1.1.................... moves to amend the A09-0398 amendment to H.F. No. 1781 as follows:
1.2Page .., after line .., insert:
1.3 "Sec. .... Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 5A.03, is amended to read:
1.45A.03 ORGANIZATION APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION.
1.5(a) An application for registration as an international student exchange visitor
1.6placement organization must be submitted in the form prescribed by the secretary of
1.7state. The application must include:
1.8(1) evidence that the organization meets the standards established by the secretary of
1.9state by rule;
1.10(2) the name, address, and telephone number of the organization, its chief executive
1.11officer, and the person within the organization who has primary responsibility for
1.12supervising placements within the state;
1.13(3) the organization's unified business identification number, if any;
1.14(4) the organization's United States Information Agency number, if any;
1.15(5) evidence of Council on Standards for International Educational Travel listing, if
1.16any;
1.17(6) whether the organization is exempt from federal income tax; and
1.18(7) a list of the organization's placements in Minnesota for the previous academic
1.19year including the number of students placed, their home countries, the school districts in
1.20which they were placed, and the length of their placements.
1.21(b) The application must be signed by the chief executive officer of the organization
1.22and the person within the organization who has primary responsibility for supervising
1.23placements within Minnesota. If the secretary of state determines that the application is
1.24complete, the secretary of state shall file the application and the applicant is registered.
1.25(c) Organizations that have registered shall inform the secretary of state of any
1.26changes in the information required under paragraph (a), clause (1), within 30 days of the
1.27change. There is no fee to amend a registration.
2.1(d) Registration under this chapter is valid for one year. The registration may be
2.2renewed annually. The fee to renew a registration is $50 per year.
2.3(e) Organizations registering for the first time in Minnesota must pay an initial
2.4registration fee of $150.
2.5(f) Fees collected by the secretary of state under this section must be deposited in
2.6the state treasury and credited to the general fund
and are added to the appropriation from
2.7which registration costs are paid as a nondedicated receipt."
2.8Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.9Amend the title accordingly