INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Thursday, February 26, 2009


The following House Files were introduced:

Mahoney, Beard, Faust and Hosch introduced:

H. F. 1091, A bill for an act relating to energy; abolishing existing prohibition on issuing certificate of need for new nuclear power plant; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 216B.243, subdivision 3b.

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

Olin introduced:

H. F. 1092, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for a flood mitigation project.

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

Hosch; Davids; Olin; Haws; Hoppe; Urdahl; Anderson, P.; Huntley; Juhnke; Doty; Marquart; Ward; Gottwalt; Seifert; Holberg; Peppin; Emmer; Demmer; Buesgens; Hamilton; Cornish; Dean; Beard; Howes; Magnus; Kiffmeyer; Dettmer; Downey; Mack; Otremba; Koenen; Sterner; Scott; Kelly and Shimanski introduced:

H. F. 1093, A bill for an act relating to health; increasing base funding for positive abortion alternatives.

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

Abeler introduced:

H. F. 1094, A bill for an act relating to health professions; requiring qualifications for employment as a surgical technologist; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.

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

Mullery introduced:

H. F. 1095, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; classifying certain research, monitoring, and assessment data; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 13.643, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs.

Mullery introduced:

H. F. 1096, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for Victory Memorial Parkway in Minneapolis; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Hansen introduced:

H. F. 1097, A bill for an act relating to public safety; securing aircraft cockpits against lasers; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609.

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

Anzelc, Brod, Abeler, Zellers, Fritz and Atkins introduced:

H. F. 1098, A bill for an act relating to gambling; appropriating money for compulsive gambling.

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

Lanning, Marquart, Murdock, Nornes, Otremba, Eken and Westrom introduced:

H. F. 1099, A bill for an act relating to rural economies; appropriating money for a workforce program.

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

Thissen, Kelliher, Kahn and Smith introduced:

H. F. 1100, A bill for an act relating to retirement; authorizing the consolidation of the Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund with the general employees retirement plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association; adjusting contribution requirements; making conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections6.67; 13D.01, subdivision 1; 43A.17, subdivision 9; 43A.316, subdivision 8; 69.011, subdivision 1; 69.021, subdivision 10; 69.031, subdivision 5; 126C.41, subdivision 3; 256D.21; 352.01, subdivision 2b; 353.01, subdivisions 2a, 2b, 10, 16; 353.0161, subdivision 1; 353.026; 353.27, subdivisions 2, 3, 3a, 3b, by adding a subdivision; 353.29, subdivisions 1, 3, by adding a subdivision; 353.30, subdivision 5; 353.31, subdivisions 1, 1a; 353.32, subdivision 1a; 353.33, subdivisions 1, 3, 12; 353.34, subdivision 3; 353.37, by adding a subdivision; 353.46, subdivision 6; 353.64, subdivision 7; 354.71; 354A.011, subdivision 27; 354A.39; 356.20, subdivision 2; 356.214, subdivision 1; 356.215, subdivisions 8, 11; 356.30, subdivision 3; 356.302, subdivisions 1, 7; 356.303, subdivision 4; 356.32, subdivision 2; 356.401, subdivision 3; 356.407, subdivision 2; 356.431, subdivision 1; 356.465, subdivision 3; 356.64; 356.65, subdivision 2; 356.91; 356.96, subdivision 1; 422A.101, subdivision 3; 422A.26; 473.511, subdivision 3; 473.606, subdivision 5; 475.52, subdivision 6; 480.181, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 353; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 13.63, subdivision 1; 69.011, subdivision 2a; 356.43; 422A.01, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 4a, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 13a, 17, 18; 422A.02; 422A.03; 422A.04; 422A.05, subdivisions 1, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 2f, 5, 6, 8; 422A.06; 422A.08, subdivisions 1, 5, 5a; 422A.09; 422A.10; 422A.101, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, 2a; 422A.11; 422A.12; 422A.13; 422A.14, subdivision 1; 422A.15; 422A.151; 422A.155; 422A.156; 422A.16, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; 422A.17; 422A.18, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7; 422A.19; 422A.20; 422A.21; 422A.22, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 6; 422A.23, subdivisions 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12; 422A.231; 422A.24; 422A.25.

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

Dittrich; Brown; Rukavina; Greiling; Slawik; Mariani; Poppe; Swails; Anzelc; Haws; Slocum; Laine; Peterson; Lesch; Norton; Newton; Tillberry; Ward; Morgan; Sertich; Bly; Olin; Hortman; Ruud; Gunther; Abeler; Davids; Anderson, P.; Urdahl; Hornstein; Nelson; Lieder; Johnson; Fritz and Gardner introduced:

H. F. 1101, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article XIII, section 1; providing for high quality in public education through equitable and adequate funding.

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

Paymar, Hornstein, Hansen and Clark introduced:

H. F. 1102, A bill for an act relating to public safety; expanding the open alcohol container law to include certain off-road recreational vehicles; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 169A.35, subdivision 1.

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

Paymar, Mullery, Howes and Clark introduced:

H. F. 1103, A bill for an act relating to civil law; reversing the presumption outside metropolitan areas regarding trespass with recreational motor vehicles; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.90, subdivisions 2, 3.

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

Haws, Gottwalt, Eken, Mariani, Sailer, Bly, Mahoney, Hosch, Thao, Marquart, Reinert, Welti, Lillie, Gunther and Lanning introduced:

H. F. 1104, A bill for an act relating to employment; appropriating money for a grant to administer a statewide program for youth job skills development.

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

Swails; Hornstein; Gardner; Masin; Winkler; Ruud; Slocum; Murphy, E.; Lieder; Scalze; Loeffler and Sterner introduced:

H. F. 1105, A bill for an act relating to taxation; redefining transit taxing district; authorizing tax levy outside existing transit taxing district; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 473.446, subdivisions 2, 8; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 473.4461.

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

Hausman and Mariani introduced:

H. F. 1106, A bill for an act relating to public finance; providing the St. Paul Port Authority application fee credit toward a future bond sale.

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

Thao introduced:

H. F. 1107, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring use of broker or coordinator for special transportation services and access transportation services on a statewide basis; modifying criteria for special transportation services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 256B.04, subdivision 14; 256B.0625, subdivision 17.

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

Brod, Kohls and Dean introduced:

H. F. 1108, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income; phasing out corporate franchise tax; providing an exclusion for long-term capital gains; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 290.01, subdivision 19b; 290.06, subdivision 1; 290.091, subdivision 2; 290.0921, subdivision 1.

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

Eken introduced:

H. F. 1109, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for a biofuels production facility in White Earth; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Thissen, Abeler, Huntley, Liebling and Thao introduced:

H. F. 1110, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying programs and licensure provisions for services to persons with disabilities; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 245A.10, subdivision 3; 245A.11, by adding a subdivision; 245C.04, subdivision 1; 245C.20; 256B.5011, subdivision 2; 256B.5012, subdivisions 4, 6, 7; 256B.5013, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 256D.44, subdivision 5; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 256B.5013, subdivision 5; Minnesota Rules, part 9555.6125, subpart 4, item B.

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

Murphy M. by request introduced:

H. F. 1111, A bill for an act relating to retirement; modifying various public pension plan provisions; providing for uniformity in various administrative provisions; modifying definitions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 3A.02, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 3A.03, by adding a subdivision; 3A.04, by adding a subdivision; 3A.115; 11A.08, subdivision 1; 11A.23, subdivisions 1, 2; 352.04, subdivisions 1, 12; 352.061; 352.113, by adding a subdivision; 352.115, by adding a subdivision; 352.12, by adding a subdivision; 352.75, subdivisions 3, 4; 352.911, subdivisions 3, 5; 352.93, by addinga subdivision; 352.931, by adding a subdivision; 352.95, by adding a subdivision; 352B.02, subdivision 1d; 352B.08, by adding a subdivision; 352B.10, by adding a subdivision; 352B.11, by adding a subdivision; 352C.10; 352D.06, subdivision 1; 352D.065, by adding a subdivision; 352D.075, by adding a subdivision; 353.06; 353.27, subdivision 1; 353.29, by adding a subdivision; 353.31, subdivision 1b, by adding a subdivision; 353.33, subdivisions 3b, 7, by adding a subdivision; 353.651, by adding a subdivision; 353.656, subdivision 5a, by adding a subdivision; 353.657, subdivision 3a, by adding a subdivision; 353.665, subdivision 3; 353A.02, subdivisions 14, 23; 353A.05, subdivisions 1, 2; 353A.08, subdivisions 1, 3; 353A.081, subdivision 2; 353A.09, subdivision 1; 353A.10, subdivisions 2, 3; 353E.01, subdivisions 3, 5; 353E.04, by adding a subdivision; 353E.06, by adding a subdivision; 353E.07, by adding a subdivision; 354.07, subdivision 4; 354.33, subdivision 5; 354.35, by adding a subdivision; 354.42, subdivision 1a; 354.44, by adding a subdivision; 354.46, by adding a subdivision; 354.48, by adding a subdivision; 354.55, subdivision 13; 354.70, subdivisions 5, 6; 356.215, subdivisions 1, 11; 356.351, subdivision 2; 490.123, subdivisions 1, 3; 490.124, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 356; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 11A.041; 11A.18; 11A.181; 352.119, subdivisions 2, 3, 4; 352B.26, subdivisions 1, 3; 353.271; 353A.02, subdivision 20; 353A.09, subdivisions 2, 3; 354.05, subdivision 26; 354.55, subdivision 14; 354.63; 356.41; 356.431, subdivision 2; 422A.01, subdivision 13; 422A.06, subdivision 4; 490.123, subdivisions 1c, 1e.

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

Morgan introduced:

H. F. 1112, A bill for an act relating to elections; authorizing absentee voting without excuse; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 203B.02, subdivision 1; 203B.04, subdivisions 1, 6.

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

Morgan introduced:

H. F. 1113, A bill for an act relating to elections; authorizing early voting; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 201.022, subdivision 1; 203B.001; 203B.01, by adding a subdivision; 203B.03, subdivision 1; 204C.10; 206.83; 206.89, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 203B.

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

Pelowski introduced:

H. F. 1114, A bill for an act relating to human services; changing capacity requirements for adult foster homes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 245A.11, subdivision 2a; repealing Minnesota Rules, part 9555.6165.

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

Brynaert, Poppe, Seifert, Pelowski and Lanning introduced:

H. F. 1115, A bill for an act relating to higher education; allowing waivers to the policy setting semester credit requirements; amending Laws 2007, chapter 144, article 1, section 4, subdivision 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Higher Education and Workforce Development Finance and Policy Division.

Davnie introduced:

H. F. 1116, A bill for an act relating to employment and economic development; making technical changes; limiting certain liability; waiving certain unemployment benefit requirements for dislocated workers; expanding the authorized use of the Minnesota investment fund; modifying unemployment insurance provisions; requiring appeals to be filed online; providing for collection of fees; regulating continued request for unemployment benefits filings; providing administrative penalties; defining and clarifying terms; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 15.75, subdivision 5; 16B.54, subdivision 2; 84.94, subdivision 3; 116J.035, subdivision 6; 116J.401, subdivision 2; 116J.435, subdivisions 2, 3; 116J.68, subdivision 2; 116J.8731, subdivisions 2, 3; 116L.03, subdivision 5; 116L.05, subdivision 5; 116L.871, subdivision 1; 116L.96; 123A.08, subdivision 1; 124D.49, subdivision 3; 241.27, subdivision 1; 248.061, subdivision 3; 248.07, subdivisions 7, 8; 256J.626, subdivision 4; 256J.66, subdivision 1; 268.035, subdivisions 2, 17, by adding subdivisions; 268.042, subdivision 3; 268.043; 268.044, subdivision 2; 268.047, subdivisions 1, 2; 268.051, subdivisions 1, 4; 268.052, subdivision 2; 268.053, subdivision 1; 268.057, subdivisions 4, 5; 268.0625, subdivision 1; 268.066; 268.067; 268.069, subdivision 1; 268.07, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 3b; 268.084; 268.085, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 3a, 4, 5, 6, 15; 268.095, subdivisions 1, 2, 6, 10, 11; 268.101, subdivisions 1, 2; 268.103, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 268.105, subdivisions 1, 2, 3a; 268.115, subdivision 5; 268.125, subdivision 5; 268.135, subdivision 4; 268.145, subdivision 1; 268.18, subdivisions 1, 2, 4a; 268.186; 268.196, subdivisions 1, 2; 268.199; 268.211; 268A.06, subdivision 1; 469.169, subdivision 3; 469.321, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 268; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 116J.402; 116J.413; 116J.58, subdivision 1; 116J.59; 116J.61; 116J.656; 116L.16; 116L.88; 116U.65; 268.085, subdivision 14; 268.086; 469.329; Minnesota Rules, part 3310.2925.

