<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>State Song Commission;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>chapter 1.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>    Section 1. <b>[1.1499] STATE ANTHEM.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>    "Hail Minnesota," adopted by the legislature as the state song in 1945, is adopted <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>as the official anthem of the state of Minnesota, provided that the lyrics of the anthem <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>adopted by the legislature are gender neutral.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>    Sec. 2. <b>MINNESOTA STATE SONG COMMISSION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>    (a) The legislature finds and declares that it is in the interest of the state of Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>to adopt an official and unique state song. <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>    (b) A Minnesota State Song Commission is established to recommend an official <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>state song for adoption by the legislature. The commission shall consist of nine members. <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>Four members must be appointed by the president of the Minnesota Music Educators <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>Association in consultation with that organization's board of directors; four members must <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>be appointed by the executive director of the Minnesota Sesquicentennial Commission <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>in consultation with Sesquicentennial Commission members; and one member must be <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>appointed by the governor. Members of the commission must be appointed and the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>commission must convene its first meeting within 30 days of enactment of this section. <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>Members of the commission serve without compensation.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>    (c) The commission shall solicit musical compositions from the public.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>    (d) The commission must recommend a new state song to the chairs of the standing <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>committees of the house of representatives and senate having jurisdiction over state <br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>governmental operations by December 31, 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>    (e) The state Humanities Commission shall provide meeting space and administrative <br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>support to the Minnesota State Song Commission.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>    (f) The Minnesota State Song Commission expires January 1, 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>