Journal of the House - 9th
Day - Thursday, January 25, 2007 - Top of Page 135
STATE OF MINNESOTA
EIGHTY-FIFTH SESSION - 2007
_____________________
NINTH DAY
Saint Paul, Minnesota, Thursday, January 25,
2007
The House of Representatives convened at 10:00 a.m. and was
called to order by Margaret Anderson Kelliher, Speaker of the House.
Prayer was offered by the
Reverend Daniel C. Nordin, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, Edina,
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
Anderson, B.
Anderson, S.
Anzelc
Atkins
Beard
Benson
Berns
Bigham
Bly
Brod
Brown
Brynaert
Buesgens
Bunn
Carlson
Clark
Cornish
Davnie
Dean
DeLaForest
Demmer
Dettmer
Dill
Dittrich
Dominguez
Doty
Eastlund
Eken
Emmer
Erhardt
Erickson
Faust
Finstad
Fritz
Gardner
Garofalo
Gottwalt
Greiling
Gunther
Hackbarth
Hamilton
Hansen
Hausman
Haws
Heidgerken
Hilstrom
Hilty
Holberg
Hoppe
Hornstein
Hortman
Hosch
Howes
Jaros
Johnson
Juhnke
Kahn
Kalin
Knuth
Koenen
Kohls
Kranz
Laine
Lanning
Lenczewski
Lesch
Liebling
Lieder
Lillie
Loeffler
Madore
Magnus
Mahoney
Mariani
Marquart
Masin
McFarlane
McNamara
Moe
Morgan
Morrow
Mullery
Murphy, E.
Murphy, M.
Nelson
Nornes
Norton
Olin
Otremba
Ozment
Paulsen
Paymar
Pelowski
Peppin
Peterson, A.
Peterson, N.
Peterson, S.
Poppe
Rukavina
Ruth
Ruud
Sailer
Scalze
Seifert
Sertich
Severson
Shimanski
Simon
Simpson
Slawik
Slocum
Smith
Solberg
Sviggum
Swails
Thao
Thissen
Tillberry
Tingelstad
Tschumper
Urdahl
Wagenius
Walker
Ward
Wardlow
Welti
Westrom
Winkler
Wollschlager
Zellers
Spk. Kelliher
A quorum was present.
Huntley and Olson were excused.
The Chief Clerk proceeded to read the Journal of the preceding
day. Morgan moved that further reading of the Journal be suspended and that the
Journal be approved as corrected by the Chief Clerk. The motion prevailed.
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REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
Pelowski
from the Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections
to which was referred:
H. F. No.
110, A bill for an act relating to waters; enacting the Great Lakes -- St.
Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103G.
Reported
the same back with the recommendation that the bill pass.
The report was adopted.
Thissen
from the Committee on Health and Human Services to which was referred:
H. F.
No. 111, A bill for an act relating to health; promoting preventive health care
by requiring high deductible health plans used with a health savings account to
cover preventive care with no deductible as permitted by federal law; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 62Q.65.
Reported
the same back with the recommendation that the bill pass.
The report was adopted.
SECOND READING OF HOUSE BILLS
H. F. Nos. 110 and 111 were read for the second time.
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS
The following House Files were introduced:
Peterson, S.; Slawik; Greiling; Bly and Demmer introduced:
H. F. No. 302, A bill for an act relating to early childhood
education; proposing grant programs; expanding the kindergarten developmental
assessment; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 119B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on E-12 Education.
Paymar; Gunther; Hansen; Olin; Murphy, M., and Smith
introduced:
H. F. No. 303, A bill for an act relating to public safety;
appropriating money for youth intervention program grants.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
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Simpson introduced:
H. F. No. 304, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing
for budget reserves; changing calculation of the school operating capital levy;
changing the residential homestead market value credit; imposing levy limits;
conforming certain tax provisions to changes in the Internal Revenue Code;
excluding compensation and certain pension income for service in the armed
forces; providing dairy investment and regional investment credits; increasing
the maximum homeowners' property tax refunds; changing the income and franchise
tax income apportionment formula; providing a direct sales tax exemption for
small business and certain other capital equipment purchases; exempting certain
transportation purchases from the sales tax; exempting certain sales of
construction materials from the sales tax; extending the period of job
opportunity building zone benefits in certain cases; changing certain aids to
local governments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 16A.152,
subdivisions 1b, 2; 126C.10, subdivision 13a; 273.1384, subdivision 1; 275.70,
subdivisions 3, 5, by adding a subdivision; 275.71, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5;
289A.02, subdivision 7; 290.01, subdivisions 19, 19b, 31; 290.06, by adding
subdivisions; 290.091, subdivision 2; 290.191, subdivision 2; 290A.03,
subdivision 15; 290A.04, subdivision 2; 291.005, subdivision 1; 297A.68,
subdivision 5; 297A.70, subdivision 2; 297A.71, by adding subdivisions;
297A.75, subdivisions 1, 3; 469.312, subdivision 5; 477A.013, subdivision 9, by
adding a subdivision; 477A.03, subdivision 2a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Taxes.
Huntley; Severson; Ruud; Norton; Peterson, N.; Brynaert;
Greiling; Erhardt; Fritz; Hausman; Tingelstad; Davnie; Gottwalt; Slocum;
Paymar; Murphy, E.; Morrow; Tschumper and Loeffler introduced:
H. F. No. 305, A bill for an act relating to health;
establishing the Freedom to Breathe Act of 2007; establishing public policy to
protect employees and the general public from the known hazards of secondhand
smoke; requiring persons to refrain from smoking in certain areas; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2006, 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 2006, section
144.415.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Services.
Greiling, Anzelc, Abeler, Mariani and Tingelstad introduced:
H. F. No. 306, A bill for an act relating to education;
providing for youth mental health screening and suicide prevention;
appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Services.
Hilstrom introduced:
H. F. No. 307, A bill for an act relating to education finance;
authorizing a grant for the Brooklyn Center innovation district program;
appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on E-12 Education.
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Olin, Sailer and Marquart introduced:
H. F. No. 308, A bill for an act relating to agriculture;
appropriating money for the control of bovine tuberculosis in cattle herds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
Gottwalt, Severson, Beard, Abeler, Erickson, Sviggum, Haws,
Thissen, Garofalo, Dean and Berns introduced:
H. F. No. 309, A bill for an act relating to taxation;
adjusting long-term care insurance credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006,
section 290.0672, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Services.
Dill introduced:
H. F. No. 310, A bill for an act relating to liquor; modifying
regulation of off-sales by brewpubs and small brewers; authorizing sampling of
malt liquor at breweries; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 340A.301,
subdivision 7; 340A.510, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Hornstein, Thissen, Erhardt and Jaros introduced:
H. F. No. 311, A bill for an act relating to traffic
regulations; doubling fine for moving violation committed while operating
mobile phone; providing affirmative defense to doubled fine; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2006, section 169.89, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
Hornstein, Scalze, Mariani, Slawik and Swails introduced:
H. F. No. 312, A bill for an act relating to metropolitan
government; providing for the election of the Metropolitan Council; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 10A.01, subdivision 10; 10A.09, subdivision
6a; 10A.25, subdivision 2; 10A.27, subdivision 1; 10A.315; 10A.323; 10A.324,
subdivision 1; 15.0597, subdivision 1; 204B.06, subdivision 4a; 204B.09,
subdivisions 1, 1a; 204B.11; 204B.135, subdivision 2; 204B.32, subdivision 2;
204D.02, subdivision 1; 204D.08, subdivision 6; 204D.27, by adding a
subdivision; 209.02, subdivision 1; 211A.01, subdivision 3; 211B.01,
subdivision 3; 353D.01, subdivision 2; 375.09, subdivision 1; 473.123,
subdivisions 1, 4, 7, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapters 10A; 204D; 473; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006,
section 473.123, subdivisions 2a, 3, 3a; Laws 1994, chapter 628, article 1,
section 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
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Fritz, Abeler, Ruud, Huntley, Thissen, Hansen, Lillie, Walker
and Poppe introduced:
H. F. No. 313, A bill for an act relating to human services;
establishing a home care tax credit; appropriating money; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2006, sections 256B.0911, subdivision 3; 256B.0917, by adding a
subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Services.
Buesgens introduced:
H. F. No. 314, A bill for an act relating to the legislature;
requiring senate living and other expenses to be determined by resolution
adopted by the senate; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 3.099,
subdivision 1; 3.101.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Otremba; Walker; Greiling; Ruud; Koenen; Lillie; Sailer;
Peterson, S.; Peterson, N.; Mullery; Nelson; McFarlane; Brynaert; Norton; Haws;
Dominguez; Tingelstad and Wardlow introduced:
H. F. No. 315, A bill for an act relating to health; restoring
suicide prevention grants; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
Thao, Dominguez, Johnson and Abeler introduced:
H. F. No. 316, A bill for an act relating to human services;
exempting certain refugees and asylees from participating in the diversionary
work program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256J.95, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
DeLaForest introduced:
H. F. No. 317, A bill for an act relating to taxation;
repealing the MinnesotaCare provider taxes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections
62J.041, subdivision 1; 214.16, subdivisions 2, 3; 270B.14, subdivision 1;
repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 13.4967, subdivision 3; 295.50;
295.51; 295.52; 295.53; 295.54; 295.55; 295.56; 295.57; 295.58; 295.582;
295.59.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Services.
Jaros; Urdahl; Peterson, N.; Bly; Eken; Johnson; Laine and
Madore introduced:
H. F. No. 318, A bill for an act relating to state government;
strengthening heritage education by creating the Commission on Minnesota Ethnic
Heritage; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 15.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
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Kelliher; Murphy, M.; Greiling; Erickson and Heidgerken
introduced:
H. F. No. 319, A bill for an act relating to libraries;
appropriating money for regional library basic system support and multicounty,
multitype library systems.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
Anzelc, Solberg, Sailer, Koenen and Eken introduced:
H. F. No. 320, A bill for an act relating to human services;
establishing a method to determine reimbursement of nursing facility Public
Employees Retirement Association costs; appropriating money; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2006, section 256B.434, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Services.
Peppin introduced:
H. F. No. 321, A bill for an act relating to insurance;
establishing a moratorium on implementation of new mandated health benefits;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 62J.26, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Services.
Rukavina, Solberg, Howes, Mahoney and Hilty introduced:
H. F. No. 322, A bill for an act relating to public employment;
forbidding the judicial branch from imposing restrictions on certain political
activities of represented employees unless provided for by contract; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 179A.103, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Mullery introduced:
H. F. No. 323, A bill for an act relating to landlords and
tenants; modifying provisions relating to applicant screening fees; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 504B.173, subdivision 1, by adding a
subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Housing Policy and Finance and Public Health Finance Division.
Holberg, Buesgens, Zellers, Garofalo, Gottwalt, Dean, Demmer,
Gunther, Cornish, Erickson, McNamara and Westrom introduced:
H. F. No. 324, A bill for an act relating to education;
prohibiting public school employees from using public funds and resources to
advocate to pass, elect, or defeat a political candidate, ballot question, or
pending legislation; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 123B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on E-12 Education.
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Demmer, Welti and Sviggum introduced:
H. F. No. 325, A bill for an act relating to natural resources;
appropriating money for design and engineering for restoration of Lake Zumbro.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
Westrom, Smith, Ward, McNamara and Dettmer introduced:
H. F. No. 326, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles;
creating special Gold Star Family license plates for family members of military
personnel who have died in active military service; exempting plate fee and
registration tax for certain survivors; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
Hortman, Laine, Bly and Wardlow introduced:
H. F. No. 327, A bill for an act relating to education finance;
increasing the state aid for school readiness programs; appropriating money;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.16, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
Hosch and Haws introduced:
H. F. No. 328, A bill for an act relating to natural resources;
appropriating money for a local park grant.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
Carlson, Greiling and McFarlane introduced:
H. F. No. 329, A bill for an act relating to education finance;
authorizing intermediate school districts to engage in certain short-term
borrowing; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 126C.50; 126C.52, by
adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
Anderson, S.; Hansen; Benson and Simpson introduced:
H. F. No. 330, A bill for an act relating to taxes; income;
providing an income tax credit for telecommuting conversion expenses and
ongoing telecommuting expenses; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 290.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Taxes.
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Westrom, Nornes, Smith, McNamara, Faust, Zellers and Dettmer
introduced:
H. F. No. 331, A bill for an act relating to public safety;
requiring certain sex offenders to wear tracking and monitoring bracelets after
release from prison; prescribing penalties; appropriating money; proposing
coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 244.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Hosch, Otremba, Abeler, Thissen and Huntley introduced:
H. F. No. 332, A bill for an act relating to human services;
allowing persons with life-threatening medical conditions to spend down excess
income under MinnesotaCare; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256L.07,
subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee
on Health and Human Services.
Lillie, Howes, Solberg, Hansen, Scalze, Nelson, Johnson,
Davnie, Mahoney and Fritz introduced:
H. F. No. 333, A bill for an act relating to state government; compensating
state employees for time they were not able to work due to the 2005 partial
government shutdown.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Hosch, Otremba, Abeler, Thissen and Huntley introduced:
H. F. No. 334, A bill for an act relating to health; allowing
exclusions from income under MinnesotaCare for certain medical expenses;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 256L.01, subdivision 5; 256L.04, by
adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Services.
Hosch and Haws introduced:
H. F. No. 335, A bill for an act relating to capital
investments; appropriating money for purchasing park property; authorizing the
sale and issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
Abeler and Thao introduced:
H. F. No. 336, A bill for an act relating to occupations and
professions; changing provisions for speech-language pathologists and
audiologists; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 148.515, subdivision 2,
by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Services.
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Mahoney, Sertich, Ruth, Gunther and Brynaert introduced:
H. F. No. 337, A bill for an act relating to employment and economic
development; establishing the small business growth acceleration program;
requiring a report; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116O.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
Seifert introduced:
H. F. No. 338, A bill for an act relating to individual income
taxation; allowing an adoption credit; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Taxes.
Haws, Severson, Tingelstad, Olson and Poppe introduced:
H. F. No. 339, A bill for an act relating to natural resources;
exempting soldiers, veterans, and licensed peace officers from certain
requirements relating to the state's firearms safety certificate as a
prerequisite to purchasing a hunting license; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006,
sections 97B.015, by adding a subdivision; 97B.020; 197.65.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Slawik and Pelowski introduced:
H. F. No. 340, A bill for an act relating to elections;
allowing certain persons access to multiple unit residences for certain campaign
and election purposes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 211B.20,
subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Gottwalt, Haws, Thissen, Hosch, Huntley and Murphy, M.,
introduced:
H. F. No. 341, A bill for an act relating to human services;
waiving the moratorium regarding beds and expanding group residential housing
supplemental rates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256I.05, by
adding subdivisions.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Services.
Paymar, Eastlund, Cornish, Johnson and Dominguez introduced:
H. F. No. 342, A bill for an act relating to corrections;
authorizing a grant for mentoring children of incarcerated parents;
appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 299A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
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Cornish introduced:
H. F. No. 343, A bill for an act relating to game and fish;
exempting remote-controlled animal noise callers from the general prohibition
on using radios to take game animals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section
97B.085, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Demmer, Liebling and Norton introduced:
H. F. No. 344, A bill for an act relating to capital
improvements; authorizing the sale of state bonds; appropriating money to
Olmsted County for a grant to upgrade and expand capacity with a third
combustion unit at the municipal solid waste combustor serving Dodge and
Olmsted Counties.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
Severson and Haws introduced:
H. F. No. 345, A bill for an act relating to public safety;
exempting all-electric single family dwellings from the carbon monoxide alarm installation requirement; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2006, section 299F.51, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Severson introduced:
H. F. No. 346, A bill for an act relating to local government
aids; increasing the city aid base for certain cities; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2006, section 477A.011, subdivision 36.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Taxes.
Gardner, Shimanski, Berns, Sailer, Wagenius, Loeffler, Knuth,
Ruud, Benson, Hornstein, Swails, Hansen and Hortman introduced:
H. F. No. 347, A bill for an act relating to environment;
requiring bags containing yard waste delivered to yard waste compost facilities
to be compostable; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 115A.931.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Haws, Gottwalt, Severson and Hosch introduced:
H. F. No. 348, A bill for an act relating to capital
improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for
capital improvements to the National Hockey Center at St. Cloud State
University.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
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Solberg introduced:
H. F. No. 349, A bill for an act relating to education finance;
authorizing a grant to the McGregor school district to compensate the district
for declining enrollment beyond the district's control; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
Zellers, Peppin and Hortman introduced:
H. F. No. 350, A bill for an act relating to highways;
appropriating money to match federal funds to complete segment of highway 610
as four-lane freeway.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
Kohls, Zellers, Paulsen, Buesgens, Smith, Cornish, Brod,
Holberg and Gottwalt introduced:
H. F. No. 351, A bill for an act relating to crime; providing a
life imprisonment sentence for persons convicted of three or more violent
felonies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 244.05, subdivision 4;
609.1095, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Public Safety and Civil Justice.
Simon introduced:
H. F. No. 352, A bill for an act relating to lobbying;
prohibiting lobbying by certain former public officials for a period of one
year; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Bigham, Ward, Morgan, Winkler and Simon introduced:
H. F. No. 353, A bill for an act relating to lobbyists;
prohibiting former legislators, constitutional officers, agency heads, and
certain legislative employees from lobbying for legislative or administrative
action for one year after leaving office; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections.
Anzelc, Moe and Dill introduced:
H. F. No. 354, A bill for an act relating to natural resources;
requiring a local economic impact statement for lands withdrawn from timber
harvesting; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 89.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
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Nornes introduced:
H. F. No. 355, A bill for an act relating to higher education;
establishing the academic competitiveness highlighting individual excellence
and valuing education grant program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2006, section 136A.01, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 136A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
Kalin introduced:
H. F. No. 356, A bill for an act relating to the city of
Taylors Falls; authorizing the city of Taylors Falls to establish and exercise
border city development zone powers.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Taxes.
Dill introduced:
H. F. No. 357, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing
private sale of certain tax-forfeited land in Lake County.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
Dill introduced:
H. F. No. 358, A bill for an act relating to higher education finance;
appropriating money to the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges
and Universities for the Cook County higher education project.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
Hansen, Atkins, Masin, Wardlow, Slocum, Thissen, Davnie and
Hornstein introduced:
H. F. No. 359, A bill for an act relating to the Metropolitan
Airports Commission; adding mayors to the commission membership; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 473.604, subdivision 1; 473.605, subdivision
2; 473.622; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.601, subdivisions 3,
6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Ruud, Greiling and McFarlane introduced:
H. F. No. 360, A bill for an act relating to education finance;
authorizing a school district that is a member of an intermediate school
district to levy for school safety activities at school facilities operated by
an intermediate school district; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section
126C.44.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
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Welti, Demmer, Thissen, Urdahl, Haws, Atkins, Fritz, Brown,
Wollschlager, Heidgerken, Hansen, Poppe, Marquart and Simpson introduced:
H. F. No. 361, A bill for an act relating to taxation;
providing for a regional investment credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006,
section 290.06, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Taxes.
Hortman, Laine, Tillberry, Tingelstad and Abeler introduced:
H. F. No. 362, A bill for an act relating to taxation; authorizing
Anoka County to impose a county deed and mortgage tax; providing for use of the
proceeds; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 383E.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Taxes.
Mullery introduced:
H. F. No. 363, A bill for an act relating to labor; providing
an employee organization access to employees at certain meetings; providing for
card-check procedures for certifying an exclusive representative; specifying
the tax treatment of employer expenditures related to opposing employee
unionization efforts; providing penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006,
section 290.01, subdivisions 19a, 19c; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapters 179; 179A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Olin, Anzelc and Sailer introduced:
H. F. No. 364, A bill for an act relating to natural resources;
appropriating money for bovine tuberculosis disease transmission prevention.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
Morgan, Greiling and McFarlane introduced:
H. F. No. 365, A bill for an act relating to education finance;
modifying the alternative teacher pay calculation for intermediate school
districts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 122A.415, subdivision 1;
126C.10, subdivision 34.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on E-12 Education.
Benson, Ruud and Berns introduced:
H. F. No. 366, A bill for an act relating to education finance;
increasing equity revenue for districts above the 95th percentile; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.10, subdivision 24.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Finance.
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MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE
The following message was received from the Senate:
Madam Speaker:
I hereby announce the passage by the Senate of the following
Senate File, herewith transmitted:
S. F. No. 19.
Patrick
E. Flahaven,
Secretary of the Senate
FIRST READING OF SENATE BILLS
S. F. No. 19, A bill for an act relating to metropolitan government;
terminating the Legislative Commission on Metropolitan Government; modifying
reporting requirements for the Metropolitan Council; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2006, section 473.246; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section
3.8841.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
Thissen moved that the name of Ruud be added as an author on
H. F. No. 10. The motion prevailed.
Thissen moved that the name of Ruud be added as an author on
H. F. No. 20. The motion prevailed.
Thissen moved that the name of Ruud be added as an author on
H. F. No. 26. The motion prevailed.
Hackbarth moved that the name of Shimanski be added as an
author on H. F. No. 32. The motion prevailed.
Rukavina moved that the name of Lillie be added as an author on
H. F. No. 42. The motion prevailed.
Sviggum moved that the name of Cornish be added as an author on
H. F. No. 55. The motion prevailed.
Brod moved that the names of Gottwalt, McFarlane, Shimanski,
Dettmer and Berns be added as authors on H. F. No. 60. The
motion prevailed.
Brod moved that the names of McFarlane, Shimanski, Dettmer and
Berns be added as authors on H. F. No. 62. The motion prevailed.
Kahn moved that the name of Lillie be added as an author on
H. F. No. 66. The motion prevailed.
Anderson, S., moved that the name of Berns be added as an
author on H. F. No. 98. The motion prevailed.
Hortman moved that the name of Slawik be added as an author on
H. F. No. 105. The motion prevailed.
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Thissen moved that the names of Hortman, Madore and Loeffler be
added as authors on H. F. No. 106. The motion prevailed.
Emmer moved that the name of Gunther be added as an author on
H. F. No. 121. The motion prevailed.
Hilstrom moved that the names of Benson and Ruud be added as
authors on H. F. No. 131. The motion prevailed.
Mahoney moved that the name of Ruud be added as an author on
H. F. No. 132. The motion prevailed.
Haws moved that the name of Morrow be added as an author on
H. F. No. 162. The motion prevailed.
Thissen moved that the name of Slawik be added as an author on
H. F. No. 168. The motion prevailed.
DeLaForest moved that the name of Lillie be added as an author
on H. F. No. 174. The motion prevailed.
Abeler moved that his name be stricken as an author on
H. F. No. 184. The motion prevailed.
Berns moved that his name be stricken as an author on
H. F. No. 184. The motion prevailed.
Dittrich moved that her name be stricken as an author on
H. F. No. 184. The motion prevailed.
Lillie moved that his name be stricken as an author on
H. F. No. 184. The motion prevailed.
Norton moved that the name of Berns be added as an author on
H. F. No. 194. The motion prevailed.
Greiling moved that the names of Morgan and Lillie be added as
authors on H. F. No. 196. The motion prevailed.
Hackbarth moved that the name of Shimanski be added as an
author on H. F. No. 198. The motion prevailed.
Brod moved that the name of Gunther be added as an author on
H. F. No. 199. The motion prevailed.
Brod moved that the name of Gunther be added as an author on
H. F. No. 200. The motion prevailed.
Brod moved that the name of Gunther be added as an author on
H. F. No. 201. The motion prevailed.
Thissen moved that the names of Loeffler and Abeler be added as
authors on H. F. No. 202. The motion prevailed.
Peppin moved that the name of Abeler be added as an author on
H. F. No. 207. The motion prevailed.
Thao moved that the name of Solberg be added as an author on
H. F. No. 210. The motion prevailed.
Rukavina moved that the name of Abeler be added as an author on
H. F. No. 215. The motion prevailed.
Walker moved that the name of Abeler be added as an author on
H. F. No. 218. The motion prevailed.
Howes moved that the names of Kalin and Beard be added as
authors on H. F. No. 229. The motion prevailed.
Moe moved that the name of Otremba be added as an author on
H. F. No. 231. The motion prevailed.
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Hilstrom moved that the name of Davnie be added as an author on
H. F. No. 232. The motion prevailed.
Benson moved that the name of Bly be added as an author on
H. F. No. 234. The motion prevailed.
Murphy, E., moved that the names of Brynaert, Slocum and Davnie
be added as authors on H. F. No. 235. The motion prevailed.
Morgan moved that the names of Tschumper, Scalze, Ruud, Simon,
Moe and Benson be added as authors on H. F. No. 237. The motion
prevailed.
Jaros moved that the names of Ruud, Moe, Benson and Bly be
added as authors on H. F. No. 238. The motion prevailed.
Walker moved that the name of Bly be added as an author on
H. F. No. 243. The motion prevailed.
Anzelc moved that the name of Bly be added as an author on
H. F. No. 245. The motion prevailed.
Hortman moved that the names of Ruud and Bly be added as
authors on H. F. No. 246. The motion prevailed.
Peterson, A., moved that the name of Moe be added as an author
on H. F. No. 250. The motion prevailed.
Brod moved that the name of Moe be added as an author on
H. F. No. 251. The motion prevailed.
Mahoney moved that the names of Slocum and Lillie be added as
authors on H. F. No. 254. The motion prevailed.
Greiling moved that the names of Slocum, Moe and Bly be added
as authors on H. F. No. 258. The motion prevailed.
Kalin moved that the names of Knuth, Morrow, Cornish and Lillie
be added as authors on H. F. No. 260. The motion prevailed.
Greiling moved that the names of Johnson and Lillie be added as
authors on H. F. No. 262. The motion prevailed.
Severson moved that the names of Lanning, Moe and Dittrich be
added as authors on H. F. No. 265. The motion prevailed.
Haws moved that the name of Lillie be added as an author on
H. F. No. 271. The motion prevailed.
Haws moved that the names of Morrow and Lillie be added as
authors on H. F. No. 272. The motion prevailed.
Brod moved that the name of Paulsen be added as an author on
H. F. No. 275. The motion prevailed.
Otremba moved that the names of Moe and Bly be added as authors
on H. F. No. 276. The motion prevailed.
Haws moved that the names of Swails, Beard, Hilstrom, Lillie
and Bly be added as authors on H. F. No. 279. The motion
prevailed.
Ruth moved that the names of Kalin and Beard be added as
authors on H. F. No. 283. The motion prevailed.
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Ruth moved that the name of Moe be added as an author on
H. F. No. 284. The motion prevailed.
Severson moved that the name of Moe be added as an author on
H. F. No. 285. The motion prevailed.
Abeler moved that the names of Brynaert, Slocum, Ruud, Moe,
Johnson and Bly be added as authors on H. F. No. 286. The motion
prevailed.
Lesch moved that the names of Slawik, Moe, Lillie and Kranz be
added as authors on H. F. No. 288. The motion prevailed.
Mahoney moved that the name of Bly be added as an author on
H. F. No. 290. The motion prevailed.
Dominguez moved that the name of Bly be added as an author on
H. F. No. 291. The motion prevailed.
Ozment moved that the name of Dittrich be added as an author on
H. F. No. 292. The motion prevailed.
Welti moved that the names of Morrow, Kalin, Simon, Moe and
Lillie be added as authors on H. F. No. 295. The motion
prevailed.
Huntley moved that the names of Slocum; Murphy, E.; Lillie and
Kranz be added as authors on H. F. No. 297. The motion
prevailed.
Haws moved that the names of Lanning, Beard, Lillie, Kranz and
Bly be added as authors on H. F. No. 300. The motion prevailed.
Davnie moved that the name of Lillie be added as an author on
H. F. No. 301. The motion prevailed.
Lesch moved that H. F. No. 21 be recalled from
the Committee on Health and Human Services and be re‑referred to the
Committee on Biosciences and Emerging Technology. The motion prevailed.
Kalin moved that H. F. No. 260 be recalled from
the Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs Finance Division and be
re-referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. The motion
prevailed.
Walker moved that H. F. No. 217 be returned to its author. The
motion prevailed.
ADJOURNMENT
Sertich moved that when the House adjourns today it adjourn
until 12:30 p.m., Monday, January 29, 2007. The motion prevailed.
Sertich moved that the House adjourn. The motion prevailed, and
the Speaker declared the House stands adjourned until 12:30 p.m., Monday,
January 29, 2007.
Albin
A. Mathiowetz,
Chief Clerk, House of Representatives
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