STATE OF MINNESOTA FIFTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FIFTH SESSION
Minnesota Heritage Finance Committee
MINUTES
Representative Paul Gardner, Vice Chair of the Minnesota Heritage Finance Committee, called the meeting to order at 4:05 PM. On February 19, 2007, in Room 200 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
Jaros (Chair) Johnson
Gardner (Vice-Chair) Kahn
Urdahl Laine
Anderson Madore
Bly Nornes
Dean Sailer
Eken
Excused Members:
Peterson
A quorum was not present.
Quorum was present at 4:13.
Representative Johnson moved that the minutes from February 12, 2007 be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF 779, Bly, A bill for an act relating to Native American languages; establishing the Minnesota Indigenous Language Act; establishing the Council on Indigenous Language; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3.
Representative Bly moved HF 779.
Representative Bly moved amendment
A07-0049 (see attached)
THE MOTION PREVAILED
Representative Bly incorporated a change suggested by Vice Chair Gardner into his A07-0049 amendment.
Line1.2 delete the number 5 and insert the number 4.
Testifiers:
Representative Bly
John Poupant, American Indian Policy Center, in support of the bill
Becky Beane, Director of Wicoie Nandagikendan Language Immersion, in support of the bill.
Betty Jane Schaaf, Member of Native Americans Leaders Circle, in support of the bill.
Leila Goggleye, Commnunity Member and Child Care Director, in support of the bill.
Margaret Boyer, Alliance of Early Childhood Professionals, in support of the bill.
Neil McKay, Teacher of the Dakota Language at the University of Minnesota, in support of the bill.
Lillian Rice, Member of the Otter Clan, in support of the bill.
Harlan LaFontain, Dakota Ojibwe Revitalization Alliance, in support of the bill.
Yvonne Novack, Indian Education Supervisor for the Minnesota Department of Education.
Karen Balmer, Executive Director from the Board of Teaching.
Representative Bly moved HF 779 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Finance. THE MOTION PREVAILED
HF 692, Representative Morrow, a bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for a grant to the Nicollet County Historical Society for improvements to the Treaty Site History Center in St. Peter.
Representative Gardner moved HF 692.
Testifiers:
Representative Morrow
Ben Leonard, Executive Director of the Nicollet County Historical Society, in support of the bill.
David Kelliher, Legislative Liaison for the Minnesota Historical Society.
Vice Chair Gardner moved HF692 be held over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:27 PM
Representative Mike Jaros, CHAIR
Diogo Reis
Committee Legislative Assistant