Welcome to Minnesota House Live Webcast and Mobile Streaming

1. Welcome and purpose
2. Agenda and introductions
3. High level overview of legislative report
4. Review all recommendations, then test consensus
5. Recognize where consensus exists
6. Discuss recommendations where consensus does not exist and make revisions to increase support.
7. Vote on each recommendation, using revised language
8. Next steps
9. Public input
10. Adjourn

1. Welcome
2. Review and approve January 15, 2026, meeting minutes
3. LBO review of Draft Annual TERC Report (due February 16, 2026)
4. Review tax expenditure member summary evaluations and vote on the following tax expenditures to be continued, repealed, or modified in accordance with Minnesota Statutes 2025, section 3.8855, subdivision 5(a)(9), for tax expenditure evaluations presented on 11/5/2025
   1. 1.6.01 Marriage Credit Tax Expenditure
   2. 4.1.26 Wind Energy Conversion Systems Tax Expenditure
   3. 4.1.27 Solar Energy Systems Tax Expenditure

5. Commission direction to staff (Legislative Budget Office)

6. Agenda items for next meeting

7. Other items as determined by the co-chairs

8. Adjourn

Persons interested in testifying on an agenda item must contact Amanda Schnabel by 4:30p.m. on Tuesday, January 27, at amanda.schnabel@lbo.mn.gov or (651) 297-7146.

DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Tax Expenditure Review Commission meeting webpage.

VIEW COMMISSION MEETING: Meetings may be viewed on the LBO YouTube channel.

1. Call to Order
2. Discussion and Votes on Working Group Recommendations
3. Adoption of Final Working Group Report
4. Closing Remarks
5. Adjourn

The Legislative Audit Commission will meet to hear the key findings and recommendations of the performance audit, Office of Ombudsperson for Families.

Office of the Legislative Auditor:
Jodi Munson Rodriguez, Deputy Legislative Auditor, Program Evaluation Division
Caitlin Badger, Project Manager

Office of Ombudsperson for Families:
Ann Hill, Ombudsperson for African American Families
 

PUBLIC VIEWING INFORMATION:  This meeting will also be livestreamed via YouTube, which will be closed captioned with automatically generated captions.

TESTIFYING:  The Legislative Audit Commission and its subcommittees typically do not take public testimony. 

MEETING DOCUMENTS:  Materials will be posted on the Office of the Legislative Auditor website in the Notices section as soon as they are available, and posted to our Minutes page soon after.

1. Introduction of members and staff
2. Review/approve minutes from the March 15, 2024, meetings
3. Overview of the Executive Director of the Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs (MCLA) recruitment, screening, and appointment process
4. Interview candidate for the Executive Director of MCLA
5. Subcommittee discussion
6. Consider appointment of candidate

1. Call to Order
2. Approval of October 28th, 2024, Meeting Minutes
3. Election of Chair and Vice Chair
4. Permanent School Fund Distribution Task Force Report
5. Permanent School Fund Distribution legislative initiatives
6. Other School Trust Land legislative initiatives
7. Adjourn

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