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The House of Representatives convened at 11:00 a.m. and was called to order by Steve Sviggum, Speaker of the House.

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

A quorum was present.

Clark, K.; Davids; Hausman; Jennings; Kahn; Kelliher; Larson; Leppik; Lieder; Opatz; Paulsen; Pelowski; Seifert and Slawik were excused.

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

The following House Files were introduced:

Kelliher; Wagenius; Jennings; Johnson, R.; Skoe; Greiling; Gray; Folliard; Entenza; Mariani; Lieder; Wasiluk; Hausman; Dorn; McGuire; Hilty; Kalis; Murphy; Huntley; Swapinski; Paymar; Koskinen; Johnson, S.; Goodwin; Bernardy; Walker; Evans; Juhnke; Clark, K.; Dibble; Winter; Hilstrom; Lenczewski; Opatz and Otremba introduced:

H. F. No. 17, 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 Rules and Legislative Administration.

Goodwin, Rukavina and Bakk introduced:

H. F. No. 18, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring the commissioner of administration to contract with an independent auditor for an audit of certain programs of the department of human services; appropriating money

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

Krinkie introduced:

H. F. No. 19, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; reducing rates of tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 290.06, subdivisions 2c, 2d; 290.091, subdivisions 1, 2, 6; 469.1734, subdivision 4.

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

Abrams moved that the name of Erhardt be added as an author on H. F. No. 1. The motion prevailed.

Seagren moved that the name of Erickson be added as an author on H. F. No. 2. The motion prevailed.

Sykora moved that the names of Eastlund, Nornes, Mulder and Haas be added as authors on H. F. No. 4. The motion prevailed.

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

Juhnke moved that the names of Dorn; Hilty; Johnson, R.; Kalis; Kubly; Leighton; Wenzel; Lieder; Marquart; Otremba; Pelowski; Peterson; Schumacher; Skoe and Winter be added as authors on H. F. No. 11. The motion prevailed.

Juhnke moved that the name of Otremba be added as chief author and the names of Dorn; Hilty; Johnson, R.; Kalis; Kubly; Leighton; Wenzel; Lieder; Marquart; Pelowski; Peterson; Schumacher; Skoe and Winter be added as authors on H. F. No. 12. The motion prevailed.

Juhnke moved that the names of Dorn; Hilty; Johnson, R.; Kalis; Kubly; Leighton; Wenzel; Lieder; Marquart; Otremba; Pelowski; Peterson; Schumacher; Skoe and Winter be added as authors on H. F. No. 13. The motion prevailed.

Olson introduced:

House Concurrent Resolution No. 1, A house concurrent resolution setting the expenditure limits for various categories of expenditure for the 2002-2003 biennium.

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

Olson introduced:

House Concurrent Resolution No. 2, A house concurrent resolution setting the expenditure limits for various categories of expenditure for the 2002-2003 biennium.

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

Pawlenty moved that when the House adjourns today it adjourn until 11:00 a.m., Thursday, June 21, 2001.

A roll call was requested and properly seconded.

The question was taken on the Pawlenty motion and the roll was called. There were 64 yeas and 56 nays as follows:

Those who voted in the affirmative were:

Abeler	Dempsey	Hackbarth	Lindner	Penas	Tuma
Abrams	Dorman	Harder	Lipman	Rhodes	Vandeveer
Anderson, B.	Eastlund	Holberg	Mares	Rifenberg	Walz
Bishop	Erhardt	Holsten	McElroy	Ruth	Westerberg
Boudreau	Erickson	Howes	Molnau	Seagren	Westrom
Bradley	Finseth	Jacobson	Mulder	Smith	Wilkin
Buesgens	Fuller	Johnson, J.	Ness	Stanek	Wolf
Cassell	Gerlach	Kielkucki	Nornes	Stang	Workman
Clark, J.	Goodno	Knoblach	Osskopp	Swenson	Spk. Sviggum
Daggett	Gunther	Krinkie	Ozment	Sykora
Dehler	Haas	Kuisle	Pawlenty	Tingelstad

Those who voted in the negative were:

Anderson, I.	Evans	Johnson, R.	Mariani	Paymar	Thompson
Bakk	Folliard	Johnson, S.	Marko	Peterson	Wagenius
Bernardy	Gleason	Juhnke	Marquart	Pugh	Walker
Biernat	Goodwin	Kalis	McGuire	Rukavina	Wasiluk
Carlson	Gray	Koskinen	Milbert	Schumacher	Wenzel
Davnie	Greiling	Kubly	Mullery	Sertich	Winter
Dawkins	Hilstrom	Leighton	Murphy	Skoe
Dibble	Hilty	Lenczewski	Olson	Skoglund
Dorn	Huntley	Luther	Osthoff	Solberg
Entenza	Jaros	Mahoney	Otremba	Swapinski

The motion prevailed.

Pawlenty moved that the House adjourn. The motion prevailed, and the Speaker declared the House stands adjourned until 11:00 a.m., Thursday, June 21, 2001.

Edward A. Burdick, Chief Clerk, House of Representatives