1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; providing for a school
1.3 	administrator to serve on the board of the teachers
1.4 	retirement association; amending Minnesota Statutes
1.5 	2004, section 354.06, subdivision 1.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 354.06,
1.8 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.9 		Subdivision 1.Board.  The management of the association
1.10 	is vested in a board of ~~eight~~ nine trustees known as the board
1.11 	of trustees of the Teachers Retirement Association.  It is
1.12 	composed of the following persons:  the commissioner of
1.13 	education, the commissioner of finance, a representative of the
1.14 	Minnesota School Boards Association, ~~four~~ five members of the
1.15 	association elected by the members of the association, and one
1.16 	retiree elected by the retirees of the association. One of the
1.17 	board members elected by the members of the association must be
1.18 	a person licensed by the board of school administrators.The
1.19 	~~five~~ elected members of the board of trustees must be chosen by
1.20 	ballot in a manner fixed by the board of trustees of the
1.21 	association.  In every odd-numbered year there shall be elected
1.22 	two members of the association to the board of trustees for
1.23 	terms of four years commencing on the first of July next
1.24 	succeeding their election.  In every other odd-numbered year one
1.25 	retiree of the association must be elected to the board of
2.1 	trustees for a term of four years commencing on the first of
2.2 	July next succeeding the election.  The filing of candidacy for
2.3 	a retiree election must include a petition of endorsement signed
2.4 	by at least ten retirees of the association.  Each election must
2.5 	be completed by June first of each succeeding odd-numbered
2.6 	year.  In the case of elective members, any vacancy must be
2.7 	filled by appointment by the remainder of the board, and the
2.8 	appointee shall serve until the members or retirees of the
2.9 	association at the next regular election have elected a trustee
2.10 	to serve for the unexpired term caused by the vacancy.  No
2.11 	member or retiree may be appointed by the board, or elected by
2.12 	the members of the association as a trustee, if the person is
2.13 	not a member or retiree of the association in good standing at
2.14 	the time of the appointment or election.

2.15 	Sec. 2. TRANSITION.
 2.16 	The first school administrator board member must be elected
2.17 	for a four-year term beginning July 1, 2007.