INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Wednesday, March 7, 2007


The following House Files were introduced:

Wardlow, Masin, Hansen and Atkins introduced:

H. F. 1739, A bill for an act relating to highways; appropriating money for upgrades and improvements to highway 149; authorizing sale of trunk highway bonds.

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

Peppin introduced:

H. F. 1740, A bill for an act relating to energy; repealing ban on issuing certificate of need for construction of new nuclear-powered electric generating plant; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 216B.243, subdivision 3b.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Energy Finance and Policy Division.

Atkins introduced:

H. F. 1741, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; regulating the tort liability of school districts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 466.12.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.

Thao; Mahoney; Johnson; Murphy, E.; Paymar; Lesch; Hausman and Mariani introduced:

H. F. 1742, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for an Asian Pacific Cultural Center; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Juhnke; Gunther; Peterson, A.; Magnus and Simpson introduced:

H. F. 1743, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; changing noxious weed eradication requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 18.80, subdivision 1; 18.81, subdivisions 1, 3; 18.83, subdivisions 1, 3, 7; 18.84, subdivision 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 18.79, subdivisions 7, 8; 18.84, subdivision 2.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs.

Davnie and Clark introduced:

H. F. 1744, A bill for an act relating to housing, providing additional funding for the homeownership education, counseling, and training program, appropriating money.

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

Bunn; Gardner; Slawik; Dean; Anderson, S.; Simon; Benson; Madore; Berns and Scalze introduced:

H. F. 1745, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; indexing the homestead market value credit maximum valuation limit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 273.1384, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.

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

Gottwalt, Haws, Hosch, Dean and Eastlund introduced:

H. F. 1746, A bill for an act relating to local government aid; increasing the city aid base for certain cities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 477A.011, subdivision 36.

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

Davnie, Paulsen, Mahoney, Atkins, Carlson and Zellers introduced:

H. F. 1747, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing for an income tax credit for investments in qualified business ventures in Minnesota; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 290.06, by adding a subdivision.

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

Atkins and Zellers introduced:

H. F. 1748, A bill for an act relating to residential mortgage lending; modifying licensing and education requirements; providing examination powers to the commissioner; prescribing a criminal penalty; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 58.04, subdivisions 1, 2; 58.05; 58.06, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 58.08, subdivision 3; 58.10, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 58; 609; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 58.08, subdivision 1.

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

McNamara; Dill; Peterson, A., and Cornish introduced:

H. F. 1749, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; requiring rulemaking to modify bag limit for cock pheasant.

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

Hansen introduced:

H. F. 1750, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying the Critical Areas Act of 1973; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 116G.03, by adding subdivisions; 116G.15.

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

Atkins and McNamara introduced:

H. F. 1751, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing alternative valuation for certain property; classifying certain property; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 273.13, subdivision 23; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 273.

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

Erickson introduced:

H. F. 1752, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales tax; providing a sales tax exemption for materials and supplies used in the construction of a public works building in Sherburne County; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297A.71, by adding a subdivision.

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

Knuth, Anzelc, Bigham and Peterson, A. introduced:

H. F. 1753, A bill for an act relating to financial institutions; requiring counseling and disclosures with respect to high-cost home loans; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 58.

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

Peppin introduced:

H. F. 1754, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; extending the K-12 education credit to tuition and modifying the income phaseout for the credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 290.0674, subdivisions 1, 2.

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

Poppe and Rukavina introduced:

H. F. 1755, A bill for an act relating to higher education; authorizing collaborative Minnesota State Colleges and Universities community-based energy development pilot projects; appropriating money.

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

Hortman introduced:

H. F. 1756, A bill for an act relating to public safety; regulating salvage certificates of title and certain vehicles being dismantled or destroyed; requiring electronic notification; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 168A.151, subdivision 1; 168A.153.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.

Juhnke introduced:

H. F. 1757, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for a historic military airplane enclosure and visitor center in the city of Spicer; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Davnie, Atkins, Sertich, Simon, Zellers and Anzelc introduced:

H. F. 1758, A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating access devices; establishing liability for security breaches; providing enforcement powers; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E.

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

Olin introduced:

H. F. 1759, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for a grant for agronomic research on native plants.

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

Greiling introduced:

H. F. 1760, A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing a county state-aid highways grant program for metropolitan cities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 162.08, by adding a subdivision.

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

Lesch introduced:

H. F. 1761, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for emergency preparedness coordinator.

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

Simon, Erhardt and Holberg introduced:

H. F. 1762, A bill for an act relating to statutory cities; providing mechanisms for discharge of city charter commission; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 410.05, subdivision 5.

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

Juhnke and Rukavina introduced:

H. F. 1763, A bill for an act relating to farm wineries; allowing farm wineries to operate restaurants on site; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 340A.315, by adding a subdivision.

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

Ruth introduced:

H. F. 1764, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money to purchase the Owatonna College and University Center; authorizing sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Brod introduced:

H. F. 1765, A bill for an act relating to alcohol; allowing silent auctions to sell alcohol for charitable purposes; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A.

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

Nornes introduced:

H. F. 1766, A bill for an act relating to sales and use tax; exempting construction materials for the Pelican Rapids wastewater treatment facility; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297A.71, by adding a subdivision.

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

Hausman, Lesch, Hornstein, Hortman and Mullery introduced:

H. F. 1767, A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring the commissioner of transportation to utilize available federal funds in highway construction training programs; requiring reports on training programs and disadvantaged business enterprise program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.03, by adding subdivisions.

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

Westrom and Otremba introduced:

H. F. 1768, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for higher education asset preservation and replacement at Alexandria Technical College; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Marquart introduced:

H. F. 1769, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; allowing joint public truth in taxation advertisements and hearings; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 275.065, by adding a subdivision.

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

Sailer, Clark and Hilty introduced:

H. F. 1770, A bill for an act relating to utilities; modifying conditions for disconnecting and reconnecting utility service; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 216B.097, subdivisions 1, 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Energy Finance and Policy Division.

Haws, Severson, Dominguez, Tingelstad, Bigham, Dettmer, Wollschlager and Doty introduced:

H. F. 1771, A bill for an act relating to veterans affairs; appropriating money.

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

Morrow, Lieder and Hornstein introduced:

H. F. 1772, A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing use of federal transit funds for capital assistance for public transit systems.

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

Nelson and Beard introduced:

H. F. 1773, A bill for an act relating to higher education; establishing grants for construction management education; adding a surcharge to permit fees; establishing an account; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.70, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16B.

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

Kalin introduced:

H. F. 1774, A bill for an act relating to taxation; increasing the local government aid payable to a certain city; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 477A.011, subdivision 36.

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

Sviggum introduced:

H. F. 1775, A bill for an act relating to economic development; providing a grant for utility upgrades and extension for bioscience research park and integrated medicine facility; appropriating money.

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

Simon, Greiling, Hilstrom, Slocum, Madore, Wollschlager, Lesch, Morgan and Bigham introduced:

H. F. 1776, A bill for an act relating to elections; establishing a nonbinding presidential primary; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 207A.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.

Liebling, Carlson, Demmer, Simpson and Rukavina introduced:

H. F. 1777, A bill for an act relating to local government aids; restoring county program aids; providing county program aid inflation adjustment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 477A.03, subdivision 2b, by adding a subdivision.

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

Mullery, Thissen, Hilstrom and Smith introduced:

H. F. 1778, A bill for an act relating to public defenders; appropriating money for increase in public defenders' salaries.

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

Sailer introduced:

H. F. 1779, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minnesota State Retirement System and Public Employees Retirement Association; providing annuity back payments to a certain annuitant who was not timely accorded a combined service annuity.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.

Marquart and Lanning introduced:

H. F. 1780, A bill for an act relating to higher education; providing for disclosure of certain information; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 13.32, subdivision 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Higher Education and Work Force Development Policy and Finance Division.

Davnie, Hornstein, Erhardt, Hausman, Atkins and Paulsen introduced:

H. F. 1781, A bill for an act relating to motor carriers; regulating insurance requirements for certain carriers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.141, subdivision 1e.

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

Haws, Doty, Dominguez, Severson, Tingelstad, Hausman, Hosch, Otremba, Gottwalt, Hortman and Abeler introduced:

H. F. 1782, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for technical analysis of extension of commuter rail service to Rice.

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

Faust introduced:

H. F. 1783, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Teachers Retirement Association; authorizing a sabbatical leave related salary credit purchase by certain Minneapolis school teachers.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.

Faust introduced:

H. F. 1784, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting construction materials and equipment used to construct the Pine County Judicial Center; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; 297A.75, subdivisions 1, 2, 3.

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

Koenen; Gunther; Morrow; Beard; Peterson, A.; Juhnke; Simon; Seifert; Magnus; Urdahl; Finstad; Brod; Hamilton and Kohls introduced:

H. F. 1785, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for a grant to the Minnesota Valley Regional Rail Authority to rehabilitate railroad track; authorizing issuance of general obligation bonds.

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

Hansen introduced:

H. F. 1786, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for a carbon sequestration demonstration project; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Welti introduced:

H. F. 1787, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; changing certain agricultural chemical incident provisions; eliminating a fee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 18E.02, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 18C.425, subdivision 5.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs.

Ward introduced:

H. F. 1788, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for silvicultural research.

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

Peppin and Zellers introduced:

H. F. 1789, A bill for an act relating to tax increment financing; allowing city of Dayton to establish a district subject to special rules.

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

Knuth, Pelowski, Atkins, Sviggum, Kahn and Carlson introduced:

H. F. 1790, A bill for an act relating to commerce; providing a payment mechanism for technology used by the Department of Commerce in connection with licensing requirements for mortgage originators and servicers, insurance agents, real estate agents, real estate closing agents, real estate appraisers, debt collection agencies, and real estate abstractors; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 58.10, subdivision 1; 60K.55, subdivision 2; 82.24, subdivisions 1, 4; 82B.09, subdivision 1; 332.33, subdivisions 3, 6; 386.68; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 45.

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

Heidgerken introduced:

H. F. 1791, A bill for an act relating to sales and use tax; modifying the exemption for capital equipment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 297A.68, subdivision 5; 297A.75, subdivisions 2, 3.

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

Garofalo, Emmer, Peppin and Kohls introduced:

H. F. 1792, A bill for an act relating to education; providing successful schools aid for schools succeeding in reading and mathematics or prekindergarten through grade 2 schools; appropriating money.

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

Hilstrom, Demmer, Greiling, Heidgerken and Mariani introduced:

H. F. 1793, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a task force to compare federal and state special education requirements; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.

Slawik; Laine; Kranz; Fritz; Peterson, S., and Murphy, E. introduced:

H. F. 1794, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for children's early literacy; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 119A.50, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.

Greiling, Lillie and Scalze introduced:

H. F. 1795, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a fund transfer for Independent School District No. 623, Roseville.

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

Marquart introduced:

H. F. 1796, A bill for an act relating to education finance; providing a fund transfer for Independent School District No. 852, Campbell-Tintah.

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

Hornstein introduced:

H. F. 1797, A bill for an act relating to education; directing the Office of Educational Accountability to evaluate the educational impact of the federal No Child Left Behind Act and other state and federal laws requiring school districts to administer tests to students; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.

Morrow, Swails and Greiling introduced:

H. F. 1798, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing an additional lease levy for certain kindergarten space needs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.40, subdivision 1.

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

Bly, Mariani, Ward, Slocum, Greiling, Dominguez, Poppe, Brown, Fritz and Moe introduced:

H. F. 1799, A bill for an act relating to education; directing commissioner of education to develop an assessment tool to fairly evaluate performance of alternative schools.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.

Dettmer, Doty, Peppin, Gottwalt, Greiling, Tingelstad, Shimanski, Berns, Simpson, Erickson, Demmer and Wardlow introduced:

H. F. 1800, A bill for an act relating to education; clarifying staff development goals and expenditures; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 122A.60, subdivision 3; 122A.61, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.

Urdahl, Hosch and Haws introduced:

H. F. 1801, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing Independent School District No. 463, Eden Valley-Watkins, to levy for the costs of remediating certain environmental hazards.

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

Kranz, Hausman, Ward, Tillberry, Hosch, Dominguez, Anzelc, Gardner, Olin and Dittrich introduced:

H. F. 1802, A bill for an act relating to education; providing funding for a school district with average general revenue below the state average; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.10, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.

Erhardt and Gunther introduced:

H. F. 1803, A bill for an act relating to state government; increasing legislative salaries.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.

Faust introduced:

H. F. 1804, A bill for an act relating to human services; allowing rate increase for nursing facility in Kanabec County; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144A.071, subdivision 4c.

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

Demmer, Solberg, Erickson, Greiling, Sviggum, Dill, Severson, Olin, Sailer, Eken and Nornes introduced:

H. F. 1805, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing base grant funding for additional living-at-home/block nurse programs; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256B.0917, subdivision 8.

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

Dean; Ruud; Murphy, E.; Hamilton and Gottwalt introduced:

H. F. 1806, A bill for an act relating to health; expanding the health professional education loan forgiveness program for child mental health professionals; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144.1501, subdivision 2.

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

Huntley introduced:

H. F. 1807, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring inpatient hospital services to be paid on a fee-for-services basis for the general assistance medical care program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256D.03, subdivision 4.

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

Atkins introduced:

H. F. 1808, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing that tax increment financing plan modification procedures do not apply to certain acquisitions of property; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 469.175, subdivision 4.

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

Dominguez, Fritz, Abeler, Huntley and Thissen introduced:

H. F. 1809, A bill for an act relating to health; allowing applications for and renewals of essential community provider status; providing grants and other funding to safety net health care providers; modifying reimbursement rates; requiring grants for MinnesotaCare outreach and unreimbursed health care costs; requiring a study of the MinnesotaCare application and enrollment process; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 62Q.19, subdivisions 2, 6; 62Q.23; 144.3345, subdivision 2; 256B.0625, subdivision 30, by adding a subdivision; 256L.04, by adding a subdivision.

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

Poppe and Gunther introduced:

H. F. 1810, A bill for an act relating to human services; proposing a family day care demonstration project; requiring reports; authorizing rulemaking authority.

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

Huntley introduced:

H. F. 1811, A bill for an act relating to human services; directing counties to use any profits from the county-based purchasing program to provide services to individuals receiving medical assistance or general assistance medical care; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256B.692, subdivision 3.

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

Carlson and Peterson, S. introduced:

H. F. 1812, A bill for an act relating to health; providing for an exception to the bed moratorium; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 144A.071, subdivision 4c.

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

Ozment and Urdahl introduced:

H. F. 1813, A bill for an act relating to planning and zoning; requiring counties to consider natural heritage data in adopting or amending comprehensive plans; requiring comprehensive plans in greater Minnesota to limit development on agricultural, forest, wildlife, and open space land; requiring priority provisions in certain county and city comprehensive plans; requiring certain development to occur in designated priorities; providing a bill title; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 394.23; 394.232, subdivision 6; 394.24, by adding a subdivision; 394.25, subdivision 2; 462.355, subdivision 1; 462.357, by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 394.

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

Emmer introduced:

H. F. 1814, A bill for an act relating to taxation; authorizing the city of Rockford to impose a sales and use tax for certain purposes.

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

Smith, Lesch, Kranz, Atkins and Kalin introduced:

H. F. 1815, A bill for an act relating to uniform acts; providing for the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 325L.03; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 508B.

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

Erhardt introduced:

H. F. 1816, A bill for an act relating to levy limits; limiting the amount that political subdivisions may levy for roads, streets, and bridges; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 275.62, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 275.

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

Wollschlager and Anzelc introduced:

H. F. 1817, A bill for an act relating to taxes; individual income; modifying and increasing the military service credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 290.0677, subdivision 1.

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

Solberg, Dill, Hackbarth, Sailer, Moe, Howes, Anzelc, Doty and Ward introduced:

H. F. 1818, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying restrictions on vehicles hauling unfinished forest products; modifying renewable energy objectives; modifying apportionment of net income; defining wood products industry; modifying certain tax exemptions; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 169.8261; 216B.1691, by adding a subdivision; 290.191, subdivision 2; 297A.68, subdivision 5; 297A.69, subdivision 3.

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

Murphy, M. introduced:

H. F. 1819, A bill for an act relating to the city of Proctor; authorizing sales taxes; amending Laws 1999, chapter 243, article 4, section 18, subdivisions 1, 3, 4.

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

Lieder introduced:

H. F. 1820, A bill for an act relating to taxes; authorizing the city of Crookston to impose a local sales and use tax.

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

Hortman introduced:

H. F. 1821, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; modifying vehicle title and transfer provisions; modifying definition of "motorized foot scooter"; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 168A.05, subdivisions 3, 5; 168A.10, subdivision 1; 168A.101; 169.01, subdivision 4c; 325F.665, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 168A.05, subdivision 5a; 325E.0951, subdivision 3a.

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

Jaros, Hornstein and Greiling introduced:

H. F. 1822, A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring that mobile telephones used in motor vehicles be hands-free; providing a defense; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 169.

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

Paymar, Eastlund, Huntley, Rukavina, Solberg, Walker, Carlson and Dominguez introduced:

H. F. 1823, A bill for an act relating to corrections; establishing a five-year demonstration project designed to apply best practices to improve and promote the recovery and success of high-risk adults who frequently use costly public services such as emergency rooms, treatment programs, jails, prisons, and detoxification facilities; combining an innovative management and governance structure; assembling core services currently provided separately, including housing, behavioral health, health care, employment, and community and family reengagement; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 241.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.

Faust and Simpson introduced:

H. F. 1824, A bill for an act relating to amusement rides; modifying provisions regulating amusement rides; defining terms; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 184B.01, subdivision 4, by adding subdivisions; 184B.02; 184B.03; 184B.05; 184B.07; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 184B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 184B.06.

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