INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Wednesday, February 2, 2011


The following House Files were introduced:

Beard introduced:

H. F. 310, A bill for an act relating to trade practices; amending termination of sales representatives; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 325E.37, subdivision 6.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.

Hayden and Abeler introduced:

H. F. 311, A bill for an act relating to human services; authorizing supplemental contracts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256.0112, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.

Peterson, S. introduced:

H. F. 312, A bill for an act relating to insurance; requiring health insurers to honor the patient's assignment of benefits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 72A.201, subdivision 4.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.

Peterson, S. introduced:

H. F. 313, A bill for an act relating to education finance; encouraging school programs offering alternative school year calendars; authorizing grants; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 124D.12; 124D.126, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

Dittrich, Nelson and Hortman introduced:

H. F. 314, A bill for an act relating to highways; authorizing issuance of trunk highway bonds; appropriating money to complete highway 610.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.

Fritz introduced:

H. F. 315, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing long-term care provider rate increases; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 256B.441, by adding a subdivision; 256B.5012, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.

Nelson introduced:

H. F. 316, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying certain requirements for titling watercraft; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 86B.825, subdivision 3; 86B.830, subdivision 2; 86B.850, subdivision 1; 86B.885.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.

Abeler introduced:

H. F. 317, A bill for an act relating to the city of Ramsey; providing special rules for a tax increment district in the city; amending Laws 2010, chapter 389, article 7, section 22.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Slawik introduced:

H. F. 318, A bill for an act relating to education finance; adjusting the special education percentage eligibility requirement for a charter school to receive the accelerated aid payment shift; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 127A.45, subdivision 6a.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

Slawik and Peterson, S. introduced:

H. F. 319, A bill for an act relating to early childhood education; authorizing a unique identification number to be assigned to all Minnesota children at the time of birth; allowing parents to opt out; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 119A.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Reform.

Poppe and Davids introduced:

H. F. 320, A bill for an act relating to insurance; prohibiting increases in long-term care insurance premiums on existing policies without advance notice to policyholders and approval of the commissioner; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 60A.08, subdivision 3; 62A.48, subdivision 1; 62S.01, subdivision 13a; 62S.081, subdivision 5; 62S.265, subdivision 2.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.

Poppe and Davids introduced:

H. F. 321, A bill for an act relating to taxation; modifying requirements for classification as class 4c property; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 273.13, subdivision 25.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Scott; Mahoney; Drazkowski; Norton; Peppin; Benson, M.; Franson; Scalze; Anderson, D.; Runbeck; Woodard and Mazorol introduced:

H. F. 322, A bill for an act relating to children; establishing a presumption of joint physical custody; creating the Children's Equal and Shared Parenting Act; requiring certain parenting plans; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 257.541; 518.003, subdivision 3; 518.091; 518.131, subdivision 1; 518.156; 518.167, subdivision 2; 518.175, subdivision 1; 518.18; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 518; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 518.17, subdivision 2.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.

Hoppe, Atkins, O'Driscoll and Lillie introduced:

H. F. 323, A bill for an act relating to real estate professionals; regulating the provision of broker price opinions on residential real estate; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 82.55, by adding subdivisions; 82.81, subdivision 9; 82B.021, subdivision 19; 82B.035, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 82.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.

Carlson, Howes and Champion introduced:

H. F. 324, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the National U.S. Junior Olympic and Disabled American Ski Center; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.

Hilty introduced:

H. F. 325, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing public sale of certain tax-forfeited land that borders public water.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.

Hilty introduced:

H. F. 326, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing private sale of tax-forfeited land.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.

Hamilton, Hoppe and Schomacker introduced:

H. F. 327, A bill for an act relating to liquor; authorizing microdistilleries; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 340A.101, by adding a subdivision; 340A.301, subdivisions 4, 6.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.

Westrom, Nornes and Beard introduced:

H. F. 328, A bill for an act relating to aeronautics; requiring issuance of license for public seaplane base.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.

Holberg, Dettmer, Drazkowski and McElfatrick introduced:

H. F. 329, A bill for an act relating to education; prohibiting public school employees from using public funds and resources to advocate to pass, elect, or defeat a political candidate, ballot question, or pending legislation; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Reform.

Crawford introduced:

H. F. 330, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; authorizing the sale and issuance of bonds; appropriating money for an entrepreneurship and technology business incubator.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Policy and Finance.

Drazkowski; Benson, M.; Gruenhagen; Anderson, B.; Scott; Myhra; Leidiger; Swedzinski; Lohmer and McElfatrick introduced:

H. F. 331, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring drug screening for MFIP eligibility; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256J.15, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.

Drazkowski; Dill; Rukavina; Benson, M.; Scott; Anderson, B.; Sanders; Fabian; Hancock; Franson; Kiffmeyer; Gruenhagen; Leidiger; Gottwalt; Lohmer and McElfatrick introduced:

H. F. 332, A bill for an act relating to state lands; prohibiting any net increase in the acreage of state-owned land; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16B.245, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.

Moran; Gauthier; Greiling; Hayden; Clark; Liebling; Peterson, S.; Mariani; Murphy, E.; Hornstein; Brynaert; Ward; Davnie; Tillberry and Kieffer introduced:

H. F. 333, A bill for an act relating to education finance; restoring funding for extended time programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 126C.10, subdivision 2a.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

Westrom; Anderson, P., and Franson introduced:

H. F. 334, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; providing a grant to the Kensington Area Historical Society for development of a museum and heritage center.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Legacy Funding Division.

Brynaert, Morrow, Hausman, Gunther, Norton and Cornish introduced:

H. F. 335, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; appropriating money to expand the Mankato Civic Center auditorium and remodel and expand the Mankato Civic Center and All Seasons arenas.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance.

Lenczewski introduced:

H. F. 336, A bill for an act relating to taxation; allowing all cities to impose a local sales and use tax; providing for an aid offset; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 297A.99, subdivision 1; 477A.013, by adding a subdivision; 477A.016; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 297A.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Lenczewski introduced:

H. F. 337, A bill for an act relating to tax increment financing; excluding county levies in computing increment and making conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 469.175, subdivision 2; 469.176, subdivision 4h; 469.1762; 469.177, subdivision 1a; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 469.175, subdivision 1a; 469.176, subdivision 4i.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Lenczewski introduced:

H. F. 338, A bill for an act relating to tax increment financing; prohibiting establishing new or expanding existing tax increment financing districts or plans; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 469.175, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Kelly, Erickson, Myhra, Woodard, Kiel, Loon and McFarlane introduced:

H. F. 339, A bill for an act relating to education; identifying a process for negotiating teacher employment contracts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 179A.16, subdivision 1; 179A.18, subdivisions 1, 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 179A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 123B.05; 179A.18, subdivision 2.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Reform.

Holberg, Lesch, Hoppe, Simon, Westrom and Mahoney introduced:

H. F. 340, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; prohibiting waivers of liability for negligent conduct; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 604.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.

Greiling introduced:

H. F. 341, A bill for an act relating to education finance; repealing requirement that Department of Management and Budget require school district state-aid payments to be reduced prior to state of Minnesota undertaking short-term borrowing for cash flow needs; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 127A.46.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.

Murdock, Gunther, Sanders and Mahoney introduced:

H. F. 342, A bill for an act relating to manufactured homes; providing for inspections; modifying alternative design plans and reinstallation requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 327.32, subdivisions 1a, 1b, 1e; 327.33, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.