FRIDAY, February 8
8:15 a.m.
GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS &
VETERANS AFFAIRS POLICY
Basement Hearing Room
State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Jim Rhodes
Agenda: ***NOTE CHANGE***
HF2568 (Wilkin) Metropolitan Airports Commission transferred to the Department of
Transportation; bond, other debt, and eminent domain authority transferred; and other technical
provisions modified.
9 a.m.
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RULES & LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATION
500S State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Tim Pawlenty
Agenda: Joint Rules.
10:15 a.m.
***ADD***
ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES FINANCE
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Mark Holsten
Agenda: Minnesota Zoological Gardens overview of Governor's budget reduction recommendations.
Minnesota Zoological Gardens bonding request.
HFXXXX (Holsten) DNR Fiscal Bill.
Public testimony on Governor's budget reduction recommendations.
Note: Public testimony will be limited to five minutes per testifier.
HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCE
300S State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Peggy Leppik
Agenda: Overview of the MnSCU Curriculum Transfer/Collaboration Agenda.
Witnesses: Linda Baer, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs, MnSCU; Craig
Froke, System Director for Program Collaboration, MnSCU.
K-12 EDUCATION FINANCE
5 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Alice Seagren
Agenda: ***NOTE CHANGE***
Permanent funding for K12 school and library telecommunications access, Department of
Children, Families and Learning.
Discussion of temporary funding for telecommunication access.
HF2891 (Penas) Making the career and technical levy permanent; modifying the career and
technical program language.
HF2800 (Ness) Creating a permanent funding source for career and technical education.
1:30 p.m.
Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources
300N State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Dennis Ozment
Agenda: Review the Issues Seminar and website survey results.
Decide on changes and adopt the Strategic Plan priorities for Trust Fund and for the Future
Resources Fund.
Decide when to announce the RFP, and hearing selections meetings and hearings time frame.
Consider approval of $382,350 in allocations for RIM Critical Habitat match from 2000 bonding,
1998 general revenue and Critical Habitat License plates proceeds.
LOOKING AHEAD...
MONDAY, Feb. 11
10:15 a.m.
ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES FINANCE
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Mark Holsten
Agenda: Omnibus budget discussion.
Note: The committee will meet 10:15 a.m. to 12 noon and reconvene at 4 p.m. or after session.
12:30 p.m.
REGULATED INDUSTRIES
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Ken Wolf
Agenda: HFXXXX (Wolf) Relating to energy; making technical corrections to the 2001 omnibus
energy bill.
HFXXXX (Wolf) Relating to telecommunications; changing the name of telecommunications access
for communication-impaired persons program.
Continued discussion of the following bills:
HF2778 (Wolf) Relating to telecommunications, establishing a special master, authorizing the
PUC to order structural separation, and increasing civil and administrative penalties.
HF2919 (Jennings) Relating to telecommunications; promoting competition within local exchange
marketplace; providing criteria for structural separation of retail and wholesale activities of
large incumbent local exchange carriers into affiliated companies for violations of standards of
conduct.
3 p.m.
THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION.
TUESDAY, Feb. 12
12:30 p.m.
***NOTE TIME & ROOM CHANGE***
ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES FINANCE
400N State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Mark Holsten
Agenda: Omnibus budget discussion.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 13
10:15 a.m.
ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES FINANCE
10 State Office Building
Chr. Rep. Mark Holsten
Agenda: Omnibus budget bill.
Note: The committee will meet 10:15 a.m. to 12 noon and reconvene in 5 State Office Building at 4 p.m. or after session.
3 p.m.
THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION.
THURSDAY, Feb. 14
3 p.m.
THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION.
MONDAY, Feb. 18 -
THURSDAY, Feb. 21
The House is tentatively scheduled to meet in session at 3 p.m. on the following
dates:
Monday, Feb. 18
Tuesday, Feb. 19
Wednesday, Feb. 20
Thursday, Feb. 21
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