The following House Files were introduced:
Welti, Norton, Heidgerken, Abeler and Hornstein introduced:
H. F. 2319, A bill for an act relating to health care; establishing a prostate cancer screening program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Peterson, A. introduced:
H. F. 2320, A bill for an act relating to environment; appropriating money to characterize emissions from biomass gasification facilities.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Peterson, A. introduced:
H. F. 2321, A bill for an act relating to environment; authorizing a study to assess the air emissions of biomass gasification facilities; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Atkins introduced:
H. F. 2322, A bill for an act relating to state government; enhancing utilization of Minnesota Milestones; requiring a report.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Mullery introduced:
H. F. 2323, A bill for an act relating to retirement; providing for an actuarial estimate of a change in retirement coverage for sentence-to-service crew leaders; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Winkler, Simon, Carlson and Peterson, S. introduced:
H. F. 2324, A bill for an act relating to housing; modifying conditions related to housing with services establishments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 245A.11, subdivisions 2, 3; 462.357, subdivisions 7, 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Housing Policy and Finance and Public Health Finance Division.
Winkler introduced:
H. F. 2325, A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing for use of ignition interlocks by DWI offenders; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 171.305.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Hornstein and Benson introduced:
H. F. 2326, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; providing for enforcement and penalties for failure to yield right-of-way to buses on highway shoulders; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.20, subdivision 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Transportation Finance Division.
Haws, Hosch and Severson introduced:
H. F. 2327, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a business incubator for startup science-based companies.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Haws, Hosch and Severson introduced:
H. F. 2328, A bill for an act relating to local government; appropriating money for grants to encourage local government units to participate in inter-local service sharing agreements in the delivery of public safety services.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Howes introduced:
H. F. 2329, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; modifying the homestead local option disaster abatement provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 273.123, subdivision 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Juhnke introduced:
H. F. 2330, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; providing license exemption for Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts Ice Fishing Weekend; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.445, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Clark introduced:
H. F. 2331, A bill for an act relating to landlord and tenant law; providing for the deletion or expungement of certain eviction records maintained by courts and tenant screening services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 504B.241, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Housing Policy and Finance and Public Health Finance Division.
Kalin introduced:
H. F. 2332, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying the permanent bar to set aside a disqualification; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 245C.24, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.
Ward introduced:
H. F. 2333, A bill for an act relating to retirement; permitting certain disabled members of the Public Employment Retirement Association police and fire plan to elect to change the laws under which benefits are determined.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Ward introduced:
H. F. 2334, A bill for an act relating to state government; regulating rulemaking; modifying the requirements for rule adoption petitions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 14.09.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Erickson introduced:
H. F. 2335, A bill for an act relating to sales and use tax; providing sales tax exemptions for construction of certain publicly owned facilities in the city of Princeton; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297A.71, by adding subdivisions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Welti introduced:
H. F. 2336, A bill for an act relating to state government; repealing a transfer from Board of Electricity account in the special revenue fund; appropriating money; repealing Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 1, article 3, section 16.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Welti introduced:
H. F. 2337, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for an earth and space, life, and physical sciences assessment in grades 10 through 12; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120B.30, subdivision 1a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.
Gunther, Brynaert and Morrow introduced:
H. F. 2338, A bill for an act relating to economic development; requiring reports; appropriating money for entrepreneurial assistance grants.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Berns introduced:
H. F. 2339, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; providing for the issuance of free angling and hunting licenses to residents who have served outside the United States as a member of the National Guard or a reserve component; 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.
Berns introduced:
H. F. 2340, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing that certain property leased to school districts is exempt from taxation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 272.02, subdivision 42.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Thissen, by request introduced:
H. F. 2341, A bill for an act relating to retirement; modifying adjustments by the commissioner of education to aid payments for Special School District No. 625; increasing direct state supplemental contributions to the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association; removing the sunset and redistributive provisions on direct state supplemental aids to teacher retirement funds; increasing employer contribution rates; repealing language on administrative cost-related member contribution surcharges; eliminating an investment-related postretirement increase for the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association; providing for a limited cost-of-living increase; establishing a new amortization target date for the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 127A.50, subdivision 1; 354A.12, subdivisions 2a, 3a, 3c; 354A.29, subdivisions 3, 4; 356.215, subdivision 11; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 127A.50, subdivision 5; 354A.12, subdivision 3d; 354A.29, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Buesgens, Abeler and Erickson introduced:
H. F. 2342, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing the creation of five charter schools focused on medical technology; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.05, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.
Abeler and Otremba introduced:
H. F. 2343, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; regulating medical liability actions; providing for the inadmissibility of certain health care provider statements, gestures, or conduct; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 604.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Brod, Kohls, Zellers, Berns and Peterson, N. introduced:
H. F. 2344, A bill for an act relating to state and local government; prohibiting unfunded local mandates; establishing a local mandate review board; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Peppin introduced:
H. F. 2345, A bill for an act relating to education; providing parent choice in education; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.
Thissen, by request introduced:
H. F. 2346, A bill for an act relating to retirement; allowing a bounce-back annuity when provided for by a marriage dissolution decree; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 353.30, by adding a subdivision; 518.58, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.