1997 Minnesota Statutes

     205.075 Town general election. 

    Subdivision 1.    Date of election.  The general 
 election in a town must be held on the second Tuesday in March, 
 except as provided in subdivision 2. 

    Subd. 2.    Alternate date; metropolitan towns.  A town 
 located in the metropolitan area as defined by section 473.121 
 may, by resolution or ordinance, designate the first Tuesday 
 after the first Monday in November of either the even-numbered 
 or the odd-numbered year as the date of the town general 
 election.  Town supervisors elected at a November town general 
 election shall serve four-year terms. 

    The ordinance or resolution changing the date of the town 
 general election must include a plan to shorten or lengthen the 
 terms of office to provide an orderly transition to the November 
 election schedule.  

    The ordinance or resolution changing the date of the town 
 general election may be proposed by the town board or by a 
 resolution of the electors adopted at the annual town meeting 
 and is effective upon an affirmative vote of the electors at the 
 next town general election. 

    HIST: 1994 c 646 s 7; 1997 c 19 s 1