The following House Files were introduced:
Haws introduced:
H. F. 344, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying recovery of money requirements by adding group residential housing; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 256.019, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care and Human Services Policy and Oversight.
Hansen, Solberg, Kalin, Lillie, Welti, Bigham, Reinert, Swails, Lesch, Gunther, Kath, Lieder, Juhnke, Johnson, Obermueller, Bly, Morgan, Sailer, Mariani, Eken and Marquart introduced:
H. F. 345, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for parks, natural resource protection and restoration, and flood protection contracts with the Minnesota Conservation Corps.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Urdahl and Shimanski introduced:
H. F. 346, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring certain pension benefit costs to be recognized for purposes of calculating nursing facility payment rates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 256B.434, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform, Technology and Elections.
Lenczewski introduced:
H. F. 347, A bill for an act relating to state government; eliminating mandatory retirement age for administrative law judges and compensation judges; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 14.48, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform, Technology and Elections.
Lesch introduced:
H. F. 348, A bill for an act relating to attorneys; repealing the law prohibiting sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, and coroners from practicing law; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 387.13.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Justice.
Kath introduced:
H. F. 349, A bill for an act relating to the city of Owatonna; authorizing transfer of sales and use tax proceeds to a qualified project within the city of Owatonna; amending Laws 2006, chapter 259, article 3, section 12, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Demmer introduced:
H. F. 350, A bill for an act relating to taxation; agricultural property; modifying the Minnesota agricultural property tax law; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 273.111, subdivisions 3, 3a, 4; 273.13, subdivision 23.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Fritz; Abeler; Liebling; Hayden; Murphy, E.; Hosch and Thissen introduced:
H. F. 351, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing long-term care provider rate increases; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 256B.441, by adding a subdivision; 256B.5012, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Anzelc, Rukavina, Solberg, Sertich and Kelliher introduced:
H. F. 352, A resolution memorializing the President and Congress to take early action on the weakened economy to promote a healthy Minnesota economy.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Olin introduced:
H. F. 353, A resolution relating to Lake of the Woods.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment Policy and Oversight.
Hilstrom, Mullery, Otremba, Kelliher, Davnie, Sertich, Sailer, Tillberry and Jackson introduced:
H. F. 354, A bill for an act relating to real property; mortgages; requiring notice and mandatory mediation prior to commencement of mortgage foreclosure proceedings on homestead property; creating a homestead-lender mediation account; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 357.18, subdivision 1; 508.82, subdivision 1; 508A.82, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 582; 583.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Solberg and Anzelc introduced:
H. F. 355, A bill for an act relating to state lands; providing for the apportionment of proceeds from the sale of certain tax-forfeited land in Itasca County.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment Policy and Oversight.
Gardner, Tillberry, Knuth and Garofalo introduced:
H. F. 356, A bill for an act relating to manufactured housing; making changes to the Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 290A.04, subdivision 2a, by adding a subdivision; 327C.095, subdivisions 12, 13; 462A.35, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Falk, Hilty, Wagenius, Anzelc, Westrom, Hornstein, Hausman, Abeler, Bly, Greiling and Otremba introduced:
H. F. 357, A bill for an act relating to energy; providing for C-BED project contracts; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Energy Finance and Policy Division.
Ruud, Thissen, Mullery and Hamilton introduced:
H. F. 358, A bill for an act relating to insurance; limiting excessive co-payments on drugs to treat multiple sclerosis; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care and Human Services Policy and Oversight.
Norton; Slawik; Abeler; Hosch; Murphy, E.; Thissen and Kahn introduced:
H. F. 359, A bill for an act relating to insurance; requiring coverage for autism spectrum disorders; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care and Human Services Policy and Oversight.
Simon and Winkler introduced:
H. F. 360, A bill for an act relating to taxation; city of St. Louis Park; extending duration of a tax increment financing district; amending Laws 1995, chapter 264, article 5, section 36, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Simon and Winkler introduced:
H. F. 361, A bill for an act relating to taxation; city of St. Louis Park; extending duration and time for certain activities in a tax increment financing district.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Knuth, Simon, Swails, Laine, Scalze and Bigham introduced:
H. F. 362, A bill for an act relating to real estate; eliminating a requirement that homeowner's notice to building contractor of construction defect be in writing; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 327A.02, subdivision 4; 327A.03.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Zellers, Kohls, Hoppe, Mack, Buesgens, Nornes, Loon, Emmer, Dean and Dettmer introduced:
H. F. 363, A bill for an act relating to taxation; corporate income tax rate; providing for a gradual phase out of the corporate income tax rate beginning in 2010; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 290.06, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Pelowski; Murphy, M.; Hausman; Lieder; Kelly; Huntley and Reinert introduced:
H. F. 364, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for port development assistance; authorizing the sale of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Morgan, Buesgens, Pelowski, Garofalo and Murphy, E. introduced:
H. F. 365, A bill for an act relating to state government; proposing a constitutional amendment to change the method for amending the Minnesota Constitution.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform, Technology and Elections.
