessarily rendered not to exceed $1,000 
$1,300 per year and all members shall be compensated for 
expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.  
     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 383A.41, 
subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 4.  [PROCEDURE AND ORGANIZATION.] The commission may 
adopt bylaws.  All meetings of the commission are meetings of a 
public body and open to the public; the minutes thereof are a 
matter of public record.  The commission shall elect from its 
membership, for one year terms, a chairman, a vice-chairman and 
a secretary, and other officers as they deem necessary, who have 
the usual and customary duties, obligations and responsibilities 
of these offices, and who are required to be bonded at the 
discretion of the commission as the occasion requires.  Seven 
Eight members of the commission constitute a quorum. 
     Sec. 4.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
     This act is effective the day after compliance with 
Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 3, by the 
Ramsey county board of commissioners.  Members serving on the 
effective date of this act shall continue to serve the district 
where they reside for the terms prescribed in subdivision 3.  If 
two serving members reside in the same district one of them 
shall be appointed to serve for the prescribed term.  If no 
serving member resides in a district one shall be appointed as 
provided in subdivision 2. 
    Approved May 17, 1983