STATE OF MINNESOTA NINTEENTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-EIGHTH SESSION

COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
Chair, Representative Michael V. Nelson

MINUTES

Representative Nelson, Chair of Committee on Government Operations, called the meeting to order at 12:34pm on March 15, 2013 in Room B of the State Office Building.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members present:
Nelson, Chair
Freiberg, Vice Chair
Peppin, Lead
Dorholt
Falk
Hansen
Kahn
Lein
O'Driscoll
Pugh
Sanders
Theis
Winkler

Members excused: Dill, Drazkowski

A quorum was present.

HF1300 (Anzelc) Pollution Control Agency rule on fugitive emissions modified.

Chair Nelson moved that HF1300 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance.

Testimony on HF1300:
Catherine Neuschler, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Representative Jason Metsa

Chair Nelson renewed the motion that HF1300 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF853 (Savick) Fire and police department aid threshold for financial reports and audits modified.

Chair Nelson moved that HF853 be recommended to pass and be placed on the General Register.

Testimony on HF853:
Brian Haroldson, Kiester Fire Department
Rose Henessy Allen, Office of the State Auditor

Chair Nelson renewed the motion that HF853 be recommended to pass and placed on the General Register. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF622 (Marquart) Minnesota Youth Council Committee established

Chair Nelson moved that HF622 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

Testimony on HF622:
Sarah Dixon, President, Minnesota Alliance with Youth

Chair Nelson renewed the motion that HF622 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF1413 (Fritz) Telecommunications access funding provided, and money appropriated.

Chair Nelson moved that HF1413 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Veterans Affairs.

Chair Nelson moved to amend HF1413 (See attached H1413A1 amendment). THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Testimony on HF1413, as amended:
Mary Hartnett, Executive Director, Commission of Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing Minnesotans
Katie Woods, Legislative Relations Intern, Commission of Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing Minnesotans

Chair Nelson renewed the motion that HF1413 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Veterans Affairs. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF573 (Ward, J.E.) Public employees insurance program regulated, and school employer participation required

Chair Nelson moved that HF573 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Civil Law.

Testimony on HF573:
Jan Alswager, Education Minnesota
Courtney Derwinski, Education Minnesota

Representative Peppin moved to amend HF573 (See attached H0573A21 amendment). THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Representative Peppin requested a roll call vote.

Testimony on HF573, as amended:
Scott Croonquist, Association of Metropolitan School Districts
Dennis Fent
Grace Kelliher, Minnesota School Boards Association

Chair Nelson renewed the motion that HF573 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Civil Law.

Members Voting Aye:
Nelson
Freiberg
Dorholt
Falk
Hansen
Kahn
Lein
Winkler

Members Voting Nay:
Peppin
O'Driscoll
Pugh
Sanders
Theis

THERE WERE 8 AYES AND 5 NAYS. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF1071 (Poppe) Agricultural law provisions policy, technical, conforming, and clarifying changes made; pesticide control, agricultural resource loan and ethanol development, the Rural Finance Authority, grain buyers, and other agriculture-related provisions modified; biofuel provisions modified, NextGen Energy Board directed to examine biobased chemical production from agricultural and forestry feedstocks, and noxious weed law modified

Chair Nelson moved that HF1071 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance.

Testimony on HF1071:
Greta Gauthier, Minnesota Department of Agriculture

Chair Nelson renewed the motion that HF1071 be recommended to pass re-referred to the Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF1255 (Johnson, S) Office of Broadband Development established in the Department of Commerce and duties assigned; and Department of Transportation required to post a database on its website, and reports required

Chair Nelson moved that HF1255 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy.

Testimony on HF1255:
Margaret Anderson Kelliher, Governor's Broadband Task Force

Chair Nelson moved to amend HF1255 (See attached A13-0260 amendment). THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Chair Nelson renewed the motion that HF1255, as amended, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF699 (Simonson) Public safety personnel on authorized leave reimbursement grants provided to local units of government

Chair Nelson moved that HF699 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Veterans Affairs.

Testimony on HF699:
Chris Parsons, Saint Paul Fire Fighters, IAFF Local 21
Mark Mokosso, Saint Paul Fire Fighters, Iraq War Veteran

Chair Nelson renewed the motion that HF699 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Veterans Affairs. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF1065, as amended (Metsa) Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission created

Chair Nelson moved that HF1065, as amended, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance.

Testimony on HF1065, as amended:
Dan Larson, Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Coalition

Representative Kahn moved to amend HF1065, as amended (See attached RA13-026 amendment). THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Chair Nelson moved to amend HF1065, as amended, as follows:

Page 2, line 30, after the period insert "Membership terms, compensation and removal of members, and filling of vacancies are as provided in section 15.0575."
Page 3, lines 14 and 15, delete "or statewide"
Page 3, line 32, delete "commissioner" and insert "commission"

THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Chair Nelson renewed the motion that HF699 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Veterans Affairs. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF826 (Davnie) Safe and supportive schools provided for, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated

Chair Nelson moved that HF826 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

Chair Nelson moved to amend HF826 (See attached H0826A44). THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Testimony on HF826, as amended:
Ann Hooper, Hazelden Publishing
Tom Pritchard, Minnesota Family Council

Chair Nelson renewed the motion that HF826, as amended, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF1378 (Mahoney) Workers' Compenstation Court of Appeals personnel provisions modified

Chair Nelson moved that HF1378 be recommended to pass and placed on the General Register. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF592 (Winkler) Perpich Center for Arts Education authorized to operate a voluntary integration magnet school, staff and facilities transferred, funding formulas modified, and money appropriated

Representative Winkler moved that HF592 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

Representative Winkler moved to amend HF592 (See attached A13-0289 amendment). THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Testimony on HF592, as amended:
Dave Bernardson, Assistant Superintendent, South Washington County Schools

Chair Nelson passed the gavel to Vice-Chair Freiberg at 4:10pm.

Continued Testimony on HF592, as amended:
Superintendent Janet Moore, East Metro Integration District

Representative Winkler renewed the motion that HF592, as amended, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Capital Investment. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF1182 (Schoen) Human rights department certificates of compliance provisions changed

Vice-Chair Freiberg moved that HF1182 be recommended to pass and placed on the General Register.

Testimony on HF1182:
Kevin Lindsey, Minnesota Department of Human Rights

Vice-Chair Freiberg renewed the motion that HF1182 be recommended to pass and placed on the General Register. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF1020 (Fischer) Emerging Adulthood Task Force created

Vice-Chair Freiberg moved that HF1020 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

Representative Kahn moved to amend HF1020 as follows:

Page 3, line 4, delete "the day following the", insert "June 30, 2014"
Page 3, delete line 5

THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Vice-Chair Freiberg amends his motion that HF1020, as amended, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF653 (Quam) Social media communications not considered meetings under open meeting law

Representative O'Driscoll moved that HF653 be recommended to pass and placed on the General Register.

Representative O'Driscoll moved to amend HF653 (See attached H0653DE1 amendment). THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Testimony on HF653, as amended:
Chuck Nagel
Sandy Nerin, Minnesota Newspaper Association
Rob Vanasek, Minnesota Association of Townships
Deb Ewald

Representative O'Driscoll renewed the motion that HF653, as amended, be recommended to pass and placed on the General Register. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF1510 (Nelson) Hennepin County; county contract provisions updated and technical corrections made

Chair Nelson passed the gavel to Vice Chair Freiberg at 4:56pm.

Chair Nelson moved that HF1510 be recommended to pass and placed on the General Register.

Testimony on HF1510:
Debra Brisk, Hennepin County

Vice-Chair Freiberg laid the bill over for future consideration.

Chair Nelson assumed the gavel at 5:01pm.

HF906 (Hansen) Silica sand mining model standards and criteria development required, silica sand technical assistance team established, administrative rules required, and money appropriated

Representative Hansen moved that HF906 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance.

Representative Hansen moved to amend HF906 (See attached RA13-027 amendment). THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Representative Hansen moved to amend HF906, as amended (See attached H0906A8 amendment). THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Testimony on HF906, as amended:
Jim Mackelrath, Citizen
Dean Flugsted, Citizen
James J. Drost, Citizen
Deb Ewals, Citizen
Craig Johnson, League of Minnesota Cities
Fred Corigan,
Peter Larsen, Minnesota Industrial Sand Council
Matt Bryan, Bryan Rock Products
Kristen Tollefson

Representative Hansen renewed the motion that HF906, as amended, be recommended and re-referred to the Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance.

HF1510 (Nelson) Hennepin County; county contract provisions updated and technical corrections made

Chair Nelson moved to amend HF1510 (See attached A13-0264 amendment). THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Chair Nelson renewed the motion that HF1510, as amended, be recommended to pass and placed on the General Register. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF1175 (Wagenius) Minnesota agricultural water quality program established and rulemaking authorized

Chair Nelson moved that HF1175 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance.

Chair Nelson moved to amend HF1175 (See attached H1175A10 amendment). THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Testimony on HF1175:
Brad Redlin, Minnesota Department of Agriculture

Chair Nelson renewed the motion that HF1175, as amended, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

The meeting was adjourned at 6:05pm.


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Representative Michael V. Nelson, Chair



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Tim Gabhart, Committee Legislative Assistant