State of Minnesota

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Monday , February 9, 1998


The following House Files were introduced:

Wejcman, Wenzel, Gunther and Osthoff introduced:

H. F. No. 3449, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; expanding the eligibility requirements for the Minnesota grown coupon program; establishing a pilot project to expand the Minnesota grown program; establishing program components; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 17.

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

Anderson, I., introduced:

H. F. No. 3450, A bill for an act relating to the legislature; appropriating money for meetings with Manitoba and Ontario parliamentarians.

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

Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 3451, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; requiring changes in smallmouth bass rules for Fillmore, Mower, Olmstead, and Dodge counties.

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

Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 3452, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for the Blufflands trail between Eyota and Chatfield.

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

Paulsen, Stang, Molnau, Nornes and Seifert introduced:

H. F. No. 3453, 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.

Rukavina introduced:

H. F. No. 3454, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing the sale of certain school trust land bordering public waters in St. Louis county.

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

Delmont; Kelso; Johnson , A.; Sekhon and Tingelstad introduced:

H. F. No. 3455, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for regional equalization aid; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 124A.73; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124A.

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

Davids, Rhodes and Kuisle introduced:

H. F. No. 3456, A bill for an act relating to libraries; appropriating money for the Chatfield brass band music lending library.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and International Trade.

Paymar, Mulder, Folliard and Leppik introduced:

H. F. No. 3457, A bill for an act relating to commerce; restricting the placement of outdoor advertisements for tobacco; permitting retail vendors of tobacco to display certain outdoor advertising; providing penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Tourism and Consumer Affairs.

Sykora and Bettermann introduced:

H. F. No. 3458, A bill for an act relating to education; eliminating the state board of education; creating a board of the Faribault academies; transferring certain state board of education duties to the commissioner of children, families , And learning; prohibiting racial segregation; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 15.014, subdivision 3; 119B.20, subdivisions 5, 8 , And 12; 120.03, subdivisions 1 and 5; 120.062, subdivision 5; 120.064, subdivisions 4, 14, 17, 21, and 24; 120.101, subdivisions 7 and 8; 120.102, subdivision 3; 120.17, subdivisions 3, 3b , And 7a; 120.66, subdivisions 1 and 2; 121.02, subdivision 1; 121.1115, subdivision 1; 121.14; 121.148, subdivision 3; 121.16, by adding subdivisions; 121.1601, subdivision 2; 121.612, subdivisions 2, 3, 6, 7 , And 9; 125.05, subdivisions 1, 4 , And 8; 125.1885, subdivisions 1, 4 , And 5; 128A.02, subdivisions 1, 3, 3b, 5, 6 , And by adding a subdivision; 128A.022; 128A.023, subdivisions 1 and 2; 128A.026, subdivisions 1 and 3; 128A.07, subdivision 2; 169.448, subdivision 2; and 471.18; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, sections 16B.465, subdivision 4; 120.05, subdivision 2; 120.064, subdivisions 8, 10 , And 14a; 120.1045, subdivision 1; 121.615, subdivisions 2, 6, 7 , And 10; 125.05, subdivisions 1c and 2; 128A.02, subdivision 7; 169.974, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 120; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 121.02, subdivisions 2a, 3 , And 4; and 121.11, subdivisions 5, 7, 7b, 7d, 9, 11, 12 , And 14; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 121.11, subdivisions 7c and 7e.

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

Greiling, Kinkel, Tingelstad, Orfield and Farrell introduced:

H. F. No. 3459, A bill for an act relating to employment; requiring an accommodation to certain nursing mothers; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Labor-Management Relations.

Westfall introduced:

H. F. No. 3460, A bill for an act relating to capitol improvements; authorizing bonds and appropriating money for sewer lagoons in the city of Hawley.

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

Holsten, Osthoff, Weaver and Munger introduced:

H. F. No. 3461, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for restoration and preservation of Brown's Creek in Washington county; appropriating money to the Brown's Creek watershed district for flood control measures; authorizing the sale of state bonds.

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

Greiling; McElroy; Skare; Johnson , A. , And Chaudhary introduced:

H. F. No. 3462, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing an alternative property tax refund formula; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 290A.04, subdivisions 1, 3, 6, and by adding a subdivision.

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

Erhardt, Rest, Harder, Long and Macklin introduced:

H. F. No. 3463, A bill for an act relating to taxation; repealing the payment and refund requirements relating to sales of exempt capital equipment; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 297A.2572; and 297A.2573; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 289A.56, subdivision 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 297A.15, subdivision 5.

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

Hilty and Kahn introduced:

H. F. No. 3464, A bill for an act relating to the state building code; establishing a construction code advisory council; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16B.

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

Tomassoni, Bakk, Solberg, Rukavina and Anderson, I., introduced:

H. F. No. 3465, A bill for an act relating to reemployment insurance; providing additional benefits for certain individuals on layoff from a certain employer; providing an exemption from certain requirements.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Labor-Management Relations.

Milbert, Wejcman, Greiling, Knight and Rostberg introduced:

H. F. No. 3466, A bill for an act relating to campaign finance; requiring conduit funds to register with the board of campaign finance and public disclosure, to have a treasurer , And to not commingle funds; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 10A.01, by adding a subdivision; 10A.14, subdivisions 1 and 2; 10A.20, subdivisions 1, 3 , And by adding a subdivision; and 211B.15, subdivision 16; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 10A.20, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10A.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on General Legislation, Veterans Affairs and Elections.

Biernat introduced:

H. F. No. 3467, A bill for an act relating to marriage dissolution; providing for shared parenting in residence; establishing a training program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 518.003, subdivision 3; and 518.17, subdivisions 2 and 3.

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

Entenza, Biernat, Mares, Kelso and Evans introduced:

H. F. No. 3468, A bill for an act relating to education; increasing funding for the collaborative urban educator program; appropriating money; amending Laws 1997, First Special Session chapter 4 , Article 5, section 28, subdivision 9.

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

Murphy, Bakk and Huntley introduced:

H. F. No. 3469, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money to independent school district No. 704, Proctor, for the restoration of lost revenue.

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

Kubly and Juhnke introduced:

H. F. No. 3470, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; changing the director of farmer-lender mediation; making the Farmer-Lender Mediation Act permanent; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 583.22, subdivision 5; repealing Laws 1986, chapter 398 , Article 1, section 18 , As amended.

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

Munger; Johnson, R.; Orfield; Broecker and Swenson, H., introduced:

H. F. No. 3471, A bill for an act relating to designation of wild animals; creating a state amphibian and a state reptile; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 1.

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

Jennings introduced:

H. F. No. 3472, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing the public sale of certain tax-forfeited land that borders public water in Chisago county.

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

Milbert; Abrams; Johnson , A.; Pugh and Macklin introduced:

H. F. No. 3473, A bill for an act relating to sales tax; directing the amateur sports commission to certify qualifying junior golf programs; providing a partial refund of tax paid by golf facilities with qualifying programs for juniors; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 297A.15, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 240A; and 297A.

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

Hausman and Osthoff introduced:

H. F. No. 3474, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; providing money for exhibition in the Science Museum of Minnesota.

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

Smith introduced:

H. F. No. 3475, A bill for an act relating to health reporting; requiring tobacco manufacturers to report hazardous substances in their products; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 461; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 461.17.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.

Schumacher, Workman, Huntley and Juhnke introduced:

H. F. No. 3476, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money to the metropolitan council for regular route transit operating assistance and to the commissioner of transportation for Greater Minnesota transit operating assistance; changing formula used to calculate fixed local shares for Greater Minnesota transit systems receiving state operating assistance; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 174.22, subdivisions 10 and 13; 174.24, subdivision 3b; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 174.22, subdivision 9.

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

Schumacher, Workman, Juhnke and Molnau introduced:

H. F. No. 3477, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money to the metropolitan council for transit vehicle replacement in the metropolitan area , And to the commissioner of transportation for transit vehicle replacement in Greater Minnesota.

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

Greenfield introduced:

H. F. No. 3478, A bill for an act relating to human services; adding covered services under medical assistance; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 256B.0627, subdivision 2.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.

Koskinen and Wejcman introduced:

H. F. No. 3479, A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money for the nutritional supplement program; requiring a study.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.

Greenfield introduced:

H. F. No. 3480, A bill for an act relating to health; increasing the MinnesotaCare income limit for certain child care workers; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 256L.04, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.

Farrell, Osthoff and McCollum introduced:

H. F. No. 3481, A bill for an act relating to economic development and job creation; appropriating money to assist in redevelopment of the Stroh Brewery area and creation of manufacturing jobs; authorizing the sale of bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and International Trade.

Knoblach introduced:

H. F. No. 3482, A bill for an act relating to the state lottery; prohibiting advertising in connection with the lottery; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 349A.02, subdivisions 2 and 3; and 349A.10, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 349A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 349A.02, subdivision 5; and 349A.09.

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

Jaros, Rukavina and Huntley introduced:

H. F. No. 3483, A bill for an act relating to economic security; appropriating money for the continuation of the welfare-to-work extended employment partnership program.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and International Trade.

Jaros, Huntley and Munger introduced:

H. F. No. 3484, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for facility restoration of the Earl C. Buck Operating Center in Duluth.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and International Trade.

Olson, E., introduced:

H. F. No. 3485, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing the private sale of certain surplus land that borders public water in Red Lake county.

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

Anderson, B.; Kuisle; Olson, M.; Tomassoni and Broecker introduced:

H. F. No. 3486, A bill for an act relating to the Minnesota municipal board; repealing the sunset for the board; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 414.11.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.

Pawlenty introduced:

H. F. No. 3487, A bill for an act relating to drivers' licenses; providing for renewal every two years for drivers over age 70; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 171.27; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 171.06, subdivision 2.

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

McGuire introduced:

H. F. No. 3488, A bill for an act relating to crime; expanding a peace officer's authority to make certain traffic-related arrests; providing that an owner or lessee of a motor vehicle is guilty of a petty misdemeanor if the vehicle is used to commit certain traffic-related offenses; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 169.21, subdivision 1 , And by adding subdivisions; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 169.21, subdivision 2.

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

McGuire introduced:

H. F. No. 3489, A bill for an act relating to government data practices; modifying the definition of parking space leasing data; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 13.37, subdivision 1.

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

Erhardt introduced:

H. F. No. 3490, A bill for an act relating to financial institutions; authorizing reverse stock splits; providing for a notice in retail installment contracts; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 168.71; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 48.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

Erhardt, Paulsen and Macklin introduced:

H. F. No. 3491, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; reducing the class rate applied to homestead property of over $75,000; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 273.13, subdivision 22.

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

Erhardt, Paulsen and Macklin introduced:

H. F. No. 3492, A bill for an act relating to taxation; adopting provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to the exclusion of capital gain from the sale of a principal residence; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 290.01, subdivision 19.

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

Erhardt, Bettermann, Macklin and Paulsen introduced:

H. F. No. 3493, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing conformity to federal provisions providing for deduction of student loan interest and education savings accounts; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 290.01, subdivision 19.

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

Rukavina, Tomassoni, Jefferson and Solberg introduced:

H. F. No. 3494, A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; regulating the pricing of grocery items; providing remedies; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 325F.54; 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, Tourism and Consumer Affairs.

Pugh introduced:

H. F. No. 3495, A bill for an act relating to the city of West St. Paul and the Dakota county housing and redevelopment authority; authorizing certain exceptions to requirements relating to tax increment financing districts in the city.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.

Reuter introduced:

H. F. No. 3496, A bill for an act relating to the city of Owatonna; authorizing the city to impose certain taxes.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.

Rukavina and Kahn introduced:

H. F. No. 3497, A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring access to information technology for individuals who are blind or visually impaired; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 16B; and 16E.

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

Evans introduced:

H. F. No. 3498, A bill for an act relating to tax increment financing; modifying restrictions on redevelopment tax increment financing districts located within the seven-city coalition; appropriating money for grants to certain districts.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.

