1.1                                        A bill for an act&#10;1.2     relating to state government; adding an ex officio member to the Indian Affairs &#10;1.3     Council; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 3.922, subdivision 1.&#10;1.4     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:&#10;&#10;<a id="go.0.1.0"></a>1.5         Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 3.922, subdivision 1, is amended to read:&#10;1.6         Subdivision 1. <b>Creation, membership.</b>  The state Indian Affairs Council is created &#10;1.7     to consist of the following ex officio members:&#10;1.8     the governor or a member of the governor's official staff designated by the governor,&#10;1.9     the commissioner of education,&#10;1.10    the commissioner of human services,&#10;1.11    the commissioner of natural resources,&#10;1.12    the commissioner of human rights,&#10;1.13    the commissioner of employment and economic development,&#10;1.14    the commissioner of corrections,&#10;1.15    the commissioner of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency,&#10;1.16    the commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation,&#10;1.17    the commissioner of health,&#10;1.18    <ins>the commissioner of transportation,</ins>&#10;1.19    <ins>the commissioner of administration,</ins>&#10;1.20    each of whom may designate a staff member to serve instead, and&#10;1.21    three members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker, and three &#10;1.22    members of the senate appointed by its Subcommittee on Committees.&#10;1.23    Voting members of the council are the elected tribal chair of:&#10;2.1     the Fond du Lac Reservation Business Committee;&#10;2.2     the Grand Portage Reservation Business Committee;&#10;2.3     the Mille Lacs Reservation Business Committee;&#10;2.4     the White Earth Reservation Business Committee;&#10;2.5     the Bois Forte (Nett Lake) Reservation Business Committee;&#10;2.6     the Leech Lake Reservation Business Committee;&#10;2.7     the Red Lake Tribal Council;&#10;2.8     the Upper Sioux board of trustees;&#10;2.9     the Lower Sioux Tribal Council;&#10;2.10    the Shakopee-Mdewankanton General Council;&#10;2.11    the Prairie Island Tribal Council; and&#10;2.12    two members to be selected under subdivision 2.&#10;2.13    The chairs of the Indian committees, trusts, or councils may designate in writing a member &#10;2.14    who has been elected at large to an office in the committee, trust, or council, to serve &#10;2.15    instead.  Members appointed to represent the house of representatives, the senate or tribal &#10;2.16    governments shall no longer serve on the council when they are no longer members of the &#10;2.17    bodies which they represent and their offices shall be vacant.  A member who is a designee &#10;2.18    of a tribal chair shall cease to be a member at the end of the term of the designating tribal &#10;2.19    chair.  Ex officio members or their designees on the council shall not vote. &#10;