STATE OF MINNESOTA THIRTY-NINTH 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-ninth meeting to order at 8:24 a.m. on Wednesday, April 5, 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.
Chair Seifert moves that HF2833 be recommend to pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Chair Seifert moves the amendment titled A06-1398. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Seifert moves the amendment labeled H2833A13. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Seifert moves the amendment labeled H2833A25. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Seifert moves the amendment labeled H2833A19. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Seifert moves the amendment labeled H2833A20. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Seifert moves the amendment labeled A06-1436. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Seifert moves the amendment labeled H2833A24.
Testifying to the Amendment:
Jim Rhodes, Dept of Administration
Gopaul Kanna, Office of Enterprise Technology
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Seifert moves the amendment labeled H2833A26. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Mullery moves the amendment labeled H2833A3. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Seifert moves the amendment labeled MS136-A1.
Testifying to the Amendment:
Nannette Larson, Dept of Corrections
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Seifert moves the amendment labeled MSBLKAMD-06. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Seifert moves the amendment labeled MSBLKAMD-07. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Seifert moves the amendment labeled H2833A4. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Seifert moves the amendment labeled H2833A12.
Testifying to the Amendment:
Bill Haas, White Earth Band
Mr. Johnson, Representing the Boise Forte Indian Community
Chair Seifert lays over the A12 amendment.
Representative Hilty moves to orally amend HF2833, the A06-1398 document as follows:
Pg 66, Line 8, delete “with”
Line 9, delete “a reservation located in whole or in part in Minnesota and”
Line 12, delete “with”
Line 13, delete “a reservation located in whole or in part in Minnesota and”
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Seifert moves the amendment labeled H2833A12. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Seifert moves the amendment labeled H2833A11. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Seifert moves the amendment labeled H2833A10.
Testifying to the Amendment:
Wayne Warlaski, Department of Administration
David Kelliher, MN Historical Society
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Hilty moves the amendment labeled H2833A9. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Hilty moves the amendment labeled H2833A8.
Chair Seifert moves to divide the A8 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILS.
Chair Seifert moves Lines 1.5 to 1.9. THE MOTION PREVAILS. THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
Representative Hilty withdraws line 1.1 to 1.4.
Chair Seifert moves the amendment labeled MS136.
Testifying to the Amendment:
Mary Ellis, Dept of Public Safety
Gopaul Kanna, Office of Enterprise Technology
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Seifert moves the amendment labeled H2833A14. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Seifert moves the amendment labeled MS138A1. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Seifert moves the amendment labeled MS134A1. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Seifert moves the amendment labeled MS138A1. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Peppin moves the amendment labeled H3625DE1.
Testifying to the Amendment:
Commissioner Cal Ludeman, Dept of Employee Relations
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Delaforeast moves the amendment labeled DMBLKAMD-3.
Testifying to the Amendment:
Bert Black, Office of the Secretary of State
Luci Bozek, Representing County Auditors
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Seifert moves the amendment labeled H2833A28.
Testifying to the amendment:
Commissioner Dana Badgerow, Dept. of Administration
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Kahn moves the amendment labeled H2833A2. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Krinkie moves the amendment labeled MS137-A1.
Testifying to the amendment:
Wayne Warlaski, Department of Administration
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Krinkie moves the amendment labeled H2833A21. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Hilty moves the amendment labeled H2833A23. THE MOTION DOES NOT PREVAIL. THE AMENDMENT IS NOT ADOPTED.
Representative Kahn moves the amendment labeled MSBLKAMD-07. THE MOTION DOES NOT PREVAIL. THE AMENDMENT IS NOT ADOPTED.
Representative Hilty moves the amendment labeled H2833A5. THE MOTION DOES NOT PREVAIL. THE AMENDMENT IS NOT ADOPTED.
Representative Kahn moves to orally amend HF2833, the A06-1398 document as follows
Art. 3, Delete Section 8.
THE MOTION DOES NOT PREVAIL. THE AMENDMENT IS NOT ADOPTED.
Representative Hilty moves to orally amend HF2833, the A06-1398 document as follows
Art. 2, Delete Section 10, 11, 12
THE MOTION DOES NOT PREVAIL. THE AMENDMENT IS NOT ADOPTED.
Representative Hilty moves to orally amend HF2833, the A06-1398 document as follows
Art. 3, Delete Section 39.
Testifying against the amendment:
Jim Hanson, Office of the Secretary of State
Bert Black, Office of the Secretary of State
THE MOTION DOES NOT PREVAIL. THE AMENDMENT IS NOT ADOPTED.
Representative Hilty moves to orally amend HF2833, the A06-1398 document as follows
Art. 2, Delete Section 45
THE MOTION DOES NOT PREVAIL. THE AMENDMENT IS NOT ADOPTED.
Representative Hilty moves to orally amend HF2833, the A06-1398 document as follows
Art. 3, Delete Section 119.
Testifying for the amendment:
Brian Rice, MPRA
Julie Bleyhl, AFSCME
Robert Johnson, Teamsters Local 320
Representative Krinkie asks for roll call.
The results are as follows:
Yeas: Nays: Absent:
BLAINE HILTY SOLBERG
DELAFOREST KAHN
FINSTAD MULLERY
KRINKIE
PEPPIN
SEIFERT
There being 3 YEAS and 6 NAYS, THE MOTION DOES NOT PREVAIL. THE AMENDMENT IS NOT ADOPTED.
Representative Hilty moves to orally amend HF2833, the A06-1398 document as follows
Pg. 65, Delete Section 12.
Testifying for the amendment:
Beth Fraser, Voting Rights Coalition
THE MOTION DOES NOT PREVAIL. THE AMENDMENT IS NOT ADOPTED.
Representative Hilty moves to orally amend HF2833, the A06-1398 document as follows
Art. 3, Delete Section 16.
Testifying against the amendment:
Bert Black, Office of the Secretary of State
Testifying for the amendment
Ann Higgins, League of MN Cities
THE MOTION DOES NOT PREVAIL. THE AMENDMENT IS NOT ADOPTED.
Representative Hilty moves to orally amend HF2833, the A06-1398 document as follows
Art. 2, Delete Section 36
THE MOTION DOES NOT PREVAIL. THE AMENDMENT IS NOT ADOPTED.
Representative Hilty moves to orally amend HF2833, the A06-1398 document as follows
Page 72 Delete Section 26.
Testifying against the amendment:
Kent Sulem, MN Association of Townships
Testifying for the amendment
Judy Sanders, National Federation of the Blind
Mai Thor, MN Disability Law Center
Representative Hilty withdraws his amendment.
Representative Hilty moves to orally amend HF2833, the A06-1398 document as follows
On Page 4, Art 2, delete Section 3
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Hilty moves to orally amend HF2833, the A06-1398 document as follows
On Page 10, Line 35 before the period, insert “and Section 16A.86”
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Seifert moves to orally amend HF2833, the A06-1398 document as follows
On Page 50, Line 11 insert “$90,000”
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Hilty moves to orally amend HF2833, the A06-1398 document as follows
On Page 51, delete sections 114, 115, 116
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Kahn moves to orally amend HF2833, the A06-1398 document as follows
On Page 63, Art 3, delete Section 111
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Hilty moves to orally amend HF2833, the A06-1398 document as follows
On Page 67, Line 11 after “3” insert
“ ,except that a town may designate a different polling place for town elections held in March from the polling place used for a state or federal primary or general election.”
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Seifert moves to orally amend HF2833, the A06-1398 document as follows
On Page 68, Line 14, after “affiliation:” delete “:” and insert
“,which shall be classified as private data on individuals as defined in Section 1302, Subdivision 12.”
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Seifert moves to orally amend HF2833, the A06-1398 document as follows
On Page 68, Line 7, after “than”: strike “three” and insert “TWO”
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Hilty moves to orally amend HF2833, the A06-1398 document as follows
On Page 68, Line 16 delete “electronically”
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Hilty moves to orally amend HF2833, the A06-1398 document as follows
On Page 71, Line 10 delete “unless:” and insert “except as follows:”
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Hilty moves to orally amend HF2833, the A06-1398 document as follows
On Page 71, Line 11 after “(1)” insert:
“an election in March shall be on the second Tuesday as provided by Section 205.072;”
Line 12 insert “(2) another”
Line 13 insert “(3)”
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Hilty moves to orally amend HF2833, the A06-1398 document as follows
On Page 82, delete Section 38
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Hilty moves to orally amend HF2833, the A06-1398 document as follows
On Page 83, delete Section 39
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Seifert moves to orally amend HF2833, the A06-1398 document as follows
To be inserted into the bill:
“The house of representatives and the senate strongly encourage Twin Cities Public Television to distribute complete, live gavel-to-gavel television coverage on TPT 17 of all floor sessions of the house of representatives and senate.”
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Testifying to the Bill:
Tom Keagan, Minnesota Public Radio
Chair Seifert renews his motion that HF2833, as amended, be recommend to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:37 pm.
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Representative Marty Seifert, Chair
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Dan Listug, Committee Legislative Assistant