STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTY-FIFTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FIFTH SESSION
STATE GOVERNMENT FINANCE DIVISION
MINUTES
Representative Kahn, Chair of the Division, called the meeting to order at 8:42 A.M. on March 29, 2007 in Room 300 North of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
KAHN, Phyllis, Chair
WARD, John, Vice-Chair
DELAFOREST, Chris, Lead Republican
ANDERSON, Sarah
BIGHAM, Karla
HILTY, Bill
HORTMAN, Melissa
LESCH, John
PEPPIN, Joyce
POPPE, Jeanne
SVIGGUM, Steve
WINKLER, Ryan
ZELLERS, Kurt
Members excused:
A quorum was present.
Testifying against Page 54, Section 76 of the
A07-0440 amendment to HF 953 (Minnesota State High School League rules subjected to the Administrative Procedure Act) were:
Representative Bob Dettmer
Roger Aronson, Lobbyist, Minnesota State High School League
Rich Dippel, Activities Director, South Saint Paul Senior High
Les Zellmann, President, Interscholastic Athletic Association
Testifying in support:
Representative Debra Hilstrom
Chas Anderson, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Education
At 9:34 A.M. Chair Kahn recessed the meeting until the call of the Chair.
Chair Kahn reconvened the Committee at 1:49 P.M. on March 29, 2007 in Room 300 North of the State Office Building.
Chair Kahn moved that HF 953 be heard and recommended to pass to the Finance Committee.
Chair Kahn moved that the delete everything amendment A07-0440 (attached) be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Kahn moved that the
H0953-A37 amendment (attached) be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Kahn moved that the
H0953-A38 amendment (attached) be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Kahn moved that the
H0953-A57 amendment (attached) be adopted.
Representative Poppe moved an oral amendment to the
H0953-A57 amendment as follows:
Page 1, line 3 after "section 76"
insert "."
Page 1 delete lines 4 through 14
THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL AND THE AMENDMENT WAS NOT ADOPTED.
Representative Hortman requested a division vote. The results were: 7 AYES and 4 NAYS. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Kahn withdrew the
H0953-A57 amendment.
Representative Poppe moved that the
H0953-A57 amendment, as amended, be adopted and requested a division vote. The results were: 6 AYES and 5 NAYS. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Hilty moved that the
H0953-A58 amendment (attached) be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Kahn moved a handwritten amendment A72, to HF 953, as follows, be adopted:
Page 49, line 15 after "on behalf of an agency."
delete ". An agency must hire"
insert "without seeing if the service can be provided for by"
Page 49, line 15 after "state employees"
delete "to provide these"
Page 49, line 16 delete the first instance of the word "services"
after "located in"
delete "Minnesota"
insert "the United States"
Representative DeLaForest moved to incorporate an oral amendment to the A72 amendment as follows:
Page 49, line 15 after "without"
delete "seeing"
insert "determining"
Chair Kahn incorporated the DeLaForest oral amendment into the A72 amendment.
Chair Kahn renewed her motion that the handwritten amendment A72, as incorporated, be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Kahn moved that the
H0953-A39 amendment (attached) be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative DeLaForest moved that the
H0953-A42 amendment (attached) be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Kahn moved that the
H0953-A44 amendment (attached) be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Kahn moved that the
H0953-A43 amendment (attached) be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Winkler moved that the
H0953-A45 amendment (attached) be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Kahn moved that the
H0953-A46 amendment (attached) be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Vice-Chair Ward moved that the
H0953-A54 amendment (attached) be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative DeLaForest moved an oral amendment to HF 953 as follows:
Page 76 delete Section 116
Page 9 delete lines 28 and 29 and reduce the appropriations accordingly
Representative Davnie testified against the DeLaForest oral amendment.
Representative DeLaForest renewed his motion to adopt the oral amendment to HF 953. THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL AND THE AMENDMENT WAS NOT ADOPTED.
Chair Kahn moved that the
H0953-A47 amendment (attached) be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Vice-Chair Ward moved that the
H0953-A36 amendment (attached) be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Sviggum moved that the
H0953-A53 amendment (attached) be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Kahn moved that the
H0953-A55 amendment (attached) be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Kahn moved that the
H0953-A56 amendment (attached) be adopted.
Gary Thaden, Government Affairs Director, Minnesota Mechanical Contractors Association / National Electric Contractors Association, testified in support of the A-56 amendment.
Chair Kahn renewed her motion that the
H0953-A56 amendment (attached) be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Sviggum moved that the
H0953-A60 amendment (attached) be adopted. THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL AND THE AMENDMENT WAS NOT ADOPTED.
Chair Kahn moved that the handwritten A61 amendment (attached) be adopted.
John Lally, Planning Director, Office of Enterprise Technology, testified in support of the A61 amendment.
Chair Kahn renewed her motion that the handwritten A61 amendment be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Chair Kahn moved that the
H0953-A48 amendment (attached) be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED AND THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Peppin moved an oral amendment to HF 953 as follows:
Page 55 delete Section 77
Iris C. Freeman, Policy Advisor, Alzheimer's Association, testified against the Peppin oral amendment.
Representative Peppin renewed her motion to adopt her oral amendment to HF 953. THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL AND THE AMENDMENT WAS NOT ADOPTED.
Representative Zellers moved an oral amendment to HF 953 as follows:
Page 103 delete Section 15
Representative Zellers requested a roll call vote. The results were as follows:
AYES NAYS
Anderson Kahn
DeLaForest Bigham
Peppin Hilty
Sviggum Hortman
Zellers Lesch
Poppe
Ward
Winkler
On a vote of 5 AYES and 8 NAYS, THE MOTION DID NOT PREVAIL AND THE AMENDMENT WAS NOT ADOPTED.
Beth Fraser, Director of Governmental Affairs for the Secretary of State's Office, testified in response to a question from Representative Sviggum.
Chair Kahn renewed her motion that HF 953, as amended, be recommended to pass and be re-referred to the Finance Committee.
Representative DeLaForest requested a roll call vote. The results were as follows:
AYES NAYS
Kahn Anderson
Bigham DeLaForest
Hilty Peppin
Hortman Poppe
Lesch Sviggum
Ward Zellers
Winkler
On a vote of 7 AYES and 6 NAYS, THE MOTION PREVAILED.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:36 P.M.
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Representative Phyllis Kahn, Chair
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Krysta Niedernhofer, Committee Legislative Assistant