Minnesota Session Laws - 2015, Regular Session

CHAPTER 33--H.F.No. 1427

An act

relating to local government; changing the meeting requirement for the District 1 Hospital Board;

amending Laws 1963, chapter 118, section 4, as amended.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Laws 1963, chapter 118, section 4, as amended by Laws 1996, chapter 471, article 8, section 21, is amended to read:

Sec. 4.

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD.

Subdivision 1.

Regular meetings of the hospital board shall be held at least deleted text begin once a month deleted text end new text begin twice every year new text end , at such time and place as the board shall by resolution determine. Special meetings may be held at any time upon the call of the chairman or of any two other members, upon written notice mailed to each member three days prior to the meeting, or upon such other notice as the board, by resolution, may provide, or without notice, if each member is present or files with the secretary a written consent to the holding of the meeting, which consent may be filed before or after the meeting. Any action within the authority of the board may be taken by the vote of a majority of the members present at a regular or adjourned meeting or at a duly called special meeting if a quorum is present. A majority of all the members of the board shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser number may meet and adjourn from time to time.

Subd. 2.

During the second half of each year, the hospital board will convene an annual meeting to report to the citizens of the hospital district on the state of the hospital. The agenda will include a report by the chief executive officer on the status of the hospital, future plans for the hospital, and the hospital's financial condition, including the need for revenues derived from the property tax levy. Each of the municipalities shall send one official representative.

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Presented to the governor May 13, 2015

Signed by the governor May 14, 2015, 6:43 p.m.