INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Friday, May 18, 2007


The following House Files were introduced:

Jaros introduced:

H. F. 2503, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; providing for lake and river name changes.

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

Madore, Ozment, Garofalo, Hansen, Masin and Atkins introduced:

H. F. 2504, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for asset preservation at the Minnesota Zoological Garden; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Haws, Doty, Hosch and Abeler introduced:

H. F. 2505, A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing the sale of state bonds; appropriating money for final design of extension of commuter rail service.

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

Seifert introduced:

H. F. 2506, A bill for an act relating to transportation finance; appropriating money for transportation, Metropolitan Council, and public safety activities; providing for fund transfers, general contingent accounts, and tort claims; authorizing sale and issuance of trunk highway bonds for highways and transit facilities; modifying provisions related to driver and vehicle services fees; modifying provisions relating to various transportation-related funds and accounts; providing sales tax exemption for commuter rail system; providing for treatment and deposit of proceeds of lease and sales taxes on motor vehicles; modifying formula for transit assistance to transit replacement service communities; increasing fees for services of Department of Public Safety; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 16A.88; 161.04, subdivision 3; 168.017, subdivision 3; 168.12, subdivision 5; 168A.29, subdivision 1; 171.02, subdivision 3; 171.06, subdivision 2; 171.07, subdivisions 3a, 11; 171.20, subdivision 4; 297A.70, subdivision 2; 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; 297A.815, by adding a subdivision; 297A.94; 297B.09, subdivision 1; 299D.09; 473.388, subdivision 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.32.

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

Knuth and Hausman introduced:

H. F. 2507, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; authorizing spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and other improvements of a capital nature; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for highway interchange improvements in Arden Hills.

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

Knuth and Hausman introduced:

H. F. 2508, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; authorizing spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and other improvements of a capital nature; appropriating money for highway interchange improvements in Arden Hills.

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

Cornish, Smith, Lesch, Berns and Zellers introduced:

H. F. 2509, A bill for an act relating to crimes; prohibiting attempting to disarm peace officers when the officer is engaged in the performance of duties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609.

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

Abeler and Otremba introduced:

H. F. 2510, A bill for an act relating to health; prohibiting pharmacists from substituting epilepsy drugs without consent; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 151.

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

Koenen introduced:

H. F. 2511, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for a walking path in Clara City; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Gottwalt introduced:

H. F. 2512, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting construction materials and equipment used to construct public safety facilities in the city of St. Cloud; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297A.71, by adding a subdivision.

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

Mariani; Garofalo; Erhardt; Cornish; Solberg; Ruth; Demmer; Tingelstad; Abeler; Davnie; Eken; Johnson; Poppe; Kahn; Lesch; Simon; Carlson; Lieder; Hausman; Walker; Hortman; Lillie; Howes; Peppin; Hoppe; Mullery; Wagenius; Murphy, E.; Urdahl; Peterson, N.; Marquart; Otremba; Simpson; Greiling and Nelson introduced:

H. F. 2513, A bill for an act relating to state government; providing that the Compensation Council establishes salaries for legislators, judges, and constitutional officers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 15A.082.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.

Rukavina and Anzelc introduced:

H. F. 2514, A bill for an act relating to retirement; amending deferred compensation plan restrictions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 356.24, subdivision 1.

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

Abeler and Benson introduced:

H. F. 2515, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring a nutrient analysis of school menus; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.111, subdivision 2.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on E-12 Education.

Lanning, Kranz, Nornes, Hortman, Simpson, Olin and Demmer introduced:

H. F. 2516, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money to construct the Northwestern Minnesota Regional Sports Center in Moorhead.

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

Murphy, M.; Huntley and Jaros introduced:

H. F. 2517, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; authorizing spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and other improvements of a capital nature; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for new terminal facilities at the Duluth airport.

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

Huntley; Murphy, M., and Jaros introduced:

H. F. 2518, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; authorizing spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and other improvements of a capital nature; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for construction of sanitary sewer overflow facilities in Duluth.

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

Doty introduced:

H. F. 2519, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for a wastewater collection system in the township and city of Garrison and Kathio Township; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Jaros; Murphy, M., and Huntley introduced:

H. F. 2520, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; authorizing spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and other improvements of a capital nature; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for expansion of the polar bear exhibit at the Lake Superior Zoo in Duluth.

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

Doty introduced:

H. F. 2521, A bill for an act relating to highways; appropriating money to reconstruct highway 25 through city of Pierz; authorizing sale of trunk highway bonds.

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