M.S.A. § 260.835

Minnesota Statutes Annotated Currentness

Public Welfare and Related Activities (Ch. 245-267)

Chapter 260. Juveniles

Minnesota Indian Preservation Act

Subdivision 1. Creation. The commissioner shall appoint an American Indian Advisory Council to help formulate policies and procedures relating to Indian child welfare services and to make recommendations regarding approval of grants provided under section 260.785, subdivisions 1, 2, and 3. The council shall consist of 17 members appointed by the commissioner and must include representatives of each of the 11 Minnesota reservations who are authorized by tribal resolution, one representative from the Duluth Urban Indian Community, three representatives from the Minneapolis Urban Indian Community, and two representatives from the St. Paul Urban Indian Community. Representatives from the urban Indian communities must be selected through an open appointments process under section 15.0597. The terms, compensation, and removal of American Indian Child Welfare Advisory Council members shall be as provided in section 15.059.

Subd. 2. Expiration. Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 5, the American Indian Child Welfare Advisory Council expires June 30, 2012.

CREDIT(S)

Laws 1999, c. 139, art. 1, § 17. Amended by Laws 2005, 1st Sp., c. 4, art. 3, § 17; Laws 2008, c. 361, art. 6, § 22, eff. Aug. 1, 2008.

EXPIRATION

<The American Indian Child Welfare Advisory Council expires June 30, 2012.>

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

2007 Main Volume

Derivation:

St.1998, § 257.3579.

Laws 1994, c. 576, § 8.

Laws 1992, c. 515, § 1.

Laws 1987, c. 403, art. 2, § 127.

Laws 2005, 1st Sp., c. 4, art. 3, § 17, rewrote this section, which formerly read:

"The commissioner shall appoint an American Indian advisory council to help formulate policies and procedures relating to Indian child welfare services and to make recommendations regarding approval of grants provided under section 260.785, subdivisions 1, 2, and 3. The council shall consist of 17 members appointed by the commissioner and must include representatives of each of the 11 Minnesota reservations who are authorized by tribal resolution, one representative from the Duluth Urban Indian Community, three representatives from the Minneapolis Urban Indian Community, and two representatives from the St. Paul Urban Indian Community. Representatives from the urban Indian communities must be selected through an open appointments process under section 15.0597. The terms, compensation, and removal of American Indian child welfare advisory council members shall be as provided in section 15.059."

Laws 2005, 1st Sp., c. 4, art. 3, § 17, the effective date, provides that the amendment of this section is effective retroactively from June 30, 2003.

2010 Electronic Update                                                          

2008 Legislation

Laws 2008, c. 361, art. 6, § 22, in subd. 2, extended the expiration date of the American Indian Child Welfare Advisory Council from June 30, 2008, to June 30, 2012.

M. S. A. § 260.835, MN ST § 260.835

Current with laws of the 2010 Regular and First Special

                 Sessions effective through June 30, 2010