STATE OF MINNESOTA TWELFTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FIFTH SESSION
Committee on Agriculture, Rural Economies, and
Veterans Affairs Finance
MINUTES
Representative Al Juhnke, Chair, called the first meeting to order at 10:07AM on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 in Basement of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant called the roll.
Members present:
JUHNKE, Al MAGNUS, Doug
WELTI, Andy OLIN, Dave
DOTY, Al OTREMBA, Mary Ellen
FAUST, Tim PETERSON, Aaron
FINSTAD, Brad POPPE, Jeanne
HAMILTON, Rod SHIMANSKI, Ron
HANSEN, Rick
HEIDGERKEN, Bud
A quorum was present.
Representative Olin moved that the minutes of February 14, 2007 be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Jim Boerboom, Assistant Commissioner, and Steve Ernest, Director of Finance and Budget, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, presented a budget overview of the Rural Finance Authority.
Discussion and questions followed.
HF 274 (Juhnke)
Chair Juhnke moved that HF 274 be recommended to pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Finance with a recommended re-referral to the Committee on Capital Investment.
John Apitz, Farm Credit Services, and David Skillbred, Vice President of Community Affairs, Independent Community Bankers of Minnesota testified on HF 274.
Steve Johnson, Director of Government Relations, Minnesota Bankers Association, testified on HF 274.
Representative Faust moved to amend HF 274 as follows:
Page 1, line 6, delete "$15,000,000" and insert "$50,000,000"
Page 1, line 22, delete "$15,000,000" and insert "$50,000,000"
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Discussion and questions followed.
Chair Juhnke renewed his motion that HF 274, as amended, be recommended to pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Finance with a recommended re-referral to the Committee on Capital Investment. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Geir Friisoe, Director, Plant Protection Division, and Steve Ernest, Director of Finance and Budget, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, gave a budget overview of the Plant Protection Division.
Discussion and questions followed.
Next meeting: Wednesday, February 21, 2007, 10:00AM.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:30AM.
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Al Juhnke, Chair
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Dana Wilson, Committee Legislative Assistant