1st Engrossment - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to natural resources; modifying membership of 1.3 the forest resources council; amending Minnesota 1.4 Statutes 1996, section 89A.03, subdivision 1. 1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 89A.03, 1.7 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 1.8 Subdivision 1. [MEMBERSHIP.] The Minnesota forest 1.9 resources council has1314 members appointed by the governor. 1.10 Council membership must include one representative from each of 1.11 the following: 1.12 (1) an organization representing environmental interests 1.13 within the state; 1.14 (2) an organization representing the interests of 1.15 management of game species; 1.16 (3) a conservation organization; 1.17 (4) an association representing forest products industry 1.18 within the state; 1.19 (5) a commercial logging contractor active in a forest 1.20 product association; 1.21 (6) a statewide association representing the resort and 1.22 tourism industry; 1.23 (7) a faculty or researcher of a Minnesota research or 1.24 higher educational institution; 1.25 (8) an owner of nonindustrial, private forest land of 40 2.1 acres or more; 2.2 (9) an agricultural woodlot owner; 2.3 (10) the department; 2.4 (11) a county land commissioner who is a member of the 2.5 Minnesota association of county land commissioners; 2.6 (12) the United States Forest Service unit with land 2.7 management responsibility in Minnesota;and2.8 (13) a labor organization with membership having an 2.9 interest in forest resource issues; and 2.10 (14) the Indian affairs council.