134 eligible persons answered to the call by legislative district.

The members took their seats in the Chamber of the House of Representatives.

The Clerk pro tempore called the roll in alphabetical order and the following members answered to their names:

Abrams	Erhardt	Kahn	Mariani	Paymar	Swenson, H.
Anderson, B.	Evans	Kalis	Marko	Pelowski	Sykora
Anderson, I.	Farrell	Kelso	McCollum	Peterson	Tingelstad
Bakk	Finseth	Kielkucki	McElroy	Pugh	Tomassoni
Bettermann	Folliard	Kinkel	McGuire	Rest	Tompkins
Biernat	Garcia	Knight	Milbert	Reuter	Trimble
Bishop	Goodno	Knoblach	Molnau	Rhodes	Tuma
Boudreau	Greenfield	Koppendrayer	Mulder	Rifenberg	Tunheim
Bradley	Greiling	Koskinen	Mullery	Rostberg	Van Dellen
Broecker	Gunther	Kraus	Munger	Rukavina	Vickerman
Carlson	Haas	Krinkie	Murphy	Schumacher	Wagenius
Carruthers	Harder	Kubly	Ness	Seagren	Weaver
Chaudhary	Hasskamp	Kuisle	Nornes	Seifert	Wejcman
Clark	Hausman	Larsen	Olson, E.	Sekhon	Wenzel
Commers	Hilty	Leighton	Olson, M.	Skare	Westfall
Daggett	Holsten	Leppik	Opatz	Skoglund	Westrom
Davids	Huntley	Lieder	Orfield	Slawik	Winter
Dawkins	Jaros	Lindner	Osskopp	Smith	Wolf
Dehler	Jefferson	Long	Osthoff	Solberg	Workman
Delmont	Jennings	Luther	Otremba	Stanek
Dempsey	Johnson, A.	Macklin	Ozment	Stang
Dorn	Johnson, R.	Mahon	Paulsen	Sviggum
Entenza	Juhnke	Mares	Pawlenty	Swenson, D.

A quorum was present.

The name of Phil Carruthers was placed in nomination by Mariani. The nomination was seconded by Johnson, R.; Peterson; Wenzel; Skare; Kalis and Munger.

The name of Steve Sviggum was placed in nomination by Koppendrayer. The nomination was seconded by Larsen.

There being no further nominations, the Secretary of State declared the nominations closed.

The Clerk pro tempore called the roll on the election of a Speaker.

The following members of the House voted for Carruthers:

Anderson, I.	Farrell	Johnson, A.	Luther	Orfield	Skoglund
Bakk	Folliard	Johnson, R.	Mahon	Osthoff	Slawik
Biernat	Garcia	Juhnke	Mariani	Otremba	Solberg
Carlson	Greenfield	Kahn	Marko	Paymar	Tomassoni
Carruthers	Greiling	Kalis	McCollum	Pelowski	Trimble
Chaudhary	Hasskamp	Kelso	McGuire	Peterson	Tunheim
Clark	Hausman	Kinkel	Milbert	Pugh	Wagenius
Dawkins	Hilty	Koskinen	Mullery	Rest	Wejcman
Delmont	Huntley	Kubly	Munger	Rukavina	Wenzel
Dorn	Jaros	Leighton	Murphy	Schumacher	Winter
Entenza	Jefferson	Lieder	Olson, E.	Sekhon
Evans	Jennings	Long	Opatz	Skare

The Speaker announced the next order of business to be election of the Chief Clerk.

The name of Edward A. Burdick was placed in nomination by Winter. The nomination was seconded by Sviggum.

There being no further nominations, the Speaker declared the nominations closed.

