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The advisory council will: assist the commissioner of administration in development and updating of intergovernmental information systems master plan; recommend policies and procedures governing collections, security, and confidentiality of data; review and comment on applications for information systems and computer systems involving intergovernmental funding; liaison with local government; develop recommendations to commissioner of revenue concerning gathering and reporting of certain data collected from local units of government; and produce fiscal information and foster efficient use of resources.

The council was created by the Legislature in 1971, and was originally codified in Minn. Stat. 16.911. A few changes were made to the council over the course of the 1970s. In 1984, the Legislature recodified the council at Minn. Stat. 16B.42. Additional incremental changes were made in the 1980s and 1990s. The council expired on June 30, 2000.

When the council was originally created in 1971, statute did not specify council membership.

As of 1999, just prior to its expiration, the council was composed of:

• two members from each of the following groups: counties outside of the seven-county metropolitan area, cities of the second and third class outside the metropolitan area, cities of the second and third class within the metropolitan area, and cities of the fourth class; 
• one member from each of the following groups: the metropolitan council, an outstate regional body, counties within the metropolitan area, cities of the first class, school districts in the metropolitan area, school districts outside the metropolitan area, and public libraries;
• one member each appointed by the state departments of children, families, and learning, human services, revenue, and economic security, the office of strategic and long-range planning, administration, and the legislative auditor;
• one member from the office of the state auditor, appointed by the auditor;
• one member appointed by each of the following organizations: League of Minnesota Cities, Association of Minnesota Counties, Minnesota Association of Township Officers, and Minnesota Association of School Administrators; and
• one member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker and one member of the senate appointed by the subcommittee on committees of the committee on rules and administration