1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to the legislature; appropriating money for 
  1.3             meetings with Manitoba and Ontario parliamentarians. 
  1.4   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.5      Section 1.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  1.6      $25,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
  1.7   Council of State Governments to organize a series of meetings 
  1.8   between members of the Minnesota legislature and members of the 
  1.9   Manitoba and Ontario parliaments.  Approximately six members of 
  1.10  each body shall attend the meetings.  Meetings may involve all 
  1.11  three bodies or the legislature and one of the parliaments.  The 
  1.12  meetings shall be devoted to matters of mutual concern, 
  1.13  including, among others, education, environment, economic 
  1.14  development, and resource management.  The meetings shall be at 
  1.15  the capital cities of the state or of the provinces.