1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to the city of St. Paul; changing the 
  1.3             membership of the citizen review panel for 
  1.4             neighborhood investments from the city's part of the 
  1.5             sales tax; amending Laws 1998, chapter 389, article 8, 
  1.6             section 37, subdivision 2. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Laws 1998, chapter 389, article 8, section 37, 
  1.9   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 2.  [APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS.] The citizen review 
  1.11  panel must consist of 17 members, each of whom represents one of 
  1.12  the district councils consists of three residents from each of 
  1.13  the seven city council wards, for a total of 21 members.  The 
  1.14  mayor must appoint the members, and the appointments are subject 
  1.15  to confirmation by a majority vote of the city council.  Members 
  1.16  serve for a term of four years.  Elected officials and employees 
  1.17  of the city are ineligible to serve as members of the panel.