The following House Files were introduced:
Lipman introduced:
H. F. 1302, A bill for an act relating to campaign finance; providing for the campaign finance and public disclosure board to administer the law on corporate political contributions; expanding permitted activities under the corporate political contribution law; modifying penalties for corporate political contributions; eliminating certain criminal penalties; requiring labor organizations to allow employees to indicate agreement to use certain fees for certain political purposes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 10A.071, subdivision 3; 10A.16; 10A.17, subdivision 5; 10A.20, subdivision 6b; 10A.29; 10A.37; 211B.15, subdivisions 1, 6, 7, 11, 12, 16, 17, by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 211B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Knoblach introduced:
H. F. 1303, A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring establishment of cartway where landowner's access is limited to navigable waterway; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 164.08, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy.
Penas introduced:
H. F. 1304, A bill for an act relating to highways; authorizing state bonds for local road improvement fund.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Kuisle, Adolphson, Juhnke, Lieder and DeLaForest introduced:
H. F. 1305, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; wetlands; modifying wetland replacement requirements for public transportation projects; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 103G.222, subdivisions 1, 3; 103G.2241, subdivision 9.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Westrom, Cox and Meslow introduced:
H. F. 1306, A bill for an act relating to breath alcohol testing devices; modifying the requirements relating to immunity from liability for breath alcohol testing devices in liquor establishments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 604A.30.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.
Westrom, Seagren, Cox, Sykora, Kielkucki, Urdahl and Borrell introduced:
H. F. 1307, A bill for an act relating to corrections; authorizing the commissioner of corrections to contract with private agencies to provide care, custody, and rehabilitation of Minnesota prisoners; requiring the commissioner of administration to issue requests for proposals relating to various aspects of privatizing Minnesota's prison system; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 241.01, subdivision 3a; 241.32, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Hornstein and Clark introduced:
H. F. 1308, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating funds to the commissioner of human services to place markers at cemeteries located at regional treatment centers.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.
Abeler, Nornes, Kielkucki, Otremba and Sykora introduced:
H. F. 1309, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for Minnesota economic opportunity grants.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Thissen and Larson introduced:
H. F. 1310, A bill for an act relating to education finance; delaying implementation of the airport runway impact zone aid program; amending Laws 2000, chapter 489, article 2, section 36, as amended.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Erickson introduced:
H. F. 1311, A bill for an act relating to education; providing that school districts need not comply with mandates unless revenue to comply is identified; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Mullery, Thao and Clark introduced:
H. F. 1312, A bill for an act relating to corrections; limiting locations of residence for level III predatory offenders; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 244.052, subdivision 4a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Murphy introduced:
H. F. 1313, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minnesota state colleges and universities system; authorizing early separation incentive programs; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 354B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Murphy introduced:
H. F. 1314, A bill for an act relating to retirement; individual retirement account plan; including the plan in the combined service annuity portability provision; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 356.30, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Murphy introduced:
H. F. 1315, A bill for an act relating to retirement; the Minnesota state colleges and universities system individual retirement account plan; permitting a revision in prior retirement benefit coverage elections; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354B.21, 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, Bradley, Huntley and Opatz introduced:
H. F. 1316, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a long-term care family loan program pilot project; authorizing the sale of revenue bonds; providing a sunset; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Hornstein; Thao; Johnson, S.; Ellison and Clark introduced:
H. F. 1317, A bill for an act relating to state government; extending the existence of the governor's residence council; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 16B.27, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Greiling and Goodwin introduced:
H. F. 1318, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing continuing levy authority for certain community education activities jointly sponsored by a city and a school district; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Smith introduced:
H. F. 1319, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; providing for designation and registration of American classic cars; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 168.10, subdivision 1b.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy.
Smith introduced:
H. F. 1320, A bill for an act relating to firearms; providing that a person who is convicted of a felony-level crime of violence is prohibited from possessing, receiving, shipping, or transporting a firearm for the remainder of the person's lifetime; authorizing a court upon a showing of good cause to restore the person's ability to possess, receive, ship, or transport firearms; making technical changes to the definition of "crime of violence"; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 242.31, subdivision 2a; 260B.245, subdivision 1; 609.165, subdivisions 1a, 1b, by adding a subdivision; 609A.03, subdivision 5a; 624.712, subdivision 5; 624.713, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 638.02, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Howes introduced:
H. F. 1321, A bill for an act relating to trade regulations; regulating certain trade practices between cigarette manufacturers and retailers; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325D.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.
Rhodes, Hilty, Sviggum and Lipman introduced:
H. F. 1322, A bill for an act relating to campaign finance; clarifying certain terms; requiring assumption of certain obligations; changing certain expenditure, contribution, and reporting requirements; providing additional civil penalties; repealing obsolete and duplicative rules; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 10A.01, subdivision 18; 10A.08; 10A.20, subdivision 5; 10A.24, subdivision 2; 10A.25, subdivision 2; 10A.27, subdivision 1; 10A.28, subdivision 2; 10A.31, subdivisions 6, 7; 10A.323; repealing Minnesota Rules, parts 4501.0300, subpart 4; 4501.0600; 4503.0200, subpart 4; 4503.0300, subpart 2; 4503.0400, subpart 2; 4503.0500, subpart 9; 4503.0800, subpart 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Seifert and Kohls introduced:
H. F. 1323, A bill for an act relating to state government; state board of investment; regulating investments in corporations doing business in France; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 11A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Ruth, Kuisle, Cornish, Brod, Dorn, Finstad and Swenson introduced:
H. F. 1324, A bill for an act relating to highways; appropriating money and authorizing issuance of state trunk highway bonds for reconstruction of marked trunk highway 14 between Eagle Lake and Owatonna.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Erickson and Kuisle introduced:
H. F. 1325, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for a high-resolution digital elevation and flood plain management mapping pilot project.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Latz, Thissen, Smith, Abeler and Holberg introduced:
H. F. 1326, A bill for an act relating to civil law; clarifying that civil actions against the state may be brought in federal court under certain federal statutes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 1.05.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.
Wagenius, Larson, Wasiluk, Tingelstad and Clark introduced:
H. F. 1327, A bill for an act relating to environment; capping mercury emissions from electric generation facilities; prohibiting the pollution control agency from allowing an increase in the amount of mercury emitted from the generation of electricity in the state; requiring a reduction in mercury emissions from generation facilities in the future; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Wagenius, Peterson, Dill, Otremba and Anderson, I. introduced:
H. F. 1328, A bill for an act relating to property taxation; providing a valuation exclusion for new or refurbished individual sewage treatment systems; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 273.11, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Ozment, Hoppe, Haas, Wagenius, Dill and Tingelstad introduced:
H. F. 1329, A bill for an act relating to state lottery; requiring annual reports on maximizing revenues to environmental trust fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 349A.15.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Westerberg and Beard introduced:
H. F. 1330, A bill for an act relating to liquor; modifying a posting requirement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 340A.318, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Wagenius and Thissen introduced:
H. F. 1331, A bill for an act relating to public safety; increasing the 911 emergency telephone service fee to cover the cost of the third phase of the public safety radio communication system; authorizing the sale of revenue bonds by the metropolitan council; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 403.11, subdivision 1; 473.891, subdivision 10, by adding a subdivision; 473.898, subdivisions 1, 3; 473.901, subdivision 1; 473.902, subdivisions 1, 3, 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Abeler, Samuelson and Huntley introduced:
H. F. 1332, A bill for an act relating to professions; regulating the issuance of social work licenses and the payment of fees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 148B.18, subdivision 2a, by adding a subdivision; 148B.20, subdivision 3; 148B.21, subdivision 7; 148B.22, by adding a subdivision; 148B.26, subdivision 1; 148B.27, subdivisions 1, 2; Laws 2001, chapter 90, section 6; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 148B; repealing Minnesota Rules, parts 8740.0200, subpart 3, item C; 8740.0222; 8740.0227; 8740.0290.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Westrom, Davids, Demmer, Cox, Osterman, Simpson, Juhnke and Harder introduced:
H. F. 1333, A bill for an act relating to economic development; clarifying ownership and location requirements for small wind energy conversion systems that qualify for renewable energy production incentive; funding the incentive from assessment on electric utilities; increasing overall limit on number of megawatts of small wind energy conversion systems that qualify for the incentive; excluding very small systems from the overall limit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 216C.41, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Finance.
Smith introduced:
H. F. 1334, A bill for an act relating to retirement; providing for a refund of member contributions to a beneficiary upon death for the Minneapolis firefighters relief association; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 423C.08.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Thao and Rhodes introduced:
H. F. 1335, A bill for an act relating to veterans; providing for placement in the capitol area of a statue commemorating Hmong veterans of the campaign in Laos during the Vietnam War.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Seagren, Sykora, Pelowski and Ozment introduced:
H. F. 1336, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing requirements for qualified teachers and paraprofessionals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 122A.22; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 122A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Marquart, Penas, Lieder, Eken, Lindgren, Simpson and Nornes introduced:
H. F. 1337, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; providing for grants for the farm wrap network and rural help network; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Finance.
Penas and Lindgren introduced:
H. F. 1338, A bill for an act relating to education; directing the board of teaching to adopt rules granting a license to chemistry, physics, and biology teachers; allowing science teachers with continuing licenses to be certified to teach other subjects after receiving a qualifying score on a Praxis II test; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 122A.09, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Erickson introduced:
H. F. 1339, A bill for an act relating to education; codifying law giving parents access to statewide tests; directing the commissioner of children, families, and learning to annually release increasingly greater portions of statewide test questions; amending Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 6, article 2, section 68.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Howes and Fuller introduced:
H. F. 1340, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing for homestead classification for certain resorts owned by a limited liability company; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 273.13, subdivision 22.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Rhodes, Abrams and Lenczewski introduced:
H. F. 1341, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property taxes; modifying the 60-day rule in the dismissal of tax petitions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 278.05, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Clark; Walker; Ellison; Thao; Johnson, S.; Paymar; Davnie and Smith introduced:
H. F. 1342, A bill for an act relating to criminal justice; requiring the collection and study of certain types of prostitution and requiring a report; requiring a report on the use of money collected from penalty assessments imposed against individuals committing certain prostitution crimes; clarifying headnotes; providing that the penalty assessments be appropriated to the commissioner of public safety; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 609.324; 609.3241.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Powell introduced:
H. F. 1343, A bill for an act relating to retirement; authorizing a service credit purchase in the teachers retirement association for certain sabbatical leaves.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Vandeveer; Ozment; Anderson, B., and Anderson, I. introduced:
H. F. 1344, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; authorizing issuance of special veteran contribution license plates for motorcycles; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 168.1255.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy.
Klinzing; Johnson, J.; Gerlach; Hoppe; Adolphson; Vandeveer and Anderson, B. introduced:
H. F. 1345, A bill for an act relating to the metropolitan council; adding lieutenant governor to the membership of the legislative commission on metropolitan government; requiring legislative approval for metropolitan council operating levies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 3.8841, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 7; 473.167, subdivision 3; 473.249, subdivision 1; 473.253, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 473.167, subdivision 4; 473.249, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Goodwin, Greiling, Bernardy and Seagren introduced:
H. F. 1346, A bill for an act relating to education finance; creating a mechanism to allow compensatory revenue amounts to follow the student to a nonresident school district; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 126C.10, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Hoppe introduced:
H. F. 1347, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying funding for state parks and recreation areas; requiring certain state parks and recreation areas to be self-sufficient; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 85.053; 85.054, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 9; 85.205; 85.34, subdivisions 2, 4; 85.43; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 85; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 85.045, subdivision 4; 85.052; 85.053, subdivisions 4, 5; 85.054, subdivisions 1, 4, 6, 7, 8; 85.055; 85.22.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Hoppe and Otremba introduced:
H. F. 1348, A bill for an act relating to education finance; adjusting school district financial reporting dates; creating a notification process for operating referenda and debt elections; regulating school district elections for obligations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 123B.77, subdivision 3; 205A.07, by adding a subdivision; 475.58, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Paymar introduced:
H. F. 1349, A bill for an act relating to health; prohibiting tobacco use in certain public institutions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 144.414, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 246.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Smith introduced:
H. F. 1350, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing a fund transfer for independent school district No. 277, Westonka.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
DeLaForest introduced:
H. F. 1351, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying charter school requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 124D.10, subdivision 8; 124D.11, subdivision 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Wagenius introduced:
H. F. 1352, A bill for an act relating to the environment; providing for water quality testing compliance; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 116.07, subdivision 4d, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Clark and Biernat introduced:
H. F. 1353, A bill for an act relating to education; allowing limited English proficiency students enrolled in a Minnesota school district for three or fewer school years to complete the Minnesota test of emerging academic English as an alternative English and language arts assessment and to complete other statewide assessments in the student's primary language; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 120B.30, subdivision 1; 124D.61.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Fuller, Murphy, Lipman and Smith introduced:
H. F. 1354, A bill for an act relating to crime; creating a sanctions conference procedure to allow probation officers to impose, with district court confirmation, probation sanctions for technical violations of probation; requesting the chief judge of each judicial district to develop procedures for sanctions conferences and a sanctions conference form; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 243.05, subdivision 1; 609.135, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 243; 244; 401; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 244.19, subdivision 3a; 401.02, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Anderson, B. introduced:
H. F. 1355, A bill for an act relating to elections; permitting campaign signs in highway rights-of-way under certain conditions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 211B.045.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Anderson, B. introduced:
H. F. 1356, A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing trunk highway corridor-protection revolving loan account; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 161.04, by adding a subdivision; 174.02, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 161.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Koenen, Peterson, Heidgerken and Finstad introduced:
H. F. 1357, A bill for an act relating to the city of Bird Island; authorizing a temporary exception to sewer extension permit requirements.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Mullery introduced:
H. F. 1358, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying licenses to be issued by licensing agents; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 97A.485, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Anderson, B. introduced:
H. F. 1359, A bill for an act relating to the city of Buffalo; authorizing it to issue general obligation bonds to pay for the city's share of highway 55 reconstruction and upgrading.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Walz, Krinkie and Kahn introduced:
H. F. 1360, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; prohibiting state agencies and local units of government from spending money on CriMNet until certain reviews are complete and a risk response plan is implemented; requiring the legislative auditor to perform a financial audit of CriMNet.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Finstad and Bradley introduced:
H. F. 1361, A bill for an act relating to human services; implementing certain county initiatives; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 119B.11, subdivision 1; 124D.23, subdivision 2; 245.478, subdivision 6; 245.4932, subdivision 1; 245.494, subdivision 1; 245A.10; 253B.05, subdivision 3; 256.935, subdivision 1; 256B.0625, subdivision 20; 256F.13, subdivisions 1, 2; 261.035; 393.07, subdivision 1; 518.167, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 119B.11, subdivisions 1, 4; 245.478; 245.4888; 256B.0911, subdivision 3; 256B.0945, subdivisions 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; 256B.83; 256F.10, subdivision 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.
Anderson, B. introduced:
H. F. 1362, A bill for an act relating to the city of Clearwater; authorizing the city to impose a sales and use tax.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Adolphson, Biernat, Meslow and Anderson, J. introduced:
H. F. 1363, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring bus transportation for students living further than one mile from school; authorizing school board to charge fee to all students riding buses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 123B.36, subdivision 1; 123B.37, subdivision 1; 123B.88, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Kielkucki introduced:
H. F. 1364, A bill for an act relating to advertising devices; providing for community identification signs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 173.08, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy.
Nelson, P. introduced:
H. F. 1365, A bill for an act relating to drivers' licenses; allowing government agencies to act as commercial driver training schools; abolishing exemptions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 171.33, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 171.39.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy.
Beard introduced:
H. F. 1366, A bill for an act relating to the courts; providing for distribution of certain revenues received by courts after state takeover; requiring the prorating of state aid loss to court administration costs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 299D.03, subdivision 5; 487.33, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Ozment; Hausman; Olson, M.; Cornish and Wagenius introduced:
H. F. 1367, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; providing for aquatic plant management funding; increasing watercraft surcharge; modifying apportionment of gasoline fuel tax for motorboats; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 86B.415, subdivision 7; 296A.18, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Clark introduced:
H. F. 1368, A bill for an act relating to housing; providing for consultation with representatives of urban Indian organizations by the commissioner of the Minnesota housing finance agency; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 462A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.
Clark introduced:
H. F. 1369, A bill for an act relating to health and human services; providing for consultation with representatives of urban Indian organizations by the commissioner of health and the commissioner of human services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 256.01, by adding a subdivision; 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.
Knoblach introduced:
H. F. 1370, A bill for an act relating to financing of state government; changing dates for submissions to the legislature of revenue targets and departmental earnings reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 16A.102, subdivision 1; 16A.1285, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Eken, Peterson, Osterman, Penas, Lieder, Koenen, Tingelstad, Rhodes, Thissen, Otremba, Marquart and Murphy introduced:
H. F. 1371, A bill for an act relating to legislation; requiring a rural-urban migration impact study to be prepared for certain budget proposals; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance.
Beard, Lieder, Erhardt, Juhnke, Kuisle, Kelliher, Hausman, Swenson, Ruth, Seagren, Powell, Westerberg, Osterman, Solberg, Wasiluk, Davnie, Ellison, Severson and Peterson introduced:
H. F. 1372, A bill for an act relating to transportation; increasing maximum license taxes on passenger automobiles; providing for deposit of revenues from motor vehicle sales tax; requiring reductions in department of transportation trunk highway fund budget base; authorizing issuance of state trunk highway bonds and appropriating proceeds for trunk highway improvements; authorizing issuance of state general obligation bonds for public transit capital improvements; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution by adding a section to article XIV to dedicate all revenue from the motor vehicle sales tax to highway and transit purposes beginning July 1, 2007; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 168.013, subdivision 1a; 297B.09, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 161.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Rhodes, Smith, Powell, Abeler and Kahn introduced:
H. F. 1373, A bill for an act relating to the metropolitan radio board; extending the expiration date for the board; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Urdahl; Otremba; Murphy; Anderson, I.; Heidgerken; Juhnke and Entenza introduced:
H. F. 1374, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; providing for the headquarters of the department of agriculture to be named after Orville L. Freeman.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Policy.
Klinzing introduced:
H. F. 1375, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing funding for equity revenue; limiting compensatory revenue to not more than $1,500 per pupil; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 126C.10, subdivisions 3, 24.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Klinzing introduced:
H. F. 1376, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing the appropriation for the alternative compensation program; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Blaine introduced:
H. F. 1377, A bill for an act relating to retirement; authorizing a service credit purchase for certain employees of the department of corrections.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Kuisle, Vandeveer, Cox, Powell and Peterson introduced:
H. F. 1378, A bill for an act removing a limitation for regional library basic system support grants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 134.201, subdivision 5; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 134.34, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Kuisle, Simpson and Pugh introduced:
H. F. 1379, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; providing for the valuation of certain rental housing; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 273.11, by adding a subdivision; Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 5, article 3, section 96.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Buesgens introduced:
H. F. 1380, A bill for an act relating to public employment; establishing financial parameters for public employment contracts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 179A.01; 179A.03, by adding subdivisions; 179A.07, subdivision 1; 179A.16, subdivision 9; 179A.18, subdivision 1; 179A.20, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 123B.749; 179A.03, subdivision 19.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Smith introduced:
H. F. 1381, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; authorizing certain vehicles more than 20 years old to be designated as classic cars; creating an advisory committee on classic car designation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 168.10, subdivision 1b.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy.
Davnie, Greiling, Sertich and Entenza introduced:
H. F. 1382, A bill for an act relating to elections; providing for fair and clean elections; increasing disclosure of campaign contributions to candidates; encouraging candidates to accept only clean money for their political campaigns; limiting campaign contributions and expenditures; increasing public subsidies for state candidates who agree to limit the sources and amounts of contributions to their campaigns; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 10A.01, subdivision 1; 10A.02, subdivisions 8, 10, 11, 11a, 12, 13; 10A.025, subdivisions 1, 2; 10A.071, subdivision 3; 10A.34; 10A.37; 129D.13, by adding a subdivision; 129D.14, by adding a subdivision; 204B.11, subdivision 1; 211A.13; 211B.12; 211B.15, subdivision 16; 340A.404, subdivision 10; 353.03, subdivision 1; 383B.042, subdivision 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 204B; 211B; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 10A.01, subdivisions 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 36; 10A.105; 10A.11; 10A.12; 10A.13; 10A.14; 10A.15; 10A.16; 10A.17; 10A.18; 10A.20; 10A.24; 10A.241; 10A.242; 10A.25; 10A.255; 10A.257; 10A.27; 10A.273; 10A.275; 10A.28; 10A.29; 10A.30; 10A.31; 10A.315; 10A.321; 10A.322; 10A.323; 10A.324; 290.06, subdivision 23.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.