Subdivision 1. Membership. The Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority shall consist of eight members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, and a representative of the office.

All members to be appointed by the governor shall be residents of the state. At least two members must reside outside the metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2. At least one of the members shall be a person having a favorable reputation for skill, knowledge, and experience in the field of state and municipal finance; and at least one shall be a person having a favorable reputation for skill, knowledge, and experience in the building construction field; and at least one of the members shall be a trustee, director, officer, or employee of an institution of higher education.

Subd. 1a. Private College Council member. The president of the Minnesota Private College Council, or the president's designee, shall serve without compensation as an advisory, nonvoting member of the authority.

Subd. 2. Term; compensation; removal. The membership terms, compensation, removal of members, and filling of vacancies for authority members other than the representative of the office, and the president of the Private College Council, shall be as provided in section 15.0575.

History: 1971 c 868 s 2; 1973 c 758 s 1; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1976 c 134 s 40; 1983 c 258 s 52; 1984 c 654 art 4 s 22; 1989 c 293 s 56; 1995 c 212 art 3 s 36,37; 2005 c 107 art 2 s 60; 2014 c 149 s 74