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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to water; creating Legislative Water Commission; providing <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>appointments; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>Statutes, chapter 3.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. <b>[3.886] LEGISLATIVE WATER COMMISSION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment.</b> A Legislative Water Commission is established.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Membership.</b> (a) The Legislative Water Commission consists of 12 <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>members appointed as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>(1) six members of the senate, including three majority party members appointed by <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>the majority leader and three minority party members appointed by the minority leader; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>(2) six members of the house of representatives, including three majority party <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>members appointed by the speaker of the house and three minority party members <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>appointed by the minority leader.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>(b) Members serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority and continue to serve <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>until their successors are appointed or until a member is no longer a member of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>legislative body that appointed the member to the commission. Vacancies shall be filled in <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>the same manner as the original positions. Vacancies occurring on the commission do not <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>affect the authority of the remaining members of the Legislative Water Commission to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>carry out the function of the commission.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>(c) The first meeting of the commission shall be convened by the director of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>Legislative Coordinating Commission. Members shall elect a chair, vice chair, secretary, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>and other officers as determined by the commission. The chair may convene meetings as <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>necessary to conduct the duties prescribed by this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Commission staffing.</b> The Legislative Coordinating Commission must <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>employ staff and contract with consultants as necessary to enable the Legislative Water <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>Commission to carry out its duties and functions.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Powers and duties.</b> (a) The Legislative Water Commission shall review <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>water policy reports and recommendations of the Environmental Quality Board, the Board <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>of Water and Soil Resources, the Pollution Control Agency, the Department of Natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>Resources, and other water-related reports as may be required by law or the legislature.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>(b) The commission may conduct public hearings and otherwise secure data and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>comments.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>(c) The commission shall make recommendations as it deems proper to assist the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>legislature in formulating legislation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>(d) Data or information compiled by the Legislative Water Commission or its <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>subcommittees shall be made available to the Legislative-Citizen Commission on <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>Minnesota Resources, the Clean Water Council, and standing and interim committees of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>the legislature on request of the chair of the respective commission, council, or committee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>(e) The commission shall coordinate with the Clean Water Council.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Compensation.</b> Members may receive per diem under section 3.099 for <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>attending commission meetings, and may be reimbursed for expenses incurred doing <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>the work of the commission, but shall not receive any other compensation for serving <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>on the commission.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Expiration.</b> This section expires July 1, 2018.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. <b>INITIAL APPOINTMENTS AND MEETING.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>Initial appointments must be made by February 1, 2015. The first meeting of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>the Legislative Water Commission shall be convened by the chair of the Legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>Coordinating Commission by March 1, 2015. The Legislative Water Commission shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>select a chair from among its members at its first meeting.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. <b>APPROPRIATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>$180,000 is appropriated from the general fund in fiscal year 2014 and $167,000 is <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>appropriated from the general fund in fiscal year 2015 to the Legislative Coordinating <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>Commission for the purposes of this act.<br />
         		
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