1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to gambling; providing for an alternate 
  1.3             member of the advisory council on gambling; amending 
  1.4             Laws 1994, chapter 633, article 8, section 5, 
  1.5             subdivision 2. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Laws 1994, chapter 633, article 8, section 5, 
  1.8   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 2.  [MEMBERSHIP.] The council consists of 14 members, 
  1.10  as follows: 
  1.11     (1) one member, appointed by the governor, who shall be the 
  1.12  person on the governor's staff who is the primary responsible 
  1.13  person on the governor's staff for gambling policy, who shall 
  1.14  act as chair of the council; 
  1.15     (2) eight members appointed by the governor, each of whom 
  1.16  must reside in a different congressional district; 
  1.17     (3) one member appointed by the attorney general who must 
  1.18  be an attorney in the attorney generals' office; and 
  1.19     (4) the chairs of the committees having jurisdiction over 
  1.20  gambling in the senate and the house of representatives, a 
  1.21  member of the minority party in the house of representatives 
  1.22  appointed by the speaker of the house and a member of the 
  1.23  minority party of the senate appointed by the subcommittee on 
  1.24  committees of the senate committee on rules and administration. 
  1.25  The chair of a gambling policy division of the house of 
  2.1   representatives committee having jurisdiction over gambling may 
  2.2   act as an alternate to the chair of that house of 
  2.3   representatives committee as a member of the advisory council. 
  2.4      Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.5      Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.