SF 1210

as introduced - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to economic development; establishing the 
  1.3             Minnesota Institute for Telecommunications Technology 
  1.4             Applications and Education; specifying duties and 
  1.5             responsibilities; appropriating money; proposing 
  1.6             coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 137. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  [137.111] [MINNESOTA INSTITUTE FOR 
  1.9   TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS AND EDUCATION.] 
  1.10     Subdivision 1.  [PURPOSE.] The Minnesota Institute for 
  1.11  Telecommunications Technology Applications and Education is 
  1.12  established to serve as a technically oriented, objective source 
  1.13  of knowledge on telecommunications and information technology.  
  1.14  The institute is intended to be a collaboration among partners 
  1.15  from economic development entities; elementary, secondary, and 
  1.16  post-secondary education institutions and organizations; 
  1.17  libraries; health care entities; government units and agencies; 
  1.18  and private sector organizations. 
  1.19     Subd. 2.  [CHARGE.] The institute shall (1) engage in 
  1.20  applied research on applications, information brokerage, 
  1.21  research coordination, and education and training coordination; 
  1.22  (2) coordinate and act as broker for services and resources 
  1.23  contributed by its partners; and (3) serve as a clearinghouse 
  1.24  for information and technical assistance to service providers in 
  1.25  areas including health care, business, government, and 
  1.26  education.  The institute shall provide grants to individuals or 
  2.1   entities whose work is consistent with the institute's mission.  
  2.2   These grants shall total at least 25 percent of the institute's 
  2.3   annual appropriation. 
  2.4      Subd. 3.  [BOARD OF DIRECTORS.] The institute shall be 
  2.5   governed by a 19 member board of directors representing 
  2.6   telecommunications users and providers in the public and private 
  2.7   sectors.  The board shall have approval authority in the hiring 
  2.8   or termination of a director, and in budgeting policy.  Members 
  2.9   of the board shall be appointed as follows:  six representatives 
  2.10  of private industry of whom two shall be appointed by the senate 
  2.11  subcommittee on committees of the committee on rules and 
  2.12  administration, two by the speaker of the house of 
  2.13  representatives, and two by the governor; two representatives of 
  2.14  local government, one representing a county and one a town or 
  2.15  city, appointed by the governor; three representatives of higher 
  2.16  education, of whom one shall be appointed by the private college 
  2.17  council, one by the higher education board, and one by the board 
  2.18  of regents; two representatives of elementary-secondary 
  2.19  education, one representing a metropolitan school district and 
  2.20  one a rural district, appointed by the governor; two 
  2.21  representatives of state departments or agencies appointed by 
  2.22  the governor; one representative of a nonprofit organization 
  2.23  involved in telecommunications appointed by the governor; two 
  2.24  representatives of libraries appointed by the governor; and one 
  2.25  representative of the general public appointed by the governor. 
  2.26     Subd. 4.  [UNIVERSITY RESPONSIBILITIES.] The institute 
  2.27  shall be administered by the board of regents of the University 
  2.28  of Minnesota which shall have responsibility for recommending an 
  2.29  annual budget, appointing staff with the approval of the board 
  2.30  established under subdivision 3, and administering all funds 
  2.31  attributable to the institute. 
  2.32     Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  2.33     $500,000 in fiscal year 1996 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 
  2.34  1997, is appropriated to the board of regents of the University 
  2.35  of Minnesota to create and operate the institute established in 
  2.36  section 1.  One-half of the 1997 appropriation is contingent 
  3.1   upon the availability of matching money raised by the institute.