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Committee Schedule

Updated Tuesday, January 30, 3:15 p.m.


Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

MONDAY, Jan. 29

8 a.m.

GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS & VETERANS AFFAIRS POLICY
Tour of National Guard,
Rosemount, Minn.
Chr. Rep. Jim Rhodes
Agenda: Overview and tour.

8:15 a.m.

Children's Environmental Health Working Group
125 State Capitol
Chrs. Rep. Kathy Tingelstad,
Sen. Jane Krentz
Agenda: ***NOTE CHANGE*** Children's environmental health issues - Report from John Helland, House Research.
Pesticide and integrated pest management issues, Department of Agriculture and University of Minnesota Extension.
Governor's "Healthy Kids Learn" initiative.

JOBS & ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Dan McElroy
Agenda: ***NOTE CHANGE*** Overview of the budget books by the Department of Finance.
Budget review of the Department of Labor and Industry.
HFXXXX (McElroy) Waiver of freeze on Energy Assistance Funds (LI-HEAP) from the Department of Economic Security.

TRANSPORTATION FINANCE
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Carol Molnau
Agenda: Commissioner Charlie Weaver, Department of Public Safety.
State Patrol budget presentation, Chief Anne Beers.

8:30 a.m.

Regent Candidate Advisory Council
400S State Office Building
Chr. Nedra Wicks
Agenda: Business meeting 8:30 a.m. to
9 a.m. Interviews for positions on the University of Minnesota Board of Regents 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (lunch break 12 noon to 1:15 p.m.).

10:15 a.m.

ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL
RESOURCES FINANCE
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Mark Holsten
Agenda: Department of Finance budget overview.
MinnesotaWisconsin Boundary Commission budget presentation.
Science Museum of Minnesota budget presentation.

***CANCELED***
HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCE
300S State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Peggy Leppik
Agenda: ***CANCELED***
University of Minnesota testimony has been completed.
Northern Resources Research Institute (NRRI) and Physics and Electrical Engineering Department funding, Witness: Charles Nutter, CEO, Silicon Valley Corporation (if meeting is canceled, NRRI testimony will be rescheduled).

K-12 EDUCATION FINANCE
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Alice Seagren
Agenda: Governor's budget presented by the Department of Children, Families and Learning.

Sales and Income Tax Division/TAXES
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Elaine Harder
Agenda: HF294 (Walz) Allows a subtraction for National Guard and active duty military pay from the individual income tax.
HF68 (Buesgens) Allows a subtraction for U.S. military pay from the individual income tax.
HF230 (Bernardy) Allows a subtraction of up to $5,000 for military pay in U.S. and U.N. armed forces from the individual income tax.
HF90 (Mulder) Allows a subtraction for military pension from the individual income tax.
HF91 (Mulder) Exempts sales tax for goods and admission for nonprofit dance clubs.

12:30 p.m.

FAMILY & EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION FINANCE
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Barb Sykora
Agenda: Federal funds overview.
Department of Children, Families and Learning staff: Mary ThissenMilder, Sue Devich, Lois Engstrom, Elizabeth Roe, Barbara O'Sullivan, Connie Greer, Barry Shaffer, and Joyce Swonger.
Department of Finance staff: John Breckenridge; Brent Gustafson.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT &
METROPOLITAN AFFAIRS
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Jerry Dempsey
Agenda: Presentations: Office of State Auditor, Metropolitan Radio Board, and Metropolitan Airports Commission.
Other business.

REGULATED INDUSTRIES
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Ken Wolf
Agenda: HF264 (Wolf) Legislative Energy Task Force; correcting names of committees represented by members.
HFXXXX (Wolf) Relating to telecommunications; modifying and recodifying telecommunications laws (Governor's Telecommunications Reform Bill).
Presentation by the Department of Commerce on the governor's telecommunications bill.

3 p.m.
THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION.

15 minutes after session

WAYS & MEANS
Basement Hearing Room
State Office Building
Chr. Rep. David Bishop
Agenda: HF12 (Lipman) Constitutional amendment proposed requiring
threefifths vote to enact laws imposing or increasing taxes, fees or surcharges.

4 p.m.

ETHICS
400S State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Roxann Daggett
Agenda: Introductory comments from Chair Daggett.
Approval of committee rules.
Overview of committee process by House Research.

TUESDAY, January 30

8:15 a.m.

***CANCELED***
EDUCATION POLICY
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Harry Mares
Agenda: ***NOTE CHANGE*** Overview of policy and governor's budget. Witness: Commissioner Christine Jax, Department of Children, Families and Learning.
HF169 (Kubly) Independent School
District No. 2534, Bird IslandOliviaLake Lillian, grant authorized for contract deadline penalty, and money appropriated.

HEALTH & HUMAN
SERVICES POLICY
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Fran Bradley
Agenda: ***NOTE CHANGE*** Presentation of the nursing home casemix system transition plan.
HF332 (Nornes) Nursing facility case mix transition plan established and fine imposed for noncompliance.
Presentation by the Minnesota Association of Counties.

***CANCELED***
JUDICIARY FINANCE
Basement Hearing Room
State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Rich Stanek
Agenda: Agenda re-scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 6.
 Ramsey County Domestic Abuse Pilot Project.
Domestic Fatality Review Team overview.
Bomb Disposal and Domestic Terrorism Plan overview.
Auto Theft Prevention Board overview.
Presentation on Governor Ventura's budget as it pertains to the section on Criminal Justice.
Gary Karger, House Fiscal Analyst.

***CANCELED***
TRANSPORTATION POLICY
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Tom Workman
Agenda: Canceled. Agenda will be heard on Thursday, Feb. 1.
HF254 (Seifert) Transportation obsolete rules repealed (continued from Jan. 25 meeting).
HF368 (Stang) Stearns County Highway 55 bridge designated as Old St. Anne's pass.
Others to be announced.

8:30 a.m.

Regent Candidate Advisory Council
400N State Office Building
Chr. Nedra Wicks
Agenda: Business meeting 8:30 a.m. to
9 a.m. Interviews for positions on the University of Minnesota Board of Regents 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (lunch break 12 noon to 1:15 p.m.).

10:15 a.m.

CRIME PREVENTION
Basement Hearing Room
State Office Building
Chr. Rep. John Tuma
Agenda: HF260 (Stanek) CriMNet Criminal justice information system improvements and appropriations.

ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL
RESOURCES POLICY
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Dennis Ozment
Agenda: ***NOTE CHANGE***
HF80 (Hackbarth) Anoka County; Coon Lake water level control installation required.
Continuation of air toxic discussion,
American Lung Association.
HF455 (Ozment) Creating an education program to market the use of clean fuels.

STATE GOVERNMENT FINANCE
300N State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Philip Krinkie
Agenda: HF218 (Krinkie) State Government Finance Bill.
Testimony on: Section 19, proposed budget for Veterans of Foreign Wars;
Section 20, proposed budget for the Military Order of the Purple Heart; Section 21, proposed budget for the Disabled American Veterans; and Section 18, proposed budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

TAXES
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Ron Abrams
Agenda: HFXXXX (Sviggum) Governor's tax bill.

12:30 p.m.

AGRICULTURE & RURAL
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Bob Ness
Agenda: Overview of the governor's budget proposals relating to agriculture by the Department of Agriculture.

CAPITAL INVESTMENT
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Jim Knoblach
Agenda: Overview of Department of Finance issues and procedures, Peter Sausen.

COMMERCE, JOBS &
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Greg Davids
Agenda: HF47 (Rukavina) Relating to economic development; requiring a closed iron mine and related facilities to be maintained for a period of time; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 93.003.
HF219 (Sertich) A resolution requesting a ban on the importation of certain steel products.

1 p.m.

Major Transportation Projects Commission
Basement Hearing Room
State Office Building
Chr. to be elected
Agenda: Introduction and comments by members.
Introduction of legislative and Department of Transportation (MnDOT) staff.
Election of chair.
Discussion of commission goals.
Discussion of procedural issues.
Election of other officers: vice chair and secretary.
Scheduling of meetings: monthly/bi-monthly/semi-monthly
Location of meetings: Capitol complex, other metro/outstate locations.
Staff services: meeting notices, other mailings, minutes.
Presentation by MnDOT: Discussion/presentation of transportation planning process and project selection process.
Setting of time, place and agenda for next meeting.

2:30 p.m.

REDISTRICTING
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Erik Paulsen
Agenda: Analysis of Minnesota's population shifts, Tom Gillaspy.
Background on redistricting software, Lee Meilleur.

Legislative Audit Commission
316 State Capitol
Chr. Rep. Dan McElroy
Agenda: Release and review of program evaluation report on affordable housing.

WEDNESDAY, January 31

8:15 a.m.

GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS &
VETERANS AFFAIRS POLICY
Basement Hearing Room
State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Jim Rhodes
Agenda: Department of Employee Relations overview, Julien Carter.
Campaign Finance Board, Jean Olsen.

HEALTH & HUMAN
SERVICES FINANCE
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Kevin Goodno
Agenda: Budget discussions regarding healthrelated licensing boards.

JOBS & ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Dan McElroy
Agenda: ***NOTE CHANGE***
Continuation of the Department of Labor and Industry's budget review from the
Jan. 29 committee meeting.
Budget review of the Department of Commerce.
Minnesota Technology, Inc. budget review will be re-scheduled for a later date.

TRANSPORTATION FINANCE
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Carol Molnau
Agenda: Deputy Commissioner Doug Weiszhaar, Department of Transportation (MnDOT).
Chief Financial Officer Kevin Gray, MnDOT.
Cecil Selness, Modal Operations Division.
Office of Aeronautics Budget Presentation, Ray Rought, director.

8:30 a.m.

Regent Candidate Advisory Council
500S State Office Building
Chr. Nedra Wicks
Agenda: Business meeting 8:30 a.m. to
9 a.m. Interviews for positions on the University of Minnesota Board of Regents 9 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. The meeting may close to the public after the last interview for a discussion of reference checks, and then re-open to the public as the council votes for candidates to recommend to the Legislature. Between two and four candidates will be recommended for each open position on the Board of Regents. The council will take a lunch break from
12 noon until 1:15 p.m.

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.

ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL
RESOURCES FINANCE
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Mark Holsten
Agenda: Minnesota Zoological Garden budget presentation.
Academy of Science budget presentation.

HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCE
300S State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Peggy Leppik
Agenda: Academic Health Center (University of Minnesota) budget request,
Witness: Dr. Frank Cerra, Senior Vice President for Health Sciences, University of Minnesota.

K-12 EDUCATION FINANCE
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Alice Seagren
Agenda: ***NOTE CHANGE***
HF3 (Penas) School district equity revenue requirements modified and money appropriated.
HF44 (Rifenberg) Independent School District No. 857, Lewiston, fund transfer authorized.
HF103 (Jennings) Independent School District No. 578, Pine City, fund transfer authorized.
HF102 (Seifert) Independent School District No. 418, Russell, fund transfer authorized.
HF105 (Jennings) Independent School District No. 578, Pine City, disabled access levy extended.
HF89 (Greiling) Independent School District No. 623, Roseville, fund transfer authorized.
HF98 (Greiling) Como park natural science education coordinator provided, and money appropriated.
HF287 (Mares) Intermediate school districts authorized to sell and issue bonds under specific conditions.

TAXES
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Ron Abrams
Agenda: HFXXXX (Sviggum) Governor's tax bill.

12:30 p.m.

AGRICULTURE POLICY
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Tim Finseth
Agenda: HF149 (Pawlenty) Regulating the serving, selling, and labeling of certain religionsanctioned food.
HF106 (Ness) Allowing certain members of the Minnesota Agriculture Education Leadership Council to designate permanent or temporary replacement members.
Overview of rural statistics, Tom Gillaspy, State Demographer.

Economic Development and Tourism Division/COMMERCE, JOBS &
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Basement Hearing Room
State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Arlon Lindner
Agenda: Affordable housing.

FAMILY & EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FINANCE
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Barb Sykora
Agenda:***NOTE CHANGE*** Introduction/overview of governor's budget.
Commissioner Christine Jax, Department of Children, Families and Learning.
Budget analysis of following programs: ECFE, Head Start, School Readiness, Screening, and Way to Grow.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT & METROPOLITAN AFFAIRS
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Jerry Dempsey
Agenda: Presentations: Metropolitan Mosquito Control District, Minnesota Regional Development Organizations, and Metropolitan Council.
Other business.

THURSDAY, February 1

8:15 a.m.

EDUCATION POLICY
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Harry Mares
Agenda: ***NOTE CHANGE***
Report on assessment and accountability, Joe Nathan, Center for School Change.
Overview of student data practices issues, Don Gemberling, Department of Administration and Susan Crumb, Hennepin Co. Assistant District Attorney.

HEALTH & HUMAN
SERVICES POLICY
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Fran Bradley
Agenda: Presentation on issues surrounding adult and child mental health.
HF97 (Greiling) Revisor instructed to replace phrase concerning mental illness.

JUDICIARY FINANCE
Basement Hearing Room
State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Rich Stanek
Agenda: Dakota County Community Justice Zone.
Budget hearing for the Ombudsman of Crime Victim Services.
Budget hearing for the Ombudsman of Corrections.
Budget hearing for the Peace Officer Standards & Training Board.
Budget hearing for the Sentencing Guidelines Commission.

TRANSPORTATION POLICY
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Tom Workman
Agenda: ***NOTE CHANGE***
HF254 (Seifert) Transportation obsolete rules repealed (continued from Jan. 25 meeting).
HF368 (Stang) Stearns County Highway 55 bridge designated as Old St. Anne's pass.
Others to be announced.

10:15 a.m.

CRIME PREVENTION
Basement Hearing Room
State Office Building
Chr. Rep. John Tuma
Agenda: HF94 (Haas) Fish and game law gross overlimit criminal penalties established (continuation from Jan.25 hearing).
Crime trends overview from the Department of Corrections, Courts, and Minnesota Planning.

Joint House ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY/
Senate ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY
***NOTE ROOM***
123 State Capitol
Chrs. Rep. Dennis Ozment,
Sen. Jane Krentz
Agenda: Office of Environmental Assistance 2001 Biennial Report.
Department of Administration procurement and recycling issues.
Minnesota Soft Drink Association & Recycling Association of Minnesota statewide recycling campaign.

STATE GOVERNMENT FINANCE
300N State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Philip Krinkie
Agenda:
HF218 (Krinkie) State Government Finance Bill.
Testimony on Section 17, proposed budget for Department of Military Affairs.

TAXES
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Ron Abrams
Agenda: HFXXXX (Sviggum) Governor's tax bill.

12:30 p.m.

AGRICULTURE & RURAL
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Bob Ness
Agenda: Continuation of overview of the Governor's budget proposals relating to agriculture by the MN Department of Agriculture.

CAPITAL INVESTMENT
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Jim Knoblach
Agenda: ***NOTE CHANGE***
Overview of Department of Finance issues and procedures, Peter Sausen.
Department of Finance report on cancellations, Peter Sausen.

3 p.m.

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION.

4:15 p.m.

HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCE
Tour, St. John's/St. Benedict's colleges
Chr. Rep. Peggy Leppik
Agenda: Tour departs from the north entrance of the State Office Building at 4:15 p.m. Roundtable presentation and tour scheduled from 6 p.m. to 7:20 p.m.


 FRIDAY, February 2

8:15 a.m.

JOBS & ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Dan McElroy
Agenda: Budget review of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency.

8:30 a.m.

HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCE
Tours
Chr. Rep. Peggy Leppik
Agenda: University of MinnesotaCrookston roundtable discussion and tour (8:30 a.m. to
10:30 a.m.).
Northwest Technical College tour (12 noon to 12:30 p.m.).
Bemidji State University lunch/roundtable discussion and tour (12:30 p.m. to
2:30 p.m.).

10:15 a.m.

K-12 EDUCATION FINANCE
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Alice Seagren
Agenda: ***NOTE CHANGE***
Governor's budget, presented by Department of Children, Families and Learning.
HF168 (Folliard) Education finance; growth factor included in referendum revenue cap, and original cap percentage restored.
HF43 (Abrams) School district operating referendum revenue inflationary increase granted.



LOOKING AHEAD...

MONDAY, Feb. 5

10:15 a.m.

Property Tax Division/TAXES
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Ron Erhardt
Agenda: To be announced.

Sales and Income Tax Division/TAXES
***NOTE ROOM***
500N State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Elaine Harder
Agenda: To be announced.

MONDAY, Feb. 26

3 p.m.

JOINT HOUSE AND SENATE SESSION
House Chamber
Agenda: University of Minnesota Regent selection.

 

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