HF3273 Summary

• Increases Metropolitan Council membership from 17 to 28 members, with local elected officials appointed by municipal committees in each council district serving four-year staggered terms instead of governor appointment.

• Eliminates the Transportation Advisory Board and replaces it with an advisory body for transportation planning with specified membership including commissioners, county and city representatives, and transit advocates.

• Changes Metropolitan Council chair selection from governor appointment to selection by the council itself, with the chair serving at the pleasure of the council rather than the governor.

• Sets salary limit for Metropolitan Council chair at 120 percent of the governor's salary, adjusted annually by the Consumer Price Index, effective January 1, 2019.

• Repeals Laws 1994, chapter 628, article 1, section 8, which previously set fixed salaries of $52,500 for the chair and $20,000 for other members.