Minnesota Statutes 2000, 3.9222 Minnesota Statutes 2000, Table of Chapters Table of contents for Chapter 3 3.9222 Legislative commission on the economic status of women. A legislative commission is created to study and report on the economic status of women in Minnesota. The commission consists of five members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker and five members of the senate appointed by the committee on committees.
Members serve until the expiration of their legislative terms.
The commission shall study also the adequacy of programs and services relating to families in Minnesota, including single-parent families and members beyond the nuclear or immediate family. The report shall recommend legislation and administrative action to enable women to achieve full participation in the economy. The report shall also recommend methods to encourage the development of coordinated, interdepartmental goals and objectives and the coordination of programs, services and facilities among all state departments and public and private providers of services related to children, youth and families. The commission may hold meetings and hearings at the times and places it designates to accomplish the purposes in this section. It shall select a chair and other officers from its membership as it deems necessary.