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The House of Representatives convened at 2:30 p.m. and was called to order by Steve Sviggum, Speaker of the House.

Prayer was offered by Pastor Randy Taber, Olivet United Methodist Church, Robbinsdale, Minnesota.

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:

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

A quorum was present.

Anderson, B.; Huntley; Kahn; Larsen, P.; Swenson and Tingelstad were excused.

The Chief Clerk proceeded to read the Journal of the preceding day. Skoe 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. 184, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; canceling the appropriation for a United Nations trade point; requiring a report to the legislature.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 1, line 7, before "The" insert "(a)"

Page 1, after line 10, insert:

"(b) Any portion of the appropriation in Laws 1997, chapter 200, article 1, section 28, that has been transferred to the office of technology, the world trade center, or the University of Minnesota and is unspent, is canceled and must be returned to the general fund. This paragraph does not apply to the extent that a portion of the appropriation has been committed in a manner that makes it impossible to return the money to the general fund without incurring legal liability."

Page 1, after line 20, insert:

"Sec. 3. [COST ACCOUNTING.]

For purposes of determining the fiscal impact of this act, any savings to the general fund resulting from this act must be assumed to be part of the cancellation adjustment for fiscal year 1999 included in the November 1998 forecast of general fund revenues and expenditures."

Page 1, line 21, delete "3" and insert "4"

Page 1, line 22, delete "and 2" and insert "to 3"

Amend the title as follows:

Page 1, line 2, delete "the"

Page 1, line 3, delete "appropriation" and insert "appropriations" and after "point" insert "and to the office of technology"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill pass.

The report was adopted.

H. F. No. 184 was read for the second time.

The following House Files were introduced:

Erickson and Mares introduced:

H. F. No. 386, A bill for an act relating to education; amending the process by which state board of teaching members are confirmed; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 122A.07, subdivision 1.

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

Skoglund introduced:

H. F. No. 387, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; requiring retailers to include serial numbers of goods sold on receipts for goods purchased with a credit card to allow for tracing of stolen goods; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325F.

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

Nornes, Cassell, Daggett, Westerberg and Westfall introduced:

H. F. No. 388, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for the office of tourism.

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

Nornes introduced:

H. F. No. 389, A bill for an act relating to the city of Fergus Falls; authorizing the expenditure of certain tax increments.

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

Davids and Krinkie introduced:

H. F. No. 390, A bill for an act relating to financial institutions; eliminating certain preferential provisions involving credit unions; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 290.05, subdivisions 1 and 2.

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

Seifert, J.; Bishop; Opatz; Skoglund and Broecker introduced:

H. F. No. 391, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; limiting punitive damages in cases involving products or devices approved by the Food and Drug Administration; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 549.20, by adding a subdivision.

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

Solberg and Hilty introduced:

H. F. No. 392, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for tourism promotion.

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

Finseth introduced:

H. F. No. 393, A bill for an act relating to taxation; reducing the rates of the taxes on lawful gambling; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 297E.02, subdivisions 1, 4, and 6.

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

Greiling and Seifert, M., introduced:

H. F. No. 394, A bill for an act relating to campaign finance and public disclosure; increasing the public's right to know; requiring disclosure of economic interests of independent contractors and consultants; requiring conduit funds to register with the board of campaign finance and public disclosure, to have a treasurer, and to not commingle funds; requiring full disclosure of the total costs of lobbying; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 10A.01, subdivisions 4, 11, 28, and by adding a subdivision; 10A.04, subdivisions 4, 5, and 6; 10A.14, subdivisions 1 and 2; 10A.20, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, and by adding a subdivision; and 211B.15, subdivision 16; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 10A.04, subdivision 4a.

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

Dawkins introduced:

H. F. No. 395, A bill for an act relating to municipal contracting; requiring municipalities to request the state designer selection board to select primary designers for certain projects; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 16B.33, subdivision 1; and 471.345, by adding a subdivision.

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

Howes; Otremba; Lenczewski; Anderson, B., and Molnau introduced:

H. F. No. 396, A bill for an act relating to taxation; exempting clothing repair and alterations from the sales and use tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 297A.01, subdivision 3.

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

Knoblach introduced:

H. F. No. 397, A bill for an act relating to elections; providing for the election of state legislators without party designation; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 10A.27, subdivision 4; 10A.275, subdivision 3; 10A.31, subdivision 5; 10A.325; 204D.08, subdivisions 4 and 6; and 204D.13, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 10A.315.

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

Howes, Swenson and Fuller introduced:

H. F. No. 398, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing private sale of certain tax-forfeited land that borders public water in Hubbard county.

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

Kielkucki introduced:

H. F. No. 399, A bill for an act relating to local government; authorizing home rule charter and statutory cities to establish a sidewalk utility; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 415.

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

Winter, Peterson and Kubly introduced:

H. F. No. 400, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; providing emergency payments for certain pork producers; appropriating money.

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

Mulder introduced:

H. F. No. 401, A bill for an act relating to property taxation; exempting agricultural land from the general education levy; increasing general education aid; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 127A.48, by adding a subdivision; and 275.08, subdivision 1b.

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

Finseth introduced:

H. F. No. 402, A bill for an act relating to education funding; restoring minimum funding for secondary vocational programming; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.453, subdivision 3.

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

Ness; Carlson; Dempsey; Seifert, M., and Tunheim introduced:

H. F. No. 403, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a uniform minimum length of the school year; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 120A.41.

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

Erickson, Ness, Abeler and Kielkucki introduced:

H. F. No. 404, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs.

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

Johnson and Chaudhary introduced:

H. F. No. 405, A bill for an act relating to education funding; creating an equalized discretionary aid and levy for deferred maintenance purposes; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 126C.

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

Howes; Tomassoni; Seifert, M.; Bakk; Skoe and Fuller introduced:

H. F. No. 406, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article I; providing that the right of citizens to bear arms for certain purposes is fundamental and shall not be abridged.

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

Skoglund, Wagenius, Mullery, Stanek and Bishop introduced:

H. F. No. 407, A bill for an act relating to crime; establishing a misdemeanor prosecution pilot grant program; appropriating money.

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

Goodno, Mulder, Jennings, Rhodes, Greenfield, Dorn, Carruthers and Abeler introduced:

H. F. No. 408, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying the definition of practice of pharmacy; defining patient counseling; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 151.01, subdivision 27, and by adding a subdivision.

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

Skoglund, Stanek, Broecker, Bishop and Wenzel introduced:

H. F. No. 409, A bill for an act relating to crime; expanding the definition of criminal gang in the gang enhancement statute; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 609.229, subdivision 1.

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

Entenza introduced:

H. F. No. 410, A bill for an act relating to retirement; providing service credit in the correctional employees plan.

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

Tomassoni; Rukavina; Solberg; Pugh; McCollum; Hilty; Kelliher; Peterson; Gray; Kielkucki; Jennings; Mariani; Smith; Juhnke; Huntley; Marko; Howes; Hasskamp; Seifert, M.; Reuter; Bakk and Leighton introduced:

H. F. No. 411, A resolution requesting a ban on the importation of certain steel products.

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

Schumacher, Stang, Gunther, Wenzel and Juhnke introduced:

H. F. No. 412, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; allowing deer and elk to be hunted in shooting preserves; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 97A.115, subdivisions 1 and 2; and 97A.121, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and by adding a subdivision.

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

Mulder, Bradley, Leppik, Huntley and Greenfield introduced:

H. F. No. 413, A bill for an act relating to professions; modifying certain licensing and registration requirements for physicians, acupuncturists, and athletic trainers; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 147.02, subdivision 1; 147.03, subdivision 1; 147.037, subdivision 1; 147B.02, subdivisions 4 and 9; 147B.05, subdivision 2; 148.7808, subdivisions 4 and 5; and 148.7815, subdivisions 1 and 2.

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

Gunther, Peterson, Ness, Wenzel, Harder, Dorman, Hackbarth and Swenson introduced:

H. F. No. 414, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; extending the program for control of pseudorabies in swine; appropriating money.

