Journal of the House - 24th Day - Monday, March 6, 2017

A quorum was present.

Mariani, Metsa, Miller, Ward and Wills were excused.

Knoblach was excused until 5:15 p.m.

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 CHIEF CLERK

S. F. No. 218 and H. F. No. 124, which had been referred to the Chief Clerk for comparison, were examined and found to be not identical.

Swedzinski moved that S. F. No. 218 be substituted for H. F. No. 124 and that the House File be indefinitely postponed. The motion prevailed.

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES AND DIVISIONS

Cornish from the Committee on Public Safety and Security Policy and Finance to which was referred:

H. F. No. 140, A bill for an act relating to education; restructuring Minnesota's teacher licensing system; establishing the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board; transferring all teacher licensing and support personnel licensing and credentialing authority to the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board; providing for rulemaking; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 120B.363, subdivision 1; 122A.06; 122A.07; 122A.08; 122A.09, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 4a, 6, 7, 9, 10; 122A.17; 122A.18, subdivisions 1, 2, 2b, 7a, 7c, 8, by adding subdivisions; 122A.19; 122A.20; 122A.22; 122A.23, subdivision 3; 122A.245, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10; 122A.26, subdivision 2; 122A.28; 122A.29; 122A.30; 124D.13, subdivision 11; 124D.454, subdivision 12; 124D.75, subdivisions 1, 6; 125A.67, subdivision 2; 127A.05, subdivision 6; 136A.1791, subdivision 1; 214.04, subdivisions 1, 3; 214.045; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 122A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 122A.09, subdivisions 5, 8, 11; 122A.14, subdivision 5; 122A.162; 122A.163; 122A.18, subdivisions 2a, 3, 3a, 4, 4a, 6, 7, 7b; 122A.21, subdivision 2; 122A.23, subdivisions 1, 2; 122A.245, subdivisions 7, 8; 122A.25.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 42, line 2, after the period, insert "A report by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to appropriate law enforcement authorities does not diminish, modify, or otherwise affect the responsibilities of a school board or any person mandated to report abuse under section 626.556."

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

The report was adopted.

O'Driscoll from the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 179, A bill for an act relating to public safety; amending ignition interlock performance standards; prohibiting use of devices enabled with location tracking capabilities; amending rulemaking authority; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 171.306, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 8.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Transportation and Regional Governance Policy.

The report was adopted.

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O'Driscoll from the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 262, A bill for an act relating to human services; extending the Alzheimer's disease working group; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

"Section 1. ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE WORKING GROUP.

Subdivision 1. Members. (a) The Minnesota Board on Aging must appoint 16 members to an Alzheimer's disease working group, as follows:

(1) a caregiver of a person who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease;

(2) a person who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease;

(3) two representatives from the nursing facility or senior housing profession;

(4) a representative of the home care or adult day services profession;

(5) two geriatricians, one of whom serves a diverse or underserved community;

(6) a psychologist who specializes in dementia care;

(7) an Alzheimer's researcher;

(8) a representative of the Alzheimer's Association;

(9) two members from community-based organizations serving one or more diverse or underserved communities;

(10) the commissioner of human services or a designee;

(11) the commissioner of health or a designee;

(12) the ombudsman for long-term care or a designee; and

(13) one member of the Minnesota Board on Aging, selected by the board.

(b) The executive director of the Minnesota Board on Aging serves on the working group as a nonvoting member.

(d) To the extent practicable, the membership of the working group must reflect the diversity in Minnesota, and must include representatives from rural and metropolitan areas and representatives of different ethnicities, races, genders, ages, cultural groups, and abilities.

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Subd. 2. Duties; recommendations. The Alzheimer's disease working group must review and revise the 2011 report, Preparing Minnesota for Alzheimer's: the Budgetary, Social and Personal Impacts. The working group shall consider and make recommendations and findings on the following issues:

(1) trends and disparities in the state's Alzheimer's population;

(2) public awareness, knowledge, and attitudes, including knowledge gaps, stigma, availability of information, and supportive community environments;

(3) risk reduction, including health education and health promotion on risk factors, safety, and potentially avoidable hospitalizations;

(4) diagnosis and treatment, including early detection, access to diagnosis, quality of dementia care, and cost of treatment;

(5) professional education and training, including geriatric education for licensed health care professionals and dementia-specific training for direct care workers, first responders, and other professionals in communities;

(6) residential services, including cost to families as well as regulation and licensing gaps;

(7) research and data collection, including public health surveillance; and

(8) cultural competence and responsiveness to reduce health disparities and improve access to high-quality dementia care.

Subd. 3. Meetings. The Board on Aging must designate one member to convene the first meeting of the working group no later than January 15, 2018, and to serve as chair. Meetings of the working group must be open to the public, and to the extent practicable, technological means, such as Web casts, shall be used to reach the greatest number of people throughout the state.

Subd. 4. Compensation. Members of the working group serve without compensation, except for reimbursement for allowed actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the working group's duties.

Subd. 5. Administrative support. The Minnesota Board on Aging will provide administrative support and arrange meeting space for the working group.

Subd. 6. Report. The Board on Aging must submit a report providing the findings and recommendations of the working group, including any draft legislation necessary to implement the recommendations, to the governor and chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over health care by January 15, 2019.

Subd. 7. Expiration. The working group expires June 30, 2019, or the day after the working group submits the report required in subdivision 6, whichever is earlier.

Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.

$....... in fiscal year 2018 is appropriated from the general fund to the Minnesota Board on Aging for the Alzheimer's disease working group."

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Amend the title as follows:

Page 1, line 2, after the second semicolon, insert "appropriating money."

Correct the title numbers accordingly

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.

The report was adopted.

Erickson from the Committee on Education Innovation Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 535, A bill for an act relating to education finance; qualifying specific on-site education programs located at a care and treatment facility as learning year programs; appropriating money.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

"Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 126C.05, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

Subd. 8. Average daily membership. (a) Membership for pupils in grades kindergarten through 12 and for prekindergarten pupils with disabilities shall mean the number of pupils on the current roll of the school, counted from the date of entry until withdrawal. The date of withdrawal shall mean the day the pupil permanently leaves the school or the date it is officially known that the pupil has left or has been legally excused. However, a pupil, regardless of age, who has been absent from school for 15 consecutive school days during the regular school year or for five consecutive school days during summer school or intersession classes of flexible school year programs without receiving instruction in the home or hospital shall be dropped from the roll and classified as withdrawn. Nothing in this section shall be construed as waiving the compulsory attendance provisions cited in section 120A.22. Average daily membership equals the sum for all pupils of the number of days of the school year each pupil is enrolled in the district's schools divided by the number of days the schools are in session. Days of summer school or intersession classes of flexible school year programs are only included in the computation of membership for pupils with a disability not appropriately served primarily in the regular classroom. A student must not be counted as more than 1.2 pupils in average daily membership under this section and section 126C.10, subdivision 2a, paragraph (b). When the initial total average daily membership exceeds 1.2 for a pupil enrolled in more than one school district during the fiscal year, each district's average daily membership must be reduced proportionately.

(b) A student must not be counted as more than one pupil in average daily membership except for purposes of section 126C.10, subdivision 2a.

Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 126C.10, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:

Subd. 2a. Extended time revenue. (a) A school district's extended time revenue is equal to the product of $5,117 and the sum of the adjusted pupil units of the district for each pupil in average daily membership in excess of 1.0 and less than 1.2 according to section 126C.05, subdivision 8.

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(b) Extended time revenue for pupils placed in an on-site education program at the Prairie Lakes Education Center or the Lake Park School, located within the borders of Independent School District No. 347, Willmar, for instruction provided after the end of the just prior regular school year and before the beginning of the following regular school year equals membership hours divided by the minimum annual instructional hours in section 126C.05, subdivision 15, not to exceed 0.20, times the pupil unit weighting in section 126C.05, subdivision 1, times $5,117.

(c) A school district's extended time revenue may be used for extended day programs, extended week programs, summer school, vacation break academies such as spring break academies and summer term academies, and other programming authorized under the learning year program."

Delete the title and insert:

"A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying the calculation of extended time revenue for summer instruction for pupils placed in certain on-site education programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 126C.05, subdivision 8; 126C.10, subdivision 2a."

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

The report was adopted.

Scott from the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 593, A bill for an act relating to real estate appraisers; changing requirements relating to investigations, background checks, and disciplinary actions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 13.411, by adding a subdivision; 82B.08, subdivision 2a; 82B.20, by adding a subdivision; 82B.24, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 82B.

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. 629, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying certain claims against estates provisions under medical assistance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 256B.15, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2.

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. 630, A bill for an act relating to local government; providing aid for out-of-home placement costs of children under the Indian Child Welfare Act; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 477A.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

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Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

"Section 1. [477A.0126] REIMBURSEMENT OF COUNTY AND TRIBES FOR CERTAIN OUT‑OF‑HOME PLACEMENT.

Subdivision 1. Definition. For purposes of this section, "out-of-home placement" means 24-hour substitute care for an Indian child as defined by section 260C.007, subdivision 21, placed under chapter 260C and the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), away from the child's parent or guardian and for whom the county social services agency or county correctional agency has been assigned responsibility for the child's placement and care, which includes placement in foster care under section 260C.007, subdivision 18, and a correctional facility pursuant to a court order.

Subd. 2. Determination of nonfederal share of costs. (a) By July 1, 2017, each county shall report the following information to the commissioners of human services and corrections:

(1) the separate amounts paid out of the county's social service agency and its corrections budget for out‑of‑home placement of children under the ICWA in calendar years 2013, 2014, and 2015; and

(2) the number of case days associated with the expenditures from each budget.

The commissioner of human services shall prescribe the format of the report. By July 15, 2017, the commissioner of human services, in consultation with the commissioner of corrections, shall certify to the commissioner of revenue and to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over local government aids and out-of-home placement funding whether the data reported under this subdivision accurately reflect total expenditures by counties for out‑of‑home placement costs of children under the ICWA.

(b) By January 1, 2018, and each January 1 thereafter, each county shall report to the commissioners of human services and corrections the separate amounts paid out of the county's social service agency and its corrections budget for out-of-home placement of children under the ICWA in the calendar years two years before the current calendar year along with the number of case days associated with the expenditures from each budget. The commissioner of human services shall prescribe the format of the report.

(c) Until the commissioner of human services develops another mechanism for collecting and verifying data on out-of-home placements of children under the ICWA, and the legislature authorizes the use of that data, the data collected under this subdivision must be used to calculate payments under subdivision 3. The commissioner of human services shall certify the nonfederal out-of-home placement costs for the three prior calendar years for each county and the amount of any federal reimbursement received by a tribe under the ICWA for the three prior calendar years to the commissioner of revenue by June 1 of the year before the aid payment.

Subd. 3. Aid for counties. For aids payable in calendar year 2018 and thereafter, the amount of reimbursement to each county is a county's proportionate share of the appropriation in subdivision 6 that remains after the aid for tribes has been paid. Each county's proportionate share is based on the county's average nonfederal share of the cost for out-of-home placement of children under the ICWA for the three calendar years that were certified by the commissioner of human services by June 1 of the prior year, provided that the commissioner of human services, in consultation with the commissioner of corrections, certifies to the commissioner of revenue that accurate data are available to make the aid determination under this section. For aids payable in calendar year 2018, each county's proportionate share is based on the county's nonfederal share of the cost for out-of-home placement of children under the ICWA that was certified by the commissioner of human services by July 15, 2017.

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Subd. 4. Aid for tribes. For aids payable in 2018 and thereafter, the amount of reimbursement to each tribe shall be the greater of:

(1) five percent of the average reimbursement amount received from the federal government for out-of-home placement costs for the three calendar years that were certified by June 1 of the prior year; or

(2) $200,000.

Subd. 5. Payments. The commissioner of revenue must compute the amount of the reimbursement aid payable to each county and tribe under this section. On or before August 1 of each year, the commissioner shall certify the amount to be paid to each county and tribe in the following year. The commissioner shall pay reimbursement aid annually at the times provided in section 477A.015.

