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STATE OF MINNESOTA

EIGHTY-SECOND SESSION 2001

__________________

EIGHTEENTH DAY

Saint Paul, Minnesota, Thursday, March 1, 2001

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The House of Representatives convened at 3:00 p.m. and was called to order by Steve Sviggum, Speaker of the House.

Prayer was offered by the Reverend Bruce Talso, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.

The members of the House gave the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.

The roll was called and the following members were present:

Abeler Dorman Holberg Lenczewski Osthoff Solberg
Abrams Dorn Holsten Leppik Otremba Stanek
Anderson, B. Eastlund Howes Lieder Ozment Stang
Anderson, I. Entenza Huntley Lindner Paulsen Swapinski
Bakk Erickson Jacobson Lipman Pawlenty Swenson
Bernardy Evans Jaros Luther Paymar Sykora
Biernat Finseth Jennings Mahoney Pelowski Thompson
Bishop Folliard Johnson, J. Mares Penas Tingelstad
Boudreau Fuller Johnson, R. Mariani Peterson Tuma
Bradley Gerlach Johnson, S. Marko Pugh Vandeveer
Buesgens Gleason Juhnke Marquart Rhodes Wagenius
Carlson Goodno Kahn McGuire Rifenberg Walker
Cassell Goodwin Kalis Milbert Rukavina Walz
Clark, J. Gray Kelliher Molnau Ruth Wasiluk
Clark, K. Greiling Kielkucki Mulder Schumacher Wenzel
Daggett Gunther Knoblach Mullery Seagren Westerberg
Davids Haas Koskinen Murphy Seifert Westrom
Davnie Hackbarth Krinkie Ness Sertich Wilkin
Dawkins Harder Kubly Nornes Skoe Winter
Dehler Hausman Kuisle Olson Skoglund Wolf
Dempsey Hilstrom Larson Opatz Slawik Workman
Dibble Hilty Leighton Osskopp Smith Spk. Sviggum

A quorum was present.

Erhardt and McElroy were excused.

The Chief Clerk proceeded to read the Journal of the preceding day. Eastlund moved that further reading of the Journal be suspended and that the Journal be approved as corrected by the Chief Clerk. The motion prevailed.


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Pawlenty moved that the House recess subject to the call of the Chair. The motion prevailed.

RECESS

RECONVENED

The House reconvened and was called to order by the Speaker.

PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS

The following communication was received:

STATE OF MINNESOTA

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE

ST. PAUL 55155

The Honorable Steve Sviggum

Speaker of the House of Representatives

The Honorable Don Samuelson

President of the Senate

I have the honor to inform you that the following enrolled Act of the 2001 Session of the State Legislature has been received from the Office of the Governor and is deposited in the Office of the Secretary of State for preservation, pursuant to the State Constitution, Article IV, Section 23:

Time and

S.F. H.F. Session Laws Date Approved Date Filed

No. No. Chapter No. 2001 2001

43 4 1:00 p.m. February 28February 28

Sincerely,

Mary Kiffmeyer
Secretary of State

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES

Workman from the Committee on Transportation Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 9, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution by adding a section to article XIV; dedicating all revenue from the sales tax on motor vehicles to the highway user tax distribution fund.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance without further recommendation.

The report was adopted.


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Workman from the Committee on Transportation Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 11, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, by adding a section to article XIV; dedicating not less than 32 percent of revenue from the sales tax on motor vehicles to the highway user tax distribution fund.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance without further recommendation.

The report was adopted.

Tuma from the Committee on Crime Prevention to which was referred:

H. F. No. 51, A bill for an act relating to crimes; lowering from 0.10 to 0.08 the per se alcohol concentration level for impairment offenses involving driving motor vehicles, criminal vehicular homicide and injury, operating recreational vehicles or watercraft, hunting, handling explosives, or operating military vehicles while impaired; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 97B.065, subdivision 1; 97B.066, subdivision 1; 169A.20, subdivision 1; 169A.51, subdivision 1; 169A.52, subdivisions 2, 4, and 7; 169A.53, subdivision 3; 169A.54, subdivision 7; 169A.76; 171.20, subdivision 4; 192A.555; and 609.21.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 14, after line 31, insert:

"Sec. 14. [FISCAL PROVISIONS.]

Any increased costs incurred by the attorney general as a result of this act must be absorbed internally within the attorney general's appropriations and must not be treated as a base adjustment for fiscal years 2004 and 2005."

Page 14, line 32, delete "14" and insert "15"

Page 14, line 34, delete "2000" and insert "2001"

Page 14, line 35, delete "2000" and insert "2001"

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

The report was adopted.

Smith from the Committee on Civil Law to which was referred:

H. F. No. 239, A bill for an act relating to real property; clarifying law relating to servitudes created by a common owner of multiple pieces of property; providing for filing of an amended application to register land; authorizing attorney general to represent state in certain torrens proceedings; providing for issuance of certificates of title for common elements in a condominium; permitting owners of certain land to request new certificates of title; modifying certificates of possessory title; modifying Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act; exempting registered/torrens land from the 40 year law; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 508.09; 508.16, subdivision 1; 508.421, by adding a subdivision; 508.82, subdivision 1; 508A.01, subdivision 2; 508A.08; 508A.09; 508A.10; 508A.11, subdivisions 1 and 2; 508A.17, subdivision 1; 508A.22, subdivisions 1 and 3; 508A.25; 508A.35; 508A.351, by


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adding subdivisions; 508A.421, by adding a subdivision; 508A.82, subdivision 1; 508A.85, subdivision 4; 515B.1-116; 515B.3-104; 515B.3-117; and 541.023, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, and by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 507; 508; and 508A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 508.71, subdivision 7; 508A.22, subdivision 2; 508A.27; and 508A.351, subdivision 1.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 2, line 2, delete "shall include" and insert "includes"

Page 2, line 6, delete "shall apply" and insert "applies"

Page 2, line 7, delete "was" and insert "is"

Page 2, line 36, delete "such" and insert "these"

Page 5, lines 12 and 19, delete "shall" and insert "must"

Page 6, lines 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, and 23, delete "shall" and insert "must"

Page 7, line 14, strike "(4),"

Page 12, line 18, delete "shall" and insert "must"

Page 12, line 21, delete "such" and insert "those"

Page 12, line 30, delete the second "shall" and insert "must"

Page 16, lines 6 and 15, delete "shall" and insert "must"

Page 17, lines 1, 3, 5, 6, 11, and 26, delete "shall" and insert "must"

Page 18, lines 19 and 20, delete "shall" and insert "must"

Page 18, line 29, delete "shall apply" and insert "applies"

Page 19, line 6, delete "(15),"

Page 19, line 10, strike "to (5), (10), (12), and (16)" and insert ", (3), (5), (11), (13), (14), and (17)"

Page 23, line 26, delete "shall" and insert "must"

Page 27, line 25, delete "shall" and insert "must"

Page 29, line 24, delete "shall" and insert "does"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill pass.

The report was adopted.


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

H. F. No. 267, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring the commissioner of health to create a model notice for property owners regarding testing of wells; providing for dissemination of the notice; requiring certain information to be posted on the Web site of the department of health; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103I.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.

The report was adopted.

Finseth from the Committee on Agriculture Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 285, A bill for an act relating to liens; regulating agricultural liens; revising and consolidating crop liens and agricultural liens on livestock; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 514.19; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 514; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 514.23; 514.24; 514.25; 514.26; 514.27; 514.28; 514.29; 514.30; 514.31; 514.32; 514.33; 514.34; 514.62; 514.63; 514.65; 514.66; 514.92; 514.950; 514.952; 514.954; 514.956; 514.958; 514.959; 514.960; 557.12; and 559.2091; Minnesota Rules, parts 8271.0010; 8271.0020; 8271.0030; 8271.0040; 8271.0050; 8271.0060; 8271.0070; 8271.0080; 8271.0090; 8271.0100; 8271.0200; 8271.0300; and 8271.0350.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 4, line 29, delete everything after "owner" and insert a period

Page 4, delete lines 30 and 31

Page 7, line 2, delete "9" and insert "8"

Page 7, line 5, delete "10" and insert "9"

Page 10, line 36, delete "crop" and insert "livestock"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.

The report was adopted.

Rhodes from the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 389, A bill for an act relating to state government; extending the life of Mississippi river parkway commission and changing its membership; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 15.059, subdivision 5a; and 161.1419, subdivisions 2 and 8.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 6, after line 6, insert:

"Sec. 4. [EFFECTIVE DATE.]


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Sections 1 to 3 are effective June 30, 2001."

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

The report was adopted.

Rhodes from the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 429, A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; authorizing state agencies to allow commercial wireless equipment to be placed on state-owned lands, buildings, and other structures; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16B.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy.

The report was adopted.

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

H. F. No. 455, A bill for an act relating to commerce; creating an education program to market the use of clean fuels; adding a definition; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 296A.01, by adding a subdivision.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 1, line 16, delete "commissioner" and insert "director"

Page 1, line 17, delete "commerce" and insert "the office of environmental assistance"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance.

The report was adopted.

Mares from the Committee on Education Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 478, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring parents and providers to evaluate appropriate programs and services before providing amphetamine prescription drugs to children with attention deficit disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; clarifying the definition of educational neglect to indicate that refusing to consent to a special education evaluation does not constitute educational neglect; determining the number of


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Minnesota school children diagnosed with attention deficit disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder currently taking amphetamine prescription drugs; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 125A.027, subdivision 2; 260A.01; and 260C.163, subdivision 11.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

"Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 121A.41, subdivision 10, is amended to read:

Subd. 10. [SUSPENSION.] "Suspension" means an action by the school administration, under rules promulgated by the school board, prohibiting a pupil from attending school for a period of no more than ten school days. If a suspension is longer than five days, the suspending administrator must provide the superintendent with a reason for the longer suspension. This definition does not apply to dismissal from school for one school day or less, except as provided in federal law for a student with a disability. Each suspension action may include a readmission plan. The readmission plan shall include, where appropriate, a provision for implementing alternative educational services upon readmission and may not be used to extend the current suspension. Consistent with section 125A.09, subdivision 3, the readmission plan must not obligate a parent to provide a sympathomimetic medication for the parent's child as a condition of readmission. The school administration may not impose consecutive suspensions against the same pupil for the same course of conduct, or incident of misconduct, except where the pupil will create an immediate and substantial danger to self or to surrounding persons or property, or where the district is in the process of initiating an expulsion, in which case the school administration may extend the suspension to a total of 15 days. In the case of a student with a disability, the student's individual education plan team must meet immediately but not more than ten school days after the date on which the decision to remove the student from the student's current education placement is made. The individual education plan team shall at that meeting: conduct a review of the relationship between the child's disability and the behavior subject to disciplinary action; and determine the appropriateness of the child's education plan.

The requirements of the individual education plan team meeting apply when:

(1) the parent requests a meeting;

(2) the student is removed from the student's current placement for five or more consecutive days; or

(3) the student's total days of removal from the student's placement during the school year exceed ten cumulative days in a school year. The school administration shall implement alternative educational services when the suspension exceeds five days. A separate administrative conference is required for each period of suspension.

[EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 122A.18, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

Subd. 2b. [SPECIAL EDUCATION INFORMATION.] All colleges and universities approved by the board of teaching to prepare persons for classroom teacher licensure must include in their teacher preparation programs information on special education laws, teaching strategies, and positive behavior interventions.

[EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 122A.61, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1. [STAFF DEVELOPMENT REVENUE.] A district is required to reserve an amount equal to at least two percent of the basic revenue under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, for in-service education for programs under section 120B.22, subdivision 2, for staff development plans, including plans for challenging instructional activities and experiences under section 122A.60, and for curriculum development and programs, other in-service


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education, teachers' workshops, teacher conferences, the cost of substitute teachers staff development purposes, preservice and in-service education for special education professionals and paraprofessionals, and other related costs for staff development efforts. A district may annually waive the requirement to reserve their basic revenue under this section if a majority vote of the licensed teachers in the district and a majority vote of the school board agree to a resolution to waive the requirement. A district in statutory operating debt is exempt from reserving basic revenue according to this section. Districts may expend an additional amount of unreserved revenue for staff development based on their needs. With the exception of amounts reserved for staff development from revenues allocated directly to school sites, the board must initially allocate 50 percent of the reserved revenue to each school site in the district on a per teacher basis, which must be retained by the school site until used. The board may retain 25 percent to be used for district wide staff development efforts. The remaining 25 percent of the revenue must be used to make grants to school sites for best practices methods. A grant may be used for any purpose authorized under section 120B.22, subdivision 2, 122A.60, or for the costs of curriculum development and programs, other in-service education, teachers' workshops, teacher conferences, substitute teachers for staff development purposes, and other staff development efforts, and determined by the site professional development team. The site professional development team must demonstrate to the school board the extent to which staff at the site have met the outcomes of the program. The board may withhold a portion of initial allocation of revenue if the staff development outcomes are not being met.

[EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 125A.08, is amended to read:

125A.08 [SCHOOL DISTRICT OBLIGATIONS.]

(a) As defined in this section, every district must ensure the following:

(1) all students with disabilities are provided the special instruction and services which are appropriate to their needs. Where the individual education plan team has determined appropriate goals and objectives based on the student's needs, including the extent to which the student can be included in the least restrictive environment, and where there are essentially equivalent and effective instruction, related services, or assistive technology devices available to meet the student's needs, cost to the district may be among the factors considered by the team in choosing how to provide the appropriate services, instruction, or devices that are to be made part of the student's individual education plan. The individual education plan team shall consider and may authorize services covered by medical assistance according to section 256B.0625, subdivision 26. The student's needs and the special education instruction and services to be provided must be agreed upon through the development of an individual education plan. The plan must address the student's need to develop skills to live and work as independently as possible within the community. The individual education plan team must consider positive behavioral interventions, strategies, and supports that address behavior for children with attention deficit disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. By grade 9 or age 14, the plan must address the student's needs for transition from secondary services to post-secondary education and training, employment, community participation, recreation, and leisure and home living. In developing the plan, districts must inform parents of the full range of transitional goals and related services that should be considered. The plan must include a statement of the needed transition services, including a statement of the interagency responsibilities or linkages or both before secondary services are concluded;

(2) children with a disability under age five and their families are provided special instruction and services appropriate to the child's level of functioning and needs;

(3) children with a disability and their parents or guardians are guaranteed procedural safeguards and the right to participate in decisions involving identification, assessment including assistive technology assessment, and educational placement of children with a disability;

(4) eligibility and needs of children with a disability are determined by an initial assessment or reassessment, which may be completed using existing data under United States Code, title 20, section 33, et seq.;


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(5) to the maximum extent appropriate, children with a disability, including those in public or private institutions or other care facilities, are educated with children who are not disabled, and that special classes, separate schooling, or other removal of children with a disability from the regular educational environment occurs only when and to the extent that the nature or severity of the disability is such that education in regular classes with the use of supplementary services cannot be achieved satisfactorily;

(6) in accordance with recognized professional standards, testing and evaluation materials, and procedures used for the purposes of classification and placement of children with a disability are selected and administered so as not to be racially or culturally discriminatory; and

(7) the rights of the child are protected when the parents or guardians are not known or not available, or the child is a ward of the state.

(b) For paraprofessionals employed to work in programs for students with disabilities, the school board in each district shall ensure that:

(1) before or immediately upon employment, each paraprofessional develops sufficient knowledge and skills in emergency procedures, building orientation, roles and responsibilities, confidentiality, vulnerability, and reportability, among other things, to begin meeting the needs of the students with whom the paraprofessional works;

(2) annual training opportunities are available to enable the paraprofessional to continue to further develop the knowledge and skills that are specific to the students with whom the paraprofessional works, including understanding disabilities, following lesson plans, and implementing follow-up instructional procedures and activities; and

(3) a districtwide process obligates each paraprofessional to work under the ongoing direction of a licensed teacher and, where appropriate and possible, the supervision of a school nurse.

[EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 125A.09, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3. [INITIAL ACTION; PARENT CONSENT.] (a) The district must not proceed with the initial formal assessment of a child, the initial placement of a child in a special education program, or the initial provision of special education services for a child without the prior written consent of the child's parent or guardian. The refusal of a parent or guardian to consent may be overridden by the decision in a hearing held pursuant to subdivision 6 at the district's initiative.

(b) A parent, after consulting with health care, education, or other professional providers, may agree or disagree to provide the parent's child with sympathomimetic medications unless section 144.344 applies.

[EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 260A.01, is amended to read:

260A.01 [TRUANCY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.]

(a) The programs in this chapter are designed to provide a continuum of intervention and services to support families and children in keeping children in school and combating truancy and educational neglect. School districts, county attorneys, and law enforcement may establish the programs and coordinate them with other community-based truancy services in order to provide the necessary and most effective intervention for children and their families. This continuum of intervention and services involves progressively intrusive intervention, beginning with strong service-oriented efforts at the school and community level and involving the court's authority only when necessary.


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(b) Consistent with section 125A.09, subdivision 3, a parent's refusal to provide the parent's child with sympathomimetic medications does not constitute educational neglect.

[EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 260C.163, subdivision 11, is amended to read:

Subd. 11. [PRESUMPTIONS REGARDING TRUANCY OR EDUCATIONAL NEGLECT.] (a) A child's absence from school is presumed to be due to the parent's, guardian's, or custodian's failure to comply with compulsory instruction laws if the child is under 12 years old and the school has made appropriate efforts to resolve the child's attendance problems; this presumption may be rebutted based on a showing by clear and convincing evidence that the child is habitually truant. A child's absence from school without lawful excuse, when the child is 12 years old or older, is presumed to be due to the child's intent to be absent from school; this presumption may be rebutted based on a showing by clear and convincing evidence that the child's absence is due to the failure of the child's parent, guardian, or custodian to comply with compulsory instruction laws, sections 120A.22 and 120A.24.

(b) Consistent with section 125A.09, subdivision 3, a parent's refusal to provide the parent's child with sympathomimetic medications does not constitute educational neglect.

[EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 626.556, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2. [DEFINITIONS.] As used in this section, the following terms have the meanings given them unless the specific content indicates otherwise:

(a) "Sexual abuse" means the subjection of a child by a person responsible for the child's care, by a person who has a significant relationship to the child, as defined in section 609.341, or by a person in a position of authority, as defined in section 609.341, subdivision 10, to any act which constitutes a violation of section 609.342 (criminal sexual conduct in the first degree), 609.343 (criminal sexual conduct in the second degree), 609.344 (criminal sexual conduct in the third degree), 609.345 (criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree), or 609.3451 (criminal sexual conduct in the fifth degree). Sexual abuse also includes any act which involves a minor which constitutes a violation of prostitution offenses under sections 609.321 to 609.324 or 617.246. Sexual abuse includes threatened sexual abuse.

(b) "Person responsible for the child's care" means (1) an individual functioning within the family unit and having responsibilities for the care of the child such as a parent, guardian, or other person having similar care responsibilities, or (2) an individual functioning outside the family unit and having responsibilities for the care of the child such as a teacher, school administrator, or other lawful custodian of a child having either full-time or short-term care responsibilities including, but not limited to, day care, babysitting whether paid or unpaid, counseling, teaching, and coaching.

(c) "Neglect" means:

(1) failure by a person responsible for a child's care to supply a child with necessary food, clothing, shelter, health, medical, or other care required for the child's physical or mental health when reasonably able to do so;

(2) failure to protect a child from conditions or actions which imminently and seriously endanger the child's physical or mental health when reasonably able to do so;

(3) failure to provide for necessary supervision or child care arrangements appropriate for a child after considering factors as the child's age, mental ability, physical condition, length of absence, or environment, when the child is unable to care for the child's own basic needs or safety, or the basic needs or safety of another child in their care;


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(4) failure to ensure that the child is educated as defined in sections 120A.22 and 260C.163, subdivision 11, which does not include a parent's refusal to provide the parent's child with sympathomimetic medications, consistent with section 125A.09, subdivision 3;

(5) nothing in this section shall be construed to mean that a child is neglected solely because the child's parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the child's care in good faith selects and depends upon spiritual means or prayer for treatment or care of disease or remedial care of the child in lieu of medical care; except that a parent, guardian, or caretaker, or a person mandated to report pursuant to subdivision 3, has a duty to report if a lack of medical care may cause serious danger to the child's health. This section does not impose upon persons, not otherwise legally responsible for providing a child with necessary food, clothing, shelter, education, or medical care, a duty to provide that care;

(6) prenatal exposure to a controlled substance, as defined in section 253B.02, subdivision 2, used by the mother for a nonmedical purpose, as evidenced by withdrawal symptoms in the child at birth, results of a toxicology test performed on the mother at delivery or the child at birth, or medical effects or developmental delays during the child's first year of life that medically indicate prenatal exposure to a controlled substance;

(7) "medical neglect" as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision 4, clause (5);

(8) chronic and severe use of alcohol or a controlled substance by a parent or person responsible for the care of the child that adversely affects the child's basic needs and safety; or

(9) emotional harm from a pattern of behavior which contributes to impaired emotional functioning of the child which may be demonstrated by a substantial and observable effect in the child's behavior, emotional response, or cognition that is not within the normal range for the child's age and stage of development, with due regard to the child's culture.

(d) "Physical abuse" means any physical injury, mental injury, or threatened injury, inflicted by a person responsible for the child's care on a child other than by accidental means, or any physical or mental injury that cannot reasonably be explained by the child's history of injuries, or any aversive and deprivation procedures that have not been authorized under section 245.825. Abuse does not include reasonable and moderate physical discipline of a child administered by a parent or legal guardian which does not result in an injury. Actions which are not reasonable and moderate include, but are not limited to, any of the following that are done in anger or without regard to the safety of the child:

(1) throwing, kicking, burning, biting, or cutting a child;

(2) striking a child with a closed fist;

(3) shaking a child under age three;

(4) striking or other actions which result in any nonaccidental injury to a child under 18 months of age;

(5) unreasonable interference with a child's breathing;

(6) threatening a child with a weapon, as defined in section 609.02, subdivision 6;

(7) striking a child under age one on the face or head;

(8) purposely giving a child poison, alcohol, or dangerous, harmful, or controlled substances which were not prescribed for the child by a practitioner, in order to control or punish the child; or other substances that substantially affect the child's behavior, motor coordination, or judgment or that results in sickness or internal injury, or subjects the child to medical procedures that would be unnecessary if the child were not exposed to the substances; or


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(9) unreasonable physical confinement or restraint not permitted under section 609.379, including but not limited to tying, caging, or chaining.

(e) "Report" means any report received by the local welfare agency, police department, or county sheriff pursuant to this section.

(f) "Facility" means a licensed or unlicensed day care facility, residential facility, agency, hospital, sanitarium, or other facility or institution required to be licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.58, 241.021, or 245A.01 to 245A.16, or chapter 245B; or a school as defined in sections 120A.05, subdivisions 9, 11, and 13; and 124D.10; or a nonlicensed personal care provider organization as defined in sections 256B.04, subdivision 16, and 256B.0625, subdivision 19a.

(g) "Operator" means an operator or agency as defined in section 245A.02.

(h) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of human services.

(i) "Assessment" includes authority to interview the child, the person or persons responsible for the child's care, the alleged perpetrator, and any other person with knowledge of the abuse or neglect for the purpose of gathering the facts, assessing the risk to the child, and formulating a plan.

(j) "Practice of social services," for the purposes of subdivision 3, includes but is not limited to employee assistance counseling and the provision of guardian ad litem and parenting time expeditor services.

(k) "Mental injury" means an injury to the psychological capacity or emotional stability of a child as evidenced by an observable or substantial impairment in the child's ability to function within a normal range of performance and behavior with due regard to the child's culture.

(l) "Threatened injury" means a statement, overt act, condition, or status that represents a substantial risk of physical or sexual abuse or mental injury.

(m) Persons who conduct assessments or investigations under this section shall take into account accepted child-rearing practices of the culture in which a child participates, which are not injurious to the child's health, welfare, and safety.

[EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 9. [STUDY; APPROPRIATION.]

$50,000 is appropriated from the general fund in fiscal year 2002 to the commissioner of children, families, and learning for the purpose of contracting with a qualified expert to determine and report, consistent with Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13, the number and overall incidence rate of Minnesota children ages three to 18, by age, grade level, gender, and race, diagnosed with attention deficit disorder (ADD) or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) currently taking sympathomimetic medications such as Ritalin. In preparing the report, the contractor also must determine the number and overall incidence rate of children not identified with ADD or ADHD currently taking sympathomimetic medications such as Ritalin. The contractor is encouraged to examine the number of children who take sympathomimetic medications at home and not at school, the previous interventions tried with children taking sympathomimetic medications, the types of practitioners who prescribe the sympathomimetic medications, and what pressures families have experienced in terms of providing their children with sympathomimetic medications. The commissioner must submit the report to the education committees of the legislature by February 15, 2002.

[EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective July 1, 2001."


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Delete the title and insert:

"A bill for an act relating to education; raising awareness of issues related to student use of sympathomimetic medication; clarifying the definition of educational neglect to indicate that a parent's refusal to provide sympathomimetic medications does not constitute educational neglect; providing for a study to examine student's Ritalin use; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 121A.41, subdivision 10; 122A.18, by adding a subdivision; 122A.61, subdivision 1; 125A.08; 125A.09, subdivision 3; 260A.01; 260C.163, subdivision 11; 626.556, subdivision 2."

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.

The report was adopted.

Finseth from the Committee on Agriculture Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 558, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; animal health; providing for testing of certain cattle herds; appropriating money.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Finance.

The report was adopted.

Rhodes from the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 603, A bill for an act relating to state government; extending the expiration date of the council on disability; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 256.482, subdivision 8.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.

The report was adopted.

Tuma from the Committee on Crime Prevention to which was referred:

H. F. No. 643, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution; adding a section to article IV to provide for initiative and referendum; providing procedures for initiative and referendum; providing penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 204C.19, subdivision 2; 204C.27; 204C.33, subdivisions 1 and 3; 204D.11, by adding a subdivision; 204D.15; 204D.16; and 204D.165; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3B.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill pass and be re-referred to the Committee on State Government Finance.

The report was adopted.


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

H. F. No. 648, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring the commissioner of health to study the establishment of a regulatory system for birth centers.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 1, line 13, after "centers" insert "compared to hospitals"

Page 1, line 16, after "centers" insert ", both inside and outside of hospitals,"

Page 1, line 19, delete "and"

Page 1, line 21, before the period, insert "; and

(3) whether the establishment of birth centers would negatively impact the availability of licensed health professionals in hospitals"

Page 2, line 3, after the comma, insert "the Minnesota chapter of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Minnesota chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics,"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.

The report was adopted.

Dempsey from the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs to which was referred:

H. F. No. 669, A bill for an act relating to the city of St. Louis Park; authorizing local contribution for certain tax increment financing districts.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Taxes without further recommendation.

The report was adopted.

Smith from the Committee on Civil Law to which was referred:

H. F. No. 767, A bill for an act relating to human rights; changing provisions pertaining to business discrimination disability, and inquiry into a charge; permitting discretionary disclosure during investigation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 363.01, subdivisions 21, 41, and by adding a subdivision; 363.02, subdivision 5; 363.03, subdivision 8a; 363.06, subdivision 4; and 363.061, subdivisions 2 and 3.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Pages 2 and 3, delete section 4

Renumber the sections in sequence and correct internal references

Amend the title as follows:

Page 1, line 3, delete "disability"


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Page 1, line 7, delete "363.02, subdivision 5;"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill pass.

The report was adopted.

Dempsey from the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs to which was referred:

H. F. No. 828, A bill for an act relating to Hennepin county; authorizing disaster volunteer leave; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 383B.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 2, delete section 2 and insert:

"Sec. 2. [LOCAL APPROVAL.]

Section 1 is effective the day after the Hennepin county board timely complies with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 3."

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development without further recommendation.

The report was adopted.

Workman from the Committee on Transportation Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 860, A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing multimodal transportation fund for highway and transit projects; proposing constitutional amendment to dedicate revenues from motor vehicle sales tax to multimodal transportation fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 297B.09, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 174.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance without further recommendation.

The report was adopted.

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

H. F. No. 870, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; requiring the continuation of grant-in-aid snowmobile trail access when the commissioner of natural resources acquires land; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 84.83, by adding a subdivision.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 1, line 12, delete "for" and insert "impacting"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance.

The report was adopted.


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Dempsey from the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs to which was referred:

H. F. No. 871, A bill for an act relating to municipalities; authorizing city purchases on credit cards; providing for personal liability for city officers and employees for unauthorized credit card purchases; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 471.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill pass.

The report was adopted.

Seagren from the Committee on K-12 Education Finance to which was referred:

H. F. No. 880, A bill for an act relating to libraries; authorizing additional levy for independent school district No. 319, Nashwauk-Keewatin.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Family and Early Childhood Education Finance without further recommendation.

The report was adopted.

Dempsey from the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1012, A bill for an act relating to Scott county; amending Laws 1974, chapter 473.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 3, delete lines 10 to 15

Page 3, line 16, delete "7" and insert "6"

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

The report was adopted.

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

H. F. No. 1132, A bill for an act relating to medical assistance; increasing the medical assistance income standard; increasing the asset limitations for medical assistance eligibility for the elderly and disabled; disregarding child support payments, social security benefits, and other basic needs benefits as income for TEFRA medical assistance eligibility for disabled children; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 256B.056, subdivisions 1a, 3, and 4.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.

The report was adopted.


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Rhodes from the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy to which was referred:

S. F. No. 142, A bill for an act relating to state government; increasing the membership of the state council on Black Minnesotans; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 3.9225, subdivisions 1 and 2.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance.

The report was adopted.

SECOND READING OF HOUSE BILLS

H. F. Nos. 239, 767 and 871 were read for the second time.

INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS

The following House Files were introduced:

Bishop, Skoglund, Tuma, Murphy and Stanek introduced:

H. F. No. 1249, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring a sex offender assessment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 609.3452, by adding a subdivision.

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

Rhodes and Leppik introduced:

H. F. No. 1250, A bill for an act relating to data practices; classifying certificates of discharge from military service filed with the county recorder as private data; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 13.785, by adding a subdivision; and 386.20, by adding a subdivision.

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

Osskopp, Kubly, Peterson, Schumacher, Ness and Dorman introduced:

H. F. No. 1251, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; restoring base funding levels for sustainable and organic foods programs; appropriating money.

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

Pawlenty, Skoglund, Knoblach, Opatz, Schumacher, Rhodes and Dehler introduced:

H. F. No. 1252, A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money to the housing finance agency for housing projects serving veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

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


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Ness, Seagren, Cassell, Kielkucki and Biernat introduced:

H. F. No. 1253, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing the establishment of reserve accounts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 123B.75, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on K-12 Education Finance.

Workman, Mares, Lieder and Kalis introduced:

H. F. No. 1254, A bill for an act relating to drivers' licenses; changing allocation of 12 percent of a driver's license reinstatement fee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 171.29, subdivision 2.

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

Haas, Erickson, Huntley, Skoe, Sykora and Entenza introduced:

H. F. No. 1255, A bill for an act relating to juveniles; providing reimbursement to county social service agencies for the costs of out-of-home placement; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 256.01, subdivision 2; 256.82, subdivision 2; 260.765, by adding a subdivision; 260.771, subdivision 4; 260B.331, subdivision 1; and 260C.331, subdivisions 1 and 2.

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

Holberg, Lindner, Swapinski, Dawkins and Boudreau introduced:

H. F. No. 1256, A bill for an act relating to family law; clarifying use of certain factors in determining the best interests of a child; clarifying certain language on division of pension plans; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 518.17, subdivision 1; 518.1705, subdivision 5; and 518.58, subdivision 4.

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

Goodno introduced:

H. F. No. 1257, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying provisions for family and adult self-sufficiency; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 256D.053, subdivision 1; 256J.11, subdivision 3; 256J.24, subdivision 10; 256J.39, subdivision 2; 256J.42, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, and by adding subdivisions; 256J.46, subdivisions 1, 2a, and by adding a subdivision; 256J.48, subdivision 2; 256J.50, subdivisions 1 and 7; 256J.52, subdivision 2; 256J.53, subdivision 1; 256J.62, subdivision 9; and 256J.625, subdivisions 1, 2, and 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256J; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 256J.46, subdivision 1a; and 256J.53, subdivision 4.

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

Hilstrom, Carlson, Luther, Haas, Abeler, Mullery and Thompson introduced:

H. F. No. 1258, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending to acquire and to better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature; providing for design and construction of a replacement transit hub in Brooklyn Center; authorizing issuance of bonds; appropriating money.

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


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Erickson and Eastlund introduced:

H. F. No. 1259, A bill for an act relating to unemployment insurance; providing extra benefits for certain employees.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.

Dawkins introduced:

H. F. No. 1260, A bill for an act relating to family law; neutralizing certain terminology; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 518.131, subdivision 2; 518.155; 518.171, subdivisions 1, 4, 5, 6, and 8; 518.175; 518.1751, subdivision 1b; 518.176, subdivision 1; 518.18; 518.55, subdivision 1; 518.551, subdivisions 5 and 5e; 518.612; and 518.64, subdivision 2.

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

Bishop, Stanek, Skoglund and Murphy introduced:

H. F. No. 1261, A bill for an act relating to corrections; removing obsolete language referencing the secure treatment unit operated by Regions Hospital; requiring predatory offenders who request risk level reassessments to demonstrate full compliance with supervised release and other conditions; designating the department of corrections as the agency to administer the statewide supervision data system; clarifying language allowing the department of corrections to charge counties for the use of a correctional camp; allowing licensed mental health professionals to admit inmates to the mental health unit at MCF-Oak Park Heights; authorizing a corrections agent to request a review of an offender's risk level based on offender behavior in the community; providing that offenders returned to prison as release violators do not have a right to a risk reassessment by the end-of-confinement review committee unless substantial evidence indicates the offender's risk has increased; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 241.021, subdivision 4; 241.69; 242.32, subdivision 1a; and 244.052, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 241.

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

Wenzel; Anderson, I.; Otremba; Peterson; Marko; Lieder; Slawik; Winter; Juhnke; Schumacher; Skoe; Jennings; Huntley; Dawkins; Milbert; Osthoff; Larson; Swapinski; Swenson; Workman; Finseth; Howes; Mulder; Gunther; Ness; Clark, J.; Paulsen; Lindner; Dempsey; Erickson; Eastlund; Smith; Cassell; Nornes and Westrom introduced:

H. F. No. 1262, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing a subtraction for personal and dependent exemptions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 290.01, subdivision 19b.

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

Greiling introduced:

H. F. No. 1263, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying special education provisions; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 120A.22, subdivision 7; 122A.31, subdivision 2; 125A.023, subdivision 4, and by adding a subdivision; 125A.027, by adding a subdivision; 125A.07; 125A.09, subdivision 11; 125A.11, subdivision 3; 125A.27, subdivision 15; 125A.515; and 125A.76, subdivisions 1 and 2.

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


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Kahn, Marko, Hausman, McGuire, Mariani, Biernat and Mullery introduced:

H. F. No. 1264, A bill for an act relating to local government; requiring preparation of a draft urban rivers act.

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

Greiling, Seagren, Mares, Ness and Entenza introduced:

H. F. No. 1265, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for a state board for charter schools; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 124D.10, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 23, 25, and by adding a subdivision; and 124D.11, subdivision 6.

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

Ness; Swenson; Finseth; Gunther; Ruth; Daggett; Boudreau; Clark, J.; Davids; Harder; Erickson; Dorman; Rifenberg; Cassell; Dempsey; Kuisle; Dehler; Walz; Tuma; Osskopp; Stang; Wenzel; Marquart; Kubly; Peterson; Schumacher; Juhnke; Leighton; Jennings; Skoe; Lieder; Otremba; Johnson, R.; Mares and Eastlund introduced:

H. F. No. 1266, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; providing additional funding for a dairy diagnostics and modernization program; appropriating money.

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

Kahn, Bishop, Osskopp, Jaros, Rukavina, Milbert and Rhodes introduced:

H. F. No. 1267, A bill for an act relating to gambling; authorizing the state lottery to offer games involving sports wagering and sports wagering pools; authorizing sports bookmaking under licenses issued by the director of the state lottery; imposing a tax on licensed sports bookmaking; creating a Minnesota active recreation fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 349A.01, by adding a subdivision; 349A.02, subdivision 3; 349A.04; 349A.06, subdivisions 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 11; 349A.08; 349A.09; 349A.10, subdivisions 4 and 5; 349A.11, subdivision 1; 349A.12; 349A.13; 609.75, subdivision 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 349A.

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

Kahn, Skoglund, Seagren, Davids, Leighton, Wagenius, McGuire, Hausman, Entenza, Pugh, Mahoney, Mullery, Jennings, Huntley and Swapinski introduced:

H. F. No. 1268, A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating the use of genetic information; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 72A.139.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.

