The House of Representatives convened at 11:00 a.m. and was called to order by Phil Carruthers, Speaker of the House.
Prayer was offered by the Reverend Devin Miller, Associate Pastor, Progressive Baptist Church, St. Paul, Minnesota.
The roll was called and the following members were present:
| Abrams | Erhardt | Kahn | Mares | Paulsen | Stang | 
| Anderson, B. | Evans | Kalis | Mariani | Pawlenty | Sviggum | 
| Anderson, I. | Farrell | Kelso | Marko | Paymar | Swenson, D. | 
| Bakk | Finseth | Kielkucki | McCollum | Pelowski | Swenson, H. | 
| Bettermann | Folliard | Kinkel | McElroy | Peterson | Sykora | 
| Biernat | Goodno | Knight | McGuire | Pugh | Tomassoni | 
| Bishop | Greenfield | Knoblach | Milbert | Rest | Tompkins | 
| Boudreau | Greiling | Koppendrayer | Molnau | Reuter | Trimble | 
| Bradley | Gunther | Koskinen | Mulder | Rhodes | Tuma | 
| Broecker | Haas | Kraus | Mullery | Rifenberg | Tunheim | 
| Carlson | Harder | Krinkie | Munger | Rostberg | Van Dellen | 
| Chaudhary | Hasskamp | Kubly | Murphy | Rukavina | Vickerman | 
| Clark | Hausman | Kuisle | Ness | Schumacher | Wagenius | 
| Commers | Hilty | Larsen | Nornes | Seagren | Weaver | 
| Daggett | Holsten | Leighton | Olson, E. | Seifert | Wejcman | 
| Davids | Huntley | Leppik | Olson, M. | Sekhon | Wenzel | 
| Dawkins | Jaros | Lieder | Opatz | Skare | Westfall | 
| Dehler | Jefferson | Lindner | Orfield | Skoglund | Westrom | 
| Delmont | Jennings | Long | Osskopp | Slawik | Winter | 
| Dempsey | Johnson, A. | Luther | Osthoff | Smith | Wolf | 
| Dorn | Johnson, R. | Macklin | Otremba | Solberg | Workman | 
| Entenza | Juhnke | Mahon | Ozment | Stanek | Spk. Carruthers | 
A quorum was present.
Garcia was excused until 1:20 p.m. Tingelstad was excused until 2:10 p.m.
The Chief Clerk proceeded to read the Journal of the preceding day. Chaudhary moved that further reading of the Journal be suspended and that the Journal be approved as corrected by the Chief Clerk. The motion prevailed.
S. F. No. 97 and H. F. No. 555, which had been referred to the Chief Clerk for comparison, were examined and found to be identical with certain exceptions.
Goodno moved that the rules be so far suspended that S. F. No. 97 be substituted for H. F. No. 555 and that the House File be indefinitely postponed. The motion prevailed.
S. F. No. 457 and H. F. No. 864, which had been referred to the Chief Clerk for comparison, were examined and found to be identical with certain exceptions.
McGuire moved that the rules be so far suspended that S. F. No. 457 be substituted for H. F. No. 864 and that the House File be indefinitely postponed. The motion prevailed.
S. F. No. 512 and H. F. No. 694, which had been referred to the Chief Clerk for comparison, were examined and found to be identical with certain exceptions.
Koppendrayer moved that the rules be so far suspended that S. F. No. 512 be substituted for H. F. No. 694 and that the House File be indefinitely postponed. The motion prevailed.
S. F. No. 513 and H. F. No. 246, which had been referred to the Chief Clerk for comparison, were examined and found to be identical with certain exceptions.
Dawkins moved that the rules be so far suspended that S. F. No. 513 be substituted for H. F. No. 246 and that the House File be indefinitely postponed. The motion prevailed.
S. F. No. 575 and H. F. No. 1711, which had been referred to the Chief Clerk for comparison, were examined and found to be identical with certain exceptions.
Leighton moved that the rules be so far suspended that S. F. No. 575 be substituted for H. F. No. 1711 and that the House File be indefinitely postponed. The motion prevailed.
S. F. No. 724 and H. F. No. 458, which had been referred to the Chief Clerk for comparison, were examined and found to be identical with certain exceptions.
Juhnke moved that the rules be so far suspended that S. F. No. 724 be substituted for H. F. No. 458 and that the House File be indefinitely postponed. The motion prevailed.
The following communications were received:
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
SAINT PAUL 55155
The Honorable Phil Carruthers
Speaker of the House of Representatives
The State of Minnesota
Dear Speaker Carruthers:
It is my honor to inform you that I have received, approved, signed and deposited in the Office of the Secretary of State the following House Files:
H. F. No. 645, relating to insurance; providing a uniform minimum definition of medically necessary care for mental health coverage in health plans.
H. F. No. 108, relating to employment; providing for the protection of health insurance benefits for certain Range technical college employees.
H. F. No. 255, relating to state agencies; changing the membership of the environmental quality board.
Warmest regards,
Arne H. Carlson
Governor
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
SAINT PAUL 55155
The Honorable Phil Carruthers
Speaker of the House of Representatives
The State of Minnesota
Dear Speaker Carruthers:
It is my honor to inform you that I have received, approved, signed and deposited in the Office of the Secretary of State the following House Files:
  H. F. No. 763, relating to historic places; designating Zion Lutheran Church and cemetery as a historic  place. 
 H. F. No. 1861, relating to agriculture; limiting entry into facilities in which confined farm animals are kept.   
 H. F. No. 356, relating to legal newspapers; providing for the effect of certain errors in publication; authorizing the city
of Roseville and independent school district No. 623 to consider cost as a criterion in the designation of newspapers for
official publication. 
                                   Warmest regards,
 Arne H. Carlson
 Governor
 
 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
 ST. PAUL 55155
 Speaker of the House of Representatives
 The Honorable Allan H. Spear
 President of the Senate
 I have the honor to inform you that the following 
enrolled Acts of the 1997 Session of the State Legislature have been received 
from the Office of the Governor and are deposited in the Office of the Secretary 
of State for preservation, pursuant to the State Constitution, Article IV, 
Section 23:
 
| S.F. No. | H.F. No. | Session 
      Laws Chapter No. | Time and Date Approved 1997 | Date Filed 1997 | 
| 1675 | Resolution No. 3 | April 23 | ||
| 475 | 48 | 1:25 p.m. April 23 | April 23 | |
| 645 | 49 | 1:30 p.m. April 23 | April 23 | |
| 108 | 50 | 1:32 p.m. April 23 | April 23 | |
| 539 | 51 | 1:27 p.m. April 23 | April 23 | |
| 1527 | 52 | 1:27 p.m. April 23 | April 23 | |
| 255 | 53 | 1:34 p.m. April 23 | April 23 | |
| 763 | 54 | 1:33 p.m. April 23 | April 23 | |
| 1861 | 55 | 1:35 p.m. April 23 | April 23 | |
| 356 | 56 | 1:40 p.m. April 23 | April 23 | |
| 145 | 66 | 2:03 p.m. April 23 | April 23 | |
Sincerely,
Joan Anderson Growe
Secretary of 
State
S. F. Nos. 97, 457, 512, 513, 575 and 724 were read for the second time.
The following House Files were introduced:
Skare, Daggett, Lieder, Westfall and Olson, E., introduced:
H. F. No. 2169, A bill for an act relating to local government; allowing cities and counties to provide assistance to other Minnesota cities and counties for 1997 flood relief.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs.
Luther introduced:
H. F. No. 2170, A bill for an act relating to education; stating intent to reduce tuition in public post-secondary institutions; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education.
Luther introduced:
H. F. No. 2171, A bill for an act relating to education; excluding certain assets from consideration in financial aid; proposing a new formula for determining state grants; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 136A.101, by adding a subdivision; and 136A.121, subdivisions 5, 6, 7, 9a, and by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education.
Luther introduced:
H. F. No. 2172, A bill for an act relating to financing higher education; providing that interest does not accrue on certain loans while the student is in school; providing an income tax credit for higher education tuition; providing subtractions from taxable income for certain expenditures for higher education; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 136A.1701, subdivision 6; 289A.12, by adding a subdivision; and 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 Education.
Anderson, I.; Abrams; Tunheim; Lieder and Finseth introduced:
H. F. No. 2173, A bill for an act relating to real estate; requiring 60 days' notice of default on a real estate mortgage, notice of termination of a real estate contract for deed, and eight weeks' notice of commencement of a sale and foreclosure proceeding; providing that a court may order a delay in a foreclosure sale or contract termination under certain circumstances; limiting the right to maintain actions for deficiency judgments; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 47.20, by adding a subdivision; and 559.21, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 580; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 584.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
The following messages were received from the Senate:
Mr. Speaker:
I hereby announce that the Senate has concurred in and adopted the report of the Conference Committee on:
H. F. No. 473, A bill for an act relating to metropolitan government; permitting the metropolitan council to operate preventive health and employee recognition programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 473.129, by adding a subdivision.
The Senate has repassed said bill in accordance with the recommendation and report of the Conference Committee. Said House File is herewith returned to the House.
Patrick E. Flahaven, Secretary of the Senate
Mr. Speaker:
I hereby announce the passage by the Senate of the following Senate File, herewith transmitted:
S. F. No. 1928.
Patrick E. Flahaven, Secretary of the Senate
S. F. No. 1928, A bill for an act relating to local government; allowing cities and counties to provide assistance to other Minnesota cities and counties for 1997 flood relief.
Pursuant to Article IV, Section 19, of the Constitution of the state of Minnesota, Skare moved that the rule therein be suspended and an urgency be declared so that S. F. No. 1928 be given its second and third readings and be placed upon its final passage. The motion prevailed.
Skare moved that the Rules of the House be so far suspended that S. F. No. 1928 be given its second and third readings and be placed upon its final passage. The motion prevailed.
S. F. No. 1928 was read for the second time.
S. F. No. 1928, A bill for an act relating to local government; allowing cities and counties to provide assistance to other Minnesota cities and counties for 1997 flood relief.
The bill was read for the third time and placed upon its 
final passage. 
 The question was taken on the passage of the bill and the 
roll was called. There were 130 yeas and 0 nays as follows: 
 Those who voted in the affirmative were: 
 
| Abrams | Erhardt | Kahn | Mares | Paulsen | Sviggum | 
| Anderson, B. | Evans | Kalis | Mariani | Pawlenty | Swenson, D. | 
| Anderson, I. | Farrell | Kelso | Marko | Paymar | Swenson, H. | 
| Bakk | Finseth | Kielkucki | McCollum | Pelowski | Sykora | 
| Bettermann | Folliard | Kinkel | McElroy | Peterson | Tomassoni | 
| Biernat | Garcia | Knight | McGuire | Pugh | Tompkins | 
| Bishop | Goodno | Knoblach | Milbert | Rest | Trimble | 
| Boudreau | Greiling | Koppendrayer | Molnau | Reuter | Tuma | 
| Bradley | Gunther | Koskinen | Mulder | Rhodes | Tunheim | 
| Broecker | Haas | Kraus | Mullery | Rifenberg | Vickerman | 
| Carlson | Harder | Krinkie | Munger | Rostberg | Wagenius | 
| Chaudhary | Hasskamp | Kubly | Murphy | Rukavina | Weaver | 
| Clark | Hausman | Kuisle | Ness | Schumacher | Wejcman | 
| Commers | Hilty | Larsen | Nornes | Seagren | Wenzel | 
| Daggett | Holsten | Leighton | Olson, E. | Seifert | Westfall | 
| Davids | Huntley | Leppik | Olson, M. | Sekhon | Westrom | 
| Dawkins | Jaros | Lieder | Opatz | Skare | Winter | 
| Dehler | Jefferson | Lindner | Orfield | Skoglund | Wolf | 
| Delmont | Jennings | Long | Osskopp | Smith | Workman | 
| Dempsey | Johnson, A. | Luther | Osthoff | Solberg | Spk. Carruthers | 
| Dorn | Johnson, R. | Macklin | Otremba | Stanek | |
| Entenza | Juhnke | Mahon | Ozment | Stang | |
The bill was passed and its title agreed to.
There being no objection, the order of business reverted to Messages from the Senate.
The following message was received from the Senate:
Mr. Speaker:
I hereby announce the passage by the Senate of the following House File, herewith returned, as amended by the Senate, in which amendments the concurrence of the House is respectfully requested:
H. F. No. 704, A bill for an act relating to utilities; exempting large electric power generating plant from certificate of need proceeding when selected by public utilities commission from a bidding process to select resources to meet utility's projected energy demand; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 216B.2422, subdivision 5.
Patrick E. Flahaven, Secretary of the Senate
Ozment moved that the House refuse to concur in the 
Senate amendments to H. F. No. 704, that the Speaker appoint a Conference 
Committee of 3 members of the House, and that the House requests that a like 
committee be appointed by the Senate to confer on the disagreeing votes of the 
two houses. The motion prevailed. 
 The following Conference Committee Report was received:
 
 A bill for an act relating to local government; 
authorizing boundary commissions; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 
465.79. 
 April 21, 1997 
 The Honorable Phil Carruthers 
 Speaker of the House of Representatives 
 The Honorable Allan H. Spear 
 President of the Senate 
 We, the undersigned conferees for H. F. No. 601, report 
that we have agreed upon the items in dispute and recommend as follows: 
 That the Senate recede from its amendments and that H. F. 
No. 601 be further amended as follows: 
 Page 1, line 19, before the period, insert "in the respective jurisdiction" 
 We request adoption of this report and repassage of the 
bill. 
 We request adoption of this report and repassage of the 
bill.
 House Conferees: Stephen G. Wenzel, Al Juhnke and Ron 
Kraus.
 Senate Conferees: Jim Vickerman, Don Samuelson and Pat 
Pariseau.
 Wenzel moved that the report of the Conference Committee 
on H. F. No. 601 be adopted and that the bill be repassed as amended by the 
Conference Committee. The motion prevailed.
 H. F. No. 601, A bill for an act relating to local 
government; authorizing boundary commissions; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, 
section 465.79. 
 The bill was read for the third time, as amended by 
Conference, and placed upon its repassage.
 The question was taken on the repassage of the bill and 
the roll was called. There were 128 yeas and 0 nays as follows: 
 Those who voted in the affirmative were: 
 
| Abrams | Evans | Kalis | Marko | Paymar | Swenson, H. | 
| Anderson, B. | Farrell | Kielkucki | McCollum | Pelowski | Sykora | 
| Anderson, I. | Finseth | Kinkel | McElroy | Peterson | Tomassoni | 
| Bakk | Folliard | Knight | McGuire | Pugh | Tompkins | 
| Biernat | Garcia | Knoblach | Milbert | Rest | Trimble | 
| Bishop | Goodno | Koppendrayer | Molnau | Reuter | Tuma | 
| Boudreau | Greiling | Koskinen | Mulder | Rhodes | Tunheim | 
| Bradley | Gunther | Kraus | Mullery | Rifenberg | Van Dellen | 
| Broecker | Haas | Krinkie | Munger | Rostberg | Vickerman | 
| Carlson | Harder | Kubly | Murphy | Rukavina | Weaver | 
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| Chaudhary | Hasskamp | Kuisle | Ness | Schumacher | Wejcman | 
| Clark | Hausman | Larsen | Nornes | Seagren | Wenzel | 
| Commers | Hilty | Leighton | Olson, E. | Seifert | Westfall | 
| Daggett | Holsten | Leppik | Olson, M. | Sekhon | Westrom | 
| Davids | Huntley | Lieder | Opatz | Skare | Winter | 
| Dawkins | Jaros | Lindner | Orfield | Skoglund | Wolf | 
| Dehler | Jefferson | Long | Osskopp | Smith | Workman | 
| Delmont | Jennings | Luther | Osthoff | Solberg | Spk. Carruthers | 
| Dempsey | Johnson, A. | Macklin | Otremba | Stanek | |
| Dorn | Johnson, R. | Mahon | Ozment | Stang | |
| Entenza | Juhnke | Mares | Paulsen | Sviggum | |
| Erhardt | Kahn | Mariani | Pawlenty | Swenson, D. | |
The bill was repassed, as amended by Conference, and its title agreed to.
The following message was received from the Senate:
Mr. Speaker:
I hereby announce the passage by the Senate of the following House File, herewith returned, as amended by the Senate, in which amendments the concurrence of the House is respectfully requested:
H. F. No. 1075, A bill for an act relating to health; regulating professional health services under the professional corporation act; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 319A.02, by adding a subdivision.
Patrick E. Flahaven, Secretary of the Senate
Pugh moved that the House concur in the Senate amendments to H. F. No. 1075 and that the bill be repassed as amended by the Senate. The motion prevailed.
H. F. No. 1075, A bill for an act relating to health; regulating the practice of certain professional health services; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 319A.02, by adding a subdivision; Laws 1997, chapter 22, section 6, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 319B.
.
The bill was read for the third time, as amended by the Senate, and placed upon its repassage.
The question was taken on the repassage of the bill and the roll was called. There were 129 yeas and 0 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
| Abrams | Evans | Kalis | Mariani | Paymar | Swenson, H. | 
| Anderson, B. | Farrell | Kelso | Marko | Pelowski | Sykora | 
| Anderson, I. | Finseth | Kielkucki | McElroy | Peterson | Tomassoni | 
| Bakk | Folliard | Kinkel | McGuire | Pugh | Tompkins | 
| Biernat | Garcia | Knight | Milbert | Rest | Trimble | 
| Bishop | Goodno | Knoblach | Molnau | Reuter | Tuma | 
| Boudreau | Greenfield | Koppendrayer | Mulder | Rhodes | Tunheim | 
| Bradley | Greiling | Koskinen | Mullery | Rifenberg | Van Dellen | 
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| Broecker | Gunther | Kraus | Munger | Rostberg | Vickerman | 
| Carlson | Haas | Krinkie | Murphy | Rukavina | Wagenius | 
| Chaudhary | Harder | Kubly | Ness | Schumacher | Weaver | 
| Clark | Hasskamp | Kuisle | Nornes | Seagren | Wejcman | 
| Commers | Hausman | Larsen | Olson, E. | Seifert | Wenzel | 
| Daggett | Hilty | Leighton | Olson, M. | Sekhon | Westfall | 
| Davids | Holsten | Leppik | Opatz | Skare | Westrom | 
| Dawkins | Huntley | Lieder | Orfield | Skoglund | Winter | 
| Dehler | Jaros | Lindner | Osskopp | Smith | Wolf | 
| Delmont | Jefferson | Long | Osthoff | Solberg | Workman | 
| Dempsey | Jennings | Luther | Otremba | Stanek | Spk. Carruthers | 
| Dorn | Johnson, A. | Macklin | Ozment | Stang | |
| Entenza | Johnson, R. | Mahon | Paulsen | Sviggum | |
| Erhardt | Juhnke | Mares | Pawlenty | Swenson, D. | |
The bill was repassed, as amended by the Senate, and its title agreed to.
Pursuant to rule 1.10, Solberg requested immediate consideration of S. F. No. 1905.
The Speaker called Long to the Chair.
S. F. No. 1905 was reported to the House.
Ozment moved to amend S. F. No. 1905, the second unofficial engrossment, as follows:
Page 8, after line 3, insert:
"The house television office shall log all citizen comments received and shall distribute the comments to house members on a bi-weekly basis."
The motion prevailed and the amendment was adopted.
Dawkins moved to amend S. F. No. 1905, the second unofficial engrossment, as amended, as follows:
Page 52, after line 1, insert:
"Sec. 79. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 363.073, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [SCOPE OF APPLICATION.] No department or 
agency of the state shall accept any bid or proposal for a contract or agreement 
or execute any contract or agreement for goods or services in excess of $50,000 
with any business having more than 20 full-time employees, either within or outside this state, on a single 
working day during the previous 12 months, unless the firm or business has an 
affirmative action plan for the employment of minority persons, women, and the 
disabled that has been approved by the commissioner of human rights. Receipt of 
a certificate of compliance issued by the 
 commissioner shall signify that a firm or business has an 
affirmative action plan that has been approved by the commissioner. A 
certificate shall be valid for a period of two years. A municipality as defined 
in section 466.01, subdivision 1, that receives state money for any reason is 
encouraged to prepare and implement an affirmative action plan for the 
employment of minority persons, women, and the disabled and submit the plan to 
the commissioner of human rights." 
 Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the 
internal references 
 Amend the title accordingly 
 The motion prevailed and the amendment was adopted.
 Kubly and Rukavina moved to amend S. F. No. 1905, the 
second unofficial engrossment, as amended, as follows: 
 Page 16, line 33, after "outpatient" insert "and 
inpatient" 
 The motion prevailed and the amendment was adopted.
 
 On the motion of Winter and on the demand of 10 members, 
a call of the House was ordered. The following members answered to their names:
 
| Abrams | Evans | Kalis | McElroy | Peterson | Sykora | 
| Anderson, B. | Farrell | Kielkucki | McGuire | Pugh | Tomassoni | 
| Anderson, I. | Finseth | Kinkel | Milbert | Rest | Tompkins | 
| Bettermann | Folliard | Knight | Molnau | Reuter | Trimble | 
| Biernat | Garcia | Knoblach | Mulder | Rhodes | Tuma | 
| Bishop | Goodno | Koskinen | Mullery | Rifenberg | Tunheim | 
| Boudreau | Greiling | Kraus | Munger | Rostberg | Van Dellen | 
| Bradley | Gunther | Krinkie | Murphy | Rukavina | Vickerman | 
| Broecker | Haas | Kubly | Ness | Schumacher | Wagenius | 
| Carlson | Harder | Kuisle | Nornes | Seagren | Weaver | 
| Chaudhary | Hasskamp | Leighton | Olson, E. | Seifert | Wejcman | 
| Clark | Hausman | Leppik | Olson, M. | Sekhon | Wenzel | 
| Commers | Hilty | Lieder | Opatz | Skare | Westfall | 
| Daggett | Holsten | Lindner | Orfield | Skoglund | Westrom | 
| Davids | Huntley | Long | Osskopp | Slawik | Winter | 
| Dawkins | Jaros | Luther | Osthoff | Smith | Wolf | 
| Dehler | Jefferson | Macklin | Otremba | Solberg | Workman | 
| Delmont | Jennings | Mahon | Ozment | Stanek | |
| Dempsey | Johnson, A. | Mares | Paulsen | Stang | |
| Dorn | Johnson, R. | Mariani | Pawlenty | Sviggum | |
| Entenza | Juhnke | Marko | Paymar | Swenson, D. | |
| Erhardt | Kahn | McCollum | Pelowski | Swenson, H. | |
Winter moved that further proceedings of the roll call be suspended and that the Sergeant at Arms be instructed to bring in the absentees. The motion prevailed and it was so ordered.
Sviggum moved to amend S. F. No. 1905, the second unofficial engrossment, as amended, as follows:
| Abrams | Dempsey | Kraus | Nornes | Smith | Vickerman | 
| Anderson, B. | Erhardt | Krinkie | Olson, M. | Stanek | Weaver | 
| Bettermann | Finseth | Kuisle | Osskopp | Stang | Westfall | 
| Bishop | Goodno | Larsen | Ozment | Sviggum | Westrom | 
| Boudreau | Gunther | Lindner | Paulsen | Swenson, D. | Wolf | 
| Bradley | Haas | Macklin | Pawlenty | Swenson, H. | Workman | 
| Broecker | Harder | Mares | Reuter | Sykora | |
| Commers | Holsten | McElroy | Rifenberg | Tingelstad | |
| Daggett | Kielkucki | Molnau | Rostberg | Tompkins | |
| Davids | Knight | Mulder | Seagren | Tuma | |
| Dehler | Knoblach | Ness | Seifert | Van Dellen | |
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Anderson, I. | Folliard | Johnson, R. | Mahon | Osthoff | Skoglund | 
| Bakk | Garcia | Juhnke | Mariani | Otremba | Slawik | 
| Biernat | Greenfield | Kahn | Marko | Paymar | Solberg | 
| Carlson | Greiling | Kalis | McCollum | Pelowski | Tomassoni | 
| Chaudhary | Hasskamp | Kinkel | McGuire | Peterson | Trimble | 
| Clark | Hausman | Koskinen | Milbert | Pugh | Tunheim | 
| Dawkins | Hilty | Kubly | Mullery | Rest | Wagenius | 
| Delmont | Huntley | Leighton | Munger | Rhodes | Wejcman | 
| Dorn | Jaros | Leppik | Murphy | Rukavina | Wenzel | 
| Entenza | Jefferson | Lieder | Olson, E. | Schumacher | Winter | 
| Evans | Jennings | Long | Opatz | Sekhon | Spk. Carruthers | 
| Farrell | Johnson, A. | Luther | Orfield | Skare | |
The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
| Abrams | Erhardt | Krinkie | Mulder | Seifert | Tompkins | 
| Anderson, B. | Haas | Kuisle | Nornes | Sviggum | Tuma | 
| Bradley | Kielkucki | Leppik | Olson, M. | Swenson, H. | Van Dellen | 
| Commers | Knoblach | Lindner | Paulsen | Sykora | |
| Dempsey | Koppendrayer | Molnau | Rifenberg | Tingelstad | |
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Anderson, I. | Farrell | Johnson, R. | Mariani | Pelowski | Swenson, D. | 
| Bakk | Finseth | Juhnke | Marko | Peterson | Tomassoni | 
| Bettermann | Folliard | Kahn | McCollum | Pugh | Trimble | 
| Biernat | Garcia | Kalis | McElroy | Rest | Tunheim | 
| Bishop | Goodno | Kelso | McGuire | Reuter | Vickerman | 
| Boudreau | Greenfield | Kinkel | Milbert | Rhodes | Wagenius | 
| Broecker | Greiling | Knight | Mullery | Rostberg | Weaver | 
| Carlson | Gunther | Koskinen | Munger | Rukavina | Wejcman | 
| Chaudhary | Harder | Kraus | Murphy | Schumacher | Wenzel | 
| Clark | Hasskamp | Kubly | Ness | Seagren | Westfall | 
| Daggett | Hausman | Larsen | Olson, E. | Sekhon | Westrom | 
| Davids | Hilty | Leighton | Opatz | Skare | Winter | 
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| Dawkins | Holsten | Lieder | Orfield | Skoglund | Wolf | 
| Dehler | Huntley | Long | Osskopp | Slawik | Workman | 
| Delmont | Jaros | Luther | Otremba | Smith | Spk. Carruthers | 
| Dorn | Jefferson | Macklin | Ozment | Solberg | |
| Entenza | Jennings | Mahon | Pawlenty | Stanek | |
| Evans | Johnson, A. | Mares | Paymar | Stang | |
The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
Erhardt, Gunther, Pugh and Osthoff moved to amend S. F. No. 1905, the second unofficial engrossment, as amended, as follows:
Page 11, after line 28, insert:
"The commissioner of finance shall report to the legislature on state agency fees that are established in statute or agency rule. The report shall include information on the extent to which these fees comply with the policy in Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.1285 that fees neither over-recover nor under-recover agency costs, and on the fiscal impact, by agency, of complying with the policy in that law. The commissioner shall report to the legislature and to the chairs of the House ways and means and Senate finance committees by January 15, 1998."
The motion prevailed and the amendment was adopted.
Stang, Paulsen, Broecker, Westrom, Lindner, Kuisle, Van Dellen, Reuter, Rifenberg, Nornes, Mulder, Kielkucki, Weaver, Larsen, Westfall, Knight, Commers and Seagren moved to amend S. F. No. 1905, the second unofficial engrossment, as amended, as follows:
Pages 21 and 22, delete section 38
Renumber the sections in sequence and correct internal references
Amend the title accordingly
A roll call was requested and properly seconded.
The question was taken on the Stang et al amendment and the roll was called.
Winter moved that those not voting be excused from voting. The motion prevailed.
There were 65 yeas and 67 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
| Abrams | Finseth | Kraus | Nornes | Seagren | Tingelstad | 
| Anderson, B. | Goodno | Krinkie | Olson, M. | Seifert | Tompkins | 
| Bettermann | Greiling | Kuisle | Orfield | Sekhon | Tuma | 
| Boudreau | Gunther | Larsen | Osskopp | Skoglund | Van Dellen | 
| Broecker | Haas | Leppik | Ozment | Smith | Vickerman | 
| Commers | Harder | Lindner | Paulsen | Stanek | Wagenius | 
| Daggett | Kelso | Macklin | Pawlenty | Stang | Weaver | 
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| Dehler | Kielkucki | Mares | Reuter | Sviggum | Westfall | 
| Dempsey | Knight | McElroy | Rhodes | Swenson, D. | Westrom | 
| Entenza | Knoblach | Molnau | Rifenberg | Swenson, H. | Workman | 
| Erhardt | Koppendrayer | Mulder | Rostberg | Sykora | |
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Anderson, I. | Farrell | Johnson, A. | Mahon | Otremba | Trimble | 
| Bakk | Folliard | Johnson, R. | Mariani | Paymar | Tunheim | 
| Biernat | Garcia | Juhnke | Marko | Pelowski | Wejcman | 
| Bradley | Greenfield | Kahn | McCollum | Peterson | Wenzel | 
| Carlson | Hasskamp | Kalis | McGuire | Pugh | Winter | 
| Chaudhary | Hausman | Kinkel | Milbert | Rest | Wolf | 
| Clark | Hilty | Koskinen | Mullery | Rukavina | Spk. Carruthers | 
| Davids | Holsten | Kubly | Munger | Schumacher | |
| Dawkins | Huntley | Leighton | Murphy | Skare | |
| Delmont | Jaros | Lieder | Ness | Slawik | |
| Dorn | Jefferson | Long | Olson, E. | Solberg | |
| Evans | Jennings | Luther | Opatz | Tomassoni | |
The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
Evans moved to amend S. F. No. 1905, the second unofficial engrossment, as amended, as follows:
Page 59, after line 21, insert:
"Sec. 90. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 473.621, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 9. [ANOKA COUNTY-BLAINE AIRPORT.] The commission shall not expend any funds for the planning or construction of capital improvements at the Anoka County-Blaine airport that are in conflict with the Second Judicial District Court Stipulation and Order No. 454984, dated July 28, 1986, governing future development at the Anoka County-Blaine airport."
Page 69, line 15, delete "Section 89 applies" and insert "Sections 89 and 90 apply"
Renumber the sections in sequence and correct internal references
Amend the title accordingly
A roll call was requested and properly seconded.
The question was taken on the Evans amendment and the roll was called. There were 76 yeas and 57 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
| Anderson, I. | Garcia | Kahn | Mariani | Pawlenty | Solberg | 
| Bakk | Greenfield | Kalis | Marko | Paymar | Swenson, D. | 
| Biernat | Greiling | Kelso | McCollum | Pelowski | Tomassoni | 
| Carlson | Haas | Kinkel | McGuire | Peterson | Trimble | 
| Chaudhary | Hasskamp | Koskinen | Milbert | Pugh | Tunheim | 
| Clark | Hausman | Kubly | Mullery | Rest | Van Dellen | 
| Dawkins | Hilty | Larsen | Munger | Rhodes | Wagenius | 
| Delmont | Huntley | Leighton | Murphy | Rukavina | Wejcman | 
| Dorn | Jaros | Lieder | Ness | Schumacher | Wenzel | 
| Entenza | Jefferson | Long | Olson, E. | Sekhon | Winter | 
| Evans | Johnson, A. | Luther | Opatz | Skare | Spk. Carruthers | 
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| Farrell | Johnson, R. | Macklin | Orfield | Skoglund | |
| Folliard | Juhnke | Mares | Otremba | Slawik | |
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Abrams | Dehler | Knight | Molnau | Seagren | Tuma | 
| Anderson, B. | Dempsey | Knoblach | Mulder | Seifert | Vickerman | 
| Bettermann | Erhardt | Koppendrayer | Nornes | Smith | Weaver | 
| Bishop | Finseth | Kraus | Olson, M. | Stanek | Westfall | 
| Boudreau | Goodno | Krinkie | Osskopp | Stang | Westrom | 
| Bradley | Gunther | Kuisle | Ozment | Sviggum | Wolf | 
| Broecker | Harder | Leppik | Paulsen | Swenson, H. | Workman | 
| Commers | Holsten | Lindner | Reuter | Sykora | |
| Daggett | Jennings | Mahon | Rifenberg | Tingelstad | |
| Davids | Kielkucki | McElroy | Rostberg | Tompkins | |
The motion prevailed and the amendment was adopted.
Carlson, L., moved to amend S. F. No. 1905, the second unofficial engrossment, as amended, as follows:
Page 68, after line 28, insert:
"Sec. 102. [STUDY OF SCHOOL FUND LAND MANAGEMENT.]
The legislative auditor shall conduct a study to determine whether the administrative costs expended by the department of natural resources to manage permanent school fund land reflect the actual cost of managing the permanent school fund land. The auditor shall also study whether another unit of government could manage the permanent school fund land more cost-efficiently. The auditor shall report to the permanent school fund advisory committee by January 15, 1998."
Renumber the sections in sequence and correct internal references
Amend the title accordingly
The motion prevailed and the amendment was adopted.
Seagren and Carlson, L., moved to amend S. F. No. 1905, the second unofficial engrossment, as amended, as follows:
Page 107, line 28, delete "promote and coordinate" and insert "collaborate with"
The motion prevailed and the amendment was adopted.
Krinkie moved to amend S. F. No. 1905, the second unofficial engrossment, as amended, as follows:
Page 3, after line 29, insert:
As of July 1, 1998, the house and senate public 
information offices must be combined into one office under the jurisdiction of 
the legislative coordinating commission. The appropriations to the house and 
senate 
 are reduced by the amounts attributable to these offices 
in the second year, and 75 percent of the amount of these reductions in house 
and senate appropriations is appropriated to the legislative coordinating 
commission. 
 A roll call was requested and properly seconded.
 The question was taken on the Krinkie amendment and the 
roll was called.
 Winter moved that those not voting be excused from 
voting. The motion prevailed.
 There were 66 yeas and 66 nays as follows: 
 Those who voted in the affirmative were: 
 
