<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>Nonmotorized Transportation;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>Statutes, chapter 174.<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>[174.37] ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NONMOTORIZED </b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var><b>TRANSPORTATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Purpose.</b> (a) The commissioner of transportation shall establish <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>an advisory committee on nonmotorized transportation. The committee shall make <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>recommendations to the commissioner on items related to nonmotorized transportation, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>including safety, education, and development programs. The committee shall review and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>analyze issues and needs relating to operating nonmotorized transportation on public <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>rights-of-way, and identify solutions and goals for addressing identified issues and needs. <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>(b) For purposes of this section, "nonmotorized transportation" includes bicycling, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>pedestrian activities, and other forms of nonmotorized transportation.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Members.</b> The advisory committee must consist of the following members:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>(a) The commissioner of transportation shall appoint up to 18 public members, as <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>follows: one member from each of the department's seven greater Minnesota districts; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>four members from the department's metropolitan district; and no more than seven <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>members at large. Each of the members at large must represent nonmotorized interests or <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>organizations.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>(b) The commissioners of each of the following state agencies shall appoint <br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>an employee of the agency to serve as a member: administration, education, health, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>natural resources, public safety, transportation, and pollution control. The chair of the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>Metropolitan Council shall appoint an employee of the council to serve as a member. The <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>director of Explore Minnesota Tourism shall appoint an employee of the agency to serve <br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>as a member. The division administrator of the Federal Highway Administration may <br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>appoint an employee of the agency to serve as a member.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>    (c) Members of the committee shall serve four-year terms.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Meetings.</b> The commissioner of transportation's designee shall convene the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>first meeting by January 15, 2009. The committee shall elect a chair from its membership, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>and shall establish a meeting schedule and meet at least annually.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Reports.</b> The committee shall issue an annual report to the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>of transportation.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Expenses.</b> Members of the advisory committee serve without <br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>compensation, but members who are not employees of government agencies must <br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>be reimbursed for expenses in the same manner and amount as authorized by the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>commissioner's plan adopted under section 43A.18, subdivision 2. The commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>transportation shall provide department staff support to the committee.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Expiration.</b> Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 5, the committee <br/>
<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>expires June 30, 2014. <br/>