The following House Files were introduced:
Abrams introduced:
H. F. 1469, A bill for an act relating to public finance; providing for capital improvement bonds for cities and other capital and public financing and economic development tools and procedures for cities, counties, and other municipalities and local government units; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 373.01, subdivision 3; 373.45, subdivision 1; 376.009; 376.55, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 376.56, subdivision 3; 410.32; 412.301; 469.034, subdivision 2; 469.103, subdivision 2; 469.175, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 469.1813, subdivision 8; 475.58, subdivision 3b; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 410.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Gerlach introduced:
H. F. 1470, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; requiring driver to stop at scene of accident resulting in alleged bodily injury; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 169.09, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy.
Soderstrom introduced:
H. F. 1471, A bill for an act relating to subdivision regulation; requiring disclosure on conveyances as to compliance with subdivision regulations; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 394; 462.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Soderstrom introduced:
H. F. 1472, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting the purchase of certain property used in constructing a fire department facility in the city of Mora; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 297A.71, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
McNamara; Sieben; Johnson, S.; Slawik; Mariani; Tingelstad; Dempsey and Atkins introduced:
H. F. 1473, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for the Red Rock corridor transitway.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Erickson introduced:
H. F. 1474, A bill for an act relating to retirement; modifying retirement plan provisions governing Minnesota state colleges and universities employees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 354.05, subdivisions 2, 35; 354.07, subdivision 9; 354.091; 354.51, by adding a subdivision; 354.52, by adding a subdivision; 354B.20, subdivisions 4, 6; 354B.23, subdivision 1; 354B.32; 354C.11, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Mullery, Thao, Clark, Walker and Ellison introduced:
H. F. 1475, A bill for an act relating to gambling; appropriating money for a culturally competent compulsive gambling treatment program in the Southeast Asian communities.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance.
Abrams introduced:
H. F. 1476, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing an exemption from sales tax for construction materials for the Walker Art Center; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 297A.71, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Lindgren introduced:
H. F. 1477, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; providing for a grant to independent school district No. 38, Red Lake, for school construction costs and related improvements; authorizing bonds; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Osterman introduced:
H. F. 1478, A bill for an act relating to the city of New Hope; authorizing creation of a tax increment financing district subject to certain rules.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Atkins; Lesch; Mullery; Sieben; Rukavina; Davnie; Goodwin; Nelson, M.; Sertich; Wasiluk; Hornstein; Thissen; Juhnke; Koenen; Lenczewski; Larson; Kelliher; Bernardy; Latz; Slawik; Johnson, S.; Thao; Ellison; Murphy; Hausman; Eken; Hilty and Greiling introduced:
H. F. 1479, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; requiring the commissioner of revenue to adjust rate brackets under certain conditions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 290.06, subdivision 2c.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Juhnke and Urdahl introduced:
H. F. 1480, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a levy for independent school district No. 2396, A.C.G.C., for certain early retirement and health insurance costs.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Wilkin, Atkins, Powell, Sieben, Holberg, Kuisle and Adolphson introduced:
H. F. 1481, A bill for an act relating to counties; eliminating certain maintenance of effort provisions and relieving unnecessary or duplicative or otherwise onerous reporting, publishing, or other requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 6.48; 6.54; 6.55; 6.64; 6.66; 6.67; 6.68, subdivision 1; 6.70; 6.71; 6.77; 15.99, subdivision 1; 84.83, by adding a subdivision; 119B.061, subdivision 1; 125A.36; 126C.55, subdivision 6; 134.201, subdivision 5; 144E.11, subdivision 6; 145.88; 145.881, subdivision 2; 145.882, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 7, by adding a subdivision; 145.883, subdivisions 1, 9; 145A.02, subdivisions 5, 6, 7; 145A.06, subdivision 1; 145A.09, subdivisions 2, 4, 7; 145A.10, subdivisions 2, 5, 10, by adding a subdivision; 145A.11, subdivisions 2, 4; 145A.12, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision; 145A.13, by adding a subdivision; 145A.14, subdivision 2; 169A.44; 201.171; 256.935; 256F.13, subdivision 1; 260B.157, subdivision 1; 260C.007, subdivision 19; 273.124, subdivision 13; 275.07, subdivisions 1, 4, 5; 276.04, subdivision 2; 279.09; 279.10; 331A.03, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 354A.12, subdivision 3b; 373.41; 373.45, subdivision 8; 375.055, subdivision 1; 375.194, subdivisions 4, 5; 383A.75, subdivision 3; 386.30; 465.719, subdivision 9; 469.1791, subdivision 10; 469.1815, subdivision 1; 473.13, subdivision 1; 609.115, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 145; 145A; 345; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 331B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 6.745; 119B.11, subdivisions 1, 4; 125A.38; 134.34, subdivision 4; 144.401; 144.9507, subdivision 3; 145.56, subdivision 2; 145.882, subdivisions 4, 5, 6, 8; 145.883, subdivisions 4, 7; 145.884; 145.885; 145.886; 145.888; 145.889; 145.890; 145.9266, subdivisions 2, 4, 5, 6, 7; 145.928, subdivision 9; 145A.02, subdivisions 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14; 145A.10, subdivisions 5, 6, 8; 145A.11, subdivision 3; 145A.12, subdivisions 3, 4, 5; 145A.14, subdivisions 3, 4; 145A.17, subdivisions 2, 9; 245.714; 256B.0911, subdivisions 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d; 256B.0945, subdivisions 6, 7, 8, 9; 256B.83; 256E.06; 256E.081; 256E.09; 256F.05, subdivision 8; 256F.10, subdivision 7; 268.872, subdivision 2; 275.065; 375.12, subdivision 2; 518.167; 611A.037, subdivision 1; Minnesota Rules, parts 4736.0010; 4736.0020; 4736.0030; 4736.0040; 4736.0050; 4736.0060; 4736.0070; 4736.0080; 4736.0090; 4736.0120; 4736.0130.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Soderstrom; Smith; Anderson, J.; Powell; Murphy; Walz; Meslow; McNamara; Samuelson; Lesch; Hilstrom and Blaine introduced:
H. F. 1482, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; clarifying the reporting requirements of the predatory offender registration law; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 243.166, subdivisions 3, 4a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Sertich introduced:
H. F. 1483, A bill for an act relating to taxation; tax increment financing; treating the state general tax rate as a local tax rate for purposes of a tax increment financing district in the city of Hibbing.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Mariani introduced:
H. F. 1484, A bill for an act relating to liquor; authorizing the city of St. Paul to issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license for the Minnesota Centennial Showboat.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Otto; Severson; Eken; Vandeveer; Erhardt; Nelson, M., and Olson, M. introduced:
H. F. 1485, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; authorizing town road authority to set speed limit under 40 miles per hour for unpaved, rural town road; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 169.14, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy.
Krinkie, Seifert, Jacobson, Gerlach, Erickson, Adolphson, Borrell, DeLaForest, Kohls, Hoppe, Holberg, Kielkucki and Zellers introduced:
H. F. 1486, A bill for an act relating to public employee labor relations; requiring annual notice of a state employee's right to reduce union dues expended for certain purposes; requiring an accounting of certain expenditures by a union to its members; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 179A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Abeler and Huntley introduced:
H. F. 1487, A bill for an act relating to health; providing for specialty licensure for dentists and requiring malpractice insurance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 150A.06, subdivision 1c; 150A.08, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.
Anderson, I. introduced:
H. F. 1488, A resolution memorializing the President and Congress to provide a Vehicle and Cargo Inspection System machine in Ranier, Minnesota.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Anderson, I. introduced:
H. F. 1489, A bill for an act relating to taxation; extending the time during which a sales tax exemption for a biomass electric generating facility applies; amending Laws 1999, chapter 243, article 4, section 19, as amended.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Eken and Lieder introduced:
H. F. 1490, A bill for an act relating to domestic abuse training; requiring additional training for peace officers, teachers, and school administrators; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 626.8451, subdivision 1a; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 122A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.
Lanning, Penas, Swenson, Marquart and Koenen introduced:
H. F. 1491, A bill for an act relating to tax increment financing; allowing certain disaster areas to qualify as redevelopment districts with an original tax capacity equal to the land value; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 469.174, subdivision 10, by adding a subdivision; 469.177, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Hornstein and Osterman introduced:
H. F. 1492, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; prohibiting children under the age of 17 from possessing certain video games; providing penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Dorman introduced:
H. F. 1493, A bill for an act relating to liquor; eliminating certain geographic restrictions on competition for municipal liquor stores; extending bar hours to 2:00 a.m.; providing for uniform hours for off-sale of liquor in the state; removing restrictions on the number of on-sale and off-sale liquor licenses that may be issued by a municipality; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 340A.404, subdivision 6; 340A.405, subdivision 2; 340A.504, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 340A.413.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Gerlach introduced:
H. F. 1494, A bill for an act relating to employment; modifying the definition of "prevailing hours of labor" for prevailing wage purposes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 177.42, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.
Pelowski; Pugh; Greiling; Sieben; Nelson, M.; Mahoney; Lesch; Atkins; Johnson, S.; Eken; Otremba; Juhnke; Lieder; Thao; Wasiluk; Murphy; Jaros; Wagenius; Larson; Walker; Koenen; Lenczewski; Latz; Mullery and Hilstrom introduced:
H. F. 1495, A bill for an act relating to veterans; providing free tuition to certain military veterans at public colleges and universities; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.
Pugh introduced:
H. F. 1496, A bill for an act relating to corporate franchise tax; providing for taxation of deemed dividends received from foreign operating corporations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 290.01, subdivision 6b; 290.17, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Murphy introduced:
H. F. 1497, A bill for an act relating to public safety; imposing fine surcharge on traffic violators apprehended by state patrol; creating trooper training account; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 169.89, by adding a subdivision; 299D.03, subdivisions 5, 6, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Davids, Juhnke, Westrom, Hoppe and Hilty introduced:
H. F. 1498, A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; regulating open video systems; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 238A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Seagren and Erhardt introduced:
H. F. 1499, A bill for an act relating to highways; authorizing issuance of trunk highway bonds for improvements to I-494; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Nelson, M. introduced:
H. F. 1500, A bill for an act relating to highways; authorizing state bonds for construction of an interchange at the intersection of marked trunk highway 169, Hennepin county state-aid highway 81, and 85th Avenue North; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Juhnke and Solberg introduced:
H. F. 1501, A bill for an act relating to transportation appropriations; prohibiting spending by department of transportation on passenger automobiles, mobile telephones, pagers, and travel; requiring spending reductions on overhead, administration, information technology, and research; requiring department to sell passenger vehicles, mobile telephones, and pagers.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Dorman; Marquart; Davids; Juhnke; Westrom; Koenen; Harder; Magnus; Dill; Anderson, J.; Lieder; Finstad; Heidgerken; Opatz; Walz; Simpson; Abeler; Pugh; Pelowski; Fuller; Gunther; Swenson; Severson; Paymar; Hausman and Urdahl introduced:
H. F. 1502, A bill for an act relating to taxation; eliminating payment of market value homestead credit reimbursements to cities; reinstating authorization to levy for transit purposes; providing for additional means of financing transit; reducing local government aid payable to cities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 273.1384, subdivision 4; 473.388, subdivisions 4, 7; 473.446, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions; 477A.03, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 174.242; 477A.03, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.