State of Minnesota

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday , March 13, 1997


The following House Files were introduced:

Weaver; Swenson, D. , And Stanek introduced:

H. F. No. 1402, A bill for an act relating to crime; clarifying eligibility criteria for imposing minimum mandatory incarceration period for repeat DWI offenders; restricting conditions under which minimum jail sentence may be waived; referencing the broader definitions of prior impaired driving convictions and prior license revocations; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 169.121, subdivision 3a.

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

Johnson, R.; Kelso; Seagren and Koskinen introduced:

H. F. No. 1403, A bill for an act relating to education; providing grants under the first-grade preparedness program; appropriating money.

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

Pugh, Macklin, Skoglund and Abrams introduced:

H. F. No. 1404, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; modifying and expanding provisions for sanctions in civil actions; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 336.2A-108; 566.25; 570.041, subdivision 1; 571.932, subdivision 6; and 609.5314, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 549; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 549.21.

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

Mariani, Leighton, Carruthers and Luther introduced:

H. F. No. 1405, A bill for an act relating to children; clarifying certain program accounts in the Head Start program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 268.912; 268.913, subdivisions 2 and 4; and 268.914, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 268.913, subdivision 5.

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

Seagren, Entenza, Pelowski, Kinkel and Anderson, B., introduced:

H. F. No. 1406, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for adults with disabilities.

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

Dorn; Johnson, R.; Gunther; Kalis and Swenson, H., introduced:

H. F. No. 1407, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money to fund the model school for chronic truants.

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

Peterson, Kelso, Carlson, Schumacher and Ness introduced:

H. F. No. 1408, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for school district foundations to assist with fundraising and other improvement projects.

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

Kubly, Hilty, Rifenberg, Kielkucki and Wenzel introduced:

H. F. No. 1409, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; legislative review of feedlot permit rules; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 116.07, subdivision 7.

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

Bradley, Sykora, Goodno, Jennings and Boudreau introduced:

H. F. No. 1410, A bill for an act relating to human services; licensing; modifying the exclusion from licensure for child care services; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 245A.03, subdivision 2.

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

Leppik introduced:

H. F. No. 1411, A bill for an act relating to taxation; preserving certain exempt rules of the department of revenue.

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

Johnson, R.; Juhnke; Greiling; Hilty and Ozment introduced:

H. F. No. 1412, A bill for an act relating to human services; ensuring that exclusive bargaining representatives are informed about and allowed to participate in development of mental health pilot projects; amending Laws 1995, chapter 207, article 8, section 41, subdivision 6.

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

Workman introduced:

H. F. No. 1413, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; authorizing the infliction of corporal punishment on habitual DWI offenders; providing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 169.121, subdivision 3a , And by adding a subdivision; 609.10; and 609.125.

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

Leighton, Entenza, Mullery and Pawlenty introduced:

H. F. No. 1414, A bill for an act relating to probate; changing provisions on appointment of guardians and conservators; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 525.591.

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

Pugh and Peterson introduced:

H. F. No. 1415, A bill for an act relating to recreational vehicles; requiring strobe lights on snowmobiles; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 84.821, by adding a subdivision; and 169.64, subdivision 8.

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

Pugh, Milbert, Commers and Pawlenty introduced:

H. F. No. 1416, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing a licensure exception for six-bed service sites in some circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 252.28, by adding a subdivision.

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

Johnson, R.; Stanek; Evans; Tomassoni and Boudreau introduced:

H. F. No. 1417, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring screening of newborn infants for hearing loss; 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.

Peterson, Munger, Osthoff, Goodno and Holsten introduced:

H. F. No. 1418, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money to survey trails in state parks for accessibility to persons with disabilities.

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

Finseth, Kinkel, Koppendrayer and Carlson introduced:

H. F. No. 1419, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying secondary vocational education aid guarantee; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 124.573, subdivision 2f.

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

Swenson, D.; Skoglund; Tuma; Weaver and Chaudhary introduced:

H. F. No. 1420, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; authorizing the forfeiture of a motor vehicle used to commit a violation of the aggravated DWI law or certain repeat violations of the DWI law; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 169.121, subdivision 3; and 169.1217, subdivision 1.

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

Wenzel, Juhnke, Kubly, Westrom and Otremba introduced:

H. F. No. 1421, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for the grant program that provides technology services to dairy farmers and for dairy industry development.

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

Larsen, Broecker, Holsten, Mares and Swenson, D., introduced:

H. F. No. 1422, A bill for an act relating to health; exempting dental goods and services from the MinnesotaCare provider tax; reducing the MinnesotaCare provider tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 295.50, subdivision 4; 295.52; 295.53, subdivisions 3, 4 , And by adding a subdivision; 295.54, subdivision 2; and 295.582.

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

Weaver, Broecker and Stanek introduced:

H. F. No. 1423, A bill for an act relating to crime; providing that certain proposed sentencing guidelines modifications regarding increases in durations at severity levels I through VI shall not take effect; amending Laws 1996, chapter 408 , Article 3, section 39.

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

Ness, Carlson, Kalis, Solberg and Bishop introduced:

H. F. No. 1424, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for an addition to , And remodeling of, the Hutchinson technical college; authorizing the sale of state bonds.

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

Erhardt introduced:

H. F. No. 1425, A bill for an act relating to taxation; reducing the property tax class rates on certain apartments; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 273.13, subdivision 25.

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

Peterson; Lieder; Swenson, H. , And Juhnke introduced:

H. F. No. 1426, A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring legislative report on economic impacts of highways on rural areas; appropriating money.

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

Erhardt, Murphy, Rhodes and Hasskamp introduced:

H. F. No. 1427, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing an additional property tax refund to certain homeowners; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 290A.04, by adding a subdivision; and 290A.23, subdivision 3.

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

Dehler, Schumacher, Kelso, Stang and Opatz introduced:

H. F. No. 1428, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money to fund the establishment of the central Minnesota area learning center.

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

Greenfield, Huntley and Bradley introduced:

H. F. No. 1429, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying mandatory Medicare assignment; exempting medical supplies and equipment from mandatory Medicare assignment; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 62J.25.

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

Greenfield introduced:

H. F. No. 1430, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for community support services for deaf and hard-of-hearing adults.

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

Greenfield introduced:

H. F. No. 1431, A bill for an act relating to medical assistance; expanding eligibility for the elderly waiver program; seeking a change in a federal waiver; stopping enrollment in the alternative care program; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 256B.0913, by adding a subdivision; and 256B.0915, by adding a subdivision.

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

Peterson, Winter and Rest introduced:

H. F. No. 1432, A bill for an act relating to retirement; removing the requirement of an actuarial valuation for certain volunteer firefighter relief associations; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 69.

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

Peterson; Olson, E.; Kalis; Long and Anderson, I., introduced:

H. F. No. 1433, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property tax; allowing for market value exclusion on certain business property; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 273.11, by adding a subdivision.

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

Delmont, Jennings, Goodno, Huntley and Bradley introduced:

H. F. No. 1434, A bill for an act relating to health; repealing physicians' license surcharge; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 147.01, subdivision 6.

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

Rukavina, Huntley, Jennings, Tompkins and Ness introduced:

H. F. No. 1435, A bill for an act relating to human services; increasing medical assistance reimbursement rates for dental services; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 256B.76.

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

Wenzel; Swenson, D.; Dempsey; Kalis and Farrell introduced:

H. F. No. 1436, A bill for an act relating to crime; providing criminal penalties for possession or sale of a small amount of marijuana; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 152.027, subdivision 4.

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

Dempsey, Goodno, Tompkins and Dorn introduced:

H. F. No. 1437, A bill for an act relating to human services; creating a pilot project in Goodhue county to downsize an existing ICF/MR facility.

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

Carlson; Tomassoni; Ness; Anderson, I. , And Westrom introduced:

H. F. No. 1438, A bill for an act relating to insurance; no-fault auto; regulating medical examinations requested by reparation obligors; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 65B.56, subdivision 1; and 72A.201, subdivision 6.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

Larsen, Broecker and Chaudhary introduced:

H. F. No. 1439, A bill for an act relating to peace officers; increasing criminal penalties for falsely reporting a crime; providing criminal penalties for persons who knowingly make false allegations of misconduct against peace officers in civil actions; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 609.505; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609.

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

Broecker, Larsen and Stanek introduced:

H. F. No. 1440, A bill for an act relating to public safety; indexing maximum soft body armor reimbursement amount; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 299A.38, subdivision 2 , And by adding a subdivision.

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

Greenfield and Huntley introduced:

H. F. No. 1441, A bill for an act relating to health insurance; limiting the growth limits; limiting loss ratios; repealing the health care commission; modifying the regional coordinating boards; modifying the health technology advisory committee; expanding the eligibility of the MinnesotaCare program; modifying the enforcement mechanisms for the provider tax pass-through; modifying mandatory Medicare assignment; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 62A.021, subdivision 1; 62A.61; 62A.65, subdivision 3; 62J.04, subdivisions 1 and 9; 62J.041; 62J.07, subdivisions 1 and 3; 62J.09, subdivision 1; 62J.15, subdivision 1; 62J.152, subdivisions 1, 2, 4 , And 5; 62J.17, subdivision 6a; 62J.22; 62J.25; 62J.2914, subdivision 1; 62J.2915; 62J.2916, subdivision 1; 62J.2917, subdivision 2; 62J.2921, subdivision 2; 62J.451, subdivision 6b; 62L.02, subdivision 26; 62L.08, subdivision 8; 62N.25, subdivision 5; 62Q.03, subdivision 5a; 62Q.33, subdivision 2; 256.9354, subdivision 5; 256.9355, by adding a subdivision; and 295.582; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 62J.03, subdivision 3; 62J.042; 62J.05; 62J.051; 62J.06; 62J.09, subdivision 3a; 62N.02, subdivision 3; 62Q.165, subdivision 3; 62Q.23; 62Q.25; 62Q.29; and 62Q.41; Laws 1993, chapter 247 , Article 4, section 8; Laws 1994, chapter 625, article 5, section 5, subdivision 1 , As amended; Laws 1995, chapter 96, section 2; and Laws 1995, First Special Session chapter 3 , Article 13, section 2.

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

Pelowski introduced:

H. F. No. 1442, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing for education funding; providing property tax classification reform; changing and providing state aids to local government; reducing the sales and use tax rate and authorizing city general sales and use taxes; providing for property tax deferral for senior citizens; reducing the franchise tax rate and providing a business activity tax; increasing property tax refunds , And providing a separate refund for farm homesteads; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 124.17, subdivision 1d; 124A.03, subdivisions 1f and 3c; 124A.22, subdivisions 1 and 2 , As amended; 124A.23, subdivision 1; 270B.12, by adding a subdivision; 273.13, subdivisions 23, 24, 25 , And by adding a subdivision; 273.1398, subdivision 6; 275.065, subdivision 3; 275.08, subdivision 1b; 276.04, subdivision 2; 290.06, subdivision 1; 290A.03, subdivisions 6, 13 , And by adding a subdivision; 290A.04, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 6 , And by adding a subdivision; 297A.02, subdivision 1; 473F.08, subdivision 3; 477A.011, subdivision 34 , And by adding subdivisions; 477A.013, subdivisions 1, 8 , And 9; and 477A.03, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 124A; 290; 297A; and 477A; proposing coding for new as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 124A.22, subdivisions 4a, 4b, 13d , And 13e; 124A.23, subdivisions 2, 3, 4 , And 5; 273.13, subdivision 32; 273.1398, subdivisions 1a, 2, 2c, 2d, 3 , And 3a; 273.166; 290.0921; 290.0922; and 477A.011, subdivisions 35, 36 , And 37; Laws 1995, chapter 264, article 4 , As amended.

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

Wejcman, Winter, Clark and Huntley introduced:

H. F. No. 1443, A bill for an act relating to human services; creating a food program for certain individuals terminated from the federal food stamp program; appropriating money.

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

Wejcman, Winter, Wenzel and Dorn introduced:

H. F. No. 1444, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; creating a food coupon program using "Minnesota grown" products; appropriating money.

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

Ozment introduced:

H. F. No. 1445, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; providing for the classification of property which is used for both residential and agricultural purposes; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 273.13, subdivision 23.

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

Abrams, Rest, Macklin and Olson, E., introduced:

H. F. No. 1446, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property tax; eliminating the one commercial-industrial parcel per county limitation to receive the preferred class rate in certain cases; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 273.13, subdivision 24.

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

Wenzel, Kalis, Dehler, Otremba and Boudreau introduced:

H. F. No. 1447, A bill for an act relating to health; prohibiting partial-birth abortions; providing criminal penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.

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

Carruthers, McCollum, Peterson and Finseth introduced:

H. F. No. 1448, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; permitting taking of fish without a license for persons age 65 or over; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 97A.451, subdivision 2; and 97A.475, subdivision 6; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 97A.451, subdivision 7.

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

Knoblach, Tuma, Osskopp, Dehler and Reuter introduced:

H. F. No. 1449, A bill for an act relating to human services; proposing welfare reform initiatives for MA, GA, GAMC, TANF , And MinnesotaCare; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 256.73, subdivision 1b; 256B.056, subdivision 1; 256D.02, subdivision 12a; and 256D.05, by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 256; and 256B; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256J.

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

Pugh, Commers and Erhardt introduced:

H. F. No. 1450, A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating franchises; providing franchisees with the power to suspend performance under and rescind nonexempt franchises which are not covered by effective registration statements; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 80C.02; and 80C.12, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Tourism and Consumer Affairs.

Kuisle, Skare, Rifenberg and Stang introduced:

H. F. No. 1451, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; providing a free deer license to certain landowners to use on their land; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 97A.441, subdivision 7.

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

Tunheim, Finseth, Leppik, Bakk and Milbert introduced:

H. F. No. 1452, A bill for an act relating to watercraft; modifying provisions for the operation of personal watercraft; requiring a personal watercraft safety certificate; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 86B.313, subdivisions 1, 3, 4 , And by adding a subdivision.

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

Ness, Marko, Jennings, Lieder and McElroy introduced:

H. F. No. 1453, A bill for an act relating to highways; directing commissioner of transportation to study and prepare a report proposing a comprehensive, statewide highway access management policy.

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

Jennings; Kelso; Johnson , A. , And Rostberg introduced:

H. F. No. 1454, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing an open enrollment technology project; appropriating money.

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

Wejcman, Skoglund and Clark introduced:

H. F. No. 1455, A bill for an act relating to crime; adding an exception to the crime of female genital mutilation for certified nurse midwives acting within the legal scope of their practice; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 609.2245, subdivision 2.

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

Carruthers, Greiling and Hausman introduced:

H. F. No. 1456, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution; providing for a unicameral legislature; changing article IV; article VIII, section 1; article IX, sections 1 and 2; and article XI, section 5; providing by law for a legislature of 112 members; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 2.021; and 2.031, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on General Legislation, Veterans Affairs and Elections.

Jennings introduced:

H. F. No. 1457, A bill for an act relating to human services; allowing use of personal care attendant services for respite care and allowing sharing of personal care attendants; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 256B.0627, by adding a subdivision.

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

Marko introduced:

H. F. No. 1458, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for a study of the economic impact of certain improvement projects on Newport.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and International Trade.

McGuire introduced:

H. F. No. 1459, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; requiring that all new chiefs of police of municipal police departments in cities of the first, second , And third classes and directors of statewide law enforcement agencies appointed on or after January 1, 1998, hold a bachelor's degree; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626.

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

McGuire introduced:

H. F. No. 1460, A bill for an act relating to privacy; providing for the classification of and access to government data; eliminating the requirement that government agencies pay a fee for commissioner's opinions; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 13.99, by adding subdivisions; and 53A.081, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 13.072, subdivision 3; 13.71, subdivisions 18, 19, 20 , And 21; and 13.99, subdivision 21d.

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

Entenza; Anderson, B. , And Kahn introduced:

H. F. No. 1461, A bill for an act relating to government operations; providing for a uniform business identifier to assist businesses in their dealings with the state; providing for electronic filing and information retrieval pertaining to business licenses; appropriating money.

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

Pawlenty; Skoglund; Evans; Swenson, D. , And Larsen introduced:

H. F. No. 1462, A bill for an act relating to crime; expanding the scope of fourth degree assault to include the infliction of any amount of bodily harm on a correctional facility employee; requiring state prison inmates who are convicted of fourth degree assault to serve the sentence for the assault consecutively to their current sentence; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 609.2231, subdivision 3.

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

Mahon, Milbert , Abrams and Mullery introduced:

H. F. No. 1463, A bill for an act relating to campaign finance; clarifying limits on contributions to candidates for local elected office; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 211A.12.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on General Legislation, Veterans Affairs and Elections.

Juhnke, Jennings, Winter, Bettermann and Kubly introduced:

H. F. No. 1464, A bill for an act relating to utilities; authorizing municipal and cooperative utilities to form joint ventures for the provision of utility services; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 453B; repealing Laws 1996, chapter 300, section 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries and Energy.

Pugh, Stanek, Broecker, Marko and Schumacher introduced:

H. F. No. 1465, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; motor vehicles; establishing system for the notification, recording, and collection of delinquent fines for traffic and parking violations; prohibiting registration of vehicle of owner who has not paid the fine for a traffic or parking violation; prohibiting issuance of warrants for parking violations; providing for redesigned license plates to be issued in 1999 for passenger automobiles for five-year periods; imposing a fee; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 168.12, subdivision 1 , And by adding a subdivision; 169.91, subdivision 3; 169.95; and 169.99, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 168; and 169.

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

Leppik; Johnson , A.; Ness; Kelso and Pelowski introduced:

H. F. No. 1466, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a data access program for public libraries and school media centers; appropriating money.

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

Stanek, Skoglund and Jefferson introduced:

H. F. No. 1467, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for grants to Hennepin county sheriff's office and the Minneapolis police department for operation of the FBI Drugfire computer system.

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

Clark, Jefferson, Skoglund, Stanek and Mariani introduced:

H. F. No. 1468, A bill for an act relating to crime; requiring bias-motivated crimes training requirements for peace officers; authorizing a public education campaign about hate-based violence; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 8.34, subdivision 3 , And by adding subdivisions; and 626.8451, subdivisions 1 and 4.

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

Rukavina, Tomassoni and Bakk introduced:

H. F. No. 1469, A bill for an act relating to the town of White; providing for the extension of the duration of certain tax increment financing districts of the joint east range economic development authority; providing for the expansion of a district or establishment of an additional district; exempting the districts from certain restrictions.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.

Rukavina, Tomassoni and Bakk introduced:

H. F. No. 1470, A bill for an act relating to local government; authorizing certain cities, towns , And the county for certain unorganized townships to create the Virginia area ambulance district; authorizing a tax levy; requiring local approval.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.

Anderson, B., by request, introduced:

H. F. No. 1471, A bill for an act relating to highways; requiring commissioner of transportation to construct pedestrian-bicycle overpass on marked U.S. highway No. 169 in the city of Elk River.

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

Juhnke, Skare, Nornes, Gunther and Anderson, I., introduced:

H. F. No. 1472, A bill for an act relating to transportation; directing the commissioner of transportation to establish an air service marketing program; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 360.

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

Clark, Knight, Leighton, Ozment and Jaros introduced:

H. F. No. 1473, A bill for an act relating to economic development; creating a commission to examine and make recommendations on state subsidy programs and tax laws related to economic development.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and International Trade.

Opatz, Pelowski, Tuma, Bettermann and Dorn introduced:

H. F. No. 1474, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for libraries at the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota state colleges and universities.

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

Erhardt, Pawlenty, Van Dellen, Harder and Daggett introduced:

H. F. No. 1475, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing a nonrefundable personal and dependent credit for the 1996 tax year; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 290.06, by adding a subdivision.

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

Hasskamp, Smith, Van Dellen, Kubly and Anderson, B., introduced:

H. F. No. 1476, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying provisions for reporting abortion data; providing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 145.411, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145.

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

Evans and Leighton introduced:

H. F. No. 1477, A bill for an act relating to human rights; protecting independent contractors from unfair discriminatory actions in employment; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 363.01, subdivision 16.

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

Skoglund introduced:

H. F. No. 1478, A bill for an act relating to crime; clarifying minimum sentences of imprisonment for subsequent violations of firearm offenses; providing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 609.11, subdivision 5.

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

Clark introduced:

H. F. No. 1479, A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for housing for people with HIV/AIDS.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and International Trade.

Anderson, B., by request, introduced:

H. F. No. 1480, A bill for an act relating to the city of Buffalo; authorizing the extension of the duration of a tax increment financing district; providing for use of the tax increments.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.

Wejcman, Otremba, Mahon, Rest and Koskinen introduced:

H. F. No. 1481, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring the attorney general to investigate unfair drug price discrimination; giving the commissioner of administration authority to negotiate contract prices for prescription drugs; requiring the commissioner of administration to establish and administer a nongovernmental pharmaceutical contracting alliance; modifying prescription dispensing requirements; requiring a pharmacy to post a sign on generic substitution; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 8.31, subdivision 1; and 151.21, subdivisions 2, 3 , And by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16B.

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

Skoglund introduced:

H. F. No. 1482, A bill for an act relating to crimes; broadening the permissible use of preliminary breath test results obtained in DWI situations; broadening the scope of the DWI forfeiture law to include certain implied consent license revocations; authorizing an administrative forfeiture process; requiring that the alcohol concentration of a person who is driving while impaired be placed on the person's driving record; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 169.121, subdivision 6; 169.1217; and 171.12, by adding a subdivision.

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

Rifenberg, Seifert, Reuter and Harder introduced:

H. F. No. 1483, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; specifying that the prosecution may reply in rebuttal to the closing argument of the defense; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 631.07.

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

Hausman, Westfall, Kubly and Dorn introduced:

H. F. No. 1484, A bill for an act relating to health; expanding the number of living-at-home/block nurse programs; modifying contract requirements for the living-at-home/block nurse program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 256B.0917, subdivisions 7 and 8.

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

Solberg introduced:

H. F. No. 1485, A bill for an act relating to children; appropriating money for the Greenway Readiness Program for early childhood family education and early childhood special education.

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

Olson, E.; Anderson, I. , And Hilty introduced:

H. F. No. 1486, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing private sale of certain state lands to wild rice lessees.

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

Peterson, Clark, Kubly, Rhodes and Carruthers introduced:

H. F. No. 1487, A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for the affordable rental investment fund program.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and International Trade.

Knight, Rifenberg, Larsen and Krinkie introduced:

H. F. No. 1488, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; allowing a personal and dependent credit for two taxable years; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 290.06, by adding a subdivision.

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

Pugh, Dawkins, Smith and Macklin introduced:

H. F. No. 1489, A bill for an act relating to tort liability; municipalities; clarifying the liability for torts of officers, employees , And agents; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 466.02; and 466.04, subdivisions 1 and 3.

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

Sekhon, Osthoff, Holsten, Tingelstad and McCollum introduced:

H. F. No. 1490, A bill for an act relating to parks; funding the operation and maintenance of parks in the metropolitan area; appropriating money.

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

Peterson; Anderson, I.; Mulder; Winter and Kubly introduced:

H. F. No. 1491, A bill for an act relating to health plans; regulating certain provisions in managed care agreements between health plan companies and providers; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.

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

Jefferson, Delmont and McGuire introduced:

H. F. No. 1492, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a pilot program for adolescent parenting and prevention support; establishing eligibility criteria and program components; appropriating money.

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

Huntley, Opatz, Greenfield and Bradley introduced:

H. F. No. 1493, A bill for an act relating to health care benefits; establishing a mandate assessment process; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62A.

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

Wenzel; Peterson; Finseth; Swenson, H. , And Munger introduced:

H. F. No. 1494, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; appropriating money for technical support grants to soil and water conservation districts.

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

Huntley, Delmont, Haas and Boudreau introduced:

H. F. No. 1495, A bill for an act relating to health; restricting the ability of providers and health plan companies to enter into exclusive or restrictive contracts; providing civil penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.

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

Finseth introduced:

H. F. No. 1496, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring utility deposits to be returned to the county under EA, TANF , And MFIP-S; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 256.81; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256J.

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

Broecker, Tuma, Pelowski, Paulsen and Larsen introduced:

H. F. No. 1497, A bill for an act relating to taxation; allowing an income tax credit for gifts by individuals to institutions of higher education; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 290.06, by adding a subdivision.

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

Leighton, Entenza, Biernat, Kelso and Schumacher introduced:

H. F. No. 1498, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for summer food service replacement aid; providing for school breakfast outreach programs; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124.

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

Milbert, Jennings, Ozment, Macklin and Hasskamp introduced:

H. F. No. 1499, A bill for an act relating to gambling; modifying the combined receipts tax schedule; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 297E.02, subdivision 6.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries and Energy.

Marko introduced:

H. F. No. 1500, A bill for an act relating to transportation; providing that cities with a combined population of at least 5,000 may qualify for municipal state aid if certain conditions are met; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 162.09, subdivision 4.

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

Skoglund, Carruthers, McGuire, Stanek and Weaver introduced:

H. F. No. 1501, A bill for an act relating to crime; making it a felony to commit indecent exposure while confining or restraining another person; requiring persons convicted of this offense to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act and to provide a DNA sample at the time of conviction or release from incarceration; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 243.166, subdivision 1; 609.3451, subdivision 3; 609.3461, subdivisions 1 and 2; and 617.23.

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

Carruthers; Johnson , A.; Milbert and Abrams introduced:

H. F. No. 1502, A bill for an act relating to taxes; use tax; expanding the de minimis exemption for the use tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 297A.14, subdivision 4.

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

Luther, Carruthers, McElroy, Tunheim and Bradley introduced:

H. F. No. 1503, A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; providing for maximum permitted charges by pawnbrokers; prohibiting the pledge or sale of property to a pawnbroker by a person under 21 years of age; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 325J.07; and 325J.08.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Tourism and Consumer Affairs.

Pugh; Skoglund; Entenza; Swenson, D. , And Bishop introduced:

H. F. No. 1504, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; permitting courts to extend a sex offender's term of probation if the offender fails to complete court-ordered sex offender treatment successfully before probation expires; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 609.135, subdivision 2 , And by adding a subdivision.

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

Jefferson introduced:

H. F. No. 1505, A bill for an act relating to retirement; providing for actuarial funding of the legislators retirement plan and the elective state officers retirement plan; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 3A.01, by adding a subdivision; 3A.03; 3A.04, subdivisions 3 and 4; 3A.11, subdivision 1; 352C.021, by adding a subdivision; 352C.031, subdivision 6; 352C.04, subdivision 3; 352C.051, subdivision 3; 352C.09; 352C.10; 490.121, subdivisions 5, 6 , And 20; 490.122; 490.123; and 490.124, subdivisions 1, 6 , And 12; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 352C; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 3A.02, subdivision 2; 3A.07; 3A.09; 352C.091, subdivisions 2 and 3; and 490.123, subdivision 1c.

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

Kahn introduced:

H. F. No. 1506, A bill for an act relating to retirement; exempting certain persons from reemployed annuitant provisions governing the Minnesota state retirement system; providing certain health insurance benefits.

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

Bakk and Rukavina introduced:

H. F. No. 1507, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing the sale of certain parcels of tax-forfeited land that border public waters in Cook county.

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

Kubly, Juhnke, Peterson, Ozment and Jennings introduced:

H. F. No. 1508, A bill for an act relating to renewable energy; permitting certain municipalities in the upper Minnesota river valley region to establish a rural development financing authority and establishing the Minnesota alternative energy development authority; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 41D.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries and Energy.

Dawkins introduced:

H. F. No. 1509, A bill for an act relating to higher education; appropriating money to the higher education services office to match grants made under the National Service Scholars program.

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

Dawkins introduced:

H. F. No. 1510, A bill for an act relating to community development; providing for planning coordination for brownfields cleanup in certain areas of St. Paul; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 116J.554, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.

Dawkins introduced:

H. F. No. 1511, A bill for an act relating to community development; appropriating money for specified projects in the city of St. Paul; providing for a comprehensive planning process.

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

Bakk, Rukavina, Ozment, Tomassoni and Leighton introduced:

H. F. No. 1512, A bill for an act relating to educational facilities; making certain construction, remodeling , And improvements a project; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 121.15, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Labor-Management Relations.

Wenzel and Dehler introduced:

H. F. No. 1513, A bill for an act relating to economic development; repealing a requirement for matching funds for a grant to the Morrison county rural development finance authority; amending Laws 1996, chapter 452, section 2.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and International Trade.

Tomassoni, Juhnke, Tunheim and Bakk introduced:

H. F. No. 1514, A bill for an act relating to alcoholic beverages; allowing a municipality to authorize a holder of an on-sale intoxicating liquor license to dispense intoxicating liquor at community festivals; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 340A.404, subdivision 4.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Tourism and Consumer Affairs.

Carlson and Ness introduced:

H. F. No. 1515, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for a pilot program for state aid to cooperative districts.

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

Chaudhary, Skoglund, Biernat, Clark and Dawkins introduced:

H. F. No. 1516, A bill for an act relating to nuisance; providing mediation in the housing calendar program; providing a lessor and lessee covenant against unlawful activity on residential premises; providing an expedited process for certain unlawful detainer actions; imposing civil penalties; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 504.181, subdivision 1; 566.05; 566.18, subdivision 6; 617.82; and 617.85; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 484.

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

Rukavina, by request, introduced:

H. F. No. 1517, A bill for an act relating to taxation and government financial security; authorizing the study of the state's tax structure based upon a fair percentage of a partial gross worth dollar value for a tax system , And ability to pay factor.

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

Chaudhary, Pelowski, Ness and Paulsen introduced:

H. F. No. 1518, A bill for an act relating to education; eliminating the requirement that the telecommunications council require the use of MnNet; appropriating money to the higher education services office for the learning network of Minnesota to support development and extension of telecommunications networks; amending Laws 1993, First Special Session chapter 2 , Article 5, section 2 , As amended.

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

Chaudhary, Evans, Rukavina, Dawkins and Clark introduced:

H. F. No. 1519, A bill for an act relating to landlords and tenants; requiring a landlord to return an application fee or provide a reason for denial in writing; providing for a civil penalty; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 504.

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

Chaudhary, Long, Solberg, Macklin and Tunheim introduced:

H. F. No. 1520, A bill for an act relating to taxation; corporate franchise; increasing the rate of the research credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 290.068, subdivision 1.

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

Greiling and Pugh introduced:

H. F. No. 1521, A bill for an act relating to liquor; modifying requirements for brand registration; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 340A.311.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Tourism and Consumer Affairs.

Lieder and Wagenius introduced:

H. F. No. 1522, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for repair, rehabilitation , And replacement of state and local bridges.

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

Jaros, Kahn, Otremba, Trimble and Gunther introduced:

H. F. No. 1523, A bill for an act relating to economic development and international trade; establishing a Minnesota office of international affairs; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 4.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and International Trade.

Seifert introduced:

H. F. No. 1524, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money to the commissioner of natural resources for a grant to the city of Marshall for flood control.

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

Jennings, Wolf, Holsten, Delmont and Hilty introduced:

H. F. No. 1525, A bill for an act relating to utilities; providing for customer-specific terms in electric utility service contracts; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 216B.05; and 216B.162, subdivisions 1, 4 , And by adding subdivisions.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries and Energy.

Rest and Carlson introduced:

H. F. No. 1526, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing learning year revenue for half-day kindergarten pupils; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 124.17, subdivision 4.

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

Westrom, Koppendrayer and Mares introduced:

H. F. No. 1527, A bill for an act relating to education; restoration of revenue lost to the fund balance reduction for independent school district No. 264, Herman-Norcross.

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

Murphy, Leighton, Wejcman, Boudreau and McGuire introduced:

H. F. No. 1528, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing home visiting programs for infant care; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 145A.

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

Jefferson, Winter, Mares and Carruthers introduced:

H. F. No. 1529, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; providing for completion of the Minneapolis convention center; authorizing state bonds; providing for debt service; authorizing the city to expand the convention center; repealing expenditure limit on original construction; appropriating money; amending Laws 1986, chapter 396, section 2, subdivision 1 , As amended; repealing Laws 1986, chapter 396, section 2, subdivision 2.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and International Trade.

Knoblach, Wenzel, Dehler and Schumacher introduced:

H. F. No. 1530, A bill for an act relating to public employees; prohibiting coverage of elective abortion; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 43A.23, subdivision 2; 471.61, by adding a subdivision; and 471.617, subdivision 1.

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

Kahn and Luther introduced:

H. F. No. 1531, A bill for an act relating to state government; reallocating appropriations for the renovation of the capitol building; amending Laws 1996, chapter 463, section 13, subdivision 4.

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

Skare and Kinkel introduced:

H. F. No. 1532, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; staging the availability of an appropriation in proportion to the matching money received; amending Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 19, subdivision 9.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and International Trade.

Jennings, Smith, Entenza, Ozment and Milbert introduced:

H. F. No. 1533, A bill for an act relating to occupations and professions; heating, ventilating , And air filtering; creating an advisory council and prescribing its powers and duties; providing rulemaking; prescribing penalties; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 116J.70, subdivision 2a; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16C.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Tourism and Consumer Affairs.

Tunheim introduced:

H. F. No. 1534, A bill for an act relating to the environment; providing a new license category under the well code for a vertical heat exchanger contractor; establishing training requirements for well contractors installing vertical heat exchangers; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 103I.101, subdivisions 2 and 5; 103I.105; 103I.208, subdivision 2; 103I.501; 103I.525, by adding a subdivision; and 103I.641, subdivisions 1 and 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 103I.

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

Sviggum introduced:

H. F. No. 1535, A bill for an act relating to finance; providing for allocation of certain revenues to the budget reserve account; providing a refundable tax credit for the 1996 tax year; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 16A.152, subdivision 2; 124.195, subdivisions 7 and 10; and 290.06, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 121.904, subdivision 4d.

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

Wagenius, McElroy, Winter and Abrams introduced:

H. F. No. 1536, A bill for an act relating to economic policy and strategic planning; calling for a survey of past and present economic policy initiatives in Minnesota and possible directions for an economic policy council; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and International Trade.

Carlson, Mares, Mullery, Luther and Kielkucki introduced:

H. F. No. 1537, A bill for an act relating to state government; creating an advisory task force to consider a new motor vehicle license plate motto and a change in the design of the state flag.

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

Molnau, Lieder, Workman and Mahon introduced:

H. F. No. 1538, A bill for an act relating to taxation; exempting gasoline and special fuel used to operate well drilling machines; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 296.18, subdivision 1; and 297A.25, subdivision 7.

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

Workman, Mares, Commers, Holsten and Broecker introduced:

H. F. No. 1539, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; prohibiting admission of motorcycle helmet use by operators and passengers age 18 or older in litigation involving damages arising from use or operation of a motor vehicle; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 169.685, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 169.974, subdivision 6.

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

Murphy; Johnson , A.; Mahon; Broecker and Rhodes introduced:

H. F. No. 1540, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; requiring drivers to reduce speed when approaching authorized emergency vehicles stopped on the roadway or shoulder; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 169.14, subdivision 3.

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

Chaudhary introduced:

H. F. No. 1541, A bill for an act relating to drivers' licenses; establishing youth-oriented driver improvement clinics; requiring motorcycle drivers under 18 to hold instruction permit for 12 violation-free months before receiving two-wheeled vehicle endorsement; establishing a graduated licensing system with provisional license phase; requiring two-phase driver education program; restricting driving privileges for holders of instruction permits and provisional licenses and requiring violation-free period before advancement to next license stage; making technical changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 84.912, subdivision 1; 86B.337, subdivision 1; 120.73, subdivision 1; 168.042, subdivision 1; 169.121, subdivision 4; 169.1217, subdivision 1; 169.89, subdivision 5; 169.971, subdivision 1 , And by adding a subdivision; 169.972; 169.973, subdivision 1; 169.974, subdivision 2; 171.01, subdivision 14; 171.04, subdivision 1; 171.043; 171.05, subdivisions 2 and 2a; 171.06, subdivisions 1, 2 , And 4; 171.07, subdivision 1; 171.10, subdivision 1; 171.12, subdivision 3; 171.16, subdivision 5; 171.17, subdivisions 2 and 3; 171.171; 171.172; 171.173; 171.174; 171.20, subdivision 3; 171.24, subdivision 5; 171.27; 171.30, subdivision 3; 171.305, subdivision 5; and 171.39; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 171.

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

Solberg, Murphy and Mares introduced:

H. F. No. 1542, A bill for an act relating to public employment; making technical changes; modifying definitions; ratifying certain labor agreements; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 3.855, subdivision 2; 179A.03, subdivision 14; 179A.10, subdivision 1; and 179A.11, subdivision 1.

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

Weaver; Swenson, D.; Entenza and Broecker introduced:

H. F. No. 1543, A bill for an act relating to driving while impaired; making it a crime for operators of snowmobiles , All-terrain vehicles, and motorboats to refuse to submit to alcohol concentration testing at the lawful demand of a peace officer; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 84.91, subdivisions 2, 5, 7, 8 , And by adding a subdivision; 84.911, subdivisions 2, 3 , And 6; 86B.331, subdivisions 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 , And by adding a subdivision; 86B.335, subdivisions 2, 3, 4 , And 6; 97B.066, subdivision 6 , And by adding subdivisions; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 86B.335, subdivisions 11 and 12.

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

Dawkins introduced:

H. F. No. 1544, A bill for an act relating to taxation; permitting local governments to adjust truth-in-taxation notices and final levies in relation to proposed mergers of services; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 275.065, subdivisions 3 and 6.

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

Weaver, Broecker and Abrams introduced:

H. F. No. 1545, A bill for an act relating to public employment; adopting a policy for all public employees; excepting employees found to have engaged in sexual harassment from standard discharge procedure; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 179A.20, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 179A.

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

Jefferson and Long introduced:

H. F. No. 1546, A bill for an act relating to tax increment financing; authorizing the city of Minneapolis to establish a housing transition district and providing the conditions thereof.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.

Ozment and Rest introduced:

H. F. No. 1547, A bill for an act relating to taxation; tax increment financing; imposing restrictions; defining terms; requiring fiscal disparities contributions to be paid by the district; modifying the computation of original net tax capacity; clarifying provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 469.174, subdivision 10 , And by adding a subdivision; 469.175, subdivisions 3, 5 , And by adding subdivisions; 469.176, subdivisions 1a, 2, 4g , And 4j; and 469.177, subdivisions 3 and 4.

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

Paulsen introduced:

H. F. No. 1548, A bill for an act relating to reemployment insurance; modifying reemployment insurance account provisions; providing a waiting period for certain claimants; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 268.07, subdivision 2; and 268.08, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Labor-Management Relations.

Peterson, Westrom, Kalis, Westfall and Winter introduced:

H. F. No. 1549, A bill for an act relating to tax increment financing; allowing use of economic development districts for certain retail facilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 469.176, subdivision 4c.

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

Haas, Carruthers, Skoglund, Luther and Stanek introduced:

H. F. No. 1550, A bill for an act relating to local government; appropriating money for curfew enforcement.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and International Trade.

Delmont and Skoglund introduced:

H. F. No. 1551, A bill for an act relating to public safety; directing commissioner of administration to temporarily transfer proceeds of enhanced 911 service fee to pay for enhanced 911 services for cellular and other wireless communications access costs accruing to state patrol; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 403.113, subdivision 1; and 403.13.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries and Energy.

Tunheim and Carruthers introduced:

H. F. No. 1552, A bill for an act relating to professions; authorizing the attorney general to take action against unlicensed private detectives and protective agents; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 326.339.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Tourism and Consumer Affairs.

Dawkins introduced:

H. F. No. 1553, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing that the market value of certain improvements to commercial-industrial property located in an enterprise zone is exempt from taxation; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 273.11, by adding a subdivision.

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

Dawkins introduced:

H. F. No. 1554, A bill for an act relating to appellate courts; providing for questions of law certified between the appellate courts of this state and other states and nations; enacting the 1997 Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 480; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 480.061.

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

Rifenberg, Krinkie, Gunther and Reuter introduced:

H. F. No. 1555, A bill for an act relating to commerce; providing for economic impact statements on bills that regulate the activities of businesses in this state; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Tourism and Consumer Affairs.

Murphy introduced:

H. F. No. 1556, A bill for an act relating to local government; providing a maximum rate for municipal water sales to another municipality; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 444.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.

Munger, Finseth, Osthoff, Sekhon and Westfall introduced:

H. F. No. 1557, A bill for an act relating to windbreaks; appropriating money for cost-share grants for windbreaks.

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

McCollum, Holsten, Osthoff, Larsen and Munger introduced:

H. F. No. 1558, A bill for an act relating to highways; appropriating money for constructing a highway pedestrian bridge over marked trunk highway No. 36 in North St. Paul.

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

McCollum, Osthoff, Holsten, Trimble and Farrell introduced:

H. F. No. 1559, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money to the commissioner of natural resources for a Southeast Asian conservation officer recruitment and training program.

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

Munger, Hausman, Ozment, McCollum and Dempsey introduced:

H. F. No. 1560, A bill for an act relating to natural resources and pollution control; appropriating money for research on amphibians.

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

Munger; Johnson, R.; Rostberg; Finseth and Lieder introduced:

H. F. No. 1561, A bill for an act relating to highways; appropriating money for natural snow fencing.

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

Johnson , A.; Winter; Pelowski; Weaver and Sviggum introduced:

H. F. No. 1562, A bill for an act relating to data practices; classifying student evaluation data on instruction in the statewide university system as public; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 13.43, by adding a subdivision.

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

Garcia; Entenza; Greenfield; Anderson, B. , And Kraus introduced:

H. F. No. 1563, A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money for the STAR program.

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

Wagenius, Greiling, Ozment, Macklin and Long introduced:

H. F. No. 1564, A bill for an act relating to taxation; requiring the state to impose a future school facility charge; requiring revenue to be held in trust; authorizing disbursal to local school districts for school facility capital costs; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 281A.

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

Entenza introduced:

H. F. No. 1565, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing that contributions to and interest earned on certain educational savings plan accounts are exempt from income taxes; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 290.01, subdivision 19b; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.

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

Winter, Solberg, Kinkel, Sviggum and Mares introduced:

H. F. No. 1566, A bill for an act relating to public safety; establishing a committee to plan training programs for firefighters; appropriating money.

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

Mariani, Clark and Rhodes introduced:

H. F. No. 1567, A bill for an act relating to educational community services; providing funding for strategic investments in families statewide; providing criteria for funding eligibility; appropriating money.

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

Tompkins, Pugh, Dempsey, Ozment and Milbert introduced:

H. F. No. 1568, A bill for an act relating to parks; funding the operation and maintenance of parks in the metropolitan area; appropriating money.

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

Mullery, Kahn, Long and Skoglund introduced:

H. F. No. 1569, A bill for an act relating to parks; funding the operation and maintenance of parks in the metropolitan area; appropriating money.

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

Clark, Kahn, Carruthers, Evans and Rest introduced:

H. F. No. 1570, A bill for an act relating to smoking; requiring a landlord to prevent smoke from a residential rental unit from entering the rental apartment building's common areas; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 144.416.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and International Trade.