STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTY-SECOND MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FIFTH SESSION
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES FINANCE DIVISION
MINUTES
Representative Al Doty, Vice Chair of the Committee, called the meeting to order at 8:09 A.M. on March 27, 2007, in Room 5 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
ANZELC, Tom
CLARK, Karen
DILL, David
DOTY, Al (Vice Chair)
EKEN, Kent
GARDNER, Paul
GUNTHER, Bob
HACKBARTH, Tom
HANSEN, Rick
HOPPE, Joe
KNUTH, Kate
MAGNUS, Doug
MCNAMARA, Denny
MOE, Frank
OZMENT, Dennis
PETERSON, Aaron
SCALZE, Bev
TINGELSTAD, Kathy
Representative Wagenius and Representative Hansen presented the committee omnibus bill.
A quorum was present at 8:12 A.M.
Representative Anzelc moved that the minutes of March 20th and March 22nd be approved. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
HF 1651 Wagenius, Environmental and natural resources funding provided; revenue disposition, fees, and accounts modified; off-highway vehicle safety program established; sustainable forest provisions continued; and money appropriated
Representative Wagenius moved that HF 1651 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the committee on Finance.
Representative Wagenius moved the
A07-0443 delete-all amendment.
Representative Wagenius moved the
H1651A9 amendment to the amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
Representative Wagenius moved the
H1651A10 amendment to the amendment.
Representative Wagenius withdrew the
H1651A10 amendment to the amendment.
Representative Wagenius renewed her motion of the
0443 delete-all amendment as amended. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE A07-0443 DELETE-ALL AMENDMENT AS AMENDED IS ADOPTED.
The committee recessed at 9:09 A.M.
The committee reconvened at 4:07 P.M. in the basement hearing room of the State Office Building.
The following provided testimony on HF1651 as amended:
Bradley Cobb, Chair, Department of Natural Resources Budgetary Oversight Committee
Victoria Reinhardt, Ramsey County Commissioner and Association of Minnesota Counties Environmental and Natural Resources Policy Committee Chair
Tina Rosenstein, Nicollet County Environmental Services Director and President, Minnesota Association of County Feedlot Officers
Louis Smith, Minnesota Waters board member; Clean Water Legacy Council member, and former chair of the G16 Clean Water Legacy coalition
Al Atkins, Ron Fuller, and Sheldon King of the Lake Zumbro Improvement Association
Tom Landwehr, Assistant State Director, The Nature Conservancy
Alexandra Woodmansee, Land Use Director, Minnesota Four Wheel Drive Association
The committee adjourned at 4:51 P.M.
REP. JEAN WAGENIUS, CHAIR
Melissa Hysing, Committee Legislative Assistant