Kahn introduced:

H. F. No. 1269, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for the Mississippi whitewater trail.

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


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Entenza, Davids and Stang introduced:

H. F. No. 1270, A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating currency exchanges, real estate brokers, real property appraisers, residential contractors, and collection agencies; modifying certain continuing education requirements; regulating certain fees, costs, duties, rights, and recovery fund amounts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 45.0295; 53A.081, subdivision 2; 60K.19, subdivision 8; 72B.04, subdivisions 6 and 7; 80B.03, subdivision 4a; 82.22, subdivision 13; 82.24, subdivision 8; 82.34, subdivision 15; 82B.14; 326.91, subdivision 1; 326.975, subdivision 1; and 332.41; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 83.25, subdivision 2.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.

Jaros, Gleason, Goodwin, Rukavina and Schumacher introduced:

H. F. No. 1271, A bill for an act relating to insurance; requiring health plan companies to include any licensed chiropractor in their preferred provider network; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.

Jaros, Hilty, Seifert, Dehler, Osskopp, Mares, Kubly, Solberg and Rukavina introduced:

H. F. No. 1272, A bill for an act relating to state government; directing the department of administration to decentralize state agencies and departments.

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

Goodno; Rifenberg; Penas; Kuisle; Ness; Swenson; Erickson; Clark, J.; Dempsey; Cassell; Anderson, B., and Daggett introduced:

H. F. No. 1273, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a floor for nursing facility operating cost reimbursement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 256B.431, by adding a subdivision.

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

Anderson, I., introduced:

H. F. No. 1274, A bill for an act relating to utilities; modifying biomass mandate; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 216B.2424, subdivision 5.

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

Peterson, Ozment, Kubly and Swapinski introduced:

H. F. No. 1275, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; establishing a periodical designed to promote the production and consumption of natural, organic, and locally grown foods; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 17.

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


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Mullery, Smith, Hackbarth, Ozment, Rhodes, Carlson, Stanek, Skoglund, Hilstrom, Dibble, Kelliher, McElroy, Kubly, Pugh, Greiling and Clark, K., introduced:

H. F. No. 1276, A bill for an act relating to labor; requiring the certification and regulation of crane operators; requiring rulemaking; authorizing civil penalties; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 184C.

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

Molnau; Holberg; Ruth; Workman; Larson; Lenczewski; Clark, J., and Lieder introduced:

H. F. No. 1277, A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying financing procedures for interregional transportation corridor; modifying provisions relating to statewide communications system and clarifying appropriation of related fees; modifying provisions relating to transportation revolving loan fund; making technical and clarifying changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 161.23, subdivision 3; 174.70, subdivisions 2 and 3; and 446A.085; Laws 1999, chapter 238, article 1, section 2, subdivision 7; 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 Policy.

Kubly, Juhnke, Cassell, Winter and Mulder introduced:

H. F. No. 1278, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; increasing maximum allowable length of recreational vehicle combinations to 65 feet; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 169.81, subdivision 3c.

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

Hilstrom introduced:

H. F. No. 1279, A bill for an act relating to insurance; requiring notice to the homeowner prior to cancellation of homeowner's insurance for nonpayment of premium by a mortgage escrow servicer; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 65A.01, subdivision 3c.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.

Seagren, Biernat, Erickson, Carlson, Ness and Sykora introduced:

H. F. No. 1280, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for an elementary reading specialist licensure; amending requirements for elementary school teacher licenses; providing for rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 122A.06, by adding a subdivision; 122A.09, subdivision 4; and 122A.18, subdivision 2a, and by adding a subdivision.

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

Holberg, Workman and Molnau introduced:

H. F. No. 1281, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; providing for lifetime registration of light utility trailers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 168.013, subdivision 1d.

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


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Osskopp, Swenson, Westrom and Ness introduced:

H. F. No. 1282, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; modifying provisions relating to the rural finance authority; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 41B.025, subdivision 1; 41B.03, subdivision 2; 41B.043, subdivisions 1b and 2; and 41B.046, subdivision 2.

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

Seagren; Clark, J.; Larson; McElroy and Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 1283, A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating Internet sales and leases; providing for the disclosure of information relating to the ownership of domain names and agents for service of process; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325F.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.

Rhodes and Mares introduced:

H. F. No. 1284, A bill for an act relating to state government; dedicating certain lottery proceeds to support of arts and amateur sports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 349A.10, subdivision 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 129D and 240A.

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

Winter; Otremba; Anderson, I.; Lieder; Kalis and Mullery introduced:

H. F. No. 1285, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for a grant to the Nobles county joint powers transit authority for operating costs of the prairieland transit system.

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

Ruth; Clark, J.; Dorn; Kuisle; Kelliher; Lieder; Swenson; Johnson, R., and Workman introduced:

H. F. No. 1286, A bill for an act relating to highways; appropriating money for eliminating trunk highway bottlenecks in the metropolitan area and for improvements on at-risk interregional corridors outside the metropolitan area; requiring annual reports to the major transportation projects commission.

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

Ruth; Clark, J.; Dorn; Kuisle; Kelliher; Swenson; Kalis and Johnson, R., introduced:

H. F. No. 1287, A bill for an act relating to highways; appropriating money to construct a segment of marked trunk highway No. 14 as a four-lane expressway and to prepare environmental impact statement.

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


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Daggett; Boudreau; Goodno; Bradley; Hausman; Johnson, S., and Koskinen introduced:

H. F. No. 1288, A bill for an act relating to human services; expanding the number of living-at-home block nurse programs and increasing program funding; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 256B.0917, subdivision 8.

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

Dawkins introduced:

H. F. No. 1289, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; providing for an aggressive and integrated initiative against prostitution and other crimes; increasing criminal penalties and imposing mandatory minimum and consecutive sentences for prostitution crimes in certain instances; requiring presentence investigations for all offenses involving prostitution, a firearm, or a controlled substance; creating a pilot project prostitution prosecution unit; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 609.115, subdivision 1; 609.153, subdivision 3; 609.324, subdivision 2, and by adding a subdivision; and 609.3242.

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

Howes, McGuire and Bishop introduced:

H. F. No. 1290, A bill for an act relating to counties; providing a process for making certain county offices appointive; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 375A.10, subdivision 5; 375A.12, subdivision 2, and by adding a subdivision; and 382.01.

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

Boudreau introduced:

H. F. No. 1291, A bill for an act relating to human services; changing recovery provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 62A.095, subdivision 2; and 256B.0913, subdivisions 12 and 14.

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

Goodno introduced:

H. F. No. 1292, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying provisions for family and adult self-sufficiency; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 256.98, subdivision 8; 256D.425, subdivision 1; 256J.08, subdivision 55a, and by adding a subdivision; 256J.21, subdivision 2; 256J.24, subdivisions 2 and 9; 256J.32, subdivision 4; 256J.39, subdivision 2; 256J.42, subdivisions 1, 3, and 4; 256J.45, subdivisions 1 and 2; 256J.46, subdivision 1; 256J.48, by adding a subdivision; 256J.49, subdivisions 2, 13, and by adding a subdivision; 256J.50, subdivisions 5, 10, and by adding a subdivision; 256J.515; 256J.52, subdivisions 2, 3, and 6; 256J.56; 256J.62, subdivisions 2a and 9; 256J.645; and 256K.03, subdivision 5; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 256J.08, subdivision 50a; 256J.43; 256J.49, subdivision 11; and 256J.52, subdivision 5a.

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


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Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 1293, A bill for an act relating to state government; codifying reorganization order No. 181; transferring the remaining duties of the commissioner of public service to the commissioner of commerce; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 3C.12, subdivision 2; 13.679; 15.01; 15.06, subdivision 1; 15A.0815, subdivision 2; 16B.32, subdivision 2; 16B.335, subdivision 4; 16B.56, subdivision 1; 16B.76, subdivision 1; 17.86, subdivision 3; 18.024, subdivision 1; 43A.08, subdivision 1a; 45.012; 103F.325, subdivisions 2 and 3; 115A.15, subdivision 5; 116O.06, subdivision 2; 123B.65, subdivisions 1, 3, and 5; 161.45, subdivision 1; 168.61, subdivision 1; 169.073; 174.03, subdivision 7; 181.30; 216A.01; 216A.035; 216A.036; 216A.05, subdivision 1; 216A.07, subdivision 1; 216A.08; 216A.085, subdivision 3; 216B.02, subdivisions 1, 7, and 8; 216B.16, subdivisions 1, 2, 6b, and 15; 216B.162, subdivisions 7 and 11; 216B.1675, subdivision 9; 216B.241, subdivisions 1a, 1b, and 2b; 216C.01, subdivisions 1, 2, and 3; 216C.051, subdivision 6; 216C.37, subdivision 1; 216C.40, subdivision 4; 237.02; 237.075, subdivisions 2 and 9; 237.082; 237.21; 237.30; 237.462, subdivision 6; 237.51, subdivisions 1, 5, and 5a; 237.52, subdivisions 2, 4, and 5; 237.54, subdivision 2; 237.55; 237.59, subdivision 2; 237.768; 239.01; 325E.11; 325E.115, subdivision 2; 326.243; and 484.50; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 216A.06; and 237.69, subdivision 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.

Mares, Wenzel, Smith, Dorn and Krinkie introduced:

H. F. No. 1294, A bill for an act relating to retirement; establishing the postretirement health care savings plan for state employees; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 356.24, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 352.

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

Haas introduced:

H. F. No. 1295, A bill for an act relating to retirement; volunteer firefighter relief associations; setting certain conditions on relief association consultants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 424A.04, by adding a subdivision.

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

Abrams, Pugh, Mares, Kahn and Goodno introduced:

H. F. No. 1296, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article IV, section 12; removing references to legislative days.

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

Dempsey, Rhodes, Rukavina, Knoblach and Paulsen introduced:

H. F. No. 1297, A bill for an act relating to statutes; conforming the statutes to reflect the transfer of authority from the municipal board to the office of strategic and long-range planning; explicitly authorizing delegation by the director; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 414.01; 414.011, subdivision 7, and by


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adding a subdivision; 414.012; 414.02; 414.031; 414.0325; 414.033, subdivisions 3, 5, 6, 7, and 10; 414.0335; 414.035; 414.036; 414.041; 414.051; 414.06; 414.061; 414.063; 414.067, subdivisions 1 and 3; 414.07; 414.08; 414.09; 414.12, subdivisions 1 and 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 414.01, subdivisions 2 and 6a; 414.011, subdivision 8; and 414.11.

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

Jennings introduced:

H. F. No. 1298, A bill for an act relating to joint powers authority; authorizing a joint powers board that owns and operates sewage treatment facilities to issue general obligation bonds backed by the full faith and credit of the member governmental units; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 471.59, subdivision 11.

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

Jennings introduced:

H. F. No. 1299, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; providing for reimbursement to property owners for driveway damage caused by snowmobiles with metal traction devices; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 84.8713, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84.

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

Jacobson, Vandeveer and Tingelstad introduced:

H. F. No. 1300, A bill for an act relating to transportation; allocating revenues from motor vehicle sales tax; proposing amendment to Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, by adding a section to require 75 percent of the proceeds from the sales tax on motor vehicles be deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 297B.09, subdivision 1.

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

Osthoff; Gunther; Dawkins; Mariani; Hausman; Walker; Gray; Mahoney; Johnson, S.; Paymar and Entenza introduced:

H. F. No. 1301, A bill for an act relating to community development; providing a grant to the city of St. Paul for planning, predesign, and design of the new Roy Wilkins auditorium and exhibit hall; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.

Hackbarth introduced:

H. F. No. 1302, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; extending certain advisory committees; modifying contracting authority; modifying stamp requirements; allowing certain grant money to carry forward; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 15.059, subdivision 5a; 84.025, subdivision 7; 84.0887, subdivision 4; 84.83, subdivision 3; 86A.21; 93.002, subdivision 1; 97A.045, subdivision 7; 97A.055, subdivision 4a; 97A.405, subdivision 2; 97A.411, subdivision 2; 97A.473, subdivisions 2, 3, and 5; 97A.474, subdivisions 2 and 3; 97A.475, subdivisions 5 and 10; 97A.485, subdivision 6; 97B.721; 97C.305; and 116P.06, subdivision 1; Laws 1996, chapter 407, section 32, subdivision 4.

