INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Monday, March 19, 2007


The following House Files were introduced:

Ruud introduced:

H. F. 2165, A bill for an act relating to commerce; limiting the use of evergreen clauses in certain leases and contracts; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E.

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

Benson; Greiling; Peterson, S., and Ruud introduced:

H. F. 2166, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money to the Department of Education for a grant to the Minnesota Historical Society to provide professional development for teachers.

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

Davnie, Mullery, Thao and Hilstrom introduced:

H. F. 2167, A bill for an act relating to public safety; reorganizing the Minnesota Financial Crimes Oversight Council and Task Force; transferring responsibility over the oversight council and task force from the commissioner of public safety to the attorney general; providing the oversight council with more autonomy, including more control over appropriated money; striking the requirement that the oversight council seek a nonstate match to state-appropriated funds; expanding the oversight council's and task force's jurisdiction to include organized retail crime; expanding the authority of the oversight council over the task force commander; adding legislators to the oversight council; requiring a $1 surcharge on each driver's license and Minnesota identification card issued and statutorily appropriating this money for the oversight council and task force; requiring an annual report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 171.06, subdivision 2; 299A.681; Laws 2005, chapter 136, article 1, section 9, subdivision 6; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 8.

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

Kahn; Gunther; Hilty; Juhnke; Hansen; Heidgerken; Otremba; Eken; Jaros; Abeler; Johnson; Peterson, A.; Koenen; Thao and Clark introduced:

H. F. 2168, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; providing for the development and regulation of an industrial hemp industry; authorizing rulemaking; providing a defense for possession and cultivation of industrial hemp; modifying the definition of marijuana; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 18J.01; 18J.02; 18J.03; 18J.04, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; 18J.05, subdivisions 1, 2, 6; 18J.06; 18J.07, subdivisions 3, 4, 5; 18J.09; 18J.11, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 152.01, subdivision 9; 375.30, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18K.

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

Peterson, A. introduced:

H. F. 2169, A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying the calculation of sparsity revenue; reestablishing a levy for school districts in statutory operating debt; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.10, subdivisions 6, 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 126C.

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

Kahn, Pelowski, Seifert, Moe and Haws introduced:

H. F. 2170, A bill for an act relating to retirement; creating unclaimed account procedures for the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system individual retirement account plan and supplemental plan; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 354B.20, by adding a subdivision; 354B.25, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 354C.12, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 354C.

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

Mullery introduced:

H. F. 2171, A bill for an act relating to relating or tax increment financing; providing a plan election for first year to receive increment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 469.175, subdivision 1; 469.176, subdivision 1.

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

Brod, Swails, Buesgens, McNamara, Finstad and Mariani introduced:

H. F. 2172, A bill for an act relating to education; allowing charter school students to participate in extracurricular activities in their resident school district; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 123B.36, subdivision 1; 123B.49, subdivision 4; 124D.10, subdivision 8.

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

Eastlund and Hackbarth introduced:

H. F. 2173, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing the compensatory pilot grants for Independent School District No. 15, St. Francis, for two years; appropriating money.

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

Kalin and Knuth introduced:

H. F. 2174, A resolution memorializing the Minnesota Sesquicentennial Commission to take account of energy efficiency

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

Kalin; Sertich; Peterson, A.; Hilty; Knuth; Gardner; Faust; Berns; Ozment and Brynaert introduced:

H. F. 2175, A bill for an act relating to energy; requiring commissioner of administration to construct accessible database reporting energy use in public buildings; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16B.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.

Kalin, Gardner, Paulsen and Hilstrom introduced:

H. F. 2176, A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring the state to maintain searchable databases on tax increment financing and JOBZ; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 6; 116J.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.

Bunn, Swails and Bigham introduced:

H. F. 2177, A bill for an act relating to health and the environment; establishing a Health Risk Advisory Council; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103H.201, by adding a subdivision.

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

Thissen, Abeler, Atkins, Walker, Huntley, Brod and Murphy, E. introduced:

H. F. 2178, A bill for an act relating to human services; restoring funding for certain long-term care programs; expanding home and community-based long-term care services for older adults and family caregivers; establishing new grant programs; establishing a statewide priority to enhance the mobility of older adults; establishing demonstration projects; requiring a study of adult protection and ombudsman services; requiring a study of access by older adults to services under the elderly waiver; requiring a study of service adequacy across long-term care waivers; requiring a study of access to hospice services; establishing a tax credit for family caregivers of adults of all ages; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 256.975, by adding subdivisions; 256B.0917, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 256; 290.

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

Berns introduced:

H. F. 2179, A bill for an act relating to health occupations; modifying the time period in which applicants applying for a license to practice medicine must take and pass the United States Medical Licensing Examination; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 147.02, by adding a subdivision.

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

Anderson, B. introduced:

H. F. 2180, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a board of oversight of human services appeals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 14.63; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 245A.

