2007 Minnesota Statutes

202A.13 COMMITTEES, CONVENTIONS.
The rules of each major political party shall provide that for each congressional district and
each county or legislative district a convention shall be held at least once every state general
election year. Each major political party shall also provide for each congressional district and
each county or legislative district an executive committee consisting of a chair and such other
officers as may be necessary. The party rules may provide for only one executive committee and
one convention where any county and congressional district have the same territorial limits.
A communicatively impaired delegate or alternate who needs interpreter services at a
county, legislative district, congressional district, or state convention shall so notify the executive
committee of the major political party unit whose convention the delegate or alternate plans to
attend. Written notice must be given by certified mail to the executive committee at least 30
days before the convention date. The major political party, not later than 14 days before the
convention date, shall secure the services of one or more interpreters if available and shall assume
responsibility for the cost of the services. The state central committee of the major political party
shall determine the process for reimbursing interpreters.
A visually impaired delegate or alternate to a county, legislative district, congressional
district, or state convention may notify the executive committee of the major political party unit
that the delegate or alternate requires convention materials in audio tape, Braille, or large print
format. Upon receiving the request, the executive committee shall provide all official written
convention materials as soon as they are available, so that the visually impaired individual may
have them converted to audio tape, Braille, or large print format, prior to the convention.
History: 1975 c 5 s 4; 1981 c 29 art 7 s 38; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 308 s 1; 1990 c 585 s 18