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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 , 8:00 AM

Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections

Chair: Rep. Gene Pelowski
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF3138 (Bigham) State labor contracts ratified.
HF3292 (Dittrich) School trust fund lands management provided, Permanent school Fund Advisory Committee mission redefined, and report provided.
HF3130(Murphy, E.) Child Care Advisory Task Force established, and report required.
HF863 (Hortman) California vehicle emissions standards adopted, and updates provided to comply with the federal Clean Air Act.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 , 8:00 AM

Public Safety and Civil Justice

Chair: Rep. Joe Mullery
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF847 (Hosch) Counties and cities authorized to impose administrative penalties for certain traffic violations;
HF2991 (Simon) Safe at Home program provisions modified;
HF3000 (Hilstrom) Statewide public safety radio system financing technical correction provided;
HF3099 (Kalin) Requiring emergency management training for certain executive branch employees.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 , 8:00 AM

Public Safety Finance Division

Hearing Canceled
Chair: Rep. Michael Paymar
Location: 10 State Office Building

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 , 8:15 AM

Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs

Chair: Rep. Mary Ellen Otremba
Location: Basement State Office Building
Agenda:
HF2928 (Peterson) Anhydrous Ammonia Tanks authorized for farm use, refilling provided, and rules to provide safety and environmental safeguards authorized.
HF3145 (Severson) Historic farm machinery operation licensing requirements modified.
HF3139 (Tschumper) Program for the Assessment of Veterinary Education Equivalence certification recognized, drug use limited, requirements changed, and prescription of drugs regulated.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 , 8:30 AM

Legislative Audit Commission Topic Selection Subcommittee

Location: 107 State Capitol
Agenda:
Working session to select 12-15 evaluation topics for further consideration by the subcommittee

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 , 9:00 AM

Joint House-Senate Subcommittee on Claims

Location: 400S State Office Building
Agenda:
Claim against the Department of Labor & Industry
Three claims against the Department of Human Services
15 claims against the Department of Corrections

Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Al Juhnke
Location: Basement State Office Building
Agenda:
HF2683 (Otremba) Minnesota Agriculture Education Leadership Council expiration date modified.

County veterans service officers testimony on Minnesota veterans programs, new and emerging needs in the veterans community, priorities for 2008 session, and the legislative auditor's report on county veterans service offices.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 , 10:00 AM

Biosciences and Emerging Technology

Chair: Rep. Tim Mahoney
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
Presentation from The BioBusiness Alliance of Minnesota, including their system dynamics model for Minnesota's renewable energy future.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 , 10:00 AM

Housing Policy and Finance and Public Health Finance Division

Chair: Rep. Karen Clark
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF3346 (Davnie) Mortgage foreclosure assistance provided, and maximum amount of financial assistance increased.
Update on 2007 legislation from the Department of Human Services
Presentation from Minnesota Community Action Partnership

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 , 10:00 AM

Taxes

Hearing Canceled
Chair: Rep. Ann Lenczewski
Location: 10 State Office Building

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 , 11:00 AM

Legislative Commission on Planning and Fiscal Policy

Location: 123 State Capitol
Agenda:
Discussion of draft principles guiding state budget decision making

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 , 12:30 PM

Health Care and Human Services Finance Division

Chair: Rep. Thomas Huntley
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
Overview of primary care in Minnesota
Overview of rural health care
Overview of education efforts targeted at primary care providers

Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Tom Rukavina
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF3151 (Norton) Lifetrack Resources pilot project in Rochester
HF3150 (Norton) Small business development assistance provided
HF3050 (Olin) Greater Minnesota business development funding
HF3299 (Gunther) Entrepreneurial economic development initiatives implemented
HF743 (Mullery) appropriating money for grants to encourage women to enter nontraditional careers

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 , 12:30 PM

Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs

Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Deb Hilstrom
Location: Basement State Office Building
Agenda:
HF2753 (Rukavina) White Community Hospital District established and authorized to levy property taxes.
HF2780 (Jaros) Duluth; Food and beverage sales tax rate increase authorized; proceeds authorized for certain improvements.
HF3225 (Fritz) Medford; Local sales and use tax authorized.
HF2896 (Thissen) War veterans memorial referendum requirement removed.
HF2827 (Welti) County historical society funding modified relating to cities of the first class.
HF2907 (Peterson, A.) Yellow Medicine County; appointive offices process provided.
HF2816 (Morrow) Nicollet County auditor-treasurer office made appointive.
HF2906 (Paymar) Dangerous dogs regulating provisions changed.
HF2249/SF357* (Clark) Low-income and moderate-income housing developers transactions with local units of government regulated.
HF2932 (Moe) Cemetery fund use specified

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 , 2:15 PM

Energy Finance and Policy Division

Chair: Rep. Bill Hilty
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF3343 (Juhnke) Wind energy conversion system aggregation program and account established
HF3368 (Slocum) Setting a filling deadline for certain reports, regulating consumer payment arrangements during the cold weather period, regulating payment agreements for certain utility services, prohibiting disconnections of services if certain medical conditions exist
HF3401 (Hilty) Providing for development and application of building energy usage performance standards

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 , 2:15 PM

K-12 Finance Division

Chair: Rep. Mindy Greiling
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF3206 (Rukavina) School technology permanent funding source created, and fund endowment income distribution modified.
HF2981 (Carlson) Intermediate school districts authorized to borrow in anticipation of revenue payments.
HF2650 (Brown) Principals' Leadership Institute money appropriated.
HF2559 (Brown) Wind energy production tax removed from county apportionment deduction for school districts.

HF2975 (Dittrich) and HF2973 (Dittrich) removed. See 2/26 agenda.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 , 2:15 PM

Transportation and Transit Policy Subcommittee

Chair: Rep. Frank Hornstein
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF3124 (Juhnke) Coffee shop qualification clarified in determining eligibility for specific service signs.
HF3211 (Koenen) Trunk highway statewide snow removal standards required, trunk highway closures limited, flashing lights prohibited, civil damages limited for rescue, and barricade passing crime reclassified as petty misdemeanor.
HF2628 (Norton) Provisional driver's license requirements modified.
HF2372 (Eken) Trailer and tractor semiannual registration established.