2004 Minnesota Statutes

     116L.03 Board. 

    Subdivision 1.    Members.  The partnership shall be 
 governed by a board of 13 directors.  

    Subd. 2.    Appointment.  The Minnesota Job Skills 
 Partnership Board consists of:  seven members appointed by the 
 governor, the chair of the governor's Workforce Development 
 Council, the commissioner of employment and economic 
 development, the chancellor, or the chancellor's designee, of 
 the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, the president, or 
 the president's designee, of the University of Minnesota, and 
 two nonlegislator members, one appointed by the Subcommittee on 
 Committees of the senate Committee on Rules and Administration 
 and one appointed by the speaker of the house.  If the 
 chancellor or the president of the university makes a 
 designation under this subdivision, the designee must have 
 experience in technical education.  Four of the appointed 
 members must be members of the governor's Workforce Development 
 Council, of whom two must represent organized labor and two must 
 represent business and industry.  One of the appointed members 
 must be a representative of a nonprofit organization that 
 provides workforce development or job training services. 

    Subd. 3.    Qualifications.  Members must have expertise 
 in, and be representative of the following fields of education, 
 job skills training, labor, business, and government.  

    Subd. 4.    Chair.  The chair shall be appointed by the 
 governor.  

    Subd. 5.    Terms.  The terms of appointed members shall 
 be for four years except for the initial appointments.  The 
 initial appointments of the governor shall have the following 
 terms:  two members each for one, two, three, and four years.  
 No member shall serve more than two terms, and no person shall 
 be appointed after December 31, 2001, for any term that would 
 cause that person to serve a total of more than eight years on 
 the board.  Compensation for board members is as provided in 
 section 15.0575, subdivision 3. 

    Subd. 6. Repealed, 1987 c 386 art 10 s 7; 1987 c 401 s 
 39 

    Subd. 7.    Offices.  The Department of Employment and 
 Economic Development shall provide office space and staff to the 
 Job Skills Partnership Board for the execution of its duties.  
 The board shall hire an executive director to assist in carrying 
 out its duties. 

    HIST: 1983 c 289 s 115 subd 1; 1983 c 334 s 3,7; 1984 c 544 s 
 84; 1984 c 642 s 3; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 5,75; 1986 c 444; 1987 
 c 312 art 1 s 26 subd 2; 1987 c 384 art 3 s 27; 1987 c 386 art 
 10 s 2-5,8; 1987 c 401 s 36; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 165,166,270; 
 1991 c 345 art 1 s 74; 1993 c 363 s 1,2; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1995 c 
 212 art 4 s 64; 1996 c 395 s 6,7; 1999 c 223 art 2 s 29; art 3 s 
 1,2; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 2 s 3; 1Sp2003 c 4 s 1