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Updated Wednesday, February 28, 3:15 p.m.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

MONDAY, Feb. 26

8:15 a.m.

GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS & VETERANS AFFAIRS POLICY
Basement Hearing Room
State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Jim Rhodes
Agenda: SF142/HF387 (Walker) Black Minnesotans council membership increased.
HF389 (Dempsey) Mississippi River Parkway Commission extended and membership modified.

HEALTH & HUMAN
SERVICES FINANCE
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Kevin Goodno
Agenda: Minnesota Department of Human Services deep budget overview of Agency Management, Health Care Management,
Continuing Care Management and Economic Support Management.

JOBS & ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Dan McElroy
Agenda: Budget review of IRRRB.
HF47 (Rukavina) Iron mining; Closed iron mines and facilities required to be maintained for two years.
HF520 (Sertich) Northeast entrepreneur fund microenterprise development grant provided and money appropriated.

***CANCELED***
Joint House and Senate Children's Environmental Health Working Group
123 State Capitol
Chrs. Rep. Kathy Tingelstad,
Sen. Jane Krentz
Agenda: Rescheduled for Monday, March 12. Indoor air quality in schools.
Presentation by the Department of Children, Families and Learning and the Minnesota Department of Health.

TRANSPORTATION FINANCE
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Carol Molnau
Agenda: Office of Traffic Safety budget presentation, Kathy Swanson, Director.
Metropolitan Council Report on Metro Mobility/ADA Paratransit Service, Nacho Diaz, Met Council Transportation Planning Director; Dave Jacobson, Metro Mobility General Manager; public testimony will also be taken.

10:15 a.m.

CIVIL LAW
Basement Hearing Room
State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Steve Smith
Agenda: HF239 (Lipman) Real property ownership and application clarifications provided, Minnesota common interest ownership act modified, and torrens proceedings representation provided.
HF767 (Holberg) Business discrimination provisions modified, and discretionary disclosure permitted during investigation.

ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL
RESOURCES FINANCE
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Mark Holsten
Agenda: Department of Natural Resources budget presentation: Parks and Recreation.

HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCE
300S State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Peggy Leppik
Agenda: MnSCU Board Level Administration and Management Legislative Study overview.
Witnesses: Judy Grew, Senior Management Consultant, Management Analysis Division, Department of Administration;
Jim Jarvis, Management Consultant, Management Analysis Division, Department of Administration; and
Michael Vekich, Chair, MnSCU Board of Trustees.

K-12 EDUCATION FINANCE
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Alice Seagren
Agenda: HF836 (Walz) Relating to education; authorizing a fund transfer for Independent School District No. 182, Crosby-Ironton.
HF216 (Bernardy) Relating to education finance; establishing permanent funding for gifted and talented programs as a component of general education revenue.
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.
HF602 (Leighton) Relating to education; modifying the base year upon which special education revenue is calculated.
HF605 (Leighton) Relating to education finance; authorizing Independent School District No. 492, Austin, to carry a deficit in its operating capital account for a limited number of years.
HF880 (Solberg) Relating to libraries; authorizing additional levy for Independent School District No. 319, Nashwauk-Keewatin.
HF889 (Solberg) Relating to education finance; authorizing a levy for Independent School District No. 318, Grand Rapids.

Property Tax Division/TAXES
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Ron Erhardt
Agenda: HF820 (Erhardt) Watershed districts authorized to increase levies for enforcement purposes.
HF914 (Kuisle) Manufactured home parks property tax class rate reduced, and homestead and agricultural credit aid adjustment provided.
HF668 (Lenczewski) In-lieu property tax payments provided for state-owned property.
HF929 (Wenzel) Vacant platted land assessment provided.

10:30 a.m.

Sales and Income Tax Division/TAXES
Department of Revenue Tour
600 N. Robert St.
St. Paul, Minn.
Chr. Rep. Elaine Harder
Agenda: The tour will include a general tour of the department, an overview of sales and income tax audit procedures, and an explanation of the Revenue Department's reengineering project.
We will have a van leaving from the State Office Building parking lot at 10:15 a.m. to transport members and staff to the Revenue Building.

