The House of Representatives convened at 2:30 p.m. and was called to order by Phil Carruthers, Speaker of the House.

Prayer was offered by Father David McCauley, Minnesota Catholic Conference, St. Paul, Minnesota.

The members of the House gave the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.

The roll was called and the following members were present:

Abrams	Evans	Kalis	Marko	Pelowski	Tingelstad
Anderson, B.	Farrell	Kelso	McCollum	Peterson	Tomassoni
Anderson, I.	Finseth	Kielkucki	McElroy	Pugh	Tompkins
Bakk	Folliard	Kinkel	McGuire	Reuter	Trimble
Bettermann	Garcia	Knight	Milbert	Rhodes	Tuma
Biernat	Goodno	Knoblach	Molnau	Rifenberg	Tunheim
Bishop	Greenfield	Koppendrayer	Mulder	Rostberg	Van Dellen
Boudreau	Greiling	Koskinen	Mullery	Rukavina	Vickerman
Bradley	Gunther	Kraus	Munger	Schumacher	Wagenius
Broecker	Haas	Krinkie	Murphy	Seagren	Weaver
Carlson	Harder	Kubly	Ness	Seifert	Wejcman
Chaudhary	Hasskamp	Kuisle	Nornes	Sekhon	Wenzel
Clark	Hausman	Larsen	Olson, E.	Skare	Westfall
Commers	Hilty	Leighton	Olson, M.	Skoglund	Westrom
Daggett	Holsten	Leppik	Opatz	Slawik	Winter
Davids	Huntley	Lieder	Orfield	Smith	Wolf
Dawkins	Jaros	Lindner	Osskopp	Solberg	Workman
Dehler	Jefferson	Long	Osthoff	Stanek	Spk. Carruthers
Delmont	Jennings	Luther	Otremba	Stang
Dempsey	Johnson, A.	Macklin	Ozment	Sviggum
Dorn	Johnson, R.	Mahon	Paulsen	Swenson, D.
Entenza	Juhnke	Mares	Pawlenty	Swenson, H.
Erhardt	Kahn	Mariani	Paymar	Sykora

A quorum was present.

Rest was excused.

The Chief Clerk proceeded to read the Journal of the preceding day. Bettermann moved that further reading of the Journal be suspended and that the Journal be approved as corrected by the Chief Clerk. The motion prevailed.

The following House Files were introduced:

Anderson, I., introduced:

H. F. No. 36, A bill for an act relating to education; repealing the K-12 education appropriations caps; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 124.17, subdivision 1; and 124A.22, subdivision 2; repealing Laws 1995, First Special Session chapter 3, article 14, section 5, as amended.

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

Mulder introduced:

H. F. No. 37, A bill for an act relating to education; repealing the K-12 education appropriations caps; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 124.17, subdivision 1; and 124A.22, subdivision 2; repealing Laws 1995, First Special Session chapter 3, article 14, section 5, as amended.

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

Tunheim introduced:

H. F. No. 38, A bill for an act relating to education; repealing the K-12 education appropriations caps; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 124.17, subdivision 1; and 124A.22, subdivision 2; repealing Laws 1995, First Special Session chapter 3, article 14, section 5, as amended.

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

Knoblach, Reuter, Kuisle, Rifenberg and Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 39, A bill for an act relating to education; repealing the K-12 education appropriations caps; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 124.17, subdivision 1; and 124A.22, subdivision 2; repealing Laws 1995, First Special Session chapter 3, article 14, section 5, as amended.

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

Leppik, Rhodes, Wagenius, Lieder and Hausman introduced:

H. F. No. 40, A bill for an act relating to drivers' licenses; providing for Under-21 Minnesota indentification cards; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 171.06, subdivision 2; and 171.07, subdivisions 3 and 4.

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

Seifert, Bettermann, Westfall and Rifenberg introduced:

H. F. No. 41, A bill for an act relating to marriage; clarifying that only persons of the opposite sex may legally marry; providing that same-sex marriages recognized in other states are not recognized in this state; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 517.01; 517.03; 517.08, subdivision 1a; and 517.20.

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

Davids introduced:

H. F. No. 42, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for debt service aid for independent school district No. 238, Mabel-Canton.

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

Sviggum introduced:

H. F. No. 43, A bill for an act relating to education; exempting high school league tournament admissions from the sales tax on admissions; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 297A.25, subdivision 30.

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

Sviggum introduced:

H. F. No. 44, A bill for an act relating to civil actions; regulating the apportionment of joint and several liability; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 604.02, subdivision 1.

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

Sviggum, Paulsen, Biernat and Stanek introduced:

H. F. No. 45, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article IV, section 12; providing for a single regular session of the legislature in each odd-numbered year.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on General Legislation, Veterans Affairs and Elections.

Sviggum, Seifert and Knight introduced:

H. F. No. 46, A bill for an act relating to elections; providing for the election of members of the state legislature without party designation; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 10A.27, subdivision 4; 10A.275, subdivision 3; 10A.31, subdivisions 5 and 12; 10A.315; 204D.08, subdivisions 4 and 6; 204D.13, subdivision 1; and 204D.14, by adding a subdivision.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on General Legislation, Veterans Affairs and Elections.

Daggett, McGuire, Dawkins, Weaver and Haas introduced:

H. F. No. 47, A bill for an act relating to family law; modifying the definition of domestic abuse for purposes of evaluating the best interests of a child in a custody determination; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 518.17, subdivision 1.

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

Holsten, Stang, Tingelstad, Westfall and Mullery introduced:

H. F. No. 48, A bill for an act relating to elections; Ethics in Government Act; requiring payment of any late filing fees or civil fines as a condition of eligibility for a public subsidy; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10A.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on General Legislation, Veterans Affairs and Elections.

Swenson, D.; Murphy; Skoglund; Krinkie and Knight introduced:

H. F. No. 49, A bill for an act relating to corrections; requiring a minimum of 50 percent of capacity in multiple occupancy in medium security institutions; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 243.53.

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

Jaros, Trimble, Bishop, Gunther and Schumacher introduced:

H. F. No. 50, A bill for an act relating to economic development; providing for trade and economic development officers to be placed in tourism offices; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 116J.01, subdivision 5.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and International Trade.

Leppik, McGuire, Smith and Swenson, D., introduced:

H. F. No. 51, A bill for an act relating to marriage dissolution; requiring certain notices regarding real property and debt transfers; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 518.

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

Greiling, McElroy, Knoblach and Osthoff introduced:

H. F. No. 52, A bill for an act relating to state government; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article V, sections 1, 3, and 4; article VIII, section 2; article XI, sections 7 and 8; abolishing the office of state treasurer; transferring or repealing the powers, responsibilities, and duties of the state treasurer; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 9.011, subdivision 1; and 11A.03.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on General Legislation, Veterans Affairs and Elections.

Solberg introduced:

H. F. No. 53, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing a fund transfer for independent school district No. 2, Hill City; providing for the repayment of a debt service loan; forgiving a general education fund balance reduction; appropriating money.

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

Murphy, Huntley and Jaros introduced:

H. F. No. 54, A bill for an act relating to retirement; teachers retirement association and Minnesota state retirement system; authorizing a special repayment of previous member contribution refunds by certain former pension plan members.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations.

Sviggum introduced:

H. F. No. 55, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring the commissioner of health to seek federal law changes related to the frequency of physician evaluations and to the use of the minimum data set in nursing homes.

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

Kahn; Solberg; Davids; Anderson, I., and Knoblach introduced:

H. F. No. 56, A bill for an act relating to commerce; providing for the use, validity, and security of electronic signatures and messages transmitted in commerce; prescribing penalties; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325K.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

Sviggum, Kielkucki and Stanek introduced:

H. F. No. 57, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution to provide for a unicameral legislature; changing article IV; article V, sections 3 and 5; article VIII, section 1; article IX, sections 1 and 2; and article XI, section 5; providing by law for a unicameral legislature of 135 members; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 2.021; and 2.031, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on General Legislation, Veterans Affairs and Elections.

McElroy introduced:

H. F. No. 58, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring notification of placement or adoption of a child to the other birth parent; requiring background checks for adoption; requiring affidavits for an emergency order requiring updates to adoption study; defining content of postplacement assessment and report; permitting court-ordered grandparent visitation with an adopted child; recognition of adoption which occurred in a foreign country; defining when adoption records shall become public records; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 245A.04, subdivision 10; 257.022, subdivision 2, and by adding a subdivision; 259.20, subdivision 2; 259.22, subdivision 4; 259.24, subdivision 2a; 259.41; 259.47, subdivisions 3, 6, 7, 8, and 10; 259.53, subdivision 2; 259.55, subdivision 1; 259.59, subdivision 1; 259.67, subdivision 7; 259.79, subdivision 3; 259.83, subdivision 3; and 259.89, subdivisions 1, 5, and by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 259; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 259.47, subdivision 9.

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

Anderson, I., introduced:

H. F. No. 59, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, changing article IV; article V, sections 3 and 5; article VIII, section 1; article IX, sections 1 and 2; and article XI, section 5; providing for a unicameral legislature of 102 to 135 representatives.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on General Legislation, Veterans Affairs and Elections.

The following message was received from the Senate:

Mr. Speaker:

I hereby announce the adoption by the Senate of the following Senate Concurrent Resolution, herewith transmitted:

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 3, A senate concurrent resolution relating to the adjournment of the Senate and House of Representatives on January 16, 1997.

Patrick E. Flahaven, Secretary of the Senate

Winter moved that the rules be so far suspended that Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 3 be now considered and be placed upon its adoption. The motion prevailed.

A senate concurrent resolution relating to the adjournment of the Senate and House of Representatives on January 16, 1997.

Be It Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring, that upon adjournment on January 16, 1997, the Senate and House of Representatives may each adjourn for more than three days.

Winter moved that Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 3 be now adopted. The motion prevailed and Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 3 was adopted.

Kubly moved that the names of Paymar and Skare be added as authors on H. F. No. 3. The motion prevailed.

Wenzel moved that the name of Peterson be added as an author on H. F. No. 6. The motion prevailed.

Jefferson moved that the name of Clark be added as an author on H. F. No. 7. The motion prevailed.

Jefferson moved that the name of Skoglund be added as an author on H. F. No. 21. The motion prevailed.

Smith moved that the names of Otremba, Van Dellen, Sviggum and Tunheim be added as authors on H. F. No. 23. The motion prevailed.

Otremba moved that the names of Hasskamp, Seagren, Kraus and Rostberg be added as authors on H. F. No. 27. The motion prevailed.

Winter moved that when the House adjourns today it adjourn until 11:30 a.m., Thursday, January 16, 1997. The motion prevailed.

Winter moved that the House adjourn. The motion prevailed, and the Speaker declared the House stands adjourned until 11:30 a.m., Thursday, January 16, 1997.

Edward A. Burdick, Chief Clerk, House of Representatives