Journal of the House - 7th Day - Thursday, January 20, 2005

The bill was passed and its title agreed to.

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

SECOND READING OF HOUSE BILLS, Continued

H. F. No. 166 was read for the second time.

INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS

The following House Files were introduced:

Abrams, Solberg, Erhardt, Brod and Lenczewski introduced:

H. F. No. 263, A bill for an act relating to a University of Minnesota football stadium; providing a process for state support of a football stadium at the University of Minnesota; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; 340A.404, subdivision 4a; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473.

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

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Slawik and Greiling introduced:

H. F. No. 264, A bill for an act relating to early childhood; providing funding for early childhood learning and child protection facilities; authorizing the sale of state bonds; appropriating money.

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

Hoppe, Kelliher, Cox, Ozment, McNamara, Hausman, Heidgerken and Wardlow introduced:

H. F. No. 265, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; authorizing spending to acquire and to better public land and other public improvements of a capital nature; appropriating money for natural resource and environment projects; authorizing the issuance of state general obligation bonds.

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

Sailer, Solberg, Moe, Eken and Lieder introduced:

H. F. No. 266, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; providing for a grant to Independent School District No. 38, Red Lake, for school construction costs and related improvements; authorizing bonds; appropriating money.

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

Knoblach, Opatz and Severson introduced:

H. F. No. 267, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for design of capital improvements for St. Cloud State University; authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds.

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

Knoblach, Opatz and Severson introduced:

H. F. No. 268, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements to St. Cloud Technical College; authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds.

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

Knoblach, Opatz and Severson introduced:

H. F. No. 269, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for design of capital improvements for St. Cloud State University; authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds.

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

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Knoblach, Opatz and Severson introduced:

H. F. No. 270, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for design of capital improvements for St. Cloud State University; authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds.

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

Brod; Johnson, J.; Slawik and Poppe introduced:

H. F. No. 271, A bill for an act relating to elections; imposing certain requirements on presidential electors and the secretary of state; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 208.08.

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

Zellers; Peppin; Carlson; Nelson, M.; Dittrich; Hortman; Abeler and Hilstrom introduced:

H. F. No. 272, A bill for an act relating to highways; authorizing issuance of $50,000,000 in state trunk highway bonds for completion of a segment of Marked Trunk Highway 610 as a four-lane freeway; appropriating money.

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

Welti; Davids; Liebling; Johnson, S.; Pelowski; Johnson, R., and Dorn introduced:

H. F. No. 273, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for a state trail segment in Olmsted County.

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

Dorman introduced:

H. F. No. 274, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for the Blazing Star Trail.

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

Juhnke; Urdahl; Hosch; Peterson, A.; Finstad; Heidgerken and Severson introduced:

H. F. No. 275, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; appropriating money to promote fishing.

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

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Magnus, Hamilton, Demmer, Simpson, Newman, Penas, Cornish, Marquart, Urdahl and Ruth introduced:

H. F. No. 276, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; providing for, and appropriating money for, a town road sign replacement program.

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

Eken and Marquart introduced:

H. F. No. 277, A bill for an act relating to highways; providing for turnback of highway to Becker County.

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

Nornes, Simpson, Lanning and Marquart introduced:

H. F. No. 278, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for the Prairie Wetlands Environmental Learning Center.

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

Magnus; Seifert; Peterson, A., and Koenen introduced:

H. F. No. 279, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for floodplain management.

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

Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 280, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money to the Rural Finance Authority for loan participation.

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

Pelowski introduced:

H. F. No. 281, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing state bonds and appropriating money to predesign facilities for the Great River Shakespeare Festival in the city of Winona.

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

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Mariani, Paymar, Hausman, Thao, Entenza, Mahoney and Johnson, S., introduced:

H. F. No. 282, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for capital improvements to Raspberry Island and the Upper Landing in St. Paul.

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

Zellers; Dorman; Kelliher; Holberg; Solberg; Erhardt; Davids; Klinzing; Mariani; Hausman; Sertich; Rukavina; Peterson, N.; Davnie; Magnus; Kahn; Hornstein; Ellison; Thissen; Walker; Hansen; Hilstrom; Clark; Thao; Kohls; Sykora and Nornes introduced:

H. F. No. 283, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money to create the Minnesota Shubert Center in the city of Minneapolis; authorizing the sale of state bonds.

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

Thao, Mahoney, Mariani, Hausman and Johnson, S., introduced:

H. F. No. 284, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; providing for a grant to the city of St. Paul to acquire land for and remediate contamination in the Pierce Butler Corridor; authorizing issuance of bonds; appropriating money.

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

Marquart introduced:

H. F. No. 285, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for flood hazard mitigation in the city of Breckenridge and Oakport Township; authorizing the issuance of state general obligation bonds.

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

Hoppe introduced:

H. F. No. 286, A bill for an act relating to liquor; providing for conformity in license fees and production levels for brewpubs and small brewers; authorizing issuance of temporary licenses to small brewers; authorizing off-sale of growlers by small brewers; modifying sampling provisions; providing that the on-sale license for Elko Speedway authorizes sales on all days of the week; changing the issuer of a certain license at the state fair; authorizing the city of Duluth to issue a liquor license for Wade Municipal Stadium; authorizing the city of St. Paul to issue a liquor license for special events at the State Capitol; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 340A.301, subdivisions 6, 7; 340A.404, subdivision 10; 340A.510, subdivision 2; Laws 2003, chapter 126, sections 28, 29; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 340A.

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

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Smith introduced:

H. F. No. 287, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 1; providing that state spending may not increase at a greater rate than increases in the Consumer Price Index.

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

Smith introduced:

H. F. No. 288, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; regulating the liability of employees of educational entities; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A.

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

Smith introduced:

H. F. No. 289, A bill for an act relating to statutes of limitations; waiving limitations on actions for compensation initiated by December 31, 2011, by persons forced to perform labor between 1929 and 1945 by the governments of Germany or Japan, their allies or sympathizers, or entities transacting business in Germany or Japan, or areas controlled by their governments; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 541.

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

Smith introduced:

H. F. No. 290, A bill for an act relating to family law; providing for grandparent visitation rights on behalf of the child; expanding grandparent visitation rights; specifying procedures; requiring mediation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 257C.08, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 257C.08, subdivisions 2, 3.

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

Sykora, Greiling, Powell, Erhardt, Simon, Hortman, Liebling, Welti, Bernardy and Opatz introduced:

H. F. No. 291, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing a levy for certain utility costs of facilities used primarily for community education programs; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D.

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

Brod, Paulsen, Cybart, Cox and Wardlow introduced:

H. F. No. 292, A bill for an act relating to elections; eliminating a requirement concerning major political party primary results; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 204D.10, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 204D.10, subdivision 2.

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

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Mahoney, Paymar, Gunther, Lesch and Johnson, S., introduced:

H. F. No. 293, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; providing for a grant to the city of St. Paul to acquire land for and remediate contamination in the Phalen Corridor; authorizing issuance of bonds; appropriating money.

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

Latz introduced:

H. F. No. 294, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; providing a grant to the Perpich Center for Arts Education; authorizing the sale of state bonds; appropriating money.

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

Davnie, Loeffler, Wagenius, Mullery, Kahn, Kelliher, Clark, Ellison, Hornstein and Walker introduced:

H. F. No. 295, A bill for an act relating to school board elections; Special School District No. 1; providing for six members to be elected by district and three to be elected at-large.

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

Abeler, Tingelstad, Bernardy, Dittrich and Hackbarth introduced:

H. F. No. 296, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for land acquisition for the Oliver Kelley Farm.

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

Johnson, S.; Samuelson; Mahoney; Thao; Eken and Koenen introduced:

H. F. No. 297, A bill for an act relating to human services; restoring senior nutrition funding; providing senior nutrition grants to serve certain populations; appropriating money.

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

Peterson, N.; Larson; Lenczewski; Seifert and Erhardt introduced:

H. F. No. 298, A bill for an act relating to motor carriers; exempting household goods movers from fixed compensation requirement when doing certain charitable work; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 221.171, subdivision 2.

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

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Johnson, S.; Samuelson; Thao; Koenen and Abeler introduced:

H. F. No. 299, A bill for an act relating to human services; increasing the number of living-at-home/block nurse programs; increasing annual program funding; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256B.0917, subdivision 8.

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

Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 300, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for water management projects.

