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State Representative Michael Paymar
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
651-296-4199
For more information contact: Joan Nichols 651-29X-XXXX
NEWS COLUMN
Bills Chief Authored in 2010
SF2725 was signed into law. This bill dissolved the Metro Gang Strike Force and its advisory board. In addition, it offers more accountability and oversight of multijurisdictional task forces established in the wake of the scandal surrounding the Strike Force. For example, the commissioner of public safety will certify multijurisdictional entities and their fiscal agents. Certification will require meeting certain standards, such as being subject to biennial operational and financial audits conducted by an external independent organization. The audits must ensure that the entity and fiscal agent are in compliance with applicable legal requirements, proper law enforcement standards and practices, and effective financial controls. Should it be required the commissioner is granted the authority to dissolve the task force.
HF3736 was not signed into law. Some provisions were incorporated into SF2725. This bill mandated that the gang pointer file (a criminal investigative database held by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension) required audits to be conducted at least once every two years. It also required purges every five years and notification of parents when a juvenile is added to these databases. A working group was created on criminal investigative databases under SF2725.
HF2329 was signed into law. This bill creates an Automotive Recovery Zone (CARZ). Much like JOBZ, it offers benefits to the Ford Motor Company site in St. Paul, including a specialized tax credit to make the site viable to Ford or another vehicle manufacturer ($2,500 per employee for the first 750 employees at the site, and a $3,500 credit per employee for each employee over 750).
HF3089 was signed into law. This bill increased the cap on bail setting for non-felony domestic abuse offenders. It also included a provision expanding the tampering with a witness crime. This bill was brought by the Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women. In addition, this bill included a provision authorizing the courts to include pets and companion animals in an Order for Protection. The court may also order a respondent (the domestic abuser) to not physically abuse any pet owned by either the respondent or petitioner or a minor child residing in the household of either party, as an indirect means of intentionally threatening the safety of the human who is protected by the order.
HF3526 was not signed into law. This bill established a parole board. It also set standards for parole eligibility.
HF3018 was not signed into law. This bill was primarily a technical change and clarified definitions related to the sale and solicitation of sexual acts.
HF2987 was not signed into law. This bill expanded the open container law to include off-road recreational vehicles, like snowmobiles and ATVs.
HF2960 was not signed into law. This controversial bill requires background checks on all transfers of a firearm at a gun show. It also provided a penalty for those in violation.
HF2921 was not heard this year. This bill places a moratorium on electronic billboards.
A sampling of bills chief authored in 2009
HF1998 was not signed into law. This bill raised income taxes on our highest wage earners and rolling back the tax shifts to 1999 levels.
HF1714 was not signed into law and it provided bonding dollars for the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts.
HF1657 was signed into law. This is the Public Safety Finance Omnibus bill.
SF1627 was signed into law. This bill is considered a model for the United States and changes the penalty for those who profit from sex and labor trafficking.
HF1474 was not signed into law. This bill would allow Prisoners facing civil commitment to elect to remain confined in state correctional facilities beyond their scheduled release date.
SF1464 was signed into law. This bill allows state employees to hire a fitness instructor and utilize their services in state space.
HF1270 was signed into law. This bill created a short-term offender pilot project to be created and a report provided to the legislature on its efficacy.
HF1269 was signed into law. This bill mandated agency reports to be submitted electronically to the legislature, thereby saving paper and postage.
HF1156 was signed into law. This bill expanded the use of referees by the district courts in conciliation court cases. Before this new law, referees could only preside in cases in a few district courts.
HF1103 this bill was not signed into law. Trespass with recreational motor vehicle presumption reversed outside metropolitan areas.
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