2007 Minnesota Statutes

383B.68 SEVEN HENNEPIN REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS.
    Subdivision 1. As provided in this section. Notwithstanding any provision of sections
398.02 to 398.04, or any other law to the contrary, the Board of Park District Commissioners
of the Three Rivers Park District shall consist of seven commissioners appointed or elected
as provided in this section.
    Subd. 2. Two residents appointed by county board. Two park district commissioners
shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners of Hennepin County. An appointee must
be a resident of the Three Rivers Park District in order to qualify and serve as a park district
commissioner. Each park district commissioner appointed pursuant to this subdivision shall serve
for a four-year term. If a vacancy occurs among the commissioners appointed pursuant to this
subdivision, the Board of Commissioners of Hennepin County shall appoint a successor.
    Subd. 3. Five elected from outside Minneapolis. Five park district commissioners shall be
elected as provided in this subdivision to represent those portions of Hennepin County outside of
the city of Minneapolis. One park district commissioner shall be elected without party designation
from each of the districts established pursuant to subdivision 4. Elections under this subdivision
shall be held at the same time and in the same manner as elections for the office of county
commissioner beginning at the 1986 general election. Each park district commissioner elected
pursuant to this subdivision shall be a resident of the district represented and shall serve for a term
of four years and until a successor is elected and qualifies, except that the term of office of each
park district commissioner elected at the general election held in the year of a federal census shall
be only two years and until a successor is elected and qualifies. At the general election following
redistricting as required in subdivision 4, the three commissioners from odd-numbered districts
shall be elected for four-year terms and the two commissioners from even-numbered districts
shall be elected for two-year terms. If a vacancy occurs in the office of any commissioner elected
pursuant to this subdivision, the Board of Park District Commissioners shall appoint a successor
residing in that district to fill the unexpired term.
    Subd. 4. Decennial redistricting. After September 1, 1985, and after at least 30 days' notice
and public hearing, the Board of Park District Commissioners of the Three Rivers Park District
shall divide the territory of Hennepin County outside the city of Minneapolis into five districts,
which constitute the Three Rivers Park District. Each district shall be composed of contiguous
territory as regular and compact in form as practicable and as nearly equal in population as
possible, provided that no district shall vary in population more than ten percent from the average
of all the districts, unless compliance with this requirement requires division of a voting precinct.
After each federal census and by the date prescribed for redistricting of election districts in
section 204B.135, subdivision 2, after at least 30 days' notice and public hearing, the Board of
Park District Commissioners of the Three Rivers Park District shall redistrict the territory of the
Three Rivers Park District into new commissioner districts as necessary to comply with the
provisions of this subdivision. The districts established pursuant to this subdivision shall remain
effective until new districts are established. Any person aggrieved by a districting plan established
pursuant to this subdivision may challenge the plan in the same manner as a county commissioner
districting plan may be challenged pursuant to section 375.025. The district court in reviewing
any challenge to a districting plan under this subdivision shall proceed in the manner prescribed
by section 375.025. Each districting plan established pursuant to this subdivision shall be filed
in the office of the director of finance of Hennepin County or any successor office and shall be
effective 31 days after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.
History: 1979 c 288 s 2; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 7 s 2-4; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 58 s 1; 2005 c 82 s 1-3