INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Monday, February 17, 2003


The following House Files were introduced:

Kuisle, Seifert, Lanning, Hackbarth, Pelowski and Solberg introduced:

H. F. 426, A bill for an act relating to state government; rulemaking; requiring certain water quality assessment process rules.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.

Strachan, Ozment, Atkins, Powell and Holberg introduced:

H. F. 427, A bill for an act relating to fire aid; changing the definition of population for purposes of the aid apportionment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 69.021, subdivisions 7, 8.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.

Blaine and Powell introduced:

H. F. 428, A bill for an act relating to cities; authorizing a city to collect unpaid emergency service charges by special assessment; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 415.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.

Severson; Erickson; Samuelson; Urdahl; Seagren; Cox; Anderson, J., and Olsen, S. introduced:

H. F. 429, A bill for an act relating to civil action; regulating the apportionment of joint and several liability; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 604.02, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.

Kelliher, Mullery, Ellison, Kahn and Davnie introduced:

H. F. 430, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for the Minnesota planetarium.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance.

Meslow; Lesch; Johnson, J., and Strachan introduced:

H. F. 431, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; increasing criminal penalties for the crime of identity theft; requiring sentencing guidelines modifications related to aggravating factors and consecutive sentences; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 609.527, subdivision 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.

Meslow; Lesch; Johnson, J., and Strachan introduced:

H. F. 432, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; modifying the first degree murder crime; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 609.185.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.

Strachan, Eken, Heidgerken, Finstad, Marquart and Seifert introduced:

H. F. 433, A bill for an act relating to zoning; modifying deadlines for agency actions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 15.99.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.

Severson; Anderson, J.; Wasiluk; Walz; Marquart; Paymar; Urdahl; Gerlach; Mahoney and Hornstein introduced:

H. F. 434, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; prohibiting an increase in estimated market value for homesteads owned by persons at least 65 years of age and within certain income limits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 273.11, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 273.121; 276.04, subdivision 2.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Paymar, Hausman, Mahoney, Thao and Entenza introduced:

H. F. 435, A bill for an act relating to the city of St. Paul; authorizing the city to create multiple tax increment financing housing districts; amending Laws 2000, chapter 490, article 11, section 40.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Holberg; Sviggum; Otremba; Klinzing; Finstad; Paulsen; Bradley; Seifert; Nelson, P.; Jacobson; Marquart; Juhnke; Boudreau; Brod; Gerlach; Vandeveer; Stang; Kielkucki; Koenen; Soderstrom; DeLaForest; Smith; Beard; Cornish; Kuisle; Penas; Walz; Eastlund; Pelowski; Blaine; Wardlow; Lindgren; Ozment; Strachan and Heidgerken introduced:

H. F. 436, A bill for an act relating to health; limiting use of family planning grant funds; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.

Bradley; Pelowski; Anderson, J.; Davids; Huntley; Nelson, C.; Kuisle and Dempsey introduced:

H. F. 437, A bill for an act relating to human services; expanding the alternative quality assurance licensing system; eliminating a sunset; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 256B.095; 256B.0951, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9; 256B.0952, subdivision 1; 256B.0953, subdivision 2; 256B.0955.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.

Lindner, Brod, Pugh, Davids and Olson, M. introduced:

H. F. 438, A bill for an act relating to landlords and tenants; providing for interest rates on security deposits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 504B.178, subdivision 2.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.

Urdahl; Hoppe; Fuller; Hausman; Ozment; Tingelstad; Cornish; Penas; Kelliher; Nelson, P., and Dill introduced:

H. F. 439, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for state park and recreation area acquisition; authorizing the sale of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance.

Thissen, Eken, Koenen and Greiling introduced:

H. F. 440, A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring distribution of voter registration forms to certain students; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 201.1611, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.

Kohls, Smith, Hoppe, Kielkucki and Huntley introduced:

H. F. 441, A bill for an act relating to health; granting an exemption from the hospital construction moratorium for a hospital in Carver county; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 144.551, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.

Wasiluk and Nelson, M. introduced:

H. F. 442, A bill for an act relating to employment; increasing the minimum wage; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 177.24, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.

Wasiluk introduced:

H. F. 443, A bill for an act relating to employment; regulating employee invention agreements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 181.78, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.

Swenson, Solberg, Pugh, Beard and Holberg introduced:

H. F. 444, A bill for an act relating to municipal contracts; permitting the awarding of attorney fees in certain cases; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 471.345, subdivision 14.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.

Nelson, M.; Dill; Hackbarth and Peterson introduced:

H. F. 445, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying youth deer license provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 97A.485, subdivision 12.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.

Wardlow, Sviggum and Pugh introduced:

H. F. 446, A bill for an act relating to child labor; exempting certain minors from minimum age restrictions for work as youth athletic program referees, umpires, or officials; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 181A.07, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.

Blaine and Swenson introduced:

H. F. 447, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; modifying certain restrictions on the ownership of farm land; imposing a penalty; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 500.221, subdivisions 1, 1a, 5.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Policy.

