<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 3.922.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>May 18, 2007<br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>The Honorable James P. Metzen<br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>President of the Senate<br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>The Honorable Margaret Anderson Kelliher<br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>Speaker of the House of Representatives<br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>We, the undersigned conferees for S.F. No. 1048 report that we have agreed upon <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>the items in dispute and recommend as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>That the House recede from its amendments and that S.F. No. 1048 be further <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>amended as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 3.922, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var><b>3.922 INDIAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Creation, membership.</b>  The state Indian Affairs Council is created <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>to consist of the following ex officio members:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>    the governor or a member of the governor's official staff designated by the governor,<br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>    the commissioner of education,<br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>    the commissioner of human services,<br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>    the commissioner of natural resources,<br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>    the commissioner of human rights,<br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>    the commissioner of employment and economic development,<br/>
<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>    the commissioner of corrections,<br/>
<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>    the commissioner of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency,<br/>
<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>    the commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation,<br/>
<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>    the commissioner of health,<br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>    the commissioner of transportation,<br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>    the commissioner of administration,<br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>each of whom may designate a staff member to serve instead, and<br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>    three members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker, and three <br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>members of the senate appointed by its Subcommittee on Committees.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>Voting members of the council are the elected tribal chair of:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>    (1) one member of each of the following federally recognized tribes, designated by <br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>the elected tribal president or chairperson of the governing bodies of: the Fond du Lac <br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>Reservation Business Committee Band;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>    the Grand Portage Reservation Business Committee Band;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>    the Mille Lacs Reservation Business Committee Band;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>    the White Earth Reservation Business Committee Band;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>    the Bois Forte (Nett Lake) Reservation Business Committee Band;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>    the Leech Lake Reservation Business Committee Band;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>    the Red Lake Tribal Council Nation;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>    the Upper Sioux board of trustees Community;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>    the Lower Sioux Tribal Council Community;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>    the Shakopee-Mdewankanton General Council Sioux Community;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>    the Prairie Island Tribal Council Mdewakanton Dakota Community; and<br/>
<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>    two members to be selected under subdivision 2.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>    (2) a member of the governor's official staff designated by the governor; <br/>
<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>    the commissioner of education; <br/>
<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>    the commissioner of human services; <br/>
<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>    the commissioner of natural resources; <br/>
<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>    the commissioner of human rights;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>    the commissioner of employment and economic development;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>    the commissioner of corrections;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>    the commissioner of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency; <br/>
<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>    the commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation; <br/>
<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>    the commissioner of health;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>    the commissioner of transportation;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>    the commissioner of veterans affairs;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>    the commissioner of administration;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>    Each of the commissioners listed in this clause may designate a staff member to <br/>
<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>serve on the council instead of the commissioner;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.36"></a><var>2.36</var>    (3) two members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker; and<br/>
<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>    (4) two members of the senate, appointed by its Subcommittee on Committees.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>The chairs of the Indian committees, trusts, or councils may designate in writing a member <br/>
<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>who has been elected at large to an office in the committee, trust, or council, to serve <br/>
<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>instead. Members appointed to represent the house of representatives, or the senate or <br/>
<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>tribal governments shall no longer serve on the council when they are no longer members <br/>
<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>of the bodies which they represent and their offices shall be vacant.  A member who is a <br/>
<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>designee of a tribal chair president or chairperson shall cease to be a member at the end of <br/>
<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>the term of the designating tribal chair president or chairperson.  Ex officio members or <br/>
<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>their designees on Only members of the council designated under clause (1) shall not vote. <br/>
<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Additional members.</b> Two members of the council shall be elected at <br/>
<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>large by Indian residents of Minnesota who are legal members and eligible voters of a <br/>
<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>federally recognized tribe in accordance with the criteria of the tribe and are not members <br/>
<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>of any federally recognized tribe with a reservation in Minnesota. The election shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>in a manner prescribed by the secretary of state. The manner of election, certification, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>and contest shall, as far as reasonably possible, be consistent with procedures employed <br/>
<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>in general elections in the state to ensure a fair election and ready access to the election <br/>
<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>process by eligible voters. The voting procedure shall include voting by absentee ballot. A <br/>
<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>person is eligible to serve as an at-large member of the council if at the time of the election <br/>
<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>the person is a qualified voter within the requirements of the Minnesota Constitution, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>article VII and a member of a federally recognized tribe that does not have a reservation in <br/>
<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>Minnesota. The election shall be certified and regulated by the secretary of state. Elections <br/>
<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>shall be held by April 14, 1981, and by every fourth April 14 thereafter. The term of office <br/>
<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>for at-large members is four years commencing on the April 20 following the election and <br/>
<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>ending at 12:01 a.m., April 20 four years later.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Compensation; expenses.</b> Compensation of nonlegislator members <br/>
<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>appointed under subdivision 1, clause (1), is as provided in section 15.059, but, 15.0575. <br/>
<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>Because the council performs functions that are not purely advisory, the expiration dates <br/>
<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>provided in that section 15.059 do not apply. Expenses of the council must be approved <br/>
<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>by two of any three members of the council designated by the council and then be paid <br/>
<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>in the same manner as other state expenses. The executive secretary chair  shall inform <br/>
<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>the commissioner of finance in writing of the names of the persons authorized to approve <br/>
<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>expenses. <br/>
<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Meetings.</b> Meetings may be called by the chair or at the written request of <br/>
<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>five members of the council. A majority of the voting members of the council is a quorum.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Officers; personnel; authority.</b> The council shall annually elect a chair <br/>
<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>and other officers as it may deem necessary. The chair may appoint subcommittees <br/>
<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>necessary to fulfill the duties of the council. It shall also employ and prescribe the duties <br/>
<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>of employees and agents as it deems necessary at the direction of elected tribal leaders. <br/>
<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>The compensation of the executive director of the board council is as provided by section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>43A.18
         </statute_ref>. All employees are in the unclassified service. The chair is an ex officio member <br/>
<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>of the State Board of Human Rights. Appropriations and other funds of the council are <br/>
<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>subject to chapter 16C. The council may contract in its own name. Contracts must be <br/>
<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>approved by a majority of the members of the council with the approval of elected tribal <br/>
<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>leaders and executed by the chair and the executive director. The council may apply <br/>
<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>for, receive, and spend in its own name, grants and gifts of money consistent with the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>powers and duties specified in this section. The council shall maintain its primary office in <br/>
<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>Bemidji. It shall also maintain personnel and office space in St. Paul. <br/>
<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Duties.</b> The primary duties of the council are to:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>    (1) clarify for the legislature and state agencies the nature of tribal governments and <br/>
<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>the relationship of tribal governments to the Indian people of Minnesota;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>    (2) assist the secretary of state in establishing an election of at-large members of <br/>
<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>the council;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>    (3) (1) analyze and make recommendations to tribal elected leaders and to members <br/>
<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>of the legislature and the governor on desired and needed legislation to benefit the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>statewide Indian community and communicate to the members of the legislature when <br/>
<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>legislation has or will have an adverse effect on the statewide Indian community;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>    (4) provide, through the elected apparatus of the council, an effective conduit to the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>legislature for and information on programs, proposals, and projects submitted by  of <br/>
<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>importance to tribal governments, organizations, committees, groups, or individuals and <br/>
<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>nontribal Indian organizations;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>    (5) provide a continuing dialogue with members of the tribal governments to improve <br/>
<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>their knowledge of the legislative process, state agencies, and governmental due process;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>    (6) (2) assist in establishing Indian advisory councils in cooperation with state <br/>
<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>agencies that deliver services to the Indian community federally recognized tribes in <br/>
<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>Minnesota and the urban Indian communities;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>    (7) (3) assist state agencies in defining what groups, organizations, committees, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>councils, or individuals are eligible for delivery of their respective services;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>    (8) (4) assist in providing ensuring the provision of resources, tribal and other, in <br/>
<a id="pl.4.35"></a><var>4.35</var>the delivery of services to the statewide Indian community federally recognized tribes in <br/>
<a id="pl.4.36"></a><var>4.36</var>Minnesota and the urban Indian communities;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>    (9) act as a liaison between local, state, and national units of government in (5) <br/>
<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>recommend to tribal governments and the state government the means to enhance the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>delivery of services to the Indian population of  members of federally recognized tribes in <br/>
