INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Thursday, March 20, 2014


The following House Files were introduced:

Runbeck and Davids introduced:

H. F. 3218, A bill for an act relating to taxation; homestead credit refunds and renter property tax refunds; allowing claims to be filed as part of the individual income tax return; changing the time for payment of claims; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290A.07, subdivisions 1, 2a, 5; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290A.07, subdivision 3.

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

Erhardt and Hornstein introduced:

H. F. 3219, A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring the Metropolitan Airports Commission to monitor noise to establish a baseline in a certain area; requiring a report.

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

Radinovich introduced:

H. F. 3220, A bill for an act relating to retirement; public employees police and fire retirement plan; permitting the purchase of allowable service credit for pre-2003 employment by certain police officers of the Mille Lacs tribal police department.

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

Mariani introduced:

H. F. 3221, A bill for an act relating to building codes; requiring safety protection notice regarding residential fire sprinklers; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325F.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance and Policy.

Huntley introduced:

H. F. 3222, A bill for an act relating to health; creating the Legislative Health Care Workforce Commission; requiring report.

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

Kelly introduced:

H. F. 3223, A bill for an act relating to landfill cleanup; amending the definition of "qualified facility"; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 115B.39, subdivision 2.

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

Kahn, Lillie, Davnie and Hornstein introduced:

H. F. 3224, A bill for an act relating to transportation; traffic regulations; amending bicycle riding rules; amending Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 169.222, subdivision 4.

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

Isaacson and Freiberg introduced:

H. F. 3225, A bill for an act relating to the Metropolitan Council; modifying the membership of the nominating committee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 473.123, subdivision 3.

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

Quam introduced:

H. F. 3226, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for wastewater services treatment in Dodge County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Veterans Affairs.

Yarusso and Isaacson introduced:

H. F. 3227, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for study of the water level of Turtle Lake; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Kahn introduced:

H. F. 3228, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for systemwide trail connections in Minneapolis; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Sanders and Schoen introduced:

H. F. 3229, A bill for an act relating to retirement; authorizing purchase of service credit from the public employees retirement association for omitted service.

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

Lillie and Ward, J.A. introduced:

H. F. 3230, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for construction of a floating boardwalk and paving of two trails at the Oakdale Nature Preserve in Oakdale; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Pelowski and Carlson introduced:

H. F. 3231, A bill for an act relating to higher education; authorizing participation in interstate reciprocity agreement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 136A.01, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 136A.

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

Fischer introduced:

H. F. 3232, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying terminology; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97C.417.

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

Wills introduced:

H. F. 3233, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; modifying exemption for fund-raising sales by or for nonprofit groups; amending Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 297A.70, subdivision 13.

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

Huntley and Lesch introduced:

H. F. 3234, A bill for an act relating to higher education; regulating certain animal research; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 136A.

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

Norton introduced:

H. F. 3235, A bill for an act relating to taxation; modifying the internship credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 136A.129, subdivisions 1, 3, 5.

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

Laine, Norton, Scott and Mahoney introduced:

H. F. 3236, A bill for an act relating to mediation services; providing for duties of the commissioner; clarifying receipts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 179.02, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance and Policy.

Radinovich introduced:

H. F. 3237, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; imposing requirements on certain treaty-related meetings; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97A.

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

Schoen, Simonson, Holberg and Slocum introduced:

H. F. 3238, A bill for an act relating to public safety; prohibiting persons subject to domestic violence restraining orders from possessing weapons; requiring persons convicted of domestic violence offenses to surrender their firearms while they are prohibited from possessing firearms; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 260C.201, subdivision 3; 518B.01, subdivision 6; 609.2242, subdivision 3; 609.749, subdivision 8; 624.713, subdivision 1.

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

Norton introduced:

H. F. 3239, A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying the location equity revenue formula; amending Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 126C.10, subdivision 2e.

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

Peppin introduced:

H. F. 3240, A bill for an act relating to health insurance; removing the exemption for MNsure from Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16E; amending Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 62V.03, subdivision 2.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy.

Murphy, M. and Simon introduced:

H. F. 3241, 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 Ways and Means.

Kahn; Benson, J.; Lillie; Dehn, R.; Freiberg; Davnie; Hornstein; Loeffler; Slocum; Mullery; Clark; Wagenius; Persell and Newton introduced:

H. F. 3242, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; providing a process for community governance of the Minnesota Orchestra; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 129E.

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

Norton introduced:

H. F. 3243, A bill for an act relating to cultural heritage; appropriating money to the Minnesota Veterans and Emergency Services Museum.

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

Persell and Clark introduced:

H. F. 3244, A bill for an act relating to employment; establishing the emerging workforce grant program; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance and Policy.

Metsa, Radinovich, Melin, Anzelc and Dill introduced:

H. F. 3245, A bill for an act relating to taxation; minerals; modifying the rates of tax on nonferrous mining; modifying the distribution of net proceeds and production tax revenues; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 298.015, subdivision 1; 298.225, subdivision 1; 298.28, subdivision 5; Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, sections 298.01, subdivision 3; 298.018, subdivision 1; 298.28, subdivision 4.

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

Petersburg, Howe and O'Neill introduced:

H. F. 3246, A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring a study and legislative report by the Center for Transportation Studies on electrically powered vehicles and transportation funding and general sales tax collections for transportation projects; appropriating money.

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

Johnson, S. introduced:

H. F. 3247, A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; modifying rate case procedures; standardizing consumer billing practices; requiring intrastate call completion; simplifying certification procedures; removing antiquated or obsolete provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 237.01, by adding subdivisions; 237.02; 237.035; 237.04; 237.075, subdivision 1; 237.081, subdivisions 1, 2, 4; 237.12, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 237; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 237.03; 237.068; 237.072; 237.075, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11; 237.21; 237.22; 237.411; 237.44; 237.45; 237.57; 237.59, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10; 237.64, subdivision 2; 237.67; 237.75; 237.76; 237.761; 237.762; 237.763; 237.764; 237.765; 237.766; 237.767; 237.768; 237.769; 237.770; 237.771; 237.772; 237.773, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; 237.774; 237.775; 237.80.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Labor, Workplace and Regulated Industries.

Clark, Persell, Kahn, Dill, McNamara and Hausman introduced:

H. F. 3248, A bill for an act relating to economic development; creating a green jobs deconstruction pilot program; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance and Policy.

Lenczewski introduced:

H. F. 3249, A bill for an act relating to the city of Bloomington; authorizing the use of certain tax increment funds; amending Laws 2013, chapter 143, article 9, section 23.

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

Hausman; Ward, J.E., and Carlson introduced:

H. F. 3250, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; authorizing spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and other improvements of a capital nature with certain conditions; modifying previous appropriations; authorizing the Housing Finance Agency to issue housing infrastructure bonds; establishing new programs and modifying existing programs; extending the authority to use negotiated sales; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 12A.16, subdivision 5; 16A.641, by adding a subdivision; 16A.642, subdivisions 1, 2; 115A.0716, subdivision 1; 129C.10, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 135A.034, subdivision 2; 174.50, subdivisions 6b, 7; 174.52, subdivision 3; 240A.09; 462A.37, subdivision 2, by adding subdivisions; Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 16, subdivision 5; Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 11, subdivision 4; Laws 2010, chapter 189, sections 15, subdivision 5; 21, subdivision 11; Laws 2013, chapter 136, sections 4; 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 116J; 129C.

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