Minnesota Session Laws - 1987, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1987 

                        CHAPTER 231-H.F.No. 1366 
           An act relating to occupations and professions; 
          creating the Minnesota task force on interior 
          designers and decorators and providing for its duties. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [MINNESOTA TASK FORCE ON INTERIOR DESIGNERS AND 
DECORATORS.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [TASK FORCE CREATED.] The Minnesota task 
force on interior designers and decorators is created to be 
effective until January 15, 1988. 
    Subd. 2.  [MEMBERSHIP; CHAIR.] The task force consists of 
13 members as follows:  12 members appointed by the commissioner 
of commerce; and the executive secretary of the state board of 
architecture, engineering, land surveying, and landscape 
architecture.  Members shall serve without compensation, 
including reimbursement for expenses.  The executive secretary 
shall act as chair. 
    Subd. 3.  [ASSISTANCE OF AGENCIES.] The task force may 
request information from state agencies to assist the task force 
in the performance of its duties. 
    Subd. 4.  [DUTIES.] (a) The task force shall study whether 
or not licensure of interior designers or decorators, or both, 
is necessary to protect the health, welfare, and safety of the 
public. 
    (b) The task force shall determine whether a licensing 
requirement gives any group an economic advantage over another 
rather than protects the public. 
    (c) The task force shall assess educational programs 
offered in the state of Minnesota and determine whether the 
programs satisfy the requirements of an effective and 
comprehensive approach to licensure. 
    (d) The task force shall determine how the discipline of 
interior design interfaces with other professions and whether 
the need and appropriateness of licensing interior designers or 
decorators, or both, serves the best interests of the public. 
    (e) If licensure is determined to be in the best interests 
of the public, the task force shall study the title versus 
practice approach.  The economic consequences and ramifications 
of licensure with respect to the title versus practice approach 
shall be assessed.  
    (f) The task force shall study the effectiveness of an 
administrative board designed to govern and enforce a licensure 
program. 
    (g) The task force shall study how a board appointed by the 
commissioner of commerce can effectively review and compare, for 
purposes of licensure, out-of-state registration programs with 
Minnesota's proposed licensure requirements. 
    Subd. 5.  [REPORT.] The task force shall, by January 15, 
1988, submit a report containing findings and recommendations to 
the commissioner of commerce and the state legislature. 
    Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    This act is effective the day following final enactment. 
    Approved May 26, 1987