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Audio/Video Archives - 2007-2008 Regular Session

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.

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Watersheds, Wetlands and Buffers Subcommittee

2/18/2008
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HF2731 (Hansen) Water and Soil Resources board statewide projects funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Public Safety and Civil Justice

2/18/2008
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HF2553 (Winkler) Catastrophe survivor compensation fund established, and money appropriated.

Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs

2/18/2008
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*HF611 (Anzelc) Workplace communications between labor organizations and employees protected, and certain employer conduct prohibited.
HF2636 (Anzelc) Towns; recognition of service expenditures authorized.
HF2788 (Anzelc) Nashwauk Public Utilities Commission membership increased from three to five members.
HF1762 (Simon) City charter commission discharge mechanism provided.
HFXXXX (Peterson, A.) Moving certain duties from Big Stone County Auditor to Treasurer.
HF2599 (Brod) Memorial Day observances county expenditure limit increased.

* Bills marked were passed after full hearings in the 2007 session and returned to the committee pursuant to House Rule 4.20. The committee intends to limit itself to taking procedural action to return these bills to the General Register.

Taxes

2/18/2008
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HF 2800 (Lieder) Transportation finance bill appropriating money for highway maintenance, local roads, emergency relief related to the I-35W bridge collapse, establishing a bridge improvement program; issuing bonds; and modifying motor fuel taxes.

Property Tax Relief and Local Sales Tax Division

2/15/2008
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- Office of the Legislative Auditor Report - "Green Acres" and Agricultural Land Preservation Programs (February 2008)
- Update from Department of Revenue on property tax refund public notification efforts
- Department of Revenue - Assessment and Classification Practices Report
Class 4d low-income rental housing (February 2007)

Crime Victims Subcommittee

2/15/2008
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HF1625 (Hosch) Permanent orders for protection and restraining orders authorized after multiple violations or continued threats;
HF2991 (Simon) Confidentiality for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking;
HF3007 (Simon) Providing for juvenile right to demand that a parent be present for interrogation by a law enforcement.

Mental Health Division

2/15/2008
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Status of the implementation of the mental health initiative

Watersheds, Wetlands and Buffers Subcommittee

2/15/2008
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Board of Water & Soil Resources bonding requests presentation
HF2731 (Hansen) Water and Soil Resources board statewide projects funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1786 (Hansen) Carbon sequestration demonstration project funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HFXXXX (Scalze) Bonding for conservation lands, trails, parks, wastewater, TMDL grants, RIM
HF2738 (Beard) Lower Minnesota Watershed District dredge material site projects funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HFXXXX (Magnus)Floodplain management in the Minnesota River Basin
HF471 (Morrow) Lake Titlow watershed improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

HF2611 (Juhnke) has been removed.

Public Safety Finance Division

2/15/2008
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Overview of 1999 statewide master plan for fire and law enforcement training facilities in Minnesota
HF502 (Beard) Scott County regional public safety training facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2236 (Liebling) Southeastern Minnesota Regional Public Safety Training Center funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2672 (Urdahl) Annandale Tactical Training Center funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2830 (Davnie) Appropriating money for an emergency operations center and regional fire training center in the city of Minneapolis

HF1673 (Sailer) and HF2420 (Seifert) have been removed

Veterans Affairs Division

2/15/2008
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HF2582 (Howes) Vietnam Veterans Day designated as March 29.
HF2664 (Koenen) Montevideo; New veterans home to be established and operated in Montevideo.
HF2276 (Demmer) Silver Star Families of America Day designated on May 1.
HF2524 (Ward) Resident student definition expanded to include the spouse and children of a resident veteran for purposes of determining eligibility for state financial aid for higher education.

Labor and Consumer Protection Division

2/15/2008
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HF0439 (Greiling) Lake property sellers required to disclose and provide to buyers known existing land surveys.
HF1596 (Nelson) Project labor agreements use regulated.
HF1158 (Lesch) One-week waiting period for eligibility for unemployment benefits eliminated.

Commerce and Labor

2/14/2008
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HF 2805 (Mahoney) Restricted plumber licenses effective dates modified
*HF765 (Loeffler) Motor vehicle insurance database development required.
*HF111 (Loeffler) Preventive health care promoted by requiring high deductible health plans used with a health savings account to cover preventive care with no deductible as permitted by federal law.
*HF1665 (Gardner) Consumer reports security freezes regulated, and fees provided.
*HF828/SF599* (Kahn) A resolution urging the President and Congress to end trade, financial, and travel restrictions to Cuba.
*HF554/SF543* (Nelson) Employee Free Choice Act; resolution memorializing Congress to support the Employee Free Choice Act relating to workers' rights to form and join unions.
*HF456/SF875* (Rukavina) Minimum wage increase and inflation index

Bill(s) Removed: *HF 766 (Westrom) Motor fuel specifications, standards, and requirements modified

* Bills marked were passed after full hearings in the 2007 session and returned to the committee at the end of session. The committee intends to limit itself to taking procedural action to return these bills to the General Register.

Finance

2/14/2008
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HF2800 (Lieder) Transportation Finance Omnibus Bill

Environment and Natural Resources

2/14/2008
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HF863 (Hortman) California vehicle emissions standards adopted, and updates provided to comply with the federal Clean Air Act

E-12 Education

2/14/2008
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Dr. Rodger Bybee, Director Emeritus of BSCS, SciMathMn briefing
Reports from interim working groups
HF2617 (Bly) Early childhood education programs teaching employment requirements modified.

Early Childhood Learning Finance Division

2/14/2008
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HF2561 (Slawik) Early childhood learning and child protection facilities grants modified, bonds issued, and money appropriated
HF2765 (Poppe) Austin Area Success Center funding provided, bonds issued and money appropriated.

Capital Investment Finance Division

2/14/2008
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Continuation of governor's bonding recommendations
Presentation from West Central Initiative on rural water/wastewater infrastructure study and update on infrastructure pilot project
Bill Added to Agenda:
HF2800 (Lieder) Transportation Finance Omnibus Bill

Higher Education and Work Force Development Policy and Finance Division

2/14/2008
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University of Minnesota capital bonding requests, including:
HFXXXX (Hausman) Biomedical Science Research Facility Projects
HF2761 (Hausman) appropriating money for a state museum of natural history; and
HF1964 (Westrom) West Central Research and Outreach Center in Morris.

Additional bills for capital bonding requests at the University of Minnesota, including:
HF262 (Greiling) Wildlife Rehabilitation Center funding provided; and
HF2557 (Bly) West Central Research and Outreach Station dairy facilities funding provided

K-12 Finance Division

2/14/2008
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HF2714 (Winkler) Perpich Center for Arts Education spending authorized, bonds issued and money appropriated.
HF2678 (Fritz) Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf campus; Mott Hall renovation funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2742 (Fritz) Minnesota State Academies, Frechette Hall spending authorized, bonds issued and money appropriated.
HF2772 (Fritz) Minnesota State Academies asset preservation funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2875 (Fritz) Minnesota State Academies, Pollard hall funding provided, bonds issued and money appropriated.
HF2605 (Olin) Hallock Ice Arena funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2868 (Brown) ndependent School District No. 2134, United South Central cooperative facilities grant provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Updated to reflect assigned House File #s. HF XXXX (Sailer) removed.

Public Safety Finance Division

2/14/2008
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Agency bonding presentations
HF2686 (Fritz) Minnesota Correctional Facility, Faribault, phase 3 expansion funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1207 (McNamara) Red Wing juvenile corrections facility vocational education building funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2710 (Haws) Appropriating money for asset preservation at correctional facilities statewide
HF2730 (Doty) Appropriating money for a training and exercise center at Camp Ripley
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