| Anderson, B. | Evans | Kalis | Mariani | Pawlenty | Swenson, D. |
| Anderson, I. | Farrell | Kelso | Marko | Paymar | Swenson, H. |
| Bakk | Folliard | Kielkucki | McCollum | Pelowski | Sykora |
| Bettermann | Garcia | Kinkel | McElroy | Peterson | Tingelstad |
| Biernat | Goodno | Knight | McGuire | Pugh | Tomassoni |
| Bishop | Greenfield | Knoblach | Milbert | Rest | Tompkins |
| Boudreau | Greiling | Koppendrayer | Molnau | Reuter | Trimble |
| Bradley | Gunther | Koskinen | Mulder | Rhodes | Tuma |
| Broecker | Haas | Kraus | Mullery | Rifenberg | Tunheim |
| Carlson | Harder | Krinkie | Munger | Rostberg | Van Dellen |
| Chaudhary | Hasskamp | Kubly | Murphy | Rukavina | Vickerman |
| Clark | Hausman | Kuisle | Ness | Schumacher | Wagenius |
| Commers | Hilty | Larsen | Nornes | Seagren | Weaver |
| Daggett | Holsten | Leighton | Olson, E. | Seifert | Wejcman |
| Davids | Huntley | Leppik | Olson, M. | Sekhon | Wenzel |
| Dawkins | Jaros | Lieder | Opatz | Skare | Westfall |
| Dehler | Jefferson | Lindner | Orfield | Skoglund | Westrom |
| Delmont | Jennings | Long | Osskopp | Slawik | Winter |
| Dempsey | Johnson, A. | Luther | Osthoff | Smith | Wolf |
| Dorn | Johnson, R. | Macklin | Otremba | Solberg | Workman |
| Entenza | Juhnke | Mahon | Ozment | Stang | Spk. Carruthers |
| Erhardt | Kahn | Mares | Paulsen | Sviggum | |
A quorum was present.
Abrams, Finseth and Stanek were excused.
The Chief Clerk proceeded to read the Journal of the preceding day. Luther moved that further reading of the Journal be suspended and that the Journal be approved as corrected by the Chief Clerk. The motion prevailed.
The following House Files were introduced:
Johnson, A.; Swenson, H.; Ness; Carlson and Winter introduced:
H. F. No. 1, A bill for an act relating to education; repealing the K-12 education appropriations caps; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 124.17, subdivision 1; and 124A.22, subdivision 2; repealing Laws 1995, First Special-Session chapter 3, article 14, section 5, as amended.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education.
Folliard, Rhodes, Kelso, Greiling and Biernat introduced:
H. F. No. 2, A bill for an act relating to education; repealing the K-12 education appropriations
caps; appropriating
money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 124.17, subdivision 1; and 124A.22,
subdivision 2; repealing Laws
1995, First Special Session chapter 3, article 14, section 5, as amended.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education.
Kubly, Juhnke, and Seifert introduced:
H. F. No. 3, A bill for an act relating to education; repealing the K-12 education appropriations
caps; appropriating
money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 124.17, subdivision 1; and 124A.22,
subdivision 2; repealing Laws
1995, First Special Session chapter 3, article 14, section 5, as amended.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education.
Chaudhary, Evans, Stang, Westrom and Carruthers introduced:
H. F. No. 4, A bill for an act relating to education; repealing the K-12 education appropriations
caps; appropriating
money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 124.17, subdivision 1; and 124A.22,
subdivision 2; repealing Laws
1995, First Special Session chapter 3, article 14, section 5, as amended.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education.
McGuire, Skoglund, Entenza, Stanek and Seagren introduced:
H. F. No. 5, A bill for an act relating to crime; clarifying the elements of the harassment and
stalking crime; amending
Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 609.749, subdivisions 1, 2, and by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Wenzel, Winter, Carruthers and Olson, E., introduced:
H. F. No. 6, A bill for an act relating to property taxes; reducing the class rate for the first-tier
commercial/industrial
property; providing for additional state aid; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 273.13,
subdivision 24; and
273.1398, subdivision 1a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Jefferson introduced:
H. F. No. 7, A bill for an act relating to human services; allowing vendor payments for recipients
of cash assistance in
Hennepin county.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human
Services.
Dawkins, Skoglund, McGuire, Pawlenty and Biernat introduced:
H. F. No. 8, A bill for an act relating to marriage; authorizing district court referees to solemnize
marriages; amending
Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 517.04.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Van Dellen introduced:
H. F. No. 9, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income; providing a credit for qualified
charitable contributions;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Jaros and Rukavina introduced:
H. F. No. 10, A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; requiring child protective devices
in shopping carts;
providing remedies and 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.
Jaros introduced:
H. F. No. 11, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting vitamin and mineral
supplements; amending
Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 297A.25, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Carlson, Kelso, Winter, Long and Ness introduced:
H. F. No. 12, A bill for an act relating to education; eliminating levy recognition for fiscal year
1997 and thereafter;
appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 121.904, subdivision 4a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education.
Skoglund and Rhodes introduced:
H. F. No. 13, A bill for an act relating to legislative enactments; providing for the correction of
miscellaneous oversights,
inconsistencies, ambiguities, unintended results, and technical errors of a noncontroversial nature;
amending Minnesota
Statutes 1996, sections 84.035, subdivision 5; 103G.005, subdivision 14a; 103G.2243; 119A.31,
subdivision 1; 124A.22,
subdivision 13; 256B.431, subdivision 25; 256B.501, subdivision 5d; 366.125; 394.235; and
462.353, subdivision 5; and
Laws 1996, chapter 408, article 2, section 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Jennings, Kelso, and Johnson, A., introduced:
H. F. No. 14, A bill for an act relating to education; allocating debt service levies to independent
school district No. 2144,
Chisago Lakes Area.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education.
Lieder introduced:
H. F. No. 15, A bill for an act relating to transportation; increasing tax on gasoline and special
fuel and dedicating revenue
from the increase to a major projects account; authorizing issuance of Minnesota trunk highway
bonds; amending Minnesota
Statutes 1996, sections 296.02, subdivision 1b; and 296.025, subdivision 1b; proposing coding for
new law in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 161.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Transit.
Sviggum, Broecker, Lindner and Wenzel introduced:
H. F. No. 16, A bill for an act relating to marriage; clarifying that only persons of the opposite
sex may legally marry;
providing that same-sex marriages recognized in other states are not recognized in this state;
amending Minnesota Statutes
1996, sections 517.01; 517.03; 517.08, subdivision 1a; and 517.20.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Lieder introduced:
H. F. No. 17, A bill for an act relating to transportation; changing composition of county
state-aid screening board;
increasing rate of excise tax on gasoline and special fuel; allocating 25 percent of receipts from
motor vehicle sales tax to
transit assistance fund; proposing constitutional amendment by adding a section to article XIV, to
dedicate at least 25 percent
of motor vehicle sales tax receipts to transit assistance; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996,
sections 162.07, subdivision
5; 296.02, subdivision 1b; 296.025, subdivision 1b; and 297B.09, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation and
Transit.
Juhnke, by request, introduced:
H. F. No. 18, A bill for an act relating to the city of Willmar; 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.
Lieder and Kalis introduced:
H. F. No. 19, A bill for an act relating to public safety; directing commissioner of finance to
reimburse trunk highway fund
for expenditures incurred by state patrol in providing patrolling services off the trunk highway
system in Minneapolis.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation and
Transit.
Lieder and Kalis introduced:
H. F. No. 20, A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring appropriations for operations
of state patrol to be from
general fund; providing that state's share of traffic and overweight vehicle fines be deposited in
general fund; requiring study
and report of nonhighway uses of gasoline tax revenue; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996,
sections 299D.01, by adding
a subdivision; and 299D.03, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation and
Transit.
Jefferson introduced:
H. F. No. 21, A bill for an act relating to the city of Minneapolis; authorizing the city of
Minneapolis to regulate
pistols.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and
Metropolitan Affairs.
Rukavina, Carruthers, Solberg, Smith and Jefferson introduced:
H. F. No. 22, A bill for an act relating to retirement; amending police state aid allocation method;
appropriating money
as 1996 police state aid; ratifying the calculation of certain 1996 police state aid amounts;
amending Minnesota Statutes
1996, section 69.021, subdivision 10.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations.
