The following House Files were introduced:

Kubly, Jennings, Seifert, Kielkucki and Juhnke introduced:

H. F. No. 689, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing an exemption from sales and use taxes for construction materials for an alfalfa processing facility; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 297A.

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

Rhodes, Skoglund, Wagenius, Leppik and Schumacher introduced:

H. F. No. 690, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; imposing minimum fine on persons who violate compulsory insurance laws by operating on public streets or highways a motor vehicle registered under an insurance waiver; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 169.797, subdivision 4.

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

Wagenius and Skoglund introduced:

H. F. No. 691, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; authorizing sale by local units of government of impounded junk vehicles that are less than three years old; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 168B.051, subdivision 1.

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

Tingelstad, Workman, Delmont and Weaver introduced:

H. F. No. 692, A bill for an act relating to the city of Andover; appropriating funds for cleanup of contaminated land.

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

Bakk, Solberg, Munger, Finseth and Osthoff introduced:

H. F. No. 693, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money to restore and regenerate white pine forests.

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

Koppendrayer, Krinkie, Jennings and Rukavina introduced:

H. F. No. 694, A bill for an act relating to employment; making technical and administrative changes in the department of employee relations; modifying provisions governing state employment; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 13.67; 15.059, subdivision 5; 15.53, subdivision 2; 43A.04, subdivision 1; 43A.07, subdivision 5; 43A.08, subdivision 1; 43A.15, subdivision 3; 43A.27, subdivision 3; 43A.30, subdivisions 4 and 5; and 43A.38, subdivision 6; Laws 1995, chapter 248 , Article 13, sections 2, subdivisions 2, 5 , And 6; and 3, subdivisions 1 and 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 15; and 43A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 43A.182; Laws 1995, chapter 248 , Article 10, section 12.

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

Entenza; Swenson, D.; Pugh; Rhodes and Leighton introduced:

H. F. No. 695, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing changes to child support enforcement provisions; establishing a data match system for financial institutions; providing civil penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 13.46, subdivision 2; 13.99, by adding a subdivision; 144.223; 256.87, subdivisions 1, 1a, 3, 5 , And by adding a subdivision; 256.978, subdivisions 1 and 2; 256.979, subdivision 8 , And by adding a subdivision; 256.9791, subdivision 1; 256.9792, subdivisions 1 and 2; 256.998, subdivisions 1, 6, 7, and 9; 257.57, subdivision 2; 257.62, subdivisions 1 and 2; 257.66, subdivision 3 , And by adding a subdivision; 257.70; 257.75, subdivisions 1a, 2, 3, 4, 5 , And 7; 299C.46, subdivision 3; 518.005, by adding a subdivision; 518.10; 518.148, subdivision 2; 518.171, subdivisions 1 and 4; 518.54, subdivision 6 , And by adding a subdivision; 518.551, subdivisions 12 and 13; 518.5511, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4 , And by adding a subdivision; 518.5512, subdivisions 2, 3 , And by adding subdivisions; 518.611, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12 , And by adding subdivisions; 518.616, by adding a subdivision; 518.64, subdivision2; 518.68, subdivision 2; 518C.101; 518C.204; 518C.205; 518C.207; 518C.301; 518C.304; 518C.305; 518C.310; 518C.401; 518C.501; 518C.603; 518C.605; 518C.608; 518C.611; and 518C.612; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 256; 518; and 518C; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 8.35; 256.74; 256.979, subdivision 9; 518.5511, subdivisions 5, 6, 7, 8 , And 9; 518.611, subdivision 1; 518.613; 518C.502; and 518C.9011.

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

Rukavina, Garcia, Delmont and Osskopp introduced:

H. F. No. 696, A bill for an act relating to administration; changing provisions governing the use of professional and technical services; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 16B.167.

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

Bettermann, Haas and Sviggum introduced:

H. F. No. 697, A bill for an act relating to state government; clarifying immunity for the state with respect to certain tort claims; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 3.736, subdivision 1.

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

Rukavina and Tomassoni introduced:

H. F. No. 698, A bill for an act relating to St. Louis county; providing for a vote on its possible division into two counties.

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

Dawkins, Paymar, Osthoff and Entenza introduced:

H. F. No. 699, A bill for an act relating to the city of St. Paul; reinstating the rental tax equity pilot project; providing for property tax refunds for participants; appropriating money.

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

Delmont; Ozment; Jennings; Olson, E. , And Holsten introduced:

H. F. No. 700, A bill for an act relating to lawful gambling; increasing percentages of gross profit from lawful gambling that may be expended on expenses directly related to lawful gambling; placing restrictions on rules of the gambling control board relating to illegal gambling on premises where lawful gambling is permitted; removing limits on number of paddletickets that may be included in a sealed grouping; removing certain restrictions on bingo prizes; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 349.15, subdivision 1; 349.151, subdivision 13; 349.163, subdivision 8; and 349.211, subdivisions 1 and 2.

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

Dawkins introduced:

H. F. No. 701, A bill for an act relating to exemptions; conforming employee benefit exemptions to judicial interpretation; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 550.37, subdivision 24.

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

Pugh, Rhodes, Bishop, Skoglund and Kahn introduced:

H. F. No. 702, A bill for an act relating to crime; increasing penalties for committing an assault while unlawfully releasing an animal; expanding the scope of the stalking and harassment crime to include the unlawful interference with activities of an entity that sells or provides services for animals or animal products; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 609.552; and 609.749, subdivisions 2 and 5.

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

Dawkins and McCollum introduced:

H. F. No. 703, A bill for an act relating to elections; precinct caucus; authorizing certain minors to be elected a delegate or officer at the precinct caucus; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 202A.16, subdivision 1.

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

Ozment introduced:

H. F. No. 704, A bill for an act relating to utilities; exempting large electric power generating plant from certificate of need proceeding when selected by public utilities commission from a bidding process to select resources to meet utility's projected energy demand; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 216B.2422, subdivision 5.

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

Rifenberg, Seifert, Stang, Kraus and Tuma introduced:

H. F. No. 705, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution; adding a section to Article IV; requiring a three-fifths vote for increases in taxes on income or sales.

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

Juhnke, Molnau, Kalis and Peterson introduced:

H. F. No. 706, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; allowing quarterly registration of trucks that transport fertilizer or agricultural chemicals; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 168.018.

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

Rukavina, Skare, Mares and Juhnke introduced:

H. F. No. 707, A bill for an act relating to the environment; modifying requirements relating to toxics in products; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 115A.9651.

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

Skare; Anderson, I.; Slawik and Luther introduced:

H. F. No. 708, A bill for an act relating to insurance; requiring coverage of mastectomies on an inpatient basis; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.

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

Rest, Macklin, Erhardt and Garcia introduced:

H. F. No. 709, A bill for an act relating to taxation; decreasing the class rate on certain seasonal recreational residential property; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 273.13, subdivision 25; and 273.1398, subdivision 1a.

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

Kalis, Solberg and Bishop introduced:

H. F. No. 710, A bill for an act relating to finance and appropriations; providing for the payment of state bonds; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 16A.6701, by adding a subdivision.

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

Munger, Peterson, Wenzel, Sekhon and Westfall introduced:

H. F. No. 711, A bill for an act relating to environment; providing for an annual funding allocation to soil and water conservationdistricts; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 103C.401, by adding a subdivision.

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

Lieder; Winter; Mares; Olson, E. , And Marko introduced:

H. F. No. 712, A bill for an act relating to taxes; increasing the aggregate material production tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 298.75, subdivisions 1, 2, 4 , And by adding a subdivision.

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

Molnau, Koskinen, Rest and Paulsen introduced:

H. F. No. 713, A bill for an act relating to public administration; modifying ownership restrictions for privatization of capital intensive public services; providing for the nonpublic status of internal competitive proposals; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 13.37; 471A.02, subdivisions 6, 11 , And 13; and 471A.03, subdivision 3.

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

Bakk, Tomassoni and Workman introduced:

H. F. No. 714, A bill for an act relating to the environment; repealing the transfer station grant program; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 115A.54, subdivision 2a.

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

Bakk; Anderson, I.; Finseth and Holsten introduced:

H. F. No. 715, A bill for an act relating to recreational vehicles; requiring a permit to use state snowmobile trails; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84.

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

Sviggum introduced:

