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http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/gets'tatchap.pl <br /> <br />thereupon make its order of removal and the chief judge shall <br />fill the vacancy created thereby. <br /> <br /> Subd. 3. Commission appointments; nominees. A city <br />council, a charter commission, or the petitioners requesting the <br />appointment of a charter commission may submit to the court the <br />names of eligible nominees which the district court may consider <br />in making appointments to the charter commission. <br /> <br /> Subd. 4. Commission meetings. The charter <br />commission shall meet at least once during each calendar year, <br />and upon presentation of a petition signed by at least ten <br />percent of the number of voters of the municipality, as shown by <br />the returns of the last annual municipal election, or upon <br />resolution approved by a majority of the governing body of the <br />city requesting the commission to convene, the commission shall <br />meet to consider the proposals set forth in such petition or <br />resolution. <br /> <br /> Subd. 5. Discharge. If the charter commission of a <br />statutory city determines that a charter is not necessary or <br />desirable, the commission may be discharged by a vote of <br />three-fourths of its members. Another commission may not be <br />formed sooner than one year from the date of discharge. <br /> <br /> HIST: (1269) RL s 749; 1909 c 423; 1913 c 535 s 1; 1949 c 210 <br />s 1; 1959 c 305 s 5; 1961 c 608 s 1; Ex1967 c 33 s 1; 1971 c 208 <br />s 1-3; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 44 s 20; 1979 c 330 s 3; <br />1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1987 c 51 s 1 <br /> <br />==410.06 <br /> 410.06 Compensation; expenses. <br /> <br /> The members of such commission shall receive no <br />compensation, but the commission may employ an attorney and <br />other personnel to assist in framing such charter, and any <br />amendment or revision thereof, and the reasonable compensation <br />and the cost of printing such charter, or any amendment or <br />revision thereof, when so directed by the commission, shall be <br />paid by such city. The amount of reasonable and necessary <br />charter commission expenses that shall be so paid by the city <br />shall not exceed in any one year the sum of $10,000 for a first <br />class city and $1,500 for any other city; but the council may <br />authorize such additional charter commission expenses as it <br />deems necessary. Other statutory and charter provisions <br />requiring budgeting of, or limiting, expenditures do not apply <br />to charter commission expenses. The council may'levy a tax in <br />excess of charter tax limitations to pay such expenses. <br /> <br /> HIST: (1270) RL s 750; 1907 c 216 s 1; 1947 c 406 s 1; 1959 c <br />305 s 5; 1961 c 608 s 2; 1973 c. 123 art 5 s 7; 1994 c 505 art 3 <br />s 8 <br /> <br />==410.07 <br /> 410.07 Determination of desirability; framing charter. <br /> <br /> As soon as practicable after such appointment, the charter <br />commission shall deliver to the clerk of the city either (1) its <br />report determining that a home rule charter for the city is not <br />necessary or desirable, or (2) the draft of a proposed charter, <br />in either case signed by at least a majority of its members. <br />Such draft shall fix the corporate name and the boundaries of <br />the proposed city, and provide for a mayor, and for a council to <br />be elected by the people. Subject to the limitations in this <br />chapter provided, it may provide for any scheme of municipal <br />government not inconsistent with the constitution, and may <br />provide for the establishment and administration of all~ <br />departments of a city government, and for the regulation of all <br />local municipal functions, as fully as'the legislature might <br /> <br />3 of 11 1/10/2003 11:25 AM <br /> <br /> <br />