1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to the environment; extending the expiration 
  1.3             date of the solid waste council and the prevention, 
  1.4             reduction, and recycling advisory council; amending 
  1.5             Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 15.059, subdivision 
  1.6             5a; and 115A.12. 
  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 115A.12, is 
  4.28  amended to read: 
  4.29     115A.12 [ADVISORY COUNCILS.] 
  4.30     (a) The director shall establish a solid waste management 
  4.31  advisory council and a prevention, reduction, and recycling 
  4.32  advisory council that are broadly representative of the 
  4.33  geographic areas and interests of the state.  
  4.34     (b) The solid waste council shall have not less than nine 
  4.35  nor more than 21 members.  The membership of the solid waste 
  4.36  council shall consist of one-third citizen representatives, 
  5.1   one-third representatives from local government units, and 
  5.2   one-third representatives from private solid waste management 
  5.3   firms.  The solid waste council shall contain at least three 
  5.4   members experienced in the private recycling industry and at 
  5.5   least one member experienced in each of the following areas:  
  5.6   state and municipal finance; solid waste collection, processing, 
  5.7   and disposal; and solid waste reduction and resource recovery. 
  5.8      (c) The prevention, reduction, and recycling advisory 
  5.9   council shall have not less than nine nor more than 24 members.  
  5.10  The membership shall consist of one-third citizen 
  5.11  representatives, one-third representatives of government, and 
  5.12  one-third representatives of business and industry.  The 
  5.13  director may appoint nonvoting members from other environmental 
  5.14  and business assistance providers in the state. 
  5.15     (d) The chairs of the advisory councils shall be appointed 
  5.16  by the director.  The director shall provide administrative and 
  5.17  staff services for the advisory councils.  The advisory councils 
  5.18  shall have such duties as are assigned by law or the director.  
  5.19  The solid waste advisory council shall make recommendations to 
  5.20  the office on its solid waste management activities.  The 
  5.21  prevention, reduction, and recycling advisory council shall make 
  5.22  recommendations to the office on policy, programs, and 
  5.23  legislation in pollution prevention, waste reduction, reuse and 
  5.24  recycling, resource conservation, and the management of 
  5.25  hazardous waste.  Members of the advisory councils shall serve 
  5.26  without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their 
  5.27  reasonable expenses as determined by the director.  The solid 
  5.28  waste management advisory council and the prevention, reduction, 
  5.29  and recycling advisory council expire June 30, 2001 2003. 
  5.30     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  5.31     Sections 1 and 2 are effective June 30, 2001.