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S.F. No. 2062, as introduced - 84th Legislative Session (2005 -2006) Page 2 of 9 2.24 sports facilities that is jointly designated by the authority, 2.25 Anoka County, and the city of Blaine. 2.26 Sec. 4. [473J.03] [LOCATION.] 2.27 The new National Football League stadium shall be located 2.28 in the city of Blaine, Anoka County, Minnesota. 2.29 Sec. 5. [473J.04] [ANOKA COUNTY - BLAINE STADIUM AUTHORITY; 2.30 MEMBERSHIP; ADMINISTRATION.] 2.31 Subdivision 1. [GENERAL.] The Anoka County - Blaine Stadium 2.32 Authority is established and shall be organized and administered 2.33 as provided in this section. The authority shall have those 2.34 powers authorized by section 473J.05. 2.35 Subd. 2. [MEMBERSHIP.] The authority shall have seven 2.36 members, three of whom shall be appointed by the Anoka County 3.1 Board of Commissioners and three of whom shall be appointed by 3.2 the Blaine city council. The seventh member shall be a chair 3.3 appointed as provided in subdivision 3. 3.4 Subd. 3. [CHAIR.] The chair shall be appointed by the 3.5 governor as the seventh voting member and shall meet all the 3.6 qualifications of a member. The chair shall preside at all 3.7 meetings of the authority, if present, and shall perform all 3.8 other duties and functions assigned by the authority or by law. 3.9 The authority may appoint from among its members a vice -chair to 3.10 act for the chair during temporary absence or disability. 3.11 Subd. 4. [QUALIFICATIONS.] A member shall not, during a 3.12 term of office, hold any judicial office or office of state 3.13 government. Each member shall qualify by taking and subscribing 3.14 the oath of office prescribed by the Minnesota Constitution, 3.15 article V, section 6. 3.16 Subd. 5. [TERMS.] The initial terms of three members shall 3.17 end the first Monday of January 2010. Two of these members must 3.18 be appointed by the Anoka County Board, and one by the Blaine 3.19 city council. The terms of the other members and the chair 3.20 shall end the first Monday in January 2012. Subsequent terms of 3.21 each member and chair shall be four years. The term shall 3.22 continue until a successor is appointed and qualified. Members 3.23 may be removed only for cause. 3.24 Subd. 6. [VACANCIES.] Vacancies shall be filled by the 3.25 appropriate appointing authority in the same manner in which the 3.26 original appointment was made. 3.27 Subd. 7. [COMPENSATION.] Each authority member shall be 3.28 paid $50 for each day when the member attends one or more 3.29 meetings or provides other services, as authorized by the 3.30 authority, and shall be reimbursed for all actual and necessary 3.31 expenses incurred in the performance of duties. The chair of 3.32 the authority shall receive, unless otherwise provided by other 3.33 law, a salary in an amount fixed by the members of the authority 3.34 and shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses to the same 3.35 extent as a member. The annual budget shall provide as a 3.36 separate account anticipated expenditures for per diem, travel, 4.1 and associated expenses for the chair and members, and 4.2 compensation or reimbursement shall be made to the chair and 4.3 members only when budgeted. 4.4 Subd. 8. [REGULAR AND SPECIAL MEETINGS.] The authority 4.5 shall meet regularly at least once each month, at a time and 4.6 place as the authority shall by resolution designate. Special 4.7 meetings may be held at any time upon the call of the chair or a 4.8 majority of the members, upon written notice to each member at 4.9 least three days prior to the meeting, or upon other notice that 4.10 the authority provides by resolution. Unless otherwise 4.11 provided, any action of the authority may be taken by 4.12 affirmative vote of a majority of the members. A majority of 4.13 all the members of the authority constitutes a quorum, but a 4.14 lesser number may meet and adjourn from time to time and compel 4.15 the attendance of absent members. http: / /www. revisor. leg.state.mn.us /bin/bldbill.php ?bill= S2062.0 &session =1s84 12/6/2005