INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Monday, April 4, 2011


The following House Files were introduced:

Swedzinski, Daudt, Gottwalt, Wardlow, Banaian, Hancock, Vogel, Torkelson and Gruenhagen introduced:

H. F. 1351, A bill for an act relating to health; providing for freedom of choice in health care; specifying state policy related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; prohibiting the state of Minnesota and political subdivisions from enforcing, implementing, or funding provisions of the act; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 1.

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

Gunther; Buesgens; Beard; Hackbarth; Hoppe; McNamara; Hamilton; Garofalo; Leidiger; Bills; McFarlane; Anderson, P.; Torkelson; Erickson; Holberg; Cornish and Kriesel introduced:

H. F. 1352, A bill for an act relating to gambling; authorizing the director of the State Lottery to establish gaming machines; imposing a tax on gaming machine revenue; providing powers and duties to the director; establishing a Minnesota future fund and an industry improvement fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 240.13, by adding a subdivision; 299L.07, subdivisions 2, 2a; 340A.410, subdivision 5; 349A.01, subdivision 10, by adding subdivisions; 349A.10, subdivision 3; 349A.13; 541.20; 541.21; 609.75, subdivision 3; 609.761, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 116J; 297A; 349A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 240.30, subdivision 8.

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

Dittrich, Ward and Lenczewski introduced:

H. F. 1353, A bill for an act relating to the permanent school fund; creating an independent authority to manage, supervise, and administer Minnesota's permanent school trust lands; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 16A.06, subdivision 11; 16A.125, subdivision 5; 84.027, subdivision 18; 84.085, subdivision 1; 92.12, subdivision 1; 92.121; 92.13; 93.2236; 94.342, subdivision 5; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 128E.

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

Lesch; Murphy, M.; Lanning; Kahn and Smith introduced:

H. F. 1354, A bill for an act relating to retirement; St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association; revising postretirement adjustment procedures; reducing refund interest rate; terminating interest payments on reemployed annuitant savings accounts; lowering deferred annuity augmentation rate; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 354A.29, by adding subdivisions; 354A.37; 356.47, subdivision 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 354A.29, subdivision 3.

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

Rukavina and Gunther introduced:

H. F. 1355, A bill for an act relating to State Lottery; authorizing director of the State Lottery to establish video lottery terminals; providing duties and powers to director of the State Lottery; providing for use of video lottery revenues; modifying certain lawful gambling taxes; making clarifying, conforming, and technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 297A.94; 297E.02, subdivision 1; 299L.02, subdivision 1; 299L.07, subdivisions 2, 2a; 340A.410, subdivision 5; 349.15, subdivision 1; 349A.01, subdivisions 10, 11, 12, by adding subdivisions; 349A.04; 349A.06, subdivisions 1, 5, 8, 10, by adding subdivisions; 349A.08, subdivisions 1, 5, 8; 349A.09, subdivision 1; 349A.10, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 6; 349A.11, subdivision 1; 349A.12, subdivisions 1, 2; 349A.13; 541.20; 541.21; 609.651, subdivision 1; 609.75, subdivisions 3, 4; 609.761, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 297A; 349A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 297E.01, subdivision 7; 297E.02, subdivisions 4, 6, 7.

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

Kahn; Murphy, E., and Winkler introduced:

H. F. 1356, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring certain information be provided to patients seeking in vitro fertilization therapy or donating gametes; 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 and Human Services Reform.

Kahn introduced:

H. F. 1357, A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; requiring certain disclosures for direct-to-consumer genetic testing; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325F.

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

Kahn, Loeffler, Clark, Hayden and Mullery introduced:

H. F. 1358, A bill for an act relating to economic development; providing for transition activities and termination of a neighborhood revitalization program in a city of the first class; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 469.1831, by adding a subdivision.

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

Barrett; Hayden; Gruenhagen; Anderson, D.; Crawford; Woodard; Gottwalt; Lohmer; Kriesel; Sanders and Kelly introduced:

H. F. 1359, A bill for an act relating to public safety; adding certain stimulants and hallucinogens as Schedule I controlled substances; providing for penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 152.02, subdivision 2.

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

Torkelson introduced:

H. F. 1360, A bill for an act relating to environment; modifying the Environmental Quality Board and eliminating and reassigning duties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 17.114, subdivision 3; 18B.045; 18E.06; 103A.204; 103B.101, subdivision 9; 103B.151; 103B.315, subdivision 5; 103F.751; 103H.151, subdivision 4; 103H.175, subdivision 3; 115B.20, subdivision 6; 116C.24, subdivision 2; 116C.842, subdivisions 1a, 2a; 116C.91, subdivision 2; 116D.11, subdivisions 2, 3; 216C.052, subdivision 1; 216C.18, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116D; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 40A.122; 103A.403; 103A.43; 103F.614; 115A.32; 115A.33; 115A.34; 115A.35; 115A.36; 115A.37; 115A.38; 115A.39; 116C.02; 116C.03, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 3a, 4, 5, 6; 116C.04, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11; 116C.06; 116C.08; 116C.71, subdivisions 1c, 2a; 116C.721; 116C.722; 116C.724, subdivisions 2, 3; 473H.15.

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

Buesgens and Nelson introduced:

H. F. 1361, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; modifying definition of public impound lot; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 168B.011, subdivision 12.

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

Kieffer, Mahoney, Gunther and Nelson introduced:

H. F. 1362, A bill for an act relating to workers' compensation; adopting recommendations of the Workers' Compensation Advisory Council; requiring rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 14.48, subdivisions 2, 3; 14.49; 14.50; 176.106, subdivisions 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; 176.238, subdivision 6; 176.305, subdivisions 1, 1a; 176.307; 176.341, subdivision 4.

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

Scalze and Peterson, S. introduced:

H. F. 1363, A bill for an act relating to local government; establishing Metrodome Task Force.

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

Hornstein introduced:

H. F. 1364, A bill for an act relating to taxation; exempting qualified plug-in electric drive vehicles from sales tax on motor vehicles; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 297B.01, by adding a subdivision; 297B.03.

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

Loon and Hornstein introduced:

H. F. 1365, A bill for an act relating to transportation; allowing use of HOV lanes by electric vehicles; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 160.02, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 160.

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

Schomacker and Beard introduced:

H. F. 1366, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing an alternative fuel infrastructure credit; 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.

Banaian introduced:

H. F. 1367, A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing a Mississippi River bikeway trail; modifying description of Veterans Memorial Highway; regulating left turns; authorizing commissioner of transportation to pursue federal financing and local government participation for rail service improvement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 161.14, subdivision 66; 169.06, subdivisions 5, 7; 222.50, subdivision 4; 222.51; 222.53; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 160; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 222.48, subdivision 3a.

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

Drazkowski introduced:

H. F. 1368, A resolution memorializing the Congress of the United States not to reauthorize the No Child Left Behind Act.

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

Hamilton, Cornish, Davids, Urdahl, Dettmer and Anderson, P. introduced:

H. F. 1369, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; imposing penalties and remedies for certain offenses; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 17.

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

Paymar introduced:

H. F. 1370, A bill for an act relating to data practices; permitting sharing of law enforcement data in certain circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 13.82, by adding a subdivision; 13.84, by adding subdivisions.

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

Mullery introduced:

H. F. 1371, A bill for an act relating to public safety; data practices; permitting certain law enforcement incident data to be submitted to a federal database; prohibiting local law enforcement agencies from submitting incident information to the federal government; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 299C.40, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision.

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