TWENTY-EIGHTH MEETING

STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTY-EIGHTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-EIGHTH SESSION

COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
Chair, Representative Michael V. Nelson

MINUTES

Representative Nelson, Chair of Committee on Government Operations, called the meeting to order at September 18, 2013 at 1:04pm in Room 200 of the State Office Building.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members present:
Nelson, Chair
Freiberg, Vice Chair
Peppin, Lead
Dorholt
Drazkowski
Hansen
Kahn
Lien
O'Driscoll
Pugh
Theis


A quorum was present.

The committee heard an overview of the State’s administrative rulemaking process.

Testimony by:
Ms. Patricia Winget, Editor of the Minnesota Rulemaking Manual
The Honorable Eric Lipman, Assistant Chief Law Judge, Office of Administrative Hearings
Mr. Paul Marinac, Office of the Revisor of Statutes

The committee held a panel discussion of state agency and private sector professions regarding the rulemaking process.

Testimony by:
Beth Scheffer, Administrative Law Manager, Department of Human Services
Wendy Legge, Chief General Counsel, Department of Labor and Industry
Elizabeth Carlson, Strategic Planning and Policy Administrator, Department of Natural Resources
David Aafedt, Vice-Chair of Administrative Law, Minnesota Bar Association
The Honorable Eric Lipman, Assistant Chief Law Judge, Office of Administrative Hearings

The meeting was adjourned at 3:43 PM


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Representative Michael V. Nelson, Chair



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Tim Gabhart, Committee Legislative Assistant