STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTYFIRST MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FIFTH SESSION
PUBLIC SAFETY FINANCE DIVISION COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Representative Michael Paymar, Chair of the Public Safety Finance Division Committee, called the twentyfirst meeting to order at 8:07 a.m. Tuesday, March 6, 2007 in Room 10 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
PAYMAR, Michael, Chair
OLIN, Dave, Vice Chair
BIGHAM, Karla
BUESGENS, Mark
CORNISH, Tony
DOMINGUEZ, Augustine "Willie"
EASTLUND, Rob
HAWS, Larry
HILSTROM, Debra
LESCH, John
LIEBLING, Tina
LILLIE, Leon
MULLERY, Joe
MURPHY, Mary
SMITH, Steve
ZELLERS, Kurt
Excused:
KOHLS, Paul
HF1437 (Smith) Appropriating money to the commissioner of public safety for crime victims service programs and crime prevention.
Rep. Smith presented HF1437.
Testifying in support of HF1437:
Donna Dunn, Executive Director, Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Cynthia Cook, Executive Director, Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women
Jennifer Nodes, Minnesota Coalition for General Crime, Executive Director
Juanita Rasmussen, Advocate, Norman County Victim Assistance
Suzanne Koepplinger, Executive Director, MN Indian Women's Resource Center
A quorum was present at 8: 30 a.m.
Rep. Smith moved HF1437 be heard and laid over for possible inclusion in the Public Safety Finance Division omnibus bill.
Chair Paymar moved HF1437 to be laid over for possible inclusion in the Public Safety Finance Division omnibus bill.
HF1304 (Tinglestad) Appropriating money for a legal advocacy trafficking victims grant
Rep. Lesch moved HF1304 to be heard and laid over for possible inclusion in the Public Safety Finance Division omnibus bill.
Rep. Tinglestad presented HF1304.
Testifying in support of HF1304.
Linda Miller, Executive Director, Civil Society
Dick Zonneveld, Attorney, Civil Society
Mary Hasbrouck CSJ, Committee Chair, Sisters of St. Joseph
Kelly Morgan, Chair, Phillips Weed & Seed
Chair Paymar moved HF1304 be laid over for possible inclusion in the Public Safety Finance Division omnibus bill.
HF0288 (Lesch) Appropriating money for a crime victim support grant
Rep. Lesch moved HF0288 to be heard and laid over for possible inclusion in the Public Safety Finance Division omnibus bill.
Rep. Lesch presented HF0288.
Testifying in support of HF0288.
Susie Maher, Committee Legislative Assistant, MN House of Representatives
Tim Lynch, Senior Commander of Homicide, St. Paul Police Department
David Heyhoe, Lieutenant of Homicide, Minneapolis Police Department
Margaret McAbee, Director, Victim Intervention Program Inc.
Irene Schneider, Survivor, Victim Intervention Program Inc.
Chair Paymar moved HF0288 to be laid over for possible inclusion in the Public Safety Finance Division omnibus bill.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:32 a.m.
REP. MICHAEL PAYMAR, CHAIR
Libby Wyrum, Committee Legislative Assistant