The following House Files were introduced:
Cybart introduced:
H. F. 3579, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Corridor; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Sykora introduced:
H. F. 3580, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for financing of prekindergarten through grade 12 education; raising academic achievement; establishing an alternative teacher training program for qualified professionals; expanding alternative teacher compensation program; expanding early childhood Part C services; providing intensive English instruction for adult refugees; providing for Chinese language programs; providing for a district and high school redesign pilot project; authorizing Waseca to levy for health and safety revenue; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 122A.18, subdivision 2; 124D.11, subdivision 9; 125A.27, subdivisions 3, 7, 8, 15, 18; 127A.41, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, sections 121A.19; 122A.415, subdivisions 1, 3; 125A.11, subdivision 1; 125A.79, subdivision 1; 126C.10, subdivisions 31, 34; Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 47; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 120B; 122A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 122A.24.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy and Reform.
Smith introduced:
H. F. 3581, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Public Employees Retirement Association; creating a postsentencing officers and emergency dispatchers retirement plan; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 352.01, subdivision 2b; 355.01, by adding subdivisions; 355.02, subdivision 3; 356.20, subdivision 2; 356.215, subdivision 11; 356.30, subdivision 3; 356.302, subdivision 7; 356.303, subdivision 4; 356.315, by adding a subdivision; 356.465, subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, sections 353.01, subdivision 2b; 356.215, subdivision 8; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 353G.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Klinzing, Sykora, Erickson, Demmer, Greiling, Mariani, Buesgens, Heidgerken, Dittrich, Carlson and Meslow introduced:
H. F. 3582, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money to evaluate student assessment and achievement.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Dempsey introduced:
H. F. 3583, A bill for an act relating to liquor; modifying terms of an on-sale wine license for certain bed and breakfast facilities; allowing a bed and breakfast facility to hold a consumption and display permit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 340A.404, subdivision 5; 340A.414, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Nelson, P. introduced:
H. F. 3584, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; exempting combat wounded veterans from paying cost of special license plates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.123, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Smith introduced:
H. F. 3585, A bill for an act relating to family law; changing certain child support and maintenance provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 518.551, subdivision 6, by adding a subdivision; Laws 2005, chapter 164, sections 4; 5, subdivisions 4a, 8, 15, 18; 8; 10; 14; 15; 16; 18; 20; 21; 22, subdivisions 2, 4, 16, 17, 18; 24; 25; 31; 32; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 518.54, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 518.54, subdivision 4a; Laws 2005, chapter 164, section 12.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Smith introduced:
H. F. 3586, A bill for an act relating to domestic abuse; providing for enforcement of foreign protective orders; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 518B.01, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Tingelstad introduced:
H. F. 3587, A resolution memorializing the President, Congress, and the United States Postal Service to maintain current levels of service.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Gunther introduced:
H. F. 3588, A bill for an act relating to energy; clarifying that a certain facility does not violate the exclusive service territory law.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Hansen, Atkins, Westerberg and Thissen introduced:
H. F. 3589, A bill for an act relating to energy; providing certain protections to residential heating customers of public utilities; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Powell, Thissen, Finstad and Huntley introduced:
H. F. 3590, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a pharmacy payment reform advisory committee; providing for a study; requiring a report to the legislature.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Finstad introduced:
H. F. 3591, A bill for an act relating to human services; allowing the commissioner of human services to contract with Medicare-approved Special Needs Plans to provide medical assistance services to persons with disabilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 256B.69, subdivision 23.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Olson, Solberg and Koenen introduced:
H. F. 3592, A bill for an act relating to taxation; prescribing the effective date of certain rules relating to the valuation of electric and transmission pipeline utilities; 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.
Gunther, Garofalo, Gazelka and Simpson introduced:
H. F. 3593, A bill for an act relating to labor; modifying the prevailing wage determination method; instructing the commissioner of employment and economic development to complete a benefits survey as part of its Occupational Employment Statistics survey; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 177.42, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
Dempsey introduced:
H. F. 3594, A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing sale of transportation bonds for roadside properties on the Great River Road; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Seifert introduced:
H. F. 3595, A bill for an act relating to highways; requiring Department of Transportation to place directional signs to certain historic sites; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 138.666.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Lillie, Atkins and Hosch introduced:
H. F. 3596, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; advancing the date for mailing out the property tax statements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 276.04, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Soderstrom, Otremba, Brod, Samuelson and Erickson introduced:
H. F. 3597, A bill for an act relating to child protection; providing time frames under which an unharmed newborn may be left at a hospital with a hospital employee; providing that a relative search must not be conducted; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 145.902, subdivision 1; 260C.212, subdivision 5; 260C.217, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Cox introduced:
H. F. 3598, A bill for an act relating to labor; regulating state department construction contracts; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 177.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Meslow, Greiling and Clark introduced:
H. F. 3599, A bill for an act relating to early childhood education; expanding screening to include socioemotional developmental screening; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 121A.17, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy and Reform.
Loeffler; Seifert; Kahn; Blaine; Solberg; Olson; Johnson, S.; Tingelstad; Dean; Peterson, N., and Hausman introduced:
H. F. 3600, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for purposes relating to restoration of the State Capitol Building and the Ford Building; authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance.
Clark introduced:
H. F. 3601, A bill for an act relating to elections; permitting a tenant to post campaign material in the window of a residence; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 211B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Loeffler, Lillie, Severson, Hosch, Liebling, Moe and Sailer introduced:
H. F. 3602, A bill for an act relating to veterans; providing for assistance to certain members of the National Guard and other veterans in obtaining health screening and health services relating to depleted uranium exposure; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 192.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Krinkie and Vandeveer introduced:
H. F. 3603, A bill for an act relating to taxation; conforming certain provisions to changes in the Internal Revenue Code; providing an income and corporate franchise tax credit for investments in dairy operations; providing an income tax credit for qualified citizenship expenditures; accelerating the sales-only apportionment phase-in; conforming to federal income tax marriage penalty relief; providing a subtraction from federal taxable income for military pensions; providing a sales tax refund for certain resort expenditures; imposing levy limits for taxes payable in 2007; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 275.70, by adding a subdivision; 275.71, subdivisions 2, 4, 5; 275.74, subdivision 2; 290.06, by adding a subdivision; 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, sections 275.70, subdivision 5; 289A.02, subdivision 7; 290.01, subdivisions 19, 19a, 19b, 31; 290.06, subdivision 2c; 290.0675, subdivision 1; 290.091, subdivision 2; 290.191, subdivision 2; 290A.03, subdivision 15; 291.005, subdivision 1; 297A.75, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Koenen introduced:
H. F. 3604, A bill for an act relating to courts; providing conciliation court with jurisdiction to determine certain fraudulent bank transactions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 491A.01, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Tingelstad, Solberg, McNamara and Carlson introduced:
H. F. 3605, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources or its successor.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Koenen introduced:
H. F. 3606, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money to relocate and renovate the Burlington Northern Depot in the city of Granite Falls.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
Bradley, Nornes, Demmer, Welti and Liebling introduced:
H. F. 3607, A bill for an act relating to higher education ; establishing a branch campus of the University of Minnesota in Rochester; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 137.17, subdivisions 1, 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 137.17, subdivisions 2, 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance.
Pelowski, Davids and Dempsey introduced:
H. F. 3608, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for projects at Winona State University; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Abeler and Thao introduced:
H. F. 3609, A bill for an act relating to human services; making changes to background study provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 245C.24, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
McNamara and Cox introduced:
H. F. 3610, A bill for an act relating to boiler inspections; requiring accredited inspection agencies to submit inspection reports; exempting boilers and pressure vessels inspected by accredited inspection agencies from inspections by the Division of Boiler Inspection; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 183.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Samuelson introduced:
H. F. 3611, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for a methane treatment facility in New Brighton; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
McNamara, Tingelstad and Carlson introduced:
H. F. 3612, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying prior appropriations; amending Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 1, article 2, section 11, subdivision 10.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
McNamara introduced:
H. F. 3613, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money to secure federal matching grants necessary to repair the Hastings hydroelectric plant.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Penas; Peterson, A.; Dill and Hackbarth introduced:
H. F. 3614, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying regulation of all-terrain vehicles; creating two classes of all-terrain vehicles; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 84.92, subdivision 8, by adding subdivisions; 84.928, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, sections 84.9256, subdivision 1; 84.9257; 84.926, subdivision 4; 84.928, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Peppin, Powell, Huntley and Abeler introduced:
H. F. 3615, A bill for an act relating to human services; creating a group residential pilot project.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Atkins, Smith, Ozment, Thissen and Murphy introduced:
H. F. 3616, A bill for an act relating to retirement; authorizing purchase of service credit from the public employees police and fire plan for city of Eveleth police service.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Ruth, Meslow, Sykora, Dill, Hilstrom, Sieben and Marquart introduced:
H. F. 3617, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; allowing a subtraction for military pensions for retired military personnel and certain of their survivors; amending Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, sections 290.01, subdivision 19b; 290.091, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Finstad introduced:
H. F. 3618, A bill for an act relating to human services; making technical changes; modifying commissioner's duties, county board duties, education programs, safety requirements, licensing requirements, disqualification provisions, chemical dependency care, agency appeals and hearings, day treatment services, alternative care funding, clinical infrastructures, property costs, co-payments and coinsurance, adoption provisions, children in need of protection; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 144.225, subdivision 2b; 245A.04, subdivision 11; 254A.03, subdivision 3; 254A.16, subdivision 2; 254B.02, subdivisions 1, 5; 254B.03, subdivisions 1, 3; 254B.06, subdivision 3; 256.0451, subdivisions 1, 3, 11, 19; 256B.0625, subdivision 23; 256B.0913, subdivision 1; 256B.0943, subdivisions 9, 11; 256B.431, subdivisions 1, 3f, 17e; 260B.157, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, sections 245.4874; 245A.14, subdivision 12; 245A.18, subdivision 2; 245C.07; 245C.13, subdivision 2; 245C.15, subdivisions 2, 3; 245C.22, subdivision 7; 245C.24, subdivision 3; 256.046, subdivision 1; 256B.0625, subdivision 13c; 256B.0913, subdivision 4; 256B.0943, subdivisions 6, 12; 256L.03, subdivision 5; 259.67, subdivision 4; 260.012; 626.556, subdivision 2; Laws 2005, chapter 98, article 3, section 25; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 252.21; 252.22; 252.23; 252.24, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; 252.25; 252.261; 254A.02, subdivisions 7, 9, 12, 14, 15, 16; 254A.085; 254A.086; 254A.12; 254A.14, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 254A.15; 254A.16, subdivision 5; 254A.175; 254A.18; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 252.24, subdivision 5; Minnesota Rules, part 9503.0035, subpart 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
Bradley introduced:
H. F. 3619, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating and transferring money and supplementing or reducing appropriations for various state agencies, programs, or activities; establishing, regulating, or modifying certain programs or activities; requiring studies and reports; providing penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 3.737, subdivision 1; 3.7371, subdivision 3; 43A.316, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, by adding subdivisions; 115A.908, subdivision 2; 135A.031, subdivision 7; 135A.034, subdivision 1; 135A.053, subdivision 2; 136A.101, subdivisions 4, 8; 136A.15, subdivisions 6, 9, by adding a subdivision; 136A.16, by adding a subdivision; 136A.162; 136A.1701, subdivisions 4, 7, by adding a subdivision; 136A.233, subdivision 3; 137.17, subdivisions 1, 3; 296A.18, subdivision 4; 326.105; 446A.12, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, sections 16A.724, subdivision 2; 115C.09, subdivision 3j; 136A.1701, subdivision 12; Laws 2005, chapter 136, article 1, sections 10; 13, subdivision 3; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 18, article 1, section 2; Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 1, article 2, section 11, subdivision 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 116J; 136A; 144; 341; 446A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 17.10; 135A.01; 135A.031, subdivisions 1, 2, 5, 6; 135A.032; 135A.033; 136A.15, subdivision 5; 136A.1702; 137.17, subdivisions 2, 4; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 135A.031, subdivisions 3, 4; Minnesota Rules, parts 4850.0011, subparts 9, 10, 27; 4850.0014, subpart 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Dean introduced:
H. F. 3620, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying policies for secured treatment facilities; providing for criminal penalties for possession of contraband; allowing for the entering of service contracts; modifying escape from custody provisions; providing sentencing provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 243.55, subdivision 1; 246.014; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 609.485, subdivisions 2, 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Hackbarth and Solberg introduced:
H. F. 3621, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for the Minnesota Shooting Sports Education Center.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Ellison, Abeler and Huntley introduced:
H. F. 3622, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing medical assistance coverage for certain lead risk assessments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 144.9507, by adding a subdivision; 256B.0625, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Meslow, Slawik and Sykora introduced:
H. F. 3623, A bill for an act relating to education; providing funding for early childhood and family education; allocating Head Start funds; educating new parents; extending early childhood and family education programs and providing for grants; providing for a kindergarten readiness assessment and intervention pilot program; providing for a grant program for child care providers to offer school readiness; appropriating money: amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 119A.50, subdivision 1; 119A.52; 119A.53; 119A.545; 124D.13, subdivisions 2, 3; Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 7, section 20, subdivision 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 119A; 124D; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 119A.51.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy and Reform.
Nornes introduced:
H. F. 3624, A bill for an act relating to occupations; reestablishing the boxing commission; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Peppin and Greiling introduced:
H. F. 3625, A bill for an act relating to public employees; modifying public employee insurance provisions; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 43A.316, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, by adding subdivisions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Finstad, Samuelson and Otremba introduced:
H. F. 3626, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing medical assistance coverage for certified psychiatric nurse practitioners; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256B.0625, subdivision 28.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Blaine introduced:
H. F. 3627, A bill for an act relating to commerce; expanding the motor vehicle lemon law to protect very small businesses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 325F.665, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Sailer introduced:
H. F. 3628, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing the emergency aid appropriation to Independent School District No. 138, Red Lake; amending Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 4, section 25, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Davids, Cornish, Magnus and Penas introduced:
H. F. 3629, A bill for an act relating to real property; eminent domain; providing a definition of public use; providing for loss of going concern; providing and prohibiting attorney fees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 117.025; 117.036; 117.075, by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 117.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Emmer, Huntley, Bradley, Thissen, Nornes, Otremba, Gazelka and Eken introduced:
H. F. 3630, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing children's mental health grants; establishing mental health service delivery and finance reform; modifying mental health case management and rates; modifying general assistance medical care coverages; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 245.465, by adding a subdivision; 246.54, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 256B.0625, subdivision 20; 256B.0945, subdivisions 1, 4; 256B.69, subdivisions 5g, 5h; 256L.12, subdivision 9a; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, sections 245.4874; 256D.03, subdivision 4; 256L.03, subdivision 1; 256L.035; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 245; 256B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 245.465, subdivision 2; 256B.0945, subdivisions 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; 256B.83.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Hornstein introduced:
H. F. 3631, A bill for an act relating to housing; regulating condominium conversions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 515B.1-106.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Ellison introduced:
H. F. 3632, A bill for an act relating to elections; facilitating registering to vote and voting; clarifying documents acceptable to prove residence; making it easier to vote by absentee ballot; requiring translation of voting materials; providing for notice of restoration of civil rights and eligibility to vote; requiring voting assistance to inmates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 135A.17, subdivision 2; 201.061, by adding a subdivision; 203B.02, subdivision 1; 203B.06, subdivision 3; 203B.11, subdivision 4; 204B.27, subdivision 11; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, sections 201.014, subdivision 2; 201.061, subdivision 3; 203B.04, subdivision 1; 203B.11, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 243; 609; 641.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Fritz introduced:
H. F. 3633, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for a grant to the Paradise Center for the Arts in Faribault.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
Gazelka introduced:
H. F. 3634, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing sale or transfer of surplus land at the Brainerd Regional Treatment Center.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Brod and Simon introduced:
H. F. 3635, A bill for an act relating to state government; regulating the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board; modifying membership requirements and staffing authority; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 10A.02, subdivisions 1, 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Hilstrom introduced:
H. F. 3636, A bill for an act relating to coroners; modifying and updating the coroner and medical examiners law; providing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 390.005; 390.01; 390.04; 390.11; 390.111; 390.15; 390.17; 390.21; 390.221; 390.23; 390.25; 390.31, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 390.05; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 390; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 390.006; 390.06; 390.07; 390.16; 390.19; 390.20; 390.24; 390.31, subdivisions 2, 3; 390.33; 390.34; 390.35; 390.36.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Holberg introduced:
H. F. 3637, A bill for an act relating to metropolitan government; governing special transportation service requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 473.386, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Sertich, Gunther, Ruth, Gazelka and Dorn introduced:
H. F. 3638, A bill for an act relating to economic development; authorizing certain investments; creating a program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116J.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
Lanning and Simon introduced:
H. F. 3639, A bill for an act relating to elections; clarifying documents acceptable to prove residence; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 201.061, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 201.061, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Olson, Hosch, Heidgerken, Marquart, Hortman and Anderson, B. introduced:
H. F. 3640, A bill for an act relating to legislative organization; proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit control of the legislative decision-making process by subgroups; requiring distribution of legislative powers; full house participation in final decisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Cox, Davids, Klinzing, Latz, Juhnke, Ellison, Wardlow, Zellers, Westerberg, McNamara, Olson, Walker, Tingelstad, Abrams, Dorman, Goodwin, Abeler, Charron, Meslow and Krinkie introduced:
H. F. 3641, A bill for an act relating to building officials; requiring competency criteria; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Peterson, S.; Clark and Hosch introduced:
H. F. 3642, A bill for an act relating to property tax refunds; increasing the exemption amount for senior and disabled claimants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 290A.03, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Hortman; Hausman; Kahn; Johnson, S.; Kelliher; Thao; Hornstein; Clark; Entenza; Lesch; Wagenius; Simon; Ellison; Thissen; Mariani and Walker introduced:
H. F. 3643, A bill for an act relating to state government; creating a task force to study the feasibility of Minnesota submitting a bid to host the summer Olympics.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
Peterson, S. and Hosch introduced:
H. F. 3644, A bill for an act relating to taxes; individual income; conforming to federal marriage penalty relief; amending Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 290.01, subdivisions 19a, 19b.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Hilstrom, Smith and Nelson, M. introduced:
H. F. 3645, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to oversee efforts to reduce the record keeping backlog for missing persons and unidentified bodies cases; clarifying responsibility for receiving missing persons reports; requiring a model policy relating to missing adults; requiring reports; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299C.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Erhardt introduced:
H. F. 3646, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; authorizing special plates for all disabled veterans; making technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 168.1251, subdivisions 1, 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Meslow introduced:
H. F. 3647, A bill for an act relating to crimes; broadening prohibitions for driving while impaired to include impairment by any drug or its metabolite; broadening prohibition against driving while impaired by controlled substances to include metabolites of those substances; exempting courts from mandatory consecutive sentencing requirements when sentencing a person for felony-level violation for driving while impaired; making technical and clarifying changes; repealing archaic language; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 169A.03, by adding a subdivision; 169A.20, subdivision 1; 169A.28, subdivision 1; 169A.45, subdivision 1; 169A.51, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 7; 169A.52, subdivision 2; 169A.60, subdivisions 2, 4; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, sections 169A.52, subdivision 4; 169A.53, subdivision 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169A.41, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Meslow introduced:
H. F. 3648, A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing for handling of death scene investigations and identifications of remains; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Meslow introduced:
H. F. 3649, A bill for an act relating to public safety; prohibiting privacy requirements that prevent sharing of crime scene photographs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 13.82, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Meslow introduced:
H. F. 3650, A bill for an act relating to public safety; prohibiting expungement of photographs of adjudicated delinquents; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 13.82, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Hortman, Cox, Moe, Sailer, Urdahl, Fritz, Haws and Abeler introduced:
H. F. 3651, A bill for an act relating to taxation; allowing a credit for certain dentistry material purchases; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Hilstrom; Abeler; Hortman; Nelson, M., and Zellers introduced:
H. F. 3652, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for an international baccalaureate pilot program across all grades of a school district; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy and Reform.
Newman; Johnson, J.; Murphy and Smith introduced:
H. F. 3653, A bill for an act relating to judiciary; appropriating money for the Board on Judicial Standards.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Knoblach, Greiling, Olson, Dorn and Krinkie introduced:
H. F. 3654, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring online learning providers to include notice of state academic and testing requirements on course and program information memorandum; calculating online learning aid for nonresident students as actual cost and administrative fees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 124D.095, subdivisions 3, 6; 124D.096.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy and Reform.
Slawik introduced:
H. F. 3655, A bill for an act relating to boxing; regulation of boxing; establishing a boxing commission; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 341.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Tingelstad and Hortman introduced:
H. F. 3656, A bill for an act relating to transportation; commuter rail; authorizing the commissioner to contract for use of railroad right-of-way; regulating civil liability; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 174.82.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Holberg; Lieder; Ruth; Hortman; Abrams; Dill; Buesgens; Zellers; Nelson, M.; Peppin; Dittrich; Hilstrom; Hamilton; Beard; Moe; Peterson, N.; Garofalo; Simpson; Howes; Simon; Gunther; Sviggum; Sailer; Gazelka; Severson; Tingelstad and Mariani introduced:
H. F. 3657, A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing bonding and appropriating money for highways; creating trunk highway motor vehicle sales tax collection account in the trunk highway fund; modifying allocation of proceeds of motor vehicle sales tax; removing obsolete language and making technical and clarifying changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 297B.09; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 167.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Bradley introduced:
H. F. 3658, A bill for an act relating to health; authorizing business organizations to obtain certificates of authority to operate as health maintenance organizations; providing for hospital pricing transparency and provider pricing fairness; authorizing small health plan purchasing pools; providing for a health insurance tax; regulating provider disclosures of reimbursement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 62D.02, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; 62D.03, subdivision 1; 62D.05, subdivision 1; 62J.81, subdivision 1; 297I.01, subdivision 10; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, sections 62J.052; 297I.05, subdivision 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 62J; 62Q; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 62J.17; 62J.25.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.