State of Minnesota

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, February 17, 2000


The following House Files were introduced:

Osskopp introduced:

H. F. No. 3576, A bill for an act relating to the environment; modifying reporting requirements for solid waste and wastewater treatment facilities; extending exemption period for certain toxics in packaging; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 115.03, subdivision 1; and 115A.965, subdivision 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 115A.981; and 297H.13, subdivision 6.

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

Holberg introduced:

H. F. No. 3577, A bill for an act relating to creditors' remedies; regulating garnishments, executions, and levies; revising forms; regulating service; defining terms; providing notification; increasing the dollar amount of attorneys' execution levies; making various housekeeping and technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 550.051, subdivision 1; 550.136, subdivision 6; 550.143, subdivisions 3, 7, and 8; 551.01; 551.04, subdivisions 4, 6, and 9; 551.05, subdivisions 1a and 5; 551.06, subdivisions 9 and 10; 571.72, subdivision 2; 571.74; 571.75, subdivision 2; 571.82, subdivision 1; 571.912; 571.914, subdivision 2; 571.921; and 571.925; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 551.

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

Rostberg, Rifenberg, Holberg and Osthoff introduced:

H. F. No. 3578, A bill for an act relating to real property; enacting a new chapter relating to plats, coordinates, maps, and surveys; providing penalties; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 505A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 505.01; 505.02; 505.03; 505.04; 505.05; 505.06; 505.07; 505.08, subdivisions 1, 2, and 2a; 505.09; 505.10; 505.11; 505.12; 505.13; 505.14; 505.16; 505.165; 505.17; 505.173; 505.174; 505.175; 505.176; 505.177; 505.178; 505.179; 505.1791; 505.1792; 505.1793; 505.18; 505.19; 505.20; 505.21; 505.22; 505.23; 505.24; 505.25; 505.26; 505.28; 505.31; 505.32; and 505.33; Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 505.08, subdivision 3.

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

Ness, Mares, Carlson, Kalis and Workman introduced:

H. F. No. 3579, A bill for an act relating to drivers' licenses; modifying driver education provision to allow for integrated classroom and behind-the-wheel training; amending Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 171.05, subdivision 2.

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

Finseth; Westfall; Skoe; Anderson, I., and Fuller introduced:

H. F. No. 3580, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; removing the per animal limit on wolf depredation payments; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 3.737, subdivision 1.

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

McElroy, by request introduced:

H. F. No. 3581, A bill for an act relating to professions; codifying the board of electricity's rules on electrical inspection fees; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 326; repealing Minnesota Rules, part 3800.3810.

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

Holsten and Ozment introduced:

H. F. No. 3582, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; changing provisions of the fertilizer law covering phosphorus plant food in certain counties; clarifying certain adulteration factors; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 18C.005, by adding a subdivision; 18C.201, by adding a subdivision; 18C.231, subdivision 2; and 18D.315, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18C.

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

Pelowski, Dorn, Carlson, Folliard and Opatz introduced:

H. F. No. 3583, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending for higher education asset preservation and replacement; authorizing the board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities and the board of regents of the University of Minnesota to make capital improvements for asset preservation and replacement; appropriating money.

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

Lindner, Solberg, Kubly, Westerberg and Storm introduced:

H. F. No. 3584, A bill for an act relating to manufactured homes; clarifying the requirements for a limited dealer license; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 327B.04, subdivision 8.

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

Biernat, Entenza, Huntley, Seagren and Mares introduced:

H. F. No. 3585, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing state aid for special education services; increasing limited English proficiency revenue; modifying the salary of participants in the teacher residency program; funding nonpublic pupil and charter school pupil transportation; expanding full day kindergarten; clarifying the metropolitan magnet grant amounts; allocating health and safety costs of metropolitan magnet schools back to member districts; allowing school employees to participate in the state insurance program; making integration aid an open and standing appropriation; increasing the crime levy; authorizing a change in an annuity reduction; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 122A.68, subdivision 4; 123B.92, by adding a subdivision; 124D.88, by adding a subdivision; 126C.05, subdivision 17; 126C.20; 127A.48, subdivision 1; 128D.11, subdivision 3; and 354A.31, subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, sections 123B.92, subdivision 9; 124D.081, subdivision 3; 124D.453, subdivision 3; 124D.88, subdivision 3; 125A.76, subdivisions 1 and 2; 125A.79, subdivisions 1 and 2; 126C.05, subdivision 5; and 126C.44; Laws 1999, chapter 241, articles 3, section 3, subdivision 2; and 10, section 5, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 126C; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 125A.79, subdivisions 5, 6, and 7; Laws 1999, chapter 241, article 3, section 5.

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

Larsen, P., and Abrams introduced:

H. F. No. 3586, A bill for an act relating to municipalities; clarifying the use of alternative dispute resolution in certain proceedings; amending Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 414.12; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 414.10.

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

Swapinski, Hilty and Paymar introduced:

H. F. No. 3587, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; imposing a moratorium on permits for and use of genetically engineered organisms; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18F.

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

Molnau introduced:

H. F. No. 3588, A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing issuance of state trunk highway bonds and state transportation bonds; appropriating money for state trunk highway improvements; appropriating money for local bridge replacement, rehabilitation, and repair.

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

McElroy introduced:

H. F. No. 3589, A bill for an act relating to housing; providing funding to the housing finance agency for a loan to Habitat for Humanity of Minnesota, Inc.; providing funding for rental housing for MFIP recipients; appropriating money.

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

McCollum, Rhodes, Rostberg, Erickson and Hasskamp introduced:

H. F. No. 3590, A bill for an act relating to veterans; authorizing the placement of a plaque in the court of honor on the capitol grounds to honor combat wounded veterans.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy

Huntley, Koskinen, Schumacher, Carruthers, Luther, Juhnke, Mullery, Swapinski, Pugh, Kubly, Peterson, Mariani, Lieder, Hasskamp, Paymar, Opatz, Chaudhary, Otremba, Biernat, Wejcman, Carlson, Osthoff, Leighton, Greiling, Skoglund, Tunheim, Dorn, Pelowski, Trimble, Greenfield, Milbert, McCollum and Tomassoni introduced:

H. F. No. 3591, A bill for an act relating to health; repealing MinnesotaCare premium and provider taxes, the insurance premium tax on health insurance, the assessment for the Minnesota comprehensive health association, and the health maintenance organization and hospital surcharges; requiring pass-through of savings to purchasers; transferring responsibility for losses of the Minnesota comprehensive health association to the state treasury; providing for disposition of tobacco settlement money; providing for contingent repeal of the health care access fund; providing civil penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 60A.15, subdivision 1; 62E.11, subdivision 5; 62Q.095, subdivision 6; 214.16, subdivisions 2 and 3; 256.9657, subdivision 4; and 270B.01, subdivision 8; Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 270B.14, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 62Q; and 256L; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 16A.76; 62E.11, subdivision 6; 62R.24; 62T.09; 62T.10; 144.1484, subdivision 2; 256.9657, subdivisions 2 and 3; 256L.02, subdivision 3; 295.50, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 3, 6, 6a, 7, 9b, 9c, 10a, 10b, 12b, 13, 14, and 15; 295.51; 295.52, subdivisions 1, 1a, 1b, 2, 3, 4, 4a, and 6; 295.53, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, and 4a; 295.54; 295.55, subdivisions 1, 4, 5, 6, and 7; 295.56; 295.57, subdivisions 1, 2, and 3; 295.58; 295.582; and 295.59; Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, sections 13.99, subdivision 86b; 295.50, subdivision 4; 295.52, subdivisions 5 and 7; 295.53, subdivision 1; 295.55, subdivisions 2 and 3; and 295.57, subdivision 4.

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

Hackbarth introduced:

H. F. No. 3592, A bill for an act relating to retirement; mandating that certain notice be provided to employees who take leave of absence from the public employees retirement association; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 353.27, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy

Dorman, Abrams, Rifenberg, McElroy and Clark, J., introduced:

H. F. No. 3593, A bill for an act relating to taxation; reducing the solid waste management tax rates; providing an automatic adjustment for future years if collections exceed a certain amount; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 297H.02, subdivision 2; 297H.03, subdivision 2; 297H.04, subdivision 2; 297H.13, subdivision 4; and Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 297H.05.

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

Ness introduced:

H. F. No. 3594, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying adjusted pupil units; amending Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 126C.05, subdivision 5.

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

Gleason, Wagenius, Skoglund and Paymar introduced:

H. F. No. 3595, A bill for an act relating to public expenditures; prohibiting the use of public funds to pay for airline tickets for flights landing or taking off during nighttime hours; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 15.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy

Ozment, Harder, Tingelstad, Osskopp and Bakk introduced:

H. F. No. 3596, A bill for an act relating to the environment; providing for grants for special purpose districts with environmental responsibilities; authorizing pilot projects for the restructuring of the organization and operation of special purpose districts; authorizing grants from the board of government innovation and cooperation for the development and implementation of pilot projects.

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

Mares, Bishop and Rhodes introduced:

H. F. No. 3597, A bill for an act relating to state government; regulating investments; eliminating the annual disclosure of expense reimbursements; modifying investment options for the medical education endowment fund and the tobacco use prevention and local public health endowment fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 11A.24, subdivisions 5 and 6; Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, sections 62J.694, subdivisions 1 and 2; and 144.395, subdivisions 1 and 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 11A.241.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy

Goodno introduced:

H. F. No. 3598, A bill for an act relating to housing; creating the nursing home facility conversion loan program; creating a nursing home grant program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 462A.

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

Goodno, Bradley, Greenfield, Boudreau and Jennings introduced:

H. F. No. 3599, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing for the distribution of child support and maintenance received by the state; adding allowable use of money appropriated for MFIP and TANF block grants; appropriating money for MFIP employment services program for local interventions for family employment; reimbursing the federal government for federal share of child support recoveries passed through to custodial parents, child care and development fund; transferring funds to the housing development fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 256.741, by adding a subdivision; 256J.50, subdivision 7; and 256J.62, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, sections 119B.011, subdivision 15; 256J.02, subdivision 2; 256J.08, subdivision 86; 256J.21, subdivision 2; 256J.33, subdivision 4; and 256J.34, subdivisions 1 and 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256J; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 256J.37, subdivision 9.

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

Opatz introduced:

H. F. No. 3600, A bill for an act relating to higher education; University of Minnesota; appropriating money for the Northstar Research Coalition.

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

Dempsey; Larsen, P.; Murphy; Carlson and Mares introduced:

H. F. No. 3601, A bill for an act relating to education; repealing the vendor selection process for educational services provided at the Minnesota correctional facility-Red Wing; repealing Laws 1999, chapter 216, article 4, section 12.

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

Osskopp introduced:

H. F. No. 3602, A bill for an act relating to family law; imposing certain limitations on child support, maintenance, and wage garnishment; requiring a notice; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 518.131, subdivision 7; 571.72, by adding a subdivision; and 571.922; Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 518.551, subdivision 5.

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

Smith and Stanek introduced:

H. F. No. 3603, A bill for an act relating to data practices; authorizing release and dissemination of juvenile criminal history data under certain circumstances; requiring court to determine juvenile and adult level of conviction information and provide this data to bureau of criminal apprehension; providing for a National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact which organizes an electronic information sharing system among the federal government and the states to exchange criminal history records for background checks; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 299C.13; Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, sections 260B.171, subdivisions 2 and 5; and 299C.095, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299C.

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

Hackbarth, Bakk, Skoe and Ozment introduced:

H. F. No. 3604, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying all-terrain vehicle safety training and youth operating provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 84.925, subdivision 1; and 84.9256, subdivision 1.

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

Koskinen, Bakk, Mahoney, Rukavina, Jaros, Biernat, Greiling, Wagenius and McCollum introduced:

H. F. No. 3605, A bill for an act relating to economic security; creating a birth and adoption fund and providing paid parental leave to eligible employees; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 268.051, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 268.

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

Jennings, Workman, Milbert and Haas introduced:

H. F. No. 3606, A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating rental vehicle coverages; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 60K.03, subdivision 7; 65B.49, subdivisions 3 and 5a; and 72A.125, subdivisions 1 and 2.

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

Wilkin and Pugh introduced:

H. F. No. 3607, A bill for an act relating to the city of Mendota Heights; permitting continuation of tax increment financing district No. 1.

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

Kielkucki, Sviggum, Buesgens, Tomassoni, Mares, Osskopp, Gunther and Olson introduced:

H. F. No. 3608, A bill for an act relating to sales and use tax; exempting admission to high school league tournaments from the sales tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 297A.25, subdivision 30.

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

Sykora, Boudreau and Seagren introduced:

H. F. No. 3609, A bill for an act relating to early childhood education; establishing a pilot grant program for full-day enrichment kindergarten; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Family and Early Childhood Education Finance

Goodno, Davids, Entenza, Jennings and Ozment introduced:

H. F. No. 3610, A bill for an act relating to health; providing patient protections; requiring coverage for medical clinical trials; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 62D.17, subdivision 1; 62J.38; 62Q.56; and 62Q.58; Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 45.027, subdivision 6; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.

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

Wejcman; Clark, K.; Mariani and Gray introduced:

H. F. No. 3611, A bill for an act relating to education; amending after-school enrichment grants; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 124D.221; Laws 1999, chapter 205, article 3, section 5, subdivision 5.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Family and Early Childhood Education Finance

Holberg introduced:

H. F. No. 3612, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a fund transfer for independent school district No. 194, Lakeville.

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

Holberg, Smith and Olson introduced:

H. F. No. 3613, 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; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 3.736, subdivision 3.

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

Holberg, Broecker and Stanek introduced:

H. F. No. 3614, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; appropriating funds from the automobile theft prevention special revenue account for automobile theft prevention activities; removing certain types of vehicles from the surcharge for auto theft prevention; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168A.40, subdivision 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Crime Prevention

Holberg introduced:

H. F. No. 3615, A bill for an act relating to government data; codifying temporary classifications dealing with data of the St. Paul housing and redevelopment authority and St. Paul economic assistance data; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13.

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

Mahoney, Osskopp and Trimble introduced:

H. F. No. 3616, A bill for an act relating to tax court; abolishing the tax court; clarifying district court jurisdiction in tax law cases; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 271A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 271.01, subdivisions 1, 1a, and 4a; 271.02; 271.03; 271.04; 271.05; 271.06; 271.07; 271.08; 271.09; 271.10; 271.12; 271.13; 271.15; 271.17; 271.18; 271.19; 271.20; and 271.21, subdivisions 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11; Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, sections 271.01, subdivision 5; and 271.21, subdivision 2.

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

Mullery introduced:

H. F. No. 3617, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; prohibiting tampering with anhydrous ammonia; imposing penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 18C.005, by adding subdivisions; 18C.201, by adding a subdivision; 18D.325, by adding a subdivision; and 18D.331, by adding a subdivision.

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

Ness, Johnson, Tomassoni, Pelowski, Mares, Carlson, Seagren, Erickson, Abeler, Nornes, Tunheim, Dempsey, Dorn and Dehler introduced:

H. F. No. 3618, A bill for an act relating to education; balancing statewide accountability and district autonomy under the profile of learning; requiring the graduation rule to be developed independently of any national education goals; reducing the required number of content standards; including decision making and inquiry in all content standards; determining scoring criteria and recordkeeping practices; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 120B.03; Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, sections 120B.02; and 120B.30, subdivision 1.

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

Rest introduced:

H. F. No. 3619, A bill for an act relating to taxation; tax increment financing; allowing pooling of increment for certain housing developments; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 469.1763, by adding a subdivision.

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

Rest introduced:

H. F. No. 3620, A bill for an act relating to taxation; adjusting property tax refund amounts; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 290A.04, subdivisions 2, 2a, and 4.

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

Winter, Howes, Huntley, Otremba and Kalis introduced:

H. F. No. 3621, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring the state to reimburse counties for detoxification services; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 297A.02, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 254A.

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

Ozment and Tingelstad introduced:

H. F. No. 3622, A bill for an act relating to the metropolitan council; modifying the cost allocation system for the metropolitan disposal system; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 473.517, subdivision 3.

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

Entenza, Krinkie, Osskopp, Abeler and Reuter introduced:

H. F. No. 3623, A bill for an act relating to state government; clarifying that certain ethical requirements apply to constitutional officers; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 43A.38, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy

Olson; Juhnke; Hasskamp; Kielkucki; Vandeveer; Westerberg; Anderson, B.; Abeler; Osskopp; Mahoney; Nornes and Lindner introduced:

H. F. No. 3624, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; requiring certain property offenders to successfully complete a character-development program as a condition of probation; requiring repeat offenders to pay full restitution to the victims of their offenses and successfully complete a character-development program; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 609A.02, by adding a subdivision; and 609A.03, subdivision 5; Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 260B.198, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Crime Prevention

Olson; Tunheim; Kielkucki; Buesgens; Seifert, M.; Dawkins and Lindner introduced:

H. F. No. 3625, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring legislative approval of contracts and agreements with federal agencies, including the department of education, and with nongovernmental organizations; allowing 8th and 9th grade students to elect to take the state's basic skills test in writing; limiting curriculum and instruction on career choices to 9th through 12th grade students; restricting participation in school-to-work and vocational education programs; requiring students to receive a passing score on the state's reading, writing, and mathematics basic skills tests before participating in post-secondary enrollment options, school-to-work and vocational education programs; requiring school-to-work and vocational education program curricula to include vocational and academic training; repealing the lifework development plan; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 120A.22, subdivision 9; 124D.38, subdivision 5; and 124D.49, subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 120B.02; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 15; and 124D; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 120B.04; and 124D.46, subdivision 1.

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

Mulder, Milbert and Rhodes introduced:

H. F. No. 3626, A bill for an act relating to professions; modifying supervisory and disciplinary requirements for psychologists; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 148.89, by adding subdivisions; and 148.925, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6; Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 148.941, subdivision 2.

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

Mulder, Milbert and Rhodes introduced:

H. F. No. 3627, A bill for an act relating to professions; modifying variance from supervision requirements for psychologists; amending Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 148.925, subdivision 7.

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

Olson; Hasskamp; Kielkucki; Seifert, M.; Abeler; Westerberg; Anderson, B.; Erickson; Buesgens and Lindner introduced:

H. F. No. 3628, A bill for an act relating to education; excluding assessments pertaining to a student's personal characteristics and beliefs from the graduation rule; amending Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 120B.02.

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

Olson introduced:

H. F. No. 3629, A bill for an act relating to public employment; exempting certain public hospital employees from the compensation limit; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 43A.17, subdivision 9.

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

Buesgens and Molnau introduced:

H. F. No. 3630, A bill for an act relating to environment; encouraging recycling of construction debris by public entities; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115A.

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

Trimble, Gunther and Lindner introduced:

H. F. No. 3631, A bill for an act relating to economic development; providing funding for job training and related services provided by the St. Paul rehabilitation center; appropriating money.

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

Haas, Rhodes, Lenczewski and Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 3632, A bill for an act relating to state employees; revising the advisory group for long-term care insurance and revising its duties; postponing implementation of the long-term care insurance program to permit input from the revised advisory group; amending Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 43A.318, subdivision 3; Laws 1999, chapter 250, article 1, section 116.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy

Rhodes; McCollum; Anderson, B.; Rostberg and Lenczewski introduced:

H. F. No. 3633, A bill for an act relating to state observances; designating Mighty Eighth Air Force Week; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy

Olson introduced:

H. F. No. 3634, A bill for an act relating to human services; defining a mental health professional for the purpose of medical assistance coverage; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 148B.32, subdivision 1; and 256B.0625, by adding a subdivision.

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

Smith introduced:

H. F. No. 3635, A bill for an act relating to liquor; prohibiting the off-sale of beer by the keg; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A.

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

Clark, K.; Wejcman and Hasskamp introduced:

H. F. No. 3636, A bill for an act relating to health; regulating coverages; requiring healing touch coverage; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.

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

Bishop introduced:

H. F. No. 3637, A bill for an act relating to state government finance; using a portion of the budget surplus to pay for deferred maintenance of state buildings; appropriating money.

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

Pugh, Milbert and Osskopp introduced:

H. F. No. 3638, A bill for an act relating to gambling; specifying conditions under which a manufacturer may refuse to sell gambling supplies to a distributor; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 349.163, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy

McCollum, Otremba, Luther, Peterson, Pugh, Wagenius, Hausman, Kelliher, Greiling, Koskinen and Biernat introduced:

H. F. No. 3639, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring counties to provide notices to real property owners recommending periodic testing of wells and providing other information; directing the commissioner of health to create the notice; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103I.

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

Mariani, Hausman, McGuire, Kelliher and Kahn introduced:

H. F. No. 3640, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money to rebuild the University of Minnesota showboat.

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

Kalis, Kahn and Murphy introduced:

H. F. No. 3641, A bill for an act relating to health; restricting smoking in state or federally assisted rental housing; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 144.414, by adding a subdivision.

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

Huntley introduced:

H. F. No. 3642, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying provisions for application for and distribution of medical education funds; amending Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 62J.692, subdivisions 1, 3, and 4.

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

Stanek and Smith introduced:

H. F. No. 3643, A bill for an act relating to drivers' licenses; authorizing seizure of driver's license and Minnesota identification card of person removed from the United States; providing for cancellation of driver's license and Minnesota identification card; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 171.14; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 171.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Crime Prevention

Bishop, Stanek and Broecker introduced:

H. F. No. 3644, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; specifying that the board of public defense may be required by courts to pay certain costs related to providing a criminal defense; expanding the authority of the commissioner of natural resources to support search and rescue operations; requiring the development of criteria regarding search and rescue operations; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 88.12, subdivision 2; and 611.21; Laws 1999, chapter 231, section 5, subdivision 4.

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

McCollum, Hausman, Luther, Peterson, Otremba, Wagenius, Hausman, Kelliher, Greiling, Koskinen and Biernat introduced:

H. F. No. 3645, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring sellers to disclose well test results to buyers before signing an agreement to sell or transfer real property; establishing liability for failure to disclose; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 103I.235, as amended.

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

Bishop; Pelowski; McElroy; Opatz; Seifert, M.; Dorn and Leppik introduced:

H. F. No. 3646, A bill for an act relating to employment; requiring a plan for locating workforce centers on state college and university campuses.

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

Lindner; Gray; Skoglund; Biernat; Kahn; Wagenius; Clark, K.; Orfield; Wejcman and Mullery introduced:

H. F. No. 3647, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for the Mill Ruins historic site and museum at St. Anthony Falls; authorizing state bonds.

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

Wenzel and Dehler introduced:

H. F. No. 3648, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for an alternatives analysis for the North Star corridor.

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

McCollum, Wagenius, Hausman, Kelliher and Greiling introduced:

H. F. No. 3649, A bill for an act relating to the environment; requiring an annual environmental report card; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116.

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

Dawkins; Anderson, B., and Olson introduced:

H. F. No. 3650, A bill for an act relating to marriage dissolution; clarifying the rights in custody proceedings of de facto custodians; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 518.156, subdivision 2, and by adding a subdivision; and 518.17, subdivisions 1, 2, and 3.

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

Sykora, Gunther, Jaros and Trimble introduced:

H. F. No. 3651, A bill for an act relating to state government; transferring certain powers and duties from the department of children, families, and learning to the department of economic security; providing requirements for the energy assistance program; requiring a report; instructing the revisor to renumber certain sections; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 268.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy

Goodno and Seagren introduced:

H. F. No. 3652, A bill for an act relating to legislative enactments; correcting miscellaneous oversights, inconsistencies, unintended results, and technical errors in human services and prekindergarten-grade 12 education code; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 125A.21, subdivision 1; and 256B.501, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, sections 124D.65, subdivision 4; 126C.052; 126C.10, subdivisions 2 and 23; 126C.12, subdivision 1; and 256B.77, subdivision 10; Laws 1999, chapters 241, articles 1, section 70; and 4, section 29; 245, articles 1, section 3, subdivision 2; and 4, section 121; repealing Laws 1999, chapter 241, article 10, section 5.

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

Anderson, I., and Jennings introduced:

H. F. No. 3653, A bill for an act relating to tax relief; providing a sales tax rebate payable in 2000; expanding eligibility for the 1999 sales tax rebate; extending certain dates relating to the 1999 sales tax rebate; providing for a payment to farmers at risk based on the acreage of agricultural use land; appropriating money; amending Laws 1999, chapter 243, article 1, section 2.

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

Kelliher, Swapinski, Jaros, Chaudhary and Wagenius introduced:

H. F. No. 3654, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; imposing a moratorium on permits for certain genetically engineered seeds; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18F.

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

Luther, Abeler, Erhardt, Mares and Tomassoni introduced:

H. F. No. 3655, A bill for an act relating to education; early childhood; capital improvements; appropriating money for youth enrichment facilities.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Family and Early Childhood Education Finance

Trimble introduced:

H. F. No. 3656, A bill for an act relating to the environment; providing a grant to the city of St. Paul for environmental response at the Pigs Eye landfill; canceling bonding authorization; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money.

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

Skoglund and Wagenius introduced:

H. F. No. 3657, A bill for an act relating to firearms; prohibiting mass purchases of pistols or semiautomatic military-style assault weapons under most circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 624.7131, subdivisions 4 and 6; and 624.7132, subdivisions 5 and 9.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Crime Prevention

Smith; McCollum; Anderson, I., and Pugh introduced:

H. F. No. 3658, A bill for an act relating to statutes of limitations; waiving limitations on actions for compensation initiated by December 31, 2010, by persons forced to perform labor between 1929 and 1945 by the governments of Germany or Japan, their allies or sympathizers, or entities transacting business in Germany or Japan, or areas controlled by their governments; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 541.

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

Wenzel, Stanek, Broecker, Howes and Wilkin introduced:

H. F. No. 3659, A bill for an act relating to child protection; expanding training requirements for child abuse professionals; requiring child protection services to consider the risks to children who live in homes with an adult who is not biologically related to them; increasing the felony penalty for child endangerment; imposing a mandatory minimum sentence for felony child endangerment; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 609.378, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, sections 626.556, subdivision 10e; and 626.559, subdivision 2.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Crime Prevention

Mariani and McGuire introduced:

H. F. No. 3660, A bill for an act relating to children; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution by adding a new article XV, and by renumbering certain sections; creating a children's development fund; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 119C.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Family and Early Childhood Education Finance

Rukavina, Gunther and Tomassoni introduced:

H. F. No. 3661, A bill for an act relating to energy conservation; providing for replacement heating systems and related energy conservation measures in cities discontinuing district heating systems; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 451.

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

Olson and Abeler introduced:

H. F. No. 3662, A bill for an act relating to commerce; requiring labeling of certain materials; providing remedies; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325L.

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

Abeler, Entenza, Rostberg and Jaros introduced:

H. F. No. 3663, A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money for the pet poison prevention program.

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

Larson, D.; Workman; Milbert; Kelliher and Lenczewski introduced:

H. F. No. 3664, A bill for an act relating to transportation; imposing fair use standard for use of freeway ramp meters; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 174.03, by adding a subdivision.

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

Olson; Anderson, B.; Erickson; Kielkucki; Buesgens; Seifert, M., and Lindner introduced:

H. F. No. 3665, A bill for an act relating to governmental operations; requiring legislative approval of certain contracts between an executive branch agency and an agency of the federal government or a nongovernmental organization; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 15.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy

Carruthers, Stanek, Goodno and Fuller introduced:

H. F. No. 3666, A bill for an act relating to forfeiture; clarifying procedures under the DWI forfeiture law; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 169.1217, subdivision 8; and 169.128; Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 169.1217, subdivisions 1, 7, 7a, and 9.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Crime Prevention

Tingelstad, Ozment, McCollum, Rostberg, Mares, Bradley and Ness introduced:

H. F. No. 3667, A bill for an act relating to the environment; requiring a report to the legislature on pesticide management.

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

Seagren, Tomassoni, Leppik, Sykora and Rest introduced:

H. F. No. 3668, A bill for an act relating to education finance; dampening the annual changes in the sales ratio study; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 127A.48, subdivision 1.

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

Clark, K.; Haake and Mariani introduced:

H. F. No. 3669, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing an affirmative defense for a person who possesses or provides a small amount of marijuana solely for use with a debilitating medical condition; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 152.027, subdivision 4.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Crime Prevention

Wenzel; Stanek; Broecker; Anderson, I., and Lieder introduced:

H. F. No. 3670, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; appropriating money for the construction, administration, and maintenance of a live fire tactical operations law enforcement training facility at Camp Ripley.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Crime Prevention