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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 , 8:00 AM

E-12 Education

Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Calros Mariani
Location: Basement State Office Building
Agenda:
HF3329 (Brynaert) Academic success state measures established.


HF3470, HF2624, and HF2623 were removed from the agenda.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 , 8:00 AM

Environment and Natural Resources Finance Division

Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Jean Wagenius
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF3232 (Bunn) Washington County Landfill funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 , 8:00 AM

Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections

Chair: Rep. Gene Pelowski
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF3023 (Simon) Judicial vacancy procedures established and modified, judicial performance commission and appellate judicial selection commission created, and constitutional amendment proposed.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 , 8:00 AM

Public Safety Finance Division

Chair: Rep. Michael Paymar
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF2823 (Bigham) Dakota County restorative justice services funding provided
HF2863 (Cornish) Family substance abuse treatment services funding provided
HF3231 (Lesch) Homeless outreach grants provided
Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Al Juhnke
Location: Basement State Office Building
Agenda:
Department of Agriculture report on the state's ethanol industry
Office of Legislative Auditor Report: County Veteran Service Officers
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 , 10:00 AM

Biosciences and Emerging Technology

Hearing Canceled
Chair: Rep. Tim Mahoney
Location: 200 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Karen Clark
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF2459 (Tschumper) Pesticides application information access expanded.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 , 10:00 AM

Taxes

Chair: Rep. Ann Lenczewski
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF3149 (Lenczewski) Department of Revenue Bill
Sales Tax Presentation by Department of Revenue
HF2163 (Hortman) Sales tax base expanded and rate reduced, low income tax credit provided, and money appropriated.
HF2551 (Erhardt) Sales tax exemption on clothing repealed, sales tax rate decreased, income tax credit created, local option sales tax rates adjusted, and money appropriated.
Chair: Rep. Paul Thissen
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
Reforming the Minnesota health care delivery system:
Recommendations from the Governor's Transformation Task Force
Recommendations from the Legislative Commission on Health Care Access
Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Tom Rukavina
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF3014 (Hosch) nurses loan forgiveness program clarified;
HF2647 (Bly) Teach education and comprehensive helps program grants clarified;
HF1256 (Masin) providing grants for bioscience business development and commercialization;
HF3304 (Mahoney) University of Minnesota grant program established for innovative technology and economic development research;
HF 2972 (Mahoney) Minnesota Technology, Inc. renamed Enterprise Minnesota, Inc.
HF3205 (Mahoney) Pine Island Economic Development Authority utility upgrade for bioscience research park
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 , 12:30 PM

Public Safety and Civil Justice

Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Joe Mullery
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF635 (Masin) Minnesota Wireless Telephone Consumer Protection Act adopted;
HF1625 (Hosch) Authorizing permanent orders for protection and restraining orders after multiple violations or continued threats;
HF2602 (Nornes) Exempting police vehicles used to transport police dogs from window glazing restrictions;
HF2719 (Atkins) Prohibiting sexual relations between school employees in positions of authority and students;
HF2820 (Eastlund) Creating a matching-grant pilot program to assist communities in providing safe transportation for intoxicated persons;
HF2877 (Paymar) Establishing crime of disarming a peace officer; providing criminal penalties;
HF2949 (Atkins) Adding Salvia divinorum to schedule IV of the controlled substance schedules;
HF2991 (Simon) Safe at Home program provisions modified;
HF3102 (Bigham) Defining previous incidents of domestic abuse and previous incidents of child abuse for murder in the first degree; expanding list of predicate crimes involving domestic abuse for murder in the first degree.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 , 12:30 PM

Watersheds, Wetlands and Buffers Subcommittee

Chair: Rep. Rick Hansen
Location: 500S State Office Building
Agenda:
Office of Legislative Auditor report: Board of Soil and Water Resources (Nov. 2007)
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 , 2:15 PM

Capital Investment Finance Division

Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Alice Hausman
Location: Basement State Office Building
Agenda:
Minnesota Department of Public Safety; Overview of statewide master plan for fire and law enforcement training facilities in Minnesota and public safety training facilities requests for Camp Ripley and Olmsted County

Presentation of omnibus capital investment finance bill has been removed
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 , 2:15 PM

K-12 Finance Division

Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Mindy Greiling
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
Minnesota School Trust Lands and the Permanent School Fund
HF2975 (Dittrich) Permanent school fund subtraction eliminated.
HF2973 (Dittrich) Permanent school fund subtraction eliminated, education funding simplified, and permanent school fund technology revenue dedicated.

Bills added, if time allows.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 , 2:15 PM

State Government Finance Division

Chair: Rep. Phyllis Kahn
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
Office of the Legislative Auditor reports:
Information Warehouse Integrity and Confidentiality Controls; Report on Internal Control Over Statewide Financial Reporting
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 , 4:00 PM

Commerce and Labor

Chair: Rep. Joe Atkins
Location: Basement State Office Building
Agenda:
HF3356 (Moe) Explore Minnesota tourism vacation rental lodging study
HF3212 (Johnson) Video programming arbitration provided, and rulemaking required
HF2964 (Hilstrom) Horse racing; purse set-aside and breeder's fund revenue sharing provided, and simulcasting restriction modified
HF3115 (Atkins) First party good faith insurance practices regulated, and remedies provided

HF2940 (Hortman) has been removed from agenda
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 , 4:00 PM

Early Childhood Learning Finance Division

Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Nora Slawik
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
Presentation by the Department of Human Services and two grantees on the family, friend and neighbor grants
Presentation by the Department of Human Services on the Legal Non-Licensed Child Care Provider Home Visiting Report
HF2920 (Murphy, E) A bill for an act relating to early childhood education; modifying developmental screening aid
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 , 4:00 PM

Environment and Natural Resources

Chair: Rep. Kent Eken
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF3195 (Knuth) Greenhouse gas emissions cap and trade program principles established, climate trust fund established and its goals and uses specified, studies required, and money appropriated
(Informational hearing on the bill only, testimony only, there will be no votes or other action taken)
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 , 4:00 PM

Transportation Finance Division

Chair: Rep. Bernie Lieder
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF3090 (Morrow) Department of Transportation position provisions modified.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 , 6:00 PM

Capital Investment Finance Division

Hearing Canceled
Chair: Rep. Alice Hausman
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
Meeting canceled