MN HF2599

Metropolitan Council membership reduced from 17 to 16 district members plus a chair (29 total voting members), with most members appointed by municipal committees instead of the governor.

Chair of Metropolitan Council added to Group II salary limit positions capped at 120 percent of the governor's salary, adjusted annually by Consumer Price Index, effective January 1, 2020.

Transportation Advisory Board eliminated and replaced with a technical advisory committee composed of professional staff from local governments and transportation agencies.

Municipal committees in each council district created to appoint local elected officials to serve four-year staggered terms on the Metropolitan Council rather than gubernatorial appointment.

Effective date January 1, 2020, with transition allowing current council members to serve until replacements appointed by municipal committees; Laws 1994, chapter 628, article 1, section 8 repealed.