1997 Minnesota Statutes

     121.702 Definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Applicability.  The definitions in 
 this section apply to sections 121.701 to 121.710. 

    Subd. 2.    Eligible organization.  "Eligible 
 organization" means: 

    (1) a local unit of government including a statutory or 
 home rule charter city, township, county, or group of two or 
 more contiguous counties; 

    (2) an existing nonprofit organization organized under 
 chapter 317A; 

    (3) an educational institution; 

    (4) a private industry council; 

    (5) a state agency; or 

    (6) a federal agency. 

    Subd. 3.    Federal law.  "Federal law" means Public Law 
 Number 101-610, as amended, or any other federal law or program 
 assisting youth community service, work-based learning, or youth 
 transition from school to work. 

    Subd. 4.    Mentor.  "Mentor" means a business person, 
 an adult from the community, or a person who has successfully 
 completed the youth works program who volunteers to establish a 
 one-on-one relationship with a participant in the youth works 
 program to encourage and guide the participant to obtain an 
 education, participate in service and work-related activities, 
 and effectively use postservice benefits. 

    Subd. 5.    Participant.  "Participant" means an 
 individual enrolled in a program that receives assistance under 
 sections 121.701 to 121.710. 

    Subd. 6.    Placement.  "Placement" means the matching 
 of a participant with a specific project. 

    Subd. 7.    Program.  "Program" means an activity 
 carried out with assistance provided under sections 121.701 to 
 121.710. 

    Subd. 8.    Project.  "Project" means an activity that 
 results in a specific identifiable service or product that could 
 not be done from the resources of the eligible organization and 
 that does not duplicate the routine services or functions of the 
 eligible organization. 

    Subd. 9.    Commission.  "Commission" means the 
 Minnesota commission on national and community service 
 established in section 121.703. 

    Subd. 10.    Council.  "Council" means the governor's 
 workforce development council. 

    HIST: 1993 c 146 art 5 s 4; 1994 c 647 art 4 s 2,3; 1Sp1995 c 
 3 art 4 s 2 

*   NOTE:  Subdivision 9 is repealed by Laws 1995, First 
*Special Session chapter 3, article 4, section 31, effective July 
*1, 1997, if the governor's workforce development council meets 
*all federal requirements for the commission on national and 
*community service.  Laws 1995, First Special Session chapter 3, 
*article 4, section 32, paragraph (a).