STATE OF MINNESOTA FIFTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-EIGHTH SESSION
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY FINANCE AND POLICY
Chair, Representative Debra Hilstrom
MINUTES
Representative Hilstrom, Chair of Committee on Judiciary Finance and Policy, called the meeting to order at 2:15 PM on January 29, 2013 in Room 10 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
Hilstrom, Chair
Melin, Vice Chair
Drazkowski, Lead
Bly
Cornish
Hortman
Johnson, B.
Johnson, S.
Lesch
Lien
McNamar
O'Neill
Paymar
Pugh
Scott
Members excused:
The meeting was called to order at 2:15 PM by Vice Chair Melin.
A quorum was present.
Representative Lesch moved approval of the minutes for January 23, 2013. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF 80 (Hilstrom) Assigned consumer debt default judgments regulated.
Representative Hilstrom moved HF 80 be recommended to pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Nathan Brennaman, Deputy Attorney General at the Minnesota Attorney General's Office, and Ron Elwood, Supervising Attorney at Legal Aid, testified in support of HF 80.
William (Bill) Hicks, Attorney, Messerli & Kramer, and representing the Minnesota Creditors Rights Association, and Scott Larson, Principal, St. Clair Capital, LLC, testified in opposition to HF 80.
Representative Hilstrom renewed her motion that HF 80 be recommended to pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Commerce. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF 19 (Hortman) Agency designations allowed in certain probate situations.
Representative Hortman moved that HF 19 be recommended to pass and be placed on the General Register.
Andrew Baese, Attorney at Briggs & Morgan testified in support of HF 19.
Representative Hortman renewed her motion that HF 19 be recommended to pass and be placed on the General Register. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Representative Hortman (on behalf of Representative Winkler) moved that HF 87 be recommended to pass and be placed on the General Register.
Bryan Lake, Government Relations Director, Minnesota State Bar Association, testified in support of HF 87.
Representative Winkler arrived at 2:51 PM.
Representative Hortman renewed her motion that HF 87 be recommended to pass and be placed on the General Register. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:55 PM.
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Representative Debra Hilstrom, Chair
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TJ Yocum, Committee Legislative Assistant