(2) a proposed budget;

(3) a plan for collection of required data and the method to be used for program evaluation;

(4) evidence of the participation in the development of the application of any agency or governmental body that will provide services or assistance to the program; and

(5) any other information the commissioner may require.

Subd. 3. [DUTIES.] A fiduciary organization that receives a grant under this chapter shall:

(1) establish an account in which all funds provided to the organization for the purpose of the family assets for independence initiative are deposited;

(2) determine whether an applicant household is eligible to participate in the family assets for independence initiative;

(3) select, from eligible households, the households best suited to participate, with preference given to individuals residing within neighborhoods or communities that experience low rates of income or employment;

(4) develop, with the household, a family asset agreement;

(5) provide households with economic literacy education, including information on budgeting, use of credit, homeownership, and long-term financial planning;

(6) provide matching deposits for households selected to participate;

(7) coordinate with homeownership, small business, and related programs administered by the commissioner of trade and economic development and the commissioner of the Minnesota housing finance agency;

(8) establish a grievance committee and a procedure to hear, review, and decide in writing any grievance made by a household; and

(9) comply with all requirements of this chapter and of the commissioner related to administration of the grants.

Sec. 4. [119C.04] [HOUSEHOLD ELIGIBILITY; PARTICIPATION.]

Subdivision 1. [INITIAL ELIGIBILITY.] To be eligible for the family assets for independence initiative, the household's income must be below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. An individual who is a dependent of another person for federal income tax purposes may not be a separate eligible household for purposes of this chapter, but may be included in the household of the taxpayer who claims the individual as a dependent if they meet the definition of household in section 119C.02, subdivision 14. In verifying income eligibility, the fiduciary organization shall apply procedures and policies consistent with procedures and policies used under the low-income home energy assistance program.

Subd. 2. [PARTICIPATION.] To participate in the family assets for independence initiative, a household must:

(1) be selected by a fiduciary organization;

(2) enter into a family asset agreement with a fiduciary organization; and

(3) open a savings account at a financial institution.

Subd. 4. [INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS.] A household may only deposit money in a family asset account that is derived from earned income of members of the household and income from state and federal earned income credits of members of the household.

Sec. 5. [119C.05] [WITHDRAWAL; MATCHING; PERMISSIBLE USES.]

Subdivision 1. [WITHDRAWAL OF FUNDS.] To receive a match upon withdrawal of funds from a family asset account, a participant must make a request for withdrawal of funds and agree to transfer withdrawn funds to the fiduciary organization. The fiduciary organization must determine whether the request for withdrawal of funds is for a permissible use consistent with this section and the household's family asset agreement. A "permissible use" means using funds to pay for:

(1) post-secondary educational expenses;

(2) qualified home acquisition costs;

(3) qualified business capitalization expenses; or

(4) amounts paid for repairs to a qualified principal residence to comply with city housing or health and safety codes or for other major repairs or improvements to a qualified principal residence.

Subd. 2. [MATCHING.] If the request for withdrawal is approved, a household's account will be matched at the time of withdrawal based on the balance in the household's account, including interest, at the time of withdrawal. Matches must be provided as follows:

(1) from the funds provided by the commissioner, a matching contribution of $2 for every $1 of funds withdrawn from the family asset account;

(2) from funds other than those provided by the commissioner, a matching contribution of no less than $2 for every $1 of funds withdrawn from the family asset account.

Subd. 3. [VENDOR PAYMENT OF WITHDRAWN FUNDS.] Upon receipt of withdrawn funds, the agency shall make a direct payment to the vendor of the goods or services being purchased by the household.

Sec. 6. [119C.06] [EXCLUSION OF PARTICIPANT INCOME AND ASSETS.]

The commissioner of human services shall exclude money in a family asset account when calculating assets and shall exclude interest income from the account when calculating eligibility for general assistance, general assistance medical care, and the statewide Minnesota family investment program. Up to $25 a month in earned income deposited in a family asset account shall be disregarded in calculating initial income eligibility and an assistance unit's assistance payment under the statewide Minnesota family investment program.

Sec. 7. [119C.07] [REPORTING; EVALUATION.]

Subdivision 1. [PROGRAM REPORTING.] Each fiduciary organization operating a family assets for independence initiative shall report annually to the commissioner of children, families, and learning the number of accounts, the amount of savings and matches for each account, the uses of the account, and the number of businesses, homes, and educational services paid for with money from the account, as well as other information that may be required for the state to operate the program effectively.

Subd. 2. [STATE REPORTING.] The commissioner of children, families, and learning shall prepare a written report annually regarding the family assets for independence initiative. The report shall be transmitted to the legislature on or before January 15 of 2000 and each subsequent year.

Sec. 8. [119C.08] [ECONOMIC LITERACY CURRICULUM.]

The fiduciary organization shall develop an economic literacy curriculum for use by agencies participating in the family assets for independence initiative.

Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 290.01, subdivision 19a, is amended to read:

Subd. 19a. [ADDITIONS TO FEDERAL TAXABLE INCOME.] For individuals, estates, and trusts, there shall be added to federal taxable income:

(1)(i) interest income on obligations of any state other than Minnesota or a political or governmental subdivision, municipality, or governmental agency or instrumentality of any state other than Minnesota exempt from federal income taxes under the Internal Revenue Code or any other federal statute, and

(ii) exempt-interest dividends as defined in section 852(b)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code, except the portion of the exempt-interest dividends derived from interest income on obligations of the state of Minnesota or its political or governmental subdivisions, municipalities, governmental agencies or instrumentalities, but only if the portion of the exempt-interest dividends from such Minnesota sources paid to all shareholders represents 95 percent or more of the exempt-interest dividends that are paid by the regulated investment company as defined in section 851(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the fund of the regulated investment company as defined in section 851(h) of the Internal Revenue Code, making the payment; and