Subd. 6. Appropriation. An amount sufficient to pay aid under this section is annually appropriated to the commissioner of revenue from the general fund.

EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective beginning with aids payable in 2018."

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices Policy.

The report was adopted.

Schomacker from the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform to which was referred:

H. F. No. 809, A bill for an act relating to health; limiting use of funds for state-sponsored health programs for funding abortions.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.

The report was adopted.

Schomacker from the Committee on Health and Human Services Reform to which was referred:

H. F. No. 812, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring licensure of certain facilities that perform abortions; requiring a licensing fee; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

The report was adopted.

Runbeck from the Committee on Transportation and Regional Governance Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 828, A bill for an act relating to the Metropolitan Council; modifying governance of the Metropolitan Council; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 473.123; 473.146, subdivision 4.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

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Page 1, delete line 17 and insert:

"(4) one person to represent nonmotorized transportation, one person to represent freight transportation, and one person to represent public transit, each appointed by the commissioner of transportation"

Page 1, line 18, delete everything before the period

Page 5, line 24, delete "2018" and insert "2019"

Page 6, line 23, delete "2018" and insert "2019"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

The report was adopted.

O'Driscoll from the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1147, A bill for an act relating to local government; making technical changes to Ramsey County human resources statutes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 383A.289, subdivision 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 383A.295, subdivision 3.

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

The report was adopted.

Runbeck from the Committee on Transportation and Regional Governance Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1160, A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring auditing and reporting on certain transit financial activity; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 3.971, subdivisions 2, 6; 3.972, by adding a subdivision.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 3, line 15, delete everything after "REPORTING" and insert a period

Page 3, delete line 16

Page 3, line 17, delete everything before "(a)"

Page 3, delete lines 23 to 28 and insert "297A.992."

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

The report was adopted.

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Runbeck from the Committee on Transportation and Regional Governance Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1180, A bill for an act relating to transportation; prohibiting certain use of cellular phones while driving; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 169.011, subdivision 94; 169.475.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Security Policy and Finance.

The report was adopted.

O'Driscoll from the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1206, A bill for an act relating to higher education; modifying the Spinal Cord and Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Council; creating a spinal cord and traumatic brain injury student research scholarship and education program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 136A.902, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 136A.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 1, line 9, strike "12-member" and insert "14-member"

Page 3, line 23, before "$500,000" insert "$500,000 in fiscal year 2018 and" and delete "is" and insert "are"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Higher Education and Career Readiness Policy and Finance.

The report was adopted.

O'Driscoll from the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1242, A bill for an act relating to local government; requiring notice of proposed ordinances that affect business licenses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 375.51, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 415.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

"Section 1. [415.19] NOTICE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES TO BUSINESSES.

(a) If a statutory or home rule charter city posts ordinances on the city Web site, the city must also post proposed ordinances on the Web site.

(b) If a statutory or home rule charter city has an email address from which it sends notices or city information, the city must allow businesses to sign up for email notification of proposed ordinances. At least ten days before the statutory or home rule charter city holds an initial hearing on an ordinance, the city must notify, by email, any business that has signed up for email notification. If email notification is available, the statutory or home rule charter city must notify a business of the notification procedure any time a business applies for a new license or for a

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license renewal. If the statutory or home rule charter city does not have an email address from which it sends notices or city information, the city must post the notification of the proposed ordinance in the same location as other public notices are posted. Failure to provide notice described in this section does not invalidate the ordinance.

(c) The requirements in this section are minimum requirements. A city may provide more notice if it has the ability to do so."

Amend the title as follows:

Page 1, lines 2 to 3, delete "that affect business licenses"

Correct the title numbers accordingly

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

The report was adopted.

Scott from the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1244, A bill for an act relating to transportation; providing for appeal process for denial or revocation of driveway permit by commissioner of transportation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.18, by adding a subdivision.

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

The report was adopted.

Scott from the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1291, A bill for an act relating to environment; modifying permitting requirements; providing expedited environmental-review billing options; modifying reclamation appeal provisions; eliminating Environmental Quality Board and reassigning duties; modifying rulemaking requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 3.886, subdivision 4; 13.7411, subdivision 9; 18B.045; 18E.06; 84.027, subdivisions 14a, 14b, by adding subdivisions; 93.50; 103A.204; 103B.101, subdivision 9; 103B.151; 103B.315, subdivision 5; 103H.151, subdivision 4; 103H.175, subdivision 3; 115A.32; 115A.33; 115A.34; 115A.35; 115A.36; 115A.37; 115A.38, subdivisions 1, 3; 115A.39; 115B.20, subdivision 6; 116.03, subdivision 2b, by adding a subdivision; 116.07, subdivision 4d, by adding subdivisions; 116C.74, subdivision 2; 116C.91, by adding a subdivision; 116C.92; 116C.94; 116C.95; 116C.96; 116C.97; 116C.99, subdivisions 2, 3; 116C.991; 116C.992; 116D.04, subdivisions 2a, 3a, 5b, 10, 13, 14; 116D.045, subdivision 1; 116F.06, subdivision 2; 216B.243, subdivision 7; 216C.18, subdivision 2; Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 4, article 4, section 136; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 103A.403; 103A.43; 103F.614; 116C.02; 116C.03, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 3a, 4, 5, 6; 116C.04, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11; 116C.06; 116C.08; 116C.71, subdivisions 1c, 2a; 116C.721; 116C.722; 116C.724, subdivisions 2, 3; 116C.91, subdivision 2; 116G.03, subdivision 2.

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

The report was adopted.

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

H. F. No. 1293, A bill for an act relating to environment; extending ban on open air swine basins; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 116.0714.

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

The report was adopted.

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

H. F. No. 1355, A bill for an act relating to environment; requiring money from certain environmental settlements to be appropriated by law; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 116.03, by adding a subdivision.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 1, line 9, after "by" insert "or required to be paid to"

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance.

The report was adopted.

O'Driscoll from the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1390, A bill for an act relating to counties; allowing a county law library to transfer money to the county for certain construction costs; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 134A.

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

The report was adopted.

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

H. F. No. 1466, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; providing aid to counties and watershed districts to assume jurisdiction for implementation and enforcement of the buffer law; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103F.48, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 477A.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

"Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103B.101, subdivision 12a, is amended to read:

Subd. 12a. Authority to issue penalty orders. (a) ~~A county or watershed district with jurisdiction or~~ The Board of Water and Soil Resources may issue an order requiring violations of the water resources riparian protection requirements under sections 103F.415, 103F.421, and 103F.48 to be corrected and administratively assessing

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monetary penalties up to $500 for noncompliance commencing on day one of the 11th month after the noncompliance notice was issued. The proceeds collected from an administrative penalty order issued under this section must be remitted to ~~the county or watershed district with jurisdiction over the noncompliant site, or otherwise remitted to~~ the Board of Water and Soil Resources.

(b) Before exercising this authority, the Board of Water and Soil Resources must adopt a plan containing procedures for the issuance of administrative penalty orders ~~by local governments and the board as authorized in this subdivision~~. This plan, and any subsequent amendments, ~~will become~~ is effective 30 days after being published in the State Register. The initial plan must be published in the State Register no later than July 1, 2017.

(c) Administrative penalties may be reissued and appealed under paragraph (a) according to section 103F.48, subdivision 9.

Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103F.411, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1. Authority. The Board of Water and Soil Resources, in consultation with counties, soil and water conservation districts, and other appropriate agencies, shall adopt a model ordinance and rules that serve as a guide for local governments that have adopted a soil loss ordinance to implement sections 103F.401 to 103F.455 and provide administrative procedures for the board for sections 103F.401 to 103F.455.

Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103F.48, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given them.

(b) "Board" means the Board of Water and Soil Resources.

(c) "Buffer" means an area consisting of perennial vegetation, excluding invasive plants and noxious weeds, adjacent to all bodies of water within the state and that protects the water resources of the state from runoff pollution; stabilizes soils, shores, and banks; and protects or provides riparian corridors.

(d) "Buffer protection map" means buffer maps established and maintained by the commissioner of natural resources.

(e) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of natural resources.

(f) "Executive director" means the executive director of the Board of Water and Soil Resources.

(g) "Local water management authority" means a watershed district, metropolitan water management organization, or county operating separately or jointly in its role as local water management authority under chapter 103B or 103D.

(h) "Normal water level" means the level evidenced by the long-term presence of surface water as indicated directly by hydrophytic plants or hydric soils or indirectly determined via hydrological models or analysis.

(i) "Public waters" ~~has the meaning given in section 103G.005, subdivision 15. The term~~ means public waters ~~as used in this section applies to waters~~ that are on the public waters inventory as provided in section 103G.201.

(j) "With jurisdiction" means a ~~board determination that the~~ county or watershed district that has adopted a rule, ordinance, or official controls providing procedures for ~~the issuance of administrative penalty orders,~~ enforcement, and appeals for purposes of this section ~~and section 103B.101, subdivision 12a~~ and that has notified the board.

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Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103F.48, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3. Water resources riparian protection requirements on public waters and public drainage systems. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), landowners owning property adjacent to a water body identified and mapped on a buffer protection map must maintain a buffer to protect the state's water resources as follows:

(1) for all public waters that have a shoreland classification, the more restrictive of:

(i) a 50-foot average width, 30-foot minimum width, continuous buffer of perennially rooted vegetation; or

(ii) the state shoreland standards and criteria adopted by the commissioner under section 103F.211; and

(2) for public drainage systems established under chapter 103E and public waters that do not have a shoreland classification, a 16.5-foot minimum width continuous buffer as provided in section 103E.021, subdivision 1. The buffer vegetation shall not impede future maintenance of the ditch.

(b) A landowner owning property adjacent to a water body identified in a buffer protection map and whose property is used for cultivation farming may meet the requirements under paragraph (a) by adopting an alternative riparian water quality practice, or combination of structural, vegetative, and management practices, based on the Natural Resources Conservation Service Field Office Technical Guide or other practices approved by the board, that provide water quality protection comparable to the buffer protection for the water body that the property abuts. Included in these practices are retention ponds and alternative measures that prevent overland flow to the water resource.

(c) The width of a buffer on public waters must be measured from the top or crown of the bank. Where there is no defined bank, measurement must be from the edge of the normal water level. The width of the buffer on public drainage systems must be measured as provided in section 103E.021, subdivision 1.

(d) Upon request by a landowner or authorized agent or operator of a landowner, a technical professional employee or contractor of the soil and water conservation district or its delegate may issue a validation of compliance with the requirements of this subdivision. The soil and water conservation district validation may be appealed to the board as described in subdivision 9.

(e) Buffers or alternative water quality practices required under paragraph (a) or (b) must be in place on or before:

~~(1) November 1, 2017, for public waters; and~~

~~(2)~~ November 1, 2018~~, for public drainage systems~~.

(f) Nothing in this section limits the eligibility of a landowner or authorized agent or operator of a landowner to participate in federal or state conservation programs, including enrolling or reenrolling in federal conservation programs.

Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103F.48, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

Subd. 7. Corrective actions. (a) If the soil and water conservation district determines a landowner is not in compliance with this section and the landowner has declined state or federal assistance to pay 100 percent of the cost to establish buffers or other water-resource protection measures approved by the board, the district must notify the county or watershed district with jurisdiction over the noncompliant site and the board. The county or watershed district with jurisdiction or the board must provide the landowner with a list of corrective actions needed to come into compliance and a practical timeline to meet the requirements in this section. The county or watershed district with jurisdiction must provide a copy of the corrective action notice to the board.

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(b) A county or watershed district exercising jurisdiction under this subdivision ~~and the enforcement authority granted in section 103B.101, subdivision 12a,~~ shall affirm ~~their~~ its jurisdiction and identify the ordinance, rule, or other official controls to carry out the compliance provisions of this section ~~and section 103B.101, subdivision 12a,~~ by notice to the board ~~prior to March 31, 2017~~. A county or watershed district must provide notice to the board at least 60 days prior to the effective date of a subsequent decision on their jurisdiction.

(c) If the landowner does not comply with the list of actions and timeline provided, the county or watershed district may enforce this section ~~under the authority granted in section 103B.101, subdivision 12a, or~~ by rule of the watershed district or ordinance or other official control of the county. Before exercising administrative penalty authority, a county or watershed district must adopt a plan consistent with the plan adopted by the board containing procedures for the issuance of administrative penalty orders and may issue orders beginning November 1, 2017. If a county or watershed district with jurisdiction over the noncompliant site has not adopted a plan, rule, ordinance, or official control under this paragraph, the board must enforce this section under the authority granted in section 103B.101, subdivision 12a.

(d) If the county, watershed district, or board determines that sufficient steps have been taken to fully resolve noncompliance, all or part of the penalty may be forgiven.

(e) An order issued under paragraph (c) may be appealed to the board as provided under subdivision 9.

(f) A corrective action is not required for conditions resulting from a flood or other act of nature.

(g) A landowner agent or operator of a landowner may not remove or willfully degrade a riparian buffer or water quality practice, wholly or partially, unless the agent or operator has obtained a signed statement from the property owner stating that the permission for the work has been granted by the unit of government authorized to approve the work in this section or that a buffer or water quality practice is not required as validated by the soil and water conservation district. Removal or willful degradation of a riparian buffer or water quality practice, wholly or partially, by an agent or operator is a separate and independent offense and may be subject to the corrective actions and penalties in this subdivision.

(h) A county or watershed district or the board must not enforce this section unless federal or state assistance is available to the landowner to pay 100 percent of the cost to establish buffers or other water-resource protection measures approved by the board.

Sec. 6. [477A.21] RIPARIAN PROTECTION AID.

Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given:

(1) "buffer protection map" has the meaning given under section 103F.48, subdivision 1; and

(2) "public watercourses" means public waters and public drainage systems subject to riparian protection requirements under section 103F.48.

Subd. 2. Certifications to commissioner. (a) The Board of Water and Soil Resources must certify to the commissioner of revenue, on or before July 1 each year, which counties and watershed districts have affirmed their jurisdiction under section 103F.48, and the proportion of centerline miles of public watercourses, and miles of public drainage system ditches on the buffer protection map, within each county and each watershed district within the county with affirmed jurisdiction.

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(b) On or before July 1 each year, the commissioner of natural resources shall certify to the commissioner of revenue the statewide and countywide number of centerline miles of public watercourses and miles of public drainage system ditches on the buffer protection map.

Subd. 3. Distribution. (a) A county that is certified under subdivision 2, or that portion of a county containing a watershed district certified under subdivision 2, is eligible to receive aid under this section to enforce and implement the riparian protection and water quality practices under section 103F.48. Each county's preliminary aid amount is equal to the proportion calculated under paragraph (b) multiplied by the appropriation amount for the appropriate year under subdivision 5.

(b) The commissioner must compute each county's proportion. A county's proportion is equal to the ratio of the sum in clause (1) to the sum in clause (2):

(1) the sum of the total number of acres in the county classified as class 2a under section 273.13, subdivision 23, the countywide number of centerline miles of public watercourses on the buffer protection map, and the countywide number of miles of public drainage system ditches on the buffer protection map; and

(2) the sum of the statewide total number of acres classified as class 2a under section 273.13, subdivision 23, the statewide total number of centerline miles of public watercourses on the buffer protection map, and the statewide total number of public drainage system miles on the buffer protection map.

(c) Aid to a county shall not be greater than $200,000 or less than $50,000. If the sum of the preliminary aids payable to counties under paragraph (a) is greater or less than the appropriation under subdivision 5, the commissioner of revenue must calculate the percentage of adjustment necessary so that the total of the aid under paragraph (a) equals the total amount available for aid under subdivision 5, subject to the minimum and maximum amounts specified in this paragraph.

(d) If only a portion of a county is certified as eligible to receive aid under subdivision 2, the aid otherwise payable to that county under this section must be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the buffer protection map miles of the certified watershed districts contained within the county and the denominator of which is the total buffer protection map miles of the county.

(e) Any aid that would otherwise be paid to a county or portion of a county that is not certified under subdivision 2 shall be paid to the Board of Water and Soil Resources for enforcing and implementing the riparian protection and water quality practices under section 103F.48.

Subd. 4. Payments. The commissioner of revenue must compute the amount of riparian protection aid payable to each eligible county and to the Board of Water and Soil Resources under this section. On or before August 1 each year, the commissioner must certify the amount to be paid to each county and the Board of Water and Soil Resources in the following year, except that the payments for 2017 must be certified by July 15, 2017. The commissioner must pay riparian protection aid to counties and to the Board of Water and Soil Resources in the same manner and at the same time as aid payments under section 477A.015.

Subd. 5. Appropriations. $10,000,000 each year is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of revenue to make the payments required under this section.

EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and applies to aids payable in 2017 and thereafter."

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Delete the title and insert:

"A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying certain authorities related to water law; modifying riparian buffer requirements; providing aid to counties and watershed districts to assume jurisdiction of implementing and enforcing buffer law; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 103B.101, subdivision 12a; 103F.411, subdivision 1; 103F.48, subdivisions 1, 3, 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 477A."

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

The report was adopted.

O'Driscoll from the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1519, A bill for an act relating to local government; modifying the business hours of county license bureaus; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 373.38.

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

The report was adopted.

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

H. F. No. 1547, A bill for an act relating to taxation; Sustainable Forest Incentive Act; modifying definitions, eligibility requirements, and applications; providing for monitoring by the Department of Natural Resources; modifying length of required covenant, calculation of payment, and withdrawal procedures; providing for transfer of ownership; modifying penalties for removal from program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 290C.01; 290C.02, subdivisions 1, 3, 6; 290C.03; 290C.04; 290C.05; 290C.055; 290C.07; 290C.08, subdivision 1; 290C.10; 290C.11; 290C.13, subdivision 6; Laws 2016, chapter 187, section 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290C; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 290C.02, subdivisions 5, 9.

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

The report was adopted.

Erickson from the Committee on Education Innovation Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1680, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying academic standards; establishing child sexual abuse prevention programs; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 120B.021, subdivision 1; 120B.22, subdivision 2; 120B.23, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 120B.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Page 4, line 5, delete "2017" and insert "2019"

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

The report was adopted.

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Scott from the Committee on Civil Law and Data Practices Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1693, A bill for an act relating to commerce; authorizing the Minnesota premium security plan as a state-based reinsurance program administered by the Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62E.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

"Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 62E.10, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2. Board of directors; organization. (a) For purposes of this subdivision: (1) "contributing member" means a contributing member or an eligible health carrier, as defined in section 62E.22, subdivision 8; and (2) "plan enrollee" means a plan enrollee or an enrollee in an individual health plan, as defined in section 62E.22, subdivision 9.

(b) The board of directors of the association shall be made up of eleven members as follows: six directors selected by contributing members, subject to approval by the commissioner, one of which must be a health actuary; five public directors selected by the commissioner, at least two of whom must be plan enrollees, two of whom are covered under an individual plan ~~subject to assessment under section 62E.11~~ or group plan offered by an employer ~~subject to assessment under section 62E.11~~, and one of whom must be a licensed insurance agent. At least two of the public directors must reside outside of the seven-county metropolitan area. In determining voting rights at members' meetings, each member shall be entitled to vote in person or proxy. The vote shall be a weighted vote based upon the member's cost of self-insurance, accident and health insurance premium, subscriber contract charges, health maintenance contract payment, or community integrated service network payment derived from or on behalf of Minnesota residents in the previous calendar year, as determined by the commissioner. In approving directors of the board, the commissioner shall consider, among other things, whether all types of members are fairly represented. Directors selected by contributing members may be reimbursed from the money of the association for expenses incurred by them as directors, but shall not otherwise be compensated by the association for their services. The costs of conducting meetings of the association and its board of directors shall be borne by members of the association.

Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 62E.11, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5. Allocation of losses. (a) For purposes of this subdivision: (1) "contributing member" means a contributing member or an eligible health carrier, as defined in section 62E.22, subdivision 8; and (2) "plan enrollee" means a plan enrollee or an enrollee in an individual health plan, as defined in section 62E.22, subdivision 9.

(b) Each contributing member of the association shall share the losses due to claims expenses of: (1) the comprehensive health insurance plan for plans issued or approved for issuance by the association~~, and~~; or (2) the Minnesota premium security plan, as defined in section 62E.22, subdivision 12.

(c) Each contributing member shall share in the operating and administrative expenses incurred or estimated to be incurred by the association incident to the conduct of its affairs. Claims expenses of the state plan which exceed the premium payments allocated to the payment of benefits shall be the liability of the contributing members. Claims expenses of the Minnesota premium security plan which exceed funding allocated to reinsurance payments shall be the liability of the contributing members. Contributing members shall share in the claims expense of the state plan and Minnesota premium security plan and operating and administrative expenses of the association in an amount equal to the ratio of the contributing member's total accident and health insurance premium, received from or on behalf of Minnesota residents as divided by the total accident and health insurance premium, received by all contributing members from or on behalf of Minnesota residents, as determined by the commissioner. Payments made by the state to a contributing member for medical assistance or MinnesotaCare services according to chapters 256 and 256B shall be excluded when determining a contributing member's total premium.

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Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 62E.11, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6. Member assessments. The association shall make an annual determination of each contributing member's liability for the state plan or the Minnesota premium security plan, as defined in section 62E.22, subdivision 12, if any, and may make an annual fiscal year end assessment if necessary. The association may also, subject to the approval of the commissioner, provide for interim assessments against the contributing members whose aggregate assessments comprised a minimum of 90 percent of the most recent prior annual assessment, in the event that the association deems that methodology to be the most administratively efficient and cost-effective means of assessment, and as may be necessary to assure the financial capability of the association in meeting the incurred or estimated claims expenses of the state plan or Minnesota premium security plan and operating and administrative expenses of the association until the association's next annual fiscal year end assessment. Payment of an assessment shall be due within 30 days of receipt by a contributing member of a written notice of a fiscal year end or interim assessment. Failure by a contributing member to tender to the association the assessment within 30 days shall be grounds for termination of the contributing member's membership and ability to offer, issue, or renew policies of accident and health or sickness insurance policies in this state. A contributing member which ceases to do accident and health insurance business within the state shall remain liable for assessments through the calendar year during which accident and health insurance business ceased. The association may decline to levy an assessment against a contributing member if the assessment, as determined herein, would not exceed ten dollars.

Sec. 4. [62E.21] TITLE.

Sections 62E.21 to 62E.25 may be cited as the "Minnesota Premium Security Plan Act."

Sec. 5. [62E.22] DEFINITIONS.

Subdivision 1. Applicability. For the purposes of sections 62E.21 to 62E.25, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.

Subd. 2. Affordable Care Act. "Affordable Care Act" means the federal act as defined in section 62A.011, subdivision 1a.

Subd. 3. Attachment point. "Attachment point" means an amount as provided in section 62E.23, subdivision 2, paragraph (b).

Subd. 4. Benefit year. "Benefit year" means the calendar year for which an eligible health carrier provides coverage through an individual health plan.

Subd. 5. Board. "Board" means the board of directors of the Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association created under section 62E.10.

Subd. 6. Coinsurance rate. "Coinsurance rate" means the rate as provided in section 62E.23, subdivision 2, paragraph (c).

Subd. 7. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of commerce.

Subd. 8. Eligible health carrier. "Eligible health carrier" means all of the following that offer individual health plans and incur claims costs for an individual enrollee's covered benefits in the applicable benefit year:

(1) an insurance company licensed under chapter 60A to offer, sell, or issue a policy of accident and sickness insurance as defined in section 62A.01;

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(2) a nonprofit health service plan corporation operating under chapter 62C; or

(3) a health maintenance organization operating under chapter 62D.

