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HF 1950

1st Engrossment - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
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Engrossments
Introduction Posted on 03/15/1999
1st Engrossment Posted on 04/06/1999

Current Version - 1st Engrossment

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to agriculture; establishing a citizens 
  1.3             advisory council on food; requiring a report; 
  1.4             appropriating money. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [CITIZENS ADVISORY COUNCIL ON FOOD.] 
  1.7      Subdivision 1.  [MEMBERSHIP.] The citizens advisory council 
  1.8   on food consists of the commissioners of agriculture; children, 
  1.9   families, and learning; health; and human services, or the 
  1.10  commissioners' designees; and 12 persons appointed by the 
  1.11  governor.  At least four of the appointed members must be 
  1.12  residents of rural communities, and at least four must be 
  1.13  small-scale farmers, people living in poverty, or people of 
  1.14  color, with each of those groups having at least one 
  1.15  representative. 
  1.16     Subd. 2.  [DUTIES.] The citizens advisory council on food 
  1.17  shall analyze, discuss, debate, and recommend policies related 
  1.18  to Minnesota's food system including mandates. 
  1.19     Subd. 3.  [REPORT.] By January 10, 2001, the citizens 
  1.20  advisory council on food shall prepare a written report to the 
  1.21  legislature and the governor compiling the data, and other 
  1.22  factual evidence it has discovered and recommending solutions to 
  1.23  identified problems. 
  1.24     Subd. 4.  [STAFF.] The governor's office shall provide 
  1.25  staff for the council. 
  2.1      Subd. 5.  [EXPIRATION.] The citizens advisory council on 
  2.2   food expires on March 15, 2001. 
  2.3      Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  2.4      $....... is appropriated from the general fund to the 
  2.5   commissioner of agriculture for purposes of section 1.  This 
  2.6   appropriation is available until June 30, 2001.