# Minnesota Laws 2023, ch. 68, art. 4, § 123 *Minnesota session law creating the Metropolitan Governance Task Force.* **Minnesota Laws 2023, ch. 68, art. 4, § 123** is the 2023 session-law provision by which the [[Legislature]] created the [[Metropolitan Governance Task Force]].[^1] The provision charged the task force to evaluate five options: direct election, hybrid appointment, replacement with a council of governments, reallocation of responsibilities, and home rule charters.[^1] The task force set out its own diagnosis in a problem statement adopted 15–0: "accountability is the basic issue."[^2] On January 24, 2024, it voted 14–3 to forward all six competing proposals rather than endorse one.[^3] It issued its final report on February 1, 2024.[^4] The record assembled here does not show who sponsored or signed the provision, the party alignment of its votes, or whether it was later amended or repealed.[^1] ## What The provision is the authorizing law for the Metropolitan Governance Task Force, and it fixed the scope of the task force's work.[^1] Its charge covered direct election, hybrid appointment, replacement with a council of governments, reallocation of responsibilities, and home rule charters.[^1] The documented output of that charge is the task force's *Final Report*.[^4] The report records the 15–0 problem statement and the 14–3 vote to forward all six proposals without endorsing any of them.[^2][^3] The task force record also includes a separate minority report dated 2024.[^5] ## When - 2023: the Legislature enacted the provision as part of chapter 68 of the 2023 session laws.[^1] - January 24, 2024: the task force voted 14–3 to forward all six proposals.[^3] - February 1, 2024: the task force issued its final report.[^4] ## How many - Five options were named in the task force's charge.[^1] - The problem statement was adopted 15–0.[^2] - The vote to forward every proposal was 14–3.[^3] - Six proposals were forwarded and none was endorsed.[^3] ## In the at-issue record The project's at-issue record places two documented outputs side by side. The first is the task force's unanimous adoption of the statement "accountability is the basic issue."[^2] The second is its 14–3 vote to forward all six proposals rather than endorse one.[^3] The record documents both votes. It does not establish why the task force declined to endorse a proposal. The project pairs this item with a later federal instrument, the March 2026 presidential action *Establishing the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud*.[^6] That pairing is the project's own, and the pack documents no connection between the two instruments. ## In the Minnesota record ### What - The session law authorized a legislative task force on metropolitan governance with a five-option evaluation charge.[^1] - The task force's report recorded agreement on the problem and no endorsed remedy.[^2][^3] ### When - The vote forwarding all six proposals took place on January 24, 2024, and the report followed on February 1, 2024.[^3][^4] ## Notes [^1]: Minnesota Legislative Coordinating Commission, *Metropolitan Governance Task Force* (undated charge page) — identifies Minnesota Laws 2023, ch. 68, art. 4, § 123 as the authorizing law and sets out the task force's charge. https://www.lcc.mn.gov/mgtf/ [^2]: Metropolitan Governance Task Force, *Final Report* (Feb. 1, 2024) — records the problem statement adopted 15–0, "accountability is the basic issue." https://www.lcc.mn.gov/mgtf/report/Final-MGTF-Report [^3]: Metropolitan Governance Task Force, *Final Report* (Feb. 1, 2024) — records the January 24, 2024 vote of 14–3 forwarding all six proposals without endorsing one. https://www.lcc.mn.gov/mgtf/report/Final-MGTF-Report [^4]: Metropolitan Governance Task Force, *Final Report* (Feb. 1, 2024) — the task force's final report and its date of issue. https://www.lcc.mn.gov/mgtf/report/Final-MGTF-Report [^5]: Metropolitan Governance Task Force, *Met Council COG Minority Report* (2024) — minority report in the task force record. https://www.lcc.mn.gov/mgtf/report/Met-Council-COG-Minority-Report-2024.pdf [^6]: The White House, *Establishing the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud* (March 2026) — the federal presidential action that the project pairs with this item. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/establishing-the-task-force-to-eliminate-fraud/