H. F. No. 716, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing a franchise tax credit for jobs training; increasing the subtractionfor certain educational expenses and providing an education tax credit; providing for higher education trusts and providing a subtraction for contributions to the trust; abolishing the corporate alternative minimum tax; abolishing the Minnesota unfair cigarette sales act; exempting fuel used for certain purposes from the motor fuels tax; providing for the exemption of capital equipment from the sales and use tax; exempting certain sales to hospitals and veterans homes from the sales and use tax; dedicating tax receipts from ticket sales to athletic events sponsored by the University of Minnesota; eliminating a local government aids inflation adjustment; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 290.01, subdivisions 19a, 19b , And 19c; 290.091, subdivisions 2 and 6; 290.0921, subdivision 8; 290.21, by adding a subdivision; 296.18, subdivision 1; 297A.01, subdivision 16; 297A.02, subdivision 5; 297A.25, subdivision 11 , And by adding a subdivision; 297A.44, subdivision 1; 298.01, subdivision 4e; and 477A.03, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 11A; 136A; and 290; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 290.0921, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 3a, 4, 5, 6, and 7; 297A.01, subdivision 20; 298.01, subdivisions 3c, 3d , And 4d; 325D.30; 325D.31; 325D.32; 325D.33; 325D.34; 325D.35; 325D.36; 325D.37; 325D.371; 325D.38; 325D.39; 325D.40; 325D.405; 325D.415; and 325D.42; Laws 1995, chapter 264 , Article 4 , As amended.

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

Greenfield, Wejcman, Huntley, Vickerman and Tompkins introduced:

H. F. No. 717, A bill for an act relating to human services; changing provisions for nursing facility reimbursement; amending Laws 1996, chapter 451 , Article 3, section 1.

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

Folliard introduced:

H. F. No. 718, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying the provisions of the youth corps advisory committee; authorizing the commissioner to make certain contracts and grants; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 84.0887, subdivision 4 , And by adding a subdivision.

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

Rhodes, Skoglund, Wagenius, Leppik and Stanek introduced:

H. F. No. 719, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; authorizing suspension of a vehicle's registration in certain circumstances; requiring a form to be provided in a vehicle's certificate of title and completed under certain circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 168.17; 168A.05, subdivision 5; and 168A.10, subdivisions 1, 2 , And 5.

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

Westfall and Koppendrayer introduced:

H. F. No. 720, A bill for an act relating to education; permitting independent school district Nos. 24, Lake Park , And 21 , Audubon, to begin the 1997-1998 school year before Labor Day.

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

Paulsen, Tunheim and Commers introduced:

H. F. No. 721, A bill for an act relating to alcoholic beverages; allowing municipalities to authorize on-sale of 3.2 percent malt liquor at 10 a.m. on Sundays; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 340A.504, subdivision 3.

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

Dawkins, Long and Wagenius introduced:

H. F. No. 722, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property tax; allowing improvements made to certain relocated residences eligible for a valuation exclusion; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 273.11, subdivision 16.

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

Marko; Lieder; Anderson, I.; Molnau and Workman introduced:

H. F. No. 723, A bill for an act relating to transportation; creating revolving loan accounts for trunk highways, county state-aid highways , And municipal state-aid streets; creating transportation revolving loan fund for federally eligible transportationprojects, managed by public facilities authority; adding commissioner of transportation as member of the authority; creating transportation committee; providing for rulemaking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 161.04, by adding a subdivision; 162.06, by adding a subdivision; 162.07, subdivision 1; 162.12, by adding a subdivision; 162.13, subdivision 1; 446A.03, subdivision 1; and 446A.04, subdivision 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 162; and 446A.

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

Molnau; Kelso; Koppendrayer; Johnson, R. , And Tuma introduced:

H. F. No. 724, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money to establish a computerized transportation routing system for special education students under the Minnesota river valley special education cooperative.

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

Wagenius, Kinkel, Delmont and Sykora introduced:

H. F. No. 725, A bill for an act relating to education; creating an early childhood technology grant program; appropriating money.

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

Rhodes, Skoglund, Wagenius and Stanek introduced:

H. F. No. 726, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; prescribing requirements for temporary motor vehicle registrationcertificates; requiring certificates to be mounted where a rear license plate would be mounted; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 168.09, subdivision 7; 168.091, subdivisions 1 and 2; and 168.092, subdivision 1.

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

McGuire, Rest, Erhardt and Tuma introduced:

H. F. No. 727, A bill for an act relating to adoption; providing for release of birth information to adopted persons; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 259.89, subdivisions 1, 4, 5 , And by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 259; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 259.89, subdivisions 2 and 3.

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

Juhnke, Otremba, Skare, Peterson and Wenzel introduced:

H. F. No. 728, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; exempting farmers from paying tax on gasoline and special fuel received in on-farm bulk storage tanks, when used for tax-exempt purposes; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 296.141, subdivision 4.

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

Finseth, Tunheim, Westfall, Goodno and Olson, E., introduced:

H. F. No. 729, 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 Agriculture.

Mulder introduced:

H. F. No. 730, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article I; providing that the right of citizens to bear arms for certain purposes is fundamental and shall not be abridged.

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

Mulder introduced:

H. F. No. 731, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution; adding a section to article IV to provide for initiative and referendum; providing procedures for initiative and referendum; providing penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 10A.20, by adding a subdivision; 204C.19, subdivision 2; 204C.27; 204C.33; 204D.11, by adding a subdivision; 204D.15; 204D.16; and 204D.165; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3B.

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

Rifenberg and Osskopp introduced:

H. F. No. 732, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing a property tax deferral for senior citizens who meet income requirements; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 270B.12, by adding a subdivision; 275.065, subdivision 3; and 276.04, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290B.

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

Swenson, H.; Otremba; Molnau; Juhnke and Wenzel introduced:

H. F. No. 733, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; establishing the dairy development program; 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.

Stanek, Broecker, McGuire and Swenson, D., introduced:

H. F. No. 734, A bill for an act relating to state government; changing the appointment authority for the executive director of the board of private detective and protective agents; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 326.3321, subdivision 1.

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

Entenza and Rhodes introduced:

H. F. No. 735, A bill for an act relating to civil commitment; allowing the designated agency to consent to voluntary treatment for certain incompetent persons; creating a new standard for court-ordered early intervention to provide less intrusive treatment; modifying standards and procedures for the administration of neuroleptic medications; providing for access to records; amending the provisional discharge procedures; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 13.42, subdivision 3; 253B.02, subdivision 15 , And by adding a subdivision; 253B.04; 253B.07, subdivisions 1, 2 , And 7; and 253B.15, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, 3, 5 , And by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 253B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 253B.03, subdivision 6c; and 253B.15, subdivisions 4 and 6.

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

Orfield, Leighton, Seifert, Goodno and Carlson introduced:

H. F. No. 736, A bill for an act relating to education; stating intent to reduce tuition in public post-secondary institutions; appropriating money.

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

Orfield; Leighton; Mullery; Anderson, I. , And Rukavina introduced:

H. F. No. 737, A bill for an act relating to labor; establishing rights and duties in relation to union organization; providing that certain acts are an unfair labor practice; providing penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 179.12; 179A.07, by adding a subdivision; and 179A.13, subdivision 2.

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

Wagenius, Opatz, Larsen, Rest and Garcia introduced:

H. F. No. 738, A bill for an act relating to the metropolitan council; establishing a moratorium on extension of the metropolitan urban service area until the legislature approves a 2040 metropolitan area transportation budget.

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

Mulder, Rifenberg and Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 739, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income; providing a credit for long-term care insurance premiums; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.

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

Juhnke; Anderson, I.; Davids; Abrams and Tomassoni introduced:

H. F. No. 740, A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating companies and agents; providing immunity from suit and indemnification for receivers and their employees; regulating coverages; providing certain notices and filing requirements; providing for a study; making certain technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 60A.02, by adding a subdivision; 60A.052, subdivision 2 , And by adding a subdivision; 60A.06, subdivision 2; 60A.075, subdivisions 1, 8 , And 9; 60A.077, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8 , And 10; 60A.092, subdivision 6; 60A.10, subdivision 1; 60A.111, subdivision 1; 60A.13, subdivision 1; 60A.19, subdivision 1; 60B.04, by adding a subdivision; 60B.21, subdivision 2; 60B.25; 60B.44, subdivisions 3, 4 , And 6; 60D.20, subdivision 2; 60K.02, subdivision 1; 60K.03, subdivisions 2 and 3; 60K.14, subdivision 4; 60K.19, subdivisions 7 and 8; 61A.28, subdivisions 6, 9a , And 12; 61A.60, subdivision 1; 61B.19, subdivision 3; 62A.04, subdivision 3; 62A.135, subdivision 5; 62A.50, subdivision 3; 62B.04, subdivision 2; 65A.01, subdivision 3 , And by adding subdivisions; 65A.27, subdivision 4; 65B.48, subdivision 5; 67A.231; 72A.20, subdivision 34; 72B.04, subdivision 10; 79A.01, subdivision 10; 79A.02, subdivisions 1 and 4; 79A.03, subdivisions 6, 7, 9 , And by adding a subdivision; 79A.06, subdivision 5; 79A.20, subdivision 1; 79A.21, subdivision 2; 79A.22, subdivision 7 , And by adding a subdivision; 79A.23, subdivisions 1 and 2; 79A.24, subdivisions 1, 2 , And 4; 79A.26, subdivision 2; and 79A.31, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 60B; and 65B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 60B.36; and 79A.04, subdivision 8.

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

McGuire, Skoglund and Macklin introduced:

H. F. No. 741, A bill for an act relating to information policy; establishing a legislative task force to make recommendations oninformation policy issues; appropriating money.

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