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

Mahoney, Larson, Gunther, Garofalo, Zellers and Nelson, M., introduced:

H. F. No. 301, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for improvements to Historic Fort Snelling.

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

Lesch, Hausman, Meslow and Scalze introduced:

H. F. No. 302, A bill for an act relating to Ramsey County; separately stating county library levies on tax statements and truth in taxation notices; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 275.065, subdivision 3; 276.04, subdivision 2.

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

Rukavina, Moe, Dill, Sertich, Hackbarth, Gazelka and Howes introduced:

H. F. No. 303, A bill for an act relating to public lands; authorizing alternative investments of county environmental trust fund deposits; amending Laws 1998, chapter 389, article 16, section 31, subdivision 4, as amended.

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

Sieben, Howes and Ozment introduced:

H. F. No. 304, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; authorizing a fee for certain license applications; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.485, by adding a subdivision.

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

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Murphy introduced:

H. F. No. 305, A bill for an act relating to the city of Proctor; authorizing sales taxes; amending Laws 1999, chapter 243, article 4, section 18, subdivisions 1, 3, 4.

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

Murphy introduced:

H. F. No. 306, A bill for an act relating to the city of Proctor; authorizing use of lodging tax.

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

Cornish, Hackbarth, Hoppe, Blaine and Juhnke introduced:

H. F. No. 307, A bill for an act relating to animal health; providing for regulation of certain cervidae by the Board of Animal Health; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 17.452, by adding a subdivision; 35.155; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 35; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 17.451; 17.452, subdivisions 6, 6a, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 13a, 14, 15, 16.

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

Westrom and Otremba introduced:

H. F. No. 308, A bill for an act relating to taxation; authorizing the Lakes Area Economic Development Authority to levy a tax; amending Laws 2003, chapter 127, article 12, section 38.

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

Zellers; Atkins; Brod; Lenczewski; Dittrich; Nelson, M.; Klinzing; Mariani; Severson; Powell; Simpson; Gunther; Davids; Wilkin; Gazelka; Soderstrom; Peppin; Hamilton and Nelson, P., introduced:

H. F. No. 309, A bill for an act relating to taxation; adjusting long-term care insurance credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 290.0672, subdivision 2.

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

Bernardy introduced:

H. F. No. 310, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing transfer of certain property interests in Ramsey County.

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

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Seifert introduced:

H. F. No. 311, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for the Lake Redwood Reservoir Reclamation and Enhancement project.

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

Hosch, Juhnke, Greiling, Abeler and Anderson, B., introduced:

H. F. No. 312, A bill for an act relating to education; broadening the health and safety program to include school safety costs associated with student support services; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 123B.57, subdivisions 1, 2.

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

Hornstein, Lieder, Lanning, Beard and Nelson, M., introduced:

H. F. No. 313, A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing cities to impose street utility fee; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 160.

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

Lesch introduced:

H. F. No. 314, A bill for an act relating to courts; authorizing retired court commissioners to be appointed to perform judicial duties in the district court; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 2.724, subdivision 3; 489.01, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.

Slawik introduced:

H. F. No. 315, A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring the commissioner of transportation to contract with KBEM radio station to provide traffic reports.

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

Slawik introduced:

H. F. No. 316, A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; regulating membership travel contracts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 325G.50; 325G.505, subdivision 3; 325G.51; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325G.

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

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Blaine, Zellers, Erickson, Brod, Powell, Gazelka, Finstad, Demmer, Peppin, Newman and Marquart introduced:

H. F. No. 317, A bill for an act relating to veterans; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article XIII, section 8, to authorize general obligation bonding proceeds to be used to pay a bonus to Minnesota residents who served as members of the United States military during the Global War on Terrorism.

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

Blaine, Finstad, Demmer, Hamilton, Magnus, Newman and Marquart introduced:

H. F. No. 318, A bill for an act relating to animal health; providing for an official laboratory of the Board of Animal Health; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 35.02, subdivision 1; 35.03; 35.05; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 35.0661, subdivision 4.

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

Powell; Paymar; Ellison; Nelson, P.; Hornstein and Ruth introduced:

H. F. No. 319, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; requiring motor vehicle drivers to restrain child passengers under nine years of age with appropriate child restraint system; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.685, subdivision 5.

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

Anderson, B.; Hoppe; Hackbarth; Rukavina; Koenen; Lieder; Olson and Walker introduced:

H. F. No. 320, A bill for an act relating to transportation; providing for funding of transportation with transportation certificates of assignment; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 161.

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

Kelliher, Penas, Ellison, Kahn and Magnus introduced:

H. F. No. 321, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money for the J.D. Rivers Urban Agricultural Awareness Center.

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

Nelson, P.; Eastlund; Holberg; Greiling; Vandeveer; Meslow; Lillie; Lesch; Scalze; Soderstrom and Hausman introduced:

H. F. No. 322, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for the Rush Line Corridor Busway.

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

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Paulsen; Seifert; Larson; Kohls; Johnson, J.; Anderson, B.; Powell; DeLaForest; Hoppe; Gazelka; Holberg; Olson; Eastlund; Nelson, P.; Erickson; Vandeveer; Peppin; Heidgerken; Newman; Zellers; Finstad; Buesgens and Simpson introduced:

H. F. No. 323, A bill for an act relating to the legislature; confining regular legislative sessions to odd-numbered years; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 3.011.

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

Solberg introduced:

H. F. No. 324, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; eliminating the commodity checkoff fee for producers of cultivated wild rice processed by certain first purchasers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 17.59, subdivision 1.

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

Solberg introduced:

H. F. No. 325, A bill for an act relating to occupations; providing that certain traffic escorts are exempt from the experience requirements of a protective agent license; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 326.3382, by adding a subdivision.

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

Lieder, Eken and Marquart introduced:

H. F. No. 326, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing Independent School District No. 595, East Grand Forks, to exercise remaining levy authority for disability access projects.

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

Heidgerken and Peterson, A., introduced:

H. F. No. 327, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for state park improvements.

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

Heidgerken, Westrom and Severson introduced:

H. F. No. 328, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for a regional trail in Stearns County.

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

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Lillie introduced:

H. F. No. 329, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for a study of spore levels near yard waste compost sites.

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

Lillie and Slawik introduced:

H. F. No. 330, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for engineering design of roadway rehabilitation and adjacent Lake Links Trail development in Ramsey and Washington Counties.

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

Lillie introduced:

H. F. No. 331, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for a study of odor levels near yard waste compost sites.

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

Lillie and Slawik introduced:

H. F. No. 332, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money to complete restoration of the Bruentrup farm in Maplewood; authorizing state bonds.

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

Brod; Wilkin; Slawik; Cybart; Paulsen; Erickson; Demmer; Tingelstad; Nelson, P.; Bradley; Kohls; Gazelka; Johnson, J.; Ruth; Gunther; Lanning; Cox; Wardlow; Urdahl; Westerberg; Hoppe; McNamara; Beard; Blaine and Finstad introduced:

H. F. No. 333, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article IV, section 4; providing staggered terms of office for senators.

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

Lillie and Slawik introduced:

H. F. No. 334, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for the McKnight Road and Highway 36 interchange project in Ramsey County.

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

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Cybart, Garofalo, Ozment, Wilkin, Sieben, Dean, Wardlow, Powell and Atkins introduced:

H. F. No. 335, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for Dakota County Technical College.

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

DeLaForest, Hoppe, Westrom, Kohls, Emmer, Newman, Samuelson, Cybart, Westerberg and Peppin introduced:

H. F. No. 336, A bill for an act relating to state government; designating English as the official language; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 1.

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

Nelson, P., introduced:

H. F. No. 337, A bill for an act relating to human services; designating nursing facilities in Chisago County as metro for purposes of determining reimbursement rates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256B.431, by adding a subdivision.

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

Howes, Dorman, Gunther, Solberg, Marquart, Rukavina, Juhnke and Cox introduced:

H. F. No. 338, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for the Public Facilities Authority; authorizing state bonds.

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

Howes; Anderson, I.; Dill; Moe and Rukavina introduced:

H. F. No. 339, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for reforestation; authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds.

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

Howes, Moe and Slawik introduced:

H. F. No. 340, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Walker Area Community Center; authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds.

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

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Howes; Goodwin; Nelson, P., and Gazelka introduced:

H. F. No. 341, A bill for an act relating to civil commitment of sexually dangerous persons and persons with sexual psychopathic personalities; requiring the Department of Corrections and attorney general's office to work together to determine whether a petition should be filed to commence civil commitment proceedings; requiring the attorney general to pursue certain commitments; allowing counties to pursue certain commitments when the attorney general does not pursue commitments; requiring committed individuals to be committed to governmental facilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 8.01; 244.05, subdivision 7; 253B.185, subdivisions 1, 1b.

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

Clark introduced:

H. F. No. 342, A bill for an act relating to taxation; removing a duration limitation on a redevelopment tax increment financing district in the city of Minneapolis; amending Laws 1998, chapter 389, article 11, section 19, subdivision 3.

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

Clark introduced:

H. F. No. 343, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money to improve the former Sears site in the city of Minneapolis; authorizing the sale of state bonds.

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

Howes; Loeffler; Lillie; Nelson, M., and Cox introduced:

H. F. No. 344, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending to acquire and to better public lands and buildings; appropriating money for construction of a workers memorial on the Capitol grounds; authorizing issuance of state bonds.

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

Solberg; Anderson, I., and Moe introduced:

H. F. No. 345, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for employee recognition programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 123B.02, by adding a subdivision.

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

Dempsey, Murphy, Erhardt, Pelowski, Hausman, Huntley and Jaros introduced:

H. F. No. 346, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for port development assistance; authorizing the sale of state bonds.

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

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Lanning, Nornes, Marquart and Simpson introduced:

H. F. No. 347, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements, including asset preservation, at Minnesota State University, Moorhead, and Minnesota State Community and Technical College, Moorhead; authorizing the issuance of state bonds.

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

DeLaForest introduced:

H. F. No. 348, A bill for an act relating to transportation; allocating revenues from the motor vehicle sales tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 297B.09, subdivision 1.

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

Kelliher, Abeler, Fritz, Hornstein and Hausman introduced:

H. F. No. 349, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for grave markers or memorial monuments for unmarked graves of deceased residents of state hospitals or regional treatment centers.

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

Slawik introduced:

H. F. No. 350, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article IV, section 4; providing staggered four-year terms for senators.

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

Slawik introduced:

H. F. No. 351, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; requiring vehicles to be driven in right-hand lane with exceptions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 169.18, subdivisions 7, 10; 171.13, by adding a subdivision.

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

Dorman and Hausman introduced:

H. F. No. 352, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature with certain conditions; making adjustments to previous bond authorizations; authorizing sale of state bonds; appropriating money; amending

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Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 16A.671, subdivision 3; 116J.571; 116J.572, subdivisions 2, 4; 116J.573, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5; 116J.574, subdivision 2; 116J.575, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16A.

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

Paymar introduced:

H. F. No. 353, A bill for an act relating to outdoor recreation; providing funding for renovation of the Historic Highland Park Pavilion in St. Paul; authorizing bonds; appropriating money.

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

Cox; Hansen; Nelson, P.; Newman; McNamara; DeLaForest; Erhardt; Poppe; Johnson, R., and Dorman introduced:

H. F. No. 354, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for conservation easements; authorizing the sale of state bonds.

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

Finstad introduced:

H. F. No. 355, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing New Ulm school district to use health and safety revenue for mechanical air handling system appurtenances.

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

Eastlund, Opatz and Erickson introduced:

H. F. No. 356, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; authorizing spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and public improvements of a capital nature with conditions; appropriating money to the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for the Anoka-Ramsey Community College in Cambridge; authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds.

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

Ruth, Pelowski, Gunther and Dill introduced:

H. F. No. 357, A bill for an act relating to local government; making technical changes to filing and recording laws; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 41.65, subdivision 3; 49.05, subdivision 2; 49.215, subdivision 3; 52.20, subdivisions 2, 3; 60B.16, subdivision 1; 60B.21, subdivision 1; 60B.25; 60B.52, subdivision 2; 60B.53, subdivision 2; 60B.55, subdivision 2; 66A.21, subdivision 2; 88.14, subdivision 3; 88.41; 88.49, subdivisions 2, 3, 5; 88.491, subdivision 2; 92.17; 93.52, subdivision 2; 93.55, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, 5; 93.551; 94.19; 103I.341,

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subdivisions 1, 4; 117.065; 164.06, subdivision 2; 164.07, subdivision 11; 222.29; 238.25, subdivision 10; 273.165, subdivision 1; 281.322; 281.328, subdivision 1; 284.07; 284.08; 284.11; 284.18; 306.02, subdivision 1; 306.24; 307.06; 307.07; 315.01, subdivisions 3, 4; 315.17, subdivision 3; 315.19; 315.20, subdivisions 2, 3; 315.32; 315.365, subdivision 2; 315.44; 316.09; 317A.021, subdivision 4; 317A.051, subdivision 2; 318.02, subdivision 3; 322.02; 322.25, subdivision 4; 322A.86; 327A.04, subdivision 3; 327C.095, subdivisions 8, 11; 344.06; 344.08; 375.14; 381.12, subdivision 1; 382.08; 382.10; 384.02; 384.08; 385.02, subdivision 1; 386.03; 386.04; 386.05; 386.13; 386.16; 386.19; 386.20, subdivisions 1, 3; 386.23, subdivisions 1, 2; 386.26, subdivision 3; 386.29; 386.31; 386.32; 386.36; 386.37; 386.45; 387.01; 387.33, subdivision 2; 388.01; 388.10; 389.011, subdivisions 1, 3; 390.05; 394.27, subdivision 8; 394.301, subdivision 4; 394.33, subdivision 1; 394.35; 395.18; 395.22; 398.19; 410.11; 412.851; 429.061, subdivision 2; 444.17; 447.31, subdivision 4; 462.359, subdivision 2; 462.3595, subdivision 4; 462.36, subdivision 1; 462A.31, subdivision 7; 463.15, subdivision 4; 465.19; 471.928; 485.01; 485.03; 485.05; 489.03; 507.24, subdivision 1; 508.35; 508.37; 508.38; 519.091, subdivision 2; 541.023, subdivisions 2, 2a, 4, 6; 548.09, subdivision 1; 548.25; 550.31; 550.32; 559.17, subdivisions 2, 3; 559.209, subdivision 2; 559.21, subdivisions 3, 4; 559.23; 570.061, subdivision 2; 570.11; 570.14; 576.01, subdivision 2; 577.02; 577.10; 580.032, subdivisions 1, 3; 580.09; 580.15; 580.17; 580.23, subdivision 4; 580.24; 580.29; 600.21; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 386.183; 386.34; 386.53; 580.16.

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

Ruth, Pelowski, Gunther and Dill introduced:

H. F. No. 358, A bill for an act relating to counties; providing for fees and standards for the recording of certain documents; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 357.18; 386.30; 507.093; 508.82; 508A.82; 515B.1-116.

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

Sertich and Rukavina introduced:

H. F. No. 359, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant; authorizing the sale of bonds.

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

Paymar, Entenza and Hausman introduced:

H. F. No. 360, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money and authorizing bonds for St. Paul park and trail improvements.

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

Juhnke, Urdahl, Heidgerken, Koenen and Hosch introduced:

H. F. No. 361, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; authorizing spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and public improvements of a capital nature; appropriating money for capital projects to enable the reuse of the Willmar Regional Treatment Center and for methamphetamine treatment; authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 246.0136, by adding a subdivision.

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

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DeLaForest introduced:

H. F. No. 362, A bill for an act relating to highways; providing for single appeal process under municipal consent law for interstate and noninterstate trunk highways; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 161.165, subdivision 1; 161.166.

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

Davnie, Demmer, Wardlow, Bernardy, Severson and Greiling introduced:

H. F. No. 363, A bill for an act relating to education; providing middle school students with access to upper school courses; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 120B.

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

Lesch and Loeffler introduced:

H. F. No. 364, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention and public safety; regulating the sale of methamphetamine precursor drugs; authorizing reporting of suspicious transactions involving these drugs and providing civil immunity for so doing; requiring a methamphetamine educational program for retailers; further regulating while recodifying activities involving anhydrous ammonia; requiring courts to order restitution in certain situations involving controlled substances; imposing property restrictions in certain situations involving controlled substances; increasing the criminal penalties for possessing certain substances with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine; establishing new methamphetamine-related crimes; expanding the definition of "violent crime" for mandatory sentencing purposes; requiring that vehicles used to manufacture methamphetamine indicate this in the title; establishing a methamphetamine laboratory cleanup revolving fund and authorizing loans to assist counties and cities in conducting methamphetamine cleanup; imposing a surcharge on controlled substance offenses; exempting certain substances for regulation under the controlled substances chapter of law; providing for reports; imposing criminal penalties; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 152.021, subdivisions 2a, 3; 152.135, subdivision 2; 168A.05, subdivision 3; 609.1095, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 152; 446A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 18C.005, subdivisions 1a, 35a; 18C.201, subdivisions 6, 7; 18D.331, subdivision 5.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.

Hortman; Dittrich; Nelson, M.; Hilstrom; Abeler and Tingelstad introduced:

H. F. No. 365, A bill for an act relating to highways; authorizing trunk highway bonds to finance completion of highway 610; appropriating money.

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

Howes introduced:

H. F. No. 366, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; establishing a user fee for horseback riding trails; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 85.

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

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Kohls and Thissen introduced:

H. F. No. 367, A bill for an act relating to real property; providing for certain defeasible estates; modifying residential purchase agreement cancellations; amending the foreclosure advice notice; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 500.20, subdivision 2a; 559.217, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, 6; 580.041, by adding subdivisions.

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

Thissen and Kohls introduced:

H. F. No. 368, A bill for an act relating to probate; changing and clarifying certain venue, trustee powers, and omitted beneficiary provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 501B.17; 501B.705, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5; 524.2-302.

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

Thissen and Meslow introduced:

H. F. No. 369, A bill for an act relating to real property; amending the Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 515B.1-102; 515B.1-103; 515B.1-106; 515B.1-107; 515B.1-116; 515B.2-101; 515B.2-102; 515B.2-104; 515B.2-106; 515B.2-108; 515B.2-110; 515B.2-111; 515B.2-112; 515B.2-113; 515B.2-118; 515B.2-119; 515B.2-121; 515B.2-123; 515B.2-124; 515B.3-101; 515B.3-102; 515B.3-103; 515B.3-105; 515B.3-106; 515B.3-110; 515B.3-112; 515B.3-113; 515B.3-114; 515B.3-115; 515B.3-116; 515B.3-117; 515B.3-120; 515B.4-101; 515B.4-102; 515B.4-105; 515B.4-106; 515B.4-107; 515B.4-109; 515B.4-111; 515B.4-115.

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

Solberg, Rukavina, Juhnke and Moe introduced:

H. F. No. 370, A bill for an act relating to local government; shooting ranges; defining generally accepted operation practices; providing for relation to ordinances, closing and relocation, noise standards, public access, and nuisance liability; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 87A.

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

Howes introduced:

H. F. No. 371, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; modifying restrictions on firearms used in hunting; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97B.031, subdivision 1.

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

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Westerberg introduced:

H. F. No. 372, A bill for an act relating to retirement; permitting certain employees of Blaine, Spring Lake Park, and Mounds View to become members of the Public Employees Retirement Association police and fire fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 353.64, by adding a subdivision.

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

Anderson, I., introduced:

H. F. No. 373, A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; requiring the Department of Commerce to present a plan to expand local calling areas to include secondary school attendance areas.

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

MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE

The following messages were received from the Senate:

Mr. Speaker:

I hereby announce the adoption by the Senate of the following Senate Concurrent Resolution, herewith transmitted:

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 1, A Senate concurrent resolution relating to the adoption of temporary joint rules.

Patrick E. Flahaven, Secretary of the Senate

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

Mr. Speaker:

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

S. F. No. 218.

Patrick E. Flahaven, Secretary of the Senate

FIRST READING OF SENATE BILLS

S. F. No. 218, A bill for an act relating to taxation; accelerating the income tax charitable contribution deduction for relief of Indian Ocean tsunami victims; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 290.01, subdivision 19.

The bill was read for the first time.

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SUSPENSION OF RULES

Pursuant to Article IV, Section 19, of the Constitution of the state of Minnesota, Abrams moved that the rule therein be suspended and an urgency be declared so that S. F. No. 218 be given its second and third readings and be placed upon its final passage. The motion prevailed.

Abrams moved that the rules of the House be so far suspended that S. F. No. 218 be given its second and third readings and be placed upon its final passage. The motion prevailed.

S. F. No. 218 was read for the second time.

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 132 yeas and 0 nays as follows:

Those who voted in the affirmative were: