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RICHARD <br /> I:a::r,ni.) IL '1MEL.•t\I.HARRIS <br /> Di RRELL A.ENSE lLL • CHARLES�I.SEYKCI,L <br /> DARRELL A.;IESEN { �: <br /> AR EY S.JOHNSON IL EL M.HANSEN <br /> RUSSELL H.CRNSON ii \ l DANIEL D..DODGE <br /> i. H.CRN n 3EVERLY K.DODGE <br /> Barna GuL'J &. Steffen, <br /> LAWRENCE R.;ONNSO�! L r�� camc M.AYERS <br /> DAVID A.COSSI GREGGE5V.HERRICK <br /> THOMAS R MALONE ATTORNEYS AT LAW \CIES D.HOES <br /> MICHAEL f HURLEY ;CAN M.QUADS <br /> =C0 Nornc�otun Financial Playa VE �1.LEP.•�K <br /> :'1RG1LC.:�Ef LLE STEVEN L.�IACKL'i <br /> 1.'!R LCL.T'1LLc 00 Coon rapids'Boulevard <br /> Minneapolis, MN ))r3,_5%189 WILLIAETHA.SCHAC;. <br /> WILLIAM F.IiUEFNER <br /> FAX` ROBERT C.HYNES <br /> (( F <br /> 1 ) 780-.3500 ;612) '80-;'__ <br /> Wr_Cer' 'i935•i943 <br /> MEMORANDUM2) 73.7-5122 <br /> TO: Mounds View Charter Commission <br /> FROM: Gregg Herrick .r� <br /> RE: <br /> �• Term Limits <br /> DATE: June 23 , 1994 <br /> 4UE— STION <br /> DOES THE CITY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO INSTITUTE <br /> TERM LIMITS THROUGH ITS CHARTER FOR THE CITY COUNCIL? <br /> The Attorney General's Opinion of April 14 , 1981 has been <br /> questioned and I have been asked to- give an independent opinion <br /> regarding the Charter Commission's ability to place term limits <br /> on elected municipal offices within t ityft <br /> considerable research into this question, Ihave1comerctoatheing <br /> conclusion that there is no direct case law interpreting this <br /> particular question. I have, therefore, reviewed t. <br /> by the Attorney General, as wellreview <br /> the cases cited <br /> as a _ I=e'•i C i the cases Since <br /> the 1981 Attorney General's Opinion. Since t::>.ere was a movement <br /> in the State Legislature last Session to establish termlimits I <br /> also obtained information on their' interpretation of :the <br /> Question. I also contacted the League of M; <br /> if they had any prepared material on this topiCsota Cities to see <br /> The research shows that one's - <br /> eligibility to hold office is <br /> generally viewed as a fundamental right. It is also clear that <br /> prior to the 1958 Constitutional Amendment, the Court interpreted <br /> the Constitution as restricting any legislative tyt-td <br /> restricting - � egisla�.yse body's ability to <br /> enact laws r estr ' t; g i g hold of: <br /> 1958 Amendment provides that the Leaislature `ice. The <br /> may provide for <br /> The Constitution.11.._ <br /> i on provides that to hold office an individual <br /> must be entitled to vote. <br />