The following House Files were introduced:
Ruth; Anderson, B.; Larson and Severson introduced:
H. F. 1549, A bill for an act relating to drivers' licenses; clarifying authority of commissioner of public safety to deny limited driver's license; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.30, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Ruth; Anderson, B.; Larson and Severson introduced:
H. F. 1550, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; abolishing provisions regulating motor bicycle rental businesses; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 168.831, 168.832, 168.833, 168.834, 168.835, 168.836, and 168.837.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Holberg; Klinzing; Buesgens; Erickson; Emmer; Powell; DeLaForest; Seifert; Anderson, B.; Severson; Samuelson; Johnson, J.; Krinkie; Vandeveer; Gazelka; Kohls; Charron; Zellers; Blaine and Dean introduced:
H. F. 1551, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing notice requirements for student surveys and similar instruments; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy and Reform.
Magnus, Dill, Urdahl, Simpson, Heidgerken, Marquart, Gunther and Nornes introduced:
H. F. 1552, A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying the transportation sparsity formula; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 126C.10, subdivision 18.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Sykora, Erickson, Charron, Demmer, Wardlow and Severson introduced:
H. F. 1553, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income; allowing a credit for contributions to scholarship granting organizations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 13.32, by adding a subdivision; 290.01, subdivisions 19a, 19b; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Opatz, Nornes, Ruud and Fritz introduced:
H. F. 1554, A bill for an act relating to higher education; providing assistance to expand the supply of trained nurses; creating a nursing education loan 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 Higher Education Finance.
Powell, Tingelstad, Abeler and Huntley introduced:
H. F. 1555, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying the Minnesota Emergency Health Powers Act; modifying authority of out-of-state license holders; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 12.03, subdivision 4d, by adding a subdivision; 12.22, subdivision 2a, by adding a subdivision; 12.31, subdivision 1; 12.32; 12.34, subdivision 1; 12.381; 12.39; 12.42; 13.3806, subdivision 1a; Laws 2002, chapter 402, section 21, as amended; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 12.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Huntley introduced:
H. F. 1556, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying medical education funding provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 62J.692, subdivisions 3, 4, 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Hilty and Murphy introduced:
H. F. 1557, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing a rate increase for a nursing facility in Carlton County having completed an approved total replacement; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256B.431, subdivision 17f.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Hilty introduced:
H. F. 1558, A bill for an act relating to retirement; authorizing purchase of service credit in the Minnesota State Retirement System.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Urdahl, Newman and Hosch introduced:
H. F. 1559, A bill for an act relating to human services; placing nursing facilities in the county of Meeker into a different geographic group; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256B.431, subdivision 2b.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Heidgerken; Davids; Urdahl; Marquart; Peterson, A.; Blaine; Westrom; Dorman; Penas; Moe; Dill; Lieder; Eken; Solberg; Juhnke; Koenen; Welti; Simpson; Nornes; Cornish; Demmer; Lanning; Newman; Magnus; Hamilton; Erickson and Hosch introduced:
H. F. 1560, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; defining terms; requiring certain payments; establishing a base funding level for rural economic development including ethanol producer payments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 41A.09, subdivisions 2a, 3a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.
Peterson, A.; Koenen; Sailer; Thissen; Wagenius; Hornstein; Johnson, R.; Kelliher; Murphy; Johnson, S.; Lieder; Hausman; Hilty; Loeffler; Marquart; Dittrich; Moe; Mariani; Lenczewski and Scalze introduced:
H. F. 1561, A bill for an act relating to energy; establishing goal of wind power usage at 20 percent by 2020; establishing wind energy conversion system loan guarantee program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 216B.1691, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216C.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Ellison and Meslow introduced:
H. F. 1562, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring the commissioner of public safety to determine whether hunting licensees are ineligible to possess a firearm and, if so, to notify specified governmental officials; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Vandeveer; Westerberg; Dean; Krinkie; Abeler; Nelson, P., and Goodwin introduced:
H. F. 1563, A bill for an act relating to education finance; proposing a uniform increase in the basic general education revenue amounts; authorizing a uniform school levy; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 126C.10, subdivision 2; 126C.13, by adding subdivisions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Erhardt; Hausman; Tingelstad; Loeffler; Howes; Dill; Abeler; Ellison; Mahoney; Kahn; Kelliher; Powell; Koenen; Zellers; Brod; Otremba; Solberg; Simon; Thissen; Johnson, S.; Juhnke; Magnus; Davids; Gunther and Peterson, A. introduced:
H. F. 1564, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for identification, removal, and replacement of diseased shade trees; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Paymar; Hornstein; Johnson, S., and Liebling introduced:
H. F. 1565, A bill for an act relating to energy; granting the legislature authority to approve expenditures from the renewable development account; granting the legislature authority to approve nuclear fuel storage facilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 116C.779, subdivision 1; 116C.83, subdivision 2; 216B.243, subdivisions 3b, 8; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116C.83, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Ellison introduced:
H. F. 1566, A bill for an act relating to elections; allowing campaign workers access to multiple unit dwellings unaccompanied by a candidate; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 211B.20, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Ellison introduced:
H. F. 1567, A bill for an act relating to elections; moving the state primary from September to June and making conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 10A.31, subdivision 6; 10A.321; 10A.322, subdivision 1; 10A.323; 204B.33; 204D.03, subdivision 1; 205.065, subdivision 1; 205A.03, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Meslow; Abrams; Sieben; Gunther; Hilstrom; Lieder; Zellers; Eastlund; Soderstrom; Johnson, J.; Ruth; Paymar; Ellison; Nelson, M.; Cornish; Larson; Cox; Nelson, P., and Cybart introduced:
H. F. 1568, A bill for an act relating to crimes; authorizing a $1 assessment fee on state identification cards and drivers' licenses to fund the Minnesota Financial Crimes Task Force; providing for the organization of regional districts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 299A.68, subdivisions 4, 6a, by adding subdivisions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Sertich; Mahoney; Abeler; Cox; Westerberg; Nornes; Nelson, M.; Fritz and Hilty introduced:
H. F. 1569, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for community action grants.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
Huntley introduced:
H. F. 1570, A bill for an act relating to gambling; providing revenue to hospitals from the operation of gaming machines in licensed hospitals under contracts with the state lottery; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 299L.07, subdivisions 2, 2a; 340A.410, subdivision 5; 349A.01, subdivision 10, by adding subdivisions; 349A.10, subdivision 3; 349A.13; 541.20; 541.21; 609.75, subdivision 3; 609.761, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 297A; 349A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Emmer, Newman, DeLaForest, Kohls and Thissen introduced:
H. F. 1571, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; providing for the effect of a settlement offer on the recovery of costs and disbursements; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 548.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Meslow, Latz, Simon, Erickson and Demmer introduced:
H. F. 1572, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing a task force to study the delivery and funding of special education.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Krinkie; Cybart; Westerberg; Anderson, B.; Holberg and Soderstrom introduced:
H. F. 1573, A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring deactivation of 100 access ramp meters in metropolitan area.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Samuelson, Abeler, Powell, Eken and Thissen introduced:
H. F. 1574, A bill for an act relating to health; increasing reimbursement rates for certain home care services; 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 Policy and Finance.
Brod; Eastlund; Nelson, P.; Anderson, B., and Severson introduced:
H. F. 1575, A bill for an act relating to the military; clarifying statutes pertaining to the accumulation of vacation and sick leave by public officers and employees while on military leave and upon reinstatement in public office or employment; authorizing payment for some or all of the accumulated leave; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 192.261, subdivision 2; 471.975.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Erickson introduced:
H. F. 1576, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing an alternative teacher training program for qualified professionals; 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 and Reform.
Erickson introduced:
H. F. 1577, A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying the tax base used to calculate debt service levies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 123B.53, subdivision 5; 126C.01, by adding a subdivision; 127A.48, by adding a subdivision; 273.11, subdivision 1a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Liebling; Tingelstad; Poppe; Hilstrom; Otremba; Fritz; Loeffler; Johnson, R.; Wagenius; Welti; Murphy and Clark introduced:
H. F. 1578, A bill for an act relating to spousal maintenance; authorizing the Department of Human Services to collect spousal maintenance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 518.54, subdivision 4a; 518.551, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Westrom, Gunther and Atkins introduced:
H. F. 1579, A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; providing for standardized provider contracts; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 237.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Westrom, Thissen, Hoppe and Simpson introduced:
H. F. 1580, A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; providing for a combined per number fee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 403.11, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 237; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 237.295, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; 237.49; 237.52, subdivisions 2, 3; 237.70, subdivision 6; 403.113, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Smith introduced:
H. F. 1581, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing the conveyance of certain tax-forfeited land that borders public water in Hennepin County; authorizing the sale or conveyance to governmental subdivisions for authorized public use of certain state lands pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Meslow introduced:
H. F. 1582, A bill for an act relating to taxation; requiring a payment to the city of White Bear Lake; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Meslow introduced:
H. F. 1583, A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; regulating membership travel contracts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 325G.50; 325G.505, subdivision 3; 325G.51; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325G.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Mullery, Clark and Walker introduced:
H. F. 1584, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; extending the limited market value provisions for five additional years for certain property; providing different limited market value maximum increases based on a property's market value; excluding certain property from the limitation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 273.11, subdivision 1a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Olson and Mariani introduced:
H. F. 1585, A bill for an act relating to housing; providing certain manufactured home park exclusions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 327.23, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Lanning, Mariani, Cox, Paulsen and Johnson, R. introduced:
H. F. 1586, A bill for an act relating to higher education; regulating the state grant program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 136A.121, subdivisions 5, 6, 9.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance.
Buesgens and Erickson introduced:
H. F. 1587, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for assessment of student growth in academic achievement over time; appropriating money; 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 Policy and Reform.
Scalze, Goodwin and Johnson, S. introduced:
H. F. 1588, A bill for an act relating to taxation; increasing cigarette and tobacco taxes; repealing health care provider tax; dedicating a portion of the tax increases to health care access fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 13.4963, subdivision 2; 62J.041, subdivision 1; 62Q.095, subdivision 6; 214.16, subdivisions 2, 3; 270B.14, subdivision 1; 297F.05, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; 297F.10; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 13.4967, subdivision 3; 144.1484, subdivision 2; 295.50; 295.51; 295.52; 295.53; 295.54; 295.55; 295.56; 295.57; 295.58; 295.581; 295.582; 295.59.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Scalze; Dittrich; Simon; Slawik; Paymar; Johnson, S.; Ruud and Clark introduced:
H. F. 1589, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing a prescription drug bulk purchasing program; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Magnus, Larson, Lenczewski, Gunther, Simpson, Seifert, Hamilton, Tingelstad, Hortman and Westerberg introduced:
H. F. 1590, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 7; article XIV, section 10, by adding a section; imposing certain requirements on future bonding bills, allocating revenue from motor vehicle sales tax, and increasing and modifying use of motor fuel tax; imposing requirements on expenditure of certain federal funds; authorizing issuance of $750,000,000 in state trunk highway bonds; dedicating bond proceeds and state share of motor fuel tax increase to designated major transportation projects; creating right-of-way advance acquisition loan account in transportation revolving loan fund; requiring pilot projects, studies, and reports on municipal consent, wetland mitigation, environmental involvement, environmental permitting, performance-based highway contract specification, commodity corridors, transit efficiencies, and highway jurisdiction; authorizing state agencies to be designated as charter agencies; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 161.04, by adding a subdivision; 161.23, subdivision 5; 297B.09, subdivision 1; 446A.085, subdivisions 3, 8, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 16A; 161; 174.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Larson introduced:
H. F. 1591, A bill for an act relating to metropolitan government; providing for the elimination of the Metropolitan Airports Commission; requiring the Department of Transportation to propose a process for assumption of the commission's responsibilities.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government.
Westrom introduced:
H. F. 1592, A bill for an act relating to energy; allowing Public Utilities Commission to develop financial incentives for utilities to encourage community-based generation projects; providing price incentives to encourage purchase of renewable energy; requiring utilities to consider using community-based generation projects to address transmission inadequacies; requiring reliability administrator to conduct interconnection studies at request of community-based generation projects; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 216B.1611, subdivision 2; 216B.169, subdivision 2; 216B.2411, subdivision 1; 216B.2425, subdivision 2; 216C.052, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Emmer, Wardlow and Severson introduced:
H. F. 1593, A bill for an act relating to elections; campaign finance; imposing a certain payment on a candidate who does not agree to be bound by spending limits; providing for deposit of the payment in the state elections campaign fund; amending Minnesota Statutes, section 10A.25, subdivision 10.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Eken, Abeler, Lanning, Samuelson, Marquart, Lieder, Huntley, Moe, Sailer and Penas introduced:
H. F. 1594, A bill for an act relating to respiratory therapists; providing recognition for the practice of respiratory therapy in emergency situations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 147C.05.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Emmer introduced:
H. F. 1595, A bill for an act relating to Hennepin and Wright Counties; authorizing the Hennepin County Board and the Wright County Board to initiate a process for the change of county boundaries by resolution.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government.
Emmer, Urdahl and Dean introduced:
H. F. 1596, A bill for an act relating to elections; changing provisions governing certain conduct in or near polling places; changing certain election day prohibitions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 204C.06, subdivision 1; 211B.11, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Sertich; Dill; Solberg; Anderson, I., and Rukavina introduced:
H. F. 1597, A bill for an act relating to education finance; allowing school districts to levy for all-day kindergarten; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 126C.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Sertich; Anderson, I.; Solberg; Dill and Rukavina introduced:
H. F. 1598, A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying the qualifications for the alternative facilities bonding program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 123B.59, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Rukavina, Sertich, Solberg, Dill and Anderson, I. introduced:
H. F. 1599, A bill for an act relating to education finance; allowing school districts to levy for health care costs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 126C.41, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Solberg; Anderson, I.; Dill; Rukavina and Sertich introduced:
H. F. 1600, A bill for an act relating to education; allowing school districts to levy for school bus purchases; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 126C.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Ozment; Anderson, I.; Abrams; Murphy and Huntley introduced:
H. F. 1601, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money to promote foreign trade.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
Smith introduced:
H. F. 1602, A bill for an act relating to sentencing; establishing procedures to determine if an upward durational departure sentence is warranted; providing a Blakely hearing to determine if a departure sentence should be decided at the guilt phase of a jury by special interrogatory or in a separate hearing; requiring notice, jury determinations beyond a reasonable doubt on the departure issue, and court findings; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 244.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Slawik introduced:
H. F. 1603, A bill for an act relating to retirement; authorizing the Maplewood Firefighters Relief Association to transfer assets to the Oakdale Firefighters Relief Association to cover service credits earned by certain individuals.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Hoppe introduced:
H. F. 1604, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; directing commissioner of public safety to appoint the Carver County auditor as a deputy motor vehicle registrar.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Hackbarth, Howes and Dill introduced:
H. F. 1605, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying snowmobile state trail sticker provisions; providing for payment of trail maintenance costs; providing for trail easement acquisition; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 84.8205, subdivision 1; 84.83, by adding subdivisions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Smith introduced:
H. F. 1606, A bill for an act relating to corrections; repealing the law requiring collection of data on interstate offenders; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 243.162.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Smith introduced:
H. F. 1607, A bill for an act relating to corrections; authorizing the commissioner of corrections to appoint individuals to the Advisory Council on Interstate Adult Offender Supervision; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 243.1606, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Cox introduced:
H. F. 1608, A bill for an act relating to public utilities; authorizing district court to hear appeals of lesser utility fines; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 216D.08, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Lesch, Eastlund, Soderstrom, Ellison, Krinkie and Howes introduced:
H. F. 1609, A bill for an act relating to public safety; changing criminal sentencing for certain controlled substance possessors; authorizing expungement of conviction records for certain controlled substance possessors; adjusting the terms of imprisonment for certain controlled substance offenders; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 609A.02, by adding a subdivision; 609A.03, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 152; 244.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Goodwin, Abeler, Otremba, Thissen and Huntley introduced:
H. F. 1610, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring patients' consent to transmit medical records out of the country; 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 Policy and Finance.
Lanning, Dorman, Marquart, Lenczewski, Simpson and Moe introduced:
H. F. 1611, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing a tax credit for qualifying affordable housing contributions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Hamilton; Blaine; Magnus; Penas; Johnson, R.; Koenen; Heidgerken; Welti; Juhnke; Urdahl and Cornish introduced:
H. F. 1612, A bill for an act relating to highways; requiring Department of Transportation to indicate on specific service signs those businesses that sell E85 at retail; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 160.294, subdivision 1a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Lesch, Hausman, Paymar, Mahoney, Mariani, Thao and Johnson, S. introduced:
H. F. 1613, A bill for an act relating to the city of St. Paul; authorizing the Housing and Redevelopment Authority to establish tax increment financing subdistricts.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Olson and Erickson introduced:
H. F. 1614, A bill for an act relating to certain small electric generators; extending net energy billing provisions to electricity generated from livestock manure; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 216B.164, subdivisions 3, 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Smith, Thissen, Ozment, Murphy and Wardlow introduced:
H. F. 1615, A bill for an act relating to retirement; consolidating the Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund Association coordinated program with the Teachers Retirement Association; authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 354.05, subdivisions 2, 13; 354.42, subdivisions 2, 3; 354A.12, subdivision 3b; 354A.23, by adding a subdivision; 423A.02, subdivision 1b; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 128D; 354; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 354A.28.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
DeLaForest introduced:
H. F. 1616, A bill for an act relating to family law; marriage dissolution; modifying the grounds for dissolution; providing a waiting period for certain dissolutions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 518.06, subdivision 1; 518.145, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Finstad introduced:
H. F. 1617, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for a waste-to-energy and material recycling facility in the county of Redwood; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Thissen, Paulsen, Holberg, Urdahl and Heidgerken introduced:
H. F. 1618, A bill for an act relating to eminent domain; changing certain attorney fee requirements and provisions for taking for public purposes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 117.036, by adding a subdivision; 117.075.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Dean introduced:
H. F. 1619, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying the Health Care Administrative Simplification Act of 1994; modifying requirements of federal Drug Enforcement Administration registration numbers; modifying provisions for wells, borings, and underground uses; modifying requirements for filing and issuing death records; modifying provisions for disposition of dead bodies; eliminating authority to designate certain morticians; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 62J.51, subdivisions 17, 18; 62J.52, subdivisions 1, 2, 5; 62J.54, subdivisions 1, 2; 62J.581, subdivision 5; 103I.005, subdivisions 4a, 6, 7, 10, 12, by adding subdivisions; 103I.101, subdivisions 2, 5; 103I.105; 103I.111, subdivisions 1, 3; 103I.115; 103I.205, subdivisions 4, 9; 103I.208, subdivisions 1, 2; 103I.231; 103I.325, subdivision 2; 103I.345, subdivision 2; 103I.401; 103I.501; 103I.505; 103I.525, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, by adding a subdivision; 103I.531, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, by adding a subdivision; 103I.535, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, by adding a subdivision; 103I.541; 103I.545, subdivision 2; 103I.601, subdivisions 4, 9; 144.221, subdivision 1; 144.225, subdivision 7; 149A.93, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 149A.94, subdivision 3; 149A.96, subdivisions 1, 4, 7; Laws 1998, chapter 316, section 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 103I.005, subdivision 13; 103I.222; 144.214, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Koenen, Heidgerken, Welti, Magnus, Penas, Blaine, Juhnke, Otremba, Finstad, Hamilton, Moe and Davids introduced:
H. F. 1620, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; excluding noninvasive floating of horses' teeth from the definition of veterinary medicine practice; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 156.12, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.
Koenen, Heidgerken, Welti, Magnus, Penas, Blaine, Juhnke, Otremba, Finstad, Hamilton, Moe and Davids introduced:
H. F. 1621, A bill for an act relating to auctioneers; modifying auctioneer license numbering requirements for county auditors; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 330.01, subdivision 1; 330.08.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Davids introduced:
H. F. 1622, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; requiring a special hunt in Beaver Creek Valley State Park; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.401, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Davids introduced:
H. F. 1623, A bill for an act relating to tourism; requiring increased hours for the Dresbach Visitor Information Center.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Davids introduced:
H. F. 1624, A bill for an act relating to taxation; tax increment financing; allowing a tax increment financing district in the city of Preston to capture the state general tax.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Davids introduced:
H. F. 1625, A bill for an act relating to insurance; directing the commissioner of commerce to communicate to federal authorities this state's desire for federal law changes to facilitate the use of long-term care insurance in conjunction with a long-term care partnership program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Davids introduced:
H. F. 1626, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; requiring availability of camping facilities in Beaver Creek Valley State Park; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 85.052, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Atkins introduced:
H. F. 1627, A bill for an act relating to human services; authorizing a project to downsize an existing 14-bed facility for persons with developmental disabilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 252.28, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.