Minnesota Statutes 507.0945 – Administration
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 507.0945
- Chair: includes chairman, chairwoman, and chairperson. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Majority: means with respect to an individual the period of time after the individual reaches the age of 18. See Minnesota Statutes 645.451
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- state: extends to and includes the District of Columbia and the several territories. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
(a) An Electronic Real Estate Recording Commission is created to evaluate and then may adopt standards to implement sections 507.0941 to 507.0948.
(b) The Electronic Real Estate Recording Commission shall consist of the following:
(1) three members appointed by the Minnesota Association of County Officials who are county employees, including one from within the seven-county metropolitan area, one from outside the seven-county metropolitan area, and at least one of whom is a county recorder and at least one of whom is a registrar of titles;
(2) one member appointed by the Minnesota Land Title Association;
(3) one member who represents the Minnesota Bankers Association;
(4) one member who represents the Section of Real Property Law of the Minnesota State Bar Association;
(5) one nonvoting member who is appointed by the other members of the commission and an expert in the technological aspects of electronic real estate recording; and
(6) one member who is the state archivist appointed pursuant to section 138.17.
(c) Members of the Electronic Real Estate Recording Commission shall serve four-year terms, except that (1) the initial appointments of county employees shall be for two years and (2) the expert in the technological aspects of electronic real estate recording shall serve at the pleasure of a majority of the other members of the commission. All initial terms shall commence on July 1, 2008. Members shall serve until their successors are appointed. Any member may be reappointed for successive terms.
(d) The state archivist shall call the first meeting of the Electronic Real Estate Recording Commission. At the first meeting and biennially thereafter, the commission shall elect from its membership a chair and vice-chair to serve two-year terms. Meetings may be called by the chair or the vice-chair. Meetings shall be held as often as necessary, but at least once a year.
(e) A majority of the voting members of the Electronic Real Estate Recording Commission constitutes a quorum to do business, and a majority of a quorum may act in any matter within the jurisdiction of the commission.
(f) As soon as practicable and as needed thereafter, the Electronic Real Estate Recording Commission shall identify the information technology and any other expertise it requires and report its needs to the committees of the house of representatives and the senate that have jurisdiction.