The following House Files were introduced:
Woodard, Slocum, Kelly, Mariani and McFarlane introduced:
H. F. 1008, A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying charter school revenue formulas; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.11, subdivisions 1, 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Lanning, Fabian, Marquart and Kiel introduced:
H. F. 1009, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for grants to the Red River Basin Commission.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.
McNamara introduced:
H. F. 1010, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; providing for disposition of pheasant habitat improvement account; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.075, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.
McNamara introduced:
H. F. 1011, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; providing for disposition of trout and salmon management account; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.075, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.
McNamara introduced:
H. F. 1012, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; providing for disposition of waterfowl habitat improvement account; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.075, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.
Kiffmeyer introduced:
H. F. 1013, A bill for an act relating to elections; providing term limits for state legislators; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article IV, section 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections.
Morrow introduced:
H. F. 1014, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying the medical assistance employed persons with disabilities program; changing asset limitation provisions; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 256B.056, subdivision 3; 256B.057, subdivision 9.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.
Morrow introduced:
H. F. 1015, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for marked Trunk Highway 14 construction.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.
Kelly, Fritz, Mack, Huntley and Hamilton introduced:
H. F. 1016, A bill for an act relating to health; providing for consolidation of nursing facilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 144A.071, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.
Kelly introduced:
H. F. 1017, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing city of Red Wing to convey certain property; providing for conveyance of certain surplus state land; amending Laws 1976, chapter 50, section 1, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections.
Zellers, Huntley, Peppin, Abeler, Gottwalt, Fritz and Hayden introduced:
H. F. 1018, A bill for an act relating to health; providing an exception to the hospital moratorium; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 144.551, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Franson introduced:
H. F. 1019, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying school readiness service agreements in the child care assistance program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 119B.231, subdivisions 2, 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.142.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Gottwalt, Hamilton and Gunther introduced:
H. F. 1020, A bill for an act relating to human services; phasing out nursing facility rate equalization; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 256B.48, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.
Mack, Gottwalt and Hosch introduced:
H. F. 1021, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying long-term care consultation; modifying elderly waiver; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 256B.0911, subdivision 3a; 256B.0915, subdivisions 3e, 3h, 5, 6, 10.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.
Vogel introduced:
H. F. 1022, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; extending availability of Grass Lake appropriation; amending Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 9, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Smith introduced:
H. F. 1023, A bill for an act relating to courts; authorizing the court to seek partial payment or reimbursement of costs from a party proceeding in forma pauperis; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 563.01, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Policy and Finance.
Stensrud, Lanning, Sanders, Daudt and Banaian introduced:
H. F. 1024, A bill for an act relating to state government; reducing the number of deputy commissioners and eliminating assistant commissioner positions in the unclassified service; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 15.06, subdivision 8; 16B.03; 43A.08, subdivision 1; 45.013; 84.01, subdivision 3; 116.03, subdivision 1; 116J.01, subdivision 5; 116J.035, subdivision 4; 174.02, subdivision 2; 241.01, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance.
Beard introduced:
H. F. 1025, A bill for an act relating to utilities; requiring utility rates be based primarily on cost of service between and among consumer classes; making clarifying and technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 216B.03; 216B.07; 216B.16, subdivisions 6, 15; 216B.2401; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 216B.242.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.
Buesgens, Beard, Koenen, Eken and Leidiger introduced:
H. F. 1026, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income; providing a credit for railroad track maintenance; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Buesgens, Beard, Koenen, Eken and Leidiger introduced:
H. F. 1027, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income; providing for subtraction of certain railroad track maintenance expenditures; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 290.01, subdivisions 19b, 19d; 290.091, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Murphy, M. introduced:
H. F. 1028, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money to regional library systems for educational opportunities in the arts, history, literary history, and cultural heritage of Minnesota; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Legacy Funding Division.
Kelly introduced:
H. F. 1029, A bill for an act relating to education finance; appropriating money from the special revenue fund to the Board of Teaching for activities associated with licensure by portfolio.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Kiel introduced:
H. F. 1030, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; requiring reimbursement for costs of the Red River State Recreation Area.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.
Stensrud; Woodard; Lohmer; Anderson, D.; Anderson, S., and Murdock introduced:
H. F. 1031, A bill for an act relating to the legislature; requiring that certain services be provided through a joint legislative office; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 3.06, subdivision 1; 3.303, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance.
Torkelson and Beard introduced:
H. F. 1032, A bill for an act relating to employment; modifying certain prevailing hours of labor requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 177.42, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance.
Cornish introduced:
H. F. 1033, A bill for an act relating to public safety; reauthorizing that certain short term commitments to the commissioner of corrections be served in county jails; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 609.105, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.
Cornish introduced:
H. F. 1034, A bill for an act relating to corrections; requiring inmates to co-pay a set minimum amount for healthcare provider visits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 243.212.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.
Anderson, S.; Nornes and Anderson, D. introduced:
H. F. 1035, A bill for an act relating to commerce; repealing prohibition on municipality issuing more than one off-sale license to any one person or place; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 340A.412, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.
Sanders and Westrom introduced:
H. F. 1036, A bill for an act relating to state government; providing for management and consolidation of the state passenger vehicle fleet; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16B.54, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections.
Sanders and LeMieur introduced:
H. F. 1037, A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring Department of Employment and Economic Development to issue a request for proposals for an unemployment compensation payment and business intelligence contract.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance.
Sanders and LeMieur introduced:
H. F. 1038, A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring the Department of Labor and Industry to issue a request for proposals for a contract to reduce improper workers' compensation payments.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance.
Hamilton introduced:
H. F. 1039, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; reducing the operating budget for the Department of Agriculture.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Policy and Finance.
Bills, Slocum and Myhra introduced:
H. F. 1040, A bill for an act relating to education finance; amending lease levy authority; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 126C.40, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Mack, Sanders, Stensrud, Hoppe, McDonald and Franson introduced:
H. F. 1041, A bill for an act relating to state government; establishing a state employee suggestion system for making state government less costly or more efficient; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections.
Holberg, Fabian, Hamilton, Swedzinski and Kiel introduced:
H. F. 1042, A bill for an act relating to health; prohibiting abortions at or after 20 weeks gestational age unless certain exceptions apply; providing civil and criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 145.4131, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 8; 145.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.
Gauthier, Cornish, Nelson, Slocum, Tillberry, Gruenhagen, Woodard and Leidiger introduced:
H. F. 1043, A bill for an act relating to public safety; proposing new penalties for repeat violators of certain motor vehicle property crimes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 609.546.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance.
Davids introduced:
H. F. 1044, A bill for an act relating to taxation; conforming to federal tax treatment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 289A.02, subdivision 7; 290.01, subdivisions 19, 31; 290A.03, subdivision 15.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Runbeck introduced:
H. F. 1045, A bill for an act relating to property taxation; reducing disparity reduction aid payments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 273.1398, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Runbeck introduced:
H. F. 1046, A bill for an act relating to property taxation; converting the market value homestead credit to a tax capacity reduction; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 273.13, subdivision 21b; 273.1384, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; 273.1393; 275.08, subdivision 1a; 276.04, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 273.1384, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Westrom introduced:
H. F. 1047, A bill for an act relating to property tax refunds for homeowners; modifying the schedule and ending the inflation adjustment of the brackets and maximum refund amounts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 290A.04, subdivisions 2, 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Westrom introduced:
H. F. 1048, A bill for an act relating to property tax refunds for renters; modifying the schedule, reducing the percentage of rent constituting property taxes, and ending the inflation adjustment of the brackets and maximum refund amounts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 290A.03, subdivisions 11, 13; 290A.04, subdivisions 2a, 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Gunther and McFarlane introduced:
H. F. 1049, A bill for an act relating to jobs, economic development, and housing; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance.