STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTY-FOURTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FIFTH SESSION
ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Representative Kent Eken, Chair, called the meeting to order at 4:09 P.M. on Tuesday, February 19th, 2008, in Room 5 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
EKEN, Kent (Chair) MOE, Frank
HANSEN, Rick (Vice-Chair) OLIN, David
BRYNAERT, Kathy OZMENT, Dennis
CORNISH, Tony SAILER, Brita
DILL, David SCALZE, Bev
GARDNER, Paul THAO, Cy
HACKBARTH, Tom TINGELSTAD, Kathy
MARIANI, Carlos WAGENIUS, Jean
McNAMARA, Denny
Members excused:
HOPPE, Joe
A quorum was present.
HF 2536 (Lanning) Watershed basin management districts authorized with taxing authority, and money appropriated.
Chair Eken moved that HF 2536 be recommended to pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Chair Eken moved the H2536DE4 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
The following people testified on HF 2536:
Representative Morrie Lanning
John Finney, Red River Watershed Management Board
Warren Sykora, Wild Rice River Watershed District
Ray Bohn, Minnesota Association of Watershed Districts
LeAnn Buck, Minnesota Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Len Kramer, Lower Minnesota River Watershed District
John Jaschke, Board of Water and Soil Resources
Keith Carlson, Minnesota Inter-County Association
Chair Eken moved an oral amendment as follows:
On line 4.18 of the H2536DE4 amendment delete "Taxing and other".
Delete lines 4.19 through 4.34
On line 5.1 delete "(c)" and add "(a)".
On line 5.3 delete "(d)" and add "(b)".
Delete lines 6.13 through 7.17
THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Eken renewed his motion that HF 2536, as amended, be recommended to pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
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The committee adjourned at 5:44 PM.
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Kent Eken, Chair
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Andrew Duerr, Committee Legislative Assistant