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Transportation Finance and Policy

THIRTY-NINTH MEETING

2023-2024 Regular Session - Tuesday, March 19, 2024

STATE OF MINNESOTA THIRTY-NINTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-THIRD SESSION



TRANSPORTATION FINANCE AND POLICY MINUTES

Representative Frank Hornstein, Chair of the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy, called the meeting to order at 8:32 AM on March 19, 2024, in the Basement Hearing Room of the State Office Building.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members present:
HORNSTEIN, Frank, Chair
TABKE, Brad, Vice Chair
PETERSBURG, John, Republican Lead
BRAND, Jeff
ELKINS, Steve
FOGELMAN, Marj
HUDELLA, Shane
KOEGEL, Erin
KRAFT, Larry
MURPHY, Tom
NELSON, Michael
NORRIS, Matt
OLSON, Bjorn
SENCER-MURA, Samantha
WEST, Nolan

A quorum was present.

Representative Petersburg moved that the minutes of March 14, 2024, be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF 2717 (Kraft) Excavation notice system governing provisions modified.

Representative Kraft moved HF 2717 before the Transportation Finance and Policy Committee.

Representative Kraft moved the H2717DE2 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Representative Kraft moved the H2717A2 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Representative Kraft presented HF 2717 as amended.

Testifying on HF 2717 as amended:
• Laura Ziegler, Director of Highway, Heavy and Government Affairs, Associated General Contractors of Minnesota
• John Hass, Director of Lean Operations, VEIT
• Crystal Gorres, Damage Prevention Manager, CenterPoint Energy
• Bill Black, Government Relations Attorney, Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association
• Tony Mendoza, General Counsel, Minnesota Cable Communication Association

Chair Hornstein laid over HF 2717 as amended.

HF 3900 (Kraft) High-voltage transmission lines siting and relocation governing provisions modified.

Representative Kraft moved HF 3900 before the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.

Representative Kraft moved H3900A2 amendment. THE MOTION PREVAILED. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.

Representative Kraft presented HF 3900 as amended.

Testifying on HF 3900 as amended:
• Randy Satterfield, Executive Director, NextGen Highways
• Adam Tromblay, CEO, Nobles Collective Electric
• Deb Birgen, Vice President of Government Relations, Missouri River Energy Services

Chair Hornstein laid over HF 3900 as amended.

HF 3594 (Sencer-Mura) All cities authorized to designate lands for pedestrian malls on city rights-of-way.

Representative Sencer-Mura moved that HF 3594 be re-referred to the Committee State and Local Government Finance and Policy.

Representative Sencer-Mura presented HF 3594.

Testifying on HF 3594:
• Steve Huser, Government Relations Representative, City of Minneapolis

Representative Sencer-Mura renewed the motion to rerefer HF 3594 to the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy. THE MOTION PREVAILED.

HF 4649 (Sencer-Mura) Crash reporting requirements modified.

Representative Sencer-Mura moved HF 4649 before the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.

Representative Sencer-Mura presented HF 4649.

Testifying on HF 4649:
• Mike Hanson, Office of Traffic Safety Director, Department of Public Safety

Chair Hornstein laid over HF 4649.

HF 4652 (Sencer-Mura) Crash reporting requirements modified.

Representative Sencer-Mura moved HF 4652 before the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.

Representative Sencer-Mura presented HF 4652.

Testifying on HF 4649:
• Mike Hanson, Office of Traffic Safety Director, Department of Public Safety

Chair Hornstein laid over HF 4652.

Meeting adjourned 9:50 AM




__________________________________________
Representative Frank Hornstein, Chair


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Tenzin Tsangyang, Committee Legislative Assistant
More Info On This Meeting..
Bills Added:
  • HF2717 (Kraft) - Excavation notice system governing provisions modified.
  • HF3900 (Kraft) - High-voltage transmission line construction, placement, or maintenance authorized across or along highways, and high-voltage transmission line relocation governing provision modified.
  • HF3594 (Sencer-Mura) - All cities authorized to designate lands for pedestrian malls on city rights-of-way.
  • HF4649 (Sencer-Mura) - Child passenger restraint provisions modified.
  • HF4652 (Sencer-Mura) - Crash reporting requirements modified.
Documents:
Audio:
Listen Now
House TV Video:
View Archive

01:07 - HF2717 (Kraft) Excavation notice system governing provisions modified.
26:31 - HF3900 (Kraft) High-voltage transmission lines siting and relocation governing provisions modified.
48:37 - HF3594 (Sencer-Mura) All cities authorized to designate lands for pedestrian malls on city rights-of-way.
56:37 - HF4649 (Sencer-Mura) Child passenger restraint provisions modified.
1:04:48 - HF4652 (Sencer-Mura) Crash reporting requirements modified.
Runs 1 hour, 18 minutes.

March 14, 2024 hearing minutes

HF2717 (Kraft) Excavation notice system governing provisions modified.

HF3900 (Kraft) High-voltage transmission lines siting and relocation governing provisions modified.

HF3594 (Sencer-Mura) All cities authorized to designate lands for pedestrian malls on city rights-of-way.

HF4652 (Sencer-Mura) Crash reporting requirements modified.

HF4649 (Sencer-Mura) Child passenger restraint provisions modified.



Agenda items may be added or changed.

Notes:
• To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.
• For questions about the agenda or the committee, please contact the Committee Administrator, Matt Baumann, at matt.baumann@house.mn.gov or 651-296-3208.

Public Testimony:
Handouts, written testimony, and testifier requests must be in PDF format and emailed to the Committee Administrator matt.baumann@house.mn.gov by 2:00 PM the day before each hearing. Submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record, and it may be posted to the committee webpage if received by the deadline. If bringing hard copies to the hearing, please bring 40 copies for members, staff, and the public.

This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions

Please note that this list serv notification email is not monitored. If you wish to reply, please email me directly at: matt.baumann@house.mn.gov




For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov
If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, or live language interpretation services for Hmong, Somali, or Spanish speakers to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator as soon as possible.
More Info On This Meeting..
Bills Added:
  • HF4649 (Sencer-Mura) - Child passenger restraint provisions modified.
  • HF4652 (Sencer-Mura) - Crash reporting requirements modified.
Audio:
Listen Now
House TV Video:
View Archive

01:07 - HF2717 (Kraft) Excavation notice system governing provisions modified.
26:31 - HF3900 (Kraft) High-voltage transmission lines siting and relocation governing provisions modified.
48:37 - HF3594 (Sencer-Mura) All cities authorized to designate lands for pedestrian malls on city rights-of-way.
56:37 - HF4649 (Sencer-Mura) Child passenger restraint provisions modified.
1:04:48 - HF4652 (Sencer-Mura) Crash reporting requirements modified.
Runs 1 hour, 18 minutes.




Agenda items may be added or changed.

Notes:
• To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.
• For questions about the agenda or the committee, please contact the Committee Administrator, Matt Baumann, at matt.baumann@house.mn.gov or 651-296-3208.

Public Testimony:
Handouts, written testimony, and testifier requests must be in PDF format and emailed to the Committee Administrator matt.baumann@house.mn.gov by 2:00 PM the day before each hearing. Submitted written testimony is public and will be included in the official committee record, and it may be posted to the committee webpage if received by the deadline. If bringing hard copies to the hearing, please bring 40 copies for members, staff, and the public.

This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions

Please note that this list serv notification email is not monitored. If you wish to reply, please email me directly at: matt.baumann@house.mn.gov




For further information on accommodations, please visit FAQs for Disability Access or contact the LCC Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility.coordinator@lcc.mn.gov
If you are having accessibility or usability problems with any Minnesota Legislative website or software, please send your comments to the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL), Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services, or live language interpretation services for Hmong, Somali, or Spanish speakers to testify, please contact the Committee Administrator as soon as possible.