The following House Files were introduced:

Hilty, Kahn and Ozment introduced:

H. F. No. 3339, A bill for an act relating to utilities; requiring electric utilities to disclose the sources of their electric supply , And the amounts of certain pollutants attributable to the generation of that electric supply; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries and Energy.

Jennings introduced:

H. F. No. 3340, A bill for an act relating to utilities; modifying definition of energy conservation improvement; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 216B.241, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries and Energy.

Schumacher and Osthoff introduced:

H. F. No. 3341, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for an office facility/interpretive center in Sand Dunes State Forest.

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

Kinkel introduced:

H. F. No. 3342, A bill for an act relating to local government; providing for petitions for the dissolution of town subordinate service districts; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 365A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 365A.09.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.

Sykora, Greenfield, Haas and Dorn introduced:

H. F. No. 3343, A bill for an act relating to health; providing for the prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome; establishing intervention and grant programs; requiring a study; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 254A.17, subdivision 1 , And by adding a subdivision; 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.

Mariani and Luther introduced:

H. F. No. 3344, A bill for an act relating to children; providing incentives to increase child care services for children with disabilities; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 119B.13, subdivision 3; 119B.19, subdivision 4; and 120.1701, subdivision 5.

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

Greenfield, Koskinen and Huntley introduced:

H. F. No. 3345, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying several provisions related to the Minnesota family investment program-statewide (MFIP-S); amending local service unit plans; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 268.88; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, sections 119B.01, subdivision 16; 256.741, by adding a subdivision; 256B.0635, by adding a subdivision; 256J.31, by adding a subdivision; 256J.42, by adding subdivisions; 256J.45, subdivision 2; 256J.515; and 256J.52, subdivision 2 , And by adding subdivisions.

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

Murphy, Hilty, McGuire, Greiling and Tomassoni introduced:

H. F. No. 3346, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money to independent school district No. 94, Cloquet, for a reading readiness program.

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

Mullery introduced:

H. F. No. 3347, A bill for an act relating to elections; fair campaign practices; modifying the prohibitions on denying candidates access to multiple unit dwellings; increasing a penalty; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 211B.20, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on General Legislation, Veterans Affairs and Elections.

Kahn, Wolf, Dawkins, Winter and Tomassoni introduced:

H. F. No. 3348, A bill for an act relating to state government; providing for community ownership of a professional baseball franchise; appropriating money.

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

Opatz introduced:

H. F. No. 3349, A bill for an act relating to higher education; leveraging the University of Minnesota's research capabilities; appropriating money.

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

Orfield, Long and Kahn introduced:

H. F. No. 3350, A bill for an act relating to state government; creating an advisory council to investigate improvements in communicating government information to the public.

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

Bishop, Long, Sviggum, Solberg and Johnson , A., introduced:

H. F. No. 3351, A bill for an act relating to taxes; sales and use; exempting construction materials and supplies used to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 297A.25, by adding a subdivision.

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

Holsten and Osthoff introduced:

H. F. No. 3352, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; requiring money credited to the critical habitat private sector matching account through purchase of special license plates to be matched by the critical habitat license plate matching account; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 84.943, subdivision 3; and 116P.04, by adding a subdivision.

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

Holsten introduced:

H. F. No. 3353, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing the public sale of certain tax-forfeited land bordering on public waters in Washington county.

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

Holsten introduced:

H. F. No. 3354, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for an engineering analysis of flooding problems along Twin lake in Washington county.

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

Rest, Davids , Abrams, Carlson and Wenzel introduced:

H. F. No. 3355, A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating investments of certain insurers; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 60L.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

Milbert, McCollum, Finseth and Holsten introduced:

H. F. No. 3356, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; prohibiting the taking of white bears; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 97B.411.

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

Murphy, Carruthers, Larsen, Broecker and Pugh introduced:

H. F. No. 3357, A bill for an act relating to court fees and fines; revising and consolidating laws relating to surcharges and assessments on fines; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 169.121, subdivision 5a; 171.16, subdivision 3; 357.021, by adding subdivisions; 588.01, subdivision 3; and 609.3241; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, sections 97A.065, subdivision 2; 169.14, subdivision 5d; 357.021, subdivision 2; and 609.101, subdivision 5; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 609.101, subdivision 1; and 626.861.

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

Ness, Greiling and Erickson introduced:

H. F. No. 3358, A bill for an act relating to state government; regulating rulemaking; providing for a study of broad rulemaking delegations.

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

Hilty, Kahn and McElroy introduced:

H. F. No. 3359, A bill for an act relating to the organization of state government; establishing an occupational regulatory oversight council to oversee and coordinate the work of agencies and boards charged with the regulation of health-related and non-health-related occupations; directing the commissioners of health and commerce to develop detailed proposals for the organization and operation of the council; establishing two task forces; requiring a report to the legislature; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 214.

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

Paymar, Chaudhary and Pawlenty introduced:

H. F. No. 3360, A bill for an act relating to domestic abuse; clarifying provisions for recognition of orders for protection from other jurisdictions; providing that certain mutual orders are not entitled to full faith and credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 518B.01, subdivision 14.

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

Mares introduced:

H. F. No. 3361, A bill for an act relating to insurance; mandating coverage for cochlear implants; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62A.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

Greiling and Slawik introduced:

H. F. No. 3362, A bill for an act relating to campaign finance; increasing the public's right to know; modifying definition of independent expenditures; requiring full disclosure of the total costs of lobbying; modifying notice required of independent expenditures; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 10A.01, subdivision 10b; 10A.04, subdivisions 4, 5 , And 6; and 10A.20, subdivision 6b; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 10A.04, subdivision 4a.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on General Legislation, Veterans Affairs and Elections.

Seagren introduced:

H. F. No. 3363, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for notice of transitional goals to parents of students with disabilities; modifying the definition of eligible institution for student grants; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 120.17, subdivision 3a; and 136A.101, subdivision 4.

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

Rukavina; Anderson, I.; Bakk; Solberg and Tomassoni introduced:

H. F. No. 3364, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for three direct reduction iron processing facilities.

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

Otremba, M., introduced:

H. F. No. 3365, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for college campuses at Staples and Wadena.

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

Chaudhary, Stanek and Murphy introduced:

H. F. No. 3366, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; providing that preventing a commission of a felony by a trespasser is justifiable homicide; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 609.065.

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

Solberg introduced:

H. F. No. 3367, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing private or public sale of tax-forfeited lands bordering public waters in Itasca county.

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

Abrams introduced:

H. F. No. 3368, A bill for an act relating to retirement; teachers retirement association; authorizing the purchase of service credit for a sabbatical leave by certain teachers.

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

Rest introduced:

H. F. No. 3369, A bill for an act relating to income tax administration; appropriating money for grants to nonprofit entities to facilitate the delivery of volunteer assistance to low-income taxpayers.

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

Paymar introduced:

H. F. No. 3370, A bill for an act relating to data privacy; establishing an address confidentiality program for victims of domestic violence; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 13; and 517.

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

McCollum introduced:

H. F. No. 3371, A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing issuance of bonds for transit-related capital improvements; appropriating money.

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

Kahn and Munger introduced:

H. F. No. 3372, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; establishing the Mississippi whitewater trail; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 85.

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

Kahn introduced:

H. F. No. 3373, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money to repair and rehabilitate certain memorials on the capitol mall; authorizing the sale of state bonds.

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

Solberg; Tomassoni; Johnson , A. , And Ness introduced:

H. F. No. 3374, A bill for an act relating to education; making permanent school district levy authority for retired employee health benefits expenses; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 124.916, subdivision 2.

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

Tomassoni and Rukavina introduced:

H. F. No. 3375, A bill for an act relating to employment; requiring the commissioner of natural resources to maintain a trained force of firefighters; modifying the definition of public employee; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 88.12, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 179A.03, subdivision 14.

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

Juhnke introduced:

H. F. No. 3376, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for ADA compliance and roof replacement and repair at Ridgewater Community College, Willmar campus.

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

Johnson, R.; Tomassoni; Ness; Juhnke and Kubly introduced:

H. F. No. 3377, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing Minnesota fire service training board and providing assistance for firefighter training and education; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 169.14, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 171.29, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 137A.

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

Westrom, Greenfield, Long, Wejcman and Dorn introduced:

H. F. No. 3378, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for rehabilitation and community centers for Vision Loss Resources, Inc.

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

Winter and Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 3379, A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating trade practices; providing for reimbursement for licensed ambulance services; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 72A.201, subdivision 5; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 62J.48.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

Dawkins introduced:

H. F. No. 3380, A bill for an act relating to transportation; providing for claims by person incurring injury to person or property while operating recreational vehicle on trunk highway right-of-way; regulating highway closures; imposing civil liability; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 160.27, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 3.736, subdivision 3.

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

Wenzel and Erickson introduced:

H. F. No. 3381, A bill for an act relating to economic development; providing for compensation for tornado damage in certain counties; appropriating money.

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

Jennings and Carruthers introduced:

H. F. No. 3382, A bill for an act relating to landlord tenant; unlawful detainer; reducing the court felony filing fee; eliminating a stay of execution; reducing the storage period for tenant property after execution of the writ; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 566.09, subdivision 1; and 566.17, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 566.05.

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

Schumacher, Leighton, Skare and Opatz introduced:

H. F. No. 3383, A bill for an act relating to taxation; exempting sales to political subdivisions from sales tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 297A.47; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 297A.25, subdivision 11.

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

Wejcman and Clark, K., introduced:

H. F. No. 3384, A bill for an act relating to human services; continuing food programs for legal noncitizens; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 256J.11, subdivision 2 , As amended; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256D.

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

Wejcman and Clark, K., introduced:

H. F. No. 3385, A bill for an act relating to human services; legal nonlicensed family child care; requiring minimal safety standards if public child care funds are received; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 245A.

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

Wejcman and Clark, K., introduced:

H. F. No. 3386, A bill for an act relating to human services; services for homeless targeted youth; appropriating money.

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

Rifenberg; Reuter; Seifert; Clark, J. , And Erickson introduced:

H. F. No. 3387, A bill for an act relating to real property; creating the Private Property Rights Protection Act; providing legislative intent; providing remedies for real property owners whose property has been inordinately burdened by governmental action; providing requirements for a property owner who seeks compensation; requiring the governmental entity to provide notice of the claim; authorizing certain settlement offers; requiring that the governmental entity and property owner file a court action if a settlement agreement contravenes the application of state law; providing for judicial review, notwithstanding the availability of administrative remedies; authorizing the property owner to file a claim of compensation upon rejection of a settlement offer; requiring the court to determine the percentage of responsibility for an inordinate burden imposed by multiple governmental entities; providing for a jury to determine the amount of compensation to the property owner; providing for costs and attorney fees; providing that the right for which compensation is paid is a transferable development right; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 500A.

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

McGuire and Hausman introduced:

H. F. No. 3388, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for renovation and conversion of the dairy barn on the St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota; authorizing the sale of state bonds.

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

McGuire introduced:

H. F. No. 3389, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; limiting liability of financial institutions providing data for the criminal alert network; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 299A.61, by adding a subdivision.

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

McGuire introduced:

H. F. No. 3390, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; appropriating money for the criminal alert network.

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

Juhnke introduced:

H. F. No. 3391, A bill for an act relating to retirement; city of Willmar and city of Litchfield; authorizing volunteer rescue squad relief associations; providing service pensions for rescue squad volunteers; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 424B.

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

Rest, Skare and Rukavina introduced:

H. F. No. 3392, A bill for an act relating to taxation; repealing levy limits; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 275.16; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, sections 275.70; 275.71; 275.72; 275.73; and 275.74; Laws 1997, chapter 231 , Article 3, section 8.

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

Trimble introduced:

H. F. No. 3393, A bill for an act relating to housing finance agency; appropriating money to the housing trust fund for a student housing pilot project.

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

Trimble introduced:

H. F. No. 3394, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for the worker information resource center at the St. Paul technical college.

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

Hausman; Anderson, I.; Schumacher; Rhodes and Rostberg introduced:

H. F. No. 3395, A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying requirements for a study of metropolitan commuter rail service; amending Laws 1997, chapter 159 , Article 2, section 51.

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

McGuire; Kinkel; Slawik; Johnson, R. , And Schumacher introduced:

H. F. No. 3396, A bill for an act relating to child care; changing child care assistance in certain cases; establishing a provider rate bonus for reading programs; establishing grants for school-age child care programs; making other changes to child care programs; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 119B.13, by adding a subdivision; 119B.18, subdivision 2; and 119B.19, subdivisions 1, 4 , And by adding subdivisions; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, sections 119B.13, subdivision 1; 119B.17, subdivision 3; 119B.21, subdivisions 2, 4, 5 , And 11; and 121.88, subdivision 10.

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

Bradley introduced:

H. F. No. 3397, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for a loan to independent school district No. 535, Rochester, for special education services.

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

Hausman, Sekhon, Rhodes, Munger and Milbert introduced:

H. F. No. 3398, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; providing for low impact forestry; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 90.

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

Lieder introduced:

H. F. No. 3399, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money and authorizing bonds for flood hazard mitigation programs.

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

Greenfield and Bradley introduced:

H. F. No. 3400, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing a nursing home planning and transition grant program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.

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

Greenfield and Bradley introduced:

H. F. No. 3401, A bill for an act relating to health; providing for an inactive status of licensed beds in nursing homes; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 144.122; 144A.01, by adding a subdivision; 256.9657, subdivision 1; 256B.0911, subdivision 6; and 256B.431, subdivisions 2r, 3a , And 22; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144A.

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

Davids, Tomassoni and Anderson, I., introduced:

H. F. No. 3402, A bill for an act relating to insurance; prohibiting affiliates of insurance companies from engaging in rebating that is illegal for insurance companies; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 72A.08, subdivisions 1, 2 , And 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 3403, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for completion of the Blufflands Trail between Preston and Forestville.

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

Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 3404, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for improvements to the Root River trail.

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

Davids, by request, introduced:

H. F. No. 3405, A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; regulating financial transaction cards; providing certain minimum payment disclosures; 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, Tourism and Consumer Affairs.

Boudreau, Tunheim and McElroy introduced:

H. F. No. 3406, A bill for an act relating to liquor; clarifying local restriction provision; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 340A.509.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Tourism and Consumer Affairs.

Solberg and Hilty introduced:

H. F. No. 3407, A bill for an act relating to taxes; sales and use taxes; exempting certain educational facilities from the sales tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 297A.25, subdivision 11.

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

Mahon, Paymar, Tomassoni, Davids and Abrams introduced:

H. F. No. 3408, A bill for an act relating to insurance; no-fault auto; regulating disability and income loss benefits; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 65B.44, subdivision 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

Knoblach, Opatz, Schumacher, Stang and Dehler introduced:

H. F. No. 3409, A bill for an act relating to health; providing funding to two ICFs/MR for costs related to field audit disallowances and providing exemptions from the spend-up limit; appropriating money.

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

Slawik; Marko; Johnson, R.; Chaudhary and Larsen introduced:

H. F. No. 3410, A bill for an act relating to education; providing site-based funding for full-day kindergarten, technology enhancements, and gifted and talented programming; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 124A.22, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 124A.22, subdivision 1.

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

Harder; Wenzel; Johnson , A.; Knoblach and Swenson, H., introduced:

H. F. No. 3411, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; modifying the tax brackets and the alternative minimum tax exemption amount to reduce marriage penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 290.06, subdivisions 2c and 2d; and 290.091, subdivision 3.

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

Rhodes and Dorn introduced:

H. F. No. 3412, A bill for an act relating to health; creating a religious exemption to mandated autopsies; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 145.132; 299F.04, subdivision 5; 383B.225, subdivisions 7 and 8; 390.11, subdivisions 2, 2a , And 3; and 390.32, subdivisions 2, 2a , And 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 390.

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

Rostberg and Skoglund introduced:

H. F. No. 3413, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; authorizing driver's license suspension for convicted traffic law offenders who fail to appear at a probation review hearing; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 169.92.

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

Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 3414, A bill for an act relating to retirement; expanding the number of investments available for certain public supplemental pension or deferred compensation plans; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 356.24, subdivision 1.

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

Harder, Schumacher, Rifenberg, Kuisle and Swenson, H., introduced:

H. F. No. 3415, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; expanding the purposes of the value-added agricultural product loan program; modifying requirements for environmental review of proposed feedlots; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 41B.046, subdivision 1; and 116D.04, subdivision 2a; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 41B.046, subdivision 4a.

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

Finseth and Tunheim introduced:

H. F. No. 3416, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for wheat and barley scab research.

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

Juhnke and Wenzel introduced:

H. F. No. 3417, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for turkey respiratory disease research.

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

Jefferson introduced:

H. F. No. 3418, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minneapolis employees retirement fund; increasing certain shorter service death-while-active retirement benefits, providing annuity escalation; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 422A.06, subdivisions 3 and 6; 422A.22, subdivisions 4 and 5; and 422A.23; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 422A.16, subdivision 3a.

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

Bakk introduced:

H. F. No. 3419, A bill for an act relating to crime; providing for mandatory sentences of life without release for all types of first-degree murder; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 244.05, subdivisions 4 and 5; and 609.184; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 609.196.

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

Sviggum introduced:

H. F. No. 3420, A bill for an act relating to public employment; imposing a hiring freeze on certain public employers.

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

Winter, Kalis, Kubly and Juhnke introduced:

H. F. No. 3421, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; limiting certain animal feedlots and feedlot practices; providing for preparation of a generic environmental impact statement on the long-term effects of the livestock industry; creating a livestock industry environmental steering committee; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 116.07, by adding subdivisions.

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

Sykora, McGuire and Nornes introduced:

H. F. No. 3422, A bill for an act relating to child care; modifying direct assistance payments; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 119B.13, subdivision 6.

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

Jennings introduced:

H. F. No. 3423, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing an annual rate adjustment for certain programs; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256.

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

Molnau and Workman introduced:

H. F. No. 3424, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for land acquisition and capital project planning of the eastern Carver community collaborative project.

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

Anderson, I.; Rukavina; Lieder; Kelso and Carlson introduced:

H. F. No. 3425, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying supplemental revenue; appropriating money.

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

Greiling, Pelowski, Tomassoni, Ness and Kelso introduced:

H. F. No. 3426, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing an appointment date for board members; requiring a rule review; repealing the prohibition against commercial relationships; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 128C.01, subdivision 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 128C.01, subdivision 5.

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

Jefferson and Kelso introduced:

H. F. No. 3427, A bill for an act relating to education; working to develop, provide, and maintain an educational structure that meets the needs of nonwhite and white at-risk students; identifying obstacles to students educational success; providing for staff development and community training; creating an advisory council to assist in analyzing student performance data; emphasizing outcomes; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 126.

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

Knight introduced:

H. F. No. 3428, A bill for an act relating to the housing finance agency; extending the availability of equity take-out loans; amending procedures for the allocation of low-income housing tax credits; permitting allocation of the housing pool to senior rental housing if it is federally assisted; requiring an impact statement and a hearing before an owner terminates participation in a federally assisted rental housing program; permitting a local government to require relocation assistance for certain tenants; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 462A.222, subdivision 3; and 474A.061, subdivision 2a; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 462A.05, subdivision 39; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 471.

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

Johnson , A., introduced:

H. F. No. 3429, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing preventive measures for adolescent pregnancies; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 145.925, by adding a subdivision; 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.

Jennings, Peterson and Tingelstad introduced:

H. F. No. 3430, A bill for an act relating to health; expanding the plumbing inspection program; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 144.122; and 326.37, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 326.37, subdivision 1.

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

Kelso, Entenza, Carlson, Mares and Tunheim introduced:

H. F. No. 3431, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for an office of educational accountability; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 121.1115, by adding a subdivision.

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

Wenzel, Carlson , Abrams and Knoblach introduced:

H. F. No. 3432, A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating life insurance company investments and financial transactions; regulating qualified long-term care policies; modifying the definition of chronically ill individual; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 61A.28, subdivisions 6, 9a , And 12; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 62S.01, subdivision 8.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

Harder and Gunther introduced:

H. F. No. 3433, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for the Watonwan River Flood Abatement Project.

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

Harder and Gunther introduced:

H. F. No. 3434, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for the wastewater project for the town of Fox Lake in Martin county.

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

Macklin, Ozment, Commers, Van Dellen and Kelso introduced:

H. F. No. 3435, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property taxes; permitting the inclusion of information relating to transit levies in notices of proposed property tax levies; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 275.065, subdivision 3.

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

McElroy introduced:

H. F. No. 3436, A bill for an act relating to metropolitan government; changing certain definitions; requiring a redrawn transit zone map; removing, in certain cases , A prohibition to application of a property tax rate; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 473.3915, subdivisions 2, 3, and 5.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.

Munger, Huntley, Jaros and Ozment introduced:

H. F. No. 3437, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for reimbursements to hazardous materials teams.

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

Westrom and Bettermann introduced:

H. F. No. 3438, A bill for an act relating to sanitary districts; establishing the Farwell-Kensington sanitary district; authorizing tax levies.

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

McElroy and Wolf introduced:

H. F. No. 3439, A bill for an act relating to the city of Burnsville; authorizing the city to impose a tax on admissions to an amphitheater; authorizing creation of a tax increment financing district.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.

Rukavina, Jefferson and Carruthers introduced:

H. F. No. 3440, A bill for an act relating to employment; raising the minimum wage; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 177.24, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Labor-Management Relations.

Peterson, Osthoff, Kahn, Winter and Munger introduced:

H. F. No. 3441, A bill for an act relating to animal feedlots; requiring licenses; creating and funding a cleanup fund; limiting issuance of certain permits; requiring an inventory and review; providing for assistance in adoption, review , And update of feedlot ordinances; requiring a generic environmental impact statement on feedlots; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 116.07, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18G.

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

Wenzel introduced:

H. F. No. 3442, A bill for an act relating to the military; entering into the interstate emergency management assistance compact; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 192.

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

Osthoff introduced:

H. F. No. 3443, A bill for an act relating to public finance; requiring that the principal underwriter of issues of state bonds be a financial institution in Minnesota; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 16A.641, subdivision 4.

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

Mullery, Jefferson, Rukavina and Koskinen introduced:

H. F. No. 3444, A bill for an act relating to employment; extending parenting leave requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 181.941, subdivisions 1 and 2.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Labor-Management Relations.

Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 3445, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for water system improvements in the city of Chatfield.

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

Trimble introduced:

H. F. No. 3446, A bill for an act relating to community development; providing funding to acquire right-of-way in the Phalen corridor in St. Paul; authorizing bonds; appropriating money.

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

Mullery and Gunther introduced:

H. F. No. 3447, A bill for an act relating to employment; appropriating money for grants to encourage women to enter nontraditional careers; establishing requirements for grant recipients; requiring state-funded employment and training programs to provide certain information.

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

Munger; Rukavina; Johnson, R.; Nornes and Finseth introduced:

H. F. No. 3448, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money to the board of water and soil resources for management of small nonindustrial private forest lands.

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