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Monday, February 26, 2007

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Monday, February 26, 2007
Monday, February 26, 2007 , 8:30 AM

Finance

Time Changed
Chair: Rep. Lyndon Carlson
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF472 (Morrow) Renewable energy production incentives eligibility period extended.
HF779 (Bly) Native American languages; Council on Indigenous Languages funding provided, and money appropriated.
Presentations by House fiscal staff about division accounts and funding base
Monday, February 26, 2007 , 10:00 AM

Floor Session

Time Changed
Location: House Chamber
Agenda:
Monday, February 26, 2007 , 2:15 PM

Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs

Chair: Rep. Mary Ellen Otremba
Location: Basement State Office Building
Agenda:
HF276 (Otremba) MinnesotaCare self-employed farmers income definition modified
HF255/SF138* (Sviggum) Plant hazards evaluation and report to Legislature required.
Monday, February 26, 2007 , 2:15 PM

Energy Finance and Policy Division

Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Bill Hilty
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF1453 (Hilty) Requiring monthly reports from utilities to the Public Utilities Commission regarding residential accounts
HFXXXX (Bly) Low-income utility affordability programs.
HF774 (Dill) Bois Forte Band of Chippewa renewable energy facility feasibility grant provided, and money appropriated.
HF670 (Liebling) School districts authorized to include energy efficiency improvement projects in alternative facilities plans.
HF660 (Bly) Renewable energy objective and state economic benefit strategy required.
Removed from the agenda - HFXXXX (Sailer) Modifying level of expenditures on conservation programs directed to low-income persons.
Monday, February 26, 2007 , 2:15 PM

Taxes

Hearing Canceled
Chair: Rep. Ann Lenczewski
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
Due to the length of session, the tax committee meeting has been canceled. The following bills will be heard on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 at 10 AM.

HF718 (Erhardt) Federal tax conformity provided for individual income, corporate franchise, estate taxes and property tax refund.
HF897 (Simpson) Federal income tax conformity provided relating to 2006 and 2007 provisions authorizing expensing of certain depreciable assets.
HF955 (Nornes) Individual income and corporate franchise taxes; conforming to federal rules on section 179 expensing retroactively
HF1007 (Bunn) Conforming certain income, franchise, and property tax refund provisions for tax years 2006 and 2007
HF1258 (Lenczewski) Federal conformity
HF1384 (Bunn) Conforming certain income, franchise, and property tax refund provisions for tax year 2007 and following years
Hearing Canceled
Chair: Rep. Mary Murphy
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
Library Day: Minnesota Library Association, regional public libraries, libraries and early literacy, Minitex and MnLINK, and telecommunications network shared by schools and libraries.
Monday, February 26, 2007 , 4:00 PM
Time Note: Meeting will recess at 5:30 p.m. and reconvene at 6:30 p.m.

Game, Fish and Forestry Division

Chair: Rep. David Dill
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF1035 (Solberg) Itasca County; tax-forfeited land assurance fee exemptions provided for certain exchanged land
HF631 (Anzelc) Natural resources department sales authority modified, forest resource assessment products and services account established, decorative boughs provisions modified, and sustainable resources provision expiration removed
HF191 (Heidgerken) Anglers allowed to use two lines and two hooks while fishing
HF1228 (Dill) Lake trout season modified within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
HF1021 (Dill) Lake Superior commercial fishing provisions modified
HF1016 (Hansen) Forest pest control measures provided
HF960 (Simpson) Deer hunting license fees for nonresident youth provided at resident rate
HF32 (Hackbarth) Outdoor walk-in access program established to voluntarily make available privately held land for hunting and fishing
**HF945 (Juhnke) REMOVED**
Monday, February 26, 2007 , 4:00 PM
Time Note: Immediately Following Session

Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs

Time Changed Location Changed
Chair: Rep. Deb Hilstrom
Location: 500N State Office Building
Agenda:
HF1103 (Moe) Bemidji local sales and use tax extended.
HF1135 (Pelowski) Winona sales and use tax authorized.
HF881 (Hilstrom) Metropolitan Land Planning act and related statutes modified, and erroneous and obsolete references corrected.
HF882 (Hilstrom) Metropolitan livable communities fund governing provisions modified, funds transfer authorized, and onetime transfer for local planning assistance grants and loans provided.
HF1045 (Dominguez) State lottery gross proceeds in lieu of sales tax distribution for metropolitan parks and open space clarified, and parks and open space commission member compensation modified.
HF312 (Hornstein) Metropolitan Council elections provided.
Monday, February 26, 2007 , 4:00 PM
Time Note: Or IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING SESSION

Minnesota Heritage Finance Division

Time Changed Location Changed Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Mike Jaros
Location: State Office Building 400N
Agenda:
Budget presentations by: Amateur Sports Commission, Minnesota Zoo and Minnesota Arts.
Monday, February 26, 2007 , 6:30 PM

Licensing Subcommittee

Agenda Changed Hearing Canceled
Chair: Rep. Cy Thao
Location: 300N State Office Building
Agenda:
HF210 (Thao) Dental licensure provisions modified for applicants from nonaccredited programs.
HF218 (Walker) Health-related licensing boards complaint resolution provisions modified.
HF645 has been removed from the agenda
HF576 has been removed from the agenda
Monday, February 26, 2007 , 7:30 PM

Ways and Means

Chair: Rep. Loren Solberg
Location: Kellogg Middle School, Rochester
Agenda:
Health care, property tax relief, higher education, open mike