GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS & VETERANS AFFAIRS POLICY
Basement Hearing Room
State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Jim Rhodes
Agenda: HF111 (Krinkie) carry over Ethics code applied to executive branch constitutional officers, officers prohibited from engaging in outside work, and malfeasance definition expanded for purposes of recall.

HEALTH & HUMAN
SERVICES FINANCE
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Kevin Goodno
Agenda: Minnesota Department of Human Services overview of budget pages C5 to C295.

JOBS & ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Dan McElroy
Agenda: Review of Minnesota Housing Finance Agency's administrative costs and use of federal funds. Overview of current affordable housing plan.

TRANSPORTATION FINANCE
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Carol Molnau
Agenda: HF351 (Stanek) DWI; felony level driving while impaired offense established.
HF101 (Dempsey) Port development assistance appropriation provided.
Governor's budget spreadsheet presentation, John Walz, Fiscal Analyst.

10:15 a.m.

CIVIL LAW
Basement Hearing Room
State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Steve Smith
Agenda: HF375 (Kubly) Farm tractor clockhour meter tampering prohibited, criminal and civil penalties imposed, and remedies provided.
HF453 (Skoe) Discharge of judgments against bankruptcy debtors regulated.

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ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL
RESOURCES FINANCE
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Mark Holsten
Agenda: Canceled. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency: Remediation Fund and solid waste overview.

HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCE
300S State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Peggy Leppik
Agenda: Mayo Medical Center budget request.
Witnesses: Dr. Tony Windebank, Dean;
Dr. David Agerter, Chair, Family Medicine Department.
U of M Efforts to Spend Money Smarter.
Witnesses: Mark Yudof, President;
Richard Pfutzenreuter, Chief Financial Officer.

K-12 EDUCATION FINANCE
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Alice Seagren
Agenda: HF734 (Davnie) Relating to education finance; increasing funding for school lunches and breakfasts; expanding school eligibility for a fast break to learning grant; appropriating money.
HF500 (Kielkucki) Relating to education; appropriating money for a teacher preparation program to educate teachers of students with emotional and behavioral disorders.
HF555 (Finseth) Relating to education; authorizing a fund transfer for independent school district No. 628, Plummer.
HF578 (Pugh) Relating to education; authorizing a grant to special school district No. 6, South St. Paul, for a full day kindergarten program; appropriating money.
HF741 (Goodwin) Relating to education finance; expanding eligibility for the alternative facilities program to districts with older facilities.
HF743 (Anderson, I.) Relating to education; providing for revenue for extracurricular activities; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B.
HF816 (Folliard) Relating to education; providing for school counselor incentive grants; appropriating money.

Sales and Incomes Tax Division/TAXES
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Elaine Harder
Agenda: HF569 (Molnau) Exempts certain purchases by counties for road and bridge maintenance from sales, use, & vehicles sales tax.
HF469 (Abeler) Allows county agricultural societies to retain sales tax proceeds to fund improvements.
HF588 (Swapinski) Exempts sales to Western Lake Superior Sanitary District.
HF592 (Dorman) Decreases the non-mixed-municipal solid waste tax & repeals accounting and recordkeeping requirements.
HF755 (Dorman) Reducing the solid waste management tax rates, allowing for automatic future adjustments of these rates.

12:30 p.m.

FAMILY & EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION FINANCE
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Barb Sykora
Agenda: Food Assistance Program; Family Assets for Independence Program; Minnesota Economic Opportunity Grants; Results Oriented Management and Accountability (ROMA).
HF674 (Swapinski) A bill for an act relating to child abuse; appropriating money for child advocacy centers.
Child Abuse Account.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT &
METROPOLITAN AFFAIRS
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Jerry Dempsey
Agenda: HF172 (Mares) Mahtomedi authorized to provide housing assistance to get local daytime paramedic service. Continued Hearing.
HF518 (Rhodes) St. Louis Park firefighters' civil service commission abolition authorized.
HF665 (Kielkucki) Regional development commissions and other regional organization local planning assistance funding provided and money appropriated.
HF817 (Howes) Local government contract public bid requirements modified.

REGULATED INDUSTRIES
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Ken Wolf
Agenda: Presentation by Patrick Wood, Chairman of the Texas Public Utilities Commission, on Electric Deregulation/Restructuring in Texas.
Discussion and analysis of major energy proposals (HF492, HF659, and HF710) before the committee.

3 p.m.

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION.

7 p.m.

Property Tax Division/TAXES
Edina City Council Chambers
4801 W. 50th St.
Edina, Minn.
Chr. Rep. Ron Erhardt
Agenda: HF511 (Sviggum) Governor's Tax Bill.