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MINNESOTA STATUTES 2019 103D.311 <br />103D.311 APPOINTING MANAGERS. <br />Subdivision 1. Manager qualifications. A person may not be appointed as a manager who: <br />1) is not a voting resident of the watershed district; and <br />2) is a public officer of the county, state, or federal government, except that a soil and water conservation <br />supervisor may be a manager. <br />Subd. 2. Appointment. (a) At least 30 days before the terms of office of the first managers named by <br />the board expire, the county commissioners of each county responsible for appointing a manager to the <br />watershed district must meet and appoint successors. <br />b) The county commissioners must meet at least 30 days before the term of office of any manager <br />expires and appoint a successor. <br />c) A vacancy occurring in an office of a manager must be filled by the appointing county board. <br />d) Appointing county boards shall provide public notice before making appointments. Published notice <br />must be given at least once by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the watershed district at <br />least 15 days before an appointment or reappointment is made. The notice must state that persons interested <br />in being appointed to serve as a watershed district manager may submit their names to the county board for <br />consideration. <br />Subd. 3. Nominees for city -initiated and metropolitan watershed districts. (a) If the establishment <br />petition that initiated the watershed district originated from a majority of the cities within the watershed <br />district, the county commissioners must appoint the managers from a list of persons nominated by one or <br />more of the townships and municipalities located within the watershed district. If the district is wholly within <br />the metropolitan area, the county commissioners shall appoint the managers from a list of persons nominated <br />jointly or severally by the towns and municipalities within the district. The list must contain at least three <br />nominees for each manager's position to be filled. The list must be submitted to the county boards affected <br />by the watershed district at least 60 days before the manager's term of office expires. The county <br />commissioners may appoint any managers from towns and municipalities that fail to submit a list of nominees. <br />b) If the list is not submitted 60 days before the managers' terms of office expire, the county <br />commissioners must appoint the managers from eligible persons residing in the watershed district. <br />c) Managers of a watershed district entirely within the metropolitan area must be appointed to fairly <br />represent the various hydrologic areas within the watershed district by residence of the manager appointed. <br />Subd. 4. Record of appointed managers. A record of all appointments made under this section must <br />be filed with the county auditor of each county affected by the watershed district, the secretary of the board <br />of managers, and the board of water and soil resources. <br />History: 1990 c 391 art 4 s 20; 1990 c 601 s 3; 1992 c 466 s 1,2; 1995 c 199 s 10 <br />Copyright 0 2019 by the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. All Rights Reserved.