11:45 p.m.

***NOTE TIME AND ROOM***
REGULATED INDUSTRIES
118 State Capitol
Chr. Rep. Ken Wolf
Agenda: Presentation by Pennsylvania Representative Frank Tulli, Jr. on Electric Deregulation/Restructuring in Pennsylvania.
Discussion and analysis of major energy proposals (HF492, HF659, and HF710) before the committee.

12:15 p.m.

***NOTE TIME***
FAMILY & EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION FINANCE
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Barb Sykora
Agenda: Childhood Development
Dr. Megan R. Gunnar, Professor of Child Development, University of Minnesota.

***NOTE TIME***
LOCAL GOVERNMENT &
METROPOLITAN AFFAIRS
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Jerry Dempsey
Agenda: Presentation (continued): Legislative Auditor's Report: Affordable Housing.

1:30 p.m.

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION.

TUESDAY, Feb. 27

8:15 a.m.

EDUCATION POLICY
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Harry Mares
Agenda: HF478 (Sykora) ADD; parents and providers required to evaluate programs prior to prescribing drugs to children with attention deficit disorder, educational neglect definition clarified, number of children affected determined, and money appropriated.
HF1015 (Mares) CFL Administrative Bill. Presentation of the bill only. Testimony and action on the bill will be scheduled for a future date.

HEALTH & HUMAN
SERVICES POLICY
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Fran Bradley
Agenda: HF648 (Abeler) Birth centers regulatory system study required.
HF1123 (Mulder) Nonmetropolitan county prepaid medical assistance program capitation rates increased.
HF1124 (Mulder) Nonmetropolitan inpatient hospital rates for certain diagnosis-related groups adjusted.
HF1132 (Goodno) Medical assistance income standard and asset limitations for medical assistance eligibility for the elderly and disabled increased, and basic needs benefits disregarded as income for TEFRA medical assistance eligibility.
Reading of the Adoption Proclamation.
Note: If necessary, this meeting will continue at 4 p.m. in 10 State Office Building.

JUDICIARY FINANCE
Basement Hearing Room
State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Rich Stanek
Agenda: Budget overview for the Department of Corrections continued - Community and Juvenile Services.

TRANSPORTATION POLICY
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Tom Workman
Agenda: HF9 (Ruth) A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution by adding a section to article XIV; dedicating all revenue from the sales tax on motor vehicles to the highway user tax distribution fund.
HF11 (Westerberg) A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, by adding a section to article XIV; dedicating not less than 32 percent of revenue from the sales tax on motor vehicles to the highway user tax distribution fund.
HF860 (Marko) A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing multimodal transportation fund for highway and transit projects; proposing constitutional amendment to dedicate revenues from motor vehicle sales tax to multimodal transportation fund.

10:15 a.m.

CRIME PREVENTION
Basement Hearing Room
State Office Building
Chr. Rep. John Tuma
Agenda: ***NOTE CHANGE***
HF51 (Goodno) Lowering the blood alcohol concentration level for per se DWI offenses from .10 to .08.
HF643 (Paulsen) Initiative and referendum (criminal penalties only).

ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL
RESOURCES POLICY
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Dennis Ozment
Agenda: ***NOTE CHANGE***
HF455 (Ozment) Clean fuel (biodiesel) use marketing and education program established, and money appropriated.
HF870 (Erickson) Snowmobile trail access grant-in-aid continuation required.
HF845 (Hackbarth) All-terrain vehicle (ATV) safety training and youth operating provisions modified to include a riding component.
HF267 (Wagenius) Well water; model notice created regarding testing of wells, and dissemination required including posting on health department web site.

STATE GOVERNMENT FINANCE
300N State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Philip Krinkie
Agenda: HF218 (Krinkie) State Government Finance Bill.
Section 25, proposed budget for Board of the Arts;
Section 26, proposed budget for Humanities Commission.

TAXES
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Ron Abrams
Agenda: Continuation of public testimony on HF511 (Sviggum) Governor's Tax Bill.