1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to the permanent school fund; modifying the membership of the advisory 
1.3 	committee;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 127A.30, subdivision 1.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 127A.30, subdivision 1, is amended to 
1.6 	read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Membership and terms.  (a) A state Permanent School Fund 
1.8 	Advisory Committee is established to advise the Department of Natural Resources on 
1.9 	the management of permanent school fund land, which is held in trust for the school 
1.10 	districts of the state.
1.11 	(b) The advisory committee must consist of the following persons or their designees: 
1.12 	the chairs of the education committees of the legislature, the chairs of the legislative 
1.13 	committees with jurisdiction over the K-12 education budget, the chairs of the legislative 
1.14 	committees with jurisdiction over the environment and natural resources policy and 
1.15 	budget, the chair of the senate Committee on Finance and the chair of the house of 
1.16 	representatives Committee on Ways and Means, one house member of the minority 
1.17 	party appointed by the minority leader, one senator of the minority party appointed 
1.18 	pursuant to the rules of the senate, the commissioner of education, one superintendent 
1.19 	from a nonmetropolitan district, one superintendent from a metropolitan area district, one 
1.20 	person with expertise on school finance matters, one person with an expertise in forestry, 
1.21 	one person with an expertise in minerals and mining, one person with an expertise in 
1.22 	real estate development, one person with an expertise in renewable energy, one person 
1.23 	with an expertise in finance and land management, and one person with an expertise in 
1.24 	natural resource conservation. The school district superintendents shall be appointed 
2.1 	by the commissioner of education. The committee members with areas of expertise in 
2.2 	forestry, minerals and mining, real estate development, renewable energy, finance and land 
2.3 	management, and natural resource conservation shall be appointed by the commissioner of 
2.4 	natural resources. Members of the legislature shall be given the opportunity to recommend 
2.5 	candidates for vacancies on the committee to the commissioners of education and natural 
2.6 	resources. The advisory committee must also include a nonvoting member appointed 
2.7 	by the commissioner of natural resources.
2.8 	(c) The commissioner of natural resources shall provide administrative support to 
2.9 	the committee.
2.10 	(d) The members of the committee shall serve without compensation. The members 
2.11 	of the Permanent School Fund Advisory Committee shall elect their chair and are bound 
2.12 	by the provisions of sections 43A.38 and 116P.09, subdivision 6.
2.13 	(e) The terms of members appointed by the commissioners of education and natural 
2.14 	resources are staggered four-year terms according to section 15.059, subdivision 2. 
2.15 	Members may be reappointed at the pleasure of the appointing authority. Members are 
2.16 	subject to removal according to section 15.059, subdivision 4.
2.17 	(f) The other members of the Permanent School Fund Advisory Committee serve 
2.18 	at the pleasure of their respective appointing authorities and their terms expire upon the 
2.19 	appointment of their successors.

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