1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state government; extending the life of 
  1.3             Mississippi river parkway commission and changing its 
  1.4             membership; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 
  1.5             15.059, subdivision 5a; and 161.1419, subdivisions 2 
  1.6             and 8. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 15.059, 
  1.9   subdivision 5a, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 5a.  [LATER EXPIRATION.] Notwithstanding subdivision 
  1.11  5, the advisory councils and committees listed in this 
  1.12  subdivision do not expire June 30, 1997.  These groups expire 
  1.13  June 30, 2001, unless the law creating the group or this 
  1.14  subdivision specifies an earlier expiration date. 
  1.15     Investment advisory council, created in section 11A.08; 
  1.16     Intergovernmental information systems advisory council, 
  1.17  created in section 16B.42, expires June 30, 1999; 
  1.18     Feedlot and manure management advisory committee, created 
  1.19  in section 17.136; 
  1.20     Aquaculture advisory committee, created in section 17.49; 
  1.21     Dairy producers board, created in section 17.76; 
  1.22     Pesticide applicator education and examination review 
  1.23  board, created in section 18B.305; 
  1.24     Advisory seed potato certification task force, created in 
  1.25  section 21.112; 
  1.26     Food safety advisory committee, created in section 28A.20; 
  2.1      Minnesota organic advisory task force, created in section 
  2.2   31.95; 
  2.3      Public programs risk adjustment work group, created in 
  2.4   section 62Q.03; 
  2.5      Workers' compensation self-insurers' advisory committee, 
  2.6   created in section 79A.02; 
  2.7      Youth corps advisory committee, created in section 84.0887; 
  2.8      Iron range off-highway vehicle advisory committee, created 
  2.9   in section 85.013; 
  2.10     Mineral coordinating committee, created in section 93.002; 
  2.11     Game and fish fund citizen advisory committees, created in 
  2.12  section 97A.055; 
  2.13     Wetland heritage advisory committee, created in section 
  2.14  103G.2242; 
  2.15     Wastewater treatment technical advisory committee, created 
  2.16  in section 115.54; 
  2.17     Solid waste management advisory council, created in section 
  2.18  115A.12; 
  2.19     Nuclear waste council, created in section 116C.711; 
  2.20     Genetically engineered organism advisory committee, created 
  2.21  in section 116C.93; 
  2.22     Environment and natural resources trust fund advisory 
  2.23  committee, created in section 116P.06; 
  2.24     Child abuse prevention advisory council, created in section 
  2.25  119A.13; 
  2.26     Chemical abuse and violence prevention council, created in 
  2.27  section 119A.293; 
  2.28     Youth neighborhood centers advisory board, created in 
  2.29  section 119A.295; 
  2.30     Interagency coordinating council, created in section 
  2.31  125A.28, expires June 30, 1999; 
  2.32     Desegregation/integration advisory board, created in 
  2.33  section 124D.892; 
  2.34     Nonpublic education council, created in section 123B.445; 
  2.35     Permanent school fund advisory committee, created in 
  2.36  section 127A.30; 
  3.1      Indian scholarship committee, created in section 124D.84, 
  3.2   subdivision 2; 
  3.3      American Indian education committees, created in section 
  3.4   124D.80; 
  3.5      Summer scholarship advisory committee, created in section 
  3.6   124D.95; 
  3.7      Multicultural education advisory committee, created in 
  3.8   section 124D.894; 
  3.9      Male responsibility and fathering grants review committee, 
  3.10  created in section 124D.33; 
  3.11     Library for the blind and physically handicapped advisory 
  3.12  committee, created in section 134.31; 
  3.13     Higher education advisory council, created in section 
  3.14  136A.031; 
  3.15     Student advisory council, created in section 136A.031; 
  3.16     Cancer surveillance advisory committee, created in section 
  3.17  144.672; 
  3.18     Maternal and child health task force, created in section 
  3.19  145.881; 
  3.20     State community health advisory committee, created in 
  3.21  section 145A.10; 
  3.22     ~~Mississippi River Parkway commission, created in section~~ 
  3.23  ~~161.1419;~~ 
  3.24     School bus safety advisory committee, created in section 
  3.25  169.435; 
  3.26     Advisory council on workers' compensation, created in 
  3.27  section 175.007; 
  3.28     Code enforcement advisory council, created in section 
  3.29  175.008; 
  3.30     Medical services review board, created in section 176.103; 
  3.31     Apprenticeship advisory council, created in section 178.02; 
  3.32     OSHA advisory council, created in section 182.656; 
  3.33     Health professionals services program advisory committee, 
  3.34  created in section 214.32; 
  3.35     Rehabilitation advisory council for the blind, created in 
  3.36  section 248.10; 
  4.1      American Indian advisory council, created in section 
  4.2   254A.035; 
  4.3      Alcohol and other drug abuse advisory council, created in 
  4.4   section 254A.04; 
  4.5      Medical assistance drug formulary committee, created in 
  4.6   section 256B.0625; 
  4.7      Home care advisory committee, created in section 256B.071; 
  4.8      Preadmission screening, alternative care, and home and 
  4.9   community-based services advisory committee, created in section 
  4.10  256B.0911; 
  4.11     Traumatic brain injury advisory committee, created in 
  4.12  section 256B.093; 
  4.13     Minnesota commission serving deaf and hard-of-hearing 
  4.14  people, created in section 256C.28; 
  4.15     American Indian child welfare advisory council, created in 
  4.16  section 260.835; 
  4.17     Juvenile justice advisory committee, created in section 
  4.18  268.29; 
  4.19     Northeast Minnesota economic development fund technical 
  4.20  advisory committees, created in section 298.2213; 
  4.21     Iron range higher education committee, created in section 
  4.22  298.2214; 
  4.23     Northeast Minnesota economic protection trust fund 
  4.24  technical advisory committee, created in section 298.297; 
  4.25     Advisory council on battered women and domestic abuse, 
  4.26  created in section 611A.34. 
  4.27     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 161.1419, 
  4.28  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  4.29     Subd. 2.  [MEMBERS.] (a) The commission shall be composed 
  4.30  of ~~ten~~ 15 members of which: 
  4.31     (1) one shall be appointed by the commissioner of 
  4.32  transportation~~,~~; 
  4.33     (2) one shall be appointed by the commissioner of natural 
  4.34  resources~~,~~; 
  4.35     (3) one shall be appointed by the commissioner of trade and 
  4.36  economic development~~,~~; 
  5.1      (4) one shall be appointed by the commissioner of 
  5.2   agriculture~~,~~; 
  5.3      (5) one shall be appointed by the director of the Minnesota 
  5.4   historical society~~,~~; 
  5.5      (6) two shall be members of the senate to be appointed by 
  5.6   the committee on committees~~, and~~; 
  5.7      (7) two shall be members of the house of representatives to 
  5.8   be appointed by the speaker~~.  The tenth member~~; 
  5.9      (8) one shall be the secretary appointed pursuant to 
  5.10  subdivision 3~~.~~; and 
  5.11     (9) five shall be citizen members appointed by five citizen 
  5.12  committees established by the members appointed under clauses 
  5.13  (1) to (8), with each citizen committee established within and 
  5.14  representing each of the following geographic segments along the 
  5.15  Mississippi river: 
  5.16     (i) Lake Itasca to the city of Grand Rapids; 
  5.17     (ii) Grand Rapids to the city of Brainerd; 
  5.18     (iii) Brainerd to the city of Elk River; 
  5.19     (iv) Elk River to the city of Hastings; and 
  5.20     (v) Hastings to the Iowa border.  
  5.21  Each citizen committee member shall be a resident of the 
  5.22  geographic segment that the committee and member represents.  
  5.23     (b) The members of the commission shall ~~be selected~~ 
  5.24  ~~immediately after May 27, 1963, and shall~~ serve for a term 
  5.25  expiring at the close of ~~the next~~ each regular session of the 
  5.26  legislature and until their successors are appointed.  Successor 
  5.27  members shall be appointed ~~at the close of each regular session~~ 
  5.28  ~~of the legislature~~ by the same appointing authorities.  Members 
  5.29  may be reappointed.  Any vacancy shall be filled by the 
  5.30  appointing authority.  The commissioner of transportation, the 
  5.31  commissioner of natural resources, and the director of the 
  5.32  Minnesota historical society shall be ex officio members, and 
  5.33  shall be in addition to the ~~ten~~ 15 members heretofore provided 
  5.34  for.  Immediately upon making the appointments to the commission 
  5.35  the appointing authorities shall so notify the Mississippi river 
  5.36  parkway commission, hereinafter called the national commission, 
  6.1   giving the names and addresses of the members so appointed. 
  6.2      Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 161.1419, 
  6.3   subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
  6.4      Subd. 8.  [EXPIRATION.] The commission shall expire on June 
  6.5   30, ~~2001~~ 2005.