Bill Text: MN SF2456 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Minnesota-Wisconsin boundary area invasive species commission establishment and appropriation
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-14 - Referred to Environment and Natural Resources [SF2456 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF2456-Introduced.html
1.2relating to natural resources; establishing a Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area
1.3Invasive Species Commission; appropriating money;proposing coding for new
1.4law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84D.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [84D.20] MINNESOTA-WISCONSIN BOUNDARY AREA INVASIVE
1.7SPECIES COMMISSION; ESTABLISHMENT; AUTHORITY.
1.8 Subdivision 1. Establishment. The Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Invasive
1.9Species Commission is established.
1.10 Subd. 2. General powers and duties. (a) The Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary
1.11Area Invasive Species Commission shall make recommendations, review and correlate
1.12studies of the federal government and other agencies, develop plans and evolve findings,
1.13and do all things necessary and proper to carry out the powers conferred upon the
1.14commission by law, provided that no recommendation, plan, or finding of the commission
1.15shall have the force of law or be binding upon or limit the powers of either state or its
1.16departments, agencies, or municipalities.
1.17(b) The commission shall cooperate with the federal government of the United States
1.18and with any public or private agencies having an interest in, or jurisdiction sufficient to
1.19affect, the present and future protection of waters from invasive species.
1.20(c) For the purpose of obtaining information relative to land and water use in the
1.21area, the commission may hold public hearings.
1.22(d) The commission may appoint subcommittees for the purpose of conducting
1.23specific studies under paragraph (a).
2.1 Subd. 3. Members; officers; meetings. (a) The Minnesota representation on the
2.2Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Invasive Species Commission shall consist of
2.3five commissioners appointed by the governor, each for a four-year term. The terms of
2.4the commissioners shall be staggered. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the
2.5governor for the unexpired term.
2.6(b) The commission shall annually elect from among its members a chair, a vice
2.7chair who shall not be a citizen of the state represented by the chair, and other officers
2.8deemed necessary by the commission.
2.9(c) The commission shall meet at the call of the chair, or at the call of three of its
2.10members, upon five days' notice, but at least twice in each calendar year.
2.11 Subd. 4. Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Legislative Advisory Committee.
2.12To assist the Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Invasive Species Commission in the
2.13performance of its duties, a Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Legislative Advisory
2.14Committee is created, to be comprised of five members of the house of representatives
2.15appointed by the speaker and five members of the senate appointed by the Rules and
2.16Administration Subcommittee on Committees. The members of the advisory committee
2.17shall be selected by January 31 of each odd-numbered year. Vacancies, when the
2.18legislature is not in regular session, shall be filled by appointment of the last duly elected
2.19speaker in the case of members of the house of representatives and the last duly elected
2.20members of the Rules and Administration Subcommittee on Committees in the case of
2.21members of the senate. The members of the advisory committee shall select a chair and
2.22other officers as deemed necessary. The chair of the advisory committee shall rotate every
2.23two years between the house of representatives and the senate.
2.24 Subd. 5. Technical Advisory Task Force. To assist the Minnesota-Wisconsin
2.25Boundary Area Invasive Species Commission in the performance of its duties, a Technical
2.26Advisory Task Force comprised of ten members is created, to be appointed, as found
2.27necessary, by the commission and serve at the commission's pleasure. Each member of
2.28the Technical Advisory Task Force shall have expertise in the subject matter of the duties
2.29of the Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Invasive Species Commission and be an
2.30officer or employee of the executive branch of the state government or of a governmental
2.31subdivision or body politic and corporate of the state.
2.32 Subd. 6. Compensation and reimbursement for expenses. (a) Members of the
2.33commission shall serve without compensation, but the actual and necessary expenses
2.34incurred by any member in the performance of the commission's duties shall be reimbursed
2.35from the appropriations made for the support of the commission.
3.1(b) Members of the Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Legislative Advisory
3.2Committee shall be compensated and reimbursed for expenses in the same manner that
3.3members of legislative standing committees are compensated and reimbursed under
3.4section 3.101.
3.5 Subd. 7. Cooperation of state officers. All departments and agencies of the state
3.6shall cooperate with the commission and its advisory committees in the execution of their
3.7functions and assist the commission to carry out its duties.
3.8 Subd. 8. Gifts. The Minnesota commissioners may accept on behalf of the state a
3.9gift from any source, private or public, and use the gift for the purposes for which it is
3.10tendered, consistent with the duties of the Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Invasive
3.11Species Commission. Money so received shall be deposited in the state treasury and is
3.12appropriated annually to the commission to carry out the terms of the gift.
3.13 Subd. 9. Budget. The Minnesota commissioners shall submit a budget of the
3.14estimated expenditures of the commission from time to time to the commissioner of
3.15management and budget for the period and in the form the commissioner of management
3.16and budget requires.
3.17 Subd. 10. Annual audit. The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all
3.18receipts and disbursements, which shall be audited as of December 31 of each year by a
3.19qualified public accountant.
3.20 Subd. 11. Reports. By January 15 of each odd-numbered year, the commission
3.21shall make a report to the governor and legislature of each state that shall include:
3.22(1) the activities of the commission during the previous biennium and its intended
3.23activities for the upcoming biennium; and
3.24(2) the appropriations, gifts, and grants, if any, received by the commission and the
3.25commission's expenditures of funds as verified by the audit under subdivision 10.
3.26 Subd. 12. Enabling legislation. The commission shall become operative
3.27immediately after the passage of an act by both party states incorporating the provisions
3.28of this commission into the laws of both states. The first meeting shall be called by the
3.29members of the first state to enact the commission.
