State of Minnesota

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday , March 20, 1997


The following House Files were introduced:

Koskinen, Greenfield, Wejcman, Goodno and Boudreau introduced:

H. F. No. 1810, A bill for an act relating to child nutrition; appropriating money.

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

Rhodes and Folliard introduced:

H. F. No. 1811, A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for the St. Louis Park Meadowbrook Collaborative Housing Project.

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

Rhodes and Folliard introduced:

H. F. No. 1812, A bill for an act relating to housing; appropriating money for the St. Louis Park Meadowbrook Collaborative Housing Project.

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

Paulsen, McGuire, Broecker, Larsen and Murphy introduced:

H. F. No. 1813, A bill for an act relating to children; appropriating money for Project Protect.

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

Dawkins introduced:

H. F. No. 1814, A bill for an act relating to community programs; expanding the class of applicants for crime prevention grants; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 119A.31, subdivision 1.

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

Rostberg and Jennings introduced:

H. F. No. 1815, A bill for an act relating to the environment; appropriating money for the repayment of wastewater treatment loans made to the city of Cambridge for wastewater treatment attributable to the wild and scenic river designation of the Rum river.

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

Greenfield, Jefferson, Clark, Chaudhary and Rhodes introduced:

H. F. No. 1816, A bill for an act relating to crime; providing additional penalty enhancements for certain crimes motivated by bias; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 609.595, subdivisions 2 and 3; and 609.749, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 609; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 609.224, subdivision 4; and 609.595, subdivision 1a.

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

Rostberg and Jennings introduced:

H. F. No. 1817, A bill for an act relating to education; expanding a year-round school/extended week or day pilot program; appropriating money.

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

Rukavina, Bakk and Anderson, I., introduced:

H. F. No. 1818, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing private sale of certain tax-forfeited land that borders public water in St. Louis county.

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

Chaudhary and McCollum introduced:

H. F. No. 1819, A bill for an act relating to veterans; establishing a program to pay a monetary bonus to members of the national guard or the reserve components of the United States armed forces ordered to active duty after July 1, 1990; imposing a criminal penalty for false application; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 197.

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

Chaudhary and McCollum introduced:

H. F. No. 1820, A bill for an act relating to the military; establishing a program of tuition and textbook reimbursement grants for members of federal armed forces reserve components; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 192.

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

Chaudhary; Dawkins; Evans; Johnson, R. , And Juhnke introduced:

H. F. No. 1821, A bill for an act relating to corrections; removing the limit of two security officers that may be employed by the commissioner; providing authority to detain certain juveniles committed to the commissioner who are on release status; authorizing use of funds received from other jurisdictions for housing offenders to help maintain correctional facilities; authorizing continued detention in eight-day temporary holdover facilities for juveniles under certain circumstances; extending the sexual assault and crime victims advisory councils; repealing the religious instruction law and the extraordinary discharge statute; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 241.01, subdivision 3a; 242.19, subdivision 3; 243.51, subdivisions 1 and 3; 260.1735; 611A.25, subdivision 3; and 611A.361, subdivision 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 241.05; and 244.06.

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

Westfall introduced:

H. F. No. 1822, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for a riparian buffer restoration project in Clay county.

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

Westfall and Nornes introduced:

H. F. No. 1823, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for a local match for a state trail between Pelican Rapids and Maplewood state park.

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

Mariani, Evans, Reuter, Solberg and Jaros introduced:

H. F. No. 1824, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money to fund Minnesota Project Innovation.

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

Biernat and Skoglund introduced:

H. F. No. 1825, A bill for an act relating to corrections; requiring persons convicted of additional offenses to register under the predatory offender registration law; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 243.166, subdivisions 1, 2, 3 , And 4.

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

Clark introduced:

H. F. No. 1826, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a pilot interpreting and translating program at campuses of the Minnesota state colleges and universities; providing training and professional services through the University of Minnesota; appropriating money.

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

Skare, Greiling, Kuisle and Koskinen introduced:

H. F. No. 1827, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying requirements for review of community support plans; including case management in the definition of chemical dependency treatment service; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 245.4711, subdivision 4; and 245.4881, subdivision 4.

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

Swenson, H., introduced:

H. F. No. 1828, A bill for an act relating to education; permitting transfer of authority to appoint trustees of Stevens Seminary from the McLeod county board of commissioners to the Glencoe-Silver Lake school board.

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

Orfield, Carlson, Huntley and Leighton introduced:

H. F. No. 1829, 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.

Mahon, Lieder, Wagenius and Carruthers introduced:

H. F. No. 1830, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; authorizing issuance of general-use collector license plates; exempting vehicles with general-use collector plates from vehicle emissions testing requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 116.61, subdivision 2; and 168.12, by adding a subdivision.

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

Trimble, Jennings and Slawik introduced:

H. F. No. 1831, A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money for the metro east program for health.

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

Schumacher; Kuisle; Otremba; Olson, E. , And Dehler introduced:

H. F. No. 1832, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; changing the date by which certain taxing authorities must certify certain levies to the county auditor; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 275.065, subdivisions 1 and 1a.

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

Schumacher introduced:

H. F. No. 1833, A bill for an act relating to the environment; changing an appropriation for landfill cleanup costs from the proceeds of bonds from the solid waste fund to an appropriation for the same purpose from the general fund; amending Laws 1996, chapter 470, section 24.

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

Entenza, Paymar, Trimble, Dawkins and Hausman introduced:

H. F. No. 1834, 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.

Schumacher introduced:

H. F. No. 1835, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money to fund the advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs.

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

Westrom and Leppik introduced:

H. F. No. 1836, A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; regulating consumer credit; requiring that creditors consider a credit history in the name of the applicant's spouse; requiring that creditors report a credit history in the names of both spouses; providing enforcement; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325G.

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

Mulder introduced:

H. F. No. 1837, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring reporting by wholesale drug distributors; establishing a program to provide prescription drugs at reduced prices to eligible senior citizens; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 151; and 256.

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

Peterson, Holsten and Munger introduced:

H. F. No. 1838, A bill for an act relating to protection of agricultural crops; allowing a pilot program for emergency deer feeding; appropriating money.

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

Dawkins, Delmont, Greiling, Paymar and Entenza introduced:

H. F. No. 1839, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; regulating transfers or purchases of pistols or semiautomatic military-style assault weapons within a 30-day period; prohibiting the transporting of pistols and semiautomatic military-style assault weapons into the state with the intent to transfer them to persons who are ineligible to possess them; prohibiting certain convicted felons from possessing pistols or semiautomatic military-style assault weapons for the remainder of the person's life; increasing the mandatory prison sentence for convicted felons who possess firearms; requiring the reporting of lost or stolen pistols or semiautomatic military-style assault weapons; increasing the criminal penalty for certain transfers of pistols and semiautomatic military-style assault weapons; requiring the commissioner of public safety to establish a computerized central reporting system and to maintain certain databases related to firearms; imposing criminal penalties; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 609.11, subdivision 5; 609.165, subdivision 1a; 624.713, subdivision 1; 624.7132, subdivision 9; and 624.7141, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 299A and 624.

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

Schumacher introduced:

H. F. No. 1840, A bill for an act relating to Benton county; permitting the combining of the offices of auditor and treasurer and appointment to the combined office and to the offices of recorder and coroner.

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

Trimble introduced:

H. F. No. 1841, A bill for an act relating to community development; regulating economic development zone credits; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 469.305, subdivision 1; and 469.31.

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

Kinkel introduced:

H. F. No. 1842, A bill for an act relating to peace officers; authorizing the Hubbard county sheriff to have additional part-time peace officer positions; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 626.8463, subdivision 2.

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

Greenfield and Wejcman introduced:

H. F. No. 1843, A bill for an act relating to human services; authorizing the commissioner of human services to develop a pilot project community-based mental health crisis center for women; appropriating money.

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

Schumacher, Rukavina, Dehler and Anderson, B., introduced:

H. F. No. 1844, A bill for an act relating to transportation; providing for payment with tax certificates for highway and transit infrastructure; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 161.

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

Trimble; Solberg; Swenson, D.; Gunther and Jaros introduced:

H. F. No. 1845, A bill for an act relating to economic development finance; directing a study of state services for the blind; appropriating money.

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

Swenson, D.; McGuire; Stanek; Dawkins and Larsen introduced:

H. F. No. 1846, A bill for an act relating to crime victim services; appropriating money to provide programs for crime victims in unserved counties and to provide assistance to underserved communities.

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

Munger, Leppik, Bakk, Hausman and Finseth introduced:

H. F. No. 1847, A bill for an act relating to state lands; modifying sale provisions of tax-forfeited land and land bordering public waters; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 92.45; and 282.018, subdivision 1.

