INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Monday, March 22, 2004


The following House Files were introduced:

Seifert introduced:

H. F. 3106, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; dedicating certain revenue from motor vehicle sales tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 297B.09, subdivision 1.

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

Urdahl introduced:

H. F. 3107, A bill for an act relating to human services; placing nursing facilities in the city of Dassel into a different geographic group; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 256B.431, subdivision 2b.

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

Westrom and Otremba introduced:

H. F. 3108, A bill for an act relating to taxation; authorizing the Lakes Area Economic Development Authority to levy a tax; amending Laws 2003, chapter 127, article 12, section 38.

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

Eken, Huntley, Lieder, Koenen, Pugh, Peterson and Otremba introduced:

H. F. 3109, A bill for an act relating to alternative care program funding; modifying alternative care program client premiums; modifying income tax rates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 290.06, subdivision 2d; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, sections 256B.0913, subdivision 12; 290.06, subdivision 2c.

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

Lanning introduced:

H. F. 3110, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing an exemption from sales tax for geothermal equipment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 297A.67, by adding a subdivision.

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

Otremba introduced:

H. F. 3111, A bill for an act relating to retirement; general employees retirement plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association; authorizing the conversion of a retirement annuity to a disability benefit.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.

Pugh, Murphy, Otto and Huntley introduced:

H. F. 3112, A bill for an act relating to taxation; replacing the additional sales tax on alcoholic beverages on its expiration with an equivalent gross earnings tax on alcoholic beverages; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 295.

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

Kahn introduced:

H. F. 3113, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minneapolis police, fire, and municipal employees retirement plans; making various retirement funding modifications; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 69.77, subdivision 4; 356A.06, subdivision 7; 422A.06, subdivision 8; 422A.101, subdivision 4; 423B.21; 423C.15, subdivisions 3, 4; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 423D.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.

Magnus; Simpson; Nelson, P.; Urdahl; Heidgerken; Ruth; Swenson; Gunther; Nornes; Dempsey; Demmer and Kuisle introduced:

H. F. 3114, A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing town road sign replacement program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 164.

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

Westrom, Juhnke and Heidgerken introduced:

H. F. 3115, A bill for an act relating to taxation; extending the construction date requirement applicable to a property tax exemption for a biomass electric generation facility; extending the duration of a sales tax exemption on construction materials for a biomass electric generation facility; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 272.02, subdivision 47; Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 5, article 12, section 67.

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

Nornes introduced:

H. F. 3116, A bill for an act relating to taxes; increasing the population size of cities permitted to hold land for economic development purposes for 15 years; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 272.02, subdivision 39.

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

Kahn introduced:

H. F. 3117, A bill for an act relating to urban riverfronts; requiring a model ordinance.

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

Simpson introduced:

H. F. 3118, A bill for an act relating to tourism; providing for a later start date for school districts; providing for valuation and deferment of taxes on certain homestead resorts; delaying the date by which taxes on certain resort property must be paid; exempting from sales tax certain purchases from resorts; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 120A.40; 278.03, subdivision 1; 279.01, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; 297A.75, as amended; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 273.

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

Wilkin and Wardlow introduced:

H. F. 3119, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; modifying special assessment and property tax deferment provisions on the Caponi art park property; amending Laws 1998, chapter 389, article 3, section 41; Laws 1998, chapter 389, article 3, section 42, subdivision 2, as amended.

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

Dorman; Opatz; Simpson; Atkins; Boudreau; Kelliher; Murphy; Huntley; Dorn; Hilty; Fuller; Anderson, J.; Nornes; Juhnke and Abeler introduced:

H. F. 3120, A bill for an act relating to local sales taxes; allowing certain cities to impose a local sales tax if certain criteria are met; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 297A.99, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 477A.016.

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

Mullery introduced:

H. F. 3121, A bill for an act relating to criminal justice; authorizing cities to seek reimbursement from persons who are booked for pretrial detention in a county jail when the county charges the city for those costs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 642.04; 642.06.

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

Carlson introduced:

H. F. 3122, A bill for an act relating to tax increment financing; modifying the definition of structurally substandard buildings; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 469.174, subdivision 10.

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

Sertich, Hilty, Mullery and Mahoney introduced:

H. F. 3123, A bill for an act relating to unemployment insurance; extending exception for certain wage credits earned; amending Laws 2002, chapter 380, article 1, section 3.

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

Hornstein, Hausman, Ellison, Erhardt, Rhodes and Kelliher introduced:

H. F. 3124, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing for deposit of revenues from sales tax on motor vehicles; removing obsolete language; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 297B.09, subdivision 1.

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

Eken; Goodwin; Kelliher; Latz; Anderson, I., and Koenen introduced:

H. F. 3125, A bill for an act relating to human services funding; modifying parental contributions for the cost of children's services; modifying income tax rates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 252.27, by adding a subdivision; 290.06, subdivision 2d; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 290.06, subdivision 2c; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 252.27, subdivision 2a.

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