(iii) for the purposes of items (i) and (ii), interest on obligations of an Indian tribal government described in section 7871(c) of the Internal Revenue Code shall be treated as interest income on obligations of the state in which the tribe is located;

(2) the amount of income taxes paid or accrued within the taxable year under this chapter and income taxes paid to any other state or to any province or territory of Canada, to the extent allowed as a deduction under section 63(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, but the addition may not be more than the amount by which the itemized deductions as allowed under section 63(d) of the Internal Revenue Code exceeds the amount of the standard deduction as defined in section 63(c) of the Internal Revenue Code. For the purpose of this paragraph, the disallowance of itemized deductions under section 68 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, income tax is the last itemized deduction disallowed;

(3) the capital gain amount of a lump sum distribution to which the special tax under section 1122(h)(3)(B)(ii) of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, Public Law Number 99-514, applies;

(4) the amount of income taxes paid or accrued within the taxable year under this chapter and income taxes paid to any other state or any province or territory of Canada, to the extent allowed as a deduction in determining federal adjusted gross income. For the purpose of this paragraph, income taxes do not include the taxes imposed by sections 290.0922, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), 290.9727, 290.9728, and 290.9729;

(5) the amount of loss or expense included in federal taxable income under section 1366 of the Internal Revenue Code flowing from a corporation that has a valid election in effect for the taxable year under section 1362 of the Internal Revenue Code, but which is not allowed to be an "S" corporation under section 290.9725; and

(6) the amount of any distributions in cash or property made to a shareholder during the taxable year by a corporation that has a valid election in effect for the taxable year under section 1362 of the Internal Revenue Code, but which is not allowed to be an "S" corporation under section 290.9725 to the extent not already included in federal taxable income under section 1368 of the Internal Revenue Code; and

Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 290.01, subdivision 19b, is amended to read:

Subd. 19b. [SUBTRACTIONS FROM FEDERAL TAXABLE INCOME.] For individuals, estates, and trusts, there shall be subtracted from federal taxable income:

(1) interest income on obligations of any authority, commission, or instrumentality of the United States to the extent includable in taxable income for federal income tax purposes but exempt from state income tax under the laws of the United States;

(2) if included in federal taxable income, the amount of any overpayment of income tax to Minnesota or to any other state, for any previous taxable year, whether the amount is received as a refund or as a credit to another taxable year's income tax liability;

(3) the amount paid to others, less the credit allowed under section 290.0674, not to exceed $1,625 for each dependent in grades kindergarten to 6 and $2,500 for each dependent in grades 7 to 12, for tuition, textbooks, and transportation of each dependent in attending an elementary or secondary school situated in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, or Wisconsin, wherein a resident of this state may legally fulfill the state's compulsory attendance laws, which is not operated for profit, and which adheres to the provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and chapter 363. For the purposes of this clause, "tuition" includes fees or tuition as defined in section 290.0674, subdivision 1, clause (1). As used in this clause, "textbooks" includes books and other instructional materials and equipment used in elementary and secondary schools in teaching only those subjects legally and commonly taught in public elementary and secondary schools in this state. Equipment expenses qualifying for deduction includes expenses as defined and limited in section 290.0674, subdivision 1, clause (3). "Textbooks" does not include instructional books and materials used in the teaching of religious tenets, doctrines, or worship, the purpose of which is to instill such tenets, doctrines, or worship, nor does it include books or materials for, or transportation to, extracurricular activities including sporting events, musical or dramatic events, speech activities, driver's education, or similar programs;

(4) to the extent included in federal taxable income, distributions from a qualified governmental pension plan, an individual retirement account, simplified employee pension, or qualified plan covering a self-employed person that represent a return of contributions that were included in Minnesota gross income in the taxable year for which the contributions were made but were deducted or were not included in the computation of federal adjusted gross income. The distribution shall be allocated first to return of contributions until the contributions included in Minnesota gross income have been exhausted. This subtraction applies only to contributions made in a taxable year prior to 1985;

(5) income as provided under section 290.0802;

(6) the amount of unrecovered accelerated cost recovery system deductions allowed under subdivision 19g;

(7) to the extent included in federal adjusted gross income, income realized on disposition of property exempt from tax under section 290.491;

(8) to the extent not deducted in determining federal taxable income, the amount paid for health insurance of self-employed individuals as determined under section 162(l) of the Internal Revenue Code, except that the 25 percent limit does not apply. If the taxpayer deducted insurance payments under section 213 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the subtraction under this clause must be reduced by the lesser of:

(i) the total itemized deductions allowed under section 63(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, less state, local, and foreign income taxes deductible under section 164 of the Internal Revenue Code and the standard deduction under section 63(c) of the Internal Revenue Code; or

(ii) the lesser of (A) the amount of insurance qualifying as "medical care" under section 213(d) of the Internal Revenue Code to the extent not deducted under section 162(1) of the Internal Revenue Code or excluded from income or (B) the total amount deductible for medical care under section 213(a);

(10) to the extent included in federal taxable income, postservice benefits for youth community service under section 121.707 for volunteer service under United States Code, title 42, section 5011(d), as amended; and

(11) the amount of income or gain included in federal taxable income under section 1366 of the Internal Revenue Code flowing from a corporation that has a valid election in effect for the taxable year under section 1362 of the Internal Revenue Code which is not allowed to be an "S" corporation under section 290.9725; and

(12) the amount deposited during the calendar year by an account holder in a family asset account as provided in sections 2 to 8.

Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 290.06, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

Subd. 26. [CREDIT FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO FAMILY ASSETS FOR INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVES.] A taxpayer may take a credit against the tax due under this chapter equal to 50 percent of the amount contributed during the taxable year to a fiduciary organization selected under section 5 to operate a family assets for independence initiative, provided the contributions are used for the purpose of making matching contributions to family asset accounts. The credit for the taxable year may not exceed the liability for tax under this chapter for the taxable year.

Sec. 12. [APPROPRIATIONS.]

