The following House Files were introduced:

Lieder and Olson, E., introduced:

H. F. No. 1889, A bill for an act relating to education; permitting independent school district No. 593, Crookston, to begin the 1997-1998 school year prior to Labor Day.

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

McElroy introduced:

H. F. No. 1890, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing for homestead treatment to certain residents owning residential real estate and occupying it for only a part of the year; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 273.124, subdivisions 1 and 13.

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

Smith introduced:

H. F. No. 1891, A bill for an act relating to retirement; providing a service credit purchase deadline extension for certain members of the teachers retirement association.

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

Biernat, Rhodes, Carlson, Leighton and Dorn introduced:

H. F. No. 1892, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for state aid adjustment to the general education formula training and experience revenue component; appropriating money.

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

Dempsey, Greiling, Kelso and Mares introduced:

H. F. No. 1893, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for abatement aid.

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

Tomassoni introduced:

H. F. No. 1894, A bill for an act relating to the city of Hibbing; authorizing the use of tax increments.

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

Hilty, Murphy, Jefferson, Leighton and Koskinen introduced:

H. F. No. 1895, A bill for an act relating to workers' compensation; modifying rehabilitation program requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 176.102, subdivision 4.

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

Greiling; Johnson, R.; McCollum; Leppik and Huntley introduced:

H. F. No. 1896, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing a registry of fathers of children born to unmarried minor mothers; establishing an adolescent pregnancy prevention plan; modifying provisions for family planning special project grants; repealing ENABL program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 145.925, subdivision 9; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 144; and 145; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 145.9256.

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

Hilty, Murphy, Solberg and Anderson, I., introduced:

H. F. No. 1897, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for a levy for independent school district No. 4, McGregor; appropriating money.

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

Tomassoni, Dorn, Osskopp, Nornes and Anderson, I., introduced:

H. F. No. 1898, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying the definition of general education revenue; creating a declining pupil enrollment aid; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 124A.22, subdivision 1 , And by adding a subdivision.

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

Kelso, Biernat, Seagren, Mares and Carlson introduced:

H. F. No. 1899, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying the payment of state aids to school districts; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 124.155, subdivision 1; and 124.195, subdivisions 2, 7, 10 , And 11; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 121.904, subdivision 4d.

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

Bettermann introduced:

H. F. No. 1900, A bill for an act relating to firearms; permitting certain uses of machine guns and short-barreled shotguns that are relics, keepsakes, or collector's items; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 609.67, subdivisions 3 and 4.

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

Finseth introduced:

H. F. No. 1901, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money to dredge the Red Lake and Thief rivers.

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

Stanek, Skoglund, Mullery, Biernat and Murphy introduced:

H. F. No. 1902, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money to the city of Minneapolis to be used by the Minneapolis police department for transporting and housing detainees.

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

Goodno introduced:

H. F. No. 1903, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying the state council on vocational technical education; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 136F.56, subdivisions 1, 2, 6, 7 , And by adding a subdivision.

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

Goodno introduced:

H. F. No. 1904, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution to provide for a unicameral legislature; changing article IV; article V, sections 3 and 5; article VIII, section 1; article IX, sections 1 and 2; and article XI, section 5; providing by law for a unicameral legislature of 135 members; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 2.021; and 2.031, subdivision 1.

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

Ozment, Hausman, Tompkins and Johnson , A., introduced:

H. F. No. 1905, A bill for an act relating to commerce; authorizing an appeal to the United States Environmental Protection Agency to allow consumers increased access to nonoxygenated gasoline; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 239.791, subdivision 1.

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

Peterson, Carruthers, Solberg and Dorn introduced:

H. F. No. 1906, A bill for an act relating to education; increasing the general education formula allowance; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 124A.22, subdivision 2 , As amended.

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

Milbert and Pugh introduced:

H. F. No. 1907, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money to the board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities to reimburse Inver Hills community college for costs of constructing a new entrance to the campus.

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

Finseth, Lieder and Daggett introduced:

H. F. No. 1908, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; restricting the production of planting stock by the commissioner of natural resources; requiring public disclosure of information relating to the commissioner's production of planting stock; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 89.35, subdivision 1; 89.36, subdivision 1, and by adding a subdivision; and 89.37, subdivisions 3, 3a , And by adding a subdivision.

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

Erhardt, Mahon, Paulsen and Garcia introduced:

H. F. No. 1909, A bill for an act relating to local government; permitting the cities of Bloomington, Chanhassen, Eden Prairie, Edina , And Richfield to issue general obligation bonds for a joint training facility.

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

Greenfield, Mariani, Wejcman, Vickerman and Bishop introduced:

H. F. No. 1910, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing a minority health steering committee to promote data collection and analysis of minority health issues; establishing a grant program to fund minority health and wellness programs; permitting establishment of an advisory committee to oversee grant allocations; 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.

Pelowski introduced:

H. F. No. 1911, A bill for an act relating to education; increasing the dollar amount of revenue bonds that the higher education facilities authority may issue; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 136A.29, subdivision 9.

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

Hasskamp, Stang, Bakk, Erhardt and Commers introduced:

H. F. No. 1912, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing a reduced class rate for certain property bordering public waters; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 273.13, subdivision 23.

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

Greenfield introduced:

H. F. No. 1913, A bill for an act relating to the maltreatment of minors; establishing an advisory committee to review the current law and rules governing the operation of the child protection system; requiring a report.

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

Biernat, Carlson and Wejcman introduced:

H. F. No. 1914, A bill for an act relating to education; holding Minneapolis school board elections at the same time as state elections; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 128D.08, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 128D.08, subdivision 2.

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

Paymar introduced:

H. F. No. 1915, A bill for an act relating to taxation; reducing the threshold for implementation of limited market value treatment; making the provision permanent; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 273.11, subdivision 1a.

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

Entenza, Mariani and Dawkins introduced:

H. F. No. 1916, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for a community-based school program in independent school district No. 625, St. Paul.

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

Clark introduced:

H. F. No. 1917, A bill for an act relating to housing; providing funding for the affordable rental investment fund program; appropriating money.

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

Clark, Mariani and Tomassoni introduced:

H. F. No. 1918, A bill for an act relating to corrections; creating an American Indian advisory committee to provide information to the commissioner of corrections regarding the cultural and spiritual needs of American Indians who are committed to the commissioner's custody; establishing the committee's membership and compensation; setting forth the committee's duties; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 241.

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

Clark and Tomassoni introduced:

H. F. No. 1919, A bill for an act relating to economic development; providing economic development funding to assist welfare-to-work recipients; appropriating money.

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

Osskopp, Reuter, Gunther and Anderson, B., introduced:

H. F. No. 1920, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing a nonrefundable personal and dependent credit for the 1996 tax year; 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.

Jaros, Huntley and Munger introduced:

H. F. No. 1921, A bill for an act relating to health; adding adult restorative dental services to the covered services for the MinnesotaCare program; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 256.9353, subdivision 1.

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

Chaudhary introduced:

H. F. No. 1922, A bill for an act relating to tax increment financing; allowing the city of Columbia Heights to operate housing replacement districts; amending Laws 1995, chapter 264 , Article 5, sections 44, subdivision 4 , As amended; and 45, subdivision 1 , As amended.

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

Sykora, Biernat, Koppendrayer, Carlson and Greiling introduced:

H. F. No. 1923, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing the partners for quality school improvement pilot training program; appropriating money.

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

Juhnke, Harder, Trimble, Gunther and Wenzel introduced:

H. F. No. 1924, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; providing for food handler certification; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 31.

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

Peterson, Winter, Seifert, Finseth and Wenzel introduced:

H. F. No. 1925, A bill for an act relating to energy; establishing a pilot program allowing increased state participation in loans for farm wind energy conversion facilities; providing an incentive for certain wind energy facilities; regulating contracts used to satisfy a wind power mandate; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 216B.2423, by adding a subdivision; and 216C.41, subdivision 1.

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

Pugh introduced:

H. F. No. 1926, A bill for an act relating to crime; adding certain crimes relating to communications as predicate acts for purpose of the racketeering law; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 609.902, subdivision 4.

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

Kubly, Juhnke, Winter and Skare introduced:

H. F. No. 1927, A bill for an act relating to the city of Buffalo Lake; allowing an extension to certify an ethanol facility for purposes of tax increment financing.

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

Mares and Weaver introduced:

H. F. No. 1928, 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.

Winter, Pelowski, Mares and Milbert introduced:

H. F. No. 1929, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for purchase, sale, lease , And transfer of land parcels operated under the authority of the Minnesota state colleges and universities.

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

Trimble, Vickerman and McCollum introduced:

H. F. No. 1930, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring the commissioner of human services to place individual names on graves at regional treatment center cemeteries; appropriating money.

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

Abrams and Macklin introduced:

H. F. No. 1931, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; reducing the rate of tax on the first income bracket; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 290.06, subdivisions 2c and 2d.

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

Biernat, Mares and Kelso introduced:

H. F. No. 1932, A bill for an act relating to education; making the state's graduation rule applicable to all children required to receive instruction under the compulsory attendance law; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 120.101, subdivision 5 , And by adding a subdivision; 120.102, subdivision 1; and 121.11, subdivision 7c; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 120.101, subdivision 8.

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

Bishop, Bradley, Macklin and McGuire introduced:

H. F. No. 1933, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying provisions for patient consent to release of health records; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 144.335, subdivision 3a.

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

Kelso, Biernat, Carlson and Johnson , A., introduced:

H. F. No. 1934, A bill for an act relating to education; directing the legislative auditor to advise the legislature on the needs of prekindergarten to grade 12 students and the condition of education in the state; increasing general education revenue; increasing funding for special programs; providing inflationary increases for other programs; establishing an advisory panel; creating a technology revenue program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 3.971, by adding a subdivision; 124.17, subdivision 1d; 124.273, subdivisions 1d and 1g; 124.3201, subdivision 1; 124.323, subdivision 2; and 124A.22, subdivision 2 , As amended; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 124.273, subdivision 1f.

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

Murphy introduced:

H. F. No. 1935, A bill for an act relating to courts; providing a state match for a federal grant received by a nonprofit organization for the acquisition and use of interactive multimedia equipment for courtroom presentations in complex homicide and child fatality cases; appropriating money.

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

Murphy introduced:

H. F. No. 1936, A bill for an act relating to labor relations; requiring arbitration in certain circumstances; establishing procedures; providing penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 179.06, by adding a subdivision; and 179A.16, subdivision 3 , And by adding a subdivision.

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

Bishop and Bradley introduced:

H. F. No. 1937, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying the requirements for dispensing controlled substances; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 152.11.

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

Mullery; Anderson, I. , And Lieder introduced:

H. F. No. 1938, A bill for an act relating to highways; designating the Jim Rice memorial expressway; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 161.14, by adding a subdivision.

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

Smith introduced:

H. F. No. 1939, A bill for an act relating to education; imposing financial responsibility on a district providing special instruction and services for a child with a disability when the child is enrolled under the enrollment options program; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 124A.036, subdivision 5.

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

Bishop, Osthoff, Munger and Holsten introduced:

H. F. No. 1940, A bill for an act relating to the environment; establishing a permit for alternative discharging sewage systems; providing for the establishment of water quality cooperatives to furnish water quality treatment and management services; exempting certain drainage wells from regulation as dewatering wells; making alternative sewage treatment systems eligible for state wastewater treatment financing; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 103I.005, subdivision 4a; 300.111, by adding a subdivision; 308A.101, by adding a subdivision; 308A.201, by adding a subdivision; 446A.02, subdivision 6; and 446A.072, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115.

