STATE OF MINNESOTA SIXTY-FIFTH 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 sixty-fifth meeting to order at 8:20 a.m., on Tuesday, April 11, 2006, in Room 10 of the State Office Building.
The Clerk noted the roll.
House 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 Amendment H4062DE1-3 back before the committee and moved to recommend passage and re-refer to Ways & Means.
Representative Mahoney moved to adopt Amendment H4062A41. The motion prevailed. Amendment H4062A41 was adopted.
Testifier:
Rep. Bev Scalze
Representative Mahoney moved to adopt Amendment H4062A113. The motion prevailed. Amendment H4062A113 was adopted.
Representative Sertich moved to adopt Amendment H4062A9. Representative Sertich requested a division. There were 6 votes for adoption and 6 votes against adoption. The motion did not prevail. Amendment H4062A9 was not adopted.
Representative Sertich moved to adopt Amendment H4062A10. The motion prevailed. Amendment H4062A10 was adopted.
Representative Sertich moved to adopt Amendment H4062A20.
Representative Sertich moved to amend Amendment H4062A20, page 1, line 1.18, after “staff” insert “after July 1, 2006”. The author’s oral amendment was incorporated into Amendment H4062A20.
Testifiers:
Ann Kaner-Roth, Executive Director, Child Care Works, 612-455-1055, ext.11
Beth Mork, Director, MN Child Care Association, 651-636-1989
Representative Sertich renewed his motion to adopt Amendment H4062A20, as amended. Representative Sertich called for a division. There were 7 votes for adoption and 5 votes against adoption. The motion prevailed. Amendment H4062A20, as amended, was adopted.
Representative Sertich moved to adopt Amendment H4062A44. The motion prevailed. Amendment H4062A44 was adopted.
Testifiers:
Lynne Batzli, Director of Legislative Affairs, Department of Employment and Economic Development.
Representative Slawik moved to adopt Amendment H4062A31. The motion did not prevail. Amendment H4062A31 was not adopted.
Representative Slawik moved to adopt Amendment H4062A21.
Representative Slawik moved to amend Amendment H4062A21, page 1, line 1.22, delete “with” and insert “whose income is below poverty level and whose”; and delete “in” and insert “attend”.
The author’s oral amendment was incorporated into Amendment H4062A21.
Testifiers:
Shannon Kennedy, Manager, Ramsey County Human Services
Cherie Kotilinek, Manager, MN Department of Human Services
Representative Slawik renewed her motion to adopt Amendment H4062A21, as amended. The motion prevailed. Amendment H4062A21, as amended, was adopted.
Representative Slawik moved to adopt Amendment H4062A35-1. The motion did not prevail. Amendment H4062A35-1 was not adopted.
Chair Gunther moved to adopt Amendment H4062A6.
Chair Gunther moved to amend Amendment H4062A6, page 1, line 1.12, after “complete” insert “six hours of” and on page 1, line 1.13 delete “mandatory”. The author’s oral amendment was incorporated into Amendment H4062A6.
Testifiers:
Representative Tingelstad
Alexis Oberdorfer, Program Consultant, Department of Human Services, 651-297-5830
Kate Lerner, Director, MACSSA, 651-224-3344
Chair Gunther renewed his motion to adopt Amendment H4062A6, as amended. The motion prevailed. Amendment H4062A6, as amended, was adopted.
Representative Clark moved to adopt Amendment H4062A29.
Testifiers:
Lynne Batzli, Director of Legislative Affairs, Dept of Employment & Econ. Development
Don Stavros, CFO, Dept of Employment & Econ. Development, 651-296-3965
Representative Clark renewed her motion to adopt Amendment H4062A29. The motion prevailed. Amendment H4062A29 was adopted.
Representative Clark moved to adopt Amendment H4062A19.
Testifiers:
Deb Konechne, Welfare Rights Committee, 612-82-8020
Tom Hesse, Vice President of Governmental Affairs, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
Representative Clark renewed her motion to adopt Amendment H4062A19. Representative Clark called for a division on the voice vote. There were 5 votes to adopt and 7 votes not to adopt. The motion did not prevail. Amendment H4062A19 was not adopted.
Representative Clark moved to adopt Amendment H4062A27.
Testifiers:
Lynne Batzli, Director of Legislative Affairs, Dept of Employment & Econ. Development
Representative Clark renewed her motion to adopt Amendment H4062A27. The motion prevailed. Amendment H4062A27 was adopted.
Representative Clark moved to adopt Amendment H4062A28. The motion prevailed. Amendment H4062A28 was adopted.
Chair Gunther recessed the committee at 10:00 AM.
Chair Gunther reconvened the committee at 1:04 PM, in Room 500N State Office Building.
Representative Clark moved Amendment H4062A36.
Representative Clark withdrew Amendment H4062A36.
Representative Clark moved Amendment H4062A37. Representative Clark called for a division on the voice vote. There were 5 votes to adopt and 6 votes not to adopt. The motion did not prevail. Amendment H4062A37 was not adopted.
Representative Clark moved Amendment A06-1506.
Testifiers:
Maureen O’Connell, Legal Services Advocacy Program
Ann Sessoms, Director, Department of Human Services
Representative Clark renewed her motion to adopt Amendment A06-1506. Representative Clark called for a division on the voice vote. There were 5 votes to adopt and 6 votes not to adopt. The motion did not prevail. Amendment A06-1506 was not adopted.
Representative Nelson moved to adopt Amendment H4062A17.
Representative Wilkin moved to amend Amendment H4062A17, page 1, line 1.10, delete “initially to a rate above the living wage,”. Representative Garofalo called for a division on the voice vote. There were 5 votes to adopt and 4 votes not to adopt. The oral amendment to Amendment H4062A17 was adopted.
