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Subd. 7.Wards.(a) A city may adopt an ordinance to elect its city council members by ward in the​ <br />following circumstances:​ <br />(1) if the ordinance is submitted to the voters of the city for approval at a regular or special election,​ <br />and the ordinance is adopted at least 180 days before that election; or​ <br />(2) when approved or ordered to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction acting in response to a​ <br />challenge to the city's method of conducting elections.​ <br />(b) If the city is petitioned by at least 15 percent of the electors voting at the last previous city election​ <br />asking that the question of city council member election by ward be put to the voters of the city, the city​ <br />must adopt an ordinance for that purpose and submit the ordinance to the voters of the city for approval at​ <br />a regular or special election.​ <br />(c) An ordinance must designate the boundaries of the wards. The ordinance must also state whether​ <br />the city will otherwise operate as a statutory standard plan city or statutory optional plan city, subject to​ <br />voter approval as may be required under this chapter. If submitted to the voters by ballot question, the​ <br />ordinance shall go into effect at the next regular city election if it is approved by a majority of those voting​ <br />on the question. Except as provided by this subdivision, section 205.10 applies to a ballot question submitted​ <br />to the voters at a special election under this subdivision.​ <br />(d) A city that elects its council members by ward is subject to the requirements of sections 204B.135​ <br />and 205.84.​ <br />History: 1959 c 675 art 6 s 30; 1961 c 230 s 1; 1963 c 799 s 5; 1963 c 811 s 1; 1965 c 417 s 1-4; 1967​ <br />c 289 s 2; 1973 c 34 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; art 2 s 2; 1973 c 492 s 7; 1974 c 337 s 5; 1976 c 2 s​ <br />131; 1976 c 44 s 21; 1981 c 172 s 3,4; 1983 c 359 s 62; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 30 s 1,2; 1995 c 27 s 2; 1996​ <br />c 422 s 2,3; 1999 c 75 s 2; 1999 c 132 s 43; 2004 c 281 s 2; 2010 c 206 s 2; 2021 c 31 art 3 s 27; 2024 c​ <br />112 art 3 s 12,13​ <br />Official Publication of the State of Minnesota​ <br />Revisor of Statutes​ <br />412.02​MINNESOTA STATUTES 2024​3​ <br />8