FOURTH MEETING

STATE OF MINNESOTA FOURTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-FIRST SESSION

SUBCOMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

MINUTES

Representative Masin, Chair of the Subcommittee on Local Government, called the meeting to order at 9:47 AM on March 6th, 2019 in the Basement Hearing Room of the State Office Building.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members present:

MASIN, Sandra (Chair)
ELKINS, Steve (Vice-Chair)
MCDONALD, Joe (GOP Lead)
FREIBERG, Mike
HERTAUS, Jerry
KOZNICK, Jon
LIEN, Ben
XIONG, Tou

A quorum was present.

Representative McDonald moved that the minutes of February 20, 2019 be approved. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF703 (Masin) relating to local government; repealing the political subdivision compensation limit; making a conforming change; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 473.606, subdivision 5; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 43A.17, subdivision 9.

Testifiers:
Gary Carlson – League of MN Cities
Kent Sulem – MN Municipal Utilities Association
Keith Carlson – MN Inter-County Association

Representative Masin moved that HF703 be moved to the Committee on Government Operations. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF511 (Elkins) relating to local government; repealing the prohibition on local ordinances governing plastic bags and similar items; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 471.9998.

Representative Elkins presented the bill for an informational hearing.

Testifiers:
Brad Wiersum – League of MN Cities
Steven Huser – Metro Cities
Lance Klatt – MSSA (MN Service Station & Convenience Store Association)
Jamie Pfuhl – MGA (MN Grocers Association)
Bruce Nustad – MN Retailers Association
Deb McMillan – Twin West Chamber of Commerce
Tony Kwilas – MN Chamber of Commerce
Lynn Hoffman – Eureka Recycling
Kyle Samejima – Minneapolis Climate Action
Mark Hughes
Erika Vann

Representative Masin moved that HF511 be laid over. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:22 AM.





Representative Masin, Chair




Anna Fineanganofo,
Committee Legislative Assistant