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

A quorum was present.

Anderson, B., and Workman were excused.

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

S. F. No. 43 and H. F. No. 181, which had been referred to the Chief Clerk for comparison, were examined and found to be identical with certain exceptions.

Wenzel moved that the rules be so far suspended that S. F. No. 43 be substituted for H. F. No. 181 and that the House File be indefinitely postponed. The motion prevailed.

Bradley from the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 13, A bill for an act relating to human services; raising the income limit for the prescription drug program; requiring enrollees to satisfy monthly deductibles based on a sliding scale; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 256.955, subdivisions 2a and 7.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

"Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 256.955, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:

Subd. 2a. [ELIGIBILITY.] An individual satisfying the following requirements and the requirements described in subdivision 2, paragraph (d), is eligible for the prescription drug program:

(1) is at least 65 years of age or older; and

(2) is eligible as a qualified Medicare beneficiary according to section 256B.057, subdivision 3 or 3a, or is eligible under section 256B.057, subdivision 3 or 3a, and is also eligible for medical assistance or general assistance medical care with a spenddown as defined in section 256B.056, subdivision 5 enrollee;

(2) has assets with a value of no more than $10,000 for a single individual and $18,000 for a married couple or family of two or more, using the asset methodology for aged, blind, or disabled individuals specified in section 256B.056, subdivision 1a; and

(3) has a household income that does not exceed 150 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, using the income methodology for aged, blind, or disabled individuals specified in section 256B.056, subdivision 1a.

Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 256.955, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

Subd. 7. [COST SHARING.] Program enrollees must satisfy a $420 annual monthly deductible, based upon expenditures for prescription drugs, to be paid in $35 monthly increments. The monthly deductible must be calculated by the commissioner based upon the household income of the enrollee expressed as a percentage of the federal poverty guidelines, using the following sliding scale:

Household Income of Enrollee Monthly Deductible

not more than 120 percent $35

more than 120 percent

but not more than 125 percent $43

more than 125 percent

but not more than 130 percent $52

more than 130 percent

but not more than 135 percent $60

more than 135 percent

but not more than 140 percent $68

more than 140 percent

but not more than 145 percent $77

more than 145 percent

but not more than 150 percent $85

Sec. 3. [APPROPRIATION.]

$....... is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of human services, for the biennium ending June 30, 2003, to implement sections 1 and 2.

Sec. 4. [REPEALER.]

Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 256.955, subdivision 2b, is repealed, effective July 1, 2001.

Sec. 5. [EFFECTIVE DATE.]

Sections 1 and 2 are effective July 1, 2001."

Delete the title and insert:

"A bill for an act relating to human services; raising the income limit for the prescription drug program; requiring enrollees to satisfy monthly deductibles based on a sliding scale; shortening the timeline for the enrollment of disabled individuals; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 256.955, subdivisions 2a and 7; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 256.955, subdivision 2b."

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.

The report was adopted.

Mares from the Committee on Education Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 71, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for an evaluation of school districts' financial and academic performance factors to determine the relative "return on investment" in education; directing the commissioner of children, families, and learning to contract with an independent school evaluation services contractor to perform the evaluation; appropriating money.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill pass and be re-referred to the Committee on K-12 Education Finance.

The report was adopted. 

Smith from the Committee on Civil Law to which was referred:

H. F. No. 94, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; establishing penalties for gross overlimit violations of fish and game laws; setting certain restitution values; providing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 97A.211, by adding a subdivision; 97A.225, subdivision 1; 97A.255, by adding a subdivision; and 97A.421, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97A.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy.

The report was adopted.

McElroy from the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance to which was referred:

H. F. No. 156, A bill for an act relating to occupations; regulating registration renewal fees for certain multiple barber shops operated by a single barber; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 154.15, subdivision 1.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

The report was adopted.

Bradley from the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 222, A bill for an act relating to human services; increasing the income limit for the prescription drug program; shortening the timeline for the enrollment of disabled individuals; providing a higher burial exclusion; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 256.955, subdivisions 2a, 2b, and by adding a subdivision.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance without further recommendation.

The report was adopted.

Bradley from the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 253, A bill for an act relating to state government; health and human services; repealing obsolete rules; repealing Minnesota Rules, parts 2500.2050; 2500.2060; 2500.2070; 4620.1800; 4635.0100; 4635.0200; and 4761.1230.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 1, line 11, delete "4620.1800;"

Amend the title as follows:

Page 1, line 5, delete "4620.1800;"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill pass.

The report was adopted. 

Dempsey from the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs to which was referred:

H. F. No. 345, A bill for an act relating to the city of Robbinsdale; extending the duration limit of a tax increment financing district.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 1, line 7, delete "paid" and insert "expended"

Page 1, line 8, after "2001," insert "for project costs other than bonds outstanding on April 1, 1990,"

Page 1, line 9, delete "Minnesota"

Page 1, delete lines 10 and 11

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Taxes without further recommendation.

The report was adopted.

Workman from the Committee on Transportation Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 351, A bill for an act relating to crime; establishing a felony level driving while impaired offense; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 169A.03, by adding a subdivision; 169A.20, subdivision 3; 169A.25; 169A.26; 169A.27; 169A.275, subdivisions 3 and 5; 169A.283, subdivision 1; 169A.40, subdivision 3; and 169A.63, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 169A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 169A.275, subdivision 4.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.

The report was adopted.

Smith from the Committee on Civil Law to which was referred:

H. F. No. 415, A bill for an act relating to employment; providing protection for disclosure of job reference information; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill pass.

The report was adopted.

Dempsey from the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs to which was referred:

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.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill pass.

The report was adopted. 

Smith from the Committee on Civil Law to which was referred:

H. F. No. 556, A bill for an act relating to peace officers; authorizing federal law enforcement officers to exercise their arrest authority in this state under certain circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 626.77.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill pass.

The report was adopted.

Smith from the Committee on Civil Law to which was referred:

H. F. No. 656, A bill for an act relating to legislation; correcting erroneous, ambiguous, and omitted text and obsolete references; eliminating certain redundant, conflicting, and superseded provisions; making miscellaneous technical corrections to statutes and other laws; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 3.85, subdivision 6; 12.31, subdivision 1; 13.06, subdivision 4; 13.51, subdivision 3; 13.54, subdivision 5; 15.059, subdivision 5a; 16B.126; 16B.55, subdivision 4; 16B.61, subdivision 3; 16E.04, subdivision 2; 18B.36, subdivision 1; 60B.03, subdivision 6; 62G.20, subdivision 4; 62L.02, subdivision 24; 65B.05; 69.021, subdivision 5; 80C.01, subdivision 4; 80C.147; 84.965, subdivision 2; 84.98, subdivision 5; 85.055, subdivision 1; 86B.331, subdivision 1; 103G.201; 103G.2242, subdivision 12; 103G.2243, subdivision 2; 115.49, subdivision 4; 116J.994, subdivision 6; 116J.995; 116L.01, subdivision 1; 116P.08, subdivision 2; 124D.892, subdivision 3; 145.61, subdivision 5; 148.6402, subdivisions 14 and 16; 148.6420, subdivisions 2 and 4; 148.6425, subdivisions 2 and 3; 148.6448, subdivision 1; 168.012, subdivision 1; 171.173; 204D.25, subdivision 1; 216B.2424, subdivision 6; 237.065, subdivision 1; 237.763; 237.764, subdivision 3; 237.773, subdivision 1; 256B.50, subdivision 1; 260B.007, subdivision 16; 268.022, subdivision 1; 268.6715; 270.67, subdivision 4; 289A.18, subdivision 4; 289A.40, by adding a subdivision; 289A.60, subdivisions 12 and 21; 297I.60, subdivision 2; 299C.67, subdivision 2; 299N.02, subdivision 2; 322B.960, subdivision 1; 356.371, subdivision 1; 356.62; 356.65, subdivision 1; 401.06; 462.352, subdivisions 5, 7, 9, 10, and 15; 462.358, subdivision 2a; 469.126, subdivision 2; 469.301, subdivision 1; 469.304, subdivision 1; 504B.181, subdivision 4; 504B.365, subdivision 3; 515B.1-102; 518.131, subdivision 10; 609.596, subdivision 3; and 626.556, subdivision 11; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 13.99, subdivision 1; 115B.22, subdivision 8; 148.6402, subdivision 18; 168.54, subdivision 6; 462.352, subdivision 17; 469.301, subdivisions 6, 7, and 8; Laws 1997, chapter 85, article 4, section 29; Laws 2000, chapter 254, section 30; and Laws 2000, chapter 444, article 2, sections 9 and 10.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 2, after line 12, insert:

"Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 6.76, is amended to read:

6.76 [LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL EXPENDITURES FOR LOBBYISTS.]

(a) On or before January 31 of each year, all counties, cities, school districts, metropolitan agencies, regional railroad authorities, and the metropolitan council shall report to the state auditor, on forms prescribed by the auditor, their estimated expenditures paid for the previous calendar year to a lobbyist as defined in section 10A.01, subdivision 20 21, except payments to associations of local governments that are reported under paragraph (b), and to any staff person not registered as a lobbyist, over 25 percent of whose time is spent during the legislative session on legislative matters.

(b) Associations of local governments subject to this section shall report annually, on or before January 31, to the state auditor and the association's members the proportionate amount of each member's dues spent for lobbying purposes." 

Page 32, after line 10, insert:

"Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 148.511, is amended to read:

148.511 [SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS.]

Sections 148.511 to 148.5196 apply only to persons who are applicants for registration, who are registered, who use protected titles, or who represent that they are registered. Sections 148.511 to 148.5196 do not apply to school personnel licensed by the board of teaching under Minnesota Rules, part 8700.5505, provided that school personnel practicing within the scope of their licensed occupation preface titles protected under section 148.513 with the words "school" or "educational.""

Page 38, after line 9, insert:

"Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 153A.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1. [MEMBERSHIP.] The commissioner shall appoint nine persons to a hearing instrument dispenser advisory council.

(a) The nine persons must include:

(1) three public members, as defined in section 214.02. At least one of the public members shall be a hearing instrument user and one of the public members shall be either a hearing instrument user or an advocate of one; and

(2) three hearing instrument dispensers certified under sections 153A.14 to 153A.20, each of whom is currently, and has been for the five years immediately preceding their appointment, engaged in hearing instrument dispensing in Minnesota and who represent the occupation of hearing instrument dispensing and who are not audiologists; and

(3) three audiologists who are certified hearing instrument dispensers, or are registered as audiologists under Minnesota Rules, chapter 4750, or if no rules are in effect, audiologists who hold current certificates of clinical competence in audiology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and who represent the occupation of audiology 148.

(b) The factors the commissioner may consider when appointing advisory council members include, but are not limited to, professional affiliation, geographical location, and type of practice.

(c) No two members of the advisory council shall be employees of, or have binding contracts requiring sales exclusively for, the same hearing instrument manufacturer or the same employer."

Page 50, after line 15, insert:

"Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 289A.50, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

Subd. 7. [REMEDIES.] (a) If the taxpayer is notified by the commissioner that the refund claim is denied in whole or in part, the taxpayer may:

(1) file an administrative appeal as provided in section 289A.65, or an appeal with the tax court, within 60 days after issuance of the commissioner's notice of denial; or

(2) file an action in the district court to recover the refund.

(b) An action in the district court on a denied claim for refund must be brought within 18 months of the date of the denial of the claim by the commissioner.

(c) No action in the district court or the tax court shall be brought within six months of the filing of the refund claim unless the commissioner denies the claim within that period.

(d) If a taxpayer files a claim for refund and the commissioner has not issued a denial of the claim, the taxpayer may bring an action in the district court or the tax court at any time after the expiration of six months of from the time the claim was filed.

(e) The commissioner and the taxpayer may agree to extend the period for bringing an action in the district court.

(f) An action for refund of tax by the taxpayer must be brought in the district court of the district in which lies the county of the taxpayer's residence or principal place of business. In the case of an estate or trust, the action must be brought at the principal place of its administration. Any action may be brought in the district court for Ramsey county."

Page 62, after line 10, insert:

"Sec. 78. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 471.59, subdivision 11, is amended to read:

Subd. 11. [JOINT POWERS BOARD.] (a) Two or more governmental units, through action of their governing bodies, by adoption of a joint powers agreement that complies with the provisions of subdivisions 1 to 5, may establish a joint board to issue bonds or obligations under any law by which any of the governmental units establishing the joint board may independently issue bonds or obligations and may use the proceeds of the bonds or obligations to carry out the purposes of the law under which the bonds or obligations are issued. A joint board established under this section may issue obligations and other forms of indebtedness only in accordance with express authority granted by the action of the governing bodies of the governmental units that established the joint board. Except as provided in paragraph paragraphs (b) and (c), the joint board established under this subdivision must be composed solely of members of the governing bodies of the governmental unit that established the joint board. A joint board established under this subdivision may not pledge the full faith and credit or taxing power of any of the governmental units that established the joint board. The obligations or other forms of indebtedness must be obligations of the joint board issued on behalf of the governmental units creating the joint board. The obligations or other forms of indebtedness must be issued in the same manner and subject to the same conditions and limitations that would apply if the obligations were issued or indebtedness incurred by one of the governmental units that established the joint board, provided that any reference to a governmental unit in the statute, law, or charter provision authorizing the issuance of the bonds or the incurring of the indebtedness is considered a reference to the joint board.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), one school district, one county, and one public health entity, through action of their governing bodies, may establish a joint board to establish and govern a family services collaborative under section 124D.23. The school district, county, and public health entity may include other governmental entities at their discretion. The membership of a board established under this paragraph, in addition to members of the governing bodies of the participating governmental units, must include the representation required by section 124D.23, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), selected in accordance with section 124D.23, subdivision 1, paragraph (c).

(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), counties, school districts, and mental health entities, through action of their governing bodies, may establish a joint board to establish and govern a children's mental health collaborative under sections 245.491 to 245.496, or a collaborative established by the merger of a children's mental health collaborative and a family services collaborative under section 124D.23. The county, school district, and mental health entities may include other entities at their discretion. The membership of a board established under this paragraph, in addition to members of the governing bodies of the participating governmental units, must include the representation provided by section 245.493, subdivision 1. 

Sec. 79. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 473.901, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1. [COSTS COVERED BY FEE.] For each fiscal year beginning with the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1997, the amount necessary to pay the following costs is appropriated to the commissioner of administration from the 911 emergency telephone service account established under section 403.11:

(1) debt service costs and reserves for bonds issued pursuant to section 473.898;

(2) repayment of the right-of-way acquisition loans;

(3) costs of design, construction, maintenance of, and improvements to those elements of the first phase that support mutual aid communications and emergency medical services; or

(4) recurring charges for leased sites and equipment for those elements of the first phase that support actual mutual aid and emergency medical communication services.

This appropriation shall be used to pay annual debt service costs and reserves for bonds issued pursuant to section 473.898 prior to use of fee money to pay other costs eligible under this subdivision. In no event shall the appropriation for each fiscal year exceed an amount equal to four cents a month for each customer access line or other basic access service, including trunk equivalents as designated by the public utilities commission for access charge purposes and including cellular and other nonwire access services, in the fiscal year."

Page 68, after line 3, insert:

"Sec. 83. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 515B.2-105, is amended to read:

515B.2-105 [DECLARATION CONTENTS; ALL COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITIES.]

(a) The declaration shall contain:

(1) the number of the common interest community, whether the common interest community is a condominium, planned community or cooperative, and the name of the common interest community, which shall appear at the top of the first page of the declaration in the following format:

Common Interest Community No. . . . .

(Type of Common Interest Community)

(Name of Common Interest Community)

DECLARATION

(2) a statement as to whether the common interest community is or is not subject to a master association;

(3) the name of the association, a statement that the association has been incorporated and a reference to the statute under which it was incorporated;

(4) a legally sufficient description of the real estate included in the common interest community, a statement identifying any appurtenant easement necessary for access to a public street or highway, and a general reference to any other appurtenant easements;

(5) a description of the boundaries of each unit created by the declaration and the unit's unit identifier; 

(6) in a planned community containing common elements, a legally sufficient description of the common elements;

(7) in a cooperative, a statement as to whether the unit owners' interests in all units and their allocated interests are real estate or personal property;

(8) an allocation to each unit of the allocated interests in the manner described in section 515B.2-108;

(9) a statement of (i) the total number of units and (ii) which units will be restricted to residential use and which units will be restricted to nonresidential use;

(10) a statement of the maximum number of units which may be created by the subdivision or conversion of units owned by the declarant pursuant to section 515B.2-112;

(11) any material restrictions on use, occupancy, or alienation of the units, or on the sale price of a unit or on the amount that may be received by an owner on sale, condemnation or casualty loss to the unit or to the common interest community, or on termination of the common interest community; provided, that these requirements shall not affect the power of the association to adopt, amend or revoke rules and regulations pursuant to section 515B.3-102;

(12) a statement as to whether time shares are permitted; and

(13) all matters required by sections 515B.1-103(31) 515B.1-103(32), Special Declarant Rights; 515B.2-107, Leaseholds; 515B.2-109, Common Elements and Limited Common Elements; 515B.2-110, Common Interest Community Plat; 515B.3-115, Assessments for Common Expenses; and 515B.2-121, Master Associations.

(b) The declaration may contain any other matters the declarant considers appropriate.

Sec. 84. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 517.08, subdivision 1c, is amended to read:

Subd. 1c. [DISPOSITION OF LICENSE FEE.] Of the marriage license fee collected pursuant to subdivision 1b, the court administrator shall pay $55 to the state treasurer to be deposited as follows:

(1) $50 in the general fund;

(2) $3 in the special revenue fund to be appropriated to the commissioner of children, families, and learning for supervised parenting time facilities parenting time centers under section 119A.37; and

(3) $2 in the special revenue fund to be appropriated to the commissioner of health for developing and implementing the MN ENABL program under section 145.9255."

Page 68, after line 9, insert:

"Sec. 86. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 541.023, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6. [LIMITATIONS; CERTAIN TITLES NOT AFFECTED.] This section shall not affect any rights of the federal government; nor increase the effect as notice, actual or constructive, of any instrument now of record; nor bar the rights of any person, partnership or corporation in possession of real estate. This section shall not impair the record title or record interest, or title obtained by or through any congressional or legislative grant, of any railroad corporation or other public service corporation or any trustee or receiver thereof or of any educational or religious corporation in any real estate by reason of any failure to file or record further evidence of such title or interest even though the record thereof is new now or hereafter more than 40 years old; nor shall this section require the filing of any notice as provided for in this act as to any undischarged mortgage or deed of trust executed by any such corporation or any trustee or receiver thereof or to any claim or action founded upon any such undischarged

mortgage or deed of trust. The exceptions of this subdivision shall not include (a) reservations or exceptions of land for right of way or other railroad purposes contained in deeds of conveyance made by a railroad company or by trustees or receivers thereof, unless said reserved or excepted land shall have been put to railroad use within 40 years after the date of said deeds of conveyance, (b) nor any rights under any conditions subsequent or restrictions contained in any such deeds of conveyance. This act shall not affect any action or proceeding which is now or on January 1, 1948, shall be pending, for the determination of validity of the title to real estate."

Page 70, after line 1, insert:

"Sec. 89. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 628.26, is amended to read:

628.26 [LIMITATIONS.]

(a) Indictments or complaints for any crime resulting in the death of the victim may be found or made at any time after the death of the person killed.

(b) Indictments or complaints for a violation of section 609.25 may be found or made at any time after the commission of the offense.

(c) Indictments or complaints for violation of section 609.42, subdivision 1, clause (1) or (2), shall be found or made and filed in the proper court within six years after the commission of the offense.

(d) Indictments or complaints for violation of sections 609.342 to 609.345 if the victim was under the age of 18 years at the time the offense was committed, shall be found or made and filed in the proper court within nine years after the commission of the offense or, if the victim failed to report the offense within this limitation period, within three years after the offense was reported to law enforcement authorities.

(e) Notwithstanding the limitations in paragraph (c) (d), indictments or complaints for violation of sections 609.342 to 609.344 may be found or made and filed in the proper court at any time after commission of the offense, if physical evidence is collected and preserved that is capable of being tested for its DNA characteristics. If this evidence is not collected and preserved and the victim was 18 years old or older at the time of the offense, the prosecution must be commenced within nine years after the commission of the offense.

(f) Indictments or complaints for violation of sections 609.466 and 609.52, subdivision 2, clause (3), item (iii), shall be found or made and filed in the proper court within six years after the commission of the offense.

(g) Indictments or complaints for violation of section 609.52, subdivision 2, clause (3), items (i) and (ii), (4), (15), or (16), 609.631, or 609.821, where the value of the property or services stolen is more than $35,000, shall be found or made and filed in the proper court within five years after the commission of the offense.

(h) Except for violations relating to false material statements, representations or omissions, indictments or complaints for violations of section 609.671 shall be found or made and filed in the proper court within five years after the commission of the offense.

(i) Indictments or complaints for violation of sections 609.561 to 609.563, shall be found or made and filed in the proper court within five years after the commission of the offense.

(j) In all other cases, indictments or complaints shall be found or made and filed in the proper court within three years after the commission of the offense.

(k) The limitations periods contained in this section shall exclude any period of time during which the defendant was not an inhabitant of or usually resident within this state. 

(l) The limitations periods contained in this section for an offense shall not include any period during which the alleged offender participated under a written agreement in a pretrial diversion program relating to that offense.

(m) The limitations periods contained in this section shall not include any period of time during which physical evidence relating to the offense was undergoing DNA analysis, as defined in section 299C.155, unless the defendant demonstrates that the prosecuting or law enforcement agency purposefully delayed the DNA analysis process in order to gain an unfair advantage."

Page 70, after line 6, insert:

"(a) Minnesota Statutes 2000, Section 13.485, subdivision 2, is repealed."

Page 70, after line 14, insert:

"(f) Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 181B.01; 181B.02; 181B.03; 181B.04; 181B.05; 181B.06; 181B.07; 181B.08; 181B.09; 181B.10; 181B.101; 181B.11; 181B.12; 181B.13; 181B.14; 181B.15; 181B.16; and 181B.17, are repealed.

(g) Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 383.001, is repealed."

Page 70, after line 18, insert:

"(j) Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 566.18, is repealed."

Reletter the paragraphs in sequence

Renumber the sections in sequence

Amend the title accordingly

Further, amend the memorandum of explanation (01-0707MEM) as follows:

Page 1, after line 2, insert:

"Sec. 2. Explanation. This amendment corrects an erroneous reference."

Page 4, after line 13, insert:

"Sec. 34. Explanation. Minnesota Rules, part 8700.5505, was repealed. It was essentially replaced by part 8710.6000 but the entire reference to Minnesota Rules was stricken to avoid future citation errors."

Page 4, after line 30, insert:

"Sec. 42. Explanation. The rules governing audiologists were repealed and recodified in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 148."

Page 6, after line 7, insert:

"Sec. 58. Explanation. This amendment corrects a grammatical error."

Page 7, after line 32, insert:

"Sec. 78. Explanation. This amendment corrects an erroneous reference. 

Sec. 79. Explanation. This amendment corrects a typographical error."

Page 8, after line 12, insert:

"Sec. 83. Explanation. This amendment corrects an erroneous reference.

Sec. 84. Explanation. This amendment updates a reference in the marriage license fee statute to reflect a change in the name of supervised parenting time facilities to parenting time centers."

Page 8, after line 17, insert:

"Sec. 86. Explanation. This amendment corrects a typographical error."

Page 8, after line 21, insert:

"Sec. 89. Explanation. This amendment corrects a paragraph cross-reference in the criminal statute of limitations for criminal sexual conduct cases where DNA evidence is preserved. The general limitations are contained in paragraph (d), not paragraph (c)."

Page 8, line 25, after "Explanation." insert "(a) This amendment repeals a reference in the data practices act to a classification in section 303.14 relating to disclosure of taxable net income for foreign corporations that has been repealed."

Page 9, after line 4, insert:

"(f) This repealer removes the sections of chapter 181B on private pension benefits protection. Section 181B.17 states that "sections 181B.01 to 181B.17 shall become null and void upon the institution of a mandatory plan of termination insurance guaranteeing the payment of a substantial portion of an employee's vested pension benefits pursuant to any law of the United States." Such a plan was instituted upon passage in 1974 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

(g) This repealer removes the only remaining statutory section in chapter 383. The section is an application section and is not substantive."

Page 9, after line 10, insert:

"(j) Three subdivisions of this section were inadvertently omitted from the repealer in Laws 1998, chapter 253, which repealed chapter 566 as part of the recodification of the landlord-tenant law."

Reletter the paragraphs in this section

Correct internal references and renumber the sections in sequence

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill pass.

The report was adopted.

H. F. Nos. 253, 415, 487, 556 and 656 were read for the second time.

S. F. No. 43 was read for the second time.

The following House Files were introduced:

Daggett; Abrams; Pugh; Sviggum; Anderson, I.; Pawlenty; Milbert; Rifenberg; Leighton; Kuisle; Dempsey; Gleason; Bernardy; Rukavina; Jacobson; Lenczewski; Holsten; Murphy; Knoblach; Marko; Ness; Sertich; Stang; Juhnke; Westerberg; Goodwin; Wilkin; Schumacher; Howes; Otremba; Boudreau; Opatz; Swenson; Jennings and Fuller introduced:

H. F. No. 832, A bill for an act relating to taxation; lawful gambling; reducing rates of tax; modifying reporting requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 297E.02, subdivisions 1, 4, and 6; and 349.19, subdivision 2a.

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

Walz introduced:

H. F. No. 833, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying provisions for fishing contests; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 97C.081, subdivision 2.

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

Walz introduced:

H. F. No. 834, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; permitting the use of triploid grass carp for aquatic vegetation control; requiring rulemaking; providing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 84D.11, subdivision 1; 84D.13, subdivision 3; and 97C.521; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84D.

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

Walz introduced:

H. F. No. 835, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for a library for the city of Crosslake.

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

Walz introduced:

H. F. No. 836, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing a fund transfer for independent school district No. 182, Crosby-Ironton.

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

Bradley introduced:

H. F. No. 837, A bill for an act relating to education; limiting teacher leave extensions to teach in a charter school; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 124D.10, subdivision 20.

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

Ozment, Dempsey, Holberg, Gerlach and Milbert introduced:

H. F. No. 838, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting construction materials used for the Dakota county Rosemount highway shop; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 297A.71, by adding a subdivision.

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

Milbert, Pugh, Pawlenty, Wilkin and Dempsey introduced:

H. F. No. 839, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting construction materials used for the Dakota county northern service center; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 297A.71, by adding a subdivision.

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

Greiling, Walker, Gray, Dawkins and Entenza introduced:

H. F. No. 840, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring a mental health assessment within 72 hours of a referral; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 245.467, subdivision 1; and 245.487, subdivision 3.

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

Dorman; Osskopp; Rhodes; Jaros; Solberg; Mares; Thompson; Kielkucki; Kubly; Evans; Dehler; Dorn; Erickson; Hilty; Anderson, B.; Seifert; Larson; Penas; Wasiluk; Nornes; Koskinen; Walz; Hilstrom; Wolf; Skoe; Finseth; Ruth; Goodno; Swapinski; Pelowski; Clark, J.; Ozment; Abeler; Haas and Slawik introduced:

H. F. No. 841, A bill for an act relating to taxation; lawful gambling; reducing rates of tax; modifying reporting requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 297E.02, subdivisions 1, 4, and 6; and 349.19, subdivision 2a.

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

Bakk, Rukavina, Sertich, Solberg and Anderson, I., introduced:

H. F. No. 842, A bill for an act relating to the iron range resources and rehabilitation board; regulating board membership; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 298.22, subdivision 2.

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

Haas introduced:

H. F. No. 843, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting the purchase of construction materials used in constructing a public works facility and a community and senior activity center in the city of Osseo; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 297A.71, by adding a subdivision.

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

Swenson, Finseth, Stang, Davids, Daggett, Rifenberg and Ness introduced:

H. F. No. 844, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; providing that the department of agriculture must provide certain inspection services on dairy farms; requiring cooperation between the pollution control agency and the department of agriculture.

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

Hackbarth, Bakk, Kelliher, Holsten and Ozment introduced:

H. F. No. 845, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying all-terrain vehicle safety training and youth operating provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 84.925, subdivision 1; and 84.9256, subdivision 1.

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

Clark, K.; Mahoney; Sertich; Paymar; Erhardt and Dibble introduced:

H. F. No. 846, A bill for an act relating to employment; appropriating money for HIV/AIDS in the workplace education.

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

Entenza, Davnie, Dorman, Solberg, Greiling, Dibble, Walker, Swapinski, Sertich and Folliard introduced:

H. F. No. 847, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for regional training sites for HIV/STI education in schools.

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

Skoglund, Smith, Stanek, Swapinski, Mahoney, Evans and Biernat introduced:

H. F. No. 848, A bill for an act relating to crimes; enabling peace officers to execute search warrants on foreign corporations doing business in Minnesota to search for electronic evidence; allowing Minnesota corporations engaged in electronic communication services or remote computing services to provide electronic evidence when served with search warrants issued from other jurisdictions; enhancing penalties for dissemination and possession of pornographic work involving minors; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 617.247, subdivisions 3 and 4; 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.

Skoglund, Jaros and Biernat introduced:

H. F. No. 849, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring manufacturers of firearms and ammunition to provide shell casings, projectiles, and other information to the commissioner of public safety; appropriating money for a firearm ballistics identification system; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 624.

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

Mariani, Gunther, Paymar, Davids and Mahoney introduced:

H. F. No. 850, A bill for an act relating to the environment; appropriating money for ethanol plant odor control.

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

Walz introduced:

H. F. No. 851, A bill for an act relating to crimes; creating a pilot project chemical dependency treatment program for chronic driving-while-impaired offenders; authorizing courts to order repeat DWI offenders to successfully complete the program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 169A.275, subdivision 5, and by adding a subdivision; and 169A.70, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 254A.

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

Howes, Molnau, Workman, Lieder, Kalis and Pugh introduced:

H. F. No. 852, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; modifying filing fee for vehicle transactions; making clarifying changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 168.33, subdivision 7.

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

Ozment, Swenson, Tingelstad, Bakk, Kelliher, Kalis and Clark, J., introduced:

H. F. No. 853, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for the acquisition of state park lands.

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

Huntley; Dorman; Kubly; Swapinski; Otremba; Sertich; Johnson, R.; Kelliher and Dibble introduced:

H. F. No. 854, A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money for education and awareness activities to prevent human immunodeficiency virus.

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

Mares, Murphy and Rhodes introduced:

H. F. No. 855, A bill for an act relating to retirement; public employees retirement association; modifying membership eligibility; modifying the definition of allowable service for benefit calculation purposes; prorating service credit for benefit calculation purposes; modifying employer reporting requirements; modifying contribution rates; changing amortization requirements; modifying the definition of vesting; modifying contribution refunds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 353.01, subdivisions 2, 2a, 2b, 7, 11b, 12, 12a, 16, and by adding subdivisions; 353.27, subdivisions 2, 4, and 11; 353.29, subdivision 1; 353.32, subdivision 1a; 353.33, subdivision 1; 353.34, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, and by adding subdivisions; 353.35, subdivision 2; 353.71, subdivisions 1 and 2; 353.86, subdivision 1; and 356.215, subdivision 4g.

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. 856, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; providing limits on liability of certain nonprofit corporations securing or maintaining homes for dependent children or providing day training and habilitation services for adults with mental retardation and daytime developmental achievement center services for children with mental retardation and related conditions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 604A.

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

Kielkucki; Krinkie; Anderson, B.; Erickson; Wilkin and Olson introduced:

H. F. No. 857, A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring picture identification before registering on election day or voting; requiring additional information for registration; limiting use of certain information; requiring report of certain felony convictions; providing for rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 201.061, subdivision 3; 201.071, subdivisions 1, 3, and by adding subdivisions; 201.091, subdivision 4; 201.155; and 204C.10.

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

Erhardt introduced:

H. F. No. 858, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting certain food sold in vending machines; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 297A.61, subdivision 3; and 297A.68, by adding a subdivision.

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

Bakk and Huntley introduced:

H. F. No. 859, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for the Knife river harbor of refuge and marina.

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

Marko, Lieder, Kalis, Juhnke, Larson, Hausman, Winter, Dibble, Pugh, Opatz, Kelliher, Carlson, Leighton, Hilty, Peterson, Davnie, Walker, Kahn, Osthoff, Koskinen, Huntley, Solberg, Skoglund, Skoe, Jaros, Kubly, Swapinski and Biernat introduced:

H. F. No. 860, A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing multimodal transportation fund for highway and transit projects; proposing constitutional amendment to dedicate revenues from motor vehicle sales tax to multimodal transportation fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 297B.09, subdivision 1; 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.

Hilstrom, Stanek, Schumacher, Skoglund and Tuma introduced:

H. F. No. 861, A bill for an act relating to crime; providing that a person who causes the death of a child under the age of 14 and with premeditation and intent shall be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of release; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 609.106, subdivision 2; and 609.185.

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

Mullery; Juhnke; Hilstrom; Winter; Kubly; Peterson; Kelliher; Skoglund; Dibble; Mahoney; Clark, K.; Carlson; Dorn; Hausman; Milbert; McGuire; Wagenius; Koskinen; Biernat; Johnson, S.; Greiling; Pugh; Evans; Walker; Bernardy; Goodwin; Thompson; Huntley; Swapinski; Wasiluk; Jaros; Gleason; Otremba and Davnie introduced:

H. F. No. 862, A bill for an act relating to public employment; establishing procedures and standards for contracting with private entities for the provision of services that have been, or otherwise would be, provided by public employees; providing for public accountability; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 179A.

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

Hilty and Solberg introduced:

H. F. No. 863, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing public and private sales of certain tax-forfeited land that borders public water and certain tax-forfeited land within a consolidated conservation area in Aitkin county.

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

Ozment and Tuma introduced:

H. F. No. 864, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for the Cannon River joint powers board.

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

Fuller introduced:

H. F. No. 865, A bill for an act relating to criminal justice; providing for community service in lieu of criminal fines in certain instances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 609.101, subdivision 5.

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

Opatz, Dehler, Schumacher and Knoblach introduced:

H. F. No. 866, A bill for an act relating to local government; appropriating money to the St. Cloud area planning organization for further development of the transportation component of the St. Cloud area joint planning district plan.

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

Seagren, Leppik, Buesgens, Folliard and Abrams introduced:

H. F. No. 867, A bill for an act relating to the suburban Hennepin regional park district; authorizing the district to set commissioners' compensation; clarifying the district's boundaries; clarifying that meetings shall be held in conformance with the open meeting law; permitting the district to accept donations without court approval; deleting obsolete reference to condemnation procedures; authorizing the district to enter into joint powers agreements by majority board action; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 383B.70; 383B.703; 398.06; and 398.09; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 383B.73, subdivision 2; and 383B.74.

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

Abrams, Pugh, Goodno, Otremba and Abeler introduced:

H. F. No. 868, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing certain patient rights and protections; regulating coverages; specifying the duties of certain carriers and providers; establishing remedies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 62A.60; 62J.71, subdivision 3; 62J.80; 62M.05, subdivisions 3a and 3b; 62M.07; 62M.09, subdivisions 2, 3, and 6; 62Q.53, subdivision 2; 62Q.56; 62Q.58, subdivision 3, and by adding subdivisions; and 62Q.73, subdivision 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62U.

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

Howes, Rukavina, Kuisle, Otremba and Ozment introduced:

H. F. No. 869, A bill for an act relating to local government; providing procedures and criteria for municipal annexation of unincorporated land; providing certain exceptions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 414.031, by adding subdivisions; and 414.033, subdivision 2.

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

Erickson, Hackbarth, Eastlund, Schumacher and Finseth introduced:

H. F. No. 870, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; requiring the continuation of grant-in-aid snowmobile trail access when the commissioner of natural resources acquires land; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 84.83, by adding a subdivision.

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

Erickson, Kuisle, Holberg, Rifenberg and Schumacher introduced:

H. F. No. 871, A bill for an act relating to municipalities; authorizing city purchases on credit cards; providing for personal liability for city officers and employees for unauthorized credit card purchases; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 471.

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

Sertich; Anderson, I.; Rukavina; Bakk; Solberg; Swapinski; Jaros and Huntley introduced:

H. F. No. 872, A bill for an act relating to St. Louis county; repealing special purchasing laws for St. Louis county; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 383C.33; 383C.331; 383C.332; 383C.333; 383C.334; 383C.335; 383C.336; 383C.337; 383C.338; and 383C.34.

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

Howes, Skoe and Fuller introduced:

H. F. No. 873, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing conveyance of certain tax-forfeited land in Hubbard county free of the tax-forfeited trust.

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

Opatz, Thompson and Schumacher introduced:

H. F. No. 874, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article IV, section 12; regulating legislative sessions; conditionally repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 3.012.

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

Mares introduced:

H. F. No. 875, A bill for an act relating to insurance; modifying health plan coverage for scalp hair prostheses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 62A.28.

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

Jacobson and Wasiluk introduced:

H. F. No. 876, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing funding to one ICF/MR for costs related to field audit disallowances and providing exemptions from the spend-up limit; appropriating money.

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

Bakk and Sertich introduced:

H. F. No. 877, A bill for an act relating to the environment; waiving repayment obligations for certain solid waste transfer station projects; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 115A.54, subdivision 2a.

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

Luther, Hilstrom, Larson, Erhardt, Folliard and Thompson introduced:

H. F. No. 878, A bill for an act relating to housing; housing finance agency; appropriating money for supportive housing for adults with disabilities.

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

Jennings introduced:

H. F. No. 879, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money to the commissioner of corrections to acquire land and remove buildings and structures to create a buffer zone next to the Rush City prison; authorizing the issuance of bonds.

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

Solberg; Anderson, I.; Carlson and Abrams introduced:

H. F. No. 880, A bill for an act relating to libraries; authorizing additional levy for independent school district No. 319, Nashwauk-Keewatin.

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

Buesgens, Cassell, Kielkucki, Seifert, Erickson and Olson introduced:

H. F. No. 881, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a state board of education; providing for an elected state superintendent of public instruction; changing the name of the department of children, families, and learning back to the department of education; realigning responsibilities for public education between the state board of education, the state superintendent of public instruction, and the department of education; charging a legislative task force with making recommendations on allocating resources and duties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 120A.05, by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 127A.

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

Opatz, Hausman, Davnie and Dibble introduced:

H. F. No. 882, A bill for an act relating to metropolitan government; requiring the metropolitan area local governments to establish urban growth boundaries; requiring the metropolitan council to review and approve the urban growth boundaries; requiring the metropolitan council to negotiate with the St. Cloud region to preserve agricultural and open space between the urbanized areas in the two regions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 473.175, by adding a subdivision; and 473.859, subdivision 2.

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

Johnson, S.; Skoglund; Luther; Tuma; Murphy and Hilstrom introduced:

H. F. No. 883, A bill for an act relating to public safety; authorizing use of the criminal justice data communications network for determining if civil commitment petitions of proposed patient as sexual psychopathic or sexually dangerous person should be filed; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 299C.46, subdivision 3.

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

Stang introduced:

H. F. No. 884, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; providing mediation and binding arbitration options for poultry producers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 17.701; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 17.

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

Buesgens, Molnau, Wolf, Howes and Holberg introduced:

H. F. No. 885, A bill for an act relating to taxation; casino sales tax revenues; modifying payments to counties with tribal casinos; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 270.60, subdivision 4.

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

Mulder introduced:

H. F. No. 886, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring the commissioner of health to annually establish an immunization schedule for persons enrolled in an elementary or secondary school, child care facility, or public or private post-secondary educational institutions; establishing a task force; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 121A.15, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, and by adding subdivisions; and 135A.14, subdivisions 2 and 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 121A.15, subdivisions 6 and 10.

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

Leppik; Hackbarth; Johnson, J.; Erhardt; Westerberg; Rhodes; Tingelstad; Erickson; Sykora; Slawik; Carlson; Leighton; Mahoney; Greiling; Folliard; Luther; Solberg; Pugh; McGuire; Osthoff; Pelowski; Abrams; Dempsey; Gunther; Ozment; Mares; Opatz; Pawlenty; Lenczewski; Bishop; Lipman; Stanek and Workman introduced:

H. F. No. 887, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; redefining "residential roadway"; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 169.01, subdivision 81.

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

Olson; Anderson, I.; Davids; Anderson, B., and Mulder introduced:

H. F. No. 888, A bill for an act relating to insurance; prohibiting certain discriminatory charges; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 72A.20, subdivision 33; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 62J; and 62Q.

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

Solberg; Anderson, I.; Carlson and Abrams introduced:

H. F. No. 889, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a levy for independent school district No. 318, Grand Rapids.

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

Kelliher, Davids, Stang, Entenza and Rukavina introduced:

H. F. No. 890, A bill for an act relating to liquor; authorizing the city of Minneapolis to issue an on-sale wine and malt liquor license for the Loring Playhouse; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 340A.404, subdivision 2.

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

Olson; Anderson, I.; Davids; Anderson, B., and Rukavina introduced:

H. F. No. 891, A bill for an act relating to lake improvement districts; changing the percent of property owners necessary to petition for creation and termination of a district and for holding a referendum on creation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 103B.521, subdivision 1; 103B.545, subdivision 1; and 103B.581, subdivision 1.

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

Kahn, Biernat and Gray introduced:

H. F. No. 892, A bill for an act relating to the Minnesota historical society; providing funding for operation of the Mill City museum; appropriating money.

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

Sertich, Solberg, Hilty and Bakk introduced:

H. F. No. 893, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for historic building revenue; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B.

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

Osskopp, Rhodes and Milbert introduced:

H. F. No. 894, A bill for an act relating to horse racing; card clubs; defining terms; modifying wagers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 240.01, subdivision 26, and by adding a subdivision; and 240.30, subdivision 8.

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

Mahoney; Pugh; Sertich; Entenza; Biernat; Johnson, S.; Marko; Murphy; Mullery; Leighton; Dibble; Clark, K.; Mariani; Gray; Wasiluk; Bakk and Ozment introduced:

H. F. No. 895, A bill for an act relating to employment; enacting the Temporary Workers Bill of Rights; providing criminal and civil penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181.

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

Ness, Carlson, Mares, Abeler and Dorn introduced:

H. F. No. 896, A bill for an act relating to education; reinstating funding for summer school; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 126C.05, by adding a subdivision.

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

Sertich; Rukavina; Solberg; Anderson, I., and Bakk introduced:

H. F. No. 897, A bill for an act relating to higher education; appropriating money for the Arrowhead University Center.

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

Kelliher, Tingelstad, Tuma, Wagenius, Osthoff and Hausman introduced:

H. F. No. 898, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for malformed amphibian research.

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

Olson; Otremba; Lipman; Kielkucki; Dehler; Anderson, B., and Erickson introduced:

H. F. No. 899, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying provision for textbooks and instructional materials for loan to nonpublic school pupils; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 123B.43.

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

Slawik, Marko, Mares, Wasiluk and McGuire introduced:

H. F. No. 900, A bill for an act relating to government data practices; authorizing counties to give property owners the option of excluding their names from lists released for nongovernment purposes; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13.

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

Anderson, B.; Rhodes; Gerlach; Gleason; Kahn; Erickson; Mares; Seifert; Eastlund; Lipman; Dehler; Olson; Gunther; Westerberg; Pawlenty; Lenczewski; Lindner; Davids; Kielkucki; Hilty; Thompson; Jennings; Solberg; Rifenberg; Kuisle; Dorman; Osskopp; Cassell; Buesgens and Molnau introduced:

H. F. No. 901, A bill for an act relating to elections; clarifying voting provisions for overseas voters; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 203B.16, subdivision 1; 203B.17, subdivision 1; and 204D.11, subdivision 4.

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

Lenczewski, Rhodes, Leighton, Greiling, Wagenius, Kelliher, Kalis, Larson, Luther, Murphy, Dibble, Abeler, Schumacher, Opatz, Thompson and Otremba introduced:

H. F. No. 902, A bill for an act relating to education finance; creating an ongoing component of general education revenue to fund gifted and talented programming; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 126C.10, subdivision 1, and by adding a subdivision.

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

Gerlach and Abeler introduced:

H. F. No. 903, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; repealing restrictions on the sale of wagon covers and similar items; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 325F.38.

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

Davnie, Paymar, Greiling and Gray introduced:

H. F. No. 904, A bill for an act relating to firearms; modifying the scope of the crime prohibiting the possession of a firearm or dangerous weapon on school property; removing the exemption for holders of a permit to carry a pistol; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 609.66, subdivision 1d.

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

Haas, Goodno and Huntley introduced:

H. F. No. 905, A bill for an act relating to insurance; simplifying regulation of health insurers and health maintenance organizations; establishing a task force on small business health insurance; providing appointments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 62A.65, subdivision 5; 62D.08, by adding a subdivision; 62N.25, subdivision 7; 62Q.19, subdivision 1; and 256B.692, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 62D; and 62Q; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 62D.08, subdivision 5; 62Q.07; and 62Q.075.

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

Schumacher, Opatz and Dehler introduced:

H. F. No. 906, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money to buy the Graves Farm property in Benton county.

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

Osthoff introduced:

H. F. No. 907, A bill for an act relating to retirement; authorizing a prior service credit purchase for certain teachers.

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

Dehler introduced:

H. F. No. 908, A bill for an act relating to elections; limiting independent expenditures by political parties on behalf of their own candidates as a condition of receiving a public subsidy; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 10A.01, subdivision 18; 10A.25, subdivision 1, and by adding a subdivision; 10A.28, subdivision 1; 10A.31, subdivision 5; 10A.322; and 290.06, subdivision 23.

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

Paymar, Hausman, Skoglund and Osthoff introduced:

H. F. No. 909, A bill for an act relating to highways; appropriating money for rehabilitation of the Ford Parkway Bridge.

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

Dempsey, Cassell, Mares, Pelowski and Kielkucki introduced:

H. F. No. 910, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a board for educational administrators; transferring duties; providing for rulemaking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 122A.162; 122A.163; 122A.18, subdivisions 1 and 4; 122A.20, subdivision 2; 122A.21; 214.01, subdivision 3; 214.04, subdivisions 1 and 3; and 214.12, subdivision 1; 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.

Pelowski, Mulder, Folliard, Greiling and Ness introduced:

H. F. No. 911, A bill for an act relating to education; prohibiting the sale or distribution of soda pop in schools; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 123B.02, subdivision 13.

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

Murphy, Fuller, Walz, Hackbarth and Ozment introduced:

H. F. No. 912, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; extending the operations of the arson strike force; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 299F.058, subdivision 2.

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

Leppik, Davids, Sertich, Gunther, Mahoney and Clark, K., introduced:

H. F. No. 913, A bill for an act relating to economic development; providing funding for Minnesota Project Innovation, Incorporated; appropriating money.

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

Kuisle, Milbert, Westerberg, McElroy and Daggett introduced:

H. F. No. 914, A bill for an act relating to taxation; reducing the property tax class rate applied to manufactured home parks; providing a homestead and agricultural credit aid adjustment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 273.13, subdivision 25; and 273.1398, subdivision 1a.

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

Cassell; Mulder; Olson; Pawlenty; Otremba; Buesgens; Abeler; Wilkin; Westerberg; Lindner; Hackbarth; Westrom; Swenson; Anderson, B.; Schumacher; Nornes; Daggett; Penas; Stang; Sykora; Dehler; Tingelstad; Boudreau; Ruth; Bradley; Gunther; Haas; Knoblach; Paulsen; Clark, J.; Harder; Molnau; Kuisle; Dorman and Erickson introduced:

H. F. No. 915, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring recitation of the pledge of allegiance in all public schools; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 121A.11, by adding a subdivision.

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

Erhardt, Gunther and Gerlach introduced:

H. F. No. 916, A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating securities; modifying certain fees for securities issued by open-end management companies and unit investment trusts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 80A.28, subdivision 1.

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

Rhodes, Bradley and Goodno introduced:

H. F. No. 917, A bill for an act relating to health occupations; establishing the council of health boards; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 214.001, by adding a subdivision; and 214.01, by adding a subdivision.

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

Otremba; Koskinen; Rhodes; Dibble; Mariani; Gray; Walker; Winter; Dorn; Mahoney; Johnson, R.; Luther; Mullery; Kubly; Evans; Murphy; Juhnke; Hilstrom; Erickson; Dehler; Anderson, B.; Abeler; Hilty; Leighton; Lieder; Jennings; Peterson; Kalis and Wenzel introduced:

H. F. No. 918, A bill for an act relating to health; providing for certain disclosures and training in the care of Alzheimer's patients; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144A.

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

Dawkins, Smith, Boudreau and Rukavina introduced:

H. F. No. 919, A bill for an act relating to civil commitment; modifying the definition of a mentally ill person; modifying and expanding provisions to facilitate voluntary treatment and services; specifying certain patient rights and examination requirements; providing for treatment coverage and cost of care; allowing proposed patients to bring claims for voluntary treatment and services; expanding voluntary consent procedures; requiring sealing of court records; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 246.23, by adding a subdivision; 253B.02, subdivision 13; 253B.03, subdivisions 5, 10, and by adding a subdivision; 253B.04, subdivisions 1, 1a, and by adding a subdivision; 253B.045, subdivisions 2, 3, and 6; 253B.05, subdivision 1; 253B.06, subdivision 1; 253B.07, subdivisions 1 and 2; 253B.09, subdivision 1; 253B.10, subdivision 4; and 253B.23, subdivision 9; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 253B.

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

Dawkins introduced:

H. F. No. 920, A bill for an act relating to civil commitment; requiring case captions to refer to the proposed patient by initials; requiring sealing of commitment court records; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 253B.07, subdivision 2; and 253B.23, subdivision 9.

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

Dawkins introduced:

H. F. No. 921, A bill for an act relating to landlords and tenants; clarifying the definition of stolen property; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 504B.171, subdivision 1.

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

Mares, Carlson, Leppik and Greiling introduced:

H. F. No. 922, A bill for an act relating to education finance; clarifying the relationship between Century College and intermediate school district No. 916; authorizing a grant; appropriating money.

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

Skoe, Mares, Schumacher, Pelowski and Cassell introduced:

H. F. No. 923, A bill for an act relating to education; repealing the mandate for three additional days of student instruction or staff development training; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 120A.41.

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

Nornes introduced:

H. F. No. 924, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a residential mental health grant program for facility upgrades; appropriating money.

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

Bakk, Rukavina, Holsten, Howes and Anderson, I., introduced:

H. F. No. 925, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for a master logger certification program.

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

Goodno, Howes, Huntley, Bradley and Mulder introduced:

H. F. No. 926, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying content and format requirements for Minnesota uniform health care identification cards; requiring uniform prescription drug information to be included on cards; establishing requirements for issuance of cards; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 62J.60.

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

Kuisle, Westerberg, Juhnke, Workman and Larson introduced:

H. F. No. 927, A bill for an act relating to transportation; proposing amendment to Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, by adding a section to require 32 percent of motor vehicle sales tax proceeds be deposited in highway user tax distribution fund; and appropriating money to improve transit, reduce traffic congestion, and enhance interregional corridors.

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

Abeler, Kielkucki, Winter, Buesgens and Davnie introduced:

H. F. No. 928, A bill for an act relating to education; including the removal of architectural barriers for access for disabled persons as a health and safety program expenditure; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 123B.57, subdivisions 1, 2, and 6.

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

Wenzel introduced:

H. F. No. 929, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; providing for the assessment of certain platted property; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 273.11, subdivision 14, and by adding a subdivision.

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

Dawkins introduced:

H. F. No. 930, A bill for an act relating to elections; providing for judicial retention elections; providing for an instant runoff election in state offices; providing for a vote for "none of the above" in state offices; creating a campaign jury; changing the dates of the party caucuses and the state primary; providing for absentee voting without qualification; creating a state fund for the purchase of voting tabulation equipment; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 10A.31, by adding a subdivision; 202A.14, subdivision 1; 203B.02,

subdivision 1; 203B.04, subdivision 1; 204B.06, subdivision 6, and by adding a subdivision; 204B.09, subdivision 1; 204B.34, subdivision 3; 204B.36, subdivisions 4 and 5; 204C.40, by adding a subdivision; 204D.03, subdivision 1; and 204D.08, subdivision 6; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 10A and 204B.

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

Cassell, Daggett, Kubly, Dempsey, Stang, Westrom, Dehler and Tingelstad introduced:

H. F. No. 931, A bill for an act relating to taxation; extending the same sales tax and motor vehicle excise tax exemptions applicable to nonpublic schools to school districts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 297A.70, subdivision 2; and 297B.03.

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

Swenson, Ness and Kielkucki introduced:

H. F. No. 932, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for a regional sludge management demonstration project.

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

Gunther, Davids, Jennings, Ruth and Kielkucki introduced:

H. F. No. 933, A bill for an act relating to commerce; providing buyback requirements related to the sale of farm implements and outdoor power equipment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 325E.06, subdivisions 1, 4, and 5; and 325E.0681, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 11, and 12.

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

Bradley, Davids, Pelowski, Rifenberg, Ruth, Osskopp, Leighton, Dorman, Dempsey, Tuma, Bishop and Kuisle introduced:

H. F. No. 934, A bill for an act relating to human services; extending the expiration date of the alternative quality assurance licensing system project; modifying other requirements; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 256B.095; 256B.0951, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, and by adding subdivisions; and 256B.0952, subdivisions 1 and 4; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 256B.0951, subdivision 6.

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

Goodno, Pugh and Clark, J., introduced:

H. F. No. 935, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; clarifying the immunity from liability for persons rendering certain emergency care; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 604A.01, subdivision 2.

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

Finseth, Fuller, Lieder, Workman and Ness introduced:

H. F. No. 936, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; authorizing special license plates for veterans who served in both World War II and the Korean Conflict; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 168.123, subdivision 2.

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

Rhodes introduced:

H. F. No. 937, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying the profile of learning.

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

Boudreau introduced:

H. F. No. 938, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting the purchase of construction materials and equipment used in constructing an outdoor swimming pool in the city of Faribault; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; and 297A.75.

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

Howes, Walz, Fuller, Wenzel, Rukavina, Daggett, Lieder, Solberg, Pugh, Goodwin, Juhnke, McGuire, Greiling and Peterson introduced:

H. F. No. 939, 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 2000, section 297A.71, by adding a subdivision.

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

Howes, Fuller, Walz, Wenzel, Rukavina, Lieder, Solberg, Pugh, Juhnke, McGuire, Greiling and Peterson introduced:

H. F. No. 940, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; providing for valuation and deferment of taxes on certain homestead resorts; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 273.

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

Erickson introduced:

H. F. No. 941, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; adopting federal rules; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 18B.06, subdivision 1, and by adding subdivisions; 18C.121, by adding subdivisions; 21.85, by adding a subdivision; 25.40, subdivision 1, and by adding subdivisions; and 29.237.

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

Abeler, Koskinen, Mares, Rhodes and Pugh introduced:

H. F. No. 942, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing licensure for speech-language pathology and audiology; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 148.511; 148.512, subdivisions 4, 6, 7, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 20; 148.513; 148.514; 148.515; 148.516; 148.5161; 148.517; 148.518; 148.519; 148.5191; 148.5193, subdivisions 1, 4, 6, 6a, 7, and 8; 148.5194; 148.5195, subdivisions 2, 4, 5, and 6; 148.5196; 153A.14, subdivisions 2a and 2i; 153A.17; and 153A.20, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 148.512, subdivision 11.

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

Walker; Huntley; Folliard; Gray; Johnson, R.; Dibble; Swapinski and Kelliher introduced:

H. F. No. 943, A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money to address certain health disparities across populations.

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

Johnson, R.; Koskinen; Slawik; Huntley; Thompson; Luther; Sertich; Walker; Juhnke; Otremba; Kelliher; Solberg; Leighton; Skoglund; Lieder; Jaros; Goodwin; Kubly; Hilty; Peterson; Marko; Larson; Swapinski; Davnie; Gleason; Biernat; Dibble; Clark, K.; Pugh; Hilstrom and Wasiluk introduced:

H. F. No. 944, A bill for an act relating to human services; prescription drug rebate program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 256.01, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256.

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

Bradley, Seifert and Goodno introduced:

H. F. No. 945, A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring that notice of proposed rules include an easily readable and understandable summary of the rules; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 14.14, subdivision 1a; 14.22, subdivision 1; and 14.389, subdivision 2.

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

Winter; Anderson, I., and Rukavina introduced:

H. F. No. 946, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use taxes; eliminating the special rates on motor vehicle rentals and alcohol sales; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 297A.64; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 297A.62, subdivision 2.

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

Winter, Peterson, Leighton, Otremba and Hilty introduced:

H. F. No. 947, A bill for an act relating to taxation; extending the exemption for the construction of an agricultural processing facility by one year; amending Laws 2000, chapter 490, article 8, section 17, the effective date.

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

Winter; Leighton; Peterson; Kalis; Anderson, I.; Lieder; Wenzel; Otremba; Marquart and Johnson, R., introduced:

H. F. No. 948, A bill for an act relating to taxation; lawful gambling; reducing rates of tax; modifying reporting requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 297E.02, subdivisions 1, 4, and 6; and 349.19, subdivision 2a.

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

Rifenberg introduced:

H. F. No. 949, A bill for an act relating to qualified newspapers; modifying requirements for qualified newspapers serving smaller local public corporations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 331A.02, subdivision 1.

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. 950, A bill for an act relating to highways; modifying provisions governing use of highway right-of-way by snowmobiles; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 84.87, subdivision 1.

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

Slawik, Marko, Hilstrom and Bernardy introduced:

H. F. No. 951, A bill for an act relating to education; increasing equity revenue; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 126C.10, subdivision 24.

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

Solberg; Anderson, I.; Carlson and Ness introduced:

H. F. No. 952, A bill for an act relating to education finance; adding a nonresident pupil transportation levy; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 123B.88, by adding a subdivision.

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

Fuller introduced:

H. F. No. 953, A bill for an act relating to child protection; adding violations from other states to the list of offenses that constitute child abuse; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 260C.007, subdivision 25.

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

Sertich; Solberg; Davids; Goodno; Swenson; Clark, J.; Skoe and Daggett introduced:

H. F. No. 954, A bill for an act relating to education; expanding the first-grade preparedness programs to designate revenue for qualified property poor school districts; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 124D.081, subdivisions 2, 6, and by adding a subdivision.

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

Wasiluk introduced:

H. F. No. 955, A bill for an act relating to education; prohibiting enrollment in fourth grade for students unable to read by the end of third grade; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 120B.30, subdivision 1; and 126C.05, subdivision 1.

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

Wasiluk introduced:

H. F. No. 956, A bill for an act relating to taxes; sales and use; reducing the general rate; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 297A.62, subdivision 1.

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

Gunther; Mares; Clark, K.; Davids; Walz and Sertich introduced:

H. F. No. 957, A bill for an act relating to technology; appropriating money for the Minnesota computers for schools program.

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

Johnson, R.; Carlson; Paymar; Koskinen; Mares; Wasiluk; Pelowski; Lenczewski; Opatz and Dorn introduced:

H. F. No. 958, A bill for an act relating to individual income tax; modifying the subtraction for the elderly and disabled; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 290.0802, subdivision 2.

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

Folliard, Wasiluk, Jennings, Tingelstad, Wagenius and Kelliher introduced:

H. F. No. 959, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring a risk evaluation for certain health risk value rules; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.

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

Milbert, Sviggum, Dorn, Ness and Entenza introduced:

H. F. No. 960, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting admissions to high school league tournaments from the sales tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 297A.70, subdivision 11.

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

Wagenius, Milbert, Pugh, Winter, Lenczewski and Luther introduced:

H. F. No. 961, A bill for an act relating to taxes; sales and use; exempting certain energy efficient products; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 297A.67, by adding subdivisions; 297A.68, subdivision 19, and by adding a subdivision; and 297B.03.

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

The following message was received from the Senate:

Mr. Speaker:

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

S. F. No. 376.

Patrick E. Flahaven, Secretary of the Senate

S. F. No. 376, A bill for an act relating to local improvements; setting limits for certain contract requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 429.041, subdivisions 1 and 2.

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

Folliard was excused for the remainder of today's session.

H. F. No. 53 was reported to the House.

Upon objection of ten members, H. F. No. 53 was stricken from the Consent Calendar and placed on the General Register.

H. F. No. 106, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; allowing certain members of the Minnesota agriculture education leadership council to designate permanent or temporary replacement members; extending the sunset date of the Minnesota agricultural education leadership council; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 41D.01, subdivisions 1, 3, and 4.

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 129 yeas and 0 nays as follows:

Those who voted in the affirmative were:

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

The bill was passed and its title agreed to.

H. F. No. 149 was reported to the House.

Pawlenty moved to amend H. F. No. 149, the second engrossment, as follows:

Page 3, delete section 3

The motion prevailed and the amendment was adopted.

H. F. No. 149, A bill for an act relating to food; regulating the serving, selling, and labeling of certain religion- sanctioned food; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 31.661; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 31.

The bill was read for the third time, as amended, and placed upon its final passage.

The question was taken on the passage of the bill and the roll was called. There were 130 yeas and 1 nay as follows:

Those who voted in the affirmative were:

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

Those who voted in the negative were:

Krinkie

The bill was passed, as amended, and its title agreed to.

The Speaker called Dehler to the Chair.

H. F. No. 320, A bill for an act relating to insurance; authorizing licensed property-casualty insurance agents to assist in the procurement of surplus lines insurance without a surplus lines insurance license; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 60A.198, subdivision 1.

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 131 yeas and 0 nays as follows:

Those who voted in the affirmative were:

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

The bill was passed and its title agreed to.

The Speaker resumed the Chair.

H. F. No. 393, A bill for an act relating to local government; allowing employees of Ramsey county and the city of St. Paul equal competition for vacant county jobs in combined city-county departments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 383A.288, subdivisions 3 and 4.

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 112 yeas and 18 nays as follows:

Those who voted in the affirmative were:

Abeler	Dibble	Hausman	Leighton	Osthoff	Smith
Abrams	Dorman	Hilstrom	Lenczewski	Otremba	Solberg
Anderson, I.	Dorn	Hilty	Leppik	Ozment	Stang
Bakk	Eastlund	Holsten	Lieder	Paulsen	Swapinski
Bernardy	Entenza	Howes	Luther	Pawlenty	Swenson
Biernat	Erhardt	Huntley	Mahoney	Paymar	Thompson
Bishop	Erickson	Jacobson	Mares	Pelowski	Tingelstad
Boudreau	Evans	Jaros	Mariani	Penas	Vandeveer
Bradley	Finseth	Jennings	Marko	Peterson	Wagenius
Buesgens	Fuller	Johnson, R.	Marquart	Pugh	Walker
Carlson	Gerlach	Johnson, S.	McElroy	Rhodes	Walz
Cassell	Gleason	Juhnke	McGuire	Rukavina	Wasiluk
Clark, K.	Goodno	Kahn	Milbert	Ruth	Wenzel
Daggett	Goodwin	Kalis	Mullery	Schumacher	Westerberg
Davids	Gray	Kelliher	Murphy	Seagren	Winter
Davnie	Greiling	Knoblach	Ness	Sertich	Wolf
Dawkins	Gunther	Koskinen	Nornes	Skoe	Spk. Sviggum
Dehler	Hackbarth	Kubly	Opatz	Skoglund
Dempsey	Harder	Larson	Osskopp	Slawik

Those who voted in the negative were:

Clark, J.	Johnson, J.	Kuisle	Molnau	Rifenberg	Tuma
Haas	Kielkucki	Lindner	Mulder	Seifert	Westrom
Holberg	Krinkie	Lipman	Olson	Sykora	Wilkin

The bill was passed and its title agreed to.

Abeler moved that the name of Howes be added as an author on H. F. No. 13. The motion prevailed.

Goodno moved that the name of Evans be added as an author on H. F. No. 51. The motion prevailed.

Nornes moved that the name of Mulder be added as an author on H. F. No. 128. The motion prevailed.

Ozment moved that the name of Evans be added as an author on H. F. No. 175. The motion prevailed.

Pelowski moved that the name of Abeler be added as an author on H. F. No. 190. The motion prevailed.

Anderson, I., moved that the name of Penas be added as an author on H. F. No. 286. The motion prevailed.

Seifert moved that the name of Hilstrom be added as an author on H. F. No. 291. The motion prevailed.

Stanek moved that the name of Erickson be added as an author on H. F. No. 351. The motion prevailed.

Greiling moved that the name of Rhodes be added as an author on H. F. No. 423. The motion prevailed.

Greiling moved that the name of Rhodes be added as an author on H. F. No. 481. The motion prevailed.

Abrams moved that the name of Abeler be added as an author on H. F. No. 552. The motion prevailed.

Goodno moved that the name of Abeler be added as an author on H. F. No. 560. The motion prevailed.

Rhodes moved that the name of Abeler be added as an author on H. F. No. 564. The motion prevailed.

Kuisle moved that the names of Abeler and Penas be added as authors on H. F. No. 575. The motion prevailed.

Ozment moved that the name of Abeler be added as an author on H. F. No. 595. The motion prevailed.

Seagren moved that the name of Larson be added as an author on H. F. No. 625. The motion prevailed.

Leppik moved that the name of Hilstrom be added as an author on H. F. No. 628. The motion prevailed.

Paulsen moved that the names of Tingelstad and Jacobson be added as authors on H. F. No. 643. The motion prevailed.

Kielkucki moved that the names of Bernardy, Wasiluk and Westerberg be added as authors on H. F. No. 687. The motion prevailed.

Goodno moved that the name of Goodwin be added as an author on H. F. No. 703. The motion prevailed.

Penas moved that the name of Swenson be added as an author on H. F. No. 711. The motion prevailed.

Dehler moved that the names of Cassell and Mulder be added as authors on H. F. No. 747. The motion prevailed.

Kuisle moved that the name of Mulder be added as an author on H. F. No. 751. The motion prevailed.

Daggett moved that the name of Cassell be added as an author on H. F. No. 756. The motion prevailed.

Folliard moved that the name of Solberg be added as an author on H. F. No. 761. The motion prevailed.

Carlson moved that the name of Cassell be added as an author on H. F. No. 770. The motion prevailed.

Stanek moved that the name of Mulder be added as an author on H. F. No. 783. The motion prevailed.

Tingelstad moved that the name of Swenson be added as an author on H. F. No. 785. The motion prevailed.

Greiling moved that the name of Lenczewski be added as an author on H. F. No. 788. The motion prevailed.

Davids moved that the name of Harder be added as an author on H. F. No. 789. The motion prevailed.

Kuisle moved that the name of Swenson be added as an author on H. F. No. 791. The motion prevailed.

Erhardt moved that the name of Sykora be added as an author on H. F. No. 797. The motion prevailed.

Smith moved that the name of Mulder be added as an author on H. F. No. 804. The motion prevailed.

Smith moved that the name of Mulder be added as an author on H. F. No. 806. The motion prevailed.

Swenson moved that the name of Mulder be added as an author on H. F. No. 810. The motion prevailed.

Swenson moved that the name of Mulder be added as an author on H. F. No. 811. The motion prevailed.

Abeler moved that the names of Greiling and Evans be added as authors on H. F. No. 822. The motion prevailed.

Winter moved that the names of Bernardy, Walker and Goodwin be added as authors on H. F. No. 824. The motion prevailed.

Tingelstad moved that H. F. No. 714 be recalled from the Committee on Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development and be re-referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy. The motion prevailed.

Fuller moved that H. F. No. 649 be returned to its author. The motion prevailed.

Pawlenty moved that the House recess subject to the call of the Chair. The motion prevailed.

RECESS

ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER

"Members of the House, I have an important announcement for you today. Sixty years ago in 1941 while

Franklin Roosevelt was just starting his third term as President

Pearl Harbor was attacked

Penicillin was first used to treat humans

The Minnesota Gophers Football team won the Big 10 with an 8 and 0 record and also won the National Championship

The Heisman Trophy winner was from Minnesota (Bruce Smith)

The Orson Welles film "Citizen Kane" premiered

The Yankees won the World Series (again!)

Joe DiMaggio hit in 56 straight games!

The Governor of Minnesota was Harold E. Stassen (the Governor's salary was $7,000)

The Legislature met in Regular Session every odd-numbered year for not more than 90 days

The legislative salary for members was $1,000.00 per session

The population of St. Paul, the capital city, was 287,736

The population of Vernon Center, Minnesota, was 355, oh, excuse me, I mean 354, when a young red-haired man named Ed Burdick boarded a Greyhound bus and left Vernon Center for St. Paul. . . . .

It was 60 years ago today! that Ed Burdick was hired as one of 16 messengers (Pages) for the Minnesota House of Representatives at $5.50 a day.

Since that day in 1941, Ed Burdick has worked for 16 different Speakers and well over 1,000 different legislators.

He has processed over 74,653 bill introductions and been part of over 22,543 new laws passed.

His knowledge of the legislative process and parliamentary procedure is unparalleled and he has been honored and recognized nationally as a leading authority in the field.

On behalf of the entire State of Minnesota and the House of Representatives, I congratulate and honor you, Ed Burdick, for 60 years of unsurpassed dedication and loyalty to this institution."

The Chief Clerk Edward A. Burdick expressed his gratitude for the honor bestowed upon him.

RECONVENED

The House reconvened and was called to order by the Speaker.

Pawlenty moved that when the House adjourns today it adjourn until 3:00 p.m., Monday, February 19, 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 19, 2001.

Edward A. Burdick, Chief Clerk, House of Representatives