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S.F. No. 252 - Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board Membership and Related Issues
 
Author: Senator David J. Tomassoni
 
Prepared By:
 
Date: February 5, 2013



 

This bill repeals the current 13-member requirement for the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board (Board) composed of citizens and legislators and replaces it with a Board composed of legislators elected from districts in which one-third or more of the residents reside in a taconite assistance area.  There are currently eight members of the Legislature who are elected from those districts.  The vast majority of the bill sections accommodate this change in Board membership by repealing a requirement that Board action be approved by seven members to a requirement that the Board approve the action.  Board action would require in most instances a majority of a quorum or three members, unless otherwise specified in a particular provision.  There are a few other miscellaneous amendments which will be described below.

Sections 1, 3 to 9, 11 to 16, and 21 repeal a requirement for seven members of the Board to approve various actions to a requirement that the Board approve the action.

Section 2 creates the new membership requirement for the Board to consist of state senators and representatives elected from state senatorial or legislative district in which one-third or more of the residents reside in a taconite assistance area.  The rest of the new language in section 2 related to per diems, expenses, and other matters is taken from old law that is repealed by the bill in Section 22.

Section 10 replaces a reference to a provision of law repealed by the bill.

Section 17 amends a provision of the Douglas J. Johnson Economic Protect Trust Fund Act (Johnson Act).  It changes a voting requirement from Board approval for a project from eight Board members to over one-half of all of the members of the Board (or five members as the Board would be constituted by the bill).

Section 18 amends the Johnson Act by changing a voting requirement for Board approval of fund expenditures from ten members to two-thirds of all of the members of the Board.

Section 19 changes a Board voting requirement under the Johnson Act from at least eight Board members voting to approve to the Board approving (a majority of a quorum or three members).

Section 22 is the repealer and repeals Minnesota Statutes, section 298.22, subdivision 2, that establishes the current membership requirements of the Board and some related language.

Section 23 provides an immediate effective date for the bill.

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