INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Wednesday, March 30, 2016


The following House Files were introduced:

Anzelc and Ecklund introduced:

H. F. 3700, A bill for an act relating to state government; proposing early separation incentives for employees of the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

Clark, Allen, Mariani, Persell, Hornstein, Flanagan and Moran introduced:

H. F. 3701, A bill for an act relating to adult basic education; workforce training; providing for a regional American Indian contextualized adult basic education and career development program; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.

Thissen introduced:

H. F. 3702, A bill for an act relating to higher education; broadening the intervention for college attendance grant program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 136A.861, subdivisions 3, 5, 6, 7; Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 136A.861, subdivision 1.

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

Dettmer introduced:

H. F. 3703, A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying the calculation of school district equalized debt service levies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.53, subdivision 5.

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

Smith introduced:

H. F. 3704, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring school district training to protect student data; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B.

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

Peterson introduced:

H. F. 3705, A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying allowed uses for long-term facilities maintenance revenue; amending Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 123B.595, subdivisions 10, 11.

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

Carlson introduced:

H. F. 3706, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; providing for payments of homestead taxes to be made over eight monthly installments per year; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 279.01, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.

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

Anderson, C.; Peterson; Whelan; Nash and Kresha introduced:

H. F. 3707, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income; establishing a subtraction for parents of stillborn children; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 290.01, subdivision 19b; 290.091, subdivision 2.

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

Anderson, C.; Garofalo and Christensen introduced:

H. F. 3708, A bill for an act relating to solid waste; placing moratorium on authority of local units of government to organize solid waste collection; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 115A.94, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

Christensen introduced:

H. F. 3709, A bill for an act relating to education; allowing a school to retain a student in grade 3 if they are not reading at grade level; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 120B.

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

Hilstrom introduced:

H. F. 3710, A bill for an act relating to health; adding security screening systems to ionizing radiation-producing equipment; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144.121, subdivision 1a, by adding a subdivision.

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

Persell introduced:

H. F. 3711, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a youth center in the Cass Lake-Bena School District; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Dettmer introduced:

H. F. 3712, A bill for an act relating to military affairs; permitting sale of the Stillwater Armory to the city of Stillwater for less than market value.

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

Moran and Mahoney introduced:

H. F. 3713, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; providing for grants for job training; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.

Thissen introduced:

H. F. 3714, A bill for an act relating to local government; requiring a public hearing after 30-day notice before imposing an interim ordinance relating to housing; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 462.355, subdivision 4.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

Fabian introduced:

H. F. 3715, A bill for an act relating to environment; providing for certain demolition debris landfill permitting and rules.

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

O'Driscoll introduced:

H. F. 3716, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minnesota State Retirement System; revising augmentation interest rates for certain terminated privatized employees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 352F.04, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding subdivisions.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

Hamilton introduced:

H. F. 3717, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; providing for the Lewis and Clark Regional Water System; appropriating money; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 16A.967.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.

Metsa introduced:

H. F. 3718, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Teachers Retirement Association; coverage election for certain Mesabi Range Community and Technical College faculty members not offered a coverage election upon reaching tenure.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

Mullery introduced:

H. F. 3719, A bill for an act relating to transportation; allowing towing of vehicle involved in a collision where operator is cited for driving without a license or insurance; creating gross misdemeanor for multiple violations of driving without a valid license; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 168B.035, subdivision 3; 171.24, subdivision 5.

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

Peterson introduced:

H. F. 3720, A bill for an act relating to education; creating Education Savings Accounts for Students in Low-Performing Schools Act; appropriating money.

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

Dean, M. introduced:

H. F. 3721, A bill for an act relating to human services; correcting terminology relating to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

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

Hamilton introduced:

H. F. 3722, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for a grant for the farm-to-food shelf program.

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

Drazkowski introduced:

H. F. 3723, A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying permit requirements for temporary use of certain rights-of-way; amending Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 160.27, subdivision 10.

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

Sanders introduced:

H. F. 3724, A bill for an act relating to elections; establishing a voting equipment grant account; providing for grants to counties and municipalities for the acquisition of certain authorized voting equipment; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 206.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

Vogel introduced:

H. F. 3725, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a sales tax exemption for a water treatment facility owned by the city of Elko New Market; providing for a refund; appropriating money.

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