# 1994 Reorganization Act *Minnesota law concerning the Metropolitan Council* The **1994 Reorganization Act** is a Minnesota law that, according to the project's merged master history, extended to the whole [[Metropolitan Council (Minnesota)]] a governance design already written into the 1967 founding text of the [[Department of Human Rights]].[^1] That design dates to May 25, 1967. On that day Governor LeVander approved two session laws: Laws 1967 ch. 896, which created the Metropolitan Council as a regional government with a tax levy and members appointed by the governor rather than elected, and ch. 897, which created the Department of Human Rights.[^1] The master history describes the department as the enforcement agency through which the modern federal actions run. It reports that both chapters were checked word for word against the session-law PDFs.[^1] The record assembled here does not establish the 1994 Act's chapter number, enactment date, sponsors, vote, or text, and it does not show which officials or parties enacted it.[^1] ## In the Minnesota record ### What - According to the master history, the 1994 Reorganization Act applied to the whole Metropolitan Council a design already present in the Department of Human Rights' founding law.[^1] ### When - May 25, 1967: Governor LeVander approved Laws 1967 ch. 896 (Metropolitan Council) and ch. 897 (Department of Human Rights) on the same day.[^1] ### How - Under ch. 896, the Metropolitan Council was given a tax levy, and its members were appointed by the [[governor]] rather than elected.[^1] - The founding text of the Department of Human Rights in ch. 897 provides that the commissioner serves "at the pleasure of the governor for a four-year term, which shall coincide with the term of the governor."[^1] ## Notes [^1]: Minnesota wiki project, *How Minnesota Got Here* (merged master, footnoted; validated passage) — reports that Governor LeVander approved Laws 1967 ch. 896 (Metropolitan Council: regional government with a tax levy and governor-appointed, unelected members) and ch. 897 (Department of Human Rights: commissioner serves at the pleasure of the governor) on May 25, 1967, as verified against the session-law PDFs. It also reports that the 1994 Reorganization Act later applied this design to the whole Metropolitan Council. No URL for this source is in the pack's allowed URLs.