The following House Files were introduced:
Peppin, Klinzing, Erickson and Buesgens introduced:
H. F. 2269, A bill for an act relating to individual income tax; extending the K-12 education credit to tuition and modifying the income phaseout for the credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 290.0674, subdivisions 1, 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Slawik and Westerberg introduced:
H. F. 2270, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for Lifetrack Resources.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
Slawik, Hilstrom, Clark, Latz and Paymar introduced:
H. F. 2271, A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing a crime for manufacturing, transferring, or possessing certain military-style assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition magazines; defining terms; clarifying language; providing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 624.712, subdivision 7, by adding subdivisions; 624.713; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 624.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Juhnke and Urdahl introduced:
H. F. 2272, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing a fund transfer for Independent School District No. 2396, A.C.G.C.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Magnus and Hamilton introduced:
H. F. 2273, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing that property located in a tax increment financing district in Nobles County is not eligible for a property tax exemption under the JOBZ program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Paulsen; Johnson, J.; Sykora and Kohls introduced:
H. F. 2274, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing the referendum revenue allowance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 126C.17, subdivisions 2, 5, 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Sykora and Dorn introduced:
H. F. 2275, A bill for an act relating to education; defining a work year for purposes of completing a probationary period of teaching; defining early childhood family education teachers as public employees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 122A.40, subdivision 5; 122A.41, subdivision 2; 179A.03, subdivision 14.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy and Reform.
Abrams and Atkins introduced:
H. F. 2276, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing employers a refund for providing transit passes to employees; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 290.06, subdivision 28.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Eken introduced:
H. F. 2277, A bill for an act relating to human services; extending implementation of statewide elderly waiver services covered under the prepaid medical assistance program; specifying the evaluation of collaborative service models; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256B.69, subdivision 6b.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Wagenius and Ozment introduced:
H. F. 2278, A bill for an act relating to property taxation; providing a valuation exclusion for new or refurbished individual sewage treatment systems; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 273.11, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Kohls introduced:
H. F. 2279, A bill for an act relating to the city of Cologne; providing exemption to wetland replacement requirements.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy and Reform.
Wagenius and Mariani introduced:
H. F. 2280, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring public utilities commission to establish fund for reimbursing state and other public entities for health costs associated with certain coal-fired power plants; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Wagenius and Hornstein introduced:
H. F. 2281, A bill for an act relating to energy; requiring the development of a state plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from electric generation facilities and other sources.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Abeler and Thao introduced:
H. F. 2282, A bill for an act relating to human services; expanding children's therapeutic services and support; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256B.0943, subdivisions 1, 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Thao and Abeler introduced:
H. F. 2283, A bill for an act relating to veterans affairs; authorizing the commissioner of veterans affairs to establish a program of outreach to minority veterans; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 197.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Nornes introduced:
H. F. 2284, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; increasing the market value of class 1b homesteads subject to a reduced class rate; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 273.13, subdivision 22.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Dorman and Liebling introduced:
H. F. 2285, A bill for an act relating to local sales taxes; allowing certain cities to impose a local sales tax if certain criteria are met; authorizing the city of Mankato to extend the duration of its sales tax; authorizing the city of Waite Park to impose a sales tax approved by the voters; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 297A.99, subdivisions 1, 3, by adding a subdivision; 477A.016.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Nelson, P. introduced:
H. F. 2286, A bill for an act relating to crime; imposing a mandatory minimum sentence upon persons convicted of assaulting a correctional employee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 609.222, by adding a subdivision; 609.223, by adding a subdivision; 609.2231, subdivision 3; 609.224, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Dean; Nelson, P.; Johnson, J.; Brod and DeLaForest introduced:
H. F. 2287, A bill for an act relating to elections; clarifying certain terminology; modifying certain restrictions on corporate spending in political campaigns; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 10A.01, subdivisions 9, 11; 211B.15, subdivisions 1, 17.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Lanning introduced:
H. F. 2288, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; disallowing certain property to continue to receive property tax deferment benefits in the agricultural property tax program located in nonmetropolitan counties; authorizing cities to establish programs for reclassification of vacant commercial and industrial properties created in nonmetropolitan counties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 273.111, subdivisions 3, 9, 11, by adding a subdivision; 273.13, subdivision 31; 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.
Mullery, Lieder, Tingelstad and Anderson, I. introduced:
H. F. 2289, A bill for an act relating to veterans affairs; authorizing the commissioner of veterans affairs to establish a program of outreach to minority veterans; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 197.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Carlson, Davnie and Huntley introduced:
H. F. 2290, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying limited benefits coverage for MinnesotaCare; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256L.035.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Davids introduced:
H. F. 2291, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; providing for the construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of town roads of significance to livestock operations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 174.52, subdivisions 4, 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.
Blaine introduced:
H. F. 2292, A bill for an act relating to economic development; allowing exemption for certain energy conservation investment expenses made by qualifying business; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 216B.241, subdivisions 1, 1a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Nelson, P. introduced:
H. F. 2293, A bill for an act relating to human services; exempting persons committed as mentally ill from criminal liability; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 611.026.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Westerberg, Rukavina, Tingelstad, McNamara, Beard, Magnus, Brod, Abeler, Lanning and Gunther introduced:
H. F. 2294, A bill for an act relating to stadiums; providing for the financing of a football stadium in Anoka County; creating a stadium authority; authorizing the county to levy and collect certain taxes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 297A.68, by adding a subdivision; 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473J.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Westerberg, Tingelstad, McNamara, Beard, Magnus, Simpson and Abeler introduced:
H. F. 2295, A bill for an act relating to stadiums; providing for the financing of a football stadium in Anoka County; creating a stadium authority; authorizing the county to levy and collect certain taxes; authorizing the sale of bonds; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473J.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Jaros introduced:
H. F. 2296, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying a provision for background studies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 245C.15, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Kohls introduced:
H. F. 2297, A bill for an act relating to the State Board of Investment; authorizing venture capital investments using the environmental and natural resources trust fund; classifying data related to certain venture capital investments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 11A.24, subdivision 6; 13.635, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116P.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Emmer and Wilkin introduced:
H. F. 2298, A bill for an act relating to crime; authorizing a local correctional agency to create a schedule of local confinement fees to defray the costs associated with confinement; creating a claim and lien in favor of the local correctional agency against an offender's future windfall; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 270A.03, subdivision 2; 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.
Jaros introduced:
H. F. 2299, A bill for an act relating to veterans; appropriating money for grants to an assisted living and rehabilitation services provider.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance.
Powell and Smith introduced:
H. F. 2300, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; increasing the service charge and civil penalty for receiving motor fuel without paying; clarifying that civil liability for this does not bar criminal liability; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 604.15, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Solberg introduced:
H. F. 2301, A bill for an act relating to Itasca County; increasing the maximum levies of certain towns in the county for cemetery purposes; amending Laws 1994, chapter 587, article 9, section 8, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Moe, Larson and Lillie introduced:
H. F. 2302, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; establishing the Shooting Range Protection Act; requiring expedited rulemaking; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 87A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Moe, Marquart, Mullery and Lillie introduced:
H. F. 2303, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; establishing an angling fee for seniors; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.475, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Samuelson introduced:
H. F. 2304, A bill for an act relating to the city of New Brighton; authorizing the city to establish a special district for water safety on Long Lake.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Eken, Huntley, Marquart and Lieder introduced:
H. F. 2305, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing inflation adjustments for long-term care providers; changing certain income tax provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 256B.431, by adding a subdivision; 256B.434, subdivision 4; 256B.5012, by adding a subdivision; 256B.765; 290.01, subdivisions 6b, 19d; 290.17, subdivisions 2, 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Eken, Huntley, Marquart and Lieder introduced:
H. F. 2306, A bill for an act relating to health; reducing the nursing home license surcharge; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256.9657, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Lieder, Larson, Hornstein and Hausman introduced:
H. F. 2307, A bill for an act relating to transportation; increasing motor fuel tax rates and providing for annual indexing; allocating revenue from motor vehicle sales tax; authorizing issuance of $2,100,000,000 in state trunk highway bonds; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 296A.07, subdivision 3; 296A.08, subdivision 2; 297B.09, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 296A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Dittrich; Peterson, S.; Davnie and Ruud introduced:
H. F. 2308, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; requiring vehicle taillights to emit only red light; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.57, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Lesch, Atkins, Koenen, Mullery, Hilty and Mariani introduced:
H. F. 2309, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing for a gross receipts tax on retail sales of consumer goods in excess of $20,000,000 at an individual location; establishing thresholds for compensation and percentage of full-time employees that cause the establishment to be subject to the gross receipts tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 289A.01; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 295.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Hortman introduced:
H. F. 2310, A bill for an act relating to education funding; increasing referendum equalization aid; increasing the referendum revenue cap; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 126C.17, subdivisions 2, 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Hortman introduced:
H. F. 2311, A bill for an act relating to retirement; public employees police and fire retirement plan; providing an annuity for a former St. Paul firefighter to correct an error in coverage.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Walker, Abeler, Thao and Clark introduced:
H. F. 2312, A bill for an act relating to health; providing for licensing of naturopathic doctors; providing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 62J.54, subdivision 2; 116J.70, subdivision 2a; 144.335, subdivision 1; 145.61, subdivision 2; 146.23, subdivision 7; 148B.60, subdivision 3; 151.01, subdivision 23; 214.23, subdivision 1; 604A.01, subdivision 2; 604A.015; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 147E.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Walker and Clark introduced:
H. F. 2313, A bill for an act relating to housing; providing assistance to stabilize housing for children to enhance school attendance and performance; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 462A.204, subdivision 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
Latz introduced:
H. F. 2314, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring law enforcement agencies that record bookings of individuals accused of crimes to maintain the recordings for at least 30 days; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 629.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Ozment introduced:
H. F. 2315, A bill for an act relating to taxation; tax increment financing; authorizing certain expenditures of increment by the city of Rosemount.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Abeler introduced:
H. F. 2316, A bill for an act relating to commerce; health-related boards; regulating insurance fraud investigations; regulating excessive claims; providing practice standards for no-fault auto injuries; providing for a no-fault insurance medical cost study; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 45.0135, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 65B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Abeler and Johnson, S. introduced:
H. F. 2317, A bill for an act relating to health; lowering the blood lead level needed to trigger a lead risk assessment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 144.9504, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Dempsey introduced:
H. F. 2318, A bill for an act relating to local government; providing for meetings of county boards at locations other than the county seat; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 375.07.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government.
Dorman introduced:
H. F. 2319, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for grants to employers that pay prevailing wages in job opportunity building zones.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
Dorman and Abeler introduced:
H. F. 2320, A bill for an act relating to property taxation; modifying the property tax bracket for agricultural homestead property; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 273.13, subdivision 23.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Bernardy, Westerberg, Hortman, Erhardt, Dittrich, Tingelstad, Goodwin, Mullery and Abeler introduced:
H. F. 2321, A bill for an act relating to sales and use tax; exempting the sales of diesel fuel used to operate commuter rail systems; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 297A.68, subdivision 19; 297A.75, subdivisions 1, 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Zellers introduced:
H. F. 2322, A bill for an act relating to crimes; imposing the sanction of life imprisonment without the possibility of release for committing the offense of murder in the first degree; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 609.185; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 609.106.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Bernardy, Westerberg, Hortman, Erhardt, Dittrich, Tingelstad, Lenczewski, Lesch, Goodwin, Mullery and Abeler introduced:
H. F. 2323, A bill for an act relating to sales and use tax; providing that purchases of construction materials and equipment used to provide commuter rail services are exempt; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 297A.71, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Wilkin introduced:
H. F. 2324, A bill for an act relating to human services; changing the chemical dependency allocation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 254B.02, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.