The following House Files were introduced:
Morrow and Brynaert introduced:
H. F. 2292, A bill for an act relating to public safety; creating state natural disaster assistance grant program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 12.221, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Ozment, Anzelc and Loeffler introduced:
H. F. 2293, A bill for an act relating to claims against the state; providing for settlement of various claims; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dill introduced:
H. F. 2294, A bill for an act relating to taxation; modifying the levy authority of the Cook-Orr Hospital District; amending Laws 1988, chapter 645, section 3, as amended.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Madore and Anderson, B. introduced:
H. F. 2295, A bill for an act relating to professions; requiring the Board of Medical Practice to bring adverse actions to district court; allowing the governor to remove a board member; specifying specific duties of a board member; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 147.01, subdivision 4, by adding subdivisions; 147.091, subdivisions 1, 2, 4; 147.092; 147.141; 147.151; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 147.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Peppin introduced:
H. F. 2296, A bill for an act relating to transportation; providing disaster relief; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Kohls introduced:
H. F. 2297, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; allowing the expiration of a metropolitan agricultural preserve under certain conditions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs.
Zellers and DeLaForest introduced:
H. F. 2298, A bill for an act relating to courts; providing jury service postponement procedures; protecting small businesses; providing grounds for excuse from jury service; establishing maximum length of jury service; providing for contempt of court for failure to appear; making available supplemental compensation to jurors on lengthy trials; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 593.42, subdivision 4; 593.48; 593.50, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 593.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Demmer, Sviggum and Welti introduced:
H. F. 2299, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for design and engineering for restoration of Lake Zumbro; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Kahn introduced:
H. F. 2300, A bill for an act relating to liquor; authorizing the commissioner of public safety to issue on-sale intoxicating liquor licenses for events within the boundaries of the University of Minnesota; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 340A.404, subdivision 4a; 340A.412, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Fritz introduced:
H. F. 2301, A bill for an act relating to state government; providing eligibility for an early retirement incentive in specified circumstances; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 43A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Welti, Liebling and Demmer introduced:
H. F. 2302, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for the Great River Ridge Trail.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sertich and Rukavina introduced:
H. F. 2303, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; providing for the establishment of the water level on Side Lake in St. Louis County.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Masin, Madore and Morgan introduced:
H. F. 2304, A bill for an act relating to child support; adding a requirement for full compliance with payment agreements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 518A.64; 518A.65; 518A.66; 518A.67; 518A.68; 518A.72, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Hilty introduced:
H. F. 2305, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money to Department of Commerce and Public Utilities Commission to finance energy-related activities; providing for grants and fund transfers; modifying provisions relating to mortgage companies and licensees; increasing registration fee for credit services organizations; prohibiting residential mortgage fraud; providing civil penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 58.04, subdivisions 1, 2; 58.05; 58.06, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 58.08, subdivision 3; 58.10, subdivision 1; 80A.28, subdivision 1; 332.54, subdivision 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 58; 609; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 58.08, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Hilty introduced:
H. F. 2306, A bill for an act relating to energy; requiring Public Utilities Commission to initiate proceeding regarding interconnection of distributed generation facilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 216B.1611, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Energy Finance and Policy Division.
Hilty and Dill introduced:
H. F. 2307, A bill for an act relating to the environment; enacting the Global Warming Preparedness Act; requiring Pollution Control Agency to adopt rules to require reporting and verification of statewide greenhouse gas emissions and monitor and enforce compliance with this program; providing for carbon dioxide pipeline rights-of-way; providing for phase-out of coal-fired power plants.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Energy Finance and Policy Division.
Marquart introduced:
H. F. 2308, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for Independent School District No. 801, Browns Valley.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Atkins introduced:
H. F. 2309, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing a study on the benefits of cocurricular career and technical student organizations in the postsecondary institution classroom; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.
Davnie introduced:
H. F. 2310, A bill for an act relating to unemployment insurance; modifying Social Security offset provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 268.085, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Higher Education and Work Force Development Policy and Finance Division.
Davnie introduced:
H. F. 2311, A bill for an act relating to finance; changing the computation of the tobacco tax and tobacco health impact fee on moist snuff; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 297F.01, subdivision 19, by adding a subdivision; 297F.05, subdivisions 3, 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Ward introduced:
H. F. 2312, A bill for an act relating to insurance; protecting certain long-term care insurance policies from extreme premium increases; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 62S.265, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Bunn, Berns, Gardner, Norton, Liebling, Nelson, Scalze, Atkins, Ruud and Murphy, E. introduced:
H. F. 2313, A bill for an act relating to the budget reserve; modifying priorities for additional revenues in general fund forecasts; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16A.152, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Erickson introduced:
H. F. 2314, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a task force to review special education funding.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Anzelc introduced:
H. F. 2315, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing funding for isolated school districts with declining enrollment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.10, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Koenen; Peterson, A.; Magnus; Hamilton and Finstad introduced:
H. F. 2316, A bill for an act relating to energy; allowing certain counties and Metropolitan Council to form a renewable energy agency with the powers of a municipal power agency; including new agency as arm of state for handling of claims; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 3.732, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 453.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Energy Finance and Policy Division.
Loeffler and Hosch introduced:
H. F. 2317, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for the new chance program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Bigham, Smith, Hilstrom and Mullery introduced:
H. F. 2318, A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying sentences for repeat sex offenders; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 609.3455, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.