STATE OF MINNESOTA THIRTY-SEVENTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FOURTH SESSION
TAXES COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Representative Phil Krinkie, Chairman of the Tax Committee, called the thirty-seventh meeting to order at 10:25 AM on Tuesday, March 21, 2006, in Room 200 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
KRINKIE, Phil, Chair
SIMPSON, Dean, Vice Chair
ABRAMS, Ron
ANDERSON, Irv
ATKINS, Joe
BERNARDY, Connie
BROD, Laura
DAVIDS, Greg
DAVNIE, Jim
DELAFOREST, Chris
DILL, David
DORMAN, Dan
ERHARDT, Ron
HOWES, Larry
JAROS, Mike
KNOBLACH, Jim
KOENEN, Lyle
KOHLS, Paul
LANNING, Morrie
LENCZEWSKI, Ann
LESCH, John
MARQUART, Paul
MULLERY, Joe
NELSON, Peter
RUKAVINA, Tom
SIEBEN, Katie
VANDEVEER, Ray
WESTERBERG, Andy
Members excused:
ZELLERS, Kurt
A quorum was present.
HF1909 (HACKBARTH): Game and fish heritage enhancement and clean water funds and councils established, sales tax percentage dedicated, and constitutional amendment proposed.
The Chair moved the HF1909de14 delete all amendment to the HF1909DE10 delete all amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Rep. ATKINS moved the HF1909A11 amendment to the HF1909de14 delete all amendment.
Rep. DAVIDS moved the minutes from June 7, 2005; October 11, 2005; February 1, 2006; March 16, 2006. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Testifying in support of the HF1909A11 amendment was:
Mark McAfee, AFSCME Council 5
Testifying in opposition of the HF1909A11 amendment was:
Rep. Hackbarth
Rep. ATKINS requested a roll call vote on the 1909A11 amendment.
Those voting aye were:
ANDERSON, Irv
ATKINS, Joe
BERNARDY, Connie
DAVNIE, Jim
DILL, David
DORMAN, Dan
HOWES, Larry
JAROS, Mike
KOENEN, Lyle
LENCZEWSKI, Ann
LESCH, John
MARQUART, Paul
MULLERY, Joe
RUKAVINA, Tom
SIEBEN, Katie
Those voting nay were:
KRINKIE, Phil, Chair
ABRAMS, Ron
BROD, Laura
DAVIDS, Greg
DELAFOREST, Chris
ERHARDT, Ron
KNOBLACH, Jim
KOHLS, Paul
LANNING, Morrie
SIMPSON, Dean
VANDEVEER, Ray
WESTERBERG, Andy
Those absent were:
NELSON, Peter
ZELLERS, Kurt
There being 15 ayes and 12 nays, THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Rep. DILL moved an oral amendment to the HF1909A11 amendment as follows:
Delete lines 8.7 through 8.9.
Replace with: “Money allocated to the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Minnesota Historical Society, public broadcasting, the Science Museum of Minnesota, the Humanities Commissioner, the Minnesota Film Board, the Minnesota Children’s Museum, and the Duluth Children’s Museum may not be used for administrative purposes. If one of the above entities ceases to exist, then the appropriated money must be allocated proportionally among the remaining entities.”
THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Rep. ERHARDT moved THE HF1909A10 amendment to the HF1909de14 amendment as amended.
Rep. DORMAN moved an oral amendment to the HF1909 A10 amendment.
Line 1.10 - 1.11: delete “Any” through the end of the sentence
Line 1.16: delete “and its legal equivalent”
Rep. VANDEVEER requested a roll call vote on the DORMAN oral amendment.
Testifying in opposition to the DORMAN amendment was:
Tom Jes, Plymouth, MN
Those voting aye were:
ANDERSON, Irv
ATKINS, Joe
BERNARDY, Connie
DAVNIE, Jim
DILL, David
DORMAN, Dan
JAROS, Mike
LENCZEWSKI, Ann
LESCH, John
RUKAVINA, Tom
SIEBEN, Katie
Those voting nay were:
KRINKIE, Phil, Chair
BROD, Laura
DAVIDS, Greg
DELAFOREST, Chris
ERHARDT, Ron
HOWES, Larry
KNOBLACH, Jim
KOENEN, Lyle
KOHLS, Paul
LANNING, Morrie
MARQUART, Paul
MULLERY, Joe
NELSON, Peter
SIMPSON, Dean
VANDEVEER, Ray
WESTERBERG, Andy
Those absent were:
ABRAMS, Ron
ZELLERS, Kurt
There being 11 ayes and 16 nays, THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL AND THE AMENDMENT WAS NOT ADOPTED.
Rep. VANDEVEER requested a roll call vote on the HF1909A10 amendment.
Those voting aye were:
KRINKIE, Phil, Chair
BROD, Laura
DAVIDS, Greg
DELAFOREST, Chris
DILL, David
HOWES, Larry
KNOBLACH, Jim
KOENEN, Lyle
KOHLS, Paul
LANNING, Morrie
MARQUART, Paul
NELSON, Peter
SIMPSON, Dean
VANDEVEER, Ray
WESTERBERG, Andy
Those voting nay were:
ANDERSON, Irv
ATKINS, Joe
BERNARDY, Connie
DAVNIE, Jim
DORMAN, Dan
ERHARDT, Ron
JAROS, Mike
LENCZEWSKI, Ann
LESCH, John
MULLERY, Joe
RUKAVINA, Tom
SIEBEN, Katie
Those absent were:
ABRAMS, Ron
ZELLERS, Kurt
There being 15 ayes and 12 nays, THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Rep. BROD moved the HF1909de3 delete all amendment to the HF1909de14 delete all amendment.
Rep. KNOBLACH moved that the HF1909de3 delete all amendment be laid over.
Rep. LENCZEWSKI requested a roll call vote on laying over the HF1909de3 delete all amendment.
Those voting aye were:
ABRAMS, Ron
ANDERSON, Irv
KNOBLACH, Jim
LANNING, Morrie
NELSON, Peter
Those voting nay were:
KRINKIE, Phil, Chair
ATKINS, Joe
BERNARDY, Connie
BROD, Laura
DAVIDS, Greg
DAVNIE, Jim
DELAFOREST, Chris
DILL, David
DORMAN, Dan
ERHARDT, Ron
HOWES, Larry
JAROS, Mike
KOENEN, Lyle
KOHLS, Paul
LENCZEWSKI, Ann
LESCH, John
MARQUART, Paul
MULLERY, Joe
RUKAVINA, Tom
SIEBEN, Katie
SIMPSON, Dean, Vice Chair
VANDEVEER, Ray
WESTERBERG, Andy
Those absent were:
ZELLERS, Kurt
There being 5 ayes and 23 nays, THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL AND THE AMENDMENT WAS NOT ADOPTED.
Rep. ATKINS requested a roll call on the HF1909de3 delete all amendment.
Rep. DORMAN moved an oral amendment to the HF1909de3 delete all amendment.
Delete “2009” and insert “2007” on all appropriate pages
Rep. DORMAN requested a roll call on the DORMAN oral amendment to the HF1909de3 delete all amendment.
Those voting aye were:
ANDERSON, Irv
ATKINS, Joe
BERNARDY, Connie
DAVNIE, Jim
DILL, David
DORMAN, Dan
JAROS, Mike
KOENEN, Lyle
LENCZEWSKI, Ann
LESCH, John
MARQUART, Paul
MULLERY, Joe
RUKAVINA, Tom
SIEBEN, Katie
Those voting nay were:
KRINKIE, Phil, Chair
ABRAMS, Ron
BROD, Laura
DAVIDS, Greg
DELAFOREST, Chris
ERHARDT, Ron
HOWES, Ron
KNOBLACH, Jim
KOHLS, Paul
LANNING, Morrie
NELSON, Peter
SIMPSON, Dean
VANDEVEER, Ray
WESTERBERG, Andy
Those absent were:
ZELLERS, Kurt
There being 14 ayes and 14 nays, THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL AND THE AMENDMENT WAS NOT ADOPTED.
Rep. DORMAN moved the HF1909A8 amendment to the HF1909de3 delete all amendment.
Rep. LANNING requested a roll call on the HF1909A8 amendment.
Those voting aye were:
DORMAN, Dan
JAROS, Mike
LESCH, Jon
Those voting nay were:
KRINKIE, Phil, Chair
ABRAMS, Ron
ANDERSON, Irv
ATKINS, Joe
BERNARDY, Connie
BROD, Laura
DAVIDS, Greg
DAVNIE, Jim
DELAFOREST, Chris
DILL, David
ERHARDT, Ron
HOWES, Larry
KNOBLACH, Jim
KOENEN, Lyle
KOHLS, Paul
LANNING, Morrie
LENCZEWSKI, Ann
MARQUART, Paul
MULLERY, Joe
NELSON, Peter
RUKAVINA, Tom
SIEBEN, Katie
SIMPSON, Dean
VANDEVEER, Ray
WESTERBERG, Andy
Those absent were:
ZELLERS, Kurt
There being 3 ayes and 25 nays, THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL AND THE AMENDMENT WAS NOT ADOPTED.
The Chair adjourned the meeting at 11:55 PM until March 22, 2006 at 10:15.
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REP. PHIL KRINKIE, CHAIR
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Sara Linert
Committee Legislative Assistant