as introduced - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to the environment; transferring the 1.3 environmental education advisory board to the office 1.4 of environmental assistance; making other changes in 1.5 the board; amending Minnesota Statutes 1995 1.6 Supplement, section 115A.072, subdivision 1; repealing 1.7 Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 126A.02, 1.8 subdivision 2. 1.9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.10 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 1.11 115A.072, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 1.12 Subdivision 1. [WASTE EDUCATION COALITION.] (a) The 1.13 director shall provide for the development and implementation of 1.14a program of general publicenvironmental educationon waste1.15management in cooperation and coordination with the pollution1.16control agency, department of children, families, and learning,1.17department of agriculture, environmental quality board,1.18environmental education board, educational institutions, other1.19public agencies with responsibility for waste management or1.20public education, and three other persons who represent private1.21industry and who have knowledge of or expertise in recycling and1.22solid waste management issues. The objectives of the program1.23are to: develop increased public awareness of and interest in1.24environmentally sound waste management methods; encourage better1.25informed decisions on waste management issues by business,1.26industry, local governments, and the public; and disseminate1.27practical information about ways in which households and other2.1institutions and organizations can improve the management of2.2wasteprograms that are designed to meet the goals listed in 2.3 section 126A.01. 2.4 (b) The director shall appoint an environmental education 2.5 advisorytask force, to be called the waste education coalition,2.6of up to 18 membersboard to advise the director in carrying out 2.7 the director's responsibilities under this sectionand whose2.8membership represents the agencies and entities listed in this2.9subdivision. The board must consist of 20 members as follows: 2.10 (1) a representative of the pollution control agency; 2.11 (2) a representative of the department of children, 2.12 families, and learning; 2.13 (3) a representative of the department of agriculture; 2.14 (4) a representative of the department of health; 2.15 (5) a representative of the department of natural 2.16 resources; 2.17 (6) a representative of the board of water and soil 2.18 resources; 2.19 (7) a representative of the environmental quality board; 2.20 (8) a representative of the board of teaching; 2.21 (9) a representative of the University of Minnesota 2.22 extension service; 2.23 (10) a citizen member from each congressional district, of 2.24 which two must be licensed teachers currently teaching in the 2.25 K-12 system; and 2.26 (11) three at-large citizen members. 2.27 The citizen members are subject to section 15.0575, except that 2.28 they shall serve two-year terms. The task force expires on June 2.29 30,19972003. 2.30 Sec. 2. [REPEALER.] 2.31 Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 126A.02, 2.32 subdivision 2, is repealed. 2.33 Sec. 3. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 2.34 Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final 2.35 enactment.