INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Thursday, February 24, 2011


The following House Files were introduced:

Clark introduced:

H. F. 647, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Heart of the Earth Interpretive Center, Minneapolis; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Clark introduced:

H. F. 648, A bill for an act relating to cultural heritage; appropriating money for the Heart of the Earth Interpretive Center in Minneapolis.

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

Davids and Runbeck introduced:

H. F. 649, A bill for an act relating to local sales taxes; allowing cities to impose a local sales tax if certain criteria are met; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.99, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.

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

Kieffer introduced:

H. F. 650, A bill for an act relating to transportation; regulating driver education and driver examination related to carbon monoxide poisoning; making technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 171.0701; 171.13, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.

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

Hancock, Howes, Persell, McNamara and Murdock introduced:

H. F. 651, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; establishing LaSalle Lake State Recreation Area as a satellite unit of Itasca State Park; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 85.013, 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.

Hancock introduced:

H. F. 652, A bill for an act relating to human services; increasing the daily rate for an intermediate care facility in Clearwater County; appropriating money.

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

Murdock introduced:

H. F. 653, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a community center, ice arena, and swimming pool in the city of Wadena; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Wardlow, Dittrich, Mazorol, Runbeck, Pelowski, Downey and Hoppe introduced:

H. F. 654, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; reducing the limitation period for bringing certain actions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 325D.64; 541.05, subdivision 1.

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

Kieffer and Erickson introduced:

H. F. 655, A bill for an act relating to education; removing mathematics GRAD exception; establishing high school assessments to determine college and career readiness; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 120B.30, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.

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

Torkelson introduced:

H. F. 656, A bill for an act relating to water; appropriating money from the clean water fund; modifying the Clean Water Legacy Act; revising membership and duties of the Clean Water Council; providing appointments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 114D.10; 114D.20, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 6, 7; 114D.30; 114D.35; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 114D.45.

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

Hoppe, Atkins, Sanders, Davids and Garofalo introduced:

H. F. 657, A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating certain practices with respect to event tickets; establishing minimum standards for consumer protection; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 609.807.

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

Atkins, Hansen and Lillie introduced:

H. F. 658, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for Darvan Acres Nature Center.

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

Atkins introduced:

H. F. 659, A bill for an act relating to highways; appropriating money for an interchange; authorizing sale and issuance of trunk highway bonds.

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

McDonald, Cornish, Smith, Slocum and Mullery introduced:

H. F. 660, A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing for a 36-month presumptive executed sentence for certain repeat sex offenders; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 609.3455, by adding a subdivision.

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

Hornstein introduced:

H. F. 661, A bill for an act relating to municipalities; authorizing municipalities to establish street improvement districts and apportion street improvement fees within districts; requiring adoption of street improvement plan; authorizing collection of fees; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 435.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections.

Kahn, Rukavina, Hornstein, Huntley, Clark, Hayden and Lillie introduced:

H. F. 662, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; providing for regulated production of medical marijuana for export; authorizing rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 18J.01; 18J.02; 18J.03; 18J.04, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; 18J.05, subdivisions 1, 2, 6; 18J.06; 18J.07, subdivisions 3, 4, 5; 18J.09; 18J.11, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18K.

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

Kahn, Clark, Hornstein, Greiling and Hayden introduced:

H. F. 663, A resolution memorializing certain federal agencies concerning Minnesota-licensed health care professionals and their involvement in torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment of prisoners.

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

Hackbarth, Hoppe and Downey introduced:

H. F. 664, A bill for an act relating to elevators; modifying certain compliance provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 326B.175; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 326B.

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

Hornstein; Anzelc; Gauthier; Hayden; Clark; Davnie; Kahn; Winkler; Murphy, E.; Paymar and Ward introduced:

H. F. 665, A bill for an act relating to taxation; corporate franchise; eliminating the preferences for foreign source income; repealing the subtraction for foreign royalties; expanding the definition of domestic corporations to include certain foreign corporations incorporated in or doing business in tax havens; repealing foreign operating corporations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 289A.08, subdivision 3; 290.01, subdivisions 5, 19c, 19d, by adding a subdivision; 290.17, subdivision 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 290.01, subdivision 6b; 290.0921, subdivision 7.