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

Swenson, D. , And Wenzel introduced:

H. F. No. 1848, A bill for an act relating to the environment; appropriating money for the individual sewage treatment program at the University of Minnesota.

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

Davids, Kuisle, Pelowski and Munger introduced:

H. F. No. 1849, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for the administrative expenses of the southeast Minnesota water resources board.

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

Ness, Holsten, Finseth, Milbert and Munger introduced:

H. F. No. 1850, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; studying the feasibility of a museum for fishing artifacts; appropriating money.

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

Sekhon, Trimble, Peterson, Rostberg and Osthoff introduced:

H. F. No. 1851, A bill for an act relating to the environment; preserving prairies; limiting the application of pesticides; providing criminal penalties; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 219.

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

Abrams, Koppendrayer, Macklin, Long and Kelso introduced:

H. F. No. 1852, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing for property tax reform; changing class rates; providing education funding; providing truth in budgeting; providing levy constraints; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 273.13, subdivisions 22, 23, 24, 25 , And 31; 273.1393; 275.065, subdivisions 1, 3, 5a, 6, 8 , And by adding subdivisions; 275.07, subdivision 1 , And by adding a subdivision; 276.04, subdivision 2; 477A.013, subdivision 9; and 477A.03, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 273; and 275; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 273.13, subdivision 32; 473.3915; and 477A.011, subdivision 37.

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

Tomassoni and Jefferson introduced:

H. F. No. 1853, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minnesota state retirement system correctional employees retirement plan; clarifying the payment of the employee contribution differential for prior correctional service; amending Laws 1996, chapter 408 , Article 8, section 22, subdivision 2.

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

Wenzel introduced:

H. F. No. 1854, A bill for an act relating to taxes; sales and use tax; exempting the sales of firewood for certain business purposes from the tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 297A.25, by adding a subdivision.

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

Johnson, R.; Schumacher; Sekhon; Ness and Mares introduced:

H. F. No. 1855, A bill for an act relating to education; increasing the general education formula allowance; creating an equalized discretionary levy; increasing funding for special education programs; limiting the referendum revenue program; repealing supplemental revenue; limiting the variation in general education revenue; broadening the uses of class size reduction revenue; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 124.3201, subdivision 1; 124A.03, subdivision 1f; 124A.22, subdivisions 1 and 2 , As amended; 124A.225, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 124A.22, subdivisions 8, 8a, 8b , And 9.

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

Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 1856, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; providing for payments to certain producers of ethanol , Anhydrous alcohol , And wet alcohol; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 41A.09, subdivision 3a.

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

Knoblach introduced:

H. F. No. 1857, A bill for an act relating to the environment; requiring new procedures for water quality standards review; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116.

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

Luther, Carlson, Mariani, Larsen and Ness introduced:

H. F. No. 1858, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for the learning readiness program revenue.

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

Otremba introduced:

H. F. No. 1859, A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money for the Greater Staples Hospital infant hearing screening program.

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

Otremba introduced:

H. F. No. 1860, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; providing a grant for expanded research on potato blight; appropriating money.

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

Juhnke, Wenzel, Seifert, Nornes and Peterson introduced:

H. F. No. 1861, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; limiting entry into facilities in which confined farm animals are kept; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 17.

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

Wenzel and Dehler introduced:

H. F. No. 1862, A bill for an act relating to economic development; requiring the commissioner of trade and economic development to guarantee a loan from the Minnesota investment fund.

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

Vickerman, Wenzel, Peterson, Kalis and Harder introduced:

H. F. No. 1863, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; agricultural marketing and bargaining; requiring mediation and binding arbitration between agricultural processors and accredited agricultural producer associations; requiring checkoff fee collections by the processors; ensuring full payment for all acres contracted by processors; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 17.693, by adding a subdivision; 17.696, subdivision 1; 17.698; and 27.19, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 17; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 17.697.

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

Solberg and Mahon introduced:

H. F. No. 1864, A bill for an act relating to transportation; establishing polymer bridge wrap research program; appropriating money.

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

Entenza, Biernat, Tomassoni, Mariani and Leighton introduced:

H. F. No. 1865, A bill for an act relating to education; increasing general education revenue; modifying pupil transportation formulas; increasing funding for limited English proficiency programs; increasing funding for special education; modifying the compensatory revenue program; modifying the special education excess cost formula; increasing funding for integration and desegregation programs; funding program deficiencies; expanding the general education program open and standing appropriation; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 124.17, subdivisions 1d and 5; 124.225, subdivisions 1, 13, 14, 15 , And 16; 124.226, subdivisions 9 and 10; 124.2613, subdivision 3; 124.2615, subdivision 2; 124.2711, subdivision 1; 124.273, subdivisions 1d, 1g , And by adding a subdivision; 124.311, subdivision 4; 124.312, subdivision 5; 124.3201, subdivisions 1, 2 , And 2b; 124.323, subdivisions 1 and 2; 124.912, subdivision 2; 124A.032; 124A.22, subdivision 2 , As amended; 124A.225, subdivision 4; 124C.46, subdivision 2; and 126.262, subdivision 2; Laws 1996, chapter 463, section 4, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 124.223; 124.225, subdivisions 3a, 7a, 7b, 7d, 7e, 8a , And 8k; 124.226, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 3a, 4, 5 , And 7; and 124.273, subdivision 1f.

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

Mulder, Skoglund, Bishop and Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 1866, A bill for an act relating to corrections; providing that private facilities licensed to provide long-term residential secure programming are not subject to the 100-bed statewide maximum; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 242.32, subdivision 3.

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

Rukavina, Tomassoni and Bakk introduced:

H. F. No. 1867, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing private sale of certain tax-forfeited land that borders public water in St. Louis county.

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

Trimble, Mullery, Kahn, Otremba and Osskopp introduced:

H. F. No. 1868, A bill for an act relating to state government; requiring the state board of investment to sell certain stock in tobacco companies and to invest in specified other assets.

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

Anderson, I., introduced:

H. F. No. 1869, A bill for an act relating to the legislature; appropriating money for a citizenship program.

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

Leighton and Bettermann introduced:

H. F. No. 1870, A bill for an act relating to workers' compensation; changing certain reporting deadlines; modifying certain workers' compensation procedures; adding correctional officers to the presumption of occupational disease; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 79.55, subdivisions 9 and 10; 176.011, subdivision 15; and 176.191, subdivision 1.

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

Long, Macklin, Kelso, Koppendrayer and Olson, E., introduced:

H. F. No. 1871, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing property tax reform; modifying class rates; indexing certain property tax classes; reforming the property tax treatment of low-income housing; increasing state's general education aid; modifying the property tax refund program; increasing homeowner property tax refunds; changing the proposed truth-in-taxation notices and property tax statements; imposing levy limits on counties and cities; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 124.239, subdivision 5 , And by adding subdivisions; 124.2716, subdivision 3; 124.2727, subdivision 6b; 124.83, subdivision 4; 124.95, subdivisions 1 and 4; 124A.23, subdivision 1; 273.124, by adding a subdivision; 273.13, subdivisions 22, 24, 25, 31 , And by adding a subdivision; 275.065, subdivisions 1, 3, 5a , And by adding a subdivision; 275.16; 276.04, subdivision 2; 290A.03, subdivisions 11 and 13; 290A.04, subdivisions 2 and 6; 290A.19; and 469.040, subdivision 3 , And by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 124; 273; 275; and 462A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 124.91, subdivisions 2 and 7; 270B.12, subdivision 11; 273.13, subdivision 32; 273.1317; 273.1318; 273.1398, subdivision 4; 276.012; 290A.03, subdivisions 12a and 14; 290A.055; and 290A.26; Laws 1995, chapter 264 , Article 4 , As amended.

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

Dorn, Folliard, Kinkel, Sykora and Boudreau introduced:

H. F. No. 1872, A bill for an act relating to early childhood education; establishing a grant to establish an early childhood teacher development center; appropriating money.

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

Ness, Munger, Bakk, Rukavina and Finseth introduced:

H. F. No. 1873, A bill for an act relating to the environment; authorizing expenditures for the identification, prioritization , And remediation of open dumps; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 115B.42, subdivision 2 , As amended.

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

Jefferson introduced:

H. F. No. 1874, A bill for an act relating to education; removing compensatory revenue caps; appropriating money for Head Start; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 124.17, subdivision 1d; and 124A.22, subdivision 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 124.17, subdivision 1e; and 124.175.

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

Carruthers introduced:

H. F. No. 1875, A bill for an act relating to crimes; clarifying certain sentencing provisions; authorizing use of preliminary breath test evidence in certain proceedings; authorizing vehicle forfeiture for third-time DWI offenders; clarifying criminal penalty for driving in violation of license restriction; making it a crime for motor vehicle operator to refuse to submit to drug recognition test upon lawful demand of drug recognition expert; requiring traffic-related criminal convictions to be maintained in offender's driving record for 15 years; providing for adult court jurisdiction over petty misdemeanors, misdemeanors , And nonfelony moving traffic offenses committed by juveniles 16 years old and older; clarifying effect of stay of imposition of sentence; increasing penalties for fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle; clarifying "good time" reductions in jail sentences; authorizing room and board fees for county prisoners; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 152.18, subdivision 1; 169.121, subdivisions 1a and 6; 169.1217, subdivision 1; 171.09; 171.12, subdivision 3; 260.015, subdivisions 5 and 21; 260.111, subdivision 1a; 260.193, subdivisions 1 and 4; 609.055, subdivision 2; 609.135, subdivision 1; 609.487, subdivisions 3 and 4; 641.12; 641.13; 641.15, by adding a subdivision; and 643.29, subdivision 1.

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

Wenzel introduced:

H. F. No. 1876, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money to the commissioner of trade and economic development for a grant for a public-private nonprofit partnership to integrate telecommunication services in and around the city of Little Falls; exempting state and local agencies participating in the partnership from certain laws and rules.

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

Jefferson, Carruthers, Winter, Garcia and Koskinen introduced:

H. F. No. 1877, A resolution memorializing the strawberry industry to recognize and respect the rights of strawberry workers.

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

Davids and Greenfield introduced:

H. F. No. 1878, A bill for an act relating to insurance; making changes in response to the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 62E.02, subdivision 13; 62E.14, subdivisions 3 and 4c; 62H.01; 62L.02, subdivisions 9, 11, 15, 19, 23, 24, 26 , And by adding subdivisions; 62L.03, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4 , And 5; and 62Q.18, subdivisions 1 and 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.

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

Trimble introduced:

H. F. No. 1879, A bill for an act relating to nuclear waste; requiring the commissioner of public service to collect and hold in escrow funds for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste.

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

Jennings, Bradley, Goodno, Milbert and Wejcman introduced:

H. F. No. 1880, A bill for an act relating to reemployment compensation; providing less frequent payment schedules for certain employers; providing for noncharging of benefits in certain situations; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 268.

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

Koppendrayer, Kelso, Hilty and Wolf introduced:

H. F. No. 1881, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing for payments to counties with Indian casinos of a portion of revenues under tribal tax agreements; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 270.60, by adding a subdivision.

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

Murphy; Swenson, D.; Pugh and Solberg introduced:

H. F. No. 1882, A bill for an act relating to real property; providing for fee changes for filing and recording certain documents; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 357.18, subdivisions 1, 2 , And 3; 508.82, subdivision 1; and 515B.1-116.

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

Kahn, Solberg, Rukavina, Van Dellen and Knight introduced:

H. F. No. 1883, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 9 and 14; authorizing distributions from the permanent school fund and the environment and natural resources trust fund to be up to 5-1/2 percent per year.

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

Westfall introduced:

H. F. No. 1884, A bill for an act relating to legislative districts; changing two districts to reflect an annexation; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 2.123, subdivision 2.

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

Solberg, Carruthers, Murphy, Sviggum and Swenson, D., introduced:

H. F. No. 1885, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for costs relating to the 1837 treaty.

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

Hausman, Clark, Wejcman and Dawkins introduced:

H. F. No. 1886, A resolution memorializing the President and Congress to enact legislation waiving the English-language and residency requirements for American citizenship for Hmong and other Laotian veterans of American-recruited and -trained special guerrilla units fighting in Laos from 1961 to 1975.

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

Johnson , A.; Luther; Entenza and Jefferson introduced:

H. F. No. 1887, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; extending the jurisdiction of juvenile courts to include school districts; creating a grant program to fund planning for juvenile assessment centers; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 260.111, by adding a subdivision; 260.131, by adding a subdivision; 260.141, by adding a subdivision; and 260.181, by adding subdivisions.

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

Milbert, Lieder , Abrams, Larsen and Macklin introduced:

H. F. No. 1888, A bill for an act relating to taxation; imposing a fee on motor vehicle rentals; providing for a rebate of the fee to motor vehicle lessors to compensate for motor vehicle registration fees paid by lessors; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 297A.135.

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