3.30EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3Invasive Species Commission; appropriating money;proposing coding for new
1.4law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84D.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [84D.20] MINNESOTA-WISCONSIN BOUNDARY AREA INVASIVE
1.7SPECIES COMMISSION; ESTABLISHMENT; AUTHORITY.
1.8 Subdivision 1. Establishment. The Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Invasive
1.9Species Commission is established.
1.10 Subd. 2. General powers and duties. (a) The Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary
1.11Area Invasive Species Commission shall make recommendations, review and correlate
1.12studies of the federal government and other agencies, develop plans and evolve findings,
1.13and do all things necessary and proper to carry out the powers conferred upon the
1.14commission by law, provided that no recommendation, plan, or finding of the commission
1.15shall have the force of law or be binding upon or limit the powers of either state or its
1.16departments, agencies, or municipalities.
1.17(b) The commission shall cooperate with the federal government of the United States
1.18and with any public or private agencies having an interest in, or jurisdiction sufficient to
1.19affect, the present and future protection of waters from invasive species.
1.20(c) For the purpose of obtaining information relative to land and water use in the
1.21area, the commission may hold public hearings.
1.22(d) The commission may appoint subcommittees for the purpose of conducting
1.23specific studies under paragraph (a).
2.1 Subd. 3. Members; officers; meetings. (a) The Minnesota representation on the
2.2Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Invasive Species Commission shall consist of
2.3five commissioners appointed by the governor, each for a four-year term. The terms of
2.4the commissioners shall be staggered. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the
2.5governor for the unexpired term.
2.6(b) The commission shall annually elect from among its members a chair, a vice
2.7chair who shall not be a citizen of the state represented by the chair, and other officers
2.8deemed necessary by the commission.
2.9(c) The commission shall meet at the call of the chair, or at the call of three of its
2.10members, upon five days' notice, but at least twice in each calendar year.
2.11 Subd. 4. Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Legislative Advisory Committee.
2.12To assist the Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Invasive Species Commission in the
2.13performance of its duties, a Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Legislative Advisory
2.14Committee is created, to be comprised of five members of the house of representatives
2.15appointed by the speaker and five members of the senate appointed by the Rules and
2.16Administration Subcommittee on Committees. The members of the advisory committee
2.17shall be selected by January 31 of each odd-numbered year. Vacancies, when the
2.18legislature is not in regular session, shall be filled by appointment of the last duly elected
2.19speaker in the case of members of the house of representatives and the last duly elected
2.20members of the Rules and Administration Subcommittee on Committees in the case of
2.21members of the senate. The members of the advisory committee shall select a chair and
2.22other officers as deemed necessary. The chair of the advisory committee shall rotate every
2.23two years between the house of representatives and the senate.
2.24 Subd. 5. Technical Advisory Task Force. To assist the Minnesota-Wisconsin
2.25Boundary Area Invasive Species Commission in the performance of its duties, a Technical
2.26Advisory Task Force comprised of ten members is created, to be appointed, as found
2.27necessary, by the commission and serve at the commission's pleasure. Each member of
2.28the Technical Advisory Task Force shall have expertise in the subject matter of the duties
2.29of the Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Invasive Species Commission and be an
2.30officer or employee of the executive branch of the state government or of a governmental
2.31subdivision or body politic and corporate of the state.
2.32 Subd. 6. Compensation and reimbursement for expenses. (a) Members of the
2.33commission shall serve without compensation, but the actual and necessary expenses
2.34incurred by any member in the performance of the commission's duties shall be reimbursed
2.35from the appropriations made for the support of the commission.
3.1(b) Members of the Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Legislative Advisory
3.2Committee shall be compensated and reimbursed for expenses in the same manner that
3.3members of legislative standing committees are compensated and reimbursed under
3.4section 3.101.
3.5 Subd. 7. Cooperation of state officers. All departments and agencies of the state
3.6shall cooperate with the commission and its advisory committees in the execution of their
3.7functions and assist the commission to carry out its duties.
3.8 Subd. 8. Gifts. The Minnesota commissioners may accept on behalf of the state a
3.9gift from any source, private or public, and use the gift for the purposes for which it is
3.10tendered, consistent with the duties of the Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Invasive
3.11Species Commission. Money so received shall be deposited in the state treasury and is
3.12appropriated annually to the commission to carry out the terms of the gift.
3.13 Subd. 9. Budget. The Minnesota commissioners shall submit a budget of the
3.14estimated expenditures of the commission from time to time to the commissioner of
3.15management and budget for the period and in the form the commissioner of management
3.16and budget requires.
3.17 Subd. 10. Annual audit. The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all
3.18receipts and disbursements, which shall be audited as of December 31 of each year by a
3.19qualified public accountant.
3.20 Subd. 11. Reports. By January 15 of each odd-numbered year, the commission
3.21shall make a report to the governor and legislature of each state that shall include:
3.22(1) the activities of the commission during the previous biennium and its intended
3.23activities for the upcoming biennium; and
3.24(2) the appropriations, gifts, and grants, if any, received by the commission and the
3.25commission's expenditures of funds as verified by the audit under subdivision 10.
3.26 Subd. 12. Enabling legislation. The commission shall become operative
3.27immediately after the passage of an act by both party states incorporating the provisions
3.28of this commission into the laws of both states. The first meeting shall be called by the
3.29members of the first state to enact the commission.
3.30EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