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

Mahoney, Howes, LeMieur and Gunther introduced:

H. F. 666, A bill for an act relating to labor and industry; modifying annual construction code fund transfers; amending Laws 2007, chapter 140, article 13, section 1.

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

Mahoney, Howes, Anzelc, Gunther, Davids and Clark introduced:

H. F. 667, A bill for an act relating to jobs and training; appropriating money for a grant to administer a statewide program for job skills development in Conservation Corps Minnesota.

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

Urdahl and Shimanski introduced:

H. F. 668, A bill for an act relating to human services; directing the commissioner of human services to develop a proposal to create a single administrative structure for the delivery of medical nonemergency transportation services in the medical assistance program.

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

Loon, Slawik and Downey introduced:

H. F. 669, A bill for an act relating to early childhood education; creating an early childhood education scholarship finance system; providing tax credits for training and retaining early education workers; improving quality early childhood education programming; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 119B.09, subdivision 5; 119B.13, subdivision 3a; 124D.15, subdivisions 3, 3a; 270B.14, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 290.01, subdivisions 19a, 19c; 290.0674, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 119C; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.16, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 6, 7.

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

Swedzinski, Torkelson and Koenen introduced:

H. F. 670, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money to the Minnesota Inventors Congress.

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

Quam introduced:

H. F. 671, A bill for an act relating to education finance; removing an additional integration levy for Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.86, subdivision 3.

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

Dettmer introduced:

H. F. 672, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a pilot project to examine the policy implications of allowing a charter school to become an educational entity within a school district while retaining the autonomy and flexibility of a charter school.

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

Banaian, Downey and Stensrud introduced:

H. F. 673, A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring public value impact statements for certain legislation; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections.

Liebling introduced:

H. F. 674, A bill for an act relating to individual income taxation; increasing the threshold requirement for payments of estimated tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 289A.25, subdivision 1.

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

Gunther, Mahoney, McFarlane, Hayden, Holberg, Clark, Howes and Mullery introduced:

H. F. 675, A bill for an act relating to economic development; modifying requirements of certain grant programs; appropriating money for Twin Cities RISE!; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 116J.8747, subdivision 3.

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

Cornish introduced:

H. F. 676, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; providing for unmarked vehicle plates for conservation officers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.012, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168.012, subdivision 1b.

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

Kiffmeyer introduced:

H. F. 677, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing fund transfers for Independent School District No. 728, Elk River.

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

Slawik introduced:

H. F. 678, A bill for an act relating to manufactured homes; establishing remedies and a lien for park owners when a home is abandoned; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 327C.11, by adding a subdivision.

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

Marquart introduced:

H. F. 679, A bill for an act relating to property taxation; requiring the valuation notice to specifically note when a property has been reclassified from the previous assessment year; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 273.121, subdivision 1.

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

Buesgens introduced:

H. F. 680, A bill for an act relating to regional rail authorities; eliminating the power to impose property taxes and other property tax funding of authorities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 398A.04, subdivision 8; 398A.06, subdivision 2; 398A.07, subdivision 2.

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

Downey, Pelowski, Holberg, Zellers, Marquart, Peppin, Lanning, Scalze, Howes, Poppe, Simon, Atkins and McFarlane introduced:

H. F. 681, A bill for an act relating to state government; authorizing issuance of state appropriation bonds; appropriating money; establishing the Minnesota pay for performance pilot program; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16A.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections.

Kiel, Erickson, Kath and Abeler introduced:

H. F. 682, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying the career and technical levy; providing for career and technical education credits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 120B.023, subdivision 2; 124D.4531, subdivision 1.

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

Dittrich, Hortman, Abeler and Petersen, B. introduced:

H. F. 683, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing the equalization aid levels for school funding programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 123B.53, subdivision 5; 123B.57, subdivision 4; 124D.135, subdivision 3; 124D.20, subdivision 5; 124D.22, subdivision 3; 126C.01, by adding subdivisions; 126C.10, subdivisions 13a, 29, 32, 35; 126C.17, subdivisions 5, 6; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.20, subdivision 6.

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

Hansen; Atkins; Murphy, M.; Loeffler; Greiling and Hayden introduced:

H. F. 684, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Mighty Ducks grants for new or renovated air handling systems of indoor ice facilities; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 240A.09.

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

Knuth introduced:

H. F. 685, A bill for an act relating to family law; modifying provisions governing grandparent visitation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 257C.08, subdivisions 2, 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 257C.08, subdivision 7.

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

Bills, Fabian, Buesgens, Drazkowski and Erickson introduced:

H. F. 686, A bill for an act relating to state government; providing that compensation for legislators and constitutional officers is reduced upon failure to enact balanced budget provisions in a timely manner; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 15A.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections.

Bills and Kriesel introduced:

H. F. 687, A bill for an act relating to taxes; providing a refundable credit for reemployment of certain members of the military; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Veterans Services Division.

Simon and Winkler introduced:

H. F. 688, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; reauthorizing money to install and construct noise mitigation barriers on freight rail lines; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Huntley introduced:

H. F. 689, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying the general assistance program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256D.06, subdivision 1b.

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

Atkins, Hansen and Lillie introduced:

H. F. 690, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Darvan Acres Nature 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.

Smith introduced:

H. F. 691, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring law enforcement officers to record the country of citizenship and immigration status of felon arrestees; requiring peace officers to report suspected immigration violations by felon arrestees; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.

Smith introduced:

H. F. 692, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; providing for licenses to take deer and angle without a fee upon discharge from military service; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.441, by adding subdivisions.

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

McFarlane, Gunther, Clark and Champion introduced:

H. F. 693, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for minority business development programs.

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

Hosch; Murphy, E., and Huntley introduced:

H. F. 694, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying requirements for managed care and county-based purchasing plans; providing access to data on provider payment rates; requiring managed care and county-based plans serving state health care program enrollees to annually provide data necessary to conduct cost-effectiveness audits; requiring the commissioner of human services to enter into an interagency agreement with the commissioner of commerce to conduct a cost-effectiveness audit; reducing payments to managed care plans; establishing a loss ratio for managed care and county-based purchasing plans; establishing an additional performance withhold; establishing a work group on plan regulation and reporting; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 256B.69, subdivisions 5a, 5i, 6, 9, 9b, by adding subdivisions; 256L.12, subdivision 9, by adding a subdivision.

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

Mack; Cornish; Murphy, M.; Hoppe and Holberg introduced:

H. F. 695, A bill for an act relating to civil law; extending civil immunity to municipalities that donate public safety equipment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 466.03, by adding a subdivision.

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

Runbeck; Petersen, B.; Wardlow; Drazkowski and Buesgens introduced:

H. F. 696, A bill for an act relating to local government; borrowing authority; repealing the authority to issue bonds payable with property taxes for certain employee benefits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 475.51, subdivision 4; 475.52, subdivision 6; 475.58, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections.

Runbeck introduced:

H. F. 697, A bill for an act relating to corporations; providing for incorporation of for-profit community enhancement corporations; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 304A.

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

Drazkowski introduced:

H. F. 698, A bill for an act relating to local government; repealing comparable worth requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 13.202, subdivision 9; 128C.20, subdivision 1; 383B.914, subdivision 1; 465.719, subdivision 9; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 43A.04, subdivision 10; 128C.15, subdivision 3; 471.991; 471.992; 471.993; 471.994; 471.995; 471.9966; 471.997; 471.9981; 471.999.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections.

Peterson, S. introduced:

H. F. 699, A bill for an act relating to veterans; changing the requirement for certain exams that a veteran must be 50 percent or more disabled to receive disabled veterans preference points; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 197.455, subdivision 6.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Veterans Services Division.

Simon, Winkler, Gauthier and Scalze introduced:

H. F. 700, A bill for an act relating to elections; specifying criminal penalties for certain violations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 201.054, subdivision 2; 201.27, subdivision 3; 204C.14.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections.

Davids introduced:

H. F. 701, A bill for an act relating to taxation; requiring the Department of Revenue to conduct a study on income tax reciprocity with Wisconsin; requiring a report.

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

Lesch; Murphy, E.; Tillberry and Paymar introduced:

H. F. 702, A bill for an act relating to dogs and cats; providing for licensing and inspection of certain dog and cat breeders; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 347.

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

Loon, Hilstrom, Stensrud, Daudt, Davnie, Winkler, Loeffler, Mack and Kelly introduced:

H. F. 703, A bill for an act relating to liquor; allowing the holder of certain brewer's license to operate an on-sale facility; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A.

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

Gruenhagen and Bills introduced:

H. F. 704, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; regulating the admissibility of seat belt use evidence in certain civil actions; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.685, subdivision 4.

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

Crawford, McDonald, LeMieur, Runbeck, Barrett, Erickson, Davids, Bills, Wardlow, Marquart and Mack introduced:

H. F. 705, A bill for an act relating to local government; permitting counties to perform private audit meeting standards of state auditor; permitting federal single audit for cities and counties; eliminating certain mandated reporting; providing for alternative Web site publication; making building code official designation permissive; modifying certain mandates for municipal planning process; repealing mandate of clerk hire in certain counties; repealing provisions on seed and feed loans; repealing certain mandates regarding group insurance for governmental units; repealing mandate for policy on out-of-state travel; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 6.48; 299A.77; 326B.133, subdivision 1; 331A.12; 462.355, subdivision 4; 471.697, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 6; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 326B.145; 340A.403, subdivision 4; 382.265; 395.14; 395.15; 395.16; 395.17; 395.18; 395.19; 395.20; 395.21; 395.22; 395.23; 395.24; 471.6161, subdivision 5; 471.661.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections.

Hancock and Persell introduced:

H. F. 706, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting certain aircraft from the sales and use tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.82, subdivision 4.

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

Champion introduced:

H. F. 707, A bill for an act relating to commerce; prohibiting a seller of goods or services from accepting a financial transaction card in payment unless photo identification is produced; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325G.

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

Champion introduced:

H. F. 708, A bill for an act relating to courts; modifying determination of when a party prevails on a claim removed from conciliation court to district court for the purposes of recovering district court costs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 491A.02, subdivision 7.

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

Champion introduced:

H. F. 709, A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing certificates of good conduct and describing the effects of a certificate and eligibility for one; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 364.03, subdivision 3; 364.09; 609A.03, subdivisions 1, 2; 611A.06, subdivision 1a; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 364.

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

Champion introduced:

H. F. 710, A bill for an act relating to public safety; authorizing the expungement of criminal records for certain individuals who have received stays of adjudication or diversion; authorizing expungements without petitions in certain cases where charges were dismissed against a person upon prosecutorial approval and with victim notification; requiring persons petitioning for an expungement to provide a copy of the criminal complaint or police report; authorizing the opening of certain expunged records without a court hearing; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 609A.02, subdivision 3; 609A.03, subdivisions 2, 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609A.

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

Wardlow, Runbeck, Crawford and Erickson introduced:

H. F. 711, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing an exclusion for long-term capital gains; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 290.01, subdivision 19b; 290.091, subdivision 2.

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

Nornes, Westrom, Murdock, Cornish, Dettmer, Falk and LeMieur introduced:

H. F. 712, A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing mini truck operation on local roads; eliminating special permits for mini truck operation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 168.002, subdivision 24; 168A.05, by adding a subdivision; 169.045; Laws 2009, chapter 158, section 10; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 169.

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

Brynaert, Morrow and Cornish introduced:

H. F. 713, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a clinical science building at Minnesota State University, Mankato; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Clark and Hornstein introduced:

H. F. 714, A bill for an act relating to transportation; regulating design, accessibility, and maintenance of transit shelters and stops; requiring access in special transportation service buses; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473.

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

Persell introduced:

H. F. 715, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Paul Bunyan Trail; 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.

Gunther, Hamilton, Morrow and Hackbarth introduced:

H. F. 716, A bill for an act relating to environment; requiring rulemaking for mandatory environmental assessment worksheet categories.

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

Abeler introduced:

H. F. 717, A bill for an act relating to higher education; requiring credit transfer within the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.

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

Champion introduced:

H. F. 718, A bill for an act relating to civil rights; requiring notices of restoration of civil rights and of possible loss of civil rights; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 201; 243; 630.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections.