2003 Minnesota Statutes

     611A.361 General crime victims advisory council. 

    Subdivision 1.    Creation.  The commissioner of 
 corrections shall appoint a 12-member advisory council on 
 general crime victims to advise the commissioner on the 
 implementation and continued operation of chapter 611A with 
 respect to victims of crimes other than sexual assault and 
 domestic abuse.  The general crime victims advisory council 
 shall also serve as a liaison between the commissioner and 
 organizations that provide services to victims of crime, and as 
 an advocate within the department of corrections for the rights 
 of general crime victims. 

    Subd. 2.    Membership.  No more than six of the members 
 of the general crime victims advisory council may be 
 representatives of community or governmental organizations that 
 provide services to crime victims.  One-half of the council's 
 members shall reside in the metropolitan area, composed of 
 Hennepin, Ramsey, Anoka, Dakota, Scott, Washington, and Carver 
 counties, and one-half of the members shall reside in the 
 nonmetropolitan area.  To the extent possible, nonmetropolitan 
 members must be representative of all nonmetropolitan regions of 
 the state. 

    Subd. 3.    Terms; vacancies; expenses.  Section 15.059 
 governs the filling of vacancies and removal of members of the 
 general crime victims advisory council.  The terms of the 
 members of the advisory council shall be two years.  No member 
 may serve on the advisory council for more than two consecutive 
 terms.  The council expires on June 30, 2003.  Council members 
 shall receive expense reimbursement as specified in section 
 15.059. 

    Subd. 4.  Repealed, 1991 c 272 s 20 

    HIST: 1991 c 272 s 16; 1996 c 408 art 7 s 10; 1997 c 239 art 7 
 s 27; 1Sp2001 c 8 art 5 s 13