1997 Minnesota Statutes

     174A.01 Establishment; membership. 

    Subdivision 1.    Establishment.  A transportation 
 regulation board is established.  The board shall have the 
 powers provided by law.  

    Subd. 2.    Members' terms of office.  The 
 transportation regulation board shall be composed of three 
 members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of 
 the senate.  The terms of the initial members are as follows:  
 one member for a term of two years; one member for a term of 
 four years; and one member for a term of six years.  Thereafter 
 all members shall be appointed for a six-year term.  The members 
 of the board shall serve in the unclassified service.  The 
 removal of board members and the filling of vacancies shall be 
 as provided in section 15.0575.  No more than two members shall 
 belong to the same political party.  

    Subd. 3.    Chair.  The governor shall appoint one of 
 the board members chair.  

    Subd. 4.    Quorum.  A majority of the board shall 
 constitute a quorum.  An act or decision of the majority shall 
 be the act or decision of the board, provided that a vacancy on 
 the board shall not impair the authority of the remaining board 
 members to exercise all of the powers of the board.  

    Subd. 5.    Conflict of interest.  No person, during a 
 term of membership on the transportation regulation board, shall 
 receive any portion of personal income directly or indirectly 
 from any individual proprietorship, firm, copartnership, 
 corporation or association subject to the regulation of the 
 board.  No person shall be eligible to serve as a member of the 
 transportation regulation board unless the relationship with or 
 interest in the regulated entity which provides a portion of the 
 personal income is terminated.  

    HIST: 1980 c 534 s 1; 1986 c 444