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The House of Representatives convened at 3:00 p.m. and was called to order by Steve Sviggum, Speaker of the House.

Prayer was offered by Susan Nelson, Mrs. Minnesota International 2000, Slayton, 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	Entenza	Howes	Lindner	Ozment	Swenson
Anderson, B.	Erhardt	Huntley	Lipman	Paulsen	Sykora
Anderson, I.	Erickson	Jacobson	Luther	Pawlenty	Thompson
Bakk	Evans	Jaros	Mahoney	Paymar	Tingelstad
Bernardy	Finseth	Jennings	Mares	Penas	Tuma
Biernat	Folliard	Johnson, J.	Mariani	Peterson	Vandeveer
Boudreau	Fuller	Johnson, R.	Marko	Pugh	Wagenius
Bradley	Gerlach	Johnson, S.	Marquart	Rhodes	Walker
Buesgens	Gleason	Juhnke	McElroy	Rifenberg	Walz
Carlson	Goodno	Kalis	McGuire	Rukavina	Wasiluk
Cassell	Goodwin	Kelliher	Milbert	Ruth	Wenzel
Clark, J.	Gray	Kielkucki	Molnau	Schumacher	Westerberg
Clark, K.	Greiling	Knoblach	Mulder	Seagren	Westrom
Daggett	Gunther	Koskinen	Mullery	Seifert	Wilkin
Davids	Haas	Krinkie	Murphy	Sertich	Winter
Davnie	Hackbarth	Kubly	Ness	Skoe	Wolf
Dawkins	Harder	Kuisle	Nornes	Skoglund	Workman
Dehler	Hausman	Larson	Olson	Slawik	Spk. Sviggum
Dibble	Hilstrom	Leighton	Opatz	Smith
Dorman	Hilty	Lenczewski	Osskopp	Stanek
Dorn	Holberg	Leppik	Osthoff	Stang
Eastlund	Holsten	Lieder	Otremba	Swapinski

A quorum was present.

Abrams, Bishop, Dempsey, Kahn, Pelowski and Solberg were excused.

The Chief Clerk proceeded to read the Journal of the preceding day. Johnson, J., 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. 12, A bill for an act relating to the legislature; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution by adding a section to article IV; requiring a three-fifths vote to enact a law imposing or increasing taxes, fees, or surcharges.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.

The report was adopted.

Ozment from the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 80, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; requiring installation of lake level control for Coon Lake.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 1, line 6, delete "must" and insert "may"

Amend the title as follows:

Page 1, line 2, delete "requiring" and insert "authorizing"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill pass.

The report was adopted.

Tuma from the Committee on Crime Prevention to which was referred:

H. F. No. 260, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; appropriating money to continue improvements to the criminal justice information system.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

"Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 299C.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1. [LAW ENFORCEMENT DUTY REQUIRED FINGERPRINTING.] (a) It is hereby made the duty of the Sheriffs of the respective counties, of the police, peace officers in cities of the first, second, and third classes, under the direction of the chiefs of police in such cities, and of community corrections agencies operating secure juvenile detention facilities to shall take or cause to be taken immediately finger and thumb prints, photographs, distinctive physical mark identification data, information on any known aliases or street names, and other identification data requested or required by the superintendent of the bureau, of the following:

(1) persons arrested for, appearing in court on a charge of, or convicted of a felony or, gross misdemeanor, or targeted misdemeanor;

(2) juveniles arrested for, appearing in court on a charge of, adjudicated delinquent for, or alleged to have committed felonies or gross misdemeanors as distinguished from those committed by adult offenders; 

(3) persons reasonably believed by the arresting officer to be fugitives from justice;

(4) persons in whose possession, when arrested, are found concealed firearms or other dangerous weapons, burglar tools or outfits, high-power explosives, or articles, machines, or appliances usable for an unlawful purpose and reasonably believed by the arresting officer to be intended for such purposes; and

(5) juveniles referred by a law enforcement agency to a diversion program for a felony or gross misdemeanor offense.

Unless the superintendent of the bureau requires a shorter period, within 24 hours the fingerprint records and other identification data specified under this paragraph must be forwarded to the bureau of criminal apprehension on such forms and in such manner as may be prescribed by the superintendent of the bureau of criminal apprehension.

(b) Effective August 1, 1997, the identification reporting requirements shall also apply to persons arrested for or alleged to have committed targeted misdemeanor offenses and juveniles arrested for or alleged to have committed gross misdemeanors. In addition, the reporting requirements shall include any known aliases or street names of the offenders.

(c) For purposes of this section, a targeted misdemeanor is a misdemeanor violation of section 169A.20 (driving while impaired), 518B.01 (order for protection violation), 609.224 (fifth degree assault), 609.2242 (domestic assault), 609.746 (interference with privacy), 609.748 (harassment or restraining order violation), or 617.23 (indecent exposure).

Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 299C.11, is amended to read:

299C.11 [IDENTIFICATION DATA FURNISHED TO BUREAU.]

(a) The Each sheriff of each county and the chief of police of each city of the first, second, and third classes shall furnish the bureau, upon such form as the superintendent shall prescribe, with such finger and thumb prints, photographs, distinctive physical mark identification data, information on known aliases and street names, and other identification data as may be requested or required by the superintendent of the bureau, which may must be taken under the provisions of section 299C.10, of persons who shall be convicted of a felony, gross misdemeanor, or who shall be. In addition, sheriffs and chiefs of police shall furnish this identification data to the bureau for individuals found to have been convicted of a felony or, gross misdemeanor, or targeted misdemeanor, within the ten years next immediately preceding their arrest.

(b) No petition under chapter 609A is required if the person has not been convicted of any felony or gross misdemeanor, either within or without the state, within the period of ten years immediately preceding the determination of all pending criminal actions or proceedings in favor of the arrested person, and either of the following occurred:

(1) all charges were dismissed prior to a determination of probable cause; or

(2) the prosecuting authority declined to file any charges and a grand jury did not return an indictment.

Where these conditions are met, the bureau or agency shall, upon demand, return to the arrested person finger and thumb prints, photographs, distinctive physical mark identification data, information on known aliases and street names, and other identification data, and all copies and duplicates of them.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), upon the determination of all pending criminal actions or proceedings in favor of the arrested person, and the granting of the petition of the arrested person under chapter 609A, the bureau shall seal finger and thumb prints, photographs, distinctive physical mark identification

data, information on known aliases and street names, and other identification data, and all copies and duplicates of them if the arrested person has not been convicted of any felony or gross misdemeanor, either within or without the state, within the period of ten years immediately preceding such determination.

(d) DNA samples and DNA records of the arrested person shall not be returned, sealed, or destroyed as to a charge supported by probable cause.

(e) For purposes of this section,:

(1) "determination of all pending criminal actions or proceedings in favor of the arrested person" does not include:

(1) (i) the sealing of a criminal record pursuant to section 152.18, subdivision 1, 242.31, or chapter 609A;

(2) (ii) the arrested person's successful completion of a diversion program;

(3) (iii) an order of discharge under section 609.165; or

(4) (iv) a pardon granted under section 638.02; and

(2) "targeted misdemeanor" has the meaning given in section 299C.10, subdivision 1.

Sec. 3. [299C.111] [SUSPENSE FILE REPORTING.]

(a) By June 1 and December 1 of each year, the superintendent shall provide an entity or individual having responsibility regarding identification data under section 299C.10 and the criminal and juvenile justice information policy group with summary data on the number of disposition records pertaining to the entity or individual that have not been linked to an arrest record.

(b) The superintendent shall immediately notify the appropriate entity or individual when a disposition record is received that cannot be linked to an arrest record.

Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 299C.147, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2. [ESTABLISHMENT.] The bureau shall administer and maintain a computerized data system for the purpose of assisting criminal justice agencies in monitoring and enforcing the conditions of conditional release imposed on criminal offenders by a sentencing court or the commissioner of corrections. The data in the system are private data as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12, but are accessible to criminal justice agencies as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 3a, to public defenders as provided in section 611.272, to the district court, and to criminal justice agencies in other states in the conduct of their official duties.

Sec. 5. [609.118] [FINGERPRINTING REQUIRED.]

(a) When a person is convicted of a felony, gross misdemeanor, or targeted misdemeanor, as defined in section 299C.10, subdivision 1, or is adjudicated delinquent for a felony or gross misdemeanor, the court shall order the offender to immediately report to the law enforcement agency responsible for the charge resulting in conviction or adjudication for the collection of fingerprint and other identification data required under section 299C.10, regardless of the sentence imposed or executed.

(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply if the person is remanded to the custody of a law enforcement agency or if the identification data was collected prior to the conviction or adjudication for the offense.

(c) A person who fails to obey a court order under paragraph (a) is subject to probation revocation, contempt of court, or any other appropriate remedy. 

(d) This section does not limit or restrict any other statutory requirements or local policies regarding the collection of identification data.

Sec. 6. [APPROPRIATIONS.]

Subdivision 1. [SUPREME COURT.] (a) $20,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the chief justice of the supreme court for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, to continue redevelopment of the court information system to be used by all counties to integrate court information with other criminal justice information.

(b) This money may not be used by the chief justice for any other purpose.

Subd. 2. [DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.] $6,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of public safety for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002. Of this amount:

(1) $2,000,000 is for eight positions to support the criminal and juvenile justice information policy group in fulfilling its responsibilities relating to criminal justice information system improvements; and

(2) $4,000,000 is for the planning, development, and implementation of an integration backbone consistent with the criminal justice information architecture (CriMNet).

Subd. 3. [BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION.] (a) $14,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the superintendent of the bureau of criminal apprehension for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002. Of this amount:

(1) $3,000,000 is for up to 11 professional positions dedicated to reducing the number of court dispositions in a suspense file and to prevent new court dispositions from entering a suspense file;

(2) $10,000,000 is for grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 299C.65, subdivision 7, to implement criminal justice information integration plans for entities that have completed integration plans under Minnesota Statutes, section 299C.65, subdivision 6; and

(3) $1,000,000 is for grants to develop criminal justice information integration plans under Minnesota Statutes, section 299C.65, subdivision 6.

Upon approval of the criminal and juvenile justice information policy group, the superintendent may use up to $1,500,000 of the amount appropriated in clause (1) for grants to local agencies to reduce the number of court dispositions in a suspense file and to prevent new court dispositions from entering a suspense file.

(b) This money may not be used by the superintendent for any other purpose.

Subd. 4. [DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.] (a) $1,500,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of corrections for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, for:

(1) detention grants for the statewide supervision system;

(2) out-of-home placement system development;

(3) electronic probation file transfers; and

(4) maintaining and conforming the department's systems to the CriMNet standards and backbone, including the Corrections Operational Management system (COMS), Statewide Supervision System (SSS), Detention Information System (DIS), Court Services Tracking System (CSTS), and the sentencing guidelines worksheet system. 

(b) This money may not be used by the commissioner for any other purpose.

Subd. 5. [AVAILABILITY OF MONEY.] The money appropriated in this section is available until June 30, 2003.

Sec. 7. [EFFECTIVE DATES.]

Sections 1 to 6 are effective July 1, 2001, except that section 3, paragraph (b), is effective August 1, 2001."

Delete the title and insert:

"A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; requiring fingerprinting by local law enforcement agencies and transmittal to the bureau of criminal apprehension; requiring collection of known aliases and street names for transmittal to the bureau; requiring suspense file reporting; appropriating money to the supreme court for the court information system, the department of public safety for criminal justice information system improvements, the bureau of criminal apprehension for various criminal justice information purposes, and the department of corrections for various criminal justice information purposes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 299C.10, subdivision 1; 299C.11; and 299C.147, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 299C; and 609."

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Civil Law.

The report was adopted.

Wolf from the Committee on Regulated Industries to which was referred:

H. F. No. 264, A bill for an act relating to energy; correcting names of legislative committees represented by certain members of legislative electric energy task force; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 216C.051, subdivision 2.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar.

The report was adopted.

H. F. Nos. 80 and 264 were read for the second time.

The following House Files were introduced:

Westerberg; Jacobson; Nornes; Eastlund; Erickson; Vandeveer; Hackbarth; Tingelstad; Abeler; Walz; Johnson, J.; Gunther; Lindner; Cassell and Ruth introduced:

H. F. No. 456, A resolution memorializing Congress to authorize and appropriate funding for 40 percent of the cost of special education.

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

Jacobson; Eastlund; Johnson, J.; Penas; Westerberg; Walz; Olson and Lipman introduced:

H. F. No. 457, A bill for an act relating to lobbyists; prohibiting former legislators, constitutional officers, agency heads, and certain legislative employees from lobbying for legislative or administrative action for one year after leaving office; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10A.

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

Penas, Finseth, Westrom, Lieder and Skoe introduced:

H. F. No. 458, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing that land enrolled in certain conservation programs may qualify as a special agricultural homestead; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 273.124, subdivision 14.

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

Anderson, I., introduced:

H. F. No. 459, A bill for an act relating to state government; appropriating money for a study of potential relocation of the forestry division of the department of natural resources.

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

Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 460, A bill for an act relating to education; permitting independent school district No. 238, Mabel-Canton, to permanently start the school year before Labor Day; amending Laws 2000, chapter 489, article 6, section 44, subdivision 2.

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

Mulder introduced:

H. F. No. 461, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring records of physical examinations for student athletes to be on file at high schools; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 128C.

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

Howes, Daggett, McElroy, Winter and Rukavina introduced:

H. F. No. 462, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; exempting certain residential buildings from taxation for a temporary time period; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 272.02, by adding a subdivision.

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

Greiling, Seagren, Leppik, Luther, Lenczewski and Bernardy introduced:

H. F. No. 463, A bill for an act relating to data practices; mental health patient records; providing for family access to certain patient records; requiring certain information to be gathered when emergency mental health treatment is sought; providing for participation of certain family members in preparing an aftercare plan; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 144.335, by adding a subdivision; 253B.05, subdivision 1; and 253B.15, subdivision 1.

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

Wilkin; Rhodes; Pawlenty; Krinkie; Smith; Kielkucki; Erickson; Eastlund; Holberg; Lipman; Tuma; Johnson, J.; Seifert and Gerlach introduced:

H. F. No. 464, A bill for an act relating to state government; forbidding certain litigation and settlements; providing for deposit in the general fund of certain funds recovered through litigation or settlements; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 8.31, subdivision 2c.

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

Marko, Stanek, Wenzel, Mares, Murphy and Mahoney introduced:

H. F. No. 465, A bill for an act relating to retirement; granting public employees of the police and fire fund of the public employee's retirement association service credit for service in the United States armed forces; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 353.01, subdivision 16a.

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

McElroy introduced:

H. F. No. 466, A bill for an act relating to crimes; repealing the law prohibiting endurance contests; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 624.66.

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

Hilty and Murphy introduced:

H. F. No. 467, A bill for an act relating to history; appropriating money to improve the Moose Lake history museum.

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

Erickson and Schumacher introduced:

H. F. No. 468, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting the purchase of certain property used in constructing a fire station facility in the city of Princeton; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; and 297A.75, subdivision 1.

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

Abeler; Dorman; Bernardy; Davids; Tingelstad; Daggett; Kalis; Westerberg; Clark, J.; Gunther; Boudreau; Rifenberg; Jennings and Kubly introduced:

H. F. No. 469, A bill for an act relating to taxation; authorizing county agricultural societies to retain certain sales tax proceeds and use the proceeds for improvements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 38.27, by adding a subdivision; and 289A.31, subdivision 7.

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

Abeler, Otremba, Koskinen, Mulder, Boudreau and Nornes introduced:

H. F. No. 470, A bill for an act relating to health; extending and modifying the notice period for ceasing or curtailing operation of certain nursing homes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 144A.16.

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

Abeler; Rhodes; Kahn; McElroy; Marko; Walker; Sykora; Davids; Clark, J.; Erickson; Gunther; Boudreau and Hausman introduced:

H. F. No. 471, A bill for an act relating to the state building code; directing the department of administration to adopt a building code for rehabilitation of historic structures; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16B.

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

Penas introduced:

H. F. No. 472, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a fund transfer for independent school district No. 2358, Tri-County schools.

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

Anderson, I., introduced:

H. F. No. 473, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for a cold weather testing center in Koochiching county.

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

Rukavina, Mares and Sertich introduced:

H. F. No. 474, A bill for an act relating to retirement; providing a postretirement adjustment for certain retired police officers and firefighters in Eveleth.

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

Wenzel introduced:

H. F. No. 475, A bill for an act relating to historic sites; designating Little Elk Heritage Preserve as a historic preserve; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 138.664, by adding a subdivision.

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

Davids, Entenza, Haas, Holberg and Osthoff introduced:

H. F. No. 476, A bill for an act relating to insurance; providing safe harbor protection for insurance self-audit information; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 60A.

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

Mares introduced:

H. F. No. 477, A bill for an act relating to education; expanding district eligibility to participate in the alternative facilities program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 123B.59, subdivision 1.

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

Sykora, Erickson, Greiling, Tingelstad, Mares, Bradley, Davids, Rifenberg, Erhardt, Schumacher, Otremba, Gray, Mahoney, Mulder, Boudreau, Seagren and Olson introduced:

H. F. No. 478, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring parents and providers to evaluate appropriate programs and services before providing amphetamine prescription drugs to children with attention deficit disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; clarifying the definition of educational neglect to indicate that refusing to consent to a special education evaluation does not constitute educational neglect; determining the number of Minnesota school children diagnosed with attention deficit disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder currently taking amphetamine prescription drugs; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 125A.027, subdivision 2; 260A.01; and 260C.163, subdivision 11.

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

Lipman, Rhodes and Westrom introduced:

H. F. No. 479, A bill for an act relating to elections; modifying requirements for evidence of identity and residence for purposes of election day voter registration; requesting the legislative auditor to study aspects of election administration practice; creating a revolving loan fund for purchase of election equipment by local units of government; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 201.061, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 204B.

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

Kielkucki introduced:

H. F. No. 480, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing funding to establish a voluntary accreditation program to assist school districts to provide optimal educational support services; appropriating money.

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

Greiling introduced:

H. F. No. 481, A bill for an act relating to state observances; designating Combat Wounded Veterans Day; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10.

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

Kielkucki introduced:

H. F. No. 482, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for a regional planning management study.

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

Solberg, Sertich and Murphy introduced:

H. F. No. 483, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending to acquire and to better public land and other public improvements of a capital nature; providing for a grant to the city of Floodwood; authorizing issuance of bonds; appropriating money.

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

Anderson, I., introduced:

H. F. No. 484, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending to acquire and to better public land and other public improvements of a capital nature; providing for a new international bridge at International Falls; authorizing issuance of bonds; appropriating money.

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

Kielkucki introduced:

H. F. No. 485, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying conditions for the commissioner of natural resources to remove beaver dams; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 97B.665, subdivision 1.

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

Seifert, Solberg, Kubly, Greiling and Rhodes introduced:

H. F. No. 486, A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring disclaimers in newspaper ads to be a certain size; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 211B.05, subdivision 1.

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

Vandeveer, Jennings, Schumacher and Hackbarth introduced:

H. F. No. 487, A bill for an act relating to local government; increasing the amount for which a township may contract for health, social, and recreational services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 365.10, subdivision 14.

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

Davids, Otremba, Boudreau, Huntley and Goodno introduced:

H. F. No. 488, A bill for an act relating to human services; adjusting payment for ambulance service; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 256B.0625, subdivision 17a.

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

Haas, Entenza, Davids, Bradley and Larson introduced:

H. F. No. 489, A bill for an act relating to commerce; providing for the procurement of surety bonds; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 60A.

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

Kuisle introduced:

H. F. No. 490, A bill for an act relating to government data practices; providing that certain data collected by counties is classified as nonpublic data; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 13.594.

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

Jacobson, Dawkins, Mares and Wasiluk introduced:

H. F. No. 491, A bill for an act relating to public lands; authorizing a private sale of certain tax-forfeited land in Ramsey county.

