HF 2175

as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to natural resources; modifying citizen 
  1.3             oversight committees under the commissioner of natural 
  1.4             resources; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 
  1.5             15.059, subdivision 5a; 97A.055, subdivision 4a. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 15.059, 
  1.8   subdivision 5a, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 5a.  [LATER EXPIRATION.] Notwithstanding subdivision 
  1.10  5, the advisory councils and committees listed in this 
  1.11  subdivision do not expire June 30, 1997.  These groups expire 
  1.12  June 30, 2001, unless the law creating the group or this 
  1.13  subdivision specifies an earlier expiration date. 
  1.14     Investment advisory council, created in section 11A.08; 
  1.15     Intergovernmental information systems advisory council, 
  1.16  created in section 16B.42, expires June 30, 1999; 
  1.17     Feedlot and manure management advisory committee, created 
  1.18  in section 17.136; 
  1.19     Aquaculture advisory committee, created in section 17.49; 
  1.20     Dairy producers board, created in section 17.76; 
  1.21     Pesticide applicator education and examination review 
  1.22  board, created in section 18B.305; 
  1.23     Advisory seed potato certification task force, created in 
  1.24  section 21.112; 
  1.25     Food safety advisory committee, created in section 28A.20; 
  2.1      Minnesota organic advisory task force, created in section 
  2.2   31.95; 
  2.3      Public programs risk adjustment work group, created in 
  2.4   section 62Q.03; 
  2.5      Workers' compensation self-insurers' advisory committee, 
  2.6   created in section 79A.02; 
  2.7      Youth corps advisory committee, created in section 84.0887; 
  2.8      Iron range off-highway vehicle advisory committee, created 
  2.9   in section 85.013; 
  2.10     Mineral coordinating committee, created in section 93.002; 
  2.11     Game and fish fund citizen advisory committees, created in 
  2.12  section 97A.055; 
  2.13     Wetland heritage advisory committee, created in section 
  2.14  103G.2242; 
  2.15     Wastewater treatment technical advisory committee, created 
  2.16  in section 115.54; 
  2.17     Solid waste management advisory council, created in section 
  2.18  115A.12; 
  2.19     Nuclear waste council, created in section 116C.711; 
  2.20     Genetically engineered organism advisory committee, created 
  2.21  in section 116C.93; 
  2.22     Environment and natural resources trust fund advisory 
  2.23  committee, created in section 116P.06; 
  2.24     Child abuse prevention advisory council, created in section 
  2.25  119A.13; 
  2.26     Chemical abuse and violence prevention council, created in 
  2.27  section 119A.293; 
  2.28     Youth neighborhood centers advisory board, created in 
  2.29  section 119A.295; 
  2.30     Interagency coordinating council, created in section 
  2.31  125A.28, expires June 30, 1999; 
  2.32     Desegregation/integration advisory board, created in 
  2.33  section 124D.892; 
  2.34     Nonpublic education council, created in section 123B.445; 
  2.35     Permanent school fund advisory committee, created in 
  2.36  section 127A.30; 
  3.1      Indian scholarship committee, created in section 124D.84, 
  3.2   subdivision 2; 
  3.3      American Indian education committees, created in section 
  3.4   124D.80; 
  3.5      Summer scholarship advisory committee, created in section 
  3.6   124D.95; 
  3.7      Multicultural education advisory committee, created in 
  3.8   section 124D.894; 
  3.9      Male responsibility and fathering grants review committee, 
  3.10  created in section 124D.33; 
  3.11     Library for the blind and physically handicapped advisory 
  3.12  committee, created in section 134.31; 
  3.13     Higher education advisory council, created in section 
  3.14  136A.031; 
  3.15     Student advisory council, created in section 136A.031; 
  3.16     Cancer surveillance advisory committee, created in section 
  3.17  144.672; 
  3.18     Maternal and child health task force, created in section 
  3.19  145.881; 
  3.20     State community health advisory committee, created in 
  3.21  section 145A.10; 
  3.22     Mississippi River Parkway commission, created in section 
  3.23  161.1419; 
  3.24     School bus safety advisory committee, created in section 
  3.25  169.435; 
  3.26     Advisory council on workers' compensation, created in 
  3.27  section 175.007; 
  3.28     Code enforcement advisory council, created in section 
  3.29  175.008; 
  3.30     Medical services review board, created in section 176.103; 
  3.31     Apprenticeship advisory council, created in section 178.02; 
  3.32     OSHA advisory council, created in section 182.656; 
  3.33     Health professionals services program advisory committee, 
  3.34  created in section 214.32; 
  3.35     Rehabilitation advisory council for the blind, created in 
  3.36  section 248.10; 
  4.1      American Indian advisory council, created in section 
  4.2   254A.035; 
  4.3      Alcohol and other drug abuse advisory council, created in 
  4.4   section 254A.04; 
  4.5      Medical assistance drug formulary committee, created in 
  4.6   section 256B.0625; 
  4.7      Home care advisory committee, created in section 256B.071; 
  4.8      Preadmission screening, alternative care, and home and 
  4.9   community-based services advisory committee, created in section 
  4.10  256B.0911; 
  4.11     Traumatic brain injury advisory committee, created in 
  4.12  section 256B.093; 
  4.13     Minnesota commission serving deaf and hard-of-hearing 
  4.14  people, created in section 256C.28; 
  4.15     American Indian child welfare advisory council, created in 
  4.16  section 260.835; 
  4.17     Juvenile justice advisory committee, created in section 
  4.18  268.29; 
  4.19     Northeast Minnesota economic development fund technical 
  4.20  advisory committees, created in section 298.2213; 
  4.21     Iron range higher education committee, created in section 
  4.22  298.2214; 
  4.23     Northeast Minnesota economic protection trust fund 
  4.24  technical advisory committee, created in section 298.297; 
  4.25     Advisory council on battered women and domestic abuse, 
  4.26  created in section 611A.34. 
  4.27     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 97A.055, 
  4.28  subdivision 4a, is amended to read: 
  4.29     Subd. 4a.  [CITIZEN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES SUBCOMMITTEES.] (a)
  4.30  The commissioner shall appoint committees subcommittees of 
  4.31  affected persons to review the reports prepared under 
  4.32  subdivision 4 and; review the proposed work plans and budgets 
  4.33  for the coming year; propose changes in policies, activities, 
  4.34  and revenue enhancements or reductions; review other relevant 
  4.35  information; and make recommendations to the legislature and the 
  4.36  commissioner for improvements in the management and use of money 
  5.1   in the game and fish fund. 
  5.2      (b) The commissioner shall appoint the following committees 
  5.3   subcommittees, each comprised of at least three affected persons:
  5.4      (1) a committee to review the annual game and fish fund 
  5.5   report and address general game and fish fund issues; 
  5.6      (2) a committee to address funding issues related to 
  5.7   fishing a fisheries operations subcommittee to review fisheries 
  5.8   funding, excluding activities related to trout and salmon stamp 
  5.9   funding; 
  5.10     (2) a wildlife operations subcommittee to review wildlife 
  5.11  funding, excluding activities related to migratory waterfowl, 
  5.12  pheasant, and turkey stamp funding and excluding review of the 
  5.13  amounts available under section 97A.075, subdivision 1, 
  5.14  paragraphs (b) and (c); 
  5.15     (3) a committee big game subcommittee to review the report 
  5.16  on the small game license surcharge and the report required in 
  5.17  subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause (2), and address funding 
  5.18  issues related to hunting; 
  5.19     (4) an ecological services operations subcommittee to 
  5.20  review ecological services funding; 
  5.21     (5) a subcommittee to review game and fish fund funding of 
  5.22  enforcement, support services, and department of natural 
  5.23  resources administration; 
  5.24     (4) (6) a committee subcommittee to review the trout and 
  5.25  salmon stamp report and address funding issues related to trout 
  5.26  and salmon; 
  5.27     (5) (7) a committee subcommittee to review the report on 
  5.28  the migratory waterfowl stamp and address funding issues related 
  5.29  to migratory waterfowl; 
  5.30     (6) (8) a committee subcommittee to review the report on 
  5.31  the pheasant stamp and address funding issues related to 
  5.32  pheasants; and 
  5.33     (7) (9) a committee subcommittee to review the report on 
  5.34  the turkey stamp and address funding issues related to wild 
  5.35  turkeys. 
  5.36     (c) The chairs of each of the subcommittees shall form a 
  6.1   budgetary oversight committee to coordinate the integration of 
  6.2   the subcommittee reports into an annual report to the 
  6.3   legislature; recommend changes on a broad level in policies, 
  6.4   activities, and revenue enhancements or reductions; provide a 
  6.5   forum to address issues that transcend the subcommittees; and 
  6.6   submit a report for any subcommittee that fails to submit its 
  6.7   report in a timely manner. 
  6.8      (d) The budgetary oversight committee shall develop a 
  6.9   biennial budget plan and report for expenditures on game and 
  6.10  fish activities.  By August 15 of each even-numbered year, the 
  6.11  council shall submit the budget plan to the commissioner. 
  6.12     (e) Each subcommittee shall choose its own chair, except 
  6.13  that the chair of the budgetary oversight committee shall be 
  6.14  appointed by the commissioner and may not be the chair of any of 
  6.15  the subcommittees. 
  6.16     (f) The committees budgetary oversight committee must make 
  6.17  recommendations to the commissioner for outcome goals from 
  6.18  expenditures. 
  6.19     (g) Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 5, the 
  6.20  budgetary oversight committee and subcommittees do not expire. 
  6.21     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  6.22     Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final 
  6.23  enactment.