Minnesota Session Laws - 1992, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1992 

                        CHAPTER 388-S.F.No. 2307 
           An act relating to elections; changing deadlines for 
          certain statutory cities to abolish the ward system; 
          amending Minnesota Statutes 1990, section 412.023, 
          subdivision 4. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1990, section 412.023, 
subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 4.  [OFFICERS TO BE ELECTED IN FORMER STATUTORY 
CITIES.] In any statutory city previously operating as a city or 
borough under a general or special law providing for the 
election of a clerk or a treasurer, or a clerk-treasurer, the 
city shall be deemed to be operating under optional plan A after 
the expiration of the term of the incumbent clerk or at such 
earlier time as a vacancy occurs in that office.  
Notwithstanding any other provision of Laws 1973, chapter 123 or 
the statutory city code, any statutory city previously operating 
under a law providing for five or more council members or for 
the election of some or all of the council members by wards may 
continue to have as many council members as formerly and to 
elect council members by wards to the extent formerly 
authorized, but the mayor shall serve as a member of the council 
and act as its chair as in other statutory cities.  The mayor 
shall serve a two year term except where a four year term is 
provided pursuant to statute and council members shall serve 
four-year terms as in statutory cities generally.  The council 
of any such city may by ordinance adopted prior to September 1 
May 15 and effective no earlier than the following January July 
1, abolish the ward system and provide for a council constituted 
as in statutory cities generally.  
    Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment. 
    Presented to the governor March 30, 1992 
    Signed by the governor March 31, 1992, 6:12 p.m.