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

Mahon, Carruthers, Lieder and Schumacher introduced:

H. F. No. 1941, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; authorizing certain personnel of the department of public safety to stop motor vehicles under certain circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 299D.06.

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

Huntley, Bradley, Bishop and Jaros introduced:

H. F. No. 1942, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales; exempting sales to hospitals; 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.

Swenson, H. , And Sviggum introduced:

H. F. No. 1943, A bill for an act relating to property taxation; exempting agricultural land from the general education levy; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 124.2131, subdivision 1; and 275.08, subdivision 1b.

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

Anderson, B.; Seifert; Osskopp; Dehler and Paulsen introduced:

H. F. No. 1944, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article IV, section 7; providing regulation of legislative procedures by law.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.

Anderson, I., introduced:

H. F. No. 1945, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for a grant for the Voyageur Center.

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

Long, Hausman, Lieder and Mahon introduced:

H. F. No. 1946, A resolution to preserve funding and facilitate mediation for an improved St. Croix River crossing.

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

Broecker; Swenson, D.; Macklin and Weaver introduced:

H. F. No. 1947, A bill for an act relating to violence prevention; authorizing programs for providers in the sexual violence and prevention education fields; appropriating money.

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

Smith, Stanek, Macklin and Weaver introduced:

H. F. No. 1948, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; allowing four hours after traffic signal violation for peace officer to arrest violator; making technical correction; providing a petty misdemeanor penalty; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 169.21, subdivision 1 , And by adding subdivisions.

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

Bishop, Solberg and Knoblach introduced:

H. F. No. 1949, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the purchase of real property in St. Paul; authorizing state bonds.

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

Peterson, Kalis, Munger and McCollum introduced:

H. F. No. 1950, A bill for an act relating to construction activities; requiring notice of certain proposed animal feedlots and residential developments; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 116.07, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 394.

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

Milbert and Pugh introduced:

H. F. No. 1951, A bill for an act relating to state lands; providing for the sale or exchange of certain lands belonging to the board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities to or with the city of Inver Grove Heights, Dakota county, Minnesota, for public library site.

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

Garcia, Carruthers, Leppik, Luther and Rhodes introduced:

H. F. No. 1952, A bill for an act relating to parks; funding the operation and maintenance of parks in the metropolitan area; appropriating money.

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

Solberg, Peterson, Kahn and Dehler introduced:

H. F. No. 1953, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; providing a grant for a feasibility study on the use of agricultural straw and native prairie grasses in the production of wood pulp; appropriating money.

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

Kahn, Carruthers, Sviggum, Winter and Rest introduced:

H. F. No. 1954, A resolution memorializing Congress to support legislative initiatives to discourage use of public resources for movement of professional sports franchises and to repeal antitrust exemptions for professional sports.

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

Hausman, Ozment and Greiling introduced:

H. F. No. 1955, A bill for an act relating to the environment; regulating emissions from certain electric generating power plants; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116.

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

Pugh introduced:

H. F. No. 1956, A bill for an act relating to state government; creating the office of freedom of information and privacy commissioner; authorizing rulemaking; providing criminal penalties; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13D; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 13.072.

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

Jennings introduced:

H. F. No. 1957, A bill for an act relating to public safety; authorizing payments to metropolitan airports commission for 911 emergency services; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 403.113, subdivision 2.

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

Pugh introduced:

H. F. No. 1958, A bill for an act relating to licensed professions; requiring notice to licensees of investigations; requiring destruction of data on unsubstantiated complaints; authorizing health care providers to dispose of records of deceased patients; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 144.335, by adding a subdivision; and 214.10, subdivision 1 , And by adding a subdivision.

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

Milbert and Pugh introduced:

H. F. No. 1959, A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating commercial assumed names; prohibiting intentional misrepresentation of geographic origin or location; providing civil penalties and remedies; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 333.01; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 333.

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

Weaver introduced:

H. F. No. 1960, A bill for an act relating to sentencing; permitting courts to order defendants to serve time in custody during consecutively imposed nonfelony sentences; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 609.15, subdivision 1.

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