Smith introduced:
H. F. No. 23, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, by adding
a section to article XIII;
establishing the same constitutional standard for the Minnesota Constitution and the United States
Constitution for issues
relating to abortion.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human
Services.
Weaver, Skoglund, Stanek, McGuire and Broecker introduced:
H. F. No. 24, A bill for an act relating to crime; providing that persons convicted of a third
violent felony shall be
sentenced to life imprisonment; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 244.05, subdivisions
4 and 5; and 609.152,
subdivision 2a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Stanek; Swenson, D.; Weaver and Biernat introduced:
H. F. No. 25, A bill for an act relating to criminal justice; crime prevention; appropriating money
for various judicial
branch, public safety, children, families, and learning, and corrections crime prevention initiatives
and programs, and other
related purposes; establishing teen court programs as a sentencing alternative in certain cases
involving youthful offenders;
providing definitions; specifying program criteria and operating procedures for teen courts;
clarifying elements of harassment
and stalking crimes; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 609.749, subdivisions 1, 2, and
by adding a subdivision;
Laws 1996, chapter 412, article 4, section 30, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 260.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Skoglund; Biernat; Swenson, D.; Johnson, R., and Weaver introduced:
H. F. No. 26, A bill for an act relating to crime; increasing criminal penalties for assaulting and
inflicting demonstrable
bodily harm on the driver of a school bus or a public transit vehicle; amending Minnesota Statutes
1996, section 609.2231,
by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Otremba introduced:
H. F. No. 27, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring informed consent of a female upon
whom an abortion is
performed; providing civil remedies; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter
145.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human
Services.
Skoglund; Biernat; Swenson, D.; Johnson, R., and Weaver introduced:
H. F. No. 28, A bill for an act relating to crime; increasing criminal penalties for knowingly
committing an "interference
with privacy" offense in the presence of a minor under age 16; amending Minnesota Statutes
1996, section 609.746,
subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Skoglund; Biernat; Swenson, D.; Weaver and Johnson, R., introduced:
H. F. No. 29, A bill for an act relating to corrections; imposing criminal penalties for probationers
and parolees from other
states who reside in Minnesota without permission under the interstate compact; proposing
coding for new law in Minnesota
Statues, chapter 243.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Pawlenty and Garcia introduced:
H. F. No. 30, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article IV,
section 4, and Article V,
sections 2 and 4; placing limits on the terms of office of legislators and executive officers.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on General Legislation,
Veterans Affairs and
Elections.
Skoglund, Biernat, Mullery, Weaver and Johnson, R., introduced:
H. F. No. 31, A bill for an act relating to criminal procedure; allowing arrest and detention in lieu
of citation and release
for chronic misdemeanor offenders; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter
629.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Pawlenty and Jennings introduced:
H. F. No. 32, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article IV,
section 12; providing
for the legislature to meet in regular session only in the odd-numbered year.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on General Legislation,
Veterans Affairs and
Elections.
