Minnesota Session Laws - 1993, Regular Session

  
    Laws of Minnesota 1993 

                        CHAPTER 119-H.F.No. 1720 
           An act relating to metropolitan government; requiring 
          one member of the metropolitan transit commission to 
          be disabled user of transit system; amending Minnesota 
          Statutes 1992, section 473.404, subdivision 2. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 473.404, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [MEMBERSHIP.] The transit commission consists of 
five members appointed by the transit board.  One member must be 
a resident of the city of Minneapolis, one must be a resident of 
the city of St. Paul, two must reside in the service area of the 
commission outside Minneapolis and St. Paul, and one may member 
must reside anywhere in the metropolitan area and be a user of 
transit services who is identified by the council on disability, 
pursuant to section 256.482, as an individual with a 
disability.  The transit board shall consider nominations from 
the council on disability.  At least one of the members from 
outside of Minneapolis and St. Paul must reside in the 
commission's full-peak and off-peak service area, as defined for 
tax purposes in section 473.446.  Appointments are subject to 
the advice and consent of the senate.  
    Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Section 1 is effective for the vacancy on the metropolitan 
transit commission that occurs in the term of the at-large 
member.  Section 1 applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, 
Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington. 
    Presented to the governor May 7, 1993 
    Signed by the governor May 10, 1993, 3:02 p.m.