The Clerk pro tempore called the roll on the election of the Chief Clerk and the following voted for Burdick:

Abrams	Evans	Kalis	Marko	Pelowski	Sykora
Anderson, B.	Farrell	Kelso	McCollum	Peterson	Tingelstad
Anderson, I.	Finseth	Kielkucki	McElroy	Pugh	Tomassoni
Bakk	Folliard	Kinkel	McGuire	Rest	Tompkins
Bettermann	Garcia	Knight	Milbert	Reuter	Trimble
Biernat	Goodno	Knoblach	Molnau	Rhodes	Tuma
Bishop	Greenfield	Koppendrayer	Mulder	Rifenberg	Tunheim
Boudreau	Greiling	Koskinen	Mullery	Rostberg	Van Dellen
Bradley	Gunther	Kraus	Munger	Rukavina	Vickerman
Broecker	Haas	Krinkie	Murphy	Schumacher	Wagenius
Carlson	Harder	Kubly	Ness	Seagren	Weaver
Chaudhary	Hasskamp	Kuisle	Nornes	Seifert	Wejcman
Clark	Hausman	Larsen	Olson, E.	Sekhon	Wenzel
Commers	Hilty	Leighton	Olson, M.	Skare	Westfall
Daggett	Holsten	Leppik	Opatz	Skoglund	Westrom
Davids	Huntley	Lieder	Orfield	Slawik	Winter
Dawkins	Jaros	Lindner	Osskopp	Smith	Wolf
Dehler	Jefferson	Long	Osthoff	Solberg	Workman
Delmont	Jennings	Luther	Otremba	Stanek	Spk. Carruthers
Dempsey	Johnson, A.	Macklin	Ozment	Stang
Dorn	Johnson, R.	Mahon	Paulsen	Sviggum
Entenza	Juhnke	Mares	Pawlenty	Swenson, D.
Erhardt	Kahn	Mariani	Paymar	Swenson, H.

Edward A. Burdick, having received a majority of the votes cast, was declared elected Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives.

The Speaker announced the next order of business to be the election of other elected officers of the House of Representatives.

Tomassoni offered the following resolution and moved its adoption:

Resolved, that the election of other officers be made on one roll call unless there should be more than one nomination for any one office.

The motion prevailed and the resolution was adopted.

The following names were placed in nomination:

The name of Albin A. Mathiowetz was placed in nomination for First Assistant Chief Clerk by McGuire.

The name of Teresa B. Kittridge was placed in nomination for Second Assistant Chief Clerk by Farrell.

The name of Ronald G. Lawrence was placed in nomination for Postmaster by Rukavina.

The name of Soliving K. Kong was placed in nomination for Assistant Postmaster by Trimble.

The name of Shawn M. Peterson was placed in nomination for Assistant Sergeant at Arms by Van Dellen.

The name of Richard A. Newcomb was placed in nomination for Assistant Sergeant at Arms by Garcia.

The name of Henry C. Erdman was placed in nomination for Assistant Sergeant at Arms by Entenza.

The name of Frank J. Strohmayer was placed in nomination for Index Clerk by Osthoff.

There being no further nominations, the Speaker declared the nominations closed.

The Chief Clerk called the roll on the election of the other officers and the following members voted for the other officers:

Abrams	Evans	Kalis	Marko	Pelowski	Sykora
Anderson, B.	Farrell	Kelso	McCollum	Peterson	Tingelstad
Anderson, I.	Finseth	Kielkucki	McElroy	Pugh	Tomassoni
Bakk	Folliard	Kinkel	McGuire	Rest	Tompkins
Bettermann	Garcia	Knight	Milbert	Reuter	Trimble
Biernat	Goodno	Knoblach	Molnau	Rhodes	Tuma
Bishop	Greenfield	Koppendrayer	Mulder	Rifenberg	Tunheim
Boudreau	Greiling	Koskinen	Mullery	Rostberg	Van Dellen
Bradley	Gunther	Kraus	Munger	Rukavina	Vickerman
Broecker	Haas	Krinkie	Murphy	Schumacher	Wagenius
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Carlson	Harder	Kubly	Ness	Seagren	Weaver
Chaudhary	Hasskamp	Kuisle	Nornes	Seifert	Wejcman
Clark	Hausman	Larsen	Olson, E.	Sekhon	Wenzel
Commers	Hilty	Leighton	Olson, M.	Skare	Westfall
Daggett	Holsten	Leppik	Opatz	Skoglund	Westrom
Davids	Huntley	Lieder	Orfield	Slawik	Winter
Dawkins	Jaros	Lindner	Osskopp	Smith	Wolf
Dehler	Jefferson	Long	Osthoff	Solberg	Workman
Delmont	Jennings	Luther	Otremba	Stanek	Spk. Carruthers
Dempsey	Johnson, A.	Macklin	Ozment	Stang
Dorn	Johnson, R.	Mahon	Paulsen	Sviggum
Entenza	Juhnke	Mares	Pawlenty	Swenson, D.
Erhardt	Kahn	Mariani	Paymar	Swenson, H.

The nominees, having received a majority of the votes cast, were declared duly elected to their respective offices.

Winter offered the following resolution and moved its adoption:

Be It Resolved, that the Temporary Rules of the House for this session, the 80th Regular Session, shall be the same as the Permanent Rules of the House for the last session, the 79th Regular Session, as they existed on Tuesday, April 2, 1996, with the following exceptions:

6.01 COMMITTEES. Standing committees of the House shall be appointed by the Speaker as follows:

Agriculture

Capital Investment

Commerce, Tourism and Consumer Affairs

Economic Development and International Trade

Economic Development Finance Division

Housing and Housing Finance Division

Education

Family and Early Childhood Education Finance Division

Higher Education Finance Division

K-12 Education Finance Division

Environment and Natural Resources

Environment and Natural Resources Finance

Financial Institutions and Insurance

General Legislation, Veterans Affairs and Elections

Governmental Operations

State Government Finance Division

Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services Finance Division

Judiciary

Civil and Family Law Division

Judiciary Finance Division

Labor-Management Relations

Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs

Regulated Industries and Energy

Rules and Legislative Administration

Taxes

Property Tax and Tax Increment Finance Division

Sales and Income Tax Division

Transportation and Transit

Transportation and Transit Finance Division

Ways and Means

The Temporary Rules of the House for the 80th Session shall apply to the order of business of parliamentary practice until the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration to be appointed by the Speaker shall have made its report and new Permanent Rules have been adopted.

The question was taken on the adoption of the Temporary Rules and the roll was called. There were 130 yeas and 4 nays as follows:

Those who voted in the affirmative were:

Abrams	Erhardt	Juhnke	Mariani	Paymar	Swenson, D.
Anderson, B.	Evans	Kahn	Marko	Pelowski	Swenson, H.
Anderson, I.	Farrell	Kalis	McCollum	Peterson	Sykora
Bakk	Finseth	Kelso	McElroy	Pugh	Tingelstad
Bettermann	Folliard	Kielkucki	McGuire	Rest	Tomassoni
Biernat	Garcia	Kinkel	Milbert	Reuter	Tompkins
Bishop	Goodno	Knoblach	Molnau	Rhodes	Trimble
Boudreau	Greenfield	Koppendrayer	Mulder	Rifenberg	Tunheim
Bradley	Greiling	Koskinen	Mullery	Rostberg	Van Dellen
Broecker	Gunther	Kraus	Munger	Rukavina	Vickerman
Carlson	Haas	Kubly	Murphy	Schumacher	Wagenius
Chaudhary	Harder	Kuisle	Ness	Seagren	Weaver
Clark	Hasskamp	Larsen	Nornes	Seifert	Wejcman
Commers	Hausman	Leighton	Olson, E.	Sekhon	Wenzel
Daggett	Hilty	Leppik	Olson, M.	Skare	Westfall
Davids	Holsten	Lieder	Opatz	Skoglund	Westrom
Dawkins	Huntley	Lindner	Orfield	Slawik	Winter
Dehler	Jaros	Long	Osthoff	Smith	Wolf
Delmont	Jefferson	Luther	Otremba	Solberg	Workman
Dempsey	Jennings	Macklin	Ozment	Stanek	Spk. Carruthers
Dorn	Johnson, A.	Mahon	Paulsen	Stang
Entenza	Johnson, R.	Mares	Pawlenty	Sviggum

Those who voted in the negative were:

Knight	Krinkie	Osskopp	Tuma

Marko, Chair; Milbert; Koskinen; Tingelstad and Westfall.

Leighton offered the following resolution and moved its adoption:

Resolved, that the Speaker be and he is hereby directed to appoint a committee of five members on the part of the House to act with a similar committee on the part of the Senate to escort the Governor to the Joint Convention to be held in the House Chamber on Thursday, January 16, 1997.

The motion prevailed and the resolution was adopted.

McCollum, Chair; Tunheim; Johnson, R.; Seifert and Rifenberg.

Winter offered the following resolution and moved its adoption:

Resolved, that the necessary employees as directed by the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration be authorized by the House effective today, Tuesday, January 7, 1997, to better expedite the business of the House.

The question was taken on the adoption of the Winter resolution relating to employees and the roll was called. There were 130 yeas and 0 nays as follows:

Those who voted in the affirmative were:

Abrams	Erhardt	Juhnke	Mares	Pawlenty	Sviggum
Anderson, B.	Evans	Kahn	Mariani	Paymar	Swenson, D.
Anderson, I.	Farrell	Kalis	McCollum	Pelowski	Swenson, H.
Bakk	Finseth	Kelso	McElroy	Peterson	Sykora
Bettermann	Folliard	Kielkucki	McGuire	Pugh	Tomassoni
Biernat	Garcia	Kinkel	Milbert	Rest	Tompkins
Bishop	Goodno	Knight	Molnau	Reuter	Trimble
Boudreau	Greenfield	Knoblach	Mulder	Rhodes	Tuma
Bradley	Greiling	Koppendrayer	Mullery	Rifenberg	Tunheim
Broecker	Gunther	Kraus	Munger	Rostberg	Van Dellen
Carlson	Haas	Krinkie	Murphy	Rukavina	Vickerman
Chaudhary	Harder	Kubly	Ness	Schumacher	Wagenius
Clark	Hasskamp	Kuisle	Nornes	Seagren	Weaver
Commers	Hausman	Larsen	Olson, E.	Seifert	Wejcman
Daggett	Hilty	Leighton	Olson, M.	Sekhon	Wenzel
Davids	Holsten	Leppik	Opatz	Skare	Westrom
Dawkins	Huntley	Lieder	Orfield	Skoglund	Winter
Dehler	Jaros	Lindner	Osskopp	Slawik	Wolf
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Delmont	Jefferson	Long	Osthoff	Smith	Workman
Dempsey	Jennings	Luther	Otremba	Solberg	Spk. Carruthers
Dorn	Johnson, A.	Macklin	Ozment	Stanek
Entenza	Johnson, R.	Mahon	Paulsen	Stang

The motion prevailed and the resolution relating to employees was adopted.

Winter, Chair; Pawlenty, Vice Chair; Abrams; Carruthers; Goodno; Greenfield; Kelso; Leighton; Long; McCollum; Munger; Ozment; Pelowski; Peterson; Sviggum; Sykora and Van Dellen.

Winter offered the following resolution and moved its adoption:

Resolved, that the selection of permanent desks shall be as directed by the Speaker as follows:

(1) that the majority caucus shall occupy section 3, seats 67 to 69; section 4, seats 70 to 97; section 5, seats 99 and 101 to 119; and section 6, seats 120 to 138. All members of the majority caucus shall be seated in the manner prescribed by the majority caucus.

(2) that the minority caucus shall occupy section 1, seats 1 to 19; section 2, seats 22 to 41; and section 3, seats 42 to 66. All members of the minority caucus shall be seated in the manner prescribed by the minority caucus.

The motion prevailed and the resolution was adopted.

Agriculture --
Mondays, 10:00 A.M.

Wenzel, Chair	Gunther
Peterson, Vice Chair	Harder
Jaros	Kielkucki
Juhnke	Kraus
Kubly	Kuisle
Otremba	Molnau
Schumacher	Rifenberg
Skare	Westrom
Trimble
Winter

Capital Investment --
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:30 P.M.

Kalis, Chair	Bettermann
Luther, Vice Chair	Bishop
Carlson, ex officio	Davids
Clark	Dempsey
Jefferson	Knoblach
Kubly	Lindner
Mariani	Rhodes