The following House Files were introduced:
Seifert introduced:
H. F. 58, A bill for an act relating to elections; prohibiting certain contributions and solicitations during special legislative sessions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 10A.273, subdivisions 1, 2; 211A.14.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
Juhnke; Hornstein; Carlson; Solberg; Nelson, M.; Loeffler; Simon; Ellison and Wagenius introduced:
H. F. 59, A bill for an act relating to highways; requiring commissioner of transportation to allow use of certain high-occupancy vehicle lanes without toll in off-peak hours; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 160.93, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
Kahn; Mahoney; Hornstein; Lesch; Ellison; Sykora; Abeler; Peterson, N., and Erhardt introduced:
H. F. 60, A bill for an act relating to the state; appointing a poet laureate; appropriating gift or grant money received; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 138.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
Slawik, Greiling, Dittrich, Davnie and Lillie introduced:
H. F. 61, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing funding for early education programs; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 124D.135, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
Finstad, Kelliher, Sviggum, Sertich, Urdahl, Lillie, Demmer, Marquart, Westerberg, Hilstrom, Brod, Juhnke, Hamilton, Slawik, Magnus, Koenen, Blaine, Hosch, Garofalo, Scalze and Lanning introduced:
H. F. 62, A bill for an act relating to a ballpark for major league baseball; providing for the financing, construction, operation, and maintenance of the ballpark and related facilities; establishing the Minnesota Ballpark Authority; defining members of the authority as public officials; providing powers and duties of the authority; providing a community ownership option upon sale of the team; authorizing Hennepin County to issue bonds and to contribute to ballpark costs and to engage in ballpark and related activities; authorizing local sales and use taxes and revenues; requiring actions by the state, the city of Minneapolis, and the Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 10A.01, subdivision 35; 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 473I.01; 473I.02; 473I.03; 473I.04; 473I.05; 473I.06; 473I.07; 473I.08; 473I.09; 473I.10; 473I.11; 473I.12; 473I.13.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
Seifert, Blaine, DeLaForest and Finstad introduced:
H. F. 63, A bill for an act relating to the financing of state government; proposing the Stop Special Session Act of 2005; modifying the definition of fiscal year and making conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 16A.011, subdivision 14; 16A.1522, subdivision 3; 16A.45, subdivision 1; 16A.62; 645.02.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
Solberg introduced:
H. F. 64, A bill for an act relating to retirement; authorizing repayment of a refund from the Public Employees Retirement Association.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
Lieder, Larson, Hausman, Hornstein and Juhnke introduced:
H. F. 65, A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying distribution of county state-aid highway funds; adjusting passenger automobile tax rates and depreciation schedule; increasing motor fuel tax rates; allocating revenue from motor vehicle sales tax; authorizing issuance of $1,000,000,000 in state trunk highway bonds; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 162.07, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions; 168.013, subdivision 1a; 296A.07, subdivision 3; 296A.08, subdivision 2; 297B.09, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
Mahoney; Anderson, I.; Lieder; Severson; Cybart; Johnson, S., and Nelson, M. introduced:
H. F. 66, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; authorizing spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature; appropriating money for a new football stadium for 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 Rules and Legislative Administration.
Krinkie introduced:
H. F. 67, A bill for an act relating to a ballpark for major league baseball; providing a state policy for professional sports facilities; providing for the financing, construction, operation, and maintenance of the ballpark and related facilities; establishing the Minnesota Ballpark Authority; authorizing Hennepin County to issue bonds and to contribute to ballpark costs and to engage in ballpark and related activities; requiring some incremental revenue from a new sports facility to be paid to certain public bodies; authorizing local sales and use taxes and revenues; requiring actions by the state, the city of Minneapolis, and the Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 473I.01; 473I.02; 473I.03; 473I.04; 473I.05; 473I.06; 473I.07; 473I.08; 473I.09; 473I.10; 473I.11; 473I.12; 473I.13.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
Marquart introduced:
H. F. 68, A bill for an act relating to property tax aids; changing the city local government aid formula; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 477A.011, subdivisions 34, as amended, 35; 477A.013, subdivisions 8, 9; 477A.03, subdivision 2a, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
Lenczewski introduced:
H. F. 69, A bill for an act relating to health care; imposing a cigarette health impact fee; establishing a health impact fund; imposing a floor stocks fee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 297F.10, subdivision 1; 297F.185; 325D.32, subdivision 9; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 16A; 256.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.