The following House Files were introduced:
Krinkie, Rukavina, Larson, Vandeveer, Zellers, DeLaForest and Howes introduced:
H. F. 785, A bill for an act relating to taxation; prohibiting increases in property tax rates for taxes payable in 2006 and certain subsequent years; prohibiting increases in local government and state fees; providing reimbursement to local governments for certain property tax and fee increases; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
McNamara, Kahn, Hackbarth, Ozment and Cox introduced:
H. F. 786, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying disposition of proceeds from sale of tax-forfeited lands bordering public waters; creating the riparian land enhancement account; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 282.09, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
McNamara and Cox introduced:
H. F. 787, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; requiring an application fee to obtain road easements across state lands; creating a land management account; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 84.631; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 92.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
McNamara and Hansen introduced:
H. F. 788, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; establishing a surcharge on tree seedlings; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 89.37, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Cox, McNamara and Hackbarth introduced:
H. F. 789, A bill for an act relating to waters; providing for administrative penalty orders; providing civil penalties; requiring an implementation plan; providing a rulemaking exemption; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103G.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Wardlow; Thao; Johnson, S.; Gunther; Ozment; Lieder; Anderson, I.; Dempsey; Hortman; Jaros; Newman; Finstad; Krinkie; Lesch; Murphy; Hilty; Welti; Abeler; Latz; Lillie; Meslow; Scalze; Hoppe and Charron introduced:
H. F. 790, A bill for an act relating to veterans homes; expanding eligibility for admission to include certain Minnesota residents who provided military assistance to the United States armed forces in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War era; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 198.01.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Zellers, Heidgerken, DeLaForest, Howes, Hackbarth, Hoppe, Erickson, Lesch and Dorman introduced:
H. F. 791, A bill for an act relating to gambling; modifying definition of video game of chance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 609.75, subdivision 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Sertich and Wilkin introduced:
H. F. 792, A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating securities, mortgage originators and servicers, athlete agents, and the contractor's recovery fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 80A.19, by adding a subdivision; 116J.70, subdivision 2a; 326.975, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Thao and Abeler introduced:
H. F. 793, A bill for an act relating to human services; exempting certain refugees and asylees from participating in the diversionary work program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256J.95, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
Howes, Simpson, Nornes, Moe, Gazelka, Atkins and Sailer introduced:
H. F. 794, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; providing for valuation and deferment of taxes on certain homestead resorts; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 273.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Urdahl, Heidgerken and Cox introduced:
H. F. 795, A bill for an act relating to water quality; providing for additional monitoring for agricultural pesticides in groundwater and surface water; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Heidgerken, Urdahl, Seifert, Juhnke, Blaine, Hosch, Marquart, Eken and Moe introduced:
H. F. 796, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for certain alternative livestock production programs.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Bradley, Demmer, Welti and Liebling introduced:
H. F. 797, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing for uses of Rochester sales and use tax revenues; amending Laws 1998, chapter 389, article 8, section 43, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Westerberg, DeLaForest, Hackbarth, Goodwin and Bernardy introduced:
H. F. 798, A bill for an act relating to highways; authorizing state bonding for improvements to marked Trunk Highway 65 to facilitate bus rapid transit.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Anderson, I. introduced:
H. F. 799, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for the interpretive center at Grand Mound in Koochiching County.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
Nelson, M. and Atkins introduced:
H. F. 800, A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating peddlers and door-to-door solicitors; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 329.14; 368.01, subdivision 11; 412.221, subdivision 19; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 329; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 329.17, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Dempsey; Nornes; Anderson, I., and Lieder introduced:
H. F. 801, A resolution memorializing the Congress of the United States to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution, for ratification by the states, specifying that Congress and the states shall have the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Davnie, Sykora, Hornstein, Kelliher, Thissen, Loeffler, Ellison, Kahn, Mullery, Walker, Wagenius and Clark introduced:
H. F. 802, A bill for an act relating to education; excluding Minneapolis from the Teacher Tenure Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 122A.40, subdivision 18; 122A.41, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy and Reform.
Juhnke; Abrams; Johnson, J.; Sykora; Smith and Marquart introduced:
H. F. 803, A bill for an act relating to lawful gambling; modifying the definition of "raffle"; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 349.12, subdivision 33; 349.173.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Cornish, Davids, Juhnke and Finstad introduced:
H. F. 804, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting sales of stoves that burn biomass fuels; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 297A.67, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Dorn, Hoppe, Gunther and Anderson, I. introduced:
H. F. 805, A bill for an act relating to intoxicating liquor; authorizing Mankato to issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license for the Midwest Wireless Civic Center.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Cornish, Dorn, Buesgens and Demmer introduced:
H. F. 806, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for immunity from liability for school district and district employee notification of students with a history of violent behavior; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 121A.64; 121A.75, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy and Reform.
