1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state government; modifying provisions 
  1.3             relating to appointment of members of the iron range 
  1.4             resources and rehabilitation board; amending Minnesota 
  1.5             Statutes 1998, section 298.22, subdivision 2. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 298.22, 
  1.8   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 2.  [IRON RANGE RESOURCES AND REHABILITATION BOARD.] 
  1.10  There is hereby created the iron range resources and 
  1.11  rehabilitation board, consisting of 11 members, five of whom are 
  1.12  state senators appointed by the subcommittee on committees of 
  1.13  the rules committee of the senate, and five of whom are 
  1.14  representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of 
  1.15  representatives.  The members shall be appointed in January of 
  1.16  every odd-numbered year.  The 11th member of the board is the 
  1.17  commissioner of natural resources.  Vacancies on the board shall 
  1.18  be filled in the same manner as the original members were 
  1.19  chosen.  At least a majority of the legislative All members of 
  1.20  the board shall be elected from state senatorial or legislative 
  1.21  districts in which over 50 percent of the residents other than 
  1.22  the commissioner of natural resources must reside within a tax 
  1.23  relief area as defined in section 273.134.  Members may be 
  1.24  legislators, local elected officials, or other residents of the 
  1.25  tax relief areas.  All expenditures and projects made by the 
  2.1   commissioner of iron range resources and rehabilitation shall 
  2.2   first be submitted to the iron range resources and 
  2.3   rehabilitation board for approval by at least eight board 
  2.4   members of expenditures and projects for rehabilitation purposes 
  2.5   as provided by this section, and the method, manner, and time of 
  2.6   payment of all funds proposed to be disbursed shall be first 
  2.7   approved or disapproved by the board.  The board shall 
  2.8   biennially make its report to the governor and the legislature 
  2.9   on or before November 15 of each even-numbered year.  The 
  2.10  expenses of the board shall be paid by the state from the funds 
  2.11  raised pursuant to this section. 
  2.12     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.13     Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.