STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTY-FIRST MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FOURTH SESSION
ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Representative Tom Hackbarth, Chair of the Environment & Natural Resources Policy Committee, called the twenty-first meeting to order at 12:45 p.m. on April 5, 2005, in the Basement Hearing Room of the State Office Building.
The Clerk noted the roll.
Members present:
HACKBARTH, Tom, Chair
COX, Ray, Vice Chair
BLAINE, Greg
CORNISH, Tony
DILL, David
KELLIHER-ANDERSON, Margaret
HANSEN, Rick
HOPPE, Joe
HORTMAN, Melissa
MARIANI, Carlos
MCNAMARA, Denny
NORNES, Bud
OZMENT, Dennis
PENAS, Maxine
POPPE, Jeanne
SCALZE, Bev
TINGELSTAD, Kathy
WAGENIUS, Jean
WELTI, Andy
WESTROM, Torrey
Members excused:
A quorum was present.
12:45:44 PM Rep. Hansen moved the minutes of the Environment & Natural Resources Committee, dated March 30, 2005.
THE MOTION PREVAILED
12:46:31 PM HF460 (Hackbarth) Off-highway vehicle provisions and forest classification review modified, and rulemaking exemptions provided
Rep. Hackbarth moved that HF460 be recommended to pass and be placed on the General Register.
12:48:54 PM Rep. Hackbarth moved the A05-0471 amendment.
Rep. Hackbarth incorporated an oral amendment to read as follows:
Page 8, line 31 “any new language in paragraph (a) will be deleted”
12:50:13 PM Rep Hansen moved an oral amendment to read as follows:
Page 4, line 29 after "(c)" insert "Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b),"
Page 4, line 29 after "commissioner" insert "with the approval of the commissioner’s of Health and the Pollution Control Agency"
Page 4, line 30 after "permits" insert "on an annual basis"
THE MOTION PREVAILED
Rep. Hackbarth renewed his motion that the HFA05-0471 amendment, as amended, be adopted.
THE MOTION PREVAILED
12:51:57 PM Rep. Mariani moved the H1547DE2 amendment
Rep. Mariani explained the amendment.
12:57:22 PM Rep. Mariani moved that the H1547DE2 be an add on amendment rather than a delete everything amendment. Rep. Mariani moved to incorporate an oral amendment to read as follows:
Page 1, line 2 strike line 2
12:59:27 PM Audubon Society, Susan Solterman, testified on the amendment.
1:03:35 PM Trout Unlimited, Kevin Biegler & Dave Engebretson, a citizen, testified on the amendment.
1:11:13 PM Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, Matt Norton, testified on the amendment.
1:24:48 PM Rep. Mariani moved to incorporate an oral amendment to read as follows:
Page 1, line 17 between "not" and "operate" insert "knowingly"
1:28:14 PM Rep. Mariani moved to incorporate an oral amendment to read as follows:
Page 2, line 1 strike line 1
1:30:47 PM Rep. Wagenius moved an oral amendment to read as follows:
Page 1, line 21 strike line 21
Page 1, line 22 after "vehicle" strike the "; " insert ", or (iii) in a organized event on private property;"
Rep. Mariani incorporated the oral amendment into the H1547DE2 amendment.
1:35:20 PM Rep. Mariani renewed his motion to adopt the H1547DE2 amendment.
THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL
Rep. Mariani called for a division.
There being 8 AYES and 10 NAYS
THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL
1:37:04 PM Rep. Hackbarth renewed his motion that HF460 be recommended to pass, as amended, and be placed on the General Register.
THE MOTION PREVAILED
1:37:23 PM The Chair made announcement about the next meeting.
1:37:43 PM The meeting was adjourned.
REP. TOM HACKBARTH, CHAIR
Joan Harmon
Committee Legislative Assistant