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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Ways and Means

Chair: Rep. Tony Sertich
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF0886 (Solberg) General fund balance allocation exempted at end of fiscal year 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Civil Justice

Chair: Rep. Joe Mullery
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF332 (Jackson) Death deed transfer clarifying, technical, and conforming changes made, common element certificates of title expanded to include planned communities, designated transfer requirements exempted, cartways in cities procedures established, and power of attorney provision modified relating to real property transactions;
HF497 (Mullery) Firearm data access authorized by parole and probation authorities;
HF731 (Mullery) Civil liability modified for labor and sex trafficking crimes.

HF465 (Thissen) Has been removed from the agenda.
Chair: Rep. Mary Murphy
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
Overview of organizations: Chicano Latino Affairs Council, Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans, Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, Council on Black Minnesotans
Public broadcasting overview: Public Television, MPR, AMPERS
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

K-12 Education Policy and Oversight

Chair: Rep. Carlos Mariani
Location: Basement State Office Building
Agenda:
HF314 (Mariani) Compulsory attendance age increased to 18.
HF439 (Norton) Statewide academic standards required for physical education.
Chair: Rep. Gene Pelowski
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF305 (Kalin) Development credits bank transfer authorized for local government.
HF644 (Champion) Home rule charter or statutory city authorized to adopt a program requiring certain hiring practices in city contracts.
Chair: Rep. Al Juhnke
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
Budget discussions on the Pesticide Division of the Department of Agriculture.
Chair: Rep. Tim Mahoney
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Tim Mahoney
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF680 (Kalin) Federal stimulus funding allocated for energy programs.
Chair: Rep. Karen Clark
Location: Basement State Office Building
Agenda:
Presentation from Community Action Partnership
Overview of housing items in final federal stimulus legislation
Report on housing as economic stimulus
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Property and Local Sales Tax Division

Chair: Rep. Paul Marquart
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF349 (Kath) Owatonna; Transfer of sales and use tax proceeds authorized to a qualified project
HF590 (Brynaert) Mankato; Sales and use tax modified.
HF488 (Kohls) Additional aid to certain cities provided
HF686 (Lenczewski) Cities and towns authorized to issued certificates for unexpected revenue shortfalls.

HF101 (Kalin) author removed from agenda.
HF684 (Brod) author removed from agenda.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Legislative Commission on Planning and Fiscal Policy

Location: 15 State Capitol
Agenda:
Update on the status and process of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and its applicability to Minnesota
Budget Trends Study Commission member discussion

Calendar for the Day
House Floor Amendments
Order of Business
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Time Note: The tax committee will meet at 1 p.m. this day in lieu of the regularly scheduled meeting at 10:30 a.m.

Taxes

Taxes, Property Tax and Local Sales Tax Division, Health Care and Human Services Finance, Health Care and Human Services Policy and Oversight

Chair: Rep. Tom Huntley, Rep. Paul Marquart, Rep. Paul Thissen
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
Joint hearing on maintenance of effort. House Research presentation and public testimony.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Time Note: Division will reconvene at 6 p.m. to hear HF690

Transportation and Transit Policy and Oversight Division

Chair: Rep. Frank Hornstein
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF85 (Juhnke) Mounting global positioning systems on windshields authorized.
HF690 (Hortman) Minnesota Clean Air Act enacted, new motor vehicle decreased emission required, low emission standard adoption required for motor vehicles, and necessary updates provided to comply with the federal Clean Air Act.
MnDOT Presentation on Disadvantaged Business Enterprises
Chair: Rep. Mary Ellen Otremba
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF541 (Juhnke) Eligibility time frame extended for the surviving spouses of disabled military veterans to receive the residential homestead market value exclusion.
HF303 (Lillie) Congress of the United States memorialized to appoint an independent counsel to investigate the Prisoner of War - Missing in Action issue.
HF564 (Urdahl) Whey ethanol feasibility study and report required.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Energy Finance and Policy Division

Chair: Rep. Bill Hilty
Location: Basement State Office Building
Agenda:
HF357 (Falk) C-BED contracts provided.
Chair: Rep. Paul Thissen
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF120 (Hosch) Rural health cooperative arrangement oversight established, and money appropriated
HF292 (Rukavina) Medical marijuana use provided, civil and criminal penalties provided, and money appropriated
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

K-12 Education Finance Division

Chair: Rep. Mindy Greiling
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
Education provisions of federal stimulus bill