1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to cities; authorizing a statutory or home rule charter city to provide 
1.3 	for a full-time student at an institution of higher education to become an ex 
1.4 	officio member of the city council;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
1.5 	Statutes, chapter 410.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. [410.34] CITY COUNCIL; EX OFFICIO MEMBER.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Institutions of higher education; student member. (a) The city 
1.9 	council of a statutory or home rule charter city in which an institution of higher education 
1.10 	is located may by a two-thirds vote of the council provide that a full-time student at the 
1.11 	institution become an ex officio, nonvoting member of the city council. 
1.12 	(b) If more than one institution of higher education is located within the city, the 
1.13 	ex officio member must be a student at the institution which has the largest number 
1.14 	of students. Each institution must appoint a student member to serve on a committee 
1.15 	composed of the ex officio member and the student members of the institutions to 
1.16 	facilitate communication.
1.17 		Subd. 2.Term of ex officio member. The term of the ex officio member must be 
1.18 	for the same length of time as the regular terms of the other council members, but may 
1.19 	begin and end on the dates as determined by the council.

1.20 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE; NO LOCAL APPROVAL.
 1.21 	As provided by Minnesota Statutes, section 645.023, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), 
1.22 	section 1 is effective without local approval on the day following final enactment.