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

Wolf, Jennings, Ozment, Hilty, Gleason, Kahn, Hausman and Johnson, S., introduced:

H. F. No. 492, A bill for an act relating to energy; enacting the Energy Reliability and Affordability Act; making conforming and clarifying changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 216A.07, subdivision 3; 216B.03; 216B.16, subdivisions 1 and 6b; 216B.162, subdivision 8; 216B.164, subdivisions 3 and 6; 216B.243, subdivision 3; 216C.09; and 216C.18, subdivision 1a; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216E; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 216B.241; Minnesota Rules, parts 7820.1800; 7820.1900; 7820.2000; 7820.2200; and 7820.2300.

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

Lenczewski, Luther, Mahoney, Schumacher, Kubly, Otremba, Hilstrom, Kalis, Slawik and Larson introduced:

H. F. No. 493, A bill for an act relating to health; including persons with fetal alcohol syndrome in the definitions of child with a disability and related condition; establishing a fetal alcohol syndrome advisory committee; establishing state responsibility for the cost of care outside the home of a child with fetal alcohol syndrome; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 125A.02, subdivision 1; 145.9266, by adding a subdivision; and 252.27, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2a, and 2b, and by adding a subdivision.

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

Winter; Hilty; Skoe; Peterson; Sertich; Leighton; Lieder; Johnson, R.; Murphy and Rukavina introduced:

H. F. No. 494, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a teacher loan forgiveness program; providing for rulemaking; appropriating money; 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.

Finseth, Skoe, Osskopp, Mulder, Ness, Swenson, Rifenberg, Harder, Dorman, Westrom, Stang, Kuisle and Sviggum introduced:

H. F. No. 495, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; transferring authority for the regulation of feedlots from the pollution control agency to the department of agriculture; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 17.138, subdivision 3; 35.82, subdivision 2; 114C.21, subdivision 8; 115.076, subdivision 1; 394.25, subdivision 3c; and 561.19, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 17; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 116.06, subdivision 4a; 116.07, subdivisions 7 and 7a; 116.0713; and 116.072, subdivision 13.

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

Ozment introduced:

H. F. No. 496, A bill for an act relating to elections; giving students who are eligible voters the right to time off from school to vote; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 204C.04, subdivision 1.

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

Juhnke introduced:

H. F. No. 497, A bill for an act relating to education finance; creating a bus purchase aid; creating a one-time fuel adjustment; modifying the transportation sparsity formula; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 123B.92, by adding a subdivision; 125A.76, subdivision 2; and 126C.10, subdivision 18.

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

Holberg and Ozment introduced:

H. F. No. 498, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting the purchase of construction materials and equipment used in constructing a police department and a central maintenance facility in the city of Farmington; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; and 297A.75, subdivision 1.

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

Rhodes introduced:

H. F. No. 499, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income; allowing an education subtraction or credit for musical instruments used in school; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 290.01, subdivision 19b; and 290.0674, subdivision 1.

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

Kielkucki, Davnie, Mares, Greiling, Kelliher, Sykora, Entenza, Seagren and Abeler introduced:

H. F. No. 500, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for a teacher preparation program to educate teachers of students with emotional and behavioral disorders.

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

Ozment introduced:

H. F. No. 501, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; preventing the commissioner of natural resources from comparing conservation officer enforcement activity in the evaluation of an officer's performance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 84.0285.

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

Paulsen, Kuisle, Knoblach, Rukavina and Lenczewski introduced:

H. F. No. 502, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing that sales of certain items through vending machines are exempt from the sales tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 297A.61, subdivision 3.

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

Pawlenty and McElroy introduced:

H. F. No. 503, A bill for an act relating to taxation; increasing the research credit and extending it to individual income tax; allowing an investment credit; imposing application fees; providing a sales tax exemption for certain purchases; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 290.068, subdivisions 1, 3, and 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.

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

Mulder, Gray, Sykora, Nornes and McGuire introduced:

H. F. No. 504, A bill for an act relating to family and early childhood education; modifying the at-home infant child care program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 119B.061, subdivisions 2 and 4.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Family and Early Childhood Education Finance.

Stanek, Sykora and Walz introduced:

H. F. No. 505, A bill for an act relating to criminal justice; requiring the commissioner of public safety to oversee a study on racial profiling; requiring a statewide model policy and local agency policies against racial profiling; requiring development of learning objectives against racial profiling for preservice and in-service training of peace officers; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626.

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

Bakk introduced:

H. F. No. 506, A bill for an act relating to unemployment insurance; removing eligibility restrictions to receive benefits for certain school contractors; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 268.085, subdivision 8.

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

Wagenius, Hausman, Paymar, Greiling and Dibble introduced:

H. F. No. 507, A bill for an act relating to transportation; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, section 10, and by adding a section; providing that revenue from future increases in motor fuel taxes be credited one-half to the highway user tax distribution fund and one-half to a new Minnesota public transit fund.

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

Skoe, Lieder and Kalis introduced:

H. F. No. 508, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money to construct a new facility for the Center of Human Environment in Mahnomen county; authorizing the sale of state bonds.

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

Seifert, by request, introduced:

H. F. No. 509, A bill for an act relating to insurance; prohibiting the use of certain misleading statements in automobile insurance claims settlements; clarifying the interpretation of comparative fault; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 72A.201, subdivision 6; and 604.01, subdivision 1.

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

Wolf introduced:

H. F. No. 510, A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; modifying and recodifying telecommunications laws; imposing excise tax on certain telecommunications, cable, and video programming services; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 13.46, subdivision 2; 13.679, by adding a subdivision; 16A.124, subdivision 8; 16B.465, subdivisions 1 and 1a; 18.205; 115B.02, subdivision 14; 125B.20, subdivision 2; 216A.03, subdivision 7; 216A.07, subdivisions 2 and 5; 216B.16, subdivision 2; 221.031, subdivision 2; 256.978, subdivision 2; 270B.14, subdivision 1; 272.01, subdivision 3; 297A.61, subdivision 7; 308A.210, subdivisions 3 and 8; 325E.021; 325F.692; 325F.693; 326.242, subdivision 12; 326.2421, subdivision 2; 403.09; 403.11, subdivision 1; 412.014; 471.425, subdivision 5; 473.129, subdivision 6; 609.52, subdivision 2; 609.80, subdivisions 1 and 2; and 609.892, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapters 237A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 237.01; 237.011; 237.02; 237.03; 237.035; 237.036; 237.04; 237.05; 237.06; 237.065; 237.066; 237.067; 237.068; 237.069; 237.07; 237.071; 237.072; 237.075; 237.076; 237.081; 237.082; 237.09; 237.10; 237.11; 237.115; 237.12; 237.121; 237.14; 237.15; 237.16; 237.162; 237.163; 237.164; 237.17; 237.18; 237.19; 237.20; 237.21; 237.22; 237.23; 237.231; 237.24; 237.25; 237.26; 237.27; 237.28; 237.295; 237.30; 237.33; 237.34; 237.35; 237.36; 237.37; 237.38; 237.39; 237.40; 237.44; 237.45; 237.46; 237.461; 237.462; 237.47; 237.49; 237.50; 237.51, subdivisions 1, 5, and 5a; 237.52; 237.53; 237.54; 237.55; 237.56; 237.57; 237.5799; 237.58; 237.59; 237.60; 237.61; 237.62; 237.625; 237.626; 237.63; 237.64; 237.65; 237.66; 237.661; 237.662; 237.663; 237.67; 237.68; 237.69; 237.70, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4a, 5, 6, and 7; 237.701; 237.71; 237.711; 237.73; 237.74; 237.75; 237.76; 237.761; 237.762; 237.763; 237.764; 237.765; 237.766; 237.767; 237.768; 237.769; 237.770; 237.771; 237.772; 237.773; 237.774; 237.775; 237.79; 237.80; 237.81; 238.01; 238.02; 238.03; 238.08; 238.081; 238.082; 238.083; 238.084; 238.086; 238.11; 238.12; 238.15; 238.16; 238.17; 238.18; 238.22; 238.23; 238.24; 238.241; 238.242; 238.25; 238.26; 238.27; 238.35; 238.36; 238.37; 238.38; 238.39; 238.40; 238.41; 238.42; and 238.43. repealing Minnesota Rules, parts 7810.8715; 7810.8720; 7810.8725; 7810.8730; 7810.8735; 7810.8740; 7810.8745; 7810.8750; 7810.8755; 7810.8760; 7810.8800; 7810.8805; 7810.8810; 7810.8815; 7810.8900; 7810.8905; 7810.8910; 7810.8915; 7810.8920; 7810.8925; 7810.8930; 7810.8935; 7810.8940; 7811.0050; 7811.0100; 7811.0150; 7811.0200; 7811.0300; 7811.0350; 7811.0400; 7811.0500; 7811.0550; 7811.0600; 7811.0700; 7811.0800; 7811.0900; 7811.1000; 7811.1050; 7811.1100; 7811.1200; 7811.1300; 7811.1400; 7811.1500; 7811.1600; 7811.1700; 7811.1800; 7811.1900; 7811.2000; 7811.2100; 7811.2200; 7811.2300; 7812.0050; 7812.0100, subparts 22, 23, 31, 32, 35, 45, and 47; 7812.0200, subpart 2; 7812.0300, subparts 1, 2, 3, and 4; 7812.0350; 7812.0400; 7812.0500; 7812;1300; 7812.1400; 7815.0100; 7815.0200; 7815.0300; 7815.0400; 7815.0500; 7815.0600; 7817.0100; 7817.0200; 7817.0300; 7817.0400; 7817.0500; 7817.0600; 7817.0700; 7817.0800; 7817.0900; and 7817.1000.

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

Sviggum and Ozment introduced:

H. F. No. 511, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing for property tax reform; providing for income and corporate franchise tax relief and reform; providing for sales, use, and motor vehicle sales tax reform; reducing the motor vehicle registration tax; changing and reforming health care provider taxes, insurance premiums taxes, mortgage registry and deed taxes, and gambling, petroleum, mining, and liquor taxes; changing property tax refunds; reforming property tax aids and local government aids provisions; conforming to changes in federal income tax provisions; changing certain tax increment financing provisions; providing for appointment, training, and education of assessors; making policy, clarifying, administrative, collections, refunds, and licensing changes to various taxes and fees; changing administration of the political contribution refund; giving certain powers and duties to the commissioner of revenue; authorizing the commissioner to publish names of certain delinquent taxpayers; imposing a use tax on certain solid waste generators and self-haulers; requiring notice to commissioner of city or town tobacco licenses; changing health care funding and creating a health care access fund reserve; providing for funding of the highway user tax distribution fund; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 84.922, by adding a subdivision; 126C.01, by adding subdivisions; 126C.13, subdivisions 1, 2, and 4; 126C.17, subdivisions 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10; 127A.48, subdivision 1; 168.013, subdivision 1a; 239.101, subdivision 3; 270.60, by adding a subdivision; 270.70, subdivision 13; 270.73, subdivision 1; 272.02, subdivisions 7 and 10;

273.061, subdivisions 1, 2, and 8; 273.11, subdivision 1a; 273.121; 273.124, subdivision 13; 273.13, subdivisions 22, 23, 24, 25, 31, and by adding subdivisions; 273.1392; 273.1393; 273.1398, subdivisions 1, 8, and by adding a subdivision; 273.166, subdivisions 2, 3, and 5; 273.42, by adding a subdivision; 274.01, subdivision 1; 274.13, subdivision 1; 275.011, by adding a subdivision; 275.02; 275.065, subdivisions 3, 5a, and 6; 275.08, subdivisions 1, 1a, and 1b; 275.28, subdivision 1; 275.61; 276.04, subdivision 2; 276A.06, subdivision 3; 282.01, subdivisions 1a and 1b; 282.08; 287.035; 287.08; 287.21, subdivision 1; 287.28; 289A.02, subdivision 7; 289A.11, subdivision 1; 289A.18, subdivision 4; 289A.20, subdivision 4; 289A.56, subdivision 4; 289A.60, subdivision 21; 290.01, subdivisions 19, 19b, 19c, 19d, 29, 31, and by adding a subdivision; 290.02; 290.05, subdivisions 1 and 3; 290.06, subdivisions 1, 2c, and 23; 290.0671, subdivision 1; 290.0674, subdivisions 1 and 2; 290.0675, subdivisions 1 and 3; 290.068, subdivision 2, and by adding a subdivision; 290.091, subdivisions 1 and 6; 290.0921, subdivision 8, and by adding a subdivision; 290.0922, subdivision 2; 290.095, subdivision 2; 290.17, subdivision 4; 290.191, subdivisions 2, 3, and 5; 290.32; 290.92, subdivisions 3, 23, 28, and 29; 290.9727, subdivision 3; 290.9728, subdivision 2; 290.9729, subdivision 2; 290A.03, subdivisions 12 and 15; 290A.04, subdivisions 2, 2a, and 4; 290A.15; 291.005, subdivision 1; 295.50, subdivisions 3 and 4; 295.52, subdivisions 1, 1a, and 2; 295.53, subdivisions 1 and 3; 295.58; 295.582; 296A.15, subdivision 1; 296A.16, subdivision 1; 297A.01, subdivision 5; 297A.07, subdivision 3; 297A.61, subdivisions 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 16, and by adding subdivisions; 297A.62, subdivision 1; 297A.67, subdivisions 5 and 7; 297A.68, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 17, 19, and by adding subdivisions; 297A.70, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, and 14; 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; 297A.72, subdivision 1; 297A.75, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, and 4; 297A.80; 297A.82, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, and by adding a subdivision; 297A.86, subdivision 1; 297A.87, subdivision 3; 297A.94; 297B.01, subdivision 8; 297B.03; 297B.09, subdivision 1; 297E.02, subdivisions 1 and 6; 297F.10, subdivision 1; 297I.15, by adding a subdivision; 297I.40, subdivisions 1, 2, and 7; 298.01, subdivisions 3, 3a, 3b, 3d, 4, 4a, 4c, and 4e; 298.24, subdivision 1; 298.28, subdivisions 1, 4, 5, 6, 10, and 11; 461.12, by adding a subdivision; 469.1763, subdivision 6; 469.177, subdivisions 1a and 11; 473.446, subdivision 1; 473F.08, subdivision 3; 473H.10, subdivision 3; 477A.011, subdivisions 3, 34, and by adding subdivisions; 477A.013, subdivisions 1, 8, and 9; 477A.015; 477A.03, subdivision 2; and 477A.065, subdivision 1; Laws 2000, chapter 490, article 7, section 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 16A; 126C; 270; 273; 275; 297A; 297F; and 297H; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 16A.76; 126C.13, subdivision 1; 126C.18, subdivision 1; 273.13, subdivision 21b; 273.138; 273.1382; 273.1399; 275.065, subdivision 3a; 275.078; 275.08, subdivision 1e; 282.01, subdivisions 1c, 1d, and 1e; 289A.60, subdivision 15; 290.01, subdivision 6b; 290.06, subdivision 25; 290.067; 290.0673; 290.091, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6; 290.0921, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7; 290.21; 290.35, subdivisions 3, 4, and 5; 295.50, subdivisions 10a, 14, and 15; 295.51, subdivision 1a; 295.52, subdivisions 3, 4, 4a, and 7; 295.54, subdivisions 2 and 3; 297A.67, subdivisions 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 25; 297A.68, subdivisions 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, and 34; 297A.69, subdivisions 3, 5, 6, and 7; 297A.70, subdivisions 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, and 16; 297A.82, subdivision 5; 297A.90; 297A.96; 297G.03, subdivision 4; 297G.07, subdivision 3; 297I.05, subdivisions 5 and 8; 297I.30, subdivision 3; 298.01, subdivisions 3c and 4d; 469.132, subdivision 2; 469.1734, subdivisions 4 and 6; 477A.011, subdivisions 30, 31, 32, 33, 36, and 37; and 477A.03, subdivision 4.

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

Hilstrom; Pugh; Johnson, S.; Winter; Koskinen; Folliard; Mullery; Walker; Kubly; Peterson; Skoglund; Marko; Dorn; Greiling; Kelliher; Lieder and Swapinski introduced:

H. F. No. 512, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for school district energy costs.

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

Winter, Peterson, Wenzel and Otremba introduced:

H. F. No. 513, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; establishing a program to develop cooperatively owned livestock processing plants; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 41B.

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

Carlson and Goodwin introduced:

H. F. No. 514, A bill for an act relating to retirement; providing continued insurance coverage for spouses of certain retirees.

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

Wagenius and Entenza introduced:

H. F. No. 515, A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating unfair or deceptive acts and practices; prohibiting discrimination against victims of domestic abuse; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 72A.20, subdivision 8.

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

Carlson, Ness, Greiling and Johnson, J., introduced:

H. F. No. 516, A bill for an act relating to education finance; expanding the judgment levy authority to intermediate school districts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 126C.43, subdivision 3.

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

Osthoff and Holsten introduced:

H. F. No. 517, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for park restoration in St. Paul.

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

Rhodes introduced:

H. F. No. 518, A bill for an act relating to the city of St. Louis Park; authorizing the abolition of the firefighters' civil service commission.

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

Kalis introduced:

H. F. No. 519, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for a facility grant to independent school district No. 2860, Blue Earth Area Public School.

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

Sertich, Gunther, Huntley, Davids and Jaros introduced:

H. F. No. 520, A bill for an act relating to economic development; providing for technical assistance to support microenterprise development; appropriating money.

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

Folliard, Gleason, Erhardt, Dibble, Greiling, Schumacher, Kelliher, Kahn and McGuire introduced:

H. F. No. 521, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for highway noise barriers; authorizing state bonds; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 174.

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

Huntley, Murphy and Jaros introduced:

H. F. No. 522, A bill for an act relating to gambling; creating adolescent compulsive gambling grant; appropriating money.

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

Gunther, Davids, Rhodes, Mullery and Osthoff introduced:

H. F. No. 523, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for redevelopment grants.

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

Bernardy, Goodwin, Westerberg, Abeler, Tingelstad and Kelliher introduced:

H. F. No. 524, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for a clean water partnership grant to the city of Fridley for the Springbrook subwatershed implementation project.

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

McElroy, McGuire and Boudreau introduced:

H. F. No. 525, A bill for an act relating to state government; revising conditions under which public employees receive daily payments for service on boards and councils; requiring groups to adopt standards for daily payments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 15.0575, subdivision 3; 15.059, subdivision 3; and 214.09, subdivision 3.

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

Kubly, Goodno, Kalis, Lieder and Rhodes introduced:

H. F. No. 526, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for compulsive gambling treatment and education.

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

Ness introduced:

H. F. No. 527, A bill for an act relating to retirement; teachers retirement association; authorizing the purchase of service credit for an extended leave of absence.

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

Murphy, Hilty, Stanek and Bishop introduced:

H. F. No. 528, A bill for an act relating to crime; appropriating money to reimburse Carlton county for extraordinary expenses related to criminal prosecutions and investigations.

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

Workman, Paulsen, Sykora and Folliard introduced:

H. F. No. 529, A bill for an act relating to public lands; requiring the transfer of land owned by Hennepin county to the city of Eden Prairie; appropriating money for the sale of the land.

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

Entenza; Kelliher; Johnson, R.; Mahoney; Goodwin; Dawkins; Evans; Gleason and Wasiluk introduced:

H. F. No. 530, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing one-time energy assistance aid to school districts; appropriating money.

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

Johnson, R.; Swenson and Dorn introduced:

H. F. No. 531, A bill for an act relating to health; providing exceptions to the hospital construction moratorium and the moratorium on new nursing facility beds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 144.551, subdivision 1; and 144A.071, subdivision 4a.

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

Harder; Kubly; Holsten; Kalis; Ozment; Swenson; Gunther; Abeler; Ness; Greiling; Clark, J.; Juhnke; Tuma; Seagren; Dempsey; Dorn; Wagenius; Leppik; Sykora; Seifert; Osthoff; Haas; Dorman; Mares; Tingelstad; Johnson, R.; Peterson; Cassell; Gleason; Kelliher; Folliard; Winter; Lenczewski; Molnau and Pawlenty introduced:

H. F. No. 532, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for the Minnesota river basin conservation reserve enhancement program; authorizing the sale of state bonds.

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

Carlson, Leppik, Rhodes, Thompson and Hilstrom introduced:

H. F. No. 533, A bill for an act relating to highways; requiring cost of relocating publicly owned utilities to be paid by the state; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 161.46, subdivision 5.

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

Olson; Schumacher; Anderson, B., and Erickson introduced:

H. F. No. 534, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a fund transfer for independent school district No. 882, Monticello.

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

Olson, Schumacher and Erickson introduced:

H. F. No. 535, A bill for an act relating to education; approving a maximum effort capital loan for independent school district No. 727, Big Lake; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money.

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

Peterson introduced:

H. F. No. 536, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money and authorizing bonds for Lac qui Parle state park.

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

Koskinen, Carlson, Peterson, Dorn and Solberg introduced:

H. F. No. 537, A bill for an act relating to retirement; teachers retirement association; authorizing the purchase of service credit for the uncredited portion of a sabbatical leave of absence.

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

Folliard; Dibble; Leighton; Koskinen; Greiling; Kalis; Johnson, R.; Jennings; Lenczewski and Hilty introduced:

H. F. No. 538, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting sales to political subdivisions of a state; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 297A.70, subdivisions 1, 2, and 3; and 297A.991, subdivision 2.

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

Anderson, I.; Bernardy; Pugh; Carlson and Greiling introduced:

H. F. No. 539, A bill for an act relating to education; enhancing Minnesota's elementary and secondary school system by providing all school district operating funds through state aids; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 123A.39, subdivision 3; 123A.41, subdivision 4; 123A.444; 123A.485, subdivisions 1 and 3; 123A.67, subdivision 3; 123A.73, subdivisions 9 and 12; 123A.76; 123B.53, subdivisions 4 and 5; 123B.54; 123B.57, subdivisions 1, 3, and 5; 123B.59, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 6, and 7; 123B.61; 123B.62; 124D.135, subdivisions 1 and 6; 124D.20, subdivision 1; 124D.22, subdivision 2; 124D.56, subdivision 1; 124D.86, subdivision 5; 126C.13, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, and 4; 126C.14; 126C.41, subdivisions 1, 3, and 4; 126C.42, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, and 4; 126C.43, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6; 126C.44; and 126C.45; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 127A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 123B.57, subdivisions 4 and 7; 123B.59, subdivision 5; 124D.135, subdivisions 3 and 4; 124D.20, subdivisions 5, 6, and 7; 124D.56, subdivisions 2 and 3; 124D.86, subdivision 4; 126C.10, subdivisions 10, 11, 21, and 22; 273.1382; and 275.08, subdivision 1e.

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

Folliard introduced:

H. F. No. 540, A bill for an act relating to education finance; including in the referendum revenue cap any unfunded special education costs; restoring the original referendum revenue cap percentage; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 126C.17, subdivision 2.

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

Carlson, Greiling, Ness, Biernat and Tuma introduced:

H. F. No. 541, A bill for an act relating to education finance; providing 100 percent state funding for special education revenue; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 125A.76, subdivisions 1, 2, and 4; and 125A.79, subdivisions 1 and 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 125A.79, subdivisions 5, 6, and 7.

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

Goodwin, Schumacher, Hilstrom, Murphy, Skoe, Kalis, Kubly, Juhnke, Opatz, Dorn, Sertich, Huntley, Leighton, Wasiluk and Walker introduced:

H. F. No. 542, A bill for an act relating to education finance; providing 100 percent state funding for special education revenue; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 125A.76, subdivisions 1, 2, and 4; and 125A.79, subdivisions 1 and 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 125A.79, subdivisions 5, 6, and 7.

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

Swapinski, Davnie, Luther, Lieder, Solberg, Kelliher, McGuire, Wagenius, Otremba and Johnson, S., introduced:

H. F. No. 543, A bill for an act relating to education finance; providing 100 percent state funding for special education revenue; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 125A.76, subdivisions 1, 2, and 4; and 125A.79, subdivisions 1 and 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 125A.79, subdivisions 5, 6, and 7.

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

Bernardy; Evans; Marko; Dibble; Abeler; Hilty; Johnson, R., and Hausman introduced:

H. F. No. 544, A bill for an act relating to education finance; providing 100 percent state funding for special education revenue; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 125A.76, subdivisions 1, 2, and 4; and 125A.79, subdivisions 1 and 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 125A.79, subdivisions 5, 6, and 7.

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

Anderson, I., introduced:

H. F. No. 545, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use tax; eliminating the expiration date for a specific sales tax exemption; amending Minnesota Laws 1999, chapter 243, article 4, section 19.

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

Kubly and Rhodes introduced:

H. F. No. 546, A bill for an act relating to state government; providing for proportional representation between the metropolitan area and outstate areas on administrative boards and agencies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 15.0575, subdivision 2.

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

Peterson, Kubly, Otremba, Schumacher, Kelliher and Juhnke introduced:

H. F. No. 547, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money to the board of water and soil resources for the conservation enhancement reserve program; authorizing the sale of state bonds.

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

Mulder introduced:

H. F. No. 548, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; allowing a subtraction for musical instruments used in school; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 290.01, subdivision 19b.

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

Solberg; Marquart; Skoe; Lieder; Anderson, I.; Bakk; Kalis; Hilty; Rukavina; Sertich; Finseth and Ness introduced:

H. F. No. 549, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying the general education revenue isolation index; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 126C.10, subdivision 6.

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

Eastlund, Leppik, Carlson, Daggett, Schumacher, Olson, Westrom and Davnie introduced:

H. F. No. 550, A bill for an act relating to higher education; extending authority to adopt rules for Edvest.

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

The following message was received from the Senate:

Mr. Speaker:

I hereby announce the passage by the Senate of the following House File, herewith returned:

H. F. No. 421, A bill for an act relating to the energy assistance program; allowing the expenditure of certain federal funds.

Patrick E. Flahaven, Secretary of the Senate

Ruth moved that the name of Jacobson be added as an author on H. F. No. 9. The motion prevailed.

Westerberg moved that the name of Jacobson be added as an author on H. F. No. 11. The motion prevailed.

Howes moved that the name of Jacobson be added as an author on H. F. No. 69. The motion prevailed.

Mulder moved that the name of Nornes be added as an author on H. F. No. 91. The motion prevailed.

Entenza moved that the name of Bernardy be added as an author on H. F. No. 96. The motion prevailed.

Greiling moved that the name of Jacobson be added as an author on H. F. No. 97. The motion prevailed.

Kielkucki moved that the name of Jacobson be added as an author on H. F. No. 118. The motion prevailed.

Juhnke moved that the name of Swapinski be added as an author on H. F. No. 123. The motion prevailed.

Anderson, I., moved that the name of Abrams be added as an author on H. F. No. 160. The motion prevailed.

Anderson, I., moved that the name of Abrams be added as an author on H. F. No. 161. The motion prevailed.

Howes moved that the name of Tingelstad be added as an author on H. F. No. 178. The motion prevailed.

Hackbarth moved that the name of Tingelstad be added as an author on H. F. No. 186. The motion prevailed.

Stanek moved that the name of Abeler be added as an author on H. F. No. 188. The motion prevailed.

Goodno moved that the name of Nornes be added as an author on H. F. No. 192. The motion prevailed.

Carlson moved that the name of Abeler be added as an author on H. F. No. 196. The motion prevailed.

McElroy moved that the name of Abeler be added as an author on H. F. No. 198. The motion prevailed.

Hackbarth moved that the name of Nornes be added as an author on H. F. No. 209. The motion prevailed.

Ozment moved that the name of Tingelstad be added as an author on H. F. No. 211. The motion prevailed.

Bernardy moved that the names of Abeler and Schumacher be added as authors on H. F. No. 216. The motion prevailed.

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

Anderson, I., moved that his name be stricken as an author on H. F. No. 230. The motion prevailed.

Goodwin moved that the names of Tingelstad and Dibble be added as authors on H. F. No. 234. The motion prevailed.

Juhnke moved that the name of Murphy be added as an author on H. F. No. 241. The motion prevailed.

Stanek moved that the name of Abeler be added as an author on H. F. No. 260. The motion prevailed.

Paymar moved that the name of Thompson be added as an author on H. F. No. 261. The motion prevailed.

Nornes moved that the name of Abeler be added as an author on H. F. No. 272. The motion prevailed.

Dorman moved that the names of Hackbarth, Abeler, Jacobson and Walz be added as authors on H. F. No. 274. The motion prevailed.

Ness moved that the name of Pawlenty be added as an author on H. F. No. 285. The motion prevailed.

Bernardy moved that the name of Abeler be added as an author on H. F. No. 308. The motion prevailed.

Kuisle moved that the name of Mulder be added as an author on H. F. No. 324. The motion prevailed.

Abeler moved that the name of Westerberg be added as an author on H. F. No. 330. The motion prevailed.

Abeler moved that the name of Johnson, S., be added as an author on H. F. No. 331. The motion prevailed.

Tuma moved that the name of Mulder be added as an author on H. F. No. 334. The motion prevailed.

Erhardt moved that the name of Thompson be added as an author on H. F. No. 336. The motion prevailed.

Erhardt moved that the name of Mulder be added as an author on H. F. No. 337. The motion prevailed.

Erhardt moved that the name of Thompson be added as an author on H. F. No. 338. The motion prevailed.

Dempsey moved that the name of Mahoney be added as an author on H. F. No. 339. The motion prevailed.

Dehler moved that the name of Westerberg be added as an author on H. F. No. 341. The motion prevailed.

Stanek moved that the names of Westerberg and Hilstrom be added as authors on H. F. No. 351. The motion prevailed.

Boudreau moved that the name of Mullery be shown as chief author on H. F. No. 357. The motion prevailed.

Westrom moved that the name of Mulder be added as an author on H. F. No. 362. The motion prevailed.

Bishop moved that the name of Mulder be added as an author on H. F. No. 369. The motion prevailed.

Lenczewski moved that the name of Wilkin be added as an author on H. F. No. 381. The motion prevailed.

Haas moved that the name of Westerberg be added as an author on H. F. No. 383. The motion prevailed.

Luther moved that her name be stricken as an author on H. F. No. 384. The motion prevailed.

Juhnke moved that the name of Mulder be added as an author on H. F. No. 396. The motion prevailed.

Pawlenty moved that the names of Ness and Molnau be added as authors on H. F. No. 400. The motion prevailed.

Pawlenty moved that the name of Westerberg be added as an author on H. F. No. 402. The motion prevailed.

Vandeveer moved that the names of Erickson and Eastlund be added as authors on H. F. No. 403. The motion prevailed.

Howes moved that the name of Cassell be added as an author on H. F. No. 407. The motion prevailed.

Knoblach moved that the name of Mulder be added as an author on H. F. No. 408. The motion prevailed.

Knoblach moved that the names of Mulder, Jacobson, Westerberg and Penas be added as authors on H. F. No. 415. The motion prevailed.

Schumacher moved that the name of Wenzel be added as an author on H. F. No. 420. The motion prevailed.

McElroy moved that the names of Cassell, Rhodes, Leppik, Eastlund, Ness, Paulsen and Rifenberg be added as authors on H. F. No. 421. The motion prevailed.

Seagren moved that the names of Harder and Luther be added as authors on H. F. No. 422. The motion prevailed.

Greiling moved that the names of Schumacher and Luther be added as authors on H. F. No. 423. The motion prevailed.

Greiling moved that the name of Luther be added as an author on H. F. No. 424. The motion prevailed.

Bakk moved that the name of Anderson, I., be added as an author on H. F. No. 429. The motion prevailed.

Knoblach moved that the name of Westerberg be added as an author on H. F. No. 440. The motion prevailed.

McElroy moved that the name of Mulder be added as an author on H. F. No. 441. The motion prevailed.

Nornes moved that the names of Cassell and Stanek be added as authors on H. F. No. 451. The motion prevailed.

Ozment moved that the names of Folliard; Peterson; Wagenius; Johnson, R., and Kelliher be added as authors on H. F. No. 455. The motion prevailed.

Ozment moved that H. F. No. 76 be recalled from the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and be re-referred to the Committee on Agriculture Policy. The motion prevailed.

Ozment moved that H. F. No. 362 be recalled from the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and be re-referred to the Committee on Agriculture Policy. The motion prevailed.

Abeler moved that H. F. No. 401 be recalled from the Committee on Crime Prevention and be re-referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy. The motion prevailed.

Wagenius moved that H. F. No. 434 be recalled from the Committee on Education Policy and be re-referred to the Committee on K-12 Education Finance. The motion prevailed.

Winter moved that H. F. No. 494 be recalled from the Committee on Education Policy and be re-referred to the Committee on K-12 Education Finance. The motion prevailed.

Anderson, B., moved that H. F. No. 153 be returned to its author. The motion prevailed.

Anderson, I., moved that H. F. No. 473 be returned to its author. The motion prevailed.

Ness, Wenzel, Finseth, Carlson and Seagren introduced:

House Resolution No. 2, A house resolution recognizing February 12 to 18 as Career and Technical Education Week in Minnesota.

The resolution was referred to the Committee on Education Policy.

Kielkucki and Swenson introduced:

House Resolution No. 3, A house resolution congratulating the Dammann family on being named the 2001 McLeod County Farm Family of the Year.

The resolution was referred to the Committee on Agriculture Policy.

Seagren, Penas, Greiling, Mares and Johnson, J., introduced:

House Resolution No. 4, A house resolution congratulating Minnesota's charter schools.

The resolution was referred to the Committee on Education Policy.

Pawlenty moved that when the House adjourns today it adjourn until 3:00 p.m., Monday, February 5, 2001. The motion prevailed.

Pawlenty moved that the House adjourn. The motion prevailed, and the Speaker declared the House stands adjourned until 3:00 p.m., Monday, February 5, 2001.

Edward A. Burdick, Chief Clerk, House of Representatives