The House of Representatives convened at 9:00 a.m. and was called to order by Phil Carruthers, Speaker of the House.
Prayer was offered by Pastor Luther Bexell, North Emanuel Lutheran Church, St. Paul, Minnesota.
The roll was called and the following members were present:
| Abrams | Entenza | Johnson, R. | Mares | Paulsen | Stang |
| Anderson, B. | Erhardt | Juhnke | Mariani | Pawlenty | Sviggum |
| Anderson, I. | Erickson | Kahn | Marko | Paymar | Swenson, H. |
| Bakk | Evans | Kalis | McCollum | Pelowski | Sykora |
| Bettermann | Farrell | Kelso | McElroy | Peterson | Tingelstad |
| Biernat | Finseth | Kielkucki | McGuire | Pugh | Tomassoni |
| Bishop | Folliard | Kinkel | Milbert | Rest | Tompkins |
| Boudreau | Goodno | Knight | Molnau | Reuter | Trimble |
| Bradley | Greenfield | Knoblach | Mulder | Rhodes | Tuma |
| Broecker | Greiling | Koskinen | Mullery | Rifenberg | Tunheim |
| Carlson | Gunther | Kraus | Munger | Rostberg | Van Dellen |
| Chaudhary | Haas | Krinkie | Murphy | Rukavina | Vandeveer |
| Clark, J. | Harder | Kubly | Ness | Schumacher | Weaver |
| Clark, K. | Hasskamp | Kuisle | Nornes | Seagren | Wejcman |
| Commers | Hausman | Larsen | Olson, E. | Seifert | Wenzel |
| Daggett | Hilty | Leighton | Olson, M. | Sekhon | Westfall |
| Davids | Holsten | Leppik | Opatz | Skare | Westrom |
| Dawkins | Huntley | Lieder | Orfield | Skoglund | Winter |
| Dehler | Jaros | Lindner | Osskopp | Slawik | Wolf |
| Delmont | Jefferson | Long | Osthoff | Smith | Workman |
| Dempsey | Jennings | Macklin | Otremba, M. | Solberg | Spk. Carruthers |
| Dorn | Johnson, A. | Mahon | Ozment | Stanek | |
A quorum was present.
Garcia and Luther were excused.
Wagenius was excused until 11:25 a.m.
The Chief Clerk proceeded to read the Journal of the preceding day. Paymar moved that further reading of the Journal be suspended and that the Journal be approved as corrected by the Chief Clerk. The motion prevailed.
Winter from the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration to which was referred:
H. F. No. 3064, A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; amending the state telephone assistance program to match federal requirements; modifying TAP eligibility criteria; requiring the department of human services to automatically enroll eligible persons based on information in state information systems; setting and abolishing TAP surcharge; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 237.69, subdivision 5; and 237.70, subdivision 6, and by adding subdivisions; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 237.70, subdivisions 4a and 7.
Reported the same back with the following amendments:
Page 3, line 12, delete everything after the period
Page 3, delete lines 13 to 15
Page 6, line 34, delete "bill" and insert "act"
Page 8, after line 33, insert:
"Sec. 7. [STUDY OF POSSIBLE FUNDING ALTERNATIVES.]
The department of public service shall review and analyze possible alternative mechanisms of funding for the telephone assistance plan established and funded pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 237.70, including, but not limited to, the appropriation of funds by the legislature from the general fund. As part of its analysis of alternatives, the department shall analyze how each alternative could provide the level of funding necessary to preserve participation by eligible households in the telephone assistance plan. The department shall report its findings and recommendations to the legislature by January 15, 1999."
Page 8, line 34, delete "7" and insert "8"
Page 8, line 35, delete "6" and insert "7"
Amend the title as follows:
Page 1, line 7, delete "and"
Page 1, line 8, delete "abolishing" and after the semicolon, insert "requiring funding study and report;"
With the recommendation that when so amended the bill pass.
The report was adopted.
Winter from the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration to which was referred:
H. F. No. 3613, A resolution memorializing Congress to support the admission of the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania to the North Atlantic Treaty.
Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill pass.
The report was adopted.
Skoglund from the Committee on Judiciary to which was referred:
H. F. No. 3808, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article XIII, by adding a section;
confirming that the lawful taking of game and fish is a valued part of our heritage and a privilege that must always be
managed by law and regulation for the common good.
Reported the same back with the following amendments:
Page 1, lines 12 and 20, delete "lawful"
Amend the title as follows:
Page 1, line 4, delete "lawful"
With the recommendation that when so amended the bill pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Rules and
Legislative Administration.
The report was adopted.
H. F. Nos. 3064 and 3613 were read for the second time.
The following House File was introduced:
Van Dellen, Paulsen, Rifenberg, Kraus and Bettermann introduced:
H. F. No. 3852, A resolution memorializing Congress to enact legislation that will sunset the Internal Revenue Code by
December 31, 2000, and to develop and complete a replacement tax code for the American people.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
The following House Advisory was introduced:
Abrams introduced:
H. A. No. 15, A proposal to study limiting debate on the House floor during consideration of omnibus spending bills.
The advisory was referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
The following messages were received from the Senate:
Mr. Speaker:
I hereby announce the passage by the Senate of the following House File, herewith returned:
H. F. No. 2309, A bill for an act relating to financial institutions; regulating use of spousal credit history; requiring that
creditors consider a credit history in the name of the applicant's spouse; requiring that creditors report a credit history in the
names of both spouses; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325G.
Patrick E. Flahaven, Secretary of the Senate
Mr. Speaker:
I hereby announce that the Senate accedes to the request of the House for the appointment of a Conference Committee
on the amendments adopted by the Senate to the following House File:
H. F. No. 3840, A bill for an act relating to the financing and operation of government in this state; providing property
tax rebates; providing property tax reform; making changes to property tax rates, levies, notices, hearings, assessments,
exemptions, aids, and credits; providing for limited market value; extending levy limits; providing bonding and levy
authority, and other powers to certain political subdivisions; making changes to income, sales, excise, mortgage registry and
deed, premiums, and solid waste tax provisions; authorizing the imposition of certain local sales, use, excise, and lodging
taxes; authorizing a sanitary sewer district; modifying provisions relating to the budget reserve and other accounts; making
changes to tax increment financing, regional development, housing, and economic development provisions; providing for
the taxation of taconite and the distribution of taconite taxes; modifying provisions relating to the taxation and operation of
gaming; providing for border city zones; making miscellaneous changes to state and local tax and administrative provisions;
providing for calculation of rent constituting property taxes; changing the senior citizens' property tax deferral program;
changing certain fiscal note requirements; establishing a tax study commission; providing for a land transfer; appropriating
money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 16A.102, subdivisions 1 and 2; 92.46, by adding a subdivision; 124.95,
subdivisions 3, 4, and 5; 124A.02, subdivision 3; 240.15, subdivision 1; 273.111, subdivision 9; 273.112, subdivision 7;
273.13, subdivisions 22, 23, and 24; 273.135, subdivision 2; 273.1391, subdivision 2; 273.1398, subdivision 2; 275.07,
by adding a subdivision; 289A.08, subdivision 13; 290.06, subdivision 2c, and by adding a subdivision; 290.067,
subdivisions 2 and 2a; 290.091, subdivision 2; 290.0921, subdivision 3a; 290.10; 290.21, subdivision 3; 290A.03,
subdivision 3; 297A.01, subdivision 8; 297A.02, subdivisions 2 and 4; 297A.135, subdivision 4; 297A.25, by adding
subdivisions; 297E.02, subdivisions 1, 4, and 6; 298.225, subdivision 1; 298.28, subdivisions 4, 6, 9, 10, and 11; 360.653;
462.396, subdivision 2; 469.091, subdivision 1; 469.101, subdivision 1; 469.169, by adding a subdivision; 469.170, by
adding a subdivision; 469.171, subdivision 9; 469.174, by adding a subdivision; 469.175, subdivisions 5, 6, 6a, and by
adding a subdivision; 469.176, subdivision 7; 469.177, by adding a subdivision; 469.1771, subdivision 5, and by adding
a subdivision; 473.3915, subdivisions 2 and 3; 475.58, subdivision 1; 477A.0122, subdivision 6; 477A.03, subdivision 2;
477A.14; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, sections 3.986, subdivisions 2 and 4; 3.987, subdivisions 1 and 2; 3.988,
subdivision 3; 3.989, subdivisions 1 and 2; 16A.152, subdivision 2; 124.239, subdivisions 5a and 5b; 124.315,
subdivisions 4 and 5; 124.918, subdivision 8; 124.961; 270.67, subdivision 2; 272.02, subdivision 1; 272.115,
subdivisions 4 and 5; 273.11, subdivision 1a; 273.124, subdivision 14; 273.127, subdivision 3; 273.13, subdivisions 22,
23, 24, 25, as amended, and 31; 273.1382, subdivisions 1 and 3; 275.065, subdivisions 3 and 6; 275.70, subdivision 5, and
by adding a subdivision; 275.71, subdivisions 2, 3, and 4; 275.72, by adding a subdivision; 287.08; 289A.02, subdivision 7;
289A.11, subdivision 1; 289A.19, subdivision 2; 290.01, subdivisions 19, 19a, 19b, 19c, 19f, and 31; 290.0671,
subdivision 1; 290.0673, subdivision 2; 290.091, subdivision 6; 290.371, subdivision 2; 290A.03, subdivisions 11, 13,
and 15; 290B.03, subdivision 1; 290B.04, subdivisions 1, 3, and by adding subdivisions; 290B.05, subdivisions 1, 2, and 4;
290B.06; 290B.07; 290B.08, subdivision 2; 290B.09, subdivision 1; 291.005, subdivision 1; 297A.01, subdivisions 4
and 16; 297A.14, subdivision 4; 297A.25, subdivisions 3, 9, and 11; 297A.256, subdivision 1; 297A.48, by adding a
subdivision; 297B.03; 297G.01, by adding a subdivision; 297G.03, subdivision 1; 297H.04, by adding a subdivision;
349.19, subdivision 2a; 462A.071, subdivisions 2, 4, and 8; and 477A.011, subdivision 36; Laws 1971, chapter 773,
sections 1, as amended, and 2, as amended; Laws 1980, chapter 511, sections 2 and 3; Laws 1984, chapter 380, sections 1,
as amended, and 2; Laws 1992, chapter 511, articles 2, section 52, as amended; and 8, section 33, subdivision 5; Laws 1994,
chapter 587, article 11, by adding a section; Laws 1995, chapter 255, article 3, section 2, subdivisions 1, as amended, and 4,
as amended; Laws 1997, chapter 231, articles 1, section 16, as amended; 2, sections 63, subdivision 1, and 68,
subdivision 3; 3, section 9; 5, section 20; 7, section 47; and 13, section 19; and Laws 1997, Second Special Session
chapter 2, section 33; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 272; 273; 290; 365A; and 469;
repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 124A.697; 124A.698; 124A.70; 124A.71; 124A.711, subdivision 1; 124A.72;
124A.73; 289A.50, subdivision 6; and 365A.09; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, sections 3.987, subdivision 3;
14.431; and 124A.711, subdivision 2; Laws 1992, chapter 499, article 7, section 31.
The Senate has appointed as such committee:
Mr. Johnson, D. J.; Ms. Flynn; Messrs. Hottinger, Vickerman and Belanger.
Said House File is herewith returned to the House.
Patrick E. Flahaven, Secretary of the Senate
Mr. Speaker:
I hereby announce that the Senate accedes to the request of the House for the appointment of a Conference Committee
on the amendments adopted by the Senate to the following House File:
H. F. No. 3843, A bill for an act relating to public administration; authorizing spending for public purposes; authorizing
spending to acquire and to better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature with certain
conditions; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 16A.105; 16A.11,
subdivision 3a, and by adding a subdivision; 16A.501; 16B.30; and 446A.072, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes
1997 Supplement, sections 16A.641, subdivision 4; 124C.498, subdivision 2; 268.917; and 462A.202, subdivision 3a;
Laws 1986, chapter 396, section 2, subdivision 1, as amended; Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 2, subdivision 13;
Laws 1996, chapter 463, sections 13, subdivision 4, as amended; and 22, subdivision 7; and Laws 1997, chapter 202,
article 1, section 35, as amended; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116J; repealing Laws 1986,
chapter 396, section 2, subdivision 2.
The Senate has appointed as such committee:
Mr. Langseth; Ms. Berglin; Messrs. Cohen, Laidig and Janezich.
Said House File is herewith returned to the House.
Patrick E. Flahaven, Secretary of the Senate
Mr. Speaker:
I hereby announce that the Senate refuses to concur in the House amendments to the following Senate File:
S. F. No. 1378, A bill for an act relating to government data practices; modifying the Data Practices Act; providing for
data privacy for certain audit information; classifying certain law enforcement data; providing for the classification of and
access to government data; providing that certain documents may be classified as nonpublic data until negotiations with
vendors and best and final offers are received; making technical and clarifying changes to tax disclosure provisions;
amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 13.794, subdivision 1; 13.82, by adding subdivisions; 13.85, subdivision 2;
13.99, by adding subdivisions; 171.12, subdivision 1; 270B.02, subdivision 3; 270B.03, subdivision 6; 270B.12,
subdivision 6; and 629.341, subdivision 4; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, sections 13.46, subdivision 2; 260.161,
subdivision 1; 268.19; 270B.01, subdivision 8; 299C.095, subdivision 2; and 471A.03, subdivision 3; repealing Minnesota
Statutes 1996, section 270.10, subdivision 3.
The Senate respectfully requests that a Conference Committee be appointed thereon. The Senate has appointed as such
committee:
Messrs. Betzold, Knutson and Ms. Wiener.
Said Senate File is herewith transmitted to the House with the request that the House appoint a like committee.
Patrick E. Flahaven, Secretary of the Senate
McGuire moved that the House accede to the request of the Senate and that the Speaker appoint a Conference Committee
of 3 members of the House to meet with a like committee appointed by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two houses
on S. F. No. 1378. The motion prevailed.
Mr. Speaker:
I hereby announce that the Senate refuses to concur in the House amendments to the following Senate File:
S. F. No. 2276, A bill for an act relating to children; modifying certain parentage and child support enforcement
provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 257.64, subdivision 3; 518.54, subdivision 8, and by adding a
subdivision; 518.551, subdivisions 1, 5, and 9; and 518.615, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement,
sections 518.54, subdivision 6; 518.551, subdivision 5b; 518.5511, by adding a subdivision; 518.6111, subdivisions 9
and 14; 518.615, subdivision 1; and 552.04, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 518.
The Senate respectfully requests that a Conference Committee be appointed thereon. The Senate has appointed as such
committee:
Messrs. Knutson, Cohen and Foley; Ms. Kiscaden and Mr. Ten Eyck.
Said Senate File is herewith transmitted to the House with the request that the House appoint a like committee.
Patrick E. Flahaven, Secretary of the Senate
Dawkins moved that the House accede to the request of the Senate and that the Speaker appoint a Conference Committee
of 5 members of the House to meet with a like committee appointed by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two houses
on S. F. No. 2276. The motion prevailed.
Mr. Speaker:
I hereby announce that the Senate refuses to concur in the House amendments to the following Senate File:
S. F. No. 3346, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money; changing provisions for long-term care,
health care programs and provisions, including MA and GAMC, MinnesotaCare, welfare reform, and regional treatment
centers; providing for the sale of certain nursing home property; regulating compulsive gambling; imposing penalties;
amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 119B.24; 144.701, subdivisions 1, 2, and 4; 144.702, subdivisions 1, 2, and 8;
144A.09, subdivision 1; 144A.44, subdivision 2; 214.03; 245.462, subdivisions 4 and 8; 245.4871, subdivision 4; 245A.03,
by adding a subdivision; 245A.14, subdivision 4; 256.014, subdivision 1; 256.969, subdivisions 16 and 17; 256B.03,
subdivision 3; 256B.04, by adding a subdivision; 256B.055, subdivision 7, and by adding a subdivision; 256B.057,
subdivision 3a, and by adding subdivisions; 256B.0625, subdivisions 7, 17, 19a, 20, 34, and by adding subdivisions;
256B.0627, subdivision 4; 256B.0911, subdivision 4; 256B.0916; 256B.41, subdivision 1; 256B.431, subdivisions 2b, 4,
11, 22, and by adding a subdivision; 256B.501, subdivision 2; 256B.69, by adding subdivisions; 256D.03, subdivision 4,
and by adding subdivisions; 256D.051, by adding a subdivision; 256D.46, subdivision 2; 256I.04, subdivisions 1, 3, and
by adding a subdivision; 256I.05, subdivision 2; and 609.115, subdivision 9; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement,
sections 60A.15, subdivision 1; 62J.685; 62J.69, subdivisions 1, 2, and by adding a subdivision; 62J.75; 103I.208,
subdivision 2; 144.1494, subdivision 1; 144A.071, subdivision 4a; 171.29, subdivision 2; 214.32, subdivision 1; 245B.06,
subdivision 2; 256.01, subdivision 2; 256.031, subdivision 6; 256.9657, subdivision 3; 256.9685, subdivision 1; 256.9864;
256B.04, subdivision 18; 256B.056, subdivisions 1a and 4; 256B.06, subdivision 4; 256B.062; 256B.0625,
subdivision 31a; 256B.0627, subdivision 5; 256B.0645; 256B.0911, subdivisions 2 and 7; 256B.0913, subdivision 14;
256B.0915, subdivisions 1d and 3; 256B.0951, by adding a subdivision; 256B.431, subdivisions 3f and 26; 256B.433,
subdivision 3a; 256B.434, subdivision 10; 256B.69, subdivisions 2 and 3a; 256B.692, subdivisions 2 and 5; 256B.77,
subdivisions 3, 7a, 10, and 12; 256D.05, subdivision 8; 256J.02, subdivision 4; 256J.03; 256J.08, subdivisions 11, 26, 28,
40, 60, 68, 73, 83, and by adding subdivisions; 256J.09, subdivisions 6 and 9; 256J.11, subdivision 2, as amended; 256J.12;
256J.14; 256J.15, subdivision 2; 256J.20, subdivisions 2 and 3; 256J.21; 256J.24, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, and by adding
subdivisions; 256J.26, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, and 4; 256J.28, subdivisions 1, 2, and by adding a subdivision; 256J.30,
subdivisions 10 and 11; 256J.31, subdivisions 5 and 10; 256J.32, subdivisions 4, 6, and by adding a subdivision; 256J.33,
subdivisions 1 and 4; 256J.35; 256J.36; 256J.37, subdivisions 1, 2, 9, and by adding subdivisions; 256J.38, subdivision 1;
256J.39, subdivision 2; 256J.395; 256J.42; 256J.43; 256J.45, subdivisions 1, 2, and by adding a subdivision; 256J.46,
subdivisions 1, 2, and 2a; 256J.47, subdivision 4; 256J.48, subdivisions 2, 3, and by adding a subdivision; 256J.49,
subdivision 4; 256J.50, subdivision 5, and by adding a subdivision; 256J.52, subdivision 4; 256J.54, subdivisions 2, 3, 4,
and 5; 256J.55, subdivision 5; 256J.56; 256J.57, subdivision 1; 256J.645, subdivision 3; 256J.74, subdivision 2, and by
adding a subdivision; 256K.03, subdivision 5; 256L.01; 256L.02, subdivisions 2 and 3; 256L.03, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5,
and by adding subdivisions; 256L.04, subdivisions 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, and by adding subdivisions; 256L.05, subdivisions 2,
3, 4, and by adding subdivisions; 256L.06, subdivision 3; 256L.07; 256L.09, subdivisions 2, 4, and 6; 256L.11,
subdivision 6; 256L.12, subdivision 5; 256L.15; 256L.17, by adding a subdivision; and 270A.03, subdivision 5; Laws 1994,
chapter 633, article 7, section 3; Laws 1997, chapter 203, article 4, section 64; and article 9, section 21; chapter 207,
section 7; chapter 225, article 2, section 64; and chapter 248, section 46, as amended; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapters 144; 145; 245; 256; 256B; 256D; 256J; and 256L; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996,
sections 144.0721, subdivision 3a; 256.031, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, and 4; 256.032; 256.033, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6;
256.034; 256.035; 256.036; 256.0361; 256.047; 256.0475; 256.048; 256.049; and 256B.501, subdivision 3g; Minnesota
Statutes 1997 Supplement, sections 62J.685; 144.0721, subdivision 3; 256.031, subdivisions 5 and 6; 256.033,
subdivisions 1 and 1a; 256B.057, subdivision 1a; 256B.062; 256B.0913, subdivision 15; 256J.25; 256J.28, subdivision 4;
256J.32, subdivision 5; 256J.34, subdivision 5; 256J.76; 256L.04, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, and 6; 256L.06, subdivisions 1
and 2; 256L.08; 256L.09, subdivision 3; 256L.13; and 256L.14; Laws 1997, chapter 85, article 1, sections 61 and 71; and
article 3, section 55; Minnesota Rules (Exempt), parts 9500.9100; 9500.9110; 9500.9120; 9500.9130; 9500.9140;
9500.9150; 9500.9160; 9500.9170; 9500.9180; 9500.9190; 9500.9200; 9500.9210; and 9500.9220.
The Senate respectfully requests that a Conference Committee be appointed thereon. The Senate has appointed as such
committee:
Messrs. Samuelson and Betzold; Ms. Berglin; Mr. Stevens
and Ms. Kiscaden.
Said Senate File is herewith transmitted to the House
with the request that the House appoint a like committee.
Patrick E. Flahaven, Secretary of the Senate
McCollum moved that the House accede to the request of
the Senate and that the Speaker appoint a Conference Committee of 5 members of
the House to meet with a like committee appointed by the Senate on the
disagreeing votes of the two houses on S. F. No. 3346. The motion prevailed.
Mr. Speaker:
I hereby announce the passage by the Senate of the
following Senate Files, herewith transmitted:
S. F. Nos. 2082, 2966, 2631 and 2099.
Patrick E. Flahaven, Secretary of the Senate
S. F. No. 2082, A bill for an act relating to education;
recodifying and making technical amendments to kindergarten through grade 12
education statutes; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 120.02,
subdivisions 1, 13, 14, 15, and 18; 120.06, subdivisions 1 and 2a; 120.062,
subdivisions 4, 5, and 8a; 120.0621, as amended; 120.064, subdivisions 4, 4a, 5,
7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 24; 120.075, subdivisions 1,
2, 3a, and 4; 120.0751, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5; 120.0752, subdivisions
1, 2, and 3; 120.08; 120.101, subdivisions 5a, 7, 8, 9, and 10; 120.102,
subdivisions 1, 3, and 4; 120.103, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, and 6; 120.11; 120.14;
120.17, subdivisions 1, 1b, 2, 3, 3a, 3b, 3d, 4, 4a, 5, 5a, 6, 7, 7a, 8a, 9, 10,
16, 18, and 19; 120.1701, subdivisions 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8a, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15,
17, 19, 20, 21, and 22; 120.172, subdivision 2; 120.173, subdivisions 1, 3, 4,
and 6; 120.1811; 120.182; 120.183; 120.185; 120.188; 120.189; 120.190; 120.59;
120.60; 120.61; 120.62; 120.63; 120.64; 120.66; 120.73, subdivisions 1, 2a, 2b,
3, and 4; 120.74; 120.75; 120.76; 120.80; 121.11, subdivision 7; 121.1115,
subdivisions 1 and 2; 121.155; 121.201; 121.203, subdivision 1; 121.207,
subdivisions 2 and 3; 121.585, subdivisions 2, 6, and 7; 121.615, subdivision
11; 121.704; 121.705, subdivision 2; 121.706; 121.707, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 6,
and 7; 121.708; 121.710, subdivisions 2 and 3; 121.831, subdivisions 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, and 12; 121.835, subdivisions 4, 5, 7, and 8; 121.8355, subdivisions 2,
3, 5, and 6; 121.88, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 9; 121.882, subdivisions 1,
2b, 3, 7, 7a, 8, and 9; 121.885, subdivisions 1 and 4; 121.904, subdivisions 1,
2, 3, 4c, and 13; 121.906; 121.908; 121.911; 121.912, subdivisions 1a, 1b, 2, 3,
5, and 6; 121.9121, subdivisions 2 and 4; 121.914, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, and 8; 121.917; 122.01; 122.02; 122.03; 122.21; 122.22, subdivisions 1, 4, 5,
6, 7a, 9, 13, 14, 18, 20, and 21; 122.23, subdivisions 2, 2b, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 16c, 18, 18a, and 20; 122.241; 122.242, subdivisions 1, 3,
8, and 9; 122.243; 122.245, subdivision 2; 122.246; 122.247, subdivisions 2 and
2a; 122.248; 122.25, subdivisions 2 and 3; 122.32; 122.34; 122.355; 122.41;
122.43; 122.44; 122.45, subdivisions 2 and 3a; 122.46; 122.47; 122.48; 122.531,
subdivisions 2c, 5a, and 9; 122.5311, subdivision 1; 122.532, subdivisions 2,
3a, and 4; 122.535, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6; 122.541, subdivisions 1, 2,
4, 5, 6, and 7; 122.895; 122.91, subdivisions 2, 2a, 3a, 4, and 6; 122.93,
subdivisions 3 and 8; 122.95, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, and 4; 123.11, subdivisions
1, 2, 3, 4, and 7; 123.12; 123.13; 123.15; 123.33, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 3, 4,
6, 7, 11, and 11a; 123.335; 123.34, subdivisions 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 9a, and 10;
123.35, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5, 8a, 9b, 12, 13, 15, 19a, 19b, 20, and 21;
123.351, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, and 8a; 123.3513; 123.3514, subdivisions 3,
4b, 4d, 5, 6, 6b, 7a, and 7b; 123.36, subdivisions 1, 5, 10, 11, 13, and 14;
123.37, subdivisions 1, 1a, and 1b; 123.38, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 2b, and 3;
123.39, subdivisions 1, 2, 8, 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d, 8e, 9a, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and
16; 123.40, subdivisions 1, 2, and 8; 123.41; 123.582, subdivision 2; 123.63;
123.64; 123.66; 123.681; 123.70, subdivisions 2, 4, and 8; 123.702, subdivisions
1, 1b, 2, 3, 4, 4a, 5, 6, and 7; 123.704; 123.7045; 123.71; 123.72; 123.75,
subdivisions 2, 3, and 5; 123.751, subdivisions 1, 2, and 3; 123.76; 123.78,
subdivisions 1a and 2; 123.79, subdivision 1; 123.799, as amended; 123.7991,
subdivision 3; 123.801; 123.805; 123.932, subdivision 1b; 123.933; 123.935,
subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6; 123.936; 123.9361; 123.9362; 123.947; 124.06;
124.07, subdivision 2; 124.078; 124.08; 124.09; 124.10, subdivisions 1 and 2;
124.12; 124.14, subdivisions 2, 3, 3a, 4, 6, 7, and 8; 124.15, subdivisions 2,
2a, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8; 124.17, subdivisions 1f, 2, 2a, 2b, and by adding
subdivisions; 124.175; 124.19, subdivision 5; 124.195, subdivisions 1, 3, 3a,
3b, 4, 5, 6, and 14; 124.196; 124.2131, subdivisions 1, 2, 3a, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
and 11; 124.214; 124.225, subdivisions 7f, 8l, 8m, and 9; 124.227; 124.239,
subdivision 3; 124.242; 124.248, subdivisions 1 and 1a; 124.255; 124.26,
subdivision 1c; 124.2601, subdivision 7; 124.2605; 124.2615, subdivision 4;
124.2711, as amended; 124.2713, subdivision 7; 124.2715, subdivision 3;
124.2716, subdivisions 1 and 2; 124.2725, subdivision 15; 124.2726, subdivisions
1, 2, and 4; 124.2727, subdivision 9; 124.273, subdivisions 3, 4, 6, and 7;
124.276, subdivisions 1 and 3; 124.278, subdivision 3; 124.311, subdivision 1;
124.32; 124.3201, subdivisions 5, 6, and 7; 124.322, subdivision 1; 124.35;
124.37; 124.38, subdivisions 1, 4a, and 7; 124.381; 124.39; 124.40; 124.41,
subdivision 3; 124.42, as amended; 124.431, subdivisions 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 13,
and 14; 124.44; 124.46, as amended; 124.48, as amended; 124.492; 124.493,
subdivision 1; 124.494, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 3, 5, and 7; 124.4945; 124.511;
124.573, subdivisions 2, 2b, 2e, 2f, 3, 3a, and 5a; 124.625; 124.63; 124.646;
124.6462; 124.6469, subdivision 3; 124.647; 124.6471; 124.6472; 124.648, as
amended; 124.71, subdivision 1; 124.72; 124.73; 124.74; 124.75; 124.755,
subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9; 124.82, subdivisions 1 and 3; 124.83,
subdivision 8; 124.84, subdivisions 1 and 2; 124.85, subdivisions 2, 2a, 2b, 2c,
5, 6, and 7; 124.86, subdivisions 1, 3, and 4; 124.90; 124.91, subdivisions 4
and 6; 124.912, subdivisions 7 and 9; 124.914; 124.916, as amended; 124.918,
subdivisions 2, 3, and 7; 124.95, subdivision 1; 124.97; 124A.02, subdivisions
1, 3a, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24; 124A.029,
subdivisions 1, 3, and 4; 124A.03, subdivisions 2, 2a,
and 3c; 124A.0311, subdivisions 2, 3, and 4; 124A.032; 124A.034; 124A.035;
124A.036, as amended; 124A.04, as amended; 124A.22, subdivisions 2a, 5, 8, and
12; 124A.225, subdivisions 4 and 5; 124A.29; 124A.30; 124C.07; 124C.08,
subdivisions 2 and 3; 124C.09; 124C.12, subdivision 2; 124C.41, subdivision 4;
124C.45, subdivision 1; 124C.49; 124C.498, as amended; 124C.60, subdivision 2;
124C.72, subdivision 2; 124C.73, subdivision 3; 125.03, subdivisions 1 and 6;
125.04; 125.05, subdivisions 1, 1a, 6, and 8; 125.06; 125.09; 125.11; 125.12,
subdivisions 1a, 2, 2a, 3, 3b, 4, 6, 6a, 6b, 7, 8, 9, 9a, 10, 11, and 13;
125.121, subdivisions 1 and 2; 125.135; 125.138, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, and 5;
125.16; 125.17, subdivisions 2, 2b, 3, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10a, 11, and
12; 125.18; 125.181; 125.183, subdivisions 1, 4, and 5; 125.184; 125.185,
subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5, and 7; 125.187; 125.188, subdivisions 1, 3, and 5;
125.1885, subdivision 5; 125.189; 125.1895, subdivision 4; 125.211, subdivision
2; 125.230, subdivisions 4, 6, and 7; 125.231, subdivision 3; 125.53; 125.54;
125.60, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 6a, and 8; 125.611, subdivisions 1 and 13; 125.62,
subdivisions 2, 3, and 7; 125.623, subdivision 3; 125.702; 125.703; 125.704,
subdivision 1; 125.705, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, and 5; 125.80; 126.05; 126.12;
126.13; 126.14; 126.15, subdivisions 2 and 3; 126.1995; 126.21, subdivisions 3
and 5; 126.22, subdivisions 5 and 6; 126.235; 126.239, subdivision 1; 126.262,
subdivisions 3 and 6; 126.264; 126.265; 126.266, subdivision 1; 126.267; 126.36,
subdivisions 1, 5, and 7; 126.43, subdivisions 1 and 2; 126.48, subdivisions 1,
2, 3, 4, and 5; 126.49, subdivisions 1, 5, 6, and 8; 126.50; 126.501; 126.51,
subdivisions 1a and 2; 126.52, subdivisions 5 and 8; 126.531, subdivision 1;
126.54, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6; 126.56, subdivision 6; 126.69,
subdivision 1; 126.70, subdivisions 1 and 2a; 126.72, subdivisions 3 and 6;
126.78, subdivision 4; 126.84, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, and 5; 126A.01; 126B.01,
subdivisions 2 and 4; 126B.10; 127.02; 127.03; 127.04; 127.17, subdivisions 1,
3, and 4; 127.19; 127.20; 127.40, subdivision 4; 127.41; 127.411; 127.412;
127.413; 127.42; 127.44; 127.45, subdivision 2; 127.455; 127.46; 127.47,
subdivision 2; 127.48; 129C.10, subdivisions 3a, 3b, 4, and 6; and 129C.15;
Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, sections 120.05; 120.062, subdivisions 3, 6,
and 7; 120.064, subdivisions 8, 10, 14a, and 20a; 120.101, subdivisions 5 and
5c; 120.1015; 120.1701, subdivision 3; 120.181; 121.1113, subdivision 1;
121.615, subdivisions 2, 3, 9, and 10; 121.831, subdivision 3; 121.88,
subdivision 10; 121.882, subdivision 2; 121.904, subdivision 4a; 121.912,
subdivision 1; 123.35, subdivision 8; 123.3514, subdivisions 4, 4a, 4e, 6c, and
8; 123.7991, subdivision 2; 124.155, subdivisions 1 and 2; 124.17, subdivisions
1 and 4; 124.195, subdivisions 2, 7, and 10; 124.2445; 124.2455; 124.248,
subdivisions 3 and 4; 124.26, subdivision 2; 124.2601, subdivision 6; 124.2615,
subdivision 2; 124.2713, subdivision 8; 124.321, subdivisions 1 and 2; 124.322,
subdivision 1a; 124.323, subdivision 1; 124.41, subdivision 2; 124.431,
subdivisions 2 and 11; 124.45, subdivision 2; 124.481; 124.574, subdivision 9;
124.83, subdivision 1; 124.86, subdivision 2; 124.91, subdivision 5; 124.912,
subdivisions 1 and 6; 124.918, subdivisions 1, 6, and 8; 124A.22, subdivisions
6, 11, and 13; 124A.23, subdivisions 1, 2, and 3; 124A.28, subdivision 3;
124C.45, subdivision 1a; 125.05, subdivision 1c; 125.12, subdivision 14; 126.22,
subdivisions 2, 3a, and 8; 126.23, subdivision 1; 126.51, subdivision 1;
126.531, subdivision 3; 126.72, subdivision 2; 126.77, subdivision 1; and
129C.10, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes,
chapters 120B; and 120C; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 16B.43;
120.71; 120.72; 120.90; 122.52; 122.532, subdivision 1; 122.541, subdivision 3;
123.35, subdivision 10; 123.42; 124.01; 124.19, subdivision 4; 124.2725,
subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, and 16; 124.312, as
amended; 124.38, subdivision 9; 124.472; 124.473; 124.474; 124.476; 124.477;
124.478; 124.479; 124.71, subdivision 2; 124A.02, subdivisions 15 and 16;
124A.029, subdivision 2; 124A.03, subdivision 3b; 124A.22, subdivision 13f;
124A.225, subdivision 6; 124A.31; 124C.55; 124C.56; 124C.57; 124C.58; 125.10;
126.84, subdivision 6; 127.01; 127.08; 127.09; 127.10; 127.11; 127.12; 127.13;
127.15; 127.16; 127.17, subdivision 2; 127.21; and 127.23; Minnesota Statutes
1997 Supplement, sections 124.2725, subdivision 11; 124.313; 124.314; and
124A.26.
The bill was read for the first time.
Kelso moved that S. F. No. 2082 and H. F. No. 2174, now
on General Orders, be referred to the Chief Clerk for comparison. The motion
prevailed.
S. F. No. 2966, A bill for an act relating to mortgages;
enacting the Minnesota Residential Mortgage Originator and Servicer Licensing
Act; establishing licensing and enforcement mechanisms; amending Minnesota
Statutes 1996, sections 47.206, subdivision 1; 82.17, subdivision 4; 82.18; and
82.27, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 58; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 82.175.
The bill was read for the first time.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE
| Abrams | Erickson | Kielkucki | Milbert | Rest | Sykora |
| Anderson, B. | Evans | Knight | Molnau | Reuter | Tingelstad |
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| Anderson, I. | Finseth | Knoblach | Mullery | Rhodes | Tomassoni |
| Bettermann | Goodno | Koskinen | Munger | Rifenberg | Tompkins |
| Biernat | Greiling | Kraus | Murphy | Rostberg | Trimble |
| Boudreau | Gunther | Krinkie | Ness | Rukavina | Tuma |
| Bradley | Haas | Kubly | Nornes | Schumacher | Tunheim |
| Broecker | Harder | Kuisle | Olson, E. | Seagren | Van Dellen |
| Carlson | Hasskamp | Larsen | Olson, M. | Seifert | Vandeveer |
| Chaudhary | Hilty | Leighton | Opatz | Sekhon | Weaver |
| Clark, J. | Holsten | Leppik | Osskopp | Skare | Wenzel |
| Daggett | Huntley | Lieder | Osthoff | Skoglund | Westfall |
| Davids | Jefferson | Lindner | Ozment | Slawik | Westrom |
| Dawkins | Jennings | Long | Paulsen | Smith | Winter |
| Dehler | Johnson, A. | Macklin | Pawlenty | Solberg | Wolf |
| Delmont | Johnson, R. | Mares | Paymar | Stanek | Workman |
| Dempsey | Juhnke | Marko | Pelowski | Stang | Spk. Carruthers |
| Dorn | Kahn | McCollum | Peterson | Sviggum | |
| Entenza | Kalis | McGuire | Pugh | Swenson, H. | |
Winter moved that further proceedings of the roll call be suspended and that the Sergeant at Arms be instructed to bring in the absentees. The motion prevailed and it was so ordered.
S. F. No. 1169 was reported to the House.
Hasskamp moved to amend S. F. No. 1169 as follows:
Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
"Section 1. [TITLE.]
This act shall be called the "Personal Watercraft Safety and Courtesy Act."
Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 86B.005, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 16b. [SLOW SPEED.] "Slow speed" means operation of a watercraft at a leisurely speed, less than a planing speed, where the wake or wash created by the watercraft is minimal.
Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 86B.313, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.] In addition to requirements of other laws relating to watercraft, it is unlawful to operate or to permit the operation of a personal watercraft:
(1) without each person on board the personal watercraft wearing a United States Coast Guard approved Type I, II, III, or V personal flotation device;
(2) between sunset 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 10:00 a.m.;
(3) at greater than slow-no wake
speed within 100 200
feet of:
(i) a shoreline,;
(ii) a dock,;
(iii) a swimmer, or;
(iv) a raft used for swimming
or diving raft; or
(v) a moored, anchored, or
nonmotorized watercraft at greater than slow-no wake
speed;
(4) while towing a person on water skis, a kneeboard, an inflatable craft, or any other device unless:
(i) an observer is on board; or
(ii) the personal watercraft is equipped with
factory-installed or factory-specified accessory mirrors that give the operator
a wide field of vision to the rear;
(5) without the lanyard-type engine cutoff switch being
attached to the person, clothing, or personal flotation device of the operator,
if the personal watercraft is equipped by the manufacturer with such a device;
(6) if any part of the spring-loaded throttle mechanism
has been removed, altered, or tampered with so as to interfere with the
return-to-idle system;
(7) to chase or harass wildlife;
(8) through emergent or floating vegetation at other than
a slow-no wake speed;
(9) in a manner that unreasonably or unnecessarily
endangers life, limb, or property, including weaving through congested
watercraft traffic, jumping the wake of another watercraft within (10) in any other manner that is not reasonable and
prudent.
Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 86B.313, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 5. [CITIZEN COMPLAINTS;
NUISANCE.] (a) An owner of lakeshore in this state, or a
renter or guest of a lakeshore owner, may register a complaint for appropriate
action with a local law enforcement officer if any personal watercraft is
operated in one specific area of a lake for more than 30 consecutive minutes or
violates a local noise ordinance.
(b) Operation of a personal
watercraft in one specific area of a lake for more than 30 consecutive minutes
is a public nuisance under section 609.74.
Sec. 5. [86B.3135] [PERSONAL WATERCRAFT RESTRICTIONS.]
Subdivision 1. [PROHIBITION.]
A personal watercraft shall not be operated at a speed
greater than slow speed in:
(1) a state wildlife management
lake designated under section 97A.101; or
(2) a portion of a river
designated under section 103F.325, Minnesota Rules, chapter 6105, or United
States Code, title 16, section 127, et seq., as amended, with the following
exceptions:
(i) the St. Croix river; and
(ii) the Mississippi river.
Subd. 2. [VIOLATION.] A personal watercraft operator shall not be penalized for
violation of this section unless the public accesses to the body of water upon
which the violation occurs are posted with a notice of the prohibition under
subdivision 1 at the time of the violation.
Sec. 6. [86B.3136] [CIVIL PENALTIES.]
Subdivision 1. [VIOLATIONS.]
Any of the following acts constitutes a civil
violation:
(1) operation of a personal
watercraft for more than 30 continuous minutes within 200 feet of an occupied
shoreline, with a penalty of $75 for the first violation and $100 for the second
and each subsequent violation;
(2) operation of a personal
watercraft at times, locations, or in a manner other than allowed by law, rule,
or ordinance, with a penalty of $50 for the first violation and $75 for the
second and each subsequent violation;
100 200 feet of the other
watercraft, or operating the watercraft while facing
backwards; or
| Abrams | Dempsey | Kielkucki | Mares | Pugh | Sykora |
| Anderson, B. | Dorn | Knight | Marko | Rest | Tingelstad |
| Anderson, I. | Erickson | Knoblach | McElroy | Reuter | Tomassoni |
| Bakk | Finseth | Koskinen | Molnau | Rhodes | Tompkins |
| Bettermann | Folliard | Kraus | Mulder | Rifenberg | Tuma |
| Bishop | Goodno | Krinkie | Murphy | Rostberg | Tunheim |
| Boudreau | Gunther | Kubly | Ness | Rukavina | Van Dellen |
| Bradley | Haas | Kuisle | Nornes | Schumacher | Vandeveer |
| Broecker | Harder | Larsen | Olson, E. | Seagren | Weaver |
| Carlson | Holsten | Leighton | Olson, M. | Seifert | Wenzel |
| Clark, J. | Jefferson | Leppik | Osskopp | Slawik | Westfall |
| Commers | Jennings | Lieder | Ozment | Smith | Westrom |
| Daggett | Johnson, R. | Lindner | Paulsen | Stanek | Winter |
| Davids | Juhnke | Long | Pawlenty | Stang | Wolf |
| Dehler | Kalis | Macklin | Pelowski | Sviggum | Workman |
| Delmont | Kelso | Mahon | Peterson | Swenson, H. | Spk. Carruthers |
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Biernat | Evans | Hilty | Mariani | Orfield | Skoglund |
| Chaudhary | Farrell | Huntley | McCollum | Osthoff | Solberg |
| Clark, K. | Greenfield | Jaros | McGuire | Otremba, M. | Trimble |
| Dawkins | Greiling | Johnson, A. | Mullery | Paymar | Wejcman |
| Entenza | Hasskamp | Kahn | Munger | Sekhon | |
| Erhardt | Hausman | Kinkel | Opatz | Skare | |
The motion prevailed and the amendment was adopted.
| Abrams | Entenza | Juhnke | Marko | Pelowski | Sykora |
| Anderson, B. | Erhardt | Kahn | McCollum | Peterson | Tingelstad |
| Anderson, I. | Erickson | Kalis | McElroy | Pugh | Tomassoni |
| Bakk | Evans | Kelso | McGuire | Rest | Tompkins |
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| Bettermann | Farrell | Kielkucki | Milbert | Reuter | Trimble |
| Biernat | Finseth | Kinkel | Molnau | Rhodes | Tuma |
| Bishop | Folliard | Knoblach | Mulder | Rifenberg | Tunheim |
| Boudreau | Goodno | Koskinen | Mullery | Rostberg | Van Dellen |
| Bradley | Greenfield | Kraus | Munger | Rukavina | Vandeveer |
| Broecker | Greiling | Krinkie | Murphy | Schumacher | Weaver |
| Carlson | Gunther | Kubly | Ness | Seagren | Wejcman |
| Chaudhary | Haas | Kuisle | Nornes | Seifert | Wenzel |
| Clark, J. | Harder | Larsen | Olson, E. | Sekhon | Westfall |
| Clark, K. | Hasskamp | Leighton | Olson, M. | Skare | Westrom |
| Commers | Hilty | Leppik | Opatz | Skoglund | Winter |
| Daggett | Holsten | Lieder | Orfield | Slawik | Wolf |
| Davids | Huntley | Lindner | Osskopp | Smith | Workman |
| Dawkins | Jaros | Long | Osthoff | Solberg | Spk. Carruthers |
| Dehler | Jefferson | Macklin | Otremba, M. | Stanek | |
| Delmont | Jennings | Mahon | Ozment | Stang | |
| Dempsey | Johnson, A. | Mares | Paulsen | Sviggum | |
| Dorn | Johnson, R. | Mariani | Pawlenty | Swenson, H. | |
Those who voted in the negative were:
Knight
The bill was passed, as amended, and its title agreed to.
S. F. No. 330, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; providing limits on liability of certain private corrections treatment facilities that receive patients under court or administrative order; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 604A.
The bill was read for the third time and placed upon its final passage.
