The following House Files were introduced:
Gunther and Cornish introduced:
H. F. 1213, A bill for an act relating to economic development abatement; granting special abatement authority for a property in a tax increment financing district in the city of Fairmont.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
Knoblach, Rukavina, Jaros, Wilkin and Gunther introduced:
H. F. 1214, A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; establishing an accessible electronic information service for blind and disabled persons; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 237.52, subdivisions 2, 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 248.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
Clark, Slawik, Mahoney and Gunther introduced:
H. F. 1215, A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for the bridges rental housing assistance program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
Abeler and Greiling introduced:
H. F. 1216, A bill for an act relating to education; providing state facilities aid to charter schools to lease, purchase, renovate, or construct school buildings or rent, lease, or purchase land; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 124D.11, subdivisions 4, 7, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Loeffler, Kahn, Liebling, Wardlow, Tingelstad, Hosch, Lillie and Lesch introduced:
H. F. 1217, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying terms of local parks grant program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 85.019, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Powell introduced:
H. F. 1218, A bill for an act relating to public safety; allowing installation of vehicle-monitoring device in authorized emergency vehicle; making clarifying changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.71, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Wilkin, Holberg, Erhardt, Sykora, Wardlow, Westrom and Emmer introduced:
H. F. 1219, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; providing for the speed limit on marked Interstate Highway 35E; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.14, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Brod, Cox, Demmer, Abeler, Finstad, Bradley and Gunther introduced:
H. F. 1220, A bill for an act relating to unemployment insurance; authorizing the use of certain data by local and state welfare agencies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 268.19, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Erickson introduced:
H. F. 1221, A bill for an act relating to education; allowing a school district to apply general provisions of the Pupil Fair Dismissal Act to a child whose parent refuses to consent to an initial evaluation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 125A.091, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy and Reform.
Powell introduced:
H. F. 1222, A bill for an act relating to public safety; authorizing merger of two metropolitan boards.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Howes introduced:
H. F. 1223, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; clarifying the classification of certain noncommercial aircraft storage hangers abutting public airports located outside the seven-county metropolitan area; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 273.13, subdivision 25.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Wagenius, Mariani and Ellison introduced:
H. F. 1224, A bill for an act relating to groundwater protection; providing restrictions on the use of chloro-s-triazine herbicides under certain circumstances; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.
Sieben, Greiling, Hansen and Atkins introduced:
H. F. 1225, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for an elementary and middle school years international baccalaureate pilot program; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Lanning, Marquart and Lieder introduced:
H. F. 1226, A bill for an act relating to liquor; increasing restrictions on the use of alcohol by a person under the age of 21 years; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 340A.503, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Carlson, Nornes, Latz and Urdahl introduced:
H. F. 1227, A bill for an act relating to health; expanding the criteria for participants of the loan forgiveness program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 144.1501, subdivisions 2, 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Smith; Meslow; Murphy; Johnson, J., and Ellison introduced:
H. F. 1228, A bill for an act relating to legal services funding; increasing a surcharge on certain recording and registration fees; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 357.18, subdivision 3; 508.82, subdivision 1; 508A.82, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Buesgens, Krinkie, Olson, Eastlund and Erickson introduced:
H. F. 1229, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for an election to determine whether to detach land from an existing school district for a new independent school district; 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 and Reform.
Holberg, Wilkin and Westrom introduced:
H. F. 1230, A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; regulating wireless telephone directories; protecting consumer privacy; 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 and Financial Institutions.
Holberg and Wilkin introduced:
H. F. 1231, A bill for an act relating to commerce; coordinating Minnesota and federal law in regard to consumer access to their own credit information; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 13C.01, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Beard; Larson; Nelson, P.; Lieder and Thissen introduced:
H. F. 1232, A bill for an act relating to transportation; prohibiting Metropolitan Airports Commission from authorizing facility demolition or further consideration of Northwest Airlines 20/20 vision until Northwest Airlines demonstrates compliance with financing agreement covenants and reporting requirements.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Urdahl, Smith, Juhnke, Heidgerken and Marquart introduced:
H. F. 1233, A bill for an act relating to drivers' licenses; requiring greater proof of identity for driver's license applicant; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.06, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Thissen, Walker, Mariani, Abrams and Brod introduced:
H. F. 1234, A bill for an act relating to taxes; regulating tax preparers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 270.30, subdivisions 1, 5, 6, 8, by adding subdivisions; 289A.08, subdivision 16; 289A.60, subdivision 13; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes 2004, chapter 270.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Thissen introduced:
H. F. 1235, A bill for an act relating to human services; consolidating the MFIP and basic sliding fee child care programs; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 119B.02, subdivisions 1, 2; 119B.03, subdivisions 3, 9, 10; 119B.035, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5; 119B.05, subdivision 5; 119B.08; 119B.09, subdivisions 1, 4a, 7; 119B.10; 119B.11, subdivision 1; 119B.12, subdivision 2; 119B.13, by adding subdivisions; 119B.15; 119B.24; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 119B.011, subdivisions 20, 20a; 119B.03, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 6a, 6b, 8; 119B.05, subdivision 1; 119B.07; 119B.09, subdivision 3; 119B.11, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
Solberg, Moe and Anderson, I. introduced:
H. F. 1236, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing the public sale of tax-forfeited land bordering public waters in Itasca County.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Solberg, Moe and Anderson, I. introduced:
H. F. 1237, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing the private sale of tax-forfeited land bordering public waters in Itasca County.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Seifert introduced:
H. F. 1238, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing a fund transfer for Independent School District No. 418, Russell.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Severson, Klinzing, Opatz, Marquart, Hosch and Sykora introduced:
H. F. 1239, A bill for an act relating to education; allowing 10th grade students to participate in the postsecondary enrollment options program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 124D.09, subdivisions 4, 5, 7, 8, 9.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy and Reform.
Severson; Anderson, B., and Wardlow introduced:
H. F. 1240, A bill for an act relating to veterans; designating the month of May each year as "Hire a Veteran Month" in Minnesota; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Kahn introduced:
H. F. 1241, A bill for an act relating to local government; requiring the state auditor to study and report on the feasibility of consolidating counties along natural physical or alternative political boundaries and on the usefulness of establishing county service districts as an alternative to consolidation; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government.
Westrom, Sykora, Abeler, Brod, Rukavina and Nornes introduced:
H. F. 1242, A bill for an act relating to education finance; providing for telecommunications/Internet access equity aid; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 127A.45, subdivision 11; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 125B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Brod, Hornstein and Ozment introduced:
H. F. 1243, A bill for an act relating to transportation; allowing hybrid vehicles to be used on high-occupancy vehicle lanes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 160.02, by adding a subdivision; 160.93, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Paulsen; Smith; Murphy; Meslow; Lesch; Mahoney; Johnson, J., and Sykora introduced:
H. F. 1244, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; requiring all persons arrested for or convicted of committing a felony to submit a DNA sample to law enforcement at the time of booking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 299C.03; 299C.08; 299C.11; 299C.155; 299C.21; 609.117; 609A.02, subdivision 3; 609A.03, subdivision 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299C; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 609.119.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Davids introduced:
H. F. 1245, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; requiring dike repair on certain state lands; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 103G.505, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Ellison, Hornstein, Walker and Clark introduced:
H. F. 1246, A bill for an act relating to restricted pesticides; prohibiting the sale or use of Chloro-s-Triazine herbicides (atrazine) after a certain date; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.
Larson and Thissen introduced:
H. F. 1247, A bill for an act relating to the city of Richfield; authorizing the creation of a redevelopment tax increment financing district.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Ellison, Wagenius, Slawik, Mariani and Sieben introduced:
H. F. 1248, A bill for an act relating to health, environment and natural resources, and agriculture; restricting the use of atrazine; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.
Hansen; Goodwin; Otremba; Atkins; Scalze; Nelson, M., and Peterson, S. introduced:
H. F. 1249, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring a study on the use of sick leave.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Smith, Thissen and Wardlow introduced:
H. F. 1250, A bill for an act relating to retirement; providing that a certain limit on covered salary for public pension purposes does not apply to an elected official of a political subdivision; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 356.611, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Smith, Meslow, Hilstrom and Johnson, J. introduced:
H. F. 1251, A bill for an act relating to child protection; providing for a background check of an individual being considered as a custodian; modifying requirements for adoption consents and placement resources for children who are in the legal custody of a social services agency; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 259.24, subdivisions 1, 2a, 5, 6a; 260C.201, subdivision 11; 260C.212, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 260C.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Smith, Eastlund, Lesch, Meslow and Johnson, J. introduced:
H. F. 1252, A bill for an act relating to courts; limiting postconviction relief; providing that certain government appeals do not require payment of defendant attorney fees and costs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 590.01, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 545A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Lesch; Meslow; Smith; Johnson, S.; Nelson, M., and Brod introduced:
H. F. 1253, A bill for an act relating to courts; limiting postconviction relief; providing that local governments do not have to pay expenses incurred by defendants in certain appeals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 590.01, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 545A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.