$. . . . . . . is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of children, families, and learning to establish the Minnesota family assets for independence initiative. No more than ... percent of the appropriation may be expended for the cost of administration of this act by the fiduciary organizations and no more than ... percent may be expended for the cost to the state for administration of this program. The appropriation is available until expended."

Delete the title and insert:

"A bill for an act relating to children; establishing the Minnesota family assets for independence initiative; appropriating money for the department of children, families, and learning; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 290.06, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 290.01, subdivisions 19a and 19b; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 119C."

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Education.

The report was adopted.

Tunheim from the Committee on Commerce, Tourism and Consumer Affairs to which was referred:

H. F. No. 2757, A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating residential mortgage loans; establishing table funding requirements; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 82.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

"Section 1. [82.176] [TABLE FUNDING.]

Subdivision 1. [DEFINITIONS.] (a) For purposes of this section, the terms in this subdivision have the meanings given them.

(c) "Collected funds" means funds deposited, finally settled, and credited to the closing agent's escrow account.

(d) "Federally insured financial institution" means an institution in which monetary deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or National Credit Union Administration.

(e) "Lender" means a person who makes residential mortgage loans including a person who engages in table funding.

(f) "Qualified loan funds" means funds in one of the following forms:

(1) lawful money of the United States;

(2) wired funds when unconditionally held by the closing agent;

(3) cashier's checks, certified checks, bank money orders, or teller's checks issued by a federally insured financial institution and unconditionally held by the closing agent; and

(4) United States treasury checks, Federal Reserve Bank checks, federal home loan bank checks, and state of Minnesota warrants.

(g) "Table funding" means a closing or settlement at which a mortgage loan is funded by a lender by a contemporaneous advance of mortgage loan funds and an assignment of the mortgage loan to the lender advancing the funds.

Subd. 2. [REQUIREMENTS.] (a) A closing agent shall not make disbursements out of an escrow, security deposit, settlement, or closing account unless the funds received from the lender are collected funds or qualified loan funds.

(b) A lender, using the closing services of a closing agent, shall at or before the time of the closing deliver loan funds to the closing agent either in the form of collected funds or qualified loan funds."

Delete the title and insert:

"A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating residential mortgage loans; establishing table funding requirements; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 82."

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

The report was adopted.

Dorn from the Committee on Health and Human Services to which was referred:

H. F. No. 2786, A bill for an act relating to health professions; modifying provisions relating to speech-language pathologists, unlicensed mental health practitioners, alcohol and drug counselors, and hearing instrument dispensers; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 144.335, subdivision 1; 148.515, subdivision 3; 148.518, subdivision 2; 148.5191, subdivisions 1, 3, and 4; 148.5194; 148.5195, subdivision 3; 148B.66, subdivision 2; 148B.69, subdivision 2, and by adding a subdivision; 148C.04, subdivisions 3 and 4; 148C.05, subdivision 2; 148C.06; 153A.13, subdivision 5; 153A.14, subdivisions 2a, 2b, 2d, 2f, 2h, 9, and 10; 153A.15, subdivision 1, and by adding a subdivision; and 153A.20, subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, sections 148C.03, subdivision 1; and 148C.11, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 148; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 153A.14, subdivision 7.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 4, line 19, after "20" insert ", and:

(1) when the temporary registrant is a speech-language pathologist, is a registered speech-language pathologist or holds a current certificate of clinical competence in speech-language pathology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association; and

(2) when the temporary registrant is an audiologist, is a registered audiologist or holds a current certificate of clinical competence in audiology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association"

Page 4, line 21, delete "(g)" and insert "(f)"

Page 5, delete lines 1 to 12

Page 5, line 13, delete "(e)" and insert "(d)"

Page 5, line 18, delete "(f)" and insert "(e)"

Page 5, line 21, delete "(g)" and insert "(f)"

Page 10, delete line 21 and insert "subject to enforcement actions and"

Page 15, delete section 15

Renumber the sections in sequence

Amend the title as follows:

Page 1, line 11, delete "subdivisions 3 and 4" and insert "subdivision 3"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill pass.

The report was adopted.

Munger from the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources to which was referred:

H. F. No. 2917, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing the conveyance of certain surplus state land in Anoka county.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services without further recommendation.

The report was adopted.

Tunheim from the Committee on Commerce, Tourism and Consumer Affairs to which was referred:

H. F. No. 2983, A bill for an act relating to mortgages; enacting the Minnesota Residential Mortgage Originator and Servicer Licensing Act; establishing licensing and enforcement mechanisms; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 47.206, subdivision 1; 82.17, subdivision 4; 82.18; and 82.27, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 58; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 82.175.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 2, line 30, after "out-of-state" insert "state-chartered"

Page 2, line 32, after the period, insert "The term financial institution also includes a subsidiary or operating subsidiary of a financial institution or of a bank holding company as defined in the federal Bank Holding Company Act, United States Code, title 12, section 1841, et seq., if the subsidiary or operating subsidiary can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the commissioner that it is regulated and subject to active and ongoing oversight and supervision by a federal banking agency, as defined in the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, United States Code, title 12, section 1811, et seq., or the commissioner."

Page 3, line 7, delete "22" and insert "23"

Page 4, after line 13, insert:

"Subd. 20. [RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER; SERVICER.] "Residential mortgage servicer" or "servicer" means a person who engages in the activity of servicing a residential mortgage as defined in subdivision 22."

Page 4, line 14, delete "20" and insert "21"

Page 4, line 19, delete "21" and insert "22"

Page 4, line 27, delete "22" and insert "23"

Page 5, line 1, delete "23" and insert "24"

Page 5, line 6, delete "24" and insert "25"

Page 5, line 12, delete "25" and insert "26"

Page 5, line 28, delete "and rules adopted by the commissioner"

Page 6, delete lines 8 to 10 and insert:

"(iv) the residential mortgage origination activities are incidental to the real estate licensee's primary activities as a real estate broker or salesperson;"

Page 6, line 22, delete "rule or"

Page 6, line 27, delete "21" and insert "22"

Page 6, line 29, delete "and rules adopted by the commissioner"

Page 7, line 13, delete "rule or"

Page 7, after line 19, insert:

"Subd. 4. [APPLICABILITY TO BANKS AND CREDIT UNIONS.] Except for section 58.13, this chapter does not apply to a bank or credit union subject to supervision by either a federal regulatory agency or the commissioner."

