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37 <br />Section 6. "Metropolitan area" means the metropolitan area defined and described by <br />Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473, as amended. <br />Section 7. "Member" means a governmental unit which has entered into and become a party <br />to this Agreement. <br />Section 8. "Public utility" or "utility" means an investor-owned utility supplying land -lined <br />or wireless telecommunication or data services to member residents or gas or electricity serving <br />customers within one or more governmental units; the term may include other utilities as provided <br />in Article XII. The term does not include municipally owned utilities; the term does include a <br />governmental agency supplying sanitary sewer or other utility services to governmental units in the <br />metropolitan area. <br />Section 9. "Statutory cities" means cities organized under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 412. <br />V. MEMBERSHIP <br />Section 1. Any governmental unit in the metropolitan area is eligible to be a member of the <br />Authority. <br />Section 2. A governmental unit desiring to become a member must execute a copy of this <br />Agreement and conform to the membership provisions of this Article V. <br />Section 3. A governmental unit wishing to become a member after the effective date of this <br />Agreement may be admitted only upon the favorable vote of two-thirds of the votes of the members <br />of the Board of Directors present and voting at any regular or special meeting. The Board may, in its <br />by-laws, impose conditions upon the admission of additional members. <br />Section 4. The Board may, in its by-laws, establish procedures for temporary membership <br />for governmental units for specified periods of time not exceeding one year with or without the <br />payment of contributions or with the payment of reduced contributions as determined under Article <br />X. If such memberships are authorized, the cumulative votes of all temporary members may not <br />2 <br />1099000 SU160-3 <br />