The question was taken on the passage of the bill and the roll was called.
Winter moved that those not voting be excused from voting. The motion prevailed.
There were 127 yeas and 4 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
| Abrams | Entenza | Juhnke | McCollum | Peterson | Tingelstad |
| Anderson, B. | Erhardt | Kahn | McElroy | Pugh | Tomassoni |
| Anderson, I. | Erickson | Kalis | McGuire | Rest | Tompkins |
| Bakk | Evans | Kelso | Milbert | Reuter | Trimble |
| Bettermann | Farrell | Kielkucki | Molnau | Rhodes | Tuma |
| Biernat | Finseth | Kinkel | Mulder | Rifenberg | Tunheim |
| Bishop | Folliard | Knoblach | Mullery | Rostberg | Van Dellen |
| Boudreau | Goodno | Kraus | Munger | Rukavina | Vandeveer |
| Bradley | Greenfield | Krinkie | Murphy | Schumacher | Wagenius |
| Broecker | Greiling | Kubly | Ness | Seagren | Weaver |
| Carlson | Gunther | Kuisle | Nornes | Seifert | Wejcman |
| Chaudhary | Haas | Larsen | Olson, E. | Sekhon | Wenzel |
| Clark, J. | Harder | Leighton | Olson, M. | Skare | Westfall |
| Clark, K. | Hasskamp | Leppik | Opatz | Skoglund | Westrom |
| Commers | Hausman | Lieder | Orfield | Slawik | Winter |
| Daggett | Hilty | Lindner | Osskopp | Smith | Wolf |
| Davids | Holsten | Long | Otremba, M. | Solberg | Workman |
| Dawkins | Huntley | Macklin | Ozment | Stanek | |
| Dehler | Jaros | Mahon | Paulsen | Stang | |
| Delmont | Jennings | Mares | Pawlenty | Sviggum | |
| Dempsey | Johnson, A. | Mariani | Paymar | Swenson, H. | |
| Dorn | Johnson, R. | Marko | Pelowski | Sykora | |
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Jefferson | Knight | Osthoff | Spk. Carruthers |
| Abrams | Entenza | Juhnke | Mariani | Pawlenty | Swenson, H. |
| Anderson, B. | Erhardt | Kahn | Marko | Pelowski | Sykora |
| Anderson, I. | Erickson | Kalis | McCollum | Peterson | Tingelstad |
| Bakk | Evans | Kelso | McElroy | Pugh | Tomassoni |
| Bettermann | Farrell | Kielkucki | McGuire | Rest | Tompkins |
| Biernat | Finseth | Kinkel | Milbert | Reuter | Trimble |
| Bishop | Folliard | Knight | Molnau | Rhodes | Tuma |
| Boudreau | Goodno | Knoblach | Mulder | Rifenberg | Tunheim |
| Bradley | Greiling | Koskinen | Mullery | Rostberg | Van Dellen |
| Broecker | Gunther | Kraus | Munger | Rukavina | Vandeveer |
| Carlson | Haas | Krinkie | Murphy | Schumacher | Wagenius |
| Chaudhary | Harder | Kubly | Ness | Seagren | Weaver |
| Clark, J. | Hasskamp | Kuisle | Nornes | Seifert | Wejcman |
| Clark, K. | 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 | Macklin | Otremba, M. | Stanek | Spk. Carruthers |
| Dempsey | Johnson, A. | Mahon | Ozment | Stang | |
| Dorn | Johnson, R. | Mares | Paulsen | Sviggum | |
The bill was passed and its title agreed to.
H. F. No. 3042 which was temporarily laid over earlier today on Special Orders was again reported to the House.
Jennings moved to amend H. F. No. 3042, the first engrossment, as follows:
Page 1, line 2, delete "telecommunications" and insert "regulated industries"
Page 2, after line 31, insert:
"Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 237.072, is amended to read:
237.072 [LIMITATION ON RATE CHANGES.]
(a) After December 15, 1997, the commission,
notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, shall not allow an incumbent
telephone company with more than 1,000,000 access lines in Minnesota to change
its retail rates for telecommunications services without a determination of its
revenue requirement pursuant to section 237.075 unless the incumbent telephone
company is regulated pursuant to sections 237.76 to 237.773.
(b) If, prior to December 15, 1997, the incumbent
telephone company petitions the commission to become subject to an alternative
regulation plan under sections 237.76 to 237.773, paragraph (a) shall not apply
to the petitioning company until Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section
237.163, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
Subd. 8. [UNIFORM STATEWIDE STANDARDS.] (a) To ensure the
safe and convenient use of public rights-of-way in the state, the public
utilities commission shall develop and adopt by (1) the terms and conditions of right-of-way
construction, excavation, maintenance, and repair; and
(2) the terms and conditions under which
telecommunications facilities and equipment are placed in the public
right-of-way.
(b) The public utilities commission is authorized to
review, upon complaint by an aggrieved telecommunications right-of-way user, a
decision or regulation by a local government unit that is alleged to violate a
statewide standard.
(c) A local unit of government may not adopt an ordinance
or other regulation that conflicts with a standard adopted by the commission for
the purposes described in paragraph (a).
Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 237.295, is
amended to read:
237.295 [ASSESSMENT OF REGULATORY EXPENSES.]
Subdivision 1. [PAYMENT FOR INVESTIGATIONS.] (a) Whenever the department or commission, in a
proceeding upon its own motion, on complaint, or upon an application to it,
considers it necessary, in order to carry out the duties imposed on it, to
investigate the books, accounts, practices, and activities of (b) The allocation of costs may be
adjusted for cause by the commission during the course of the proceeding, or
upon the closing of the docket and issuance of an order. In addition to the
rights granted in subdivision 3, parties to a proceeding may object to the
allocation at any time during the proceeding. Withdrawal by a party to a
proceeding does not absolve the party from paying allocated costs as determined
by the commission. The commission may decide that a party should not pay any
allocated costs of the proceeding.
(c) The bill constitutes
notice of the assessment and a demand for payment. The amount of the bills
assessed by the department under this subdivision must be paid by the (d) Except as otherwise provided
in paragraph (e), for purposes of assessing the cost of a proceeding to a party,
"party" means any entity or group subject to the laws and rules of this state,
however organized, whether public or private, whether domestic or foreign,
whether for profit or nonprofit, and whether natural, corporate, or political,
such as a business or commercial enterprise organized as any type or combination
of corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited liability
partnership, proprietorship, association, cooperative, joint venture, carrier,
or utility, and any successor or assignee of any of them; a social or charitable
organization; and any type or combination of political subdivision, which
includes the executive, judicial, or legislative branch of the state, a local
government unit, an agency of the state or a local government unit, or a
combination of any of them.
(e) For assessment and billing
purposes, "party" does not include the department of public service or the
residential utilities division of the office of attorney general; any entity or
group instituted primarily for the purpose of mutual help and not conducted for
profit; intervenors awarded compensation under section 237.075, subdivision 10;
or any individual or group or counsel for the individual or group representing
the interests of end users or classes of end users of services provided by
telephone companies or telecommunications carriers, as determined by the
commission.
Subd. 2. [ASSESSMENT OF COSTS.] The department and
commission shall quarterly, at least 30 days before the start of each quarter,
estimate the total of their expenditures in the performance of their duties
relating to telephone companies, other than amounts chargeable to telephone
companies under subdivision 1, 5, or 6. The remainder must be assessed by the
department to the telephone companies operating in this state in proportion to
their respective gross jurisdictional operating revenues during the last
calendar year. The assessment must be paid into the state treasury within 30
days after the bill has been mailed to the telephone companies. The bill
constitutes notice of the assessment and demand of payment. The total amount
that may be assessed to the telephone companies under this subdivision may not
exceed one-eighth of one percent of the total gross jurisdictional operating
revenues during the calendar year. The assessment for the third quarter of each
fiscal year must be adjusted to compensate for the amount by which actual
expenditures by the commission and department for the preceding fiscal year were
more or less than the estimated expenditures previously assessed. A telephone
company with gross jurisdictional operating revenues of less than $5,000 is
exempt from assessments under this subdivision.
Subd. 3. [OBJECTIONS.] Within 30 days after the date of
the mailing of any bill as provided by subdivisions 1 Subd. 4. [INTEREST IMPOSED.] The amounts assessed against
any telephone company or other party that is not paid
after 30 days after the mailing of a notice advising the telephone company or other party of the amount assessed against it, shall
draw interest at the rate of six percent per annum, and upon failure to pay the
assessment the attorney general shall proceed by action in the name of the state
against the telephone company or other party to
collect the amount due, together with interest and the cost of the suit.
Subd. 5. [ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING COSTS; APPROPRIATION.]
Any amounts billed to the commission or the department by the office of
administrative hearings for Subd. 6. [EXTENDED AREA SERVICE BALLOTING ACCOUNT;
APPROPRIATION.] The extended area service balloting account is created as a
separate account in the special revenue fund in the state treasury. The
commission shall render separate bills to telephone companies only for direct
balloting costs incurred by the commission under section 237.161. The bill
constitutes notice of the assessment and demand of payment. The amount of a bill
assessed by
the commission under this subdivision must be paid by the
telephone company into the state treasury within 30 days from the date of
assessment. Money received under this subdivision must be credited to the
extended area service balloting account and is appropriated to the commission."
Page 11, line 29, after the second comma insert "3, 4," and after "effective"
insert "the day"
Renumber the sections in sequence and correct internal
references
Amend the title accordingly
The motion prevailed and the amendment was adopted.
H. F. No. 3042, A bill for an act relating to
telecommunications; modifying certain provisions of power purchase contracts and
biomass fuel exemptions; providing additional antislamming and disclosure
requirements on long-distance service providers; clarifying requirements
relating to notification of price increases; requiring provision of
international toll blocking; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections
216B.2424, subdivision 3; 237.66, subdivisions 1a, 3, and by adding
subdivisions; 237.74, subdivision 6, and by adding a subdivision; and 325F.692,
subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 216B.1645; proposing
coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 237; repealing Minnesota
Statutes 1996, section 325F.692, subdivision 8; Minnesota Statutes 1997
Supplement, section 237.66, subdivision 1b.
The bill was read for the third time, as amended, and
placed upon its final passage.
The question was taken on the passage of the bill and the
roll was called. There were 132 yeas and 0 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
180 270 days after the date of the filing of the petition.
March 1,
1998 June 1, 1999, statewide construction
standards for the purposes of achieving substantial statewide uniformity in
construction standards where appropriate, providing competitive neutrality among
telecommunications right-of-way users, and permitting efficient use of
technology. The standards shall govern:
, or make appraisals of the property of, a telephone any company, or to render
engineering or accounting services to a telephone company, the telephone
company parties to the proceeding shall pay the
expenses reasonably attributable to the investigation,
appraisal, or service proceeding. The department
and commission shall ascertain the expenses, and the department shall render a
bill for those expenses to the telephone company parties, either at the
conclusion of the investigation, appraisal, or services,
or from time to time during its progress proceeding. The department is
authorized to submit billings to parties at intervals selected by the department
during the course of a proceeding.
telephone company parties
into the state treasury within 30 days from the date of assessment. The total
amount, in a calendar year, for which a telephone company may become liable, by
reason of costs incurred by the department and commission within that calendar
year, may not exceed two-fifths of one percent of the gross jurisdictional
operating revenue of the telephone company in the last preceding calendar year.
Direct charges may be assessed without regard to this limitation until the gross
jurisdictional operating revenue of the telephone company for the preceding
calendar year has been reported for the first time. Where, under this
subdivision, costs are incurred within a calendar year that are in excess of
two-fifths of one percent of the gross jurisdictional operating revenues, the
excess costs are not chargeable as part of the remainder under subdivision 2, but must be paid out of the general appropriation of the
department.
and, 2, 5, and 6, the telephone
company parties to the proceeding, against which
the bill has been assessed, may file with the
commission objections setting out the grounds upon which it is claimed the bill
is excessive, erroneous, unlawful, or invalid. The
commission shall within 60 days provide for a contested
case hearing and issue an order in accordance with its findings. The order
shall be appealable in the same manner as other final orders of the commission.
telephone contested case
hearings held pursuant to section 237.25 shall be
assessed by the commissioner or the department against the telephone company parties to the
proceeding. The assessment shall be paid into the state treasury within 30
days after a bill, which constitutes notice of the assessment and demand for
payment of it, has been mailed to the telephone
company parties. Money received shall be credited
to a special account and is appropriated to the commissioner or the department
for payment to the office of administrative hearings.
| Abrams | Entenza | Johnson, R. | Mares | Paulsen | Stang |
| Anderson, B. | Erhardt | Juhnke | Mariani | Pawlenty | Sviggum |
| Anderson, I. | Erickson | Kahn | Marko | Paymar | Swenson, H. |
| Bakk | Evans | Kalis | McCollum | Pelowski | Sykora |
| Bettermann | Farrell | Kelso | McElroy | Peterson | Tingelstad |
| Biernat | Finseth | Kielkucki | McGuire | Pugh | Tomassoni |
| Bishop | Folliard | Kinkel | Milbert | Rest | Tompkins |
| Boudreau | Goodno | Knight | Molnau | Reuter | Trimble |
| Bradley | Greenfield | Knoblach | Mulder | Rhodes | Tuma |
| Broecker | Greiling | Koskinen | Mullery | Rifenberg | Tunheim |
| Carlson | Gunther | Kraus | Munger | Rostberg | Van Dellen |
| Chaudhary | Haas | Krinkie | Murphy | Rukavina | Vandeveer |
| Clark, J. | Harder | Kubly | Ness | Schumacher | Wagenius |
| Clark, K. | Hasskamp | Kuisle | Nornes | Seagren | Weaver |
| Commers | Hausman | Larsen | Olson, E. | Seifert | Wejcman |
| Daggett | Hilty | Leighton | Olson, M. | Sekhon | Wenzel |
| Davids | Holsten | Leppik | Opatz | Skare | Westfall |
| Dawkins | Huntley | Lieder | Orfield | Skoglund | Westrom |
| Dehler | Jaros | Lindner | Osskopp | Slawik | Winter |
| Delmont | Jefferson | Long | Osthoff | Smith | Wolf |
| Dempsey | Jennings | Macklin | Otremba, M. | Solberg | Workman |
| Dorn | Johnson, A. | Mahon | Ozment | Stanek | Spk. Carruthers |
The bill was passed, as amended, and its title agreed to.
Pursuant to rule 1.10 Solberg requested immediate consideration of H. F. No. 2970.
H. F. No. 2970 was reported to the House.
Krinkie moved to amend H. F. No. 2970, the second engrossment, as follows:
Page 50, after line 3, insert:
Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 353.65, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. The employee contribution is an amount equal to
7.6 6.08 percent of the
total salary of the member. This contribution must be made by deduction from
salary in the manner provided in subdivision 4. Where any portion of a member's
salary is paid from other than public funds, the member's employee contribution
is based on the total salary received from all sources.
Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 353.65, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3. The employer contribution shall be an amount
equal to 11.4 9.13 percent
of the total salary of every member. This contribution shall be made from funds
available to the employing subdivision by the means and in the manner provided
in section 353.28.
Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 423A.02, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:
Subd. 1b. [ADDITIONAL AMORTIZATION STATE AID.] (a) Annually, on October 1, the commissioner of revenue shall allocate the additional amortization state aid transferred under section 69.021, subdivision 11, to:
(1) all police or salaried firefighter relief associations governed by and in full compliance with the requirements of section 69.77, that had an unfunded actuarial accrued liability in the actuarial valuation prepared under sections 356.215 and 356.216 as of the preceding December 31; and
(2) all local police or salaried firefighter consolidation accounts governed by chapter 353A that are certified by the executive director of the public employees retirement association as having for the current fiscal year an additional municipal contribution amount under section 353A.09, subdivision 5, paragraph (b), and that have implemented section 353A.083, subdivision 1, if the effective date of the consolidation preceded May 24, 1993, and that have implemented section 353A.083, subdivision 2, if the effective date of the consolidation preceded June 1, 1995.
(b) Subject to the limit in paragraph (c), the commissioner shall allocate the state aid on the basis of the proportional share of the relief association or consolidation account of the total unfunded actuarial accrued liability of all recipient relief associations and consolidation accounts as of December 31, 1993, for relief associations, and as of June 30, 1994, for consolidation accounts.
(c) The additional amortization
state aid payable to any relief association or consolidation account may not
exceed the amount that the relief association or consolidation account received
in additional amortization aid on October 1, 1997. Any amount of additional
amortization aid in excess of this maximum cancels to the general fund.
Sec. 4. [REPEALER.]
Minnesota Statutes, section
353.65, subdivision 3a, is repealed."
Amend the title accordingly
A roll call was requested and properly seconded.
The question was taken on the Krinkie amendment and the
roll was called. There were 22 yeas and 110 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
| Abrams | Commers | Kahn | Lindner | Pawlenty | Van Dellen |
| Anderson, B. | Dehler | Kielkucki | Mulder | Reuter | Westrom |
| Bishop | Erickson | Knight | Olson, M. | Seifert | |
| Broecker | Holsten | Krinkie | Paulsen | Sykora | |
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Anderson, I. | Farrell | Kalis | McElroy | Pugh | Tomassoni |
| Bakk | Finseth | Kelso | McGuire | Rest | Tompkins |
| Bettermann | Folliard | Kinkel | Milbert | Rhodes | Trimble |
| Biernat | Goodno | Knoblach | Molnau | Rifenberg | Tuma |
| Boudreau | Greenfield | Koskinen | Mullery | Rostberg | Tunheim |
| Bradley | Greiling | Kraus | Munger | Rukavina | Vandeveer |
| Carlson | Gunther | Kubly | Murphy | Schumacher | Wagenius |
| Chaudhary | Haas | Kuisle | Ness | Seagren | Weaver |
| Clark, J. | Harder | Larsen | Nornes | Sekhon | Wejcman |
| Clark, K. | Hasskamp | Leighton | Olson, E. | Skare | Wenzel |
| Daggett | Hausman | Leppik | Opatz | Skoglund | Westfall |
| Davids | Hilty | Lieder | Orfield | Slawik | Winter |
| Dawkins | Huntley | Long | Osskopp | Smith | Wolf |
| Delmont | Jaros | Macklin | Osthoff | Solberg | Workman |
| Dempsey | Jefferson | Mahon | Otremba, M. | Stanek | Spk. Carruthers |
| Dorn | Jennings | Mares | Ozment | Stang | |
| Entenza | Johnson, A. | Mariani | Paymar | Sviggum | |
| Erhardt | Johnson, R. | Marko | Pelowski | Swenson, H. | |
| Evans | Juhnke | McCollum | Peterson | Tingelstad | |
The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
Kraus moved to amend H. F. No. 2970, the second engrossment, as follows:
Pages 41 and 42, delete sections 6 and 7
Page 42, line 27, delete "7" and insert "5"
Renumber the sections in sequence and correct internal references
Amend the title accordingly
A roll call was requested and properly seconded.
The question was taken on the Kraus amendment and the
roll was called.
Pursuant to rule 2.05, the Speaker excused Pawlenty from
voting on the Kraus amendment to H. F. No. 2970, the second engrossment. There
were 51 yeas and 79 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
| Anderson, B. | Erickson | Knoblach | Nornes | Seagren | Tuma |
| Bettermann | Finseth | Kraus | Olson, M. | Seifert | Van Dellen |
| Boudreau | Gunther | Krinkie | Osskopp | Stanek | Vandeveer |
| Broecker | Haas | Kuisle | Osthoff | Stang | Westfall |
| Clark, J. | Harder | Larsen | Otremba, M. | Sviggum | Westrom |
| Commers | Holsten | Lindner | Paulsen | Swenson, H. | Workman |
| Daggett | Jennings | McElroy | Reuter | Sykora | |
| Davids | Kielkucki | Molnau | Rifenberg | Tingelstad | |
| Dehler | Knight | Mulder | Rostberg | Tompkins | |
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Abrams | Erhardt | Juhnke | Mariani | Pelowski | Trimble |
| Anderson, I. | Evans | Kahn | Marko | Peterson | Tunheim |
| Bakk | Farrell | Kalis | McCollum | Pugh | Wagenius |
| Biernat | Folliard | Kelso | McGuire | Rest | Weaver |
| Bishop | Goodno | Kinkel | Milbert | Rhodes | Wejcman |
| Bradley | Greenfield | Koskinen | Mullery | Rukavina | Wenzel |
| Carlson | Greiling | Kubly | Munger | Schumacher | Winter |
| Chaudhary | Hausman | Leighton | Murphy | Sekhon | Wolf |
| Clark, K. | Hilty | Leppik | Ness | Skare | Spk. Carruthers |
| Dawkins | Huntley | Lieder | Olson, E. | Skoglund | |
| Delmont | Jaros | Long | Opatz | Slawik | |
| Dempsey | Jefferson | Macklin | Orfield | Smith | |
| Dorn | Johnson, A. | Mahon | Ozment | Solberg | |
| Entenza | Johnson, R. | Mares | Paymar | Tomassoni | |
The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
H. F. No. 2970, A bill for an act relating to retirement;
various retirement plans; adjusting pension coverage for certain privatized
public hospital employees; providing for voluntary deduction of health insurance
premiums from certain annuities; providing for increased survivor benefits
relating to certain public employees murdered in the line of duty; authorizing
certain service credit purchases; specifying prior service credit purchase
payment amount determination procedures increasing salaries of various judges;
modifying other judicial salaries; modifying the judges retirement plan member
and employer contribution rates; authorizing the transfer of certain prior
retirement contributions from the legislators retirement plan and from the
elective state officers retirement plan; creating a contribution transfer
account in the general fund of the state; appropriating money; reformulating the
Columbia Heights volunteer firefighters relief association plan as a defined
contribution plan under the general volunteer fire law; restructuring the
Columbia Heights volunteer firefighter relief association board; modifying
various higher education retirement plan provisions; modifying administrative
expense provisions for various public pension plans; expanding the teacher
retirement plans part-time teaching positions eligible to participate in the
qualified full-time service credit for part-time teaching service program;
making certain Minneapolis fire department relief association survivor benefit
options retroactive; providing increased disability benefit coverage for certain
local government correctional facility employees; increasing local government
correctional employee and employer contribution rates; providing increased
survivor benefits to certain Minneapolis employee retirement fund survivors;
authorizing certain Hennepin county regional park employees to change retirement
plan membership; modifying benefit
increase provision for Eveleth police and firefighters;
modifying the length of the actuarial services contract of the legislative
commission on pensions and retirement; modifying the scope of quadrennial
projection valuations; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 3A.13;
136F.45, by adding a subdivision; 136F.48; 352.96, subdivision 4; 352D.09,
subdivision 7; 352D.12; 353D.05, subdivision 3; 354.445; 354.66, subdivisions 2
and 3; 354A.094, subdivisions 2 and 3; 354B.23, by adding a subdivision;
354C.12, by adding a subdivision; 383B.52; 422A.23, subdivision 2; and 490.123,
subdivisions 1a and 1b; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, sections 3.85,
subdivision 11; 15A.083, subdivisions 5, 6a, and 7; 354B.25, subdivisions 1a and
5; 354C.12, subdivision 4; and 356.215, subdivision 2; Laws 1995, chapter 262,
article 10, section 1; and Laws 1997, Second Special Session chapter 3, section
16; proposing new law for coding in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 356; repealing
Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 11A.17, subdivisions 10a and 14; and 352D.09,
subdivision 8; Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 136F.45, subdivision
3.
The bill was read for the third time and placed upon its
final passage.
The question was taken on the passage of the bill and the
roll was called.
Pursuant to rule 2.05, the Speaker excused Pawlenty from
voting on H. F. No. 2970.
Winter moved that those not voting be excused from
voting. The motion prevailed.
There were 90 yeas and 40 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
| Anderson, I. | Farrell | Juhnke | Mariani | Paymar | Stanek |
| Bakk | Folliard | Kahn | Marko | Pelowski | Swenson, H. |
| Bettermann | Goodno | Kalis | McCollum | Peterson | Tingelstad |
| Biernat | Greenfield | Kelso | McGuire | Pugh | Tomassoni |
| Bishop | Greiling | Kinkel | Milbert | Rest | Tompkins |
| Carlson | Gunther | Koskinen | Mulder | Rhodes | Trimble |
| Chaudhary | Hasskamp | Kubly | Mullery | Rostberg | Tuma |
| Clark, K. | Hausman | Larsen | Munger | Rukavina | Tunheim |
| Dawkins | Hilty | Leighton | Murphy | Schumacher | Wagenius |
| Delmont | Holsten | Leppik | Ness | Sekhon | Weaver |
| Dempsey | Huntley | Lieder | Nornes | Skare | Wejcman |
| Dorn | Jefferson | Long | Olson, E. | Skoglund | Wenzel |
| Entenza | Jennings | Macklin | Opatz | Slawik | Winter |
| Erhardt | Johnson, A. | Mahon | Orfield | Smith | Wolf |
| Evans | Johnson, R. | Mares | Ozment | Solberg | Spk. Carruthers |
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Abrams | Daggett | Kielkucki | McElroy | Reuter | Van Dellen |
| Anderson, B. | Davids | Knight | Molnau | Rifenberg | Vandeveer |
| Boudreau | Dehler | Knoblach | Olson, M. | Seagren | Westfall |
| Bradley | Erickson | Kraus | Osskopp | Seifert | Westrom |
| Broecker | Finseth | Krinkie | Osthoff | Stang | Workman |
| Clark, J. | Haas | Kuisle | Otremba, M. | Sviggum | |
| Commers | Harder | Lindner | Paulsen | Sykora | |
The bill was passed and its title agreed to.
Winter moved that the bills on General Orders for today be continued. The motion prevailed.
Otremba, M., moved that the following statement be printed in the Journal of the House: "It was my intention to vote in the affirmative on Tuesday, March 17, 1998, when the vote was taken on the Sekhon amendment to S. F. No. 726, as amended." The motion prevailed.
Kelso moved that the following statement be printed in the Journal of the House: "It was my intention to vote in the affirmative on Tuesday, March 17, 1998, when the vote was taken on the final passage of S. F. No. 2861." The motion prevailed.
Skoglund moved that H. F. No. 3839 be recalled from the Committee on Judiciary and be re-referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration. The motion prevailed.
Solberg moved that H. F. No. 3064, now on Technical General Orders, be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. The motion prevailed.
The Speaker announced the appointment of the following members of the House to a Conference Committee on S. F. No. 1378:
McGuire, Macklin and Skoglund.
The Speaker announced the appointment of the following members of the House to a Conference Committee on S. F. No. 2276:
Dawkins, Leighton, Biernat, Larsen and Bishop.
The Speaker announced the appointment of the following members of the House to a Conference Committee on S. F. No. 3346:
Greenfield, Wejcman, Winter, Bradley and Goodno.
Winter moved that when the House adjourns today it adjourn until 9:00 a.m., Thursday, March 19, 1998. The motion prevailed.
Winter moved that the House adjourn. The motion prevailed, and the Speaker declared the House stands adjourned until 9:00 a.m., Thursday, March 19, 1998.
Edward A. Burdick, Chief Clerk, House of Representatives