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Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Time Location Committee
(8:00 AM) 12/10/2025
[Remote Hearing]
Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources [Commission]
(12:00 PM) 12/10/2025
[G-3 State Capitol]
Tax Expenditure Review Commission [Commission]
(2:00 PM) 12/10/2025
[123 State Capitol]
Seclusion Working Group [Commission]
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Wednesday, December 10, 2025 , 8:00 AM

Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources

Chair: Rep. Sydney Jordan
Location: Remote Hearing
Agenda:

Public viewing is available on YouTube.

1. Roll call attendance

2. Approve minutes for November 19, 2025
     - Minutes from November 19, 2025

3. Members report potential conflicts of interest regarding today's business
     - COI Policy
     - Members COIs for 2026 recommended (FY27)

4. Director's Report

5. Action: Emerging Issues Account Requests 2025 Round #2
    a. Proposals Received
     - Larry Vollmar
     - John Nieber
     - Will Lytle
     - Veluchamy Chitraichamy
     - Carrie Jennings
     - Ace Bonema

     - Presentation Selection Results

    b. Presentations
     - John Nieber, Water sustainability in the era of data centers, U of MN
     - Carrie Jennings, The Minnesota Water Risk Atlas, Freshwater

    c. Recommendations for funding
     - Emerging Issues Account 2025 Round 2 Requests and Balances
     - Emerging Issues Account Policy and Procedures (2025)

6. Action: Emerging Issues Account Procedures
    a. Updated Operating Procedures from July 18, 2025
    b. Feedback on Emerging Issues Account proposal questions

7. Action: Draft LCCMR Policy Recommendations Bill for M.L. 2026
    a. Conflict of Interest
    b. DNR approval of non-state acquisitions
     - Bob Meier, DNR Assistant Commissioner
     - DNR's Current SLAM Acquisition Goals

8. Action: Draft LCCMR Funding Recommendations Bill for M.L. 2026
    a. ENRTF appropriations
    b. Extensions and technical corrections
    c. Balance
    d. Peer review
     - Draft bill language
     - Recommendations pie charts
     - Recommendations spreadsheet

9. Action: Proposal evaluation and recommendation process for 2027 RFP

10. Action: 2026 LCCMR meeting calendar
     - 2026 Calendar Options (early, middle, late)
     - Additional options for calendar

11. Thank you to members with terms ending

12. LCCMR other business

13. Public testimony
The public is asked to keep their comments brief. If you would like to testify, please contact Diana Griffith at diana.griffith@lccmr.mn.gov by 4:00 pm the day before the meeting. Please specify to which agenda item your testimony relates and the form of your testimony (oral or written). The chair will accommodate testimony at the requested agenda item as time allows.

14. Adjourn



INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

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  • To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL) please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of one week before the services are needed.
  • To request legislative services for Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of two weeks before the services are needed.
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Wednesday, December 10, 2025 , 12:00 PM

Tax Expenditure Review Commission

Co-Chair: Rep. Esther Agbaje holds the gavel
Co-Chair: Rep. Greg Davids
Location: G-3 State Capitol
Agenda:
  1. Welcome
  2. Review and approve November 5, 2025, meeting minutes
  3. Review tax expenditure evaluation fillable tax expenditure evaluation form and proposed procedures for completing the form as a follow up to previous TERC discussions. The Commission will vote to approve the form and procedures to recommend whether the expenditure be continued, repealed, or modified in accordance with Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 3.8855, subdivision 5(a)(9).
  4. LBO presentation on the Credit for Small Brewers, Small Wineries, and Microdistilleries Tax Expenditures Evaluation Report (Alcoholic Beverage Taxes)
  5. LBO presentation on the Lawful Gambling Tax Expenditures Evaluation Report (Lawful Gambling Taxes)
  6. LBO presentation on the Residential Heating Fuels, Residential Water Services, and Sewer Services Tax Expenditures Evaluation Report (Sales and Use Tax)
  7. Commission direction to staff (Legislative Budget Office)
  8. Agenda items for next meeting
  9. Other items as determined by the co-chairs
  10. Adjourn

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.


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INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

  • To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.
  • To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL) please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of one week before the services are needed.
  • To request legislative services for Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of two weeks before the services are needed.
  • For information on accommodations please visit Accessibility Frequently Asked Questions.
  • If you have accessibility or usability comments to share on any Minnesota Legislature website, please submit your comments using the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
Wednesday, December 10, 2025 , 2:00 PM

Seclusion Working Group

Chair: Sen. Seeberger
Location: 123 State Capitol
Agenda:
  1. Call to Order
  2. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes
  3. Presentation of Member Recommendations
  4. Working Group Discussion
  5. Adjourn

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INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

  • To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.
  • To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL) please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of one week before the services are needed.
  • To request legislative services for Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of two weeks before the services are needed.
  • For information on accommodations please visit Accessibility Frequently Asked Questions.
  • If you have accessibility or usability comments to share on any Minnesota Legislature website, please submit your comments using the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form