INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Thursday, March 25, 2004


The following House Files were introduced:

Krinkie; Vandeveer; Olson, M.; Wilkin; Adolphson; Lindner; Zellers and Anderson, B. introduced:

H. F. 3135, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution by adding an article XV; providing for limits on state and local spending and tax increases.

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

Thao introduced:

H. F. 3136, A bill for an act relating to economic development; providing additional standards for the appointment of members to the Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 3.9226, subdivision 1.

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

Kuisle, Holberg, Krinkie and Jacobson introduced:

H. F. 3137, A bill for an act relating to transportation; providing for an increase in the state general levy to fund transit services; creating a public transit fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 275.025, subdivisions 1, 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 174.

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

Huntley introduced:

H. F. 3138, A bill for an act relating to higher education; establishing low-income nursing student scholarship program; appropriating money; 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.

Westerberg, Beard, Buesgens and Davids introduced:

H. F. 3139, A bill for an act relating to the compulsive gambling statewide toll-free telephone number; requiring gambling establishments to acknowledge that the statewide toll-free compulsive gambling telephone number is paid for with state funds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 245.98, by adding a subdivision.

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

Abeler and Bernardy introduced:

H. F. 3140, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for the Northstar Rail Corridor.

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

Kuisle, for the Committee on Transportation Finance, introduced:

H. F. 3141, A bill for an act relating to transportation; reducing certain appropriations to the Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, and Metropolitan Council; limiting certain deposits of revenue from the motor vehicle sales tax; temporarily allowing money for certain activities to be spent for bus transit; 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.