STATE OF MINNESOTA THIRTY-EIGHTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FOURTH SESSION
STATE GOVERNMENT FINANCE COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Representative Marty Seifert, Chairman of the State Government Finance Committee, called the thirty-eighth meeting to order at 8:24 a.m. on Tuesday, April 4, 2006 in the Basement Hearing Room of the State Office Building.
The Clerk noted the roll.
Members present:
SEIFERT, MARTY, Chair PEPPIN, JOYCE, Vice Chair
BLAINE, GREG SOLBERG, LOREN
HILTY, BILL FINSTAD, BRAD
KAHN, PHYLLIS KRINKIE, PHIL
DELAFOREST, CHRIS MULLERY, JOE
Members Excused:
A quorum was present.
The Committee heard an overview of HF2833 the State Government Finance Omnibus bill.
Mark Shepard, House Research
Chair Seifert moves that SF2724 be recommend to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Chair Seifert moves that the language of HF1909 be inserted into SF2724. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Representative Delaforest moves the amendment labeled H1909DE19.
Testifying against the Amendment:
Larry Redmond, MN Citizens for the Arts
Barry Tilley, AMPERS
Bill Strusinski, MN Public TV
Judy Erickson, Parks and Trails Council
Representative Solberg asks for roll call on the DE19 amendment.
The results are as follows:
Yeas: Nays: Absent:
BLAINE HILTY
DELAFOREST KAHN
FINSTAD MULLERY
KRINKIE SOLBERG
PEPPIN
SEIFERT
There being 6 YEAS and 4 NAYS, THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Seifert renews his motion the SF2724, as amended, be recommend to pass and re-referred to the Committee on WAYS and MEANS. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Chair Seifert moves the HF3380 be recommend to pass and referred to the General Register.
Chair Seifert tabled HF3380.
Chair Seifert recessed the Committee at 10:15 am.
The Committee reconvened at 1:30 pm in Room 300N of the State Office Building.
Chair Seifert moved HF3380 be taken from the table.
Chair Seifert moves the HF3380 be recommend to pass and referred to the General Register.
Chair Seifert moves the amendment labeled H3308A8. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Testifying to the bill:
Rep. Mark Buesgens
Pat Anderson, Minnesota State Auditor
Carla Holy, Office of the State Auditor
Testifying against the bill:
Aaron Casper, National Insurance Services
Chair Seifert renews his motion that HF3380, as amended, be recommend to pass and referred to the General Register. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Chair Seifert moves HF3925 be recommend to pass and referred to the General Register.
Chair Seifert moves the amendment to do as follows:
Page 2 delete subdivision 2
Page 2, line 14, delete “3” and insert “2”
Page 2, delete line 18 and insert: “Subd. 3. Funds available. Any funds remaining in the committee budgets for the house local government committee or the senate state and local government operations committee as of the 2006 adjournment of the legislature will be available”
Page 2, line 19 delete “Legislative Coordinating Commission”
Page 2, line 21 delete “This”
Page 2 delete line 22
Page 3, delete section 4
Page 8, line 11, after “meeting” insert “of the final meeting”
Page 8, delete lines 15 to 17
Page 8, line 18, delete “section 414.0325.”
Page 9, after line 26, insert: “Sec. 13 EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 8 is effective until July 1, 2007.” Renumber sections in sequence Amend title as follows: Page 1, line 4 delete “appropriating money” and insert “authorizing use of remaining committee funds”
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Testifying to the Bill: Rep. Mark Olson
Kent Sulem, MN Association of Townships
Kari Thurlow, Flaherty and Hood
Chair Seifert renews his motion that HF3925, as amended, be recommend to pass and referred to the General Register. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:27 pm.
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Representative Marty Seifert, Chair
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Dan Listug, Committee Legislative Assistant