Journal of the House - 111th Day - Sunday, May 16, 2004 - Top of Page 8345

 

STATE OF MINNESOTA

 

 

EIGHTY-THIRD SESSION - 2004

 

_____________________

 

ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH DAY

 

Saint Paul, Minnesota, Sunday, May 16, 2004

 

 

The House of Representatives convened at 7:00 a.m. and was called to order by Steve Sviggum, Speaker of the House.

 

Prayer was offered by Representative Bruce Anderson, District 19A, Buffalo Township, Minnesota.

 

The members of the House gave the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.

 

The roll was called and the following members were present:

 


Abeler

Abrams

Anderson, B.

Anderson, I.

Anderson, J.

Atkins

Beard

Bernardy

Blaine

Borrell

Boudreau

Bradley

Brod

Buesgens

Carlson

Clark

Cornish

Cox

Davids

Davnie

DeLaForest

Demmer

Dempsey

Dill

Dorman

Dorn

Eastlund

Eken

Ellison

Entenza

Erhardt

Finstad

Fuller

Gerlach

Goodwin

Greiling

Gunther

Haas

Hackbarth

Harder

Hausman

Heidgerken

Hilstrom

Hilty

Holberg

Hoppe

Hornstein

Howes

Huntley

Jacobson

Jaros

Johnson, J.

Johnson, S.

Juhnke

Kahn

Kelliher

Klinzing

Knoblach

Koenen

Kohls

Krinkie

Kuisle

Lanning

Larson

Latz

Lenczewski

Lesch

Lieder

Lindgren

Lindner

Lipman

Magnus

Mahoney

Mariani

Marquart

McNamara

Meslow

Mullery

Murphy

Nelson, C.

Nelson, M.

Nelson, P.

Newman

Nornes

Olsen, S.

Olson, M.

Opatz

Osterman

Otremba

Otto

Ozment

Paulsen

Paymar

Pelowski

Penas

Peterson

Powell

Pugh

Rhodes

Rukavina

Ruth

Samuelson

Seagren

Seifert

Sertich

Sieben

Simpson

Slawik

Smith

Soderstrom

Solberg

Stang

Strachan

Swenson

Sykora

Thao

Thissen

Tingelstad

Urdahl

Vandeveer

Wagenius

Walker

Walz

Wardlow

Wasiluk

Westerberg

Westrom

Wilkin

Zellers

Spk. Sviggum


 

A quorum was present.

 

Adolphson, Biernat, Erickson and Severson were excused.

 

The Chief Clerk proceeded to read the Journal of the preceding day. Rhodes moved that further reading of the Journal be suspended and that the Journal be approved as corrected by the Chief Clerk. The motion prevailed.


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MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE

 

 

The following messages were received from the Senate:

 

Mr. Speaker:

 

This is to notify you that the Senate is about to adjourn the Eighty-Third Legislative Session sine die.

 

Patrice Dworak, First Assistant Secretary of the Senate

 

 

Mr. Speaker:

 

I hereby announce the adoption by the Senate of the following Senate Concurrent Resolution, herewith transmitted:

 

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 9, A Senate concurrent resolution relating to the delivery of bills to the Governor after final adjournment.

 

Patrice Dworak, First Assistant Secretary of the Senate

 

 

SUSPENSION OF RULES

 

Paulsen moved that the rules be so far suspended that Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 9 be now considered and placed upon its adoption. The motion prevailed.

 

 

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 9

 

A Senate concurrent resolution relating to the delivery of bills to the Governor after final adjournment.

 

 

Whereas, the Minnesota Constitution, Article IV, Section 23, authorizes the presentation to the Governor after sine die adjournment of bills that passed in the last three days of the Session; Now, Therefore,

 

Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Minnesota, the House of Representatives concurring, that upon adjournment sine die of the 83rd regular session of the Legislature, bills must be presented to the Governor as follows:

 

(a) The Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the Secretary of the Senate shall certify and sign each bill in the same manner and upon the same certification as each bill is signed for presentation to the Governor before adjournment sine die, and each of those officers shall continue in his designated capacity during the three days following the date of final adjournment.

 

(b) The Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate, in accordance with the rules of the respective bodies and under the supervision and direction of the standing Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration and the standing Committee on Rules and Administration, shall carefully enroll each bill and present it to the Governor in the same manner as each bill is enrolled and presented to the Governor before adjournment of the Legislature sine die.


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(c) The Revisor of Statutes shall continue to assist in all of the functions relating to enrollment of bills of the House of Representatives and of the Senate under the supervision of the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate in the same manner that the assistance was rendered before adjournment of the Legislature sine die.

 

Be It Further Resolved that the Secretary of the Senate is directed to deliver copies of this resolution to the Governor and the Secretary of State.

 

 

Paulsen moved that Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 9 be now adopted. The motion prevailed and Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 9 was adopted.

 

 

CALENDAR FOR THE DAY

 

 

S. F. No. 1866, A bill for an act relating to state employment; ratifying certain labor agreements and compensation plans.

 

 

The bill was read for the third time and placed upon its final passage.

 

The question was taken on the passage of the bill and the roll was called. There were 129 yeas and 0 nays as follows:

 

Those who voted in the affirmative were:

 


Abeler

Abrams

Anderson, B.

Anderson, I.

Anderson, J.

Atkins

Beard

Bernardy

Blaine

Borrell

Boudreau

Bradley

Brod

Buesgens

Carlson

Clark

Cornish

Cox

Davids

Davnie

DeLaForest

Demmer

Dempsey

Dill

Dorman

Dorn

Eastlund

Eken

Ellison

Entenza

Erhardt

Finstad

Fuller

Gerlach

Goodwin

Greiling

Gunther

Haas

Hackbarth

Harder

Hausman

Heidgerken

Hilstrom

Hilty

Holberg

Hoppe

Hornstein

Howes

Huntley

Jacobson

Jaros

Johnson, J.

Johnson, S.

Juhnke

Kahn

Kelliher

Klinzing

Knoblach

Koenen

Kohls

Krinkie

Kuisle

Lanning

Larson

Latz

Lenczewski

Lesch

Lieder

Lindgren

Lindner

Lipman

Magnus

Mahoney

Mariani

Marquart

McNamara

Meslow

Mullery

Murphy

Nelson, C.

Nelson, M.

Nelson, P.

Newman

Nornes

Olsen, S.

Olson, M.

Osterman

Otremba

Otto

Ozment

Paulsen

Paymar

Pelowski

Penas

Peterson

Powell

Pugh

Rhodes

Rukavina

Ruth

Samuelson

Seagren

Seifert

Sertich

Sieben

Simpson

Slawik

Smith

Soderstrom

Solberg

Stang

Strachan

Swenson

Sykora

Thao

Thissen

Tingelstad

Urdahl

Vandeveer

Wagenius

Walker

Walz

Wardlow

Wasiluk

Westerberg

Westrom

Wilkin

Zellers

Spk. Sviggum


 

 

The bill was passed and its title agreed to.


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MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS

 

 

Entenza moved that the name of Bernardy be added as an author on H. F. No. 1231. The motion prevailed.

 

Wilkin moved that the names of Fuller; Davids; Westerberg; Boudreau; Rhodes; Penas; Johnson, J.; Abeler; Bradley; Haas; Hoppe; Nelson, C.; Wardlow; Newman; Urdahl; Meslow; Nelson, P.; Cox; Demmer; Klinzing; Olsen, S.; Samuelson; McNamara; Kohls; Osterman; Simpson; Lindgren and Ruth be added as authors on H. F. No. 2762. The motion prevailed.

 

Thissen moved that the name of Otremba be added as an author on H. F. No. 3054. The motion prevailed.

 

 

Olson, M.; Juhnke; Borrell; Bernardy; Dorman; Otremba; Lipman; Kelliher; Erickson; Ozment; Lindner and Greiling introduced:

 

House Concurrent Resolution No. 8, A House concurrent resolution amending the Temporary Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Representatives.

 

The concurrent resolution was referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.

 

 

Paulsen moved that the Chief Clerk be and he is hereby instructed to inform the Senate and the Governor by message that the House of Representatives is about to adjourn this 83rd Session sine die. The motion prevailed.

 

 

MOTION TO ADJOURN SINE DIE

 

Krinkie moved that the House adjourn sine die. The motion prevailed and the Speaker declared the House adjourned sine die.

 

Edward A. Burdick, Chief Clerk, House of Representatives