The following House Files were introduced:
Knoblach; Rhodes; Clark, K., and Paymar introduced:
H. F. No. 2320, A bill for an act relating to economic development; authorizing grants to employers that hire graduates of certain job training programs; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116J.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance
Erickson introduced:
H. F. No. 2321, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; exempting the purchase of construction materials and supplies used in a street reconstruction project in the city of Milaca; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; 297A.75.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes
Penas introduced:
H. F. No. 2322, A bill for an act relating to agriculture; providing funding for a reimbursement program for animal loss due to anthrax; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Finance
Penas introduced:
H. F. No. 2323, A bill for an act relating to taxation; allowing partial refund of fuel tax for commercial owners of recreational fishing launches; making technical and clarifying changes; transferring money from the general fund to the water recreation account in the special revenue fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 296A.16, subdivision 2; 296A.18, by adding a subdivision; 297A.68, subdivision 19.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes
Kuisle and Marko introduced:
H. F. No. 2324, A bill for an act relating to transportation; regulating professional and technical services contracts for state transportation projects; 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
Pugh introduced:
H. F. No. 2325, A bill for an act relating to local government; allowing West St. Paul to implement an ordinance amortizing certain signs.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs
Milbert and Pugh introduced:
H. F. No. 2326, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for a grant to independent school district No. 199, Inver Grove, for a pilot project to develop and implement a library of computer on-line courses for student use; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on K-12 Education Finance
Evans introduced:
H. F. No. 2327, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for replacement of park shelter structures in the city of Mounds View.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance
Walz introduced:
H. F. No. 2328, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for a woodland education publication.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance
Jennings and Hilty introduced:
H. F. No. 2329, A bill for an act relating to taxes; sales and use taxes; exempting construction materials used for a government center and jail in Pine county; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 297A.71, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes
Howes and Rukavina introduced:
H. F. No. 2330, A bill for an act relating to taxation; requiring payment equivalent to property tax by the commissioner of natural resources on certain state land in counties having a reduced tax base due to acreage in state ownership; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 477A.12; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes
McElroy introduced:
H. F. No. 2331, A bill for an act relating to economic development; providing that a portion of the capital gain realized on certain investments in high technology businesses is exempt from taxation; providing that the credit for increased research and development activities is refundable; creating a high technology seed capital fund; promoting industry clusters in rural Minnesota; waiving out-of-state tuition for certain nonresidents; establishing a lifetime learning grant program; establishing the North Star Research Coalition and creating an endowment fund; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 135A.031, subdivision 2; 290.01, subdivision 19b; and 290.068, by adding subdivisions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 11A; 116J; 136A; and 137; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 290.068, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance
Stanek introduced:
H. F. No. 2332, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; exempting government agencies from certain court fees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 357.021, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law
Dawkins introduced:
H. F. No. 2333, A bill for an act relating to taxation; authorizing creation of a housing tax increment financing district in the city of St. Paul.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs
Thompson introduced:
H. F. No. 2334, A bill for an act relating to taxes; sales and use; exempting certain items sold from vending machines; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 297A.61, subdivision 3; 297A.67, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes
Carlson; Leppik; Daggett; Dorman; Anderson, I.; Hilstrom; Stang and Cassell introduced:
H. F. No. 2335, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; allowing a credit for certain higher education 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
Harder introduced:
H. F. No. 2336, A bill for an act relating to family and early childhood education; modifying child care assistance employment eligibility; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 119B.10, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Family and Early Childhood Education Finance
Greiling introduced:
H. F. No. 2337, A bill for an act relating to education; modifying a teacher grant program to promote professional teaching standards; providing for a school district grant program to promote professional teaching standards; appropriating money; amending Laws 1997, First Special Session chapter 4, article 5, section 22, as amended.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on K-12 Education Finance
Osthoff introduced:
H. F. No. 2338, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money to the St. Paul port authority for its customized job training program.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance
McElroy, Abrams, Milbert, Dempsey, Wolf, Jennings, Holsten, Pugh, Bakk, Pawlenty, Sviggum, Solberg and Ozment introduced:
H. F. No. 2339, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; exempting current value of utility generation personal property from the general education levy; reducing the class rate on utility generation personal property; exempting certain new increased capacity and increased efficiency utility personal property from property tax; requiring the public utilities commissioner to adjust utility rates for reduced utility property taxes; establishing an electric utility generation attached machinery personal property tax replacement trust fund; providing for a rebate if an electric generation facility shuts down; authorizing the issuance of bonds; providing a state guarantee on certain local bonds; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 16A.67, subdivision 1; 126C.01, subdivision 2; 126C.13, subdivision 1; 127A.48, by adding a subdivision; 272.02, subdivision 9; 273.13, subdivision 24; 275.08, subdivision 1b; 276A.01, subdivision 3; 473F.02, subdivision 3; 473F.05; 473F.06; 477A.011, subdivision 20; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 16A; 216B; 272; 475A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes
Penas introduced:
H. F. No. 2340, A bill for an act relating to taxes; sales and use tax; exempting construction materials and equipment for a mixed municipal solid waste transfer station in Roseau county; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; 297A.75.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes
Davnie introduced:
H. F. No. 2341, A bill for an act relating to education; according school district flexibility in determining eligible students' level of performance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 125A.08.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy
Osthoff and Mares introduced:
H. F. No. 2342, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for compensation for remediation of the Empire Builder property; providing claim priority.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance
Jennings, Ozment and Workman introduced:
H. F. No. 2343, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for implementing the management plan under the Lower St. Croix Wild and Scenic River Act.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance
Goodno, Daggett, Dorman, Davids and Nornes introduced:
H. F. No. 2344, A bill for an act relating to taxation; exempting a portion of homestead value from taxation; reducing property tax class rates; providing a tax credit for business property; increasing debt service and operating referendum equalization revenues; providing that the general education levy is a state levy and decreasing the amount of the levy; increasing aids to local governments and modifying the formula for their distribution; providing for assumption by the state of the cost of court administration and out-of-home placements; eliminating the sales tax on purchases by local units of government; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 97A.065, subdivision 2; 123B.53, subdivisions 4, 5; 123B.54; 126C.13, subdivisions 1, 4; 126C.17, subdivisions 5, 6, 7, 8; 179A.101, subdivision 1; 179A.102, subdivision 6; 179A.103, subdivision 1; 256.01, subdivision 2; 260.765, by adding a subdivision; 260.771, subdivision 4; 260B.331, subdivisions 1, 2; 260C.331, subdivisions 1, 2; 272.02, by adding a subdivision; 273.13, subdivisions 22, 23, 24, 25, 31, by adding a subdivision; 273.1319; 273.1382, subdivisions 1, 1b, 2; 273.1398, subdivisions 1, 4a, by adding subdivisions; 273.166, subdivision 1; 275.02; 275.065, subdivision 1; 297A.70, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 297A.991, subdivision 2; 299D.03, subdivision 5; 357.021, subdivision 1a; 477A.011, subdivisions 27, 34, by adding subdivisions; 477A.013, subdivisions 8, 9; 477A.03, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 480.181, subdivision 1; 487.33, subdivision 5; 574.34, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 273; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 126C.13, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 273.13, subdivision 24a; 273.1382, subdivision 3; 477A.011, subdivisions 36, 37; 477A.03, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes
Abeler and Kubly introduced:
H. F. No. 2345, A bill for an act relating to insurance; requiring coverage for oral language interpreter services; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance
Daggett, Rifenberg, Harder, Bernardy, Walker and Lenczewski introduced:
H. F. No. 2346, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; providing a subtraction for health insurance premiums; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 290.01, subdivision 19b.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes
Evans, Koskinen, Hilty, Greiling and McGuire introduced:
H. F. No. 2347, A bill for an act relating to housing; providing funding for existing and new housing programs; creating housing programs; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 462A.201, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 462A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance
Mulder introduced:
H. F. No. 2348, A bill for an act relating to taxation; modifying the exemption for property used in a small scale wind energy conversion system; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 272.02, subdivision 22.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes
Davnie, Kelliher, Skoglund and Gleason introduced:
H. F. No. 2349, A bill for an act relating to taxation; exempting projects at the Fort Snelling upper bluff area from sales and use tax on construction materials; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 297A.71, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes
Lenczewski, Kelliher, Erhardt, Gunther, Abrams and Rhodes introduced:
H. F. No. 2350, A bill for an act relating to local government; specifying means of financing multijurisdictional programs in Hennepin county; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 383B.79, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs
Carlson, Seifert, Opatz, Pelowski and Gleason introduced:
H. F. No. 2351, A bill for an act relating to higher education; grants; modifying calculation of grant stipends; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 136A.121, subdivision 5; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 136A.1211.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance
Bishop, Kuisle, Bradley, Solberg and Kalis introduced:
H. F. No. 2352, A bill for an act relating to amateur sports; appropriating money to the Minnesota amateur sports commission for a grant to the national volleyball center in Rochester; requiring matching in-kind grants.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance
Seagren, Mares, Greiling, Biernat and Buesgens introduced:
H. F. No. 2353, A bill for an act relating to education finance; creating a statewide system to enhance student performance through alternative teacher compensation programs; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 120B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on K-12 Education Finance