STATE OF MINNESOTA FORTY-FOURTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FOURTH SESSION
JOBS & ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY POLICY & FINANCE COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Representative Bob Gunther, Chair of the Jobs & Economic Opportunity Policy & Finance Committee, called the forty-fourth meeting to order at 8:28 a.m., on Thursday, April 21, 2005, in Room 10 of the State Office Building.
The Clerk noted the roll.
Members present:
GUNTHER, Bob, Chair
GAROFALO, Pat, Vice Chair
BRADLEY, Fran
CLARK, Karen
GAZELKA, Paul
MAHONEY, Tim
NELSON, Michael
RUTH, Connie
SERTICH, Tony
SLAWIK, Nora
WESTERBERG, Andy
WILKIN, Tim
Members excused:
A quorum was present.
Chair Gunther brought HF1976, as amended, back before the committee for further discussion.
Representative Wilkin moved to adopt Amendment H1976A24. Motion prevailed. Amendment H1976A24 was adopted.
Representative Slawik moved to adopt Amendment H1976A23.
Testifying on Amendment H1976A23:
Chuck Johnson, Assistant Commissioner, DHS
Representative Slawik renewed her motion to adopt Amendment H1976A23. The motion prevailed. Amendment H1976A23 was adopted.
Representative Slawik moved to adopt Amendment H1976A15.
Representative Slawik requested to divide Amendment H1976A15, between lines 4 and 5.
Representative Slawik moved to adopt line 1 through line 4 of Amendment H1976A15. The motion prevailed. Amendment H1976A15, line 1 through line 4 was adopted.
Chair Gunther ruled Amendment H1976A15, lines 5 and 6, to be out of order.
Testifying on Amendment H1976A15:
Rod Halvorson, Executive Director, MSSA
Ann Sessoms, DHS
Representative Nelson moved to adopt Amendment H1976A26.
Testifying on Amendment H1976A26:
Ann Sessoms, DHS
Chair Gunther rule Amendment H1976A26 to be out of order.
Chair Gunther called Vice Chair Garofalo to the Chair at 8:53 AM.
Chair Gunther assumed the Chair at 8:54 AM.
Representative Clark moved to adopt Amendment H1976A13.
Representative Clark requested to divide Amendment H1976A13 between page 4, line 18 and page 4, line 19.
Representative Clark moved to adopt Amendment H1976A13, page1, line 1, through page 4, line 18. The motion prevailed. Amendment H1976A13, page1, line 1, through page 4, line 18, was adopted.
Representative Clark requested to delete in Amendment H1976A13, page 5, line 31, through page 7, line 18.
Representative Clark withdrew the entire second half of Amendment H1976A13, page 4, line 19 to the end of the amendment, page 7, line 18.
Testifying on Amendment H1976A13:
Lee Nelson, Director of Legal Affairs, DEED
Carrie Thomas, Jobs Now Coalition
Ann Olson, Director, MN Workforce Council Association
Chair Gunther moved to adopt Amendment H1976A11. The motion prevailed and Amendment H1976A11 was adopted.
Testifying on Amendment H1976A11:
Patricia Coldwell, Association of MN Counties
Representative Slawik moved to adopt Amendment H1976A22. The motion prevailed. Amendment H1976A22 was adopted.
Testifying on Amendment H1976A22:
Ann Sessoms, DHS
Representative Mahoney moved to adopt Amendment H1976A14.
Representative Mahoney requested to amend Amendment H1976A14, page 1, line 12, delete "4", insert "6". Representative Mahoney incorporated this change into his amendment.
Representative Mahoney renewed his motion to adopt Amendment H1976A14, as amended. The motion prevailed. Amendment H1976A14, as amended, was adopted.
Chair Gunther moved to adopt Amendment H1976A12. The motion prevailed. Amendment H1976A12 was adopted.
Chair Gunther called for a recess at 9:55 AM.
Chair Gunther reconvened the committee at 7:11 PM
Chair Gunther moved to adopt Amendment H1976A8.
Testifying on Amendment H1976A8:
Jamie Anderson, Legislative Director, Department of Labor & Industry
Dennis Yecke, Deputy Commissioner, DEED
Amendment H1976A8 was laid over for further consideration.
Chair Gunther moved to adopt Amendment H1976A9.
Chair Gunther requested to amend Amendment H1976A9, page 6, line 32, reinsert stricken language and delete "2005", insert "2006". Chair Gunther incorporated this change into his amendment.
Chair Gunther requested to amend Amendment H1976A9, page 3, lines 28 through 32, reinsert the stricken language and line 30, delete "one eighth" and insert "three eighths". Chair Gunther incorporated this change into his amendment.
Testifying on Amendment H1976A9:
Ed Garvey, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Commerce
Chair Gunther renewed his motion to adopt Amendment H1976A9, as amended. The motion prevailed. Amendment H1976A9, as amended, was adopted.
Chair Gunther brought Amendment H1976A8 back before the committee.
Representative Mahoney moved Amendment A05-0736 to amend Amendment H1976A8.
Representative Mahoney moved to amend the amendment to Amendment H1976A8, page 1, line 12, delete "In addition to the 12 members above," and capitalize the "t" before "the governor". And on page 2, line 13, delete "October 31, 2005" and insert "January 15, 2006". Representative Mahoney incorporated this change into his amendment.
Testifying on Amendment H1976A8:
Tom Hesse, Vice President Government Affairs, MN Chamber of Commerce
Brad Lehto, Legislative Director, MN AFL-CIO
Jamie Anderson, Legislative Director, Department of Labor & Industry
Dennis Yecke, Deputy Commissioner, DEED
Chair Gunther renewed his motion to adopt the H1976A8 Amendment, as amended. The motion prevailed and the H1976A8 Amendment, as amended, was adopted.
Chair Gunther moved to adopt Amendment H1976A28.
Chair Gunther requested to amend Amendment H1976, page 1, line 18, delete "telephone company," and insert "local exchange carrier or a"; page 1, line 19, delete "or independent telephone" and insert "as defined in Minnesota Rule chapter 7811,"; page 1, line 20, delete "company". Chair Gunther incorporated this change into his amendment.
Chair Gunther renewed his motion to adopt Amendment H1978A28, as amended. The motion prevailed. Amendment H1976A28, as amended was adopted.
Chair Gunther moved to adopt Amendment H1976A33. The motion prevailed. Amendment H1976A33 was adopted.
Representative Clark moved to adopt Amendment H1976A18-1.
Representative Clark requested to amend Amendment H1976A18-1, page 2, line 38 and 39, delete "June 30, 2008" and insert "December 31, 2007"; page 74, line 6, insert "the Commissioner of Finance shall transfer $380,000 from the workforce development fund to the General Fund on July 1, 2005." Representative Clark incorporated this change into her amendment.
Representative Clark renewed her motion to adopt Amendment H1976A18-1, as amended. The motion did not prevail. Representative Clark called for a division. The vote was 5 “yes” votes and 7 “no” votes.
Representative Slawik moved to adopt Amendment H1976A21-1. The motion did not prevail. Representative Slawik called for a division. The vote was 5 “yes” votes and 6 “no” votes.
Representative Sertich moved to adopt Amendment H1976A20-1. The motion did not prevail. Representative Sertich called for a division. The vote was 5 “yes” votes and 7 “no” votes.
Chair Gunther moved to adopt Amendment H1976A29.
Testifying on Amendment H1976A29:
Mary Orr, DHS
Chair Gunther renewed his motion to adopt H1976A29. The motion prevailed. Amendment H1976A29 was adopted.
Representative Clark moved to adopt Amendment A05-0675.
Representative Clark requested to amend Amendment A05-0675 with Amendment H1976A32. Representative Clark incorporated this change into Amendment A05-0675.
Representative Clark renewed her motion to adopt Amendment A05-0675, as amended. The motion prevailed. Amendment A05-0675, as amended was adopted.
Representative Bradley moved to adopt Amendment LA/HRD. The motion prevailed. Amendment LA/HRD was adopted.
Representative Clark moved to adopt Amendment JL34.
Representative Clark requested to amend Amendment JL34, page 1, line 1, after “H. F. No.” insert “1976”; page 1, line 2, after “Page” insert “87” and after “line” insert “3”; page 1, line 3, after “”Sec.” insert “9”. Representative Clark incorporated this change into her amendment.
Testifying on Amendment JL34:
Kathy Lamp, Legislative Coordinator, Hennepin County
Chuck Johnson, Assistant Commissioner, DHS
Representative Clark renewed her motion to adopt Amendment JL34, as amended. The motion prevailed. Amendment JL34, as amended, was adopted.
Representative Clark moved to adopt Amendment H1976A25.
Testifying on Amendment H1976A25:
Chuck Johnson, Assistant Commissioner, DHS
Representative Clark renewed her motion to adopt Amendment H1976A25. The motion did not prevail. Representative Clark called for a division. The vote was 4 “yes” votes and 7 “no” votes.
Representative Clark moved to adopt Amendment H1976A30.
Representative Clark renewed her motion to adopt Amendment H1976A30. The motion did not prevail. Representative Clark called for a division. The vote was 4 “yes” votes and 7 “no” votes.
Representative Sertich moved to adopt Amendment H1976A7.
Testifying on Amendment H1976A7:
Brian Hiti, Deputy Commissioner, Iron Range Resource Board
Representative Sertich renewed his motion to adopt Amendment H1976A7. The motion prevailed. Amendment H1976A7 was adopted.
Representative Sertich moved to adopt Amendment H1976A16-1.
Representative Sertich requested to delete lines 3 through 8; lines 14 and 15, delete “June 30, 2008.” and insert “December 31, 2007.”; and divide the amendment between line 9 and line 10. Representative Sertich incorporated this change into his amendment.
Testifying on Amendment H1976A16-1:
Brian Hiti, Deputy Commissioner, Iron Range Resource Board
Representative Sertich moved to adopt lines 1, 2 and 9. The motion did not prevail. Representative Sertich called for a division. The vote was 4 “yes” votes and 6 “no” votes.
Representative Sertich moved to adopt lines 10 through 18, the 2nd half of the H1976A16-1 amendment. The motion prevailed, Amendment H1976A16-1, lines 10 through 18, as amended, was adopted.
Representative Clark moved to adopt Amendment H1976A17-1. The motion did not prevail. Representative Clark called for a division. The vote was 4 “yes” votes and 7 “no” votes.
Representative Wilkin moved to reconsider the 2nd part, lines 10 through 18, of Amendment H1976A16-1.
Chair Gunther called a recess at 9:56 PM.
Chair Gunther reconvened the committee at 10:02 PM.
Representative Wilkin renewed his motion to reconsider the 2nd half, lines 10 through 18, of Amendment H1976A16-1.
Representative Sertich called for a roll call to reconsider the 2nd half, lines 10 through 18, of Amendment H1976A16-1. There were 7 “aye” votes (Gunther, Garofalo, Bradley, Gazelka, Ruth, Westerberg and Wilkin) and 5 “nay” votes (Clark, Mahoney, Nelson, Sertich and Slawik). The motion prevailed. The 2nd half the 2nd part, lines 10 through 18, of Amendment H1976A16-1 was reconsidered.
Testifying on the 2nd half, lines 10 through 18, of Amendment H1976A16-1:
Tom Hesse, Vice President Government Affairs, MN Chamber of Commerce
Brad Lehto, Legislative Director, MN AFL-CIO
Dennis Yecke, Deputy Commissioner, DEED
Ann Olson, Director, MN Workforce Council Association
Representative Mahoney called for a roll call to vote on the 2nd half, lines 10 through 18, of Amendment H1976A16-1. There were 5 “aye” votes (Clark, Mahoney, Nelson, Sertich, and Slawik) and 7 “nay” votes (Gunther, Garofalo, Bradley, Gazelka, Ruth, Westerberg and Wilkin). The motion did not prevail. The 2nd half, lines 10 through 18, of Amendment H1976A16-1 was not adopted.
Chair Gunther moved to adopt Amendment H1976A31.
Chair Gunther withdrew Amendment H1976A31.
Chair Gunther moved to recommend passage of HF1976, as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Ways & Means.
Representative Mahoney called for a roll call. There were 7 “aye” votes (Gunther, Garofalo, Bradley, Gazelka, Ruth, Westerberg and Wilkin) and 5 “nay” votes (Clark, Mahoney, Nelson, Sertich, and Slawik). The motion prevailed. HF1976, as amended, was recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Ways & Means.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:47pm.
REP. BOB GUNTHER, CHAIR
Kitty Musty
Committee Legislative Assistant