GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS & VETERANS AFFAIRS POLICY
Basement Hearing Room
State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Jim Rhodes
Agenda: HF1938 (Kahn) Administration department provisions modified.
HF1379 (Krinkie) Modifying state procurement provisions.
HF1914 (Erickson) Creating the technology enterprise fund and board.

HEALTH & HUMAN
SERVICES FINANCE
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Kevin Goodno
Agenda: ***NOTE CHANGE***
HF559 (Goodno) Nursing facility, intermediate care facilities for persons with mental retardation (ICF/MR) and other program rate increase provided and money appropriated.
HF1064 (Bradley) Consumer support grant services expanded, waivers provisions clarified, developmental disabilities services provisions modified, and money appropriated.
HF1193 (Goodno) Home and community-based options for individuals with disabilities access improvements provided, consumer control provisions modified, and consumer-directed home care demonstration project established.
HF1288 (Daggett) Living-at-home block nurse program numbers and funding increased and money appropriated.
HF1729 (Kubly) Senior congregate dining and home-delivered meals funding provided and money appropriated.
HF1721 (Goodno) Medical education program distribution formula modified.
HF1622 (Goodno) Health care safety net preservation program established and voluntary agreements to expand intergovernmental transfers allowed.
HF711 (Penas) Rural hospital grants provided and grant provisions modified, health care technician and rural hospital nurse loan forgiveness programs established. telemedicine coverage sunset repealed, and money appropriated.
Note: Meeting will continue in the Basement Hearing Room, State Office Building, in the evening at the call of the chair.

JOBS & ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Dan McElroy
Agenda: HF1736 (Bakk) Taconite plant capital improvements loan fund established and money appropriated.
HF235 (Rukavina) Minnesota investment fund targeted funding provided for specified areas, and money appropriated.
HF1105/SF960 (Rukavina/Tomassoni) Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Commissioner authorized to acquire discontinued mining property.
HF157 (Bakk) LTV mining specified employees and suppliers extra unemployment compensation benefits provided.

TRANSPORTATION FINANCE
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Carol Molnau
Agenda: HF2118 (Haas) Inter-regional trunk highway corridor coalitions grants provided and money appropriated.
HF1776 (Lieder) Trunk highway bridge construction, reconstruction, and rehabilitation provided and money appropriated.
HF1281 (Holberg) Light utility trailers lifetime registration provided.
HF1277 (Molnau) Inter-regional transportation corridor financing procedures, statewide communications system, and transportation revolving loan fund provisions modified, and clarifying changes provided.

8:30 a.m.

Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement
316 State Capitol
Chr. Sen. Dean Johnson
Agenda: ***NOTE CHANGE***
S.F. 810-Pogemiller; H.F. XXX: PERA; Funding deficiency correction, S.F. XXX; H.F. 855-Mares: PERA; Funding deficiency correction, Consideration of other PERA funding deficiency correction options. ****Agenda Addition**** S.F. 2148-Betzold; H.F. 1909-Stanek: State patrol; Coverage for department of corrections office of special investigations officers. ****Agenda Addition**** S.F. XXX; H.F. 2029-Haas: DOER health care account establishment. ****Agenda Addition**** S.F 1863-Rest; H.F. 1896-Skoglund: Legislators plan; Create coordinated program. ****Agenda Addition**** S.F. 2038-Pogemiller; H.F. 2215-Mares: Teacher plans; Charter school teachers retirement contributions. ****Agenda Addition**** S.F. 804-Kleis; H.F. 2314-Schumacher: MSRS-Correctional; Coverage for Reshape program director.

10:15 a.m.

CIVIL LAW
Basement Hearing Room
State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Steve Smith
Agenda: HF245 (Juhnke) Licensed peace officers authorized to determine necessity of patient restraints.
HF1892 (Clark, K.) Creditor discriminatory practices definition extended to include discrimination based on receipt of public assistance including medical assistance or housing assistance.

ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL
RESOURCES FINANCE
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Mark Holsten
Agenda: HF1071 (Bakk) State park and recreation area boundaries modified and boathouse lot leases in Soudan underground mine state park administration provided.
HF240 (Rukavina) Mesabi station on Mesabi trail construction completion provided, and money appropriated.
HF853 (Ozment) State park land acquisition provided and money appropriated.
HF1269 (Kahn) Mississippi whitewater trail funding provided and money appropriated.
HF529 (Workman) Hennepin County land conveyance to city of Eden Prairie, and money appropriated.
HF2092 (Olson) State park fees modified, camping facilities required to remain open as scheduled, and report required.

K-12 EDUCATION FINANCE
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Alice Seagren
Agenda: HF328 (Dorman) Relating to education finance; increasing the amount of referendum revenue subject to equalization.
HF1907 (Biernat) Relating to education finance; making the general education levy a state-determined, state-collected levy.
HF1534 (Tingelstad) Relating to education; creating high performance school facilities pilot projects in independent school districts Nos. 728 and 535, Elk River and Rochester; requiring an integrated facilities plan.
HF1605 (Harder) Relating to education finance; creating a revolving loan fund for school district emergency fuel assistance.
HF1723 (Nornes) Relating to education finance; authorizing school districts to include home school pupils in their pupil counts for certain funding purposes.
HF1650 (Penas) Relating to education; providing for a new teacher mentoring pilot program.
HF1890 (Seagren) relating to education; authorizing grants for collaborative urban educator training programs; appropriating money.
HF1653 (Gleason) Relating to education; increasing the crime-related costs levy.
HF1371 (Dehler) Relating to education finance; authorizing an increase in referendum authority without an election in certain circumstances.
HF1370 (Dehler) Relating to education finance; authorizing a
school board to transfer excess revenue in the debt redemption fund to the operating capital account in the general fund.
HF2081 (Biernat) Relating to education finance; specifying the calculation to determine an excess in the debt redemption fund; authorizing certain fund transfers.
HF2079 (Lieder) Relating to education; providing for a grant to Independent School District No. 600, Fisher.
HF1430 (Winter) Relating to education; appropriating money for a grant to Independent School District No. 175, Westbrook, for a student entrepreneurship project.
HF1682 (Kubly) Relating to education; providing for additional disabled access levy authority for Independent School District No. 2159, Buffalo Lake Hector.
HF893 (Sertich) Relating to education; providing for historic building revenue.
HF1420 (Sertich) Relating to education finance; extending the school district levy for retired employee health benefits.
HF1253 (Ness) Relating to education; authorizing the establishment of reserve accounts.
HF93 (Entenza) A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a school guidance counselor to student ratio.
Note: The committee will reconvene in
10 State Office Building after session. All bills after HF1653 will probably be heard post-session (about 6 p.m.)

Property Tax Division/TAXES
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Ron Erhardt
Agenda: HF2020 (Kubly) Agricultural parcel homestead classification allowed.
HF2142 (Gleason) Low-income rental housing class rate established.
HF2169 (Lieder) Payments in lieu of taxation provided for certain wetlands acquired by the department of transportation.

Sales and Income Tax Division/TAXES
500N State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Elaine Harder
Agenda: HF1679 (Paulsen) Provides retailers a deduction from the amount of sales tax remitted to compensate for costs of collecting the tax.
HF583 (Hackbarth) Exempts sales tax on diesel fuel used to operate commuter rail systems.
HF584 (Hackbarth) Exempts sales tax on materials and equipment used to provide commuter rail service.
HF1731 (Kuisle) Exempts transit vehicles and parts for transit vehicles from the sales tax and the motor vehicle sales tax.
HF1985 (Pelowski) Provides that a portion of the general sales and use tax be paid to cities for transportation purposes.

12:30 p.m.

FAMILY & EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION FINANCE
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Barb Sykora
Agenda: HF2248 (McGuire) Relating to family and early childhood education; consolidating the MFIP and basic sliding fee child care assistance programs.
HF1429 (Sykora) Relating to child care; requiring annual market rate surveys; appropriating money.
HF1437 (Skoe) Relating to family and early childhood education finance; modifying child care market rate survey.
HF1745 (Nornes) Relating to children; child care; creating an annual bonus for accredited child care centers.
HF1548 (Nornes) Relating to early childhood; appropriating money for child care resource and referral programs.
HF1478 (Wagenius) Relating to children; requiring notice to parents and employees when a Head Start program or child care provider plans to use certain pesticides.

***CANCELED***
LOCAL GOVERNMENT &
METROPOLITAN AFFAIRS
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Jerry Dempsey
Agenda: CANCELED. To be announced. Monitor paper and electronic bulletins.

After Local Government meeting at the call of the chair

***CANCELED***
Subcommittee on Metropolitan Council and Agencies/ LOCAL GOVERNMENT & METROPOLITAN AFFAIRS
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Mark Buesgens
Agenda: CANCELED. To be announced.

2 p.m.

***ADD***
Conference Committee
HF47/SF39
Unemployment extension for LTV workers.
125 State Capitol
Chrs. Rep. Tom Rukavina,
Sen. Doug Johnson

3 p.m.

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION.

Immediately following session

RULES & LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATION
400S State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Tim Pawlenty
Agenda: Calendar for the Day for Thursday, April 5, 2001.
House Budget.

15 minutes after session

***ADD***
WAYS & MEANS
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. David Bishop
Agenda: HF1080 (Thompson) Gender-specific language replaced with gender-neutral language in the constitution, and constitutional amendment proposed.
HF289 (Daggett) Four-year terms provided for representatives and senators and constitutional amendment proposed.
HF1360 (Boudreau) Minnesota Citizens' Personal Protection Act of 2001 adopted and recognizing the right to self-defense, providing permits to carry a pistol, and imposing criminal penalties.