INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Thursday, April 4, 2013


The following House Files were introduced:

Lenczewski introduced:

H. F. 1686, A bill for an act relating to public finance; authorizing certain investments of public funds; providing for repayment of certain energy improvements; changing certain requirements for financing capital equipment purchases; capital improvements; changing certain election requirements for issuance of street reconstruction bonds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 118A.04, subdivision 3; 118A.05, subdivision 5; 216C.436, subdivision 7; 373.01, subdivision 3; 373.40, subdivisions 1, 2; 410.32; 412.301; 473.606, subdivision 3; 475.521, subdivisions 1, 2; 475.58, subdivision 3b; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 428A.101.

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

Kelly, McNamara, Kieffer, Franson, Norton and Garofalo introduced:

H. F. 1687, A bill for an act relating to civil law; providing for civil union relationships; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 517.01; 517.02; 517.03; 517.07; 517.08, subdivision 1a; 517.10; 517.101; 517.20; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 517.

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

Dill introduced:

H. F. 1688, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for the Gitchi Gami State Trail; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Dill introduced:

H. F. 1689, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for development of Lake Vermilion State Park and the Soudan Underground Mine State Park; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Dill introduced:

H. F. 1690, A bill for an act relating to higher education finance; appropriating money to the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for Cook County higher education.

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

Simon introduced:

H. F. 1691, A bill for an act relating to taxation; gross revenues taxes; modifying credits to include treatment of eating disorders; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 295.53, subdivision 4a.

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

Pelowski introduced:

H. F. 1692, A bill for an act relating to higher education; providing funding for the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota, and the Office of Higher Education; appropriating money.

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

Mullery introduced:

H. F. 1693, A bill for an act relating to commerce; prohibiting the sale of consumer products banned by the Consumer Products Safety Commission; imposing penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325F.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy.

Moran introduced:

H. F. 1694, A bill for an act relating to welfare reform; enabling low-income workers to meet basic needs; reducing welfare costs to taxpayers; providing child care assistance to low-income workers; increasing working family tax credit; increasing minimum wage; reestablishing the Minnesota emergency employment development program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 119B.02, subdivisions 1, 2; 119B.03, subdivisions 3, 9, 10; 119B.035, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5; 119B.05, subdivision 5; 119B.08, subdivision 3; 119B.09, subdivisions 4a, 7; 119B.10; 119B.11, subdivision 1; 119B.12, subdivision 2; 119B.13, subdivision 1; 119B.15; 119B.24; 177.24, subdivision 1; 290.0671, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 119B.011, subdivisions 20, 20a; 119B.03, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 6a, 6b, 8; 119B.05, subdivision 1; 119B.07; 119B.09, subdivision 3; 119B.11, subdivision 4; 290.0671, subdivision 7.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Early Childhood and Youth Development Policy.

Hortman introduced:

H. F. 1695, A bill for an act relating to energy; appropriating money for the weatherization assistance program.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy.

Erickson, R. introduced:

H. F. 1696, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting certain payments to utility cooperatives; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.67, by adding a subdivision.

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

Metsa introduced:

H. F. 1697, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for an event center in the Giants Ridge Recreation Area; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance and Policy.

Urdahl and Erickson, S. introduced:

H. F. 1698, A bill for an act relating to education finance; implementing certain recommendations of the legislative auditor regarding special education; authorizing rulemaking; requiring a report; appropriating money.

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

Newton and Abeler introduced:

H. F. 1699, A bill for an act relating to education; making students' economic circumstances a criterion for arranging competitive interscholastic conferences and determining competitive classifications; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 128C.02, subdivision 3; 128C.05, subdivision 2.

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

Hansen introduced:

H. F. 1700, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; establishing a system of licensure for agricultural drainage system installers; prohibiting county commissioners from acting as public drainage inspectors; requiring public drainage viewer and inspector training; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 103E.065; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103E; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18K.

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

Gunther, Hausman and Dettmer introduced:

H. F. 1701, A bill for an act relating to education; complying with the Military Interstate Children's Compact.

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

Halverson introduced:

H. F. 1702, A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; broadband; requiring a study and report on cyber security and broadband infrastructure vulnerabilities.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Labor, Workplace and Regulated Industries.

Erickson, S. introduced:

H. F. 1703, A bill for an act relating to education finance; extending financial flexibility for school districts.

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

Simonson; Murphy, M., and Huntley introduced:

H. F. 1704, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for predesign of renovation of the Lake Superior Zoo; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance and Policy.

Mariani introduced:

H. F. 1705, A bill for an act relating to state government; granting the commissioner of education rulemaking authority.

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

Kahn, Simon, Paymar, Wagenius, Erhardt, Liebling and Hornstein introduced:

H. F. 1706, A bill for an act relating to the Minnesota Historical Society; appropriating money for a bust of former United States Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Veterans Affairs.

Norton introduced:

H. F. 1707, A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying certain capital levy provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.40, subdivision 1.

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

Radinovich, Kiel and Mariani introduced:

H. F. 1708, A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying the career and technical education revenue formula; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.4531.

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

Hornstein introduced:

H. F. 1709, A bill for an act relating to transportation; capital investment; appropriating money for transit improvement areas; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Hansen introduced:

H. F. 1710, A bill for an act relating to environment; modifying Environmental Quality Board provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 116C.03, subdivisions 2, 4, 5.

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

Kelly and Drazkowski introduced:

H. F. 1711, A bill for an act relating to state lands; requiring the private sale of state land in Goodhue County.

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

Kelly introduced:

H. F. 1712, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for improvements to the Levee Road and riverfront area of Red Wing; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Kelly introduced:

H. F. 1713, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for a fire station and training facility in Red Wing; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Kelly introduced:

H. F. 1714, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for the Sheldon Theatre in Red Wing; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance and Policy.

Quam and Benson, M. introduced:

H. F. 1715, A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying certain compensatory revenue provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.15, subdivision 2.

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

Davids introduced:

H. F. 1716, A bill for an act relating to veterans; establishing a veterans home in Fillmore County; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 198.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Veterans Affairs.

Hornstein, Wagenius, Davnie and Rosenthal introduced:

H. F. 1717, A bill for an act relating to the Metropolitan Airports Commission; requiring the Metropolitan Airports Commission to complete an environmental impact statement for the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport 2020 Improvements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 473.614, by adding a subdivision.

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

Dehn, R. and Davnie introduced:

H. F. 1718, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money to address alternatives to juvenile detention throughout the state.

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

Mahoney; Johnson, S., and Lesch introduced:

H. F. 1719, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to the East Side Area Business Association.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance and Policy.