State of Minnesota

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, March 01, 2000


The following House Files were introduced:

Workman, Molnau and Lieder introduced:

H. F. No. 3968, A bill for an act relating to highways; modifying provisions relating to telecommunications access to interstate highway rights-of-way; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 161.45, subdivision 1.

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

Bakk introduced:

H. F. No. 3969, A bill for an act relating to taxation; authorizing the city of Beaver Bay to impose a sales and use tax; providing for use of the proceeds.

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

Fuller introduced:

H. F. No. 3970, A bill for an act relating to higher education; Minnesota state colleges and universities; extending the deadline to initiate construction of the American Indian history center and museum; appropriating money; amending Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 19, subdivision 9, as amended.

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

Fuller and Mares introduced:

H. F. No. 3971, A bill for an act relating to retirement; public employees retirement association; authorizing the purchase of allowable service credit by certain Bemidji elected officials.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy

Schumacher; Tunheim; Tomassoni; Seifert, M.; Kubly; Clark, J.; Storm; Otremba; Hasskamp and Peterson introduced:

H. F. No. 3972, A bill for an act relating to education finance; replacing marginal cost funding with declining pupil aid; making equity revenue equal for metropolitan and greater Minnesota school districts; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 126C.10, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, sections 126C.05, subdivision 5; and 126C.10, subdivisions 1, 24, 25, 26, and 27; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 126C.10, subdivision 28.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on K-12 Education Finance

Kelliher; Winter; Kubly; Swapinski; Wagenius; Kahn; Luther; McCollum; Greiling; Schumacher; Skoglund; Mullery; Dawkins; Leighton; Pugh; Osthoff; Orfield; Chaudhary; Peterson; Hausman; Clark, K., and Otremba introduced:

H. F. No. 3973, A bill for an act relating to commerce; prohibiting the sale of genetically engineered food unless labeled; providing penalties and remedies; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325F.

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

Paulsen, Gerlach, Huntley and Swapinski introduced:

H. F. No. 3974, A bill for an act relating to liquor; authorizing the city of Duluth to issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license to the Lake Superior Center Authority.

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

McCollum, Wagenius, Leighton, Kelliher, Orfield, Huntley and Swapinski introduced:

H. F. No. 3975, A bill for an act relating to the environment; requiring an annual environmental report to the public; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 116.011.

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

Jaros, Huntley and Swapinski introduced:

H. F. No. 3976, A bill for an act relating to transportation; modifying provisions on transit operating assistance; amending Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 174.24, subdivision 3b.

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

Sviggum introduced:

H. F. No. 3977, A bill for an act relating to education; requiring students interested in enrolling in a post-secondary enrollment options course or program to notify the school district within 30 calendar days or June 30, whichever is last; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.09, subdivision 7.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on K-12 Education Finance

Reuter introduced:

H. F. No. 3978, A bill for an act relating to highways; changing restriction of lanes on I-35W and I-394; 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 Policy

Mares introduced:

H. F. No. 3979, A bill for an act relating to retirement; public employees retirement association; authorizing certain trades personnel employed by independent school district No. 625, St. Paul, to elect an exclusion from retirement plan coverage; amending Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 353.01, subdivision 2b; Laws 1965, chapter 705, section 1, subdivision 4, as amended.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy

Mullery introduced:

H. F. No. 3980, A bill for an act relating to human services; creating a statewide program to reduce out-of-wedlock pregnancies; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 256J.02, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256K.

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

Broecker, Carruthers and Holberg introduced:

H. F. No. 3981, A bill for an act relating to judiciary finance; requesting a study of and report on court fines, fees, and surcharges.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Crime Prevention

Rest introduced:

H. F. No. 3982, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; providing a levy limit adjustment appeals procedure for certain cases; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 275.71, by adding a subdivision.

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

Skoglund introduced:

H. F. No. 3983, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; providing that predatory offender registration law applies retroactively to certain offenders; making changes to the predatory offender registration law; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 243.166, subdivisions 3, 5, and 7; Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, sections 243.166, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, and 6; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 243.166, subdivision 8.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Crime Prevention

Paymar introduced:

H. F. No. 3984, A bill for an act relating to corrections; creating an advisory task force to study the department of corrections' release policies and procedures concerning mentally ill inmates and inmates confined in punitive segregation; requiring a report.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Crime Prevention

Rukavina, Tomassoni and Bakk introduced:

H. F. No. 3985, A bill for an act relating to education; increasing the amount paid certain school districts from the taconite referendum fund; changing the distribution of revenue in the taconite referendum fund; providing for enhanced pairing cooperation and combination aid for school districts in the taconite relief area; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 298.28, subdivisions 4 and 11.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on K-12 Education Finance

Pawlenty introduced:

H. F. No. 3986, A bill for an act relating to government data practices; restricting the use of certain public data on individuals held by state agencies or statewide systems; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 13.87, subdivision 2; 168.346; 171.12, subdivision 7; and 201.091, subdivisions 4 and 5; Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, sections 10A.35; and 13.03, subdivision 3; 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

Pawlenty introduced:

H. F. No. 3987, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income tax; providing a credit for adoption expenses; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.

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

McGuire and Mariani introduced:

H. F. No. 3988, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; providing that presentence investigations may be conducted only after a guilty plea or conviction; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 609.115, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Crime Prevention

Vandeveer, Workman, Mahoney, Tunheim, Dorman and Wenzel introduced:

H. F. No. 3989, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income; modifying marriage penalty credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 290.0675, subdivisions 1 and 3.

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

Rest, Wenzel, Pugh, Entenza and Greenfield introduced:

H. F. No. 3990, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income taxes; providing a personal and dependent exemption and a refundable child credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, 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 Taxes

Mulder introduced:

H. F. No. 3991, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring the commissioner to study the management of aggregate spending under the traumatic brain injury home and community-based services waiver.

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

Mulder introduced:

H. F. No. 3992, A bill for an act relating to taxation; increasing certain homestead and agricultural credit aid payments to Lincoln county; appropriating money.

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

Molnau introduced:

H. F. No. 3993, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending for public improvements of a capital nature; allowing payment of trunk highway bonds and interest from any source of funds; authorizing annual gasoline tax rate adjustment; authorizing issuance of trunk highway bonds; appropriating money for transportation improvements; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 167.51, subdivision 2; and 296A.07, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 270.

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

Van Dellen, Workman, Pawlenty, Molnau, Vandeveer and Reuter introduced:

H. F. No. 3994, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; requiring the commissioner of transportation to allow the use of freeway high-occupancy lanes by certain other vehicles.

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

Abeler and Leppik introduced:

H. F. No. 3995, A bill for an act relating to higher education; appropriating money.

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

Finseth, Holsten, Erickson, Skoe and Bakk introduced:

H. F. No. 3996, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; allowing the use of dogs to take bear; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97B.205; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97B.

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

McGuire introduced:

H. F. No. 3997, A bill for an act relating to courts; establishing a combined jurisdiction program; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 484; repealing Laws 1996, chapter 365, section 3, as amended.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law

Skoglund introduced:

H. F. No. 3998, A bill for an act relating to metropolitan government; authorizing the metropolitan transit police to apply for and execute search warrants; eliminating the restriction on use of peace officers on a part-time basis; modifying the crime of unlawful interference with a transit operator; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 473.407, subdivisions 2 and 4; 609.855, subdivision 2; and 626.05, subdivision 2.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Crime Prevention

Clark, K.; Wejcman; Storm; Luther; McCollum; McGuire; Greiling; Hausman; Koskinen; Otremba and Folliard introduced:

H. F. No. 3999, A bill for an act relating to health; regulating coverages; requiring certain cancer screening coverage; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 62A.30, subdivision 2.

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

Pawlenty, Abrams and Krinkie introduced:

H. F. No. 4000, A bill for an act relating to Hennepin county; prohibiting Hennepin county from spending any funds for light rail transit without voter approval.

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

Hilty and Murphy introduced:

H. F. No. 4001, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for family service collaboratives.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Family and Early Childhood Education Finance

Rest, Dawkins and Pugh introduced:

H. F. No. 4002, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income tax; providing a dependent exemption and increasing the working family credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, sections 290.01, subdivision 19b; and 290.0671, subdivision 1.

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

Murphy introduced:

H. F. No. 4003, A bill for an act relating to taxes; authorizing the city of Cloquet to impose a local sales tax.

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

Haake introduced:

H. F. No. 4004, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying pupil units; amending Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 126C.05, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on K-12 Education Finance

Gerlach introduced:

H. F. No. 4005, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting sales of certain materials used in constructing youth hockey arenas; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 297A.25, by adding a subdivision.

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

Greenfield; Seifert, J.; Tingelstad; Dorn and Mariani introduced:

H. F. No. 4006, A bill for an act relating to human services; excluding income earned by a temporary census employee for purposes of public assistance eligibility; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 256D.06, subdivision 1; 256D.435, subdivision 5; and 256L.01, subdivision 5; Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, sections 256B.056, subdivision 4; 256D.03, subdivision 3; and 256J.21, subdivision 2.

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