STATE OF MINNESOTA 28th MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-SIXTH SESSION
February 23, 2010
STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS,
REFORM, TECHNOLOGY& ELECTIONS COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Representative Gene Pelowski, Chair of the State & Local Government Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections Committee, called the meeting to order at 8:30 A.M. on Tuesday, February 23, 2010, in Room 200 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
Pelowski, Chair
Poppe, Vice Chair
Anderson, P.
Buesgens
Emmer
Gottwalt
Hilty
Hornstein
Kalin
Lanning
Marquart
Morrow
Nelson
Simon
Members Excused: Sanders, Sterner, Winkler
Members Absent: Kahn, Kiffmeyer
A quorum was present.
Representative Poppe moved that the minutes of February 18, 2010, be approved. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Chairman Pelowski moved that HF2405 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Finance.
Representative Reinert presented HF2405 (Reinert), a bill for an act relating to the legislature; proposing an amendment in the Minnesota Constitution; article IV, section 4; providing for temporary successors to members of the legislature called into active military service; providing for implementing statutory language; etc.
Chairman Pelowski moved to amend HF2405 (see attached
H2405A1). THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Testifying on HF2405, as amended:
Colonel Eric Ahlness, Department of Military Affairs
Chairman Pelowski renewed the motion that HF2405, as amended, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Finance. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 A.M.
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REP. GENE PELOWSKI, CHAIRMAN
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Kathy L. Anderson, Committee Legislative Assistant