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

Abeler and Huntley introduced:

H. F. 2181, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring certain medical assistance enrollees who are children with high-cost mental health conditions to receive mental 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.

Loeffler; Murphy, E.; Huntley and Peterson, S. introduced:

H. F. 2182, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing an advisory committee to simplify program administration; requiring studies and reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256.01, by adding a subdivision.

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

Thao, Otremba, Fritz, Abeler and Murphy, E. introduced:

H. F. 2183, A bill for an act relating to health care; regulating certain high deductible health plans; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 62Q.65.

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

Liebling and Norton introduced:

H. F. 2184, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying the medical education and research cost distribution formula; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 62J.692, subdivisions 1, 4, 7a, 8, 10.

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

Lanning, Simon, Slawik, Dill, Hamilton, Eastlund, McFarlane, Demmer and Erhardt introduced:

H. F. 2185, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a grant program to help communities promote, practice, and cultivate positive child and youth development; appropriating money.

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

Hornstein, Bigham, Walker, Slawik and Hilstrom introduced:

H. F. 2186, A bill for an act relating to child support; modifying requirements for six-month review; providing income information and enforcement remedies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 518.1781; 518A.28; 518A.60; 518A.65; 518A.66; 518A.68; 518A.69; 518A.74, subdivision 1.

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

Erickson and Shimanski introduced:

H. F. 2187, A bill for an act relating to volunteer firefighter relief associations; requiring establishment of investment policies and reporting on results; repealing certain reporting requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 356A.06, subdivisions 4, 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 424A.

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

Brynaert, Erhardt, Johnson, Gunther, Brown, Lieder and Hausman introduced:

H. F. 2188, A bill for an act relating to drivers' licenses; requiring road examination upon every third driver's license renewal; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.13, subdivisions 2, 7.

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

Paymar introduced:

H. F. 2189, A bill for an act relating to land use; establishing statewide moratorium on new billboards; declaring existing billboards nonconforming uses; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 173.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.

Atkins, Sviggum, Mahoney, Anzelc and Otremba introduced:

H. F. 2190, A bill for an act relating to motor fuels; regulating biodiesel fuel sales; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 239.77, subdivision 2.

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

Madore introduced:

H. F. 2191, A bill for an act relating to drivers' licenses; permitting use of address designated by secretary of state for data protection purposes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 171.06, subdivision 3; 171.07, subdivisions 1, 3.

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

Hilstrom introduced:

H. F. 2192, A bill for an act relating to the city of Brooklyn Center; expanding the permitted uses of increments of a tax increment financing district; amending Laws 1994, chapter 587, article 9, section 14, subdivision 2.

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

Hilstrom introduced:

H. F. 2193, A bill for an act relating to the city of Brooklyn Center; expanding the permitted uses of increments of a tax increment financing district; amending Laws 1994, chapter 587, article 9, section 14, subdivisions 1, 2, 3.

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

Kahn introduced:

H. F. 2194, A bill for an act relating to retirement; postretirement earnings offsets to pensions for teacher retirement fund associations in cities of the first class; modifying provisions on the procurement of actuarial services for state and local public retirement programs; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 16A.055, subdivision 5; 356.214, subdivisions 1, 3, by adding a subdivision; 356.215, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 11, 18; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 354A.31, subdivisions 3, 3a; 356.214, subdivision 2; 356.215, subdivision 2a.

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

Demmer introduced:

H. F. 2195, A bill for an act relating to highways; directing commissioner of transportation to issue necessary permits for construction by city of Rochester of interchange at highway 52 and 65th Street NW.

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

Sailer; Juhnke; Hansen; Urdahl; Gardner; Welti; Peterson, A.; Bly; Koenen; Eken; Tschumper; Faust; Olin; Heidgerken; Lieder and Moe introduced:

H. F. 2196, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; modifying provisions of the waste pesticide collection program; increasing the minimum annual program expenditure amount; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 18B.065; 18B.26, subdivision 3.

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

Zellers; Simpson; Finstad; Emmer; Anderson, S.; Berns; Severson; DeLaForest; Lanning; Nornes; Brod; Hackbarth; Gunther; McNamara; Dettmer; Seifert; Peppin; Dean; Marquart; Erhardt; Hosch; Haws; Nelson; Hilstrom; Otremba; Lillie; Simon; Bigham; Atkins; Lesch; Juhnke; Solberg; Eastlund; Gottwalt and Wardlow introduced:

H. F. 2197, A bill for an act relating to highways; designating I-94 as Purple Heart Trail; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.14, by adding a subdivision.

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

Dill introduced:

H. F. 2198, A bill for an act relating to taxation; modifying the levy authority of the Cook County Hospital District; amending Laws 1989, chapter 211, section 8, subdivision 4, as amended.

