STATE OF MINNESOTA SIXTY-THIRD MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FOURTH SESSION
AGRICULTURE, ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES FINANCE COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Representative Dennis Ozment, Chair of the House Agriculture, Environment & Natural Resources Finance Committee, called the sixty-third meeting to order at 8:27 A.M. on Wednesday, March 29, 2006, in Room 5 of the State Office Building.
The Clerk noted the roll.
Members present:
OZMENT, Dennis (Chair) JUHNKE, Al
DILL, David (Vice Chair) PENAS, Maxine
CORNISH, Tony PETERSON, Aaron
HACKBARTH, Tom URDAHL, Dean
JOHNSON, Sheldon
MAGNUS, Doug WAGENIUS, Jean
HOPPE, Joe
Members Excused:
None
A quorum was present.
Chair OZMENT moved HF3407 (Poppe)
Testifying on HF3407:
Representative Poppe
Daryl Franklin, Mower County Planning and Development Director
Craig Oscarson, Mower County Coordinator
Chair OZMENT laid HF3407 over for possible inclusion in the Committee omnibus finance bill.
Chair OZMENT moved HF3394 (Howes)
Testifying on HF3394:
Representative Howes
Chair OZMENT moved that HF3394 be passed and re-referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance. THE MOTION PREVAILED, THE BILL IS PASSED.
Representative WAGENIUS moved HF2886 (Hosch)
Chair OZMENT moved an oral amendment:
On line 1.8, after “xylene” insert “and other volatile organic compounds”. THE MOTION PREVAILED, THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Testifying on HF3394:
Representative Hosch
Mike Sandusky, Director, BAO-MPCA
Chair OZMENT laid HF3394 over as amended for possible inclusion in the Committee omnibus finance bill.
Chair OZMENT moved HF2619 (Davids)
Representative HACKBARTH moved adoption of the 2619-A1 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED, THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Testifying on HF2619 as amended:
Representative Davids
Thomas Keliher, Lobbyist, MPHA
Ed Boggess, Minnesota DNR
Betty Wilkens, Coordinator, Venison Donation Minnesota
Jim Vaghts, BWA
Jane Brown, Executive Director, Second Harvest Food Shelf
Chair OZMENT laid HF2619 over as amended for possible inclusion in the Committee omnibus finance bill.
Chair OZMENT moved HF3666 (Davids)
Testifying on HF3666
Representative Davids
Jane Brown, Executive Director, Second Harvest Food Shelf
Chair OZMENT laid HF3666 over as amended for possible inclusion in the
Committee omnibus finance bill.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:01 A.M.
REP. DENNIS OZMENT, CHAIR
Ian Marsh
Committee Legislative Assistant