The following House Files were introduced:
Opatz introduced:
H. F. No. 185, A bill for an act relating to education; creating a pilot program to examine the effect of allowing elementary and middle school teachers to remain with their students for multiple, consecutive school years; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy
Mares introduced:
H. F. No. 186, A bill for an act relating to insurance; mandating coverage for cochlear implants; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce
Mares, Workman, Molnau, Lieder and Juhnke introduced:
H. F. No. 187, A bill for an act relating to highways; mandating directional sign on I-694 for Century College.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy
Kuisle; Rifenberg; Anderson, I.; Rostberg; Storm; Abeler; Hackbarth; Ness; Olson; Cassell; Swenson; Otremba; Davids; Stang; Dehler; Westrom; Dorman; Osskopp; Tuma; Broecker; Paulsen; Goodno; Gunther; Boudreau; Westfall; Finseth; Kielkucki; Daggett; Howes; Seifert, J.; Erickson; Knoblach; Krinkie; Seifert, M., and Mulder introduced:
H. F. No. 188, A bill for an act relating to health; waiving immediate jeopardy fines imposed by the department of health.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance
Dempsey, Molnau, Rifenberg, Osthoff and Lieder introduced:
H. F. No. 189, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for port development assistance.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance
Harder, Abrams, Rest, Erhardt and Sviggum introduced:
H. F. No. 190, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing for conformity with federal tax treatment of certain S corporations; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 290.01, subdivisions 19a, 19b, and 19f; 290.06, subdivision 2c; 290.091, subdivisions 2 and 6; and 290.9725.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes
Rifenberg introduced:
H. F. No. 191, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing private sale of certain surplus state land in Houston county.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy
Greiling, Mares, Smith and Johnson introduced:
H. F. No. 192, A bill for an act relating to retirement; volunteer firefighter relief associations; eliminating the 30-year service cap on volunteer firefighter relief associations providing monthly benefit service pensions; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 424A.02, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy
Paymar introduced:
H. F. No. 193, A bill for an act relating to crime; providing that interference with an emergency call is a crime; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 609.78.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Crime Prevention
Juhnke introduced:
H. F. No. 194, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing a magnet school for independent school district No. 347, Willmar; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on K-12 Education Finance
Howes and Fuller introduced:
H. F. No. 195, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing private sale of certain tax-forfeited land that borders public water in Hubbard county.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy
Anderson, B.; Schumacher; Olson and Hackbarth introduced:
H. F. No. 196, A bill for an act relating to drainage; allowing transfer of access easements from drainage systems to storm sewer improvement districts; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103E.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy
Pawlenty, Stanek, Broecker, Wenzel and Carruthers introduced:
H. F. No. 197, A bill for an act relating to criminal procedure; specifying that the prosecution may reply in rebuttal to the closing argument of the defense; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 631.07.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Crime Prevention
Carruthers, Rest, Pugh, Erhardt and Pawlenty introduced:
H. F. No. 198, A bill for an act relating to taxation; extending the 1997 and 1998 property tax rebates to seasonal recreational property.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes
Bishop introduced:
H. F. No. 199, A bill for an act relating to public administration; providing a sales tax rebate; providing a permanent procedure for tax rebates; providing for deposit of tobacco settlement proceeds; abolishing certain accounts; converting capital project financing from general fund cash to general obligation bonding; authorizing spending for public purposes; authorizing spending to acquire and to better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature with certain conditions; authorizing state bonds; appropriating money; amending Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 27, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 16A.152, subdivision 2; and 16A.1521.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes
Milbert, Van Dellen, Pugh, Rukavina and Pawlenty introduced:
H. F. No. 200, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; limiting increases in market value; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 273.11, subdivision 1a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes
Mulder, Fuller, Haake, Gerlach, Howes, Molnau, Dempsey, Daggett, Knoblach, Lindner, Boudreau, Harder, Tingelstad, Stang, Kielkucki, Vandeveer, Stanek, Sykora, Tuma and Holberg introduced:
H. F. No. 201, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing an income tax rebate; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes
Boudreau introduced:
H. F. No. 202, A bill for an act relating to cities; ratifying certain tax increment activities by the city of Faribault.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs
Greenfield, Pugh, Huntley, Rest and Solberg introduced:
H. F. No. 203, A bill for an act relating to health; creating a medical education and research endowment fund, a children's endowment fund, and a tobacco prevention endowment fund; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 62J; and 144; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 119C.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy
Entenza; Stanek; Larsen, P.; Chaudhary and Pawlenty introduced:
H. F. No. 204, A bill for an act relating to crimes; lowering per se level for alcohol impairment offenses from 0.10 to 0.08 for hunting, for handling explosives, and for operating a motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or watercraft; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 97B.065, subdivision 1; 97B.066, subdivision 1; 169.121, subdivision 1; 169.123, subdivisions 2, 4, 5a, and 6; 192A.555; and 609.21, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Crime Prevention
Workman introduced:
H. F. No. 205, A bill for an act relating to occupations; amending provisions governing the practice of professional engineering; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 326.02, subdivisions 1, 3, 5, and by adding subdivisions; 326.03, subdivisions 1 and 2; 326.04; 326.07; 326.09; 326.10, subdivision 1; 326.111, subdivisions 1, 6, and by adding a subdivision; 326.12, by adding subdivisions; and 326.14; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 326.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce
Entenza, Boudreau, Paulsen, Gunther and Koskinen introduced:
H. F. No. 206, A bill for an act relating to professions and occupations; requiring certification and registration for certain interpreters and transliterators; providing criminal and civil penalties; requiring a study; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256C.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy
Winter, Mulder, Munger, Murphy and Trimble introduced:
H. F. No. 207, A bill for an act relating to utilities; clarifying requirement for electric energy installed capacity generated by wind energy conversion systems; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 216B.2423, subdivisions 1 and 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce
Haas, Davids, Huntley, Goodno and Jennings introduced:
H. F. No. 208, A bill for an act relating to insurance; permitting reductions in certain insurance-related assessments; continuing state funding for the Minnesota comprehensive health association; repealing the sunset on current provisions specifying the relationship between medical assistance and the Minnesota comprehensive health association; appropriating money; repealing Laws 1997, chapter 225, article 6, section 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce
Bishop and Knoblach introduced:
H. F. No. 209, A bill for an act relating to public administration; converting capital project financing from general fund cash to general obligation bonding; authorizing spending for public purposes; authorizing spending to acquire and to better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature with certain conditions; authorizing state bonds; restoring certain money to the general fund; appropriating money; amending Laws 1998, chapters 389, article 9, section 2, as amended; and 404, section 27, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment
Tuma, Dehler, Entenza, Stang and Mariani introduced:
H. F. No. 210, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying assigned student share in determining grant stipends; indexing private college tuition cap to inflation rate; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 136A.121, subdivisions 5 and 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance
Abrams, Fuller, Carruthers, Kuisle and Haake introduced:
H. F. No. 211, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; reducing the class rates on the second tier of noncommercial seasonal residential recreational property; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 273.13, subdivision 25; and 273.1398, subdivision 1a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes
Anderson, I.; Skoe; Finseth; Lieder and Fuller introduced:
H. F. No. 212, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for the Big Bear Country Education Center; authorizing state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Policy
Greiling; Mares and Anderson, B., introduced:
H. F. No. 213, A bill for an act relating to education; exempting teachers of oral deaf education from the requirements for American sign language; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 122A.28; Laws 1993, chapter 224, article 3, section 32, as amended.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy
Goodno, Fuller, Davids, Juhnke and Greenfield introduced:
H. F. No. 214, A bill for an act relating to health; modifying volunteer ambulance attendant provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 144E.001, by adding a subdivision; and 144E.35, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy
Howes, Huntley, Davids, Juhnke and Greenfield introduced:
H. F. No. 215, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing a comprehensive advanced life support training program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144E.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy
Stanek, Broecker, Skoglund and McGuire introduced:
H. F. No. 216, A bill for an act relating to corrections; clarifying the law authorizing transfer of prisoners between jails and workhouses; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 643.01.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Crime Prevention
Rhodes, Paymar, Abrams, Bradley and Leppik introduced:
H. F. No. 217, A bill for an act relating to health; creating a religious exemption to mandated autopsies; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 145.132; 299F.04, subdivision 5; 383B.225, subdivisions 7 and 8; 390.11, subdivisions 2, 2a, and 3; and 390.32, subdivisions 2, 2a, and 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 390.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy
Tingelstad, Entenza, Stanek, Goodno and Wejcman introduced:
H. F. No. 218, A bill for an act relating to human services; appropriating money for youth housing programs.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance
Wagenius, Mares, Ness, Dempsey and Greiling introduced:
H. F. No. 219, A bill for an act relating to education; ensuring that all children are able to read by second grade; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy
Solberg, Kalis and Winter introduced:
H. F. No. 220, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; changing the distribution of property tax penalties and interest; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 276.131.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes
Solberg and Kalis introduced:
H. F. No. 221, A bill for an act relating to sales and use tax; exempting admission to regional high school league tournaments from the sales tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 297A.25, subdivision 30.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes
Olson introduced:
H. F. No. 222, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for a fund transfer for independent school district No. 882, Monticello.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on K-12 Education Finance
Leppik, Greenfield, Tingelstad, Otremba and Mulder introduced:
H. F. No. 223, A bill for an act relating to health; creating a tobacco prevention board; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 10A.01, subdivision 18; 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 Policy
Ozment introduced:
H. F. No. 224, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income; excluding certain charitable contributions from alternative minimum taxable income; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 290.091, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes
Krinkie, Van Dellen, Vandeveer, Workman, Broecker, Wilkin, Buesgens, Westerberg, Olson, Osskopp, Gerlach and Kielkucki introduced:
H. F. No. 225, A bill for an act relating to taxation; changing income tax rates and brackets; repealing the property tax reform account; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 290.06, subdivisions 2c and 2d.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes
Anderson, I.; Bishop; Lieder; Solberg and Sviggum introduced:
H. F. No. 226, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, changing article IV, section 23; providing for veto override sessions of the legislature.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy
Osskopp, Smith, Molnau, Hasskamp, Skoe, Dempsey, Ness, Juhnke, Solberg, Kubly and Koskinen introduced:
H. F. No. 227, A bill for an act relating to retirement; providing special benefit coverage for state fire marshals; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 352.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy
Bishop, Stanek, Skoglund and Murphy introduced:
H. F. No. 228, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; requiring certain persons committed as mentally ill and dangerous to the public to register as predatory sex offenders and to be subject to the community notification law; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 243.166, subdivisions 1, 2, and 6; and 244.052, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Crime Prevention
Jaros, Huntley and Munger introduced:
H. F. No. 229, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for the Duluth Technology Village.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Policy
Munger, Huntley and Jaros introduced:
H. F. No. 230, A bill for an act relating to economic development; appropriating money for the Lake Superior Mississippi Railroad scenic railway.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Policy
Schumacher, Juhnke, Kubly, Opatz and Chaudhary introduced:
H. F. No. 231, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting sales to political subdivisions of a state; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 297A.25, subdivision 11; and 297A.47.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes
Bishop, Stanek, Smith, Skoglund and Leighton introduced:
H. F. No. 232, A bill for an act relating to courts; providing for the size of petit juries in civil and criminal cases; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 593.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law
Rukavina, Osskopp, Finseth and Tomassoni introduced:
H. F. No. 233, A bill for an act relating to public safety; authorizing limited personal use of fireworks; requiring an affidavit of safety guidelines; providing criminal penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 624.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce
Lindner, Buesgens, Storm, Otremba and Gleason introduced:
H. F. No. 234, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting sales to political subdivisions of a state; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 297A.25, subdivision 11; and 297A.47.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes
Hackbarth and Erhardt introduced:
H. F. No. 235, A bill for an act relating to taxation; extending the agricultural property tax classification to property used for the production for sale of insects; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 273.13, subdivision 23.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes
Dawkins introduced:
H. F. No. 236, A bill for an act relating to retirement; authorizing a purchase of service credit from the public employees retirement association.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy
Skoglund, Stanek, Entenza and Bishop introduced:
H. F. No. 237, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; requiring commissioner of public safety to adopt rules governing automobile insurance identification cards; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 169.792, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy
Stanek, Rhodes, Pugh, Skoglund and Carruthers introduced:
H. F. No. 238, A bill for an act relating to workers' compensation; providing that posttraumatic stress syndrome for a peace officer is an occupational disease; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 176.011, subdivision 16.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Policy
Rukavina, Jaros, Bishop, Bakk and Solberg introduced:
H. F. No. 239, A bill for an act relating to liquor; lowering the drinking age to 18 years of age; instructing the revisor to make conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 340A.503.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Crime Prevention
Smith, Stanek, Skoglund, Broecker and McGuire introduced:
H. F. No. 240, A bill for an act relating to sheriffs; authorizing sheriffs to expend money from the sheriff's contingent fund for investigating DWI-related violations; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 387.213.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Crime Prevention
Dawkins introduced:
H. F. No. 241, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing integration revenue to follow students to a charter school; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 124D.11, by adding a subdivision; and 124D.86, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on K-12 Education Finance
Dawkins introduced:
H. F. No. 242, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying compensatory revenue to reflect changes in enrollment; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 126C.10, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on K-12 Education Finance
Dawkins introduced:
H. F. No. 243, A bill for an act relating to government data practices; building code violations; classifying data; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 504.23; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law
Erhardt introduced:
H. F. No. 244, A bill for an act relating to state finance; changing the allocation of certain additional revenues; amending Laws 1998, chapter 389, article 9, section 2, as amended.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment