1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; determining instructional service base; providing 
1.3 	adjustments for enrollments; regulating tuition paid by seniors for certain 
1.4 	courses; determining resident tuition; defining certain terms; eliminating obsolete 
1.5 	language; authorizing the office to enter into certain agreements; amending 
1.6 	certain data classification provisions; providing for loan rehabilitation; providing 
1.7 	for temporary total disability for certain loans; amending work-study payment 
1.8 	eligibility; authorizing the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board 
1.9 	of Trustees to control certain depository services; limiting approval of certain 
1.10 	higher education degrees; requiring certain studies; authorizing construction of 
1.11 	an academic building;amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 135A.031, 
1.12 	subdivision 7, by adding subdivisions; 135A.053, subdivision 2; 136A.15, by 
1.13 	adding a subdivision; 136A.16, by adding a subdivision; 136A.162; 136A.1701, 
1.14 	by adding a subdivision; 136A.233, subdivision 3; 136F.02, subdivision 1; 
1.15 	136F.42, subdivision 1; 136F.71, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 
1.16 	Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, sections 135A.52, subdivisions 1, 2; 
1.17 	136A.1701, subdivision 12; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.18 	chapters 135A; 136A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 135A.031, 
1.19 	subdivision 5; 135A.033; 136A.15, subdivision 5; 136A.1702; Minnesota 
1.20 	Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 135A.031, subdivisions 3, 4; Minnesota 
1.21 	Rules, parts 4850.0011, subparts 9, 10, 14, 27; 4850.0014, subpart 1.
1.22 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.23 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 135A.031, is amended by adding a 
1.24 	subdivision to read:
1.25 		Subd. 3a.Determination of instructional services base. The instructional services 
1.26 	base for each public postsecondary system is the sum of: (1) the state share; (2) the 
1.27 	legislatively estimated tuition for the second year of the most recent biennium; and (3) 
1.28 	adjustments for inflation and enrollment changes as calculated in subdivision 4a.

1.29 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 135A.031, is amended by adding a 
1.30 	subdivision to read:
2.1 		Subd. 4a.Adjustment for enrollments. (a) Each public postsecondary system's 
2.2 	instructional services base shall be adjusted for estimated changes in enrollments. For 
2.3 	each two percent change in estimated full-year equivalent enrollment, an adjustment shall 
2.4 	be made to 65 percent of the instructional services base. The remaining 35 percent of the 
2.5 	instructional services base is not subject to the adjustment in this subdivision.
2.6 	(b) When student enrollment is used for  budgeting purposes, the student enrollment 
2.7 	shall be measured in  full-year equivalents and shall include only enrollments in  courses 
2.8 	that award credit or otherwise satisfy any of the  requirements of an academic or vocational 
2.9 	program.
2.10 	(c) The enrollment adjustment shall be made for each year of the subsequent 
2.11 	biennium. The base enrollment year is the 1995 fiscal year enrollment. The base 
2.12 	enrollment shall be updated for each two percent change in estimated full-year equivalent 
2.13 	enrollment. If the actual enrollment differs from the estimated enrollment, an adjustment 
2.14 	shall be made in the next biennium.

2.15 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 135A.031, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
2.16 		Subd. 7.Reports. Instructional expenditure and enrollment data for each 
2.17 	instructional category shall be submitted to the Office of Higher Education and the 
2.18 	Department of Finance and included in the biennial budget document. The specific data 
2.19 	shall be submitted only after the director of the Office of Higher Education has consulted 
2.20 	with a data advisory task force to determine the need, content, and detail of the information.

2.21 	Sec. 4. [135A.043] RESIDENT TUITION.
2.22 	(a) A student shall qualify for a resident tuition rate or its equivalent at state 
2.23 	universities and colleges, including the University of Minnesota, if the student meets 
2.24 	all of the following requirements:
2.25 	(1) high school attendance within the state for three or more years;
2.26 	(2) graduation from a state high school or attainment within the state of the 
2.27 	equivalent of high school graduation; and
2.28 	(3) registration as an entering student at, or current enrollment in, a public institution 
2.29 	of higher education.
2.30 	(b) This section is in addition to any other statute, rule, or higher education 
2.31 	institution regulation or policy providing eligibility for a resident tuition rate or its 
2.32 	equivalent to a student.
2.33 	(c) To qualify for resident tuition under this section an individual who is not a citizen 
2.34 	or permanent resident of the United States must provide the college or university with 
3.1 	an affidavit that the individual will file an application to become a permanent resident at 
3.2 	the earliest opportunity the individual is eligible to do so.

3.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
3.4 	and applies to tuition for school terms commencing on or after that date.

3.5 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 135A.053, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
3.6 		Subd. 2.Performance and accountability. Higher education systems and 
3.7 	campuses are expected to achieve the objectives in subdivision 1 and will be held 
3.8 	accountable for doing so. The legislature is increasing the flexibility of the systems and 
3.9 	campuses to provide greater responsibility to higher education in deciding how to achieve 
3.10 	statewide objectives, and to decentralize authority so that those decisions can be made 
3.11 	at the level where the education is delivered. To demonstrate their accountability, the 
3.12 	legislature expects each system and campus to measure and report on its performance, 
3.13 	using meaningful indicators that are critical to achieving the objectives in subdivision 1, 
3.14 	as provided in section  135A.033. Nothing in this section precludes a system or campus 
3.15 	from determining its own objectives and performance measures beyond those identified 
3.16 	in this section. 

3.17 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 135A.52, subdivision 1, is 
3.18 	amended to read:
3.19 		Subdivision 1.Fees and tuition. Except for an administration fee established by the 
3.20 	governing board at a level to recover costs, to be collected only when a course is taken for 
3.21 	credit, a senior citizen who is a legal resident of Minnesota is entitled without payment 
3.22 	of tuition or activity fees to attend courses offered for credit, audit any courses offered 
3.23 	for credit, or enroll in any noncredit courses in any state supported institution of higher 
3.24 	education in Minnesota when space is available after all tuition-paying students have been 
3.25 	accommodated. A senior citizen enrolled under this section must pay any materials, 
3.26 	personal property, or service charges for the course. In addition, a senior citizen who is 
3.27 	enrolled in a course for credit must pay an administrative fee in an amount established 
3.28 	by the governing board of the institution to recover the course costs. There shall be no 
3.29 	administrative fee charges to a senior citizen auditing a course. For the purposes of this 
3.30 	section and section 135A.51, the term "noncredit courses" shall not include those courses 
3.31 	designed and offered specifically and exclusively for senior citizens.
3.32 	The provisions of this section and section 135A.51 do not apply to noncredit courses 
3.33 	designed and offered by the University of Minnesota, and the Minnesota State Colleges 
3.34 	and Universities specifically and exclusively for senior citizens. Senior citizens enrolled 
4.1 	under the provisions of this section and section 135A.51 shall not be included by such 
4.2 	institutions in their computation of full-time equivalent students when requesting staff 
4.3 	or appropriations.

4.4 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 135A.52, subdivision 2, is 
4.5 	amended to read:
4.6 		Subd. 2.Term; income of senior citizens. (a) Except under paragraph (b), there 
4.7 	shall be no limit to the number of terms, quarters, or semesters a senior citizen may attend 
4.8 	courses, nor income limitation imposed in determining eligibility.
4.9 	(b) A senior citizen enrolled in a closed enrollment contract training or professional 
4.10 	continuing education program is not eligible for benefits under subdivision 1.

4.11 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 136A.15, is amended by adding a subdivision 
4.12 	to read:
4.13 		Subd. 10.Eligible cosigner. "Eligible cosigner" means a cosigner who:
4.14 	(1) is at least 24 years old, and at least 18 years old if a sibling;
4.15 	(2) is a United States citizen or permanent resident;
4.16 	(3) permanently resides in the United States;
4.17 	(4) agrees to the release of information to a consumer credit reporting agency, as 
4.18 	specified in section 136A.162, paragraph (b); and
4.19 	(5) is creditworthy by meeting all of the following requirements:
4.20 	(i) no balances at a consumer credit reporting agency discharged through bankruptcy 
4.21 	within the seven years prior to application for credit;
4.22 	(ii) no garnishments, attachments, foreclosure, repossession, or defendant in a suit to 
4.23 	collect a debt appearing on the credit report;
4.24 	(iii) no tax or mechanics liens or judgments appearing on the credit report; 
4.25 	(iv) no items that are charged off or are delinquent for 120 days or more, that 
4.26 	in total exceed $50; and
4.27 	(v) no more than five percent of current balances at a consumer credit reporting 
4.28 	agency past due, that in total exceed $50.
4.29 	The office may establish alternative credit requirements using credit scoring.