Koppendrayer, Sviggum, Seagren and Betterman introduced:
H. F. No. 33, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for statewide testing; providing for
site-based financing
and site merit pay; providing for tax deductions and credit; providing for expanded charter school
law; providing for
expanded interdistrict open enrollment and post-secondary enrollment options; providing for
technology; providing for
finance reform; providing for school board contracting; providing for a statewide education
information system; modifying
teacher licensure; modifying PELRA; providing for laboratory schools; providing for education
investment; appropriating
money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 16B.465, subdivision 3; 120.062,
subdivisions 3, 6, 7, 9, and 11;
120.064, subdivisions 3, 4, 4a, 5, and 8; 121.611, subdivision 1, and by adding subdivisions;
123.35, by adding
subdivisions; 124.17, subdivisions 1d, 1e, and by adding subdivisions; 124.175; 124.225,
subdivisions 1, 13, 14, 15, 16,
and 17; 124.226, subdivision 10; 124.248, subdivisions 1, 1a, 3, 4, and by adding a subdivision;
124.2727, subdivisions
6a, 6c, and 6d; 124.312, subdivisions 4 and 5; 124.313; 124.314, subdivisions 1 and 2; 124.3201,
subdivisions 1, 2, and
4; 124.323, subdivision 1; 124A.036, subdivisions 5 and 6; 124A.22, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 13a,
13b, and by adding a
subdivision; 124A.23, subdivision 1; 124A.28; 126.22, subdivisions 3 and 3a; 179A.16, by adding
a subdivision; 179A.17,
subdivision 1; 290.01, subdivisions 19a and 19b; and 290.091, subdivisions 2 and 6; amending
Laws 1996 Chapter 412,
article 12, section 8; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 11A; 121;
123; 124; 136A; 179A; and
290; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 121.611, subdivision 3; 123.951; 124.223;
124.225, subdivisions 3a, 7a,
7b, 7d, 7e, 8a, and 8k; 124.2727, subdivisions 6a, 6b, 6c, and 9; 124.311; 124.312; 124.313;
124.314; 124.912,
subdivisions 2 and 3; 124A.02, subdivision 24; 124A.22, subdivisions 2a, 4, 4a, and 4b; and
134.46; repealing Laws 1995,
First Special Session chapter 3, article 12, section 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education.
Haas, Bradley and Tingelstad introduced:
H. F. No. 34, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying provisions relating to spending on
health care services;
providing for monitoring the rate of growth of health care spending; modifying the integrated
service network act; providing
for the cancellation of recodification efforts; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections
60A.951, subdivision 5; 62J.04,
subdivisions 1, 1a, 3, 7, and 9; 62J.041, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6; 62J.042; 62N.01,
subdivision 1; 62N.22; 62N.23;
62N.26; 62N.40; 62Q.01, subdivisions 4 and 5; 62Q.106; 62Q.45, subdivision 2; 256.9363,
subdivision 1; and 256.9657,
subdivision 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 62J.041, subdivision 7; 62J.37;
62N.01, subdivision 2; 62N.02,
subdivisions 4b, 4c, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 12; 62N.03; 62N.04; 62N.05; 62N.06; 62N.065; 62N.071;
62N.072; 62N.073;
62N.074; 62N.076; 62N.077; 62N.078; 62N.10; 62N.11; 62N.12; 62N.13; 62N.14; 62N.15;
62N.17; 62N.18; 62N.24;
62N.26; 62N.38, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, and 4; and 62Q.41; Laws 1994, chapter 625, article 5,
section 5, as amended.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human
Services.
Chaudhary, Skoglund, Weaver, Dawkins and Biernat introduced:
H. F. No. 35, A bill for an act relating to Minnesota Statutes; correcting erroneous, ambiguous,
and omitted text and
obsolete references; eliminating certain redundant, conflicting, and superseded provisions; making
miscellaneous technical
corrections to statutes and other laws; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 3.873,
subdivisions 5 and 7; 9.041,
subdivision 2; 10A.323; 13.99, subdivision 38b; 14.62, subdivision 3; 15.0591, subdivision 2;
15.441, subdivision 1;
15.471, subdivision 1; 16A.276; 16A.672, subdivisions 2 and 5; 17.138, subdivision 2; 17.451,
subdivision 1; 18.023,
subdivision 3; 18B.33, subdivision 1; 18C.121, subdivision 1; 18C.575, subdivision 1; 18E.03,
subdivision 4; 19.51,
subdivision 1; 25.31; 25.32; 25.33; 25.34; 25.36; 25.37; 25.39; 25.40; 25.41; 25.42; 25.43; 25.47,
subdivision 2; 27.13;
27.14; 27.19; 27.20; 31.874; 32.078; 32.481, subdivision 1; 32.532; 32.71, subdivision 1; 41.53,
subdivision 2; 41A.09,
subdivision 4; 45.027, subdivision 1; 60A.15; 62N.05, subdivision 1; 62N.24; 65A.16; 65A.17;
65A.18; 65A.19; 65A.22;
65A.23; 65A.24; 84.027, subdivision 13; 92.46, subdivision 1; 103I.341, subdivision 1; 103I.535,
subdivision 9; 115A.10;
115A.11, subdivision 1b; 115A.12; 115A.9651, subdivision 1; 115B.20, subdivisions 1 and 2;
115B.39, subdivision 2;
115B.412, subdivision 5; 115B.42, subdivision 2; 116.07, subdivisions 4b and 10; 116C.91,
subdivision 1; 116J.75,
subdivision 1; 119A.04, subdivision 5; 119A.13, subdivisions 3 and 4; 119A.26, subdivision 2;
119b.17; subdivision 3;
120.062, subdivision 12; 120.075, subdivision 5; 120.0751, subdivision 6; 120.0752, subdivision
4; 121.15, subdivision
1; 121.1601, subdivision 3; 121.912, subdivision 1; 124.155, subdivision 2; 124.248, subdivision
3; 124.2725, subdivision
11; 124.3201, subdivisions 1 and 2b; 124.321, subdivisions 1 and 2; 124.322, subdivisions 1a and
5; 124.323, subdivision
1; 124.574, subdivision 7; 124.91, subdivision 1; 124.918, subdivision 8; 124A.036, subdivision 5;
124A.225, subdivision
2; 124A.26, subdivision 1; 124A.711, subdivision 2; 124C.60, subdivisions 1 and 3; 126.22,
subdivision 7; 126.51,
subdivision 1; 126.72, subdivision 2; 136A.172; 136A.173; 136A.174; 136A.175; 136A.176;
136A.177; 136A.178;
136D.94; 144.056; 144.062; 144.092; 144A.073, subdivision 3; 144A.33, subdivision 5; 144A.53,
subdivision 1; 144A.54,
subdivisions 1 and 2; 145.894; 147A.13, subdivision 1; 148.235, subdivision 4; 148B.23,
subdivision 3; 148C.11,
subdivision 3; 152.02, subdivision 13; 152.21, subdivision 3; 153A.19, subdivision 2; 161.10;
161.1419, subdivision 7;
168.129, subdivision 1; 169.145; 176.081, subdivision 1; 176.108; 176.1351, subdivisions 5 and
6; 176.1812, subdivision
7; 176.83, subdivision 5; 179A.03, subdivisions 7 and 14; 179A.06, subdivision 2; 179A.09,
subdivision 3; 181.14; 181.15;
181.16; 182.676; 183.57, subdivision 2; 192.551; 197.133; 197.447; 214.01, subdivision 2;
214.07, subdivision 1; 214.13,
subdivision 5; 216C.35; 223.19; 237.70, subdivision 7; 237.711; 241.01, subdivision 3a; 242.56,
subdivision 3; 244.09,
subdivisions 7 and 13; 244.13, subdivision 3; 244.17, subdivision 2; 245.462, subdivision 16;
245.4881, subdivision 2;
245.4886, subdivision 2; 245.62, subdivisions 2 and 4; 245.69, subdivision 2; 245.697,
subdivisions 2 and 3; 246.06;
246.64, subdivision 3; 252.035; 252.275, subdivision 6; 252.291, subdivisions 3 and 5; 252.40;
252.41, subdivision 1;
252.43; 252.46, subdivision 1; 252.50, subdivision 6; 254A.16, subdivision 2; 256.01, subdivision
2; 256.016; 256.736,
subdivisions 3a and 7; 256.7365, subdivision 7; 256.82, subdivision 4; 256.9742, subdivision 1;
256B.04, subdivision 2;
256B.092, subdivision 6; 256B.49, subdivision 2; 256D.03, subdivision 7; 256D.04; 256E.04,
subdivision 1; 256F.04,
subdivision 3; 257.072, subdivision 5; 257.0755, subdivision 1; 257.0768, subdivision 1;
257.0769; 257.41; 259.71,
subdivision 5; 260.152, subdivisions 2, 3, and 6; 260.161, subdivision 3; 260.181, subdivision 3a;
268.0122, subdivision
5; 268.0124; 268.03; 268.15, subdivision 3; 268.361, subdivision 1; 268.90, subdivision 3;
270A.09, subdivision 3; 272.12;
273.1398, subdivision 1; 279.01, subdivision 3; 280.05; 280.28, subdivision 2; 280.33; 280.35;
281.16; 281.32; 282.07;
284.04; 290.091, subdivision 6; 290.171; 297A.259; 299C.11; 299F.051, subdivision 3; 299F.46,
subdivision 1; 299L.02,
subdivision 1; 325F.84, subdivision 1; 326.2421, subdivision 2; 327A.08; 345.48, subdivision 1;
349.19, subdivision 2a;
53.64, subdivision 2; 353C.02; 354.66, subdivision 4; 360.013, subdivision 20; 360.015,
subdivision 17; 363.05,
subdivision 1; 383A.43, subdivision 6; 383B.78, subdivision 3; 383D.35; 390.35; 412.191,
subdivision 1; 412.581;
412.631; 422A.01, subdivision 18; 427.02; 435.27; 458.40; 458A.08; 462A.03, subdivision 10;
462A.07, subdivision 7;
463.01; 465.15; 465.20; 466.03, subdivision 6d; 469.078, subdivision 1; 469.141, subdivision 3;
469.173, subdivision 7;
469.183, subdivision 4; 471.9981, subdivision 1; 473.1623, subdivisions 3, 4, and 5; 473.206;
473.208; 473.3994,
subdivision 9; 473.598, subdivision 3; 473.638, subdivision 2; 473.859, subdivision 2; 475.51,
subdivision 9; 475.53,
subdivision 1; 475.57; 475.61, subdivision 2; 480.242, subdivision 2; 500.24, subdivision 3;
508A.01, subdivision 3;
524.2-402; 525.152, subdivisions 1, 2, and 3; 609.101, subdivision 4; 611.216, subdivision 3;
611.25, subdivision 3;
611A.56, subdivision 1; 626.843; 626.845; 626.846; 626.847; 626.851; and 626.88; Laws 1995
chapter 220, section 7,
subdivision 3; and Laws 1996, chapter 310, section 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 35;
repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 3.922, subdivision 9; 13.99, subdivisions 21d and
24a; 15.475; 16B.87,
subdivision 4; 17.452, subdivision 3; 115A.03, subdivision 16; 116D.11, subdivision 4; 116J.975;
124.2442; 124.245;
124.3202; 126.78, subdivision 5; 144.95, subdivision 9; 145A.12, subdivision 6; 148.578; 174.23,
subdivision 5; 196.22,
subdivision 4; 216C.06, subdivisions 10 and 11; 246.57, subdivision 2; 254B.03, subdivision 8;
256B.04, subdivision 11;
256B.0629, subdivision 3; 256F.11, subdivision 3; 256F.12, subdivision 5; 260.152, subdivision 7;
325F.98; 388.24,
subdivision 5; 466.01, subdivisions 4 and 5; 471A.02, subdivisions 2 and 15; 473.638, subdivision
1; 473.639; 494.05,
subdivision 3; 611.27, subdivision 14; and 611A.75; Laws 1988, chapter 495, section 1; Laws
1989, chapters 209, article
2, section 42; and 282, article 3, section 28; Laws 1991, chapter 292, article 2, section 2; Laws
1993, chapter 286, section
1; Laws 1994, chapters 411, section 4; and 416, article 1, sections 47, 51, and 56; Laws 1995,
chapters 171, sections 54
and 56; and 186, section 26; Laws 1995, First Special Session chapter 3, article 13, section 2; and
Laws 1996, chapters 414,
article 1, section 30; and 471, article 11, section 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
The following messages were received from the Senate:
Mr. Speaker:
I have the honor to announce that the Senate has appointed a committee of five members of the
Senate to act with a like
committee on the part of the House of Representatives to escort the Honorable Arne H. Carlson,
Governor of the State of
Minnesota, to the House Chamber on the occasion of the Joint Convention on January 16, 1997,
at 11:45 A.M.
Ms. Higgins, Mr. Ten Eyck, Mr. Wiger, Ms. Lesewski and Mr. Kleis have been appointed as
members of such committee
on the part of the Senate.
Patrick E. Flahaven, Secretary of the Senate
Mr. Speaker:
I hereby announce the adoption by the Senate of the following Senate Concurrent Resolution,
herewith transmitted:
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 1, A senate concurrent resolution relating to the adoption of
temporary joint rules.
Patrick E. Flahaven, Secretary of the Senate
Winter moved that the rules be so far suspended that Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 1 be
now considered and be
placed upon its adoption. The motion prevailed.
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 1
A senate concurrent resolution relating to the adoption of temporary joint rules.
Be It Resolved, by the Senate of the State of Minnesota, the House of Representatives
concurring:
The temporary Joint Rules of the Senate and the House of Representatives for the 79th session
are adopted as the
temporary joint rules of the 80th session, to be effective until the adoption of Permanent Joint
Rules by the Senate and the
House of Representatives.
Winter moved that Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 1 be now adopted. The motion prevailed
and Senate Concurrent
Resolution No. 1 was adopted.
Mr. Speaker:
I hereby announce the adoption by the Senate of the following Senate Concurrent Resolution,
herewith transmitted:
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 2, A senate concurrent resolution relating to parking space on
the Capitol grounds,
Capitol Approach and Aurora Avenue for members of the Legislature and staff.
Patrick E. Flahaven, Secretary of the Senate
Winter moved that the rules be so far suspended that Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 2 be
now considered and be
placed upon its adoption. The motion prevailed.
A senate concurrent resolution relating to parking space on the Capitol grounds, Capitol
Approach and Aurora Avenue
for members of the Legislature and staff.
Be It Resolved, by the Senate of the State of Minnesota, the House of Representatives
concurring:
The custodian of the Capitol shall reserve all parking space necessary on the Capitol grounds,
Capitol Approach and
Aurora Avenue for the use of the members and staff of the Legislature for the 80th session of the
Legislature, allowing
reasonable space for parking to the general public having business at the Capitol. The Committee
on Rules and
Administration of the Senate and the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration of the
House of Representatives
may designate necessary personnel to assist the custodian of the Capitol in this matter.
The Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives may deduct
from the check of any
legislator or legislative employee in each year of the 80th session of the Legislature a sum
adequate to cover the exercise
of the parking privilege defined in this resolution in conformity with the practice of the
Department of Administration.
Winter moved that Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 2 be now adopted. The motion prevailed
and Senate Concurrent
Resolution No. 2 was adopted.
ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER
Any excessive noise in the House Chamber when the House is in session will not be tolerated.
This policy will apply to
all members and to any other persons admitted to the floor pursuant to House rules. The
Sergeant at Arms will be instructed
to help enforce this policy.
Legislative staff should not be on the House floor or in the Retiring Room unless they have
specific business with a
member. Any specific business of any significant length shall be conducted in locations other than
the House floor. The
Sergeant at Arms will be instructed to help enforce this policy.
Members may consume coffee, tea and soft drinks at their desks when the House is in session,
but no food or snacks will
be allowed in the House Chamber when the House is in session. House members wishing to eat
or have a snack may do so
in the Retiring Room or elsewhere outside the House Chamber. This policy shall also apply for all
meetings of House
standing committees, subcommittees and divisions.
Oral amendments will not be accepted. All amendments must be in writing with five copies
submitted to the Speaker.
Mason's Manual says that "debate must be confined to the question before the body." The
manual also says that "in
debate a member must confine remarks to the question before the House and avoid personalities."
These provisions will
be vigorously enforced.
House rules state that "no member shall walk out of or across the Chamber when the Speaker is
putting the question. No
member shall engage in private conversation while another member is speaking or pass between
the speaking member and
the Chair." Your observance of this rule will be appreciated.
Members should not congregate and/or hold private conversations in the well immediately in
front of the Chief Clerk's
desk as it interferes with the ability of staff to hear and to accurately record necessary legislative
business.
Cooperation of everyone with the above policies will assist the House in providing a more
orderly process and an
atmosphere of respect and courtesy for all.
Winter moved that when the House adjourns today it adjourn until 2:30 p.m., Monday, January
13, 1997. The motion
prevailed.
Winter moved that the House adjourn. The motion prevailed, and the Speaker declared the
House stands adjourned until
2:30 p.m., Monday, January 13, 1997.
Edward A. Burdick, Chief Clerk, House of Representatives