Meetings are listed by date with the most recent meeting at the top. If there is a television recording of the meeting links to that format will be available below.
Testifying:
SF1183 Doug Franzen, Lobbyist
HF1043 Gordon Ramsay, Chief of Police, Duluth Police Department
HF1535 John Kingrey, Minnesota County Attorneys Association
Kelly Keegan, Minnesota Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Lee U. McGrath, Institute for Justice
Bills Added:
SF1183
(Dill) - State and local government tort liability limits restored to pre-2008 levels, and state and local government contracts that require contractors to provide liability insurance or other security in excess of those limits prohibited.
HF1043
(Gauthier) - Motor vehicle property crime penalties proposed for repeat violators.
HF1535
(Cornish) - DWI, off-highway vehicle, drive-by shooting, designated offense, and controlled substance forfeiture laws changes made to provide more uniformity; monetary cap raised on the value of property forfeitures that may be adjudicated in conciliation court; forfeited property prohibited from being sold to prosecuting authorities or persons related to prosecuting authorities; and general criminal code forfeiture law, necessity of conviction, and burden of proof clarified.
Informational hearing regarding the Office of the Legislative Auditor's Report of the Minnesota Judicial Branch Second District
Michael Hassing, Audit Manager
Sue Dosal, State Court Administrator
Dawn Torgerson, SCAO Finance Director
Diane Carlson, Deputy Second Judicial District Administrator
As testimony has already been heard on the companion House Files (see committee minutes from May 4, 2011), further testimony will be allowed as it pertains to the susbtantive differences and their effect on the Judicial branch.
Testifying:
Joel Carlson, Minnesota Association for Justice
**UPDATE**
SF 373 PASSED TO THE GENERAL REGISTER AS ORALLY AMENDED
Amendment to A12-0561:
Page 1, line 5, delete "(c) or (d)," and insert "(b)"
Page 1, lines 7 and 8, reinstate stricken language and renumber clauses accordingly
Page 2, delete lines 1 and 2
Page 2, line 3, delete "(c)" and insert "(b)"
Page 2, line 7, delete "occurring or"
SF 530 PASSED TO THE GENERAL REGISTER AS ORALLY AMENDED
Amendment to SF 530, 1st eng.:
Page 3, line 25, delete "2011" and insert "2012"
Page 4, line 8, delete "2011" and insert "2012"
Bills Added:
SF373
(Wardlow) - Limitation period reduced for bringing certain actions.
SF530
(Mazorol) - Interest on verdicts, awards, and judgments regulated.