Minnesota Agencies

The duties of the data collection task force are to: develop a uniform procedure for collecting data on the financial status of agriculture in Minnesota; oversee the implementation of the farm crisis intervention act; and report the results of the program to the legislature no later than December 31, 1985.

Originally, the task force was set to expire within ten days of submitting the report due December 31, 1985. The Legislature reactivated the task force and reporting requirements over the years until the task force finally expired in 1991 (see Laws of Minn. 1986, chap. 398, art. 11, Laws of Minn. 1987, chap. 396, art. 5, sec. 1, and Laws of Minn. 1989, chap. 350, art. 3).

The data collection task force consists of two members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house, two members of the senate appointed by the senate committee on committees, the director of the agricultural extension service, the director of the vocational technical education system, a representative appointed by the governor, and two representatives appointed by the commissioner of agriculture.