Minnesota Session Laws - 1984, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1984 

                       RESOLUTION 17-S.F.No. 2109 
 A resolution memorializing the International Joint 
Commission, the President and Congress to effectuate 
an agreement between Minnesota and Ontario on joint 
management of their border waters. 
    WHEREAS, the State of Minnesota and the Province of Ontario 
are concerned about the fishing resource on concurrent border 
waters; and 
    WHEREAS, Minnesota's Lieutenant Governor and Commissioner 
of Natural Resources have been working on an agreement with 
Ontario officials on a border waters settlement; and 
    WHEREAS, legislation has been introduced in the Minnesota 
Legislature to help effectuate an agreement on joint management 
of the border waters; and 
    WHEREAS, a resolution of the border waters problem is of 
serious concern to the tourism component of Minnesota's economy 
and our friendly relations with our neighbors in Canada; and 
    WHEREAS, a border waters agreement may better come about by 
using existing governmental institutions with jurisdiction over 
border waters, such as the International Joint Commission; NOW, 
THEREFORE, 
    BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota 
that the International Joint Commission, the President and 
Congress should take immediate action to bring about a mutually 
acceptable agreement between Minnesota and Ontario on management 
of the border waters in 1984. 
    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State of the 
State of Minnesota is instructed to transmit certified copies of 
this resolution to the Chairman of the International Joint 
Commission, the President of the United States, the President 
and Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and Chief 
Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States, to 
the Minnesota Senators and Representatives in Congress, to the 
Premiers of Manitoba and Ontario and to the Ambassador of Canada 
to the United States. 
    Approved April 25, 1984