| Abrams | Erhardt | Knoblach | Molnau | Rhodes | Tingelstad | 
| Anderson, B. | Farrell | Koppendrayer | Mulder | Rifenberg | Tompkins | 
| Bettermann | Finseth | Kraus | Ness | Seagren | Trimble | 
| Boudreau | Goodno | Krinkie | Nornes | Seifert | Tuma | 
| Bradley | Gunther | Kuisle | Olson, M. | Smith | Van Dellen | 
| Broecker | Haas | Larsen | Osskopp | Stanek | Vickerman | 
| Commers | Harder | Leppik | Ozment | Stang | Weaver | 
| Daggett | Holsten | Lindner | Paulsen | Sviggum | Westfall | 
| Davids | Kahn | Macklin | Pawlenty | Swenson, D. | Westrom | 
| Dehler | Kielkucki | Mares | Paymar | Swenson, H. | Wolf | 
| Dempsey | Knight | McElroy | Reuter | Sykora | Workman | 
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Anderson, I. | Folliard | Johnson, A. | Luther | Opatz | Skare | 
| Bakk | Garcia | Johnson, R. | Mahon | Orfield | Skoglund | 
| Biernat | Greenfield | Juhnke | Mariani | Otremba | Slawik | 
| Carlson | Greiling | Kalis | Marko | Pelowski | Solberg | 
| Chaudhary | Hasskamp | Kelso | McCollum | Peterson | Tomassoni | 
| Clark | Hausman | Kinkel | McGuire | Pugh | Tunheim | 
| Dawkins | Hilty | Koskinen | Milbert | Rest | Wagenius | 
| Delmont | Huntley | Kubly | Mullery | Rostberg | Wejcman | 
| Dorn | Jaros | Leighton | Munger | Rukavina | Wenzel | 
| Entenza | Jefferson | Lieder | Murphy | Schumacher | Winter | 
| Evans | Jennings | Long | Olson, E. | Sekhon | Spk. Carruthers | 
The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
Knight moved to amend S. F. No. 1905, the second unofficial engrossment, as amended, as follows:
Page 3, delete lines 47 and 48
Page 4, delete lines 1 to 3
A roll call was requested and properly seconded. 
 The question was taken on the Knight amendment and the 
roll was called. There were 61 yeas and 72 nays as follows: 
 Those who voted in the affirmative were: 
 
| Abrams | Dempsey | Kraus | Nornes | Smith | Vickerman | 
| Anderson, B. | Erhardt | Krinkie | Olson, M. | Stanek | Weaver | 
| Bettermann | Finseth | Kuisle | Osskopp | Stang | Westfall | 
| Bishop | Goodno | Larsen | Paulsen | Sviggum | Westrom | 
| Boudreau | Gunther | Leppik | Pawlenty | Swenson, D. | Wolf | 
| Bradley | Haas | Lindner | Reuter | Swenson, H. | Workman | 
| Broecker | Harder | Macklin | Rhodes | Sykora | |
| Commers | Holsten | Mares | Rifenberg | Tingelstad | |
| Daggett | Kielkucki | McElroy | Rostberg | Tompkins | |
| Davids | Knight | Molnau | Seagren | Tuma | |
| Dehler | Koppendrayer | Mulder | Seifert | Van Dellen | |
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Anderson, I. | Folliard | Johnson, R. | Luther | Opatz | Skare | 
| Bakk | Garcia | Juhnke | Mahon | Orfield | Skoglund | 
| Biernat | Greenfield | Kahn | Mariani | Otremba | Slawik | 
| Carlson | Greiling | Kalis | Marko | Ozment | Solberg | 
| Chaudhary | Hasskamp | Kelso | McCollum | Paymar | Tomassoni | 
| Clark | Hausman | Kinkel | McGuire | Pelowski | Trimble | 
| Dawkins | Hilty | Knoblach | Milbert | Peterson | Tunheim | 
| Delmont | Huntley | Koskinen | Mullery | Pugh | Wagenius | 
| Dorn | Jaros | Kubly | Munger | Rest | Wejcman | 
| Entenza | Jefferson | Leighton | Murphy | Rukavina | Wenzel | 
| Evans | Jennings | Lieder | Ness | Schumacher | Winter | 
| Farrell | Johnson, A. | Long | Olson, E. | Sekhon | Spk. Carruthers | 
The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
Anderson, B.; Kielkucki; Kuisle; Gunther; Lindner; Olson, M., and Rifenberg moved to amend S. F. No. 1905, the second unofficial engrossment, as amended, as follows:
Page 19, delete lines 1 to 20
Adjust section and bill totals accordingly
Page 20, after line 4, insert:
"Sec. 34. [SAVINGS.]
The $350,000 savings from not appropriating money for joint planning pilot projects are returned to the general fund for the taxpayers of Minnesota."
Renumber the sections in sequence and correct internal references
Amend the title accordingly
A roll call was requested and properly seconded. 
 The question was taken on the Anderson, B., et al 
amendment and the roll was called.
 Marko moved that those not voting be excused from 
voting. The motion prevailed.
 There were 61 yeas and 72 nays as follows: 
 Those who voted in the affirmative were: 
 
| Abrams | Erhardt | Krinkie | Olson, M. | Smith | Vickerman | 
| Anderson, B. | Finseth | Kuisle | Osskopp | Stanek | Weaver | 
| Bettermann | Gunther | Larsen | Ozment | Stang | Westfall | 
| Bishop | Haas | Leppik | Paulsen | Sviggum | Westrom | 
| Boudreau | Harder | Lindner | Pawlenty | Swenson, D. | Wolf | 
| Bradley | Holsten | Macklin | Reuter | Swenson, H. | Workman | 
| Broecker | Kielkucki | Mares | Rifenberg | Sykora | |
| Commers | Knight | Molnau | Rostberg | Tingelstad | |
| Daggett | Knoblach | Mulder | Seagren | Tompkins | |
| Davids | Koppendrayer | Ness | Seifert | Tuma | |
| Dempsey | Kraus | Nornes | Skare | Van Dellen | |
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Anderson, I. | Farrell | Jennings | Long | Olson, E. | Sekhon | 
| Bakk | Folliard | Johnson, A. | Luther | Opatz | Skoglund | 
| Biernat | Garcia | Johnson, R. | Mahon | Orfield | Slawik | 
| Carlson | Goodno | Juhnke | Mariani | Otremba | Solberg | 
| Chaudhary | Greenfield | Kahn | Marko | Paymar | Tomassoni | 
| Clark | Greiling | Kalis | McCollum | Pelowski | Trimble | 
| Dawkins | Hasskamp | Kelso | McElroy | Peterson | Tunheim | 
| Dehler | Hausman | Kinkel | McGuire | Pugh | Wagenius | 
| Delmont | Hilty | Koskinen | Milbert | Rest | Wejcman | 
| Dorn | Huntley | Kubly | Mullery | Rhodes | Wenzel | 
| Entenza | Jaros | Leighton | Munger | Rukavina | Winter | 
| Evans | Jefferson | Lieder | Murphy | Schumacher | Spk. Carruthers | 
The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
The Speaker resumed the Chair.
Jennings moved to amend S. F. No. 1905, the second unofficial engrossment, as amended, as follows:
Delete from Article 1, section 12, subdivision 2 the following language "$250,000 is for prescription drug contracting activities."
and correct the totals accordingly.
Delete Article 6 and insert:
Section 1. [FEASIBILITY STUDY OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG PROGRAM.]
Subdivision 1. [REPORT 
REQUIRED.] $25,000 is appropriated from the general fund 
to the commissioners of administration, health, human services, and commerce, 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998, to evaluate the feasibility of the 
prescription drug program described in subdivision 2, and to report to the 
legislature by January 1, 1998 on whether 
 the program described in subdivision 2 can be 
effectively and efficiently implemented and administered, and whether the 
program will provide significant cost savings to consumers.
The feasibility study must include:
(1) a survey of retail pharmacies' willingness to participate in a nongovernmental purchasing alliance in which discounts are comparable to those available through the Minnesota multi-state purchasing alliance, and 75 percent of the savings is required to be passed through the consumers;
(2) projects of the volume of retain pharmacy purchases likely to be made through the nongovernmental purchasing alliance, compared with the volume of purchases made through the Minnesota multi-state purchasing alliance;
(3) options for implementing a mandatory 75 percent consumer pass through;
(4) options for demonstrating the nongovernmental purchasing alliance's ability to move market share and qualify for market share discounts;
(5) an evaluation of the impact of the requirement that health plan companies and hospitals disclose discounts on the cost of health care premiums in Minnesota; and
(6) an analysis of the effect of the nondiscriminatory provisions on health plan companies' pharmacy reimbursement arrangements and their ability to manage their provider networks.
Subd. 2. [CHARACTERISTICS OF PROGRAM TO BE STUDIED.] The commissioners shall study the feasibility and likely succuess of a prescription drug program under which:
(1) the commissioner of administration, in consultation with appropriate experts in pharmaceutical pricing, establishes and administers a nongovernmental pharmaceutical contracting alliance;
(2) the nongovernmental pharmaceutical contracting alliance negotiates contracts for prescription drugs with manufacturers and makes the contract prices negotiated available to pharmacies;
(3) the commissioner of administration selects the prescription drugs for which price contracts are negotiated, and operates the alliance to the greatest extent feasible using the administrative and contracting procedures of the Minnesota multistate governmental contracting alliance for pharmaceuticals;
(4) the commissioner of administration is allowed to negotiate a price differential based on volume purchasing and grant multiple awards;
(5) the commissioner of administration is allowed to contract with an individual, business entity, or other private organization to serve as a contractor to negotiate and administer the price contracts for prescription drugs;
(6) the commissioner of administration may charge manufacturers and sellers that enter into drug price contracts a fee to cover the commissioner's expenses in negotiating and administering price contracts;
(7) the commissioner may expand the nongovernmental alliance to other states and make the contract price negotiated available to non-Minnesota pharmacies;
(8) a manufacturer or seller that contracts with the commissioner of administration is required to make the contract price negotiated available to all pharmacies;
(9) pharmacies that purchase 
prescription drugs at the contract price are required to pass at least 75 
percent of the savings resulting from purchases at the negotiated price to 
consumers, and are required to submit to the commissioner of administration any 
information regarding prescription drug purchase projections the commissioner 
determines is necessary for contract price negotiations; and 
 (10) health plan companies are 
prohibited from discriminating against a pharmacy for taking advantage of the 
contract price negotiated by the commissioner." 
 Amend the title accordingly 
 A roll call was requested and properly seconded.
 The question was taken on the Jennings amendment and the 
roll was called. There were 65 yeas and 68 nays as follows: 
 Those who voted in the affirmative were: 
 
| Abrams | Dempsey | Koppendrayer | Mulder | Seagren | Tuma | 
| Anderson, B. | Erhardt | Kraus | Ness | Seifert | Tunheim | 
| Bettermann | Finseth | Krinkie | Nornes | Smith | Van Dellen | 
| Bishop | Gunther | Kuisle | Olson, M. | Stanek | Vickerman | 
| Boudreau | Haas | Larsen | Otremba | Stang | Weaver | 
| Bradley | Harder | Leppik | Paulsen | Sviggum | Wenzel | 
| Broecker | Holsten | Lindner | Pawlenty | Swenson, D. | Westfall | 
| Commers | Jennings | Macklin | Reuter | Swenson, H. | Westrom | 
| Daggett | Kielkucki | Mares | Rhodes | Sykora | Wolf | 
| Davids | Knight | McElroy | Rifenberg | Tingelstad | Workman | 
| Dehler | Knoblach | Molnau | Rostberg | Tompkins | |
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Anderson, I. | Folliard | Johnson, R. | Mahon | Osskopp | Slawik | 
| Bakk | Garcia | Juhnke | Mariani | Ozment | Solberg | 
| Biernat | Goodno | Kahn | Marko | Paymar | Tomassoni | 
| Carlson | Greenfield | Kalis | McCollum | Pelowski | Trimble | 
| Chaudhary | Greiling | Kelso | McGuire | Peterson | Wagenius | 
| Clark | Hasskamp | Kinkel | Milbert | Pugh | Wejcman | 
| Dawkins | Hausman | Koskinen | Mullery | Rest | Winter | 
| Delmont | Hilty | Kubly | Munger | Rukavina | Spk. Carruthers | 
| Dorn | Huntley | Leighton | Murphy | Schumacher | |
| Entenza | Jaros | Lieder | Olson, E. | Sekhon | |
| Evans | Jefferson | Long | Opatz | Skare | |
| Farrell | Johnson, A. | Luther | Orfield | Skoglund | |
The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
Reuter moved to amend S. F. No. 1905, the second unofficial engrossment, as amended, as follows:
Page 69, after line 4, insert:
"Sec. 103. [YEAR 2000 READY.]
Any computer software or hardware that is purchased with money appropriated in this bill must be year 2000 ready."
Renumber the sections in sequence and correct internal references
Amend the title accordingly
| Abrams | Erhardt | Krinkie | Nornes | Seifert | Van Dellen | 
| Anderson, B. | Finseth | Kuisle | Olson, M. | Smith | Vickerman | 
| Bishop | Gunther | Larsen | Osskopp | Stanek | Weaver | 
| Boudreau | Haas | Leppik | Ozment | Stang | Westfall | 
| Bradley | Harder | Lindner | Paulsen | Sviggum | Westrom | 
| Broecker | Holsten | Macklin | Pawlenty | Swenson, D. | Wolf | 
| Commers | Kielkucki | Mares | Reuter | Swenson, H. | Workman | 
| Daggett | Knight | McElroy | Rhodes | Sykora | |
| Davids | Knoblach | Molnau | Rifenberg | Tingelstad | |
| Dehler | Koppendrayer | Mulder | Rostberg | Tompkins | |
| Dempsey | Kraus | Ness | Seagren | Tuma | |
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Anderson, I. | Farrell | Jennings | Luther | Orfield | Slawik | 
| Bakk | Folliard | Johnson, A. | Mahon | Otremba | Solberg | 
| Bettermann | Garcia | Johnson, R. | Mariani | Paymar | Tomassoni | 
| Biernat | Goodno | Juhnke | Marko | Pelowski | Trimble | 
| Carlson | Greenfield | Kahn | McCollum | Peterson | Tunheim | 
| Chaudhary | Greiling | Kalis | McGuire | Pugh | Wagenius | 
| Clark | Hasskamp | Kelso | Milbert | Rest | Wejcman | 
| Dawkins | Hausman | Kinkel | Mullery | Rukavina | Wenzel | 
| Delmont | Hilty | Koskinen | Munger | Schumacher | Winter | 
| Dorn | Huntley | Leighton | Murphy | Sekhon | Spk. Carruthers | 
| Entenza | Jaros | Lieder | Olson, E. | Skare | |
| Evans | Jefferson | Long | Opatz | Skoglund | |
The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
Krinkie moved to amend S. F. No. 1905, the second unofficial engrossment, as amended, as follows:
Page 20, after line 4, insert:
"Sec. 34. MINNESOTA FILM BOARD 500,000 500,000"
Correct the totals and the summaries by fund accordingly 
 Renumber the sections in sequence and correct internal 
references 
 Amend the title accordingly 
 The motion prevailed and the amendment was adopted.
 Krinkie moved to amend S. F. No. 1905, the second 
unofficial engrossment, as amended, as follows: 
 Page 69, after line 4, insert: 
 "Sec. 32. [TARGET CENTER.] 
 On and after the effective date 
of sections 22 and 30, no more money may be paid out pursuant to the annual 
appropriation in Minnesota Statutes, section 240A.08, paragraph (a), unless it 
is expended consistent with all conditions set forth in Minnesota Statutes, 
sections 240A.08 and 473.556, subdivision 16, paragraph (c), as amended by this 
act. If the the metropolitan sports facilities commission does not allocate the 
number of event dates described in Minnesota Statutes, section 240A.08, 
paragraph (a), or terminates or cancels before July 1, 1999, any Minnesota 
amateur sports commission event that was scheduled before July 1, 1997, to occur 
during the biennium beginning July 1, 1997, no further payments may be made to 
the metropolitan sports facilities commission under Minnesota Statutes, section 
240A.08 for the fiscal year in which the termination or cancellation occurs and 
the appropriation for the next succeeding fiscal year is void." 
 Renumber the sections in sequence and correct internal 
references 
 Amend the title accordingly 
 The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not 
adopted.
 Larsen moved to amend S. F. No. 1905, the second 
unofficial engrossment, as amended, as follows: 
 Delete from Article 1, section 12, subdivision 2 the 
following language "$250,000 is for prescription drug contracting activities." 
 and correct the totals accordingly. 
 Delete sections 2, 3, 4, and 5 of Article 6 
 Renumber the sections in sequence and correct internal 
references
 Amend the title accordingly
 A roll call was requested and properly seconded.
 
 Kahn raised a point of order pursuant to Section 349, 
paragraph 2, of "Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure" relating to the 
previous question--debate and subsidiary motions. The Speaker ruled the point of 
order not well taken.
 The question recurred on the Larsen amendment and the 
roll was called. 
 Winter moved that those not voting be excused from 
voting. The motion prevailed.
 There were 64 yeas and 68 nays as follows: 
 Those who voted in the affirmative were: 
 
| Abrams | Dempsey | Krinkie | Ness | Seifert | Tunheim | 
| Anderson, B. | Erhardt | Kuisle | Nornes | Smith | Van Dellen | 
| Bettermann | Finseth | Larsen | Olson, M. | Stanek | Vickerman | 
| Bishop | Gunther | Leppik | Otremba | Stang | Weaver | 
| Boudreau | Haas | Lindner | Paulsen | Sviggum | Wenzel | 
| Bradley | Harder | Macklin | Pawlenty | Swenson, D. | Westfall | 
| Broecker | Holsten | Mares | Reuter | Swenson, H. | Westrom | 
| Commers | Kielkucki | McCollum | Rhodes | Sykora | Wolf | 
| Daggett | Knight | McElroy | Rifenberg | Tingelstad | Workman | 
| Davids | Knoblach | Molnau | Rostberg | Tompkins | |
| Dehler | Koppendrayer | Mulder | Seagren | Tuma | |
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Anderson, I. | Folliard | Johnson, A. | Luther | Osthoff | Slawik | 
| Bakk | Garcia | Johnson, R. | Mariani | Ozment | Solberg | 
| Biernat | Goodno | Juhnke | Marko | Paymar | Tomassoni | 
| Carlson | Greenfield | Kahn | McGuire | Pelowski | Trimble | 
| Chaudhary | Greiling | Kalis | Milbert | Peterson | Wagenius | 
| Clark | Hasskamp | Kelso | Mullery | Pugh | Wejcman | 
| Dawkins | Hausman | Kinkel | Munger | Rest | Winter | 
| Delmont | Hilty | Koskinen | Murphy | Rukavina | Spk. Carruthers | 
| Dorn | Huntley | Kraus | Olson, E. | Schumacher | |
| Entenza | Jaros | Leighton | Opatz | Sekhon | |
| Evans | Jefferson | Lieder | Orfield | Skare | |
| Farrell | Jennings | Long | Osskopp | Skoglund | |
The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
Haas moved to amend S. F. No. 1905, the second unofficial engrossment, as amended, as follows:
Page 8, delete lines 40 to 57
Renumber subsequent subdivisions
Adjust section and bill totals accordingly
Page 20, after line 4, insert:
"Sec. 34. [SAVINGS.]
The $300,000 savings from not appropriating money for the hockey hall of fame are to the general fund for the taxpayers of Minnesota."
Renumber the sections in sequence and correct internal references
Amend the title accordingly
A roll call was requested and properly seconded. 
 The question was taken on the Haas amendment and the 
roll was called.
 Winter moved that those not voting be excused from 
voting. The motion prevailed.
 There were 54 yeas and 78 nays as follows: 
 Those who voted in the affirmative were: 
 
| Abrams | Erhardt | Kuisle | Mulder | Seagren | Tingelstad | 
| Anderson, B. | Haas | Larsen | Ness | Seifert | Tompkins | 
| Bishop | Harder | Leppik | Nornes | Smith | Tuma | 
| Boudreau | Holsten | Lindner | Olson, M. | Stanek | Van Dellen | 
| Bradley | Kielkucki | Macklin | Paulsen | Stang | Vickerman | 
| Broecker | Knight | Mares | Pawlenty | Sviggum | Weaver | 
| Commers | Knoblach | McCollum | Reuter | Swenson, D. | Westfall | 
| Daggett | Koppendrayer | McElroy | Rifenberg | Swenson, H. | Westrom | 
| Dehler | Krinkie | Molnau | Rostberg | Sykora | Workman | 
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Anderson, I. | Evans | Jaros | Lieder | Orfield | Sekhon | 
| Bakk | Farrell | Jefferson | Long | Osskopp | Skare | 
| Bettermann | Finseth | Jennings | Luther | Osthoff | Skoglund | 
| Biernat | Folliard | Johnson, A. | Mahon | Otremba | Solberg | 
| Carlson | Garcia | Johnson, R. | Mariani | Ozment | Tomassoni | 
| Chaudhary | Goodno | Juhnke | Marko | Paymar | Trimble | 
| Clark | Greenfield | Kahn | McGuire | Pelowski | Tunheim | 
| Davids | Greiling | Kalis | Milbert | Peterson | Wagenius | 
| Dawkins | Gunther | Kelso | Mullery | Pugh | Wejcman | 
| Delmont | Hasskamp | Kinkel | Munger | Rest | Wenzel | 
| Dempsey | Hausman | Koskinen | Murphy | Rhodes | Winter | 
| Dorn | Hilty | Kraus | Olson, E. | Rukavina | Wolf | 
| Entenza | Huntley | Leighton | Opatz | Schumacher | Spk. Carruthers | 
The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
Anderson, B., and Rifenberg moved to amend S. F. No. 1905, the second unofficial engrossment, as amended, as follows:
Delete page 4, lines 21 to 26
Adjust section and bill totals accordingly
Page 20, after line 4, insert:
"Sec. 34. [SAVINGS.]
The $250,000 savings from not appropriating money for planning and technology grants are to be returned to the general fund for the taxpayers of Minnesota."
Renumber the sections in sequence and correct internal references
Amend the title accordingly
A roll call was requested and properly seconded. 
 The question was taken on the Anderson, B., and 
Rifenberg amendment and the roll was called.
 Winter moved that those not voting be excused from 
voting. The motion prevailed.
 There were 51 yeas and 82 nays as follows: 
 Those who voted in the affirmative were: 
 
| Abrams | Davids | Koppendrayer | Ness | Seifert | Tuma | 
| Anderson, B. | Erhardt | Kraus | Nornes | Smith | Van Dellen | 
| Bettermann | Goodno | Krinkie | Olson, M. | Stanek | Weaver | 
| Bishop | Gunther | Kuisle | Osskopp | Stang | Westfall | 
| Boudreau | Haas | Lindner | Paulsen | Sviggum | Wolf | 
| Bradley | Harder | Macklin | Pawlenty | Swenson, D. | Workman | 
| Broecker | Kielkucki | Mares | Reuter | Swenson, H. | |
| Commers | Knight | Molnau | Rifenberg | Tingelstad | |
| Daggett | Knoblach | Mulder | Seagren | Tompkins | |
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Anderson, I. | Finseth | Johnson, R. | Mariani | Ozment | Solberg | 
| Bakk | Folliard | Juhnke | Marko | Paymar | Sykora | 
| Biernat | Garcia | Kahn | McCollum | Pelowski | Tomassoni | 
| Carlson | Greenfield | Kalis | McElroy | Peterson | Trimble | 
| Chaudhary | Greiling | Kelso | McGuire | Pugh | Tunheim | 
| Clark | Hasskamp | Kinkel | Milbert | Rest | Vickerman | 
| Dawkins | Hausman | Koskinen | Mullery | Rhodes | Wagenius | 
| Dehler | Hilty | Larsen | Munger | Rostberg | Wejcman | 
| Delmont | Holsten | Leighton | Murphy | Rukavina | Wenzel | 
| Dempsey | Huntley | Leppik | Olson, E. | Schumacher | Westrom | 
| Dorn | Jaros | Lieder | Opatz | Sekhon | Winter | 
| Entenza | Jefferson | Long | Orfield | Skare | Spk. Carruthers | 
| Evans | Jennings | Luther | Osthoff | Skoglund | |
| Farrell | Johnson, A. | Mahon | Otremba | Slawik | |
The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
Molnau moved to amend S. F. No. 1905, the second unofficial engrossment, as amended, as follows:
Delete page 3, lines 44 to 46
Adjust section and bill totals accordingly
Page 20, after line 4, insert:
"Sec. 34. [SAVINGS.]
The $25,000 savings from not appropriating money for a study of gender equity in athletics are to the general fund for the taxpayers of Minnesota."
Renumber the sections in sequence and correct internal references
Amend the title accordingly
A roll call was requested and properly seconded. 
 The question was taken on the Molnau amendment and the 
roll was called.
 Winter moved that those not voting be excused from 
voting. The motion prevailed.
 There were 61 yeas and 72 nays as follows: 
 Those who voted in the affirmative were: 
 
| Abrams | Dempsey | Koppendrayer | Ness | Seifert | Vickerman | 
| Anderson, B. | Erhardt | Krinkie | Nornes | Smith | Weaver | 
| Bettermann | Finseth | Kuisle | Olson, M. | Stanek | Westfall | 
| Bishop | Goodno | Larsen | Ozment | Stang | Westrom | 
| Boudreau | Gunther | Leppik | Paulsen | Sviggum | Wolf | 
| Bradley | Haas | Lindner | Pawlenty | Swenson, D. | Workman | 
| Broecker | Harder | Macklin | Reuter | Swenson, H. | |
| Commers | Holsten | Mares | Rhodes | Sykora | |
| Daggett | Kielkucki | McElroy | Rifenberg | Tompkins | |
| Davids | Knight | Molnau | Rostberg | Tuma | |
| Dehler | Knoblach | Mulder | Seagren | Van Dellen | |
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Anderson, I. | Folliard | Johnson, R. | Luther | Orfield | Skoglund | 
| Bakk | Garcia | Juhnke | Mahon | Osskopp | Slawik | 
| Biernat | Greenfield | Kahn | Mariani | Otremba | Solberg | 
| Carlson | Greiling | Kalis | Marko | Paymar | Tingelstad | 
| Chaudhary | Hasskamp | Kelso | McCollum | Pelowski | Tomassoni | 
| Clark | Hausman | Kinkel | McGuire | Peterson | Trimble | 
| Dawkins | Hilty | Koskinen | Milbert | Pugh | Tunheim | 
| Delmont | Huntley | Kraus | Mullery | Rest | Wagenius | 
| Dorn | Jaros | Kubly | Munger | Rukavina | Wejcman | 
| Entenza | Jefferson | Leighton | Murphy | Schumacher | Wenzel | 
| Evans | Jennings | Lieder | Olson, E. | Sekhon | Winter | 
| Farrell | Johnson, A. | Long | Opatz | Skare | Spk. Carruthers | 
The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
Mahon was excused between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Milbert was excused between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 7:25 p.m.
Bettermann, Pelowski, Tuma, Opatz, Huntley, Dehler, Paulsen and Johnson, R., moved to amend S. F. No. 1905, the second unofficial engrossment, as amended, as follows:
Page 4, delete lines 32 to 53
Correct the subdivision and section totals and the summaries by fund accordingly
A roll call was requested and properly seconded.
The question was taken on the Bettermann et al amendment 
and the roll was called. 
 Winter moved that those not voting be excused from 
voting. The motion prevailed.
 There were 76 yeas and 56 nays as follows: 
 Those who voted in the affirmative were: 
 
| Abrams | Dempsey | Juhnke | Mares | Rhodes | Tingelstad | 
| Anderson, B. | Dorn | Kalis | McElroy | Rifenberg | Tuma | 
| Bakk | Erhardt | Kelso | Molnau | Rostberg | Tunheim | 
| Bettermann | Finseth | Kielkucki | Mulder | Seagren | Van Dellen | 
| Bishop | Goodno | Kinkel | Ness | Seifert | Vickerman | 
| Boudreau | Gunther | Knoblach | Nornes | Slawik | Weaver | 
| Bradley | Haas | Koppendrayer | Olson, E. | Smith | Westfall | 
| Broecker | Harder | Kraus | Olson, M. | Stanek | Westrom | 
| Commers | Holsten | Kuisle | Ozment | Stang | Wolf | 
| Daggett | Huntley | Larsen | Paulsen | Sviggum | Workman | 
| Davids | Jennings | Lieder | Pawlenty | Swenson, D. | Spk. Carruthers | 
| Dehler | Johnson, A. | Lindner | Pelowski | Swenson, H. | |
| Delmont | Johnson, R. | Macklin | Reuter | Sykora | |
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Anderson, I. | Garcia | Koskinen | McGuire | Peterson | Tompkins | 
| Biernat | Greenfield | Krinkie | Mullery | Pugh | Trimble | 
| Carlson | Greiling | Kubly | Munger | Rest | Wagenius | 
| Chaudhary | Hasskamp | Leighton | Murphy | Rukavina | Wejcman | 
| Clark | Hausman | Leppik | Opatz | Schumacher | Wenzel | 
| Dawkins | Hilty | Long | Orfield | Sekhon | Winter | 
| Entenza | Jaros | Luther | Osskopp | Skare | |
| Evans | Jefferson | Mariani | Osthoff | Skoglund | |
| Farrell | Kahn | Marko | Otremba | Solberg | |
| Folliard | Knight | McCollum | Paymar | Tomassoni | |
The motion prevailed and the amendment was adopted.
Macklin moved to amend S. F. No. 1905, the second unofficial engrossment, as amended, as follows:
Delete section 1 of article 6
Renumber the sections in sequence and correct internal references
Amend the title accordingly
A roll call was requested and properly seconded.
The question was taken on the Macklin amendment and the roll was called.
Winter moved that those not voting be excused from voting. The motion prevailed.
There were 63 yeas and 69 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
| Abrams | Dempsey | Koppendrayer | Mulder | Seagren | Tuma | 
| Anderson, B. | Erhardt | Kraus | Ness | Seifert | Van Dellen | 
| Bettermann | Finseth | Krinkie | Nornes | Smith | Vickerman | 
| Bishop | Goodno | Kuisle | Olson, M. | Stanek | Weaver | 
| Boudreau | Gunther | Larsen | Ozment | Stang | Westfall | 
| Bradley | Haas | Leppik | Paulsen | Sviggum | Westrom | 
| Broecker | Harder | Lindner | Pawlenty | Swenson, D. | Wolf | 
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| Commers | Holsten | Macklin | Reuter | Swenson, H. | Workman | 
| Daggett | Kielkucki | Mares | Rhodes | Sykora | |
| Davids | Knight | McElroy | Rifenberg | Tingelstad | |
| Dehler | Knoblach | Molnau | Rostberg | Tompkins | |
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Anderson, I. | Folliard | Johnson, R. | Mariani | Otremba | Solberg | 
| Bakk | Garcia | Juhnke | Marko | Paymar | Tomassoni | 
| Biernat | Greenfield | Kahn | McCollum | Pelowski | Trimble | 
| Carlson | Greiling | Kalis | McGuire | Peterson | Tunheim | 
| Chaudhary | Hasskamp | Kelso | Mullery | Pugh | Wagenius | 
| Clark | Hausman | Kinkel | Munger | Rest | Wejcman | 
| Dawkins | Hilty | Koskinen | Murphy | Rukavina | Wenzel | 
| Delmont | Huntley | Kubly | Olson, E. | Schumacher | Winter | 
| Dorn | Jaros | Leighton | Opatz | Sekhon | Spk. Carruthers | 
| Entenza | Jefferson | Lieder | Orfield | Skare | |
| Evans | Jennings | Long | Osskopp | Skoglund | |
| Farrell | Johnson, A. | Luther | Osthoff | Slawik | |
The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
The Speaker called Opatz to the Chair.
Pawlenty moved to amend S. F. No. 1905, the second unofficial engrossment, as amended, as follows:
Page 72, delete lines 7 to 20
Page 73, delete lines 10 to 29
Page 74, after line 2, insert:
"Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 473.858, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [NO CONFLICTING ZONING, FISCAL DEVICE, 
OFFICIAL CONTROL.] Within three years following the receipt of the metropolitan 
system statement, every local governmental unit shall have prepared a 
comprehensive plan in accordance with sections 462.355, subdivision 4, 473.175, 
and 473.851 to 473.871 and the applicable planning statute and shall have 
submitted the plan to the metropolitan council for review pursuant to section 
473.175. The provisions of sections 462.355, subdivision 4, 473.175, and 473.851 
to 473.871 shall supersede the provisions of the applicable planning statute 
wherever a conflict may exist. If the comprehensive municipal plan is in 
conflict with the zoning ordinance, the zoning ordinance  activity in conflict with metropolitan system plans if 
such fiscal device or official control is adopted to ensure the planned, 
orderly, and staged development of urbanization or redevelopment areas 
designated in the comprehensive plan pursuant to section 473.859, subdivision 
5.shall be brought into conformance with the plan by local government units in 
conjunction with the review and, if necessary, amendment of its comprehensive 
plan required under section 473.864, subdivision 2 supersedes the plan. After 
August 1, 1995, a local government unit shall not adopt any fiscal device or 
official control which is in conflict with its comprehensive plan, including any 
amendments to the plan, or which permits activity in conflict with metropolitan 
system plans, as defined by section 473.852, subdivision 8. The comprehensive 
plan shall provide guidelines for the timing and sequence of the adoption of 
official controls to ensure planned, orderly, and staged development and 
redevelopment consistent with the comprehensive plan. For purposes of this 
section, a fiscal device or official control shall not be considered to be in 
conflict with a local government unit's comprehensive plan or to permit an 
" 
Renumber the sections in sequence and correct internal references
Amend the title accordingly
A roll call was requested and properly seconded.
The question was taken on the Pawlenty amendment and the roll was called.
Winter moved that those not voting be excused from voting. The motion prevailed.
There were 63 yeas and 69 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
| Abrams | Dempsey | Koppendrayer | Mulder | Rostberg | Tuma | 
| Anderson, B. | Erhardt | Kraus | Murphy | Seagren | Van Dellen | 
| Bettermann | Goodno | Krinkie | Ness | Seifert | Vickerman | 
| Bishop | Gunther | Kuisle | Nornes | Smith | Weaver | 
| Boudreau | Haas | Larsen | Olson, M. | Stanek | Westfall | 
| Bradley | Harder | Leppik | Osskopp | Stang | Westrom | 
| Broecker | Holsten | Lindner | Ozment | Sviggum | Wolf | 
| Commers | Kelso | Macklin | Paulsen | Swenson, H. | Workman | 
| Daggett | Kielkucki | Mares | Pawlenty | Sykora | |
| Davids | Knight | McElroy | Reuter | Tingelstad | |
| Dehler | Knoblach | Molnau | Rifenberg | Tompkins | |
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Anderson, I. | Finseth | Johnson, A. | Mariani | Pelowski | Swenson, D. | 
| Bakk | Folliard | Johnson, R. | Marko | Peterson | Tomassoni | 
| Biernat | Garcia | Juhnke | McCollum | Pugh | Trimble | 
| Carlson | Greenfield | Kahn | McGuire | Rest | Tunheim | 
| Chaudhary | Greiling | Kinkel | Mullery | Rhodes | Wagenius | 
| Clark | Hasskamp | Koskinen | Munger | Rukavina | Wejcman | 
| Dawkins | Hausman | Kubly | Olson, E. | Schumacher | Wenzel | 
| Delmont | Hilty | Leighton | Opatz | Sekhon | Winter | 
| Dorn | Huntley | Lieder | Orfield | Skare | Spk. Carruthers | 
| Entenza | Jaros | Long | Osthoff | Skoglund | |
| Evans | Jefferson | Luther | Otremba | Slawik | |
| Farrell | Jennings | Mahon | Paymar | Solberg | |
The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
Boudreau moved to amend S. F. No. 1905, the second unofficial engrossment, as amended, as follows:
Delete sections 7, 8, and 9 of article 6
| Abrams | Erhardt | Koppendrayer | McElroy | Rostberg | Tuma | 
| Anderson, B. | Finseth | Kraus | Molnau | Seagren | Van Dellen | 
| Bettermann | Goodno | Krinkie | Mulder | Seifert | Vickerman | 
| Biernat | Greiling | Kubly | Nornes | Smith | Weaver | 
| Bishop | Gunther | Kuisle | Olson, M. | Stanek | Westfall | 
| Boudreau | Haas | Larsen | Osskopp | Stang | Westrom | 
| Bradley | Harder | Leppik | Ozment | Sviggum | Workman | 
| Broecker | Holsten | Lindner | Paulsen | Swenson, D. | |
| Commers | Johnson, R. | Luther | Pawlenty | Swenson, H. | |
| Daggett | Kielkucki | Macklin | Reuter | Sykora | |
| Dehler | Knight | Mares | Rhodes | Tingelstad | |
| Dempsey | Knoblach | Marko | Rifenberg | Tompkins | |
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Anderson, I. | Folliard | Kahn | Milbert | Peterson | Tunheim | 
| Bakk | Garcia | Kalis | Mullery | Pugh | Wagenius | 
| Carlson | Greenfield | Kelso | Munger | Rest | Wejcman | 
| Chaudhary | Hasskamp | Kinkel | Murphy | Rukavina | Wenzel | 
| Clark | Hausman | Koskinen | Ness | Schumacher | Winter | 
| Davids | Hilty | Leighton | Olson, E. | Sekhon | Wolf | 
| Dawkins | Huntley | Lieder | Opatz | Skare | Spk. Carruthers | 
| Delmont | Jaros | Long | Orfield | Skoglund | |
| Dorn | Jefferson | Mahon | Osthoff | Slawik | |
| Entenza | Jennings | Mariani | Otremba | Solberg | |
| Evans | Johnson, A. | McCollum | Paymar | Tomassoni | |
| Farrell | Juhnke | McGuire | Pelowski | Trimble | |
| Abrams | Erhardt | Kraus | Nornes | Smith | Vickerman | 
| Anderson, B. | Finseth | Krinkie | Olson, M. | Stanek | Weaver | 
| Bettermann | Goodno | Kuisle | Osskopp | Stang | Westfall | 
| Bishop | Gunther | Larsen | Ozment | Sviggum | Westrom | 
| Boudreau | Haas | Lindner | Paulsen | Swenson, D. | Wolf | 
| Bradley | Harder | Macklin | Pawlenty | Swenson, H. | Workman | 
| Broecker | Holsten | Mares | Reuter | Sykora | |
| Commers | Kielkucki | McElroy | Rifenberg | Tingelstad | |
| Daggett | Knight | Molnau | Rostberg | Tompkins | |
| Davids | Knoblach | Mulder | Seagren | Tuma | |
| Dehler | Koppendrayer | Ness | Seifert | Van Dellen | |
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Anderson, I. | Folliard | Juhnke | Mariani | Paymar | Tomassoni | 
| Bakk | Garcia | Kahn | Marko | Pelowski | Trimble | 
| Biernat | Greenfield | Kalis | McCollum | Peterson | Tunheim | 
| Carlson | Greiling | Kelso | McGuire | Pugh | Wagenius | 
| Chaudhary | Hasskamp | Kinkel | Milbert | Rest | Wejcman | 
| Clark | Hausman | Koskinen | Mullery | Rhodes | Wenzel | 
| Dawkins | Hilty | Kubly | Munger | Rukavina | Winter | 
| Delmont | Huntley | Leighton | Murphy | Schumacher | Spk. Carruthers | 
| Dempsey | Jaros | Leppik | Olson, E. | Sekhon | |
| Dorn | Jefferson | Lieder | Opatz | Skare | |
| Entenza | Jennings | Long | Orfield | Skoglund | |
| Evans | Johnson, A. | Luther | Osthoff | Slawik | |
| Farrell | Johnson, R. | Mahon | Otremba | Solberg | |
| Abrams | Erhardt | Kuisle | Olson, M. | Stanek | Vickerman | 
| Anderson, B. | Finseth | Larsen | Osskopp | Stang | Weaver | 
| Bishop | Haas | Lindner | Paulsen | Sviggum | Westrom | 
| Boudreau | Harder | Macklin | Pawlenty | Swenson, D. | Wolf | 
| Bradley | Jennings | Mares | Reuter | Swenson, H. | Workman | 
| Broecker | Kielkucki | McElroy | Rifenberg | Sykora | |
| Commers | Knight | Molnau | Rostberg | Tingelstad | |
| Davids | Koppendrayer | Mulder | Seagren | Tompkins | |
| Dehler | Kraus | Ness | Seifert | Tuma | |
| Dempsey | Krinkie | Nornes | Smith | Van Dellen | |
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Anderson, I. | Folliard | Johnson, R. | Mahon | Ozment | Tomassoni | 
| Bakk | Garcia | Juhnke | Mariani | Paymar | Trimble | 
| Bettermann | Goodno | Kahn | Marko | Pelowski | Tunheim | 
| Biernat | Greenfield | Kalis | McCollum | Peterson | Wagenius | 
| Carlson | Greiling | Kelso | McGuire | Pugh | Wejcman | 
| Chaudhary | Gunther | Kinkel | Milbert | Rest | Wenzel | 
| Clark | Hasskamp | Knoblach | Mullery | Rhodes | Westfall | 
| Daggett | Hausman | Koskinen | Munger | Rukavina | Winter | 
| Dawkins | Hilty | Kubly | Murphy | Schumacher | Spk. Carruthers | 
| Delmont | Holsten | Leighton | Olson, E. | Sekhon | |
| Dorn | Huntley | Leppik | Opatz | Skare | |
| Entenza | Jaros | Lieder | Orfield | Skoglund | |
| Evans | Jefferson | Long | Osthoff | Slawik | |
| Farrell | Johnson, A. | Luther | Otremba | Solberg | |
The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
Seagren was excused for the remainder of today's session.
Mulder; Haas; Koppendrayer; Smith; Boudreau; Nornes; Broecker; Westrom; Ness; Davids; Dempsey; Rostberg; Daggett; Bettermann; Tompkins; Kuisle; Knight; Tuma; Larsen; Leppik; Seagren; Kielkucki; Sviggum; Gunther; Westfall; Weaver; Farrell; Krinkie; Lindner; Rifenberg; Mares; Sykora; Swenson, D.; Seifert; Anderson, B., and Olson, M., moved to amend S. F. No. 1905, the second unofficial engrossment, as amended, as follows:
Page 5, delete lines 9 and 10 
 Pages 98 to 103, delete article 6 and insert: 
 
 
 Section 1. [151.471] [BEST PRICE REPORTING REQUIREMENT.] 
 (a) As a condition of licensure 
under section 151.47, a wholesale drug distributor, as defined in section 
151.44, paragraph (b), shall report to the commissioner of human services, in 
the manner prescribed by that commissioner, the best price for each prescription 
drug sold or distributed in Minnesota. For purposes of this requirement, "best 
price" means the lowest price at which the wholesale drug distributor sells or 
distributes the prescription drug to a retail pharmacy, retail pharmacy chain, 
or retail pharmacy purchasing group. When reporting the best price to the 
commissioner, a wholesale drug distributor shall also include information on the 
quantity of prescription drugs to which the best price applies, and information 
on how a retail pharmacy, retail pharmacy chain, or retail pharmacy purchasing 
group can purchase prescription drugs at the best price. 
 (b) The board of pharmacy shall 
investigate violations of paragraph (a). The board shall assess a financial 
penalty against a wholesale drug distributor, if the board determines that the 
wholesale drug distributor has failed to provide to the commissioner of human 
services the information required under paragraph (a), or has provided 
fraudulent information. 
 Sec. 2. [256.9773] [PRESCRIPTION DRUG PROGRAM FOR SENIOR 
CITIZENS.] 
 Subdivision 1. [PURPOSE.] The purpose of the program established by this section is 
to provide retail pharmacies, especially independent pharmacies with small 
profit margins on prescription drugs, with the ability to provide prescription 
drugs to eligible senior citizens at lower prices than they would normally be 
able to charge, through the provision of supplemental payments. The intent of 
the program is to allow each retail pharmacy to determine what level of price 
reduction is appropriate, based upon their economic situation and market 
competition. 
 Subd. 2. [ESTABLISHMENT.] The commissioner of human services, in consultation with 
county social services agencies, shall establish a program to provide 
supplemental payments for retail pharmacies located in Minnesota that sell 
prescription drugs to eligible senior citizens. The commissioner, through county 
social services agencies, shall determine initial eligibility for the program, 
issue eligible seniors a program identification card, redetermine eligibility 
annually, and make available to eligible senior citizens information on the best 
price, as defined in section 151.471. County social services agencies shall 
charge senior citizens initially applying for the program a $75.00 application 
fee, and shall charge senior citizens an annual renewal fee of $25.00 
 Subd. 3. [ELIGIBLE SENIOR 
CITIZEN.] For purposes of this section, an eligible 
senior citizen is a person who is age 65 or older who: 
 (1) has a household income that 
does not exceed 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines; 
 (2) is not eligible for medical 
assistance or general assistance medical care, without a spenddown, and is not 
eligible for MinnesotaCare; 
 (3) is a resident of Minnesota, 
as determined using the procedures in chapter 256B; and 
 (4) does not own assets in 
excess of $100,000, using the method for determining assets in chapter 256B. 
 Subd. 4. [SUPPLEMENTAL 
PAYMENTS.] The commissioner of human services shall pay 
a supplemental payment to each retail pharmacy registered under subdivision 5, 
for each legend drug covered under medical assistance that is purchased from the 
pharmacy by an eligible senior citizen who has satisfied the applicable 
deductible specified in subdivision 6. Supplemental payments shall be available 
only for prescription drugs purchased in quantities that do not exceed a 30-day 
supply or the quantity necessary to complete a course of treatment, if this is 
greater than a 30-day supply. The supplemental payment shall be equal to the 
best price for the prescription drug, as defined in section 151.471, prorated 
for the quantity purchased by the eligible senior citizen, plus a $4.50 
dispensing fee for each prescription, and minus the applicable copayment under 
subdivision 6. Supplemental payments shall be provided beginning January 1, 
1998. 
 Subd. 5. [PHARMACY 
PARTICIPATION.] To participate in the program and 
receive supplemental payments, a retail pharmacy must: 
 (1) register annually with the 
commissioner of human services using the forms and procedures prescribed by the 
commissioner; 
 (2) charge each eligible senior 
citizen the same pharmacy-specific price for each prescription drug, based upon 
the price of each prescription drug as determined by each pharmacy, plus a $4.50 
dispensing fee and the applicable copayment under subdivision 6; 
 (3) provide the commissioner 
with monthly information on prescription drug purchases by eligible senior 
citizens, the price charged by the pharmacy for the prescription drugs purchased 
by eligible senior citizens, and any information the commissioner determines is 
necessary to verify these purchases and to evaluate the program as required 
under subdivision 7; and 
 (4) be located in Minnesota. 
 A retail pharmacy participating 
in the program may establish a system of patient recall to ensure that eligible 
senior citizens are refilling their prescriptions in a timely manner and taking 
their prescription drugs appropriately. 
 Subd. 6. [COST-SHARING 
REQUIREMENTS.] Eligible senior citizens shall be 
responsible for the following deductibles and copayments, based upon household 
income: 
 (1) an annual deductible of $200 
per person and a copayment of $2 per prescription, for eligible seniors with 
household incomes not exceeding 125 percent of the federal poverty 
guidelines; 
 (2) an annual deductible of $400 
per person and a copayment of $4 per prescription, for eligible seniors with 
household incomes greater than 125 percent but not exceeding 150 percent of the 
federal poverty guidelines; 
 (3) an annual deductible of $600 
per person and a copayment of $6 per prescription, for eligible seniors with 
household incomes greater than 150 percent but not exceeding 175 percent of the 
federal poverty guidelines; or 
 (4) an annual deductible of $800 
per person and a copayment of $8 per prescription, for eligible seniors with 
household incomes greater than 175 percent but not exceeding 200 percent of the 
federal poverty guidelines. 
 Subd. 7. [REPORT.] The commissioner of human services shall determine whether 
the program established by this section results in a significant reduction in 
the price of prescription drugs paid by eligible seniors and shall report to the 
legislature by January 15, 1999. 
 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 290.01, 
subdivision 19b, is amended to read: 
 Subd. 19b. [SUBTRACTIONS FROM FEDERAL TAXABLE INCOME.] 
For individuals, estates, and trusts, there shall be subtracted from federal 
taxable income: 
 (1) interest income on obligations of any authority, 
commission, or instrumentality of the United States to the extent includable in 
taxable income for federal income tax purposes but exempt from state income tax 
under the laws of the United States; 
 (2) if included in federal taxable income, the amount of 
any overpayment of income tax to Minnesota or to any other state, for any 
previous taxable year, whether the amount is received as a refund or as a credit 
to another taxable year's income tax liability; 
 (3) the amount paid to others not to exceed $650 for 
each dependent in grades kindergarten to 6 and $1,000 for each dependent in 
grades 7 to 12, for tuition, textbooks, and transportation of each dependent in 
attending an elementary or secondary school situated in Minnesota, North Dakota, 
South Dakota, Iowa, or Wisconsin, wherein a resident of this state 
 may legally fulfill the state's compulsory attendance 
laws, which is not operated for profit, and which adheres to the provisions of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and chapter 363. As used in this clause, 
"textbooks" includes books and other instructional materials and equipment used 
in elementary and secondary schools in teaching only those subjects legally and 
commonly taught in public elementary and secondary schools in this state. 
"Textbooks" does not include instructional books and materials used in the 
teaching of religious tenets, doctrines, or worship, the purpose of which is to 
instill such tenets, doctrines, or worship, nor does it include books or 
materials for, or transportation to, extracurricular activities including 
sporting events, musical or dramatic events, speech activities, driver's 
education, or similar programs. In order to qualify for the subtraction under 
this clause the taxpayer must elect to itemize deductions under section 63(e) of 
the Internal Revenue Code; 
 (4) to the extent included in federal taxable income, 
distributions from a qualified governmental pension plan, an individual 
retirement account, simplified employee pension, or qualified plan covering a 
self-employed person that represent a return of contributions that were included 
in Minnesota gross income in the taxable year for which the contributions were 
made but were deducted or were not included in the computation of federal 
adjusted gross income. The distribution shall be allocated first to return of 
contributions until the contributions included in Minnesota gross income have 
been exhausted. This subtraction applies only to contributions made in a taxable 
year prior to 1985; 
 (5) income as provided under section 290.0802; 
 (6) the amount of unrecovered accelerated cost recovery 
system deductions allowed under subdivision 19g; 
 (7) to the extent included in federal adjusted gross 
income, income realized on disposition of property exempt from tax under section 
290.491; 
 (8) to the extent not deducted in determining federal 
taxable income, the amount paid for health insurance of self-employed 
individuals as determined under section 162(l) of the Internal Revenue Code, 
except that the 25 percent limit does not apply. If the taxpayer deducted 
insurance payments under section 213 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the 
subtraction under this clause must be reduced by the lesser of: 
 (i) the total itemized deductions allowed under section 
63(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, less state, local, and foreign income taxes 
deductible under section 164 of the Internal Revenue Code and the standard 
deduction under section 63(c) of the Internal Revenue Code; or 
 (ii) the lesser of (A) the amount of insurance 
qualifying as "medical care" under section 213(d) of the Internal Revenue Code 
to the extent not deducted under section 162(1) of the Internal Revenue Code or 
excluded from income or (B) the total amount deductible for medical care under 
section 213(a);  (9) the exemption amount allowed under Laws 1995, 
chapter 255, article 3, section 2, subdivision 3; 
and 
 (10) to the extent not deducted 
in determining federal taxable income, the amount paid by an eligible senior 
citizen for prescription drugs covered under the prescription drug program for 
senior citizens established in section 256.9773. If the taxpayer deducted 
amounts paid for the prescription drugs under section 213 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986, the subtraction under this clause must be reduced by the 
lesser of: 
 (i) the total itemized 
deductions allowed under section 63(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, less state, 
local, and foreign income taxes deductible under section 164 of the Internal 
Revenue Code, and the standard deduction under section 63(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code; or 
 (ii) the lesser of (A) the 
amount paid for prescription drugs covered under the prescription drug program 
for senior citizens or (B) the total amount deductible for medical care under 
section 213(a) of the Internal Revenue Code reduced by the deduction under 
clause (8). 
 Sec. 4. [PRESCRIPTION DRUG INSURANCE PROGRAM.] 
 The commissioner of commerce 
shall study an insurance program to provide prescription drugs to Minnesotans 
who are 65 and older. The program shall be administered by the board of the 
Minnesota comprehensive health association, but shall be separate from the 
health coverage programs operated by the board under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
62E. In designing 
 the program, the commissioner of commerce shall 
incorporate, to the extent feasible, the administrative procedures and health 
care delivery methods used by the board of the Minnesota comprehensive health 
association under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62E. The commissioner of commerce 
shall develop the program based upon independent actuarial analysis, and shall 
present program recommendations and draft legislation to the legislature by 
December 15, 1997. Sec. 5. [ADEQUACY OF FUNDING.] 
 The commissioner of human 
services, in consultation with the commissioner of revenue, shall evaluate 
whether the expected annual cost of the prescription drug program established 
under section 256.9773 will exceed the total annual amount of MinnesotaCare 
taxes paid by pharmacists and wholesale drug distributors. The commissioner 
shall present the results of this evaluation to the legislature by January 15, 
1999. 
 Sec. 6. [APPROPRIATION.] 
 (a) $....... is appropriated 
from the health care access fund to the commissioner of human services for the 
biennium ending June 30, 1999, to implement section 2. 
 (b) $....... is appropriated 
from the health care access fund to the commissioner of commerce for the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 1998, to implement section 4." 
 Renumber the sections in sequence and correct internal 
references
 Amend the title accordingly
 Correct the subdivision and section totals and the 
summaries by fund accordingly 
 A roll call was requested and properly seconded.
 
 Rukavina raised a point of order pursuant to rule 3.09 
that the Mulder et al amendment was not in order. Speaker pro tempore Trimble 
ruled the point of order not well taken and the Mulder et al amendment in order.
 The question recurred on the Mulder et al amendment and 
the roll was called.
 Winter moved that those not voting be excused from 
voting. The motion prevailed.
 There were 63 yeas and 70 nays as follows: 
 Those who voted in the affirmative were: 
 
and 
| Abrams | Dempsey | Kraus | Ness | Seifert | Tuma | 
| Anderson, B. | Finseth | Krinkie | Nornes | Skare | Van Dellen | 
| Bettermann | Gunther | Kuisle | Olson, M. | Smith | Vickerman | 
| Bishop | Haas | Larsen | Osskopp | Stanek | Weaver | 
| Boudreau | Harder | Leppik | Ozment | Stang | Westfall | 
| Bradley | Holsten | Lindner | Paulsen | Sviggum | Westrom | 
| Broecker | Jennings | Macklin | Pawlenty | Swenson, D. | Wolf | 
| Commers | Kielkucki | Mares | Reuter | Swenson, H. | Workman | 
| Daggett | Knight | McElroy | Rhodes | Sykora | |
| Davids | Knoblach | Molnau | Rifenberg | Tingelstad | |
| Dehler | Koppendrayer | Mulder | Rostberg | Tompkins | |
 Those who voted in the negative were: 
 
| Anderson, I. | Farrell | Johnson, A. | Luther | Orfield | Slawik | 
| Bakk | Folliard | Johnson, R. | Mahon | Osthoff | Solberg | 
| Biernat | Garcia | Juhnke | Mariani | Otremba | Tomassoni | 
| Carlson | Goodno | Kahn | Marko | Paymar | Trimble | 
| Chaudhary | Greenfield | Kalis | McCollum | Pelowski | Tunheim | 
| Clark | Greiling | Kelso | McGuire | Peterson | Wagenius | 
| Dawkins | Hasskamp | Kinkel | Milbert | Pugh | Wejcman | 
| Delmont | Hausman | Koskinen | Mullery | Rest | Wenzel | 
| Dorn | Hilty | Kubly | Munger | Rukavina | Winter | 
| Entenza | Huntley | Leighton | Murphy | Schumacher | Spk. Carruthers | 
| Erhardt | Jaros | Lieder | Olson, E. | Sekhon | |
| Evans | Jefferson | Long | Opatz | Skoglund | |
The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
Anderson, B., moved to amend S. F. No. 1905, the second unofficial engrossment, as amended, as follows:
Page 5, after line 27, insert:
"Any funds from this appropriation that are used for the provision of telecommunications services provided by MNet shall be included in the cost of those services in the amounts billed to users, and shall be reimbursed by the commissioner to the general fund as cash flow in the intertechnologies fund permits, but no later than June 30, 2000."
The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
Kuisle and Bettermann moved to amend S. F. No. 1905, the second unofficial engrossment, as amended, as follows:
Pages 69 to 98, delete articles 2 to 5 and insert:
Section 1. [4A.08] [COMMUNITY-BASED PLANNING GOALS.]
Subdivision 1. [GOALS.] The ten goals of community-based planning are as stated in subdivisions 2 to 10.
Subd. 2. [CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.] Develop a community-based planning process with broad citizen participation in order to build local capacity to plan for sustainable development and to benefit from the insights, knowledge, and support of local residents.
Subd. 3. [COOPERATION.] Promote cooperation among communities to work towards the most efficient, planned, and cost-effective delivery of governmental services by, among other means, facilitating cooperative agreements among adjacent communities and to coordinate planning to ensure compatibility of one community's development with development of neighboring communities.
Subd. 4. [ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT.] Create sustainable economic development 
strategies and provide economic opportunities throughout the state that will 
encourage a balanced distribution of growth statewide. 
 Subd. 5. [PUBLIC 
INVESTMENT.] Identify the full environmental, social, 
and economic costs of new development, including infrastructure costs such as 
transportation, sewers and wastewater treatment, water, schools, recreation, and 
open space, and plan the funding mechanisms necessary to cover the costs of the 
infrastructure. 
 Subd. 6. [LIVABLE COMMUNITY 
DESIGN.] Strengthen communities by addressing the 
principles of livable community design, which includes planning for the 
efficient use of land resources through the use of compact and mixed-use 
development open spaces, integration of differing housing types to serve all 
income and age groups, access to public transit, bicycle and pedestrian ways, 
and enhanced aesthetics and beauty in public spaces. 
 Subd. 7. [SUSTAINABLE 
DEVELOPMENT.] Encourage development consistent with the 
definition of sustainable development in section 4A.07, subdivision 1, and use 
natural resources and public funds efficiently by directing growth towards areas 
with existing infrastructure. 
 Subd. 8. [CONSERVATION.] Consider methods to protect, preserve, and enhance the 
state's resources, including agricultural land, forests, surface water and 
groundwater, recreation and open space, scenic areas, and significant historic 
and archaeological sites. 
 Subd. 9. [HOUSING.] Provide and preserve an adequate supply of affordable and 
life-cycle housing. 
 Subd. 10. [TRANSPORTATION.] 
Focus on the movement of people and goods, rather than 
on the movement of automobiles, in transportation planning, and to maximize the 
efficient use of the transportation infrastructure by increasing the 
availability and use of appropriate public transit throughout the state through 
land-use planning and design that makes public transit economically viable and 
desirable. 
 Subd. 11. [COMMUNITY 
IDENTITY.] Permit communities to maintain their unique 
identities and character consistent with state law. 
 Sec. 2. [4A.09] [TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.] 
 The office shall provide local 
governments technical and financial assistance in preparing their comprehensive 
plans to meet the community-based planning goals in section 4A.08. 
 Sec. 3. [4A.10] [PLAN REVIEW AND COMMENT.] 
 The office shall review and 
comment on community-based comprehensive plans prepared by counties, including 
the community-based comprehensive plans of municipalities and towns that are 
incorporated into a county's plan, as required in section 394.232, subdivision 
3. 
 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 394.23, is 
amended to read: 
 394.23 [COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.] 
 The board  Sec. 5. [394.232] [COMMUNITY-BASED PLANNING.] 
 Subdivision 1. [GENERAL.] Each county is encouraged to prepare and implement a 
community-based comprehensive plan. A community-based comprehensive plan is a 
comprehensive plan that is consistent with the goals of community-based planning 
in section 4A.08. 
 Subd. 2. [NOTICE AND 
PARTICIPATION.] Notice must be given at the beginning of 
the community-based comprehensive planning process to the office of strategic 
and long-range planning, the department of natural resources, the department of 
agriculture, the department of trade and economic development, the board of soil 
and water resources, the 
 pollution control agency, the department of 
transportation, local government units, and local citizens to actively 
participate in the development of the plan. An agency that is invited to 
participate in the development of a local plan but declines to do so and fails 
to participate or to provide written comments during the plan development 
process waives the right during the office's review and comment period to submit 
comments, except for comments concerning consistency of the plan with laws and 
rules administered by the agency. In determining the merit of the agency 
comment, the office shall consider the involvement of the agency in the 
development of the plan. Subd. 3. [COORDINATION.] A county that prepares a community-based comprehensive plan 
shall coordinate its plan with the plans of its neighbors and its constituent 
municipalities and towns in order both to prevent its plan from having an 
adverse impact on other jurisdictions and to complement plans of other 
jurisdictions. The county's community-based comprehensive plan must incorporate 
the community-based comprehensive plan of any municipality or town in the county 
prepared in accordance with section 462.3535. A county may incorporate a 
municipal or town community-based comprehensive plan by reference. 
 Subd. 4. [JOINT PLANNING.] 
Under the joint exercise of powers provisions in section 
471.59, a county may establish a joint planning district with other counties, 
municipalities, and towns, that are geographically contiguous, to adopt a single 
community-based comprehensive plan for the district. The county may delegate its 
authority to adopt official controls under this chapter, to the board of the 
joint planning district. 
 Subd. 5. [REVIEW AND 
COMMENT.] (a) The county or joint planning district 
shall submit its community-based comprehensive plan to the office of strategic 
and long-range planning for review. The plan is deemed approved 60 days after 
submittal to the office, unless the office disagrees with the plan as provided 
in paragraph (c). 
 (b) The office may not 
disapprove a community-based comprehensive plan if the office determines that 
the plan meets the requirements of this section. 
 (c) If the office disagrees with 
a community-based comprehensive plan or any elements of the plan, the office 
shall notify the county or district in writing of the plan deficiencies and 
suggested changes. Upon receipt of the office's written comments, the county or 
district has 60 days to revise the community-based comprehensive plan and 
resubmit it to the office for reconsideration. 
 (d) If the county or district 
refuses to revise the plan or the office disagrees with the revised plan, the 
office shall within 60 days notify the county that it wishes to initiate the 
dispute resolution process in chapter 572A. 
 (e) Within 30 days of notice 
from the office, the county or joint planning district shall notify the office 
of its intent to enter the dispute resolution process. If the county or district 
refuses to enter the dispute resolution process, the county or district shall 
refund any state grant received for community-based planning activities through 
the office. 
 Subd. 6. [PLAN UPDATE.] The county board, or the board of the joint planning 
district, shall review and update the community-based comprehensive plan 
periodically, but at least every ten years, and submit the updated plan to the 
office of strategic and long-range planning for review and comment. 
 Subd. 7. [CITIZEN ACTION.] 
No citizen may institute mandamus proceedings against a 
county under this section to require the county to conform its comprehensive 
plan to be consistent with the community-based planning goals in section 
4A.08. 
 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 394.24, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 Subdivision 1. [ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE.] Official controls 
which shall further the purpose and objectives of the comprehensive plan and 
parts thereof shall be adopted by ordinance. The 
comprehensive plan must provide guidelines for the timing and sequence of the 
adoption of official controls to ensure planned, orderly, and staged development 
and redevelopment consistent with the comprehensive plan. 
 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 462.352, 
subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 Subd. 5. [COMPREHENSIVE MUNICIPAL PLAN.] "Comprehensive 
municipal plan" means a compilation of policy statements, goals, standards, and 
maps for guiding the physical, social and economic development, both private and 
public, of the municipality and its environs, including air space and subsurface 
areas necessary for mined underground space development pursuant to sections 
469.135 to 469.141, and may include, but is not limited to, the following: 
statements of policies, goals, standards, a land use plan, including proposed densities for development, a 
community facilities plan, a transportation plan, and recommendations for plan 
execution. A comprehensive plan represents the planning agency's recommendations 
for the future development of the community. 
 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 462.352, 
subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
 Subd. 6. [LAND USE PLAN.] "Land use plan" means a 
compilation of policy statements, goals, standards, and maps, and action 
programs for guiding the future development of private and public property. The 
term includes a plan designating types of uses for the entire municipality as 
well as a specialized plan showing specific areas or specific types of land 
uses, such as residential, commercial, industrial, public or semipublic uses or 
any combination of such uses. A land use plan may also 
include the proposed densities for development. 
 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 462.352, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 Subd. 18. [URBAN GROWTH 
AREA.] "Urban growth area" means the identified area 
around an urban area within which there is a sufficient supply of developable 
land for at least a prospective 20-year period, based on demographic forecasts 
and the time reasonably required to effectively provide municipal services to 
the identified area. 
 Sec. 10. [462.3535] [COMMUNITY-BASED PLANNING.] 
 Subdivision 1. [GENERAL.] Each municipality is encouraged to prepare and implement a 
community-based comprehensive municipal plan. A community-based comprehensive 
municipal plan is a comprehensive plan that is consistent with the goals of 
community-based planning in section 4A.08. 
 Subd. 2. [COORDINATION.] A municipality that prepares a community-based 
comprehensive municipal plan shall coordinate its plan with the plans, if any, 
of the county and the municipality's neighbors both in order to prevent the plan 
from having an adverse impact on other jurisdictions and to complement the plans 
of other jurisdictions. The municipality shall prepare its plan to be 
incorporated into the county's community-based comprehensive plan, if the county 
is preparing or has prepared one, and shall otherwise assist and cooperate with 
the county in its community-based planning. 
 Subd. 3. [JOINT PLANNING.] 
Under the joint exercise of powers provisions in section 
471.59, a municipality may establish a joint planning district with other 
municipalities or counties that are geographically contiguous, to adopt a single 
community-based comprehensive plan for the district. A municipality may delegate 
its authority to adopt official controls under sections 462.351 to 462.364, to 
the board of the joint planning district. 
 Subd. 4. [CITIES; URBAN 
GROWTH AREAS.] (a) The community-based comprehensive 
municipal plan for a statutory or home rule charter city, and official controls 
to implement the plan, must at a minimum, address any urban growth area 
identified in a county plan and may establish an urban growth area for the 
urbanized and urbanizing area. The city plan must establish a staged process for 
boundary adjustment to include the urbanized or urbanizing area within corporate 
limits as the urban growth area is developed and provided municipal 
services. 
 (b) Within the urban growth 
area, the plan must provide for the staged provision of urban services, 
including, but not limited to, water, wastewater collection and treatment, and 
transportation. 
 Subd. 5. [URBAN GROWTH AREA 
BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT PROCESS.] (a) After an urban growth 
area has been identified in a county or city plan, a city shall negotiate, as 
part of the comprehensive planning process and in coordination with the county, 
an orderly annexation agreement with the townships containing the affected 
unincorporated areas located within the identified urban growth area. The 
agreement shall contain a boundary adjustment staging plan that establishes a 
sequencing plan over the subsequent 20-year period for the orderly growth of the 
city based on its reasonably 
 anticipated development pattern and ability to extend 
municipal services into designated unincorporated areas located within the 
identified urban growth area. The city shall include the staging plan agreed 
upon in the orderly annexation agreement in its comprehensive plan. Upon 
agreement by the city and town, prior adopted orderly annexation agreements may 
be included as part of the boundary adjustment plan and comprehensive plan 
without regard to whether the prior adopted agreement is consistent with this 
section. When either the city or town requests that an existing orderly 
annexation agreement affecting unincorporated areas located within an identified 
or proposed urban growth area be renegotiated, the renegotiated plan shall be 
consistent with this section. (b) After a city's 
community-based comprehensive plan is approved under this section, the orderly 
annexation agreement shall be filed with the municipal board or its successor 
agency. Thereafter, the city may orderly annex the part or parts of the 
designated unincorporated area according to the sequencing plan and conditions 
contained in the negotiated orderly annexation agreement by submitting a 
resolution to the municipal board or its successor agency. The resolution shall 
specify the legal description of the area designated pursuant to the staging 
plan contained in the agreement, a map showing the new boundary and its relation 
to the existing city boundary, a description of and schedule for extending 
municipal services to the area, and a determination that all applicable 
conditions in the agreement have been satisfied. Within 30 days of receipt of 
the resolution, the municipal board or its successor shall review the resolution 
and if it finds that the terms and conditions of the orderly annexation 
agreement have been met, shall order the annexation. The boundary adjustment 
shall become effective upon issuance of an order by the municipal board or its 
successor. The municipal board or its successor shall cause copies of the 
boundary adjustment order to be mailed to the secretary of state, department of 
revenue, state demographer, and the department of transportation. No further 
proceedings under chapter 414 or 572A shall be required to accomplish the 
boundary adjustment. This section provides the sole method for annexing 
unincorporated land within an urban growth area, unless the parties agree 
otherwise. 
 (c) If a community-based 
comprehensive plan is updated, the parties shall renegotiate the orderly 
annexation agreement as needed to incorporate the adjustments and shall refile 
the agreement with the municipal board or its successor. 
 Subd. 6. [REVIEW BY ADJACENT 
MUNICIPALITIES; CONFLICT RESOLUTION.] Before a 
community-based comprehensive municipal plan is incorporated into the county's 
plan under section 394.232, subdivision 3, a municipality's community-based 
comprehensive municipal plan must be coordinated with adjacent municipalities 
within the county. As soon as practical after the development of a 
community-based comprehensive municipal plan, the municipality shall provide a 
copy of the draft plan to adjacent municipalities within the county for review 
and comment. An adjacent municipality has 30 days after receipt to review the 
plan and submit written comments. 
 Subd. 7. [COUNTY REVIEW.] (a) If a city does not plan for growth beyond its current 
boundaries, the city shall submit its community-based comprehensive municipal 
plan to the county for review and comment. A county has 60 days after receipt to 
review the plan and submit written comments to the city. The city may amend its 
plan based upon the county's comments. 
 (b) If a town prepares a 
community-based comprehensive plan, it shall submit the plan to the county for 
review and comment. As provided in section 394.33, the town plan may not be 
inconsistent with or less restrictive than the county plan. A county has 60 days 
after receipt to review the plan and submit written comments to the town. The 
town may amend its plan based on the county's comment. 
 Subd. 8. [COUNTY APPROVAL.] 
(a) If a city plans for growth beyond its current 
boundaries, the city's proposed community-based comprehensive municipal plan and 
proposed urban growth area must be reviewed and approved by the county before 
the plan is incorporated into the county's plan. The county may review and 
provide comments on any orderly annexation agreement during the same period of 
review of a comprehensive plan. 
 (b) Upon receipt by the county 
of a community-based comprehensive plan submitted by a city for review and 
approval under this subdivision, the county shall, within 60 days of receipt of 
a city plan, review and approve the plan in accordance with this subdivision. 
The county shall review and approve the city plan if it is consistent with the 
goals stated in section 4A.08. 
 (c) In the event the county does 
not approve the plan, the county shall submit its comments to the city within 60 
days. The city may, thereafter, amend the plan and resubmit the plan to the 
county. The county shall have an additional 60 days to review and approve a 
resubmitted plan. In the event the county and city are unable to come to 
agreement, either party may 
 initiate the dispute resolution process contained in 
chapter 572A. Within 30 days of receiving notice that the other party has 
initiated dispute resolution, the city or county shall send notice of its intent 
to enter dispute resolution. If the city refuses to enter the dispute resolution 
process, it must refund any grant received from the county for community-based 
planning activities. Subd. 9. [PLAN ADOPTION.] The municipality shall adopt and implement the 
community-based comprehensive municipal plan after the office of strategic and 
long-range planning has reviewed and commented on the county's plan that 
incorporates the municipality's plan. The municipality shall thereafter, where 
it deems appropriate, incorporate any comments made by the office into its plan 
and adopt the plan. 
 Subd. 10. [CITIZEN ACTION.] 
No citizen may institute mandamus proceedings against a 
municipality under this section to require the municipality to conform its 
comprehensive plan to be consistent with the community-based planning goals in 
section 4A.08. 
 Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 462.357, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 Subd. 2. [GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.] At any time after the 
adoption of a land use plan for the municipality, the planning agency, for the 
purpose of carrying out the policies and goals of the land use plan, may prepare 
a proposed zoning ordinance and submit it to the governing body with its 
recommendations for adoption. Subject to the requirements of subdivisions 3, 4 
and 5, the governing body may adopt and amend a zoning ordinance by a two-thirds 
vote of all its members.  Sec. 12. [473.1455] [METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT GUIDE 
GOALS.] 
 The metropolitan council shall, 
in any update of the metropolitan development guide after December 31, 1998, 
amend the metropolitan development guide, as necessary, to reflect and implement 
the community-based planning goals in section 4A.08. The office of strategic and 
long-range planning shall review and comment on the metropolitan development 
guide. 
 Sec. 13. [ADVISORY COUNCIL ON COMMUNITY-BASED PLANNING.] 
 Subdivision 1. 
[ESTABLISHMENT; PURPOSE.] An advisory council on 
community-based planning is established to provide a forum for discussion and 
development of the framework for community-based planning and the incentives and 
tools to implement the plans. 
 Subd. 2. [DUTIES.] The advisory council shall propose legislation for the 1998 
legislative session to establish the framework to implement community-based 
planning. The advisory council shall: 
 (1) develop a model process to 
involve citizens in community-based planning from the beginning of the planning 
process; 
 (2) hold meetings statewide to 
solicit advice and information on how to implement community-based planning; 
 (3) develop specific, measurable 
criteria for the office of strategic and long-range planning to use in reviewing 
plans for consistency with the goals in Minnesota Statutes, section 4A.08; 
 (4) review and recommend changes 
to the community-based planning framework established in this act; 
 (5) recommend a procedure for 
review and comment on community-based plans; 
 (6) recommend a process for 
coordination of plans among local jurisdictions; 
 (7) review and recommend a 
dispute resolution process for determining planning related disputes and 
boundary adjustment issues between local government units; 
 (8) recommend an alternative 
dispute resolution process for citizens to use to challenge proposed plans or 
the implementation of plans; 
 (9) recommend incentives to 
encourage state agencies to implement the goals of community-based planning; 
 (10) recommend incentives for 
local governments to develop community-based plans, including for example, 
assistance with computerized geographic information systems, builders' remedies 
and density bonuses, and revised permitting processes; 
 (11) describe the tools and 
strategies that a county, city, or town may use to achieve the goals, including, 
but not limited to, densities, urban growth areas, purchase or transfer of 
development rights programs, public investment surcharges, transit and 
transit-oriented development, and zoning and other official controls; 
 (12) recommend the time frame in 
which the community-based plans must be completed; 
 (13) recommend changes to state 
law to increase the consistency between the land use planning enabling laws of 
counties, cities, and townships; 
 (14) review and recommend 
changes to Minnesota Statutes, sections 16B.62, subdivision 1; 462.357, 
subdivision 1; and 462.358, subdivision 1, relating to a municipality's 
authority to extend zoning ordinances and building codes; 
 (15) consider the need for 
ongoing stewardship and oversight of sustainable development initiatives and the 
community-based planning process; and 
 (16) make other recommendations 
to implement community-based planning as the advisory council determines would 
be necessary or helpful in achieving the goals. 
 Subd. 3. [MEMBERSHIP.] The advisory council consists of 24 members who serve at 
the pleasure of the appointing authority as follows: 
 (1) four members of the house of 
representatives appointed by the speaker, at least one of whom shall be a member 
of the minority caucus; 
 (2) four members of the senate 
appointed by the committee on rules and administration of the senate, at least 
one of whom shall be a member of the minority caucus; 
 (3) the commissioners, or their 
designees, of the departments of natural resources, agriculture, transportation, 
and trade and economic development, and the director, or the director's 
designee, of the office of strategic and long-range planning; 
 (4) the chair, or the chair's 
designee, of the metropolitan council; 
 (5) one representative appointed 
by the coalition of greater Minnesota cities, one representative appointed by 
the Minnesota association of townships, one representative appointed by the 
association of Minnesota counties, and one representative appointed by the 
builders association of Minnesota; 
 (6) three public members, 
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; and 
 (7) three public members, 
appointed by the committee on rules and administration of the senate. 
 The advisory council may form an 
executive committee to facilitate the work of the council. 
 Subd. 4. [CHAIR.] The advisory council shall select from among its members a 
person to serve as chair. 
 Subd. 5. [ADMINISTRATION.] 
The office of strategic and long-range planning, with 
assistance from other state agencies and the metropolitan council as needed, 
shall provide administrative and staff assistance to the advisory council. 
 Subd. 6. [EXPENSES.] The office of strategic and long-range planning shall 
compensate members of the advisory council. Members shall receive per diem and 
expenses as provided by Minnesota Statutes, section 15.059, subdivision 3. 
 Subd. 7. [EXPIRATION.] This section expires June 30, 1998. 
 Sec. 14. [CITATION.] 
 Sections 1 to 13 may be cited as 
the "Community-based Planning Act." 
 Sec. 15. [APPROPRIATIONS.] 
 Subdivision 1. [PLANNING 
GRANTS.] $....... is appropriated from the general fund 
to the director of the office of strategic and long-range planning for planning 
grants to counties, joint planning districts that include at least one county, 
or to a county and one or more municipalities within the county, when they 
submit a joint planning application to prepare community-based plans. A county 
receiving a grant may provide funding to municipalities within the county for 
purposes of the grant. The office shall give priority for grants to joint 
planning districts or joint applications from a county and one or more 
municipalities. This appropriation is available beginning in fiscal year 1999 
and remains available until expended. 
 Subd. 2. [TECHNOLOGY 
GRANTS.] $....... is appropriated from the general fund 
to the director of the office of strategic and long-range planning for 
technology grants to counties, or joint planning districts that include at least 
one county, that elect to prepare community-based plans. This appropriation is 
available beginning in fiscal year 1999 and remains available until 
expended. 
 Subd. 3. [ADVISORY COUNCIL.] 
$....... is appropriated in fiscal year 1998 from the 
general fund to the director of the office of strategic and long-range planning 
for compensation for members of the advisory council under section 12, 
subdivision 6, and administrative and staff expenses. This appropriation is 
available until expended. 
 Sec. 16. [APPLICATION.] 
 Section 12 applies in the 
counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington. 
 Sec. 17. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 Sections 1 to 14 and 16 are 
effective the day following final enactment. 
 Section 15 is effective July 1, 
1997. 
 
 
 Section 1. [PILOT PROJECTS ESTABLISHED.] 
 The office of strategic and 
long-range planning shall establish community-based comprehensive land use 
planning pilot projects as specified in this article. 
 Sec. 2. [PLAN SUBMITTAL; REVIEW.] 
 A county or joint planning 
district participating in a pilot project must prepare a community-based 
comprehensive plan as specified in Minnesota Statutes, section 394.232. The 
county or joint powers board must submit the plan to the office of strategic and 
long-range planning within 24 months of the effective date of this article. The 
office shall review each plan to determine if it is consistent with the 
community-based planning goals in Minnesota Statutes, section 4A.08. The office 
shall complete its review and comment as specified in Minnesota Statutes, 
section 394.232, subdivision 5. 
 Sec. 3. [PLAN CONTENT.] 
 Subdivision 1. [GOALS.] The plan must address the community-based planning goals in 
Minnesota Statutes, section 4A.08. 
 Subd. 2. [MUNICIPAL AND TOWN 
PLAN INCORPORATION.] The plan must incorporate the 
community-based comprehensive plan of each municipality and town in the county. 
Incorporation of a municipal or town plan is sufficient if the county or joint 
powers board adopts a resolution approving and incorporating by reference the 
plan or any subsequent amendments to the plan. 
 Subd. 3. [URBAN GROWTH 
AREAS.] The plan must identify, establish, and address 
urban growth areas, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 462.352, 
subdivision 18, within the county. The land outside an urban growth area must be 
zoned as permanent rural or agricultural land, or other appropriate land use, 
and must be maintained at density levels consistent with those uses. 
 Subd. 4. [EXISTING PLANS.] 
If the county has a previously adopted plan, the county 
board or joint powers board shall review, update, and submit to the office of 
strategic and long-range planning a revised plan and official controls meeting 
the requirements of this section, including the community-based comprehensive 
municipal plan for each municipality or town in the county, if any, within 24 
months of the effective date of this article. 
 Sec. 4. [COORDINATION WITH ADJACENT COUNTIES.] 
 Before submitting the 
community-based comprehensive plan to the office of strategic and long-range 
planning, the county or joint powers board shall coordinate its plan with 
adjacent counties. The adjacent counties shall review and submit written 
comments on the proposed plan to the board within 60 days of receiving the 
plan. 
 Sec. 5. [COORDINATION WITH METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.] 
 A county or joint planning 
district adjacent to the metropolitan area shall coordinate its plan with the 
metropolitan council, in relation to the council's development guide. 
 The county or joint planning 
district shall not submit its plan to the office of strategic and long-range 
planning until the metropolitan council has had 60 days for review and comment 
on the plan. 
 Sec. 6. [LIMITATION ON PLAN AMENDMENT.] 
 The county or joint powers board 
shall not amend its plan for an area inside an urban growth area that is outside 
a municipality's jurisdiction without the municipality's approval. 
 Sec. 7. [APPROPRIATION.] 
 Subdivision 1. [ST. CLOUD 
AREA PILOT PROJECT.] $200,000 is appropriated from the 
general fund to the director of the office of strategic and long-range planning 
to make a grant to a joint powers board, if one is established by the counties 
of Benton, Sherburne, and Stearns, and the cities of St. Cloud, Waite Park, 
Sartell, St. Joseph, and Sauk Rapids, for the purposes of joint planning under 
this act. The director may make the grant once the joint powers board has been 
formed and a copy of the joint powers agreement has been received by the 
director. Members of the joint powers board may delegate their authority to 
adopt official controls to the joint powers board. 
 Subd. 2. [SHERBURNE, BENTON, 
STEARNS PILOT PROJECT.] $150,000 is appropriated from 
the general fund to the director of the office of strategic and long-range 
planning to make a grant to a joint powers board, if one is established by the 
counties of Benton, Sherburne, and Stearns, for the purposes of joint planning 
for the areas not included in subdivision 1. The director may make the grant 
once the joint powers board has been formed and a copy of the joint powers 
agreement has been received by the director. Members of the joint powers board 
may delegate their authority to adopt official controls to the joint powers 
board. 
 Subd. 3. [OTHER PILOT 
PROJECTS.] $150,000 is appropriated from the general 
fund to the office of strategic and long-range planning for the purpose of 
making three grants to additional counties or joint powers boards selected to 
participate in the community-based planning pilot project. A county that 
receives a grant under this subdivision may provide funding to municipalities 
within the county for purposes relating to the grant. 
 Sec. 8. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 This article is effective July 
1, 1997. 
 
 
 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 115.49, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 Subd. 2a. [EXTENSION OF 
SERVICE.] If a determination or order is made by the 
pollution control agency under this section that cooperation by contract is 
necessary and feasible between a municipality and an unincorporated area located 
outside the existing corporate limits of a municipality, the municipality being 
required to provide or extend through a contract a governmental service to an 
unincorporated area, during the statutory 90-day period provided in this section 
to formulate a contract, may in the alternative to formulating a service 
contract to provide or extend the service, declare the unincorporated area as 
described in the pollution control agency's determination letter or order 
annexed to the municipality under section 414.0335. 
 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 414.0325, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 Subdivision 1. [INITIATING THE PROCEEDING.] One or more 
townships and one or more municipalities, by joint resolution, may designate an 
unincorporated area as in need of orderly annexation. The joint resolution will 
confer jurisdiction on the board over annexations in the designated area and 
over the various provisions in said agreement by submission of said joint 
resolution to the executive director. The resolution shall include a description 
of the designated area and the reasons for designation. Thereafter, an 
annexation of any part of the designated area may be initiated by: 
 (1) submitting to the executive director a resolution of 
any signatory to the joint resolution; or 
 (2) the board of its own motion Whenever  If a joint resolution designates an area as in need of 
orderly annexation and states that no alteration of its stated boundaries is 
appropriate, the board may review and comment, but may not alter the boundaries. 
 If a joint resolution designates an area as in need of 
orderly annexation, provides for the conditions for its annexation, and states 
that no consideration by the board is necessary, the board may review and 
comment, but shall, within 30 days, order the annexation in accordance with the 
terms of the resolution. 
 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 414.033, 
subdivision 2b, is amended to read: 
 Subd. 2b. [NOTICE REQUIRED.] Before a municipality may 
adopt an ordinance under subdivision 2, clause (2), (3), or (4),  Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 414.033, 
subdivision 11, is amended to read: 
 Subd. 11. [FLOODPLAIN; SHORELAND AREA.] When a 
municipality declares land annexed to the municipality under subdivision 2, 
clause (3),  Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 414.033, 
subdivision 12, is amended to read: 
 Subd. 12. [PROPERTY TAXES.] When a municipality annexes 
land under subdivision 2, clause (2), (3), or (4),  Sec. 6. [414.0335] [ORDERED GOVERNMENTAL SERVICE 
EXTENSION; ANNEXATION BY ORDINANCE.] 
 If a determination or order by 
the pollution control agency, under section 115.49 or other similar statute is 
made, that cooperation by contract is necessary and feasible between a 
municipality and an unincorporated area located outside the existing corporate 
limits of a municipality, the municipality required to provide or extend through 
a contract a governmental service to an unincorporated area, during the 
statutory 90-day period provided in section 115.49 to formulate a contract, may 
in the alternative to formulating a service contract to provide or extend the 
service, declare the unincorporated area described in the pollution control 
agency's determination letter or order annexed to the municipality by adopting 
an ordinance and submitting it to the municipal board. The municipal board may 
review and comment on the ordinance but shall approve the ordinance within 30 
days of receipt. The ordinance is final and the annexation is effective on the 
date the municipal board approves the ordinance. Thereafter, the city shall 
amend its comprehensive plan and official controls in accordance with section 
462.3535. 
 Sec. 7. [414.10] [ALTERNATIVE PROCESS OF DISPUTE 
RESOLUTION.] 
 Subdivision 1. [DEFINITION.] 
For the purposes of subdivision 2, a "party" or 
"parties" means a property owner or the governing body or town board of a 
jurisdiction that files an initiating document or a timely objection, and the 
governing body or town board of the jurisdiction or jurisdictions in which the 
subject area is located. 
 Subd. 2. [CHAPTER 572A 
PROCESS.] As an alternative to the procedure provided by 
this chapter, a party filing an initiating document or timely objection may file 
with the bureau of mediation services a written request for mediation within 30 
days of the filing as provided in section 572A.015. The request for mediation 
must contain the written consent of all parties to have the dispute settled 
through the process provided by chapter 572A. The filing party must also file 
written notice with the municipal board notifying the board that all parties 
have agreed to use the dispute resolution process in chapter 572A. 
 Sec. 8. [414.11] [MUNICIPAL BOARD SUNSET.] 
 The municipal board shall 
terminate on December 31, 1999, and all of its authority and duties under this 
chapter shall be transferred to the office of strategic and long-range 
planning. 
 Sec. 9. [REPEALER.] 
 Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 
414.033, subdivision 2a, is repealed. 
 Sec. 10. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 This act is effective the day 
following final enactment. 
 
 
 Section 1. [572A.01] [COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING DISPUTES; 
MEDIATION.] 
 Subdivision 1. [FILING.] In the event of a dispute between a county and the office 
of strategic and long-range planning under section 394.232 or a county and a 
city under section 462.3535, regarding the development, content, or approval of 
a community-based comprehensive land use plan, an aggrieved party may file a 
written request for mediation, as provided in subdivision 2, with the office of 
strategic and long-range planning at any time prior to a final action on a 
community-based comprehensive plan or within 30 days of a final action on a 
community-based comprehensive plan. 
 Subd. 2. [MEDIATION.] Within ten days of receiving a request for mediation in 
subdivision 1, the office of strategic and long-range planning shall provide 
written notice of the request for mediation to the parties. Within 30 days 
thereafter, the affected parties shall submit to mediation for a period of 30 
days facilitated by the office. If the dispute remains unresolved after the 
close of the 30-day mediation period, the office shall prepare a report of its 
recommendations and transmit the report within 30 days to the parties. Within 60 
days after the date of issuance of the mediator's report, the dispute shall be 
submitted to binding arbitration as provided in this chapter. The mediator's 
report submitted to the parties is informational only and is not admissible in 
arbitration. 
 Sec. 2. [572A.015] [CHAPTER 414 DISPUTES; MEDIATION.] 
 Subdivision 1. [FILING.] As provided by section 414.10, if an initiating document or 
timely objection under chapter 414 is filed with the municipal board, the filing 
party, jurisdiction, or jurisdictions may also file a written request for 
mediation with the bureau of mediation services within 30 days of the initiating 
document or timely objection. The request for mediation must contain the written 
consent to the mediation and arbitration process by all the parties, as defined 
in section 414.10, subdivision 1. 
 Subd. 2. [MEDIATION.] Within ten days of receiving a request for mediation, the 
bureau shall provide written notice of the request for mediation to the parties. 
Within 30 days thereafter, the affected parties, as defined in section 414.10, 
subdivision 1, shall submit to mediation for a period of 30 days facilitated by 
the bureau. If the dispute remains unresolved after the close of the 30-day 
mediation period, the bureau shall prepare a report of its recommendations and 
transmit the report within 30 days to the parties. Within 60 days after the date 
of issuance of the mediator's report, the dispute shall be submitted to binding 
arbitration as provided in this chapter. The mediator's report submitted to the 
parties is informational only and is not admissible in arbitration. 
 Sec. 3. [572A.02] [ARBITRATION.] 
 Subdivision 1. [SUBMITTAL TO 
BINDING ARBITRATION.] If a dispute remains unresolved 
after the close of mediation, the dispute shall be submitted to binding 
arbitration within 60 days of issuance of the mediation report pursuant to the 
terms of this section and the Uniform Arbitration Act, sections 572.08-572.30, 
except the period may be extended for an additional 15 days as provided in this 
section. In the event of a conflict between the provisions of the Uniform 
Arbitration Act and this section, this section controls. 
 Subd. 2. [APPOINTMENT OF 
PANEL.] (a) The parties shall each appoint one qualified 
arbitrator within 30 days of issuance of the mediation report. If a party does 
not appoint an arbitrator within 30 days, the office of strategic and long-range 
planning for disputes under section 572A.01 or the bureau of mediation services 
for disputes under section 572A.015, shall appoint a qualified arbitrator for 
the party. The parties shall notify the office prior to the close of the 30-day 
appointment period of the name and address of their respective appointed 
arbitrator. Each party is responsible for the fees and expenses for the 
arbitrator it selects. 
 (b) After appointment of the two 
arbitrators to the arbitration panel by the parties, or by the office or bureau 
should one or both of the parties fail to act, the two appointed arbitrators 
shall appoint a third arbitrator who must be learned in the law, within 15 days 
of the close of the initial 30-day arbitrator appointment period. If the 
arbitrators cannot agree on the selection of the third arbitrator within 15 
days, the arbitrators shall jointly submit a request to the district court of 
the county in which 
 the disputed area is located in accordance with the 
selection procedures established in section 572.10. Within 15 days of receipt of 
an application by the district court, the district court shall select a neutral 
arbitrator and notify the parties and the office of strategic and long-range 
planning or bureau of mediation services of the name and address of the selected 
arbitrator. The fees and expenses of the third arbitrator shall be shared 
equally by the parties. The third appointed arbitrator shall act as chair of the 
arbitration panel and shall conduct the proceedings. If the district court 
selects the third arbitrator, the date required for first hearing the matter may 
be extended an additional 15 days. Subd. 3. [HEARING.] Except as otherwise provided, within 60 days, the matter 
must be brought on for hearing in accordance with section 572.12. The office of 
strategic and long-range planning or bureau of mediation services shall provide 
for the proceedings to occur in the county in which the majority of the affected 
property is located. 
 Subd. 4. [CONTRACTS; 
INFORMATION.] The arbitration panel shall have authority 
to contract with regional, state, county, or local planning commissions or to 
hire expert consultants to provide specialized information and assistance. Any 
member of the panel conducting or participating in any hearing shall have the 
power to administer oaths and affirmations, to issue subpoenas, to compel the 
attendance and testimony of witnesses, and the production of papers, books, and 
documents. Any costs related to this subdivision shall be shared equally by the 
parties. 
 Subd. 5. [DECISION FACTORS.] 
In comprehensive planning disputes, the arbitration 
panel shall consider the goals stated in section 4A.08 and the following factors 
in making a decision. In all other disputes brought under this section, the 
arbitration panel shall consider the following factors in making a decision: 
 (1) present population and 
number of households, past population, and projected population growth of the 
subject area and adjacent units of local government; 
 (2) quantity of land within the 
subject area and adjacent units of local government; and natural terrain 
including recognizable physical features, general topography, major watersheds, 
soil conditions, and such natural features as rivers, lakes, and major 
bluffs; 
 (3) degree of contiguity of the 
boundaries between the annexing municipality and the subject area; 
 (4) present pattern of physical 
development, planning, and intended land uses in the subject area and the 
annexing municipality including residential, industrial, commercial, 
agricultural, and institutional land uses and the impact of the proposed action 
on those land uses; 
 (5) the present transportation 
network and potential transportation issues, including proposed highway 
development; 
 (6) land use controls and 
planning presently being utilized in the annexing municipality and the subject 
area, including comprehensive plans for development in the area and plans and 
policies of the metropolitan council, and whether there are inconsistencies 
between proposed development and existing land use controls and the reasons 
therefore; 
 (7) existing levels of 
governmental services being provided in the annexing municipality and the 
subject area, including water and sewer service, fire rating and protection, law 
enforcement, street improvements and maintenance, administrative services, and 
recreational facilities and the impact of the proposed action on the delivery of 
said services; 
 (8) existing or potential 
environmental problems and whether the proposed action is likely to improve or 
resolve these problems; 
 (9) plans and programs by the 
annexing municipality for providing needed governmental services to the subject 
area; 
 (10) an analysis of the fiscal 
impact on the annexing municipality, the subject area, and adjacent units of 
local government, including net tax capacity and the present bonded 
indebtedness, and the local tax rates of the county, school district, and 
township; 
 (11) relationship and effect of 
the proposed action on affected and adjacent school districts and 
communities; 
 (12) adequacy of town government 
to deliver services to the subject area; 
 (13) analysis of whether 
necessary governmental services can best be provided through the proposed action 
or another type of boundary adjustment; and 
 (14) if only a part of a 
township is annexed, the ability of the remainder of the township to continue or 
the feasibility of it being incorporated separately or being annexed to another 
municipality. 
 
 Any party to the proceeding may 
present evidence and testimony on any of the above factors at the hearing on the 
matter. 
 Subd. 6. [DECISION.] The arbitrators, after a hearing on the matter, shall make 
a decision regarding the dispute within 60 days and transmit an order to the 
parties and the office of strategic and long-range planning or the municipal 
board. Unless appealed within 30 days of receipt of the arbitration panel's 
order by the municipal board, the municipal board shall execute an order in 
accordance with the arbitration panel's order and shall cause copies of the same 
to be mailed to all parties entitled to mailed notice, the secretary of state, 
the department of revenue, the state demographer, individual property owners if 
initiated in that manner, the affected county auditor, and any other party of 
record. The affected county auditor shall record the order against the affected 
property. 
 Sec. 4. [572A.03] [ARBITRATION PANEL DECISION 
STANDARDS.] 
 Subdivision 1. [DECISION 
STANDARDS.] The arbitration panel, based upon the 
factors in section 572A.02, subdivision 5, shall decide the matter based upon 
the decision standards in subdivisions 2 to 6. 
 Subd. 2. [COMPREHENSIVE LAND 
USE PLANNING.] For comprehensive land use planning 
disputes under section 462.3535, if a community-based comprehensive plan 
addresses the goals of section 4A.08 and the arbitrators find that the city's 
projected estimates found in its comprehensive plan are reasonable with respect 
to an identified urban growth area, the arbitration panel may order approval of 
the city plan. If the order is to approve the community-based comprehensive 
plan, the order shall contain notice directing the county to approve the city 
plan within ten days of receipt of the arbitration order. The city shall, 
thereafter, adopt the plan. If the order is to deny the plan, the arbitration 
order shall state the reasons for the denial in the order and transmit the order 
to the city, county, and the office of strategic and long-range planning. The 
city shall within 30 days of receipt of the order amend its plan and resubmit 
the plan to the county for review and approval under this subdivision. The 
county shall not unreasonably withhold approval of the plan if the resubmitted 
city plan is in keeping with the arbitration panel's order. 
 Subd. 3. [MUNICIPAL 
INCORPORATIONS.] For municipal incorporations under 
section 414.02, the arbitration panel may order the incorporation if it finds 
that: (1) the property to be incorporated is now, or is about to become, urban 
or suburban in character; (2) that the existing township form of government is 
not adequate to protect the public health, safety, and welfare; or (3) the 
proposed incorporation would be in the best interests of the area under 
consideration. The panel may deny the incorporation if the area, or a part of 
it, would be better served by annexation to an adjacent municipality. The panel 
may alter the boundaries of the proposed incorporation by increasing or 
decreasing the area to be incorporated so as to include only that property which 
is now, or is about to become, urban or suburban in character, or may exclude 
property that may be better served by another unit of government. The panel may 
also alter the boundaries of the proposed incorporation so as to follow visible, 
clearly recognizable physical features for municipal boundaries. In all cases, 
the panel shall set forth the factors which are the basis for the decision. 
 Subd. 4. [ANNEXATIONS OF 
UNINCORPORATED PROPERTY.] For annexations of 
unincorporated property under section 414.031 or 414.033, subdivisions 3 and 5, 
the arbitration panel may order the annexation: (1) if it finds that the subject 
area is now, or is about to become, urban or suburban in character; (2) if it 
finds that municipal government in the area proposed for annexation is required 
to protect the public health, safety, and welfare; or (3) if it finds that the 
annexation would be in the best interest of the subject area. If only a part of 
a township is to be annexed, the panel shall consider whether the remainder of 
the township can continue to carry on the functions of government without undue 
hardship. The panel shall deny the annexation if it finds that the increase in 
revenues for the annexing municipality bears no reasonable relation to the 
monetary value of benefits conferred upon the annexed area. The panel may deny 
the annexation: (1) if it appears that annexation of all or a part of the 
property to an adjacent municipality would better serve the interests of the 
residents of the property; or (2) if the remainder of the township would suffer 
undue hardship. 
 The panel may alter the 
boundaries of the area to be annexed by increasing or decreasing the area so as 
to include only that property which is now or is about to become urban or 
suburban in character or to add property of that character abutting the area 
proposed for annexation in order to preserve or improve the symmetry of the 
area, or to exclude property that may better be served by another unit of 
government. The panel may also alter the boundaries of the proposed annexation 
so as to follow visible, clearly recognizable physical features. If the panel 
determines that part of the area would be better served by another municipality 
or township, the panel may initiate and approve annexation on its own motion by 
conducting further hearings. In all cases, the arbitration panel shall set forth 
the factors that are the basis for the decision. 
 Subd. 5. [CONSOLIDATION OF 
MUNICIPALITIES.] For municipal consolidations under 
section 414.041, the arbitration panel shall consider and may accept, amend, 
return to the commission for amendment or further study, or reject the 
commission's findings and recommendations based upon the panel's written 
determination of what is in the best interests of the affected municipalities. 
The panel shall order the consolidation if it finds that consolidation will be 
for the best interests of the municipalities. In all cases, the arbitration 
panel shall set forth the factors that are the basis for the decision. 
 Subd. 6. [DETACHMENT OF 
PROPERTY FROM A MUNICIPALITY.] For detachments of 
property from a municipality under section 414.06, the arbitration panel may 
order the detachment if it finds that the requisite number of property owners 
have signed the petition if initiated by the property owners, that the property 
is rural in character and not developed for urban residential, commercial, or 
industrial purposes, that the property is within the boundaries of the 
municipality and abuts a boundary, that the detachment would not unreasonably 
affect the symmetry of the detaching municipality, and that the land is not 
needed for reasonably anticipated future development. The panel shall deny the 
detachment if it finds that the remainder of the municipality cannot continue to 
carry on the functions of government without undue hardship. The panel shall 
have authority to decrease the area of property to be detached and may include 
only a part of the proposed area to be detached. If the tract abuts more than 
one township, it shall become a part of each township, being divided by 
projecting through it the boundary line between the townships. The detached area 
may be relieved of the primary responsibility for existing indebtedness of the 
municipality and be required to assume the indebtedness of the township of which 
it becomes a part, in the proportion that the panel deems just and equitable 
considering the amount of taxes due and delinquent and the indebtedness of each 
township and the municipality affected, if any, and for what purpose the 
indebtedness was incurred, in relation to the benefit inuring to the detached 
area as a result of the indebtedness and the last net tax capacity of the 
taxable property in each township and municipality. 
 Subd. 7. [CONCURRENT 
DETACHMENT AND ANNEXATION OF INCORPORATED PROPERTY.] For 
concurrent detachment and annexation of incorporated property under section 
414.061, subdivisions 4 and 5, the arbitration panel shall order the proposed 
action if it finds that it will be for the best interests of the municipalities 
and the property owner. In all cases, the board shall set forth the factors 
which are the basis for the decision. 
 Sec. 5. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 This article is effective the 
day following final enactment." 
 Renumber the sections in sequence and correct internal 
references 
 Amend the title accordingly 
 A roll call was requested and properly seconded.
 The question was taken on the Kuisle and Bettermann 
amendment and the roll was called. There were 39 yeas and 94 nays as follows: 
 Those who voted in the affirmative were: 
 
shall have has the power and authority to prepare and adopt by 
ordinance, a comprehensive plan. A comprehensive plan or plans when adopted by 
ordinance shall must be 
the basis for official controls adopted under the provisions of sections 394.21 
to 394.37. 
If the comprehensive municipal 
plan is in conflict with the zoning ordinance, the zoning ordinance supersedes 
the plan. The plan must provide guidelines for the 
timing and sequence of the adoption of official controls to ensure planned, 
orderly, and staged development and redevelopment consistent with the plan. 
; 
or 
(3) as provided in section 
414.033, subdivision 2a. 
the pollution control 
agency or other a state agency pursuant to sections 115.03, 115.071, 115.49, or any law 
giving a state agency similar powers other than the 
pollution control agency, orders a municipality to extend a municipal 
service to an area, such an order will confer jurisdiction on the Minnesota 
municipal board to consider designation of the area for orderly annexation. 
or subdivision 2a, a municipality must hold a public 
hearing and give 30 days' written notice by certified mail to the town or towns 
affected by the proposed ordinance and to all landowners within and contiguous 
to the area to be annexed. 
or subdivision 2a, and the land is 
within a designated floodplain, as provided by section 103F.111, subdivision 4, 
or a shoreland area, as provided by section 103F.205, subdivision 4, the 
municipality shall adopt or amend its land use controls to conform to chapter 
103F, and any new development of the annexed land shall be subject to chapter 
103F. 
or 
subdivision 2a, property taxes payable on the annexed land shall continue to 
be paid to the affected town or towns for the year in which the annexation 
becomes effective. Thereafter, property taxes on the annexed land shall be paid 
to the municipality. In the first year following the year the land was annexed, 
the municipality shall make a cash payment to the affected town or towns in an 
amount equal to 90 percent of the property taxes paid in the year the land was 
annexed; in the second year, an amount equal to 70 percent of the property taxes 
paid in the year the land was annexed; in the third year, an amount equal to 50 
percent of the property taxes paid in the year the land was annexed; in the 
fourth year, an amount equal to 30 percent of the property taxes paid in the 
year the land was annexed; and in the fifth year, an amount equal to ten percent 
of the property taxes paid in the year the land was annexed. The municipality 
and the affected township may agree to a different payment. 
| Anderson, B. | Dempsey | Knoblach | Mulder | Rifenberg | Tompkins | 
| Bettermann | Goodno | Koppendrayer | Ness | Rostberg | Vickerman | 
| Boudreau | Gunther | Krinkie | Nornes | Smith | Westfall | 
| Bradley | Haas | Kuisle | Olson, M. | Stang | Westrom | 
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| Commers | Harder | Lindner | Osskopp | Sviggum | |
| Daggett | Holsten | McElroy | Ozment | Swenson, D. | |
| Dehler | Kielkucki | Molnau | Paulsen | Swenson, H. | |
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Abrams | Farrell | Kahn | Mares | Pelowski | Tingelstad | 
| Anderson, I. | Finseth | Kalis | Mariani | Peterson | Tomassoni | 
| Bakk | Folliard | Kelso | Marko | Pugh | Trimble | 
| Biernat | Garcia | Kinkel | McCollum | Rest | Tuma | 
| Bishop | Greenfield | Knight | McGuire | Reuter | Tunheim | 
| Broecker | Greiling | Koskinen | Milbert | Rhodes | Van Dellen | 
| Carlson | Hasskamp | Kraus | Mullery | Rukavina | Wagenius | 
| Chaudhary | Hausman | Kubly | Munger | Schumacher | Weaver | 
| Clark | Hilty | Larsen | Murphy | Seifert | Wejcman | 
| Davids | Huntley | Leighton | Olson, E. | Sekhon | Wenzel | 
| Dawkins | Jaros | Leppik | Opatz | Skare | Winter | 
| Delmont | Jefferson | Lieder | Orfield | Skoglund | Wolf | 
| Dorn | Jennings | Long | Osthoff | Slawik | Workman | 
| Entenza | Johnson, A. | Luther | Otremba | Solberg | Spk. Carruthers | 
| Erhardt | Johnson, R. | Macklin | Pawlenty | Stanek | |
| Evans | Juhnke | Mahon | Paymar | Sykora | |
The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted.
S. F. No. 1905, A bill for an act relating to the organization and operation of state government; appropriating money for the general legislative and administrative expenses of state government; requiring studies; creating working groups; creating state accounts; modifying local government financial reporting provisions; modifying agency and budget reporting provisions; modifying cash advance provisions; modifying provisions for claims against appropriations; providing for disposition of lawsuit proceeds; modifying state property rental provisions; providing a teen court program; providing for a uniform business identifier and electronic business licensing; authorizing the payment of salary differential for reserve forces on active duty in Haiti; waiving contractor's bond for art in state buildings; modifying the disposition of certain fees and surcharges; authorizing reimbursement charges for certain inspections; modifying responsibilities for payment of certain retirement supplemental benefits; setting state policy for regulatory rules and programs of agencies; regulating obsolete, unnecessary, or duplicative rules; providing for expansion of international trading opportunities; modifying provisions of the amateur sports commission; restricting payments related to the Target Center; modifying appointment provisions for the board of ethical practices executive director; providing for additional legislative leadership positions; establishing the Minnesota office of technology; providing for repayment of certain local government grants; changing the name of the ethical practices board; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 3.099, subdivision 3; 6.47; 10A.02, subdivision 5; 14.05, subdivision 5; 14.131; 16A.10, subdivision 2; 16A.11, subdivisions 1, 3, and 3c; 16A.1285, subdivision 3; 16A.129, subdivision 3; 16A.15, subdivision 3; 16B.19, subdivision 2b; 16B.24, subdivision 5; 16B.35, by adding a subdivision; 16B.465, subdivision 3; 16B.70, subdivision 2; 176.611, by adding subdivisions; 240A.08; 327.33, subdivision 2; 327B.04, subdivision 7; 349.163, subdivision 4; 356.865, subdivision 3; 363.073, subdivision 1; and 473.556, subdivision 16; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 14; 16A; 16B; 43A; 260; and 465; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 237A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 10A.21; 15.95; 15.96; 16B.40; 16B.41; 16B.42; 16B.43; and 16B.58, subdivision 8.
The bill was read for the third time, as amended, and 
placed upon its final passage. 
 The question was taken on the passage of the bill and 
the roll was called. There were 75 yeas and 57 nays as follows: 
 Those who voted in the affirmative were: 
 
| Anderson, I. | Folliard | Kahn | McCollum | Pelowski | Tingelstad | 
| Bakk | Garcia | Kalis | McGuire | Peterson | Tomassoni | 
| Biernat | Greenfield | Kelso | Milbert | Pugh | Trimble | 
| Carlson | Greiling | Kinkel | Mullery | Rest | Tunheim | 
| Chaudhary | Hasskamp | Koskinen | Munger | Rhodes | Wagenius | 
| Clark | Hausman | Kubly | Murphy | Rukavina | Wejcman | 
| Dawkins | Hilty | Leighton | Olson, E. | Schumacher | Wenzel | 
| Dehler | Huntley | Lieder | Opatz | Sekhon | Westfall | 
| Delmont | Jaros | Long | Orfield | Skare | Winter | 
| Dorn | Jefferson | Luther | Osskopp | Skoglund | Spk. Carruthers | 
| Entenza | Johnson, A. | Mahon | Osthoff | Slawik | |
| Evans | Johnson, R. | Mariani | Otremba | Solberg | |
| Farrell | Juhnke | Marko | Paymar | Stanek | |
Those who voted in the negative were:
| Abrams | Dempsey | Knoblach | McElroy | Rifenberg | Tuma | 
| Anderson, B. | Erhardt | Koppendrayer | Molnau | Rostberg | Van Dellen | 
| Bettermann | Finseth | Kraus | Mulder | Seifert | Vickerman | 
| Bishop | Goodno | Krinkie | Ness | Smith | Weaver | 
| Boudreau | Haas | Kuisle | Nornes | Stang | Westrom | 
| Bradley | Harder | Larsen | Olson, M. | Sviggum | Wolf | 
| Broecker | Holsten | Leppik | Ozment | Swenson, D. | Workman | 
| Commers | Jennings | Lindner | Paulsen | Swenson, H. | |
| Daggett | Kielkucki | Macklin | Pawlenty | Sykora | |
| Davids | Knight | Mares | Reuter | Tompkins | |
The bill was passed, as amended, and its title agreed to.
There being no objection, the order of business reverted to Reports of Standing Committees.
Osthoff from the Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance to which was referred:
H. F. No. 313, A bill for an act relating to natural 
resources; modifying certain fish habitat and propagation provisions; 
authorizing the commissioner to establish special hunts for youth; authorizing 
rules to restrict airboats; permitting access to public waters through public 
land with certain watercraft; modifying provisions for taking animals from a 
motor vehicle; providing for lifetime crossbow permits for persons with 
permanent disabilities; modifying certain trapping provisions; modifying certain 
provisions relating to taking animals; authorizing the commissioner to sell 
merchandise; modifying stamp provisions; modifying the procedure for vacating or 
modifying a state game refuge; defining terms; prohibiting airboats on certain 
lakes; modifying certain license provisions; prohibiting interference with legal 
minnow harvest; modifying provisions relating to personal flotation devices; 
requiring a study; providing penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, 
sections 17.4982, by adding subdivisions; 17.4983, by adding a subdivision; 
17.4998; 84.0855; 86B.201, by adding a subdivision; 97A.015, subdivisions 49, 
53, and by adding a subdivision; 97A.045, subdivision 7; 97A.075, subdivision 3; 
97A.085, subdivision 8; 97A.101, by adding a subdivision; 97A.411, subdivision 
3; 97A.421, subdivision 1; 97A.465, subdivision 4; 97A.485, subdivision 9; 
97B.035, subdivision 1; 97B.055, subdivision 2; 97B.106; 97B.211, subdivision 1; 
97B.655, subdivision 1; 97B.805, subdivision 2; 97C.035, subdivision 1; 97C.211, 
subdivision 1, and by adding a 
 subdivision; 97C.505, by adding a subdivision; and 
168.1291, subdivision 1; Laws 1993, chapter 273, section 1, as amended; and Laws 
1996, chapter 410, section 56; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
Statutes, chapter 97B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 97A.111. 
 Reported the same back with the following amendments: 
 Page 1, after line 38, insert: 
 
 
 Page 7, after line 34, insert: 
 "Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 97A.485, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 Subd. 12. [YOUTH DEER 
LICENSE.] The commissioner may, for a fee of $5, issue 
to a resident under the age of 16 a license, without a tag, to take deer with 
firearms. A youth holding a license issued under this subdivision may hunt under 
the license only if accompanied by a licensed hunter who is at least 18 years of 
age and possesses a valid tag. A deer taken by a youth holding a license issued 
under this subdivision must be promptly tagged by the licensed hunter 
accompanying the youth. Section 97B.301, subdivision 6, does not apply to a 
youth holding a license issued under this subdivision." 
 Page 10, delete section 25 
 Page 11, delete section 31 
 Page 12, after line 8, insert: 
 
