Legislative Audit Commission
The Legislative Audit Commission (LAC) is a bi-partisan commission with 6 members from the House of Representatives and 6 from the Senate, equally divided between the majority and minority parties. Membership is governed by Minnesota Statutes 2006, Section 3.97, subd. 2. The commission appoints the Legislative Auditor and selects topics for the Program Evaluation Division to review. It also periodically holds hearings to review audit and evaluation reports. The commission chair rotates every two years between the House and the Senate.
Current members of the commission are:
Senator Ann H. Rest, Chair 205 State Capitol (651-296-2889)
Representative Michael Beard, Vice Chair 207 State Office Building (651-296-8872)
Representatives
Representative Rick Hansen 401 State Office Building (651-296-6828)
Representative Bill Hilty 559 State Office Building (651-296-4308)
Representative Mary Liz Holberg 303 State Office Building (651-296-6926)
Representative Steve Simon 375 State Office Building (651-296-9889)
Representative Ron Shimanski 227 State Office Building (651-296-1534)
Senator Don Betzold 111 State Capitol (651-296-2556)
Senator Joe Gimse 105 State Office Building (651-296-3826)
Senator David Hann 127 State Office Building (651-296-1749)
Senator James Metzen 322 State Capitol (651-296-4370)
Senator Claire Robling 143 State Office Building (651-296-4123)
Here are the minutes from commission meetings.
Chairs of the Legislative Audit Commission have included:
Senator Edward Gearty (1973-74),
Representative Fred Norton (1975-76),
Senator William McCutcheon (1977-78),
Representative Don Moe (1979-80),
Senator Don Moe (1981-82),
Representative Dick Welsh (1983-84),
Senator Randolph Peterson (1985-86),
Representative Phil Riveness (1987-88),
Senator John Brandl (1989-90),
Representative Ann Rest (1991-92),
Senator Phil Riveness (1993-94),
Representative Ann Rest (1995-96),
Senator Deanna Wiener (1997-98),
Representative Dan McElroy (1999-2000),
Senator Ann Rest (2001-2002),
Representative Tim Wilkin (2003-2004),
Senator Ann Rest (2005-2006), and
Representative Rick Hansen (2007-2008).