INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Wednesday, February 20, 2008


The following House Files were introduced:

Solberg, Norton, Brod, Thissen, Otremba, Sailer, Moe, Paulsen, Erickson, Greiling, Finstad, Anzelc and Liebling introduced:

H. F. 3254, A bill for an act relating to health; changing provisions for health professional educational loan forgiveness program; expanding access to dental care services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 144.1501, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding subdivisions; 256B.037, subdivisions 1, 1b, 4, by adding subdivisions; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256B.037, subdivisions 1a, 1c, 2, 5, 6.

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

Benson, Morrow, Heidgerken and Greiling introduced:

H. F. 3255, A bill for an act relating to education funding; increasing reimbursement to schools for the school milk program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.118, subdivision 4.

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

Madore introduced:

H. F. 3256, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for the Minnesota Zoological Garden; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Loeffler, Hilstrom, Mullery, Walker and Eastlund introduced:

H. F. 3257, A bill for an act relating to civil commitment; allowing persons facing civil commitment as sexually dangerous persons or sexual psychopathic personalities to choose to be confined in correctional facilities while the petition is being adjudicated; addressing the cost of care for persons facing civil commitment; addressing access to certain data by county attorneys on persons facing civil commitment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 246.51, by adding a subdivision; 253B.045, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 253B.185, subdivision 1b.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.

Lieder introduced:

H. F. 3258, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing public sale of certain tax-forfeited land that borders public water.

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

Dettmer, Howes, Shimanski, Simpson, Drazkowski, Dean and Zellers introduced:

H. F. 3259, A bill for an act relating to human services; changing adult foster care and family adult day services provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 245A.11, subdivision 2b; 245A.143, subdivision 1.

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

Gunther, Greiling and Brynaert introduced:

H. F. 3260, A bill for an act relating to education; increasing lease levy amount; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.40, subdivision 1.

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

Loeffler, Mullery and Dominguez introduced:

H. F. 3261, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for an All Wars Memorial at Sheridan Memorial Park; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Brynaert, McFarlane and Swails introduced:

H. F. 3262, A bill for an act relating to education; providing an alternative school start date in 2009 and 2010.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.

Clark, Mariani, Greiling, Moe and Sailer introduced:

H. F. 3263, A bill for an act relating to education; integrating instruction about the contributions of Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities into teacher preparation and licensing requirements; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 122A.09, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 124D; 127A.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.

Hilstrom introduced:

H. F. 3264, A bill for an act relating to human services; amending state-operated services; allowing certain nonstate employees to work for community-based programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 252.50, subdivision 1.

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

Thissen; Murphy, E.; Fritz; Brod; Norton; Wardlow; Nelson; Eken; Slocum; Dominguez; Gunther; Magnus; Juhnke; Simpson; Thao; Hamilton; Hosch; Wollschlager; Solberg; Sertich; Abeler; Tschumper; Hortman; Scalze; Atkins; Lesch; Knuth; Loeffler; Ruud; Johnson; Mahoney and Peppin introduced:

H. F. 3265, A bill for an act relating to health; extending two-year moratorium on radiation therapy facility construction in certain counties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 144.5509.

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

Hamilton introduced:

H. F. 3266, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for a fire hall in the city of Windom; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Hamilton introduced:

H. F. 3267, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for a fire and ambulance facility in Mountain Lake; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Hamilton introduced:

H. F. 3268, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for a fire hall in the city of Worthington; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Kahn introduced:

H. F. 3269, A bill for an act relating to state government; appropriating money to certain noncommercial public radio stations to assist with the conversion to a digital broadcasting signal.

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

Walker, Abeler, Fritz, Otremba and Murphy, E. introduced:

H. F. 3270, A bill for an act relating to human services; changing provider cost of living adjustments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 256B.5012, subdivision 7; Laws 2007, chapter 147, article 7, section 71.

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

Ward and Howes introduced:

H. F. 3271, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; defining pickup trucks to include mini trucks that meet emissions and safety standards; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 168.011, subdivision 29.

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

Sertich and Rukavina introduced:

H. F. 3272, A bill for an act relating to liquor; authorizing St. Louis County to issue an off-sale intoxicating liquor license.

