1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to metropolitan government; authorizing the Metropolitan Council to 
1.3 	compensate advisory committee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 
1.4 	473.127.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 473.127, is amended to read:
1.7 	473.127 ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
1.8 	The Metropolitan Council may establish and appoint persons to advisory committees to 
1.9 	assist the Metropolitan Council in the performance of its duties. Members of the advisory 
1.10 	committees ~~shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their~~ may be 
1.11 	compensated at the rate of $55 per day spent on advisory committee activities, when 
1.12 	authorized by the council or the advisory committee chair, plus reasonable expenses as 
1.13 	determined by the Metropolitan Council. The council must adopt internal standards 
1.14 	prescribing what constitutes a day spent on advisory committee activities for purposes of 
1.15 	making daily payments under this section.

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following 
1.17 	final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, 
1.18 	Scott, and Washington.