1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to port authorities; modifying appointments to the Seaway Port Authority 
1.3 	of Duluth;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 469.050, subdivision 2.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 469.050, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 2.Duluth. The Seaway Port Authority of Duluth consists of seven commissioners: 
1.7 	three two appointed by the Duluth city council; two three by the St. Louis County board; 
1.8 	and two by the governor. The three appointments by the St. Louis County board must include 
1.9 	one commissioner who represents the Duluth area and two commissioners whose districts 
1.10 	encompass an active mining area.
1.11 	A member of the St. Louis County delegation of the state house of representatives 
1.12 	appointed by that delegation, and a member of the St. Louis County delegation of the state 
1.13 	senate appointed by that delegation are advisory members of the authority.

1.14 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.
 1.15 	(a) Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment and applies to vacancies on 
1.16 	the board occurring on or after that date.
1.17 	(b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 469.050, subdivision 4, or other 
1.18 	authority, the initial appointments made to reflect the representation required by section 1 
1.19 	shall be made as follows:
2.1 	(1) the first vacancy of an appointment made by the Duluth City Council shall be filled 
2.2 	by the St. Louis County board and considered to be one of its three appointments and must 
2.3 	be filled by a commissioner whose district encompasses an active mining area;
2.4 	(2) the first vacancy of an appointment by the St. Louis County board after clause (1) 
2.5 	has been satisfied, must be filled by a commissioner whose district encompasses an active 
2.6 	mining area.