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

Eken introduced:

H. F. 3273, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying monument designation authority; modifying state park names; modifying state park permit requirements; eliminating certain finance report requirements; making technical corrections; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 85.011; 85.012, subdivisions 28, 49a; 85.013, subdivision 1; 85.054, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 97A.055, subdivision 4b; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 84.961, subdivision 4; 85.013, subdivision 21b; Laws 1989, chapter 335, article 1, section 21, subdivision 8, as amended.

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

Carlson; Peterson, S.; Hilstrom; Peterson, N.; Lieder and Kelliher introduced:

H. F. 3274, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for an alternatives analysis, draft environmental impact study and property acquisition for the Bottineau Transitway Corridor; authorizing the sale and issuance of general obligation bonds.

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

Dill introduced:

H. F. 3275, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; establishing a master bear guide license; requiring rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.431; Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.475, subdivision 16.

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

Dill introduced:

H. F. 3276, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; allowing portable bear stands to be left overnight in wildlife management areas; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.137, by adding a subdivision.

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

Howes introduced:

H. F. 3277, A bill for an act relating to retirement; correctional state employees retirement plan; recategorizing past corrections security caseworker employment as covered correctional service; authorizing past service credit transfer from the general state employees retirement plan.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.

Westrom introduced:

H. F. 3278, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; authorizing spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and other improvements of a capital nature; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for a grant to the Central Lakes Region Sanitary Board for a sewer system.

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

Erickson introduced:

H. F. 3279, A bill for an act relating to waters; allowing local government units to draft wetland restoration orders; directing the Board of Water and Soil Resources to amend rules; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103G.2372, subdivision 1.

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

Dill introduced:

H. F. 3280, A bill for an act relating to state lands; providing for expedited exchanges of public land; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.145, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 94.

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

Dill introduced:

H. F. 3281, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying age exemption from snowmobile safety certificate requirement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.862, subdivision 1.

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

Dill introduced:

H. F. 3282, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying horse trail pass requirements; creating a new resident deer license fee category; allowing scopes on muzzleloaders; providing for a special bear hunting permit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 85.46, subdivision 1; 97B.031, subdivision 5; 97B.301, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.475, subdivision 2.

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

Dill introduced:

H. F. 3283, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying youth hunting regulations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.451, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 97A.451, subdivision 3.

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

Dill introduced:

H. F. 3284, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; prohibiting the enforcement of federal laws by state employees in the state's navigable waters of Voyageurs National Park; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84B.

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

Dill introduced:

H. F. 3285, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying turkey hunt landowner-tenant drawing application provisions; providing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.435, subdivision 4.

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

Madore, Ward and Wardlow introduced:

H. F. 3286, A bill for an act relating to community education; modifying adults with disabilities revenue; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.56, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 9, section 17, subdivision 9.

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

Davnie introduced:

H. F. 3287, A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating debt management services; repealing an obsolete criminal provision; amending Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, sections 332A.02, subdivision 2; 332A.04, subdivisions 1, 2, 4; 332A.06; 332A.12, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 609B.163.

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

Brod introduced:

H. F. 3288, A bill for an act relating to human services; increasing payment rates for a nursing facility in Le Sueur County to the geographic group III median rate; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256B.434, by adding a subdivision.

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

Juhnke, Atkins and Simpson introduced:

H. F. 3289, A bill for an act relating to auctioneers; exempting auctioneers from certain requirements applicable to professional fund-raisers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 309.515, subdivision 1.

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

Peterson, S.; Slawik; Wardlow; Mariani and Winkler introduced:

H. F. 3290, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for school readiness assessments and kindergarten transition strategies; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.

Kalin introduced:

H. F. 3291, A bill for an act relating to taxation; exempting cities, counties, and townships from sales tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297A.70, subdivision 2.

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

Dittrich, Swails, Hilstrom and Greiling introduced:

H. F. 3292, A bill for an act relating to education; managing school trust fund lands; improving the returns for school trust fund lands; redefining the mission of the Permanent School Fund Advisory Committee; providing a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 84.027, by adding a subdivision; 127A.30.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.

Clark, Wagenius and Knuth introduced:

H. F. 3293, A bill for an act relating to environment; requiring the Pollution Control Agency to analyze cumulative pollution effects in an area prior to issuing a permit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116.07, subdivision 4a.

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