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Minnesota Electrical Act: Minnesota Statutes Sections 3266.31 to 3266.399; Minnesota Statutes Sections 3266.081 to 3266.399: Enforcement; Minnesota Rules Chapters 3800 and 3801 Page 9 of 57 . (b) The board shill comply with section 15.0597, subdivisions 2 and 4. (c) The commissioner shall coordinate the board's rulemaking and recommendations with the recommendations and rulemaking conducted by all of the other boards created pursuant to this chapter. The commissioner shall provide staff support to the board. The support includes professional, legal, technical, and clerical staff necessary to perform rulemaking and other duties assigned to the board. The commissioner of labor and industry shall supply necessary office space and supplies to assist the board in Its duties. Subd. 3. Compensation. (a) Members of the board may be compensated at the rate of $55 a day spent on board activities, when authorized by the board, plus expenses in the same manner and amount as authorized by the commissioners plan adopted under section 43A.18, subdivision 2. Members who, as a result of time spent attending board meetings, incur child care expenses that would not otherwise have been incurred, may. be reimbursed for those expenses upon board authorization. (b) Members who are state employees or employees of the political subdivisions of the state must not receive the daily payment for activities that occur during working hours for which they are compensated by the state or political subdivision. However, a state or political subdivision employee may receive the daily payment if the employee uses vacation time or compensatory time accumulated in accordance with a collective bargaining agreement or compensation plan for board activities. Members who are state employees .or employees of the political subdivisions of the state may receive the expenses provided for in this subdivision unless the expenses are reimbursed by another source. Members who are state employees or employees of political subdivisions of the state may be reimbursed for child care expenses only for time spent on boarci activities that are outside their working hours. (c} The board shall adopt internal standards prescribing what constitutes a day spent on board activities for purposes of making daily payments under this subdivision. Subd. 4. Removal; vacancies. (a) An appointed member of the board may be removed by the govemor at any time {1) for cause, after notice and hearing, or (2) after missing three consecutive meetings. The chair of the board shall inform the govemor of an appointed member missing the three consecutive meetings. After the second consecutive missed meeting and before the next meeting, the secretary of the board shall notify the appointed member in writing that the member may be removed for missing the next meeting. in the case of a vacancy on the board, the govemor shall, with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a person to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term. (b) Vacancies shall be filled pursuant to section 15.097, subdivisions 5 and 6. Subd. 5. Membership vacancies within three months of appointment. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, when a membership on the board becomes vacant within three months after being filled through the appointments process, the govemor may, upon notification to the Office of Secretary of State, choose a new member from the applications on hand and need not repeat the process. Subd. 6.Officers, quorum, voting. (a) The board shall elect annually from its members a chair, vice-chair, and secretary. A quorum of the board shall consist of a majority of members of the board qualified to vote on the matter in question. Afl questions concerning the manner in which a meeting is conducted or called that is not covered by statute shall be determined by Robert's Rules of Order {revised) unless otherwise specified by the bylaws. {b} Each electrical code amendment considered by the board that receives an affirmative two-thirds or more . majority vote of all of the voting members of the board shall be included in the next electrical code rulemaking proceeding initiated by the board. If an electrical code amendment considered, or reconsidered, by the board receives less than a twathirds majority vote of all of the voting members of the board, the electrical code amendment shall not be included in the next electrical.code rulemaking proceeding initiated by the board.