State of Minnesota

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, March 17, 1999


The following House Files were introduced:

Sviggum introduced:

H. F. No. 2026, A bill for an act relating to tax increment financing; modifying the rule allowing use of economic development districts for commercial developments in small cities; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 469.174, subdivision 27; and 469.176, subdivision 4c.

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

Storm introduced:

H. F. No. 2027, A bill for an act relating to local government; permitting the city of St. Peter to lay dark fiber optic cable.

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

Seagren; Larson, D.; Lenczewski; Wolf, and Larsen, P., introduced:

H. F. No. 2028, A bill for an act relating to fiscal disparities; deleting a required adjustment to the city of Bloomington's fiscal disparities contribution; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 473F.08, subdivision 3a.

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

Van Dellen introduced:

H. F. No. 2029, A bill for an act relating to the city of Plymouth; tax increment financing; waiving the local contribution requirement for a district.

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

Van Dellen introduced:

H. F. No. 2030, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing that payments for certain examinations are exempt from the tax on health care providers; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 295.50, subdivision 4; and 295.53, subdivision 1.

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

Kubly introduced:

H. F. No. 2031, A bill for an act relating to taxation; aggregate production tax; allowing Renville county to impose the tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 298.75, subdivision 1.

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

Gunther, Rhodes, Storm, Juhnke and Rukavina introduced: Clark, K. Winter

H. F. No. 2032, A bill for an act relating to the housing finance agency; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance

Buesgens, Mares, Greiling, McGuire and Dempsey introduced:

H. F. No. 2033, A bill for an act relating to education funding; authorizing a grant for support of the National Association of Student Councils' 1999 National Convention; appropriating money.

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

Entenza, Kielkucki, Biernat, Mares and Nornes introduced:

H. F. No. 2034, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a grant program to prevent violence through the creation and development of songs, performances, and educational resources; appropriating money.

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

Tunheim introduced:

H. F. No. 2035, A bill for an act relating to water; modifying certain shoreland standards; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103F.

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

Hackbarth introduced:

H. F. No. 2036, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying an appropriation to Anoka county for trails; amending Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 7, subdivision 23.

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

Hackbarth introduced:

H. F. No. 2037, A bill for an act relating to highways; providing a remedy for town roads that do not provide adequate turnaround space at cul-de-sacs and dead ends; increasing amount that may be spent on a town road by order of a county board; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 163.16, subdivisions 1 and 3.

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

Mullery introduced:

H. F. No. 2038, A bill for an act relating to crime; providing a mandatory minimum sentence for certain persons who possess a firearm with an altered or removed serial number or with no serial number; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 609.11, subdivision 5.

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

Mullery introduced:

H. F. No. 2039, A bill for an act relating to corrections; prohibiting sex offenders who are classified in risk level III under the community notification law from residing within 500 feet of another level III offender after release from confinement; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 244.052, by adding a subdivision.

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

Mullery introduced:

H. F. No. 2040, A bill for an act relating to retirement; modifying terms of the supplemental retirement program in Hennepin county; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 383B.49; and 383B.493.

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

Kuisle; Westrom; Clark, K.; Juhnke and Biernat introduced:

H. F. No. 2041, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for planning and design of personal rapid transit.

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

Bishop introduced:

H. F. No. 2042, A bill for an act relating to Minnesota Statutes; repealing various statutory provisions; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 42.03; 152.02, subdivision 10; 169.01, subdivision 18; 169.03, subdivision 7; 169.38; 169.901; 609.293; 609.34; 609.551; 617.251; and 624.65.

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

Tuma introduced:

H. F. No. 2043, A bill for an act relating to human services; transferring funding for certain ICF/MR's; amending Laws 1995, chapter 207, article 3, section 21.

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

Anderson, B., introduced:

H. F. No. 2044, A bill for an act relating to employment; raising burial expense reimbursement; modifying occupational safety and health provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 176.111, subdivision 18; 182.6625; and 182.666.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Policy

Bishop, Stanek, Broecker, Skoglund and Murphy introduced:

H. F. No. 2045, A bill for an act relating to public safety training; appropriating money to develop plans for the construction and operation of a southeastern Minnesota regional public safety training center.

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

Hausman introduced:

H. F. No. 2046, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for a new soccer stadium for the University of Minnesota, predominantly for the women's program.

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

Mulder, Carlson and Tunheim introduced:

H. F. No. 2047, A bill for an act relating to health; requesting that the University of Minnesota establish and administer a rural preventative health care program; requesting that the University of Minnesota operate a rural medical community information resource system for health care providers in rural areas; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 137.

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

Murphy, Bakk and Huntley introduced:

H. F. No. 2048, A bill for an act relating to education; permitting independent school district No. 704, Proctor, to include safety improvements to an ice arena in its health and safety program.

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

Harder introduced:

H. F. No. 2049, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; changing pesticide registration and aquatic pest control licensing provisions; clarifying a fertilizer reporting requirement; repealing obsolete rules; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 18B.26, subdivisions 1, 3, and 6; 18B.315, subdivisions 3, 4, and 6; and 18C.421, subdivision 1.

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

Skoglund introduced:

H. F. No. 2050, A bill for an act relating to crimes; changing the requirements for the use of electronic alcohol monitoring during probation following conviction for certain repeat DWI offenses; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 169.121, subdivision 3f.

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

Huntley and Jaros introduced:

H. F. No. 2051, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Duluth firefighter consolidation account; providing for a surviving spouse benefit increase; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 353B.11, subdivision 3.

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

Kielkucki and Ness introduced:

H. F. No. 2052, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing private sale of certain surplus state land in Wright county.

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

Greenfield and Seifert, J., introduced:

H. F. No. 2053, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing medical assistance coverage for certified neonatal nurse practitioners; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 256B.0625, subdivision 28.

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

Wenzel, Westrom, Rostberg, Westfall and Peterson introduced: Kubly Schumacher Otremba Davids Juhnke Swenson Wejcman Gunther Winter

H. F. No. 2054, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; creating the dairy farming task force; appropriating money.

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

Workman, Krinkie, Rifenberg, Storm and Tuma introduced: Bradley Kuisle Osskopp Van Dellen

H. F. No. 2055, A bill for an act relating to local government; providing for certain local government fees; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 462.

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

Carlson, Mares and Kahn introduced:

H. F. No. 2056, A bill for an act relating to higher education; directing the regent candidate advisory council to change its recommendation process; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 137.0245, subdivision 4.

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

Gleason; Larson, D.; Paymar; Wagenius and Haake introduced: Orfield Hausman Rhodes

H. F. No. 2057, A bill for an act relating to public administration; limiting government purchases of airline tickets; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 15.

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

Carruthers, Broecker, Smith, McGuire and Leighton introduced:

H. F. No. 2058, A bill for an act relating to the collection and dissemination of data; proposing classifications of data as private and nonpublic; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes 1998, chapter 13.

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

Folliard, Pugh, Tuma, Carlson and Mares introduced: Greiling Koskinen Biernat Otremba Gleason Gray Kahn Tomassoni Johnson Leppik Kelliher Hausman Larson, D. Milbert Dorn Orfield Mariani Luther Schumacher Chaudhary Mahoney Entenza Wagenius Jennings Pelowski Cassell Trimble Dehler Leighton Tunheim

H. F. No. 2059, A bill for an act relating to education; enhancing teacher preparation; fostering first year teacher induction programs; supporting teacher of color programs; encouraging teachers to participate in the national board for professional teaching standards certification process; appropriating money; amending Laws 1997, First Special Session chapter 4, article 5, section 22; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 122A.

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

Fuller introduced:

H. F. No. 2060, A bill for an act relating to corrections; authorizing Minnesota correctional facility-Sauk Centre to accept youth on parole status; amending Laws 1997, chapter 239, article 9, section 43.

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

Ozment and Dempsey introduced:

H. F. No. 2061, A bill for an act relating to conservation easements; authorizing local bonding to acquire conservation easements; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 373.40, subdivision 1; 375.18, subdivision 12; and 475.52, subdivisions 1, 3, and 4.

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

Carruthers, Stanek, Van Dellen, Carlson and Abrams introduced:

H. F. No. 2062, A bill for an act relating to public safety; appropriating money for driver improvement pilot project.

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

McElroy and Gunther introduced:

H. F. No. 2063, A bill for an act relating to economic development; eliminating the World Trade Center Corporation and transferring its assets and certain functions to the department of trade and economic development; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 44A.001; 44A.01; 44A.02; 44A.023; 44A.025; 44A.031; 44A.0311; 44A.06; 44A.08; and 44A.11.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Policy

Carruthers and Luther introduced:

H. F. No. 2064, A bill for an act relating to tax increment financing; exempting certain superfund sites from fiscal disparities; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 469.177, subdivision 3.

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

Ness, Mares, Carlson, Dorn and Olson introduced: Cassell Erickson

H. F. No. 2065, A bill for an act relating to education; providing funding to establish norm references for the state's third and fifth grade reading, mathematics, and writing tests and the eighth grade basic skills reading and mathematics tests; appropriating money.

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

Greenfield, Wejcman, Mariani and Gray introduced:

H. F. No. 2066, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing an office of minority health in the department of health; specifying powers and duties of the office; 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

Westerberg introduced:

H. F. No. 2067, A bill for an act relating to juvenile justice; when an extended jurisdiction juvenile offender has stayed sentence executed for violation of stay no credit is granted for time in juvenile facility; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 260.126, subdivision 5.

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

Jaros introduced:

H. F. No. 2068, A bill for an act relating to retirement; teachers retirement association; authorizing certain former teachers to purchase service credit for periods of employment by the Lydia special education co-op.

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

Jaros introduced:

H. F. No. 2069, A bill for an act relating to human services; changing the MFIP cash grant for child only cases; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 256J.24, by adding a subdivision.

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

Sviggum and Abrams introduced:

H. F. No. 2070, A bill for an act relating to taxation; taconite production tax; setting a permanent tax rate; increasing certain distributions to the taconite economic development fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 298.24, subdivision 1; and 298.28, subdivision 9a.

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

Swenson, Lieder, Molnau and Juhnke introduced:

H. F. No. 2071, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for county turnback account.

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

Westrom, Lieder, Molnau, Marko and Westfall introduced:

H. F. No. 2072, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for local bridges.

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

McGuire, Chaudhary, Mariani, Sykora and Mahoney introduced: Gray

H. F. No. 2073, A bill for an act relating to child care; directing the commissioner of children, families, and learning to use state money as a match to obtain federal Welfare-to-Work grant money to provide child care assistance.

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

Marko, Workman, Hausman, Johnson and Kelliher introduced:

H. F. No. 2074, A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing for expansion and improvement of driver testing facilities and operations; requiring adult driver license applicant to hold instruction permit for six months; authorizing commissioner of public safety to include paid advertisements in department publications; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 171.04, subdivision 1; 171.05, subdivision 1a; and 299A.01, by adding a subdivision.

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

Mahoney, McCollum, Entenza and Osthoff introduced:

H. F. No. 2075, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for a stability demonstration project.

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

Peterson, Westrom, Trimble, Tuma and Juhnke introduced:

H. F. No. 2076, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money to resurface a recreational trail.

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

Lieder introduced:

H. F. No. 2077, A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing public sale of certain tax-forfeited land that borders public water in Norman county.

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

Tomassoni, McCollum, Rukavina and Bakk introduced:

H. F. No. 2078, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for public safety revenue for school districts; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A.

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

Tomassoni, Rukavina and Bakk introduced:

H. F. No. 2079, A bill for an act relating to veterans; establishing free or reduced-cost health care to veterans at medical facilities and pharmacies throughout the state; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 197.

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

Seifert, M., introduced:

H. F. No. 2080, A bill for an act relating to education; financing a new school powered by gasification; appropriating money.

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

Storm introduced:

H. F. No. 2081, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for tree planting grants in the city of St. Peter.

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

Nornes introduced:

H. F. No. 2082, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring the commissioner of human services to recognize the purchase price of certain nursing facilities when determining property reimbursement rates; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 256B.431, by adding a subdivision.

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

Peterson; Seifert, M.; Tuma; Kubly and Juhnke introduced:

H. F. No. 2083, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for a grant for the colocation of the program and services of the Minnesota River Valley Education District and Southwest Minnesota Workforce Development Center; appropriating money.

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

McCollum introduced:

H. F. No. 2084, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; exempting damages awards from taxation; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 290.01, subdivision 19b.

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

Tuma; Osskopp; Olson; Clark, J., and Storm introduced:

H. F. No. 2085, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; prohibiting an increase in estimated market value for homesteads owned by persons at least 65 years of age; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 273.11, subdivision 5, and by adding a subdivision; 273.121; and 276.04, subdivision 2.

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

Peterson, Juhnke and Westrom introduced:

H. F. No. 2086, A bill for an act relating to highways; requiring commissioner of transportation to reconstruct segments of marked trunk highways No. 7 and No. 212 as super-2 highways.

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

Krinkie, Abrams, Molnau, Holsten and Osthoff introduced:

H. F. No. 2087, A bill for an act relating to taxation; prohibiting the use of property taxes for light rail transit; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473.

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

Solberg and Hilty introduced:

H. F. No. 2088, A bill for an act relating to economic development; providing for a grant to Aitkin County Growth, Inc. for payment of certain taxes; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance

Biernat, Erickson, Kielkucki and Entenza introduced:

H. F. No. 2089, A bill for an act relating to education; providing building lease aid to area learning centers; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 123A.05, by adding a subdivision.

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

Cassell, Nornes, Stang and Dehler introduced:

H. F. No. 2090, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying distribution of hazing policy; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 135A.155.

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

Cassell, Nornes, Stang and Dehler introduced:

H. F. No. 2091, A bill for an act relating to higher education; providing funding for farm and small business management programs and tuition assistance; appropriating money.

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

Ness, Tomassoni, Schumacher, Harder and Erickson introduced: Cassell Kubly Nornes

H. F. No. 2092, A bill for an act relating to education funding; restoring full funding for the interactive television program; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 126C.40, subdivision 4.

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

Erickson, Ness, Mares, Entenza and Tomassoni introduced:

H. F. No. 2093, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing a grant program to prepare teachers to teach in urban classrooms.

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

Seagren introduced:

H. F. No. 2094, A bill for an act relating to education; providing funding for the collaborative urban educator, southeast Asian teacher licensure, and circles of support in educational leadership programs; allowing program graduates to receive additional salary beyond a starting salary; appropriating money.

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

Dawkins, Entenza, Skoglund, Orfield and Rukavina introduced:

H. F. No. 2095, A bill for an act relating to taxation; basing the working family credit on the federal earned income tax credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 290.0671, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 290.0671, subdivision 1a.

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

Westrom, Nornes, Wenzel, Kubly and Cassell introduced: Westfall

H. F. No. 2096, A bill for an act relating to economic development; providing for a grant for community infrastructure improvements to Grant county; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance

Solberg and Anderson, I., introduced:

H. F. No. 2097, A bill for an act relating to education; providing a grant for a full day daily kindergarten program; appropriating money.

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

Solberg; Anderson, I., and Howes introduced:

H. F. No. 2098, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing certain construction.

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

Tuma introduced:

H. F. No. 2099, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying funding for ICF/MR services and resident relocation; amending Laws 1995, chapter 207, article 3, section 21.

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

Wagenius, Greenfield, McCollum, Greiling and Johnson introduced:

H. F. No. 2100, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring reimbursement for lead testing and treatment of lead poisoning in children under the age of 18 by stationary sources emitting large amounts of lead; creating civil causes of action; 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

Hilty and Seifert, M., introduced:

H. F. No. 2101, A bill for an act relating to governmental operations; clarifying that the government training service is not subject to the solicitation process in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16C; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 43A.

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

Bakk introduced:

H. F. No. 2102, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating wastewater funding for the Larsmont design project; authorizing the sale of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance

Lindner introduced:

H. F. No. 2103, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for the council on affairs of Chicano/Latino people.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance

Schumacher introduced:

H. F. No. 2104, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating wastewater funding for the city of Zimmerman; authorizing the sale of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance

Bishop and Solberg introduced:

H. F. No. 2105, A bill for an act relating to public finance; providing for legislative advisory commission review of certain fund purpose changes; changing and coordinating dates for submission of certain budget, target, and forecast information; adding a component to the variables in expenditure forecasts for which legislative consultation is required; deleting an obsolete requirement; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 3.3005, by adding a subdivision; 16A.102, subdivision 1; and 16A.103, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16A.103, subdivision 3.

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

Sykora, Boudreau, Chaudhary, Mahoney and Bradley introduced:

H. F. No. 2106, A bill for an act relating to child care; changing eligibility for basic sliding fee assistance; expanding the dependent care tax credit; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 119B.09, subdivisions 1 and 2; 119B.12, subdivision 2; and 290.067, subdivisions 1 and 2.

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

Kahn, Dawkins, Jaros, Hausman and Mariani introduced:

H. F. No. 2107, A resolution memorializing the President, Congress, and other national and international officials to immediately lift the economic sanctions against Iraq.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Policy

Abeler, Mares, Tingelstad and Johnson introduced:

H. F. No. 2108, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for immunization follow-up.

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

Boudreau introduced:

H. F. No. 2109, A bill for an act relating to education funding; authorizing a grant to independent school district No. 656, Faribault; authorizing a local levy; authorizing a fund transfer; appropriating money.

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

Wolf and Winter introduced:

H. F. No. 2110, A bill for an act relating to energy; providing an incentive for certain small and medium-sized wind energy facilities; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 216C.41, subdivisions 1 and 5.

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

Murphy introduced:

H. F. No. 2111, A bill for an act relating to taxation; allowing the city of Proctor to impose a local sales tax.

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

Murphy, Broecker and Hilty introduced:

H. F. No. 2112, A bill for an act relating to crime; appropriating money to reimburse Carlton county for extraordinary expenses related to criminal prosecutions.

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

Boudreau, Wejcman, Bradley, Huntley and Tingelstad introduced:

H. F. No. 2113, A bill for an act relating to medical assistance; eliminating prepaid medical assistance for nursing home services and elderly waiver services; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 256B.69, subdivision 6a; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 256B.69, subdivision 6b.

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

Davids, Kahn, Rhodes and Mares introduced:

H. F. No. 2114, A bill for an act relating to state government; providing an exception to the bid solicitation process for certain professional services; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16C.10, by adding a subdivision.

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

Workman introduced:

H. F. No. 2115, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for a planning grant to independent school district No. 112, Chaska.

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

Howes introduced:

H. F. No. 2116, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating wastewater funding for the North Ten Mile sanitary district; authorizing the sale of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance

Howes introduced:

H. F. No. 2117, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating wastewater funding for the East Gull Lake projects; authorizing the sale of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance

Howes introduced:

H. F. No. 2118, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating wastewater funding for the city of Longville; authorizing the sale of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance

Rest, Carruthers, McGuire, Winter and Dawkins introduced: Pugh Chaudhary

H. F. No. 2119, A bill for an act relating to taxation; providing inflationary and family size adjustments to the dependent care credit, the education credit and subtraction, and the working family credit; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 290.01, subdivision 19b; 290.067, subdivisions 1, 2, and 2b; 290.0671, subdivision 1; and 290.0674, subdivision 2; 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

Osthoff, Holsten, Ozment and Wagenius introduced:

H. F. No. 2120, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; providing for the purchase of additional critical habitat license plates; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 84.943, subdivisions 3 and 5; and 168.1296, subdivision 5.

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

Haas, Lindner, Luther and Carruthers introduced:

H. F. No. 2121, A bill for an act relating to highways; requiring commissioner of transportation to conduct feasibility, cost, and safety study regarding an overpass; appropriating money.

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

Entenza, Tomassoni, Kielkucki, Nornes and Johnson introduced:

H. F. No. 2122, A bill for an act relating to education; appropriating money for the center for victims of torture.

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

Tuma, Johnson and Kielkucki introduced:

H. F. No. 2123, A bill for an act relating to education; clarifying that representatives of advocacy organizations may serve as lay advocates; providing a one-time reimbursement for attending an individual education plan meeting, a conciliation conference or a mediation session; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 125A.09, subdivision 4.

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

Tuma, Greiling and Kielkucki introduced:

H. F. No. 2124, A bill for an act relating to education; developing and implementing an interagency dispute procedure affecting children with disabilities ages 3 through 21; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 125A.10.

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

Clark, K., introduced:

H. F. No. 2125, A bill for an act relating to cities; neighborhood revitalization; requiring cities to discharge unpaid tax obligations of certain nonprofit contractors.

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

Abrams and Rest introduced:

H. F. No. 2126, A bill for an act relating to tax abatement; allowing abatement of fiscal disparities; making school district abatement authority uniform with that for cities and counties; clarifying provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 469.1813, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 6, and by adding a subdivision; and 469.1815, subdivision 2.

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

Abrams and Rest introduced:

H. F. No. 2127, A bill for an act relating to public finance; imposing and modifying conditions and limitations on the use of public debt; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 126C.55, subdivision 7; 272.02, by adding a subdivision; 373.01, subdivision 3; 410.32; 412.301; 469.155, subdivision 4; 474A.04, subdivision 1a; 475.56; 475.58, subdivision 1; and 475.60, subdivisions 1 and 3.

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

McElroy and Gunther introduced:

H. F. No. 2128, A bill for an act relating to commerce; abolishing the board of boxing; authorizing the commissioner of health to study the regulation of boxing in Minnesota; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 214.01, subdivision 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 341.01; 341.02; 341.04; 341.045; 341.05; 341.06; 341.07; 341.08; 341.09; 341.10; 341.11; 341.115; 341.12; 341.13; and 341.15.

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

Broecker, Stanek, Murphy, Smith and Skoglund introduced:

H. F. No. 2129, A bill for an act relating to criminal justice; delaying the transfer of the powers, duties, and functions relating to the operating and funding of shelters for battered women from the department of human services to the crime victim services center and requiring a plan on the implementation of the transfer; removing mandatory requirements on productive day initiative programs and requiring annual reports on the programs; increasing the driver license reinstatement fee to allow the bureau of criminal apprehension to purchase laboratory supplies and equipment; transferring the office of drug policy and violence prevention and community advisory violence prevention council from the department of children, families, and learning to the department of public safety; expanding the duties of the office of drug policy and violence prevention; authorizing the commissioner of corrections to open and operate a correctional facility at Rush City; authorizing the commissioner of corrections to enter into contracts with private corporations and other governmental units for the housing of inmates; allowing the commissioner of corrections to place youth at the Minnesota correctional facility-Sauk Centre when bed space is unavailable at the Minnesota correctional facility-Red Wing; appropriating money for asset preservation and facility repair of adult and juvenile correctional institutions; appropriating money for grants to local officials for cooperative investigation of cross-jurisdictional criminal activity; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 119A.26; 119A.28, subdivisions 2 and 3; 119A.29, subdivision 1; 119A.31, subdivision 3; 119A.32; 119A.33; 119A.34, subdivisions 3 and 4; 171.29, subdivision 2; and 241.275, subdivisions 1, 2, and 5; Laws 1997, chapter 85, article 3, section 53; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 243; and 299A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 119A.04, subdivision 5; and 256D.05, subdivisions 3 and 3a.

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

Anderson, B., introduced:

H. F. No. 2130, A bill for an act relating to children; providing for treatment of certain children in need of protection or services; requiring certain notices; imposing a criminal penalty; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 260.191, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 260.

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

Howes, Bakk, Westfall and Swenson introduced:

H. F. No. 2131, A bill for an act relating to water; increasing the water implementation tax that may be levied by a county; increasing the amount of the base grant that may be awarded to a county that levies a water implementation tax; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 103B.3369, subdivision 5.

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

Greiling, Ness, Wenzel and Winter introduced:

H. F. No. 2132, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing a planning grant to create an urban agricultural high school; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 41D.02, subdivision 2.

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

Finseth introduced:

H. F. No. 2133, A bill for an act relating to local government; providing temporary local government aid increases to the cities of East Grand Forks and Warren; appropriating money.

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