Page 9, line 32, after "certified" insert "public"

Page 10, line 27, after "contract" insert "relating to activities regulated by this chapter"

Page 13, line 1, after "the" insert "residential mortgage"

Page 18, line 27, delete "AGENCY" and insert "NONAGENCY"

Page 22, after line 4, insert:

"Subd. 3. [OFFER.] For purposes of this section, an "offer" means any advertisement or solicitation of any type, including an advertisement or solicitation in newspapers and magazines, by mail, by telephone, on television, on radio, or via the internet or any other electronic medium of any kind, for residential mortgage originator services. The term offer excludes an advertisement or solicitation that specifically states that the services are not available to Minnesota residents."

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

The report was adopted.

Carlson from the Committee on Education to which was referred:

H. F. No. 3002, A bill for an act relating to education; allowing a retired principal or superintendent to serve as an interim administrator for 120 school days without a financial penalty; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 123.34, subdivision 10; and 354.44, subdivision 5a, and by adding a subdivision.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 2, line 9, after the period, insert "The school district shall count only the school days during which the interim principal actually worked to calculate 120 school days under this paragraph."

Page 2, line 24, after the period, insert "The school district shall count only the school days during which the interim superintendent actually worked to calculate 120 school days under this paragraph."

Page 3, line 1, strike "three" and insert "five"

Page 3, line 15, after the period, insert "Only the school days during which the interim principal actually worked shall be used to calculate working days under this subdivision."

Page 3, line 26, delete "three" and insert "five"

Page 3, after line 31, insert:

"Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 354A.31, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:

Subd. 3a. [NO ANNUITY REDUCTION.] (a) The annuity reduction provisions of subdivision 3 do not apply to a person who:

(1) retires from the technical college system or from the Minneapolis, St. Paul, or Duluth school district with at least ten years of service credit in the system from which the person retires;

(2) was employed on a full-time basis immediately preceding retirement as a technical college faculty member for a retiree from the technical college system or as a teacher for a retiree from the Minneapolis, St. Paul, or Duluth school district;

(3) begins drawing an annuity from a first class city teachers retirement association; and

(b) Initial participation, the amount of time worked, and the duration of participation under this section must be mutually agreed upon by the employer and the employee. The employer may require up to a one-year notice of intent to participate in the program as a condition of participation under this section. The employer shall determine the time of year the employee shall work.

(c) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person eligible under paragraphs (a) and (b) may not earn further service credit in a first class city teachers retirement association and is not eligible to participate in the individual retirement account plan or the supplemental retirement plan established in chapter 354B as a result of service under this section. No employer or employee contribution to any of these plans may be made on behalf of such a person."

Page 3, line 32, delete "4" and insert "5"

Page 3, line 33, delete "3" and insert "4"

Amend the title as follows:

Page 1, line 6, delete the first "and"

Page 1, line 7, before the period, insert "; and 354A.31, subdivision 3a"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations.

The report was adopted.

Skoglund from the Committee on Judiciary to which was referred:

H. F. No. 3051, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; creating a felony penalty for criminal contempts involving failure to obey certain subpoenas; increasing the penalty for certain offenders who fail to appear for criminal proceedings; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 588.20; and 609.49, subdivision 1.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 1, line 15, after the comma, insert "with the intent to obstruct the criminal justice process,"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill pass.

The report was adopted.

H. F. Nos. 668, 2357, 2659, 2700, 2734, 2736, 2746, 2786 and 3051 were read for the second time.

The following House Files were introduced:

Hilty, Kahn and Ozment introduced:

H. F. No. 3339, A bill for an act relating to utilities; requiring electric utilities to disclose the sources of their electric supply, and the amounts of certain pollutants attributable to the generation of that electric supply; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B.

Jennings introduced:

H. F. No. 3340, A bill for an act relating to utilities; modifying definition of energy conservation improvement; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 216B.241, subdivision 1.

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

Schumacher and Osthoff introduced:

H. F. No. 3341, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for an office facility/interpretive center in Sand Dunes State Forest.

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

Kinkel introduced:

H. F. No. 3342, A bill for an act relating to local government; providing for petitions for the dissolution of town subordinate service districts; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 365A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 365A.09.

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

Sykora, Greenfield, Haas and Dorn introduced:

H. F. No. 3343, A bill for an act relating to health; providing for the prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome; establishing intervention and grant programs; requiring a study; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 254A.17, subdivision 1, and by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.

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

Mariani and Luther introduced:

H. F. No. 3344, A bill for an act relating to children; providing incentives to increase child care services for children with disabilities; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 119B.13, subdivision 3; 119B.19, subdivision 4; and 120.1701, subdivision 5.

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

Greenfield, Koskinen and Huntley introduced:

H. F. No. 3345, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying several provisions related to the Minnesota family investment program-statewide (MFIP-S); amending local service unit plans; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 268.88; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, sections 119B.01, subdivision 16; 256.741, by adding a subdivision; 256B.0635, by adding a subdivision; 256J.31, by adding a subdivision; 256J.42, by adding subdivisions; 256J.45, subdivision 2; 256J.515; and 256J.52, subdivision 2, and by adding subdivisions.

Murphy, Hilty, McGuire, Greiling and Tomassoni introduced:

H. F. No. 3346, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money to independent school district No. 94, Cloquet, for a reading readiness program.

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

Mullery introduced:

H. F. No. 3347, A bill for an act relating to elections; fair campaign practices; modifying the prohibitions on denying candidates access to multiple unit dwellings; increasing a penalty; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 211B.20, subdivision 1.

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

Kahn, Wolf, Dawkins, Winter and Tomassoni introduced:

H. F. No. 3348, A bill for an act relating to state government; providing for community ownership of a professional baseball franchise; appropriating money.

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

Opatz introduced:

H. F. No. 3349, A bill for an act relating to higher education; leveraging the University of Minnesota's research capabilities; appropriating money.

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

Orfield, Long and Kahn introduced:

H. F. No. 3350, A bill for an act relating to state government; creating an advisory council to investigate improvements in communicating government information to the public.

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

Bishop, Long, Sviggum, Solberg and Johnson, A., introduced:

H. F. No. 3351, A bill for an act relating to taxes; sales and use; exempting construction materials and supplies used to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 297A.25, by adding a subdivision.

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

Holsten and Osthoff introduced:

H. F. No. 3352, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; requiring money credited to the critical habitat private sector matching account through purchase of special license plates to be matched by the critical habitat license plate matching account; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 84.943, subdivision 3; and 116P.04, by adding a subdivision.

Holsten introduced:

H. F. No. 3353, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing the public sale of certain tax-forfeited land bordering on public waters in Washington county.

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

Holsten introduced:

H. F. No. 3354, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for an engineering analysis of flooding problems along Twin lake in Washington county.

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

Rest, Davids, Abrams, Carlson and Wenzel introduced:

H. F. No. 3355, A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating investments of certain insurers; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 60L.

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

Milbert, McCollum, Finseth and Holsten introduced:

H. F. No. 3356, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; prohibiting the taking of white bears; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 97B.411.

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

Murphy, Carruthers, Larsen, Broecker and Pugh introduced:

H. F. No. 3357, A bill for an act relating to court fees and fines; revising and consolidating laws relating to surcharges and assessments on fines; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 169.121, subdivision 5a; 171.16, subdivision 3; 357.021, by adding subdivisions; 588.01, subdivision 3; and 609.3241; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, sections 97A.065, subdivision 2; 169.14, subdivision 5d; 357.021, subdivision 2; and 609.101, subdivision 5; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 609.101, subdivision 1; and 626.861.

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

Ness, Greiling and Erickson introduced:

H. F. No. 3358, A bill for an act relating to state government; regulating rulemaking; providing for a study of broad rulemaking delegations.

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

Hilty, Kahn and McElroy introduced:

the organization and operation of the council; establishing two task forces; requiring a report to the legislature; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 214.

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

Paymar, Chaudhary and Pawlenty introduced:

H. F. No. 3360, A bill for an act relating to domestic abuse; clarifying provisions for recognition of orders for protection from other jurisdictions; providing that certain mutual orders are not entitled to full faith and credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 518B.01, subdivision 14.

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

Mares introduced:

H. F. No. 3361, A bill for an act relating to insurance; mandating coverage for cochlear implants; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62A.

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

Greiling and Slawik introduced:

H. F. No. 3362, A bill for an act relating to campaign finance; increasing the public's right to know; modifying definition of independent expenditures; requiring full disclosure of the total costs of lobbying; modifying notice required of independent expenditures; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 10A.01, subdivision 10b; 10A.04, subdivisions 4, 5, and 6; and 10A.20, subdivision 6b; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 10A.04, subdivision 4a.

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

Seagren introduced:

H. F. No. 3363, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for notice of transitional goals to parents of students with disabilities; modifying the definition of eligible institution for student grants; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 120.17, subdivision 3a; and 136A.101, subdivision 4.

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

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

H. F. No. 3364, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for three direct reduction iron processing facilities.

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

Otremba, M., introduced:

H. F. No. 3365, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for college campuses at Staples and Wadena.

Chaudhary, Stanek and Murphy introduced:

H. F. No. 3366, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; providing that preventing a commission of a felony by a trespasser is justifiable homicide; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 609.065.

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

Solberg introduced:

H. F. No. 3367, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing private or public sale of tax-forfeited lands bordering public waters in Itasca county.

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

Abrams introduced:

H. F. No. 3368, A bill for an act relating to retirement; teachers retirement association; authorizing the purchase of service credit for a sabbatical leave by certain teachers.

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

Rest introduced:

H. F. No. 3369, A bill for an act relating to income tax administration; appropriating money for grants to nonprofit entities to facilitate the delivery of volunteer assistance to low-income taxpayers.

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

Paymar introduced:

H. F. No. 3370, A bill for an act relating to data privacy; establishing an address confidentiality program for victims of domestic violence; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 13; and 517.

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

McCollum introduced:

H. F. No. 3371, A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing issuance of bonds for transit-related capital improvements; appropriating money.

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

Kahn and Munger introduced:

H. F. No. 3372, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; establishing the Mississippi whitewater trail; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 85.

Kahn introduced:

H. F. No. 3373, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money to repair and rehabilitate certain memorials on the capitol mall; authorizing the sale of state bonds.

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

Solberg; Tomassoni; Johnson, A., and Ness introduced:

H. F. No. 3374, A bill for an act relating to education; making permanent school district levy authority for retired employee health benefits expenses; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 124.916, subdivision 2.

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

Tomassoni and Rukavina introduced:

H. F. No. 3375, A bill for an act relating to employment; requiring the commissioner of natural resources to maintain a trained force of firefighters; modifying the definition of public employee; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 88.12, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 179A.03, subdivision 14.

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

Juhnke introduced:

H. F. No. 3376, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for ADA compliance and roof replacement and repair at Ridgewater Community College, Willmar campus.

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

Johnson, R.; Tomassoni; Ness; Juhnke and Kubly introduced:

H. F. No. 3377, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing Minnesota fire service training board and providing assistance for firefighter training and education; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 169.14, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 171.29, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 137A.

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

Westrom, Greenfield, Long, Wejcman and Dorn introduced:

H. F. No. 3378, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for rehabilitation and community centers for Vision Loss Resources, Inc.

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

Winter and Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 3379, A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating trade practices; providing for reimbursement for licensed ambulance services; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 72A.201, subdivision 5; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 62J.48.

Dawkins introduced:

H. F. No. 3380, A bill for an act relating to transportation; providing for claims by person incurring injury to person or property while operating recreational vehicle on trunk highway right-of-way; regulating highway closures; imposing civil liability; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 160.27, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 3.736, subdivision 3.

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

Wenzel and Erickson introduced:

H. F. No. 3381, A bill for an act relating to economic development; providing for compensation for tornado damage in certain counties; appropriating money.

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

Jennings and Carruthers introduced:

H. F. No. 3382, A bill for an act relating to landlord tenant; unlawful detainer; reducing the court felony filing fee; eliminating a stay of execution; reducing the storage period for tenant property after execution of the writ; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 566.09, subdivision 1; and 566.17, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 566.05.

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

Schumacher, Leighton, Skare and Opatz introduced:

H. F. No. 3383, A bill for an act relating to taxation; exempting sales to political subdivisions from sales tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 297A.47; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 297A.25, subdivision 11.

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

Wejcman and Clark, K., introduced:

H. F. No. 3384, A bill for an act relating to human services; continuing food programs for legal noncitizens; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 256J.11, subdivision 2, as amended; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256D.

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

Wejcman and Clark, K., introduced:

H. F. No. 3385, A bill for an act relating to human services; legal nonlicensed family child care; requiring minimal safety standards if public child care funds are received; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 245A.

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

Wejcman and Clark, K., introduced:

H. F. No. 3386, A bill for an act relating to human services; services for homeless targeted youth; appropriating money.

Rifenberg; Reuter; Seifert; Clark, J., and Erickson introduced:

H. F. No. 3387, A bill for an act relating to real property; creating the Private Property Rights Protection Act; providing legislative intent; providing remedies for real property owners whose property has been inordinately burdened by governmental action; providing requirements for a property owner who seeks compensation; requiring the governmental entity to provide notice of the claim; authorizing certain settlement offers; requiring that the governmental entity and property owner file a court action if a settlement agreement contravenes the application of state law; providing for judicial review, notwithstanding the availability of administrative remedies; authorizing the property owner to file a claim of compensation upon rejection of a settlement offer; requiring the court to determine the percentage of responsibility for an inordinate burden imposed by multiple governmental entities; providing for a jury to determine the amount of compensation to the property owner; providing for costs and attorney fees; providing that the right for which compensation is paid is a transferable development right; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 500A.

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

McGuire and Hausman introduced:

H. F. No. 3388, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for renovation and conversion of the dairy barn on the St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota; authorizing the sale of state bonds.

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

McGuire introduced:

H. F. No. 3389, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; limiting liability of financial institutions providing data for the criminal alert network; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 299A.61, by adding a subdivision.

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

McGuire introduced:

H. F. No. 3390, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; appropriating money for the criminal alert network.

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

Juhnke introduced:

H. F. No. 3391, A bill for an act relating to retirement; city of Willmar and city of Litchfield; authorizing volunteer rescue squad relief associations; providing service pensions for rescue squad volunteers; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 424B.

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

Rest, Skare and Rukavina introduced:

H. F. No. 3392, A bill for an act relating to taxation; repealing levy limits; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 275.16; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, sections 275.70; 275.71; 275.72; 275.73; and 275.74; Laws 1997, chapter 231, article 3, section 8.

Trimble introduced:

H. F. No. 3393, A bill for an act relating to housing finance agency; appropriating money to the housing trust fund for a student housing pilot project.

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

Trimble introduced:

H. F. No. 3394, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for the worker information resource center at the St. Paul technical college.

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

Hausman; Anderson, I.; Schumacher; Rhodes and Rostberg introduced:

H. F. No. 3395, A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying requirements for a study of metropolitan commuter rail service; amending Laws 1997, chapter 159, article 2, section 51.

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

McGuire; Kinkel; Slawik; Johnson, R., and Schumacher introduced:

H. F. No. 3396, A bill for an act relating to child care; changing child care assistance in certain cases; establishing a provider rate bonus for reading programs; establishing grants for school-age child care programs; making other changes to child care programs; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 119B.13, by adding a subdivision; 119B.18, subdivision 2; and 119B.19, subdivisions 1, 4, and by adding subdivisions; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, sections 119B.13, subdivision 1; 119B.17, subdivision 3; 119B.21, subdivisions 2, 4, 5, and 11; and 121.88, subdivision 10.

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

Bradley introduced:

H. F. No. 3397, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for a loan to independent school district No. 535, Rochester, for special education services.

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

Hausman, Sekhon, Rhodes, Munger and Milbert introduced:

H. F. No. 3398, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; providing for low impact forestry; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 90.

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

Lieder introduced:

H. F. No. 3399, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money and authorizing bonds for flood hazard mitigation programs.

Greenfield and Bradley introduced:

H. F. No. 3400, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing a nursing home planning and transition grant program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.

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

Greenfield and Bradley introduced:

H. F. No. 3401, A bill for an act relating to health; providing for an inactive status of licensed beds in nursing homes; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 144.122; 144A.01, by adding a subdivision; 256.9657, subdivision 1; 256B.0911, subdivision 6; and 256B.431, subdivisions 2r, 3a, and 22; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144A.

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

Davids, Tomassoni and Anderson, I., introduced:

H. F. No. 3402, A bill for an act relating to insurance; prohibiting affiliates of insurance companies from engaging in rebating that is illegal for insurance companies; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 72A.08, subdivisions 1, 2, and 3.

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

Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 3403, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for completion of the Blufflands Trail between Preston and Forestville.

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

Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 3404, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for improvements to the Root River trail.

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

Davids, by request, introduced:

H. F. No. 3405, A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; regulating financial transaction cards; providing certain minimum payment disclosures; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325G.

Boudreau, Tunheim and McElroy introduced:

H. F. No. 3406, A bill for an act relating to liquor; clarifying local restriction provision; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 340A.509.

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

Solberg and Hilty introduced:

H. F. No. 3407, A bill for an act relating to taxes; sales and use taxes; exempting certain educational facilities from the sales tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 297A.25, subdivision 11.

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

Mahon, Paymar, Tomassoni, Davids and Abrams introduced:

H. F. No. 3408, A bill for an act relating to insurance; no-fault auto; regulating disability and income loss benefits; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 65B.44, subdivision 3.

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

Knoblach, Opatz, Schumacher, Stang and Dehler introduced:

H. F. No. 3409, A bill for an act relating to health; providing funding to two ICFs/MR for costs related to field audit disallowances and providing exemptions from the spend-up limit; appropriating money.

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

Slawik; Marko; Johnson, R.; Chaudhary and Larsen introduced:

H. F. No. 3410, A bill for an act relating to education; providing site-based funding for full-day kindergarten, technology enhancements, and gifted and talented programming; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 124A.22, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 124A.22, subdivision 1.

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

Harder; Wenzel; Johnson, A.; Knoblach and Swenson, H., introduced:

H. F. No. 3411, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; modifying the tax brackets and the alternative minimum tax exemption amount to reduce marriage penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 290.06, subdivisions 2c and 2d; and 290.091, subdivision 3.

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

Rhodes and Dorn introduced:

H. F. No. 3412, A bill for an act relating to health; creating a religious exemption to mandated autopsies; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 145.132; 299F.04, subdivision 5; 383B.225, subdivisions 7 and 8; 390.11, subdivisions 2, 2a, and 3; and 390.32, subdivisions 2, 2a, and 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 390.

Rostberg and Skoglund introduced:

H. F. No. 3413, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; authorizing driver's license suspension for convicted traffic law offenders who fail to appear at a probation review hearing; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 169.92.

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

Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 3414, A bill for an act relating to retirement; expanding the number of investments available for certain public supplemental pension or deferred compensation plans; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 356.24, subdivision 1.

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

Harder, Schumacher, Rifenberg, Kuisle and Swenson, H., introduced:

H. F. No. 3415, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; expanding the purposes of the value-added agricultural product loan program; modifying requirements for environmental review of proposed feedlots; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 41B.046, subdivision 1; and 116D.04, subdivision 2a; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 41B.046, subdivision 4a.

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

Finseth and Tunheim introduced:

H. F. No. 3416, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for wheat and barley scab research.

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

Juhnke and Wenzel introduced:

H. F. No. 3417, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for turkey respiratory disease research.

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

Jefferson introduced:

H. F. No. 3418, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minneapolis employees retirement fund; increasing certain shorter service death-while-active retirement benefits, providing annuity escalation; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 422A.06, subdivisions 3 and 6; 422A.22, subdivisions 4 and 5; and 422A.23; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 422A.16, subdivision 3a.

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

Bakk introduced:

H. F. No. 3419, A bill for an act relating to crime; providing for mandatory sentences of life without release for all types of first-degree murder; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 244.05, subdivisions 4 and 5; and 609.184; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 609.196.

Sviggum introduced:

H. F. No. 3420, A bill for an act relating to public employment; imposing a hiring freeze on certain public employers.

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

Winter, Kalis, Kubly and Juhnke introduced:

H. F. No. 3421, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; limiting certain animal feedlots and feedlot practices; providing for preparation of a generic environmental impact statement on the long-term effects of the livestock industry; creating a livestock industry environmental steering committee; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 116.07, by adding subdivisions.

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

Sykora, McGuire and Nornes introduced:

H. F. No. 3422, A bill for an act relating to child care; modifying direct assistance payments; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 119B.13, subdivision 6.

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

Jennings introduced:

H. F. No. 3423, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing an annual rate adjustment for certain programs; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256.

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

Molnau and Workman introduced:

H. F. No. 3424, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for land acquisition and capital project planning of the eastern Carver community collaborative project.

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

Anderson, I.; Rukavina; Lieder; Kelso and Carlson introduced:

H. F. No. 3425, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying supplemental revenue; appropriating money.

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

Greiling, Pelowski, Tomassoni, Ness and Kelso introduced:

H. F. No. 3426, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing an appointment date for board members; requiring a rule review; repealing the prohibition against commercial relationships; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 128C.01, subdivision 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 128C.01, subdivision 5.

Jefferson and Kelso introduced:

H. F. No. 3427, A bill for an act relating to education; working to develop, provide, and maintain an educational structure that meets the needs of nonwhite and white at-risk students; identifying obstacles to students educational success; providing for staff development and community training; creating an advisory council to assist in analyzing student performance data; emphasizing outcomes; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 126.

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

Knight introduced:

H. F. No. 3428, A bill for an act relating to the housing finance agency; extending the availability of equity take-out loans; amending procedures for the allocation of low-income housing tax credits; permitting allocation of the housing pool to senior rental housing if it is federally assisted; requiring an impact statement and a hearing before an owner terminates participation in a federally assisted rental housing program; permitting a local government to require relocation assistance for certain tenants; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 462A.222, subdivision 3; and 474A.061, subdivision 2a; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 462A.05, subdivision 39; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 471.

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

Johnson, A., introduced:

H. F. No. 3429, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing preventive measures for adolescent pregnancies; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 145.925, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.

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

Jennings, Peterson and Tingelstad introduced:

H. F. No. 3430, A bill for an act relating to health; expanding the plumbing inspection program; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 144.122; and 326.37, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 326.37, subdivision 1.

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

Kelso, Entenza, Carlson, Mares and Tunheim introduced:

H. F. No. 3431, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for an office of educational accountability; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 121.1115, by adding a subdivision.

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

Wenzel, Carlson, Abrams and Knoblach introduced:

H. F. No. 3432, A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating life insurance company investments and financial transactions; regulating qualified long-term care policies; modifying the definition of chronically ill individual; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 61A.28, subdivisions 6, 9a, and 12; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 62S.01, subdivision 8.

Harder and Gunther introduced:

H. F. No. 3433, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for the Watonwan River Flood Abatement Project.

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

Harder and Gunther introduced:

H. F. No. 3434, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for the wastewater project for the town of Fox Lake in Martin county.

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

Macklin, Ozment, Commers, Van Dellen and Kelso introduced:

H. F. No. 3435, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property taxes; permitting the inclusion of information relating to transit levies in notices of proposed property tax levies; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 275.065, subdivision 3.

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

McElroy introduced:

H. F. No. 3436, A bill for an act relating to metropolitan government; changing certain definitions; requiring a redrawn transit zone map; removing, in certain cases, a prohibition to application of a property tax rate; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 473.3915, subdivisions 2, 3, and 5.

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

Munger, Huntley, Jaros and Ozment introduced:

H. F. No. 3437, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for reimbursements to hazardous materials teams.

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

Westrom and Bettermann introduced:

H. F. No. 3438, A bill for an act relating to sanitary districts; establishing the Farwell-Kensington sanitary district; authorizing tax levies.

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

McElroy and Wolf introduced:

H. F. No. 3439, A bill for an act relating to the city of Burnsville; authorizing the city to impose a tax on admissions to an amphitheater; authorizing creation of a tax increment financing district.

Rukavina, Jefferson and Carruthers introduced:

H. F. No. 3440, A bill for an act relating to employment; raising the minimum wage; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 177.24, subdivision 1.

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

Peterson, Osthoff, Kahn, Winter and Munger introduced:

H. F. No. 3441, A bill for an act relating to animal feedlots; requiring licenses; creating and funding a cleanup fund; limiting issuance of certain permits; requiring an inventory and review; providing for assistance in adoption, review, and update of feedlot ordinances; requiring a generic environmental impact statement on feedlots; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 116.07, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18G.

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

Wenzel introduced:

H. F. No. 3442, A bill for an act relating to the military; entering into the interstate emergency management assistance compact; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 192.

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

Osthoff introduced:

H. F. No. 3443, A bill for an act relating to public finance; requiring that the principal underwriter of issues of state bonds be a financial institution in Minnesota; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 16A.641, subdivision 4.

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

Mullery, Jefferson, Rukavina and Koskinen introduced:

H. F. No. 3444, A bill for an act relating to employment; extending parenting leave requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 181.941, subdivisions 1 and 2.

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

Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 3445, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for water system improvements in the city of Chatfield.

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

Trimble introduced:

H. F. No. 3446, A bill for an act relating to community development; providing funding to acquire right-of-way in the Phalen corridor in St. Paul; authorizing bonds; appropriating money.

Mullery and Gunther introduced:

H. F. No. 3447, A bill for an act relating to employment; appropriating money for grants to encourage women to enter nontraditional careers; establishing requirements for grant recipients; requiring state-funded employment and training programs to provide certain information.

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

Munger; Rukavina; Johnson, R.; Nornes and Finseth introduced:

H. F. No. 3448, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money to the board of water and soil resources for management of small nonindustrial private forest lands.

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

The following message was received from the Senate:

Mr. Speaker:

I hereby announce the passage by the Senate of the following Senate Files, herewith transmitted:

S. F. Nos. 2111 and 2444.

Patrick E. Flahaven, Secretary of the Senate

S. F. No. 2111, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying restrictions on fish houses; modifying the license period for fish house licenses; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 97C.355, subdivision 7; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 97A.411, subdivision 1.

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

S. F. No. 2444, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; extending certain angling seasons in 1998.

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

Tomassoni moved that the bills on the Consent Calendar for today be continued. The motion prevailed.

Tomassoni moved that the bill on the Calendar for today be continued. The motion prevailed.

Tomassoni moved that the bills on General Orders for today be continued. The motion prevailed.

Munger moved that Finseth be shown as chief author on H. F. No. 1561. The motion prevailed.

Macklin moved that the name of Entenza be added as chief author on H. F. No. 1668. The motion prevailed.

Munger moved that the name of McCollum be added as an author on H. F. No. 1847. The motion prevailed.

Erhardt moved that his name be stricken as an author on H. F. No. 2482. The motion prevailed.

Delmont moved that the name of Smith be added as an author on H. F. No. 2623. The motion prevailed.

Munger moved that the names of Leppik and Rostberg be added as authors on H. F. No. 2696. The motion prevailed.

Opatz moved that the names of Van Dellen and Ness be added as authors on H. F. No. 2836. The motion prevailed.

Knoblach moved that the name of Kalis be added as an author on H. F. No. 3077. The motion prevailed.

Jennings moved that the name of Tingelstad be added as an author on H. F. No. 3244. The motion prevailed.

Jefferson moved that H. F. No. 216 be recalled from the Committee on Governmental Operations and be re-referred to the Committee on Economic Development Finance Division. The motion prevailed.

Juhnke moved that H. F. No. 2708 be recalled from the Committee on Governmental Operations and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. The motion prevailed.

Mariani moved that H. F. No. 3082 be recalled from the Committee on Economic Development and International Trade and be re-referred to the Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance. The motion prevailed.

Rest moved that H. F. No. 3145 be recalled from the Committee on Economic Development and International Trade and be re-referred to the Committee on Taxes. The motion prevailed.

Rest moved that H. F. No. 3165 be recalled from the Committee on Economic Development and International Trade and be re-referred to the Committee on Taxes. The motion prevailed.

Tomassoni moved that when the House adjourns today it adjourn until 2:30 p.m., Monday, February 9, 1998. The motion prevailed.

Tomassoni moved that the House adjourn. The motion prevailed, and Speaker pro tempore Long declared the House stands adjourned until 2:30 p.m., Monday, February 9, 1998.