1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to veterans; extending the County Veterans Services Working Group;
1.3 	amending Laws 2008, chapter 297, article 2, section 26, subdivision 3.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Laws 2008, chapter 297, article 2, section 26, subdivision 3, is amended to 
1.6 	read:
1.7 		Subd. 3.Administrative provisions. (a) The commissioner of veterans affairs, or 
1.8 	the commissioner's designee, must convene the initial meeting of the working group. 
1.9 	Upon request of the working group, the commissioner must provide meeting space and 
1.10 	administrative services for the group. The members of the working group must elect a 
1.11 	chair or co-chairs from the legislative members of the working group at the initial meeting. 
1.12 	Each subsequent meeting is at the call of the chair or co-chairs.
1.13 	(b) Public members of the working group serve without special compensation or 
1.14 	special payment of expenses from the working group.
1.15 	(c) The working group expires on June 30, 2009 2010, unless an extension is 
1.16 	authorized by law by that date.