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The House of Representatives convened at 9:30 a.m. and was called to order by Steve Sviggum, Speaker of the House.

Prayer was offered by the Reverend Lonnie E. Titus, House Chaplain.

The members of the House gave the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.

The roll was called and the following members were present:

Abrams	Entenza	Howes	Mahoney	Pawlenty	Swenson
Anderson, I.	Erhardt	Huntley	Mares	Paymar	Sykora
Bakk	Erickson	Jaros	Mariani	Pelowski	Tingelstad
Biernat	Finseth	Jennings	Marko	Peterson	Tomassoni
Bishop	Folliard	Johnson	McCollum	Pugh	Trimble
Boudreau	Fuller	Juhnke	McElroy	Rest	Tuma
Bradley	Gerlach	Kahn	McGuire	Reuter	Tunheim
Broecker	Gleason	Kalis	Milbert	Rhodes	Van Dellen
Buesgens	Goodno	Kelliher	Molnau	Rifenberg	Vandeveer
Carlson	Gray	Kielkucki	Mulder	Rostberg	Wagenius
Carruthers	Greenfield	Knoblach	Mullery	Rukavina	Wejcman
Cassell	Greiling	Koskinen	Munger	Schumacher	Wenzel
Chaudhary	Gunther	Krinkie	Murphy	Seagren	Westerberg
Clark, J.	Haake	Kubly	Ness	Seifert, J.	Westfall
Clark, K.	Haas	Kuisle	Nornes	Seifert, M.	Westrom
Daggett	Hackbarth	Larson, D.	Olson	Skoe	Wilkin
Davids	Harder	Leighton	Opatz	Skoglund	Winter
Dawkins	Hasskamp	Lenczewski	Osskopp	Smith	Wolf
Dehler	Hausman	Leppik	Osthoff	Solberg	Workman
Dempsey	Hilty	Lieder	Otremba	Stanek	Spk. Sviggum
Dorman	Holberg	Lindner	Ozment	Stang
Dorn	Holsten	Luther	Paulsen	Storm

A quorum was present.

Abeler; Anderson, B.; Larsen, P., and Orfield were excused.

The Chief Clerk proceeded to read the Journal of the preceding day. Buesgens moved that further reading of the Journal be suspended and that the Journal be approved as corrected by the Chief Clerk. The motion prevailed.

Bishop from the Committee on Ways and Means to which was referred:

H. F. No. 209, A bill for an act relating to public administration; converting capital project financing from general fund cash to general obligation bonding; 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; canceling certain money to the general fund; appropriating money; amending Laws 1998, chapters 389, article 9, section 2, as amended; and 404, section 27, subdivision 1.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 1, lines 14 and 15, delete "restore to the unrestricted general fund budgetary balance" and insert "deposit in a rebate account"

Page 6, delete section 14

Page 7, after line 21, insert:

"(c) The money canceled to the general fund in paragraph (a) must be deposited in a rebate account that the legislature intends to be disbursed in its entirety pursuant to a rebate program, to be enacted in law in 1999."

Renumber the sections in sequence

Correct internal references

Amend the title as follows:

Page 1, line 10, delete everything after the first comma, and insert "chapter"

Page 1, line 11, delete "2, as amended; and"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill pass.

The report was adopted.

H. F. No. 209 was read for the second time.

The following House Files were introduced:

Opatz, Goodno and Workman introduced:

H. F. No. 296, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; expanding disability parking privilege to certain pregnant women; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 169.345, subdivision 2.

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

Carlson and Mullery introduced:

H. F. No. 297, A bill for an act relating to drivers' licenses; allowing use of expired United States passport as secondary identification for applicant for driver's license, permit, or identification card; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 171.06, by adding a subdivision.

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

Seifert, M., and Mulder introduced:

H. F. No. 298, A bill for an act relating to the environment; repealing the requirement to obtain a certificate of need for new disposal capacity for mixed municipal solid waste outside the metropolitan area; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115A.917.

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

Knoblach introduced:

H. F. No. 299, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for state aid to replace the referendum equalization levy after the first year of approval of a referendum; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 126C.17, subdivisions 6 and 7.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on K-12 Education Finance.

Knoblach; Westerberg; Rifenberg; Daggett; Wolf; Wilkin; Osskopp; Erickson; Bradley; Howes; Holberg; Tingelstad; Anderson, B., and Mares introduced:

H. F. No. 300, A bill for an act relating to health; prohibiting partial-birth abortions; providing criminal penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.

Knoblach; Tingelstad; Anderson, B.; Mares; Howes and Stanek introduced:

H. F. No. 301, A bill for an act relating to the legislature; fixing the size of the legislature after the 2000 census; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 2.021.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.

Davids, Huntley, Lieder and Jennings introduced:

H. F. No. 302, A bill for an act relating to municipal contracting; authorizing ambulance services to participate in shared service purchasing; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 471.345, subdivision 10.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.

Erhardt and Van Dellen introduced:

H. F. No. 303, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; extending levy limits through taxes payable in 2001; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 275.71, subdivisions 2, 3, and 4; Laws 1997, chapter 231, article 3, section 9.

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

Tunheim introduced:

H. F. No. 304, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; allowing the shipment of wild animals that were taken on the northwest angle portion of the Red Lake Indian Reservation; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97A.

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

Tunheim introduced:

H. F. No. 305, A bill for an act relating to the environment; appropriating money for waste management purposes.

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

Workman, Paulsen and Seagren introduced:

H. F. No. 306, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing the conveyance of certain tax-forfeited land that borders public water or natural wetlands in Hennepin county.

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

Solberg introduced:

H. F. No. 307, A bill for an act relating to education; allowing administrative regions of the high school league to contract with private auditors; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 128C.12, subdivision 1.

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

Seifert, M.; Reuter and Paulsen introduced:

H. F. No. 308, A bill for an act relating to ethics in government; campaign finance; prohibiting a candidate who accepts a public campaign subsidy from accepting contributions from lobbyists, political funds, or political committees other than political party units; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 10A.27, by adding a subdivision; and 10A.322, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.

Haas, Haake and Huntley introduced:

H. F. No. 309, A bill for an act relating to health care; providing for assessments of proposed health coverage mandates; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 62J.152, subdivisions 1 and 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62J.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.

Knoblach; Wenzel; Pawlenty; Smith; Cassell; Seifert, J.; Larsen, P.; Erickson; Clark, J.; Westerberg; Dorman; Rostberg; Haake; Paulsen; Wilkin; Storm; Dempsey; Abeler; Buesgens; Gerlach; Reuter; Fuller; Daggett; Rifenberg; Howes; Kielkucki; Hackbarth; Boudreau; Stanek; Osskopp; Seifert, M.; Vandeveer; Leppik and Olson introduced:

H. F. No. 310, A bill for an act relating to employment; providing protection for disclosure of job reference information; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181.

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

Goodno introduced:

H. F. No. 311, A bill for an act relating to health; abolishing the health care access fund; repealing the insurance premiums tax on health maintenance organizations and nonprofit health service plan corporations; phasing out health care taxes; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 60A.15, subdivision 1; 62J.041, subdivision 1; 62Q.095, subdivision 6; 62R.24; 214.16, subdivisions 2 and 3; 256L.02, subdivision 3; 270B.01, subdivision 8; 270B.14, subdivision 1; and 295.52, subdivision 7; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 13.99, subdivision 86b; 16A.724; 16A.76; 144.1484, subdivision 2; 256L.02, subdivision 4; 295.50; 295.51; 295.52; 295.53; 295.54; 295.55; 295.56; 295.57; 295.58; 295.581; 295.582; and 295.59.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.

Hasskamp, Schumacher, Smith, Bradley and Larsen, P., introduced:

H. F. No. 312, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, by adding a section to article XIII; establishing the same constitutional standard for the Minnesota Constitution and the United States Constitution for issues relating to abortion.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.

McElroy, Tingelstad, Marko and Larsen, P., introduced:

H. F. No. 313, A bill for an act relating to metropolitan government; providing for nonvoting members to serve on the metropolitan council; expanding the membership of the transportation advisory board; requesting the legislative audit commission to direct a study of the 1994 merger of metropolitan agencies into the metropolitan council; appropriating money for grants to local governments; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 473.123, subdivisions 1, 3, and by adding a subdivision; and 473.146, subdivision 4.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.

Entenza, Paymar, Davids and Paulsen introduced:

H. F. No. 314, A bill for an act relating to liquor; authorizing the city of St. Paul to issue temporary intoxicating liquor licenses to Macalester college.

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

Tomassoni, Mares, Dempsey, Nornes and Dorn introduced:

H. F. No. 315, A bill for an act relating to education; creating a declining pupil unit aid by adjusting the definition of a pupil unit; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 126C.05, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on K-12 Education Finance.

Rostberg; Hackbarth; Hilty; Anderson, I., and Wenzel introduced:

H. F. No. 316, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for National Weather Service transmitters.

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

Osskopp, Molnau, Tuma, Wenzel and Boudreau introduced:

H. F. No. 317, A bill for an act relating to education; abolishing the profile of learning; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 120B.02; 120B.04; 120B.30, subdivision 1; 120B.31, subdivision 4; and 136A.233, subdivision 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 120B.03; and 120B.05; Minnesota Rules, parts 3501.0300; 3501.0310; 3501.0320; 3501.0330; 3501.0340; 3501.0350; 3501.0360; 3501.0370; 3501.0380; 3501.0390; 3501.0400; 3501.0410; 3501.0420; 3501.0430; 3501.0440; 3501.0441; 3501.0442; 3501.0443; 3501.0444; 3501.0445; 3501.0446; 3501.0447; 3501.0448; 3501.0449; 3501.0450; 3501.0460; 3501.0461; 3501.0462; 3501.0463; 3501.0464; 3501.0465; 3501.0466; 3501.0467; 3501.0468; and 3501.0469.

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

Peterson introduced:

H. F. No. 318, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; prohibiting taking a wild animal with a firearm within 500 feet of an occupied building on public land without permission; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97B.001, subdivision 7.

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

Wagenius, Stanek, Smith, Skoglund and Rhodes introduced:

H. F. No. 319, A bill for an act relating to criminal justice information; establishing a public-private task force to develop a plan to create and implement an integrated criminal justice information system in Hennepin county and statewide; authorizing the supreme court to award aid to counties and judicial districts to develop and implement these integration plans; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 299C and 477A.

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

Opatz, Seagren, Mares and Biernat introduced:

H. F. No. 320, A bill for an act relating to education; defining state expectations for schools; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 120B.35.

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

Lindner, Cassell, Abeler, Otremba and Stanek introduced:

H. F. No. 321, A bill for an act relating to education; allowing school district residents to participate in extracurricular activities sponsored by the resident school district; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 123B.49, subdivision 4.

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

Mulder, Winter, Harder, Gunther and Dehler introduced:

H. F. No. 322, A bill for an act relating to utilities; clarifying requirement for electric energy installed capacity generated by wind energy conversion systems; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 216B.2423, subdivisions 1 and 2.

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

McElroy; Larsen, P.; Dempsey and Rest introduced:

H. F. No. 323, A bill for an act relating to the legislature; providing for the size of the senate and house of representatives; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 2.021.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.

Jennings and McElroy introduced:

H. F. No. 324, A bill for an act relating to sales tax; providing an exemption for certain machinery and equipment used by ski areas; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 297A.25, by adding a subdivision.

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

Paulsen; Broecker; Krinkie; Seifert, M., and Entenza introduced:

H. F. No. 325, A bill for an act relating to elections; prohibiting candidates from accepting certain contributions; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 10A.27, subdivision 11.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.

Winter, Johnson, Carlson, Tunheim and Greiling introduced:

H. F. No. 326, A bill for an act relating to education funding; clarifying a grant to independent school district No. 330, Heron Lake-Okabena; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on K-12 Education Finance.

Winter, Carlson, Tunheim, Greiling and Schumacher introduced:

H. F. No. 327, A bill for an act relating to education funding; authorizing a grant to independent school district No. 330, Heron Lake-Okabena; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on K-12 Education Finance.

Juhnke and Lieder introduced:

H. F. No. 328, A bill for an act relating to highways; requiring documents relating to contracts for the construction, improvement, and repair of trunk highways to express measurements in the English system of measurement only; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 161.

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

Folliard, Davids, Paulsen, Entenza and Hilty introduced:

H. F. No. 329, A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; prohibiting the advertisement of misleading business names or telephone numbers; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 325F.69, subdivision 3, and by adding a subdivision.

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

Dempsey, McCollum and Tingelstad introduced:

H. F. No. 330, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money to the Mississippi river parkway commission.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance.

Greiling, Tingelstad, Storm, Wagenius and Koskinen introduced:

H. F. No. 331, A bill for an act relating to employment; extending the length of employee leave in certain circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 181.941, subdivisions 1 and 2; 181.9412, subdivision 2; and 181.943.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Policy.

Mulder, Huntley, Boudreau and Otremba introduced:

H. F. No. 332, A bill for an act relating to medical assistance; continuing cost-based reimbursement to certain health care facilities for an additional three years; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 256B.0625, subdivision 30.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.

Buesgens, Greiling, Cassell and Dempsey introduced:

H. F. No. 333, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a board for educational administrators; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 122A.162; 122A.163; 122A.164; 122A.18, subdivisions 1, 4, 6, and 8; 122A.20, subdivisions 1 and 2; 122A.21; 122A.23; 122A.27, subdivisions 1, 4, and 5; 123A.21, subdivision 5; 123B.03, subdivision 1; 125A.67, subdivision 2; 214.01, subdivision 3; 214.04, subdivisions 1 and 3; 214.12, subdivision 1; and proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 122A.

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

Winter, Munger, Peterson and Kubly introduced:

H. F. No. 334, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for a grant and a loan to the city of Tracy for a sewer separation project to deal with combined sewer overflow; authorizing state bonds.

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

Dempsey, Holberg and Stanek introduced:

H. F. No. 335, A bill for an act relating to crimes; imposing felony penalties on certain repeat violators of DWI laws; requiring sentencing guidelines commission to give felony DWI convictions the weight of one criminal history point; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 169.121, subdivisions 3 and 3e; 169.129, subdivisions 2 and 3; and 360.0752, subdivisions 1 and 6.

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

Leppik, Greiling, Rhodes, Hilty and Osskopp introduced:

H. F. No. 336, A bill for an act relating to the state high school league; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 128C.01, subdivision 4; 128C.02, by adding a subdivision; 128C.03; 128C.12, subdivision 1; 128C.20, subdivisions 1, 2, and by adding a subdivision.

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

Kahn; Anderson, I.; McCollum; Greenfield; Munger; Dawkins; Johnson; Mullery; Gleason; Rest; McGuire; Hilty; Paymar and Skoe introduced:

H. F. No. 337, A resolution memorializing the United States Senate to take prompt action in the case of the impeachment of President Clinton.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.

Larsen, P.; Broecker; Holberg; Paymar and Entenza introduced:

H. F. No. 338, A bill for an act relating to public safety; creating emergency management grant program; authorizing rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 12.03, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 12.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.

Hasskamp, Schumacher, Pugh, Smith, Bradley and Sykora introduced:

H. F. No. 339, A bill for an act relating to health; prohibiting partial-birth abortions; providing criminal and civil penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.

Dempsey introduced:

H. F. No. 340, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for a year-round school/extended week or day grant for independent school district No. 200, Hastings.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on K-12 Education Finance.

Hasskamp, Schumacher, Pugh, Smith and Bradley introduced:

H. F. No. 341, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring informed consent of a female upon whom an abortion is performed; providing civil remedies; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.

Rostberg, Rhodes, Ness, Mulder and Dorn introduced:

H. F. No. 342, A bill for an act relating to professions; establishing the board of licensed professional mental health counseling; requiring professional mental health counselors to be licensed; requiring rulemaking; providing penalties; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 116J.70, subdivision 2a; 148A.01, subdivision 5; 148B.60, subdivision 3; 214.01, subdivision 2; 214.04, subdivision 3; and 609.341, subdivision 17; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 148B.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.

Hilty, Jennings, Rostberg, Erickson and Murphy introduced:

H. F. No. 343, A bill for an act relating to economic development; requiring the department of trade and economic development to review planning for and feasibility of a technology corridor; authorizing the board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities to accept federal money for construction of a technology center at Pine technical college.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Policy.

Rhodes introduced:

H. F. No. 344, A bill for an act relating to young people; appropriating money for youth outreach services.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.

Molnau moved that the name of Mulder be added as an author on H. F. No. 162. The motion prevailed.

Mares moved that the names of McCollum and Holsten be added as authors on H. F. No. 187. The motion prevailed.

Juhnke moved that the names of Ness and Schumacher be added as authors on H. F. No. 194. The motion prevailed.

Pawlenty moved that the name of Tingelstad be added as an author on H. F. No. 197. The motion prevailed.

Bishop moved that the names of Rest and Solberg be added as authors on H. F. No. 199. The motion prevailed.

Entenza moved that the names of Tingelstad and Westerberg be added as authors on H. F. No. 204. The motion prevailed.

Abrams moved that the names of Tingelstad and Stanek be added as authors on H. F. No. 211. The motion prevailed.

Osskopp moved that the name of Tingelstad be added as an author on H. F. No. 227. The motion prevailed.

Schumacher moved that the names of Biernat and Olson be added as authors on H. F. No. 231. The motion prevailed.

Murphy moved that the name of Westerberg be added as an author on H. F. No. 245. The motion prevailed.

Abrams moved that the names of Luther, Pelowski, Howes and Wilkin be added as authors on H. F. No. 250. The motion prevailed.

Rifenberg moved that the names of Mulder; Dorman; Kuisle; Clark, J.; Gunther and Westrom be added as authors on H. F. No. 251. The motion prevailed.

Westfall moved that the names of Luther and Harder be added as authors on H. F. No. 252. The motion prevailed.

Westfall moved that the name of Skoe be added as an author on H. F. No. 253. The motion prevailed.

Howes moved that the name of Skoe be added as an author on H. F. No. 257. The motion prevailed.

Westerberg moved that the names of Tingelstad, Nornes, Cassell and Fuller be added as authors on H. F. No. 267. The motion prevailed.

Ness moved that the name of Luther be added as an author on H. F. No. 268. The motion prevailed.

Ness moved that the name of Rifenberg be added as an author on H. F. No. 269. The motion prevailed.

Abrams moved that the names of McCollum, Leppik and Greiling be added as authors on H. F. No. 272. The motion prevailed.

Winter moved that the name of McCollum be added as an author on H. F. No. 284. The motion prevailed.

Rest moved that the names of Solberg and Luther be added as authors on H. F. No. 289. The motion prevailed.

Winter moved that the name of McCollum be added as an author on H. F. No. 295. The motion prevailed.

Kahn; Anderson, I.; McCollum; Greenfield; Munger; Marko; Johnson; Mullery; Gleason; Rest; Hilty; Paymar and Skoe introduced:

House Resolution No. 2, A house resolution urging the United States Senate to take prompt action in the case of the impeachment of President Clinton.

The resolution was referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.

FISCAL CALENDAR ANNOUNCEMENT

Pursuant to rule 1.22, Bishop announced his intention to place H. F. No. 209 on the Fiscal Calendar for Thursday, January 28, 1999.

Pawlenty moved that when the House adjourns today it adjourn until 2:30 p.m., Thursday, January 28, 1999. The motion prevailed.

Pawlenty moved that the House adjourn. The motion prevailed, and the Speaker declared the House stands adjourned until 2:30 p.m., Thursday, January 28, 1999.

Edward A. Burdick, Chief Clerk, House of Representatives