STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTY-SEVENTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-EIGHTH SESSION
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
Chair, Representative Michael V. Nelson
MINUTES
Representative Nelson, Chair of Committee on Government Operations, called the meeting to order at 3:09pm on May 13, 2013 in Room 5 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
Nelson, Chair
Freiberg, Vice Chair
Peppin, Lead
Dill
Dorholt
Drazkowski
Falk
Hansen
Kahn
Lein
O'Driscoll
Pugh
Sanders
Theis
Winkler
A quorum was present.
Vice-Chair Freiberg moved approval of the minutes from May 2, 2013. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
HF1823 (Metsa) Council authorized to establish salaries for legislators, Compensation Council composition changed, and constitutional amendment proposed
Chair Nelson moved that HF1823 be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
Chair Nelson moved to amend HF1823 (See attached
H1823A3 amendment). THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Representative Falk moved to amend HF1823, as amended, as follows:
Page 1, line 1.18, delete “formers”, insert “former”
THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Representative O’Driscoll moved to amend the H1823A3 amendment, as adopted, as follows:
Page 2, line 2, before “to”, insert “appointed by the Governor and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court”
THE MOTION FAILED.
Representative Hansen moved to amend HF1823, as amended (See attached H1823A10 amendment).
Representative Hansen incorporated an oral amendment to the
H1823A10 amendment as follows:
Page 1, line 1.2, insert a comma after “independent”
THE MOTION PREVAILED.
Chair Nelson renewed the motion that HF1823, as amended, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:20pm.
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Representative Michael V. Nelson, Chair
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Tim Gabhart, Committee Legislative Assistant