Minnesota SF 57: Constitutional Amendment changing the process for filling a vacancy in the office of lieutenant governor

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to data practices; requiring interagency group meetings to be open to the​
1.3 public; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13D.01, subdivisions 1, 4;​
1.4 13D.015, subdivision 1.​
1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13D.01, subdivision 1, is amended to read:​
1.7 Subdivision 1.In executive branch, local government.All meetings, including executive​
1.8 sessions, must be open to the public​
1.9 (a) of a state​
1.10 (1) agency,​
1.11 (2) board,​
1.12 (3) commission, or​
1.13 (4) department,​
1.14 when required or permitted by law to transact public business in a meeting;​
1.15 (b) of the governing body of a​
1.16 (1) school district however organized,​
1.17 (2) unorganized territory,​
1.18 (3) county,​
1.19 (4) statutory or home rule charter city,​
1.20 (5) town, or​
1​Section 1.​
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SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 57​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: GREEN and Draheim)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​67​01/16/2025​
Referred to State and Local Government​
Author added Draheim​578​02/27/2025​

2.1 (6) other public body;​
2.2 (c) of any​
2.3 (1) committee,​
2.4 (2) subcommittee,​
2.5 (3) board,​
2.6 (4) department, or​
2.7 (5) commission,​
2.8 of a public body; and​
2.9 (d) of the governing body or a committee of:​
2.10 (1) a statewide public pension plan defined in section 356A.01, subdivision 24; or​
2.11 (2) a local public pension plan governed by sections 424A.091 to 424A.096, or chapter​
2.12 354A, or Laws 2013, chapter 111, article 5, sections 31 to 42.; and​
2.13 (e) of an interagency group of state employees making recommendations regarding​
2.14 permitting decisions of a public body.​
2.15 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.​
2.16 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13D.01, subdivision 4, is amended to read:​
2.17 Subd. 4.Votes to be kept in journal or minutes.(a) The votes of the members of the​
2.18 state agency, board, commission, or department, or interagency group; or of the governing​
2.19 body, committee, subcommittee, board, department, or commission on an action taken in​
2.20 a meeting required by this section to be open to the public must be recorded in a journal or​
2.21 minutes.​
2.22 (b) The vote of each member must be recorded on each appropriation of money, except​
2.23 for payments of judgments, claims, and amounts fixed by statute.​
2.24 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.​
2.25 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13D.015, subdivision 1, is amended to read:​
2.26 Subdivision 1.Application.This section applies to:​
2.27 (1) a state agency, board, commission, or department, and a statewide public pension​
2.28 plan defined in section 356A.01, subdivision 24, and an interagency group under section​
2.29 13D.01, subdivision 1, paragraph (e); and​
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3.1 (2) a committee, subcommittee, board, department, or commission of an entity listed in​
3.2 clause (1).​
3.3 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.​
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