Davids introduced:
H. F. 807, A bill for an act relating to sales tax; exempting materials and equipment used in construction and upgrading of a wastewater treatment facility in Chatfield from the sales tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 297A.71, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Smith and Ozment introduced:
H. F. 808, A bill for an act relating to public employment; establishing procedures and standards for contracting with private entities for the provision of services that have been, or otherwise would be, provided by public employees; providing for public accountability; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 471.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Dorn introduced:
H. F. 809, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying district health, safety, and environmental management cost; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 123B.57, subdivision 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy and Reform.
Dorn introduced:
H. F. 810, A bill for an act relating to education finance; restoring the former method of determining class size ratios and allocating class size reduction revenue; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 126C.12, subdivisions 2, 3, 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Hortman, Marquart, Koenen, Fritz, Walker and Johnson, R. introduced:
H. F. 811, A bill for an act relating to military affairs; creating a military assistance trust fund and specifying uses of the fund; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 190.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Brod introduced:
H. F. 812, A bill for an act relating to elections; providing for voter registration outreach and solicitation training; requiring numbering of voter registration applications and providing for their distribution; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 201.054, by adding a subdivision; 201.061, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Sykora; Ozment; Cornish; Johnson, R., and Dill introduced:
H. F. 813, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; providing for evaluation of construction aggregate located on school trust lands; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16A.125, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Cornish, Howes, Dempsey, Ozment and Dill introduced:
H. F. 814, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing private sale of certain surplus land in Hubbard, Lake, and Wabasha Counties.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Kahn introduced:
H. F. 815, A bill for an act relating to local government; requiring a city council to vote on charter commission recommendations for charter amendments by ordinance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 410.12, subdivision 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government.
Kahn; Beard; Nelson, P.; Cox; Peterson, S.; Hortman; Lenczewski; Ruud; Dittrich; Larson; Opatz and Hosch introduced:
H. F. 816, A bill for an act relating to elections; providing for nonpartisan legislative offices; modifying the allocation of money in the state elections campaign fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 10A.31, subdivision 5; 204D.08, subdivisions 4, 6; 204D.13, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Erickson introduced:
H. F. 817, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing districts to hold operating referendum for a proposed facility at the same time as a referendum to fund the proposed facility; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 126C.17, subdivision 11.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy and Reform.
Kahn, Mariani, Ellison, Davnie and Clark introduced:
H. F. 818, A bill for an act relating to elections; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article VII, section 1; authorizing local units of government to permit permanent resident noncitizens to vote in local elections.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Thissen introduced:
H. F. 819, A bill for an act relating to insurance; providing state-funded reinsurance for small employer health coverage; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 62L.08, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Paulsen; Lenczewski; Abrams; Pelowski; Tingelstad; Johnson, J.; Zellers; Penas; Wardlow; Magnus; Erickson; Klinzing; Soderstrom; Vandeveer; Larson; Nelson, P.; Kohls; Abeler; Westerberg; Beard; Sviggum; Severson and Peterson, N. introduced:
H. F. 820, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution; adding a section to article IV to provide for initiative and referendum; providing procedures for initiative and referendum; providing penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 204C.33, subdivisions 1, 3; 204D.11, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Blaine introduced:
H. F. 821, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying requirements for in lieu of tax payments on wildlife lands; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.061, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Blaine introduced:
H. F. 822, A bill for an act relating to Independent School District No. 482, Little Falls; providing for an alley system or at-large election of school board members.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy and Reform.
Blaine, Hackbarth, Ozment, Gazelka, Hoppe, Cornish, Penas, Howes, McNamara, Dill and Scalze introduced:
H. F. 823, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying the State Timber Act; modifying standard measurements for wood; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 90.01, by adding subdivisions; 90.041, subdivision 5; 90.042; 90.101, subdivision 2; 90.121; 90.172; 90.173; 90.195; 90.211; 90.301, subdivision 4; 239.33; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 90.01, subdivision 9; 90.041, subdivisions 3, 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Blaine, Hackbarth, Ozment, Gazelka, Cornish, Hoppe, Penas, Howes, McNamara and Dill introduced:
H. F. 824, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying disposition of receipts to the forest suspense account; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 16A.125, subdivision 5; 89.039, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Hilstrom; Nelson, M., and Carlson introduced:
H. F. 825, A bill for an act relating to the city of Brooklyn Center; extending time to expend tax increments.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Ozment; Kelliher; Davids; Juhnke; Sviggum; Wagenius; Hoppe; Mariani; Cox; Lesch; Cornish; Hausman; Tingelstad; Clark; Blaine; Davnie; Magnus; Ellison; Hornstein; Wardlow; Johnson, S.; Otremba; McNamara; Thissen; Abeler; Cybart; Meslow; Koenen; Kahn and Entenza introduced:
H. F. 826, A bill for an act relating to the environment; creating the Clean Water Legacy Act; providing authority, direction, and funding to achieve and maintain water quality standards for Minnesota's surface waters in accordance with section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes chapter 446A; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 114D.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Greiling, Lanning, Carlson and Mariani introduced:
H. F. 827, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for a state coordinator for school world languages programs; providing for grants to model extended world languages programs; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 127A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy and Reform.
Greiling, Otremba, Lenczewski and Ellison introduced:
H. F. 828, A bill for an act relating to elections; prohibiting political parties that receive a public subsidy from making independent expenditures; requiring that income tax checkoff money and political contributions refunded by the state be used only for candidates who have agreed to spending limits; imposing campaign contribution and spending limits on legislative caucuses that choose to participate in the political contribution refund program; limiting multicandidate expenditures by political parties; increasing the maximum political contribution refund from $50 to $100; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 10A.01, subdivisions 9, 18; 10A.25, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions; 10A.27, subdivision 11, by adding a subdivision; 10A.275, subdivision 1; 10A.28, subdivisions 1, 2; 10A.31, subdivisions 3, 5; 10A.322; 290.06, subdivision 23.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Peppin; Thissen; Ozment; Samuelson; Peterson, A.; Cybart; Powell and Otremba introduced:
H. F. 829, A bill for an act relating to health; providing for education of parents, primary caregivers, and child care providers on the dangers associated with shaking infants and young children; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 144; 245A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Mahoney introduced:
H. F. 830, A bill for an act relating to elections; soil and water conservation district supervisors; providing for election of certain supervisors and appointment of certain supervisors; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 103C.311, by adding a subdivision; 103C.315, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Fritz, Greiling, Otremba, Urdahl, Liebling, Koenen, Eken, Moe, Mariani, Sailer, Poppe and Hortman introduced:
H. F. 831, A bill for an act relating to elections; making it easier to vote by absentee ballot; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 203B.02, subdivision 1; 203B.04, subdivision 1; 203B.06, subdivision 3; 203B.11, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Klinzing, Mariani, Erickson, Buesgens, Sykora and Nornes introduced:
H. F. 832, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for a school site governance program; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy and Reform.
Hoppe, Thissen, Kelliher and Howes introduced:
H. F. 833, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying restrictions on the operation of off-highway vehicles; extending the availability of the off-highway vehicle damage account; providing for seizure and forfeiture of certain off-highway vehicles; requiring certain off-highway vehicle violations to be added to the driving record of the violator; modifying civil penalties; clarifying the requirement for off-road vehicle registration; modifying off-road vehicle account receipts and disposition; requiring plates on all-terrain vehicles; providing for revocation of registration; providing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 84.773, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 84.775, subdivision 1; 84.780; 84.797, subdivisions 6, 12; 84.798, subdivision 1; 84.802; 84.803; 84.804, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 84.922, subdivision 2; 84.928, subdivision 2; 97A.315, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 84.796; 84.805; 84.929; 296A.18, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Dittrich; Greiling; Sykora; Buesgens; Dorn; Davnie; Eken; Ruud; Bernardy; Simon; Anderson, B.; Gazelka; Newman; Lillie; Hortman; Sieben; Peterson, S.; Lenczewski; Peppin; Larson; Opatz; Hosch; Tingelstad; Dorman; Garofalo; Charron; Welti; Moe; Kelliher; Poppe and Scalze introduced:
H. F. 834, A bill for an act relating to education; granting school districts the authority to offer certain rewards; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 123B.02, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy and Reform.
Cornish introduced:
H. F. 835, A bill for an act relating to local government aids; changing the aid formula for certain cities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 477A.011, subdivision 34.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Peppin and Knoblach introduced:
H. F. 836, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, by adding a section to article XIII; establishing the same standard for the Minnesota Constitution and the United States Constitution for issues relating to abortion.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Smith and Knoblach introduced:
H. F. 837, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring reporting on notification that is required before an abortion is performed on a minor or certain other women; providing civil penalties; 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 Policy and Finance.
Otremba and Knoblach introduced:
H. F. 838, A bill for an act relating to health; providing for unborn child pain prevention; providing criminal penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Abeler, Huntley and Bradley introduced:
H. F. 839, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing for prescription drug bulk purchasing; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Abeler and Huntley introduced:
H. F. 840, A bill for an act relating to pharmacy; modifying wholesale drug distributor requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 151.47, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Vandeveer, Krinkie, Erickson, Soderstrom and Tingelstad introduced:
H. F. 841, A bill for an act relating to highways; designating Interstate Highways I-494 and I-694 as Ronald Reagan Beltway; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 161.14, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Solberg introduced:
H. F. 842, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; authorizing the private sale of consolidated conservation land in Aitkin County.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Demmer; Bradley; Juhnke; Liebling; Welti; Peterson, A.; Davids; Gunther and Seifert introduced:
H. F. 843, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing a sales tax exemption for certain construction materials for certain resource recovery facilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 297A.71, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Knoblach and Opatz introduced:
H. F. 844, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; modifying the grant recipient of an appropriation for St. Cloud Paramount Theater to provide for the city to own the facility; amending Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 23, subdivision 17, as amended.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Lenczewski; Krinkie; Abrams; Kohls; Marquart; Brod; Anderson, I.; Lanning; Erhardt; Atkins; Bernardy and Lesch introduced:
H. F. 845, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; repealing the alternative minimum tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 290.091, subdivision 6; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 290.091, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Hoppe introduced:
H. F. 846, A bill for an act relating to school districts and other local governments; requiring a notice on levy or bond referenda to be placed in a prominent location on the ballot; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 126C.17, subdivision 9; 275.60.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy and Reform.
Hoppe, Hackbarth, Cornish, Ozment and Dill introduced:
H. F. 847, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying certain definitions; providing for disposition and use of certain revenue; providing for special fish management tags; modifying authority to take animals causing damage; modifying use of scopes by visually impaired hunters; modifying certain license requirements; modifying restrictions on taking waterfowl; authorizing rulemaking; modifying requirements for field training hunting dogs; modifying trapping provisions; modifying period for treeing raccoons; modifying restrictions on decoys; modifying disposition of state hatchery products; modifying fishing and commercial fishing provisions; repealing authority for the Mississippi River Fish Refuge; repealing authority to issue certain orders; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 84.027, subdivision 13; 97A.015, subdivisions 29, 49; 97A.045, subdivision 1; 97A.071, subdivision 2; 97A.075; 97A.401, subdivision 5; 97A.405, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; 97A.441, subdivision 7; 97A.451, subdivisions 3, 5; 97A.475, subdivision 7; 97A.551, by adding a subdivision; 97B.005, subdivisions 1, 3; 97B.031, subdivision 5; 97B.621, subdivision 2; 97B.655, subdivision 2; 97B.805, subdivision 1; 97B.811, subdivisions 3, 4a; 97C.085; 97C.203; 97C.327; 97C.401, subdivision 2; 97C.825, subdivision 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 97C; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 88.27; 97B.005, subdivision 4; 97B.935; 97C.015; 97C.403; 97C.825, subdivisions 6, 7, 8, 9.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Smith, Murphy, Hilstrom, Newman and Meslow introduced:
H. F. 848, A bill for an act relating to public defense; limiting representation by public defenders to statutorily designated persons; providing for public defender access to certain data; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 611.14; 611.16; 611.25, subdivision 1; 611.272; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 611.18.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Zellers and Peppin introduced:
H. F. 849, A bill for an act relating to highways; authorizing state bonds for Central Avenue and Jefferson Highway project in Osseo.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Powell introduced:
H. F. 850, A bill for an act relating to public safety; authorizing rulemaking to allow installation of vehicle-monitoring device in certain vehicles; 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 Transportation.
Lenczewski; Abrams; Zellers; Peterson, N.; Paulsen; Ruud; Larson; Erhardt; Wilkin; Wardlow; Johnson, J., and Sykora introduced:
H. F. 851, A bill for an act relating to property taxation; requiring the commissioner of revenue to conduct a study of the metropolitan fiscal disparities program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Zellers introduced:
H. F. 852, A bill for an act relating to highways; authorizing state bonds for Central Avenue and Jefferson Highway project in Osseo; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Kelliher, Smith, Murphy, Kahn and Thissen introduced:
H. F. 853, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund; exempting the executive director from the political subdivision compensation limit; permitting the investment of fund assets with the State Board of Investment; modifying certain liquidity requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 43A.17, subdivision 9; 422A.05, subdivision 2c; 422A.06, subdivisions 3, 5; 422A.101, subdivision 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 422A.101, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Abeler, Thao, Finstad, Nornes, Thissen, Samuelson, Otremba and Powell introduced:
H. F. 854, A bill for an act relating to health occupations; eliminating the prohibition against providing physical therapy after 30 days without a physician's order or without practicing for one year; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 148.75; 148.76, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Abeler and Huntley introduced:
H. F. 855, A bill for an act relating to human services; removing the sunset for a provision exempting certain antihemophilic factor drugs from prior authorization under medical assistance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256B.0625, subdivision 13f.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Dittrich, Abeler, Hortman and Ruud introduced:
H. F. 856, A bill for an act relating to highways; authorizing trunk highway bonds to finance completion of highway 610; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Simpson and Nornes introduced:
H. F. 857, A bill for an act relating to highways; appropriating money for traffic control improvements for intersection in Ottertail County.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Wardlow; Dempsey; Lillie; Juhnke; Greiling; Carlson; Buesgens; Heidgerken; Urdahl; Erickson; Thao; Hosch; Poppe; Samuelson; Hornstein; Paymar; Cornish; Anderson, B.; Hilstrom; Olson; Scalze; Slawik; Peterson, A.; Brod; Newman; Klinzing; Eastlund and Tingelstad introduced:
H. F. 858, A bill for an act relating to state government; renaming the State Office Building as the Edward A. Burdick State Office Building.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Holberg, Wardlow, Ozment, Cybart, Atkins, Powell, Sieben, Hansen, McNamara, Garofalo and Wilkin introduced:
H. F. 859, A bill for an act relating to Dakota County Regional Railroad Authority; permitting development of bus rapid transit in Cedar Avenue transitway corridor.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Eken and Lieder introduced:
H. F. 860, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for Green Meadow Dam.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Eken and Lieder introduced:
H. F. 861, A bill for an act relating to education finance; making adjustments to the Department of Education's treatment of the Fertile-Beltrami tax base when making levy adjustments.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Eken introduced:
H. F. 862, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for a flood hazard mitigation grant to Ada.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Eken introduced:
H. F. 863, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money and authorizing bonds for a grant to the Wild Rice Watershed District for flood storage easement acquisition.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Abrams, Hornstein, Latz, Simon, Heidgerken, Hoppe, Ellison and Bernardy introduced:
H. F. 864, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for payment of the cost of school breakfast and lunch special diets based on religious beliefs of students; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Olson and Otremba introduced:
H. F. 865, A bill for an act relating to elections; changing certain procedures in cases of annexations affecting precinct boundaries; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 204B.14, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Olson, Cybart and Anderson, B. introduced:
H. F. 866, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing an education tax credit for tuition expenses for certain school attendance; eliminating the family cap on the education tax credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 290.0674, subdivisions 1, 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Olson; Marquart; Gazelka; Anderson, B.; Newman; Erickson; Ozment; Seifert; Knoblach; Westerberg; Abeler; Westrom; Vandeveer; Tingelstad; Otremba; DeLaForest; Cybart; Blaine and Demmer introduced:
H. F. 867, A bill for an act relating to education; enacting the American Heritage Education in Minnesota Public Schools Act; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 120B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy and Reform.
Peterson, A.; Davids; Dill; Hackbarth; Koenen; Solberg; Marquart; Rukavina; Sertich; Nelson, M.; Otremba; Eken; Howes; Juhnke; Finstad; Buesgens; Heidgerken; Simpson; Gunther; Cornish; Penas; Urdahl; Wardlow; Lieder; Hoppe; Magnus; Hamilton; Seifert; Erickson; Soderstrom; Demmer; Atkins; Severson and Beard introduced:
H. F. 868, A bill for an act relating to Canis latrans; providing a coyote conflict management option; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 348.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Hortman, Marquart, Garofalo and Johnson, R. introduced:
H. F. 869, A bill for an act relating to military affairs; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution by adding a section to article XI; creating a military assistance trust fund; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 190.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Thissen; Johnson, S., and Atkins introduced:
H. F. 870, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring disclosure of employers of applicants for publicly funded health programs; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62J.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Seifert; Peterson, A.; Tingelstad; Loeffler and McNamara introduced:
H. F. 871, A bill for an act relating to state government; authorizing participation of day training and habilitation services providers in state cooperative purchasing agreements; including certain rehabilitation facilities, extended employment providers, and day training and habilitation services providers in the state agency acquisition process; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 16C.10, subdivision 5; 16C.15; 471.59, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.