The following House Files were introduced:
Otremba; Anderson, I.; Juhnke and Eken introduced:
H. F. 3014, A bill for an act relating to statutes; defining "live birth"; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 645.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Otremba and Eken introduced:
H. F. 3015, A bill for an act relating to job opportunity building zones; authorizing designation of additional zones for health care facilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 295.53, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 469.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance.
Seagren and Sykora introduced:
H. F. 3016, A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for prekindergarten through grade 12 education, including general education, education excellence, special programs, and facilities and technology; early childhood and family education, including prevention and self-sufficiency and lifelong learning; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 123B.54; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 1, section 53, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 6, 11, 12; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 2, section 55, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 3, section 20, subdivisions 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 4, section 31, subdivisions 2, 3; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 5, section 35, subdivisions 2, 3; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 7, section 11, subdivision 3; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 8, section 7, subdivisions 2, 5; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 9, section 9, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Sertich introduced:
H. F. 3017, A bill for an act relating to employment; extending the period of availability of certain extra unemployment benefits; amending Laws 2002, chapter 380, article 1, section 5, subdivisions 3, 5, 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.
Juhnke, Eken, Cox, Simpson, Gunther, Magnus and Penas introduced:
H. F. 3018, A bill for an act relating to education; creating an education telecommunications fund; providing support for kindergarten through grade 12 schools and public library telecommunications networks; providing for an access fee; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 125B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Otremba; Eken; Murphy; Juhnke; Anderson, I., and Lieder introduced:
H. F. 3019, A bill for an act relating to human services; repealing the Minnesota family investment plan family cap; repealing Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 14, article 1, sections 37, 38.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.
Juhnke, by request, introduced:
H. F. 3020, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying practice provisions for licensed dental hygienists; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 150A.10, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 150A.10, subdivision 1a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Thissen introduced:
H. F. 3021, A bill for an act relating to the state lottery; directing a study of the feasibility of a local parks lottery game.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Rukavina introduced:
H. F. 3022, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; making fishing licenses issued to nonresidents invalid for game fish species during the first seven days of the fishing season; increasing the fishing license fees for nonresidents; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 97A.411, subdivision 1; 97A.474, subdivision 2; 97A.475, subdivision 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Seifert introduced:
H. F. 3023, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying the child care assistance programs; establishing an at-home infant child care program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, sections 119B.011, subdivisions 6, 15; 119B.09, subdivision 7; 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.
Borrell introduced:
H. F. 3024, A bill for an act relating to insurance; prohibiting health insurance premium variations based upon claims experience for employers smaller than 100 employees; limiting the use of group experience in workers' compensation insurance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 62L.06; 62L.08, subdivisions 2, 2a; 79.55, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Severson introduced:
H. F. 3025, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing certain school districts to levy for school bus purchases.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Hausman, Severson and Paymar introduced:
H. F. 3026, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for the Minnesota Horticultural Society.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Finance.
Kahn; Carlson; Paymar; Thissen; Hornstein; Johnson, S., and Entenza introduced:
H. F. 3027, A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating the use of genetic information; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 72A.139.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Davnie, Biernat, Walker, Ellison, Kelliher, Wagenius, Clark, Kahn and Hornstein introduced:
H. F. 3028, A bill for an act relating to school board elections; Special School District No. 1; providing for six members to be elected by district and three to be elected at-large.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Ruth introduced:
H. F. 3029, A bill for an act relating to sales tax; allowing the city of Waseca to impose a local sales tax.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Larson, Thissen and Hornstein introduced:
H. F. 3030, A bill for an act relating to Metropolitan Airports Commission; restricting further construction at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport until certain conditions are met.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Larson, Abrams, Lenczewski, Seagren and Sviggum introduced:
H. F. 3031, A bill for an act relating to real property; requiring public entities to release certain rights.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Davids introduced:
H. F. 3032, A bill for an act relating to animals; changing liability for certain animals running at large; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 346.16.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.
Rhodes and Sykora introduced:
H. F. 3033, A bill for an act relating to peace officers; including officers of the Department of Veterans Affairs in the definition of "federal law enforcement officers" for purposes of state arrest authority and tort liability and indemnification; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 626.77, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Peterson, Koenen and Seifert introduced:
H. F. 3034, A bill for an act relating to hospital districts; providing for board membership in the Yellow Medicine County Hospital District; amending Laws 1963, chapter 276, section 2, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Peterson and Heidgerken introduced:
H. F. 3035, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for camping improvements at Monson Lake State Park; authorizing the issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Peterson and Westrom introduced:
H. F. 3036, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money to construct the Chuck Brown Memorial Building in Swift County; authorizing the sale of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance.
Hausman, Hornstein and Erhardt introduced:
H. F. 3037, A bill for an act relating to transit; restoring funding for metropolitan and greater Minnesota transit assistance in fiscal year 2005; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Buesgens introduced:
H. F. 3038, A bill for an act relating to education; selecting pilot sites to provide education access grants to low-income children residing in school districts with documented academic achievement gaps.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Rukavina and Dill introduced:
H. F. 3039, A bill for an act relating to taxes; local lodging taxes; allowing the city of Biwabik to impose a local lodging tax.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Hilty introduced:
H. F. 3040, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing a rate increase for a nursing facility in Carlton County having completed an approved total replacement; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 256B.431, subdivision 17f.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.
Lindner and Sertich introduced:
H. F. 3041, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development for a grant to Advocating Change Together.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance.
Johnson, S.; Thao; Hornstein; Kahn and Murphy introduced:
H. F. 3042, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money to the commissioner of public safety to restore public safety services, including the Crime Victim Services Center, the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the fire marshal, and the Criminal Gang Strike Force grants.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Hoppe, Howes, McNamara, Cox and Hausman introduced:
H. F. 3043, A bill for an act relating to the environment; requiring a study on the impact of off-highway vehicle use on wetlands; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Simpson, Marquart, Walz, Eken, Fuller, Lindgren, Howes, Erickson and Nornes introduced:
H. F. 3044, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property tax; making certain resort property subject to the limited market value provisions; modifying the calculations in the initial year of their inclusion in limited market value; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 273.11, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 273.11, subdivision 1a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Brod, Hornstein, Cox and Lesch introduced:
H. F. 3045, A bill for an act relating to highways; defining hybrid vehicle and inherently low emission vehicle; allowing certain vehicles to be operated in toll lanes without payment of toll; allowing certain vehicles to be operated in high-occupancy vehicle lanes regardless of occupancy requirements; directing commissioner of public safety to issue decal or other identifier to be affixed to certain vehicles; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 160.02, by adding subdivisions; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 160.93, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 161; 168.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy.
Johnson, J. introduced:
H. F. 3046, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; providing standards for award of certain attorney fees and costs; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 549.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.
Dorn and Finstad introduced:
H. F. 3047, A bill for an act relating to local government; limiting urban development on unincorporated property that abuts a municipality in certain cases; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 414.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Marquart introduced:
H. F. 3048, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing Independent School District No. 801, Browns Valley, to exercise remaining levy authority for disability access projects.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Howes introduced:
H. F. 3049, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; permitting use of dogs for tracking and trailing bear; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 97B.205.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Abrams introduced:
H. F. 3050, A bill for an act relating to estate tax; exempting certain estates of decedents; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 291.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Abrams introduced:
H. F. 3051, A bill for an act relating to taxes; changing definition of foreign operating corporation; providing for apportionment of income for purposes of income, franchise, and occupation taxes; providing a subtraction from income for certain military service; providing for payment of sales taxes on leases of motor vehicles; defining industrial production and capital equipment for purposes of sales and use taxes; providing for collection of a sales tax on cigarettes; requiring state contracts be with vendors that have registered to collect sales taxes; providing for apportionment of the market value homestead credit; increasing the amount of tax incentives for biotechnology and health sciences industry zone; providing for allocation of revenues; providing for a funds transfer; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 16C.03, by adding a subdivision; 273.1384, subdivision 1; 290.01, subdivision 6b; 290.191, subdivisions 2, 3; 297A.61, subdivision 4; 297A.67, by adding a subdivision; 298.01, subdivisions 3, 4; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, sections 16A.152, subdivision 2; 290.01, subdivision 19b; 297A.61, subdivision 7; 297A.68, subdivisions 2, 5; 469.335; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 297F.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Eken and Lieder introduced:
H. F. 3052, 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 and Koenen introduced:
H. F. 3053, A bill for an act relating to education; making vocational and technical education a required academic standard; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, sections 120B.021, subdivisions 1, 2; 120B.022, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Thissen introduced:
H. F. 3054, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing support to caregivers; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 181.9413; 256B.0917, subdivision 6; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.
Vandeveer introduced:
H. F. 3055, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; limiting liability for damages in certain actions against air museums and their officers, directors, and employees, and the owners of aircraft exhibits; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 604A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.
Wagenius introduced:
H. F. 3056, A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring the commissioner to submit a report to the legislature regarding policies and procedures for removal of debris and litter from trunk highway rights-of-way.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy.
Meslow introduced:
H. F. 3057, A bill for an act relating to crime victims; appropriating money to the commissioners of health and public safety for crime victim service programs and crime and sexual violence prevention efforts.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Abrams; Brod; Dempsey; Nelson, P., and Pugh introduced:
H. F. 3058, A bill for an act relating to taxation; conforming certain tax provisions to federal law; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, sections 289A.02, subdivision 7; 290.01, subdivisions 19, 19b, 31; 290A.03, subdivision 15; 291.005, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Lenczewski, Greiling, Borrell, Thissen, Hilstrom, Hausman and Nelson, M. introduced:
H. F. 3059, A bill for an act relating to individual income tax; repealing the alternative minimum tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 290.091, subdivision 6; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 290.091, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, 6; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 290.091, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.