1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to port authorities; modifying membership of the Seaway Port Authority 
1.3 	of Duluth;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 469.050, subdivision 2.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 469.050, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 2.Duluth. (a) The Seaway Port Authority of Duluth consists of seven 
1.7 	commissioners: three appointed by the Duluth city council; two by the St. Louis County 
1.8 	board, at least one who is a St. Louis County commissioner representing the Iron Range 
1.9 	region; and two by the governor.
1.10 	(b) A member of the St. Louis County delegation of the state house of representatives 
1.11 	appointed by that delegation, and a member of the St. Louis County delegation of the state 
1.12 	senate appointed by that delegation are advisory members of the authority.