INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Monday, March 30, 2009


The following House Files were introduced:

Clark introduced:

H. F. 2203, A bill for an act relating to elections; prohibiting landlords from limiting posting of campaign material in window of tenant's residence; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 211B.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform, Technology and Elections.

Marquart and Lenczewski introduced:

H. F. 2204, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; enhancing the property tax refund and reducing the market value homestead credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 273.1384, subdivision 1; 290A.04, subdivision 2.

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

Hansen introduced:

H. F. 2205, A bill for an act relating to school safety; permitting Special School District No. 6, South Saint Paul, to contract with South Metro Fire Department for fire inspection services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 299F.47, subdivision 4.

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

Lieder and Rukavina introduced:

H. F. 2206, A bill for an act relating to impaired driving; specifying rehabilitation requirements for certain repeat impaired driving offenders as a condition for a limited license to drive to work; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 169A.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Transportation and Transit Policy and Oversight Division.

Lieder and Rukavina introduced:

H. F. 2207, A bill for an act relating to transportation; driver's licensing; specifying the waiting period for issuance of a limited license following a nondriving violation of the no alcohol requirement of a conditional driver's license; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 171.09, subdivision 1; 171.30, subdivision 2a.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Transportation and Transit Policy and Oversight Division.

Hilstrom and Rukavina introduced:

H. F. 2208, A bill for an act relating to economic development; amending limitations on tax increment financing districts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 469.176, subdivision 1b.

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

Fritz introduced:

H. F. 2209, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting construction materials for the Faribault wastewater treatment facility; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 297A.71, by adding a subdivision.

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

Smith introduced:

H. F. 2210, A bill for an act relating to energy finance; providing money to increase energy efficiency in Westonka schools; appropriating money.

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

Persell and Sailer introduced:

H. F. 2211, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for energy-efficiency improvements to the Beltrami County jail; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Doepke, Smith, Kohls, Shimanski and Davids introduced:

H. F. 2212, A bill for an act relating to parks and trails; appropriating money for grants to the Three Rivers Park District for purposes of the Dakota Rail Regional Trail.

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

Howes, Dill, Jackson, Cornish, Persell and Sailer introduced:

H. F. 2213, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying permit requirements and fees for fishing contest permits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97C.081, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 6, 9.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment Policy and Oversight.

Abeler, Lanning, Nornes and Greiling introduced:

H. F. 2214, A bill for an act relating to higher education; establishing a pilot program for facilitated postsecondary enrollment options.

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

Abeler and Newton introduced:

H. F. 2215, A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing county maintenance on Trunk Highway 47.

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

Abeler, Newton, Dittrich and Hackbarth introduced:

H. F. 2216, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for local match for adding a lane to a portion of Trunk Highway 10 in Anoka County.

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

Dill introduced:

H. F. 2217, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; modifying local sales and use tax for Cook County; modifying the bonding authority limit for certain projects; amending Laws 2008, chapter 366, article 7, section 18, subdivisions 2, 3.

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

Kahn, Clark, Winkler and Loeffler introduced:

H. F. 2218, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use taxes; modifying certain sales and use tax exemptions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 297A.61, by adding a subdivision; 297A.67, subdivision 8.

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

Loon introduced:

H. F. 2219, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing a credit for certain health insurance premiums; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.

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

Abeler, Newton, Dittrich, Hausman and Hortman introduced:

H. F. 2220, A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring feasibility study on extending commuter rail service between Minneapolis and St. Paul.

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

McNamara, Jackson and Dill introduced:

H. F. 2221, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying restrictions on bow fishing to take rough fish; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 97A.015, by adding a subdivision; 97C.335; 97C.345, subdivision 2; 97C.375; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97C.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment Policy and Oversight.

Davids introduced:

H. F. 2222, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for an interchange on marked Trunk Highway 76 in Caledonia; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Davids introduced:

H. F. 2223, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for public infrastructure in Caledonia; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Marquart, Lenczewski and Greiling introduced:

H. F. 2224, A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying the authority for school districts to issue and sell certain general obligation bonds without voter approval; authorizing a levy for certain other postemployment benefits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 126C.41, subdivision 2; 475.58, subdivision 1.

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

Solberg, Rukavina and Anzelc introduced:

H. F. 2225, A bill for an act relating to employment; appropriating money for a progressive development and employment opportunities grant.

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

Haws introduced:

H. F. 2226, A bill for an act relating to local government; appropriating money for grants to encourage local government units to participate in inter-local service sharing agreements in the delivery of public safety services.

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

Hilty and Kalin introduced:

H. F. 2227, A bill for an act relating to local government; reestablishing the Board of Innovation; imposing powers and duties on the board; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 3.971, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 465.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform, Technology and Elections.

Ward; Olin; Fritz; Peppin; Emmer; Smith; Otremba; Hamilton; Abeler; Anderson, B.; Brod; Hosch; Gottwalt; Kelly; Anderson, P.; Urdahl; Gunther; Severson; Seifert; Magnus; Scott; Shimanski; Lanning; Davids; Sterner; Doty; Koenen; Juhnke; Beard; Howes; Dean; Buesgens; Eastlund; Torkelson and Hackbarth introduced:

H. F. 2228, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing certain information displayed prior to an abortion; adding a wrongful death action; providing civil and criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 145.4241, by adding subdivisions; 145.4242; 145.4243; 518B.01, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 573.02, subdivision 1; 609.2242, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.

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

Murphy, M. introduced:

H. F. 2229, A bill for an act relating to libraries; appropriating funds for libraries from the general fund.

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

Murphy, M. introduced:

H. F. 2230, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing funding for low referendum districts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 126C.10, subdivision 24.

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

Nelson introduced:

H. F. 2231, A bill for an act relating to transportation; allowing road authorities to remove snow from certain roads in uncompleted subdivisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 160.21, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Transportation and Transit Policy and Oversight Division.

Carlson and Hausman introduced:

H. F. 2232, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; extending an appropriation for the Minnesota Planetarium; amending Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 23, subdivision 16, as amended.

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

Clark introduced:

H. F. 2233, A bill for an act relating to economic development; allowing a stay of mortgage foreclosure proceedings under certain conditions; landlord and tenant; providing rights to tenants of foreclosed property; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 504B.151; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 582.

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

Dittrich introduced:

H. F. 2234, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; leased seasonal-recreational land; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 272.0213.

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

Clark and Wagenius introduced:

H. F. 2235, A bill for an act relating to environment finance; appropriating money for drinking water source protection.

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

Sertich, Solberg, Dill, Anzelc and Rukavina introduced:

H. F. 2236, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for airport improvements at the Chisolm-Hibbing Airport; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Hosch introduced:

H. F. 2237, A bill for an act relating to construction codes and licensing; continuing education for residential building contractors; authorizing the residential construction board to establish a subcommittee on continuing education; providing for compensation of subcommittee members; changing course approval requirements; allowing for approval after courses are commenced or completed; authorizing online courses; changing fees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 326B.821.

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

Hosch introduced:

H. F. 2238, A bill for an act relating to veterans; expanding veterans preference in hiring and dismissal from state and local government employment by applying current veterans preference law to teachers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 197.46.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs.

Garofalo introduced:

H. F. 2239, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing general education revenue by $51 per pupil unit; increasing the state reimbursement for school lunch meals from 12 to 18 cents per meal; eliminating the aid portion of integration revenue; repealing the school desegregation rule; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 124D.111, subdivision 1; 126C.10, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 126C; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 124D.86; Minnesota Rules, parts 3535.0100; 3535.0120; 3535.0130; 3535.0140; 3535.0150; 3535.0160; 3535.0170; 3535.0180.

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

Garofalo introduced:

H. F. 2240, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; changing the date for application to the metropolitan agricultural preserve program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 473H.05, subdivision 1.

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

Hansen, Greiling, Welti and Murphy, E. introduced:

H. F. 2241, A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money for environmentally responsible arts education projects.

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

Dill introduced:

H. F. 2242, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; providing for seizure and forfeiture of certain off-highway vehicles; modifying operating restrictions for all-terrain vehicles; providing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.928, subdivision 1a; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 84.796; 84.805; 84.929.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment Policy and Oversight.

Clark introduced:

H. F. 2243, A resolution supporting smoking cessation efforts among Native people.

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