The following House Files were introduced:
Huntley introduced:
H. F. 2803, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing an aid for certain expenditures for retired employees; 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.
Huntley introduced:
H. F. 2804, A bill for an act relating to education finance; creating ongoing funding for school district telecommunications needs; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 125B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Simpson introduced:
H. F. 2805, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring approval of an exception to the moratorium on certification of nursing home beds; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Westrom introduced:
H. F. 2806, A bill for an act relating to energy; establishing renewable energy working group to study renewable energy development in the state; requiring a report.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Knoblach introduced:
H. F. 2807, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for expansion of the St. Cloud Civic Center; authorizing the sale of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance.
Koenen introduced:
H. F. 2808, A bill for an act relating to criminal procedure; providing for criminal bail bond forfeitures and procedures; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 629.53; 629.63; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 629.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Bernardy; Atkins; Johnson, S.; Greiling; Eken; Jaros and Koenen introduced:
H. F. 2809, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing the appropriation for support of the advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs; amending Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 2, section 55, subdivision 17.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Fuller and Carlson introduced:
H. F. 2810, A bill for an act relating to higher education; modifying the calculation of a state grant award; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 136A.121, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance.
Eastlund, Soderstrom and Nelson, P. introduced:
H. F. 2811, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a grant to Independent School District No. 15, St. Francis, to support an alternative teacher compensation model and a teacher academy; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Kelliher, Pelowski and Mahoney introduced:
H. F. 2812, A bill for an act relating to capital improvement; authorizing bonding for a health care training center and science facility at Minneapolis Technical and Community College; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance.
Clark introduced:
H. F. 2813, A bill for an act relating to pollution remediation; providing for priority in allocation of agricultural chemical response and reimbursement account; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Finance.
Nelson, P. introduced:
H. F. 2814, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying procedures for calculating nursing facility operating payment rates for a project approved under the moratorium exception process; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 256B.43, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Beard introduced:
H. F. 2815, A bill for an act relating to railroads; restricting remote-control operation of train over highway intersection; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 219.383, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy.
Westerberg introduced:
H. F. 2816, A bill for an act relating to liquor; clarifying restrictions on location of retail licenses in proximity to certain institutions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 340A.412, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Newman introduced:
H. F. 2817, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing an income tax checkoff to fund benefits for members of the National Guard and reserves; exempting benefits from taxation; authorizing administration by the commissioner of veterans' affairs; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 196.05, subdivision 1; 290.067, subdivision 2a; 290A.03, subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, sections 290.01, subdivision 19b; 290.091, subdivision 2; 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.
Buesgens introduced:
H. F. 2818, A bill for an act relating to metropolitan government; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 473.194; 473.195; 473.197; 473.199; 473.201.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Nelson, P.; Anderson, B., and Olson, M. introduced:
H. F. 2819, A bill for an act relating to local government; imposing a moratorium on certain annexations until June 1, 2006; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 414.031, by adding a subdivision; 414.033, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Seagren introduced:
H. F. 2820, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for enhanced reading requirements for certain teachers; providing for literacy specialist licensure; providing for rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 122A.06, subdivision 4; 122A.18, subdivision 2a, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 122A.09, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Atkins, Thao, Sieben and Wasiluk introduced:
H. F. 2821, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; allowing a subtraction for automated teller machine fees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 290.01, subdivision 19b.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Penas introduced:
H. F. 2822, A bill for an act relating to state lands; limiting acquisition of state-owned land; requiring payment of real estate taxes on purchased state land; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 94.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Hausman introduced:
H. F. 2823, A bill for an act relating to public utilities; providing for the recovery of stranded costs incurred by a thermal energy customer of a facility subject to a qualifying emission reduction project; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 216B.1692, subdivision 5; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 11, article 3, section 12.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Pugh, Jacobson and Finstad introduced:
H. F. 2824, A bill for an act relating to education; allowing certain international students to participate in varsity and junior varsity sports and competitions sponsored by the Minnesota State High School League; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 128C.05, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Davnie, Biernat and Murphy introduced:
H. F. 2825, A bill for an act relating to education; allowing a school board and school principals to negotiate a plan for terminating, demoting, and reinstating principals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 122A.40, by adding a subdivision; 122A.41, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Clark; Johnson, S.; Walker and Ellison introduced:
H. F. 2826, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing grants for an AIDS prevention initiative focusing on African-born Minnesotans; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Mullery introduced:
H. F. 2827, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Association; permitting a service credit purchase for prior school district employment.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Ruth, Atkins and Sviggum introduced:
H. F. 2828, A bill for an act relating to taxation; increasing the weight of the sales factor in the apportionment formula used in the corporate franchise tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 290.191, subdivisions 2, 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 290.191, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Koenen and Eken introduced:
H. F. 2829, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; establishing a biodiesel production development program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 41A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Policy.
Lanning and Pugh introduced:
H. F. 2830, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing an income tax credit for expenditures for historic structure rehabilitation; 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.
Thao, Abeler, Bradley, Hornstein, Otremba and Johnson, S. introduced:
H. F. 2831, A bill for an act relating to human services; exempting certain refugees and asylees from participating in the diversionary work program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 256J.95, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.
Johnson, J.; Otremba; Erickson; Cox; McNamara; Klinzing; Nelson, P.; Soderstrom and Osterman introduced:
H. F. 2832, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring school and library computers with Internet access available for student use to be equipped with software filtering or blocking technology; imposing a financial penalty; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 125B.15; 134.50.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Rukavina and Sertich introduced:
H. F. 2833, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing school districts with care and treatment facilities to bill resident school district of students in care and treatment facilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 125A.515, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Hausman, Hoppe and Wasiluk introduced:
H. F. 2834, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying restrictions on off-highway vehicle trail designation; modifying restitution requirements; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 84.780; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Wagenius, Tingelstad and Ozment introduced:
H. F. 2835, 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.
Pugh, Abrams, Lenczewski and Paulsen introduced:
H. F. 2836, A bill for an act relating to sales and use tax; exempting materials used in the creation of movies and television shows; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 297A.68, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Buesgens and Mariani introduced:
H. F. 2837, A bill for an act relating to metropolitan government; requiring the state demographer to provide certain demographic data to the Metropolitan Council; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 47.52; 145A.02, subdivision 16; 275.62, subdivision 3; 469.174, subdivision 26; 477A.011, subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, sections 4A.02; 134.201, subdivision 5; 275.14; 373.40, subdivision 1; 473.146, subdivision 1; 477A.0124, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 473.241.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Clark, Walker, Pugh, Rukavina and Atkins introduced:
H. F. 2838, A bill for an act relating to tax shelters; limiting the property tax exemption for property used in certain tax shelter transactions; prohibiting political subdivisions from engaging in tax shelter transactions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 272.01, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 465.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Clark, Walker, Abrams, Pugh and Rukavina introduced:
H. F. 2839, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; providing that certain personal property at a biomass electric generation facility is exempt from property taxation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 272.02, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Nelson, C.; Bradley and Gunther introduced:
H. F. 2840, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for the Rochester Bioscience Core Area.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance.
Stang, Heidgerken, Otremba, Urdahl and Knoblach introduced:
H. F. 2841, A bill for an act relating to taxation; authorizing an increased levy by the Sauk River Watershed District.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Harder, Swenson, Urdahl, Otremba, Otto, Juhnke, Finstad, Blaine, Lindgren, Cornish, Marquart, Dorman, Magnus, Simpson, Demmer, Davids and Gunther introduced:
H. F. 2842, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Joint Plant Pathology Center at the University of Minnesota; authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Finance.
Otto introduced:
H. F. 2843, A bill for an act relating to pharmacy; modifying wholesale drug distributor requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 151.47, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Kahn, Smith, Murphy, Thissen and Mullery introduced:
H. F. 2844, A bill for an act relating to retirement; establishing December 31, 2020, as the date for full funding of the Minneapolis Police Relief Association; providing an additional health insurance unit to all current and future retired, active, and surviving spouse members of the Minneapolis Police Relief Association; establishing a guaranteed pension provision; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 356.216; 423B.01, subdivision 12; 423B.09, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 423B.10, subdivision 1; 423B.15, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 423B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Paymar, Hausman, Hornstein, Davnie and Hilty introduced:
H. F. 2845, A bill for an act relating to human services; restoring reductions to child care assistance; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 119B.13, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, sections 119B.09, subdivision 1; 119B.12, subdivision 2; 119B.13, subdivision 1a; repealing Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 14, article 9, sections 36, 37.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.
Finstad, Seifert, Heidgerken and Demmer introduced:
H. F. 2846, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for a waste-to-energy and material recycling facility in Lamberton; authorizing state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Finstad and Gunther introduced:
H. F. 2847, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing fund transfers for Independent School District No. 836, Butterfield.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Mariani and Lesch introduced:
H. F. 2848, A bill for an act relating to labor relations; establishing certain rights for workers in the meatpacking industry; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 179.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.
Harder introduced:
H. F. 2849, A bill for an act relating to human services; changing a nursing facility payment rate; amending Minnesota 2002, section 256B.431, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.
Newman introduced:
H. F. 2850, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; public safety; repealing certain restrictions relating to part-time peace officers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 626.8465, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 626.8465, subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 626.8468, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Mariani introduced:
H. F. 2851, A bill for an act relating to human services; creating an exception to the intermediate care facility for persons with mental retardation and related conditions payment system; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 256B.5012, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.
Knoblach introduced:
H. F. 2852, A bill for an act relating to higher education; authorizing Board of Trustees of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to sell surplus land; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 136F.60, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance.
Seagren introduced:
H. F. 2853, A bill for an act relating to education finance; granting flexibility in the uses of revenue for the advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs; amending Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 2, section 55, subdivision 17.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Rhodes and Ozment introduced:
H. F. 2854, A bill for an act relating to state government; transferring certain duties of the Minnesota Zoological Board to the Minnesota Zoo Foundation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 85A.02, subdivision 5a; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, sections 43A.24, subdivision 2; 352D.02, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 85A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Howes, Ozment, Hackbarth, Kahn, Hoppe, Cox, McNamara and Wagenius introduced:
H. F. 2855, A bill for an act relating to water; extending expiration of shoreland protection program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 103F.225, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Lipman introduced:
H. F. 2856, A bill for an act relating to crimes; clarifying the terms force and coercion for purposes of the criminal sexual conduct crime law; amending the harassment restraining order law so victims of sexual assault do not have to pay a fee; prohibiting harassment through technological means; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 609.341, subdivisions 3, 14; 609.748, subdivisions 2, 3a; 609.749, subdivisions 1, 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Abeler; Olsen, S.; Bernardy and Hilstrom introduced:
H. F. 2857, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a pilot program to allow school districts to spend compensatory revenue at school sites with low test scores; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 126C.15, subdivisions 2, 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Peterson and Koenen introduced:
H. F. 2858, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; requiring a license to sell live bait; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 97A.475, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97C.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.
Erhardt, Seagren, Lenczewski, Wilkin, Klinzing, Zellers, Adolphson, Wardlow, Gerlach, Powell and Johnson, J. introduced:
H. F. 2859, A bill for an act relating to property taxation; requiring the commissioner of revenue to conduct a study of the metropolitan fiscal disparities program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Seagren introduced:
H. F. 2860, A bill for an act relating to education; amending prekindergarten through grade 12 education and early childhood and family education budget provisions; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 119A.46, subdivisions 2, 3, 8; 123A.05, subdivision 2; 124D.68, subdivision 9; 124D.69, subdivision 1; 125A.79, subdivisions 5, 7, by adding subdivisions; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, sections 119A.46, subdivision 1; 124D.095, subdivision 8; 124D.11, subdivisions 1, 2; 125A.79, subdivision 1; 127A.47, subdivisions 7, 8; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 2, section 55, subdivision 16; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 6, section 4; 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 Finance.
Wardlow, Heidgerken, Carlson, Davnie and Urdahl introduced:
H. F. 2861, A bill for an act relating to public employment labor relations; including certain teachers in the definition of public employee; modifying the definition of teacher; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 179A.03, subdivision 14; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 179A.03, subdivision 18.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.
Hackbarth introduced:
H. F. 2862, A bill for an act relating to liquor; providing for uniform off-sale hours statewide; regulating Sunday on-sales; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 340A.504, subdivision 4; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 340A.504, subdivisions 1, 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Buesgens introduced:
H. F. 2863, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for an election to determine whether to detach land from an existing school district for a new independent school district; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Hornstein, Abrams and Kahn introduced:
H. F. 2864, A bill for an act relating to food law; clarifying the basis on which food can be labeled as kosher; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 31.651, subdivision 1; 31.661.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Policy.
Wilkin introduced:
H. F. 2865, A bill for an act relating to human services; exempting individuals whose only income is a personal needs allowance from state health care program co-payments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, sections 256B.0631, subdivision 2; 256D.03, subdivision 4; 256L.035.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.
Huntley and Thao introduced:
H. F. 2866, A bill for an act relating to health; increasing the required nursing hours in nursing homes under specified circumstances.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Knoblach and Solberg introduced:
H. F. 2867, A bill for an act relating to state government; appropriating money for prekindergarten through grade 12 education, including general education, education excellence, special programs, and facilities and technology; early childhood and family education, including prevention and self-sufficiency and lifelong learning; and health and human services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 123B.54; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 1, section 53, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 6, 11, 12; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 2, section 55, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 3, section 20, subdivisions 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 4, section 31, subdivisions 2, 3; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 5, section 35, subdivisions 2, 3; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 7, section 11, subdivision 3; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 8, section 7, subdivisions 2, 5; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 9, section 9, subdivision 2; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 14, article 13C, sections 1; 2, subdivisions 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 11; 10, subdivisions 1, 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Peterson and Koenen introduced:
H. F. 2868, A bill for an act relating to regional development commissions; requiring a regional development commission to contract with local units of government and another commission in order to conduct services in another region; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 462.391, subdivisions 10, 11.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Blaine and Pelowski introduced:
H. F. 2869, A bill for an act relating to education; regulating the availability and sale of certain beverages in public schools; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 123B.02, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture Policy.
Huntley introduced:
H. F. 2870, A bill for an act relating to health care; modifying medical assistance, general assistance medical care, and MinnesotaCare programs; providing for determination of health care provider tax rates; increasing the tax on tobacco products; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 256B.055, by adding a subdivision; 256B.057, by adding a subdivision; 295.52, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, 3, by adding a subdivision; 297F.05, subdivisions 3, 4; 297F.10, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, sections 256B.057, subdivisions 1, 2; 256B.0625, subdivisions 9, 13e; 256B.76; 256D.03, subdivision 4; 256L.03, subdivision 1; 256L.07, subdivisions 1, 3; 297F.05, subdivision 1; 297F.10, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 256L.035.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.
Murphy introduced:
H. F. 2871, A bill for an act relating to state employment; creating a postretirement employment option; authorizing a voluntary hours reduction plan.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Murphy introduced:
H. F. 2872, A bill for an act relating to public employment; modifying health care savings plan provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352.98.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Powell introduced:
H. F. 2873, A bill for an act relating to human services; adding coverage for diabetic supplies and equipment to the MinnesotaCare limited benefit set; amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 256L.035.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Ozment, Simpson, Seagren and Dill introduced:
H. F. 2874, A bill for an act relating to state employment; modifying state hiring process provisions; adding, modifying, and eliminating definitions; making technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 43A.02, subdivisions 4, 6, 11, 26, 32, 34, by adding subdivisions; 43A.04, subdivisions 3, 4; 43A.05, subdivision 1; 43A.10; 43A.11, subdivisions 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; 43A.15, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 7, 10, 15; 43A.16, subdivision 1; 43A.191, subdivision 3; 43A.36, subdivision 1; 43A.39, subdivision 1; 197.455; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 43A.15, subdivision 14; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 43A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 43A.02, subdivisions 7, 8, 15, 16, 19, 20, 37; 43A.11, subdivisions 3, 4; 43A.12; 43A.13, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8; 43A.15, subdivisions 8, 9, 11; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 43A.13, subdivision 7; Minnesota Rules, parts 3900.3300; 3900.6100; 3900.6300; 3900.6400; 3900.6500; 3900.6600; 3900.7100; 3900.7200; 3900.7300; 3900.7400; 3900.8500; 3900.8600; 3900.8800.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Zellers, Rhodes, Hilstrom, Ellison and Adolphson introduced:
H. F. 2875, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; providing that certain misdemeanor traffic offenses do not constitute grounds for revocation or suspension of a person's driver's license; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 169.13, subdivision 2; 169.791, subdivisions 2, 6; 169.792, subdivision 7; 169.89, subdivision 1; 169A.35, subdivisions 2, 3, 4; 171.08; 171.24, subdivisions 1, 2, 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Meslow introduced:
H. F. 2876, A bill for an act relating to crimes; regulating sex offenders; making technical and clarifying changes; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 243.166, subdivisions 1, 4, 6, 7a, by adding subdivisions; 243.167; 243.55, subdivision 1; 244.05, subdivision 7; 244.052, subdivision 4; 253B.02, by adding subdivisions; 253B.03, by adding a subdivision; 253B.18, subdivision 9; 253B.185, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, sections 243.166, subdivisions 3, 4a; 246.15, by adding a subdivision; 609.2231, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 253B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Lanning, Eken, Ozment and Peterson introduced:
H. F. 2877, A bill for an act relating to local government; increasing compensation of watershed district managers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 103D.315, subdivision 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Hausman, Rhodes and Kahn introduced:
H. F. 2878, A bill for an act relating to state observances; designating Dr. Norman E. Borlaug World Food Prize Day; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.