Kuisle introduced:

H. F. 448, A bill for an act relating to the University of Minnesota; requiring the university to utilize a competitive grant process in order to obtain state funding; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 137.025, subdivision 1; 137.09; 137.34, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 137.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance.

Kuisle introduced:

H. F. 449, A bill for an act relating to higher education; grants; modifying grant eligibility; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 136A.121, subdivision 9.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance.

Brod; Dorman; Cornish; Blaine; Borrell; Nelson, C.; Peterson; Nornes; Ozment; Finstad; Cox; Davids and Urdahl introduced:

H. F. 450, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; providing for special license plates for alternative fuel vehicles powered by E85 fuel; directing commissioner of transportation to authorize use of high-occupancy vehicle lanes by E85-fueled vehicles; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy.

Seagren and Greiling introduced:

H. F. 451, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for alternative school district organization; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123A.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.

Seagren, Greiling and Eastlund introduced:

H. F. 452, A bill for an act relating to education; providing an additional method for school districts to form and sponsor a charter school; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 124D.10, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.

Meslow, Biernat, Smith, Atkins and Johnson, J. introduced:

H. F. 453, A bill for an act relating to parentage; adopting the Uniform Parentage Act (2000); amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 13.3806, subdivision 4; 13.465, subdivisions 2, 4; 13.84, subdivision 2; 144.215, subdivision 3; 257.34, subdivisions 1, 4; 260C.307, subdivision 3; 518.156, subdivision 1; 518.157, subdivision 3; 518.1705, subdivision 3; 518.5513, subdivision 6; 518B.01, subdivision 2; 518C.201; 518C.701; 524.2-114; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 257C; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 13.465, subdivision 3; 257.51; 257.52; 257.53; 257.54; 257.541; 257.55; 257.56; 257.57; 257.58; 257.59; 257.60; 257.61; 257.62; 257.63; 257.64; 257.65; 257.651; 257.66; 257.67; 257.68; 257.69; 257.70; 257.71; 257.72; 257.73; 257.74; 257.75.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.

Dill introduced:

H. F. 454, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing private sale of certain tax-forfeited land in Lake county.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.

Fuller and Anderson, I. introduced:

H. F. 455, A bill for an act relating to human rights; recognizing the Sandy Lake Band of Mississippi Chippewa as a state-recognized Indian tribe.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.

Mullery; Carlson; Anderson, B.; Rhodes; Dempsey; Ellison; Lieder and Haas introduced:

H. F. 456, A bill for an act relating to historic districts; designating Victory Memorial Drive as a historic district; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 138.73, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.

Holberg introduced:

H. F. 457, A bill for an act relating to family law; changing certain provisions of the de facto custodian law; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 257C.01, subdivision 2; 257C.07.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.

Abeler, Davids, Huntley and Bradley introduced:

H. F. 458, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying prompt payment requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 62Q.75, subdivision 2.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.

Wagenius; Mariani; Johnson, S.; Walker; Kahn; Hornstein; Clark; Ellison; Biernat; Hausman; Mullery and Kelliher introduced:

H. F. 459, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring public utilities commission to establish fund for reimbursing state and other public entities for health costs associated with certain coal-fired power plants; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.

Haas, Abeler, Hackbarth and Tingelstad introduced:

H. F. 460, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of trunk highway bonds; appropriating money to reconstruct segment of U.S. Highway 10.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.

Pugh, Atkins and Lenczewski introduced:

H. F. 461, A bill for an act relating to estate taxation; conforming to the exemption amounts under the federal estate tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 289A.10, subdivision 1; 291.005, subdivision 1; 291.03, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Tingelstad, Ozment, Hackbarth, Penas, Kelliher, Lesch and Larson introduced:

H. F. 462, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for the operation and maintenance of the metropolitan regional parks system.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance.

Pugh; Davnie; Sieben; Hornstein; Ellison; Nelson, M.; Slawik; Sertich; Johnson, S.; Solberg; Carlson; Mahoney; Greiling; Lesch; Mullery; Latz; Dorn; Goodwin; Murphy; Peterson; Biernat; Huntley; Bernardy; Juhnke; Thissen; Hilstrom; Mariani; Pelowski; Kelliher; Lenczewski; Wagenius; Walker; Hausman and Koenen introduced:

H. F. 463, A bill for an act relating to crimes; prohibiting theft of mail; prescribing penalties; providing venue for identity theft and theft of mail; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 609.527, subdivision 3, by adding subdivisions.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.

Biernat; Larson; Davnie; Sieben; Hornstein; Ellison; Slawik; Sertich; Johnson, S.; Solberg; Carlson; Mahoney; Greiling; Lesch; Mullery; Latz; Goodwin; Murphy; Peterson; Huntley; Bernardy; Juhnke; Thissen; Hilstrom; Mariani; Paymar; Kelliher; Lenczewski; Wagenius; Walker and Hausman introduced:

H. F. 464, A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; providing consumers a right to privacy, confidentiality, and secrecy of their financial records; requiring consumer authorization for exchange or disclosure of their financial records; providing remedies; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13E.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.

