Thursday , February 5, 1998
The following House Files were introduced:
Hilty, Kahn and Ozment introduced:
H. F.
No. 3339, A bill for an act relating to utilities; requiring electric utilities to disclose the sources of their electric supply ,
And the amounts of certain pollutants attributable to the generation of that electric supply; 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 and
Energy.
Jennings introduced:
H. F.
No. 3340, A bill for an act relating to utilities; modifying definition of energy conservation improvement; amending
Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 216B.241, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries and
Energy.
Schumacher and Osthoff introduced:
H. F.
No. 3341, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for an office
facility/interpretive center in Sand Dunes State Forest.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance.
Kinkel introduced:
H. F.
No. 3342, A bill for an act relating to local government; providing for petitions for the dissolution of town subordinate
service districts; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 365A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996,
section 365A.09.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Local Government and
Metropolitan Affairs.
Sykora, Greenfield, Haas and Dorn introduced:
H. F.
No. 3343, A bill for an act relating to health; providing for the prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome; establishing
intervention and grant programs; requiring a study; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 254A.17,
subdivision 1 , And by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Health and Human Services.
Mariani and Luther introduced:
H. F.
No. 3344, A bill for an act relating to children; providing incentives to increase child care services for children with
disabilities; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 119B.13, subdivision 3; 119B.19, subdivision
4; and 120.1701, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Education.
Greenfield, Koskinen and Huntley introduced:
H. F.
No. 3345, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying several provisions related to the Minnesota family
investment program-statewide (MFIP-S); amending local service unit plans; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section
268.88; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, sections 119B.01, subdivision 16; 256.741, by adding a subdivision; 256B.0635,
by adding a subdivision; 256J.31, by adding a subdivision; 256J.42, by adding subdivisions;
256J.45, subdivision 2; 256J.515; and 256J.52, subdivision 2 , And by adding subdivisions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Health and Human Services.
Murphy, Hilty, McGuire, Greiling and Tomassoni introduced:
H. F.
No. 3346, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money to independent school district No. 94, Cloquet, for a
reading readiness program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Education.
Mullery introduced:
H. F.
No. 3347, A bill for an act relating to elections; fair campaign practices; modifying the prohibitions on denying candidates
access to multiple unit dwellings; increasing a penalty; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 211B.20, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
General
Legislation, Veterans Affairs and Elections.
Kahn, Wolf, Dawkins, Winter and Tomassoni introduced:
H. F.
No. 3348, A bill for an act relating to state government; providing for community ownership of a professional baseball
franchise; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Governmental Operations.
Opatz introduced:
H. F.
No. 3349, A bill for an act relating to higher education; leveraging the University of Minnesota's research capabilities;
appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Education.
Orfield, Long and Kahn introduced:
H. F.
No. 3350, A bill for an act relating to state government; creating an advisory council to investigate improvements in
communicating government information to the public.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Governmental Operations.
Bishop, Long, Sviggum, Solberg and Johnson , A., introduced:
H. F.
No. 3351, A bill for an act relating to taxes; sales and use; exempting construction materials and supplies used to comply
with the Americans with Disabilities Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 297A.25, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Taxes.
Holsten and Osthoff introduced:
H. F.
No. 3352, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; requiring money credited to the critical habitat private sector
matching account through purchase of special license plates to be matched by the critical habitat license plate matching
account; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 84.943, subdivision 3; and 116P.04, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance.
Holsten introduced:
H. F.
No. 3353, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing the public sale of certain tax-forfeited land bordering on
public waters in Washington county.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Environment and Natural
Resources.
Holsten introduced:
H. F.
No. 3354, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for an engineering analysis of flooding
problems along Twin lake in Washington county.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance.
Rest, Davids , Abrams, Carlson and Wenzel introduced:
H. F.
No. 3355, A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating investments of certain insurers; proposing coding for new law
as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 60L.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Financial Institutions and
Insurance.
Milbert, McCollum, Finseth and Holsten introduced:
H. F.
No. 3356, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; prohibiting the taking of white bears; amending Minnesota Statutes
1996, section 97B.411.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Environment and Natural
Resources.
Murphy, Carruthers, Larsen, Broecker and Pugh introduced:
H. F.
No. 3357, A bill for an act relating to court fees and fines; revising and consolidating laws relating to surcharges and
assessments on fines; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 169.121, subdivision 5a; 171.16, subdivision 3; 357.021, by
adding subdivisions; 588.01, subdivision 3; and 609.3241; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, sections 97A.065, subdivision
2; 169.14, subdivision 5d; 357.021, subdivision 2; and 609.101, subdivision 5;
repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 609.101, subdivision 1; and 626.861.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Judiciary.
Ness, Greiling and Erickson introduced:
H. F.
No. 3358, A bill for an act relating to state government; regulating rulemaking; providing for a study of broad rulemaking
delegations.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Governmental Operations.
Hilty, Kahn and McElroy introduced:
H. F.
No. 3359, A bill for an act relating to the organization of state government; establishing an occupational regulatory
oversight council to oversee and coordinate the work of agencies and boards charged with the regulation of health-related and
non-health-related occupations; directing the commissioners of health and commerce to develop detailed proposals for the
organization and operation of the council; establishing two task forces; requiring a report to the
legislature; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 214.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Governmental Operations.
Paymar, Chaudhary and Pawlenty introduced:
H. F.
No. 3360, A bill for an act relating to domestic abuse; clarifying provisions for recognition of orders for protection from
other jurisdictions; providing that certain mutual orders are not entitled to full faith and credit; amending Minnesota Statutes
1997 Supplement, section 518B.01, subdivision 14.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Judiciary.
Mares introduced:
H. F.
No. 3361, A bill for an act relating to insurance; mandating coverage for cochlear implants; proposing coding for new law
in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Financial Institutions and
Insurance.
Greiling and Slawik introduced:
H. F.
No. 3362, A bill for an act relating to campaign finance; increasing the public's right to know; modifying definition of
independent expenditures; requiring full disclosure of the total costs of lobbying; modifying notice required of independent
expenditures; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 10A.01, subdivision 10b; 10A.04, subdivisions 4,
5 , And 6; and 10A.20, subdivision 6b; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 10A.04,
subdivision 4a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on General Legislation, Veterans Affairs and Elections.
Seagren introduced:
H. F.
No. 3363, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for notice of transitional goals to parents of students with
disabilities; modifying the definition of eligible institution for student grants; appropriating money; amending Minnesota
Statutes 1996, sections 120.17, subdivision 3a; and 136A.101, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Education.
Rukavina; Anderson, I.; Bakk; Solberg and Tomassoni introduced:
H. F.
No. 3364, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for three direct
reduction iron processing facilities.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Economic
Development and International Trade.
Otremba, M., introduced:
H. F.
No. 3365, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for college campuses at
Staples and Wadena.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Education.
Chaudhary, Stanek and Murphy introduced:
H. F.
No. 3366, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; providing that preventing a commission of a felony by a trespasser
is justifiable homicide; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 609.065.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Judiciary.
Solberg introduced:
H. F.
No. 3367, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing private or public sale of tax-forfeited lands bordering public
waters in Itasca county.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Environment and Natural
Resources.
Abrams introduced:
H. F.
No. 3368, A bill for an act relating to retirement; teachers retirement association; authorizing the purchase of service credit
for a sabbatical leave by certain teachers.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Governmental Operations.
Rest introduced:
H. F.
No. 3369, A bill for an act relating to income tax administration; appropriating money for grants to nonprofit entities to
facilitate the delivery of volunteer assistance to low-income taxpayers.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Taxes.
Paymar introduced:
H. F.
No. 3370, A bill for an act relating to data privacy; establishing an address confidentiality program for victims of domestic
violence; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 13; and 517.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Judiciary.
McCollum introduced:
H. F.
No. 3371, A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing issuance of bonds for transit-related capital
improvements; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Transportation and Transit.
Kahn and Munger introduced:
H. F.
No. 3372, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; establishing the Mississippi whitewater trail; proposing coding for
new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 85.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Environment and Natural
Resources.
Kahn introduced:
H. F.
No. 3373, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money to repair and rehabilitate certain
memorials on the capitol mall; authorizing the sale of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Governmental Operations.
Solberg; Tomassoni; Johnson , A. , And Ness introduced:
H. F.
No. 3374, A bill for an act relating to education; making permanent school district levy authority for retired employee
health benefits expenses; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 124.916, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Education.
Tomassoni and Rukavina introduced:
H. F.
No. 3375, A bill for an act relating to employment; requiring the commissioner of natural resources to maintain a trained
force of firefighters; modifying the definition of public employee; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 88.12, by adding
a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 179A.03, subdivision 14.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Governmental Operations.
Juhnke introduced:
H. F.
No. 3376, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for ADA compliance
and roof replacement and repair at Ridgewater Community College, Willmar campus.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Education.
Johnson, R.; Tomassoni; Ness; Juhnke and Kubly introduced:
H. F.
No. 3377, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing Minnesota fire service training board and providing
assistance for firefighter training and education; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 169.14, by
adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 171.29, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law as
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 137A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Education.
Westrom, Greenfield, Long, Wejcman and Dorn introduced:
H. F.
No. 3378, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for rehabilitation and community centers for
Vision Loss Resources, Inc.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Health and Human Services.
Winter and Davids introduced:
H. F.
No. 3379, A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating trade practices; providing for reimbursement for licensed
ambulance services; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 72A.201, subdivision 5; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement,
section 62J.48.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Financial Institutions and
Insurance.
Dawkins introduced:
H. F.
No. 3380, A bill for an act relating to transportation; providing for claims by person incurring injury to person or property
while operating recreational vehicle on trunk highway right-of-way; regulating highway closures; imposing civil liability;
amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 160.27, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section
3.736, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Judiciary.
Wenzel and Erickson introduced:
H. F.
No. 3381, A bill for an act relating to economic development; providing for compensation for tornado damage in certain
counties; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Economic
Development and International Trade.
Jennings and Carruthers introduced:
H. F.
No. 3382, A bill for an act relating to landlord tenant; unlawful detainer; reducing the court felony filing fee; eliminating a
stay of execution; reducing the storage period for tenant property after execution of the writ; amending Minnesota Statutes
1996, sections 566.09, subdivision 1; and 566.17, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 566.05.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Judiciary.
Schumacher, Leighton, Skare and Opatz introduced:
H. F.
No. 3383, A bill for an act relating to taxation; exempting sales to political subdivisions from sales tax; amending
Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 297A.47; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 297A.25, subdivision 11.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Taxes.
Wejcman and Clark, K., introduced:
H. F.
No. 3384, A bill for an act relating to human services; continuing food programs for legal noncitizens; appropriating
money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 256J.11, subdivision 2 , As amended; proposing coding for
new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256D.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Health and Human Services.
Wejcman and Clark, K., introduced:
H. F.
No. 3385, A bill for an act relating to human services; legal nonlicensed family child care; requiring minimal safety
standards if public child care funds are received; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 245A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Health and Human Services.
Wejcman and Clark, K., introduced:
H. F.
No. 3386, A bill for an act relating to human services; services for homeless targeted youth; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Health and Human Services.
Rifenberg; Reuter; Seifert; Clark, J. , And Erickson introduced:
H. F.
No. 3387, A bill for an act relating to real property; creating the Private Property Rights Protection Act; providing
legislative intent; providing remedies for real property owners whose property has been inordinately burdened by governmental
action; providing requirements for a property owner who seeks compensation; requiring the governmental entity to provide
notice of the claim; authorizing certain settlement offers; requiring that the governmental entity
and property owner file a court action if a settlement agreement contravenes the application of state law; providing for judicial
review, notwithstanding the availability of administrative remedies; authorizing the property owner to file a claim of
compensation upon rejection of a settlement offer; requiring the court to determine the percentage of responsibility for an
inordinate burden imposed by multiple governmental entities; providing for a jury to determine the amount of compensation to
the property owner; providing for costs and attorney fees; providing that the right for which compensation is paid
is a transferable development right; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 500A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Judiciary.
McGuire and Hausman introduced:
H. F.
No. 3388, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for renovation and conversion of the
dairy barn on the St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota; authorizing the sale of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Education.
McGuire introduced:
H. F.
No. 3389, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; limiting liability of financial institutions providing data for the criminal
alert network; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 299A.61, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Judiciary.
McGuire introduced:
H. F.
No. 3390, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; appropriating money for the criminal alert network.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Judiciary.
Juhnke introduced:
H. F.
No. 3391, A bill for an act relating to retirement; city of Willmar and city of Litchfield; authorizing volunteer rescue squad
relief associations; providing service pensions for rescue squad volunteers; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 424B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Governmental Operations.
Rest, Skare and Rukavina introduced:
H. F.
No. 3392, A bill for an act relating to taxation; repealing levy limits; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement,
section 275.16; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, sections 275.70; 275.71; 275.72; 275.73; and 275.74; Laws
1997, chapter 231 , Article 3, section 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Taxes.
Trimble introduced:
H. F.
No. 3393, A bill for an act relating to housing finance agency; appropriating money to the housing trust fund for a student
housing pilot project.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Economic
Development and International Trade.
Trimble introduced:
H. F.
No. 3394, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for the worker information resource center at the St.
Paul technical college.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Education.
Hausman; Anderson, I.; Schumacher; Rhodes and Rostberg introduced:
H. F.
No. 3395, A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying requirements for a study of metropolitan commuter rail
service; amending Laws 1997, chapter 159 , Article 2, section 51.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Transportation and Transit.
McGuire; Kinkel; Slawik; Johnson, R. , And Schumacher introduced:
H. F.
No. 3396, A bill for an act relating to child care; changing child care assistance in certain cases; establishing a provider
rate bonus for reading programs; establishing grants for school-age child care programs; making other changes to child care
programs; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 119B.13, by adding a subdivision; 119B.18,
subdivision 2; and 119B.19, subdivisions 1, 4 , And by adding subdivisions; Minnesota
Statutes 1997 Supplement, sections 119B.13, subdivision 1; 119B.17, subdivision 3; 119B.21, subdivisions 2, 4, 5 , And 11;
and 121.88, subdivision 10.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Education.
Bradley introduced:
H. F.
No. 3397, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for a loan to independent school district No. 535,
Rochester, for special education services.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Education.
Hausman, Sekhon, Rhodes, Munger and Milbert introduced:
H. F.
No. 3398, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; providing for low impact forestry; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 90.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Environment and Natural
Resources.
Lieder introduced:
H. F.
No. 3399, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money and authorizing bonds for flood hazard
mitigation programs.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance.
Greenfield and Bradley introduced:
H. F.
No. 3400, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing a nursing home planning and transition grant program;
appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Health and Human Services.
Greenfield and Bradley introduced:
H. F.
No. 3401, A bill for an act relating to health; providing for an inactive status of licensed beds in nursing homes; amending
Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 144.122; 144A.01, by adding a subdivision; 256.9657, subdivision 1; 256B.0911,
subdivision 6; and 256B.431, subdivisions 2r, 3a , And 22; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Health and Human Services.
Davids, Tomassoni and Anderson, I., introduced:
H. F.
No. 3402, A bill for an act relating to insurance; prohibiting affiliates of insurance companies from engaging in rebating
that is illegal for insurance companies; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 72A.08, subdivisions 1, 2 , And 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Financial Institutions and
Insurance.
Davids introduced:
H. F.
No. 3403, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for completion of the
Blufflands Trail between Preston and Forestville.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance.
Davids introduced:
H. F.
No. 3404, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for improvements to
the Root River trail.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance.
Davids, by request, introduced:
H. F.
No. 3405, A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; regulating financial transaction cards; providing certain
minimum payment disclosures; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325G.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Commerce, Tourism and
Consumer Affairs.
Boudreau, Tunheim and McElroy introduced:
H. F.
No. 3406, A bill for an act relating to liquor; clarifying local restriction provision; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996,
section 340A.509.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Commerce, Tourism and
Consumer Affairs.
Solberg and Hilty introduced:
H. F.
No. 3407, A bill for an act relating to taxes; sales and use taxes; exempting certain educational facilities from the sales tax;
amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 297A.25, subdivision 11.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Taxes.
Mahon, Paymar, Tomassoni, Davids and Abrams introduced:
H. F.
No. 3408, A bill for an act relating to insurance; no-fault auto; regulating disability and income loss benefits; amending
Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 65B.44, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Financial Institutions and
Insurance.
Knoblach, Opatz, Schumacher, Stang and Dehler introduced:
H. F.
No. 3409, A bill for an act relating to health; providing funding to two ICFs/MR for costs related to field audit
disallowances and providing exemptions from the spend-up limit; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Health and Human Services.
Slawik; Marko; Johnson, R.; Chaudhary and Larsen introduced:
H. F.
No. 3410, A bill for an act relating to education; providing site-based funding for full-day kindergarten, technology
enhancements, and gifted and talented programming; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section
124A.22, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 124A.22, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Education.
Harder; Wenzel; Johnson , A.; Knoblach and Swenson, H., introduced:
H. F.
No. 3411, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; modifying the tax brackets and the alternative minimum
tax exemption amount to reduce marriage penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 290.06, subdivisions 2c and
2d; and 290.091, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Taxes.
Rhodes and Dorn introduced:
H. F.
No. 3412, A bill for an act relating to health; creating a religious exemption to mandated autopsies; amending Minnesota
Statutes 1996, sections 145.132; 299F.04, subdivision 5; 383B.225, subdivisions 7 and 8; 390.11, subdivisions 2, 2a , And 3;
and 390.32, subdivisions 2, 2a , And 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 390.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Health and Human Services.
Rostberg and Skoglund introduced:
H. F.
No. 3413, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; authorizing driver's license suspension for convicted traffic law
offenders who fail to appear at a probation review hearing; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 169.92.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Judiciary.
Davids introduced:
H. F.
No. 3414, A bill for an act relating to retirement; expanding the number of investments available for certain public
supplemental pension or deferred compensation plans; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 356.24, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Governmental Operations.
Harder, Schumacher, Rifenberg, Kuisle and Swenson, H., introduced:
H. F.
No. 3415, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; expanding the purposes of the value-added agricultural product loan
program; modifying requirements for environmental review of proposed feedlots; appropriating money; amending Minnesota
Statutes 1996, sections 41B.046, subdivision 1; and 116D.04, subdivision 2a; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section
41B.046, subdivision 4a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Agriculture.
Finseth and Tunheim introduced:
H. F.
No. 3416, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for wheat and barley scab research.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance.
Juhnke and Wenzel introduced:
H. F.
No. 3417, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for turkey respiratory disease research.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance.
Jefferson introduced:
H. F.
No. 3418, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minneapolis employees retirement fund; increasing certain shorter
service death-while-active retirement benefits, providing annuity escalation; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections
422A.06, subdivisions 3 and 6; 422A.22, subdivisions 4 and 5; and 422A.23; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section
422A.16, subdivision 3a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Governmental Operations.
Bakk introduced:
H. F.
No. 3419, A bill for an act relating to crime; providing for mandatory sentences of life without release for all types of
first-degree murder; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 244.05, subdivisions 4 and 5; and 609.184; repealing
Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 609.196.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Judiciary.
Sviggum introduced:
H. F.
No. 3420, A bill for an act relating to public employment; imposing a hiring freeze on certain public employers.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Governmental Operations.
Winter, Kalis, Kubly and Juhnke introduced:
H. F.
No. 3421, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; limiting certain animal feedlots and feedlot practices; providing for
preparation of a generic environmental impact statement on the long-term effects of the livestock industry; creating a livestock
industry environmental steering committee; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 116.07, by
adding subdivisions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Agriculture.
Sykora, McGuire and Nornes introduced:
H. F.
No. 3422, A bill for an act relating to child care; modifying direct assistance payments; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997
Supplement, section 119B.13, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Education.
Jennings introduced:
H. F.
No. 3423, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing an annual rate adjustment for certain programs;
appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Health and Human Services.
Molnau and Workman introduced:
H. F.
No. 3424, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for land acquisition and
capital project planning of the eastern Carver community collaborative project.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Economic
Development and International Trade.
Anderson, I.; Rukavina; Lieder; Kelso and Carlson introduced:
H. F.
No. 3425, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying supplemental revenue; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Education.
Greiling, Pelowski, Tomassoni, Ness and Kelso introduced:
H. F.
No. 3426, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing an appointment date for board members; requiring a rule
review; repealing the prohibition against commercial relationships; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 128C.01,
subdivision 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 128C.01, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Education.
Jefferson and Kelso introduced:
H. F.
No. 3427, A bill for an act relating to education; working to develop, provide, and maintain an educational structure that
meets the needs of nonwhite and white at-risk students; identifying obstacles to students educational success; providing for
staff development and community training; creating an advisory council to assist in analyzing student performance data;
emphasizing outcomes; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 126.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Education.
Knight introduced:
H. F.
No. 3428, A bill for an act relating to the housing finance agency; extending the availability of equity take-out loans;
amending procedures for the allocation of low-income housing tax credits; permitting allocation of the housing pool to senior
rental housing if it is federally assisted; requiring an impact statement and a hearing before an owner terminates participation
in a federally assisted rental housing program; permitting a local government to require relocation
assistance for certain tenants; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 462A.222, subdivision 3; and
474A.061, subdivision 2a; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 462A.05, subdivision 39; proposing coding for new
law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 471.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Economic
Development and International Trade.
Johnson , A., introduced:
H. F.
No. 3429, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing preventive measures for adolescent pregnancies; appropriating
money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 145.925, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Health and Human Services.
Jennings, Peterson and Tingelstad introduced:
H. F.
No. 3430, A bill for an act relating to health; expanding the plumbing inspection program; amending Minnesota Statutes
1996, sections 144.122; and 326.37, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 326.37,
subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Health and Human Services.
Kelso, Entenza, Carlson, Mares and Tunheim introduced:
H. F.
No. 3431, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for an office of educational accountability; appropriating money;
amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 121.1115, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Education.
Wenzel, Carlson , Abrams and Knoblach introduced:
H. F.
No. 3432, A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating life insurance company investments and financial transactions;
regulating qualified long-term care policies; modifying the definition of chronically ill individual; amending Minnesota Statutes
1996, section 61A.28, subdivisions 6, 9a , And 12; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 62S.01, subdivision 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Financial Institutions and
Insurance.
Harder and Gunther introduced:
H. F.
No. 3433, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for the Watonwan
River Flood Abatement Project.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance.
Harder and Gunther introduced:
H. F.
No. 3434, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for the wastewater
project for the town of Fox Lake in Martin county.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Economic
Development and International Trade.
Macklin, Ozment, Commers, Van Dellen and Kelso introduced:
H. F.
No. 3435, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property taxes; permitting the inclusion of information relating to transit
levies in notices of proposed property tax levies; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 275.065, subdivision
3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Taxes.
McElroy introduced:
H. F.
No. 3436, A bill for an act relating to metropolitan government; changing certain definitions; requiring a redrawn transit
zone map; removing, in certain cases , A prohibition to application of a property tax rate; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996,
section 473.3915, subdivisions 2, 3, and 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Local Government and
Metropolitan Affairs.
Munger, Huntley, Jaros and Ozment introduced:
H. F.
No. 3437, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for reimbursements to hazardous materials teams.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Judiciary.
Westrom and Bettermann introduced:
H. F.
No. 3438, A bill for an act relating to sanitary districts; establishing the Farwell-Kensington sanitary district; authorizing
tax levies.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Environment and Natural
Resources.
McElroy and Wolf introduced:
H. F.
No. 3439, A bill for an act relating to the city of Burnsville; authorizing the city to impose a tax on admissions to an
amphitheater; authorizing creation of a tax increment financing district.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Local Government and
Metropolitan Affairs.
Rukavina, Jefferson and Carruthers introduced:
H. F.
No. 3440, A bill for an act relating to employment; raising the minimum wage; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997
Supplement, section 177.24, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Labor-Management Relations.
Peterson, Osthoff, Kahn, Winter and Munger introduced:
H. F.
No. 3441, A bill for an act relating to animal feedlots; requiring licenses; creating and funding a cleanup fund; limiting
issuance of certain permits; requiring an inventory and review; providing for assistance in adoption, review , And update of
feedlot ordinances; requiring a generic environmental impact statement on feedlots; appropriating money; amending Minnesota
Statutes 1996, section 116.07, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18G.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Agriculture.
Wenzel introduced:
H. F.
No. 3442, A bill for an act relating to the military; entering into the interstate emergency management assistance compact;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 192.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Judiciary.
Osthoff introduced:
H. F.
No. 3443, A bill for an act relating to public finance; requiring that the principal underwriter of issues of state bonds be a
financial institution in Minnesota; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 16A.641, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Capital Investment.
Mullery, Jefferson, Rukavina and Koskinen introduced:
H. F.
No. 3444, A bill for an act relating to employment; extending parenting leave requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes
1996, section 181.941, subdivisions 1 and 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Labor-Management Relations.
Davids introduced:
H. F.
No. 3445, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for water system
improvements in the city of Chatfield.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance.
Trimble introduced:
H. F.
No. 3446, A bill for an act relating to community development; providing funding to acquire right-of-way in the Phalen
corridor in St. Paul; authorizing bonds; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Economic
Development and International Trade.
Mullery and Gunther introduced:
H. F.
No. 3447, A bill for an act relating to employment; appropriating money for grants to encourage women to enter
nontraditional careers; establishing requirements for grant recipients; requiring state-funded employment and training programs
to provide certain information.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Economic
Development and International Trade.
Munger; Rukavina; Johnson, R.; Nornes and Finseth introduced:
H. F.
No. 3448, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money to the board of water and soil resources for
management of small nonindustrial private forest lands.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on
Environment and Natural
Resources.