STATE OF MINNESOTA
EIGHTY-THIRD SESSION - 2004
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ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH DAY
Saint Paul, Minnesota, Sunday, May 16, 2004
The House of Representatives convened at 7:00 a.m. and was
called to order by Steve Sviggum, Speaker of the House.
Prayer was offered by Representative Bruce Anderson, District
19A, Buffalo Township, 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
Abrams
Anderson, B.
Anderson, I.
Anderson, J.
Atkins
Beard
Bernardy
Blaine
Borrell
Boudreau
Bradley
Brod
Buesgens
Carlson
Clark
Cornish
Cox
Davids
Davnie
DeLaForest
Demmer
Dempsey
Dill
Dorman
Dorn
Eastlund
Eken
Ellison
Entenza
Erhardt
Finstad
Fuller
Gerlach
Goodwin
Greiling
Gunther
Haas
Hackbarth
Harder
Hausman
Heidgerken
Hilstrom
Hilty
Holberg
Hoppe
Hornstein
Howes
Huntley
Jacobson
Jaros
Johnson, J.
Johnson, S.
Juhnke
Kahn
Kelliher
Klinzing
Knoblach
Koenen
Kohls
Krinkie
Kuisle
Lanning
Larson
Latz
Lenczewski
Lesch
Lieder
Lindgren
Lindner
Lipman
Magnus
Mahoney
Mariani
Marquart
McNamara
Meslow
Mullery
Murphy
Nelson, C.
Nelson, M.
Nelson, P.
Newman
Nornes
Olsen, S.
Olson, M.
Opatz
Osterman
Otremba
Otto
Ozment
Paulsen
Paymar
Pelowski
Penas
Peterson
Powell
Pugh
Rhodes
Rukavina
Ruth
Samuelson
Seagren
Seifert
Sertich
Sieben
Simpson
Slawik
Smith
Soderstrom
Solberg
Stang
Strachan
Swenson
Sykora
Thao
Thissen
Tingelstad
Urdahl
Vandeveer
Wagenius
Walker
Walz
Wardlow
Wasiluk
Westerberg
Westrom
Wilkin
Zellers
Spk. Sviggum
A quorum was present.
Adolphson, Biernat, Erickson and Severson were excused.
The Chief Clerk proceeded to read the Journal of the preceding
day. Rhodes moved that further reading
of the Journal be suspended and that the Journal be approved as corrected by
the Chief Clerk. The motion prevailed.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE
The following messages were received from the Senate:
Mr. Speaker:
This is to notify you that the Senate is about to adjourn the
Eighty-Third Legislative Session sine die.
Patrice Dworak, First Assistant Secretary of the Senate
Mr. Speaker:
I hereby announce the adoption by the Senate of the following
Senate Concurrent Resolution, herewith transmitted:
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 9, A Senate concurrent
resolution relating to the delivery of bills to the Governor after final
adjournment.
Patrice Dworak, First Assistant Secretary of the Senate
SUSPENSION
OF RULES
Paulsen moved that the rules be so far suspended that Senate
Concurrent Resolution No. 9 be now considered and placed upon its
adoption. The motion prevailed.
SENATE
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 9
A Senate concurrent resolution relating to the delivery of
bills to the Governor after final adjournment.
Whereas, the Minnesota Constitution, Article IV, Section
23, authorizes the presentation to the Governor after sine die adjournment of
bills that passed in the last three days of the Session; Now, Therefore,
Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Minnesota,
the House of Representatives concurring, that upon adjournment sine die of the
83rd regular session of the Legislature, bills must be presented to the
Governor as follows:
(a) The Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Chief
Clerk of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the
Secretary of the Senate shall certify and sign each bill in the same manner and
upon the same certification as each bill is signed for presentation to the
Governor before adjournment sine die, and each of those officers shall continue
in his designated capacity during the three days following the date of final
adjournment.
(b) The Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives and the
Secretary of the Senate, in accordance with the rules of the respective bodies
and under the supervision and direction of the standing Committee on Rules and
Legislative Administration and the standing Committee on Rules and
Administration, shall carefully enroll each bill and present it to the Governor
in the same manner as each bill is enrolled and presented to the Governor
before adjournment of the Legislature sine die.
(c) The Revisor of Statutes shall continue to assist in all
of the functions relating to enrollment of bills of the House of
Representatives and of the Senate under the supervision of the Chief Clerk of
the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate in the same manner
that the assistance was rendered before adjournment of the Legislature sine
die.
Be It Further Resolved that the Secretary of the Senate is
directed to deliver copies of this resolution to the Governor and the Secretary
of State.
Paulsen moved that Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 9 be now
adopted. The motion prevailed and
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 9 was adopted.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY
S. F. No. 1866, A bill for an act relating to state employment;
ratifying certain labor agreements and compensation plans.
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
Abrams
Anderson, B.
Anderson, I.
Anderson, J.
Atkins
Beard
Bernardy
Blaine
Borrell
Boudreau
Bradley
Brod
Buesgens
Carlson
Clark
Cornish
Cox
Davids
Davnie
DeLaForest
Demmer
Dempsey
Dill
Dorman
Dorn
Eastlund
Eken
Ellison
Entenza
Erhardt
Finstad
Fuller
Gerlach
Goodwin
Greiling
Gunther
Haas
Hackbarth
Harder
Hausman
Heidgerken
Hilstrom
Hilty
Holberg
Hoppe
Hornstein
Howes
Huntley
Jacobson
Jaros
Johnson, J.
Johnson, S.
Juhnke
Kahn
Kelliher
Klinzing
Knoblach
Koenen
Kohls
Krinkie
Kuisle
Lanning
Larson
Latz
Lenczewski
Lesch
Lieder
Lindgren
Lindner
Lipman
Magnus
Mahoney
Mariani
Marquart
McNamara
Meslow
Mullery
Murphy
Nelson, C.
Nelson, M.
Nelson, P.
Newman
Nornes
Olsen, S.
Olson, M.
Osterman
Otremba
Otto
Ozment
Paulsen
Paymar
Pelowski
Penas
Peterson
Powell
Pugh
Rhodes
Rukavina
Ruth
Samuelson
Seagren
Seifert
Sertich
Sieben
Simpson
Slawik
Smith
Soderstrom
Solberg
Stang
Strachan
Swenson
Sykora
Thao
Thissen
Tingelstad
Urdahl
Vandeveer
Wagenius
Walker
Walz
Wardlow
Wasiluk
Westerberg
Westrom
Wilkin
Zellers
Spk. Sviggum
The bill was passed and its title agreed to.
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
Entenza moved that the name of Bernardy be added as an author
on H. F. No. 1231. The
motion prevailed.
Wilkin moved that the names of Fuller; Davids; Westerberg;
Boudreau; Rhodes; Penas; Johnson, J.; Abeler; Bradley; Haas; Hoppe; Nelson, C.;
Wardlow; Newman; Urdahl; Meslow; Nelson, P.; Cox; Demmer; Klinzing; Olsen, S.;
Samuelson; McNamara; Kohls; Osterman; Simpson; Lindgren and Ruth be added as
authors on H. F. No. 2762.
The motion prevailed.
Thissen moved that the name of Otremba be added as an author on
H. F. No. 3054. The
motion prevailed.
Olson, M.; Juhnke; Borrell; Bernardy; Dorman; Otremba; Lipman;
Kelliher; Erickson; Ozment; Lindner and Greiling introduced:
House Concurrent Resolution No. 8, A House concurrent
resolution amending the Temporary Joint Rules of the Senate and House of
Representatives.
The concurrent resolution was referred to the Committee on
Rules and Legislative Administration.
Paulsen moved that the Chief Clerk be and he is hereby
instructed to inform the Senate and the Governor by message that the House of
Representatives is about to adjourn this 83rd Session sine die. The motion prevailed.
MOTION TO ADJOURN SINE DIE
Krinkie moved that the House adjourn sine die. The motion prevailed and the Speaker
declared the House adjourned sine die.
Edward
A. Burdick,
Chief Clerk, House of Representatives