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

Hansen introduced:

H. F. 2199, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for a span arch bridge in South St. Paul; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Magnus and Hamilton introduced:

H. F. 2200, A bill for an act relating to energy; promoting use of hydrogen as energy resource using an innovative commercial demonstration of integrated biorefinery system for production of liquid transportation biofuels, biobased chemicals, and substitutes for petroleum-based feedstocks and products that will cause a net reduction of emissions of greenhouse gases; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B.

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

Olin and Bunn introduced:

H. F. 2201, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; providing for certain licenses to be issued without a fee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.441, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.

Paymar introduced:

H. F. 2202, A bill for an act relating to local government; modifying nonconforming use provisions as applied to billboards; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 462.357, subdivision 1e.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.

Paymar introduced:

H. F. 2203, A bill for an act relating to transportation; imposing a surcharge on outdoor advertising permits; appropriating money for removal of dilapidated billboards; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 173.

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

Rukavina introduced:

H. F. 2204, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money to the Board of Invention.

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

Bigham, Hilstrom, Mullery and Smith introduced:

H. F. 2205, A bill for an act relating to crimes; providing for applicability of certain old sex offender provisions for crimes committed before enactment of new sex offender law; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 609.3455, by adding a subdivision.

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

Kalin introduced:

H. F. 2206, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; providing for recovery of costs of impound lot operators; establishing abandoned vehicle account; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 115A.908, subdivision 2; 168B.087, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168B.

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

Westrom introduced:

H. F. 2207, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; amending definition of recreational vehicle combination to include any type of towed middle vehicle; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.01, subdivision 78.

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

Slocum and Thissen introduced:

H. F. 2208, A bill for an act relating to taxation; exempting construction material and equipment used to construct a new city hall and maintenance facility in Richfield; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297A.71, by adding a subdivision.

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

Madore, Slocum and Atkins introduced:

H. F. 2209, A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; changing motor vehicle damage disclosure requirement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 325F.6641, subdivisions 1, 2.

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

Clark introduced:

H. F. 2210, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for restorative justice.

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

Olin and Marquart introduced:

H. F. 2211, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for an indoor ice arena in the city of Badger; authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds.

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

Loeffler; Hausman; Lanning; Carlson; Kelliher; Solberg; Dean; Kahn; Murphy, M.; Mariani and Tingelstad introduced:

H. F. 2212, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for restoration and renovation of the capitol building.

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

Morrow and Lieder introduced:

H. F. 2213, A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring permit to tow oversized and overweight vehicle under certain conditions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 169.829, subdivision 2; 169.86, by adding a subdivision.

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

Juhnke introduced:

H. F. 2214, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; decreasing the minimum acreage requirements for certain special agricultural homestead property; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 273.124, subdivision 14.

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

Knuth; Peterson, A.; Sailer and Scalze introduced:

H. F. 2215, A bill for an act relating to the environment; requiring commissioner of natural resources and director of Explore Minnesota Tourism to develop a travel green program; requiring a report.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.

Scalze introduced:

H. F. 2216, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying watercraft surcharge; modifying water recreation account; providing for a nonresident fishing surcharge; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 86B.415, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7; 86B.706, subdivision 3; 97A.475, subdivision 7.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.

Dominguez, Paymar and Mariani introduced:

H. F. 2217, A bill for an act relating to alternative dispute resolution; providing for a study and assessment of alternative dispute resolution; appropriating money.

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

Slocum and Hilty introduced:

H. F. 2218, A bill for an act relating to utilities; specifying conditions and procedures for the payment of compensation to certain intervenors in utility proceedings; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 216B.16, subdivision 10.

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

Koenen; Ruth; Olin; Bly; Tingelstad; Solberg; Gunther; Demmer; Erhardt; Slocum; Fritz; Severson; Abeler; Anzelc; Wollschlager; Dill; Cornish; Hosch; Pelowski; Juhnke; Brown; Haws; Faust; Jaros; Hilty; Norton; Poppe; Peterson, A., and Sailer introduced:

H. F. 2219, A bill for an act relating to transportation; increasing gasoline and special fuel tax rates; providing for phase-in of motor vehicle sales tax revenues to transportation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 296A.07, subdivision 3; 296A.08, subdivision 2; 297B.09, subdivision 1.

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

Anderson, B.; Hackbarth and Erickson introduced:

H. F. 2220, A bill for an act relating to local government; limiting local government requirements for use of certain nonconforming lots; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 394.36, by adding a subdivision; 462.357, subdivision 1e.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.

Peterson, S. introduced:

H. F. 2221, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing funding for the Board of Teaching; appropriating money.

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

Otremba and Westrom introduced:

H. F. 2222, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds; appropriating money for Central Lakes Regional Sanitary District sewer system.

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

Abeler and Hilstrom introduced:

H. F. 2223, A bill for an act relating to local government; authorizing home rule charter cities to provide by charter the procedures for appointment of housing and redevelopment authority commissioners; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 469.003, subdivision 6.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.

Walker, Clark and Dominguez introduced:

H. F. 2224, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for African-American juvenile crime prevention grants.

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

Demmer introduced:

H. F. 2225, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying restrictions on using artificial lights to locate animals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97B.081, subdivision 2.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.

Lanning introduced:

H. F. 2226, A bill for an act relating to gambling; allowing postsecondary institutions to conduct raffles under certain conditions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 609.761, by adding a subdivision.

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

Juhnke introduced:

H. F. 2227, A bill for an act relating to state government; appropriating money for agricultural, veterans, and military affairs purposes; establishing and modifying certain programs; modifying certain accounts and fees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 17.03, subdivision 3; 17.101, subdivision 2; 17.102, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, by adding subdivisions; 17.117, subdivisions 5a, 5b; 18B.33, subdivision 1; 18B.34, subdivision 1; 18B.345; 18C.305, by adding a subdivision; 18E.03, subdivision 4; 28A.082, subdivision 1; 41B.043, subdivisions 2, 3, 4; 41B.047; 41B.055; 41B.06; 41C.05, subdivision 2; 168.1255, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 35; 41A; 192; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 17.109; 18B.315; 18C.425, subdivision 5; 41B.043, subdivision 1a.

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

Anzelc introduced:

H. F. 2228, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales tax; extending the agricultural exemption to logging tires; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297A.69, subdivision 3.

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

Mullery introduced:

H. F. 2229, A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing ignition interlock device pilot project for repeat DWI offenders and providing a temporary exception to mandatory sentencing law for offenders required to use these devices; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169A.275, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 171.

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

Loeffler introduced:

H. F. 2230, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; eliminating future residential relative homesteads; changing the class rate on certain nonhomestead residential property; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 273.124, subdivision 1; 273.13, subdivision 25.

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

Brown, Marquart, Olin, Kalin and Ward introduced:

H. F. 2231, A bill for an act relating to local government aids; providing for aid to towns; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 477A.013, by adding a subdivision.

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

Smith introduced:

H. F. 2232, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; changing certain requirements relating to the open space property tax law; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 273.112, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision.

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

Kalin introduced:

H. F. 2233, A bill for an act relating to local government; authorizing transfer of development credits banks for local governments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 394.25, subdivision 2; 462.357, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.

Otremba, Westrom, Ozment, Simpson, Hausman, Eken, Ward, Lieder, Fritz and Sailer introduced:

H. F. 2234, A bill for an act relating to highways; designating the "Dallas Sams Memorial Highway"; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.14, by adding a subdivision.

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

Juhnke, Marquart, Brod, Simpson and Dittrich introduced:

H. F. 2235, A bill for an act relating to estate taxation; providing an exclusion for certain farm and small business properties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 291.005, subdivision 1; 291.03, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions.

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

Liebling, Norton, Welti and Demmer introduced:

H. F. 2236, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for the Southeastern Minnesota Regional Public Safety Training Center.

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

Nelson; Gunther; Koenen; Atkins; Hilstrom; Carlson; Fritz; Zellers; Peterson, N.; Rukavina; Peterson, A.; Eken; Simpson; Howes; Urdahl and Lillie introduced:

H. F. 2237, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing a sales tax exemption for construction materials and equipment used to construct improvements in a tax increment financing district in the city of Bloomington; extending the duration of a tax increment financing district in the city of Bloomington and modifying its boundaries; providing for the issuance of certain state obligations; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; Laws 1996, chapter 464, article 1, section 8, subdivision 3.

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

Brynaert, Greiling, Demmer, Gottwalt, Loeffler, Zellers, Lillie, Slawik and Brod introduced:

H. F. 2238, A bill for an act relating to insurance; creating a statewide health insurance program for school district employees; appropriating money; 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.

Thissen, Davnie and Wagenius introduced:

H. F. 2239, A bill for an act relating to local government; authorizing the transfer of all powers, duties, and obligations of the Board of Estimate and Taxation in the city of Minneapolis to the Minneapolis City Council.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.

Rukavina and Sertich introduced:

H. F. 2240, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for renewable biomass energy production by the Laurentian Energy Authority; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Clark introduced:

H. F. 2241, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for health and human services for certain programs and grants; appropriating money to the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency.

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

Marquart and Juhnke introduced:

H. F. 2242, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; reducing the class rate on certain seasonal restaurant property; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 273.13, subdivision 25.

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

Tschumper introduced:

H. F. 2243, A bill for an act relating to taxes; authorizing the city of Lanesboro to impose a local sales tax.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.

Morgan introduced:

H. F. 2244, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting construction materials and equipment for a surface water treatment plant; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297A.71, by adding a subdivision.

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