Minnesota Session Laws - 1984, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1984 

                        CHAPTER 401-H.F.No. 1325
           An act relating to county law libraries; permitting 
          the appointment of a nonlawyer to the library board; 
          amending Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 140.36, 
          subdivision 1. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 140.36, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [TRUSTEES.] The management of any library 
established shall be under a board of three, five or seven 
trustees, who shall serve without compensation. 
    A board of three trustees shall consist of: 
    (1) A judge of the district or county or county municipal 
court person appointed by the chief judge of the judicial 
district. 
    (2) A member of the county board selected by it at its next 
regular meeting after the order establishing the library is 
filed and thereafter at the annual election of officers. 
    (3) One attorney admitted to the practice of law, residing 
in the county and selected by the county attorney. 
    When the board consists of five trustees, the additional 
members shall be a judge appointed by the chief judge of the 
judicial district and an additional attorney admitted to the 
practice of law, residing in the county and selected by the 
county attorney.  When the board consists of seven trustees, the 
additional members shall be provided for in the bylaws. 
    Approved April 19, 1984