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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
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Revisor of Statutes