4.30 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 136A.16, is amended by adding a subdivision 
4.31 	to read:
4.32 		Subd. 16.Interest rate swaps and other agreements. (a) The office may enter into 
4.33 	interest rate exchange or swap agreements, hedges, forward purchase or sale agreements, 
5.1 	or other comparable interest rate protection agreements with a third party in connection 
5.2 	with the issuance or proposed issuance of bonds, outstanding bonds or notes, or existing 
5.3 	comparable interest rate protection agreements.
5.4 	(b) The agreements authorized by this subdivision include, without limitation, master 
5.5 	agreements, options, or contracts to enter into those agreements in the future and related 
5.6 	agreements, including, without limitation, agreements to provide credit enhancement, 
5.7 	liquidity, or remarketing.
5.8 	(c) The agreements authorized by this subdivision may be entered into on the basis 
5.9 	of negotiation with a qualified third party or through a competitive proposal process on 
5.10 	terms and conditions as and with covenants and provisions approved by the office and 
5.11 	may include, without limitation:
5.12 	(1) provisions establishing reserves;
5.13 	(2) pledging assets or revenues of the office for current or other payments or 
5.14 	termination payments;
5.15 	(3) contracting with the other parties to the agreements to provide for the custody, 
5.16 	collection, securing, investment, and payment of money of the office or money held in 
5.17 	trust; or
5.18 	(4) requiring the issuance of bonds or other agreements authorized by this section 
5.19 	in the future.
5.20 	(d) With respect to bonds or notes outstanding or proposed to be issued bearing 
5.21 	interest at a variable rate, the office may agree to pay sums equal to interest at a fixed rate 
5.22 	or at a different variable rate determined in accordance with a formula set out in the 
5.23 	agreement on an amount not exceeding the outstanding principal amount of the bonds or 
5.24 	notes at the time of payment in exchange for an agreement by the third party to pay sums 
5.25 	equal to interest on a like amount at a variable rate determined according to a formula 
5.26 	set out in the agreement.
5.27 	(e) With respect to bonds or notes outstanding or proposed to be issued bearing 
5.28 	interest at a fixed rate or rates, the office may agree to pay sums equal to interest at a 
5.29 	variable rate determined in accordance with a formula set out in the agreement on an 
5.30 	amount not exceeding the outstanding principal amount of the bonds or notes at the time of 
5.31 	payment in exchange for an agreement by the third party to pay sums equal to interest on a 
5.32 	like amount at a fixed rate or rates determined according to a formula set in the agreement.
5.33 	(f) Subject to any applicable covenants of the office, payments required to be made 
5.34 	by the office under the agreement, including termination payments, may be made from 
5.35 	amounts pledged or available to pay debt service on the bonds or notes with respect to 
5.36 	which the agreement was made or from assets of the loan capital fund of the office. 
6.1 	The office may issue bonds or notes to provide for any payments, including, without 
6.2 	limitation, a termination payment due or to become due under an agreement authorized 
6.3 	under this section.

6.4 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 136A.162, is amended to read:
6.5 	136A.162 CLASSIFICATION OF DATA.
6.6 	All (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), data on applicants for financial 
6.7 	assistance collected and used by the Higher Education Services Office for student 
6.8 	financial aid programs administered by that office shall be classified as are private data 
6.9 	on individuals under as defined in section  13.02, subdivision 12. Exceptions to this 
6.10 	classification are that: 
6.11 	(a) the names and addresses of program recipients or participants are public data;
6.12 	(b) Data on applicants may be disclosed to the commissioner of human services 
6.13 	to the extent necessary to determine eligibility under section  136A.121, subdivision 2, 
6.14 	clause (5); and.
6.15 	(c) The following data collected in the Minnesota supplemental loan program under 
6.16 	section  136A.1701 may be disclosed to a consumer credit reporting agency only if the 
6.17 	borrower and the cosigner give informed consent, according to section  13.05, subdivision 
6.18 	4, at the time of application for a loan: 
6.19 	(1) the lender-assigned borrower identification number;
6.20 	(2) the name and address of borrower;
6.21 	(3) the name and address of cosigner;
6.22 	(4) the date the account is opened;
6.23 	(5) the outstanding account balance;
6.24 	(6) the dollar amount past due;
6.25 	(7) the number of payments past due;
6.26 	(8) the number of late payments in previous 12 months;
6.27 	(9) the type of account;
6.28 	(10) the responsibility for the account; and
6.29 	(11) the status or remarks code.

6.30 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 136A.1701, subdivision 12, 
6.31 	is amended to read:
6.32 		Subd. 12.Eligible student. "Eligible student" means a student who is a Minnesota 
6.33 	resident who is enrolled or accepted for enrollment at an eligible institution in Minnesota 
6.34 	or in another state or province. Non-Minnesota residents are eligible students if they are 
7.1 	enrolled or accepted for enrollment in a minimum of one course of at least 30 days in 
7.2 	length during the academic year that requires physical attendance at an eligible institution 
7.3 	located in Minnesota. Non-Minnesota resident students enrolled exclusively during the 
7.4 	academic year in correspondence courses or courses offered over the Internet are not 
7.5 	eligible students. Non-Minnesota resident students not physically attending classes in 
7.6 	Minnesota due to enrollment in a study abroad program for 12 months or less are eligible 
7.7 	students. Non-Minnesota residents enrolled in study abroad programs exceeding 12 
7.8 	months are not eligible students. For purposes of this section, an "eligible student" must 
7.9 	also meet the eligibility requirements of section 136A.15, subdivision 8.

7.10 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 136A.1701, is amended by adding a 
7.11 	subdivision to read:
7.12 		Subd. 13.Cosigner requirement. All borrowers under this section must have an 
7.13 	eligible cosigner. The cosigner is jointly and separately responsible for making loan 
7.14 	payments, including principal, interest, and other charges.

7.15 	Sec. 13. [136A.1704] LOAN REHABILITATION.
7.16 	(a) For SELF loans that have defaulted, the borrower or cosigner has the option to 
7.17 	rehabilitate the loan, as loan rehabilitation is not prohibited under any federal or state 
7.18 	statute, rule, regulation, act, or requirement.
7.19 	(b) A defaulted SELF loan can be rehabilitated only once and rehabilitation can 
7.20 	only be attempted twice per loan.
7.21 	(c) An agreement specifying the required payment amount and payment due date 
7.22 	must be signed by the borrower or cosigner prior to the start of the rehabilitation process 
7.23 	and within two years of the default date.
7.24 	(d) Twelve consecutive months of on-time payments are required to consider the 
7.25 	loan rehabilitated. There is a five-business-day grace period.
7.26 	(e) If the loan is paid in full within 90 days of default, the loan will be considered 
7.27 	rehabilitated upon receipt of a rehabilitation request.
7.28 	(f) Rehabilitation results in removal of the defaulted status, but not the past due 
7.29 	history, from the credit bureau.

7.30 	Sec. 14. [136A.1705] TEMPORARY TOTAL DISABILITY.
7.31 	A temporary total disability for up to three years may be granted to a borrower upon 
7.32 	medical certification that the total disability is expected to last four months or longer. The 
7.33 	total disability must have originated after the loan was fully disbursed. The borrower is 
8.1 	required to provide a certification from a qualified physician. A qualified physician is a 
8.2 	doctor of medicine or osteopathy who is legally authorized to practice medicine. Periodic 
8.3 	recertifications of the total disability status must be provided upon request. During the 
8.4 	approved total disability period, the loan does not accrue interest. The borrower shall be 
8.5 	given the option to sign a payment extension agreement at the time payments are resumed.

8.6 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 136A.233, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
8.7 		Subd. 3.Payments. Work-study payments shall be made to eligible students by 
8.8 	postsecondary institutions as provided in this subdivision.
8.9 	(a) Students shall be selected for participation in the program by the postsecondary 
8.10 	institution on the basis of student financial need.
8.11 	(b) In selecting students for participation, priority must be given to students enrolled 
8.12 	for at least 12 credits. In each academic year, a student may be awarded work-study 
8.13 	payments for one period of nonenrollment or less than half-time enrollment if the student 
8.14 	enrolls on at least a half-time basis during the following academic term.
8.15 	(c) Students will be paid for hours actually worked and the maximum hourly rate 
8.16 	of pay shall not exceed the maximum hourly rate of pay permitted under the federal 
8.17 	college work-study program.
8.18 	(d) Minimum pay rates will be determined by an applicable federal or state law.
8.19 	(e) The office shall annually establish a minimum percentage rate of student 
8.20 	compensation to be paid by an eligible employer.
8.21 	(f) Each postsecondary institution receiving money for state work-study grants 
8.22 	shall make a reasonable effort to place work-study students in employment with eligible 
8.23 	employers outside the institution. However, a public employer other than the institution 
8.24 	may not terminate, lay off, or reduce the working hours of a permanent employee for the 
8.25 	purpose of hiring a work-study student, or replace a permanent employee who is on layoff 
8.26 	from the same or substantially the same job by hiring a work-study student.
8.27 	(g) The percent of the institution's work-study allocation provided to graduate 
8.28 	students shall not exceed the percent of graduate student enrollment at the participating 
8.29 	institution.
8.30 	(h) An institution may use up to 30 percent of its allocation for student internships 
8.31 	with private, for-profit employers.

8.32 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 136F.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
8.33 		Subdivision 1.Membership. The board consists of 15 members appointed by the 
8.34 	governor with the advice and consent of the senate. At least one member of the board 
9.1 	must be a resident of each congressional district. Three members must be students who are 
9.2 	enrolled at least half time in a degree, diploma, or certificate program or have graduated 
9.3 	from an institution governed by the board within one year of the date of appointment. The 
9.4 	student members shall include: one member from a community college, one member from 
9.5 	a state university, and one member from a technical college. The remaining members must 
9.6 	be appointed to represent the state at large. At least one member must be a representative 
9.7 	of organized labor and at least one member must be a representative of business.

9.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment, 
9.9 	applies to appointments to the board made on and after that date, and must be complied 
9.10 	with as soon as vacancies can be filled.

9.11 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 136F.42, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
9.12 		Subdivision 1.Time reporting. As provided in Executive Order 96-2, the board, 
9.13 	in consultation with the commissioners of employee relations and finance, may develop 
9.14 	policies to allow system office or campus employees on salaries, as defined in section  
9.15 	43A.17, subdivision 1, to use negative time reporting in which employees report only that 
9.16 	time for which leave is taken. By the end of the 1997 fiscal year, the board, in consultation 
9.17 	with the commissioners of employee relations and finance, shall evaluate the use of 
9.18 	negative time reporting and its potential for use with other state employees. 

9.19 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 136F.71, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
9.20 		Subd. 2.Activity funds. All receipts attributable to the state colleges and 
9.21 	universities activity funds and deposited in the state treasury are appropriated to the board 
9.22 	and are not subject to budgetary control as exercised by the commissioner of finance.

9.23 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 136F.71, is amended by adding a subdivision 
9.24 	to read:
9.25 		Subd. 4.Banking services. Notwithstanding section 16A.27, the board shall 
9.26 	have authority to control the amount and manner of deposit of all receipts described in 
9.27 	this section in depositories selected by the board. The board's authority shall include 
9.28 	specifying the considerations, financial activities, and conditions required from the 
9.29 	depository, including the requirement of collateral security or a corporate surety bond 
9.30 	as described in section 118A.03. The board may compensate the depository, including 
9.31 	paying a reasonable charge to the depository, maintaining appropriate compensating 
9.32 	balances with the depository, or purchasing non-interest-bearing certificates of deposit 
9.33 	from the depository for performing depository-related services.

10.1 	Sec. 20. TEMPORARY PROVISION FOR APPROVAL OF CERTAIN HIGHER 
10.2 	EDUCATION DEGREES.
 10.3 		Subdivision 1.Supersede. This section supersedes any conflicting Minnesota 
10.4 	statute or rule.
10.5 		Subd. 2.Degree approval. A school licensed pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, 
10.6 	chapter 141, may not grant a degree as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 136A.62, 
10.7 	subdivision 4, unless the degree is approved by the Office of Higher Education.
10.8 		Subd. 3.Approval criteria. A school licensed pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, 
10.9 	chapter 141, to obtain approval to grant a degree must provide evidence to the Office of 
10.10 	Higher Education that the following requirements are met:
10.11 	(1) the school employs qualified teaching personnel to provide the educational 
10.12 	programs for each degree for which approval is sought;
10.13 	(2) the educational program is appropriate to each degree for which approval is 
10.14 	sought;
10.15 	(3) the school has appropriate and accessible library, laboratory, and other physical 
10.16 	facilities to support the education program for each degree for which approval is sought; 
10.17 	and
10.18 	(4) the school makes a rationale showing that the degree programs are consistent 
10.19 	with the school's mission and goals.
10.20 		Subd. 4.Effect of approval. Approval to grant a degree under this section has the 
10.21 	same effect as approval under Minnesota Statutes, section 136A.65.
10.22 		Subd. 5.Notice of changes. A school authorized to grant a degree under this section 
10.23 	must notify the Office of Higher Education of proposed changes to the degree and the 
10.24 	addition of majors or specialty areas to a degree.
10.25 		Subd. 6.Expiration. This section expires June 30, 2007.

10.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

10.27 	Sec. 21. HIGHER EDUCATION TEXTBOOK COST STUDY.
 10.28 	The Minnesota Office of Higher Education shall convene an advisory task force 
10.29 	to study the costs of required textbooks for students attending public and nonpublic 
10.30 	postsecondary institutions. The task force must, at a minimum, include students, faculty, 
10.31 	and administrators. The study must, without limitation, examine textbook pricing trends 
10.32 	and strategies, the practice of textbook rental, policies related to repurchase of textbooks 
10.33 	from students, textbook selection policies, and purchasing practices of colleges and 
10.34 	universities. The task force must review the findings and recommendations of other 
10.35 	existing studies and any state or national laws that have been considered or adopted to 
11.1 	reduce the financial burden of textbook costs. The office must report on its findings and 
11.2 	present any recommendations by January 15, 2007, to the legislative committees with 
11.3 	jurisdiction over higher education policy and finance.

11.4 	Sec. 22. MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, MANKATO, CONSTRUCTION 
11.5 	AUTHORIZATION.
 11.6 	The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities may design, 
11.7 	construct, furnish, and equip an academic building on the Minnesota State University, 
11.8 	Mankato campus for the College of Business at a site approved by the board using 
11.9 	nonstate money.

11.10 	Sec. 23. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LICENSING AND MINNESOTA 
11.11 	MARKET IMPACT STUDY.
 11.12 	The University of Minnesota is requested to establish a task force to study the 
11.13 	market impact on Minnesota producers of agricultural products from the University of 
11.14 	Minnesota licensing germplasm and to make recommendations to the legislature and the 
11.15 	Board of Regents on ways to mitigate any negative impacts on Minnesota businesses that 
11.16 	arise from University of Minnesota license agreements. 
11.17 	The task force must include:
11.18 	(1) a representative of the University of Minnesota; 
11.19 	(2) a representative of the Department of Agriculture, serving as the chair; and 
11.20 	(3) representatives of the Minnesota Farm Bureau, the Minnesota Farmers Union, 
11.21 	agricultural commodity organizations, the Minnesota Apple Growers Association, the 
11.22 	Minnesota Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association, the Minnesota Nursery Landscape 
11.23 	Association, and the Minnesota Grown Program. The chair may also invite participation 
11.24 	from other staff and faculty of the University of Minnesota as necessary to fulfill the 
11.25 	purpose of the task force. Members serve on the task force on a voluntary basis.
11.26 	The task force is requested to report to the committees of the legislature with 
11.27 	responsibility for higher education no later than January 15, 2007.

11.28 	Sec. 24. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 11.29 	The revisor of statutes shall delete the term "sections 136A.15 to 136A.1702" and 
11.30 	insert "sections 136A.15 to 136A.1705" wherever it appears in Minnesota Statutes and 
11.31 	Minnesota Rules.

11.32 	Sec. 25.  REPEALER.
 12.1 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 135A.031, subdivision 5; 135A.033; 136A.15, 
12.2 	subdivision 5; and 136A.1702; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 135A.031, 
12.3 	subdivisions 3 and 4; and Minnesota Rules, parts 4850.0011, subparts 9, 10, 14, and 27; 
12.4 	and 4850.0014, subpart 1, are repealed.