Paymar; Murphy, M.; Hilstrom; Lesch; Anderson, B., and Cornish introduced:
H. F. 366, A bill for an act relating to public safety; clarifying the powers and duties of the POST Board; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 626.843, subdivisions 1, 3; 626.845, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Oversight.
Urdahl introduced:
H. F. 367, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to the city of Howard Lake for ditch work; authorizing the sale and issuance of general obligation bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Urdahl; Kelly; Anderson, P., and Nornes introduced:
H. F. 368, A bill for an act relating to energy; abolishing existing prohibition on issuing certificate of need for new nuclear power plant; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 216B.243, subdivision 3b.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Energy Finance and Policy Division.
Urdahl introduced:
H. F. 369, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for a grant to the city of Annandale for the Annandale Tactical Training Center.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Urdahl and Shimanski introduced:
H. F. 370, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money to Independent School District No. 466, Dassel-Cokato, for a bicycle trail between Dassel and Cokato.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Howes introduced:
H. F. 371, A bill for an act relating to waters; stating the rights of private property owners regarding groundwater, lakes, and watercourses; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103G.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment Policy and Oversight.
Bigham, Hansen and Atkins introduced:
H. F. 372, A bill for an act relating to taxation; authorizing extension of duration of a tax increment financing district in the city of South St. Paul; providing for expenditure of increments; amending Laws 1994, chapter 587, article 9, section 17, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Murphy, M.; Reinert; Dill; Hortman; Newton; Huntley; Faust; Hornstein and Hilty introduced:
H. F. 373, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for the Northern Lights Express Passenger Rail; appropriating money; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Thissen, Fritz, Norton, Hosch, Morrow and Falk introduced:
H. F. 374, A bill for an act relating to health care; renaming special transportation services; modifying medical transportation requirements; modifying reimbursement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 256B.0625, subdivision 17.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care and Human Services Policy and Oversight.
Zellers, Peppin and Scott introduced:
H. F. 375, A bill for an act relating to highways; authorizing issuance of trunk highway bonds; appropriating money to complete highway 610.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dill introduced:
H. F. 376, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; adding trails to the grant-in-aid snowmobile trail system; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.83, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment Policy and Oversight.
Thissen introduced:
H. F. 377, A bill for an act relating to education; creating a state grant program to pay for a portion of the facility costs of certain community partnership programs; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on K-12 Education Policy and Oversight.
Slawik, Greiling, Bly, Nornes and Mariani introduced:
H. F. 378, A bill for an act relating to early childhood education; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Slawik; Murphy, E.; Loeffler; Hornstein; Kelly; Clark; Hausman; Greiling; Paymar; Hayden; Liebling and Ruud introduced:
H. F. 379, A bill for an act relating to health; prohibiting smoking in vehicle with children; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 169.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care and Human Services Policy and Oversight.
Simon, Swails, Gardner, Scalze and Bunn introduced:
H. F. 380, A bill for an act relating to real estate; prohibiting discontinuance of investigations of residential building contractors due to the homeowner making a warranty claim; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 326B.082, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Eken, Lieder, Marquart and Olin introduced:
H. F. 381, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money to construct flood protection farmstead ring levees in the Red River watershed.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Marquart, Olin, Lieder and Eken introduced:
H. F. 382, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for Red River flood hazard mitigation projects; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Simon, Winkler and Ruud introduced:
H. F. 383, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for an environmental impact statement and preliminary engineering for the Southwest Transit Way Corridor; authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Thissen, Ruud, Abeler, Hosch and Murphy, E. introduced:
H. F. 384, A bill for an act relating to health; developing technology standards and tools to exchange information electronically between groups; requiring assignment of benefits for health and medical savings accounts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 62J.60, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62J.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care and Human Services Policy and Oversight.
Anderson, B. introduced:
H. F. 385, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a board of oversight of human services appeals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 14.63; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 245A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care and Human Services Policy and Oversight.
Anderson, B. introduced:
H. F. 386, A bill for an act relating to public safety; amending the drug paraphernalia crime to change the mental state requirement, specifically address sales of drug paraphernalia, and consolidate certain drug paraphernalia crimes into a single statutory section; prohibiting the possession of certain items associated with controlled substance use; imposing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 152.01, subdivision 18; 152.093; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 152; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 152.094.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Oversight.
Anderson, B. and Kiffmeyer introduced:
H. F. 387, A bill for an act relating to property taxation; repealing the 2008 changes to the Green Acres law; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 273.111, subdivisions 3, 4, 8, 9, 11, 11a; Laws 2008, chapter 366, article 6, section 52; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 273.111, subdivision 3a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Bigham and Greiling introduced:
H. F. 388, A bill for an act relating to mental illness; prohibiting participation in clinical drug trials; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 253B.095, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care and Human Services Policy and Oversight.
Greiling introduced:
H. F. 389, A bill for an act relating to criminal justice; adopting certain model penal code provisions relating to criminal responsibility of persons with a mental disease or defect; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 611.026.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Oversight.
Kalin, Scalze, Johnson, Lillie, Hausman, Loeffler, Paymar, Greiling, Hornstein, Lesch and Wagenius introduced:
H. F. 390, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for commuter bus service along Rush Line Corridor.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Kalin; Faust; Murphy, E.; Hornstein; Lesch; Lillie; Mahoney; Greiling; Johnson; Hausman; Scalze; Hortman; Clark; Abeler and Eastlund introduced:
H. F. 391, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for the Rush Line Corridor; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Lenczewski introduced:
H. F. 392, A bill for an act relating to taxation; federal update; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 289A.02, subdivision 7; 290.01, subdivisions 19, 19a, 31; 290.067, subdivision 2a; 290A.03, subdivisions 3, 15; 291.005, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Johnson and Mariani introduced:
H. F. 393, A bill for an act relating to property taxation; reattaching land constituting an intermediate airport to the city and school district where the property is located; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 473.625; 473F.02, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Urdahl; Juhnke; Anderson, P.; Torkelson; Koenen; Hamilton; Otremba; Eken; Nornes; Murdock; Davids; Hosch; Magnus; Demmer; Shimanski; Kiffmeyer; Dettmer and Emmer introduced:
H. F. 394, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; expanding the definition of farm machinery; exempting construction and other materials used in livestock farming operations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 297A.61, subdivision 12; 297A.69, subdivisions 2, 3, 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Lenczewski, Rosenthal and Slocum introduced:
H. F. 395, A bill for an act relating to gambling; prohibiting location of a state-operated or state-licensed gambling facility in a city unless the voters of the city have approved the facility in a referendum.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Kohls, Drazkowski, Kelly, Shimanski, Dettmer and Gottwalt introduced:
H. F. 396, A bill for an act relating to public safety; clarifying that the aggravated forgery law covers documents associated with federal I-9 employment eligibility verification forms; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 609.625, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Oversight.
Urdahl introduced:
H. F. 397, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; authorizing the sale of state bonds; appropriating money for pavement overlay on the Dassel-Cokato bicycle trail.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Hilty, Atkins, Hornstein and Lesch introduced:
H. F. 398, A bill for an act relating to corporations; providing for incorporation of socially responsible for-profit business corporations; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 304A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Anderson, S. and Bunn introduced:
H. F. 399, A bill for an act relating to transportation; allowing fuel-efficient vehicles to be operated on high-occupancy vehicle lanes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 160.93, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Transportation and Transit Policy and Oversight Division.
Anderson, S.; Bunn and McNamara introduced:
H. F. 400, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income; providing an income tax credit for telecommuting conversion expenses and ongoing telecommuting expenses; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Solberg and Lenczewski introduced:
H. F. 401, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; defining solicitor for nexus purposes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 297A.66, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Thao, Greiling, Knuth and Huntley introduced:
H. F. 402, A bill for an act relating to health occupations; establishing a regulation system for technicians performing body art procedures and for body art establishments; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 146B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care and Human Services Policy and Oversight.
Gardner; Knuth; Sailer; Murphy, E.; Greiling; Scalze; Ruud; Mahoney; Bly and Kalin introduced:
H. F. 403, A bill for an act relating to environment; requiring certain yard waste containers to be compostable; establishing biodegradable standard for certain plastics; providing civil penalties; requiring rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 115A.931; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment Policy and Oversight.
Buesgens and Hackbarth introduced:
H. F. 404, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying personal watercraft operational requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 86B.313, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment Policy and Oversight.
Brod, Smith, Magnus, Sanders, Dettmer, Murdock, Demmer, Kiffmeyer, Urdahl, Mack, Dean, Zellers and Loon introduced:
H. F. 405, A bill for an act relating to individual income taxation; reducing tax rates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 290.06, subdivision 2c; 290.091, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Brod, Smith, Magnus, Sanders, Dettmer, Murdock, Demmer, Kiffmeyer, Urdahl, Mack, Dean, Zellers and Loon introduced:
H. F. 406, A bill for an act relating to individual income taxation; reducing tax rates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 290.06, subdivision 2c; 290.091, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Brod, Kohls, Smith, Magnus, Dettmer, Murdock, Demmer, Kiffmeyer, Urdahl, Mack, Dean, Zellers and Loon introduced:
H. F. 407, A bill for an act relating to estate taxation; conforming to the federal exemption amount; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 291.03, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Brod, Dettmer, Kohls, Smith, Hackbarth, Magnus, Demmer, Urdahl, Mack, Dean and Zellers introduced:
H. F. 408, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article IV, section 4; providing staggered terms of office for senators.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform, Technology and Elections.
Brod, Kohls, Smith, Magnus, Sanders, Dettmer, Demmer, Kiffmeyer, Urdahl, Mack, Dean, Zellers and Loon introduced:
H. F. 409, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; repealing the alternative minimum tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 290.091, subdivision 6; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 290.091, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Norton introduced:
H. F. 410, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring coverage for plasma protein therapies and home nursing services; requiring medical assistance coverage of plasma protein therapies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 256B.0625, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 62Q; 151.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care and Human Services Policy and Oversight.