1999 Minnesota Statutes

  367.03 Officers elected at annual election; vacancies. 

    Subdivision 1.    Supervisors, terms.  Except in towns 
 operating under option A or in towns operating as provided in 
 subdivision 4, three supervisors shall be elected in each town 
 at the town general election as provided in this section.  Each 
 supervisor shall be elected for a term of three years and shall 
 serve until a successor is elected and qualified.  

    Subd. 2.    New towns.  When a new town is organized and 
 supervisors are elected at a town meeting prior to the annual 
 town election, they shall serve only until the next annual town 
 election.  At that election three supervisors shall be elected, 
 one for three years, one for two years, and one for one year, so 
 that the term of one shall expire each year.  The number of 
 years for which each is elected shall be indicated on the ballot.

    Subd. 3. MS 1986 Repealed, 1988 c 563 s 8 

    Subd. 3.    Supervisors; towns under option A.  When two 
 supervisors are to be elected for three-year terms under option 
 A, a candidate shall indicate on the affidavit of candidacy 
 which of the two offices the candidate is filing for.  At 
 following annual town elections one supervisor shall be elected 
 for three years to succeed the one whose term expires at that 
 time and shall serve until a successor is elected and qualified. 

    Subd. 4. MS 1982 Repealed, 1983 c 359 s 151 

    Subd. 4.    Officers; november election.  Supervisors 
 and other town officers in towns that hold the town general 
 election in November shall be elected for terms of four years 
 and until their successors are elected and qualified.  The clerk 
 and treasurer shall be elected in alternate years. 

    Subd. 5.    Election of clerk, treasurer.  Except in 
 towns operating under option B or option D, or both, or in towns 
 operating as provided in subdivision 4, at the annual town 
 election in even-numbered years one town clerk and at the annual 
 town election in odd-numbered years one town treasurer shall be 
 elected.  The clerk and treasurer each shall serve for two years 
 and until their successors are elected and qualified.  

    Subd. 6.    Vacancies.  When a vacancy occurs in a town 
 office, the town board shall fill the vacancy by appointment.  
 The person appointed shall hold office until the next annual 
 town election, when a successor shall be elected for the 
 unexpired term.  A vacancy in the office of supervisor shall be 
 filled by an appointment committee comprised of the remaining 
 supervisors and the town clerk until the next annual town 
 election, when a successor shall be elected for the unexpired 
 term.  Any person appointed to fill the vacancy in the office of 
 supervisor must, upon assuming the office, be an eligible voter, 
 be 21 years of age, and have resided in the town for at least 30 
 days.  When, because of a vacancy, more than one supervisor is 
 to be chosen at the same election, candidates for the offices of 
 supervisor shall file for one of the specific terms being 
 filled.  Law enforcement vacancies shall be filled by 
 appointment by the town board.  

    HIST: 1959 c 675 art 6 s 28; 1961 c 195 s 1,2; 1961 c 264 s 
 1,2; 1963 c 799 s 3; 1975 c 274 s 9; 1976 c 41 s 1; 1978 c 681 s 
 1,2; 1982 c 463 s 1; 1982 c 595 s 4-6; 1984 c 386 s 1; 1985 c 
 169 s 11; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 90 s 6; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1; 1990 
 c 585 s 31; 1993 c 24 s 1; 1994 c 646 s 25; 1995 c 21 s 1; 1997 
 c 147 s 74; 1999 c 132 s 41