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STATE OF MINNESOTA

 

 

EIGHTY-NINTH SESSION - 2015

 

_____________________

 

SIXTEENTH DAY

 

Saint Paul, Minnesota, Wednesday, February 18, 2015

 

 

      The House of Representatives convened at 12:15 p.m. and was called to order by Kurt Daudt, Speaker of the House.

 

      Prayer was offered by the Reverend Kevin Schill, Grace United Methodist Church, Burnsville, 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:

 


Albright

Anderson, M.

Anderson, P.

Anderson, S.

Anzelc

Applebaum

Atkins

Backer

Baker

Barrett

Bennett

Bernardy

Bly

Carlson

Christensen

Clark

Considine

Cornish

Daniels

Davids

Davnie

Dean, M.

Dehn, R.

Dettmer

Dill

Drazkowski

Erhardt

Erickson

Fabian

Fenton

Fischer

Franson

Freiberg

Green

Gruenhagen

Gunther

Hackbarth

Halverson

Hamilton

Hancock

Hansen

Heintzeman

Hertaus

Hoppe

Hornstein

Hortman

Howe

Isaacson

Johnson, B.

Johnson, C.

Johnson, S.

Kahn

Kelly

Kiel

Knoblach

Koznick

Kresha

Laine

Lenczewski

Lesch

Liebling

Lien

Lillie

Loeffler

Lohmer

Loon

Loonan

Lucero

Lueck

Mahoney

Mariani

Marquart

Masin

McDonald

McNamara

Melin

Metsa

Miller

Moran

Mullery

Murphy, E.

Murphy, M.

Nash

Nelson

Newberger

Newton

Nornes

Norton

O'Neill

Pelowski

Peppin

Persell

Petersburg

Peterson

Pierson

Pinto

Poppe

Pugh

Quam

Rarick

Rosenthal

Runbeck

Sanders

Schoen

Schomacker

Schultz

Scott

Selcer

Simonson

Smith

Sundin

Swedzinski

Theis

Thissen

Torkelson

Uglem

Urdahl

Vogel

Wagenius

Ward

Whelan

Wills

Winkler

Yarusso

Youakim

Zerwas

Spk. Daudt


 

      A quorum was present.

 

      Allen, Garofalo, Hausman, Hilstrom, Mack, O'Driscoll and Slocum were excused.

 

      The Chief Clerk proceeded to read the Journal of the preceding day.  There being no objection, further reading of the Journal was dispensed with and the Journal was approved as corrected by the Chief Clerk.


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REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES AND DIVISIONS

 

 

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

 

H. F. No. 8, A bill for an act relating to human services; updating child protection provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 626.556, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 6a, 7, 10, 11c.

 

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

 

Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

 

"Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 626.556, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

 

Subdivision 1.  Public policy.  (a) The legislature hereby declares that the public policy of this state is to protect children whose health or welfare may be jeopardized through physical abuse, neglect, or sexual abuse.  While it is recognized that most parents want to keep their children safe, sometimes circumstances or conditions interfere with their ability to do so.  When this occurs, families are best served by interventions that engage their protective capacities and address immediate safety concerns and ongoing risks of child maltreatment the health and safety of the children shall be of paramount concern.  Intervention and prevention efforts shall address immediate concerns for child safety and the ongoing risk of abuse or neglect and should engage the protective capacities of families.  In furtherance of this public policy, it is the intent of the legislature under this section to:

 

(1) protect children and promote child safety;

 

(2) strengthen the family and;

 

(3) make the home, school, and community safe for children by promoting responsible child care in all settings; and to

 

(4) provide, when necessary, a safe temporary or permanent home environment for physically or sexually abused or neglected children.

 

(b) In addition, it is the policy of this state to:

 

(1) require the reporting of neglect, or physical or sexual abuse of children in the home, school, and community settings; to

 

(2) provide for the voluntary reporting of abuse or neglect of children; to require a family assessment, when appropriate, as the preferred response to reports not alleging substantial child endangerment; to

 

(3) require an investigation when the report alleges substantial child endangerment; and to

 

(4) provide protective, family support, and family preservation services when needed in appropriate cases.

 

Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 626.556, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

 

Subd. 7.  Report; information provided to parent.  (a) An oral report shall be made immediately by telephone or otherwise.  An oral report made by a person required under subdivision 3 to report shall be followed within 72 hours, exclusive of weekends and holidays, by a report in writing to the appropriate police department, the county sheriff, the agency responsible for assessing or investigating the report, or the local welfare agency.  The local welfare agency shall determine if the report is accepted for an assessment or investigation as soon as possible but in no event longer than 24 hours after the report is received.


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(b) Any report shall be of sufficient content to identify the child, any person believed to be responsible for the abuse or neglect of the child if the person is known, the nature and extent of the abuse or neglect and the name and address of the reporter.  The local welfare agency or agency responsible for assessing or investigating the report shall accept a report made under subdivision 3 notwithstanding refusal by a reporter to provide the reporter's name or address as long as the report is otherwise sufficient under this paragraph.  Written reports received by a police department or the county sheriff shall be forwarded immediately to the local welfare agency or the agency responsible for assessing or investigating the report.  The police department or the county sheriff may keep copies of reports received by them.  Copies of written reports received by a local welfare department or the agency responsible for assessing or investigating the report shall be forwarded immediately to the local police department or the county sheriff.

 

(c) When requested, the agency responsible for assessing or investigating a report shall inform the reporter within ten days after the report was made, either orally or in writing, whether the report was accepted or not.  If the responsible agency determines the report does not constitute a report under this section, the agency shall advise the reporter the report was screened out.  A screened-out report must not be used for any purpose other than making an offer of social services to the subjects of the screened-out report.

 

(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the commissioner of education must inform the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of the child who is the subject of a report of alleged maltreatment in a school facility within ten days of receiving the report, either orally or in writing, whether the commissioner is assessing or investigating the report of alleged maltreatment.

 

(e) Regardless of whether a report is made under this subdivision, as soon as practicable after a school receives information regarding an incident that may constitute maltreatment of a child in a school facility, the school shall inform the parent, legal guardian, or custodian of the child that an incident has occurred that may constitute maltreatment of the child, when the incident occurred, and the nature of the conduct that may constitute maltreatment.

 

(f) A written copy of a report maintained by personnel of agencies, other than welfare or law enforcement agencies, which are subject to chapter 13 shall be confidential.  An individual subject of the report may obtain access to the original report as provided by subdivision 11.

 

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

 

Correct the title numbers accordingly

 

 

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be placed on the General Register.

 

      The report was adopted.

 

 

Kelly from the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 12, A bill for an act relating to public safety; creating a Blue Alert system to aid in the apprehension of those who kill or injure law enforcement officers; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626.

 

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be placed on the General Register.

 

      The report was adopted.


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Erickson from the Committee on Education Innovation Policy to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 72, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing that the education expense credit and deduction apply to certain expenditures for prekindergarten expenses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 290.01, subdivision 19b; 290.0674, subdivision 1.

 

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

 

      The report was adopted.

 

 

Garofalo from the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 105, A bill for an act relating to energy; modifying the treatment of certain utility advertising expenditures; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 216B.16, subdivision 8.

 

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

 

Page 1, line 15, reinstate the stricken language and before the semicolon, insert ", except for the promotion of:  (i) electric vehicles; (ii) electric water heaters that are electronically activated by a utility to operate when low-priced electricity generated from a renewable source is available; or (iii) ground or air source heat pumps that displace propane or fuel oil"

 

Page 1, lines 16 to 18, reinstate the stricken language and delete the new language

 

Page 2, after line 5, insert:

 

"(d) For the purposes of this subdivision:

 

(1) "electric vehicle" has the meaning given in section 169.011, subdivision 26a; and

 

(2) "renewable source" has the meaning given to "eligible energy technology" in section 216B.1691, subdivision 1."

 

 

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be placed on the General Register.

 

      The report was adopted.

 

 

Dettmer from the Veterans Affairs Division to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 125, A bill for an act relating to veterans; providing a veterans jobs tax credit; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.

 

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Taxes.

 

      The report was adopted.


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Garofalo from the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 180, A bill for an act relating to manufacturing housing; modifying manufactured home space requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 327.20, subdivision 1.

 

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

 

Page 3, after line 11, insert:

 

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

 

 

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be placed on the General Register.

 

      The report was adopted.

 

 

Gunther from the Committee on Greater Minnesota Economic and Workforce Development Policy to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 209, A bill for an act relating to local government; providing for the exclusion of Dodge County from the Southeast Minnesota Multicounty Housing and Redevelopment Authority.

 

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.

 

      The report was adopted.

 

 

Kelly from the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 215, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use tax; allocating the estimated revenue from the sale of motor vehicle parts to the highway user tax distribution fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 297A.94.

 

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Taxes.

 

      The report was adopted.

 

 

Dettmer from the Veterans Affairs Division to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 260, A bill for an act relating to family law; establishing and modifying the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 518.17, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 518E.

 

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

 

Page 4, after line 24, insert "(t) "Virtual parenting time" has the meaning given in section 518.1705, subdivision 2, paragraph (d)."


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Page 6, line 33, after "including" insert "virtual parenting time or other"

 

Page 11, line 13, after "through" insert "virtual parenting time or other"

 

Page 15, after line 18, insert: 

 

"ARTICLE 6

VIRTUAL PARENTING TIME

 

Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 518.1705, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

 

Subd. 2.  Plan elements.  (a) A parenting plan must include the following:

 

(1) a schedule of the time each parent spends with the child;

 

(2) a designation of decision-making responsibilities regarding the child; and

 

(3) a method of dispute resolution.; and

 

(4) virtual parenting time, if the equipment necessary for virtual parenting time is reasonably available.

 

(b) A parenting plan may include other issues and matters the parents agree to regarding the child.

 

(c) Parents voluntarily agreeing to parenting plans may substitute other terms for physical and legal custody, including designations of joint or sole custody, provided that the terms used in the substitution are defined in the parenting plan.

 

(d) For purposes of this subdivision, "virtual parenting time" means reasonable and uncensored time during which a parent and the parent's child communicate during reasonable hours by using communication tools such as a telephone, electronic mail, instant messaging, video conferencing or other wired or wireless technologies via the Internet, or other medium of communication.  Virtual parenting time may only be used to supplement parenting time with the child.  Virtual parenting time may not be used as a replacement or as a substitute for parenting time with the child.

 

Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 518.1705, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

 

Subd. 3.  Creating parenting plan; restrictions on creation; alternative.  (a) Upon the request of both parents, a parenting plan must be created in lieu of an order for child custody and parenting time unless the court makes detailed findings that the proposed plan is not in the best interests of the child.

 

(b) If both parents do not agree to a parenting plan, the court may create one on its own motion, except that the court must not do so if it finds that a parent has committed domestic abuse against a parent or child who is a party to, or subject of, the matter before the court.  If the court creates a parenting plan on its own motion, it must not use alternative terminology unless the terminology is agreed to by the parties.

 

(c) If an existing order does not contain a parenting plan, the parents must not be required to create a parenting plan as part of a modification order under section 518A.39.

 

(d) A parenting plan must not be required during an action under section 256.87.

 

(e) If the parents do not agree to a parenting plan and the court does not create one on its own motion, orders for custody and parenting time must be entered under sections 518.17 and 518.175 or section 257.541, as applicable.


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(f) If the parents cannot agree on whether virtual parenting time equipment is reasonably available for purposes of subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (4), the court shall decide whether the equipment is reasonably available, taking into consideration:

 

(1) the best interests of the child;

 

(2) each parent's ability to handle any additional expenses for virtual parenting time; and

 

(3) any other factors the court considers material.

 

Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 518.1705, subdivision 9, is amended to read:

 

Subd. 9.  Modification of parenting plans.  (a) Parents may modify by agreement:

 

(1) the schedule of the time each parent spends with the child or;

 

(2) the decision-making provisions of a parenting plan by agreement; or

 

(3) the parenting plan by adding virtual parenting time.

 

To be enforceable, modifications must be confirmed by court order.  A motion to modify decision-making provisions or the time each parent spends with the child may be made only within the time limits provided by section 518.18.

 

(b) The parties may agree, but the court must not require them, to apply the best interests standard in section 257.025 or 518.17, as applicable, for deciding a motion for modification that would change the child's primary residence, provided that:

 

(1) both parties were represented by counsel when the parenting plan was approved; or

 

(2) the court found the parties were fully informed, the agreement was voluntary, and the parties were aware of its implications.

 

(c) If the parties do not agree to apply the best interests standard, section 518.18, paragraph (d), applies.

 

Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 518.175, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

 

Subdivision 1.  General.  (a) In all proceedings for dissolution or legal separation, subsequent to the commencement of the proceeding and continuing thereafter during the minority of the child, the court shall, upon the request of either parent, grant such parenting time on behalf of the child and a parent as will enable the child and the parent to maintain a child to parent relationship that will be in the best interests of the child.  The court, when issuing a parenting time order, may reserve a determination as to the future establishment or expansion of a parent's parenting time.  In that event, the best interest standard set forth in subdivision 5, paragraph (a), shall be applied to a subsequent motion to establish or expand parenting time.

 

(b) If the court finds, after a hearing, that parenting time with a parent is likely to endanger the child's physical or emotional health or impair the child's emotional development, the court shall restrict parenting time with that parent as to time, place, duration, or supervision and may deny parenting time entirely, as the circumstances warrant.  The court shall consider the age of the child and the child's relationship with the parent prior to the commencement of the proceeding.


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(c) A parent's failure to pay support because of the parent's inability to do so shall not be sufficient cause for denial of parenting time.

 

(d) The court may provide that a law enforcement officer or other appropriate person will accompany a party seeking to enforce or comply with parenting time.

 

(e) Upon request of either party, to the extent practicable an order for parenting time must, unless parenting time is restricted, denied, or reserved, include:

 

(1) a specific schedule for parenting time, including the frequency and duration of visitation and visitation during holidays and vacations, unless parenting time is restricted, denied, or reserved.; and

 

(2) virtual parenting time, as defined in section 518.1705, subdivision 2, paragraph (d), at reasonable hours and for a reasonable duration, if the equipment is reasonably available.  If the parties cannot agree on whether the equipment is reasonably available, the court shall decide whether the equipment for virtual parenting time is reasonably available, taking into consideration:

 

(i) the best interests of the child;

 

(ii) each parent's ability to handle any additional expenses for virtual parenting time; and

 

(iii) any other factors the court considers material.

 

(f) The court administrator shall provide a form for a pro se motion regarding parenting time disputes, which includes provisions for indicating the relief requested, an affidavit in which the party may state the facts of the dispute, and a brief description of the parenting time expeditor process under section 518.1751.  The form may not include a request for a change of custody.  The court shall provide instructions on serving and filing the motion.

 

(g) In the absence of other evidence, there is a rebuttable presumption that a parent is entitled to receive at least 25 percent of the parenting time for the child.  For purposes of this paragraph, the percentage of parenting time may be determined by calculating the number of overnights that a child spends with a parent or by using a method other than overnights if the parent has significant time periods on separate days when the child is in the parent's physical custody but does not stay overnight.  The court may consider the age of the child in determining whether a child is with a parent for a significant period of time.

 

Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 518.175, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

 

Subd. 5.  Modification of parenting plan or order for parenting time.  (a) If modification would serve the best interests of the child, the court shall modify the decision-making provisions of a parenting plan or an order granting or denying parenting time, if the modification would not change the child's primary residence.  Consideration of a child's best interest includes a child's changing developmental needs.

 

(b) Except as provided in section 631.52, the court may not restrict parenting time unless it finds that:

 

(1) parenting time is likely to endanger the child's physical or emotional health or impair the child's emotional development; or

 

(2) the parent has chronically and unreasonably failed to comply with court-ordered parenting time.

 

A modification of parenting time which increases a parent's percentage of parenting time to an amount that is between 45.1 to 54.9 percent parenting time is not a restriction of the other parent's parenting time.


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(c) If a parent makes specific allegations that parenting time by the other parent places the parent or child in danger of harm, the court shall hold a hearing at the earliest possible time to determine the need to modify the order granting parenting time.  Consistent with subdivision 1a, the court may require a third party, including the local social services agency, to supervise the parenting time or may restrict a parent's parenting time if necessary to protect the other parent or child from harm.  If there is an existing order for protection governing the parties, the court shall consider the use of an independent, neutral exchange location for parenting time.

 

(d) A parenting time order may be modified to include virtual parenting time, as defined in section 518.1705, subdivision 2, paragraph (d).  The court shall make this determination in accordance with subdivision 1, paragraph (e), clause (2)."

 

Amend the title as follows:

 

Page 1, line 3, after the semicolon, insert "allowing virtual parenting time;"

 

Correct the title numbers accordingly

 

 

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.

 

      The report was adopted.

 

 

Dettmer from the Veterans Affairs Division to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 312, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing a phased-in subtraction for military retirement pay; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 290.01, subdivision 19b; 290.091, subdivision 2.

 

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

 

Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

 

"Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.01, subdivision 19b, is amended to read:

 

Subd. 19b.  Subtractions from federal taxable income.  For individuals, estates, and trusts, there shall be subtracted from federal taxable income:

 

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

 

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

 

(3) the amount paid to others, less the amount used to claim the credit allowed under section 290.0674, not to exceed $1,625 for each qualifying child in grades kindergarten to 6 and $2,500 for each qualifying child in grades 7 to 12, for tuition, textbooks, and transportation of each qualifying child in attending an elementary or secondary school situated in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, or Wisconsin, wherein a resident of this state may legally fulfill the state's compulsory attendance laws, which is not operated for profit, and which adheres to the


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provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and chapter 363A.  For the purposes of this clause, "tuition" includes fees or tuition as defined in section 290.0674, subdivision 1, clause (1).  As used in this clause, "textbooks" includes books and other instructional materials and equipment purchased or leased for use in elementary and secondary schools in teaching only those subjects legally and commonly taught in public elementary and secondary schools in this state.  Equipment expenses qualifying for deduction includes expenses as defined and limited in section 290.0674, subdivision 1, clause (3).  "Textbooks" does not include instructional books and materials used in the teaching of religious tenets, doctrines, or worship, the purpose of which is to instill such tenets, doctrines, or worship, nor does it include books or materials for, or transportation to, extracurricular activities including sporting events, musical or dramatic events, speech activities, driver's education, or similar programs.  No deduction is permitted for any expense the taxpayer incurred in using the taxpayer's or the qualifying child's vehicle to provide such transportation for a qualifying child.  For purposes of the subtraction provided by this clause, "qualifying child" has the meaning given in section 32(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code;

 

(4) income as provided under section 290.0802;

 

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

 

(6) to the extent not deducted or not deductible pursuant to section 408(d)(8)(E) of the Internal Revenue Code in determining federal taxable income by an individual who does not itemize deductions for federal income tax purposes for the taxable year, an amount equal to 50 percent of the excess of charitable contributions over $500 allowable as a deduction for the taxable year under section 170(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, under the provisions of Public Law 109-1 and Public Law 111-126;

 

(7) for individuals who are allowed a federal foreign tax credit for taxes that do not qualify for a credit under section 290.06, subdivision 22, an amount equal to the carryover of subnational foreign taxes for the taxable year, but not to exceed the total subnational foreign taxes reported in claiming the foreign tax credit.  For purposes of this clause, "federal foreign tax credit" means the credit allowed under section 27 of the Internal Revenue Code, and "carryover of subnational foreign taxes" equals the carryover allowed under section 904(c) of the Internal Revenue Code minus national level foreign taxes to the extent they exceed the federal foreign tax credit;

 

(8) in each of the five tax years immediately following the tax year in which an addition is required under subdivision 19a, clause (7), or 19c, clause (12), in the case of a shareholder of a corporation that is an S corporation, an amount equal to one-fifth of the delayed depreciation.  For purposes of this clause, "delayed depreciation" means the amount of the addition made by the taxpayer under subdivision 19a, clause (7), or subdivision 19c, clause (12), in the case of a shareholder of an S corporation, minus the positive value of any net operating loss under section 172 of the Internal Revenue Code generated for the tax year of the addition.  The resulting delayed depreciation cannot be less than zero;

 

(9) job opportunity building zone income as provided under section 469.316;

 

(10) to the extent included in federal taxable income, the amount of compensation paid to members of the Minnesota National Guard or other reserve components of the United States military for active service, including compensation for services performed under the Active Guard Reserve (AGR) program.  For purposes of this clause, "active service" means (i) state active service as defined in section 190.05, subdivision 5a, clause (1); or (ii) federally funded state active service as defined in section 190.05, subdivision 5b, and "active service" includes service performed in accordance with section 190.08, subdivision 3;

 

(11) to the extent included in federal taxable income, the amount of compensation paid to Minnesota residents who are members of the armed forces of the United States or United Nations for active duty performed under United States Code, title 10; or the authority of the United Nations;


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(12) an amount, not to exceed $10,000, equal to qualified expenses related to a qualified donor's donation, while living, of one or more of the qualified donor's organs to another person for human organ transplantation.  For purposes of this clause, "organ" means all or part of an individual's liver, pancreas, kidney, intestine, lung, or bone marrow; "human organ transplantation" means the medical procedure by which transfer of a human organ is made from the body of one person to the body of another person; "qualified expenses" means unreimbursed expenses for both the individual and the qualified donor for (i) travel, (ii) lodging, and (iii) lost wages net of sick pay, except that such expenses may be subtracted under this clause only once; and "qualified donor" means the individual or the individual's dependent, as defined in section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code.  An individual may claim the subtraction in this clause for each instance of organ donation for transplantation during the taxable year in which the qualified expenses occur;

 

(13) in each of the five tax years immediately following the tax year in which an addition is required under subdivision 19a, clause (8), or 19c, clause (13), in the case of a shareholder of a corporation that is an S corporation, an amount equal to one-fifth of the addition made by the taxpayer under subdivision 19a, clause (8), or 19c, clause (13), in the case of a shareholder of a corporation that is an S corporation, minus the positive value of any net operating loss under section 172 of the Internal Revenue Code generated for the tax year of the addition.  If the net operating loss exceeds the addition for the tax year, a subtraction is not allowed under this clause;

 

(14) to the extent included in the federal taxable income of a nonresident of Minnesota, compensation paid to a service member as defined in United States Code, title 10, section 101(a)(5), for military service as defined in the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, Public Law 108-189, section 101(2);

 

(15) to the extent included in federal taxable income, the amount of national service educational awards received from the National Service Trust under United States Code, title 42, sections 12601 to 12604, for service in an approved Americorps National Service program;

 

(16) to the extent included in federal taxable income, discharge of indebtedness income resulting from reacquisition of business indebtedness included in federal taxable income under section 108(i) of the Internal Revenue Code.  This subtraction applies only to the extent that the income was included in net income in a prior year as a result of the addition under subdivision 19a, clause (13);

 

(17) the amount of the net operating loss allowed under section 290.095, subdivision 11, paragraph (c);

 

(18) the amount of expenses not allowed for federal income tax purposes due to claiming the railroad track maintenance credit under section 45G(a) of the Internal Revenue Code;

 

(19) the amount of the limitation on itemized deductions under section 68(b) of the Internal Revenue Code;

 

(20) the amount of the phaseout of personal exemptions under section 151(d) of the Internal Revenue Code; and

 

(21) to the extent included in federal taxable income, the amount of qualified transportation fringe benefits described in section 132(f)(1)(A) and (B) of the Internal Revenue Code.  The subtraction is limited to the lesser of the amount of qualified transportation fringe benefits received in excess of the limitations under section 132(f)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code for the year or the difference between the maximum qualified parking benefits excludable under section 132(f)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code minus the amount of transit benefits excludable under section 132(f)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code.; and

 

(22) for an individual who receives compensation from a pension or other retirement pay from the federal government for service in the military, as computed under United States Code, title 10, sections 1401 to 1414, 1447 to 1455, or 12732 to 12733, a specified dollar amount for each year or portion of a year of military service, up to a maximum of 20 years:


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(i) for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014, and before January 1, 2016, the specified dollar amount is $500;

 

(ii) for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015, and before January 1, 2017, the specified dollar amount is $1,000; and

 

(iii) for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016, the specified dollar amount is $1,500.

 

In the case of a married couple filing jointly, each spouse is eligible for this subtraction.  The subtraction under this clause is not limited to the amount of compensation received from a pension or other retirement pay.

 

EFFECTIVE DATE.  This section is effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014.

 

Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.091, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

 

Subd. 2.  Definitions.  For purposes of the tax imposed by this section, the following terms have the meanings given:

 

(a) "Alternative minimum taxable income" means the sum of the following for the taxable year:

 

(1) the taxpayer's federal alternative minimum taxable income as defined in section 55(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code;

 

(2) the taxpayer's itemized deductions allowed in computing federal alternative minimum taxable income, but excluding:

 

(i) the charitable contribution deduction under section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code;

 

(ii) the medical expense deduction;

 

(iii) the casualty, theft, and disaster loss deduction; and

 

(iv) the impairment-related work expenses of a disabled person;

 

(3) for depletion allowances computed under section 613A(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to each property (as defined in section 614 of the Internal Revenue Code), to the extent not included in federal alternative minimum taxable income, the excess of the deduction for depletion allowable under section 611 of the Internal Revenue Code for the taxable year over the adjusted basis of the property at the end of the taxable year (determined without regard to the depletion deduction for the taxable year);

 

(4) to the extent not included in federal alternative minimum taxable income, the amount of the tax preference for intangible drilling cost under section 57(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code determined without regard to subparagraph (E);

 

(5) to the extent not included in federal alternative minimum taxable income, the amount of interest income as provided by section 290.01, subdivision 19a, clause (1); and

 

(6) the amount of addition required by section 290.01, subdivision 19a, clauses (7) to (9), and (11) to (14);

 

less the sum of the amounts determined under the following:

 

(1) interest income as defined in section 290.01, subdivision 19b, clause (1);


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(2) an overpayment of state income tax as provided by section 290.01, subdivision 19b, clause (2), to the extent included in federal alternative minimum taxable income;

 

(3) the amount of investment interest paid or accrued within the taxable year on indebtedness to the extent that the amount does not exceed net investment income, as defined in section 163(d)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code.  Interest does not include amounts deducted in computing federal adjusted gross income;

 

(4) amounts subtracted from federal taxable income as provided by section 290.01, subdivision 19b, clauses (6), (8) to (14), (16), and (21), and (22); and

 

(5) the amount of the net operating loss allowed under section 290.095, subdivision 11, paragraph (c).

 

In the case of an estate or trust, alternative minimum taxable income must be computed as provided in section 59(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

(b) "Investment interest" means investment interest as defined in section 163(d)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

(c) "Net minimum tax" means the minimum tax imposed by this section.

 

(d) "Regular tax" means the tax that would be imposed under this chapter (without regard to this section and section 290.032), reduced by the sum of the nonrefundable credits allowed under this chapter.

 

(e) "Tentative minimum tax" equals 6.75 percent of alternative minimum taxable income after subtracting the exemption amount determined under subdivision 3.

 

EFFECTIVE DATE.  This section is effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014."

 

 

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

 

      The report was adopted.

 

 

Cornish from the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 329, A bill for an act relating to state government; providing continued insurance contributions for certain state employees assaulted by inmates or patients; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 43A.241.

 

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

 

Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

 

"Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 43A.241, is amended to read:

 

43A.241 INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS; FORMER CORRECTIONS EMPLOYEES.

 

(a) This section applies to a person who:

 

(1) was employed by the commissioner of the Department of Corrections at a state institution under control of the commissioner, and in that employment was a member of the general plan of the Minnesota State Retirement System; or by the Department of Human Services;


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(2) was covered by the correctional employee retirement plan under section 352.91 or the general state employees retirement plan of the Minnesota State Retirement System as defined in section 352.021;

 

(3) while employed under clause (1), was assaulted by an inmate at a state institution under control of the commissioner of the Department of Corrections; and:

 

(i) a person under correctional supervision for a criminal offense; or

 

(ii) a client or patient at the Minnesota sex offender program, or at a state-operated forensic services program as defined in section 352.91, subdivision 3j, under the control of the commissioner of the Department of Human Services; and

 

(3) (4) as a direct result of the assault under clause (3), was determined to be totally and permanently disabled under laws governing the Minnesota State Retirement System.

 

(b) For a person to whom this section applies, the commissioner of the Department of Corrections or the commissioner of the Department of Human Services must continue to make the employer contribution for hospital, medical, and dental benefits under the State Employee Group Insurance Program after the person terminates state service.  If the person had dependent coverage at the time of terminating state service, employer contributions for dependent coverage also must continue under this section.  The employer contributions must be in the amount of the employer contribution for active state employees at the time each payment is made.  The employer contributions must continue until the person reaches age 65, provided the person makes the required employee contributions, in the amount required of an active state employee, at the time and in the manner specified by the commissioner.

 

EFFECTIVE DATE.  This section is effective the day following final enactment and applies to a person assaulted by an inmate, client, or patient on or after that date."

 

 

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

 

      The report was adopted.

 

 

Erickson from the Committee on Education Innovation Policy to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 359, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying the reading tax credit; amending Laws 2014, chapter 308, article 4, section 22, subdivision 1.

 

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

 

      The report was adopted.

 

 

Knoblach from the Committee on Ways and Means to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 374, A bill for an act relating to gambling; making clarifying, conforming, and technical changes relating to lawful gambling; modifying games, prizes, and other provisions regulating the conduct of lawful gambling; prohibiting director of State Lottery from offering casino-style games; suspending the sale of certain tickets of the State Lottery through a Web site or self-service devices; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections


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349.12, subdivision 18, by adding subdivisions; 349.16, by adding a subdivision; 349.163, by adding subdivisions; 349.1635, subdivision 4; 349.17, subdivisions 5, 6, 9; 349.1711, subdivisions 1, 2; 349.1721, subdivision 4; 349.173; 349.181, subdivision 3; 349.19, subdivisions 2, 10, 11; 349.211, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, by adding a subdivision; 349A.13; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 349.169; 349.19, subdivision 9.

 

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be placed on the General Register.

 

      The report was adopted.

 

 

Sanders from the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 390, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money from environment and natural resources trust fund; modifying provisions for Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 116P.05, subdivision 2; 116P.08, subdivisions 5, 6, 7; 116P.09, subdivisions 1, 6, 8.

 

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be placed on the General Register.

 

      The report was adopted.

 

 

Kelly from the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 404, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting infant and child car seats; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 297A.67, by adding a subdivision.

 

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Taxes.

 

      The report was adopted.

 

 

Dettmer from the Veterans Affairs Division to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 406, A bill for an act relating to veterans; appropriating money to public safety for a grant for training community safety personnel about the use of de-escalation techniques.

 

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.

 

      The report was adopted.

 

 

Dettmer from the Veterans Affairs Division to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 501, A bill for an act relating to elections; modifying provisions related to military and overseas voting; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 203B.01, subdivision 3; 203B.16, subdivisions 1, 2; 203B.17, subdivisions 1, 2; 204D.11, subdivision 4.

 

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

 

      The report was adopted.


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Gunther from the Committee on Greater Minnesota Economic and Workforce Development Policy to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 578, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; modifying the greater Minnesota business development public infrastructure grant program; appropriating money; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 116J.431, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 6.

 

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.

 

      The report was adopted.

 

 

Gunther from the Committee on Greater Minnesota Economic and Workforce Development Policy to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 579, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for and modifying the greater Minnesota business development public infrastructure grant program; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 116J.431, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 6.

 

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.

 

      The report was adopted.

 

 

Garofalo from the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 639, A bill for an act relating to energy; amending the prohibition on new sources of fossil-fuel generated electricity to include only those sources constructed in Minnesota; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 216H.03, subdivisions 3, 4, 7.

 

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be placed on the General Register.

 

      The report was adopted.

 

 

Erickson from the Committee on Education Innovation Policy to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 667, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; modifying the K-12 education expense credit; increasing the credit amount and increasing the income phaseout for the credit; adjusting the credit phaseout threshold for inflation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.0674, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision.

 

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

 

      The report was adopted.


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Gunther from the Committee on Greater Minnesota Economic and Workforce Development Policy to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 682, A bill for an act relating to economic development; destination medical center; modifying the definition of public infrastructure; clarifying the local matching contribution; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 469.40, subdivision 11, as amended; 469.45, subdivisions 1, 2; 469.47, subdivision 4, as amended.

 

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.

 

      The report was adopted.

 

 

Erickson from the Committee on Education Innovation Policy to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 798, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; modifying the K-12 education expense subtraction and credit; extending the credit to tuition; increasing the subtraction and credit amounts; increasing the income phaseout for the credit; adjusting the credit and subtraction amount and credit phaseout threshold for inflation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 290.01, subdivision 19b; 290.0674, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision.

 

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

 

      The report was adopted.

 

 

SECOND READING OF HOUSE BILLS

 

 

      H. F. Nos. 8, 12, 105, 180, 374, 390 and 639 were read for the second time.

 

 

INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS

 

 

      The following House Files were introduced:

 

 

Johnson, B., introduced:

 

H. F. No. 986, A bill for an act relating to public safety; prohibiting law enforcement agencies from using unmanned aerial cameras to gather evidence in certain circumstances; authorizing civil actions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626.

 

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


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Selcer, Pelowski, O'Neill, Rosenthal, Pugh, Bernardy, Youakim and Applebaum introduced:

 

H. F. No. 987, A bill for an act relating to higher education; clarifying regulation of postsecondary study abroad programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 5.41, subdivisions 2, 3.

 

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

 

 

Swedzinski introduced:

 

H. F. No. 988, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; creating an exemption for certain electric generation facilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 272.02, by adding a subdivision.

 

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.

 

 

Lenczewski introduced:

 

H. F. No. 989, A bill for an act relating to environment; requiring assessment of water quality in Black Dog Lake in Dakota County.

 

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

 

 

Lenczewski introduced:

 

H. F. No. 990, A bill for an act relating to taxation; economic development; providing clarifying authority for political subdivisions imposing and collecting local lodging taxes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 469.190, by adding a subdivision.

 

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

 

 

Davids and Atkins introduced:

 

H. F. No. 991, A bill for an act relating to building codes; requiring safety protection notice regarding residential fire sprinklers; 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 and Regulatory Reform.

 

 

Davids and Atkins introduced:

 

H. F. No. 992, A bill for an act relating to fire protection; requiring disclosures regarding compliance with fire sprinkler requirements; 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 and Regulatory Reform.


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Hansen introduced:

 

H. F. No. 993, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying membership and duties of Board of Water and Soil Resources; modifying wetland replacement requirement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 103B.101, subdivisions 1, 2, 5; 103G.222, subdivision 1.

 

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

 

 

Hertaus; Dehn, R.; Newberger; Considine and Newton introduced:

 

H. F. No. 994, A bill for an act relating to public safety; addressing controlled substance crimes by lowering certain threshold amounts, eliminating minimum sentences, expanding the nonviolent controlled substance offender conditional release program, making the stay of adjudication law for low-level offenders mandatory, and directing that savings from these changes be used for treatment and educational programs; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 152.021; 152.022; 152.023; 152.024, subdivision 3; 152.025; 152.18, subdivision 1; 244.0513, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 152.026.

 

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

 

 

Rarick and Sundin introduced:

 

H. F. No. 995, A bill for an act relating to local government aid for out-of-home placement costs of children under the Indian Child Welfare Act; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 477A.

 

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

 

 

Sundin, Simonson, Hamilton, Mariani, Anzelc and Metsa introduced:

 

H. F. No. 996, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing Independent School District No. 91, Barnum, to transfer money between certain community service accounts.

 

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

 

 

Clark; Moran; Dehn, R.; Mariani; Fischer and Gunther introduced:

 

H. F. No. 997, A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for the housing opportunities made equitable (HOME) pilot project.

 

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.


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Sundin, Simonson, Anzelc, Rarick and Metsa introduced:

 

H. F. No. 998, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; providing for audits and reviews of soil and water conservation districts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 103C.331, subdivision 16; 103C.401, subdivision 1.

 

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

 

 

Quam introduced:

 

H. F. No. 999, A bill for an act relating to data practices; classifying law enforcement body camera data; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 13.82, by adding a subdivision.

 

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

 

 

Melin, Lueck, Metsa, Anzelc and Dill introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1000, A bill for an act relating to environment; prohibiting application of wild rice quality standards until certain conditions are met.

 

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

 

 

Dean, M.; Zerwas; Loon; Vogel; Wills; Loonan; Rarick and Anderson, S., introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1001, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; modifying the definition of resident to exclude days spent in Minnesota for medical treatment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.01, subdivision 7.

 

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

 

 

Rosenthal and Lenczewski introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1002, A bill for an act relating to transportation; capital investment; appropriating money for interchange access at marked Interstate Highway 494 and East Bush Lake Road; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

 

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

 

 

Laine, Masin, O'Driscoll, Nash, Runbeck, Scott, Sanders, Nelson, Selcer, Youakim, Pugh, Theis, Mullery, Fenton and Halverson introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1003, A bill for an act relating to local government; permitting local governments to donate certain surplus equipment to nonprofit organizations; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 471.

 

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.


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Johnson, C.; Considine; Petersburg; Gunther; Torkelson; Vogel and Cornish introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1004, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money to Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota.

 

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

 

 

Davids and Pelowski introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1005, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; modifying the terms for reciprocity with Wisconsin; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.081.

 

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

 

 

Wills, Atkins and Hansen introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1006, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Mississippi River Regional Trail; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

 

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

 

 

Wills, Hansen and Atkins introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1007, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for Mississippi River Regional Trail.

 

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

 

 

Dill introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1008, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying interest rates applicable to timber permit extensions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 90.193.

 

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

 

 

Hamilton; Mack; Murphy, E.; Halverson and Baker introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1009, A bill for an act relating to human services; setting minimum reimbursement rates under medical assistance for public health nurse home visits; appropriating money for nurse-family partnership programs; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B.

 

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


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Zerwas and Laine introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1010, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying medical assistance managed care contracts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.69, subdivision 5a.

 

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

 

 

Albright, Mack, Franson, Fischer, Schultz, McDonald, Lohmer, Gruenhagen, Backer, Zerwas, Schoen, Schomacker and Dean, M., introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1011, A bill for an act relating to human services; permitting medical assistance coverage for certain mental health services provided by physician assistants in outpatient settings; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.0625, subdivision 28a.

 

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

 

 

Dean, M.; Dehn, R., and Lohmer introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1012, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying residency ratio restrictions for home and community-based settings; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 256B.492.

 

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

 

 

Franson and Laine introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1013, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying medical assistance payment rates for certain health services and therapies; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B.

 

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

 

 

Dill introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1014, A bill for an act relating to liquor; allowing limited credit extension to brewers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 340A.308.

 

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.

 

 

Kahn and Freiberg introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1015, A bill for an act relating to civil law; authorizing marriage solemnization by atheist and humanist celebrants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 517.05; 517.18, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision.

 

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


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Lillie; Johnson, S.; Lesch; Mahoney; Fischer; Kahn; Isaacson and Hortman introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1016, A bill for an act relating to cultural heritage; appropriating money for development and installation of culturally relevant sport courts and fields.

 

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

 

 

Lillie; Johnson, S.; Lesch; Mahoney; Fischer; Isaacson and Hortman introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1017, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for culturally relevant sport courts and fields; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

 

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

 

 

Kiel, Hamilton and Clark introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1018, A bill for an act relating to transportation; providing for nondomiciled commercial driver's licenses and permits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 171.02, by adding a subdivision; 171.06, subdivision 3; 171.07, subdivision 1b.

 

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

 

 

Kiel introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1019, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for an expansion of existing solid waste and recyclable material facilities; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

 

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

 

 

Erhardt, Torkelson and Gunther introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1020, A bill for an act relating to local government; creating municipal street improvement districts; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 435.

 

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

 

 

Christensen, Loonan, Howe and Whelan introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1021, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; requiring permission to enter all privately owned land for outdoor recreation purposes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 97B.001, subdivision 2.

 

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Mining and Outdoor Recreation Policy.


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Christensen, Nornes and Peterson introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1022, A bill for an act relating to higher education; modifying child care grant eligibility; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 136A.125, subdivision 2.

 

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

 

 

Hamilton, Gunther and Clark introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1023, A bill for an act relating to employment; appropriating money for grants for employment services for persons who are deaf, deafblind, or hard-of-hearing.

 

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.

 

 

Erickson and Davnie introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1024, A bill for an act relating to education; providing training and technical assistance to school districts to reduce use of seclusion and restraint; appropriating money.

 

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

 

 

Mullery introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1025, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to the Northside Economic Opportunity Network.

 

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.

 

 

Erickson introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1026, A bill for an act relating to the State Building Code; modifying municipal enforcement requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 326B.121, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision.

 

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.

 

 

Garofalo, Rosenthal, Lien, Hamilton, Norton and Sanders introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1027, A bill for an act relating to employment; modifying the minimum wage for certain employees receiving gratuities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 177.24, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 177.24, subdivision 2.

 

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.


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Anderson, M.; Heintzeman; Dettmer and Drazkowski introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1028, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing a subtraction for military retirement pay; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 290.01, subdivision 19b; 290.091, subdivision 2.

 

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Veterans Affairs Division.

 

 

Cornish introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1029, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for infrastructure improvements in the city of St. James; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

 

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

 

 

Anderson, M., and Drazkowski introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1030, A bill for an act relating to taxation; abolishing withholding taxes on wages; providing for payment of estimated taxes on wages; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 289A.09, subdivisions 1, 2; 289A.20, subdivision 2; 289A.31, subdivision 5; 289A.38, subdivision 14; 289A.50, subdivision 3; 289A.60, subdivision 11; 290.92, subdivisions 1, 2a, 4a, 9, 12, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29; 290.9201, subdivision 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 289A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 270B.06, subdivision 3; 289A.63, subdivision 5; 290.92, subdivisions 3, 5, 5a, 10, 16, 19, 30.

 

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

 

 

Anderson, M.; Franson and Drazkowski introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1031, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; authorizing catch and release angling without license; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 97A.445, by adding a subdivision.

 

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Mining and Outdoor Recreation Policy.

 

 

Anderson, M., and Drazkowski introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1032, A bill for an act relating to liquor; abolishing classification of 3.2 percent malt liquor; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 340A.101, subdivision 19; 340A.403; 340A.408, subdivision 1; 340A.411; 340A.412, subdivision 6; 340A.504, subdivision 1.

 

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.

 

 

Freiberg, Carlson and Winkler introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1033, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to rehabilitate or replace the Crystal, Golden Valley, New Hope Joint Water Commission water supply line and for a grant to the city of Robbinsdale to replace adjacent sanitary sewer and water lines; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

 

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.


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Mullery introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1034, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for Parent Aware.

 

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

 

 

Johnson, C., introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1035, A bill for an act relating to state government; appropriating money for the Minnesota Security Hospital.

 

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

 

 

Baker, Mack, Gruenhagen, Schoen, Lohmer, Backer, Zerwas, Schomacker, Albright and Dean, M., introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1036, A bill for an act relating to health care; modifying provisions related to physician assistants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 147A.01, subdivisions 17a, 23; 147A.20, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 147A.01, subdivision 5; 147A.20, subdivision 2.

 

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

 

 

Anzelc introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1037, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; adjusting distribution levies for the Iron Range fiscal disparities program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 276A.06, subdivisions 3, 5.

 

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

 

 

Baker; Dean, M.; Zerwas; Backer; Hoppe; Fischer and Atkins introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1038, A bill for an act relating to insurance; requiring coverage for opioid analgesics with abuse‑deterrent properties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.

 

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

 

 

Selcer, Davids, Erhardt, Rosenthal and Barrett introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1039, A bill for an act relating to taxation; estate; extending the date after which certain taxable gifts are included in the Minnesota taxable estate; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 291.016, subdivision 2; Laws 2014, chapter 150, article 3, section 3; repealing Laws 2014, chapter 308, article 4, section 21.

 

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


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Winkler, Freiberg and Carlson introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1040, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for street and highway intersection improvements in the city of Golden Valley; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

 

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

 

 

Carlson, Freiberg and Winkler introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1041, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for flood damage reduction measures in the DeCola Ponds and Medicine Lake Road watershed; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

 

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

 

 

Winkler, Freiberg and Carlson introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1042, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a community center in Golden Valley; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

 

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.

 

 

Runbeck introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1043, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the city of Hugo's storm water handling systems projects; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

 

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.

 

 

Anderson, S.; Loon and Loonan introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1044, A bill for an act relating to commerce; repealing prohibition on municipality issuing more than one off-sale license to any one person or place; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 340A.412, subdivision 3.

 

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.

 

 

Wills, Mariani and Kresha introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1045, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for the Minnesota Children's Museum.

 

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


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Newberger introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1046, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Emergency Management Training Facility at Camp Ripley; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

 

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

 

 

Whelan; Mack; Pelowski; Lohmer; Lucero; Miller; Rarick; Nash; Wills; Scott; Theis; Pugh; Knoblach; Urdahl; Smith; Hancock; Vogel; Anderson, S.; Dean, M.; Albright; Pierson; Backer; Baker; Uglem; Bennett; Peterson; Zerwas; Gruenhagen; Kelly; Franson; Garofalo; Quam and Peppin introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1047, A bill for an act relating to health; creating the Born Alive Infants Protection Act; providing for civil remedies and protections; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 145.423.

 

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

 

 

Hertaus; Pugh; Atkins; Anderson, M., and Lillie introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1048, A bill for an act relating to commerce; establishing fair repair requirements for manufacturers of digital electronic products; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E.

 

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.

 

 

Drazkowski introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1049, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for block grants to soil and water conservation districts.

 

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

 

 

Drazkowski introduced:

 

H. F. No. 1050, A bill for an act relating to education; education finance; authorizing a reverse referendum for school board-approved revenue authority under certain circumstances; prohibiting public school employees from using public funds and resources to advocate to pass, elect, or defeat a political candidate, ballot question, or pending legislation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.17, subdivision 9a; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B.

 

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

 

 

REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE ON RULES

AND LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATION

 

Peppin from the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration, pursuant to rules 1.21 and 3.33, designated the following bills to be placed on the Calendar for the Day for Thursday, February 19, 2015 and established a prefiling requirement for amendments offered to the following bills:

 

      H. F. No. 423; and S. F. No. 174.


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MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS

 

 

      Schomacker moved that the name of Daniels be added as an author on H. F. No. 3.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Davids moved that the name of Lueck be added as an author on H. F. No. 53.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Anderson, S., moved that the name of Selcer be added as an author on H. F. No. 72.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Zerwas moved that the name of Applebaum be added as an author on H. F. No. 161.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Urdahl moved that the names of Yarusso, Davnie and Selcer be added as authors on H. F. No. 245.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Lesch moved that the name of Fischer be added as an author on H. F. No. 260.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Scott moved that the name of Drazkowski be added as an author on H. F. No. 327.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Dettmer moved that the name of Rosenthal be added as an author on H. F. No. 329.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Cornish moved that the name of Schultz be added as an author on H. F. No. 342.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Anderson, S., moved that the name of Lillie be added as an author on H. F. No. 352.  The motion prevailed.

