INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Wednesday, February 20, 2013


The following House Files were introduced:

Hornstein, Allen and Clark introduced:

H. F. 713, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Lake Street Transit Station; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Bly introduced:

H. F. 714, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Mill Towns state trail; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Mullery introduced:

H. F. 715, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; requiring notice and other actions before a civil action or arbitration proceeding may be commenced to collect a purchased debt; regulating default judgments; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 544.

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

Selcer, Erhardt, Newton, Rosenthal, Kieffer and Quam introduced:

H. F. 716, A bill for an act relating to education; clarifying testing requirements related to teacher licensure; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 122A.09, subdivision 4; 122A.18, subdivision 2; 122A.23, subdivision 2.

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

Persell; Erickson, R., and McNamara introduced:

H. F. 717, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; providing for certain all-terrain vehicle registration and watercraft license exemptions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 84.922, subdivision 1a; 86B.301, subdivision 2.

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

Howe, Simon, Schoen and O'Driscoll introduced:

H. F. 718, A bill for an act relating to courts; increasing the fees paid to witnesses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 357.22.

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

Howe introduced:

H. F. 719, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; modifying exemptions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.70, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision.

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

Hansen introduced:

H. F. 720, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying soil and water conservation district consolidation provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 103C.211; 103C.311, subdivision 1; 103C.401, subdivision 1.

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

Hornstein introduced:

H. F. 721, A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing the governor's budget for transportation; appropriating money for transportation, Metropolitan Council, and public safety activities; providing for fund transfers and tort claims; establishing a transportation economic development account and related regulations; clarifying expenses not considered trunk highway purposes; modifying the grade crossing safety account; providing authority to issue revenue bonds; establishing a metropolitan area sales and use tax for transit; extending an effective date; making exemptions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 161.20, subdivision 3; 219.1651; 473.39, by adding a subdivision; Laws 2009, chapter 9, section 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 116J; 473.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.

Johnson, B.; Lesch; Barrett; Sanders and Dettmer introduced:

H. F. 722, A bill for an act relating to taxation; modifying property tax due dates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 279.01, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 279.02.

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

Johnson, B.; Holberg; Newton; Sanders; Scott and Schoen introduced:

H. F. 723, A bill for an act relating to privacy; establishing standards for use of data collected by an event data recorder; providing penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E.

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

Paymar introduced:

H. F. 724, A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing that funds received for out-of-state offenders incarcerated in Minnesota are appropriated to the Department of Corrections; modifying certificates of compliance for public contracts; appropriating money for public safety, judiciary, corrections, and human rights; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 161.20, subdivision 3; 243.51, subdivisions 1, 3; 363A.36, subdivisions 1, 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 243.51, subdivision 5.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.

Ward, J.E. and Radinovich introduced:

H. F. 725, A bill for an act relating to state lands; providing for public and private sale of certain tax-forfeited lands in Crow Wing County.

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

Hilstrom; Cornish; Huntley; Abeler; Ward, J.E., and Lenczewski introduced:

H. F. 726, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring patients in the Minnesota sex offender program who commit felony offenses to be committed to the commissioner of corrections at the time of sentencing and to be incarcerated for the length of the imposed sentence; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 244.05, subdivisions 1, 1b; 244.101, by adding a subdivision; 253B.185, subdivision 2.

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

Morgan introduced:

H. F. 727, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing funding for special education programs; reducing the special education cross subsidy; eliminating the state caps on special education funding; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 125A.76, subdivision 4; 125A.79, subdivision 6.

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

Torkelson, Falk, Schomacker and Swedzinski introduced:

H. F. 728, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for floodplain management.

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

Mahoney introduced:

H. F. 729, A bill for an act relating to state government; proposing the governor's budget for jobs and economic development; increasing certain fees; streamlining construction inspections; creating the Minnesota job creation fund; expanding the Minnesota Trade Offices; creating STEP grants; reducing the unemployment insurance tax; creating the transportation economic development assistance program; repealing the Minnesota Science and Technology Authority; requiring reports; appropriating money to various departments, agencies, and boards; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 116J.8731, subdivisions 2, 3; 326B.184, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision; 326B.37, by adding a subdivision; 326B.49, subdivisions 2, 3; 341.321; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116J; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 116W.01; 116W.02; 116W.03; 116W.035; 116W.04; 116W.05; 116W.06; 116W.20; 116W.21; 116W.23; 116W.24; 116W.25; 116W.26; 116W.27; 116W.28; 116W.29; 116W.30; 116W.31; 116W.32; 116W.33; 116W.34; Minnesota Rules, part 1307.0032.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.

Lesch; Mahoney; Johnson, S.; Hausman; Lillie; Mariani; Murphy, E.; Persell; Paymar; Moran; Ward, J.E., and Dill introduced:

H. F. 730, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a Minnesota Hmong-Lao veterans commemorative memorial; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Veterans Affairs.

Dill introduced:

H. F. 731, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying commissioner's authority; modifying snowmobile registration; extending Matthew Lourey Trail; modifying certain fees; creating certain state park permit exemption; providing for duplicate cross-country ski pass; providing for wildlife rehabilitation permit exemption; modifying permitted uses in Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area; modifying penalties; requiring rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 84.027, by adding a subdivision; 84.774; 84.82, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 84.8205, subdivision 1; 85.015, subdivision 13; 85.054, by adding a subdivision; 85.055, subdivision 1; 85.42; 97A.401, subdivision 3; Laws 1993, chapter 172, section 34, subdivision 5.

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

Newton, Uglem, Hortman and Scott introduced:

H. F. 732, A bill for an act relating to tax increment financing; extending the four-year rule for certain districts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 469.176, subdivision 6.

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

McNamara and Kahn introduced:

H. F. 733, A bill for an act relating to state government; approval of long-distance phone records; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 10.43.

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

Urdahl; Erickson, S.; Ward, J.E.; Carlson; Kresha; Radinovich and Metsa introduced:

H. F. 734, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a career and technical education advisory task force for improving student outcomes in grades 11 to 14.

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

Lillie, Masin and Yarusso introduced:

H. F. 735, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; establishing a special Pedal Minnesota license plate; providing for bicycle safety donations and grants; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 168.013, subdivision 22; 168.1293, by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 168; 174.

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

Franson, Kieffer and Kahn introduced:

H. F. 736, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; providing for the development and regulation of an industrial hemp industry; authorizing rulemaking; providing a defense for possession and cultivation of industrial hemp; modifying the definition of marijuana; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 18J.01; 18J.02; 18J.03; 18J.04, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; 18J.05, subdivisions 1, 2, 6; 18J.06; 18J.07, subdivisions 3, 4, 5; 18J.09; 18J.11, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 152.01, subdivision 9; 375.30, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18K.

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

Hansen introduced:

H. F. 737, A bill for an act relating to environment; authorizing certain expenditures from clean water fund; modifying reporting requirements; modifying Petroleum Tank Release Cleanup Act; repealing obsolete rules; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 114D.50, subdivision 4; 115A.1320, subdivision 1; 115B.20, subdivision 6; 115B.28, subdivision 1; 115C.02, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; 115C.08, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; 115D.10; 116.48, subdivision 6; 473.846; repealing Minnesota Rules, parts 7021.0010, subparts 1, 2, 4, 5; 7021.0020; 7021.0030; 7021.0040; 7021.0050, subpart 5; 9210.0300; 9210.0310; 9210.0320; 9210.0330; 9210.0340; 9210.0350; 9210.0360; 9210.0370; 9210.0380; 9220.0530, subpart 6.

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

Isaacson; Ward, J.A.; Schoen; Lillie and Fischer introduced:

H. F. 738, A bill for an act relating to the Metropolitan Council; making miscellaneous technical corrections to statutes; removing and modifying obsolete language; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 473.157; 473.517, subdivisions 1, 6, 9; 473.519; 473.523, subdivision 1; 473.541, subdivision 2; 473.543, subdivision 1; 473.545.

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

Moran introduced:

H. F. 739, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying provisions related to children and family services; changing data practices provisions; changing provisions related to contractual agreements with tribes, child care programs, community action agencies, the Minnesota family investment program, and reporting maltreatment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 13.46, subdivision 2; 119B.02, subdivision 2; 119B.09, subdivisions 6, 13; 256E.30, by adding a subdivision; 256J.09, subdivision 3; 256J.20, subdivision 3; 256J.21, subdivision 2; 256J.24, subdivision 3; 256J.30, subdivisions 4, 12; 256J.32, subdivisions 6, 8; 256J.38, subdivision 6; 256J.49, subdivision 13; 256J.521, subdivisions 1, 2; 256J.53, subdivisions 2, 5; 256J.575, subdivision 7; 256J.621; 256J.626, subdivisions 7, 8; 256J.67; 256J.68, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 7, 8; 256J.751, subdivision 2; 256K.26, subdivision 4; 626.556, subdivisions 2, 7, 11c; 626.5561, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Early Childhood and Youth Development Policy.

Erickson, R. and Radinovich introduced:

H. F. 740, A bill for an act relating to state lands; modifying landowners' bill of rights; modifying land acquisition account; adding to and deleting from state parks and forests; authorizing certain exchanges and sales of state lands; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 84.0274, subdivision 6; 94.165.

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

Dill introduced:

H. F. 741, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying rulemaking authority; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 84.027, subdivision 13.

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

Dill introduced:

H. F. 742, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying commissioner's authorities and duties; modifying definitions; modifying watercraft provisions; providing for certain license seizures; modifying game and fish license provisions; modifying trespass law; modifying requirements for taking game and fish; requiring rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 84.027, subdivision 13, by adding subdivisions; 86B.005, subdivision 18, by adding subdivisions; 86B.301, subdivision 2; 86B.501, subdivision 1; 86B.825, subdivision 2; 97A.045, subdivision 1; 97A.051, subdivision 2; 97A.135, subdivision 3; 97A.420, subdivision 1; 97A.445, subdivision 1; 97A.451, subdivisions 3, 3b, 4; 97A.475, subdivisions 2, 3; 97A.485, subdivision 6; 97B.001, subdivisions 3, 4, 7; 97B.0215; 97B.022, subdivision 2; 97B.055, subdivision 2; 97B.112; 97C.341; 97C.376, subdivision 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97A.451, subdivision 4a.

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

Hilstrom introduced:

H. F. 743, A bill for an act relating to corrections; requiring state and local jail and prison inmates to be housed in publicly owned and operated jails and prisons; prohibiting the state and counties from contracting with private prisons; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 241.01, subdivision 3a; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 243; 641.

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

Hilstrom introduced:

H. F. 744, A bill for an act relating to judiciary; imposing a fee for reinstatement of a bond; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 629.59.

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

Erhardt, Hornstein, Gunther and Torkelson introduced:

H. F. 745, A bill for an act relating to municipalities; authorizing municipalities to establish street improvement districts and apportion street improvement fees within districts; requiring adoption of street improvement plan; authorizing collection of fees; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 435.

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

Atkins introduced:

H. F. 746, A bill for an act relating to liquor; clarifying the citation of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 340A.901.

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

Radinovich; Ward, J.E.; Dill; Nornes; Melin and Metsa introduced:

H. F. 747, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; modifying the definition of referendum market value; modifying the state general levy; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 126C.01, subdivision 3; 275.025, subdivisions 1, 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 275.025, subdivision 3.

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

Simon; Hornstein; Nelson; Atkins; Davnie; Johnson, S.; Freiberg; Hansen; Melin; Hilstrom; Radinovich; Hortman; Allen; Winkler; Garofalo; Abeler and McNamara introduced:

H. F. 748, A bill for an act relating to employment; modifying prompt payment of wages requirements; modifying penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 181.13; 181.14.

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

Paymar; Mahoney; Johnson, S.; Lesch and Davnie introduced:

H. F. 749, A bill for an act relating to the city of St. Paul; providing for funding of a minor league ball park and other economic activities in the city; amending Laws 1993, chapter 375, article 9, section 46, subdivisions 2, as amended, 5, as amended.

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

Mahoney; Paymar; Johnson, S.; Lesch and Davnie introduced:

H. F. 750, A bill for an act relating to St. Paul; extending the time for certain bonding authority; amending Laws 1971, chapter 773, section 1, subdivision 2, as amended.

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

Mariani, Moran and Mahoney introduced:

H. F. 751, A bill for an act relating to transportation; mass transit; establishing skyway access requirements for the Central Station on the Central Corridor light rail transit line.

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

Hilstrom introduced:

H. F. 752, A bill for an act relating to eminent domain; providing for discharge of a portion of an easement acquired by condemnation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 117.225.

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

Simonson introduced:

H. F. 753, A bill for an act relating to public safety; traffic regulations; modifying local authority over vehicles utilizing flashing red lights; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 169.04.

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

Anderson, S.; Uglem; Woodard; Myhra and Wills introduced:

H. F. 754, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing that the education expense credit and deduction apply to certain expenditures for prekindergarten expenses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 290.01, subdivision 19b; 290.0674, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Early Childhood and Youth Development Policy.

Barrett; Faust; Johnson, B.; Erickson, R.; Dettmer; FitzSimmons; Lohmer; Kiel; Ward, J.E.; Radinovich; Nornes; Kresha; Cornish; Franson; McDonald; O'Neill; Daudt and Murphy, M. introduced:

H. F. 755, A bill for an act relating to education finance; creating a new source of state aid for school districts with below average revenue; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.13, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 126C.

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

McNamara, Schoen, Lillie, Mahoney, Simonson and O'Driscoll introduced:

H. F. 756, A bill for an act relating to state government; reimbursing certain state employees for insurance costs.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Veterans Affairs.

Wills; Hansen; Dill; Metsa; Halverson; Ward, J.A.; Mack and McNamara introduced:

H. F. 757, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; providing Minnesota Zoo certain wild animal exemptions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 85A.02, subdivision 10.

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

Albright; Mahoney; Johnson, B.; Wills; O'Neill; Howe; FitzSimmons; Hertaus; Pugh; Newberger; Zerwas; Kresha; Radinovich; Isaacson; Schoen; Kieffer and Freiberg introduced:

H. F. 758, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; adding a representative from adult basic education programs to the Workforce Development Council; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 116L.665, subdivision 2.

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

Savick; Brynaert; McNamar; Schoen; Falk; Ward, J.A.; Hausman; Davids and Gunther introduced:

H. F. 759, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing a credit for volunteer first responders; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.

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