GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS & VETERANS AFFAIRS POLICY
Basement Hearing Room
State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Jim Rhodes
Agenda: HF1280 (Seagren) Education; providing for an elementary reading specialist licensure, rulemaking.
HF1310 (Abrams) Construction; giving the state building official final authority for interpreting the state building code and prescribing its enforcement.
HF1764 (Gleason) Historical preservation; ensuring protection for the historic Camp Coldwater Springs area.
HF910 (Dempsey) Education; establishing a board for educational administrators; rulemaking.
HF1742 (Mares) Local Government; modifying the compensation limit for political subdivision employees.
HF1869 (Anderson, B.) State Government; changing the expiration dates of certain advisory councils and committees.
HF2074 (Clark) Contracts; regulating public works contracts.
HF1219 (Gunther) Insurance; removing certain state involvement with the state fund mutual insurance company.
HF1778 (Walz) Providing for placement in the Capitol of a plaque commemorating the soldiers who participated in the Bataan Death March.
HF1826 (Erickson) Veterans; certain educational assistance provisions.
HF1302 (Hackbarth) Natural Resources; extending certain advisory committees.
Note: The committee will reconvene after session in 5 State Office Building to complete the morning agenda.

HEALTH & HUMAN
SERVICES POLICY
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Fran Bradley
Agenda: ***NOTE CHANGE***
HF1292 (Goodno) Family and adult self-sufficiency program provisions modified.
HF1832 (Goodno) MFIP sanctions and program eligibility requirements for noncompliant recipients modified, and hardship extensions established.
HF1043 (Bishop) Health care provider tax research credit increased.
HF917 (Rhodes) Council of health boards established.
HF414 (Mulder) Department of Corrections assigned responsibility for investigating allegations of maltreatment in juvenile correctional facilities.

HF1928 (Walker) Health care access programs provisions modified.
HF924 (Nornes) Residential mental health grant program for facility upgrades established and money appropriated.
Note: If necessary, this meeting will continue in Room 10 of the State Office Building after session at the call of the chair.

JOBS & ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Dan McElroy
Agenda: Administration discussion concerning the Department of Economic Security and the Department of Trade and Economic Development Reorganization Proposal.
Note: Public Testimony will be taken. If interested in testifying, please contact Ann Matuella, Committee Legislative Assistant, at (651) 296-5999.

TRANSPORTATION FINANCE
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Carol Molnau
Agenda: HF1795 (Eastlund) Transportation revolving loan funds transferred from the general fund.
HF1717 (Workman) Trunk highway turnbacks rehabilitation funding provided and money appropriated.
HF1774 (Clark, J.) Trunk highway right-of-way advance acquisition and construction provided and money appropriated.
HF1179 (Lieder) Public safety employees assigned to state patrol to enforce motor vehicle size and weight laws defined as public safety officers for purposes of survivor benefits.

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.
HF1629 (Tingelstad) Uniform parentage act study and report required.
HF1857 (Smith) Uniform Arbitration Act adopted providing for arbitration of disputes.
HF1291 (Boudreau) Health plan subrogation clause limitation provisions modified.
HF177 (Molnau) Recreational motor vehicle tort immunity provided for use on a highway rightofway.
HF1889 (Lipman) Uniform Partnership Act of 1994 transition issues regulated.
HF1898 (Holberg) Edvest, human rights intake, and automobile insurance financial data classified as nonpublic.
HF1959 (Dibble) Edvest, human rights intake, and automobile insurance financial data classified as nonpublic, computer data definitions provided, reporting redundancy eliminated, and administrative remedies abolished.
HF1655 (Entenza) Civil actions against the state authorized under the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
HF1270 (Entenza) Currency exchanges, real estate brokers, real property appraisers, residential contractors, and collection agencies continuing education, fees, costs, duties, rights and recovery fund amounts regulated.
HF1634 (Mahoney) Duty to warn law applied to social workers, and social workers allowed to form and participate in professional firms.
HF1104 (Vandeveer) Real estate task force work plan funded and electronic filing of real estate documents initiated.
HF1306 (Howes) Minnesota Conservation Corps program and decorative forest products provisions modified, sustainable forest resources provisions repeal delayed, study required, civil penalties imposed, and money appropriated.
Note: The CIVIL LAW Committee will reconvene in room 500S at 4 p.m. to conclude any unfinished business.

ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL
RESOURCES FINANCE
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Mark Holsten
Agenda: HF1177 (Gunther) Blue Earth County board grant provided for study of Rapidan Dam, and money appropriated.
HF1127 (Mulder) Lewis and Clark Joint Powers Board rural water system funded, and money appropriated.
HF1011 (Walker) Powderhorn Lake in
Minneapolis restoration and aeration provided and money appropriated.

HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCE
300S State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Peggy Leppik
Agenda: HF2087 (Pelowski) MnSCU central office restructuring feasibility study authorized.

K-12 EDUCATION FINANCE
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Alice Seagren
Agenda: HF422 (Seagren) Relating to education; improving recruitment of excellent teachers in science, math, industrial technology, and special education and in rural areas; establishing a loan repayment program.
HF82 (Seagren) A bill for an act relating to education finance; concentrating a portion of the reserved revenue for staff development on induction and mentorship activities for new teachers.
HF1558 (Abeler) Relating to education; employing multiple strategies to recruit qualified school administrators; appropriating money.
HF1852 (Abeler) Relating to education finance; continuing the referendum offset adjustment until a district's referendum is renewed.
HF1377 (Abeler) Relating to education finance; increasing and indexing the general education basic formula allowance.
HF1341 (Davnie) Relating to education finance; increasing special education revenue; broadening funding for the first grade preparedness program; increasing funding for English language learners; fully funding transportation services for nonpublic and charter school pupils; modifying a hearing request; making permanent the five percent reallocation of compensatory revenue; authorizing the sale of bonds by the St. Paul school district; appropriating money.
HF93 (Entenza) A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a school guidance counselor to student ratio.

Property Tax Division/TAXES
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Ron Erhardt
Agenda: Presentation on Limited Market Value by House Research.
HF1981 (Schumacher) Sunset on limited market value eliminated.
HF1331 (Skoe) Designated housing projects within Native American Indian reservations exempted from property TAXES.
HF1916 (Jennings) Nonprofit historical society-owned property tax exemption provided.

Sales and Income Tax Division/TAXES
500N State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Elaine Harder
Agenda: HF1200 (Tingelstad) Provides an individual income tax credit for expenses incurred in the process of adopting a child.
HF1199 (Tingelstad) Allows a subtraction from individual income TAXES for adoption expenses.
HF1523 (Tingelstad) Exempts the purchase of certain property used in constructing a fire department facility in the city of Ham Lake from sales and use TAXES.
HF1621 (Dehler) Exempts the purchase of materials and supplies used in constructing public facilities in the city of Sartell.
HF1673 (Stang) Exempts purchases by fire departments from the sales and use TAXES.
HF1758 (Kubly) Exempts the purchase of construction materials and supplies used in a street reconstruction project in the city of Raymond.

***ADD***
Conference Committee
HF47/SF39
Unemployment extension for LTV workers
400S State Office Building
Chrs. Rep. Tom Rukavina,
Sen. Doug Johnson

12:30 p.m.

FAMILY & EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION FINANCE
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Barb Sykora
Agenda: HF835 (Walz) Relating to capital improvements; authorizing state
bonds; appropriating money for a library for the City of Crosslake.
Department of Children Families and Learning Initiatives (found in HF1088),
Karen Carlson, Assistant Commissioner, Children, Families and Learning.
HF1476 (Nornes) Relating to family services; appropriating money for Minnesota economic opportunity grants.
HF1542 (Eastlund) Relating to children; appropriating money for the lead hazard reduction project.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT &
METROPOLITAN AFFAIRS
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Jerry Dempsey
Agenda: HF192 (Goodno) Emergency medical services special taxing districts and property tax levies authorized.
HF1218 (Rhodes) Metropolitan radio board expiration date extended to 2005.
HF1298 (Jennings) Joint powers wastewater treatment boards authorized to issue bonds (continued hearing).
HF1637 (Buesgens) County licensure of hawkers and peddlers repealed.
HF1954 (Kuisle) Volunteer firefighters relief association general fund municipal contributions authorized.
HF2077 (Lenczewski) Hennepin county design-build contracts provided.
HF266 (Swapinski) Lake Superior center authority enabling law modified, contract and agreements made conditional, and status as a political subdivision clarified.
HF2036 (Dempsey) Goodhue county auditor-treasurer appointment authorized.
HF2110 (Howes) Limited exemption to local government gift policy provided to attendees at a national or international conference or event.
Note: Some of these bills, plus other bills to be announced, will be heard when the committee reconvenes at the call of the chair, after session, in 200 State Office Building. Watch for updated notices.

REGULATED INDUSTRIES
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Ken Wolf
Agenda: ***NOTE CHANGE***
HF429 (Bakk) State agencies authorized to allow commercial wireless equipment on stateowned property.
HF1817 (Workman) Utility facilities regulation modified in railroad rightsofway.
HF1367 (Wolf) Owneroccupied residential housing program authorized to use rental energy revolving loan program funds.

2:30 p.m.

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION.

After session at the call of the chair

LOCAL GOVERNMENT &
METROPOLITAN AFFAIRS
200 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Jerry Dempsey
Agenda: Continuation of hearings from earlier session, and hearings on additional bills to be announced. Watch for revised notices.

After Local Government meeting, at the call of the chair (monitor schedule)

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

6 p.m.

ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL
RESOURCES POLICY
Basement Hearing Room
State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Dennis Ozment
Agenda: ***NOTE CHANGE***
HF1734 (Kuisle) Feedlots; level one feedlot inventory provided.
HF1241 (Ness) Feedlot permitting delegation in certain counties required and support funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1243 (Ness) Feedlot specialist program established and money appropriated.

Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement
316 State Capitol
Chr. Sen. Dean Johnson
Agenda: ***NOTE CHANGE***
Report of the prior service credit purchase subcommittee - recommended purchase provisions.
S.F. 517 (Betzold); H.F. 122 (Skoglund): Various plans; Parental/family leave service credit purchase.
S.F. 1321 (Pogemiller); H.F. 1462 (Mares): TRA & MnSCU IRAP; Prior service credit purchase provisions.
S.F. 313 (Larson); H.F. 303 (Cassell): PERA-P&F; Service credit purchase.
S.F. XXX; H.F. 1693 (Entenza): MSRS-Correctional; Service credit provided, S.F. 1548 (Chaudhary); H.F. 2000 (Goodwin): MSRS-Correctional; Service credit purchase.
S.F. 314 (Larson); H.F. 295 (Cassell): TRA; PERA; Service credit.
S.F. 737 (Cohen); H.F. XXX: PERA; Service credit purchase.
S.F. 1676 (Tomassoni); H.F. 1656 (Rukavina): TRA; Day activity center teaching service credit.
S.F. 611 (Betzold); H.F. 1240 (Bernardy): Various plans; Prior military service credit purchase restriction elimination.
S.F. 1362 (Pogemiller); H.F. 1646 (Wenzel): TRA; Membership modifications for employees of labor organizations.
S.F. 641 (Pogemiller); H.F. 695 (Osskopp): MSRS; Health care reimbursement plan. S.F. 1322 (Stumpf); H.F. 1294 (Mares): MSRS; Postretirement health care savings plan.
S.F. 1484 (Pogemiller); H.F. 1768 (Mullery): MPRA; Voluntary employee benefit organization.
S.F. XXX; H.F. 2029 (Haas): DOER Health care account establishment.
S.F. 1755 (Stumpf); H.F. 1868 (Davids): School employee health care accounts.
S.F 1863 (Rest); H.F. 1896 (Skoglund): Legislators plan; create coordinated program.
S.F. 1736 (Pogemiller); H.F. 1415 (Mares): MnSCU; Tax xheltered annuity program vendor contract provision modification. S.F. 1605 (Pogemiller); H.F. 2112 (Smith): PERA-Corr; Coverage for Hennepin county medical center protection officers. S.F. 1665 (Pogemiller); H.F. 1772 (Kahn): Supplemental plans; Supplemental pension plan contribution restriction exception.
S.F. 1696 (Pogemiller); H.F. 1793 (Kahn): MPRA; Authorize referendum of members relating to the conduct of elections.
S.F. 77 (Wiger); H.F. ____ ( ): PERA; Exclude St. Paul city trades personnel and Metropolitan Airports Commission plumbers from coverage.

7 p.m.

Subcommittee on Employee Relations/Legislative Coordinating Commission
300S State Office Building
Chr. to be elected
Agenda: Elect officers. Adopt Subcommittee rules. Review/approve Subcommittee budget. Review/approve ratification bill (HF1739/SF1438). Review/approve 95% salary cap bill (HF1742/SF1437). Receive report by HayGroup on agency head salary range evaluation. Other items as approved by the chair.