Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota Senate Bill SF232 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to the Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library; moving responsibility
3	3	1.3 for the library from the Department of Education to the Department of Employment
4	4	1.4 and Economic Development; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 248.07,
5	5	1.5 by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 134.31,
6	6	1.6 subdivisions 4a, 6, 7.
7	7	1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
8	8	1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 248.07, is amended by adding a subdivision
9	9	1.9to read:
10	10	1.10 Subd. 5a.Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library; advisory committee.(a)
11	11	1.11The Department of Employment and Economic Development must provide specialized
12	12	1.12services to people with visual and physical disabilities through the Minnesota Braille and
13	13	1.13Talking Book Library under a cooperative plan with the National Library Service for the
14	14	1.14Blind and Print Disabled of the Library of Congress.
15	15	1.15 (b) The commissioner of employment and economic development must appoint an
16	16	1.16advisory committee of five members to advise the staff of the Minnesota Braille and Talking
17	17	1.17Book Library on long-range plans and library services. Advisory committee members must
18	18	1.18be people who use the library. Section 15.059 governs this committee.
19	19	1.19 (c) Notwithstanding section 13D.01, the advisory committee for the Minnesota Braille
20	20	1.20and Talking Book Library may conduct a meeting of its members by telephone or other
21	21	1.21electronic means so long as the following conditions are met:
22	22	1.22 (1) all members of the committee participating in the meeting, wherever their physical
23	23	1.23locations, must be able to hear one another and all discussion and testimony;
24	24	1Section 1.
25	25	25-00757 as introduced11/26/24 REVISOR CR/HL
26	26	SENATE
27	27	STATE OF MINNESOTA
28	28	S.F. No. 232NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
29	29	(SENATE AUTHORS: LIESKE)
30	30	OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
31	31	Introduction and first reading01/16/2025
32	32	Referred to Jobs and Economic Development 2.1 (2) members of the public present at the regular meeting location of the committee must
33	33	2.2be able to hear all discussion, testimony, and votes of the members of the committee;
34	34	2.3 (3) at least one member of the committee must be physically present at the regular
35	35	2.4meeting location; and
36	36	2.5 (4) all votes must be conducted by roll call and each member's vote on each issue must
37	37	2.6be identified and recorded.
38	38	2.7 (d) If telephone or other electronic means is used to conduct a meeting, the committee
39	39	2.8must allow a person to monitor the meeting electronically, to the extent practicable, from
40	40	2.9a remote location. The committee may require the person making the connection to pay for
41	41	2.10the documented additional costs that the committee incurs because of the additional
42	42	2.11connection.
43	43	2.12 (e) If telephone or other electronic means is used to conduct a regular, special, or
44	44	2.13emergency meeting, the committee must provide notice of the regular meeting location, the
45	45	2.14fact that some members may participate by telephone or other electronic means, and the
46	46	2.15provisions of this subdivision regarding monitoring the meeting from a remote location and
47	47	2.16the responsibility for additional costs incurred. The timing and the method of providing
48	48	2.17notice is governed by section 13D.04.
49	49	2.18 Sec. 2. ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS.
50	50	2.19 Advisory committee members appointed by the commissioner of education may continue
51	51	2.20to serve on the committee until the end of their term. Subsequent appointments or
52	52	2.21reappointments must be made by the commissioner of employment and economic
53	53	2.22development.
54	54	2.23 Sec. 3. REPEALER.
55	55	2.24 Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 134.31, subdivisions 4a, 6, and 7, are repealed.
56	56	2Sec. 3.
57	57	25-00757 as introduced11/26/24 REVISOR CR/HL 134.31 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; LIBRARY RESPONSIBILITIES.
58	58	Subd. 4a.Services to people with visual and physical disabilities.The Minnesota Department
59	59	of Education shall provide specialized services to people with visual and physical disabilities through
60	60	the Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library under a cooperative plan with the National Library
61	61	Service for the Blind and Print Disabled of the Library of Congress.
62	62	Subd. 6.Advisory committee.The commissioner shall appoint an advisory committee of five
63	63	members to advise the staff of the Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library on long-range plans
64	64	and library services. Members shall be people who use the library. Section 15.059 governs this
65	65	committee.
66	66	Subd. 7.Telephone or electronic meetings.(a) Notwithstanding section 13D.01, the Advisory
67	67	Committee for the Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library may conduct a meeting of its
68	68	members by telephone or other electronic means so long as the following conditions are met:
69	69	(1) all members of the committee participating in the meeting, wherever their physical locations,
70	70	can hear one another and can hear all discussion and testimony;
71	71	(2) members of the public present at the regular meeting location of the committee can hear all
72	72	discussion, testimony, and votes of the members of the committee;
73	73	(3) at least one member of the committee is physically present at the regular meeting location;
74	74	and
75	75	(4) all votes are conducted by roll call, so each member's vote on each issue can be identified
76	76	and recorded.
77	77	(b) Each member of the committee participating in a meeting by telephone or other electronic
78	78	means is considered present at the meeting for purposes of determining quorum and participating
79	79	in all proceedings.
80	80	(c) If telephone or other electronic means is used to conduct a meeting, to the extent practical,
81	81	the committee shall allow a person to monitor the meeting electronically from a remote location.
82	82	The committee may require the person making the connection to pay for the documented additional
83	83	costs that the committee incurs as a result of the additional connection.
84	84	(d) If telephone or other electronic means is used to conduct a regular, special, or emergency
85	85	meeting, the committee shall provide notice of the regular meeting location, the fact that some
86	86	members may participate by telephone or other electronic means, and the provisions of paragraph
87	87	(c). The timing and method of providing notice is governed by section 13D.04.
88	88	1R
89	89	APPENDIX
90	90	Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 25-00757