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

Rhodes introduced:

H. F. No. 415, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales; exempting sales of gold and silver coins and bullion; 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.

Rhodes introduced:

H. F. No. 416, A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; requiring investigation of interference with local telephone service; requiring improvements to telephone facilities to reduce or eliminate interference; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 216A.07, subdivision 4; and 237.5799; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 237.

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

Hasskamp and Howes introduced:

H. F. No. 417, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting equipment and materials used to make improvements to certain resorts; 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.

Hasskamp and Howes introduced:

H. F. No. 418, A bill for an act relating to taxation; changing classification requirements for certain resorts; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 273.13, subdivisions 22 and 25.

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

Wenzel, Dehler and Otremba introduced:

H. F. No. 419, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money to commissioner of transportation to study feasibility of extending Northstar corridor from St. Cloud to Little Falls.

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

Haas, Luther and Carruthers introduced:

H. F. No. 420, A bill for an act relating to the city of Brooklyn Park; establishing a housing improvement area.

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

Haas, Luther and Carruthers introduced:

H. F. No. 421, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing conveyance of certain tax-forfeited land that borders public water in Hennepin county.

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

Clark, K.; Abrams; McElroy; Daggett; Rest; Dawkins and Wejcman introduced:

H. F. No. 422, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting vitamin, mineral, and whole food supplements from the sales and use tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 297A.25, subdivision 3.

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

Daggett, Huntley, Smith, Bradley and Jennings introduced:

H. F. No. 423, A bill for an act relating to family law; clarifying support withholding of income from certain independent contractors in the motor carrier industry; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 518.6111, by adding a subdivision.

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

Westfall, Hausman, Goodno, Bradley, Greenfield, Finseth, Daggett, Harder, Westrom, Stang, Nornes, Cassell and Hackbarth introduced:

H. F. No. 424, A bill for an act relating to health; expanding the living-at-home/block nurse program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 256B.0917, subdivision 8.

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

Stanek, Lindner, Carruthers and Luther introduced:

H. F. No. 425, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; appropriating money for the northwest community law enforcement project.

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

Rukavina, Bakk, Holsten and Mares introduced:

H. F. No. 426, A resolution memorializing the President and Congress to enact laws that will expedite the exchange of intermingled state and federal lands located within the exterior boundaries of the Superior National Forest to consolidate land ownership for the purpose of enabling each government to properly discharge its respective management duties.

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

Kahn, Rhodes, Murphy, Hilty and Greiling introduced:

H. F. No. 427, A bill for an act relating to elections; directing the secretary of state to study voting by Internet; appropriating money.

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

Kahn, Krinkie, Rhodes, Greiling and Bishop introduced:

H. F. No. 428, A bill for an act relating to retirement; creating the Minnesota volunteer firefighter pension association and retirement fund; requiring reports; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 69A.

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

Bradley, Rifenberg, Leighton, Pelowski, Kuisle, Davids, Osskopp, Seagren, Reuter and Boudreau introduced:

H. F. No. 429, A bill for an act relating to human services; transferring certain duties to the region 10 quality assurance commission from the commissioner of human services; requiring a waiver request to be submitted to the federal government; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 256B.0951, subdivisions 1 and 3; and 256B.0955.

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

Kahn, Pawlenty, Van Dellen, Dawkins, Knoblach and Mariani introduced:

H. F. No. 430, A bill for an act relating to alcoholic beverages; authorizing St. Paul to issue a temporary license for the sale of beer on the grounds of the state capitol in connection with the Twin Cities Marathon; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 340A.412, subdivision 4.

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

Howes, Solberg, Hasskamp and Fuller introduced:

H. F. No. 431, A bill for an act relating to tax-forfeited land sales; removing a provision dealing with apportionment of the net proceeds of sales and rental of forfeited lands; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 282.05.

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

Orfield introduced:

H. F. No. 432, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minneapolis teachers retirement fund association; permitting the designation of certain supplemental needs trusts as the designated beneficiary of an optional annuity form.

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

Howes, Daggett, Tingelstad and Skoe introduced:

H. F. No. 433, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing the exchange and private sale of certain tax-forfeited land that borders public water in Cass county.

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

Opatz, Knoblach, Schumacher and Dehler introduced:

H. F. No. 434, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; correcting the name of a grant recipient to that of the project owner; amending Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 23, subdivision 17.

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

Milbert and Pugh introduced:

H. F. No. 435, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minnesota state retirement system general state employees retirement plan; authorizing the purchase of service credit as a department of transportation laborer 1 by certain persons.

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

Mares, Smith, Stanek, Wenzel and Murphy introduced:

H. F. No. 436, A bill for an act relating to retirement; modifying early retirement provisions for the state patrol retirement fund and public employees retirement association; providing for pre-1999 consolidations; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 352B.08, subdivision 2a; 353.651, subdivision 4; and 353A.083, by adding a subdivision.

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

Abrams, Carruthers, Rest and McElroy introduced:

H. F. No. 437, A bill for an act relating to taxation; making policy changes to certain taxes and tax administrative provisions; conforming certain state tax provisions to changes in the Internal Revenue Code; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 60A.19, subdivision 6; 270.07, subdivision 1; 270.65; 270.78; 270B.03, subdivisions 1 and 5; 270B.14, by adding a subdivision; 289A.02, subdivision 7; 289A.31, subdivision 2; 289A.40, subdivision 1a; 289A.50, subdivision 7; 289A.55, subdivision 9; 289A.56, subdivision 4; 290.01, subdivisions 19, 19b, and 31; 290.17, subdivisions 3, 4, and 6; 290A.03, subdivision 15; 291.005, subdivision 1; 295.50, subdivision 4; 295.53, subdivision 1; 297F.08, by adding a subdivision; and 297H.05.

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

Swenson and Kubly introduced:

H. F. No. 438, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; amending a grant to the McLeod West school district No. 2887; amending Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 5, subdivision 11.

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

Orfield introduced:

H. F. No. 439, A bill for an act relating to liquor; authorizing the city of Minneapolis to issue an on-sale liquor license for Dudley Riggs Theatre; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 340A.404, subdivision 2.

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

Abrams introduced:

H. F. No. 440, A bill for an act relating to retirement; teachers retirement association; authorizing the purchase of service credit for a sabbatical leave by certain teachers.

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

Knoblach and Rhodes introduced:

H. F. No. 441, A bill for an act relating to campaign finance; clarifying definitions; facilitating reports of last-minute contributions; clarifying campaign finance requirements; changing certain limits; requiring return of public subsidies under certain conditions; making advisory opinions public data; clarifying certain definitions and prohibitions; clarifying and authorizing exceptions to the ban on gifts; providing civil penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 10A.01, subdivisions 7 and 18; 10A.02, subdivision 12; 10A.03, subdivision 3; 10A.04, subdivisions 5 and 7; 10A.065, subdivisions 1, 3, and by adding a subdivision; 10A.071; 10A.08; 10A.09, subdivision 7; 10A.14, subdivision 4; 10A.15, subdivisions 3, 5, and by adding a subdivision; 10A.20, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 6b, 12, and by adding a subdivision; 10A.23; 10A.25, subdivisions 2 and 10; 10A.29; 10A.31, subdivisions 7 and 10; 10A.315; 10A.322, subdivisions 1 and 4; 10A.324, subdivision 1; 10A.34; 200.02, by adding a subdivision; 211A.02, subdivision 2; 211A.12; 290.06, subdivision 23; and 471.895; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 211A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 10A.09, subdivision 3.

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

Reuter introduced:

H. F. No. 442, A bill for an act relating to highways; requiring metered ramp study by department of transportation; appropriating money.

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

Greenfield, Huntley, Mulder, Haas and Dorn introduced:

H. F. No. 443, A bill for an act relating to organizations; regulating certain nonprofit and charitable organizations; defining a nonprofit health care trust; establishing requirements for certain agreements and transactions between nonprofit health care trusts and noncharitable entities; requiring that financial statements of charitable organizations contain certain information; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 13.99, by adding a subdivision; 309.53, subdivision 3; 317A.141, subdivision 4; and 317A.811, subdivision 6; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 501B.

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

Stang, Cassell, Otremba and Dehler introduced:

H. F. No. 444, A bill for an act relating to the Sauk river watershed district; authorizing a levy for its administrative fund.

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

Abrams introduced:

H. F. No. 445, A bill for an act relating to state employment; Minnesota state colleges and universities system; permitting retired employees formerly represented by the Minnesota federation of teachers to elect between certain contract provisions.

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

Kuisle; Lieder; Anderson, I.; Molnau; Davids; Kielkucki; Gunther; Broecker; Harder; Stang; Finseth; Seifert, M.; Swenson; Osskopp; Rifenberg; Dorman; Clark, J.; Skoe; Westfall; Kubly; Juhnke and Ness introduced:

H. F. No. 446, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; decreasing rate of depreciation for passenger automobile registration tax; allocating revenues from motor vehicle sales tax; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, Article XIV, by adding a section to require certain percentages of motor vehicle sales tax revenue be deposited in highway user tax distribution fund and transit assistance fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 168.013, subdivision 1a; and 297B.09, subdivision 1.

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

H. F. No. 26, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; changing a grantee for the Mississippi education center grant; imposing a condition; amending Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 5, subdivision 9.

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. There were 125 yeas and 3 nays as follows:

Those who voted in the affirmative were:

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

Those who voted in the negative were:

Buesgens	Krinkie	Molnau

The bill was passed and its title agreed to.

H. F. No. 77 was reported to the House.

Upon objection of ten members, H. F. No. 77 was stricken from the Consent Calendar and placed on the General Register.

Krinkie moved that the names of Reuter; Haas; Hackbarth; Holsten; Lindner; Swenson; Haake; Paulsen; Tuma; Rifenberg; Dehler; Kuisle; Davids; Larsen, P.; Mulder; Anderson, B.; Erickson; Holberg; Seifert, J., and Tingelstad be added as authors on H. F. No. 225. The motion prevailed.

Tunheim moved that the names of Finseth and Anderson, I., be added as authors on H. F. No. 305. The motion prevailed.

Kahn moved that the name of Clark, K., be added as chief author on H. F. No. 337. The motion prevailed.

Mullery moved that the name of Stanek be added as an author on H. F. No. 348. The motion prevailed.

Mulder moved that the names of Clark, J., and Mariani be added as authors on H. F. No. 352. The motion prevailed.

Skoglund moved that the name of Luther be added as an author on H. F. No. 357. The motion prevailed.

Juhnke moved that the name of Luther be added as an author on H. F. No. 363. The motion prevailed.

Mulder moved that the name of Luther be added as an author on H. F. No. 364. The motion prevailed.

Larson, D., moved that the name of Dawkins be added as an author on H. F. No. 374. The motion prevailed.

Goodno moved that the name of Larsen, P., be added as an author on H. F. No. 377. The motion prevailed.

Daggett moved that the names of Rifenberg, Bradley and Boudreau be added as authors on H. F. No. 378. The motion prevailed.

Daggett moved that the name of Milbert be added as an author on H. F. No. 380. The motion prevailed.

Goodno moved that the name of Clark, K., be added as an author on H. F. No. 383. The motion prevailed.

Holsten moved that the names of Munger, Finseth, Rukavina and Tingelstad be added as authors on H. F. No. 385. The motion prevailed.

Kahn moved that the name of Clark, K., be added as chief author on House Resolution No. 2. The motion prevailed.

Gunther moved that H. F. No. 414 be recalled from the Committee on Agriculture Policy and be re-referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Finance. The motion prevailed.

Kuisle moved that H. F. No. 446 be recalled from the Committee on Transportation Finance and be re- referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy. The motion prevailed.

Pawlenty moved that when the House adjourns today it adjourn until 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, February 2, 1999. The motion prevailed.

Pawlenty moved that the House adjourn. The motion prevailed, and the Speaker declared the House stands adjourned until 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, February 2, 1999.

Edward A. Burdick, Chief Clerk, House of Representatives