<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>Minnesota by local, state, and national units of government;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>    (10) (6) assist state agencies in implementing and updating studies of services <br/>
<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>delivered to the Indian community federally recognized tribes in Minnesota and urban <br/>
<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>Indian communities;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>    (11) (7) provide, for the benefit of all levels of state government, a continuing liaison <br/>
<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>between state governmental bodies and elected tribal governments and officials leaders;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>    (12) (8) interact with private organizations involved with Indian concerns to people <br/>
<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>that develop and implement programs to assist Indian people, as they when such programs <br/>
<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>may affect state agencies and departments;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>    (13) act as an intermediary, when requested and if necessary, between Indian interests <br/>
<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>and state agencies and departments when questions, problems, or conflicts exist or arise;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>    (14) provide information for and direction to a program to assist Indian citizens to <br/>
<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>assume all the rights, privileges, and duties of citizenship, and to coordinate and cooperate <br/>
<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>with local, state, and national private agencies providing services to the Indian people;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>    (15) (9) develop educational programs, community organization programs, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>leadership development programs, motivational programs, and business development <br/>
<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>programs for Indian persons who have been, are, or will may be subject to prejudice <br/>
<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>and discrimination;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>    (16) cooperate and consult with appropriate commissioners and agencies to develop <br/>
<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>plans and programs to most effectively serve the needs of Indians; and<br/>
<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>    (17) (10) review data provided by the commissioner of human services under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>260C.215, subdivision 5
         </statute_ref>, and present recommendations to elected tribal leaders on the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>out-of-home placement of Indian children. Recommendations must be presented to the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>commissioner and the legislature by February 1, 1990; November 1, 1990; and November <br/>
<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>1 of each year thereafter.; and <br/>
<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>    (11) prepare a proposed agenda for the annual summit of elected tribal leaders, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>legislative leaders and the governor.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>    Subd. 7. <b>State officials and departments; cooperation.</b> In carrying out these <br/>
<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>objectives and to ascertain Indian the needs of members of federally recognized tribes <br/>
<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>in Minnesota and urban Indian community members, the council shall have the right to <br/>
<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>confer with state officials and other governmental units and have access to records as <br/>
<a id="pl.5.35"></a><var>5.35</var>necessary to obtain needed information. The council also shall have the right to call upon <br/>
<a id="pl.5.36"></a><var>5.36</var>various state departments for technical advice and service as needed to fulfill its purposes.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Advisory </b><b>council</b><b> board</b><b>.</b> An advisory council board on urban Indians <br/>
<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>shall advise the board council on the unique problems and concerns of Minnesota Indians <br/>
<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>who reside in urban areas of the state. The council board must be appointed by the board <br/>
<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>council at the direction of the elected tribal leadership and consist of six Indians residing <br/>
<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>in the vicinity of Minneapolis, St. Paul, Bemidji, and Duluth. At least one member of <br/>
<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>the council board must be a resident of each city. The terms, compensation, and removal <br/>
<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>of members are as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>15.059</statute_ref>, but the expiration dates provided in that <br/>
<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>section do not apply. <br/>
<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>    Subd. 10. <b>Rulemaking.</b> Notwithstanding other law, the council does not have <br/>
<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>authority to adopt, amend, or repeal rules or to adjudicate contested cases or appeals. Rules <br/>
<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>adopted before July 1, 2001, may continue in effect until amended or repealed by law."<br/>
         		We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill.Senate Conferees: (Signed) Tony Lourey, Patricia Torres Ray, Steve DilleHouse Conferees: (Signed) Bill Hilty, Kent Eken, Larry Howes
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<td><a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var><br/>
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<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill.<br/>
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<td><a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var><br/>
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<td align="left" valign="bottom">Senate Conferees:
                  <hr/>(Signed)<br/>
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<td><a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var><br/>
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<td><a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var><br/>
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<td align="left" valign="bottom">Tony Lourey<br/>
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<td align="left" valign="bottom">Patricia Torres Ray<br/>
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<td><a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var><br/>
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<td><a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var><br/>
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<td align="left" valign="bottom">Steve Dille<br/>
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<td><a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var><br/>
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<td align="left" valign="bottom">House Conferees:
                  <hr/>(Signed)<br/>
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<td><a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var><br/>
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<td><a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var><br/>
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<td align="left" valign="bottom">Bill Hilty<br/>
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<td align="left" valign="bottom">Kent Eken<br/>
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<td><a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var><br/>
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