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


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Boudreau introduced:

H. F. No. 1303, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying provisions for children's health insurance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 256.01, subdivision 2; 256.9657, subdivision 2; 256B.055, subdivision 3a; 256B.056, subdivision 4; 256B.057, subdivisions 2, 9, and by adding a subdivision; 256B.0625, subdivisions 13, 13a, 18a, and 30; 256B.0635, subdivisions 1 and 2; 256B.69, subdivision 3a; 256B.75; 256J.31, subdivision 12; 256K.03, subdivision 1; 256K.07; 256L.02, subdivision 4; 256L.06, subdivision 3; 256L.07, subdivisions 1 and 3; and 256L.15, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 256.01, subdivision 18; 256B.0635, subdivision 3; 256J.32, subdivision 7a; and 256L.15, subdivision 3.

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

Nornes introduced:

H. F. No. 1304, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying provisions for lead poisoning prevention; requiring a real property seller provide buyer with well water test results; repealing certain obsolete laws relating to hotel inspectors, duplication equipment, pay toilets, and enclosed sports arenas; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 144.9501, subdivisions 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 17a, 18, 19, 20a, 20b, 20c, 21, 22, 22a, 23, 28a, 29, and by adding subdivisions; 144.9502, subdivision 8; 144.9503; 144.9504, subdivisions 1, 2, 5, 7, and 8; 144.9505; 144.9507, subdivision 5; 144.9508, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5; and 144.9509, subdivisions 1 and 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103I; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 144.073; 144.08; 144.1222, subdivision 3; 144.9501, subdivision 32; 144.9502, subdivision 6; 144.9503, subdivision 6; 144.9504, subdivisions 4 and 11; 144.9505, subdivisions 2 and 5; 144.9506; 144.9508, subdivision 6; and 145.425.

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

Hackbarth introduced:

H. F. No. 1305, A bill for an act relating to environment; establishing the environmental assistance revolving loan account; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 115A.0716, by adding subdivisions.

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

Howes, Holsten, Bakk, Ozment and Milbert introduced:

H. F. No. 1306, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying provisions of the youth corps program; modifying provisions for decorative forest products; delaying repeal of sustainable forest resources provisions; requiring a study; providing civil penalties; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 84.0887, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 9; 88.641, subdivision 2, and by adding subdivisions; 88.642; 88.645; 88.647; 88.648; and 256J.20, subdivision 3; Laws 1995, chapter 220, section 142, as amended; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 88; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 88.641, subdivisions 4 and 5; and 88.644.

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


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Bradley, Goodno, Wilkin and Otremba introduced:

H. F. No. 1307, A bill for an act relating to public guardianship; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 252A.02, subdivisions 3, 12, 13, and by adding a subdivision; 252A.111, subdivisions 5 and 6; 252A.14; 252A.16, subdivision 1; 252A.19, subdivision 9; 252A.20, subdivision 1; 252A.21, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 252A.111, subdivision 3.

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

Kelliher, Tingelstad, Ozment, Howes and Wasiluk introduced:

H. F. No. 1308, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for the county biological survey.

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

Dibble, Gunther, Mahoney, Kelliher, Rukavina and Paulsen introduced:

H. F. No. 1309, A bill for an act relating to liquor; allowing licensed brewers to make retail and wholesale sales of the brewer's own products under certain circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 340A.301, subdivisions 1, 6, 7, and 8; and 340A.308.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.

Abrams, Sviggum, Milbert, McElroy, Dorman, Davids, Hilstrom, Larson, Bradley, Howes, Fuller, Vandeveer, Paulsen, Osskopp, Kuisle, Boudreau, Seagren and Leighton introduced:

H. F. No. 1310, A bill for an act relating to construction; giving the state building official final authority for interpreting the State Building Code and prescribing its enforcement; requiring municipalities to submit annual reports on construction-related fees; regulating construction-related fees; prohibiting municipalities from requiring waivers of rights as a condition for issuance of a construction-related permit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 15.99, subdivision 3; 16B.61, subdivision 1; 16B.62, subdivision 1; 16B.63, by adding a subdivision; 16B.67; 326.90, subdivision 1; and 462.353, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 462; and 471.

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

McElroy, Holberg, Entenza, Rhodes and Gray introduced:

H. F. No. 1311, A bill for an act relating to commerce; providing for the licensing of money transmitters; prescribing the powers and duties of the commissioner; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 53B.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.


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Koskinen, Lenczewski, Luther and Skoglund introduced:

H. F. No. 1312, A bill for an act relating to insurance; requiring coverage for hearing aids for children; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 62E.06, subdivision 1; and 62L.05, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.

Ozment, Swenson, Ness, Tingelstad, Kelliher, Skoe, Howes and Bakk introduced:

H. F. No. 1313, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for soil and water conservation districts; providing increased funding for general services and nonpoint engineering technical assistance operating grants, feedlot water quality management cost-share grants, and special projects cost-share grant program.

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

Mares, Stanek, Entenza and Kalis introduced:

H. F. No. 1314, A bill for an act relating to transportation; making seat belt violation a primary offense; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 169.686, subdivision 1.

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

Fuller, Sviggum, Murphy, Lenczewski, Ozment and Huntley introduced:

H. F. No. 1315, A bill for an act relating to public safety; transferring additional responsibilities to state fire marshal and authorizing support, as requested, of fire administration support teams and critical incident stress response; re-creating fire marshal account to help fund administration of division of fire marshal and its activities; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 299F.01; 299F.11, subdivision 2; 299M.10; and 299M.11, subdivision 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299F.

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

Dawkins; Johnson, S.; Mahoney and Dorman introduced:

H. F. No. 1316, A bill for an act relating to taxation; clarifying that publicly owned parking facilities are exempt from taxation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 272.02, by adding a subdivision.

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

Dawkins; Johnson, S.; Mahoney and Dorman introduced:

H. F. No. 1317, A bill for an act relating to taxation; modifying qualifications and process for granting permission for pooling among districts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 469.1763, subdivision 6.

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


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Ozment introduced:

H. F. No. 1318, A bill for an act relating to the environment; providing for revenues and expenditures from the environmental fund; establishing a remediation fund; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 16A.531, subdivision 1, and by adding subdivisions; 115.073; 115.56, subdivision 4; 115A.908, subdivisions 1 and 2; 115A.9651, subdivision 6; 115B.17, subdivisions 6, 7, 14, and 16; 115B.19; 115B.20; 115B.22, subdivision 7; 115B.25, subdivisions 1a and 4; 115B.26; 115B.30; 115B.31, subdivisions 1, 3, and 4; 115B.32, subdivision 1; 115B.33, subdivision 1; 115B.34; 115B.36; 115B.40, subdivision 4; 115B.41, subdivisions 1, 2, and 3; 115B.42, subdivision 2; 115B.421; 115B.445; 115B.48, subdivision 2; 115B.49, subdivisions 2, 3, and 4; 115B.50, subdivision 3; 116.07, subdivisions 4d and 4h; 116.12, subdivision 1; 116C.834, subdivision 1; 297H.13, subdivision 1; 325E.10, subdivision 1; 325E.112, subdivision 3; 469.175, subdivision 7; 473.843, subdivision 2; and 473.845, subdivisions 3, 7, and 8; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 115B.02, subdivision 1a; 115B.19; 115B.22, subdivision 8; 115B.42, subdivision 1; 115B.48, subdivision 2; 115B.49, subdivision 1; 116.12; 116.994; 297H.13, subdivisions 2, 3, and 4; 325E.113; and 473.845, subdivisions 1 and 4.

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

Huntley, Jaros and Swapinski introduced:

H. F. No. 1319, A bill for an act relating to human services; extending the nursing home pass-through reimbursement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 256B.431, by adding a subdivision.

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

Lindner introduced:

H. F. No. 1320, A bill for an act relating to Hassan township; authorizing an economic development authority.

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

Ruth and Sviggum introduced:

H. F. No. 1321, A bill for an act relating to Steele county; providing for the imposition of the production tax on aggregate materials; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 298.75, subdivision 1.

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

Buesgens; Wilkin; Krinkie; Gerlach; Erickson; Anderson, B., and Tingelstad introduced:

H. F. No. 1322, A bill for an act relating to metropolitan government; abolishing the metropolitan council, the metropolitan parks and open space commission, the metropolitan sports facilities commission, and the metropolitan radio board; transferring regional transit financing and operations to the commissioner of transportation; establishing the metropolitan wastewater control commission; transferring ownership and operation of the metropolitan sports facilities to the city of Minneapolis, or in the alternative, to the Minnesota amateur sports commission; transferring the powers and duties of the metropolitan radio board to the commissioner of transportation; transferring housing programs to the housing finance agency; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 3.9741, subdivision 1; 4A.02; 6.76; 10A.01, subdivisions 24, 31, 32, and 35; 13.201; 13.55, subdivision 1; 13.685; 13.72,


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subdivision 9; 15.0597, subdivision 1; 15.0599, subdivision 1; 15.50, subdivision 2; 15A.0815, subdivision 3; 16B.122, subdivision 1; 47.52; 65B.43, subdivision 20; 85.015, subdivision 14; 85.016; 85.017; 103B.155; 103B.231, subdivisions 3a, 7, 8, and 11; 103B.235, subdivision 3; 103B.255, subdivisions 8, 9, and 12; 103D.401, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5; 103D.405, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, and 6; 103F.715; 103F.721; 103F.761, subdivision 1; 103G.293; 114C.25; 115.54; 115.741, subdivision 2; 115A.471; 115A.52; 116.16, subdivision 2; 116.182, subdivisions 1 and 3a; 116D.04, subdivision 1a; 116G.03, subdivision 5; 116G.15; 116J.401; 116J.402; 116J.565, subdivision 1; 116M.14, subdivision 4; 116M.15, subdivision 1; 117.57, subdivision 3; 124D.892, subdivision 1; 134.201, subdivision 5; 145A.02, subdivision 16; 145A.09, subdivision 6; 160.265, subdivision 1; 161.17, subdivision 2; 161.171, subdivision 5; 161.173; 161.174; 162.09, subdivision 4; 169.781, subdivision 1; 169.791, subdivision 5; 169.792, subdivision 11; 174.03, subdivisions 1, 4, 5, and 6a; 174.031, subdivision 3; 174.04, subdivisions 1 and 2; 174.32, subdivision 2; 174.50, subdivision 4; 174.90; 216C.15, subdivision 1; 221.022; 221.031, subdivision 3a; 221.295; 240.06, subdivision 2; 240A.08; 270.12, subdivision 3; 275.065, subdivisions 3 and 6b; 275.066; 275.14; 275.62, subdivision 3; 340A.404, subdivision 1; 340A.504, subdivision 1; 352.01, subdivisions 2a and 2b; 352.03, subdivision 1; 352.04, subdivision 6; 352D.02, subdivision 1; 353.64, subdivision 7a; 373.40, subdivision 1; 383A.81, subdivision 3; 383B.81, subdivision 3; 398A.04, subdivisions 1, 2, and 9; 403.07, subdivision 1; 414.02, subdivision 3; 414.031, subdivision 4; 422A.01, subdivision 9; 422A.101, subdivision 2a; 462A.04, subdivision 1; 462A.07, subdivision 11; 462A.222, subdivision 4; 462C.04, subdivisions 2, 3, and 4; 462C.071, subdivision 2; 465.797, subdivision 3; 465.798; 465.799; 465.801; 465.82, subdivision 1; 465.83; 469.071, subdivision 4; 469.174, subdivision 26; 471.425, subdivision 1; 471.591, subdivision 1; 471.9997; 471A.02, subdivision 8; 473.121, subdivisions 2, 5a, 6, 10, 14, and 24; 473.142; 473.1425; 473.143; 473.144; 473.145; 473.146, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, and by adding subdivisions; 473.1466; 473.147; 473.149, subdivision 3; 473.151; 473.157; 473.166; 473.167, subdivisions 2 and 2a; 473.168, subdivision 2; 473.192, subdivisions 2 and 3; 473.223; 473.25; 473.251; 473.253; 473.254; 473.255; 473.301, subdivisions 2 and 4; 473.313; 473.315, subdivision 1; 473.334, subdivision 1; 473.341; 473.351; 473.375, subdivisions 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15; 473.382; 473.384; 473.385, subdivisions 1 and 2; 473.386, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 3, 4, 5, and 6; 473.387, subdivisions 2, 3, and 4; 473.391; 473.3915, subdivisions 3 and 4; 473.392; 473.399; 473.3994, subdivisions 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, and 13; 473.3997; 473.405, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, and 15; 473.4051; 473.407, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, and 5; 473.408, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 2b, 4, 6, and 7; 473.409; 473.411, subdivision 5; 473.415, subdivision 1; 473.416; 473.42; 473.448; 473.449; 473.504; 473.505; 473.511; 473.512, subdivision 1; 473.513; 473.515; 473.5155, subdivisions 1 and 3; 473.516; 473.517, subdivisions 1, 3, and 6; 473.519; 473.521; 473.523; 473.541; 473.542; 473.543; 473.545; 473.547; 473.549; 473.551, subdivision 9; 473.556, subdivisions 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, and 14; 473.601, by adding a subdivision; 473.602; 473.604, subdivision 1; 473.608, subdivision 19; 473.611, subdivision 5; 473.621, subdivision 6; 473.638; 473.64; 473.655; 473.667, subdivision 8; 473.8011; 473.834, subdivision 2; 473.891, subdivisions 2 and 7; 473.894, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24; 473.897, subdivisions 1, 2, and 4; 473.901, subdivisions 2 and 3; 473.902, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5; 473.904, subdivisions 1, 3, and 4; 473.905, subdivision 2; 473.910, subdivision 3; 473F.02, subdivisions 7 and 8; 473F.08, subdivisions 5 and 7a; 473F.13; 473H.04, subdivision 3; 473H.06, subdivisions 1 and 5; 473H.08, subdivision 4; 477A.011, subdivision 3; and 572A.02, subdivision 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 103B.235, subdivision 3a; 115A.03, subdivision 19; 174.22, subdivision 3; 403.07, subdivision 2; 462.382; 462C.071, subdivision 4; 465.795, subdivision 3; 473.121, subdivisions 3, 8, and 12; 473.123; 473.125; 473.127; 473.129; 473.1295; 473.13; 473.132; 473.1455; 473.1465; 473.155; 473.1551; 473.156; 473.1623; 473.164; 473.167, subdivisions 3 and 4; 473.171; 473.173; 473.175; 473.181; 473.191; 473.194; 473.195; 473.197; 473.199; 473.201; 473.206; 473.208; 473.23; 473.241; 473.242; 473.243; 473.244; 473.245; 473.247; 473.249; 473.252; 473.303; 473.315, subdivision 2; 473.325; 473.326; 473.333; 473.388; 473.39, subdivisions 1, 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f, 1g, 2, and 4; 473.3915, subdivisions 5 and 6; 473.411, subdivisions 3 and 4; 473.436; 473.446; 473.517, subdivision 9; 473.535; 473.551, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17; 473.552; 473.553; 473.556, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 16, and 17; 473.561; 473.564; 473.565; 473.572; 473.581; 473.592; 473.595; 473.596; 473.598; 473.599; 473.616; 473.618; 473.619; 473.851; 473.852; 473.853; 473.854; 473.856; 473.857; 473.858; 473.859; 473.86; 473.861; 473.862; 473.863; 473.864; 473.865; 473.866; 473.867; 473.868; 473.869; 473.87; 473.871; 473.893; 473.894, subdivisions 14, 16, 17, and 18; 473.895; 473.896; 473.897, subdivision 3; 473.898, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, and 4; 473.899; 473.900; 473.903; 473F.02, subdivision 21; and 473F.08, subdivision 3b.

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


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Jennings, Wolf, Davids and Gunther introduced:

H. F. No. 1323, A bill for an act relating to energy; enacting the Minnesota Energy Security and Reliability Act; modifying provisions for siting and routing large electric power facilities; allowing for establishment of electric generation parks; creating independent reliability administrator; providing tax exemption for certain electric generation facility property; regulating conservation expenditures by public utilities; encouraging regulatory flexibility in supplying and obtaining energy; requiring a state energy plan; regulating interconnection of distributed utility resources; making technical, conforming, and clarifying changes; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 15A.0815, subdivisions 2 and 3; 116C.52, subdivision 4, and by adding subdivisions; 116C.53, subdivision 3; 116C.57, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, and by adding subdivisions; 116C.58; 116C.60; 116C.61, subdivision 1; 116C.62; 116C.64; 116C.645; 116C.65; 116C.66; 116C.69; 216A.03, subdivision 3a, and by adding a subdivision; 216B.02, subdivisions 1, 7, 8, and by adding subdivisions; 216B.03; 216B.16, subdivisions 1, 6b, 6c, and 7; 216B.162, subdivision 8; 216B.1621, subdivision 2; 216B.164, subdivision 4; 216B.1645; 216B.24, subdivisions 1, 2, and 3; 216B.241, subdivisions 1, 1a, 1b, and by adding subdivisions; 216B.2421, subdivisions 1, 2, and by adding a subdivision; 216B.2423, subdivision 2; 216B.243, subdivisions 2, 3, and 5; 216C.17, subdivision 3; and 272.027, subdivision 1, and by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 116C; and 216B; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216E; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 116C.55; 116C.57, subdivisions 3, 5, and 5a; 116C.67; 216B.241, subdivisions 1c, 2, and 2a; 216B.2422, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 4, 5, and 6; and 216C.18.

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

Bradley, Goodno, Koskinen, Otremba and Abeler introduced:

H. F. No. 1324, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying provisions for long-term care; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 144A.31, subdivision 2a; 256.975, by adding a subdivision; 256B.0911, subdivisions 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, and by adding subdivisions; 256B.0913, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14; 256B.0915, subdivisions 1d, 3, and 5; 256B.0917, by adding a subdivision; 256B.431, by adding a subdivision; 256B.435, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, and by adding subdivisions; 256B.436, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 7, and by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 144A.16; 256B.0911, subdivisions 2, 2a, 4, 8, and 9; 256B.0913, subdivisions 3, 15a, 15b, and 16; 256B.0915, subdivisions 3a, 3b, and 3c; and 256B.436, subdivisions 3, 5, 6, and 8; Minnesota Rules, parts 4655.6810; 4655.6820; 4655.6830; 4658.1600; 4658.1605; 4658.1610; 4658.1690; 9505.2390; 9505.2395; 9505.2396; 9505.2400; 9505.2405; 9505.2410; 9505.2413; 9505.2415; 9505.2420; 9505.2425; 9505.2426; 9505.2430; 9505.2435; 9505.2440; 9505.2445; 9505.2450; 9505.2455; 9505.2458; 9505.2460; 9505.2465; 9505.2470; 9505.2473; 9505.2475; 9505.2480; 9505.2485; 9505.2486; 9505.2490; 9505.2495; 9505.2496; 9505.2500; 9546.0010; 9546.0020; 9546.0030; 9546.0040; 9546.0050; and 9546.0060.

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

Johnson, S.; Stanek; Skoglund; Dibble; Dawkins; Murphy; Davnie; Mullery and Clark, K., introduced:

H. F. No. 1325, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for Asian-American juvenile crime intervention and prevention grants.

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


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Mares introduced:

H. F. No. 1326, A bill for an act relating to retirement; public employees retirement association; authorizing a service credit purchase for previously uncredited clerical employment with independent school district No. 624, White Bear Lake.

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

Finseth, Schumacher and Howes introduced:

H. F. No. 1327, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; allowing the use of dogs to take bear; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 97B.205; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97B.

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

Ness, Cassell, Kielkucki, Dorn and Davnie introduced:

H. F. No. 1328, A bill for an act relating to education; increasing limited English proficiency programs revenue; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 124D.65, subdivision 5.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on K-12 Education Finance.

Goodwin, Evans, Jaros and Rukavina introduced:

H. F. No. 1329, A bill for an act relating to medical assistance; expanding covered dental services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 256B.0625, subdivision 9.

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

Clark, J.; Pawlenty; Pugh; Paymar; Sykora; Rhodes; Clark, K.; Gunther; McGuire and Luther introduced:

H. F. No. 1330, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; imposing a felony penalty for aggravated cruelty to pet or companion animals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 343.20, by adding subdivisions; and 343.21, subdivisions 9 and 10.

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

Skoe, Hilty, Howes and Murphy introduced:

H. F. No. 1331, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing that certain housing projects within an Indian reservation are exempt from property taxes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 469.040, subdivision 5.

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


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Daggett introduced:

H. F. No. 1332, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing rate increases for a nursing facility in Becker county; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 256B.434, by adding a subdivision.

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

Wolf, Seagren, Kielkucki and Biernat introduced:

H. F. No. 1333, A bill for an act relating to education; repealing the January 15 contract deadline date and penalty; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 123B.05.

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

Kahn and Mares introduced:

H. F. No. 1334, A bill for an act relating to retirement; providing disability coverage provisions for certain former University of Minnesota hospital employees; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 352F.

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

Slawik, Davnie, Skoe and McGuire introduced:

H. F. No. 1335, A bill for an act relating to income taxes; increasing the maximum dependent care credit and extending the phaseout; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 290.067, subdivisions 1 and 2.

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

Mulder, Huntley, Lieder, Skoe and Bradley introduced:

H. F. No. 1336, A bill for an act relating to insurance; creating a stop-loss fund account; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 43A.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.

Mulder, Huntley, Lieder, Skoe and Bradley introduced:

H. F. No. 1337, A bill for an act relating to insurance; creating a purchasing alliance stop-loss fund account; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 43A.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.

Haas introduced:

H. F. No. 1338, A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating insurers, agents, coverages and benefits, costs, claims, investments, and notifications and disclosures; prescribing powers and duties of the commissioner; eliminating the regulation of nonprofit legal services plans; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 60A.06,


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subdivision 3; 60A.08, subdivision 13; 60A.11, subdivision 10; 60A.129, subdivision 2; 60A.14, subdivision 1; 60A.16, subdivision 1; 60A.23, subdivision 8; 60K.14, subdivision 2; 61A.072, by adding subdivisions; 61A.08; 61A.09, subdivision 1; 62A.021, subdivision 3; 62A.023; 62A.04, subdivision 2; 62A.105, subdivision 2; 62A.17, subdivision 1; 62A.20, subdivision 1; 62A.21, subdivision 2a; 62A.30, subdivision 2; 62A.302; 62A.3093; 62A.31, subdivisions 1a, 1i, and 3; 62A.65, subdivision 8; 62E.04, subdivision 4; 62E.06, subdivision 1; 62J.60, subdivision 3; 62L.05, subdivisions 1 and 2; 62M.01, subdivision 2; 62M.02, subdivisions 6, 12, 21, and by adding a subdivision; 62M.05, subdivision 5; 62Q.01, subdivision 6; 62Q.68, subdivision 1; 62Q.72, subdivision 1; 62Q.73, subdivision 3; 65A.01, subdivision 3b; 65A.29, subdivision 7; 65A.30; 65B.04, subdivision 3; 65B.06, subdivisions 1 and 4; 65B.16; 65B.19, subdivision 2; 65B.44, subdivision 3; 65B.49, subdivision 5a; 67A.20, by adding a subdivision; 70A.07; 72A.125, subdivision 3; 72A.201, subdivision 3; 72C.06, subdivision 2; 79A.02, subdivision 1; 79A.03, subdivision 7; and 471.617, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 13.7191, subdivision 11; 60A.111; 62G.01; 62G.02; 62G.03; 62G.04; 62G.05; 62G.06; 62G.07; 62G.08; 62G.09; 62G.10; 62G.11; 62G.12; 62G.13; 62G.14; 62G.15; 62G.16; 62G.17; 62G.18; 62G.19; 62G.20; 62G.21; 62G.22; 62G.23; 62G.24; and 62G.25.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.

Schumacher, Vandeveer, Lieder and Abeler introduced:

H. F. No. 1339, A bill for an act relating to transportation; limiting license registration taxes on passenger automobiles; providing for appropriations from the transit assistance fund; dedicating certain revenue from the sales tax to the transit assistance fund; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, to dedicate net proceeds from the motor vehicle sales tax to the highway user tax distribution fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 168.013, subdivision 1a; 174.32, subdivisions 2, 3, and 4; 297A.94; and 297B.09, subdivision 1.

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

Anderson, B., introduced:

H. F. No. 1340, A bill for an act relating to Wright county; permitting the appointment of the county recorder.

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

Davnie, Entenza, Biernat, Mares, Swapinski and Skoe introduced:

H. F. No. 1341, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing special education revenue; broadening funding for the first grade preparedness program; increasing funding for English language learners; fully funding transportation services for nonpublic and charter school pupils; modifying a hearing request; making permanent the five percent reallocation of compensatory revenue; authorizing the sale of bonds by the St. Paul school district; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 122A.41, subdivisions 7, 13, and by adding a subdivision; 123B.92, subdivision 9, and by adding a subdivision; 124D.081, subdivision 3; 124D.11, subdivision 5; 124D.65, subdivision 5; 125A.75, by adding a subdivision; 125A.76, subdivisions 2, 3, and 4; 125A.79, subdivision 2; 126C.10, subdivision 24; 126C.15, subdivision 2; and 127A.48, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 126C; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 125A.79, subdivisions 5, 6, and 7.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on K-12 Education Finance.


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Marquart, Skoe, Sertich, Wenzel and Mares introduced:

H. F. No. 1342, A bill for an act relating to education; increasing distance factor for sparsity revenue; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 126C.10, subdivision 6.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on K-12 Education Finance.

Evans, Slawik, Goodwin and Bernardy introduced:

H. F. No. 1343, A bill for an act relating to human services; expanding the prescription drug program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 256.955, subdivisions 2a, 2b, and 7.

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

Thompson introduced:

H. F. No. 1344, A bill for an act relating to health; increasing the medical assistance income standard for persons who are aged, blind, or disabled; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 256B.056, subdivision 4, and by adding a subdivision.

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

Cassell, Nornes, Marquart, Skoe and Otremba introduced:

H. F. No. 1345, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for the Minnesota Association of Resource Conservation and Development.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.

Howes; Daggett; Rifenberg; Anderson, I.; Rukavina; Solberg; Skoe; Kuisle; Marquart and Walz introduced:

H. F. No. 1346, A bill for an act relating to taxation; establishing a sustainable forest property tax program; providing for payments of refunds to certain property owners; repealing the tree growth tax law; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 289A.01; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290C; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 270.31; 270.32; 270.33; 270.34; 270.35; 270.36; 270.37; 270.38; and 270.39.

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

Rhodes, Walker, Gunther and Clark, K., introduced:

H. F. No. 1347, A bill for an act relating to housing; modifying provisions relating to tenant impact statements; providing civil penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 471.9997.

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


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Holberg, Tuma, Pugh, Pawlenty and Milbert introduced:

H. F. No. 1348, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; appropriating money to make improvements to the criminal justice information system in the county of Dakota.

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

Molnau, Ozment and Dempsey introduced:

H. F. No. 1349, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing for separate certification of county levies for watershed management; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 275.066; and 275.07, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103B.

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

Ozment, McElroy, Wilkin, Dempsey and Milbert introduced:

H. F. No. 1350, A bill for an act relating to Dakota county; authorizing Dakota county to provide certain benefits and services; authorizing inclusion of certain employees in PERA; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 383D.

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

Abeler, Biernat, Entenza, Greiling, Mares and Ness introduced:

H. F. No. 1351, A bill for an act relating to education; allowing local learn and earn programs to add up to five additional program slots; providing for a subsequent evaluation of student outcomes; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 124D.32, subdivisions 3 and 9.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on K-12 Education Finance.

Murphy, Mares, Smith, Wenzel, Pelowski, Dorn, Solberg, Thompson, Slawik, Penas, Davnie and Ness introduced:

H. F. No. 1352, A bill for an act relating to retirement; modifying the computation of the retirement annuity formula for the teachers retirement association; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 354.05, subdivision 38; and 354.44, subdivision 6.

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

Stanek and Skoglund introduced:

H. F. No. 1353, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; adopting a new compact for interstate adult offender supervision and repealing the existing compact; creating an advisory council on interstate adult offender supervision; requiring the appointment of a compact administrator; requiring reports; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 243; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 243.16.

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


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Holsten introduced:

H. F. No. 1354, A bill for an act relating to the environment; modifying provisions relating to petroleum tank release cleanup; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 115C.07, subdivision 3; 115C.09, subdivisions 1, 2a, and 3; 115C.093; 115C.112; and 115C.13; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 115C.02, subdivisions 11a and 12a; 115C.082; 115C.09, subdivision 3g; 115C.091; and 115C.092.

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

Holberg introduced:

H. F. No. 1355, A bill for an act relating to state government; reorganizing the Minnesota center for crime victim services as a division of the department of public safety; providing for its duties; transferring its powers and duties to the commissioner of public safety; transferring the powers and duties of the commissioner of corrections relating to victim services to the commissioner of public safety and the Minnesota center for crime victim services; authorizing the director of the Minnesota center for crime victim services to administer grants for crime victims; authorizing rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 13.871, subdivision 5; 15.0591, subdivision 2; 256J.49, subdivision 11; 518B.01, subdivision 21; 609.3241; 611A.01; 611A.02, subdivisions 1 and 3; 611A.07, subdivision 1; 611A.22; 611A.31, subdivision 1; 611A.55; 611A.675, subdivisions 1 and 2; 611A.77; 626.8451, subdivision 1a; 629.342, subdivision 2; and 629.72, subdivision 6; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 611A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 611A.21; 611A.221; 611A.25; 611A.31, subdivision 5; 611A.32; 611A.33; 611A.34; 611A.345; 611A.35; 611A.36; 611A.361; 611A.41; 611A.43; 611A.70; 611A.71; and 611A.78.

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

Dorman; Finseth; Juhnke; Kuisle; Ness; Molnau; Swenson; Gunther; Penas; Ruth; Davids; Clark, J.; Wenzel and Harder introduced:

H. F. No. 1356, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; expanding nuisance liability protection for agricultural operations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 561.19, subdivisions 1 and 2.

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

McElroy, Dorman, Harder and Dawkins introduced:

H. F. No. 1357, A bill for an act relating to taxation; authorizing the commissioner of revenue to reissue checks or warrants for refunds; requiring certain uncashed tax refunds to be listed as unclaimed property; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 270.07, subdivision 3; 345.41; and 345.42, by adding a subdivision.

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

Stang introduced:

H. F. No. 1358, A bill for an act relating to employment; repealing laws governing entertainment agencies; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 184A.01; 184A.02; 184A.03; 184A.04; 184A.05; 184A.06; 184A.07; 184A.08; 184A.09; 184A.10; 184A.11; 184A.12; 184A.13; 184A.14; 184A.15; 184A.16; 184A.17; 184A.18; 184A.19; and 184A.20.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development.


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Ozment introduced:

H. F. No. 1359, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying disposition of lottery ticket in lieu tax; adding to state wildlife management areas; providing for certain land exchanges; permitting the sale of certain consolidated conservation land in Roseau county; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 297A.94.

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

REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND

LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATION

Pawlenty from the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration, pursuant to rule 1.21, designated the following bills to be placed on the Calendar for the Day for Thursday, March 1, 2001:

H. F. Nos. 275, 487, 127 and 357.

CALENDAR FOR THE DAY

H. F. No. 275, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying the procedure for counting savings under nursing facility closure plans; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 256B.436, subdivision 6.

The bill was read for the third time and placed upon its final passage.

The question was taken on the passage of the bill and the roll was called. There were 131 yeas and 0 nays as follows:

Those who voted in the affirmative were:

Abeler Dorman Holsten Leppik Otremba Stanek
Abrams Dorn Howes Lieder Ozment Stang
Anderson, B. Eastlund Huntley Lindner Paulsen Swapinski
Anderson, I. Entenza Jacobson Lipman Pawlenty Swenson
Bakk Erickson Jaros Luther Paymar Sykora
Bernardy Evans Jennings Mahoney Pelowski Thompson
Biernat Finseth Johnson, J. Mares Penas Tingelstad
Bishop Folliard Johnson, R. Mariani Peterson Tuma
Boudreau Fuller Johnson, S. Marko Pugh Vandeveer
Bradley Gerlach Juhnke Marquart Rhodes Wagenius
Buesgens Gleason Kahn McGuire Rifenberg Walker
Carlson Goodno Kalis Milbert Rukavina Walz
Cassell Goodwin Kelliher Molnau Ruth Wasiluk
Clark, J. Greiling Kielkucki Mulder Schumacher Wenzel
Clark, K. Gunther Knoblach Mullery Seagren Westerberg
Daggett Haas Koskinen Murphy Seifert Westrom
Davids Hackbarth Krinkie Ness Sertich Wilkin
Davnie Harder Kubly Nornes Skoe Winter
Dawkins Hausman Kuisle Olson Skoglund Wolf
Dehler Hilstrom Larson Opatz Slawik Workman
Dempsey Hilty Leighton Osskopp Smith Spk. Sviggum
Dibble Holberg Lenczewski Osthoff Solberg

The bill was passed and its title agreed to.


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H. F. No. 487, A bill for an act relating to local government; increasing the amount for which a township may contract for health, social, and recreational services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 365.10, subdivision 14.

The bill was read for the third time and placed upon its final passage.

The question was taken on the passage of the bill and the roll was called. There were 128 yeas and 2 nays as follows:

Those who voted in the affirmative were:

Abeler Dorn Huntley Lindner Pawlenty Swenson
Abrams Eastlund Jacobson Lipman Paymar Sykora
Anderson, B. Entenza Jaros Luther Pelowski Thompson
Anderson, I. Erickson Jennings Mahoney Penas Tingelstad
Bakk Evans Johnson, J. Mares Peterson Tuma
Bernardy Finseth Johnson, R. Marko Pugh Vandeveer
Bishop Folliard Johnson, S. Marquart Rhodes Wagenius
Boudreau Fuller Juhnke McGuire Rifenberg Walker
Bradley Gerlach Kahn Milbert Rukavina Walz
Buesgens Gleason Kalis Molnau Ruth Wasiluk
Carlson Goodno Kelliher Mulder Schumacher Wenzel
Cassell Goodwin Kielkucki Mullery Seagren Westerberg
Clark, J. Greiling Knoblach Murphy Seifert Westrom
Clark, K. Gunther Koskinen Ness Sertich Wilkin
Daggett Haas Krinkie Nornes Skoe Winter
Davids Hackbarth Kubly Olson Skoglund Wolf
Davnie Harder Kuisle Opatz Slawik Workman
Dawkins Hausman Larson Osskopp Smith Spk. Sviggum
Dehler Hilstrom Leighton Osthoff Solberg
Dempsey Hilty Lenczewski Otremba Stanek
Dibble Holberg Leppik Ozment Stang
Dorman Holsten Lieder Paulsen Swapinski

Those who voted in the negative were:

BiernatHowes

The bill was passed and its title agreed to.

H. F. No. 127, A bill for an act relating to human services; exempting expunged police or court records from licensing considerations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 245A.04, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the third time and placed upon its final passage.

The question was taken on the passage of the bill and the roll was called. There were 32 yeas and 93 nays as follows:

Those who voted in the affirmative were:


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Abrams Daggett Goodno Knoblach Mulder Wolf
Anderson, B. Davids Greiling Nornes Spk. Sviggum
Bishop Dawkins Harder Olson
Boudreau Erickson Hausman Rhodes
Bradley Finseth Holberg Sykora
Buesgens Gerlach Holsten Tingelstad
Krinkie
Kuisle
Leppik
Lindner
Mariani

Those who voted in the negative were:

Abeler Folliard Johnson, S. Marko Peterson Swenson
Anderson, I. Fuller Juhnke Marquart Pugh Thompson
Bakk Gleason Kahn Milbert Rifenberg Tuma
Bernardy Goodwin Kalis Molnau Ruth Vandeveer
Biernat Gunther Kelliher Murphy Schumacher Wagenius
Carlson Haas Kielkucki Ness Seagren Walz
Cassell Hackbarth Koskinen Opatz Seifert Wasiluk
Clark, J. Hilstrom Kubly Osskopp Sertich Wenzel
Davnie Hilty Larson Osthoff Skoe Westerberg
Dehler Howes Leighton Otremba Skoglund Westrom
Dempsey Huntley Lenczewski Ozment Slawik Wilkin
Dorman Jacobson Lieder Paulsen Smith Winter
Dorn Jaros Lipman Pawlenty Solberg Workman
Eastlund Jennings Luther Paymar Stanek
Entenza Johnson, J. Mahoney Pelowski Stang
Evans Johnson, R. Mares Penas Swapinski

The bill was not passed.

MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION

Seifert moved that the vote whereby H. F. No. 127 was not passed be now reconsidered.

A roll call was requested and properly seconded.

The question was taken on the Seifert motion and the roll was called. There were 98 yeas and 30 nays as follows:

Those who voted in the affirmative were:

Abeler Dorman Huntley Mahoney Pelowski Tuma
Abrams Dorn Jacobson Mares Penas Vandeveer
Anderson, B. Eastlund Jaros Mariani Pugh Wagenius
Bakk Entenza Jennings Marko Rhodes Walker
Bishop Erickson Johnson, J. McGuire Rifenberg Walz
Boudreau Folliard Johnson, R. Molnau Rukavina Wenzel
Bradley Fuller Kahn Mulder Ruth Westerberg
Buesgens Gerlach Kelliher Murphy Seagren Westrom
Cassell Gray Kielkucki Ness Seifert Wilkin
Clark, J. Greiling Knoblach Nornes Skoglund Winter
Clark, K. Gunther Krinkie Olson Solberg Wolf
Daggett Haas Kuisle Opatz Stanek Workman
Davids Hackbarth Leighton Osskopp Stang Spk. Sviggum
Davnie Harder Lenczewski Otremba Swapinski
Dehler Hilstrom Leppik Ozment Swenson
Dempsey Holberg Lindner Paulsen Sykora
Dibble Howes Lipman Pawlenty Tingelstad


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Those who voted in the negative were:

Anderson, I. Evans Holsten Kubly Osthoff Skoe
Bernardy Finseth Johnson, S. Larson Paymar Slawik
Biernat Gleason Juhnke Lieder Peterson Smith
Carlson Goodwin Kalis Luther Schumacher Thompson
Dawkins Hilty Koskinen Marquart Sertich Wasiluk

The motion prevailed.

H. F. No. 127 was reported to the House.

Seifert moved that H. F. No. 127 be returned to the General Register. The motion prevailed.

H. F. No. 357 was reported to the House.

Mullery moved that H. F. No. 357 be continued on the Calendar for the Day. The motion prevailed.

MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS

McElroy moved that the name of Marquart be added as an author on H. F. No. 114. The motion prevailed.

Goodno moved that the name of Murphy be added as an author on H. F. No. 192. The motion prevailed.

Wenzel moved that the name of Knoblach be added as an author on H. F. No. 388. The motion prevailed.

Davnie moved that his name be stricken as an author on H. F. No. 405. The motion prevailed.

Hilty moved that the name of Erickson be added as an author on H. F. No. 448. The motion prevailed.

Hilty moved that the name of Erickson be added as an author on H. F. No. 449. The motion prevailed.

Westerberg moved that the name of Carlson be added as an author on H. F. No. 456. The motion prevailed.

Mares moved that the name of Dorn be added as an author on H. F. No. 477. The motion prevailed.

Paulsen moved that the name of Holberg be added as an author on H. F. No. 643. The motion prevailed.

Sykora moved that the name of Johnson, S., be added as an author on H. F. No. 646. The motion prevailed.

Sykora moved that the names of Daggett and Nornes be added as authors on H. F. No. 699. The motion prevailed.

Penas moved that the name of Erickson be added as an author on H. F. No. 711. The motion prevailed.

Bishop moved that the name of Kelliher be added as an author on H. F. No. 784. The motion prevailed.

Greiling moved that the name of Solberg be added as an author on H. F. No. 788. The motion prevailed.


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Bradley moved that the name of Tingelstad be added as an author on H. F. No. 812. The motion prevailed.

Abeler moved that the name of Tingelstad be added as an author on H. F. No. 821. The motion prevailed.

Luther moved that her name be stricken as an author on H. F. No. 831. The motion prevailed.

Davids moved that his name be stricken as an author on H. F. No. 850. The motion prevailed.

Erhardt moved that the name of Dempsey be added as an author on H. F. No. 858. The motion prevailed.

Solberg moved that the name of Greiling be added as an author on H. F. No. 889. The motion prevailed.

Kuisle moved that the name of Rifenberg be added as an author on H. F. No. 914. The motion prevailed.

Otremba moved that the name of Biernat be added as an author on H. F. No. 918. The motion prevailed.

Johnson, R., moved that the name of Marquart be added as an author on H. F. No. 944. The motion prevailed.

Wagenius moved that the name of Abeler be added as an author on H. F. No. 961. The motion prevailed.

Sykora moved that the name of Abeler be added as an author on H. F. No. 963. The motion prevailed.

Stang moved that the name of Abeler be added as an author on H. F. No. 973. The motion prevailed.

Knoblach moved that the name of Abeler be added as an author on H. F. No. 985. The motion prevailed.

Gunther moved that the name of Abeler be added as an author on H. F. No. 1003. The motion prevailed.

Davids moved that the name of Skoe be added as an author on H. F. No. 1007. The motion prevailed.

Holberg moved that the name of Abeler be added as an author on H. F. No. 1016. The motion prevailed.

Walker moved that the name of Abeler be added as an author on H. F. No. 1017. The motion prevailed.

Biernat moved that the name of Abeler be added as an author on H. F. No. 1023. The motion prevailed.

Hackbarth moved that the name of Abeler be added as an author on H. F. No. 1031. The motion prevailed.

Mulder moved that the names of Harder and Olson be added as authors on H. F. No. 1044. The motion prevailed.

Seifert moved that the name of Mulder be added as an author on H. F. No. 1057. The motion prevailed.

Mares moved that the name of Kelliher be added as an author on H. F. No. 1058. The motion prevailed.

Bradley moved that the names of Abeler and Harder be added as authors on H. F. No. 1064. The motion prevailed.

Kuisle moved that the name of Mulder be added as an author on H. F. No. 1076. The motion prevailed.

Erhardt moved that the name of Mulder be added as an author on H. F. No. 1082. The motion prevailed.

Smith moved that the name of Mulder be added as an author on H. F. No. 1109. The motion prevailed.

Jennings moved that the name of Abeler be added as an author on H. F. No. 1117. The motion prevailed.


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Erhardt moved that the name of Kelliher be added as an author on H. F. No. 1119. The motion prevailed.

Mulder moved that the name of Harder be added as an author on H. F. No. 1122. The motion prevailed.

Mulder moved that the name of Harder be added as an author on H. F. No. 1123. The motion prevailed.

Mulder moved that the name of Harder be added as an author on H. F. No. 1124. The motion prevailed.

Mulder moved that the name of Harder be added as an author on H. F. No. 1125. The motion prevailed.

Haas moved that the name of Mulder be added as an author on H. F. No. 1126. The motion prevailed.

Wilkin moved that the names of Haas, Jacobson, Davids, Stang, Bradley, Goodno, Gerlach, Smith, Buesgens, Lindner, Mulder, Erickson, Holberg, Nornes, Vandeveer and Westerberg be added as authors on H. F. No. 1144. The motion prevailed.

Mullery moved that the name of Hilstrom be added as an author on H. F. No. 1148. The motion prevailed.

Osskopp moved that the name of Lenczewski be added as an author on H. F. No. 1158. The motion prevailed.

Dawkins moved that the name of Swapinski be added as an author on H. F. No. 1170. The motion prevailed.

Howes moved that the names of Workman, Vandeveer, Swenson, Tingelstad, Dawkins and Wenzel be added as authors on H. F. No. 1173. The motion prevailed.

Lieder moved that the name of Lenczewski be added as an author on H. F. No. 1179. The motion prevailed.

Anderson, B., moved that the name of Mulder be added as an author on H. F. No. 1181. The motion prevailed.

Nornes moved that the name of Mulder be added as an author on H. F. No. 1183. The motion prevailed.

Clark, J., moved that the name of Harder be added as an author on H. F. No. 1184. The motion prevailed.

Mulder moved that the names of Cassell and Harder be added as authors on H. F. No. 1187. The motion prevailed.

Juhnke moved that the name of Harder be added as an author on H. F. No. 1191. The motion prevailed.

Tingelstad moved that the name of Jacobson be added as an author on H. F. No. 1196. The motion prevailed.

Jacobson moved that the name of Evans be added as an author on H. F. No. 1204. The motion prevailed.

Daggett moved that the name of Mulder be added as an author on H. F. No. 1211. The motion prevailed.

Ness moved that the names of Cassell, Erickson and Lenczewski be added as authors on H. F. No. 1217. The motion prevailed.

Bradley moved that the name of Lenczewski be added as an author on H. F. No. 1220. The motion prevailed.

Davids moved that the name of Lenczewski be added as an author on H. F. No. 1224. The motion prevailed.

Boudreau moved that the name of Lenczewski be added as an author on H. F. No. 1230. The motion prevailed.

Davnie moved that his name be stricken as an author on H. F. No. 1231. The motion prevailed.


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Rhodes moved that the names of Paymar and Wagenius be added as authors on H. F. No. 1236. The motion prevailed.

Ness moved that the name of Cassell be added as an author on H. F. No. 1243. The motion prevailed.

Stang moved that the name of Otremba be added as an author on H. F. No. 1245. The motion prevailed.

Eastlund moved that the name of Erickson be added as an author on H. F. No. 1247. The motion prevailed.

Eastlund moved that the name of Erickson be added as an author on H. F. No. 1248. The motion prevailed.

Kubly moved that H. F. No. 62 be recalled from the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs. The motion prevailed.

Hackbarth moved that H. F. No. 209, now on the General Register, be re-referred to the Committee on Civil Law. The motion prevailed.

Rifenberg moved that H. F. No. 949 be recalled from the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs. The motion prevailed.

Ness moved that H. F. No. 1001 be recalled from the Committee on Agriculture Policy and be re-referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Finance. The motion prevailed.

Clark, K., moved that H. F. No. 1137 be recalled from the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development and be re-referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance. The motion prevailed.

Abeler moved that H. F. No. 1155 be recalled from the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development and be re-referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy. The motion prevailed.

Gray moved that H. F. No. 1163 be recalled from the Committee on K-12 Education Finance and be re- referred to the Committee on Family and Early Childhood Education Finance. The motion prevailed.

Hackbarth moved that H. F. No. 1197 be recalled from the Committee on Transportation Policy and be re- referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance. The motion prevailed.

House Resolution No. 3 was reported to the House.

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 3

A house resolution congratulating the Dammann family on being named the 2001 McLeod County Farm Family of the Year.

Whereas, family farms feed our nation and form the backbone of our rural communities, and those family farms that have particularly dedicated themselves to hard work, cooperation, and the pursuit of excellence are deserving of special recognition; and

Whereas, the Dammann family, made up of parents Donald and Carol and children Michele Dammann, Mitchell Dammann, Marshall Dammann, and Marilee Peterson and her husband Daryl and their son Branstyn, has demonstrated a remarkable commitment to enhancing the fields of agriculture and production while maintaining an extremely active role in their community and local civic organizations; and


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Whereas, the Dammann farm, Pit-Stop Dairy, is located in Helen Township, near Glencoe in McLeod County, Minnesota, and is primarily dedicated to growing feed and raising livestock for the dairy operation, although the family has also devoted some of its resources toward the raising of poultry; and

Whereas, all of the Dammann children play a role in the dairy helping with the family business, and the entire family has demonstrated a lifelong commitment to their community, maintaining active membership in such organizations as FFA, the VFW and VFW Auxiliary, and 4-H, all the while remaining active churchgoers and participating in numerous church and volunteering activities, such as the Minnesota Department of Agriculture's "Ag in the Classroom" program; and

Whereas, the Dammanns have received several awards from Bongards Creamery and the McLeod County DHIA for their Somatic Cell Count (SCC) and production levels, and the family's children have exhibited their cattle and poultry both at the Sibley County Fair and the State Fair, winning numerous ribbons, including Champion Showmanship Honors; and

Whereas, because of these achievements, the Dammann family has been named the McLeod County Farm Family of the Year for 2001, by the Minnesota Extension Service at the University of Minnesota, and they will be honored at a Recognition Banquet on March 1, 2001; Now, Therefore,

Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Minnesota that it congratulates the Dammann family on winning the Farm Family of the Year award and commends their spirit of teamwork and cooperation, while extending best wishes to Donald, Carol, Michele, Mitchell, Marshall, Marilee, Daryl, and Branstyn for the future.

Be It Further Resolved that the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives is directed to prepare an enrolled copy of this resolution, to be authenticated by his signature and that of the Speaker, and transmit it to the Dammann family.

Kielkucki moved that House Resolution No. 3 be now adopted. The motion prevailed and House Resolution No. 3 was adopted.

Sviggum, Pugh, Jacobson, Lipman and Kelliher introduced:

House Resolution No. 6, A house resolution honoring Reading Day, March 2, 2001.

The resolution was referred to the Committee on Education Policy.

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO MOVE RECONSIDERATION

Pursuant to rule 3.14, Seifert gave notice of his intention to move reconsideration of H. F. No. 487.

ADJOURNMENT

Pawlenty moved that when the House adjourns today it adjourn until 3:00 p.m., Monday, March 5, 2001. The motion prevailed.

Pawlenty moved that the House adjourn. The motion prevailed, and the Speaker declared the House stands adjourned until 3:00 p.m., Monday, March 5, 2001.

Edward A. Burdick, Chief Clerk, House of Representatives