SF 990

1st Engrossment - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 08/29/2019 09:42am

A bill for an act
relating to local government; permitting appointment to the Central Iron Range
Sanitary Sewer Board of members of the governing bodies of participating
municipalities; amending Laws 2009, chapter 122, section 3, subdivisions 1, 2.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Laws 2009, chapter 122, section 3, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Establishment.

Any two or more of the following municipalities in St.
Louis County may establish, by resolution of their respective governing bodies, the Central
Iron Range Sanitary Sewer District: the cities of Buhl, Chisholm, and Kinney, and the towns
town of of Balkan and Great Scott. Instead of adopting a resolution, a municipality may
hold a referendum on the question of whether to join the district at a general or special
election. After a municipality has adopted a resolution or held a referendum in which the
voters approved joining the district, the municipality must provide notice to the chief clerical
officer of other municipalities listed. The district is established when the first two
municipalities have notified the other municipalities. Other municipalities may join without
the consent of the member municipalities within 60 days after the district is established. If
the district is established, it also includes the territory occupied by the Minnesota Discovery
Center, formerly Ironworld. The sewer district is under the control and management of the
Central Iron Range Sanitary Sewer Board. The district is established as a public corporation
and political subdivision of the state with perpetual succession and all the rights, powers,
privileges, immunities, and duties granted to or imposed upon a municipal corporation, as
provided in this act.

EFFECTIVE DATE; LOCAL APPROVAL.

This section is effective the day after
the governing body and chief clerical officer of each municipality that is part of the Central
Iron Range Sanitary Sewer District timely complete their compliance with Minnesota
Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.

Sec. 2.

Laws 2009, chapter 122, section 3, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Members and selection.

The board is composed of members selected as
provided in this subdivision. The town board of each township that joins the district shall
appoint one resident member to the sewer board. The city council of each city that joins the
district shall appoint members to the sewer board as follows: three members for the city of
Chisholm, two members for the city of Buhl, and one member for the city of Kinney. One
member must be selected by the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board (IRRRB)
on behalf of Ironworld the Minnesota Discovery Center. Each member of the sewer board:

(1) must be a resident of the municipality the member represents, except the member
appointed by the IRRRB;

(2) may be a member of the governing body of the municipality appointing the member;
and

(3) has one vote.

The first terms are as follows: one-third of the members for one year, one-third for two
years, and the remainder for three years, fixed by lot at the district's first meeting; thereafter,
all terms are for three years.

EFFECTIVE DATE; LOCAL APPROVAL.

This section is effective retroactively
from December 27, 2003, and all appointments of sewer board members made since such
date are ratified and confirmed, the day after the governing body and chief clerical officer
of each municipality that is part of the Central Iron Range Sanitary Sewer District timely
complete their compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.