INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Thursday, March 27, 2003


The following House Files were introduced:

Harder, Koenen, Demmer, Swenson and Urdahl introduced:

H. F. 1254, A bill for an act relating to renewable energy; expanding the definition of a qualified on-farm biogas recovery facility for certain purposes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 216C.41, subdivision 1.

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

Erhardt and Juhnke introduced:

H. F. 1255, A bill for an act relating to transportation; providing for apportionment of the county state-aid highway fund; increasing motor fuel tax and providing for additional motor fuel taxes to provide money for trunk highway bond debt service; authorizing ten-year imposition of one-half cent sales tax for transportation in certain counties if authorized in a regional referendum; creating major local projects account in the local road improvement fund; authorizing sale of state bonds; making technical and clarifying changes; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 162.07, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions; 174.52, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 296A.07, subdivisions 3, 4, by adding a subdivision; 296A.08; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473J.

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

Atkins introduced:

H. F. 1256, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; creating a subtraction for college tuition; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 290.01, subdivision 19b.

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

Swenson introduced:

H. F. 1257, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; authorizing a drainage authority to compensate landowners for the removal of a bridge; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 103E.701, by adding a subdivision.

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

Peterson introduced:

H. F. 1258, A bill for an act relating to evidence; establishing a domestic violence victims' advocate privilege; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 595.02, by adding a subdivision.

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

Ozment introduced:

H. F. 1259, A bill for an act relating to counties; providing for an appeal to the county board from a decision of the board of adjustments and appeals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 394.27, subdivision 9.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.

Seagren, Buesgens and Eken introduced:

H. F. 1260, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing the on-line learning program; defining student eligibility; establishing on-line course revenue; requiring the commissioner of children, families, and learning to review and certify districts offering on-line courses; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 126C.19, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 125B.

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

Holberg introduced:

H. F. 1261, A bill for an act relating to drivers' licenses; requiring commissioner of public safety to amend Minnesota Rules to provide for reissuance of driver's license eight weeks after its cancellation due to diabetes-related driving episode.

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

Clark introduced:

H. F. 1262, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring medical assistance to cover pharmaceutical care; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 256B.0625, by adding a subdivision.

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

Otremba, Wagenius, Huntley, Goodwin and Walker introduced:

H. F. 1263, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring the commissioner of health to create a model notice for property owners regarding the testing of wells; providing for disseminating of the notice; requiring certain information to be posted on the Web site of the department of health; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103I.

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

Klinzing, Buesgens, Kielkucki and Johnson, J. introduced:

H. F. 1264, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a school site pilot program.

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

Klinzing; Hoppe; Anderson, B.; Krinkie; Vandeveer and Buesgens introduced:

H. F. 1265, A bill for an act relating to education; allowing school districts to count only teachers whose primary duty is to provide classroom instruction in language arts, math, science, or social studies when reporting student-teacher ratios and related class size information; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 122A.06, subdivision 2; 123B.10, by adding a subdivision.

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

Sykora, Paulsen, Kielkucki and Slawik introduced:

H. F. 1266, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing learning scholarships for students with disabilities; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 125A.

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

Brod introduced:

H. F. 1267, A bill for an act relating to utility regulation; amending the interest utilities pay on consumer deposits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 325E.02.

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

Severson, Adolphson and Zellers introduced:

H. F. 1268, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; clarifying when vehicle lights must be displayed; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 169.48, subdivision 1.

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

Samuelson and Bradley introduced:

H. F. 1269, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring biennial information on asset diversion; expanding information available through the senior linkage line; applying excess homestead equity towards the cost of long-term care; extending the prohibition on certain transfers of income and assets to 72 months prior to application for medical assistance; providing a period of ineligibility; providing exceptions; requiring the commissioner of human services to seek a waiver; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 256.01, by adding a subdivision; 256.975, subdivision 7; 256B.0595, by adding subdivisions.

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

Carlson and Latz introduced:

H. F. 1270, A bill for an act relating to the city of Golden Valley; authorizing an extension of a tax increment financing district.

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

Gunther and Tingelstad introduced:

H. F. 1271, A bill for an act relating to health; providing for the prevention of lead poisoning; 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 Policy.

Gunther, Huntley, Haas and Finstad introduced:

H. F. 1272, A bill for an act relating to occupations; establishing inspection requirements for new plumbing installations; allowing the commissioner to charge fees to hire staff; requiring rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 326.37, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 326.38; 326.40, subdivision 1; 326.42; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 326; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 326.45.

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

Meslow; Simpson; Brod; Demmer; Osterman; Nelson, P.; Hoppe; Adolphson; Lindgren; Urdahl; Klinzing; Borrell; Soderstrom; Strachan; Kohls; Zellers; Wardlow; Cornish; Nelson, C.; Anderson, J.; Finstad; Severson and Beard introduced:

H. F. 1273, A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring use of reverse auction procedures for state purchasing; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16C.

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

Lindgren, Kohls, Klinzing, Paulsen, Adolphson, Wardlow, Heidgerken, Severson, Beard, Powell, Hoppe, Simpson and Finstad introduced:

H. F. 1274, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 1; providing for limits on state spending increases.

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

Clark introduced:

H. F. 1275, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring the commissioner of human services to implement a pharmaceutical care demonstration project; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 256B.0625, by adding a subdivision.

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

Jaros introduced:

H. F. 1276, A bill for an act relating to liquor; authorizing the city of Duluth to issue one additional on-sale license.

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

Hoppe, Klinzing, Severson, Adolphson, Heidgerken, Wardlow, Borrell, Kohls, Urdahl, Beard, Powell, Simpson and Finstad introduced:

H. F. 1277, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing for limits on state spending increases; providing for rebate of excess revenues; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16A.

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

Lipman, Murphy, Strachan, Meslow, Holberg, Hilstrom, Paymar and Fuller introduced:

H. F. 1278, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; defining terms in the predatory offender registration law; allowing crime victims to have input earlier in the plea agreement process; imposing conditions on the disclosure of videotaped interviews of child abuse victims; clarifying the rape examination law; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 13.821; 243.166, subdivision 4a; 609.35; 611A.03, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 611A; 634.

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

Solberg introduced:

H. F. 1279, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing private sale of certain tax-forfeited land in Itasca county.

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

Mullery, Ellison, Biernat, Kahn, Gunther and Erhardt introduced:

H. F. 1280, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money to replace the Lowry Avenue bridge in Minneapolis.

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

Hausman, Hornstein, Abeler, Tingelstad and Entenza introduced:

H. F. 1281, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for reauthorization of central corridor project.

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

Lindgren introduced:

H. F. 1282, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; changing certain wild rice provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 30.49, subdivision 6.

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

Clark, Dorn, Mahoney and Sertich introduced:

H. F. 1283, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for WomenVenture and the Metropolitan Economic Development Association.

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

Mariani, Hilty, Lesch and Ellison introduced:

H. F. 1284, A bill for an act relating to state government; putting the capitol area architectural and planning board and the designer selection board under the administrative control of the board of architecture, engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, geoscience, and interior design; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 15.50, subdivision 1; 16B.33, subdivision 2; and 326.06.

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

Severson and Stang introduced:

H. F. 1285, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring a study of the need for an additional hospital in central Minnesota.

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

Westerberg, DeLaForest, Adolphson, Larson, Kuisle and Anderson, B. introduced:

H. F. 1286, A bill for an act relating to transportation; creating a hazard elimination safety account in the local road improvement fund; authorizing state bonds for local bridge replacement and rehabilitation and the local road improvement program; providing standard for construction and reconstruction projects under the local road account in the local road improvement fund for routes of regional significance; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 174.52, subdivision 4, by adding subdivisions.

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

Mullery introduced:

H. F. 1287, A bill for an act relating to criminal justice; establishing policies relating to geographic restrictions for offenders who commit controlled substance sales crimes; providing for increased sentences for offenders who commit further drug sale crimes in a restricted area; providing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 244.05, by adding a subdivision; 609.1095, by adding a subdivision; 609.135, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.

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

Cox and Kuisle introduced:

H. F. 1288, A bill for an act relating to higher education; modifying assigned student responsibility; increasing the appropriation for student grants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 136A.121, subdivision 5.

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

Kelliher introduced:

H. F. 1289, A bill for an act relating to liquor; removing limits on the number of on-sale and off-sale liquor licenses that may be issued by a municipality; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 340A.601, subdivision 5; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 340A.413.

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

Nornes, Boudreau, Thao, Paymar and Dempsey introduced:

H. F. 1290, A bill for an act relating to human services; expanding an exception to the hospital construction moratorium; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 144.551, subdivision 1.

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

Klinzing; Hoppe; Anderson, B.; Krinkie; Vandeveer; Buesgens and Gerlach introduced:

H. F. 1291, A bill for an act relating to education finance; requiring school districts to direct at least 55 percent of their operating revenue directly to regular instruction; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 123B.10, subdivision 1; 123B.77, subdivision 4.

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

Seifert and Pelowski introduced:

H. F. 1292, A bill for an act relating to education; limiting the amount of severance pay for school superintendents leaving employment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 123B.143, subdivision 1.

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

Seifert introduced:

H. F. 1293, A bill for an act relating to retirement; volunteer firefighter relief associations; modifying the options for crediting interest on deferred service pensions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 424A.02, subdivision 7.

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

Seifert introduced:

H. F. 1294, A bill for an act relating to highways; prohibiting commissioner of transportation from requiring counties to lease or purchase mechanical shakers for testing aggregate material.

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

Marquart and Eken introduced:

H. F. 1295, A bill for an act relating to education finance; creating a funding mechanism for rewarding excellent education results; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 126C.10, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision; 275.025, subdivision 1.

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

Kahn and Rhodes introduced:

H. F. 1296, A bill for an act relating to gambling; authorizing the state lottery to lease space for and operate a casino in the main terminal of the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 349A.01, by adding a subdivision; 349A.10, subdivisions 2, 3, 5; 349A.11, subdivision 1; 541.20; 541.21; 609.75, subdivision 3; 609.761, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 349A.

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

Westerberg; Haas; Nelson, P.; Pugh and Erhardt introduced:

H. F. 1297, A bill for an act relating to insurance; making various changes in enforcement of mandatory automobile insurance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 169.791, subdivision 1; 169.792, subdivision 5; 169.796, by adding a subdivision; 169.797, subdivisions 4, 4a; 169.798, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 171.20, subdivision 4; 171.182, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 169.792, subdivision 12; 169.794; 169.799; Minnesota Rules, part 7413.0400.

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

Carlson, Pelowski and Stang introduced:

H. F. 1298, A bill for an act relating to higher education; changing proration procedures for state grants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 136A.121, subdivision 7.

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

Buesgens and Krinkie introduced:

H. F. 1299, A bill for an act relating to education finance; focusing education funding on the classroom; increasing efficiencies in state government; eliminating duplicative programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 124D.11, subdivision 6; 124D.135, subdivisions 1, 3; 124D.20, subdivisions 1, 5; 124D.531, subdivision 7; 126C.17, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 119A.12; 119A.37; 119A.445; 119A.52; 120B.23; 121A.16; 121A.17; 122A.62; 122A.63; 122A.64; 122A.65; 123B.59, subdivisions 6, 7; 124D.081; 124D.115; 124D.1156; 124D.117; 124D.135, subdivision 4; 124D.15; 124D.16; 124D.17; 124D.20, subdivisions 3, 4, 4a, 6, 7; 124D.221; 124D.23; 124D.39; 124D.40; 124D.41; 124D.42; 124D.43; 124D.44; 124D.45; 124D.81; 124D.83; 124D.84; 126C.445; 126C.455; 129C.10; 129C.15; 129C.20; 129C.25; 129C.26; Laws 1993, chapter 224, article 8, section 20, subdivision 2, as amended; Laws 2000, chapter 489, article 2, section 36, as amended; Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 6, article 2, section 70.

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

Peterson, Koenen, Eken and Dill introduced:

H. F. 1300, A bill for an act relating to education; increasing revenue for certain secondary schools; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 126C.10, by adding a subdivision.

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

Peterson, Eken and Koenen introduced:

H. F. 1301, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; reinstating funding for Minnesota economic opportunity grants.

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