Section 116L.363 Advisory Committee
116L.363 ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
A 12-member advisory committee is established as provided under section 15.059 to assist the commissioner in selecting eligible organizations to receive program grants and evaluating the final reports of each organization. Members of the committee may be reimbursed for expenses but may not receive any other compensation for service on the committee. The advisory committee consists of representatives of the commissioners of education, human services, and employment and economic development; a representative of the chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; a representative of the commissioner of the Housing Finance Agency; and seven public members appointed by the governor. Each of the following groups must be represented by a public member experienced in working with targeted youth: labor organizations, local educators, community groups, consumers, local housing developers, youth between the ages of 16 and 24 who have a period of homelessness, and other homeless persons. At least three of the public members must be from outside of the metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2. The commissioner may provide staff to the advisory committee to assist it in carrying out its purpose.
History:
1988 c 686 art 3 s 3; 1990 c 375 s 3; 1993 c 132 s 5; 1993 c 369 s 83; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 1996 c 339 s 6; 1996 c 395 s 18; 2003 c 130 s 12; 2004 c 206 s 44,52