 

      O'Driscoll moved that the name of Fischer be added as an author on H. F. No. 406.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Franson moved that the name of Theis be added as an author on H. F. No. 436.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Masin moved that her name be stricken as an author on H. F. No. 437.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Scott moved that the name of Gruenhagen be added as an author on H. F. No. 437.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Fischer moved that the name of Selcer be added as an author on H. F. No. 442.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Scott moved that the names of Hertaus and Clark be added as authors on H. F. No. 456.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Fenton moved that the name of Fischer be added as an author on H. F. No. 501.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Johnson, B., moved that the name of Ward be added as an author on H. F. No. 503.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Bly moved that the name of Lien be added as an author on H. F. No. 508.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Zerwas moved that the name of Johnson, C., be added as an author on H. F. No. 513.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Lueck moved that the name of Erhardt be added as an author on H. F. No. 516.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Johnson, S., moved that the name of Lien be added as an author on H. F. No. 556.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Zerwas moved that the name of Lillie be added as an author on H. F. No. 559.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Nornes moved that the name of Lien be added as an author on H. F. No. 569.  The motion prevailed.


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              Dill moved that the name of Metsa be added as an author on H. F. No. 571.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Franson moved that the name of Lien be added as an author on H. F. No. 578.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Winkler moved that the name of Clark be added as an author on H. F. No. 580.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Wills moved that the name of Lien be added as an author on H. F. No. 581.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Kresha moved that the name of Lien be added as an author on H. F. No. 583.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Kresha moved that the name of Lien be added as an author on H. F. No. 593.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Kresha moved that the name of Lien be added as an author on H. F. No. 603.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Dehn, R., moved that the name of Nelson be added as an author on H. F. No. 615.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Kiel moved that the name of Lien be added as an author on H. F. No. 618.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Persell moved that his name be stricken as an author on H. F. No. 619.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Marquart moved that his name be stricken as an author on H. F. No. 643.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Zerwas moved that the name of Lien be added as an author on H. F. No. 644.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Newton moved that the name of Nelson be added as an author on H. F. No. 656.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Mahoney moved that the name of Nelson be added as an author on H. F. No. 662.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Peterson moved that the names of Fenton, Daniels, Heintzeman, Bennett, Miller, Backer, Rarick, Lien, Baker, Hancock, Lueck, Christensen, Smith, Koznick, Vogel, Uglem and Loonan be added as authors on H. F. No. 666.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Anderson, S., moved that the name of Selcer be added as an author on H. F. No. 667.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Anderson, P., moved that the name of Schultz be added as an author on H. F. No. 685.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Davids moved that the name of Drazkowski be added as an author on H. F. No. 700.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Theis moved that the name of Knoblach be added as an author on H. F. No. 701.  The motion prevailed.

 

      O'Neill moved that the name of Kahn be added as an author on H. F. No. 742.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Nelson moved that the name of Kahn be added as an author on H. F. No. 754.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Sanders moved that the name of Davids be added as an author on H. F. No. 776.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Hamilton moved that the name of Lien be added as an author on H. F. No. 780.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Bly moved that the name of Kahn be added as an author on H. F. No. 781.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Cornish moved that the name of Johnson, C., be added as an author on H. F. No. 783.  The motion prevailed.


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              Fabian moved that the name of Vogel be added as an author on H. F. No. 799.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Youakim moved that the name of Lillie be added as an author on H. F. No. 805.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Gunther moved that the name of Lien be added as an author on H. F. No. 809.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Applebaum moved that the name of Selcer be added as an author on H. F. No. 820.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Mullery moved that the name of Nelson be added as an author on H. F. No. 827.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Mullery moved that the name of Nelson be added as an author on H. F. No. 828.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Uglem moved that the name of Kahn be added as an author on H. F. No. 834.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Marquart moved that the names of Metsa and Newton be added as authors on H. F. No. 860.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Rosenthal moved that the name of Schultz be added as an author on H. F. No. 881.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Rosenthal moved that the names of Lien and Schultz be added as authors on H. F. No. 882.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Freiberg moved that the name of Kahn be added as an author on H. F. No. 885.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Baker moved that the name of Lien be added as an author on H. F. No. 886.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Kiel moved that the name of Lien be added as an author on H. F. No. 888.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Newberger moved that the name of Hertaus be added as an author on H. F. No. 891.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Moran moved that the name of Kahn be added as an author on H. F. No. 892.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Johnson, S., moved that the names of Nelson and Kahn be added as authors on H. F. No. 900.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Hancock moved that the name of Lucero be added as an author on H. F. No. 902.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Lohmer moved that the name of Franson be added as an author on H. F. No. 906.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Johnson, S., moved that the name of Nelson be added as an author on H. F. No. 911.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Carlson moved that the name of Nelson be added as an author on H. F. No. 912.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Drazkowski moved that the name of Lucero be added as an author on H. F. No. 922.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Erhardt moved that the name of Rosenthal be added as an author on H. F. No. 924.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Erickson moved that the name of Lucero be added as an author on H. F. No. 932.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Newton moved that the names of Lien and Moran be added as authors on H. F. No. 936.  The motion prevailed.


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              O'Neill moved that the name of Rosenthal be added as an author on H. F. No. 952.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Schomacker moved that the name of Baker be added as an author on H. F. No. 954.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Gunther moved that the name of Petersburg be added as an author on H. F. No. 956.  The motion prevailed.

 

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

 

      McDonald moved that the name of Lien be added as an author on H. F. No. 974.  The motion prevailed.

 

      McDonald moved that the name of Yarusso be added as an author on H. F. No. 976.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Zerwas moved that the name of Lien be added as an author on H. F. No. 977.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Urdahl moved that the names of Hertaus, Newton and Lien be added as authors on H. F. No. 982.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Drazkowski moved that the name of Hertaus be added as an author on H. F. No. 984.  The motion prevailed.

 

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

 

      Torkelson moved that H. F. No. 390, now on the General Register, be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.  The motion prevailed.

 

 

MOTION TO INVITE SENATE TO JOINT CONVENTION

 

      Peppin moved that the Chief Clerk be instructed to invite the Senate by message to a Joint Convention to be held on Wednesday, March 4, 2015, at 7:00 p.m., in the chamber of the House of Representatives to elect members to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota.  The motion prevailed.

 

 

ADJOURNMENT

 

      Peppin moved that when the House adjourns today it adjourn until 3:30 p.m., Thursday, February 19, 2015.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Peppin moved that the House adjourn.  The motion prevailed, and the Speaker declared the House stands adjourned until 3:30 p.m., Thursday, February 19, 2015.

 

 

Patrick D. Murphy, Chief Clerk, House of Representatives