INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Monday, March 15, 2010


The following House Files were introduced:

Westrom, Champion, Olin, Kelly, Drazkowski and Scott introduced:

H. F. 3652, A bill for an act relating to conciliation court; increasing the limit for claims that may be filed; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 491A.01, subdivision 3.

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

Severson introduced:

H. F. 3653, A bill for an act relating to marriage; authorizing use of an embossed seal in lieu of notarization on certain statements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 517.08, subdivision 1b.

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

Sterner introduced:

H. F. 3654, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; regulating the admissibility of seat belt use evidence in certain civil actions; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 169.685, subdivision 4.

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

Severson, Eastlund and Newton introduced:

H. F. 3655, A bill for an act relating to veterans; establishing a presumption of rehabilitation through a person's honorable military service following a prior offense; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 364.03, subdivision 3.

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

Beard, Dill, Severson and Lieder introduced:

H. F. 3656, A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying certain aviation-related taxes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 296A.09, subdivision 1; 296A.17, subdivision 3; 360.531, subdivisions 1, 2.

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

Torkelson and Gunther introduced:

H. F. 3657, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a long-term care liaison office in the Department of Health; establishing duties; requiring state agency cooperation; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 16A.06, by adding a subdivision; 45.012; 174.23, by adding a subdivision; 175.17; 256.01, by adding a subdivision; 270C.02, by adding a subdivision; 299A.01, subdivision 2; 462A.07, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 116J.401, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144A.

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

Haws introduced:

H. F. 3658, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting construction materials and equipment used in the construction and improvement of a regional wastewater treatment facility; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; 297A.75, subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 297A.75, subdivisions 1, 2.

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

Gottwalt, Abeler, Beard, Urdahl, Brod, Mack, Kelly and Torkelson introduced:

H. F. 3659, A bill for an act relating to health insurance; requiring guaranteed issue in the individual market; requiring MCHA to reinsure ceded risk on certain health plans; ending additional enrollment in MCHA; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 62A.65, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 62E.10, subdivision 7; 62E.11, subdivision 1; 62E.14, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 62A.65, subdivision 6.

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

Koenen introduced:

H. F. 3660, A bill for an act relating to claims against the state; providing for settlement of certain claims; appropriating money.

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

Hansen and Hornstein introduced:

H. F. 3661, A bill for an act relating to labor and industry; modifying the packinghouse workers bill of rights; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 179.86.

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

Faust introduced:

H. F. 3662, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; providing for private use registration for snowmobiles; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.82, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision.

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

Laine, Abeler, Hayden, Fritz, Swails, Thao, Davids, Gunther, Lillie, Hilstrom, Otremba, Brown and Morgan introduced:

H. F. 3663, A bill for an act relating to health; specifying certain aspects of prepaid health plan contracts entered into by the commissioner of human services or county-based purchasing plans; requiring use of certain accounting procedures; providing health care providers and others a right to audit under those contracts; providing for resolution of disputes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 256B.69, subdivisions 5i, 9, 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.

Brown introduced:

H. F. 3664, A bill for an act relating to education finance; replacing Minnesota's K-12 funding system with a foundation aid program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 126C.05, subdivisions 1, 3, 5, 17, by adding subdivisions; 126C.17, subdivisions 1, 2; 126C.20; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 126C; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 125A.76, subdivisions 2, 4, 4a, 5, 7, 8; 125A.78; 125A.79, subdivisions 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; 126C.12, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 126C.13, subdivisions 4, 5; 126C.15, subdivisions 1, 3, 5; 126C.16, subdivisions 1, 3; 126C.17, subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, sections 125A.76, subdivision 1; 126C.15, subdivisions 2, 4.

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

Hoppe, Holberg, Rukavina, Hackbarth and Juhnke introduced:

H. F. 3665, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; amending requirements for travel in left-hand lanes; modifying driver's manual; making technical changes; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 169.18, subdivisions 7, 10, by adding a subdivision; 171.13, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 357.021, subdivision 6.

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

Dill and Olin introduced:

H. F. 3666, A resolution urging Congress to adopt legislation delaying certain regulation of greenhouse gas emissions.

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

Hilty and Solberg introduced:

H. F. 3667, A bill for an act relating to energy; modifying programs for reducing emissions at electric generating plants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 216B.1692, subdivision 8; 216B.685, subdivision 4.

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

Greiling introduced:

H. F. 3668, A bill for an act relating to elections; providing for "clean money" campaigns funded without special interest money; expanding certain definitions; requiring certain campaign finance reports to be filed and published electronically; requiring notice of independent expenditures; requiring reports of excess spending by candidates who do not agree to limit spending; reducing certain contribution limits and spending limits; limiting independent expenditures by political parties on behalf of their own candidates as a condition of receiving a public subsidy; imposing campaign contribution and spending limits on political party caucuses as a condition of receiving a public subsidy; limiting multicandidate expenditures by political parties; increasing public subsidies for candidates who agree to lower contribution limits; increasing spending limits and public subsidies to respond to independent expenditures and excess spending by nonparticipating candidates; repealing the income tax checkoff for election campaigns; increasing the maximum political contribution refund from $50 to $100; imposing criminal penalties; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 10A.01, subdivisions 9, 18, 21; 10A.02, subdivision 11a; 10A.14, subdivision 2; 10A.20, subdivisions 2, 6b, by adding subdivisions; 10A.25, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, by adding subdivisions; 10A.257, subdivision 1; 10A.27, subdivisions 1, 11, by adding subdivisions; 10A.275, subdivision 1; 10A.28, subdivisions 1, 2; 10A.315; 10A.322; 200.02, by adding a subdivision; 290.06, subdivision 23; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 10A.25, subdivision 6; 10A.31, subdivisions 1, 3, 3a, 5, 5a, 6, 6a, 7, 10, 10a, 10b, 11; Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 10A.31, subdivision 4.

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

Sterner introduced:

H. F. 3669, A bill for an act relating to open meetings; requiring open meetings to be recorded and made available to the general public; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13D.

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

Nornes introduced:

H. F. 3670, A bill for an act relating to early childhood; providing funding for early childhood education; appropriating money; amending Laws 2009, chapter 96, article 6, section 11.

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

Westrom introduced:

H. F. 3671, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property tax refunds for renters; modifying the schedule, reducing the percentage of rent constituting property taxes, and ending the inflation adjustment of the brackets and maximum refund amounts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 290A.03, subdivisions 11, 13; 290A.04, subdivisions 2a, 4.

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

Westrom introduced:

H. F. 3672, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property tax refunds for renters; modifying the schedule, reducing the percentage of rent constituting property taxes, and ending the inflation adjustment of the brackets and maximum refund amounts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 290A.03, subdivisions 11, 13; 290A.04, subdivisions 2a, 4.

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

Ruud introduced:

H. F. 3673, A bill for an act relating to mental health; authorizing placement at a community behavioral health hospital; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 253B.09, subdivision 1.

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

Ward introduced:

H. F. 3674, A bill for an act relating to education finance; providing funding for the Northwestern Online College in the high school program.

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

Ward introduced:

H. F. 3675, A bill for an act relating to education finance; adjusting the career and technical levy formula; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 124D.4531, subdivision 1.

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

Lesch introduced:

H. F. 3676, A bill for an act relating to public safety; reducing number of years of relevant military experience required for eligibility for reciprocity examination for licensure as a peace officer; amending Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 626.8517.

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

Pelowski, Buesgens, Zellers, Urdahl and Severson introduced:

H. F. 3677, A bill for an act relating to education; prohibiting participation in Race to the Top grant program.

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

Clark, Hayden, Champion, Hausman and Bunn introduced:

H. F. 3678, A bill for an act relating to housing; authorizing the sale and issuance of challenge program bonds for affordable housing and permanent supportive housing purposes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 462A.21, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 462A.

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