The following House Files were introduced:
Loeffler, Solberg, Lanning, Erickson, Urdahl, Jaros and Tingelstad introduced:
H. F. 2135, A bill for an act relating to the Minnesota Sesquicentennial Commission; changing certain duties, powers, and procedures; amending Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 1, article 4, section 121.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Gottwalt introduced:
H. F. 2136, A bill for an act relating to employment; modifying prevailing wage provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 177.42, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Sailer, Howes, Eken, Moe and Koenen introduced:
H. F. 2137, A bill for an act relating to motor fuels; allowing petroleum inspection fee to be used for weatherization assistance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 239.101, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Abeler and Thao introduced:
H. F. 2138, A bill for an act relating to health-related licensing boards; modifying fees for licensed professional counselors; establishing fees for licensed professional clinical counselors; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 148B.53, subdivision 3; 148C.12, by adding subdivisions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mahoney, Mullery, Hansen and Nelson introduced:
H. F. 2139, A bill for an act relating to unemployment insurance; providing extra unemployment benefits for certain electricians.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Madore introduced:
H. F. 2140, A bill for an act relating to taxation; redefining transit taxing district; authorizing tax levy outside existing transit taxing district; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.446, subdivisions 2, 8; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.4461.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Dominguez, Haws, Walker, Hornstein, Heidgerken and Clark introduced:
H. F. 2141, A bill for an act relating to landlord and tenant; requiring expungement of court eviction records after one year; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 504B.241, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Marquart, Haws, Olin, Westrom, Anzelc, Dittrich, Ward, Kalin, Doty, Loeffler, Wollschlager, Sailer, Lieder, Abeler, Otremba, Masin, Bly, Brown and Knuth introduced:
H. F. 2142, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property tax; changing class rates; extending time for certain refunds; requiring certain information to be included on certificates of real estate value and used in sales ratio studies; creating a property classification for rural woodlands; establishing a seasonal recreational property tax deferral program; providing a market value exclusion for improvements made to certain older homes; providing for homeowners to make monthly property tax payments; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 127A.48, subdivision 3; 272.115, subdivision 1; 273.11, by adding a subdivision; 273.13, subdivisions 22, 23, 25, 33; 279.01, by adding a subdivision; 289A.40, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290D.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Simon; Anderson, B., and Wardlow introduced:
H. F. 2143, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring the commissioner to establish a kinship support program for grandparents and relatives caring for related children.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Gardner, Swails, Bigham and Bunn introduced:
H. F. 2144, A bill for an act relating to environment; creating an ombudsman in the Pollution Control Agency for water pollution education and assistance; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Atkins, Pelowski, Kahn and Simon introduced:
H. F. 2145, A bill for an act relating to open meetings; defining terms; adding open meeting requirement; adding violation for serial meetings; adding contemporaneous textual electronic communications to open meeting requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 13D.01, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision; 13D.02, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13D.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Wardlow and Scalze introduced:
H. F. 2146, A bill for an act relating to human services; changing provisions for nonpublic assistance IV-D services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 256J.08, by adding a subdivision; 256J.09, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256J.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Bly and Fritz introduced:
H. F. 2147, A bill for an act relating to counties; appropriating money for grants to counties participating in the development of the integrated financial system.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Clark and Hornstein introduced:
H. F. 2148, A bill for an act relating to public health; creating a pilot project to make Minneapolis schools fragrance-free.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.
Lenczewski introduced:
H. F. 2149, A bill for an act relating to human services; increasing the property payment rate for a nursing facility located in Hennepin County; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256B.434, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Hilstrom introduced:
H. F. 2150, A bill for an act relating to taxation; requiring certain low-income rental housing to participate in the crime free multihousing program to receive a reduced property tax class rate; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 273.128, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Hilstrom, Kahn and Greiling introduced:
H. F. 2151, A bill for an act relating to education; making Minnesota State High School League rules subject to the Administrative Procedure Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 128C.02, subdivision 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 128C.03.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Bly introduced:
H. F. 2152, A bill for an act relating to higher education; increasing revenue bond authority; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136A.29, subdivision 9.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Smith, Mullery, Berns, Eastlund and Cornish introduced:
H. F. 2153, A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing penalties for unlawful acts relating to fraudulent identification cards; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 609.652, subdivisions 1, 2, 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Murphy, M.; Hilty and Solberg introduced:
H. F. 2154, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing funding for low referendum districts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.10, subdivision 24.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Hackbarth and Juhnke introduced:
H. F. 2155, A bill for an act relating to bioenergy production; appropriating money for study of plasma gasification process to convert cellulose, plastics, and other components of municipal solid waste into methanol for use in biodiesel production.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Wagenius introduced:
H. F. 2156, A bill for an act relating to taxation; imposing an excise tax on incandescent light bulbs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 270C.56, subdivision 1; 289A.01; 289A.02, subdivision 5; 289A.12, by adding a subdivision; 289A.18, by adding a subdivision; 289A.19, by adding a subdivision; 289A.20, by adding a subdivision; 289A.56, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 297J.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Madore introduced:
H. F. 2157, A bill for an act relating to human services; prohibiting the use of a broker for special transportation and access transportation services; amending Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 14, article 12, section 93, as amended.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Loeffler and Tingelstad introduced:
H. F. 2158, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money to the International Adoption Project.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Abeler and Huntley introduced:
H. F. 2159, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring certain medical assistance enrollees who are children with high-cost medical conditions to receive integrated health care coordination and social support services through the U special kids program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Gunther and Cornish introduced:
H. F. 2160, A bill for an act relating to human services finance; providing a rate increase for a nursing facility in Faribault County; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256B.434, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Cornish and Gunther introduced:
H. F. 2161, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for methamphetamine treatment programs.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Gunther and Cornish introduced:
H. F. 2162, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring the commissioner to make recommendations to the legislature for an adolescent residential treatment center.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Hortman introduced:
H. F. 2163, A bill for an act relating to taxes; expanding the sales tax base and reducing the rate; providing a low income tax credit; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 297A.61, subdivision 3; 297A.62, subdivision 1; 297A.67, subdivision 7; 297A.68, subdivisions 10, 19, by adding a subdivision; 297A.70, subdivision 10; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 297A.67, subdivisions 8, 9, 10, 13, 13a, 14, 15, 16, 17; 297A.70, subdivision 12.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Hausman, Lesch, Carlson, Thao, Simpson, Zellers, Koenen, Atkins and Paulsen introduced:
H. F. 2164, A bill for an act relating to life insurance taxation; exempting certain group term contracts from the premiums tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297I.15, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.