STATE OF MINNESOTA
EIGHTY-FOURTH SESSION - 2005
_____________________
EIGHTH DAY
Saint Paul, Minnesota, Monday, January 24,
2005
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 Pastor Richard Scherber, Executive
Director, Minnesota Teen Challenge, 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
Abrams
Anderson, B.
Anderson, I.
Atkins
Beard
Bernardy
Blaine
Bradley
Brod
Buesgens
Carlson
Charron
Clark
Cornish
Cox
Cybart
Davids
Davnie
Dean
DeLaForest
Demmer
Dempsey
Dittrich
Dorman
Dorn
Eastlund
Eken
Ellison
Emmer
Entenza
Erhardt
Erickson
Finstad
Fritz
Garofalo
Gazelka
Goodwin
Greiling
Gunther
Hackbarth
Hamilton
Hansen
Hausman
Heidgerken
Hilstrom
Hilty
Holberg
Hoppe
Hornstein
Hortman
Hosch
Howes
Jaros
Johnson, J.
Johnson, R.
Johnson, S.
Juhnke
Kelliher
Klinzing
Knoblach
Kohls
Krinkie
Lanning
Larson
Latz
Lenczewski
Lesch
Liebling
Lieder
Lillie
Loeffler
Magnus
Mahoney
Mariani
Marquart
McNamara
Meslow
Moe
Mullery
Murphy
Nelson, M.
Nelson, P.
Newman
Nornes
Olson
Opatz
Otremba
Ozment
Paulsen
Paymar
Pelowski
Penas
Peppin
Peterson, A.
Peterson, N.
Peterson, S.
Poppe
Powell
Rukavina
Ruth
Ruud
Sailer
Samuelson
Scalze
Seifert
Sertich
Severson
Sieben
Simon
Simpson
Slawik
Smith
Soderstrom
Solberg
Sykora
Thao
Thissen
Tingelstad
Urdahl
Vandeveer
Wagenius
Walker
Wardlow
Welti
Westerberg
Westrom
Wilkin
Zellers
Spk. Sviggum
A quorum was present.
Dill, Huntley, Kahn and Koenen were excused.
The Chief Clerk proceeded to read the Journal of the preceding
day. Gazelka moved that further reading
of the Journal be suspended and that the Journal be approved as corrected by
the Chief Clerk. The motion prevailed.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
Krinkie from the Committee on Taxes to which was referred:
H. F. No. 47, A bill for an act relating to state aid to
cities; correcting the calculation of city aid base; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2004, section 477A.011, subdivision 36.
Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill
pass.
The report was adopted.
SECOND READING OF HOUSE BILLS
H. F. No. 47 was read for the second time.
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS
The following House Files were introduced:
Nornes, Erickson, Cox, Lanning, Samuelson, Urdahl and Gunther
introduced:
H. F. No. 374, A bill for an act relating to human services;
modifying child care center license fees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
section 245A.10, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
Cox introduced:
H. F. No. 375, A bill for an act relating to human services;
modifying division of cost for certain intermediate care facilities for persons with mental retardation; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2004, section 256B.19, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Erickson introduced:
H. F. No. 376, A bill for an act relating to human services;
appropriating money for assistive technology.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee
on Health Policy and Finance.
Blaine
introduced:
H. F. No. 377, A bill for an act relating to capital
improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for
construction of a wastewater collection system connection to the Mille Lacs
wastewater treatment facility.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
Nelson, P., and Slawik introduced:
H. F. No. 378, 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 2004, sections 4.077, subdivision 1; 10A.04, subdivision 6;
13.32, subdivision 3; 13.321, by adding a subdivision; 13.381, by adding a
subdivision; 13.46, subdivision 2; 13.47, subdivision 1; 13.4963, subdivision
2; 15.0591, subdivision 2; 15.39, subdivision 2; 16B.31, subdivision 1; 17.43;
18C.60, subdivision 1; 28.15; 32.645; 47.59, subdivision 2; 62I.13, subdivision
3; 62L.17, subdivision 2a; 64B.37, subdivision 2; 82.33, subdivision 4;
84.8712, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 6; 85.22, subdivision 2a; 89.01, subdivision 5a;
103F.205, subdivision 1; 115B.20, subdivision 2; 116J.871, subdivision 3;
119B.25, subdivision 2; 124D.68, subdivision 2; 127A.10; 137.09; 144.6501,
subdivision 1; 145B.04; 152.027, subdivision 4; 155A.03, subdivision 1;
155A.16; 161.1419, subdivision 8; 168.275; 168.33, subdivision 2a; 169.21,
subdivision 2; 169.50, subdivision 1; 169.59, subdivision 4; 169A.55,
subdivision 3; 171.181, subdivision 1; 177.23, subdivision 7; 181.30; 201.014,
subdivision 2; 201.071, subdivision 1; 201.15, subdivision 1; 204B.10,
subdivision 6; 216B.61; 219.57, subdivision 6; 234.23; 235.10; 235.13; 237.763;
238.37; 238.38; 238.42; 239.791, subdivision 15; 244.05, subdivisions 4, 5;
245.466, subdivision 1; 245.4875, subdivision 1; 245.75; 246.01; 246B.04,
subdivision 2; 252.24, subdivision 5; 252A.03, subdivisions 1, 4; 252A.101,
subdivisions 1, 5; 253B.23, subdivision 2; 256.93, subdivision 1; 256B.055,
subdivision 12; 256B.0625, subdivision 6a; 256B.0627, subdivisions 1, 5;
256B.0917, subdivisions 4, 5; 256B.0951, subdivision 8; 256B.431, subdivision
14; 256G.01, subdivision 3; 256L.07, subdivision 1; 256L.15, subdivision 2;
256M.10, subdivision 5; 257B.08; 259.21, subdivision 4; 260B.007, subdivision
16; 260C.101, subdivision 2; 276.04, subdivision 2; 290.095, subdivision 1;
299D.07; 299F.051, subdivision 4; 299F.093, subdivision 1; 302A.011,
subdivision 16; 303.03; 303.25, subdivision 1; 321.1114; 322B.03, subdivision
27; 325F.40; 325N.15; 329.17; 333.135; 336.4A-105; 343.40, subdivision 3;
345.14; 346.05; 353.01, subdivision 2; 353.34, subdivision 3a; 356.431,
subdivision 1; 395.22; 458D.02, subdivision 2; 469.104; 473.845, subdivision 1;
481.05; 501B.18; 501B.19; 514.996, subdivision 3; 515B.4-102; 524.2-114;
525.9212; 525.95, subdivision 1; 527.38; 527.39; 529.12; 540.18, subdivision 1;
580.041, subdivision 2; 624.64; 624.67; 626.84, subdivision 1; 629.11; 631.04;
Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 11, article 2, section 21; Laws 2004,
chapter 199, article 12, section 108; Laws 2004, chapter 261, article 6, section
5; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 115B.49, subdivision 4a; 306.13;
315.43; 317A.909, subdivision 4; 357.12; 367.40, subdivisions 3, 4; 367.401,
subdivision 4; 367.42; 398.35, subdivision 2; Laws 2001, First Special Session
chapter 10, article 10, section 1; Laws 2003, chapter 8, section 2; Laws 2004,
chapter 219, section 1; Laws 2004, chapter 288, article 3, section 5; Minnesota
Rules, parts 6700.0100, subpart 14; 6700.1300; 9055.0125; 9055.0500; 9055.0510;
9055.0520; 9055.0530; 9055.0540; 9055.0550; 9055.0560; 9055.0570; 9055.0580;
9055.0590; 9055.0600; 9055.0610.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Lenczewski introduced:
H. F. No. 379, A bill for an act relating to public safety;
providing a life penalty without the possibility of release for certain first
degree criminal sexual conduct crimes; creating indeterminate sentences and
mandatory life sentences for certain first through fourth degree criminal
sexual conduct crimes; creating a new criminal sexual predatory
conduct crime; establishing the Minnesota Sex Offender Review Board; providing
procedures for operation of the review board; specifying when an offender may
petition for conditional release; directing the Sentencing Guidelines
Commission to designate presumptive sentences for certain offenses; requiring
the commissioner of corrections to establish criteria and procedures for
reviewing offenders' petitions for release; allowing the Minnesota Sex Offender
Review Board and the commissioner of corrections to proceed with expedited
rulemaking; exempting the review board from contested case proceedings;
granting the review board access to certain data; specifying that the Open
Meeting Law does not apply to meetings and hearings of the Minnesota Sex
Offender Review Board; instructing the revisor to recodify and renumber
statutes; making various technical and conforming changes; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2004, sections 13.851, by adding a subdivision; 13D.01, subdivision 2;
241.67, subdivision 3; 243.166, subdivision 1; 244.05, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7; 244.052, subdivision 3; 244.195, subdivision 1; 253B.185, subdivision 2,
by adding a subdivision; 401.01, subdivision 2; 609.117, subdivisions 1, 2;
609.1351; 609.341, by adding subdivisions; 609.342; 609.343; 609.344; 609.345;
609.3452, subdivision 4; 609.347; 609.3471; 609.348; 609.353; 631.045;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 244; 609;
repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 609.108; 609.109.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Hilstrom; Nelson, M.; Dittrich and Hortman introduced:
H. F. No. 380, A bill for an act relating to education;
establishing single-member school board election districts equal in population
as practicable for certain districts; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 205A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Education Policy and Reform.
Hilstrom and Nelson, M., introduced:
H. F. No. 381, A bill for an act relating to crimes;
prohibiting falsely reporting police misconduct; providing penalties; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 609.505.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Hilstrom and Nelson, M., introduced:
H. F. No. 382, A bill for an act relating to crimes;
prohibiting nonvehicular evasive flight from a peace officer; providing
penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 609.487, by adding a
subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Hilstrom; Clark; Dittrich; Lillie; Mahoney; Ruud; Peterson, S.;
Goodwin; Mullery; Bernardy; Hortman; Atkins; Carlson; Kelliher and Johnson, S.,
introduced:
H. F. No. 383, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention
and public safety; providing for lifetime supervision of certain repeat sex
offenders released from prison and increasing the period of supervision for
other sex offenders; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 609.109,
subdivision 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Hilstrom; Murphy; Johnson, R.;
Paymar; Dittrich; Ruud; Peterson, S.; Lillie; Goodwin; Nelson, M.; Mullery;
Bernardy; Hortman; Atkins; Carlson; Kelliher and Johnson, S., introduced:
H. F. No. 384, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention
and public safety; appropriating money for bracelets with tracking devices to
monitor sex offenders.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Hilstrom; Dittrich; Sailer; Ruud; Lillie; Goodwin; Mullery;
Bernardy; Hortman; Atkins; Carlson; Johnson, S., and Entenza introduced:
H. F. No. 385, A bill for an act relating to crime; requiring
level III sex offenders to submit to polygraph tests while on conditional
release; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 244.05, subdivision 6;
609.108, subdivision 6; 609.109, subdivision 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Hilstrom; Johnson, S.; Ruud; Dittrich; Lillie; Mahoney;
Goodwin; Peterson, S.; Mullery; Bernardy; Hortman; Atkins; Carlson and Entenza
introduced:
H. F. No. 386, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention;
requiring that level III predatory offenders be photographed twice a year;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 243.166, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Hilstrom; Hortman; Mullery; Atkins; Moe; Ruud; Scalze; Sailer;
Nelson, M.; Lillie; Slawik; Fritz; Liebling; Entenza and Goodwin introduced:
H. F. No. 387, A bill for an act relating to insurance;
providing protection for insurance policyholders; requiring agents, when acting
as risk managers, to disclose compensation and quotes from insurance companies;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 60K.46, by adding subdivisions;
60K.49, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Hortman, Hilstrom, Mullery, Sailer, Liebling, Fritz, Atkins,
Entenza and Goodwin introduced:
H. F. No. 388, A bill for an act relating to insurance;
restricting insurance companies from limiting quotes to one agent; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 72A.20, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Vandeveer introduced:
H. F. No. 389, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income;
amending the education credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section
290.0674, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Taxes.
Tingelstad, Kahn, Ozment, Carlson and
Hackbarth introduced:
H. F. No. 390, A bill for an act relating to appropriations;
appropriating money for environment and natural resource projects approved by
the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources; amending Minnesota Statutes
2004, section 116P.05, subdivision 2; Laws 2003, chapter 128, article 1,
section 9, subdivision 6; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 116P.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Samuelson introduced:
H. F. No. 391, A bill for an act relating to transportation;
appropriating money for the rail service improvement program to construct a wye
in New Brighton; authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Transportation Finance.
Samuelson introduced:
H. F. No. 392, 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 for sewer interceptor relocation in New Brighton;
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.
Latz and Fritz introduced:
H. F. No. 393, A bill for an act relating to commerce;
prohibiting expiration dates and service fees on gift certificates and gift
cards; 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.
Dean and Charron introduced:
H. F. No. 394, A bill for an act relating to appropriations;
requiring that the grant period for a flood mitigation project grant to the
city of Stillwater be extended.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Seifert introduced:
H. F. No. 395, A bill for an act relating to capital
improvements; authorizing issuance of state bonds for rail service improvement;
appropriating money; directing commissioner of transportation to forgive a
certain rail improvement loan.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Transportation Finance.
Davnie; Bernardy; Demmer; Klinzing;
Buesgens; Johnson, R., and Greiling introduced:
H. F. No. 396, A bill for an act relating to education policy;
requiring outcome standards for supplemental service providers.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Education Policy and Reform.
Mahoney, Beard and Westerberg introduced:
H. F. No. 397, A bill for an act relating to capital
improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money to
construct a permanent flood control perimeter dike along the east and south
edges of the St. Paul Downtown Airport/Holman Field.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Solberg, Rukavina, Sertich, Dill and Penas introduced:
H. F. No. 398, A bill for an act relating to economic
development; authorizing an early separation incentive program for employees of
the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board; proposing coding for new law
in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 354B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Peterson, A., and Seifert introduced:
H. F. No. 399, A bill for an act relating to hospital
districts; providing for board membership in the Yellow Medicine County
Hospital District; amending Laws 1963, chapter 276, section 2, by adding a
subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Mahoney and Hilty introduced:
H. F. No. 400, A bill for an act relating to unemployment
insurance; making an eligibility exception permanent for certain school food
service workers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 268.085, subdivision
8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Rukavina and Westrom introduced:
H. F. No. 401, A bill for an act relating to gambling;
providing for certain raffles; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section
349.166, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Regulated Industries.
Dempsey,
Erhardt, Smith, Urdahl, Paymar, Magnus, Hamilton, Cox, Samuelson, Murphy,
Huntley and Lenczewski introduced:
H. F. No. 402, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income;
increasing the maximum long-term care 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.
Juhnke, Opatz and Knoblach introduced:
H. F. No. 403, A bill for an act relating to transportation;
appropriating money for airport projects in Willmar and St. Cloud.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Transportation Finance.
Nornes and Simpson introduced:
H. F. No. 404, A bill for an act relating to transportation;
appropriating money for transit service in Otter Tail County.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Transportation Finance.
Meslow; Latz; Erhardt; Peterson, N.; Samuelson; Cornish; Cox
and Severson introduced:
H. F. No. 405, A bill for an act relating to health;
establishing the Freedom to Breathe Act of 2005; requiring persons to refrain
from smoking in certain areas; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections
144.412; 144.413, subdivisions 2, 4, by adding subdivisions; 144.414; 144.416;
144.417; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144;
repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 144.415.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Gunther; Dorn; Ruth; Newman; Charron; Peterson, N.; Brod;
Nornes; Gazelka; Meslow; Bradley; Hackbarth; Lanning; Marquart; Demmer; Murphy;
Carlson; Pelowski; Cornish; Opatz; Johnson, R., and Moe introduced:
H. F. No. 406, A bill for an act relating to taxation; amending
sales tax exemption for certain nonprofit tickets or admissions; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 297A.70, subdivision 10.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Taxes.
Sieben, Abeler, Ellison, Simon, Heidgerken, Hornstein, Ruud and
Westrom introduced:
H. F. No. 407, A bill for an act relating to consumer
protection; regulating the creation and maintenance of wireless directory
assistance service databases; protecting consumer privacy; proposing coding for
new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Regulated Industries.
Slawik;
Greiling; Peterson, S.; Lillie; Loeffler; Davnie and Scalze introduced:
H. F. No. 408, A bill for an act relating to education;
providing for a model policy prohibiting intimidation or bullying; proposing
coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Education Policy and Reform.
Rukavina, Kahn, Mahoney, Greiling, Atkins and Goodwin
introduced:
H. F. No. 409, A bill for an act relating to employment;
proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article XIII, adjusting
the minimum wage rate to account for annual inflation; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2004, section 177.24, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Klinzing, Meslow, Hausman, Dean, Sieben, Charron, Slawik and
Mariani introduced:
H. F. No. 410, A bill for an act relating to capital
improvements; appropriating money to repay a loan for the Crosswinds Arts and
Science Middle School; authorizing the sale of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Education Finance.
Liebling, Demmer, Welti and Bradley introduced:
H. F. No. 411, A bill for an act relating to capital
improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for
a health sciences center at University Center Rochester.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Higher Education Finance.
Latz, Meslow, Paymar, Kahn, Severson, Greiling, Ruud, Davnie,
Mariani, Erhardt, Samuelson, Huntley, Carlson, Clark, Hornstein, Liebling,
Loeffler, Kelliher, Wagenius, Ellison, Hausman, Fritz, Dorn and Entenza
introduced:
H. F. No. 412, A bill for an act relating to health;
establishing the Freedom to Breathe Act of 2005; requiring persons to refrain
from smoking in certain areas; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections
144.412; 144.413, subdivisions 2, 4, by adding subdivisions; 144.414; 144.416;
144.417; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144;
repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 144.415.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Fritz introduced:
H. F. No. 413, A bill for an act relating to taxation;
property; providing that certain personal property of an electric generation
facility is exempt from property taxation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
section 272.02, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Taxes.
Paulsen;
Hausman; McNamara; Ozment; Tingelstad; Abeler; Solberg; Peterson, A.; Howes;
Atkins; Greiling; Cornish; Hackbarth; Hoppe; Thao; Dill; Magnus; DeLaForest;
Newman; Nelson, M.; Hansen; Welti; Blaine; Cox; Scalze; Kelliher; Urdahl;
Johnson, S.; Kahn; Davnie; Meslow; Lenczewski and Dorman introduced:
H. F. No. 414, A bill for an act relating to capital
improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money to
acquire land for wildlife management areas.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Howes, Solberg, McNamara, Sailer, Dill, Hackbarth and Moe
introduced:
H. F. No. 415, A bill for an act relating to capital
improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for
lands and interest in lands in or adjacent to state forests.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Larson and Thissen introduced:
H. F. No. 416, A bill for an act relating to metropolitan
government; changing residency requirements for membership on the Metropolitan
Council and the Metropolitan Airports Commission; amending Minnesota Statutes
2004, sections 473.123, subdivisions 2a, 3; 473.604, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Local Government.
Hackbarth and Cornish introduced:
H. F. No. 417, A bill for an act relating to game and fish;
authorizing the commissioner of natural resources to give preference in certain
hunting and fishing license and permit lotteries to military service members
and veterans; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.465, by adding a
subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Goodwin; Dittrich; Huntley; Lieder; Murphy; Sertich; Fritz;
Scalze; Nelson, M.; Hilstrom and Clark introduced:
H. F. No. 418, A bill for an act relating to state government;
requiring state service contracts and solicitations for state service contracts
to contain information on where work will be performed; requiring state
contractors to disclose certain information from people they contact; requiring
a report; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16C.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Cox,
Hackbarth and McNamara introduced:
H. F. No. 419, A bill for an act relating to game and fish;
modifying protection status of great horned owls; amending Minnesota Statutes
2004, section 97A.015, subdivision 52.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Goodwin; Marquart; Sieben; Lieder; Murphy; Nelson, M.;
Lenczewski; Anderson, B.; Hilstrom and Atkins introduced:
H. F. No. 420, A bill for an act relating to taxation;
providing a property tax reduction for certain homesteads contaminated by mold;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 273.123, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Taxes.
Goodwin, Dill, Cox, Soderstrom and Penas introduced:
H. F. No. 421, A bill for an act relating to game and fish;
modifying special permit provisions for exhibition of deer; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2004, section 97A.401, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Ozment; Davids; Dill; Peterson, A.; McNamara; Tingelstad;
Hausman and Juhnke introduced:
H. F. No. 422, A bill for an act relating to natural resources;
appropriating money for state and local trails; 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.
Dill introduced:
H. F. No. 423, A bill for an act relating to health; exempting
hot tubs on rental houseboats from regulation as public pools; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 144.1222, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Lesch and Mahoney introduced:
H. F. No. 424, A bill for an act relating to landlord and
tenant; regulating actions by government units to obtain remedies for building and other code violations;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 504B.395, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Mullery
introduced:
H. F. No. 425, A bill for an act relating to capital
improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for
Phase I of the Lowry Avenue corridor in Minneapolis.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
Penas, Davids, Urdahl, Blaine, Koenen, Heidgerken, Welti,
Juhnke, Magnus, Finstad, Otremba, Hamilton and Moe introduced:
H. F. No. 426, A bill for an act relating to agriculture;
extending and codifying the expiration date of the farmer-lender mediation
program; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 583;
repealing Laws 1986, chapter 398, article 1, section 18, as amended.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.
Sertich; Dorman; Gunther; Heidgerken; Urdahl; Dill; Juhnke;
Fritz; Poppe; Welti; Hosch; Moe; Demmer; Simpson; Dorn; Johnson, R., and
Marquart introduced:
H. F. No. 427, A bill for an act relating to capital
improvements; appropriating money for the greater Minnesota business
development public infrastructure grant program and the greater Minnesota
redevelopment account; 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.
Lanning; Marquart; Dill; Juhnke; Hosch; Severson; Johnson, R.;
Fritz; Poppe; Welti; Moe; Demmer; Dorman; Gunther; Heidgerken; Simpson; Urdahl
and Dorn introduced:
H. F. No. 428, A bill for an act relating to the environment;
providing grants to municipalities for wastewater treatment projects needed to
meet total maximum daily load plan requirements; authorizing sale of state
bonds; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116.182,
subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter
446A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
Atkins; Peterson, A.; Lesch; Dorman and Kelliher introduced:
H. F. No. 429, A bill for an act relating to taxation;
modifying taxable income; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 290.01,
subdivisions 19a, 19c; 290.10.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Taxes.
Westrom, Otremba and Samuelson
introduced:
H. F. No. 430, A bill for an act relating to education;
establishing a state and school district preference for textbooks and
instructional materials in alternative formats for students with disabilities;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 125A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Education Policy and Reform.
Westrom, Otremba and Samuelson introduced:
H. F. No. 431, A bill for an act relating to higher education;
regulating the accessibility of instructional materials for students with a
disability requiring a reading accommodation; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 135A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Higher Education Finance.
Smith, Murphy, Howes and Mahoney introduced:
H. F. No. 432, A bill for an act relating to state government;
providing that chaplains employed by the state are in the classified civil
service; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 43A.08, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Brod introduced:
H. F. No. 433, A bill for an act relating to the senate;
prohibiting action on confirmation of an appointment after adjournment;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 15.066, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Demmer introduced:
H. F. No. 434, A bill for an act relating to economic
development; appropriating money for the joint partnership between the
University of Minnesota and the Mayo Clinic for research in biotechnology and
medical genomics.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
McNamara, Atkins, Hansen, Garofalo, Cybart and Wardlow
introduced:
H. F. No. 435, A bill for an act relating to capital
improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for
Inver Hills Community College.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Higher Education Finance.
McNamara and Hoppe introduced:
H. F. No. 436, A bill for an act relating to natural resources;
requiring commissioner's approval before vacating certain roads adjacent to
public waters; creating right of intervention; amending Minnesota Statutes
2004, sections 164.07, subdivision 2; 412.851; 505.14.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
McNamara; Sieben; Johnson, S.; Tingelstad and Mariani
introduced:
H. F. No. 437, A bill for an act relating to capital
improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for
the Red Rock corridor transitway.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Transportation Finance.
Nelson, M.; Mahoney; Hosch; Lillie and Hilstrom introduced:
H. F. No. 438, A bill for an act relating to labor; regulating
apprentice fees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 178.12.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Nelson, M.; Ozment; Mahoney; Smith; Sieben and Mullery
introduced:
H. F. No. 439, A bill for an act relating to worker's
compensation; prohibiting employers from misrepresenting the nature of its
employment relationships; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes, section
176.042, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Nelson, M.; Ozment; Mahoney; Smith; Sieben and Mullery
introduced:
H. F. No. 440, A bill for an act relating to unlawful trade
practices; prohibiting employer misrepresentation of the status of employees;
providing for the recovery of costs and attorney fees for unlawful trade
practices; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 325D.15; proposing coding
for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325D.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Fritz, Mahoney, Murphy, Solberg and Hilty introduced:
H. F. No. 441, A bill for an act relating to retirement;
correctional state employees retirement plan of the Minnesota State Retirement
System; expanding the plan membership to include laundry coordinators and
delivery van drivers at the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Faribault; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 352.91, subdivision 3g.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Gunther, Sertich, Erhardt, Hausman,
Atkins, Lesch, Mahoney, Thao, Mariani and Johnson, S., introduced:
H. F. No. 442, A bill for an act relating to capital
improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for
the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in St. Paul.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee
on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
Paymar, Smith and Murphy introduced:
H. F. No. 443, A bill for an act relating to public safety;
expanding the protection against employer retaliation for crime victims;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 518B.01, by adding a subdivision;
609.748, by adding a subdivision; 611A.036.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Heidgerken introduced:
H. F. No. 444, A bill for an act relating to capital
improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for
a regional trail in Pope County.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Simpson introduced:
H. F. No. 445, A bill for an act relating to appropriations;
appropriating money for a Veterans Museum in Perham.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
Moe introduced:
H. F. No. 446, A bill for an act relating to retirement;
Minnesota State Retirement System general plan; authorizing an eligible
individual to be covered by the general plan for employment at Bug-O-Na-Ge-Shig
school.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Moe introduced:
H. F. No. 447, A bill for an act relating to capital
investment; appropriating money for a hockey arena at Bemidji State University;
authorizing the issuance of state general obligation bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Higher Education Finance.
Kelliher, Kahn, Erhardt, Ozment,
Davnie and Hornstein introduced:
H. F. No. 448, A bill for an act relating to capital
improvements; authorizing the sale of state bonds; appropriating money to
mitigate flooding at Lake of the Isles.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Murphy, Huntley, Sertich, Hilty, Jaros and Dill introduced:
H. F. No. 449, A bill for an act relating to bond allocations;
increasing the reserve from the public facilities pool for Western Lake
Superior Sanitary District projects; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section
474A.061, subdivision 2c.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Capital Investment.
Charron introduced:
H. F. No. 450, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing
private sale of certain surplus state land bordering public water.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Carlson and Buesgens introduced:
H. F. No. 451, A bill for an act relating to education;
establishing a State Board of Education; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
section 120A.05, by adding a subdivision; 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 and Reform.
Brod, Dorman, Smith, Ruth and Cox introduced:
H. F. No. 452, A bill for an act relating to capital
improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for
Phase 1 of the expansion at MCF-Faribault.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Bradley introduced:
H. F. No. 453, A bill for an act relating to higher education;
establishing a planning committee for a four-year university at Rochester;
appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Higher Education Finance.
Finstad,
Seifert, Hilty, Blaine and Cornish introduced:
H. F. No. 454, A bill for an act relating to governmental
operations; providing for local planning assistance by certain regional
organizations; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section
462.39, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee
on State Government Finance.
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
Bradley moved that the names of Anderson, B.; Hoppe and
Dittrich be added as authors on H. F. No. 2. The motion prevailed.
Hamilton moved that the name of Charron be added as an author
on H. F. No. 5. The
motion prevailed.
Holberg moved that the name of Cybart be added as an author on
H. F. No. 6. The motion
prevailed.
Rukavina moved that the name of Johnson, S., be added as an
author on H. F. No. 48.
The motion prevailed.
Howes moved that the name of Gazelka be shown as chief author
on H. F. No. 52. The
motion prevailed.
Otremba moved that the name of Peterson, A., be added as an
author on H. F. No. 66.
The motion prevailed.
Johnson, S., moved that the name of Poppe be added as an author
on H. F. No. 90. The
motion prevailed.
Bernardy moved that the name of Peterson, A., be added as an
author on H. F. No. 91.
The motion prevailed.
Seifert moved that the name of Tingelstad be added as an author
on H. F. No. 130. The
motion prevailed.
Sailer moved that the name of Peterson, A., be added as an
author on H. F. No. 131.
The motion prevailed.
Slawik moved that the name of Dorn be added as an author on
H. F. No. 137. The
motion prevailed.
Greiling moved that the names of Dorn and Sailer be added as
authors on H. F. No. 148.
The motion prevailed.
Slawik moved that the name of Sailer be added as an author on
H. F. No. 149. The
motion prevailed.
Slawik moved that the name of Sailer be added as an author on
H. F. No. 151. The
motion prevailed.
Slawik moved that the name of Sailer be added as an author on
H. F. No. 152. The
motion prevailed.
Hausman moved that the names of Tingelstad and Abeler be added
as authors on H. F. No. 191.
The motion prevailed.
Anderson, I., moved that the name of Paulsen be added as an
author on H. F. No. 194.
The motion prevailed.
Dorman moved that the name of Abeler be added as an author on
H. F. No. 212. The
motion prevailed.
Lanning moved that the name of Eastlund be added as an author
on H. F. No. 214. The
motion prevailed.
Davids
moved that the names of Demmer and Magnus be added as authors on
H. F. No. 216. The
motion prevailed.
Davids moved that the names of Demmer and Magnus be added as
authors on H. F. No. 223.
The motion prevailed.
Anderson, B., moved that his name be stricken as an author on
H. F. No. 245. The
motion prevailed.
Peppin moved that the name of Charron be added as an author on
H. F. No. 245. The
motion prevailed.
Abrams moved that the names of Larson and DeLaForest be added
as authors on H. F. No. 263.
The motion prevailed.
Hoppe moved that the name of Moe be added as an author on
H. F. No. 265. The
motion prevailed.
Brod moved that the names of Soderstrom, Wardlow and Knoblach
be added as authors on H. F. No. 271. The motion prevailed.
Zellers moved that the names of DeLaForest and Tingelstad be
added as authors on H. F. No. 272. The motion prevailed.
Juhnke moved that the name of Otremba be added as an author on
H. F. No. 275. The motion
prevailed.
Davids moved that the names of Magnus, Hamilton and Demmer be
added as authors on H. F. No. 280. The motion prevailed.
Pelowski moved that the name of Charron be added as an author
on H. F. No. 281. The
motion prevailed.
Smith moved that the names of DeLaForest and Holberg be added
as authors on H. F. No. 287.
The motion prevailed.
Sykora moved that the names of Wardlow, Ruth, Demmer, Cox and
Dill be added as authors on H. F. No. 291. The motion prevailed.
Brod moved that the names of Hornstein, Lenczewski, Soderstrom
and Johnson, R., be added as authors on H. F. No. 292. The motion prevailed.
Latz moved that the name of Kahn be added as an author on
H. F. No. 294. The
motion prevailed.
Johnson, S., moved that the names of Urdahl; Heidgerken;
Peterson, A., and Moe be added as authors on H. F. No. 297. The motion prevailed.
Peterson, N., moved that the names of Cox and Paulsen be added
as authors on H. F. No. 298.
The motion prevailed.
Johnson, S., moved that the names of Marquart; Nornes; Paymar;
Peterson, A., and Hausman be added as authors on
H. F. No. 299. The
motion prevailed.
Mahoney moved that the name of DeLaForest be added as an author
on H. F. No. 301. The
motion prevailed.
Zellers
moved that the names of Wardlow, Ruth and Demmer be added as authors on
H. F. No. 309. The
motion prevailed.
Slawik moved that the names of Lillie, Davnie, Kahn and
Hornstein be added as authors on H. F. No. 315. The motion prevailed.
Slawik moved that the name of Loeffler be added as an author on
H. F. No. 316. The
motion prevailed.
Blaine moved that the names of Soderstrom, Ruth, Magnus,
Hamilton and Knoblach be added as authors on H. F. No. 317. The motion prevailed.
Powell moved that the name of Gazelka be added as an author on
H. F. No. 319. The
motion prevailed.
Kelliher moved that the name of Peterson, A., be added as an
author on H. F. No. 321.
The motion prevailed.
Nelson, P., moved that the name of Tingelstad be added as an
author on H. F. No. 322.
The motion prevailed.
Paulsen moved that the names of Soderstrom and Cox be added as
authors on H. F. No. 323.
The motion prevailed.
Heidgerken moved that the name of Hosch be added as an author
on H. F. No. 328. The
motion prevailed.
Brod moved that the names of Soderstrom, DeLaForest and
Knoblach be added as authors on H. F. No. 333. The motion prevailed.
Cybart moved that the names of Hansen and McNamara be added as
authors on H. F. No. 335.
The motion prevailed.
DeLaForest moved that the names of Soderstrom and Erickson be
added as authors on H. F. No. 336. The motion prevailed.
Howes moved that the name of Moe be added as an author on
H. F. No. 344. The
motion prevailed.
Cox moved that the names of Moe and Tingelstad be added as
authors on H. F. No. 354.
The motion prevailed.
Eastlund moved that the name of Tingelstad be added as an
author on H. F. No. 356.
The motion prevailed.
Paymar moved that the name of Mariani be added as an author on
H. F. No. 360. The
motion prevailed.
Abrams moved that H. F. No. 166, now on the
General Register, be re-referred to the Committee on Taxes. The motion prevailed.
ANNOUNCEMENT
BY THE SPEAKER
The Speaker announced the following appointments and changes in
committee assignments:
Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs: Delete the name of Nelson, M., and add the
name of Mahoney.
Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance: Add the name of Nelson, M.
Public
Safety Policy and Finance: Delete the
name of Hausman and add the name of Nelson, M.
Transportation Finance:
Delete the name of Nelson, M., and add the name of Hausman.
ADJOURNMENT
Paulsen moved that when the House adjourns today it adjourn
until 12:00 noon, Thursday, January 27, 2005.
The motion prevailed.
Paulsen moved that the House adjourn. The motion prevailed, and the Speaker declared the House stands
adjourned until 12:00 noon, Thursday, January 27, 2005.
Albin
A. Mathiowetz,
Chief Clerk, House of Representatives