1st Engrossment - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
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 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.5 Section 1. [CITIZENS ADVISORY COUNCIL ON FOOD.] 1.6 Subdivision 1. [MEMBERSHIP.] The citizens advisory council 1.7 on food consists of the commissioners of agriculture; children, 1.8 families, and learning; health; and human services, or the 1.9 commissioners' designees; and 12 persons appointed by the 1.10 governor. At least four of the appointed members must be 1.11 residents of rural communities, and at least four must be 1.12 small-scale farmers, people living in poverty, or people of 1.13 color, with each of those groups having at least one 1.14 representative. 1.15 Subd. 2. [DUTIES.] The citizens advisory council on food 1.16 shall analyze, discuss, debate, and recommend policies related 1.17 to Minnesota's food system. 1.18 Subd. 3. [REPORT.] By January 10, 2001, the citizens 1.19 advisory council on food shall prepare a written report to the 1.20 legislature and the governor compiling the data, stories, and 1.21 other evidence it has discovered and recommending solutions to 1.22 identified problems. 1.23 Subd. 4. [STAFF.] The governor's office shall provide 1.24 staff for the council. 2.1 Subd. 5. [EXPIRATION.] The citizens advisory council on 2.2 food expires on January 10, 2001.