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Judiciary Finance and Policy

TWENTY-THIRD MEETING

2013-2014 Regular Session - Tuesday, April 9, 2013

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

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY FINANCE AND POLICY
Chair, Representative Debra Hilstrom

MINUTES

Representative Melin, Vice-Chair of Committee on Judiciary Finance and Policy, called the meeting to order at 2:18 p.m. on Tuesday April 9, 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

Rep. Melin assumed the Chair at 2:18 pm. A quorum was present.

Rep. Cornish moved approval of the minutes from Wednesday, April 3, 2013. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE MINUTES WERE APPROVED.

Rep. Hilstrom moved that HF 80 (Hilstrom) be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Rules.

Rep. Hilstrom presented HF 80 (Hilstrom), assigned consumer debt default judgments regulated.

Rep. Hilstrom moved to amend HF 80 with the H0080A1 Amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Joel Carlson, Minnesota Creditor's Rates Association, testified on HF80 as amended.

Rep. Hilstrom renewed her motion that HF 80, as amended, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Rules. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

Rep. Hilstrom moved that HF 1160 (Hilstrom) be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Rep. Hilstrom moved to amend HF 1160 with the H1160DE1-4 Amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Rep. Hilstrom moved to amend HF 1160, as amended, with the H1160A4 Amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Rep. Hilstrom moved to amend HF 1160, as amended, with the H1160A5 Amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Rep. Hilstrom presented HF 1160 (Hilstrom), as amended, the Omnibus Judiciary Finance and Policy Bill.

Rep. Drazkowski moved to amend HF 1160, as amended, with the H1160A2 Amendment. THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL AND THE AMENDMENT WAS NOT ADOPTED.

Rep. Scott moved to amend HF 1160, as amended, with the H1160A1 Amendment. THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL AND THE AMENDMENT WAS NOT ADOPTED.

Rep. Drazkowski moved to amend HF 1160, as amended, with the H1160DE1-5 Amendment and requested a roll call.

The clerk took the roll.

Voting in the affirmative:
Drazkowski
Cornish
Johnson, B.
O'Neill
Pugh
Scott

Voting in the negative:
Hilstrom
Melin
Bly
Hortman
Johnson, S.
Lesch
Lien
McNamar
Paymar

There were six ayes and nine nays. THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL AND THE AMENDMENT WAS NOT ADOPTED.

Public testimony was heard on HF 1160 (Hilstrom), as amended by Kelly Madden, a state public defender from the 4th Judicial District and Joel Carlson of the Minnesota Creditor's Rates Association.

Rep. Hilstrom renewed her motion that HF 1160 (Hilstrom), be recommended to pass, as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:20.




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Representative Debra Hilstrom, Chair



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Dusty Thelen, Committee Legislative Assistant
More Info On This Meeting..
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HF80 (Hilstrom) Assigned consumer debt default judgments regulated.
HF1160 (Hilstrom) Judiciary, Guardian Ad Litem Board, Tax Court, Board on Judicial Standards, Board of Public Defense, Uniform Laws Commission, and Sentencing Guidelines Commission funding provided, and money appropriated.
***HF1160 will be the Omnibus Judiciary Finance and Policy bill. The updated spreadsheet can be found on the Committee's Main Page under "Committee Spread Sheet."

Amendments are due by 2:15 p.m. on Monday, April 8.

If you wish to testify, please contact the committee administrator at charlotte.antin@house.mn.