State of Minnesota

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday , March 19, 1997


The following House Files were introduced:

Mulder introduced:

H. F. No. 1714, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing an asset requirement for MinnesotaCare; changing medical assistance and general assistance medical care eligibility requirements; providing criminal and civil penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 256B.057, subdivisions 1, 1b , And 2; and 256D.03, subdivision 3; 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.

Johnson, R.; Pelowski; Carlson; Bettermann and Huntley introduced:

H. F. No. 1715, A bill for an act relating to education; delaying campus student association referendum on statewide affiliation for a certain period of time.

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

Olson, M.; Pelowski; Knight; Kinkel and Luther introduced:

H. F. No. 1716, A bill for an act relating to education; offering an alternative of a locally controlled graduation rule; providing locally controlled graduation rule aid and district assistance and academic enhancement aid; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 120.101, subdivision 8 , And by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124.

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

McCollum introduced:

H. F. No. 1717, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying requirements for providers of case management services under the alternative care program and the elderly waiver; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 256B.0913, subdivision 7; and 256B.0915, subdivision 1b.

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

Erhardt introduced:

H. F. No. 1718, A bill for an act relating to human services; extending the physician surcharge waiver request to a physician whose license is issued or renewed on or after April 1, 1992; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 256.9657, subdivision 1b.

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

Kubly, Peterson, Seifert and Juhnke introduced:

H. F. No. 1719, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for a grant to Chippewa county for design and engineering specifications for certain recreational facilities.

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

Rhodes, Folliard, Kelso and Carlson introduced:

H. F. No. 1720, A bill for an act relating to education; clarifying which schools the governor may close without affecting the schools' state aid; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 12.21, subdivision 3; and 120.05, subdivision 2.

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

Peterson introduced:

H. F. No. 1721, A bill for an act relating to real property; clarifying ownership of certain parcels of land in Chippewa county.

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

Larsen, Biernat, Stanek, Macklin and Broecker introduced:

H. F. No. 1722, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; requiring driver to control the vehicle when approaching authorized emergency vehicles stopped on the right-of-way; imposing surcharge for violation; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 169.14, subdivision 3.

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

Greiling; Johnson, R.; Koppendrayer; Mares and Kelso introduced:

H. F. No. 1723, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing gifted and talented grants; establishing content standards assessment grants; requiring designation of a gifted and talented resource person; appropriating money.

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

Kahn, Trimble, Farrell, Jefferson and Milbert introduced:

H. F. No. 1724, A bill for an act relating to elections; directing the secretary of state to study voting by Internet; appropriating money.

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

Olson, M.; Koppendrayer; Tuma; Gunther and Sykora introduced:

H. F. No. 1725, A bill for an act relating to marriage; clarifying that only persons of the opposite sex may legally marry; providing that same-sex marriages recognized in other states are not recognized in this state; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 517.01; 517.03; 517.08, subdivision 1a; and 517.20.

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

Kahn, Jefferson, Murphy, Smith and Mares introduced:

H. F. No. 1726, A bill for an act relating to retirement; providing that certain employees are covered by the Minnesota state retirement system; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 352.01, subdivisions 2a and 2b.

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

Kahn, Jefferson, Murphy, Smith and Mares introduced:

H. F. No. 1727, A bill for an act relating to retirement; actuarial reporting requirements; modifying the definition of the actuarial value of pension plan assets; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 356.215, subdivision 1.

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

Skare; Olson, E.; Kinkel and Lieder introduced:

H. F. No. 1728, A bill for an act relating to human services; increasing the personal care attendant services reimbursement rate in Beltrami and Hubbard counties; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 256B.0913, by adding a subdivision.

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

Mulder introduced:

H. F. No. 1729, A bill for an act relating to health; encouraging breast-feeding; establishing a well-baby designation; exempting breast-feeding from indecent exposure; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 617.23; 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.

Peterson, Winter, Kubly, Westrom and Wenzel introduced:

H. F. No. 1730, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; establishing a grant program for livestock and dairy processing and marketing ventures; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 41B.

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

McCollum introduced:

H. F. No. 1731, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing that substantially undervalued property is subject to a recapture of taxes; providing a penalty for certain local government employees who fail to report substantial undervaluations; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 273.02, by adding a subdivision.

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

Evans and Chaudhary introduced:

H. F. No. 1732, A bill for an act relating to the city of New Brighton; authorizing creation of certain tax increment districts in the city.

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

Mulder, Carruthers, Winter and Sviggum introduced:

H. F. No. 1733, A resolution memorializing Congress to enact legislation to create a national limited service hospital program for rural primary care hospitals.

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

Kraus, Davids, Osskopp, Rifenberg and Kuisle introduced:

H. F. No. 1734, A bill for an act relating to health; authorizing the emergency medical service regulatory board to adopt rules to establish a registration program for first responders; providing interim registration requirements for first responders; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 144.801, subdivision 11; 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.

Mulder and Seifert introduced:

H. F. No. 1735, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a center for agricultural studies at Southwest State University; appropriating money.

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

Macklin, Pugh, Weaver and Pawlenty introduced:

H. F. No. 1736, A bill for an act relating to crime; clarifying the legislative intent concerning jail credit; presuming consecutive and not concurrent jail sentences; requiring specific findings to authorize concurrent jail sentences or jail credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 609.01, subdivision 1; 609.145, by adding a subdivision; and 609.15, subdivision 1.

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

McGuire and Leighton introduced:

H. F. No. 1737, A bill for an act relating to data practices; clarifying the law allowing release of licensing data for law enforcement purposes; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 13.41, subdivision 5.

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

Huntley, Vickerman, Greenfield, Otremba and Dorn introduced:

H. F. No. 1738, A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money for health care consumer assistance grants.

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

Schumacher introduced:

H. F. No. 1739, A bill for an act relating to tax increment financing; authorizing the expenditure of revenues derived from a tax increment financing district located in the city of Foley outside of the district.

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

Goodno, Huntley, Boudreau and Opatz introduced:

H. F. No. 1740, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a grant for the deaf and hard-of-hearing and deaf-blind children in Minnesota; appropriating money.

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

Biernat, McGuire, Kelso and Weaver introduced:

H. F. No. 1741, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; creating a grant program to prevent violence through the development of plays, workshops , And educational resources; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 119A.

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

Huntley, Winter, Jennings, Bradley and Johnson, R., introduced:

H. F. No. 1742, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing health care purchasing alliances; establishing direct provider contracting; permitting the commissioner of health to waive hospital and other supervised living facility licensing standards; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 144.56, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapters 62T; and 62U.

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

Johnson , A., introduced:

H. F. No. 1743, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing an additional levy for certain school districts operating a joint elementary facility.

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

Mares, Larsen and Johnson , A., introduced:

H. F. No. 1744, A bill for an act relating to education; changing the date for taking office for members of the school board of Northeast Metropolitan intermediate school district No. 916; changing the date of the organizational meeting; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 136D.72, subdivisions 2 and 3.

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

Folliard introduced:

H. F. No. 1745, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying Minnesota state college and university public employee exception; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 179A.03, subdivision 14.

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

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

H. F. No. 1746, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing direct payments to cooperative units in certain circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 124.193; and 124.195, by adding a subdivision.

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

Jennings introduced:

H. F. No. 1747, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a new rate for day training and habilitation services; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 252.46, subdivision 1.

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

Rukavina, Winter, Kahn and Osskopp introduced:

H. F. No. 1748, A bill for an act relating to state government; mandating the inclusion of certain information in the budget the governor submits to the legislature; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 16A.11, subdivision 3.

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

Knight and Pawlenty introduced:

H. F. No. 1749, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; allowing a one-time personal and dependent credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 290.06, by adding a subdivision.

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

Bakk; Rukavina; Finseth; Anderson, I. , And Kinkel introduced:

H. F. No. 1750, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; extending permits for timber sales that expire in 1997.

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

Munger, Kalis, Milbert, Ozment and Johnson, R., introduced:

H. F. No. 1751, A bill for an act relating to the environment; regulating packaging; setting mandatory recycled content for certain products and packaging; regulating transport packaging; regulating disposable packaging; requiring use of reusable packaging for certain percentages of beverages sold or, in the alternative, refundable recycling deposits on nonreusable beverage packaging; requiring a wood waste and wood products residue marketing plan; providing civil and administrative penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 16B.122, subdivision 1 , And by adding a subdivision; and 297A.25, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 16B; 115A; 116F; and 325E; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 116F.01; 116F.02; 116F.05; 116F.06; and 116F.08.

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

Kalis introduced:

H. F. No. 1752, A bill for an act relating to retirement; permitting certain persons to participate in a part-time teacher retirement program.

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

Kalis introduced:

H. F. No. 1753, A bill for an act relating to bonds; reducing certain earlier project authorizations; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 475A.06, subdivision 7.

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

Kelso introduced:

H. F. No. 1754, A bill for an act relating to education; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution , Article XIII, section 3; providing for the governor to appoint candidates to at-large positions on the board of regents of the University of Minnesota.

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

Jefferson introduced:

H. F. No. 1755, A bill for an act relating to local government; providing for procedures between the county housing and redevelopment authority and certain municipalities and municipal authorities; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 383B.77, subdivision 2.

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

Chaudhary and Kahn introduced:

H. F. No. 1756, A bill for an act relating to retirement; establishing a defined contribution plan for the Columbia Heights volunteer fire department relief association.

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

Hasskamp, Wenzel, Kalis, Schumacher and Mulder introduced:

H. F. No. 1757, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying provisions for reporting abortion data; providing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 145.411, 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.

Pelowski; Johnson, R.; Bettermann; Carlson and Tuma introduced:

H. F. No. 1758, A bill for an act relating to higher education; appropriating money to the higher education services office to develop and establish a library information network.

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

Tomassoni, Solberg, Schumacher, Ness and Jefferson introduced:

H. F. No. 1759, A bill for an act relating to occupations; providing that licensed professional engineers need not be licensed by the pollution control agency to design and inspect individual sewage treatment systems; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 115.56, subdivision 2.

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

Delmont, Evans, Wejcman, Wagenius and Larsen introduced:

H. F. No. 1760, A bill for an act relating to child care; establishing a start-up project; appropriating money.

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

McGuire introduced:

H. F. No. 1761, A bill for an act relating to children; creating a pilot project grant program to award grants for juvenile assessment centers; appropriating money.

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

Solberg introduced:

H. F. No. 1762, A bill for an act relating to libraries; permitting a public library to operate jointly with a school library in Nashwauk; establishing a library board; regulating its tax levies.

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

Larsen; Mares; Swenson, D.; Murphy and Bishop introduced:

H. F. No. 1763, A bill for an act relating to corrections; appropriating money for equipment for sex offender notification meetings in several counties.

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

Entenza and Kelso introduced:

H. F. No. 1764, A bill for an act relating to education; enhancing the educational experience of children attending schools with concentrated levels of poverty; increasing the general education formula allowance; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 124A.22, subdivision 2 , As amended; and 124A.23, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124.

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

Jefferson, Kahn, Smith, Murphy and Mares introduced:

H. F. No. 1765, A bill for an act relating to retirement; revising selection requirements for section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code annuity service providers; making technical changes; 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.

Anderson, I., introduced:

H. F. No. 1766, A bill for an act relating to economic development; requiring the commissioner of trade and economic development to designate Koochiching county as an enterprise zone.

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

Juhnke, Pelowski, Trimble, Mullery and Rifenberg introduced:

H. F. No. 1767, A bill for an act relating to the Minnesota historical society; appropriating money for a grant-in-aid program for county and local historical societies.

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

Anderson, I.; Davids; Tomassoni; Tunheim and Abrams introduced:

H. F. No. 1768, A bill for an act relating to insurance; modifying and recodifying certain required provisions of disability policies; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 62A.04, subdivisions 2 and 3; 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.

Hasskamp, Wenzel, Kinkel and Dehler introduced:

H. F. No. 1769, A bill for an act relating to education; supporting the establishment of an American Indian studies center; appropriating money.

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

Tunheim introduced:

H. F. No. 1770, A bill for an act relating to community education; directing rule amendments; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 121.88, subdivision 1.

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

Paymar introduced:

H. F. No. 1771, A bill for an act relating to domestic abuse; expanding the definition of first degree murder in situations involving domestic abuse; providing enhanced penalties based upon a previous conviction for malicious punishment of a child and other laws; adding assault in the fifth degree and domestic assault to definition of "crimes of violence"; increasing the cash bail for individuals charged with malicious punishment of a child; providing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 609.185; 609.224, subdivisions 2 and 4; 609.2242, subdivisions 2 and 4; 609.377; 624.712, subdivision 5; and 629.471, subdivision 3.

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

Kuisle, Davids, Westrom, Stang and Juhnke introduced:

H. F. No. 1772, A bill for an act relating to highways; transferring $100,000,000 from budget surplus to highway user tax distribution fund.

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

Finseth introduced:

H. F. No. 1773, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; restricting the production of planting stock by the commissioner of natural resources; requiring public disclosure of information relating to the commissioner's production of planting stock; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 89.35, subdivision 1; 89.36, subdivision 1, and by adding a subdivision; and 89.37, subdivision 3.

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

Dawkins, Holsten, Pugh and Milbert introduced:

H. F. No. 1774, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; municipal tort liability; excluding from liability losses due to special hunting or trapping to control wildlife; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 466.03, by adding a subdivision.

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

Juhnke, Rifenberg, Harder, Kielkucki and Kalis introduced:

H. F. No. 1775, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; limiting liability for application of agricultural chemicals; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 561.

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

Hilty, Jefferson, Sviggum, Solberg and McGuire introduced:

H. F. No. 1776, A bill for an act relating to state government; appropriating money for the statewide public ice facilities program.

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

McGuire and Delmont introduced:

H. F. No. 1777, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a healthy community program; providing revenue; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 121.88, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124.

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

Rifenberg, Seifert and Gunther introduced:

H. F. No. 1778, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income; providing a credit for qualified charitable contributions; 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.

Kahn introduced:

H. F. No. 1779, A bill for an act relating to the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul; authorizing creation of certain tax increment districts; appropriating money.

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

Pugh, Paymar and McGuire introduced:

H. F. No. 1780, A bill for an act relating to the department of corrections; providing for grants to sexual assault programs; appropriating money.

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

Greenfield, Tunheim and Greiling introduced:

H. F. No. 1781, A bill for an act relating to health; clarifying payment procedures under medical assistance for wheelchair repairs and nonstandard wheelchairs; modifying medical assistance reimbursement for augmentative and alternative communication systems; establishing an augmentative and alternative communication system distribution service; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 256B.0625, subdivision 31 , And by adding a subdivision.

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

Rukavina, Milbert, Jefferson and Luther introduced:

H. F. No. 1782, A bill for an act relating to sports; appropriating money for youth sports programs; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 240A.

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

Sviggum introduced:

H. F. No. 1783, A bill for an act relating to the legislature; ethics; prohibiting former legislators from lobbying the legislature for one year after leaving office; establishing a fair campaign practices advisory board; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 10A and 211B.

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

Sviggum and Weaver introduced:

H. F. No. 1784, A bill for an act relating to campaign finance; limiting campaign activity by legislative employees and use of legislative facilities; limiting lobbying activities; limiting certain contributions and expenditures; regulating political activities of membership organizations; changing expenditure limits; clarifying terms; making certain information public; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 10A.065, by adding a subdivision; 10A.15, by adding a subdivision; 10A.16; 10A.25, subdivision 2; 10A.255, subdivisions 1 and 3; 10A.322, subdivision 1; and 290.06, subdivision 23; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 3; and 10A.

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

Jaros, Trimble, Harder, Gunther and Reuter introduced:

H. F. No. 1785, A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring the commissioner of economic security to administer certain programs.

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

Tunheim introduced:

H. F. No. 1786, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for spring wheat research.

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

Koppendrayer introduced:

H. F. No. 1787, A bill for an act relating to local government; limiting the ability of the state auditor to charge fees to soil and water conservation districts in certain circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 103C.325, subdivision 2.

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

Olson, E., introduced:

H. F. No. 1788, A bill for an act relating to taxation; authorizing the city of Fosston to impose a sales and use tax.

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

Mullery, Rukavina, Jefferson, Leighton and Broecker introduced:

H. F. No. 1789, A bill for an act relating to railroads; requiring a minimum number of persons on train crews; granting rulemaking authority; providing a civil penalty; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 219.

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

McGuire introduced:

H. F. No. 1790, A bill for an act relating to privacy; authorizing the board of nursing to withhold access to residence addresses and telephone numbers; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 148.

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

Kalis, Solberg, Luther, Bishop and Dempsey introduced:

H. F. No. 1791, A bill for an act relating to public administration; authorizing renovation of the capitol cafeteria; appropriating money.

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

Tunheim introduced:

H. F. No. 1792, A bill for an act relating to economic development; establishing a rural small business loan program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 41B.03, subdivision 1 , And by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 41B.

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

Kinkel introduced:

H. F. No. 1793, A bill for an act relating to veterans; appropriating money for a veterans memorial in Park Rapids.

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

Johnson , A.; Bakk; Osthoff; Evans and Carruthers introduced:

H. F. No. 1794, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring the attorney general to investigate unfair drug price discrimination; giving the commissioner of administration authority to negotiate contract prices for prescription drugs; requiring the commissioner of administration to establish and administer a nongovernmental pharmaceutical contracting alliance; modifying prescription dispensing requirements; requiring a pharmacy to post a sign on generic substitution; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 8.31, subdivision 1; and 151.21, subdivisions 2, 3 , And by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16B.

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

Jennings and Vickerman introduced:

H. F. No. 1795, A bill for an act relating to occupations; requiring plumbers to be licensed in all cities regardless of size; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 326.40, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 326.45.

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

McElroy, Clark and Rhodes introduced:

H. F. No. 1796, A bill for an act relating to housing and redevelopment; removing a limitation on the uses of a levy by housing and redevelopment authority for certain project costs; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 469.033, subdivision 6.

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

Erhardt, Macklin and Commers introduced:

H. F. No. 1797, A bill for an act relating to levies; imposing limits on city property tax levies; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 275.16; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 275.

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

Murphy, Bakk and Winter introduced:

H. F. No. 1798, A bill for an act relating to local government aid; changing the definition of city aid base; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 477A.011, subdivision 36.

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

Trimble and Wenzel introduced:

H. F. No. 1799, A bill for an act relating to the distribution of agricultural products; establishing a state-funded program to provide reimbursements to certain providers of meals and snacks for children in licensed family day care homes; appropriating money.

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

Tunheim introduced:

H. F. No. 1800, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; providing for reimbursement to counties for certain road costs; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 84A.32, by adding a subdivision.

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

Paulsen, Commers, Seifert, Rifenberg and Kuisle introduced:

H. F. No. 1801, A bill for an act relating to the legislature; limiting per diem payments; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 3.099, subdivision 1.

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

Bakk and Tomassoni introduced:

H. F. No. 1802, A bill for an act relating to Cook county; authorizing the use of the proceeds of the county sales tax for improvements to the hospital and care center; amending Laws 1993, chapter 375 , Article 9, section 45, subdivisions 2, 3, 4 , And by adding a subdivision.

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

Bakk, Rukavina and Osskopp introduced:

H. F. No. 1803, A bill for an act relating to taxation; exempting gasoline and special fuel used to operate well drilling machines; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 296.18, subdivision 1; and 297A.25, subdivision 7.

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

Bakk and Tomassoni introduced:

H. F. No. 1804, A bill for an act relating to Cook county; providing a total exemption for construction materials purchased for use in constructing improvements to a county jail and courthouse.

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

Swenson, D. , And Holsten introduced:

H. F. No. 1805, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating a road right-of-way for recreation in Washington county; appropriating money.

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

Hilty, Murphy, Bakk, Osthoff and Osskopp introduced:

H. F. No. 1806, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for the Minnesota rock, gem , And mineral interpretative center.

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

Westfall, Finseth and Wenzel introduced:

H. F. No. 1807, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; providing for a reduced fee deer license for farmers; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97A.

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

Sykora introduced:

H. F. No. 1808, A bill for an act relating to liquor; modifying the definition of chemically dependent person; modifying the definition of neglect; changing certain reporting requirements; providing civil penalties for failure to post certain warnings; requiring the commissioner of public safety to submit a study and report to the legislature; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 253B.02, subdivision 2; 340A.415; 626.556, subdivision 2; and 626.5561, subdivisions 1, 2 , And by adding a subdivision.

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

Winter, Pelowski, Westrom, Dehler and Wenzel introduced:

H. F. No. 1809, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; establishing the Minnesota agriculture education leadership council; establishing agricultural education grant programs; creating the Minnesota center for agriculture education; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 41D; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 126.113.

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