State of Minnesota

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Monday, February 28, 2000


The following House Files were introduced:

Tomassoni introduced:

H. F. No. 3904, A bill for an act relating to health; adding an exception to the moratorium on licensing and certification of new nursing facility beds; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 144A.071, subdivision 4a.

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

Harder, Kuisle, Abrams, Daggett and Rest introduced:

H. F. No. 3905, A bill for an act relating to taxation; conforming to federal treatment of S corporations for financial institutions; amending Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 290.9725; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, sections 290.06, subdivision 26; and 290.9726, subdivision 7.

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

Sykora introduced:

H. F. No. 3906, A bill for an act relating to family and early childhood programs; providing child care assistance for certain MFIP families; establishing intensive ESL programming grants for certain MFIP families; providing uninterrupted child care assistance for transition year families; appropriating money; amending Laws 1999, chapter 205, article 3, section 5, subdivision 9.

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

Molnau introduced:

H. F. No. 3907, A bill for an act relating to taxation; exempting certain sales to the department of transportation from the sales tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 297A.25, subdivision 11.

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

Erhardt introduced:

H. F. No. 3908, A bill for an act relating to tax; income; creating an organ donor checkoff for income tax returns or property tax refund claim form; appropriating money; 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

Erhardt introduced:

H. F. No. 3909, A bill for an act relating to taxation; exempting cities that receive no local government aid from levy limits; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 275.70, subdivision 3.

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

Erhardt, by request, introduced:

H. F. No. 3910, A bill for an act relating to taxation; abolishing withholding taxes on wages; providing for payment of estimated taxes on wages; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 289A.09, subdivisions 1 and 2; 289A.20, subdivision 2; 289A.31, subdivision 5; 289A.38, subdivision 14; 289A.50, subdivision 3; 289A.60, subdivision 11; 290.92, subdivisions 1, 2a, 4a, 9, 12, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, and 29; and 290.9201, subdivision 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 289A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 270B.06, subdivision 3; 289A.63, subdivision 5; 290.92, subdivisions 3, 5, 5a, 10, 16, 19, 22, and 30.

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

Schumacher, Skoe, Juhnke, Tingelstad, Peterson, Kubly, Winter and Otremba introduced:

H. F. No. 3911, A bill for an act relating to water; increasing the water implementation tax that may be levied by a county; increasing the amount of the base grant that may be awarded to a county that levies a water implementation tax; appropriating money for planning and exotic plant control; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 103B.3369, subdivision 5.

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

Stang introduced:

H. F. No. 3912, A bill for an act relating to education; eliminating the pupil per grade condition for capital loans; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 126C.69, subdivision 3.

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

McGuire introduced:

H. F. No. 3913, A bill for an act relating to children; continuing the citizenship promotion program; appropriating money for the citizen promotion program; repealing Laws 1997, chapter 162, article 2, section 32.

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

Workman introduced:

H. F. No. 3914, A bill for an act relating to metropolitan government; allowing the city of Shorewood to establish a replacement service transit program.

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

Winter; Kuisle; Peterson; Harder; Seifert, M.; Hasskamp and Kubly introduced:

H. F. No. 3915, A bill for an act relating to taxes; sales and use; exempting materials and equipment used to construct and equip an agricultural processing facility; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 297A.25, by adding a subdivision.

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

Erhardt, Van Dellen and Kuisle introduced:

H. F. No. 3916, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing a sales tax rebate; appropriating money.

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

Erhardt and Hasskamp introduced:

H. F. No. 3917, A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; requiring notice to neighboring landowners when tower or mounting structure erected; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 237.45.

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

Dempsey, Rostberg and Greenfield introduced:

H. F. No. 3918, A bill for an act relating to veterans homes; authorizing certain homeless and disabled veterans programs at the Minneapolis and Hastings veterans homes; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 198.

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

Mulder introduced:

H. F. No. 3919, A bill for an act relating to health occupations; modifying the standard of proof for contested case hearings regarding discipline of physicians; requiring procedures to give physicians information on complaint, investigation, and discipline processes; requiring a study and report to the legislature by the board of medical practice; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 147.

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

Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 3920, A bill for an act relating to tax increment financing; city of Fountain; extending a tax increment financing district.

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

Koskinen, Greiling and McGuire introduced:

H. F. No. 3921, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying provisions of the Nongovernmental Pharmaceutical Contracting Alliance; requiring certain prescription drug contracting disclosures; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 16B.94; and 62J.381.

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

Lenczewski introduced:

H. F. No. 3922, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property tax; modifying the definition of certain contiguous commercial-industrial parcels; amending Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 273.13, subdivision 24.

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

Haas and Rifenberg introduced:

H. F. No. 3923, A bill for an act relating to state budget process; establishing a commission to review state budget practices and recommend changes to implement performance based budgeting.

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

Knoblach introduced:

H. F. No. 3924, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending to acquire and to better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature; for grants for certain public regional parks organizations; authorizing issuance of bonds; appropriating money.

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

Tomassoni introduced:

H. F. No. 3925, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for the Northland Learning Center.

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

Rhodes, Gray, Skoglund, Davids, Luther, Leighton, Gunther, Biernat, Wagenius, Kahn, Kelliher, Greenfield and Mullery introduced:

H. F. No. 3926, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money to create the Minnesota Shubert arts and education center; authorizing the sale of state bonds.

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

Gunther introduced:

H. F. No. 3927, A bill for an act relating to economic development; providing funding for Minnesota Project Innovation, Inc.; appropriating money.

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

Gleason introduced:

H. F. No. 3928, A bill for an act relating to airports; requiring the metropolitan airports commission to make a deposit to reimburse the city of Richfield for certain expenditures; removing certain requirements in relation to federal law; amending Laws 1999, chapter 243, article 16, section 35, subdivision 3; repealing Laws 1999, chapter 243, article 16, section 35, subdivision 7.

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

Otremba introduced:

H. F. No. 3929, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing a nursing facility rate adjustment; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 256B.434, by adding a subdivision.

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

Dawkins, Hausman and Osthoff introduced:

H. F. No. 3930, A bill for an act relating to taxation; authorizing the capitol region watershed district to exceed levy limits.

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

Holsten and Larsen, P., introduced:

H. F. No. 3931, A bill for an act relating to retirement; providing certain survivor benefits under the public employees retirement association police and fire fund.

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

Koskinen, Greiling and Biernat introduced:

H. F. No. 3932, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a board of technical colleges; transferring authority over the technical colleges from the board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities to the board of technical colleges; requiring a study; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 136G.

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

Tomassoni introduced:

H. F. No. 3933, A bill for an act relating to health; expanding the option to have the director of nursing serve as the administrator in certain nursing facilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 144A.04, subdivision 5.

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

Mariani and McGuire introduced:

H. F. No. 3934, A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for transitional housing and affordable housing.

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

Wenzel introduced:

H. F. No. 3935, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing funding for full-day kindergarten programs in independent school district No. 482, Little Falls; appropriating money.

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

Larsen, P.; Holberg; Koskinen; Broecker and Vandeveer introduced:

H. F. No. 3936, A bill for an act relating to metropolitan government; establishing a task force to study legislative proposals relating to metropolitan government structure and to make recommendations by January 1, 2001.

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

Trimble introduced:

H. F. No. 3937, A bill for an act relating to marriage; reducing the fee for a marriage license; changing its distribution; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 517.08, subdivisions 1b and 1c.

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

Daggett introduced:

H. F. No. 3938, A bill for an act relating to economic development; providing funding to Becker county for a tourism project; appropriating money.

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

Cassell introduced:

H. F. No. 3939, A bill for an act relating to higher education; modifying student grant provisions for students attending less than full time; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 136A.121, subdivision 6, and by adding a subdivision.

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

Mariani introduced:

H. F. No. 3940, A bill for an act relating to education; increasing state aid for early childhood family education; appropriating money; amending Laws 1999, chapter 205, article 1, sections 65; and 71, subdivision 3.

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

Daggett, Kuisle, Ozment, Bakk, Jennings and Rest introduced:

H. F. No. 3941, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing that revenues from the solid waste management tax be used for solid waste management activities; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 297H.13, subdivision 2.

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

Jennings, Kelliher, Greenfield and Kahn introduced:

H. F. No. 3942, A bill for an act relating to liquor; authorizing the city of Minneapolis to adopt an ordinance authorizing on-sale of intoxicating liquor by hotels during certain hours; exempting certain sales from on-sale hours restrictions; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 340A.504, by adding subdivisions.

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

Paymar, Kelliher, Haake and Entenza introduced:

H. F. No. 3943, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; prescribing display period for "Walk" and "Don't Walk" signals at intersections; clarifying pedestrian right-of-way at intersections; appropriating money for pedestrian safety awareness campaign; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 169.06, subdivision 6; and 169.21, subdivisions 2, 3, and by adding a subdivision.

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

Ness and Harder introduced:

H. F. No. 3944, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; providing funding for development of farm marketing plan software; appropriating money.

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

Ness introduced:

H. F. No. 3945, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; establishing an agroforestry loan program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 17.

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

Ness introduced:

H. F. No. 3946, A bill for an act relating to taxes; exempting sales of construction materials used to remodel and improve the McLeod county courthouse; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 297A.25, by adding a subdivision.

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

Kuisle introduced:

H. F. No. 3947, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; providing mediation and binding arbitration options for poultry producers; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 17.701; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 17.

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

Broecker introduced:

H. F. No. 3948, A bill for an act relating to community education; appropriating money for the Eritrean community center of Minnesota.

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

Broecker introduced:

H. F. No. 3949, A bill for an act relating to employment; adding an alternative form for minor age certification; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 181A.06, subdivision 1.

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

Broecker, Paymar and Stanek introduced:

H. F. No. 3950, A bill for an act relating to public defense; authorizing access to various criminal and juvenile justice databases for purposes of criminal defense; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 299C.147, subdivisions 2 and 3; 299C.46, subdivision 3, and by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 299C.095, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 611.

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

Osthoff introduced:

H. F. No. 3951, A bill for an act relating to retirement; public employees retirement association employer privatization; adding St. Paul civic center authority as an "other public employing unit"; amending Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 353F.02, subdivision 5.

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

Ozment introduced:

H. F. No. 3952, A bill for an act relating to claims against the state; providing for payment of various claims; appropriating money.

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

Carlson, Dorn, Pelowski, Folliard, Opatz and Mullery introduced:

H. F. No. 3953, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income taxes; providing a subtraction and credit for higher education expenses; amending Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 290.01, subdivision 19b; 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

Knoblach introduced:

H. F. No. 3954, A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing interest requirements for rail service improvement loans; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 222.50, subdivision 5.

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

Mullery introduced:

H. F. No. 3955, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring medical directors for health maintenance organizations; establishing liability for health treatment decisions and policies; establishing requirements for physicians performing utilization review; requiring annual disclosure of utilization review criteria; modifying the definition of practice of medicine; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 62D.02, by adding subdivisions; 62M.09, subdivision 2, and by adding a subdivision; and 147.081, subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, sections 62M.09, subdivision 3; and 62M.10, subdivision 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62D.

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

Mullery introduced:

H. F. No. 3956, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing a definition of medically necessary care for health plans; 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

Hasskamp introduced:

H. F. No. 3957, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; limiting increases in market value on certain golf courses; county local option; amending Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 273.11, subdivision 1a.

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

Hilty and Murphy introduced:

H. F. No. 3958, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; authorizing the commissioner of natural resources to use snowmobile grant-in-aid funds to reimburse eligible recipients for certain snowmobile trail grooming equipment expenses.

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

Murphy and Hilty introduced:

H. F. No. 3959, A bill for an act relating to health; permitting small employers to purchase coverage under the MinnesotaCare program for eligible employees; repealing the small employer alternative health benefit plan pilot project; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256L; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 62L.055.

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

Nornes and Leighton introduced:

H. F. No. 3960, A bill for an act relating to workers' compensation; modifying indemnity provision; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 176.061, subdivision 10.

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

Chaudhary, Johnson and Skoe introduced:

H. F. No. 3961, A bill for an act relating to education finance; expanding the building lease levy; authorizing certain leased technology to be funded through the sale of general obligation bonds; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 126C.40, subdivision 1; and 475.52, subdivision 5.

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

Westrom, Molnau and Larson, D., introduced:

H. F. No. 3962, A bill for an act relating to relating to metropolitan government; requiring metropolitan council to report on the future of the metro mobility transit system.

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

Abeler introduced:

H. F. No. 3963, A bill for an act relating to alcoholic beverages; authorizing the city of Anoka to issue an on-sale wine license for the Lyric Arts Theater.

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

Wilkin, Greenfield, Bradley, Davids and Haas introduced:

H. F. No. 3964, A bill for an act relating to insurance; adjusting aspects of eligibility and coverage in the comprehensive health association; requiring a study of premium rates; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 62E.02, subdivision 13; 62E.08; 62E.13, subdivision 2; 62E.14, subdivision 1; 62E.15, by adding a subdivision; and 62E.18; Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 62E.12.

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

Seagren introduced:

H. F. No. 3965, A bill for an act relating to education finance; clarifying a timeline under the consolidation transition revenue program; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 123A.485, subdivision 4.

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

Carruthers, Hausman, McCollum, Wagenius, Pugh, Opatz, Folliard, Dorn, Pelowski and Mahoney introduced:

H. F. No. 3966, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing automatic annual inflation adjustments for hospitals, nursing facilities, and ICF/MRs; providing an additional rate increase for nursing facilities, ICF/MRs, and home and community-based providers; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 256B.431, subdivision 2l; and 256B.501, subdivision 3c, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, sections 256.969, subdivision 1; 256B.431, subdivisions 26 and 28; 256B.434, subdivision 4; 256B.435, subdivisions 1 and 3; Laws 1999, chapter 245, article 1, section 2, subdivision 8.

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

Vandeveer; Larsen, P.; Workman; Goodno and Swenson introduced:

H. F. No. 3967, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; providing for a tax credit on the registration tax on passenger automobiles; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 168.013, subdivision 1a, and by adding a subdivision.

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