INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Monday, February 24, 2003


The following House Files were introduced:

Gerlach, Davids, Juhnke, Rukavina and Sviggum introduced:

H. F. 561, A bill for an act relating to commerce; requiring uniform mandatory penalties against license holders and a licensee's employees for sales to minors; providing for mitigating circumstances in assessing penalties; requiring administrative penalties for failure to electronically verify the age of persons purchasing tobacco; requiring electronic age verification for each sale of tobacco; providing for the purchase of electronic age verification devices; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 461.12, subdivisions 2, 6; 461.19; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 461.

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

Blaine introduced:

H. F. 562, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money to the city of Little Falls for environmental cleanup of the Hennepin Paper Company property.

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

Rukavina, Dill, Sertich and Solberg introduced:

H. F. 563, A bill for an act relating to taxation; changing rate and computation of the mining occupation tax; delaying implementation of taconite production tax inflation adjustment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 298.01, subdivisions 3, 4; 298.24, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 298.01, subdivisions 3c, 3d, 4d, 4e.

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

Borrell introduced:

H. F. 564, A bill for an act relating to the open meeting law; establishing an administrative remedy for violations of the law; prescribing civil penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 13D.06, subdivisions 2, 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13D.

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

Borrell introduced:

H. F. 565, A bill for an act relating to government data practices; providing for administrative remedies; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13.

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

Howes and Walz introduced:

H. F. 566, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; providing a licensing exemption to supply turtles for nonprofit turtle racing; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 97C.605, subdivision 2c.

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

Marquart introduced:

H. F. 567, A bill for an act relating to the city of Detroit Lakes; authorizing pooling of tax increments to meet certain debt service obligations of a tax increment financing district.

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

Marquart introduced:

H. F. 568, A bill for an act relating to water; appropriating money for water management in the Red river basin.

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

Holberg, Atkins, Gerlach and Wardlow introduced:

H. F. 569, A bill for an act relating to highways; appropriating money and authorizing issuance of trunk highway bonds for an interchange at I-35 and county state-aid highway 50.

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

Gerlach, Wilkin, Atkins, Holberg and Wardlow introduced:

H. F. 570, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money and authorizing issuance of state bonds for Cedar Avenue bus transit way.

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

Marquart introduced:

H. F. 571, A bill for an act relating to drivers' licenses; modifying conditions for operating motor vehicle under a restricted farm work license; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 171.041.

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

Samuelson, Abeler, Paymar, Bradley, Walker, Wilkin, Powell, Nornes, Finstad, Boudreau, Jacobson, Vandeveer, Soderstrom, Sykora, Penas, Otremba and Gerlach introduced:

H. F. 572, A bill for an act relating to human services; expanding adult foster care license capacity; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 245A.11, subdivision 2a.

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

Blaine introduced:

H. F. 573, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing public sale of certain tax-forfeited land that borders public water in Crow Wing county.

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

Latz, Rhodes, Erhardt, Lenczewski and Seagren introduced:

H. F. 574, A bill for an act relating to highways; authorizing state trunk highway bonds for reconstruction and expansion of marked trunk highway 100 in St. Louis Park; appropriating money.

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

Gerlach; Rhodes; Erickson; Soderstrom; Davids; Holberg; Kuisle; Seifert; Strachan; Lipman; Howes; Haas; Boudreau; Cornish; Olsen, S.; Wilkin; Lesch; Knoblach; Solberg; Thissen; Samuelson; Jacobson; Severson; DeLaForest; Kielkucki; Adolphson and Kohls introduced:

H. F. 575, A bill for an act relating to state government; putting a limit on the amount to be spent on art in state-financed buildings; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 16B.35, subdivision 1.

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

Wasiluk introduced:

H. F. 576, A bill for an act relating to retirement; teachers retirement association; extending the 1984 "rule of 85" early retirement incentive to certain 1983 retirees.

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

Juhnke; Anderson, I.; Howes; Rukavina and Otremba introduced:

H. F. 577, A bill for an act relating to state government; prohibiting the assignment of a state vehicle to the governor's staff, commissioners, and deputy and assistant commissioners; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 16B.55, subdivision 2.

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

Brod, Urdahl and Anderson, B. introduced:

H. F. 578, A bill for an act relating to local government; extending a grant contract with the city of Arlington.

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

Juhnke introduced:

H. F. 579, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; allowing extended deer hunting period for certain sick minors; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 97B.301, by adding a subdivision.

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

Erickson, Buesgens, Soderstrom, Eastlund and Brod introduced:

H. F. 580, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for curriculum and instruction premised on abstinence until marriage; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 121A.23, by adding a subdivision.

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

Sykora; Seagren; Johnson, J.; Erhardt; Greiling and Mariani introduced:

H. F. 581, A bill for an act relating to education finance; creating an education price index; adjusting the general education formula allowance; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 126C.05, by adding a subdivision; 126C.10, subdivision 2; 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 Finance.

Olson, M.; Marquart; Howes; Hackbarth; Tingelstad; Walz and Fuller introduced:

H. F. 582, A bill for an act relating to lake improvement districts; changing the percent of property owners necessary to petition for creation and termination of a district and for holding a referendum on creation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 103B.521, subdivision 1; 103B.545, subdivision 1; 103B.581, subdivision 1.

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

Nornes, Lanning and Heidgerken introduced:

H. F. 583, A bill for an act relating to higher education; raising the statutory debt limit for the higher education facility's authority; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 136A.29, subdivision 9.

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

Opatz introduced:

H. F. 584, A bill for an act relating to education; allowing tenth grade students to participate in the post-secondary enrollment options program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, 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.

Nornes, Severson and Simpson introduced:

H. F. 585, A bill for an act relating to auditing; allowing certified public accountants to perform annual audits for county nursing homes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 6.552.

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

Hilstrom and Olsen, S. introduced:

H. F. 586, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of trunk highway bonds; appropriating money for the preparation of plans and specifications for expansion of marked trunk highway 252 between marked trunk highway 610 and I-94 in Hennepin county.

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

Urdahl; Seifert; Heidgerken; Marquart; Juhnke; Wardlow; Finstad; Dill; Peterson; Koenen; Eken; Lieder; Dorman; Lindgren; Westrom; Anderson, J.; Blaine; Simpson; Harder; Swenson; Strachan; Solberg; Nornes; Fuller and Demmer introduced:

H. F. 587, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income; providing for economic growth in rural counties of the state by allowing a credit against the income tax of an employer for the creation and retention of certain jobs; 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.

Brod, Cox, Cornish and Beard introduced:

H. F. 588, A bill for an act relating to local government; specifying that a township has the authority to require a natural gas utility to obtain a franchise from the township; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 300.03.

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

Haas; Olsen, S.; Hilstrom and Tingelstad introduced:

H. F. 589, A bill for an act relating to education; encouraging pupil transportation for elementary pupils living more than one mile from school; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 123B.88, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.

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

Haas; Sykora; Boudreau; Olsen, S.; Slawik; Brod; Nelson, C.; Blaine; Wilkin; Gunther; Westrom; Tingelstad; Eastlund and Nornes introduced:

H. F. 590, A bill for an act relating to child care assistance; preventing fraud; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 119B.011, subdivisions 19, 21, adding a subdivision; 119B.09, by adding a subdivision; 119B.11, subdivision 2a; 119B.13, subdivision 6; 119B.16, subdivision 2, adding subdivisions; 256.046, subdivision 1; 256.0471, subdivision 1; 256.98, subdivision 8; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 119B.

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

Sykora, Erhardt, Seagren, Paulsen, Wardlow and Samuelson introduced:

H. F. 591, A bill for an act relating to taxation; allowing an age-based exclusion for long-term capital gains; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 290.01, subdivision 19b; 290.091, subdivision 2.

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

Vandeveer, Samuelson, Boudreau and Paymar introduced:

H. F. 592, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying an adult foster care licensing provision; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 245A.11, subdivision 2b.

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

Lenczewski and Abrams introduced:

H. F. 593, A bill for an act relating to state property tax aids; modifying the definition of tax base for computing local government aid; including tax increment financing captured tax capacity; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 477A.011, subdivision 20.

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

Lenczewski introduced:

H. F. 594, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring the commissioner of health to study and present recommendations on access to and the regulation of liquid oxygen.

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

Abeler, Dorn and Boudreau introduced:

H. F. 595, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for supportive housing and managed care.

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

Westrom, Meslow, Holberg, DeLaForest, Wasiluk and Haas introduced:

H. F. 596, A bill for an act relating to animals; making it a crime to harm a service animal; providing for restitution; prescribing penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 343.21, subdivision 9; 609.52; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 343.

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

Huntley, Jaros and Murphy introduced:

H. F. 597, A bill for an act relating to the city of Duluth; providing for an economic development tax increment financing district of the Duluth economic development authority.

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

Jaros, Murphy and Huntley introduced:

H. F. 598, A bill for an act relating to sales and use tax; providing an exemption for an aircraft repair facility; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 297A.71, subdivision 10.

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

Huntley, Jaros and Murphy introduced:

H. F. 599, A bill for an act relating to the city of Duluth; specifying the use of certain proceeds of taxes on receipts by restaurants, hotels, and motels; amending Laws 1980, chapter 511, section 1, subdivision 2, as amended; Laws 1980, chapter 511, section 2, as amended.

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

Marquart, Penas and Lieder introduced:

H. F. 600, A bill for an act relating to education finance; making referendum tax base replacement aid permanent; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 126C.17, subdivision 7a.

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

Peterson, Urdahl, Koenen, Juhnke and Heidgerken introduced:

H. F. 601, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for the pilot marketing program of the West Central Growth Alliance.

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

Erickson, Walz, Abeler and Lenczewski introduced:

H. F. 602, A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating auto glass repair and replacement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 72A.201, subdivision 6, by adding a subdivision; 325F.783.

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

Kielkucki and Buesgens introduced:

H. F. 603, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing enrollment options for students at low-performing schools; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D.

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

Olson, M.; Abeler; Hackbarth and Anderson, B. introduced:

H. F. 604, A bill for an act relating to highways; authorizing issuance of $5,000,000 in state trunk highway bonds for design for the reconstruction of a segment of marked trunk highway 10; appropriating money.

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

Olson, M.; Rhodes; Ozment and Anderson, B. introduced:

H. F. 605, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying state park fees; requiring state park campsites to remain open in peak months; permitting incremental fee increases; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 85.055, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 85.

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

Smith; Boudreau; Pugh; Abeler; Otremba; Vandeveer; Walz; Lindner; Osterman; Mullery; Gerlach; Sykora; Anderson, B.; Soderstrom; Hackbarth; Dorman; Opatz; Solberg; Dempsey and Nornes introduced:

H. F. 606, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying prior authorization requirements for health care services; establishing requirements for provider contracting; modifying provisions for payment of claims; regulating utilization profiling; requiring certain disclosures; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 62M.07; 62Q.74; 62Q.75, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 62Q.745.

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

Huntley, Jaros and Murphy introduced:

H. F. 607, A bill for an act relating to the city of Duluth; authorizing the expenditure of certain tax increments.

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

Solberg and Anderson, I. introduced:

H. F. 608, A bill for an act relating to taxation; exempting from the sales tax certain materials, supplies, and equipment for certain hospitals and clinics; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 297A.71, by adding a subdivision.

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