Lesch; Davnie; Sieben; Hornstein; Nelson, M.; Ellison; Slawik; Johnson, S.; Carlson; Greiling; Mahoney; Mullery; Latz; Goodwin; Murphy; Biernat; Huntley; Bernardy; Thissen; Hilstrom; Kelliher; Lenczewski; Wagenius; Walker; Hausman and Koenen introduced:

H. F. 465, A bill for an act relating to criminal justice; granting postal inspectors state arrest authority and indemnification under certain circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 626.77, subdivision 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.

Lesch; Davnie; Juhnke; Nelson, M.; Mariani; Kelliher; Lenczewski; Wagenius; Walker; Hausman and Koenen introduced:

H. F. 466, A bill for an act relating to crimes; requiring the sentencing guidelines commission to add as an aggravating factor to the guidelines an offender's use of a position of trust to help assume another's identity.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.

Davnie; Sieben; Hornstein; Nelson, M.; Ellison; Slawik; Sertich; Johnson, S.; Solberg; Lesch; Carlson; Mahoney; Greiling; Mullery; Latz; Dorn; Goodwin; Murphy; Peterson; Biernat; Huntley; Bernardy; Juhnke; Thissen; Hilstrom; Mariani; Paymar; Pelowski; Kelliher; Lenczewski; Wagenius; Walker; Hausman and Koenen introduced:

H. F. 467, A bill for an act relating to commerce; prohibiting the printing of full credit card numbers on sales receipts; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325F.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.

Davnie; Sieben; Hornstein; Nelson, M.; Ellison; Slawik; Sertich; Johnson, S.; Solberg; Carlson; Mahoney; Greiling; Lesch; Mullery; Latz; Dorn; Goodwin; Murphy; Biernat; Huntley; Pugh; Bernardy; Juhnke; Thissen; Hilstrom; Mariani; Paymar; Pelowski; Kelliher; Lenczewski; Wagenius; Walker; Hausman and Koenen introduced:

H. F. 468, A bill for an act relating to commerce; restricting the use and display of social security numbers; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.

Sieben; Davnie; Hornstein; Nelson, M.; Ellison; Sertich; Johnson, S.; Solberg; Carlson; Mahoney; Greiling; Lesch; Mullery; Latz; Dorn; Goodwin; Murphy; Biernat; Huntley; Pugh; Bernardy; Juhnke; Thissen; Mariani; Paymar; Pelowski; Kelliher; Lenczewski; Wagenius; Walker; Hausman and Koenen introduced:

H. F. 469, A bill for an act relating to commerce; prohibiting certain marketing practices related to credit cards marketed to certain students; providing penalties and remedies; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 135A.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.

Murphy; Solberg; Hornstein; Davnie; Sieben; Nelson, M.; Ellison; Slawik; Johnson, S.; Carlson; Mahoney; Greiling; Lesch; Mullery; Latz; Dorn; Goodwin; Biernat; Huntley; Pugh; Bernardy; Juhnke; Mariani; Paymar; Pelowski; Kelliher; Lenczewski; Wagenius; Walker; Hausman and Koenen introduced:

H. F. 470, A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; enacting the Telecommunications Consumer Privacy Act; providing for the privacy of telecommunications customer information; requiring consent for disclosure of customer information; providing penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 13.681, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 237.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.

Knoblach introduced:

H. F. 471, A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring primaries in certain school district elections; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 205A.03, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.

Olson, M. and Sykora introduced:

H. F. 472, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for school districts to opt out of certain state mandates; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 471B.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.

Olson, M.; Adolphson and Sykora introduced:

H. F. 473, A bill for an act relating to local government; providing for local governments to opt out of certain state mandates; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 471B.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.

Olson, M. and Hackbarth introduced:

H. F. 474, A resolution memorializing Congress to deploy a national missile defense system.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.

Olson, M. and Hackbarth introduced:

H. F. 475, A resolution memorializing Congress to support the President's call for legal reform.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.

Olson, M.; Hackbarth and Sykora introduced:

H. F. 476, A bill for an act relating to education; enacting the American Heritage Education in Minnesota Public Schools Act; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 120B.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.

Olson, M. and Hackbarth introduced:

H. F. 477, A bill for an act relating to transportation; enacting the Minnesota Regulated Public Transit Utilities Act; providing for regulation of transit services; requiring legislative reports; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216E.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy.

Dempsey introduced:

H. F. 478, A bill for an act relating to the city of Red Wing; authorizing the city to extend the duration of certain tax increment financing districts.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Ellison, Mullery, Kahn, Kelliher and Davnie introduced:

H. F. 479, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending to acquire and to better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature; appropriating money to the city of Minneapolis for empowerment zone subprojects; authorizing state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance.