GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS & VETERANS AFFAIRS POLICY
Basement Hearing Room
State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Jim Rhodes
Agenda: Department of Administration overview.
HF486 (Seifert) Requiring political disclaimers in newspaper ads to be a certain size.

HEALTH & HUMAN
SERVICES FINANCE
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Kevin Goodno
Agenda: ***NOTE CHANGE*** Overview of Department of Health federal fund budget pages and time-sensitive Department of Human Services federal grants.

JOBS & ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Dan McElroy
Agenda: Continuation of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency's budget review (if testimony is not completed on Friday, Feb. 2).
Review of the federal funds slated for state expenditures.
Budget review of Minnesota Technology, Inc.

TRANSPORTATION FINANCE
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Carol Molnau
Agenda: Conclusion of Office of Aeronautics budget presentation, Ray Rought, Director.
Department of Public Safety federal funds overview, Frank Ahrens, Budget Director.
MnDOT federal funds overview, Dick Swanson, Office of Financial Management Director.
Greater Minnesota transit budget presentation, Donna Allan, Director. Office of Passenger Rail Transit budget presentation, Cecil Selness, Modal Operations Director.
Office of Railroads and Waterways budget presentation, Al Vogel, Director.

10:15 a.m.
CIVIL LAW
Basement Hearing Room
State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Steve Smith
Agenda: HF130 (Dawkins) Dangerous dog definitions and regulations modified, animal control officers duties expanded, evidence preservation provided, and criminal penalties imposed.
HF450 (Skoglund) Medical malpractice statute of limitations statutory reference clarified.

ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL
RESOURCES FINANCE
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Mark Holsten
Agenda: Pollution Control Agency budget overview and presentation.
Pollution Control Agency: Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCE
300S State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Peggy Leppik
Agenda: HESO Budget Request.
Witness: Dr. Bob Poch, Director.

K-12 EDUCATION FINANCE
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Alice Seagren
Agenda: HF191 (Erickson) Authorizing a fund transfer for Independent School District No. 473, Isle.
HF206 (Opatz) Appropriating money for an after-school educational enhancement pilot program for low-income youth in the St. Cloud area.
HF225 (Anderson, I.) Providing for a swimming pool levy.
HF226 (Anderson, I.) Providing for revenue for transportation for staff development.
HF228 (Anderson, I.) Providing for revenue for remedial instruction for students who do not receive passing scores on the Minnesota basic skills tests.

Property Tax Division/TAXES
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Ron Erhardt
Agenda: HF133 (Haas) City aid base and maximum aid increased for specified cities.
HF363 (McGuire) City aid base and maximum aid increased for specified metropolitan municipalities.
HF324 (Kuisle) Agricultural homestead and non-homestead property tax class rates reduced, and educational agricultural credit application increased and extended.
HF5 (Penas) Education agricultural tax credit increased.
HF358 (Wilkin) Property tax class rate on apartments reduced and increased homestead and agricultural credit aid provided.
HF158 (Gleason) Property tax refund; percentage of rent constituting property taxes increased.

Sales and Income Tax Division/TAXES
***NOTE ROOM***
500N State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Elaine Harder
Agenda:
HF148 (Paulsen) Provides a subtraction for social security income from the individual income tax.
HF186 (Hackbarth) Provides a subtraction for social security income from the individual income tax.
HF339 (Dempsey) Creates a subtraction for the depreciation of a taxpayer's automobile.
HF107 (McElroy) Exempts construction materials used for qualified low income housing projects.
HF183 (Abrams) Makes the capital equipment exemption an up-front exemption.
HF336 (Erhardt) Makes the capital equipment exemption an up-front exemption.

12:30 p.m.

FAMILY & EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION FINANCE
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Barb Sykora
Agenda: Way to Grow Lois Engstrom, Department of Children, Families and Learning.
Head Start Barbara O'Sullivan and Karla Mouw, Department of Children, Families and Learning.
Transitional Housing and Emergency Services Connie Greer, Department of Children, Families and Learning.
HF272 (Nornes) Appropriating money for emergency assistance and transitional housing.
Michael Dahl, MN Coalition for the Homeless.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT &
METROPOLITAN AFFAIRS
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Jerry Dempsey
Agenda: HF209 (Hackbarth) Shooting ranges preserved, net losses limited, and relocation costs provided.
HF211 (Ozment) Fire departments reimbursed for extinguishing specified motor vehicle fires, municipalities authorized to collect unpaid emergency services bills from nonresidents, and money appropriated.
HF251 (Mulder) Luverne border development zone tax incentives authorized, state tax reductions provided, and money appropriated.
HF393 (Mahoney) Ramsey County and St. Paul city employees allowed equal competition for vacant county jobs in combined city-county departments.
Other business.

REGULATED INDUSTRIES
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Ken Wolf
Agenda: HFXXXX (Wolf) Relating to telecommunications; modifying and recodifying telecommunications laws. (Governor' s Telecommunications Reform Bill).
(Continuation of presentation by the Department of Commerce on the Governor's Telecommunications Bill from 1/29/01 meeting.)
Presentation from MAPPCOR (Midwest Area Power Pool).

3 p.m.

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION.