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.
The Legislative Audit Commission also has two subcommittees: the Financial Audit Subcommittee and the Topic Selection Subcommittee, each of which has four members.
Commission Members:
Representative Michael Beard, Chair 417 State Office Building (651-296-8872)Senator Roger J. Reinert, Vice-Chair 149 State Office Building (651-296-4188)
Representatives
Representative Sondra Erickson 509 State Office Building (651-296-6746)Representative Rick Hansen 247 State Office Building (651-296-6828)
Representative Mary Liz Holberg 453 State Office Building (651-296-6926)
Representative Phyllis Kahn 353 State Office Building (651-296-4257)
Representative Steve Simon 379 State Office Building (651-296-9889)
Senators
Senator David Hann 328 State Capitol (651-296-1749)Senator James Metzen 25 State Capitol (651-296-4370)
Senator Mike Parry 309 State Capitol (651-296-9457)
Senator Ann H. Rest 105 State Office Building (651-296-2889)
Senator Claire Robling 226 State Capitol (651-296-4123)
Financial Audit Subcommittee Members:
Senator Ann H. Rest - ChairRepresentative Sondra Erickson
Representative Steve Simon
Senator David Hann
Topic Selection Subcommittee Members:
Senator Roger J. Reinert- ChairRepresentative Sondra Erickson
Representative Rick Hansen
Senator Mike Parry
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),
Representative Rick Hansen (2007-2008), and
Senator Ann Rest (2009-2010).