1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to civil service; providing for the abolition 
  1.3             of a police civil service commission by a unanimous 
  1.4             vote of the city council; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.5             1998, sections 419.16 and 419.17. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 419.16, is 
  1.8   amended to read: 
  1.9      419.16 [~~DISCONTINUANCE~~ ABOLITION OF COMMISSION.] 
  1.10     ~~Any~~ A police civil service commission ~~hereafter~~ created 
  1.11  ~~pursuant to the provisions of~~ under this chapter may be 
  1.12  ~~discontinued and~~ abolished as follows:  (1) by the voters in 
  1.13  accordance with section 419.17; or (2) by a unanimous vote of 
  1.14  the city council.  Abolition by the voters shall be initiated by 
  1.15  a petition signed by at least 25 percent of the number of legal 
  1.16  voters voting at the last general municipal election ~~shall be~~ 
  1.17  filed with the governing body of ~~such~~ the city ~~and shall request~~ 
  1.18  requesting that the following question be submitted to the 
  1.19  voters:  "Shall the police civil service commission be 
  1.20  abolished?"  
  1.21     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 419.17, is 
  1.22  amended to read: 
  1.23     419.17 [~~DISCONTINUANCE~~ ABOLITION SUBMITTED TO VOTERS.] 
  1.24     When ~~such~~ a petition is filed under section 419.16, the 
  1.25  governing body of ~~such~~ the city shall cause the question to be 
  2.1   submitted to the voters at the first following general municipal 
  2.2   election.  The commission ~~shall be deemed to be~~ is abolished if 
  2.3   two-thirds of the votes cast in the election ~~be~~ are in favor of 
  2.4   ~~such~~ the abolishment~~;~~, and the status of the police department 
  2.5   and all of ~~the~~ its employees ~~thereof~~ shall thereafter ~~be deemed~~ 
  2.6   ~~to~~ be the same as if the commission had not been created. 
  2.7      Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.8      Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final 
  2.9   enactment.