The following House Files were introduced:

Folliard; Slawik; Swenson, D.; Tingelstad and Greiling introduced:

H. F. No. 2089, A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating advertisements for tobacco; restricting the placement of publicly visible advertisements for tobacco; providing civil penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Tourism and Consumer Affairs.

Macklin, Erhardt, Pugh, Harder and Milbert introduced:

H. F. No. 2090, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting certain electronic surveillance services; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 297A.01, subdivision 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Erhardt, Macklin, Van Dellen, Sykora and Abrams introduced:

H. F. No. 2091, A bill for an act relating to property taxation; establishing a uniform class rate for residential homestead property; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 273.13, subdivision 22; and 273.1398, subdivision 1a.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Paymar introduced:

H. F. No. 2092, A bill for an act relating to domestic abuse; establishing a pilot program regulating domestic abuse perpetrated by minors; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 260.015, subdivision 2a; 260.165, subdivision 1; 260.171, subdivision 2; and 609.748, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Entenza, Kelso, Carlson, Weaver and Westrom introduced:

H. F. No. 2093, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for children who are deaf, deafblind , And hard-of-hearing in Minnesota; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 120.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education.

Jennings, Sviggum, Holsten, Mahon and Bakk introduced:

H. F. No. 2094, A resolution memorializing the United States Environmental Protection Agency to exempt the State of Minnesota from its scheduled State Implementation calls on regional transport of ozone.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.

Kahn introduced:

H. F. No. 2095, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for the center for victims of torture.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education.

Dorn, Greiling, Pelowski and Ness introduced:

H. F. No. 2096, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a working group to recommend alternative school year calendars; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education.

Harder, Winter and Molnau introduced:

H. F. No. 2097, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; changing limitations on ownership of agricultural land by corporations, limited liability companies, pension or investment funds , And limited partnerships; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 500.24, subdivisions 2, 3, 3a, 3b , And 4.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

Carruthers introduced:

H. F. No. 2098, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 14; extending until the year 2020 the period during which at least 40 percent of the net proceeds from the state lottery must be credited to the environment and natural resources trust fund.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance.

Mariani introduced:

H. F. No. 2099, A bill for an act relating to education; providing additional opportunities for student choice; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 120.062, subdivisions 3, 7, 11, And by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124A.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education.