1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to elections; school elections; permitting a 
  1.3             school district general election to be held annually; 
  1.4             amending Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 205A.04, 
  1.5             subdivision 1. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 205A.04, 
  1.8   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subdivision 1.  [SCHOOL DISTRICT GENERAL ELECTION.] The 
  1.10  general election in each school district must be held on the 
  1.11  first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of.  It may be 
  1.12  held either every year or only in the odd-numbered or the 
  1.13  even-numbered year.  
  1.14     Sec. 2.  [TRANSITION.] 
  1.15     In a school district that chooses to hold its general 
  1.16  election annually, the terms of all members elected in 1996 
  1.17  expire on the first Monday in January of 2001; the terms of all 
  1.18  members elected in 1997 expire on the first Monday in January of 
  1.19  2002; the terms of all members elected in 1998 expire on the 
  1.20  first Monday in January of 2003; and the terms of all members 
  1.21  elected in 1999 expire on the first Monday in January of 2004. 
  1.22     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.23     Section 1 is effective January 1, 1998.