1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to agriculture; allowing certain members of 
  1.3             the Minnesota agriculture education leadership council 
  1.4             to designate permanent or temporary replacement 
  1.5             members; extending the sunset date of the Minnesota 
  1.6             agricultural education leadership council; amending 
  1.7             Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 41D.01, subdivisions 
  1.8             1, 3, and 4. 
  1.9   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.10     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 41D.01, 
  1.11  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.12     Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT; MEMBERSHIP.] (a) The 
  1.13  Minnesota agriculture education leadership council is 
  1.14  established.  The council is composed of 16 members as follows: 
  1.15     (1) the chair of the University of Minnesota agricultural 
  1.16  education program; 
  1.17     (2) a representative of the commissioner of children, 
  1.18  families, and learning; 
  1.19     (3) a representative of the Minnesota state colleges and 
  1.20  universities recommended by the chancellor; 
  1.21     (4) the president and the president-elect of the Minnesota 
  1.22  ~~vocational agriculture instructors association~~ Association of 
  1.23  Agriculture Educators; 
  1.24     (5) a representative of the Future Farmers of America 
  1.25  Foundation; 
  1.26     (6) a representative of the commissioner of agriculture; 
  1.27     (7) the dean of the college of agriculture, food, and 
  2.1   environmental sciences at the University of Minnesota; 
  2.2      (8) two members representing agriculture education and 
  2.3   agriculture business appointed by the governor; 
  2.4      (9) the chair of the senate committee on agriculture ~~and~~ 
  2.5   ~~rural development;~~, general legislation and veterans affairs; 
  2.6      (10) the chair of the house committee on agriculture; 
  2.7      (11) the ranking minority member of the senate committee on 
  2.8   agriculture ~~and rural development~~, general legislation and 
  2.9   veterans affairs, and a member of the senate ~~committee on~~ 
  2.10  ~~children, families and learning~~ education committee designated 
  2.11  by the subcommittee on committees of the committee on rules and 
  2.12  administration; and 
  2.13     (12) the ranking minority member of the house agriculture 
  2.14  committee, and a member of the house education committee 
  2.15  designated by the speaker. 
  2.16     (b) An ex officio member of the council under paragraph 
  2.17  (a), clause (1), (4), (7), (9), (10), (11), or (12), may 
  2.18  designate a permanent or temporary replacement member 
  2.19  representing the same constituency. 
  2.20     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 41D.01, 
  2.21  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  2.22     Subd. 3.  [COUNCIL OFFICERS; TERMS AND COMPENSATION OF 
  2.23  APPOINTEES; STAFF.] (a) The chair of the senate agriculture ~~and~~ 
  2.24  ~~rural development~~, general legislation and veterans affairs 
  2.25  committee and the chair of the house agriculture committee, or 
  2.26  their designees, are the cochairs of the council. 
  2.27     (b) The council's membership terms, compensation, filling 
  2.28  of vacancies, and removal of members are as provided in section 
  2.29  15.0575. 
  2.30     (c) The council may employ an executive director and any 
  2.31  other staff to carry out its functions. 
  2.32     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 41D.01, 
  2.33  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  2.34     Subd. 4.  [EXPIRATION.] This section expires on June 
  2.35  30, ~~2002~~ 2003. 
  2.36     Sec. 4.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  3.1      Sections 1 to 3 are effective the day following final 
  3.2   enactment.