 
 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 17.4988, is 
amended to read: 
 17.4988 [LICENSE AND INSPECTION FEES.] 
 Subdivision 1. [REQUIREMENTS FOR ISSUANCE.] A permit or 
license must be issued by the commissioner if the requirements of law are met 
and the license and permit fees specified in this section are paid. 
 Subd. 2. [AQUATIC FARMING LICENSE.] (a) The annual fee 
for an aquatic farming license is $275. 
 (b) The aquatic farming license may contain endorsements 
for the rights and privileges of the following licenses under the game and fish 
laws. The endorsement must be made upon payment of the license fee prescribed in 
section 97A.475 for the following licenses: 
 (1) minnow dealer license; 
 (2) minnow retailer license for sale of minnows as bait; 
 (3) minnow exporting license; 
 (4)  Subd. 3. [INSPECTION FEES.] The fees for the following 
inspections are: 
 (1) initial inspection of each water to be licensed, 
$50; 
 (2) fish health inspection and certification, $20 plus 
 (3) initial inspection for containment and quarantine 
facility inspections, $50. 
 Subd. 4. [AQUARIUM FACILITY.] (a) A person operating a 
commercial aquarium facility must have a commercial aquarium facility license 
issued by the commissioner if the facility contains species of aquatic life that 
are for sale and that are present in waters of the state. The commissioner may 
require an aquarium facility license for aquarium facilities importing or 
holding species of aquatic life that are for sale and that are not present in 
Minnesota if those species can survive in waters of the state. The fee for an 
aquarium facility license is  (b) Game fish transferred by an aquarium facility must 
be accompanied by a receipt containing the information required on a shipping 
document by section 17.4985, subdivision 3, paragraph (b). 
 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 97A.028, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 Subdivision 1. [DEFINITIONS.] (a) The definitions in 
this subdivision apply to this section. 
 (b) "Agricultural crops" means annually seeded crops, 
legumes, fruit orchards, tree farms and nurseries, turf farms, and apiaries. 
 (c) "Parcel" has the meaning given in section 272.03, 
subdivision 6. 
 (d) "Specialty crops" means fruit orchards, vegetables, 
tree farms and nurseries, turf farms, and apiaries. 
 (e) "Stored forage crops" means 
hay, silage, grain, or other crops that have been harvested and placed in 
storage for commercial livestock feeding. 
 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 97A.028, 
subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 Subd. 3. [EMERGENCY DETERRENT MATERIALS ASSISTANCE.] (a) 
For the purposes of this subdivision, "cooperative damage management agreement" 
means an agreement between a landowner or tenant and the commissioner that 
establishes a program for addressing the problem of destruction of the 
landowner's or tenant's specialty crops or stored forage 
crops by wild animals, or destruction of 
agricultural crops by flightless Canada geese. 
 (b) A landowner or tenant may apply to the commissioner 
for emergency deterrent materials assistance in controlling destruction of the 
landowner's or tenant's specialty crops or stored forage 
crops by wild animals, or destruction of 
agricultural crops by flightless Canada geese. Subject to the availability 
of money appropriated for this purpose, the commissioner shall provide suitable 
deterrent materials when the commissioner determines that: 
 (1) immediate action is necessary to prevent significant 
damage from continuing; and 
 (2) a cooperative damage management agreement cannot be 
implemented immediately. 
 (c) A person may receive emergency deterrent materials 
assistance under this subdivision more than once, but the cumulative total value 
of deterrent materials provided to a person, or for use on a parcel, may not 
exceed $3,000 for specialty crops, $1,500 for stored 
forage crops, or $500 for agricultural crops damaged by flightless Canada 
geese. If a person is a coowner or cotenant with respect to the specialty 
crops for which the deterrent materials are provided, the deterrent materials 
are deemed to be "provided" to the person for the purposes of this paragraph. 
 (d) As a condition of receiving emergency deterrent 
materials assistance under this subdivision, a landowner or tenant shall enter 
into a cooperative damage management agreement with the commissioner. Deterrent 
materials provided by the commissioner may include repellents, fencing 
materials, or other materials recommended in the agreement to alleviate the 
damage problem. If requested by a landowner or tenant, any fencing materials 
provided must be capable of providing long-term protection of specialty crops. A 
landowner or tenant who receives emergency deterrent materials assistance under 
this subdivision shall comply with the terms of the cooperative damage 
management agreement. 
 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 97A.075, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 Subdivision 1. [DEER AND BEAR LICENSES.] (a) For 
purposes of this subdivision, "deer license" means a license issued under  (b) At least $2 from each deer license shall be used for 
deer habitat improvement or deer management programs. 
 (c) At least $1 from each  Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 97A.475, is 
amended to read: 
 97A.475 [LICENSE FEES.] 
 Subdivision 1. [REQUIREMENTS FOR ISSUANCE.] A license 
shall be issued when the requirements of the law are met and the license fee 
specified in this section is paid. 
 Subd. 2. [RESIDENT HUNTING.] Fees for the following 
licenses, to be issued to residents only, are: 
 (1) for persons under age 65 to take small game, $10; 
 (2) for persons age 65 or over, $5; 
 (3) to take turkey, $16; 
 (4) to take deer with firearms, $22; 
 (5) to take deer by archery, $22; 
 (6) to take moose, for a party of not more than six 
persons, $275; 
 (7) to take bear, $33; 
 (8) to take elk, for a party of not more than two 
persons, $220;  (9) to take antlered deer in more than one zone, $44; and 
 (10) to take Canada geese during 
a special season, $3. 
 Subd. 3. [NONRESIDENT HUNTING.] Fees for the following 
licenses, to be issued to nonresidents, are: 
 (1) to take small game, $56; 
 (2) to take deer with firearms, $110; 
 (3) to take deer by archery, $110; 
 (4) to take bear, $165; 
 (5) to take turkey, $56; 
 (6) to take raccoon, bobcat, fox, coyote, or lynx, 
$137.50;  (7) to take antlered deer in more than one zone, $220; and 
 (8) to take Canada geese during 
a special season, $3. 
 Subd. 4. [SMALL GAME SURCHARGE.] Fees for licenses to 
take small game must be increased by a surcharge of $4. An additional commission 
may not be assessed on the surcharge and this must be stated on the back of the 
license with the following statement: "This $4 surcharge is being paid by 
hunters for the acquisition and development of wildlife lands." 
 Subd. 5. [HUNTING STAMPS.] Fees for the following stamps 
are: 
 (1) migratory waterfowl stamp, $5; 
 (2) pheasant stamp, $5; and 
 (3) turkey stamp, $5. 
 Subd. 6. [RESIDENT FISHING.] Fees for the following 
licenses, to be issued to residents only, are: 
 (1) to take fish by angling, for persons under age 65, 
 (2) to take fish by angling, for persons age 65 and 
over,  (3) to take fish by angling, for a combined license for 
a married couple,  (4) to take fish by spearing from a dark house,  (5) to take fish by angling for a 24-hour period 
selected by the licensee,  Subd. 7. [NONRESIDENT FISHING.] Fees for the following 
licenses, to be issued to nonresidents, are: 
 (1) to take fish by angling,  (2) to take fish by angling limited to seven consecutive 
days selected by the licensee,  (3) to take fish by angling for a 72-hour period 
selected by the licensee,  (4) to take fish by angling for a combined license for a 
family,  (5) to take fish by angling for a 24-hour period 
selected by the licensee,  (6) to take fish by angling for a combined license for a 
married couple, limited to 14 consecutive days selected by one of the licensees, 
 Subd. 8. [MINNESOTA SPORTING.] The commissioner shall 
issue Minnesota sporting licenses to residents only. The licensee may take fish 
by angling and small game. The fee for the license is: 
 (1) for an individual,  (2) for a combined license for a married couple to take 
fish and for one spouse to take small game,  Subd. 10. [TROUT AND SALMON STAMP.] The fee for a trout 
and salmon stamp is  Subd. 11. [FISH HOUSES AND DARK HOUSES; RESIDENTS.] Fees 
for the following licenses are: 
 (1) for a fish house or dark house that is not rented, 
 (2) for a fish house or dark house that is rented,  Subd. 12. [FISH HOUSES; NONRESIDENT.] Fees for fish 
house licenses for a nonresident are: 
 (1) annual,  (2) seven consecutive days,  Subd. 13. [NETTING WHITEFISH AND CISCOES FOR PERSONAL 
CONSUMPTION.] The fee for a license to net whitefish and ciscoes in inland lakes 
and international waters for personal consumption is, for each net,  Subd. 15. [LAKE SUPERIOR FISHING GUIDES.] The fee for a 
license to operate a charter boat and guide anglers on Lake Superior is: 
 (1) for a resident,  (2) for a nonresident,  (3) if another state charges a Minnesota resident a fee 
greater than  Subd. 16. [RESIDENT HUNTING GUIDES.] The fees for the 
following resident guide licenses are: 
 (1) to guide bear hunters,  (2) to guide turkey hunters, $22. 
 Subd. 18. [SHOOTING PRESERVES.] The fee for a shooting 
preserve license is: 
 (1) for a private shooting preserve, $100; and 
 (2) for a commercial shooting preserve, $500. 
 Subd. 19. [TAXIDERMISTS.] The fee for a taxidermist 
license, to be issued for a three-year period to residents only, is: 
 (1) for persons age 18 and older,  (2) for persons under age 18, $27.50. 
 Subd. 20. [TRAPPING LICENSE.] The fee for a license to 
trap fur-bearing animals is: 
 (1) for persons over age 13 and under age 18, $5.50; and 
 (2) for persons age 18 and older, $18. 
 Subd. 21. [FUR BUYING AND SELLING; RESIDENTS.] (a) The 
fee for a license for a resident to buy and sell raw furs is  (b) The fee for a supplemental license to buy and sell 
furs is  Subd. 22. [FUR BUYING AND SELLING; NONRESIDENTS.] The 
fee for a license for a nonresident to buy and sell raw furs is  Subd. 23. [RAW FUR TANNING.] The fee for a license to 
tan and dress raw furs to be issued to residents and nonresidents is  Subd. 24. [GAME AND FUR FARMS.] The fee for a game and 
fur farm license is  Subd. 26. [MINNOW DEALERS.] The fees for the following 
licenses are: 
 (1) minnow dealer,  (2)  Subd. 27. [MINNOW RETAILERS.] The fees for the following 
licenses, to be issued to residents and nonresidents, are: 
 (1) minnow retailer,  (2) minnow retailer's vehicle,  Subd. 28. [NONRESIDENT MINNOW HAULERS.] The fees for the 
following licenses, to be issued to nonresidents, are: 
 (1) exporting minnow hauler,  (2) exporting minnow hauler's vehicle,  Subd. 29. [PRIVATE FISH HATCHERIES.] The fees for the 
following licenses to be issued to residents and nonresidents are: 
 (1) for a private fish hatchery, with annual sales under 
$200,  (2) for a private fish hatchery, with annual sales of 
$200 or more,  (3) to take sucker eggs from public waters for a private 
fish hatchery,  Subd. 30. [COMMERCIAL NETTING OF FISH  (1) commercial license fees: 
 (i) for  (iv) for residents seining in 
the Mississippi River from St. Anthony Falls to the St. Croix River junction, 
$50; 
 (v) for residents seining, 
netting, and set lining in Wisconsin boundary waters from Lake St. Croix to the 
Iowa border, $50; and 
 (vi) for a resident apprentice 
license, $25; and 
 (2) commercial gear fees: 
 (i) for each gill net in Lake 
Superior, Wisconsin boundary waters, and Namakan Lake, $3.50 per 100 feet of 
net; 
 (ii) for each seine in inland 
waters, on the Mississippi River as described in section 97C.801, subdivision 2, 
and in Wisconsin boundary waters, $7 per 100 feet; 
 (iii) for each commercial hoop 
net in inland waters, $1.25; 
 (iv) for each submerged fyke, 
trap, and hoop net in Lake Superior, St. Louis Estuary, Lake of the Woods, and 
Rainy, Namakan, and Sand Point lakes, and for each pound net in Lake Superior, 
$15; 
 (v) for each stake and pound net 
in Lake of the Woods, $60; 
 (vi) for each set line in the 
Wisconsin boundary waters, $20; and 
 (vii) for each trawl used in 
Lake Superior, $50. 
 Subd. 38. [FISH BUYERS.] The fees for licenses to buy 
fish from commercial fishing licensees to be issued residents and nonresidents 
are: 
 (1) for Lake Superior fish bought for sale to retailers, 
 (2) for Lake Superior fish bought for sale to consumers, 
 (3) for Lake of the Woods, Namakan, Sand Point, and 
Rainy Lake fish bought for sale to retailers,  (4) for Lake of the Woods, Namakan, Sand Point, and 
Rainy Lake fish bought for shipment only on international boundary waters,  Subd. 39. [FISH PACKER.] The fee for a license to 
prepare dressed game fish for transportation or shipment is  Subd. 40. [FISH VENDORS.] The fee for a license to use a 
motor vehicle to sell fish is  Subd. 41. [TURTLE SELLERS.] The fee for a license to 
take, transport, purchase, and possess turtles for sale is  Subd. 42. [FROG DEALERS.] The fee for the licenses to 
deal in frogs that are to be used for purposes other than bait are: 
 (1) for a resident to purchase, possess, and transport 
frogs,  (2) for a nonresident to purchase, possess, and 
transport frogs,  (3) for a resident to take, possess, transport, and sell 
frogs,  Subd. 43. [DUPLICATE LICENSES.] The fees for duplicate 
licenses are: 
 (1) for licenses to take big game, $5; and 
 (2) for other licenses, $2. 
 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 97A.485, 
subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
 Subd. 6. [LICENSES TO BE SOLD AND ISSUING FEES.] (a) 
Persons authorized to sell licenses under this section must sell the following 
licenses for the license fee and the following issuing fees: 
 (1) to take deer or bear with firearms and by archery, 
the issuing fee is $1; 
 (2) Minnesota sporting, the issuing fee is $1; and 
 (3) to take small game, for a person under age 65 to 
take fish by angling or for a person of any age to take fish by spearing, and to 
trap fur-bearing animals, the issuing fee is $1; 
 (4) for a trout and salmon stamp that is not issued 
simultaneously with an angling or sporting license, an issuing fee of 50 cents 
may be charged at the discretion of the authorized seller; and 
 (5) for stamps other than a trout and salmon stamp, and for a special season Canada goose license, there is 
no fee. 
 (b) An issuing fee may not be collected for issuance of 
a trout and salmon stamp if a stamp is issued simultaneously with the related 
angling or sporting license. Only one issuing fee may be collected when selling 
more than one trout and salmon stamp in the same transaction after the end of 
the season for which the stamp was issued. 
 (c) The auditor or subagent shall keep the issuing fee 
as a commission for selling the licenses. 
 (d) The commissioner shall collect the issuing fee on 
licenses sold by the commissioner. 
 (e) A license, except stamps, must state the amount of 
the issuing fee and that the issuing fee is kept by the seller as a commission 
for selling the licenses. 
 (f) For duplicate licenses, the issuing fees are: 
 (1) for licenses to take big game, 75 cents; and 
 (2) for other licenses, 50 cents. 
 Sec. 7. [97B.802] [SPECIAL CANADA GOOSE SEASON LICENSE 
REQUIRED.] 
 Except as provided in this 
section, a person required to possess a small game license may not take Canada 
geese during a special season without a valid special season Canada goose 
license in possession. Residents under age 18 or over age 65 and persons hunting 
on their own property are not required to possess the license. 
 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 97C.321, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 Subdivision 1. [GENERAL PROHIBITION.] A person may not 
take fish by angling with a set line or an unattended line except as provided in 
this section and  Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 97C.501, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 Subd. 2. [MINNOW DEALERS.] (a) A person may not be a 
minnow dealer without a minnow dealer license except as provided in subdivision 
3. 
 (b)  Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 97C.801, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 Subd. 2. [COMMERCIAL FISH NETTING  (b) A person may take rough fish in the Mississippi 
river, from the St. Croix river junction to St. Anthony Falls, only with the 
following equipment and methods: 
 (1) operations shall be conducted only in the flowing 
waters of the river and in tributary backwaters prescribed by the commissioner; 
 (2)  Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 97C.835, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 Subd. 9. [TRAWLS IN LAKE 
SUPERIOR.] (a) This subdivision applies to the use of 
trawls in Lake Superior. 
 (b) Up to five persons may be 
licensed to use a single trawl to take fish species listed in subdivision 2. 
Trawls must not exceed a size determined by a headrope of 115 feet, the mesh of 
the webbing in the cod shall be no smaller than 3/4 inch stretch measure, and 
forward body wing mesh size shall be no smaller than two inches stretch 
measure. 
 (c) All live game fish species 
must be immediately returned to the water. Dead lake trout may be possessed if 
they are tagged with tags issued by the commissioner. All untagged dead lake 
trout and all other dead game fish species must be returned to the water. 
 (d) All fish taken, whether 
retained by the licensee or returned to the lake, must be received by the Lake 
Superior area fisheries office before the tenth day of the following month. The 
commissioner must provide the licensee with the necessary reporting forms. 
 (e) During the closed season for 
herring, all trawling must be restricted to a water depth of 20 fathoms or 
greater. 
 (f) The commissioner of natural 
resources may require a licensee to notify the Lake Superior area fisheries 
office of trawling activities. 
 (g) The commissioner of natural 
resources may suspend trawling operations to protect aquatic resources and 
prevent conflicts with other lawful activities. 
 Sec. 12. [REPEALER.] 
 Minnesota Statutes 1996, 
sections 97A.475, subdivisions 14, 25, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, and 37; and 
97C.801, subdivision 1, are repealed." 
 Renumber the sections in sequence 
 Delete the title and insert: 
 "A bill for an act relating to natural resources; 
modifying certain fish habitat and propagation provisions; authorizing the 
commissioner to establish special hunts for youth; permitting access to public 
waters through public land with certain watercraft; modifying provisions for 
taking animals from a motor vehicle; providing for lifetime crossbow permits for 
persons with permanent disabilities; modifying certain trapping provisions; 
modifying certain provisions relating to taking animals; authorizing the 
commissioner to sell merchandise; modifying stamp provisions; modifying the 
procedure for vacating or modifying a state game refuge; defining terms; 
prohibiting airboats on certain lakes; modifying certain license fees and 
provisions; prohibiting interference with legal minnow harvest; modifying 
provisions relating to personal flotation devices; requiring a study; modifying 
aquatic farm fees and requirements; modifying terms of crop protection 
assistance; modifying commercial fishing provisions; modifying restrictions on 
unattended lines; requiring special season Canada goose license; providing 
penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 17.4982, by adding 
subdivisions; 17.4983, by adding a subdivision; 17.4988; 17.4998; 84.0855; 
86B.201, by adding a subdivision; 97A.015, subdivisions 49, 53, and by adding a 
subdivision; 97A.028, subdivisions 1 and 3; 97A.045, subdivision 7; 97A.075, 
subdivisions 1 and 3; 97A.085, subdivision 8; 97A.101, by adding a subdivision; 
97A.411, subdivision 3; 97A.421, subdivision 1; 97A.465, subdivision 4; 97A.475; 
97A.485, subdivisions 6, 9, and by adding a subdivision; 97B.035, subdivision 1; 
97B.055, subdivision 2; 97B.106; 97B.211, subdivision 1; 97B.655, subdivision 1; 
97C.035, subdivision 1; 97C.211, subdivision 1, and by adding a subdivision; 
97C.321, subdivision 1; 97C.501, subdivision 2; 97C.505, by adding a 
subdivision; 97C.801, subdivision 2; and 97C.835, by adding a subdivision; Laws 
1993, chapter 273, section 1, as amended; and Laws 1996, chapter 410, section 
56; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97B; repealing 
Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 97A.111; 97A.475, subdivisions 14, 25, 31, 32, 
33, 34, 35, 36, and 37; and 97C.801, subdivision 1." 
 With the recommendation that when so amended the bill 
pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative 
Administration.
 The report was adopted. 
 Solberg from the Committee on Ways and Means to which 
was referred: 
 H. F. No. 2163, A bill for an act relating to the 
financing and operation of state and local government; providing for property 
tax reform; providing for education financing; limiting education revenue 
referenda for 1997; changing property tax refunds for homeowners and renters; 
changing truth-in-taxation requirements; providing for joint truth-in-taxation 
hearings; imposing levy limits on cities and counties and providing for reverse 
referenda; changing fiscal note requirements for state mandates; providing for 
reimbursement for costs of state mandates; providing for certain property tax 
exemptions; establishing a property tax reform account; providing a refundable 
credit for 1997 property taxes; making miscellaneous property tax changes; 
providing a senior citizens property tax deferral program; changing aids to 
local governments; changing tax increment financing provisions; authorizing 
certain tax increment districts; exempting certain tax increment districts from 
certain requirements; authorizing local taxes, levies, and abatements; 
conforming certain income tax laws with changes in federal law; providing income 
tax credits; modifying the application of sales and excise taxes; exempting 
certain purchases from the sales tax; modifying waste management tax and 
taconite tax provisions; increasing the budget reserve; revising the law 
governing regional development commissions; making miscellaneous technical 
changes and corrections; requiring studies; appropriating money; amending 
Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 6.76; 16A.152, subdivision 2; 69.021, 
subdivision 7; 93.41; 103D.905, subdivisions 4, 5, and by adding a subdivision; 
115A.554; 116.07, subdivision 10; 117.155; 121.15, by adding a subdivision; 
122.247, subdivision 3; 122.45, subdivision 3a; 122.531, subdivisions 4a and 9; 
122.533; 122.535, subdivision 6; 124.2131, subdivision 1; 124.239, subdivision 
5, and by adding subdivisions; 124.2601, subdivisions 2 and 3; 124.2711, 
subdivisions 1 and 5; 124.2713, subdivision 1; 124.2714; 124.2715, subdivision 
1; 124.2716, subdivision 2; 124.2725, subdivisions 2, 6, 13, and 14; 124.2726, 
subdivisions 1 and 3; 124.2727, subdivision 6a; 124.312, subdivision 5; 124.313; 
124.4945; 124.83, subdivision 3; 124.91, subdivisions 1, 2, 5, and 7; 124.912, 
subdivisions 1, 3, 6, and 7; 124.914, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, and 4; 124.916, 
subdivisions 1, 3, and 4; 124.918, subdivision 8; 124.95, subdivision 1; 
124A.03, subdivision 1g; 124A.23, subdivision 1; 124A.292, subdivision 2; 
161.45, by adding a subdivision; 216B.16, by adding subdivisions; 270B.02, by 
adding a subdivision; 270B.12, by adding a subdivision; 271.01, subdivision 5; 
271.19; 272.02, subdivision 1, and by adding a subdivision; 272.115; 273.11, 
subdivisions 1a and 16; 273.111, subdivisions 3 and 6; 273.112, by adding a 
subdivision; 273.121; 273.124, subdivisions 1, 14, and by adding a subdivision; 
273.13, subdivisions 1, 22, 23, 24, 25, 31, and by adding subdivisions; 273.135, 
subdivision 2; 273.1391, subdivision 2; 273.1398, subdivisions 1, 1a, 6, 8, and 
by adding subdivisions; 273.18; 274.01; 274.13, by adding subdivisions; 275.065, 
subdivisions 1, 3, 5a, 6, 8, and by adding subdivisions; 275.07, subdivisions 1 
and 4; 275.08, subdivision 1b; 276.04, subdivision 2; 276A.04; 276A.05, 
subdivisions 1 and 5; 276A.06, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, and 9; 278.07; 281.13; 
281.23, subdivision 6; 281.273; 281.276; 282.01, subdivision 8; 282.04, 
subdivision 1; 287.22; 289A.02, subdivision 7; 289A.26, subdivisions 2, 3, 6, 
and 7; 289A.56, subdivision 4; 290.01, subdivisions 19, 19a, 19b, 19c, 19d, 19g, 
and 31; 290.014, subdivisions 2 and 3; 290.015, subdivision 5; 290.06, 
subdivision 22, and by adding subdivisions; 290.067, subdivision 1; 290.068, 
subdivision 1; 290.0922, subdivision 1; 290.17, subdivision 1; 290.371, 
subdivision 2; 290.92, by adding a subdivision; 290.9725; 290.9727, subdivision 
1; 290.9728, subdivision 1; 290A.03, subdivisions 6, 7, 11, and 13; 290A.04, 
subdivisions 1, 2, and 6; 290A.19; 291.005, subdivision 1; 296.141, subdivision 
4; 296.18, subdivision 1; 297A.01, subdivisions 3, 4, 7, 11, 15, and 16; 
297A.02, subdivision 2; 297A.14, subdivision 4; 297A.211, subdivision 1; 
297A.25, subdivisions 2, 3, 7, 11, 56, 59, and by adding subdivisions; 297A.45; 
297B.01, subdivisions 7 and 8; 297E.02, subdivisions 3 and 6; 297E.04, 
subdivision 3; 298.24, subdivision 1; 298.28, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 9a, and 
by adding subdivisions; 298.2961, subdivision 1; 298.75, subdivisions 1, 4, and 
by adding a subdivision; 325D.33, subdivision 3; 349.12, subdivision 26a; 
349.154, subdivision 2; 349.163, subdivision 8; 349.19, subdivision 2a; 349.191, 
subdivision 1b; 373.40, subdivision 7; 398A.04, subdivision 1; 462.381; 462.383; 
462.384, subdivision 5; 462.385; 462.386, subdivision 1; 462.387; 462.388; 
462.389, subdivisions 1, 3, and 4; 462.39, subdivisions 2 and 3; 462.391, 
subdivision 5, and by adding subdivisions; 462.393; 462.394; 462.396; 462.398; 
469.012, subdivision 1; 469.033, subdivision 6; 469.040, subdivision 3, and by 
adding a subdivision; 469.174, subdivisions 10, 19, and by adding subdivisions; 
469.175, subdivision 3, and by adding subdivisions; 469.176, subdivisions 1b, 2, 
4c, 4g, 4j, and 6; 469.177, subdivisions 1, 3, and 4; 473F.06; 473F.07, 
subdivisions 1 and 5; 473F.08, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, and 8a; 477A.011, 
subdivisions 20, 34, 35, 36, 37, and by adding subdivisions; 477A.013, 
subdivisions 1 and 9; 477A.03, subdivision 2; and 477A.05; Laws 1992, chapter 
511, article 2, section 52; Laws 1993, chapter 375, article 9, section 45, 
subdivisions 2, 3, 4, and by adding a subdivision; Laws 1995, chapter 264, 
article 5, sections 44, subdivision 4, as amended; and 45, subdivision 1, as 
amended; Laws 1997, chapter 34, section 2; proposing coding for new law in 
Minnesota Statutes, chapters 3; 14; 16A; 124; 124A; 270; 273; 275; 290; 297A; 
383A; 383B; 458D; 462A; 469; 477A; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota 
Statutes, chapter 290B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 3.982; 
124.2131, subdivision 3a; 124.2134; 124.225, subdivisions 1, 3a, 7a, 7b, 7d, 7e, 
7f, 8a, 8k, 8l, 8m, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17; 124.226; 124.2442; 124.2601, 
subdivisions 4, 5, and 6; 124.2711, subdivisions 2a and 3; 124.2713, 
subdivisions 6, 6a, 6b, and 7; 124.2715, 
 subdivisions 2 and 3; 124.2716, subdivisions 3 and 4; 
124.2725, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, and 7; 124.2727, subdivisions 6b, 6c, and 9; 
124.314, subdivision 2; 124.321; 124.91, subdivisions 2, 4, and 7; 124.912, 
subdivision 2; 124A.029; 124A.03, subdivisions 2a and 3b; 124A.0311; 124A.22, 
subdivisions 4a, 4b, 8a, 8b, 13d, and 13e; 124A.23, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, and 4; 
124A.26, subdivisions 2 and 3; 124A.292, subdivisions 3 and 4; 270B.12, 
subdivision 11; 273.13, subdivisions 21a and 32; 273.1315; 273.1317; 273.1318; 
273.1398, subdivisions 2, 2c, 2d, 3, and 3a; 273.1399; 273.166; 275.08, 
subdivisions 1c and 1d; 275.61; 276.012; 276A.06, subdivision 9; 290A.03, 
subdivisions 12a and 14; 290A.055; 290A.26; 297A.01, subdivisions 20 and 21; 
297A.02, subdivision 5; 297A.25, subdivision 29; 462.384, subdivision 7; 
462.385, subdivision 2; 462.389, subdivision 5; 462.391, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 
4, 6, 7, 8, and 9; 462.392; 469.176, subdivisions 1a and 5; 469.1782, 
subdivision 1; 469.181; 473F.08, subdivision 8a; and 645.34; Laws 1995, chapter 
264, article 4, as amended. 
 Reported the same back with the following amendments: 
 Page 19, lines 35 and 36, delete the new language 
 Page 20, line 1, delete the new language 
 Page 26, line 19, after the semicolon, insert "and" 
 Page 26, delete lines 20 and 21 
 Page 26, line 22, delete "vii" and insert "vi" 
 Page 26, delete lines 32 to 35 
 Page 75, line 27, after "estate" insert ", excluding the 
part of the property that is not used directly for recreational uses," 
 Page 82, after line 19, insert: 
 "Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 273.11, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 Subd. 19. [VALUATION 
EXCLUSION FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO CERTAIN BUSINESS PROPERTY.] Property classified under section 273.13, subdivision 24, 
which is eligible for the preferred class rate on the market value up to 
$100,000, shall qualify for a valuation exclusion for assessment purposes, 
provided all of the following conditions are met: 
 (1) the building must be at 
least 50 years old at the time of the improvement or damaged by the 1997 
floods; 
 (2) the building must be located 
in a city or town with a population of 10,000 or less that is located outside 
the seven-county metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 
2; 
 (3) the total estimated market 
value of the land and buildings must be $100,000 or less prior to the 
improvement; 
 (4) the current year's estimated 
market value of the property must be equal to or less than the property's 
estimated market value in each of the two previous years' assessments; and 
 (5) a building permit must have 
been issued prior to the commencement of the improvement, or if the building is 
located in a city or town which does not have a building permit process, the 
property owner must notify the assessor prior to the commencement of the 
improvement. 
 The assessor shall estimate the 
market value of the building in the assessment year immediately following the 
year that (1) the building permit was taken out, or (2) the taxpayer notified 
the assessor that an improvement was to be made. If the estimated market value 
of the building has increased over the prior year's assessment, the assessor 
shall note the amount of the increase on the property's record, and that amount 
shall be subtracted from the value of the property in each year for five years 
after the improvement has been made, at which time an amount equal to 20 percent 
of the excluded value shall be added back in each of the five subsequent 
assessment years. 
 For any property, there can be 
no more than two improvements qualifying for exclusion under this subdivision. 
The maximum amount of value that can be excluded from any property under this 
subdivision is $50,000. 
 The assessor shall require an 
application, including documentation of the age of the building from the owner, 
if unknown by the assessor. Applications must be received prior to July 1 of any 
year in order to be effective for taxes payable in the following year. 
 For purposes of this 
subdivision, "population" has the same meaning given in section 477A.011, 
subdivision 3." 
 Page 130, after line 19, insert: 
 "Section 16 is effective for the 
1998 assessment, taxes payable in 1999 and thereafter, for improvements made 
after January 2, 1997." 
 Page 165, line 27, delete "primarily" 
 Page 165, lines 28 and 29, delete "Agricultural use may include" and insert ""Agricultural purposes" as used in this section means the 
raising or cultivation of agricultural products or enrollment in the Reinvest in 
Minnesota program under sections 103F.501 to 103F.535 or the federal 
Conservation Reserve Program as contained in Public Law Number 99-198. 
Contiguous acreage on the same parcel, or contiguous acreage on an immediately 
adjacent parcel under the same ownership, may also qualify as agricultural land, 
but only if it is" 
 Page 165, line 29, delete "and" and insert "or" 
 Page 165, line 30, delete "or 
conservation" 
 Page 165, delete lines 31 to 36 
 Page 166, line 1, delete "agricultural." 
 Page 166, line 2, delete "with 
respect to the use of the whole parcel, and" and insert "excluding the house, garage, and immediately surrounding 
one acre of land, and shall" 
 Page 166, line 3, before "based" insert "be" 
 Page 166, line 5, after "estate" insert ", excluding the 
house, garage, and immediately surrounding one acre of land," and delete "used principally" and insert "which is exclusively or intensively used" 
 Page 166, line 7, delete everything after "land" 
 Page 166, line 8, delete everything before the period 
 Page 166, after line 8, insert: 
 "Land shall be classified as 
agricultural even if all or a portion of the agricultural use of that property 
is the leasing to, or use by another person for agricultural purposes. 
 Classification under this 
subdivision is not determinative for qualifying under section 273.111. 
 The property classification 
under this section supersedes, for property tax purposes only, any locally 
administered agricultural policies or land use restrictions that define minimum 
or maximum farm acreage." 
 Page 166, line 10, before the colon, insert "production for sale of" 
 Page 166, line 11, after "livestock," insert "livestock 
products," 
 Page 167, after line 36, insert: 
 "(h) A structure is classified 
as an agricultural building if all of the following criteria are met: 
 (1) the structure is located on 
property that is classified as agricultural property under this subdivision; 
 (2) the structure is occupied 
exclusively by seasonal farm workers during the time when they work on that 
farm, and the occupants are not charged rent for the privilege of occupying the 
property; 
 (3) the structure meets all 
applicable health and safety requirements for the appropriate season; and 
 (4) the structure is not salable 
as residential property because it does not comply with local ordinances 
relating to location in relation to streets or roads." 
 Page 168, line 1, delete "(h)" and insert "(i)" 
 Page 170, line 20, delete "and" 
 Page 170, line 22, delete the period and insert "; and 
 (5) real property devoted to a 
seasonal golf operation, which is privately owned and open to the public on a 
daily fee basis. Any portion of the real estate used for commercial purposes 
beyond the length of the golf season in the year preceding the year of 
assessment shall be classified as class 3a property under subdivision 24, 
paragraph (a). In order to qualify for class 4c under this paragraph, the golf 
course must be open to the public and can charge membership fees or dues, but a 
membership is not required in order to use the property for golfing. To qualify 
under this paragraph, the property must meet the requirements of section 
273.112, subdivision 3, paragraph (d)." 
 Page 295, delete section 27 
 Page 308, line 11, after "19," insert "21," and 
delete "28," 
 Page 308, line 16, delete "Section 19 is" and insert "Sections 19 and 27 are" 
 Page 308, delete line 17 
 Page 309, line 36, after "$522,000,000" insert "less any 
amounts expended under Laws 1997, chapter 30," 
 Page 348, line 32, delete "section 14.431, subdivision 2," and insert "paragraph (a)" 
 Page 405, after line 27, insert: 
 "Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 295.50, 
subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
 Subd. 6. [HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICES.] "Home health care 
services" are services: 
 (1) defined under the state medical assistance program 
as home health agency services provided by a home health agency, personal care 
services and supervision of personal care services, private duty nursing 
services, and waivered services or services by home care 
providers required to be licensed under chapter 144A; and 
 (2) provided at a recipient's residence, if the 
recipient does not live in a hospital, nursing facility, as defined in section 
62A.46, subdivision 3, or intermediate care facility for persons with mental 
retardation as defined in section 256B.055, subdivision 12, paragraph (d). 
 Home health care services 
include medical supplies only when used in providing home health care 
services. 
 Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 295.58, is 
amended to read: 
 295.58 [DEPOSIT OF REVENUES AND PAYMENT OF REFUNDS.] 
 (a) The commissioner shall 
deposit all revenues, including penalties and interest, derived from the taxes 
imposed by sections 295.50 to 295.57  (b) The revenues, including 
penalties and interest, derived from the tax on insurance premiums imposed by 
section 60A.15 on health maintenance organizations, community integrated service 
networks, integrated service networks, and nonprofit health service plan 
corporations must be deposited in the general fund and are annually appropriated 
to the Minnesota comprehensive health association to offset assessments made to 
subsidize the costs of the Minnesota comprehensive insurance plan established 
under chapter 62E." 
 Page 408, line 24, after the period, insert "Payments or other compensation for using the manufacturer's 
displays or advertising materials are not rebates, discounts, or concessions for 
purposes of this chapter." 
 Page 416, after line 3, insert: 
 "Section 12 is effective for 
revenues attributable to taxes due after June 30, 1997." 
 Renumber the sections in sequence and correct internal 
references 
 Amend the title accordingly 
 With the recommendation that when so amended the bill 
pass.
 The report was adopted. 
 Solberg from the Committee on Ways and Means to which 
was referred: 
 S. F. No. 1908, A bill for an act relating to the 
operation of state government services; appropriating money for the operation of 
the departments of human services and health, the veterans home board, the 
health related boards, the disability council, the ombudsman for families, and 
the ombudsman for mental health and mental retardation; including provisions for 
agency management; children's programs; basic health care programs; medical 
assistance and general assistance medical care; long-term care; state-operated 
services; mental health and developmentally disabled; MinnesotaCare; child 
support enforcement; assistance to families; health department; amending 
Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 13.99, by adding a subdivision; 16A.124, 
subdivision 4b; 62D.04, subdivision 5; 62E.02, subdivision 13; 62E.14, by adding 
a subdivision; 103I.101, subdivision 6; 103I.208; 103I.401, subdivision 1; 
144.0721, subdivision 3; 144.121, subdivision 1, and by adding subdivisions; 
144.125; 144.2215; 144.226, subdivision 1, and by adding a subdivision; 
144.3351; 144.394; 144A.071, subdivisions 1, 2, and 4a; 144A.073, subdivision 2; 
145.925, subdivision 9; 153A.17; 157.15, by adding subdivisions; 157.16, 
subdivision 3; 245.03, subdivision 2; 245.4882, subdivision 5; 245.493, 
subdivision 1, and by adding a subdivision; 245.652, subdivisions 1 and 2; 
245.98, by adding a subdivision; 246.02, subdivision 2; 252.025, subdivisions 1, 
4, and by adding a subdivision; 252.28, by adding a subdivision; 252.32, 
subdivisions 1a, 3, 3a, 3c, and 5; 254.04; 254B.02, subdivisions 1 and 3; 
254B.04, subdivision 1; 254B.09, subdivisions 4, 5, and 7; 256.01, subdivision 
2, and by adding a subdivision; 256.025, subdivisions 2 and 4; 256.045, 
subdivisions 3, 3b, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10; 256.476, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, and 5; 
256.82, subdivision 1, and by adding a subdivision; 256.871, subdivision 6; 
256.935; 256.969, subdivision 1; 256.9695, subdivision 1; 256B.037, subdivision 
1a; 256B.04, by adding a subdivision; 256B.056, subdivisions 4, 5, and 8; 
256B.0625, subdivisions 13 and 15; 256B.0626; 256B.0627, subdivision 5, and by 
adding a subdivision; 256B.064, subdivisions 1a, 1c, and 2; 256B.0911, 
subdivisions 2 and 7; 256B.0912, by adding a subdivision; 256B.0913, 
 subdivisions 10, 14, 15, and by adding a subdivision; 
256B.0915, subdivision 3, and by adding a subdivision; 256B.19, subdivisions 1, 
2a, and 2b; 256B.421, subdivision 1; 256B.431, subdivision 25, and by adding a 
subdivision; 256B.433, by adding a subdivision; 256B.434, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 
9, and 10; 256B.48, subdivision 6; 256B.49, subdivision 1, and by adding a 
subdivision; 256B.69, subdivisions 2, 3a, 5, 5b, and by adding subdivisions; 
256D.03, subdivisions 2, 2a, 3b, and 6; 256D.36; 256F.11, subdivision 2; 
256G.02, subdivision 6; 256G.05, subdivision 2; 256I.05, subdivision 1a, and by 
adding a subdivision; 256J.50, by adding a subdivision; 326.37, subdivision 1; 
393.07, subdivision 2; 466.01, subdivision 1; 469.155, subdivision 4; 471.59, 
subdivision 11; 626.556, subdivisions 10b, 10d, 10e, 10f, 11c, and by adding a 
subdivision; 626.558, subdivisions 1 and 2; and 626.559, subdivision 5; Laws 
1995, chapter 207, articles 6, section 115; and 8, section 41, subdivision 2; 
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 144; 145A; 157; 
252; 256B; and 257; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 145.9256; 
256.026; 256.82, subdivision 1; 256B.041, subdivision 5; 256B.0625, subdivision 
13b; 256B.19, subdivision 1a; and 469.154, subdivision 6; Minnesota Rules, part 
9505.1000. 
 Reported the same back with the following amendments to 
the unofficial engrossment: 
 Page 3, line 8, delete "$2,549,029,000" and insert 
"$2,550,299,000" and delete "$5,287,343,000" and insert "$5,288,613,000" 
 Page 3, line 18, delete "2,583,436,000" and insert 
"2,584,706,000" and delete "5,357,872,000" and insert "5,359,142,000" 
 Page 33, delete section 1 and insert: 
 "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 62J.69, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 Subd. 2. [ALLOCATION AND FUNDING FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION 
AND RESEARCH.] (a) The commissioner may establish a trust fund for the purposes 
of funding medical education and research activities in the state of Minnesota. 
 (b) By January 1, 1997, the commissioner may appoint an 
advisory committee to provide advice and oversight on the distribution of funds 
from the medical education and research trust fund. If a committee is appointed, 
the commissioner shall: (1) consider the interest of all stakeholders when 
selecting committee members; (2) select members that represent both urban and 
rural interest; and (3) select members that include ambulatory care as well as 
inpatient perspectives. The commissioner shall appoint to the advisory committee 
representatives of the following groups: medical researchers, public and private 
academic medical centers, managed care organizations, Blue Cross and Blue Shield 
of Minnesota, commercial carriers, Minnesota Medical Association, Minnesota 
Nurses Association, medical product manufacturers, employers, and other relevant 
stakeholders, including consumers. The advisory committee is governed by section 
15.059, for membership terms and removal of members and will sunset on June 30, 
1999. 
 (c) Eligible applicants for funds are accredited medical 
education teaching institutions, consortia, and programs. Applications must be 
received by September 30 of each year for distribution by January 1 of the 
following year. An application for funds must include the following: 
 (1) the official name and address of the institution, 
facility, or program that is applying for funding; 
 (2) the name, title, and business address of those 
persons responsible for administering the funds; 
 (3) the total number, type, and specialty orientation of 
eligible trainees in each accredited medical education program applying for 
funds; 
 (4) audited clinical training costs per trainee for each 
medical education program; 
 (5) a description of current sources of funding for 
medical education costs including a description and dollar amount of all state 
and federal financial support; 
 (6) other revenue received for the purposes of clinical 
training; 
 (7) a statement identifying unfunded costs; and 
 (8) other supporting information the commissioner, with 
advice from the advisory committee, determines is necessary for the equitable 
distribution of funds. 
 (d) The commissioner shall distribute medical education 
funds to all qualifying applicants based on the following basic criteria: (1) 
total medical education funds available; (2) total trainees in each eligible 
education program; and (3) the statewide average cost per trainee, by type of 
trainee, in each medical education program. Funds distributed shall not be used 
to displace current funding appropriations from federal or state sources. 
 (e) Medical education programs receiving funds from the 
trust fund must submit annual cost and program reports based on criteria 
established by the commissioner. The reports must include: 
 (1) the total number of eligible trainees in the 
program; 
 (2) the type of programs and residencies funded; 
 (3) the average cost per trainee and a detailed 
breakdown of the components of those costs; 
 (4) other state or federal appropriations received for 
the purposes of clinical training; 
 (5) other revenue received for the purposes of clinical 
training; and 
 (6) other information the commissioner, with advice from 
the advisory committee, deems appropriate to evaluate the effectiveness of the 
use of funds for clinical training. 
 The commissioner, with advice from the advisory 
committee, will provide an annual summary report to the legislature on program 
implementation due February 15 of each year. 
 (f) The commissioner is authorized to distribute funds 
made available through: 
 (1) voluntary contributions by employers or other 
entities; 
 (2) allocations for the department of human services to 
support medical education and research; and 
 (3) other sources as identified and deemed appropriate 
by the legislature for inclusion in the trust fund. 
 (g) The advisory committee shall continue to study and 
make recommendations on: 
 (1) the funding of medical research consistent with work 
currently mandated by the legislature and under way at the department of health; 
and 
 (2) the costs and benefits associated with medical 
education and research. 
 (h) The commissioner of health, 
in consultation with the medical education and research costs advisory 
committee, shall continue to consider additional broad-based funding sources, 
and shall recommend potential sources of funding to the legislative commission 
on health care access by January 15, 1998. 
 (i) The commissioner of health, 
in consultation with the commissioner of human services, shall assess the 
possibility of further base rate reductions to the prepaid medical assistance 
and prepaid general assistance medical care programs and shall study the 
feasibility of inclusion of MinnesotaCare funding in the trust fund. The study 
shall examine whether the 1999 allocation established in section 256B.69, 
subdivision 5c, paragraph (b), sufficiently reflects the direct and indirect 
components of medical education. The study shall also examine the 
appropriateness of transferring an education component from the MinnesotaCare 
rates, and the appropriate amount and timing of any such transfer. 
Recommendations on the possible inclusion of MinnesotaCare funding and any 
further base rate reductions from the prepaid medical assistance and prepaid 
general assistance medical care programs shall be reported to the legislative 
commission on health care access by January 15, 1998." 
 Page 33, after line 43, insert: 
 "Sec. 14. COMMISSIONER OF ADMINISTRATION 
 1,270,000 -0- 
 [VETERANS HOMES IMPROVEMENTS.] Of this appropriation, 
$1,270,000 for the biennium is for the commissioner to accomplish the repair and 
replacement of sanitary sewers, fire protection water mains, roof drains, and 
deep sandstone tunnels at the Minneapolis veterans home, Minneapolis campus." 
 Pages 40 to 45, delete sections 12 to 15 
 Page 46, after line 27, insert: 
 "Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 144.767, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 Subdivision 1. [REPORT TO EMPLOYER.] Results of tests 
conducted under this section shall be reported by the facility to a designated 
agent of the emergency medical services agency that employs or uses the 
emergency medical services personnel and to the emergency medical services 
personnel who report the significant exposure. The test results shall be 
reported without personally identifying information and 
may not be used as evidence in any criminal prosecution. 
 Sec. 16. [145.9241] [PREVENTION OF PERINATAL 
TRANSMISSION OF HIV.] 
 The commissioner shall conduct a 
statewide education campaign to educate pregnant women and health care providers 
about the risk of perinatal transmission of HIV and the value of HIV screening 
early in pregnancy. The commissioner shall also provide demonstration grants to 
health care providers to allow these providers to develop procedures for 
incorporating HIV awareness and education into prenatal care. 
 Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 145.925, 
subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
 Subd. 9. [RULES; REGIONAL FUNDING.] Notwithstanding any 
rules to the contrary, including rules proposed in the State Register on April 
1, 1991, the commissioner, in allocating grant funds for family planning special 
projects, shall not limit the total amount of funds that can be allocated to an 
organization that has submitted applications from more than one region, except 
that no more than $75,000 may be allocated to any grantee within a single 
region, except that if a county designates one or more 
organizations to be its agent for providing family planning services, the county 
may fund the organizations in an amount greater than $75,000. For two or 
more organizations who have submitted a joint application, that limit is $75,000 
for each organization, except that if a county 
designates one or more organizations to be its agent for providing family 
planning services, the county may fund the organizations in an amount greater 
than $75,000. This subdivision does not affect any procedure established in 
rule for allocating special project money to the different regions. The 
commissioner shall revise the rules for family planning special project grants 
so that they conform to the requirements of this subdivision. In adopting these 
revisions, the commissioner is not subject to the rulemaking provisions of 
chapter 14, but is bound by section 14.38, subdivision 7." 
 Page 47, line 19, delete "referral" and insert "referrals" 
 Page 49, after line 28, insert: 
 "Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 151.40, is 
amended to read: 
 151.40 [POSSESSION AND SALE OF HYPODERMIC SYRINGES AND 
NEEDLES.] 
 Subdivision 1. [GENERALLY.] 
Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 2, it  in the course of their practice or employment: licensed 
practitioners, registered pharmacies and their employees or agents, licensed 
pharmacists, licensed doctors of veterinary medicine or their assistants, 
registered nurses, registered medical technologists, medical interns, licensed 
drug wholesalers, their employees or agents, licensed hospitals, licensed 
nursing homes, bona fide hospitals where animals are treated, licensed 
morticians, syringe and needle manufacturers, their dealers and agents, persons 
engaged in animal husbandry, clinical laboratories, persons engaged in bona fide 
research or education or industrial use of hypodermic syringes and needles 
provided such persons cannot use hypodermic syringes and needles for the 
administration of drugs to human beings unless such drugs are prescribed, 
dispensed, and administered by a person lawfully authorized to do so, persons 
who administer drugs pursuant to an order or direction of a licensed doctor of 
medicine or of a licensed doctor of osteopathy duly licensed to practice 
medicine. 
 Subd. 2. [SALES OF LIMITED 
QUANTITIES OF CLEAN NEEDLES AND SYRINGES.] (a) A 
registered pharmacy or its agent or a licensed pharmacist may sell, without a 
prescription, unused hypodermic needles and syringes in quantities of ten or 
fewer, provided that the pharmacy or pharmacist complies with all of the 
requirements of this subdivision. 
 (b) At any location where 
hypodermic needles and syringes are kept for retail sale under this subdivision, 
the needles and syringes shall be stored in a manner that makes them available 
only to authorized personnel and not openly available to customers. 
 (c) No registered pharmacy or 
licensed pharmacist may advertise to the public the availability for retail 
sale, without a prescription, of hypodermic needles or syringes in quantities of 
ten or fewer. 
 (d) A registered pharmacy or 
licensed pharmacist that sells hypodermic needles or syringes under this section 
may give the purchaser the materials developed by the commissioner of health 
under section 31." 
 Page 50, line 12, delete "et 
seq." and delete "other" and insert "others" 
 Page 54, after line 15, insert: 
 "Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 256B.0625, 
subdivision 14, is amended to read: 
 Subd. 14. [DIAGNOSTIC, SCREENING, AND PREVENTIVE 
SERVICES.] (a) Medical assistance covers diagnostic, screening, and preventive 
services. 
 (b) "Preventive services" include services related to 
pregnancy, including: 
 (1) services for those 
conditions which may complicate a pregnancy and which may be available to a 
pregnant woman determined to be at risk of poor pregnancy outcome; and 
 (2) prenatal HIV risk 
assessment, education, counseling, and testing. Preventive services 
available to a woman at risk of poor pregnancy outcome may differ in an amount, 
duration, or scope from those available to other individuals eligible for 
medical assistance. 
 (c) "Screening services" include, but are not limited 
to, blood lead tests. 
 Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 256B.69, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 Subd. 5c. [MEDICAL EDUCATION 
AND RESEARCH TRUST FUND.] (a) In January 1999 and each 
year thereafter, the commissioner of human services shall transfer an amount 
equal to the reduction in prepaid medical assistance and prepaid general 
assistance medical care capitation rates, excluding nursing facility and elderly 
waiver payments, resulting from paragraph (b) to the medical education and 
research trust fund established under section 62J.69. The medical education and 
research trust fund shall disburse funds to eligible programs within 60 days of 
receipt of funds from the commissioner of human services. 
 (b) The base rate prior to plan 
specific adjustments for prepaid medical assistance and prepaid general 
assistance medical care capitation rates shall be reduced 4.5 percent for 
Hennepin county, 1.4 percent for the remaining metropolitan counties, and 1.2 
percent for the nonmetropolitan Minnesota counties. 
 (c) In the event a federal 
waiver is not approved by June 1, 1998, the transfers in 1999 shall be delayed 
one year. 
 Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 256J.69, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 Subd. 3. [MEDICAL ASSISTANCE 
AND GENERAL ASSISTANCE SERVICE.] The commissioner of 
health, in consultation with the medical education and research costs advisory 
committee, shall develop a system to recognize those teaching programs which 
serve higher numbers or high proportions of public program recipients and shall 
report to the legislative commission on health care access by January 15, 1998, 
on an allocation formula to implement this system. 
 Sec. 26. [325F.785] [SALES OF HIV HOME COLLECTION KITS.] 
 Subdivision 1. [DEFINITION.] 
For purposes of this section, "seller" means a person 
who regularly sells goods at retail to purchasers. 
 Subd. 2. [PROVISION OF 
INFORMATION REQUIRED.] Effective January 1, 1998, a 
seller may provide each purchaser of an HIV home collection kit, at the time of 
purchase, with written information about the phone numbers for public HIV 
counseling and testing sites and the state's HIV hotline." 
 Page 55, line 33, after "information" insert "on 
minority health issues" 
 Page 56, after line 20, insert: 
 "Sec. 31. [MATERIALS RELATED TO COUNSELING AND TESTING.] 
 The commissioner of health shall 
provide technical assistance to pharmacies and to sellers related to compliance 
with Minnesota Statutes, sections 151.40 and 325F.785. The commissioner shall 
develop printed materials, including the written information described under 
Minnesota Statutes, section 325F.785, and shall provide these printed materials 
at no charge to pharmacies that sell hypodermic needles or syringes under 
Minnesota Statutes, section 151.40 and sellers of HIV home collection kits under 
Minnesota Statutes, section 325F.785. A pharmacy or seller may request and the 
commissioner may authorize use of other methods for providing written 
information to purchasers. 
 Sec. 32. [STUDY OF HIV AND HBV PREVENTION PROGRAM.] 
 The commissioner of health shall 
evaluate the effectiveness of the HIV and HBV prevention program established 
under Minnesota Statutes, sections 214.17 to 214.25. The commissioner shall 
evaluate the effectiveness of the program in maintaining public confidence in 
the safety of health care provider settings, educating the public about HIV 
infection risk in such settings, prevention of HIV and HBV infections, and 
fairly and efficiently working with affected health care providers. The results 
in Minnesota shall be compared to similar efforts in other states. The 
commissioner shall present recommendations to the legislature by January 15, 
1998, on whether the program should be continued, and whether modifications to 
the program are necessary if a recommendation is made to continue the 
program. 
 Sec. 33. [DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS FOR HIV EDUCATION IN 
SCHOOLS.] 
 The commissioner of children, 
families, and learning shall establish a demonstration project to provide grants 
to school districts to develop effective strategies and programs to prevent and 
reduce the risk of HIV/AIDS as required under Minnesota Statutes, section 
121.203. In selecting school districts to participate in the demonstration 
project, the commissioner shall give first priority to school districts located 
outside of the seven-county metropolitan area, and second priority to school 
districts in the seven-county metropolitan area that are located outside of the 
cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The commissioner shall issue a request for 
proposals by October 1, 1997, and shall select school districts by December 15, 
1997. The commissioner shall evaluate the demonstration projects and by June 15, 
1999, develop model programs for school districts to use in implementing 
Minnesota Statutes, section 121.203." 
 Page 56, line 29, delete "finance" and insert "budget" 
 Page 56, line 33, after "5" 
insert "and 19" 
 Page 63, line 19, strike "1997" and insert "1998" 
 Page 69, after line 21, insert: 
 "Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 256B.421, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 Subdivision 1. [SCOPE.] For the purposes of this section 
and sections 256B.41, 256B.411, 256B.431, 256B.432, 256B.433, 256B.434, 256B.435, 256B.47, 256B.48, 256B.50, and 
256B.502, the following terms and phrases shall have the meaning given to them." 
 Page 79, after line 36, insert: 
 "Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 256B.434, 
subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 Subd. 3. [DURATION AND TERMINATION OF CONTRACTS.] (a) 
Subject to available resources, the commissioner may begin to execute contracts 
with nursing facilities November 1, 1995. 
 (b) All contracts entered into under this section are 
for a term of  (c) If a nursing facility fails to comply with the terms 
of a contract, the commissioner shall provide reasonable notice regarding the 
breach of contract and a reasonable opportunity for the facility to come into 
compliance. If the facility fails to come into compliance or to remain in 
compliance, the commissioner may terminate the contract. If a contract is 
terminated, the contract payment remains in effect for the remainder of the rate 
year in which the contract was terminated, but in all other respects the 
provisions of this section do not apply to that facility effective the date the 
contract is terminated. The contract shall contain a provision governing the 
transition back to the cost-based reimbursement system established under section 
256B.431, subdivision 25, and Minnesota Rules, parts 9549.0010 to 9549.0080. A 
contract entered into under this section may be amended by mutual agreement of 
the parties. 
 Sec. 11. [256B.435] [NURSING FACILITY CONVERSION 
DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.] 
 Subdivision 1. 
[DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.] The commissioner shall design 
and implement a process to start July 1, 1998, which will decrease the number of 
Minnesota nursing facilities participating in the medical assistance program by 
June 30, 2002. That process must include voluntary nursing facility closures 
and, as necessary, selective medical assistance decertification of nursing 
facilities to achieve the goal of approximately 20 fewer nursing facilities. The 
total number of licensed nursing home and boarding care home beds participating 
in the medical assistance program upon completion of the project must decrease 
by at least 2000 beds. Nursing facilities subject to this project include those 
with payment rates determined under sections 256B.431, 256B.434, and 256B.48, 
subdivision 1a. 
 Subd. 2. [VOLUNTARY NURSING 
FACILITY CLOSURES.] (a) For the rate years beginning on 
or after July 1, 1998, a nursing facility may elect to cease operations as a 
nursing home or boarding care facility, and apply for technical assistance and 
incentive payments under this subdivision. The commissioner shall issue a 
request for proposal (RFP) by October 1, 1997, outlining the process and 
criteria for nursing facilities interested in applying to voluntarily close. A 
nursing facility seeking to transfer some of its nursing facility beds to 
another location may be eligible for the incentives under this subdivision 
provided that: 
 (1) the number of beds closed is 
at least 70 percent of its capacity; 
 (2) the estimated cost to 
medical assistance of the transferred beds, as determined by the commissioner, 
is at least budget neutral; and 
 (3) other total closure 
proposals are given higher priority. 
 (b) The commissioner shall make 
available technical support to facilitate a nursing facility seeking voluntary 
closure under this section. Department technical support shall include 
assistance in: general transition planning; coordination of discharge planning 
and resident relocation efforts in coordination with the affected county and 
nursing facility; identification of alternative community resources and 
placements for displaced facility residents; assessing potential alternate uses 
of the facility's capital assets; and identifying possible financing for 
facility renovations consistent with identified alternative uses. 
 (c) The commissioner and the 
nursing facility may negotiate a closure incentive payment of up to $1,000 per 
bed for a nursing facility which agrees to delicense all or substantially all of 
its licensed nursing home and boarding care home beds. The nursing facility's 
proposal must include a plan for cost-effective alternative placement of its 
residents. The provider's proposal must also indicate the intended purpose of 
the incentive payment. If the intended use of the incentive payment is for 
facility renovations that will result in another public use or for the promotion 
of another community alternative, the commissioner must give higher priority to 
those proposals. Once established, the commissioner's determination and 
incentive payment are not appealable. The commissioner must not exceed the 
biennial appropriation for this purpose. Nothing shall preclude a nursing 
facility from electing to voluntarily close without benefit of the incentive 
payments and technical support and assistance set forth in this subdivision. 
 Subd. 3. [SELECTIVE 
DECERTIFICATION OF NURSING FACILITIES.] (a) Beginning 
July 1, 1999, the commissioner shall implement a process to reduce the number of 
nursing facility beds through selective decertification in order to achieve the 
goal of approximately 20 fewer nursing facilities participating in the medical 
assistance program by June 30, 2002. The mechanism to be utilized to implement 
the selective decertification process will be by nonrenewal of provider 
agreements. Notwithstanding section 256B.04, subdivisions 4 and 12, and 
Minnesota Rules, part 9505.0195, the commissioner may terminate provider 
agreements. The commissioner, with cooperation from the commissioner of health, 
shall develop any necessary federal waiver requests to permit a selective 
medical assistance decertification process. The commissioners should submit any 
needed federal waiver requests by February 1, 1998. 
 (b) In developing the waiver and 
decertification process, the commissioner shall develop criteria that will be 
used to define which nursing facilities to decertify. The commissioner shall 
consider using the following factors in developing criteria: 
 (1) availability and capacity of 
cost-effective community alternatives; 
 (2) future demographics and bed 
supply for county; 
 (3) high proportion of case mix 
A residents; 
 (4) low case mix score; 
 (5) high case mix A operating 
cost per diem; 
 (6) type of licensure; 
 (7) percent of total and medical 
assistance occupancy; 
 (8) a measure of care quality; 
and 
 (9) any other factor deemed 
relevant by the commissioner. 
 (c) In determining the nursing 
facility decertification criteria to be used, the commissioner shall establish 
an advisory committee. The advisory committee's composition shall include 
consumers or their representatives, counties, legislators, and providers or 
their representatives, as well as representatives of the departments of health 
and human services. 
 (d) The commissioner shall 
recommend to the 1999 legislature adoption of a process and criteria for 
determining the schedule by which nursing facilities will be decertified 
beginning in fiscal year 2000 under this subdivision. 
 Subd. 4. [RULEMAKING 
EXEMPTION.] The commissioner is exempt from all 
rulemaking requirements in chapter 14 for the demonstration project under this 
section. 
 Subd. 5. [LEGISLATIVE 
REPORTS.] The commissioner shall report annually to the 
legislature every February, from 1999 to 2003, on the status and progress of the 
demonstration project and shall make recommendations as needed to improve the 
project's effectiveness." 
 Page 120, after line 31, insert: 
 "Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 256B.064, 
subdivision 1a, is amended to read: 
 Subd. 1a. [GROUNDS FOR MONETARY RECOVERY AND SANCTIONS 
AGAINST VENDORS.] The commissioner may seek monetary recovery and impose 
sanctions against vendors of medical care for any of the following: fraud, 
theft, or abuse in connection with the provision of medical care to recipients 
of public assistance; a pattern of presentment of false or duplicate claims or 
claims for services not medically necessary; a pattern of making false 
statements of material facts for the purpose of obtaining greater compensation 
than that to which the vendor is legally entitled; suspension or termination as 
a Medicare vendor;  Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 256B.064, 
subdivision 1c, is amended to read: 
 Subd. 1c. [METHODS OF MONETARY RECOVERY.] The 
commissioner may obtain monetary recovery  Page 129, after line 28, insert: 
 "Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 256B.0915, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 Subd. 7. [PREPAID ELDERLY 
WAIVER SERVICES.] An individual for whom a prepaid 
health plan is liable for nursing home services or elderly waiver services 
according to section 256B.69, subdivision 6a, is not eligible to receive 
county-administered elderly waiver services under this section. 
 Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 256B.0917, 
subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
 Subd. 7. [CONTRACT.] (a) The 
commissioner of human services shall execute a contract with  (1)  (2)  (3) serve as a state technical assistance center to 
assist and coordinate the living-at-home/block nurse programs established; and 
 (4)  (b) The contract shall be 
effective July 1, 1997, and section 16B.17 shall not apply. 
 Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 256B.0917, 
subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
 Subd. 8. [LIVING-AT-HOME/BLOCK NURSE PROGRAM GRANT.] (a) 
The  (1) have high nursing home occupancy rates; 
 (2) have a shortage of health care professionals;  (3) are located in counties 
adjacent to, or are located in, counties with existing living-at-home/block 
nurse programs; and 
 (4) meet other criteria 
established by  (b) Grant applicants must also meet the following 
criteria: 
 (1) the local community demonstrates a readiness to 
establish a community model of care, including the formation of a board of 
directors, advisory committee, or similar group, of which at least two-thirds is 
comprised of community citizens interested in community-based care for older 
persons; 
 (2) the program has sponsorship by a credible, 
representative organization within the community; 
 (3) the program has defined specific geographic 
boundaries and defined its organization, staffing and coordination/delivery of 
services; 
 (4) the program demonstrates a team approach to 
coordination and care, ensuring that the older adult participants, their 
families, the formal and informal providers are all part of the effort to plan 
and provide services; and 
 (5) the program provides assurances that all community 
resources and funding will be coordinated and that other funding sources will be 
maximized, including a person's own resources. 
 (c) Grant applicants must provide a minimum of five 
percent of total estimated development costs from local community funding. 
Grants shall be awarded for  (d) Each living-at-home/block nurse program shall be 
designed by representatives of the communities being served to ensure that the 
program addresses the specific needs of the community residents. The programs 
must be designed to: 
 (1) incorporate the basic community, organizational, and 
service delivery principles of the living-at-home/block nurse program model; 
 (2) provide senior citizens with registered nurse 
directed assessment, provision and coordination of health and personal care 
services on a sliding fee basis as an alternative to expensive nursing home 
care; 
 (3) provide information, support services, homemaking 
services, counseling, and training for the client and family caregivers; 
 (4) encourage the development and use of respite care, 
caregiver support, and in-home support programs, such as adult foster care and 
in-home adult day care; 
 (5) encourage neighborhood residents and local 
organizations to collaborate in meeting the needs of senior citizens in their 
communities; 
 (6) recruit, train, and direct the use of volunteers to 
provide informal services and other appropriate support to senior citizens and 
their caregivers; and 
 (7) provide coordination and management of formal and 
informal services to senior citizens and their families using less expensive 
alternatives." 
 Pages 129 to 132, delete sections 36 and 37 
 Page 139, after line 3, insert: 
 "Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 256B.69, 
subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 Subd. 4. [LIMITATION OF CHOICE.] The commissioner shall 
develop criteria to determine when limitation of choice may be implemented in 
the experimental counties. The criteria shall ensure that all eligible 
individuals in the county have continuing access to the full range of medical 
assistance services as specified in subdivision 6. The commissioner shall exempt 
the following persons from participation in the project, in addition to those 
who do not meet the criteria for limitation of choice: (1) persons eligible for 
medical assistance according to section 256B.055, subdivision 1; (2) persons 
eligible for medical assistance due to blindness or disability as determined by 
the social security administration or the state medical review team, unless: (i) 
they are 65 years of age or older, or (ii) they reside in Itasca county or they 
reside in a county in which the commissioner conducts a pilot project under a 
waiver granted pursuant to section 1115 of the Social Security Act; (3) 
recipients who currently have private coverage through a health maintenance 
organization; (4) recipients who are eligible for medical assistance by spending 
down excess income for medical expenses other than the nursing facility per diem 
expense; (5) recipients who receive benefits under the Refugee Assistance 
Program, established under United States Code, title 8, section 1522(e); (6) 
children who are both determined to be severely emotionally disturbed and 
receiving case management services according to section 256B.0625, subdivision 
20; and (7) adults under age 65 who are both 
determined to be seriously and persistently mentally ill and received case 
management services according to section 256B.0625, subdivision 20. Children 
under age 21 who are in foster placement may enroll in the project on an 
elective basis. Individuals excluded under clauses (6) and (7) may choose to 
enroll on an elective basis. The commissioner may allow persons with a one-month 
spenddown who are otherwise eligible to enroll to voluntarily enroll or remain 
enrolled, if they elect to prepay their monthly spenddown to the state. Effective July 1, 1999, the commissioner may require 
individuals who are eligible for medical assistance on a spenddown basis to 
enroll in the prepaid medical assistance program and may require that the 
spenddown amount be paid to the state, county, or health plan as a condition of 
eligibility for medical assistance. The commissioner shall request any necessary 
federal authority to require the enrollment of individuals with spenddowns into 
the prepaid medical assistance demonstration project. Beginning on or after 
July 1, 1997, the commissioner may require those individuals to enroll in the 
prepaid medical assistance program who otherwise would have been excluded under 
clauses (1) and (3) and under Minnesota Rules, part 9500.1452, subpart 2, items 
H, K, and L. Before limitation of choice is implemented, eligible individuals 
shall be notified and after notification, shall be allowed to choose only among 
demonstration providers. The commissioner may assign an individual with private 
coverage through a health maintenance organization, to the same health 
maintenance organization for medical assistance coverage, if the health 
maintenance organization is under contract for medical assistance in the 
individual's county of residence. After initially choosing a provider, the 
recipient is allowed to change that choice only at specified times as allowed by 
the commissioner. If a demonstration provider ends participation in the project 
for any reason, a recipient enrolled with that provider must select a new 
provider but may change providers without cause once more within the first 60 
days after enrollment with the second provider." 
 Page 141, after line 13, insert: 
 "Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 256B.69, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 Subd. 6a. [NURSING HOME 
SERVICES.] (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 
9500.1457, subpart 1, item B, nursing facility services as defined in section 
256B.0625, subdivision 2, which are provided in a nursing facility certified by 
the Minnesota department of health for services provided and eligible for 
payment under Medicaid, shall be covered under the prepaid medical assistance 
program for individuals who are not residing in a nursing facility at the time 
of enrollment in the prepaid medical assistance program. Liability for coverage 
of nursing facility services by a participating health plan is limited to 365 
days for any person enrolled under the prepaid medical assistance program. 
 (b) For individuals enrolled in 
the Minnesota senior health options project authorized under subdivision 23, 
nursing facility services shall be covered according to the terms and conditions 
of the federal waiver governing that demonstration project. 
 Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 256B.69, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 Subd. 6b. [ELDERLY WAIVER 
SERVICES.] Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 
9500.1457, subpart 1, item C, elderly waiver services shall be covered under the 
prepaid medical assistance program for all individuals who are eligible 
according to section 256B.0915. For individuals enrolled in the Minnesota senior 
health options project authorized under subdivision 23, elderly waiver services 
shall be covered according to the terms and conditions of the federal waiver 
governing that demonstration project." 
 Page 151, delete section 50 
 Page 152, line 25, after the period, insert "Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 256B.057, subdivisions 2a 
and 2b; and 469.154, subdivision 6, are repealed." 
 Page 205, line 22, delete "paragraph (b)" and insert "subdivision 8a" 
 Page 205, line 26, delete "have 
the following effects:" and insert "give rise to 
sanctions under subdivision 8a." 
 Page 205, delete lines 27 to 36 and insert: 
 "Subd. 8a. [SANCTIONS FOR 
REFUSAL TO COOPERATE WITH SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS.] (a) The 
grant of an MFIP-S caregiver who refuses to cooperate, as determined by the 
child support enforcement agency, with support requirements under this section 
and section 256J.30, if enacted, must be reduced by 25 percent, and the 
assistance unit's rent and utilities, if any, shall be vendor paid up to the 
amount of the reduced MFIP-S grant. The residual amount of the grant, if any, 
must be paid to the caregiver. A sanction under this subdivision becomes 
effective ten days after the required notice is given. The sanction must be in 
effect for a minimum of one month, and shall be removed only when the caregiver 
cooperates with the support requirements. For purposes of this subdivision, each 
month that a participant fails to comply with a requirement of section 256J.30, 
if enacted, shall be considered a separate occurrence of noncompliance. A 
participant who has had one or more sanctions imposed must remain in compliance 
with the provisions of this chapter for 12 months in order for a subsequent 
sanction to be considered a first occurrence. A sanction under this subdivision 
is not subject to the notice requirements of section 256J.57, subdivision 2, if 
enacted. 
 (b) For a participant who is 
subject concurrently to sanctions under paragraph (a) and sanctions under 
section 256J.46, subdivision 2, if enacted, for failure to comply with other 
program requirements, the sanctions shall be prescribed in the order and in the 
manner prescribed in this paragraph. The participant's grant must be reduced by 
25 percent, and the assistance unit's rent and utilities shall be vendor paid up 
to the amount of the reduced grant, as provided in subdivision 1. The residual 
amount of the grant after vendor payment, if any, must be reduced by ten percent 
of the applicable transitional standard before it is paid to the participant. If 
the assistance unit is a two-parent family and both parents are in noncompliance 
under this subdivision, the residual amount of the grant, if any, must be 
reduced by an additional five percent of the applicable transitional standard 
before it is paid to the participant. The sanction must be in effect for a 
minimum of one month, and shall be removed only when the participant is in 
compliance." 
 Page 206, delete lines 1 to 3 
 Page 303, line 4, delete "finance" and insert "budget" 
 Page 308, line 17, delete "their" and insert "its" 
 Page 316, lines 13 and 34, delete "choose" and insert "chooses" 
 Page 320, delete section 25 
 Page 323, lines 23, 28, 30, and 31, delete "will" and insert "shall" 
 Page 324, line 18, delete "would" and insert "shall" 
 Page 326, line 33, after "persons" insert "to be" 
 Page 326, after line 33, insert: 
 "Sec. 32. [REQUEST FOR WAIVER.] 
 By January 1, 1998, the 
commissioner of human services or health shall request a waiver from the federal 
Department of Health and Human Services to permit the use of the alternative 
quality assurance system to license and certify intermediate care facilities for 
persons with mental retardation." 
 Page 326, after line 36, insert: 
 "Sec. 34. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 Sections 2 to 5 and 15 are 
effective the day following final enactment." 
 Page 356, line 16, before "client" insert "a" 
 Page 356, delete lines 24 and 25, and insert: 
 "Sec. 8. Section 256J.02, as proposed by S. F. No. 1, if 
enacted, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:" 
 Page 362, after line 24, insert: 
 "Sec. 16. [VETERANS HOMES IMPROVEMENTS.] 
 The veterans homes board of 
directors may make and maintain the following improvements to the indicated 
veterans homes using money donated for those purposes: 
 (1) at the Hastings veterans 
home, an outdoor bus shelter and smoking area for residents and a pole barn for 
storage of residents' property; 
 (2) at the Luverne veterans 
home, a garage, picnic shelter, and three-season porch; and 
 (3) at the Silver Bay veterans 
home, a garage, maintenance, and storage building, a three-season porch at the 
east entrance, and landscaping as follows: 
 (i) walking and wheelchair 
trails; 
 (ii) stationary benches along 
trails; 
 (iii) flag pole relocation; 
 (iv) a gazebo in the dementia 
wander area; and 
 (v) two patio areas." 
 Correct the subdivision and section totals and the 
summaries by fund accordingly 
 Renumber the sections in sequence and correct internal 
references 
 Amend the title accordingly 
 With the recommendation that when so amended the bill 
pass.
 The report was adopted. 
 
 H. F. No. 2163 was read for the second time.
 
 S. F. No. 1908 was read for the second time.
 
 Winter moved that the bills on Special Orders for today 
be continued. The motion prevailed.
 
 Winter moved that the bills on General Orders for today 
be continued. The motion prevailed.
 
 Solberg moved that the name of Kalis be added as an 
author on H. F. No. 632. The motion prevailed.
 Hausman moved that her name be stricken and the name of 
Swenson, H., be added as chief author on H. F. No. 1579. The motion prevailed.
 Weaver moved that his name be stricken as an author on 
H. F. No. 1684. The motion prevailed.
 Hausman moved that her name be stricken as an author on 
H. F. No. 1879. The motion prevailed.
 Mullery moved that the names of Jefferson and Kahn be 
added as authors on H. F. No. 1938. The motion prevailed.
 Larsen moved that the following statement be printed in 
the Journal of the House: "Had I been present it was my intention to vote in the 
affirmative on Tuesday, April 22, 1997, when the vote was taken on the final 
passage of H. F. No. 2158, as amended." The motion prevailed. 
 Biernat moved that the following statement be printed in 
the Journal of the House: "It was my intention to vote in the affirmative on 
Wednesday, April 23, 1997, when the vote was taken on the final passage of S. F. 
No. 1094, as amended."
 The motion prevailed.
 Clark moved that the following statement be printed in 
the Journal of the House: "It was my intention to vote in the affirmative on 
Wednesday, April 23, 1997, when the vote was taken on the first Workman 
amendment to S. F. No. 1881, the second unofficial engrossment, as amended." The 
motion prevailed.
 Hausman moved that S. F. No. 309 be recalled from the 
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources and together with H. F. No. 1983, 
now on General Orders, be referred to the Chief Clerk for comparison. The motion 
prevailed.
 Erhardt moved that H. F. No. 1427 be returned to its 
author. The motion prevailed.
 
 Winter moved that when the House adjourns today it 
adjourn until 9:00 a.m., Friday, April 25, 1997. The motion prevailed.
 Winter moved that the House adjourn. The motion 
prevailed, and Speaker pro tempore Trimble declared the House stands adjourned 
until 9:00 a.m., Friday, April 25, 1997.
 Edward A. Burdick, Chief Clerk, House of Representatives
minnow dealer helper 
license; 
(5) aquatic farm vehicle 
endorsement, which includes a minnow dealer vehicle license, a minnow retailer 
vehicle license, an exporting minnow hauler dealer's vehicle license, and a fish vendor vehicle license; 
(6) (5) sucker egg taking license; and 
(7) (6) game fish packers license. 
$80 $100 per lot 
thereafter; and 
$15 $19. 
section sections 97A.475, 
subdivisions 2, clauses (4) and, (5), and (9), and 3, 
clauses (2) and, (3), and (7), and 97B.301, subdivision 4. 
resident deer license and each resident bear license shall be used for deer and bear 
management programs, including a computerized licensing system. Fifty cents from 
each resident deer license is appropriated for 
emergency deer feeding. Money appropriated for emergency deer feeding is 
available until expended. When the unencumbered balance in the appropriation for 
emergency deer feeding at the end of a fiscal year exceeds $750,000, $750,000 is 
canceled to the unappropriated balance of the game and fish fund and the amount 
appropriated for emergency deer feeding is reduced to 25 cents from each resident deer license. 
and 
and 
$13 $16; 
$4.50 $6; 
$17.50 $24; 
$13 $16; and 
$7.50 $8.50. 
$27.50 $35; 
$19 $24; 
$16 $20; 
$37.50 $50; 
$7.50 $8.50; and 
$27.50 $35. 
$17.50 $22.50; and 
$24 $31.50. 
$5 $8.50. 
$9 $11.50; and 
$20 $25.50. 
$27.50 $31.50; and 
$16.50 $18. 
$8 $10. 
Subd. 14. [ROUGH FISH; MINNESOTA 
AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS.] The fee for a license to take rough fish for domestic 
use with a set line in the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers is $14.50. 
$27.50 
$35; 
$110 
$140; or 
$100 $140 
for a Lake Superior fishing guide license in that state, the nonresident fee for 
a resident of that state is that greater fee. 
$82.50 $105; and 
$44 $56; and 
$110 $140. 
$55 $65. 
$500 $600. 
$16.50 $21. 
$16.50 $20. 
Subd. 25. [MUSKRAT FARMS.] The 
fee for a muskrat farm license is $11. 
$77 $100; 
minnow dealer's helper, 
$5.50; 
(3) minnow dealer's vehicle, 
$11 $15; 
(4) (3) exporting minnow dealer, $275 $350; and 
(5) (4) exporting minnow dealer's vehicle, $11 $15. 
$11 $15; and 
$11 $15. 
$525 $675; and 
$11 $15. 
$27.50 $35; 
$55 $70; 
and 
$165 $210, plus $3 $4 for each quart in excess of 100 quarts. 
IN INLAND WATERS.] The fee for 
a license fees to net take commercial fish in inland waters, to be issued to residents and 
nonresidents, is $70 plus are: 
each hoop net pocket, $1 residents and nonresidents seining and netting in inland 
waters, $90; 
(2) (ii) for each 1,000 feet of 
seine, $16.50 residents netting in Lake Superior, 
$50; and 
(3) (iii) for each apprentice 
license, $25. residents netting in Lake of the 
Woods, Rainy, Namakan, and Sand Point lakes, $50; 
Subd. 31. [COMMERCIAL NETTING OF 
FISH IN LAKE OF THE WOODS.] The fee for a license to commercially net fish in 
Lake of the Woods is: 
(1) for each pound net or staked 
trap net, $49.50; 
(2) for each fyke net, $11, plus 
$5 for each two-foot segment, or fraction, of the wings or lead in excess of 
four feet in height; 
(3) for each 100 feet of gill 
net, $2.75; 
(4) for each submerged trap net, 
$16.50; and 
(5) for each apprentice license, 
$25. 
Subd. 32. [COMMERCIAL NETTING OF 
FISH IN RAINY LAKE.] The fee for a license to commercially net fish in Rainy 
Lake is: 
(1) for each pound net, 
$49.50; 
(2) for each 100 feet of gill 
net, $2.75; and 
(3) for each apprentice license, 
$25. 
Subd. 33. [COMMERCIAL NETTING OF 
FISH IN NAMAKAN AND SAND POINT LAKES.] The fee for a license to commercially net 
fish in Namakan Lake and Sand Point Lake is: 
(1) for each 100 feet of gill 
net, $1.75; 
(2) for each pound, fyke, and 
submerged trap net, $16.50; and 
(3) for each apprentice license, 
$25. 
Subd. 34. [COMMERCIAL SEINE AND 
SET LINES TO TAKE FISH IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.] (a) The fee for a license to 
commercially seine rough fish in the Mississippi river from St. Anthony Falls to 
the St. Croix river junction is: 
(1) for a seine not exceeding 
500 feet, $27.50; or 
(2) for a seine over 500 feet, 
$44, plus $2 for each 100 foot segment or fraction over 1,000 feet. 
(b) The fee for each apprentice 
license issued under paragraph (a) is $25. 
Subd. 35. [COMMERCIAL SEINING OF 
FISH IN WISCONSIN BOUNDARY WATERS.] The fee for a license to commercially seine 
fish in the boundary waters between Wisconsin and Minnesota from Taylors Falls 
to the Iowa border is: 
(1) for a seine not exceeding 
500 feet, $27.50; or 
(2) for a seine over 500 feet, 
$44, plus $2.50 for each 100 feet over 1,000 feet; and 
(3) for each apprentice license 
to be issued to residents, $25. 
Subd. 36. [COMMERCIAL NETTING IN 
WISCONSIN BOUNDARY WATERS.] The fee for a license to commercially net in the 
boundary waters between Wisconsin and Minnesota from Lake St. Croix to the Iowa 
border is: 
(1) for each gill net not 
exceeding 500 feet, $14.50; 
(2) for each gill net over 500 
feet, $27.50; 
(3) for each fyke net and hoop 
net, $11; 
(4) for each bait net, 
$1.75; 
(5) for each turtle net, 
$1.75; 
(6) for each set line 
identification tag, $14.50; and 
(7) for each apprentice license 
to be issued to residents, $25. 
Subd. 37. [COMMERCIAL NETTING OF 
FISH IN LAKE SUPERIOR.] The fee for a license to commercially net fish in Lake 
Superior is: 
(1) for each gill net, $77 plus 
$2 for each 1,000 feet over 1,000 feet; 
(2) for a pound or trap net, $77 
plus $2 for each additional pound or trap net; and 
(3) for each apprentice license, 
$25. 
$55 $70; 
$11 $15; 
$110 
$140; and 
$11 $15. 
$14.50 $20. 
$27.50 $35. 
$55 $70. 
$77 $100; 
$220 $280; and 
$11 $15. 
section 97C.801 Minnesota Rules, part 6266.0600, subpart 4. 
A minnow dealer must obtain 
a minnow dealer's helper license for each person employed to take, buy, sell, or 
transport minnows by the minnow dealer. The minnow dealer may transfer a 
helper's license from a former helper to a new helper. 
(c) A minnow dealer must 
obtain a minnow dealer's vehicle license for each motor vehicle used to 
transport minnows. The serial number, motor vehicle license number, make, and 
model must be on the license. The license must be conspicuously displayed in the 
vehicle. 
(d) (c) A minnow dealer may not transport minnows out of 
the state without an exporting minnow dealer license. A minnow dealer must 
obtain an exporting minnow dealer's vehicle license for each motor vehicle used 
to transport minnows out of the state. The serial number, motor vehicle license 
number, make, and model must be on the license. The license must be 
conspicuously displayed in the vehicle. 
AND SET LINES ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER.] (a) A license is 
required to commercially take rough fish with seines and 
set lines in the Mississippi river from the St. Croix river junction to St. 
Anthony Falls. 
only one set line may be 
used that has an identification tag and not more than 100 hooks; 
(3) seines may be used only 
as prescribed by this section and rules adopted by 
the commissioner; 
(4) (3) seines must be hauled to a landing immediately 
after being placed; 
(5) (4) two seines may not be joined together in the water; 
and 
(6) (5) a net seine may not be raised, laid 
out, or landed, between sunset and sunrise; and 
(7) the location of a net or 
seine may not be changed from the place specified in the license application 
without notifying the commissioner of the proposed change. 
and from the 
insurance premiums tax on health maintenance organizations, community integrated 
service networks, integrated service networks, and nonprofit health service plan 
corporations in the health care access fund in the state treasury. Refunds 
of overpayments must be paid from the health care access fund in the state 
treasury. There is annually appropriated from the health care access fund to the 
commissioner of revenue the amount necessary to make any refunds required under 
section 295.54. 
shall be is unlawful for 
any person to possess, control, manufacture, sell, furnish, dispense, or 
otherwise dispose of hypodermic syringes or needles or any instrument or 
implement which can be adapted for subcutaneous injections, except by the 
following persons when acting 
four years one 
year. Either party may terminate a contract effective July 1 of any year by providing written notice to 
the other party no later than April 1 of that year at any time without cause by providing 30 calendar days 
advance written notice to the other party. The decision to terminate a contract 
is not appealable. If neither party provides written notice of termination 
by April 1, the contract is automatically renewed for 
the next rate year the contract shall be 
renegotiated for additional one-year terms, for up to a total of four 
consecutive one-year terms. The provisions of the contract shall be renegotiated 
annually by the parties prior to the expiration date of the contract. The 
parties may voluntarily renegotiate the terms of the contract at any time by 
mutual agreement. 
and refusal to grant the state 
agency access during regular business hours to examine all records necessary to 
disclose the extent of services provided to program recipients; and any reason for which a vendor could be excluded from 
participation in the Medicare program under section 1128, 1128A, or 1866(b)(2) 
of the Social Security Act. The determination of services not medically 
necessary may be made by the commissioner in consultation with a peer advisory 
task force appointed by the commissioner on the recommendation of appropriate 
professional organizations. The task force expires as provided in section 
15.059, subdivision 5. 
for the 
conduct described in subdivision 1a by the following from a vendor who has been improperly paid either as a 
result of conduct described in subdivision 1a or as a result of a vendor or 
department error, regardless of whether the error was intentional. The 
commissioner may obtain monetary recovery using methods, including but not limited to the following: assessing 
and recovering money erroneously improperly paid and debiting from future payments any 
money erroneously improperly paid, except 
that. Patterns need not be proven as a 
precondition to monetary recovery for of erroneous or false claims, duplicate claims, claims 
for services not medically necessary, or claims based 
on false statements. The commissioner may shall charge interest on money to be recovered if the 
recovery is to be made by installment payments or debits. The interest charged 
shall be the rate established by the commissioner of revenue under section 
270.75." 
an organization experienced in establishing and operating 
community-based programs that have used the principles listed in subdivision 8, 
paragraph (b), in order to meet the independent living and health needs of 
senior citizens aged 65 and over and provide community-based long-term care for 
senior citizens in their homes Living at Home/Block 
Nurse Program, Inc. (LAH/BN, Inc.). The organization contract shall 
require LAH/BN, Inc. to: 
assist the commissioner in 
developing develop criteria for and in awarding award grants to 
establish community-based organizations that will implement living-at-home/block 
nurse programs throughout the state; 
assist the commissioner in 
awarding award grants to enable current 
living-at-home/block nurse programs to continue to 
implement the combined living-at-home/block nurse program model; 
develop the implementation 
plan required by subdivision 10 manage contracts 
with individual living-at-home/block nurse programs. 
commissioner, in cooperation with the 
organization awarded the contract under subdivision 7, shall develop and 
administer a grant program to establish or expand up to 15 46 community-based 
organizations that will implement living-at-home/block nurse programs that are 
designed to enable senior citizens to live as independently as possible in their 
homes and in their communities. At least seven one-half of the programs must be in counties outside 
the seven-county metropolitan area. The 
living-at-home/block nurse program funds shall be available to the four to six 
SAIL projects established under this section. Nonprofit organizations and 
units of local government are eligible to apply for grants to establish the 
community organizations that will implement living-at-home/block nurse programs. 
In awarding grants, the commissioner organization awarded the contract under subdivision 7 
shall give preference to nonprofit organizations and units of local government 
from communities that: 
and 
the commissioner LAH/BN, Inc., in consultation with the organization under contract commissioner. 
two-year four-year periods, and the base amount shall not exceed 
$40,000 $80,000 per 
applicant for the grant period. The commissioner, in 
consultation with the organization under contract, may increase the grant amount for applicants from 
communities that have socioeconomic characteristics that indicate a higher level 
of need for development assistance. Subject to the availability of funding, grants and grant 
renewals awarded or entered into on or after July 1, 1997, shall be renewed by 
LAH/BN, Inc. every four years, unless LAH/BN, Inc. determines that the grant 
recipient has not satisfactorily operated the living-at-home/block nurse program 
in compliance with the requirements of paragraphs (b) and (d). Grants provided 
to living-at-home/block nurse programs under this paragraph may be used for both 
program development and the delivery of services.