Subd. 9. Individual health plan. "Individual health plan" means a health plan as defined in section 62A.011, subdivision 4, that is not a grandfathered plan as defined in section 62A.011, subdivision 1b.

Subd. 10. Individual market. "Individual market" means the market for individual health insurance coverage as defined in section 62A.011, subdivision 5.

Subd. 11. Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association or association. "Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association" or "association" means the association as defined in section 62E.02, subdivision 14.

Subd. 12. Minnesota premium security plan or plan. "Minnesota premium security plan" or "plan" means the state-based reinsurance program created under this act.

Subd. 13. Payment parameters. "Payment parameters" means the attachment point, reinsurance cap, and coinsurance rate for the plan.

Subd. 14. Reinsurance cap. "Reinsurance cap" means the threshold amount as provided in section 62E.23, subdivision 2, paragraph (d).

Subd. 15. Reinsurance payments. "Reinsurance payments" means an amount paid by the association to an eligible health carrier under the plan.

Sec. 6. [62E.23] MINNESOTA PREMIUM SECURITY PLAN.

Subdivision 1. Administration of plan. (a) The association shall administer the plan.

(b) The association may apply for any available federal funding for the plan. All funds received by or appropriated to the association shall be deposited in the premium security plan account.

(c) The association must collect data from an eligible health carrier that are necessary to determine reinsurance payments, according to the data requirements under subdivision 5.

(d) The board must not use any funds allocated to the plan for staff retreats, promotional giveaways, excessive executive compensation, or promotion of federal or state legislative or regulatory changes.

(e) For each applicable benefit year, the association must notify eligible health carriers of reinsurance payments to be made for the applicable benefit year no later than June 30 of the year following the applicable benefit year.

(f) On a quarterly basis during the applicable benefit year, the association must provide each eligible health carrier with the calculation of total reinsurance payment requests.

(g) By August 15 of the year following the applicable benefit year, the association must disburse all applicable reinsurance payments to an eligible health carrier.

Subd. 2. Payment parameters. (a) The board must design and adjust the payment parameters to ensure the payment parameters:

(1) will stabilize or reduce premium rates in the individual market;

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(2) will increase participation in the individual market;

(3) mitigate the impact high-risk individuals have on premium rates in the individual market;

(4) take into account any federal funding available for the plan;

(5) take into account the total amount available to fund the plan; and

(6) for benefit year 2019 and thereafter, include cost savings mechanisms related to the management of health care services.

(b) The attachment point for the plan is the threshold amount for claims costs incurred by an eligible health carrier for an enrolled individual's covered benefits in a benefit year, beyond which the claims costs for benefits are eligible for reinsurance payments. The attachment point shall be set by the board at $50,000 or more, but not exceeding the reinsurance cap.

(c) The coinsurance rate for the plan is the rate at which the association will reimburse an eligible health carrier for claims incurred for an enrolled individual's covered benefits in a benefit year above the attachment point and below the reinsurance cap. The coinsurance rate shall be set by the board at a rate between 50 and 70 percent.

(d) The reinsurance cap is the threshold amount for claims costs incurred by an eligible health carrier for an enrolled individual's covered benefits, after which the claims costs for benefits are no longer eligible for reinsurance payments. The reinsurance cap shall be set by the board at $250,000 or less.

Subd. 3. Operation. (a) The board shall propose to the commissioner the payment parameters for the next benefit year by January 15 of the year before the applicable benefit year. The commissioner shall review and approve the payment parameters no later than 14 days following the board's proposal. If the commissioner fails to approve the payment parameters within 14 days following the board's proposal, the proposed payment parameters are final and effective.

(b) If the approved payment parameters are not fully funded by the legislature by July 1 of the year before the applicable benefit year, the board, in consultation with the commissioner and the commissioner of management and budget, shall propose payment parameters within the available appropriations. The commissioner must permit an eligible health carrier to revise an applicable rate filing based on the final payment parameters for the next benefit year.

Subd. 4. Calculation of reinsurance payments. (a) Each reinsurance payment must be calculated with respect to an eligible health carrier's incurred claims costs for an individual enrollee's covered benefits in the applicable benefit year. If the claims costs do not exceed the attachment point, the reinsurance payment is $0. If the claims costs exceed the attachment point, the reinsurance payment shall be calculated as the product of the coinsurance rate and the lesser of:

(1) the claims costs minus the attachment point; or

(2) the reinsurance cap minus the attachment point.

(b) The board must ensure that reinsurance payments made to eligible health carriers do not exceed the total amount paid by the eligible health carrier for any eligible claim. "Total amount paid of an eligible claim" means the amount paid by the eligible health carrier based upon the allowed amount less any deductible, coinsurance, or co‑payment, as of the time the data are submitted or made accessible under subdivision 5, paragraph (e).

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Subd. 5. Eligible carrier requests for reinsurance payments. (a) An eligible health carrier must request reinsurance payments when the eligible health carrier's claims costs for an enrollee meet the criteria for reinsurance payments.

(b) An eligible health carrier must apply the payment parameters when calculating amounts the health carrier is eligible to receive from the plan.

(c) An eligible health carrier must make requests for reinsurance payments in accordance with any requirements established by the board.

(d) An eligible health carrier must calculate the premium amount the health carrier would have charged for the applicable benefit year if the plan was not in effect and submit this information as part of its rate filing.

(e) In order to receive reinsurance payments, an eligible health carrier must provide the association with access to the data within the dedicated data environment established by the eligible health carrier under the federal risk adjustment program under United States Code, title 42, section 18063. Eligible health carriers must submit an attestation to the board asserting compliance with the dedicated data environments, data requirements, establishment and usage of masked enrollee identification numbers, and data submission deadlines.

(f) An eligible health carrier must provide the access described in paragraph (e) for the applicable benefit year by April 30 of each year of the year following the end of the applicable benefit year.

(g) An eligible health carrier must maintain documents and records, whether paper, electronic, or in other media, sufficient to substantiate the requests for reinsurance payments made pursuant to this section for a period of at least six years. An eligible health carrier must also make those documents and records available upon request from the commissioner for purposes of verification, investigation, audit, or other review of reinsurance payment requests.

(h) An eligible health carrier may follow the appeals procedure under section 62E.10, subdivision 2a.

Subd. 6. Audits and reports of eligible health carriers. (a) The association may audit an eligible health carrier to assess its compliance with the requirements of this act. The eligible health carrier must cooperate with an audit. If an audit results in a proposed finding of material weakness or significant deficiency with respect to compliance with any requirement of this act, the eligible health carrier may respond to the draft audit report within 30 days of the draft audit report's issuance.

(b) Within 30 days of the issuance of the final audit report, if the final audit results in a finding of material weakness or significant deficiency with respect to compliance with any requirement of this act, the eligible health carrier must:

(1) provide a written corrective action plan to the association for approval;

(2) upon association approval, implement the corrective action plan described; and

(3) provide the association with documentation of the corrective actions taken.

Subd. 7. Data. Data collected, created, or maintained by the association for the purpose of providing reinsurance payments to eligible health carriers is classified as private data on individuals, as defined under section 13.02, subdivision 12; nonpublic data, as defined under section 13.02, subdivision 9; or not public data, as defined under section 13.02, subdivision 8a.

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Sec. 7. [62E.24] ACCOUNTING, REPORTS, AND AUDITS OF THE ASSOCIATION.

Subdivision 1. Accounting. The board must keep an accounting for each benefit year of all:

(1) funds appropriated for reinsurance payments and administrative and operational expenses;

(2) requests for reinsurance payments received from eligible health carriers;

(3) reinsurance payments made to eligible health carriers; and

(4) administrative and operational expenses incurred for the plan.

Subd. 2. Reports. (a) The board must submit to the commissioner and make available to the public a report summarizing the plan operations for each benefit year by posting the summary on the Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association Web site and making the summary otherwise available by November 1 of the year following the applicable benefit year or 60 calendar days following the final disbursement of reinsurance payments for the applicable benefit year, whichever is later.

(b) The board must submit a report to the standing committees of the legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services and insurance within 60 days of the commissioner making publicly available the final and approved premium rates, or by December 1, whichever is later. The report must include information on what the premium increases in the individual market will be for the next benefit year if the plan is not fully funded.

Subd. 3. Independent external audit. (a) The board must engage and cooperate with an independent qualified auditor to perform an audit for each benefit year of the plan, in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. The audit must at a minimum:

(1) assess compliance with the requirements of sections 62E.21 to 62E.25; and

(2) identify any material weaknesses or significant deficiencies and address manners in which to correct any such material weaknesses or deficiencies.

(b) The board, after receiving the completed audit, must:

(1) provide the commissioner the results of the audit;

(2) identify to the commissioner any material weakness or significant deficiency identified in the audit and address in writing to the commissioner how the board intends to correct any such material weakness or significant deficiency in compliance with subdivision 4; and

(3) make available to the public a summary of the results of the audit by posting the summary on the Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association Web site and making the summary otherwise available, including any material weakness or significant deficiency and how the board intends to correct the material weakness or significant deficiency.

Subd. 4. Actions on audit findings. If an audit results in a finding of material weakness or significant deficiency with respect to compliance by the association with any requirement under sections 62E.21 to 62E.25, the board must:

(1) provide a written corrective action plan to the commissioner for approval within 60 days of the completed audit;

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(2) implement the corrective action plan; and

(3) provide the commissioner with written documentation of the corrective actions taken.

Sec. 8. [62E.25] PREMIUM SECURITY PLAN ACCOUNT.

The premium security plan account is created in the special revenue fund of the state treasury. Funds in the account are appropriated annually to the association for the operation of the plan. Notwithstanding section 11A.20, all investment income and all investment losses attributable to the investment of the premium security plan account not currently needed shall be credited to the premium security plan account.

Sec. 9. Laws 2017, chapter 2, article 1, section 2, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4. Data practices. (a) The definitions in Minnesota Statutes, section 13.02, apply to this subdivision.

(b) Government data on an enrollee or health carrier under this section are private data on individuals or nonpublic data, except that the total reimbursement requested by a health carrier and the total state payment to the health carrier are public data.

(c) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 138.17, government data on an enrollee or health carrier under this section must be destroyed by June 30, 2018, or upon completion by the legislative auditor of the audits required by section 3, whichever is later. This paragraph does not apply to data maintained by the legislative auditor."

Amend the title as follows:

Page 1, line 4, delete "appropriating money;"

Correct the title numbers accordingly

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Commerce and Regulatory Reform.

The report was adopted.

Runbeck from the Committee on Transportation and Regional Governance Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1821, A bill for an act relating to taxation; allowing disclosure of certain return information to the Department of Transportation; modifying presumptions for the motor vehicle sales tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 270B.14, by adding a subdivision; 297B.07.

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

The report was adopted.

Erickson from the Committee on Education Innovation Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1825, A bill for an act relating to education; abolishing the Perpich Center for Arts Education; creating a position within the Department of Education; planning for conveyance of the Perpich Arts High School and Crosswinds Arts and Science School; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 43A.08, subdivisions 1, 1a;

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122A.416; 123A.30, subdivision 6; 124D.05, subdivision 3; 297A.70, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 127A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 129C.10; 129C.105; 129C.15; 129C.20; 129C.25; 129C.26; 129C.30; Minnesota Rules, parts 3600.0010, subparts 1, 2, 2a, 2b, 3, 6; 3600.0020; 3600.0030, subparts 1, 2, 4, 6; 3600.0045; 3600.0055; 3600.0065; 3600.0075; 3600.0085.

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

The report was adopted.

Runbeck from the Committee on Transportation and Regional Governance Policy to which was referred:

H. F. No. 1866, A bill for an act relating to the Metropolitan Council; modifying governance of the Metropolitan Council; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 473.123; 473.146, subdivision 4; 473.857, subdivision 2.

Reported the same back with the following amendments:

Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

"Section 1. [398A.095] LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL OF LIGHT RAIL PROJECTS.

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a regional railroad authority is prohibited from spending any money to study, plan, design, or construct a light rail line, or expand an existing light rail line, unless the legislature has explicitly authorized the particular project.

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

Sec. 2. [471.987] LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL OF LIGHT RAIL PROJECTS.

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a metropolitan county as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 4, or a home rule charter or statutory city located within the metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2, is prohibited from spending any money to study, plan, design, or construct a light rail line, or expand an existing light rail line, unless the legislature has explicitly authorized the particular project.

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

Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 473.123, is amended to read:

473.123 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.

Subdivision 1. Creation; membership. (a) A Metropolitan Council with jurisdiction in the metropolitan area is established as a public corporation and political subdivision of the state. It shall be under the supervision and control of 17 27 members, all of whom shall be residents of the metropolitan area. and appointed as follows:

(1) a county commissioner from each metropolitan county, appointed by the respective county boards;

(2) a local elected official appointed from each Metropolitan Council district by the municipal committee for the council district established in this section;

(3) the commissioner of transportation or the commissioner's designee; and

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(4) one person to represent nonmotorized transportation, one person to represent freight transportation, and one person to represent public transit, each appointed by the commissioner of transportation.

(b) The local elected offices identified in paragraph (a) are compatible with the office of a Metropolitan Council member.

Subd. 2a. Terms. (a) Following each apportionment of council districts, as provided under subdivision 3a, council members must be appointed from newly drawn districts as provided in subdivision 3a. Each council member, other than the chair, must reside in the council district represented. Each council district must be represented by one member of the council. The terms of members end with the term of the governor, except that all terms expire on the effective date of the next apportionment. A member serves at the pleasure of the governor. each municipal committee for the council district shall appoint a local elected official who resides in the district to serve on the Metropolitan Council for a two-year term. A member's position on the Metropolitan Council becomes vacant if the member ceases to be a local elected official or as provided in chapter 351, and any vacancy must be filled as soon as practicable for the unexpired term in the same manner as the appointment for a regular term. A member shall continue to serve the member's district until a successor is appointed and qualified; except that, following each apportionment, the member shall continue to serve at large until the ~~governor appoints 16 council members, one~~ municipal committee for the council district appoints a member from ~~each of~~ the newly drawn council ~~districts~~ district as provided under subdivision 3a, to serve terms as provided under this section. The appointment to the council must be made by the first Monday in March of the year in which the term ends.

(b) A county commissioner appointed to the Metropolitan Council shall serve a two-year term. In addition to the provisions in chapter 351, if a member appointed under this paragraph ceases to be a county commissioner, the council position becomes vacant. A vacancy must be filled as soon as practicable for the unexpired term in the same manner as the appointment for a regular term.

(c) Persons appointed by the commissioner of transportation under subdivision 1 serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.

Subd. 2b. Municipal committee in each council district. The governing body of each home rule charter or statutory city and town in each Metropolitan Council district shall appoint a member to serve on a municipal committee for the council district. If a city or town is in more than one council district, the governing body must appoint a member to serve on each council district's municipal committee. The member appointed to a municipal committee must reside in the council district. In addition to appointing a municipal committee member to serve as a member of the Metropolitan Council as provided in subdivision 2a, the municipal committee must meet at least quarterly to discuss issues relating to the Metropolitan Council.

Subd. 3. ~~Membership; appointment; qualifications~~ Members', chair's compensation. (a) Sixteen members must be appointed by the governor from districts defined by this section. Each council member must reside in the council district represented. Each council district must be represented by one member of the council. In addition to any compensation as a local elected official, the council shall pay each member of the council other than the chair or the commissioner of transportation, or the commissioner's designee, $20,000 per year plus reimbursement of actual and necessary expenses as approved by the council. The commissioner of transportation is not eligible for compensation under this subdivision but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses.

(b) In addition to the notice required by section 15.0597, subdivision 4, notice of vacancies and expiration of terms must be published in newspapers of general circulation in the metropolitan area and the appropriate districts. The governing bodies of the statutory and home rule charter cities, counties, and towns having territory in the district for which a member is to be appointed must be notified in writing. The notices must describe the appointments process and invite participation and recommendations on the appointment. In addition to any compensation as a local elected official, the council shall pay the chair $40,000 per year plus reimbursement of actual and necessary expenses as approved by the council.

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(c) The governor shall create a nominating committee, composed of seven metropolitan citizens appointed by the governor, to nominate persons for appointment to the council from districts. Three of the committee members must be local elected officials. Following the submission of applications as provided under section 15.0597, subdivision 5, the nominating committee shall conduct public meetings, after appropriate notice, to accept statements from or on behalf of persons who have applied or been nominated for appointment and to allow consultation with and secure the advice of the public and local elected officials. The committee shall hold the meeting on each appointment in the district or in a reasonably convenient and accessible location in the part of the metropolitan area in which the district is located. The committee may consolidate meetings. Following the meetings, the committee shall submit to the governor a list of nominees for each appointment. The governor is not required to appoint from the list.

~~(d) Before making an appointment, the governor shall consult with all members of the legislature from the council district for which the member is to be appointed.~~

~~(e) Appointments to the council are subject to the advice and consent of the senate as provided in section 15.066.~~

~~(f) Members of the council must be appointed to reflect fairly the various demographic, political, and other interests in the metropolitan area and the districts.~~

~~(g) Members of the council must be persons knowledgeable about urban and metropolitan affairs.~~

(h) Any vacancy in the office of a council member shall immediately be filled for the unexpired term. In filling a vacancy, the governor may forgo the requirements of paragraph (c) if the governor has made appointments in full compliance with the requirements of this subdivision within the preceding 12 months.

Subd. 3a. Redistricting. The legislature shall redraw the boundaries of the council districts after each decennial federal census so that each district has substantially equal population. Redistricting is effective in the year ending in the numeral "3." Within 60 days after a redistricting plan takes effect, the ~~governor~~ municipal committees shall appoint members from the newly drawn districts to serve terms as provided under subdivision 2a.

Subd. 3e. District boundaries. Metropolitan Council plan MC2013-1A, on file with the Geographical Information Systems Office of the Legislative Coordinating Commission and published on its Web site on April 9, 2013, is adopted and constitutes the redistricting plan required by subdivision 3a. The boundaries of each Metropolitan Council district are as described in that plan.

Subd. 4. Chair; appointment, officers, selection; duties and compensation. (a) The chair of the Metropolitan Council shall be appointed by the governor as the 17th voting member thereof by and with the advice and consent of the senate to serve at the pleasure of the governor to represent the metropolitan area at large. Senate confirmation shall be as provided by section 15.066 and from among the members of the Metropolitan Council to serve a term determined by the council.

The chair of the Metropolitan Council shall, if present, preside at meetings of the council, have the primary responsibility for meeting with local elected officials, serve as the principal legislative liaison, present to the governor and the legislature, after council approval, the council's plans for regional governance and operations, serve as the principal spokesperson of the council, and perform other duties assigned by the council or by law.

(b) The Metropolitan Council shall elect other officers as it deems necessary for the conduct of its affairs for a one-year term. A secretary and treasurer need not be members of the Metropolitan Council. Meeting times and places shall be fixed by the Metropolitan Council and special meetings may be called by a majority of the members of the Metropolitan Council or by the chair. The chair and each Metropolitan Council member shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses.

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(c) Each member of the council shall attend and participate in council meetings and meet regularly with local elected officials and legislative members from the council member's district. Each council member shall serve on at least one division committee for transportation, environment, or community development.

(d) In the performance of its duties the Metropolitan Council may adopt policies and procedures governing its operation, establish committees, and, when specifically authorized by law, make appointments to other governmental agencies and districts.

Subd. 8. General counsel. The council may appoint a general counsel to serve at the pleasure of the council.

Subd. 9. Authority to vote; quorum; votes required for action. (a) The members appointed by the counties and municipal committees may vote on all matters before the council. The commissioner of transportation or the commissioner's designee and the three members appointed by the commissioner may vote only on matters in which the council is acting as the metropolitan planning organization for the region as provided in section 473.146.

(b) A quorum is a majority of the members permitted to vote on a matter.

(c) If a quorum is present, the council may adopt its levy only if at least 60 percent of the members present vote in favor of the levy.

(d) If a quorum is present, the council may adopt a metropolitan system plan or plan amendment only if at least 60 percent of the members present vote in favor of its adoption.

(e) Except as provided in paragraphs (c) and (d), if a quorum is present, the council may act on a majority vote of the members present.

EFFECTIVE DATE; TRANSITION; APPLICATION. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), this section is effective January 1, 2019, and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington. Metropolitan Council members serving on the effective date of this section shall continue to serve until members are appointed from districts by the municipal committees as provided in this section.

(b) Subdivision 2b is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 473.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1. Budget. (a) On or before ~~December 20~~ February 15 of each year, the council shall ~~adopt a final budget covering its~~ present a proposed budget for the next calendar year to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the Metropolitan Council and specifically the committees with jurisdiction over transportation, environment, and housing, as well as the Committee on Ways and Means in the house of representatives and the Committee on Finance in the senate. The proposed budget must cover the council's anticipated receipts and disbursements for the ~~ensuing~~ next calendar year and ~~shall decide upon the total~~ the proposed amount necessary to be raised from ad valorem tax levies to meet its budget. The proposed budget shall state in detail the expenditures for each program to be undertaken, including the expenses for salaries, consultant services, overhead, travel, printing, and other items. The proposed budget shall state in detail the capital expenditures of the council for the ~~budget~~ year, based on a five-year capital program adopted by the council and transmitted to the legislature. ~~After adoption of the budget and~~ The council must not adopt a final budget that exceeds a budget authorized in law prior to August 1 of the year preceding the budget year. In any year in which a law is not enacted to authorize the council's budget by August 1, the council may adopt a budget that allows the council to continue to operate at no more than the same level as its previously enacted budget, including levies which must not exceed the amount certified for the previous year.

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(b) On or before December 20 of each year, the council must certify its levy for taxes payable in the following year. No later than five working days after December 20, the council shall certify to the auditor of each metropolitan county the share of the tax to be levied within that county, which must be an amount bearing the same proportion to the total levy ~~agreed on~~ certified by the council as the net tax capacity of the county bears to the net tax capacity of the metropolitan area. The maximum amount of any levy made for the purpose of this chapter may not exceed the limits set by the statute authorizing the levy.

~~(b)~~ (c) In each even-numbered year the council shall prepare for its transit programs a financial plan for the succeeding three calendar years, in half-year segments. The financial plan must contain schedules of user charges and any changes in user charges planned or anticipated by the council during the period of the plan. The financial plan must contain a proposed request for state financial assistance for the succeeding biennium.

~~(c)~~ (d) In addition, the proposed budget must show for each year:

(1) the estimated operating revenues from all sources including funds on hand at the beginning of the year, and estimated expenditures for costs of operation, administration, maintenance, and debt service;

(2) capital improvement funds estimated to be on hand at the beginning of the year and estimated to be received during the year from all sources and estimated cost of capital improvements to be paid out or expended during the year, all in such detail and form as the council may prescribe; and

(3) the estimated source and use of pass-through funds.

EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following final enactment for taxes payable in 2019 and thereafter, and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.

Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 473.146, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3. Development guide: transportation. (a) The transportation chapter must include policies relating to all transportation forms and be designed to promote the legislative determinations, policies, and goals set forth in section 473.371.

(b) In addition to the policy plan content requirements under subdivision 1, the policy plan must also establish as a primary objective an increase of the average farebox recovery ratio, calculated for all regular routes and lines operated by the council, to at least 60 percent by 2022. The plan must identify strategies to achieve the farebox recovery objective under this paragraph.

(c) In addition to the requirements of subdivision 1 regarding the contents of the policy plan, the nontransit element of the transportation chapter must include the following:

(1) a statement of the needs and problems of the metropolitan area with respect to the functions covered, including the present and prospective demand for and constraints on access to regional business concentrations and other major activity centers and the constraints on and acceptable levels of development and vehicular trip generation at such centers;

(2) the objectives of and the policies to be forwarded by the policy plan;

(3) a general description of the physical facilities and services to be developed;

(4) a statement as to the general location of physical facilities and service areas;

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(5) a general statement of timing and priorities in the development of those physical facilities and service areas;

(6) a detailed statement, updated every two years, of timing and priorities for improvements and expenditures needed on the metropolitan highway system;

(7) a general statement on the level of public expenditure appropriate to the facilities; and

(8) a long-range assessment of air transportation trends and factors that may affect airport development in the metropolitan area and policies and strategies that will ensure a comprehensive, coordinated, and timely investigation and evaluation of alternatives for airport development.

(d) The council shall develop the nontransit element in consultation with the transportation advisory board and the Metropolitan Airports Commission and cities having an airport located within or adjacent to its corporate boundaries. The council shall also take into consideration the airport development and operations plans and activities of the commission. The council shall transmit the results to the state Department of Transportation.

EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following final enactment and applies to all future updates to the plan. This section applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.

Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 473.146, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4. Transportation planning. ~~(a)~~ The Metropolitan Council is the designated planning agency for any long-range comprehensive transportation planning required by section 134 of the Federal Highway Act of 1962, Section 4 of Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 and Section 112 of Federal Aid Highway Act of 1973 and other federal transportation laws. The council shall assure administration and coordination of transportation planning with appropriate state, regional and other agencies, counties, and municipalities. As allowed by Code of Federal Regulations, title 23, subparts 450.312 and 450.340, the boundaries of the metropolitan planning organization must not be expanded beyond the area included as of the effective date of this section until two years after the United States Census Bureau releases its notice of Qualifying Urban Areas following the 2020 federal decennial census.

(b) The council shall establish an advisory body consisting of citizens and representatives of municipalities, counties, and state agencies in fulfillment of the planning responsibilities of the council. The membership of the advisory body must consist of:

~~(1) the commissioner of transportation or the commissioner's designee;~~

~~(2) the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency or the commissioner's designee;~~

~~(3) one member of the Metropolitan Airports Commission appointed by the commission;~~

~~(4) one person appointed by the council to represent nonmotorized transportation;~~

~~(5) one person appointed by the commissioner of transportation to represent the freight transportation industry;~~

~~(6) two persons appointed by the council to represent public transit;~~

~~(7) ten elected officials of cities within the metropolitan area, including one representative from each first-class city, appointed by the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities;~~

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~~(8) one member of the county board of each county in the seven-county metropolitan area, appointed by the respective county boards;~~

~~(9) eight citizens appointed by the council, one from each council precinct;~~

~~(10) one elected official from a city participating in the replacement service program under section 473.388, appointed by the Suburban Transit Association; and~~

~~(11) one member of the council, appointed by the council.~~

~~(c) The council shall appoint a chair from among the members of the advisory body.~~

EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective January 1, 2019, and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.

Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 473.249, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2. Deadlines; estimates. The commissioner of revenue shall certify the council's levy limitation under this section to the council by August 1 of the levy year. The council must certify its proposed property tax levy to the commissioner of revenue by September 1 of the levy year. The levy must not exceed any limitation on the levy enacted into law under section 473.13, subdivision 1, provided that in any year in which a law is not enacted to authorize the council's levy by August 1, the council may adopt a levy that does not exceed the levy certified for the previous year. In addition, the commissioner of revenue shall annually determine whether the ad valorem property tax certified by the Metropolitan Council for levy following the adoption of its proposed budget is within the levy limitation imposed by this section. The determination shall be completed prior to September 10 of each year. If current information regarding gross tax capacity in any county is not transmitted to the commissioner in a timely manner, the commissioner may estimate the current gross tax capacity within that county for purposes of making the calculation.

Sec. 8. [473.3985] LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL OF LIGHT RAIL PROJECTS.

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a responsible authority, as defined in section 473.3993, subdivision 4, is prohibited from spending any money to study, plan, design, or construct a light rail line, or expand an existing light rail line, unless the legislature has explicitly authorized the particular project.

EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.

Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 473.3994, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

Subd. 15. Project development requirements; colocation. The council must establish standards and criteria for colocation of freight rail and light rail transit on shared track or on adjacent track in a shared rail corridor that apply to light rail transit project development. The standards and criteria must include:

(1) identification of colocation safety criteria based on the results of an independent audit and review, which must be analyzed in an environmental impact statement for each applicable light rail transit project;

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(2) incorporation of substantially similar safety standards for a light rail transit project as established by the Federal Railroad Administration for freight rail, including but not limited to those pertaining to engineering, track‑work planning, track safety, inspections, training and operations, routing, emergency preparedness, and signage and warning systems;

(3) a prohibition on operation of a train carrying oil or other hazardous substances through a light rail transit project construction work zone;

(4) specification of project design elements to address safety considerations resulting from colocation;

(5) accounting for project costs resulting from colocation safety considerations; and

(6) for adjacent track in a shared corridor, sufficient track spacing separation such that there is minimized likelihood of impacts on operations on a track due to derailment of a train on the adjacent track.

EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.

Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 473.3994, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

Subd. 16. Project development requirements; alternatives and benefits analysis. (a) As part of light rail transit project development and prior to initiating an environmental analysis or preliminary engineering, the responsible authority must perform an alternatives and benefits analysis.

(b) In addition to any other information or requirements, the alternatives and benefits analysis must:

(1) include (i) a no-build option, and (ii) options for each major transit mode, including but not limited to regular route bus service, arterial bus rapid transit, highway bus rapid transit, express bus service, and dedicated busway;

(2) evaluate capacity adequacy and congestion impacts under each option;

(3) include a comprehensive benefit-cost analysis; and

(4) review conformity with the transportation policy plan under section 473.146.

EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.

Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 473.857, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2. Within 60 days; report. A hearing shall be conducted within 60 days after the request, provided that the advisory committee or the administrative law judge shall consolidate hearings on related requests. The 60-day period within which the hearing shall be conducted may be extended or suspended by mutual agreement of the council and the local governmental unit. The hearing ~~shall not~~ may consider the ~~need for or~~ reasonableness of the metropolitan system plans or parts thereof. The hearing shall afford all interested persons an opportunity to testify and present evidence. The advisory committee or administrative law judge may employ the appropriate technical and professional services of the office of dispute resolution for the purpose of evaluating disputes of fact. The proceedings shall not be deemed a contested case. Within 30 days after the hearing, the advisory committee or the administrative law judge shall report to the council respecting the proposed amendments to the system statements. The report shall contain findings of fact, conclusions, and recommendations and shall apportion the costs of the proceedings among the parties.

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EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following final enactment for system statements prepared by the Metropolitan Council on or after that date. This section applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.

Sec. 12. TRANSPORTATION POLICY PLAN UPDATE.

By December 31, 2017, the Metropolitan Council must revise the transportation policy plan under Minnesota Statutes, section 473.146, subdivision 3.

EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.

Sec. 13. REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT PROJECTS.

Subject to approval as provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 473.3985, the requirements established under Minnesota Statutes, section 473.3994, subdivisions 15 and 16, added in this act apply to any light rail transit construction or expansion project that is in project development, including but not limited to design or engineering, as of the effective date of this section.

EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington."

Delete the title and insert:

"A bill for an act relating to metropolitan government; modifying governance of the Metropolitan Council; establishing a farebox recovery objective for certain Twin Cities metropolitan area transit; prohibiting the Metropolitan Council from undertaking a light rail project without explicit legislative authority; allowing consideration of reasonableness of system plans in the Metropolitan Land Planning Act; establishing requirements governing light rail transit project development; requiring the Metropolitan Council to revise the transportation policy plan; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 473.123; 473.13, subdivision 1; 473.146, subdivisions 3, 4; 473.249, subdivision 2; 473.3994, by adding subdivisions; 473.857, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 398A; 471; 473."

With the recommendation that when so amended the bill be re-referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Elections Policy.

The report was adopted.

SECOND READING OF HOUSE BILLS

H. F. Nos. 593, 629, 1147, 1242, 1293, 1390 and 1519 were read for the second time.

SECOND READING OF SENATE BILLS

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

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INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS

The following House Files were introduced:

Baker introduced:

H. F. No. 2066, A bill for an act relating to health; placing limits on the quantity of opiates that may be prescribed for acute dental and ophthalmic pain; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 152.11, by adding a subdivision.

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

Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 2067, A bill for an act relating to uniform acts; voidable transactions; modifying definition of transfer; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 513.41.

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

Daniels introduced:

H. F. No. 2068, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money to fund antiterrorism grants.

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

Nornes and Albright introduced:

H. F. No. 2069, A bill for an act relating to higher education; providing student loan forgiveness to certain pilots and aircraft technicians; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 136A.

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

Dean, M., introduced:

H. F. No. 2070, A bill for an act relating to health; removing the commissioner of health's authority to add qualifying medical conditions or delivery forms of medical cannabis; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 152.22, subdivisions 6, 14; 152.27, subdivision 2; repealing Laws 2014, chapter 311, section 20, as amended.

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

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Newberger introduced:

H. F. No. 2071, A bill for an act relating to commerce; transferring money from the special revenue fund in the Department of Commerce and appropriating it to the wastewater infrastructure fund.

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

Drazkowski introduced:

H. F. No. 2072, A bill for an act relating to campaign finance; repealing the political contribution refund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 270A.03, subdivision 7; 289A.50, subdivision 1; 290.01, subdivision 6; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 13.4967, subdivision 2; 290.06, subdivision 23.

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

Drazkowski introduced:

H. F. No. 2073, A bill for an act relating to campaign finance; repealing the public subsidy program; providing for voluntary pledges to abide by expenditure limits and certain other sections; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 10A.01, subdivision 26; 10A.105, subdivision 1; 10A.15, subdivision 1; 10A.245, subdivision 2; 10A.25, subdivisions 1, 10; 10A.257, subdivision 1; 10A.27, subdivision 10; 10A.322, subdivision 1; 10A.38; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 10A.30; 10A.31, subdivisions 1, 3, 3a, 4, 5, 5a, 6, 6a, 7, 7a, 10, 10a, 10b, 11; 10A.315; 10A.321; 10A.322, subdivisions 2, 4; 10A.323; 10A.324, subdivisions 1, 3; Minnesota Rules, parts 4503.1400, subparts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; 4503.1450.

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

Ecklund introduced:

H. F. No. 2074, A bill for an act relating to local government; allowing town electors to authorize financial assistance to a school; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 365.10, by adding a subdivision.

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

Ecklund introduced:

H. F. No. 2075, A bill for an act relating to local government; allowing the town of Tofte to operate municipal housing for certain purposes.

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

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Clark introduced:

H. F. No. 2076, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for grants.

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

Urdahl introduced:

H. F. No. 2077, A bill for an act relating to education finance; providing funding for the Increase Teachers of Color Act; seeking to double the number of teachers of color and teachers who are American Indian in Minnesota from four percent to eight percent while ensuring that by 2020 at least 20 percent of candidates in pathways to becoming a teacher are of color or are American Indian; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 122A.414, subdivision 2; 122A.70, subdivision 1; 124D.09, subdivision 10; 136A.1791; Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 2, section 70, subdivision 12, as amended; Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 25, section 62, subdivision 5.

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

Sauke introduced:

H. F. No. 2078, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money to Bridges to Healthcare's job training programs.

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

Sandstede; Moran; Fischer; Liebling; Murphy, E.; Freiberg; Flanagan; Schultz and Allen introduced:

H. F. No. 2079, A bill for an act relating to health; changing provisions for adequate care requirement; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 144A.04, subdivision 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256R.

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

Nornes introduced:

H. F. No. 2080, A bill for an act relating to higher education; appropriating money for an education debt relief grant.

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

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Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 2081, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income and corporate franchise; allowing simplified computation of base amount for the research credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 290.068, subdivision 2.

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

Hornstein introduced:

H. F. No. 2082, A bill for an act relating to transportation finance; amending provisions governing transportation finance; establishing gross receipts motor fuels tax; amending vehicle registration tax and metropolitan area transit sales tax; amending distribution of highway user fund and state-aid funding; modifying various fees and charges; modifying fiscal policies; requiring reports; authorizing sale and issuance of trunk highway bonds; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 115A.908; 161.081, subdivision 1; 161.082, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 161.083; 161.46, subdivision 2; 168.012, subdivision 1c; 168.013, subdivisions 1a, 8; 168.12, subdivisions 1, 2, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 2g, 5; 168.121, subdivision 1; 168.123, subdivision 1; 168.1235, subdivision 1; 168.1255, subdivision 1; 168.128, subdivision 2; 168.1291, subdivision 4; 168.1295, subdivision 1; 168.1296, subdivision 1; 168.1297, subdivision 1; 168.1298, subdivision 1; 168.1299, subdivision 1; 168.27, subdivision 22; 168.31, by adding a subdivision; 168.33, subdivisions 2, 7; 168.62, subdivision 3; 174.42, by adding a subdivision; 174.50, by adding a subdivision; 296A.061; 296A.11; 296A.12; 296A.16; 296A.18, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; 297A.815, subdivision 3; 297A.992, subdivisions 1, 4, 5, 6; 297B.09, subdivision 1; 473.167; Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 11, section 33; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 161; 174; 219; 296A; 297A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 161.081, subdivision 3; 473.4051, subdivision 2.

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

Lueck introduced:

H. F. No. 2083, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area.

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

Smith introduced:

H. F. No. 2084, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; allowing a phased-in subtraction for Social Security benefits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 290.0132, by adding a subdivision; 290.091, subdivision 2.

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

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Smith introduced:

H. F. No. 2085, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; allowing a subtraction for Social Security benefits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 290.0132, by adding a subdivision; 290.091, subdivision 2.

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

Hilstrom introduced:

H. F. No. 2086, A bill for an act relating to human services; expanding participation in the opioid prescribing improvement program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 256B.0638, subdivisions 2, 4, 5.

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

Franson, Poppe, Hansen and Hamilton introduced:

H. F. No. 2087, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for the industrial hemp pilot program.

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

Uglem, Hornstein, Hoppe, Heintzeman, Nornes, Sundin, Ecklund, Torkelson, Lueck, Fabian, Fischer, Bliss, Hansen and Cornish introduced:

H. F. No. 2088, A bill for an act relating to solid waste; amending allocation of revenues from solid waste management tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 297H.13, subdivision 2.

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

Clark, Hornstein, Bernardy and Masin introduced:

H. F. No. 2089, A bill for an act relating to transportation; amending requirements governing driver's licenses and Minnesota identification cards; authorizing issuance of driving card; establishing fee for issuance of driving card; requiring notification and training for election judges; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 171.01, by adding a subdivision; 171.02, by adding a subdivision; 171.06, subdivisions 2, 3, by adding a subdivision; 171.07, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Rules, part 7410.0410, subparts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.

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

Erickson introduced:

H. F. No. 2090, A bill for an act relating to education; state government; modifying Department of Education data auditing procedures; providing for rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 127A.41, subdivision 3.

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

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Peterson introduced:

H. F. No. 2091, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying requirements for emergency prescriptions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 151.15, by adding subdivisions.

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

Rarick introduced:

H. F. No. 2092, A bill for an act relating to retirement; lowering the service pension level for the Brook Park volunteer firefighters under the voluntary statewide volunteer firefighter retirement plan administered by the Public Employees Retirement Association.

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

Loon and Pryor introduced:

H. F. No. 2093, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for rail grade crossings in Eden Prairie; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Franson, Gruenhagen, Lesch, Pugh, Drazkowski and Dean, M., introduced:

H. F. No. 2094, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring a patient's affirmative consent or nonconsent for each item when requested to release health records; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 144.293, subdivision 2.

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

Whelan introduced:

H. F. No. 2095, A bill for an act relating to civil commitment; modifying and clarifying 48-hour admission requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 253B.10, subdivision 1.

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

Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 2096, A bill for an act relating to commerce; modifying price marking requirements for retail merchandise; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 325F.53, subdivision 1.

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

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Franson introduced:

H. F. No. 2097, A bill for an act relating to education; prohibiting construction of schools near former landfills; requiring notice by schools located near former landfills; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 123B.51, by adding a subdivision.

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

Bennett introduced:

H. F. No. 2098, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for wastewater infrastructure in Blooming Prairie; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Pierson introduced:

H. F. No. 2099, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; providing an exemption for construction materials for the Second Harvest Heartland distribution facility; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; 297A.75, subdivisions 1, 2.

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

Smith introduced:

H. F. No. 2100, A bill for an act relating to health; exempting certain facilities that deliver home renal products from pharmacy licensure requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 151.19, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 151.46.

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

Liebling, Hamilton and Moran introduced:

H. F. No. 2101, A bill for an act relating to human services; expanding eligibility for child care assistance; modifying requirements for treatment prior to diagnostic assessments; expanding multigenerational mental health services; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 119B.05, subdivision 1; 245.467, by adding a subdivision; 245.4876, by adding a subdivision; 245.4889, subdivision 1; 256B.0625, subdivision 5l.

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

Ward and Fischer introduced:

H. F. No. 2102, A bill for an act relating to education finance; establishing school facilities improvement revenue; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 126C.40, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B.

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

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Davids and Drazkowski introduced:

H. F. No. 2103, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; authorizing motor vehicle dealers to charge a documentary or document administration fee in certain instances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 53C.01, subdivision 2; 168.27, by adding a subdivision.

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

Zerwas introduced:

H. F. No. 2104, A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying compensatory education revenue; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 126C.10, subdivision 3.

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

Haley, Jurgens and Franke introduced:

H. F. No. 2105, A bill for an act relating to transportation; capital investment; appropriating money for a highway-rail grade separation project in Red Wing; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Howe introduced:

H. F. No. 2106, A bill for an act relating to workers' compensation; creating a presumption of occupational disease for firefighters with certain forms of cancer; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 176.011, subdivision 15.

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

Drazkowski introduced:

H. F. No. 2107, A bill for an act relating to local government aid; establishing aid reductions for cities imposing labor regulations; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 477A.

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

Lillie introduced:

H. F. No. 2108, A bill for an act relating to transportation; authorizing Legion of Merit special license plates; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168.

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

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Mariani introduced:

H. F. No. 2109, A bill for an act relating to education; increasing student inclusion and engagement; making nonexclusionary policies and practices a central focus of pupil discipline; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 120B.11, subdivision 1a; 121A.41, by adding subdivisions; 121A.42; 121A.45; 121A.46; 121A.47, subdivisions 2, 13, 14, by adding a subdivision; 121A.53; 121A.55; 121A.61; 121A.64; 121A.67, by adding a subdivision; 122A.42; 122A.60, subdivision 1a; 123B.147, subdivision 3; 124E.11; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A.

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

Lee; Dehn, R., and Loonan introduced:

H. F. No. 2110, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for an energy sector jobs initiative.

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

O'Driscoll introduced:

H. F. No. 2111, A bill for an act relating to parks and trails; extending appropriation for Sauk River Regional Park.

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

Knoblach; Carlson, L.; Davids; Gunther and Applebaum introduced:

H. F. No. 2112, A bill for an act relating to housing finance; providing for housing project bonding authority allocations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 474A.02, by adding subdivisions; 474A.03, subdivision 1; 474A.061, subdivisions 1, 2a; 474A.091, subdivisions 2, 3, 3a, by adding a subdivision.

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

O'Driscoll introduced:

H. F. No. 2113, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; modifying the purpose of a grant to the city of Sartell for the Sauk River Regional Park; amending Laws 2014, chapter 294, article 1, section 7, subdivision 11.

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

Whelan and Drazkowski introduced:

H. F. No. 2114, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; establishing the Legislative Property Tax Reform Task Force; requiring a report.

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

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Albright introduced:

H. F. No. 2115, A bill for an act relating to health care; establishing medical assistance hospital outcomes program and managed care organization outcomes program; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B.

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

Lesch introduced:

H. F. No. 2116, A bill for an act relating to data privacy; protecting applicant's and employee's personal usernames and passwords from access by employers; providing for civil enforcement; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181.

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

Pierson, Kiel and Hamilton introduced:

H. F. No. 2117, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money to the Minnesota State Council on Disability.

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

Lucero introduced:

H. F. No. 2118, A bill for an act relating to data privacy; protecting student privacy in personal electronic devices on campus; providing civil penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A.

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

Urdahl, Pelowski and Newberger introduced:

H. F. No. 2119, A bill for an act relating to public safety; modifying the disaster assistance account; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 12.221, subdivision 6.

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

Davids, Marquart and Gunther introduced:

H. F. No. 2120, A bill for an act relating to political subdivisions; authorizing the creation of fire protection special taxing districts; authorizing property tax levies and issuance of bonds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 275.066; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 299O.

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

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Cornish, Howe and Hilstrom introduced:

H. F. No. 2121, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money from the fire safety account.

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

Applebaum introduced:

H. F. No. 2122, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; providing judgment debtors a standard exemption for funds in bank or other deposit accounts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 550.135, subdivision 4; 550.143, subdivision 3c; 550.37, subdivision 20, by adding a subdivision; 551.04, subdivision 3; 551.05, subdivision 1d; 571.912.

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

Albright introduced:

H. F. No. 2123, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for the Minnesota eligibility system.

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

Christensen and Swedzinski introduced:

H. F. No. 2124, A bill for an act relating to higher education; creating a Minnesota State Colleges and Universities administrative reform task force.

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

Christensen and Swedzinski introduced:

H. F. No. 2125, A bill for an act relating to higher education; requiring a report from the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities about campus budgets; 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 and Career Readiness Policy and Finance.

O'Driscoll introduced:

H. F. No. 2126, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minnesota State Retirement System; revising augmentation interest rates for certain terminated privatized employees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 352F.04, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding subdivisions.

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

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Clark and Urdahl introduced:

H. F. No. 2127, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for Dakota and Ojibwe language preservation.

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

McDonald, Zerwas, Smith, Franke and Becker-Finn introduced:

H. F. No. 2128, A bill for an act relating to liquor; repealing a restriction on holding both taproom and cocktail licenses; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 340A.22, subdivision 2.

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

Flanagan and Youakim introduced:

H. F. No. 2129, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing an equity and diversity grant for Independent School District, No. 283, St. Louis Park; appropriating money.

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

Cornish introduced:

H. F. No. 2130, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; prohibiting first aid or CPR training requirements for bear-hunting guides; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97B.431.

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

Drazkowski introduced:

H. F. No. 2131, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a priority for audits of the Department of Human Services by the legislative auditor; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 3.972, by adding a subdivision.

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

Clark; Loonan; Franson; Lohmer; Hornstein; Davnie; Fischer; Pinto; Allen; Mariani; Dehn, R.; Lee; Maye Quade; Wagenius; Johnson, S.; Hausman; Kunesh-Podein; Freiberg; Moran and Ward introduced:

H. F. No. 2132, A bill for an act relating to taxation; imposing a temporary Super Bowl surtax; providing funding to address human trafficking; appropriating money.

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

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Neu introduced:

H. F. No. 2133, A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to Twin Cities R!SE for the Metro Transit technician training program.

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

Thissen introduced:

H. F. No. 2134, A bill for an act relating to economic development; capital improvements; creating a state research and development authority; establishing a research and development fund; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; requiring reports; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116W.

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

Sundin introduced:

H. F. No. 2135, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing the sale of certain state lands bordering public water in Carlton County.

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

Gunther introduced:

H. F. No. 2136, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for entrepreneurial development; requiring a report.

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

Clark; Cornish; Omar; Dehn, R.; Hilstrom; Allen and Moran introduced:

H. F. No. 2137, A bill for an act relating to juvenile justice; requiring parental notification of investigations into juveniles investigated for recruitment by terror organizations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 260B.171, subdivision 5.

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

Nash; Anderson, S.; Quam; Vogel; Fenton; Pugh; Lucero; Baker; Albright and Lillie introduced:

H. F. No. 2138, A bill for an act relating to information technology; requiring MN.IT to accomplish certain performance outcomes; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16E.0466.

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

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Dehn, R., introduced:

H. F. No. 2139, A resolution memorializing Congress; requesting that Congress clarify that the rights protected under the Constitution are the rights of natural persons and not the rights of artificial entities and that spending money to influence elections is not speech under the First Amendment; asking that Congress propose a constitutional amendment to provide such clarification.

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

Kresha; Dean, M.; Liebling; Murphy, E., and Baker introduced:

H. F. No. 2140, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring the commissioner of health to establish opioid abuse prevention pilot projects; appropriating money.

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

Kresha, Hilstrom, Cornish and Pinto introduced:

H. F. No. 2141, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for county attorneys' offices to provide juvenile protection legal services.

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

McDonald; Drazkowski; Bahr, C.; Nash; Pelowski and Gruenhagen introduced:

H. F. No. 2142, A bill for an act relating to state government; precluding per diem living expenses for legislators during a special session; 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.

Davids and Marquart introduced:

H. F. No. 2143, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; establishing sales tax collection duties for marketplace providers and certain retailers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 297A.66, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, by adding a subdivision.

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

Sundin introduced:

H. F. No. 2144, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing the sale of certain state lands bordering public water in Carlton County.

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

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Neu, Kresha, Loon, Erickson and Schomacker introduced:

H. F. No. 2145, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying the calculation of aid to nonpublic pupils; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 123B.41, subdivisions 2, 5a; 123B.44, subdivisions 1, 5, 6.

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

Hansen and Hornstein introduced:

H. F. No. 2146, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; requiring rulemaking to allow mechanical control of hybrid and narrow-leaved cattail without an aquatic plant management permit.

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

Loonan and Howe introduced:

H. F. No. 2147, A bill for an act relating to liquor; requiring a direct shipper's license for certain shipments of wine to consumers; establishing reporting requirements for direct shippers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 340A.417.

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

Torkelson introduced:

H. F. No. 2148, A bill for an act relating to transportation; making changes to the project selection process for the corridors of commerce program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 161.088, subdivisions 4, 5, 7, by adding a subdivision.

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

Torkelson introduced:

H. F. No. 2149, A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring the commissioner of transportation to develop a policy for evaluating, ranking, and selecting projects; requiring a report to the legislature; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 174.

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

Anselmo, Schomacker and Halverson introduced:

H. F. No. 2150, A bill for an act relating to health; authorizing a statewide quitline service to help Minnesotans quit using tobacco products; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.

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

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Nornes introduced:

H. F. No. 2151, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; placing moratorium on stocking muskellunge in new waters; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97C.

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

Torkelson, Gunther, Backer and Quam introduced:

H. F. No. 2152, A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for county fairs.

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

Daniels introduced:

H. F. No. 2153, A bill for an act relating to higher education; requiring a program for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities at certain state universities; requesting a similar program at University of Minnesota campuses; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 136F; 137.

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

Peterson, Albright and Pinto introduced:

H. F. No. 2154, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying child care assistance provider rate differential for Parent Aware; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 119B.13, subdivision 3b.

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

Lien introduced:

H. F. No. 2155, A bill for an act relating to public safety; increasing penalties for distracted driving violations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.475, subdivision 2.

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

Clark, Allen, Mahoney, Davnie and Dehn, R., introduced:

H. F. No. 2156, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for the East Phillips Neighborhood Institute; requiring reports.

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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Loonan introduced:

H. F. No. 2157, A bill for an act relating to criminal justice; expanding law enforcement access to financial records in certain limited circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 13A.02, subdivisions 1, 2; 609.527, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 626.15.

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

Lesch introduced:

H. F. No. 2158, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring civic online reasoning instruction; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 120B.

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

Fischer, Rosenthal, Ward and Allen introduced:

H. F. No. 2159, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; prohibiting open season for taking wolves; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97B.645, subdivision 9.

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

Fischer, Loon, Kunesh-Podein, Rosenthal, Ward, Slocum and Allen introduced:

H. F. No. 2160, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; prohibiting use of snares to take wild animals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97B.951; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97B.421.

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

Ward, Thissen, Urdahl, Freiberg, Bennett and Mariani introduced:

H. F. No. 2161, A bill for an act relating to early childhood education; health; expanding screening for early autism spectrum disorders in young children; creating a study group; providing for rulemaking; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 121A.17, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.

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

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Newberger introduced:

H. F. No. 2162, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for an industrial park development in Sherburne County.

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

Johnson, C.; Considine and Cornish introduced:

H. F. No. 2163, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for the Minnesota Security Hospital.

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

Howe introduced:

H. F. No. 2164, A bill for an act relating to veterans; requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs to develop a policy to grant free or reduced-cost burials in state veterans cemeteries to eligible dependents of veterans who are low income; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 190.19, subdivision 2a; 197.236, subdivision 9.

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

Lesch and Scott introduced:

H. F. No. 2165, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring the disclosure of tracking warrants to subjects; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 626A.08, subdivision 2; 626A.39, subdivision 5; 626A.42, subdivisions 1, 2, 4.

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

Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 2166, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for extending Blufflands trail system.

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

Hamilton, Moran, Mahoney and Baker introduced:

H. F. No. 2167, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a nonprofit infrastructure, workforce development, and partnerships program.

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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Cornish; Lohmer; Green; Grossell; Johnson, B.; Hilstrom and Becker-Finn introduced:

H. F. No. 2168, A bill for an act relating to public safety; setting minimum salary amount for State Patrol trainees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 299D.03, subdivision 6.

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

Johnson, C., introduced:

H. F. No. 2169, A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying requirements for a permit to mow a right‑of-way; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.232.

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

Drazkowski introduced:

H. F. No. 2170, A bill for an act relating to energy; creating a process to address certain noise complaints resulting from wind energy siting; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 216F.01, by adding subdivisions; 216F.02; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216F.

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

Drazkowski introduced:

H. F. No. 2171, A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing various requirements governing passenger rail; making technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 174.634; 174.636, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 174.

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

Ward; Howe; Johnson, B.; Franke; Lillie; Fischer; Hausman and Becker-Finn introduced:

H. F. No. 2172, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for an outdoor firing range for law enforcement training in Maplewood; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Loonan and Runbeck introduced:

H. F. No. 2173, A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing a legislative commission to carry out and report on reverse commuting transit studies.

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

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Jessup, Peterson and Loeffler introduced:

H. F. No. 2174, A bill for an act relating to local government; authorizing Ramsey County to select positions for a supported work program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 383A.288, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.

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

Jessup and Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 2175, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; allowing an exemption for purchases of certain construction materials, supplies, and equipment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; 297A.75, subdivisions 1, 2.

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

O'Neill; Becker-Finn; Lohmer; Cornish; Hilstrom; Newberger; Johnson, B., and Grossell introduced:

H. F. No. 2176, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring probation and parole agents to consider and recommend local options to address technical violations by nonviolent controlled substance offenders; appropriating money to facilitate access to local programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 243.05, subdivision 1; 244.05, subdivision 3; 244.198, by adding a subdivision; 609.14, by adding a subdivision.

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

Zerwas; Murphy, E.; Pierson; Quam; Lohmer and Moran introduced:

H. F. No. 2177, A bill for an act relating to health and human services; adding advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants to certain statutes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 62Q.56, subdivision 1a; 144.213, subdivision 1; 144.441, subdivision 3; 145.7131; 145.867, subdivision 2; 252A.21, subdivision 2; 256.9365, subdivision 2; 256B.056, subdivision 2; 256B.057, subdivision 9; 256B.0575, subdivision 1; 256B.0625, subdivision 2; 256B.0653, subdivision 4; 256B.15, subdivision 1a; 256D.44, subdivisions 4, 5; 256R.04, subdivision 6; 514.981, subdivision 2; 626.556, subdivision 11d.

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

Theis, Peterson, Schultz, Olson and Heintzeman introduced:

H. F. No. 2178, A bill for an act relating to health care; establishing medical assistance reimbursement rates for doula services; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256B.

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

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Freiberg and Halverson introduced:

H. F. No. 2179, A bill for an act relating to elections; modifying certain procedures related to vacancies in nomination; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 204B.13, subdivision 2.

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

Urdahl and Clark introduced:

H. F. No. 2180, A bill for an act relating to state government; appropriating money for Dakota and Ojibwe Indian language, education, and immersion programs and Why Treaties Matter Exhibit.

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

Dehn, R.; Clark; Lee; Thissen; Allen; Liebling; Flanagan; Pinto; Youakim; Hornstein and Maye Quade introduced:

H. F. No. 2181, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring drinking water lead-testing in schools and licensed child care centers; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.

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

Loeffler and Youakim introduced:

H. F. No. 2182, A bill for an act relating to property tax refunds; modifying the schedules for the homestead credit state refund and the property tax refund for renters; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 290A.04, subdivisions 2, 2a, 4.

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

Fabian and Kiel introduced:

H. F. No. 2183, A bill for an act relating to economic development; providing a sales tax exemption for the sales tax paid during construction of an eligible wholesale electronic component distribution center; providing a forgivable loan for constructing an eligible wholesale electronic component distribution center; providing a grant from the business development public infrastructure program for the city of Thief River Falls; appropriating money.

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

Bernardy introduced:

H. F. No. 2184, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying gifted and talented programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 120B.11, subdivision 2; 120B.15; 120B.20; 126C.10, subdivision 2b.

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

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Runbeck introduced:

H. F. No. 2185, A bill for an act relating to transportation; prohibiting state funding for light rail operating costs on new or expanded light rail lines; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 473.4051, subdivision 2.

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

CALENDAR FOR THE DAY

H. F. No. 778 was reported to the House.

Anderson, S., moved to amend H. F. No. 778, the second engrossment, as follows:

Page 6, after line 8, insert:

"Sec. 13. LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR REVIEW.

No later than January 15, 2018, the legislative auditor is requested to review the operations and management structure of publicly-owned major sports event facilities in Minnesota, including U.S. Bank Stadium, Target Field, Target Center, and TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, and Xcel Energy Center and CHS Field in St. Paul. Upon completion, the review must be submitted to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over state government finance, and to the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Sports Facilities.

At a minimum, the review must consider:

(1) the structure and oversight responsibilities of each facility's public governing body;

(2) whether the public governing bodies have access to tickets, suites, or other premium amenities for events conducted in the facilities they oversee, including the terms under which the access is provided; and

(3) whether the public governing bodies have adopted policies or procedures to ensure their oversight activities, including those of individual members acting on behalf of the governing body, are transparent and in furtherance of the public interest.

The review must compare and contrast the practices of each public governing body and may recommend best practices for improving the governance, operations, and public accountability of each body. As necessary, the review may also propose any changes in law necessary to implement these best practices."

Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references

The motion prevailed and the amendment was adopted.

Anderson, S., moved to amend H. F. No. 778, the second engrossment, as amended, as follows:

Page 2, line 21, delete everything after "(e)" and insert "The chair of the Legislative Coordinating Commission shall appoint a voting member of the board, who must be a certified public accountant."

Page 2, line 22, delete "two-year" and insert "three-year"

The motion prevailed and the amendment was adopted.

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Liebling moved to amend H. F. No. 778, the second engrossment, as amended, as follows:

Page 5, line 13, delete "in return for fair market value" and insert "for an amount at least equal to the market rate for other stadium suites of similar size and location"

The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.

The Speaker called Albright to the Chair.

Anderson, S., moved to amend H. F. No. 778, the second engrossment, as amended, as follows:

Page 3, delete section 7

Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references

Amend the title accordingly

A roll call was requested and properly seconded.

The question was taken on the Anderson, S., amendment and the roll was called. There were 22 yeas and 104 nays as follows:

Those who voted in the affirmative were: