STATE OF MINNESOTA EIGHTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-SIXTH SESSION
AGRICULTURE, RURAL ECONOMIES AND VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Representative Otremba, Chair of the Committee, called the meeting to order at 2:48 P.M. on, February 16, 2009, in Room 5 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
OTREMBA, Chair
Doty, Vice-Chair
HAMILTON, Republican Lead
DRAZKOWSKI
EKEN URDAHL
FAUST
KATH
MORROW
OLIN
SHIMANSKI
Members excused:
A quorum was present.
Representative Eken moved approval of the minutes from February 11, 2009.
THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE MINUTES WERE ADOPTED.
Representative Doty moves that HF418 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations.
HF418(Gardner) relating to noxious weeds; allowing municipalities to adopt ordinances for the eradication of buckthorn
Representative Gardner presented his bill and explained it to the committee.
The following people testified on HF418:
Joan Brainard, Resident of North Oaks, wrote a book about the history of North Oaks:
Quinn Cheney, Policy Director, Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Craig Johnson, Intergovernmental Relations Representative, League of Minnesota Cities
Representative Urdahl moves to amend HF418 as follows;
Page 1, Line 3, delete "eradication" and insert "control"
Page 1, line 10, delete "eradicate" and insert "control"
THE AMENDENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Doty moved HF418, as amended be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations.
THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Representative Faust moves that HF710 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the General Register.
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HF710 (Faust) relating to agriculture; changing duties of the Food Safety and Defense Task Force; changing membership and procedures of the Minnesota Organic Advisory Task Force; eliminating language requiring two annual reports
The following people testified on HF710:
Quinn Cheney, Policy Director, Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Thom Pederson, Chair, Organic Task Force and Legislative Director, Farmers Union
Representative Faust renewed his motion that HF710 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the General Register.
THE MOTION PREVAILED.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:45 PM
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REP. MARY ELLEN OTREMBA
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Mary M. Larson, Committee Legislative Assistant