Testifiers:
Lynne Batzli, Director of Legislative Affairs, Dept of Employment & Econ. Development
Representative Nelson renewed his motion to adopt Amendment H4062A17, as amended. The motion prevailed. Amendment H4062A17, as amended, was adopted.
Representative Nelson moved to adopt Amendment H4062A18. The motion did not prevail. Amendment H4062A18 was not adopted.
Representative Nelson moved to adopt Amendment H4062A24. The motion prevailed. Amendment H4062A24 was adopted.
Representative Nelson moved to adopt Amendment H4062A32.
Testifiers:
Linda Gawboy, Welfare Rights Committee
Representative Nelson renewed his motion to adopt Amendment H4062A32. Representative Nelson called for a division on the voice vote. There were 4 votes to adopt and 6 votes not to adopt. The motion did not prevail. Amendment H4062A32 was not adopted.
Representative Nelson moved to adopt Amendment H4062A33.
Testifiers:
Trishalla Bell, Welfare Rights Committee
Representative Nelson renewed his motion to adopt Amendment H4062A33. The motion did not prevail. Amendment H4062A33 was not adopted.
Representative Gazelka moved to adopt Amendment MS-AMDBLK-2.
Representative Gazelka moved to amend Amendment MS-AMDBLK-2, page 2, line 2.6, after “plan.” delete “(a)”; page 2, delete line 2.8; page 2, line 2.9, delete “and at risk youth.”. The author’s oral amendment was incorporated into Amendment MS-AMDBLK-2.
Representative Bradley moved to amend Amendment MS-AMDBLK-2, page 4, delete line 4.15 through line 4.22. The author accepted the oral amendment. Representative Bradley’s oral amendment was incorporated into Amendment MS-AMDBLK-2.
Vice Chair Garofalo moved to amend Amendment MS-AMDBLK-2, page 2, line 2.7, delete “comprehensive plan” and insert “report”; page 2, line 2.9 delete “plan” and insert “report”. The author accepted the oral amendment. Vice Chair Garofalo’s oral amendment was incorporated into Amendment MS-AMDBLK-2.
Testifiers:
Richard Hooks Wayman, MN Youth Service Association, 4008 Chicago Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55407
Steve Landehar, Department of Human Services
Representative Gazelka renewed his motion to adopt Amendment MS-AMDBLK-2, as amended. The motion prevailed. Amendment MS-AMDBLK-2, as amended, was adopted.
Representative Gazelka moved to adopt Amendment A06-1498.
Representative Gazelka moved to amend Amendment A06-1498, page 1, line 1.10, delete “NTRL” and insert “NRTL”. The author’s amendment was incorporated into Amendment A06-1498.
Testifiers:
Randy Norguist, Minnesota Sign Association
Bill Heany, Legislative Director, IBEW MN State Council
John Schultz, Assistant Director, Department of Labor & Industry
Gary Thaden, Government Affairs Director, NECA, 651-646-2121
Bill Strusinski, Lobbyist, MN Electrical Association
Representative Gazelka renewed his motion to adopt Amendment A06-1498, as amended. The motion prevailed. Amendment A06-1498, as amended, was adopted.
Representative Gazelka moved to adopt Amendment H4062A14.
Testifier:
Chuck Hamilton, Director, SSB, Department of Employment & Economic Development
Representative Gazelka renewed his motion to adopt Amendment H4062A14. The motion prevailed. Amendment H4062A14 was adopted.
Representative Clark moved Amendment H4062A26.
Representative Wilkin moved Amendment H4062A46 as an amendment to Amendment H4062A26. The motion prevailed. Amendment H4062A46 as an amendment to Amendment H4062A26 was adopted.
Representative Clark renewed her motion to adopt Amendment H4062A26, as amended. The motion prevailed. Amendment H4062A26, as amended, was adopted.
Representative Sertich moved to reconsider Amendment H4062A9. The motion prevailed.
Representative Sertich moved Amendment H4062A9-2 to amend Amendment H4062A9. The motion prevailed. Amendment H4062A9-2, as an amendment to Amendment H4062A9, was adopted.
Testifiers:
Doug Franzen, First Alert
Tom Joachim, Department of Labor & Industry
Representative Sertich renewed his motion to adopt Amendment H4062A9, as amended. The motion prevailed. Amendment H4062A9, as amended, was adopted.
Chair Gunther moved to adopt Amendment H4062A5. The motion prevailed. Amendment H4062A5 was adopted.
Chair Gunther moved to adopt Amendment H4062A23.
Testifier:
Cindy Farrell, Chief Financial Officer, Department of Labor & Industry
Chair Gunther renewed his motion to adopt Amendment H4062A23. The motion prevailed. Amendment H4062A23 was adopted.
Representative Wilkin moved to adopt Amendment H4062A40. The motion prevailed. Amendment H4062A40 was adopted.
Representative Sertich moved to amend Amendment H4062DE1-3, page 39, delete line 39.24 through 39.28.
Testifiers:
Maureen O’Connell, Advocacy Director, Legal Services Advocacy Program
Ann Martineau, Legislative Liaison, Department of Human Services
Representative Sertich renewed his oral amendment to Amendment H4062DE1-3. The motion prevailed. The oral amendment to Amendment H4062DE1-3 was adopted.
Chair Gunther renewed his motion to adopt Amendment H4062DE1-3, as amended. The Motion Prevailed. Amendment H4062DE1-3, as amended, was adopted.
Chair Gunther moved HF4062, as amended, to recommend passage and be re-referred to Ways & Means. The Motion Prevailed. HF4062, as amended, was recommended to pass and re-referred to Ways & Means.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:30 PM.
REP. BOB GUNTHER, CHAIR
Kitty Musty
Committee Legislative Assistant