Evans introduced:

H. F. No. 3499, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing an income tax credit for owners of homesteads with defects that cause public health problems; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 290.06, by adding a subdivision.

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

Evans introduced:

H. F. No. 3500, A bill for an act relating to highways; allowing counties to establish minimum standards for county state-aid highways; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 162.02, subdivision 3 , And by adding a subdivision.

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

Carlson, Kinkel, Pelowski, Kelso and Ness introduced:

H. F. No. 3501, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing spending to acquire and to better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature with certain conditions; authorizing issuance of bonds; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 16B.35, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, sections 124C.498, subdivision 2; and 268.917; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 136F; and 137; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 16B.35, subdivision 4.

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

Dawkins introduced:

H. F. No. 3502, A bill for an act relating to government data practices; providing for data access by researchers funded by a government entity; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13.

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

Greiling, Evans, McGuire and McCollum introduced:

H. F. No. 3503, A bill for an act relating to education; allowing use of basic revenue for students graduating early; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 124A.22, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 124.17, subdivision 1.

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

McCollum; Otremba, M.; Kubly; Larsen and Evans introduced:

H. F. No. 3504, A bill for an act relating to children; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution by adding a section to article XI; establishing the children's endowment fund; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 119C.

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

Johnson, R.; Kubly; Peterson; Wenzel and Kuisle introduced:

H. F. No. 3505, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing a capital improvement for manure digester farm demonstration projects; appropriating money.

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

Wenzel, Skare, Juhnke, Slawik and Chaudhary introduced:

H. F. No. 3506, A bill for an act relating to crime; increasing penalties for certain drive-by shooting crimes; providing that a drive-by shooting resulting in death is first degree murder; increasing penalties for drive-by shootings that result in substantial or great bodily harm or that involve occupied buildings or motor vehicles; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 609.185; 609.19, subdivision 1; and 609.66, subdivision 1e.

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

McCollum, Folliard, Greiling and Larsen introduced:

H. F. No. 3507, A bill for an act relating to education; amending a metropolitan magnet school grant provision; authorizing spending to acquire and to better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature with certain conditions; authorizing issuance of bonds; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 124C.498, subdivision 2.

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

Carlson and Rest introduced:

H. F. No. 3508, A bill for an act relating to insurance; requiring health plan companies to notify enrollees of subrogation claims and recoveries; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 62A.096.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

Evans, Chaudhary, Garcia and Greiling introduced:

H. F. No. 3509, A bill for an act relating to the creation of a database of small minority- and women-owned businesses; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116J.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and International Trade.

Holsten, Osthoff, Tingelstad, Munger and Weaver introduced:

H. F. No. 3510, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for a lakes initiative.

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

Leppik and Paymar introduced:

H. F. No. 3511, A bill for an act relating to commerce; prohibiting sales of cigarettes packed in units smaller than ten packages in accessible displays; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 461.18, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Tourism and Consumer Affairs.

Bakk introduced:

H. F. No. 3512, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money to complete the Forest Highway 11 project within Lake county.

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

Haas, Bradley, Huntley and Dorn introduced:

H. F. No. 3513, A bill for an act relating to health; allowing payments to be made for the employee share of employer-subsidized insurance for children; requiring the commissioner of human services to submit a plan to obtain funding under the state children's health insurance program; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 256L.07, subdivisions 2 and 3; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256M.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.

Evans and Greiling introduced:

H. F. No. 3514, A bill for an act relating to education; exempting facility maintenance projects from review and comment; expanding use of total operating capital revenue; expanding youth initiative grants; expanding debt service equalization; creating a maintenance levy; creating technology aid; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 124.84, subdivision 1 , And by adding subdivisions; and 124.912, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, sections 121.15, subdivision 6; 124.95, subdivision 2; and 124A.22, subdivision 11; Laws 1996, chapter 463, section 4, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 124.84, subdivisions 3 and 4.

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

McGuire introduced:

H. F. No. 3515, A bill for an act relating to courts; extending the Ramsey county family court combined jurisdiction pilot project; amending Laws 1996, chapter 365, section 3.

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

Wenzel, Pawlenty, Stanek, Evans and Schumacher introduced:

H. F. No. 3516, A bill for an act relating to crime; increasing penalties for certain drive-by shooting crimes; providing that a drive-by shooting resulting in death is first degree murder; increasing penalties for drive-by shootings that result in substantial or great bodily harm or that involve occupied buildings or motor vehicles; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 609.185; 609.19, subdivision 1; and 609.66, subdivision 1e.

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

Reuter introduced:

H. F. No. 3517, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for infrastructure costs of the Heritage Halls Museum.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and International Trade.

Reuter introduced:

H. F. No. 3518, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for city infrastructure for the Heritage Halls Museum project.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and International Trade.

Mullery introduced:

H. F. No. 3519, A bill for an act relating to health care; requiring medical directors for health maintenance organizations; establishing liability for health treatment decisions and policies; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 62D.02, by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62D.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.

Mullery introduced:

H. F. No. 3520, A bill for an act relating to employment; appropriating money for grants to encourage girls and women to enter nontraditional careers.

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

Rukavina, Peterson, Jennings, Davids and Solberg introduced:

H. F. No. 3521, A bill for an act relating to housing; providing for an income tax credit for contributions by an employer for employee housing; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and International Trade.

Hilty; Greiling; Otremba, M.; Kelso and Leppik introduced:

H. F. No. 3522, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying special education assessments to comply with federal law; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 120.17, subdivision 3a; repealing Minnesota Rules, part 3525.2750, subpart 1, item B.

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

Biernat, Kelso, Evans, Weaver and Schumacher introduced:

H. F. No. 3523, A bill for an act relating to education; removing a restriction on the use of operating capital revenue; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 124A.22, subdivision 11.

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

Bakk and Rukavina introduced:

H. F. No. 3524, A bill for an act relating to the environment; authorizing acceptance of dump materials at certain qualified landfills; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 115B.39, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115B.

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

Skare and Olson, E., introduced:

H. F. No. 3525, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; increasing the valuation of agricultural homestead land subject to the reduced class rate; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 273.13, subdivision 23.

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

Kubly introduced:

H. F. No. 3526, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for a grant to the city of Stewart.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and International Trade.

Hasskamp, McCollum and Rostberg introduced:

H. F. No. 3527, A bill for an act relating to veterans; authorizing the placement of a plaque in the court of honor on the capitol grounds to honor combat wounded veterans.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on General Legislation, Veterans Affairs and Elections.

Jennings; Wolf; Olson, E.; Kelso and Osskopp introduced:

H. F. No. 3528, A bill for an act relating to the state lottery; creating a lottery retailer study task force.

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

Rukavina, Koskinen, Schumacher, Skare and Juhnke introduced:

H. F. No. 3529, 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.

Peterson introduced:

H. F. No. 3530, A bill for an act relating to recreational vehicles; requiring titling and licensing for snowmobiles and personal watercraft; providing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 84.81, subdivision 1 , And by adding subdivisions; 84.821, subdivision 2; 84.88, subdivision 2; 86B.820, subdivision 14; and 97A.315, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, sections 84.83, subdivision 2; and 84.86, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 84.81, subdivision 7; and 84.82, subdivisions 1a, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7a, 8 , And 10; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 84.82, subdivisions 2 and 3.

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

McCollum, Marko, Larsen and Holsten introduced:

H. F. No. 3531, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; including machinery used to produce certain plants and nursery stock in the definition of farm machinery; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 297A.01, subdivision 15.

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

Bettermann introduced:

H. F. No. 3532, A bill for an act relating to workers' compensation; correcting an appropriation error; modifying reporting requirements; eliminating certain reimbursement requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 176.183, subdivision 2; 176.231, subdivisions 2 and 7; and 176.305, subdivisions 1 and 2; Laws 1997, chapter 200, article 1, section 12, subdivision 5.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Labor-Management Relations.

Abrams and Milbert introduced:

H. F. No. 3533, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales; allowing purchases of certain prizes to qualify as sales for resale; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 297A.01, subdivision 4.

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

Abrams introduced:

H. F. No. 3534, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property tax abatement; exempting abatements from levy limits; clarifying that abatement bonds are not subject to election requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 475.58, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 275.70, subdivision 5.

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

Kinkel, Skare and Greenfield introduced:

H. F. No. 3535, A bill for an act relating to human services; exempting certain nursing homes from wage increases; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 256B.431, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.

McCollum introduced:

H. F. No. 3536, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending to acquire and to better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature; providing for a grant to the city of St. Paul for acquisition of land and creation of a holding pond for flood mitigation; authorizing issuance of bonds; appropriating money.

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

Gunther, Trimble, Kelso, Workman and Ness introduced:

H. F. No. 3537, A bill for an act relating to economic security; appropriating money for a pilot project; requiring a report to the legislature.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and International Trade.

Osthoff introduced:

H. F. No. 3538, A bill for an act relating to education; extending the education tax credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 290.0674, subdivision 1.

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

Bakk, Tomassoni, Rukavina and Solberg introduced:

H. F. No. 3539, A bill for an act relating to taxation; removing obsolete references from the laws relating to taconite taxation; consolidating certain definitions; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 298.22, subdivision 2; 298.221; 298.2213, subdivision 4; 298.225, subdivision 1; 298.28, subdivisions 3, 4, 7 , And 10; and 298.48, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 298.24, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 298; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 298.012; 298.21; 298.23; 298.34, subdivisions 1 and 4; and 298.391, subdivisions 2 and 5.

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

Boudreau introduced:

H. F. No. 3540, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for the residential academies at Faribault.

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

Greenfield; Wejcman; Mulder; Clark, K. , And Kahn introduced:

H. F. No. 3541, A bill for an act relating to human services; authorizing reimbursement for tracheostomy suctioning when performed by personal care assistants; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 256B.0627, subdivision 4.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.

Van Dellen, Sviggum and Molnau introduced:

H. F. No. 3542, A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring deposit in the general fund of certain lawsuit proceeds.

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

Kahn; Greiling; Hausman; Anderson, I. , And Jaros introduced:

H. F. No. 3543, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution to provide for a parliamentary system of government in which the legislature would select the governor; changing article III; article IV; article V; article VIII, sections 1 and 2; article IX, sections 1 and 2; and article XI, sections 5, 7 , And 8; providing by law for a unicameral legislature of 135 members; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 2.021; and 2.031, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3.

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

Rukavina, Milbert, Kahn, Bakk and Tomassoni introduced:

H. F. No. 3544, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for the United States Hockey Hall of Fame.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and International Trade.

Winter and Solberg introduced:

H. F. No. 3545, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; providing support for establishment of a soybean oilseed processing and refining facility in southwestern Minnesota; appropriating money.

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

Opatz, Knoblach , And Schumacher, by request, introduced:

H. F. No. 3546, A bill for an act relating to financing of capital improvements; authorizing spending to acquire and to better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature; to finance operating deficits should they occur; authorizing local option taxes for the purpose of funding the Central Minnesota Events Center and related uses; authorizing issuance of bonds; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.

Hausman, Carlson and Munger introduced:

H. F. No. 3547, A bill for an act relating to economic development; creating a renewable development account in the state treasury and providing financial assistance for the development of renewable energy; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116J.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and International Trade.

McCollum, Greenfield, Ozment and Dorn introduced:

H. F. No. 3548, A bill for an act relating to taxation; abolishing the sales tax on massages; imposing the MinnesotaCare tax on providers of massages; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 295.50, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, sections 295.50, subdivision 4; and 297A.01, subdivision 3.

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

Pugh and Skoglund introduced:

H. F. No. 3549, A bill for an act relating to prescription drugs; requiring the dispensing of ephedrine through prescription; restricting the sale, marketing , And possession of ephedrine; providing criminal penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 152.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.

Skoglund; Clark, K. , And Rhodes introduced:

H. F. No. 3550, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating additional money for an urban sports facility; authorizing issuance of bonds; amending Laws 1996, chapter 463, section 14, subdivision 5.

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