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STATE OF MINNESOTA

 

 

EIGHTY-NINTH SESSION - 2015

 

_____________________

 

THIRTY-SEVENTH DAY

 

Saint Paul, Minnesota, Monday, April 13, 2015

 

 

      The House of Representatives convened at 3:30 p.m. and was called to order by Kurt Daudt, Speaker of the House.

 

      Prayer was offered by the Reverend Dana Fath Strande, Christ Episcopal Church, Woodbury, 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:

 


Albright

Allen

Anderson, P.

Anderson, S.

Anzelc

Applebaum

Atkins

Baker

Barrett

Bennett

Bernardy

Bly

Carlson

Christensen

Clark

Considine

Cornish

Daniels

Davids

Davnie

Dean, M.

Dehn, R.

Dettmer

Dill

Drazkowski

Erhardt

Erickson

Fabian

Fenton

Fischer

Franson

Freiberg

Garofalo

Green

Gruenhagen

Gunther

Hackbarth

Halverson

Hamilton

Hancock

Hansen

Hausman

Heintzeman

Hertaus

Hilstrom

Hoppe

Hornstein

Hortman

Howe

Isaacson

Johnson, B.

Johnson, C.

Johnson, S.

Kahn

Kelly

Kiel

Knoblach

Koznick

Kresha

Laine

Lenczewski

Lesch

Liebling

Lien

Lillie

Loeffler

Lohmer

Loon

Loonan

Lucero

Lueck

Mack

Mahoney

Mariani

Marquart

Masin

McDonald

McNamara

Melin

Miller

Moran

Mullery

Murphy, E.

Murphy, M.

Nash

Nelson

Newberger

Newton

Nornes

Norton

O'Driscoll

O'Neill

Pelowski

Peppin

Persell

Petersburg

Peterson

Pierson

Pinto

Pugh

Quam

Rarick

Rosenthal

Runbeck

Sanders

Schoen

Schomacker

Schultz

Scott

Selcer

Simonson

Slocum

Smith

Sundin

Swedzinski

Theis

Thissen

Torkelson

Uglem

Urdahl

Vogel

Wagenius

Ward

Whelan

Wills

Winkler

Yarusso

Youakim

Zerwas

Spk. Daudt


 

      A quorum was present.

 

      Anderson, M.; Backer; Metsa and Poppe were excused.

 

      The Chief Clerk proceeded to read the Journal of the preceding day.  There being no objection, further reading of the Journal was dispensed with and the Journal was approved as corrected by the Chief Clerk.


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REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES AND DIVISIONS

 

 

Knoblach from the Committee on Ways and Means to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 177, A bill for an act relating to insurance; regulating the sale of self-service storage insurance; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 60K.

 

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be placed on the General Register.

 

      The report was adopted.

 

 

Dean, M., from the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 614, A bill for an act relating to long-term care; providing for long-term care workforce needs; providing for employee scholarships and loan forgiveness; modifying nursing facility rate provisions; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 144.1501, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 256B.431, subdivision 36; 256B.441, subdivisions 13, 53, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.

 

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

 

Page 4, delete section 4 and insert:

 

"Sec. 4.  [144.1503] HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES EMPLOYEE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

 

Subdivision 1.  Creation.  The home and community-based services employee scholarship grant program is established for the purpose of assisting qualified provider applicants to fund employee scholarships for education in nursing and other health care fields.

 

Subd. 2.  Provision of grants.  The commissioner shall make grants available to qualified providers of older adult services.  Grants must be used by home and community-based service providers to recruit and train staff through the establishment of an employee scholarship fund.

 

Subd. 3.  Eligibility.  (a) Eligible providers must primarily provide services to individuals who are 65 years of age and older in home and community-based settings, including housing with services establishments as defined under section 144D.01, subdivision 4; adult day care as defined in section 245A.02, subdivision 2a; and home care services as defined in section 144A.43, subdivision 3.

 

(b) Qualifying providers must establish a home and community-based services employee scholarship program, as specified in subdivision 4.  Providers that receive funding under this section must use the funds to award scholarships to employees who work an average of at least 16 hours per week for the provider.

 

Subd. 4.  Home and community-based services employee scholarship program.  Each qualifying provider under this section must propose a home and community-based services employee scholarship program.  Providers must establish criteria by which funds are to be distributed among employees.  At a minimum, the scholarship program must cover employee costs related to a course of study that is expected to lead to career advancement with the provider or in the field of long-term care, including home care, care of persons with disabilities, or nursing.


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Subd. 5.  Participating providers.  The commissioner shall publish a request for proposals in the State Register specifying provider eligibility requirements, criteria for a qualifying employee scholarship program, provider selection criteria, documentation required for program participation, the maximum award amount, and methods of evaluation.  The commissioner must publish additional requests for proposals each year in which funding is available for this purpose.

 

Subd. 6.  Application requirements.  Eligible providers seeking a grant shall submit an application to the commissioner.  Applications must contain a complete description of the employee scholarship program being proposed by the applicant, including the need for the organization to enhance the education of its workforce, the process for determining which employees will be eligible for scholarships, any other sources of funding for scholarships, the expected degrees or credentials eligible for scholarships, the amount of funding sought for the scholarship program, a proposed budget detailing how funds will be spent, and plans for retaining eligible employees after completion of their scholarship.

 

Subd. 7.  Selection process.  The commissioner shall determine a maximum award for grants and make grant selections based on the information provided in the grant application, including the demonstrated need for an applicant provider to enhance the education of its workforce, the proposed employee scholarship selection process, the applicant's proposed budget, and other criteria as determined by the commissioner.  Notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, funds awarded to grantees in a grant agreement do not lapse until the grant agreement expires.

 

Subd. 8.  Reporting requirements.  Participating providers shall submit an invoice for reimbursement and a report to the commissioner on a schedule determined by the commissioner and on a form supplied by the commissioner.  The report shall include the amount spent on scholarships; the number of employees who received scholarships; and, for each scholarship recipient, the name of the recipient, the current position of the recipient, the amount awarded, the educational institution attended, the nature of the educational program, and the expected or actual program completion date.  During the grant period, the commissioner may require and collect from grant recipients other information necessary to evaluate the program.

 

Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 144A.611, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

 

Subd. 4.  Training program reimbursement.  Nursing facilities shall reimburse adult training programs that provide nursing assistant training programs at no cost to the participant for costs related to tuition, competency evaluation, and reasonable expenses for providing the program, not to exceed 30 percent of the tuition and competency evaluation costs.  Reimbursement shall be required only for those nursing assistants who meet the requirements of subdivision 2.  Costs under this subdivision shall be allowable costs for the nursing facility under section 256B.441.

 

Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 147.091, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

 

Subdivision 1.  Grounds listed.  The board may refuse to grant a license, may refuse to grant registration to perform interstate telemedicine services, or may impose disciplinary action as described in section 147.141 against any physician.  The following conduct is prohibited and is grounds for disciplinary action:

 

(a) Failure to demonstrate the qualifications or satisfy the requirements for a license contained in this chapter or rules of the board.  The burden of proof shall be upon the applicant to demonstrate such qualifications or satisfaction of such requirements.

 

(b) Obtaining a license by fraud or cheating, or attempting to subvert the licensing examination process.  Conduct which subverts or attempts to subvert the licensing examination process includes, but is not limited to:  (1) conduct which violates the security of the examination materials, such as removing examination materials from the examination room or having unauthorized possession of any portion of a future, current, or previously administered


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licensing examination; (2) conduct which violates the standard of test administration, such as communicating with another examinee during administration of the examination, copying another examinee's answers, permitting another examinee to copy one's answers, or possessing unauthorized materials; or (3) impersonating an examinee or permitting an impersonator to take the examination on one's own behalf.

 

(c) Conviction, during the previous five years, of a felony reasonably related to the practice of medicine or osteopathy.  Conviction as used in this subdivision shall include a conviction of an offense which if committed in this state would be deemed a felony without regard to its designation elsewhere, or a criminal proceeding where a finding or verdict of guilt is made or returned but the adjudication of guilt is either withheld or not entered thereon.

 

(d) Revocation, suspension, restriction, limitation, or other disciplinary action against the person's medical license in another state or jurisdiction, failure to report to the board that charges regarding the person's license have been brought in another state or jurisdiction, or having been refused a license by any other state or jurisdiction.

 

(e) Advertising which is false or misleading, which violates any rule of the board, or which claims without substantiation the positive cure of any disease, or professional superiority to or greater skill than that possessed by another physician.

 

(f) Violating a rule promulgated by the board or an order of the board, a state, or federal law which relates to the practice of medicine, or in part regulates the practice of medicine including without limitation sections 604.201, 609.344, and 609.345, or a state or federal narcotics or controlled substance law.

 

(g) Engaging in any unethical conduct; conduct likely to deceive, defraud, or harm the public, or demonstrating a willful or careless disregard for the health, welfare or safety of a patient; or medical practice which is professionally incompetent, in that it may create unnecessary danger to any patient's life, health, or safety, in any of which cases, proof of actual injury need not be established.

 

(h) Failure to supervise a physician assistant or failure to supervise a physician under any agreement with the board.

 

(i) Aiding or abetting an unlicensed person in the practice of medicine, except that it is not a violation of this paragraph for a physician to employ, supervise, or delegate functions to a qualified person who may or may not be required to obtain a license or registration to provide health services if that person is practicing within the scope of that person's license or registration or delegated authority.

 

(j) Adjudication as mentally incompetent, mentally ill or developmentally disabled, or as a chemically dependent person, a person dangerous to the public, a sexually dangerous person, or a person who has a sexual psychopathic personality by a court of competent jurisdiction, within or without this state.  Such adjudication shall automatically suspend a license for the duration thereof unless the board orders otherwise.

 

(k) Engaging in unprofessional conduct.  Unprofessional conduct shall include any departure from or the failure to conform to the minimal standards of acceptable and prevailing medical practice in which proceeding actual injury to a patient need not be established.

 

(l) Inability to practice medicine with reasonable skill and safety to patients by reason of illness, drunkenness, use of drugs, narcotics, chemicals or any other type of material or as a result of any mental or physical condition, including deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor skills.

 

(m) Revealing a privileged communication from or relating to a patient except when otherwise required or permitted by law.


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(n) Failure by a doctor of osteopathy to identify the school of healing in the professional use of the doctor's name by one of the following terms:  osteopathic physician and surgeon, doctor of osteopathy, or D.O.

 

(o) Improper management of medical records, including failure to maintain adequate medical records, to comply with a patient's request made pursuant to sections 144.291 to 144.298 or to furnish a medical record or report required by law.

 

(p) Fee splitting, including without limitation:

 

(1) paying, offering to pay, receiving, or agreeing to receive, a commission, rebate, or remuneration, directly or indirectly, primarily for the referral of patients or the prescription of drugs or devices;

 

(2) dividing fees with another physician or a professional corporation, unless the division is in proportion to the services provided and the responsibility assumed by each professional and the physician has disclosed the terms of the division;

 

(3) referring a patient to any health care provider as defined in sections 144.291 to 144.298 in which the referring physician has a "financial or economic interest," as defined in section 144.6521, subdivision 3, unless the physician has disclosed the physician's financial or economic interest in accordance with section 144.6521; and

 

(4) dispensing for profit any drug or device, unless the physician has disclosed the physician's own profit interest.

 

The physician must make the disclosures required in this clause in advance and in writing to the patient and must include in the disclosure a statement that the patient is free to choose a different health care provider.  This clause does not apply to the distribution of revenues from a partnership, group practice, nonprofit corporation, or professional corporation to its partners, shareholders, members, or employees if the revenues consist only of fees for services performed by the physician or under a physician's direct supervision, or to the division or distribution of prepaid or capitated health care premiums, or fee-for-service withhold amounts paid under contracts established under other state law.

 

(q) Engaging in abusive or fraudulent billing practices, including violations of the federal Medicare and Medicaid laws or state medical assistance laws.

 

(r) Becoming addicted or habituated to a drug or intoxicant.

 

(s) Prescribing a drug or device for other than medically accepted therapeutic or experimental or investigative purposes authorized by a state or federal agency or referring a patient to any health care provider as defined in sections 144.291 to 144.298 for services or tests not medically indicated at the time of referral.

 

(t) Engaging in conduct with a patient which is sexual or may reasonably be interpreted by the patient as sexual, or in any verbal behavior which is seductive or sexually demeaning to a patient.

 

(u) Failure to make reports as required by section 147.111 or to cooperate with an investigation of the board as required by section 147.131.

 

(v) Knowingly providing false or misleading information that is directly related to the care of that patient unless done for an accepted therapeutic purpose such as the administration of a placebo.


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(w) Aiding suicide or aiding attempted suicide in violation of section 609.215 as established by any of the following:

 

(1) a copy of the record of criminal conviction or plea of guilty for a felony in violation of section 609.215, subdivision 1 or 2;

 

(2) a copy of the record of a judgment of contempt of court for violating an injunction issued under section 609.215, subdivision 4;

 

(3) a copy of the record of a judgment assessing damages under section 609.215, subdivision 5; or

 

(4) a finding by the board that the person violated section 609.215, subdivision 1 or 2.  The board shall investigate any complaint of a violation of section 609.215, subdivision 1 or 2.

 

(x) Practice of a board-regulated profession under lapsed or nonrenewed credentials.

 

(y) Failure to repay a state or federally secured student loan in accordance with the provisions of the loan.

 

(z) (y) Providing interstate telemedicine services other than according to section 147.032."

 

Page 5, line 9, after "each" insert "nursing facility with no scholarship per diem that is"

 

Page 5, line 10, delete "facility" and insert "a scholarship per diem"

 

Page 5, line 16, delete everything before "nursing"

 

Page 5, line 17, before the semicolon, insert ", who are newly hired and have graduated within the last 12 months"

 

Page 6, line 7, after "(e)" insert "For instances in which a rate adjustment will be 15 cents or greater,"

 

Page 6, line 16, delete the new language

 

Page 6, line 17, delete "section 144A.611;"

 

Page 7, line 19, delete the new language

 

Page 7, delete line 20

 

Page 7, line 21, delete "(k)"

 

Page 7, line 23, delete "(l)" and insert "(k)"

 

Page 7, line 24, delete "(k)" and insert "(j)"

 

Page 8, line 3, delete everything after the period

 

Page 8, delete line 4

 

Page 8, line 22, delete everything after the period


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Page 8, delete lines 23 and 24

 

Page 10, line 9, after the period, insert "This appropriation is available until June 30, 2019."

 

Page 10, after line 14, insert:

 

"Sec. 17.  REPEALER.

 

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 214.105, is repealed."

 

Renumber the sections in sequence

 

Amend the title as follows:

 

Page 1, line 2, delete the first "long-term" and insert "health"

 

Page 1, line 3, after the semicolon, insert "eliminating authority of health-related licensing boards to discipline health professionals for defaulting on loan or service obligations;"

 

Correct the title numbers accordingly

 

 

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.

 

      The report was adopted.

 

 

Knoblach from the Committee on Ways and Means to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 631, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; providing for registration refunds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 168.017, by adding a subdivision.

 

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be placed on the General Register.

 

      The report was adopted.

 

 

Knoblach from the Committee on Ways and Means to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 815, A bill for an act relating to transportation; amending requirements of special agricultural products permits for motor vehicle weight limits; providing for hauling certain products for use as a biofuel; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 169.865, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision.

 

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

 

Page 2, delete lines 17 and 18 and insert:

 

"(2) agricultural products transported for processing as a biofuel, including but not limited to oat hulls and other feedstocks."

 

 

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be placed on the General Register.

 

      The report was adopted.


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Loon from the Committee on Education Finance to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 922, A bill for an act relating to local government; requiring local referenda related to spending to be conducted on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 123B.63, subdivision 3; 126C.17, subdivision 9; 205.10, subdivision 1; 205A.05, subdivision 1; 216B.46; 237.19; 275.60; 412.221, subdivision 2; 412.301; 426.19, subdivision 2; 447.045; 452.11; 455.24; 455.29; 459.06, subdivision 1; 469.053, subdivision 5; 469.0724; 469.107, subdivision 2; 469.190, subdivisions 1, 5; 471.57, subdivision 3; 471.571, subdivision 3; 471.572, subdivisions 2, 4; 475.59; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 126C.17, subdivision 11; 205.10, subdivision 3.

 

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

 

Page 3, lines 10 and 11, reinstate the stricken language

 

Page 3, line 16, after the period, insert "The ballot must state the per pupil amounts of any local optional revenue and board-approved authority, if any, that the board expects to approve for the next school year."

 

Page 4, after line 14, insert:

 

"The notice must state the per pupil amount of any local optional revenue and board-approved authority, if any, that the board expects to be approved for the next school year."

 

Page 18, line 13, delete "sections 126C.17, subdivision 11; and" and insert "section"

 

Page 18, line 14, delete "are" and insert "is"

 

Correct the title numbers accordingly

 

 

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Taxes.

 

      The report was adopted.

 

 

Knoblach from the Committee on Ways and Means to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 1164, A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying requirements for commercial motor vehicle road test for school bus endorsement; modifying provisions relating to third-party testing for school bus companies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 171.01, by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 171.

 

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be placed on the General Register.

 

      The report was adopted.

 

 

Loon from the Committee on Education Finance to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 1248, A bill for an act relating to the West Metro Education Program; conveying school buildings to member districts; providing for an orderly transition.

 

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.

 

      The report was adopted.


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McNamara from the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 1328, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; creating conservation easement stewardship accounts; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84; 103B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 84.68.

 

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

 

Page 4, delete section 3 and insert:

 

"Sec. 3.  TRANSFERS.

 

(a) On June 30, 2015, the commissioner of management and budget shall transfer to the natural resources conservation easement stewardship account, established in Minnesota Statutes, section 84.69, the remaining balance in the forests for the future conservation easement account under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.68.

 

(b) On June 30, 2015, the commissioner of management and budget shall transfer to the natural resources conservation easement stewardship account, established in Minnesota Statutes, section 84.69, the following amounts:

 

(1) $114,840 from Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 6, article 1, section 2, subdivision 3, paragraph (a);

 

(2) $25,000 from Laws 2012, chapter 264, article 1, section 2, subdivision 5, paragraph (a); and

 

(3) $14,000 from Laws 2013, chapter 137, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, paragraph (c).

 

(c) The commissioner of management and budget shall transfer additional amounts from Laws 2013, chapter 137, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, paragraph (c), to the natural resources conservation easement stewardship account, established in Minnesota Statutes, section 84.69, upon closing on conservation easements funded by the appropriation, provided that total transfers to the account shall not exceed $42,000.

 

(d) The commissioner of management and budget shall transfer amounts from Laws 2014, chapter 256, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, paragraph (e), to the natural resources conservation easement stewardship account, established in Minnesota Statutes, section 84.69, upon closing on conservation easements funded by the appropriation, provided that total transfers to the account shall not exceed $112,000.

 

(e) On June 30, 2015, the commissioner of management and budget shall transfer to the water and soil conservation easement stewardship account, established in Minnesota Statutes, section 103B.103, the following amounts:

 

(1) $191,667 from Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 6, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, paragraph (c);

 

(2) $57,750 from Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 6, article 1, section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph (a);

 

(3) $15,750 from Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 6, article 1, section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph (c);

 

(4) $48,000 from Laws 2012, chapter 264, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, paragraph (a);

 

(5) $1,821 from Laws 2012, chapter 264, article 1, section 2, subdivision 3, paragraph (a);


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(6) $26,400 from Laws 2013, chapter 137, article 1, section 2, subdivision 3, paragraph (b);

 

(7) $26,400 from Laws 2013, chapter 137, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, paragraph (e);

 

(8) $4,800 from Laws 2013, chapter 137, article 1, section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph (d); and

 

(9) $4,500 from Laws 2014, chapter 256, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, paragraph (f).

 

(f) The commissioner of management and budget shall continue to transfer money, appropriated to the Board of Water and Soil Resources on or before June 30, 2015, for conservation easement monitoring and enforcement funds to the water and soil conservation easement stewardship account, established in Minnesota Statutes, section 103B.103, upon closing on conservation easements, provided that total transfers to the account shall not exceed the amount specified in each appropriation.

 

EFFECTIVE DATE.  This section is effective the day following final enactment."

 

 

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.

 

      The report was adopted.

 

 

Knoblach from the Committee on Ways and Means to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 1429, A bill for an act relating to state lands; providing for public and private sales and conveyances of certain state lands; modifying prior sale authority; amending Laws 2012, chapter 236, section 28, subdivision 6; Laws 2013, chapter 73, section 30.

 

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

 

Page 8, line 2, after "state" insert "in order to return the land to private ownership"

 

 

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be placed on the General Register.

 

      The report was adopted.

 

 

McNamara from the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 1781, A bill for an act relating to clean water; appropriating money from the clean water fund; modifying membership of the Clean Water Council; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 114D.30, subdivision 2; Laws 2013, chapter 137, article 2, section 6.

 

Reported the same back with the following amendments:


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Page 18, after line 7, insert:

 

"Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 103A.206, is amended to read:

 

103A.206 SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION POLICY.

 

Maintaining and enhancing the quality of soil and water for the environmental and economic benefits they produce, preventing degradation, and restoring degraded soil and water resources of this state contribute greatly to the health, safety, economic well-being, and general welfare of this state and its citizens.  Land occupiers have the responsibility to implement practices that conserve the soil and water resources of the state.  Soil and water conservation measures implemented on private lands in this state provide benefits to the general public by reducing erosion, sedimentation, siltation, water pollution, and damages caused by floods.  The soil and water conservation policy of the state is to encourage land occupiers to conserve soil, water, and the natural resources they support through the implementation of practices that:

 

(1) control or prevent erosion, sedimentation, siltation, and related pollution in order to preserve natural resources;

 

(2) ensure continued soil health, as defined under section 103C.101, subdivision 10a, and soil productivity;

 

(3) protect water quality;

 

(4) prevent impairment of dams and reservoirs;

 

(5) reduce damages caused by floods;

 

(6) preserve wildlife;

 

(7) protect the tax base; and

 

(8) protect public lands and waters.

 

Sec. 11.  Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 103B.101, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

 

Subd. 16.  Water quality practices; standardized specifications.  The Board of Water and Soil Resources shall work with state and federal agencies, academic institutions, local governments, practitioners, and stakeholders to foster mutual understanding and provide recommendations for standardized specifications for water quality and soil conservation protection and improvement practices and projects.  The board may convene working groups or work teams to develop information, education, and recommendations.

 

Sec. 12.  [103B.801] COMPREHENSIVE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLANNING PROGRAM.

 

Subdivision 1.  Definitions.  The definitions under section 103B.3363, subdivisions 2 to 4, apply to this section.

 

Subd. 2.  Program purposes.  The purposes of the comprehensive watershed management plan program under section 103B.101, subdivision 14, paragraph (a), are to:

 

(1) align local water planning purposes and procedures under chapters 103B, 103C, and 103D on watershed boundaries to create a systematic, watershed-wide, science-based approach to watershed management;

 

(2) acknowledge and build off existing local government structure, water plan services, and local capacity;


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(3) incorporate and make use of data and information, including watershed restoration and protection strategies under section 114D.26;

 

(4) solicit input and engage experts from agencies, citizens, and stakeholder groups;

 

(5) focus on implementation of prioritized and targeted actions capable of achieving measurable progress; and

 

(6) serve as a substitute for a comprehensive plan, local water management plan, or watershed management plan developed or amended, approved, and adopted, according to chapter 103B, 103C, or 103D.

 

Subd. 3.  Coordination.  The board shall develop policies for coordination and development of comprehensive watershed management plans.  To ensure effectiveness and accountability in meeting the purposes of subdivision 2, these policies must address, at a minimum:

 

(1) a boundary framework consistent with section 103B.101, subdivision 14, paragraph (a), and procedures, requirements, and criteria for establishing or modifying the framework consistent with the goals of section 103A.212.  The metropolitan area, as defined under section 473.121, subdivision 2, may be considered for inclusion in the boundary framework.  If included, the metropolitan area is not excluded from the water management programs under sections 103B.201 to 103B.255;

 

(2) requirements for coordination, participation, and commitment between local government units in the development, approval, adoption, and implementation of comprehensive watershed management plans within planning boundaries identified according to this subdivision;

 

(3) requirements for consistency with state agency-adopted water and natural resources-related plans and documents required by chapters 103A, 103B, 103C, 103D, 103E, 103F, 103G, and 114D; and

 

(4) procedures for plan development, review, and approval consistent with the intent of sections 103B.201, 103B.255, 103B.311, 103B.321, 103D.401, and 103D.405.  If the procedures in these sections are contradictory as applied to a specific proceeding, the board must establish a forum where the public interest conflicts involved can be presented and, by consideration of the whole body of water law, the controlling policy can be determined and apparent inconsistencies resolved.

 

Subd. 4.  Plan content.  (a) The board shall develop policies for required comprehensive watershed management plan content consistent with comprehensive local water management planning.  To ensure effectiveness and accountability in meeting the purposes of subdivision 2, plan content must include, at a minimum:

 

(1) an analysis and prioritization of issues and resource concerns;

 

(2) measurable goals to address the issues and concerns, including but not limited to:

 

(i) restoration, protection, and preservation of natural surface water and groundwater storage and retention systems;

 

(ii) minimization of public capital expenditures needed to correct flooding and water quality problems;

 

(iii) restoration, protection, and improvement of surface water and groundwater quality;

 

(iv) establishment of more uniform local policies and official controls for surface water and groundwater management;


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(v) identification of priority areas for wetland enhancement, restoration, and establishment;

 

(vi) identification of priority areas for riparian zone management and buffers;

 

(vii) prevention of erosion and soil transport into surface water systems;

 

(viii) promotion of groundwater recharge;

 

(ix) protection and enhancement of fish and wildlife habitat and water recreational facilities; and

 

(x) securing other benefits associated with the proper management of surface water and groundwater;

 

(3) a targeted implementation schedule describing at a minimum the actions, locations, timeline, estimated costs, method of measurement, and identification of roles and responsible government units;

 

(4) a description of implementation programs, including how the implementation schedule will be achieved and how the plan will be administered and coordinated between local water management responsibilities; and

 

(5) a land and water resource inventory.

 

Subd. 5.  Timelines; administration.  (a) The board shall develop and adopt, by June 30, 2016, a transition plan for development, approval, adoption, and coordination of plans consistent with section 103A.212.  The transition plan must include a goal of completing statewide transition to comprehensive watershed management plans by 2025.  The metropolitan area may be considered for inclusion in the transition plan.

 

(b) The board may use the authority under section 103B.3369, subdivision 9, to support development or implementation of a comprehensive watershed management plan under this section.

 

Subd. 6.  Authority.  Notwithstanding any laws to the contrary, the authorities granted to local government through chapters 103B, 103C, and 103D are retained when a comprehensive watershed management plan is adopted as a substitute for a watershed management plan required under section 103B.231, a county groundwater plan authorized under section 103B.255, a county water plan authorized under section 103B.311, a comprehensive plan authorized under section 103C.331, or a watershed management plan required under section 103D.401 or 103D.405.

 

Sec. 13.  Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 103C.101, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

 

Subd. 10a.  Soil health.  "Soil health" means the continued capacity of soil to function as a vital living system that sustains plants, animals, and humans.  Indicators of soil health include water infiltration capacity; organic matter content; water holding capacity; biological capacity to break down plant residue and other substances and to maintain soil aggregation; nutrient sequestration and cycling capacity; carbon sequestration; and soil resistance.

 

Sec. 14.  Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 103C.401, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

 

Subdivision 1.  Powers and duties.  In addition to the powers and duties of the state board provided by other law, the state board shall:

 

(1) offer to assist the district boards to implement their programs;

 

(2) keep the district boards of the state informed of the activities and experience of other districts and facilitate cooperation and an interchange of advice and experience among the districts;


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(3) coordinate the programs and activities of the districts with appropriate agencies by advice and consultation;

 

(4) approve or disapprove the plans or programs of districts relating to the use of state funds administered by the state board;

 

(5) secure the cooperation and assistance of agencies in the work of the districts and develop a program to advise and assist appropriate agencies in obtaining state and federal funds for erosion, sedimentation, flooding, and agriculturally related pollution control programs;

 

(6) develop and implement a public information program concerning the districts' activities and programs, the problems and preventive practices relating to erosion control, sedimentation, agriculturally related pollution, flood prevention, and the advantages of formation of districts in areas where their organization is desirable;

 

(7) consolidate districts without a hearing or a referendum;

 

(8) assist the statewide program to inventory and classify the types of soils in the state as determined by the Minnesota Cooperative Soil Survey;

 

(9) identify research needs and cooperate with other public agencies in research concerning the nature and extent of erosion, sedimentation, flooding and agriculturally related pollution, the amounts and sources of sediment and pollutants delivered to the waters of the state, and long-term soil productivity;

 

(10) develop structural, land use management practice, and other programs to reduce or prevent soil erosion, sedimentation, flooding, and agriculturally related pollution;

 

(11) develop a system of priorities to identify the erosion, flooding, sediment, and agriculturally related pollution problem areas that most need control systems;

 

(12) ensure compliance with statewide programs and policies established by the state board by advice, consultation, and approval of grant agreements with the districts; and

 

(13) service requests from districts to consolidate districts across county boundaries and facilitate other agreed-to reorganizations of districts with other districts or other local units of government, including making grants, within the limits of available funds, to offset the cost of consolidation or reorganization; and

 

(14) develop and implement a state-led technical training and certification program.

 

Sec. 15.  Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 103C.501, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

 

Subd. 5.  Contracts by districts.  (a) A district board may contract on a cost-share basis to furnish financial aid to a land occupier or to a state agency for permanent systems for erosion or sedimentation control or water quality or water quantity improvements that are consistent with the district's comprehensive and annual work plans.

 

(b) A district board, with approval from the state board and consistent with state board rules and policies, may contract on a cost-share basis to furnish financial aid to a land occupier for nonstructural land management practices that are part of a planned erosion control or water quality improvement plan.

 

(b) (c) The duration of the contract must, at a minimum, be the time required to complete the planned systems.  A contract must specify that the land occupier is liable for monetary damages and penalties in an amount up to 150 percent of the financial assistance received from the district, for failure to complete the systems or practices in a timely manner or maintain the systems or practices as specified in the contract.


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(c) (d) A contract may provide for cooperation or funding with federal agencies.  A land occupier or state agency may provide the cost-sharing portion of the contract through services in kind.

 

(d) (e) The state board or the district board may not furnish any financial aid for practices designed only to increase land productivity.

 

(e) (f) When a district board determines that long-term maintenance of a system or practice is desirable, the board may require that maintenance be made a covenant upon the land for the effective life of the practice.  A covenant under this subdivision shall be construed in the same manner as a conservation restriction under section 84.65."

 

Renumber the sections in sequence

 

Amend the title as follows:

 

Page 1, line 2, after the second semicolon, insert "modifying various provisions governing soil and water conservation; providing for a comprehensive watershed management planning program;"

 

Correct the title numbers accordingly

 

 

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Legacy Funding Finance.

 

      The report was adopted.

 

 

Davids from the Committee on Taxes to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 1901, A bill for an act relating to estates; providing apportionment of taxes occasioned by a decedent's death; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 524.3-916.

 

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be placed on the General Register.

 

      The report was adopted.

 

 

Davids from the Committee on Taxes to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 1972, A bill for an act relating to legislative enactments; correcting erroneous, ambiguous, and omitted text and obsolete references; removing redundant, conflicting, and superseded provisions; making miscellaneous corrections to laws, statutes, and rules; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 5.25, subdivision 5; 13.321, subdivision 2a, by adding a subdivision; 13.3806, subdivision 1b; 13.381, subdivision 14a; 13.461, subdivisions 3, 7a; 13.602, subdivision 2; 13.681, by adding a subdivision; 13.72, subdivision 12; 13.871, subdivision 6, by adding a subdivision; 16A.126, subdivision 1; 16C.137, subdivision 2; 16D.04, subdivision 1; 81A.04, subdivision 1; 82.67, subdivision 3; 82.72, subdivision 3; 116D.04, subdivision 2a; 116L.146; 119A.50, subdivision 3; 120A.41; 122A.23, subdivision 2; 122A.414, subdivision 2; 122A.61, subdivision 1; 124D.10, subdivision 4; 124D.20, subdivision 8; 124D.861, subdivision 3; 125A.79, subdivisions 4, 8; 127A.441; 127A.49, subdivisions 2, 3; 144.0724, subdivision 4; 144.227, subdivision 1; 144A.10, subdivision 16; 161.3209, subdivision 3; 168A.03, subdivision 1; 169.781, subdivisions 1, 2; 174.12, subdivision 8; 241.332, subdivision 2; 241.335, subdivision 2; 241.336, subdivision 3; 244.05, subdivision 5; 245.466, subdivision 3a; 245.4871, subdivision 13; 245.4874, subdivision 1; 245.4877; 245.493, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2; 245A.191; 245A.192, subdivision 11; 245A.50, subdivision


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4; 245C.03, subdivision 2; 245C.22, subdivision 5; 245D.061, subdivision 1; 253B.07, subdivision 7; 254B.05, subdivision 5; 256.01, subdivision 14b; 256.969, subdivisions 8, 23; 256B.0654, subdivision 2b; 256B.199; 256B.76, subdivision 4; 256J.14; 256J.21, subdivision 2; 256J.61; 260B.185, subdivision 1; 268.046, subdivision 1; 297A.68, subdivision 2; 297E.02, subdivision 6; 299C.61, subdivision 4; 299F.01, subdivision 2; 299L.02, subdivision 5; 299L.07, subdivision 5; 322C.0102, subdivision 6; 325D.40, subdivision 2; 325E.028, subdivision 4; 326B.04, subdivision 2; 403.09, subdivision 3; 412.014; 466A.01, subdivision 6; 471.87; 473.604, subdivision 3; 477A.011, subdivisions 30, 30a, 42; 477A.013, subdivisions 8, 9; 477A.015; 477A.03, subdivisions 2a, 2c; 477A.12, subdivisions 1, 2; 477A.16, subdivisions 1, 2; 477A.19, subdivisions 4, 5; 480A.09, subdivision 2; 500.215, subdivision 1; 518B.01, subdivision 4; 572A.02, subdivisions 2, 3; 609.106, subdivision 2; 609.19, subdivision 1; 609.223, subdivision 2; 609.266; 609.531, subdivision 1; 626.556, subdivision 3c; 626.8463, subdivision 1; 626.8555; 629.725; Laws 2013, chapter 143, article 8, section 40; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 13.381, subdivision 17; 13.46, subdivision 13; 13.681, subdivision 7; 126C.01, subdivision 9; 239.001; 256B.0625, subdivision 50; 273.111, subdivision 9a; 469.1816; Laws 2014, chapter 228, article 1, section 2; Laws 2014, chapter 291, article 10, section 4; article 11, sections 15; 16; 21; Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 25, section 11; article 28, section 1; Minnesota Rules, parts 4900.3401; 8710.3000, subpart 5; 8710.3200, subpart 6; 8710.3310, subpart 5; 8710.3320, subpart 5; 8710.3330, subpart 5; 8710.3340, subpart 5; 8710.4000, subpart 5; 8710.4050, subpart 5; 8710.4200, subpart 5; 8710.4250, subpart 5; 8710.4300, subpart 5; 8710.4310, subpart 5; 8710.4320, subpart 5; 8710.4400, subpart 5; 8710.4450, subpart 5; 8710.4500, subpart 5; 8710.4550, subpart 5; 8710.4600, subpart 5; 8710.4650, subpart 5; 8710.4700, subpart 5; 8710.4750, subpart 9; 8710.4800, subpart 5; 8710.4850, subpart 5; 8710.4900, subpart 5; 8710.4950, subpart 9.

 

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be placed on the General Register.

 

      The report was adopted.

 

 

SECOND READING OF HOUSE BILLS

 

 

      H. F. Nos. 177, 631, 815, 1164, 1429, 1901 and 1972 were read for the second time.

 

 

INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS

 

 

      The following House Files were introduced:

 

 

Albright and Mahoney introduced:

 

H. F. No. 2193, A bill for an act relating to workers' compensation; adopting recommendations of the workers' compensation advisory council regarding inpatient hospital payments; authorizing rulemaking; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 176.136, subdivision 1b; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 176.

 

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.


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Gunther introduced:

 

H. F. No. 2194, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for youth employment programs.

 

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.

 

 

Persell introduced:

 

H. F. No. 2195, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; requiring five pilot projects in human services to be financed with pay-for-performance bonds; appropriating money.

 

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

 

 

Simonson introduced:

 

H. F. No. 2196, A bill for an act relating to taxation; tax increment financing; modifying special authority for the Seaway Port Authority of Duluth; amending Laws 2009, chapter 88, article 5, section 17, as amended.

 

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

 

 

Lesch and Hausman introduced:

 

H. F. No. 2197, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; modifying an appropriation for the historic Palace Theater; amending Laws 2014, chapter 294, article 1, section 21, subdivision 18.

 

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

 

 

Thissen introduced:

 

H. F. No. 2198, A bill for an act relating to state government; providing for disparities impact notes on proposed legislation; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3.

 

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

 

 

Koznick; Barrett; Rarick; Drazkowski; Scott; Dean, M.; McDonald; Lucero and Smith introduced:

 

H. F. No. 2199, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; modifying tax rates and brackets; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.06, subdivisions 2c, 2d.

 

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


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Lien, Marquart, Poppe and Bly introduced:

 

H. F. No. 2200, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; allowing the full amount of tax on an agricultural homestead to qualify for the property tax refund and the special property tax refund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290A.03, subdivision 6.

 

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

 

 

Theis and Knoblach introduced:

 

H. F. No. 2201, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for certain postsecondary student transportation.

 

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

 

 

Knoblach and Theis introduced:

 

H. F. No. 2202, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for St. Cloud State University; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

 

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

 

 

Torkelson introduced:

 

H. F. No. 2203, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; modifying refunds for overpayment; allowing the county auditor to issue certificates for refunds for overpayment to apply to future taxes payable; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 278.12.

 

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

 

 

Lenczewski, Hausman, Youakim, Fischer, Bly, Erhardt and Wagenius introduced:

 

H. F. No. 2204, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for state trails; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

 

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

 

 

Metsa and Melin introduced:

 

H. F. No. 2205, A bill for an act relating to unemployment insurance; providing for special unemployment benefit assistance.

 

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.


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McDonald and Ward introduced:

 

H. F. No. 2206, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying definitions and duties of the Office of Ombudsman for Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities; modifying the Ombudsman Committee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 245.91, subdivisions 4, 6; 245.94, subdivision 1; 245.97, subdivision 6.

 

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.

 

 

Mullery introduced:

 

H. F. No. 2207, A bill for an act relating to education finance; providing a grant to expand the Jobs for America's Graduates program in Minneapolis; appropriating money.

 

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

 

 

Whelan, Pelowski, Heintzeman, Lien and Pugh introduced:

 

H. F. No. 2208, A bill for an act relating to higher education; establishing the MnSCU campus autonomy act; clarifying and prescribing the roles of campus authority and system authority in the MnSCU system; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 136F.06, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 136F.

 

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

 

 

Laine; Bly; Liebling; Schultz; Simonson; Considine; Newton; Fischer; Hausman; Mullery; Schoen; Kahn; Murphy, M.; Clark; Pinto; Masin; Hornstein; Moran; Ward; Lien; Slocum; Bernardy; Freiberg; Isaacson; Mahoney; Yarusso; Johnson, C.; Davnie and Metsa introduced:

 

H. F. No. 2209, A bill for an act relating to health; guaranteeing that all necessary health care is available and affordable for every Minnesotan; establishing the Minnesota Health Plan, Minnesota Health Board, Minnesota Health Fund, Office of Health Quality and Planning, ombudsman for patient advocacy, and auditor general for the Minnesota Health Plan; requesting a 1332 waiver; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 13.3806, by adding a subdivision; 14.03, subdivisions 2, 3; 15A.0815, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62W.

 

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform.

 

 

Knoblach, Hilstrom, Pinto and Cornish introduced:

 

H. F. No. 2210, A bill for an act relating to judiciary; prohibiting use of state funds to expand audio and video coverage in criminal proceedings.

 

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


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Dean, M., introduced:

 

H. F. No. 2211, A bill for an act relating to taxes; establishing a state tax credit for MNsure premium payments; repealing the MinnesotaCare program; advancing the repeal date for MinnesotaCare provider taxes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 62V.05, subdivision 5; 256.98, subdivision 1; 256B.021, subdivision 4; 270A.03, subdivision 5; 270B.14, subdivision 1; Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 9, article 6, section 97, subdivision 6; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 13.461, subdivision 26; 16A.724, subdivision 3; 62A.046, subdivision 5; 256L.01, subdivisions 1, 1a, 1b, 2, 3, 3a, 5, 6, 7; 256L.02, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6; 256L.03, subdivisions 1, 1a, 1b, 2, 3, 3a, 3b, 4, 4a, 5, 6; 256L.04, subdivisions 1, 1a, 1c, 2, 2a, 7, 7a, 7b, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14; 256L.05, subdivisions 1, 1a, 1b, 1c, 2, 3, 3a, 3c, 4, 5, 6; 256L.06, subdivision 3; 256L.07, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; 256L.09, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7; 256L.10; 256L.11, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 3, 4, 7; 256L.12; 256L.121; 256L.15, subdivisions 1, 1a, 1b, 2; 256L.18; 256L.22; 256L.24; 256L.26; 256L.28.

 

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

 

 

Dean, M., and Fischer introduced:

 

H. F. No. 2212, A bill for an act relating to waters; appropriating money for water supply sustainability study.

 

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

 

 

Anderson, S., introduced:

 

H. F. No. 2213, A bill for an act relating to horse racing; modifying rulemaking authority of commission; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 240.23.

 

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

 

 

MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE

 

 

      The following message was received from the Senate:

 

 

Mr. Speaker:

 

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

 

      S. F. Nos. 107, 857, 1218 and 1444.

 

JoAnne M. Zoff, Secretary of the Senate


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FIRST READING OF SENATE BILLS

 

 

S. F. No. 107, A bill for an act relating to health care; requiring a hospital to provide a patient the opportunity to designate a caregiver upon entry to the hospital; requiring a hospital to provide a discharge plan and aftercare instructions to a designated caregiver prior to discharge; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.

 

The bill was read for the first time. 

 

Zerwas moved that S. F. No. 107 and H. F. No. 210, now on the General Register, be referred to the Chief Clerk for comparison.  The motion prevailed.

 

 

S. F. No. 857, A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing a working group to study and make recommendations on establishing a Silver Alert system; requiring a report.

 

The bill was read for the first time. 

 

Youakim moved that S. F. No. 857 and H. F. No. 805, now on the General Register, be referred to the Chief Clerk for comparison.  The motion prevailed.

 

 

S. F. No. 1218, A bill for an act relating to legislative enactments; correcting erroneous, ambiguous, and omitted text and obsolete references; removing redundant, conflicting, and superseded provisions; making miscellaneous corrections to laws, statutes, and rules; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 5.25, subdivision 5; 13.321, subdivision 2a, by adding a subdivision; 13.3806, subdivision 1b; 13.381, subdivision 14a; 13.461, subdivisions 3, 7a; 13.602, subdivision 2; 13.681, by adding a subdivision; 13.72, subdivision 12; 13.871, subdivision 6, by adding a subdivision; 16A.126, subdivision 1; 16C.137, subdivision 2; 16D.04, subdivision 1; 81A.04, subdivision 1; 82.67, subdivision 3; 82.72, subdivision 3; 116D.04, subdivision 2a; 116L.146; 119A.50, subdivision 3; 120A.41; 122A.23, subdivision 2; 122A.414, subdivision 2; 122A.61, subdivision 1; 124D.10, subdivision 4; 124D.20, subdivision 8; 124D.861, subdivision 3; 125A.79, subdivisions 4, 8; 127A.441; 127A.49, subdivisions 2, 3; 144.0724, subdivision 4; 144.227, subdivision 1; 144A.10, subdivision 16; 161.3209, subdivision 3; 168A.03, subdivision 1; 169.781, subdivisions 1, 2; 174.12, subdivision 8; 241.332, subdivision 2; 241.335, subdivision 2; 241.336, subdivision 3; 244.05, subdivision 5; 245.466, subdivision 3a; 245.4871, subdivision 13; 245.4874, subdivision 1; 245.4877; 245.493, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2; 245A.191; 245A.192, subdivision 11; 245A.50, subdivision 4; 245C.03, subdivision 2; 245C.22, subdivision 5; 245D.061, subdivision 1; 253B.07, subdivision 7; 254B.05, subdivision 5; 256.01, subdivision 14b; 256.969, subdivisions 8, 23; 256B.0654, subdivision 2b; 256B.199; 256B.76, subdivision 4; 256J.14; 256J.21, subdivision 2; 256J.61; 260B.185, subdivision 1; 268.046, subdivision 1; 297A.68, subdivision 2; 297E.02, subdivision 6; 299C.61, subdivision 4; 299F.01, subdivision 2; 299L.02, subdivision 5; 299L.07, subdivision 5; 322C.0102, subdivision 6; 325D.40, subdivision 2; 325E.028, subdivision 4; 326B.04, subdivision 2; 403.09, subdivision 3; 412.014; 466A.01, subdivision 6; 471.87; 473.604, subdivision 3; 477A.011, subdivisions 30, 30a, 42; 477A.013, subdivisions 8, 9; 477A.015; 477A.03, subdivisions 2a, 2c; 477A.12, subdivisions 1, 2; 477A.16, subdivisions 1, 2; 477A.19, subdivisions 4, 5; 480A.09, subdivision 2; 500.215, subdivision 1; 518B.01, subdivision 4; 572A.02, subdivisions 2, 3; 609.106, subdivision 2; 609.19, subdivision 1; 609.223, subdivision 2; 609.266; 609.531, subdivision 1; 626.556, subdivision 3c; 626.8463, subdivision 1; 626.8555; 629.725; Laws 2013, chapter 143, article 8, section 40; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 13.381, subdivision 17; 13.46, subdivision 13; 13.681, subdivision 7; 126C.01, subdivision 9; 239.001; 256B.0625, subdivision 50; 273.111, subdivision 9a; 469.1816; Laws 2014, chapter 228, article 1, section 2; Laws 2014, chapter 291, article 10, section 4; article 11, sections 15; 16; 21; Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 25, section 11; article 28, section 1; Minnesota Rules,


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parts 4900.3401; 8710.3000, subpart 5; 8710.3200, subpart 6; 8710.3310, subpart 5; 8710.3320, subpart 5; 8710.3330, subpart 5; 8710.3340, subpart 5; 8710.4000, subpart 5; 8710.4050, subpart 5; 8710.4200, subpart 5; 8710.4250, subpart 5; 8710.4300, subpart 5; 8710.4310, subpart 5; 8710.4320, subpart 5; 8710.4400, subpart 5; 8710.4450, subpart 5; 8710.4500, subpart 5; 8710.4550, subpart 5; 8710.4600, subpart 5; 8710.4650, subpart 5; 8710.4700, subpart 5; 8710.4750, subpart 9; 8710.4800, subpart 5; 8710.4850, subpart 5; 8710.4900, subpart 5; 8710.4950, subpart 9.

 

The bill was read for the first time. 

 

Schomacker moved that S. F. No. 1218 and H. F. No. 1972, now on the General Register, be referred to the Chief Clerk for comparison.  The motion prevailed.

 

 

S. F. No. 1444, A bill for an act relating to real property; mortgages; clarifying provisions relating to foreclosure sales; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 580.07, subdivision 2; 580.30, subdivision 1; 582.25.

 

The bill was read for the first time. 

 

O'Driscoll moved that S. F. No. 1444 and H. F. No. 1472, now on the General Register, be referred to the Chief Clerk for comparison.  The motion prevailed.

 

 

MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS

 

 

      Murphy, E., moved that the name of Fischer be added as an author on H. F. No. 46.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Anderson, S., moved that the name of Fischer be added as an author on H. F. No. 72.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Hamilton moved that the name of Liebling be added as an author on H. F. No. 97.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Kresha moved that the name of Fischer be added as an author on H. F. No. 191.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Zerwas moved that the name of Fischer be added as an author on H. F. No. 210.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Halverson moved that the name of Fischer be added as an author on H. F. No. 226.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Kiel moved that the names of Masin and Fischer be added as authors on H. F. No. 278.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Heintzeman moved that the name of Dettmer be added as an author on H. F. No. 299.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Lohmer moved that the name of Fischer be added as an author on H. F. No. 300.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Anderson, P., moved that the name of Fischer be added as an author on H. F. No. 317.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Murphy, E., moved that the name of Fischer be added as an author on H. F. No. 320.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Carlson moved that the name of Fischer be added as an author on H. F. No. 340.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Uglem moved that the name of Fischer be added as an author on H. F. No. 350.  The motion prevailed.


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           Backer moved that his name be stricken as an author on H. F. No. 495.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Theis moved that her name be stricken as an author on H. F. No. 495.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Lueck moved that his name be stricken as an author on H. F. No. 495.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Kiel moved that her name be stricken as an author on H. F. No. 495.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Howe moved that the name of Anderson, S., be shown as chief author on H. F. No. 495.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Albright moved that the name of Lien be added as an author on H. F. No. 560.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Wills moved that the name of Dettmer be added as an author on H. F. No. 581.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Newton moved that the name of Fischer be added as an author on H. F. No. 671.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Franson moved that the name of Thissen be added as an author on H. F. No. 683.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Kresha moved that the name of Selcer be added as an author on H. F. No. 859.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Hamilton moved that the name of Fischer be added as an author on H. F. No. 1009.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Miller moved that the name of Pugh be added as an author on H. F. No. 1061.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Quam moved that the name of Pugh be added as an author on H. F. No. 1232.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Kresha moved that the name of Heintzeman be added as an author on H. F. No. 1261.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Davids moved that the name of Hertaus be added as an author on H. F. No. 1265.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Kiel moved that the name of Nornes be added as an author on H. F. No. 1337.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Pierson moved that the name of Fischer be added as an author on H. F. No. 1341.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Norton moved that the name of Fischer be added as an author on H. F. No. 1350.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Laine moved that the name of Fischer be added as an author on H. F. No. 1353.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Green moved that the name of Persell be added as an author on H. F. No. 1432.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Schultz moved that the name of Youakim be added as an author on H. F. No. 1449.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Schoen moved that the name of Lillie be added as an author on H. F. No. 1500.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Baker moved that the name of Fischer be added as an author on H. F. No. 1651.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Pinto moved that the names of Rosenthal, Fenton, Franson, Whelan, Pugh, Fischer and Knoblach be added as authors on H. F. No. 1776.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Pinto moved that the name of Ward be added as an author on H. F. No. 1789.  The motion prevailed.


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           Mack moved that the name of Fischer be added as an author on H. F. No. 1790.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Marquart moved that the name of Slocum be added as an author on H. F. No. 2018.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Bly moved that the name of Slocum be added as an author on H. F. No. 2029.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Torkelson moved that the name of Slocum be added as an author on H. F. No. 2030.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Hausman moved that the name of Slocum be added as an author on H. F. No. 2045.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Drazkowski moved that the names of Gruenhagen, Dettmer and Bennett be added as authors on H. F. No. 2077.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Urdahl moved that the name of Slocum be added as an author on H. F. No. 2129.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Wagenius moved that the name of Slocum be added as an author on H. F. No. 2136.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Fischer moved that the name of Slocum be added as an author on H. F. No. 2138.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Persell moved that the name of Slocum be added as an author on H. F. No. 2147.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Clark moved that the name of Laine be added as an author on H. F. No. 2151.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Kahn moved that the name of Fenton be added as an author on H. F. No. 2166.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Thissen moved that the name of Slocum be added as an author on H. F. No. 2168.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Hornstein moved that the name of Hansen be added as an author on H. F. No. 2174.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Anzelc moved that the names of Moran, Selcer and Slocum be added as authors on H. F. No. 2175.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Erhardt moved that the name of Slocum be added as an author on H. F. No. 2190.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Hamilton moved that H. F. No. 749 be recalled from the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance and be re-referred to the Committee on Taxes.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Zerwas moved that H. F. No. 1155, now on the General Register, be re-referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Hansen moved that H. F. No. 1781 be recalled from the Committee on Legacy Funding Finance and be re‑referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

 

 

      A roll call was requested and properly seconded.


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           The question was taken on the Hansen motion and the roll was called.  There were 59 yeas and 71 nays as follows:

 

      Those who voted in the affirmative were:

 


Allen

Anzelc

Applebaum

Atkins

Bernardy

Bly

Carlson

Clark

Considine

Davnie

Dehn, R.

Dill

Erhardt

Fischer

Freiberg

Halverson

Hansen

Hausman

Hilstrom

Hornstein

Hortman

Isaacson

Johnson, C.

Johnson, S.

Kahn

Laine

Lenczewski

Lesch

Liebling

Lien

Lillie

Loeffler

Mahoney

Mariani

Marquart

Masin

Moran

Mullery

Murphy, E.

Murphy, M.

Nelson

Newton

Norton

Pelowski

Persell

Pinto

Rosenthal

Schoen

Schultz

Selcer

Simonson

Slocum

Sundin

Thissen

Wagenius

Ward

Winkler

Yarusso

Youakim


 

      Those who voted in the negative were:

 


Albright

Anderson, P.

Anderson, S.

Baker

Barrett

Bennett

Christensen

Cornish

Daniels

Davids

Dean, M.

Dettmer

Drazkowski

Erickson

Fabian

Fenton

Franson

Garofalo

Green

Gruenhagen

Gunther

Hackbarth

Hamilton

Hancock

Heintzeman

Hertaus

Hoppe

Howe

Johnson, B.

Kelly

Kiel

Knoblach

Koznick

Kresha

Lohmer

Loon

Loonan

Lucero

Lueck

Mack

McDonald

McNamara

Melin

Miller

Nash

Newberger

Nornes

O'Driscoll

O'Neill

Peppin

Petersburg

Peterson

Pierson

Pugh

Quam

Rarick

Runbeck

Sanders

Schomacker

Scott

Smith

Swedzinski

Theis

Torkelson

Uglem

Urdahl

Vogel

Whelan

Wills

Zerwas

Spk. Daudt


 

 

      The motion did not prevail.

 

 

ADJOURNMENT

 

      Peppin moved that when the House adjourns today it adjourn until 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 14, 2015.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Peppin moved that the House adjourn.  The motion prevailed, and the Speaker declared the House stands adjourned until 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 14, 2015.

 

 

Patrick D. Murphy, Chief Clerk, House of Representatives


 


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