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

Falk introduced:

H. F. 1117, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a fund transfer for Independent School District No. 62, Ortonville.

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

Gardner, Demmer and Sailer introduced:

H. F. 1118, A bill for an act relating to taxation; modifying disposition of solid waste management tax revenue; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 297H.13, subdivision 2.

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

Kath, Lesch, Hilstrom and Anderson, B. introduced:

H. F. 1119, A bill for an act relating to public safety; amending statutes to reflect organizational changes in Bureau of Criminal Apprehension; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 13.87, subdivision 1; 84.027, subdivision 17; 122A.18, subdivision 8; 123B.03, subdivision 1; 246.13, subdivision 2; 253B.141, subdivision 1; 299C.115; 299C.40, subdivision 1; 299C.46, subdivision 1; 299C.52, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; 299C.53, subdivision 1; 299C.62, subdivision 1; 299C.65, subdivisions 1, 5; 299C.68, subdivision 2; 388.24, subdivision 4; 401.065, subdivision 3a; 480.23; 518.165, subdivision 5; 524.5-118, subdivision 2; 611.272; 628.69, subdivision 6; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 299C.61, subdivision 8; 299C.67, subdivision 3.

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

Kath, Lesch and Hilstrom introduced:

H. F. 1120, A bill for an act relating to public safety; delineating uses of data in the comprehensive incident-based reporting system; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 299C.40, subdivision 2.

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

Cornish introduced:

H. F. 1121, A bill for an act relating to cultural heritage; appropriating money for purposes of Farmamerica.

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

Juhnke, Magnus, Otremba and Hamilton introduced:

H. F. 1122, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for agriculture, the Board of Animal Health, veterans, and the military; changing certain agricultural and animal health requirements and programs; establishing a program; eliminating a sunset; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 3.737, subdivision 1; 3.7371, subdivision 3; 17.03, subdivision 12; 18B.01, subdivision 8, by adding subdivisions; 18B.065, subdivision 2a, by adding subdivisions; 18B.26, subdivision 3; 18E.03, subdivision 2; 28A.085, subdivision 1; 32.394, subdivision 8; 41A.09, subdivisions 2a, 3a; 197.585, subdivision 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 18B; 41A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 17.49, subdivision 3; 38.02, subdivisions 3, 4.

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

Murphy M. introduced:

H. F. 1123, A bill for an act relating to retirement; specifying a new process for computing Teachers Retirement Association service credit; authorizing deduction of other benefits received from Teachers Retirement Association refunds; expanding postretirement option program eligibility to include all state employees with Public Employees Retirement Association coverage; revising Public Employees Retirement Association erroneous receipts provision to provide interest on employee contribution overpayments; creating Teachers Retirement Association full actuarial value uncredited military service provision; making administrative revisions and technical corrections in various retirement provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 43A.346, subdivisions 2, 6; 352B.02, subdivisions 1a, 1c; 353.01, subdivision 16; 353.0161, subdivision 1; 353.27, subdivisions 2, 3, 7; 353.33, subdivisions 1, 11, 12, by adding a subdivision; 353.65, subdivisions 2, 3; 353A.08, subdivision 6a; 354.05, by adding subdivisions; 354.091; 354.42, subdivision 2; 354.44, subdivisions 4, 5; 354.47, subdivision 1; 354.48, subdivisions 4, 6; 354.49, subdivision 2; 354.52, subdivisions 2a, 4b, 6, by adding a subdivision; 354.55, subdivision 11; 354.66, subdivision 3; 354A.096; 354A.12, subdivision 2a, by adding a subdivision; 354A.36, subdivision 6; 356.401, subdivision 2; 356.465, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 356.611, subdivisions 3, 4; 356.635, subdivisions 6, 7; 356.96, subdivision 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 354; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 354.06, subdivision 6; 354.55, subdivision 14.

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

Murphy M. introduced:

H. F. 1124, A bill for an act relating to retirement; modifying correctional state employees retirement plan membership; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 352.91, subdivision 3d.

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

Eastlund and Gottwalt introduced:

H. F. 1125, A bill for an act relating to nursing homes; permitting nursing home inspections by nursing home personnel; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 144A.10, by adding a subdivision.

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

Eastlund introduced:

H. F. 1126, A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying and expanding the conditional release program for nonviolent drug offenders; extending the program's sunset; modifying the mandatory minimum sentence for repeat fifth-degree controlled substance offenders; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 152.025, subdivision 3; 244.055, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 11, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 244.055, subdivision 6.

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

Eastlund, Shimanski, Gottwalt and Kiffmeyer introduced:

H. F. 1127, A bill for an act relating to veterans; clarifying the circumstances under which pay differential applies for deployed National Guard and reserve members who are teachers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 471.975.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs.

Hortman; Greiling; Clark; Wagenius; Hayden; Murphy E.; Thissen; Kahn; Knuth; Liebling; Carlson; Slocum and Hornstein introduced:

H. F. 1128, A bill for an act relating to environment; requiring a recycling refund value to be placed on recyclable beverage containers; requiring labeling of beverage containers; providing for refunds for containers returned; requiring payment of unclaimed recycling refunds; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 13.7411, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115A.

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

Murphy M. introduced:

H. F. 1129, A bill for an act relating to retirement; regulating volunteer firefighters' relief associations; reorganizing the defined contribution relief association provisions; recodifying the general volunteer firefighters' relief association law; making conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 69.031, subdivision 5; 69.771, subdivision 3; 69.772, subdivisions 4, 6; 69.773, subdivision 6; 356.219, subdivision 3; 424A.001, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, by adding subdivisions; 424A.01; 424A.02, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 3a, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9a, 9b, 10, 12, 13; 424A.021; 424A.03; 424A.04; 424A.05, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; 424A.06; 424A.07; 424A.08; 424A.10, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 424B.10, subdivision 2, by adding subdivisions; 424B.21; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 420; 424A; 424B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 424A.001, subdivision 7; 424A.02, subdivisions 4, 6, 8a, 8b, 9b; 424A.09; 424B.10, subdivision 1.

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

Persell, Anzelc, Sailer, Howes, Ward and Solberg introduced:

H. F. 1130, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for capital improvements at Bemidji State University.

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

Bly introduced:

H. F. 1131, A bill for an act relating to energy; requiring study and report concerning disclosure of energy use of residential building to owners, purchasers, and renters.

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

Dill, Anzelc and Solberg introduced:

H. F. 1132, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; eliminating the need to scale cut forest products on state land; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 90.031, subdivision 5; 90.061, subdivisions 5, 8; 90.14; 90.151, subdivision 4; 90.181, subdivision 1; 90.221; 90.281; 90.41; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 90.01, subdivision 4; 90.201, subdivision 2; 90.251; 90.252.

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

Champion and Hayden introduced:

H. F. 1133, A bill for an act relating to crime; providing for the Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 518E.

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

Kath introduced:

H. F. 1134, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for a veterans home in Owatonna.

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

Solberg, Koenen, Falk and Huntley introduced:

H. F. 1135, A bill for an act relating to human services; increasing and indexing the medical assistance mileage reimbursement rate; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 256B.0625, subdivision 18a.

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

Lenczewski and Brod introduced:

H. F. 1136, A bill for an act relating to taxation; reducing corporate income tax rate; providing green job incentives; establishing small business investment company credit and job growth investment credit; abolishing political contribution refund; changing rent percentage for purposes of property tax refund; modifying capital equipment sales tax exemption; modifying incentive payment for sustainable forest resource management program; providing a federal update; providing for green job opportunity building zones; providing tax credits; allowing tax benefits; making changes to local government aid, the market value homestead credit, income, franchise, property, sales and use, minerals, and other taxes and tax-related provisions; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 268.19, subdivision 1; 270A.03, subdivision 7; 270B.14, subdivision 3; 270B.15; 272.02, by adding a subdivision; 272.029, subdivision 7; 273.1384, subdivision 4; 289A.02, subdivision 7; 289A.12, by adding a subdivision; 289A.50, subdivision 1; 290.01, subdivisions 6, 19, 19a, 19b, 19c, 19d, 29, 31; 290.06, subdivisions 1, 2c, by adding subdivisions; 290.067, subdivisions 1, 2a; 290.0671, subdivision 1; 290.091, subdivision 2; 290.0921, subdivisions 1, 3; 290.0922, subdivisions 2, 3; 290.095, subdivisions 2, 11; 290A.03, subdivisions 3, 11, 13, 15; 290C.07; 291.005, subdivision 1; 297A.68, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 297A.75, subdivision 1; 298.285; 477A.0124, by adding a subdivision; 477A.013, subdivision 9, by adding a subdivision; 477A.03, subdivisions 2a, 2b; 477A.12, subdivision 1; 477A.14, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 116J; 297I; 469; 477A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 10A.322, subdivision 4; 290.06, subdivision 23; 477A.03, subdivision 5.

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

Hilty introduced:

H. F. 1137, A bill for an act relating to elections; changing certain provisions governing ballot validity and recounts; imposing a penalty; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 204C.22, subdivision 13; 204C.35, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 204C.36, subdivision 1; 206.89, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 204C.

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

Dill introduced:

H. F. 1138, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; expanding all-terrain vehicle use for purposes of baiting bear; modifying winter trout season in Boundary Waters Canoe Area; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 84.926, subdivisions 2, 4; 97C.395, subdivision 1.

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

Dill introduced:

H. F. 1139, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for a renewable energy biofuels demonstration facility; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Huntley introduced:

H. F. 1140, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring patient-centered decision-making process before certain procedures are reimbursed under state employee health insurance program and medical assistance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 43A.23, subdivision 1; 256B.76, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62U.

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

Huntley introduced:

H. F. 1141, A bill for an act relating to health; changing the expiration date for contact lens prescriptions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 145.712, subdivision 2.

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

Huntley and Greiling introduced:

H. F. 1142, A bill for an act relating to health; removing an exception to the smoking ban for patients in a locked psychiatric unit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 144.414, subdivision 3.

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

McNamara, Hortman, Dill and Hamilton introduced:

H. F. 1143, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; eliminating Department of Natural Resources programs that duplicate private market activities.

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

Bigham, Paymar, Kohls, Obermueller and Hilstrom introduced:

H. F. 1144, A bill for an act relating to criminal justice; repealing reports on out-of-state juvenile placement; requiring the Sentencing Guidelines Commission to review its reports; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 260B.199, subdivision 2; 260B.201, subdivision 3.

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

Bigham, Smith, Olin, Lesch and Hilstrom introduced:

H. F. 1145, A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying application request for payment of investigative and expert services for indigent defendants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 611.17; 611.21.

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

Hackbarth, Juhnke, Otremba, Eken and Gunther introduced:

H. F. 1146, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; establishing a program to allow public walk-in access on private property; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97B.001, subdivision 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 86A.

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

Reinert, Davids and Slawik introduced:

H. F. 1147, A bill for an act relating to financial institutions; regulating payday lending; providing penalties and remedies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 47.60, subdivision 6; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 47.

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

Hilty and Murphy, M. introduced:

H. F. 1148, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for a wastewater treatment system in the Big Lake Area Sanitary District; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Juhnke and Hoppe introduced:

H. F. 1149, A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; modifying provisions relating to reduced rate regulation and promotion activities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 237.411, subdivision 2; 237.626.

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

Urdahl, Demmer and Anderson, P. introduced:

H. F. 1150, A bill for an act relating to education finance; reinstating base year funding for regular special education aid; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 124D.454, subdivisions 2, 3; 125A.76, subdivisions 1, 2, 5.

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

Nelson and Lanning introduced:

H. F. 1151, A bill for an act relating to counties; modifying publication requirements for financial statements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 375.17, subdivision 3.

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

Kahn and Pelowski introduced:

H. F. 1152, A bill for an act relating to elections; changing certain provisions concerning vacancies in nomination; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 203B.12, subdivision 2; 204B.04, subdivisions 2, 3; 204B.07, subdivision 1; 204B.09, subdivision 1; 204B.11, subdivision 2; 204B.13, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding subdivisions; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 204B.12, subdivision 2a; 204B.13, subdivisions 4, 5, 6; 204B.41; 204D.169.

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

Clark, Gunther and Lesch introduced:

H. F. 1153, A bill for an act relating to employment and economic development; appropriating money for the Metropolitan Economic Development Association.

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

Hackbarth introduced:

H. F. 1154, A bill for an act relating to liquor; authorizing artisan distilleries; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 340A.101, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A.

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

Magnus and Gunther introduced:

H. F. 1155, A bill for an act relating to energy; utilities; modifying certificate of need exemption status for large wind-powered electric generation facility; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 216B.243, subdivisions 8, 9.

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

Paymar, Hilstrom, Kohls and Smith introduced:

H. F. 1156, A bill for an act relating to civil law; authorizing referees to preside over conciliation courts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 491A.03, subdivision 1.

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

Dill introduced:

H. F. 1157, A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating franchise agreements between outdoor sport equipment dealers, manufacturers, and distributors; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 80G.

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

Liebling and Kahn introduced:

H. F. 1158, A bill for an act relating to elections; permitting fusion candidacies; changing requirements and procedures accordingly; authorizing rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 204B.03; 204B.04; 204B.06, subdivision 1; 204B.07, subdivision 1; 204B.36, subdivision 2; 204C.21, subdivision 1; 204C.24, subdivision 1; 204C.33, subdivisions 1, 3; 204D.12.

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

Welti, Liebling, Norton and Demmer introduced:

H. F. 1159, A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring commissioner to analyze Rochester to Twin Cities high-speed rail corridor in statewide rail plan; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 174.03, subdivision 1b.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Transportation and Transit Policy and Oversight Division.

Slawik introduced:

H. F. 1160, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; modifying parking privileges in van-accessible disability parking places; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 168.021, subdivisions 1, 2; 169.345; 169.346, subdivisions 1, 2, 3.

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

Dill introduced:

H. F. 1161, A bill for an act relating to special assessments; expanding county authorization to abate certain improvements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 429.011, subdivision 2a; 429.021, subdivision 1.

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

Kath, Paymar, Hilstrom and Kelly introduced:

H. F. 1162, A bill for an act relating to corrections; authorizing correctional facilities to forward surcharges from offender wages to court or other entity collecting the surcharge; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 357.021, subdivision 6.

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

Smith, Paymar, Hilstrom, Hausman and Lesch introduced:

H. F. 1163, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money to provide legal advocacy services to human trafficking victims.

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

Liebling and Hornstein introduced:

H. F. 1164, A bill for an act relating to drivers' licenses; halting cumulative suspensions; imposing penalty for certain driving after suspension offenses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 171.18, subdivision 1; 171.24, by adding a subdivision.

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

Seifert introduced:

H. F. 1165, A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring certain settlements involving the state to be paid to the state general fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 16A.151, subdivision 2.

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

Johnson, Solberg, Slocum, Davids, Smith, Holberg, Olin, Mahoney and Jackson introduced:

H. F. 1166, A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating life settlements; providing enforcement; prescribing criminal penalties and civil remedies; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 60A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 60A.961; 60A.962; 60A.963; 60A.964; 60A.965; 60A.966; 60A.967; 60A.968; 60A.969; 60A.970; 60A.971; 60A.972; 60A.973; 60A.974.

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

Huntley introduced:

H. F. 1167, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying the timing for transferring the medical education and research funds.

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

Garofalo introduced:

H. F. 1168, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; authorizing municipal deputy registrar of motor vehicles in city of Farmington.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Transportation and Transit Policy and Oversight Division.

Rukavina, Sertich, Nelson, Howes and Smith introduced:

H. F. 1169, A bill for an act relating to employment; concerning certain purchases and acquisitions by public employers; concerning required work-related purchases for employees of public employers; establishing purchasing preferences; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181.

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

Buesgens, Hackbarth, Dean, Zellers and Emmer introduced:

H. F. 1170, A resolution memorializing the President and Congress to reduce the amount of proposed debt in the federal stimulus package.

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

Jackson introduced:

H. F. 1171, A bill for an act relating to legislation; correcting erroneous, ambiguous, and omitted text and obsolete references; eliminating redundant, conflicting, and superseded provisions; making miscellaneous technical corrections to laws and statutes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 2.031, subdivision 2; 3.7393, subdivision 10; 6.67; 13.202, subdivision 3; 13.4967, by adding subdivisions; 13.681, by adding a subdivision; 13.871, subdivision 6; 16A.152, subdivision 2; 16A.19, subdivision 1; 16B.284; 16B.85, subdivision 1; 17.4986, subdivision 2; 58.05, subdivision 3; 62S.292, subdivision 4; 66A.07, subdivision 4; 116V.01, subdivision 3; 122A.31, subdivision 1; 125A.63, subdivision 5; 128B.03, subdivision 7; 144.6501, subdivision 6; 144.966, subdivision 2; 148.01, subdivision 1a; 148.71, subdivision 2; 148.725, subdivision 5; 148C.11, subdivision 3; 160.80, subdivision 1a; 161.125, subdivision 1; 168.09, subdivision 3; 168.27, subdivision 1; 169.18, subdivision 5; 181.985, subdivision 1; 201.081; 216B.241

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

Garofalo; Anderson, P.; Dettmer; Murdock; Nornes and Downey introduced:

H. F. 1172, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for early childhood and family, prekindergarten through grade 12, and adult education, including general education, education excellence, special programs, facilities and technology, nutrition and accounting, libraries, early childhood education, prevention, self-sufficiency and lifelong learning, state agencies, and PELRA; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 120A.41; 120B.023, subdivision 2; 120B.024; 120B.30, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2; 120B.362; 122A.09, subdivision 4; 122A.18, subdivision 2; 122A.40, subdivision 8; 122A.413, subdivisions 1, 2; 122A.414, subdivisions 1a, 2, 2b, 3, by adding a subdivision; 122A.415, subdivisions 1, 3; 122A.416; 123B.75, subdivision 5; 124D.10, subdivision 13; 124D.11, subdivision 1; 124D.86, subdivision 3; 125A.11, subdivision 1; 125A.76, subdivision 2; 125A.79, subdivisions 1, 8; 125B.26; 126C.10, subdivisions 1, 2a, 34, by adding a subdivision; 127A.441; 127A.45, subdivision

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

Dean, Brod, Buesgens,Ward, Nornes, Emmer, Sanders, Cornish, Masin, Simon and Knuth introduced:

H. F. 1173, A bill for an act relating to education; allowing charter school students to participate in the extracurricular activities of their resident district; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 123B.36, subdivision 1; 123B.49, subdivision 4; 124D.10, subdivision 8.

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

Kiffmeyer introduced:

H. F. 1174, A bill for an act relating to education finance; defining local education agency for certain special education purposes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 125A.01; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 125A.

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

Peterson introduced:

H. F. 1175, A bill for an act relating to education finance; encouraging school programs offering alternative school year calendars; authorizing grants; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 124D.12; 124D.126, by adding a subdivision.

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

Newton, Anzelc, Hilstrom, McFarlane and Haws introduced:

H. F. 1176, A bill for an act relating to education finance; clarifying the health and safety revenue program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 123B.57.

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

Garofalo introduced:

H. F. 1177, A bill for an act relating to education finance; creating the early graduation achievement scholarship program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 120B.07; 126C.126; 126C.20; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 120B.

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

Peterson introduced:

H. F. 1178, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a grant program to provide additional student counseling services in high-need public high schools; appropriating money.

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

Mariani introduced:

H. F. 1179, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for prekindergarten through grade 12 education, including general education, education excellence, special programs, libraries, and self-sufficiency and lifelong learning; making technical corrections; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 16A.06, subdivision 11; 120A.40; 120B.02; 120B.021, subdivision 1; 120B.023, subdivision 2; 120B.024; 120B.13, subdivision 1; 120B.30, subdivisions 1, 1a; 120B.31, subdivision 4; 122A.07, subdivisions 2, 3; 122A.31, subdivision 4; 123A.05; 123A.06; 123A.08; 123B.14, subdivision 7; 123B.51, by adding a subdivision; 123B.77, subdivision 3; 123B.81, subdivisions 3, 4, 5; 123B.83, subdivision 3; 124D.095, subdivisions 3, 4, 7, 10; 124D.10; 124D.11, subdivision 9; 124D.128, subdivisions 2, 3; 124D.135, subdivision 3; 124D.15, subdivisions 1, 3, by adding subdivisions; 124D.19, subdivisions 10, 14; 124D.522; 124D.60, subdivision 1; 124D.68, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5; 125A.11, subdivision 1; 125A.15; 125A.28; 125A.51; 125A.62,

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