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STATE OF MINNESOTA

 

 

EIGHTY-SIXTH SESSION - 2009

 

_____________________

 

SEVENTH DAY

 

Saint Paul, Minnesota, Thursday, January 29, 2009

 

 

      The House of Representatives convened at 10:30 a.m. and was called to order by Margaret Anderson Kelliher, Speaker of the House.

 

      Prayer was offered by the Reverend Paul Tshihamba, Christ Presbyterian Church, Edina, 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:

 


Abeler

Anderson, B.

Anderson, P.

Anzelc

Atkins

Beard

Bigham

Bly

Brod

Brown

Brynaert

Buesgens

Bunn

Carlson

Champion

Cornish

Davids

Davnie

Dean

Demmer

Dettmer

Dill

Dittrich

Doepke

Doty

Downey

Drazkowski

Eastlund

Eken

Emmer

Falk

Faust

Fritz

Gardner

Garofalo

Gottwalt

Greiling

Gunther

Hackbarth

Hamilton

Hansen

Hausman

Haws

Hayden

Hilstrom

Hilty

Holberg

Hoppe

Hornstein

Hortman

Hosch

Howes

Huntley

Jackson

Johnson

Juhnke

Kahn

Kalin

Kath

Kelly

Kiffmeyer

Knuth

Koenen

Kohls

Laine

Lanning

Lenczewski

Lesch

Liebling

Lieder

Lillie

Loeffler

Loon

Mack

Magnus

Mahoney

Mariani

Marquart

Masin

McFarlane

McNamara

Morgan

Morrow

Mullery

Murdock

Murphy, E.

Murphy, M.

Nelson

Newton

Nornes

Norton

Obermueller

Olin

Otremba

Peppin

Persell

Peterson

Poppe

Reinert

Rosenthal

Rukavina

Ruud

Sailer

Sanders

Scalze

Scott

Seifert

Sertich

Severson

Shimanski

Simon

Slawik

Slocum

Smith

Solberg

Sterner

Swails

Thao

Thissen

Tillberry

Torkelson

Urdahl

Wagenius

Ward

Welti

Westrom

Winkler

Zellers

Spk. Kelliher


 

      A quorum was present.

 

      Anderson, S.; Benson; Clark; Paymar and Pelowski were excused.

 

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


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REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES AND DIVISIONS

 

 

Thissen from the Committee on Health Care and Human Services Policy and Oversight to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 177, A bill for an act relating to health; extending moratorium on radiation therapy facility construction in certain counties;  amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 144.5509.

 

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill pass.

 

      The report was adopted.

 

 

Thissen from the Committee on Health Care and Human Services Policy and Oversight to which was referred:

 

H. F. No. 293, A bill for an act relating to health; providing colorectal cancer screening for the uninsured; appropriating money.

 

Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

      The report was adopted.

 

 

SECOND READING OF HOUSE BILLS

 

 

      H. F. No. 177 was read for the second time.

 

 

INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS

 

 

      The following House Files were introduced:

 

 

      Haws introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 344, A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying recovery of money requirements by adding group residential housing; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 256.019, subdivision 1.

 

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

 

 

      Hansen, Solberg, Kalin, Lillie, Welti, Bigham, Reinert, Swails, Lesch, Gunther, Kath, Lieder, Juhnke, Johnson, Obermueller, Bly, Morgan, Sailer, Mariani, Eken and Marquart introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 345, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for parks, natural resource protection and restoration, and flood protection contracts with the Minnesota Conservation Corps.

 

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


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      Urdahl and Shimanski introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 346, A bill for an act relating to human services; requiring certain pension benefit costs to be recognized for purposes of calculating nursing facility payment rates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 256B.434, by adding a subdivision.

 

      The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform, Technology and Elections.

 

 

      Lenczewski introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 347, A bill for an act relating to state government; eliminating mandatory retirement age for administrative law judges and compensation judges; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 14.48, subdivision 4.

 

      The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform, Technology and Elections.

 

 

      Lesch introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 348, A bill for an act relating to attorneys; repealing the law prohibiting sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, and coroners from practicing law; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 387.13.

 

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

 

 

      Kath introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 349, A bill for an act relating to the city of Owatonna; authorizing transfer of sales and use tax proceeds to a qualified project within the city of Owatonna; amending Laws 2006, chapter 259, article 3, section 12, subdivision 3.

 

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

 

 

      Demmer introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 350, A bill for an act relating to taxation; agricultural property; modifying the Minnesota agricultural property tax law; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 273.111, subdivisions 3, 3a, 4; 273.13, subdivision 23.

 

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

 

 

      Fritz; Abeler; Liebling; Hayden; Murphy, E.; Hosch and Thissen introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 351, A bill for an act relating to human services; providing long-term care provider rate increases; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 256B.441, by adding a subdivision; 256B.5012, by adding a subdivision.

 

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


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      Anzelc, Rukavina, Solberg, Sertich and Kelliher introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 352, A resolution memorializing the President and Congress to take early action on the weakened economy to promote a healthy Minnesota economy.

 

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

 

 

      Olin introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 353, A resolution relating to Lake of the Woods.

 

      The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment Policy and Oversight.

 

 

      Hilstrom, Mullery, Otremba, Kelliher, Davnie, Sertich, Sailer, Tillberry and Jackson introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 354, A bill for an act relating to real property; mortgages; requiring notice and mandatory mediation prior to commencement of mortgage foreclosure proceedings on homestead property; creating a homestead-lender mediation account; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 357.18, subdivision 1; 508.82, subdivision 1; 508A.82, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 582; 583.

 

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

 

 

      Solberg and Anzelc introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 355, A bill for an act relating to state lands; providing for the apportionment of proceeds from the sale of certain tax-forfeited land in Itasca County.

 

      The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment Policy and Oversight.

 

 

      Gardner, Tillberry, Knuth and Garofalo introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 356, A bill for an act relating to manufactured housing; making changes to the Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 290A.04, subdivision 2a, by adding a subdivision; 327C.095, subdivisions 12, 13; 462A.35, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.

 

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

 

 

      Falk, Hilty, Wagenius, Anzelc, Westrom, Hornstein, Hausman, Abeler, Bly, Greiling and Otremba introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 357, A bill for an act relating to energy; providing for C-BED project contracts; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B.

 

      The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Energy Finance and Policy Division.


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      Ruud, Thissen, Mullery and Hamilton introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 358, A bill for an act relating to insurance; limiting excessive co-payments on drugs to treat multiple sclerosis; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62Q.

 

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

 

 

      Norton; Slawik; Abeler; Hosch; Murphy, E.; Thissen and Kahn introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 359, A bill for an act relating to insurance; requiring coverage for autism spectrum disorders; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62A.

 

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

 

 

      Simon and Winkler introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 360, A bill for an act relating to taxation; city of St. Louis Park; extending duration of a tax increment financing district; amending Laws 1995, chapter 264, article 5, section 36, subdivision 1.

 

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

 

 

      Simon and Winkler introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 361, A bill for an act relating to taxation; city of St. Louis Park; extending duration and time for certain activities in a tax increment financing district.

 

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

 

 

      Knuth, Simon, Swails, Laine, Scalze and Bigham introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 362, A bill for an act relating to real estate; eliminating a requirement that homeowner's notice to building contractor of construction defect be in writing; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 327A.02, subdivision 4; 327A.03.

 

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

 

 

      Zellers, Kohls, Hoppe, Mack, Buesgens, Nornes, Loon, Emmer, Dean and Dettmer introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 363, A bill for an act relating to taxation; corporate income tax rate; providing for a gradual phase out of the corporate income tax rate beginning in 2010; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 290.06, subdivision 1.

 

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


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      Pelowski; Murphy, M.; Hausman; Lieder; Kelly; Huntley and Reinert introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 364, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for port development assistance; authorizing the sale of state bonds.

 

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

 

 

      Morgan, Buesgens, Pelowski, Garofalo and Murphy, E., introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 365, A bill for an act relating to state government; proposing a constitutional amendment to change the method for amending the Minnesota Constitution.

 

      The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform, Technology and Elections.

 

 

      Paymar; Murphy, M.; Hilstrom; Lesch; Anderson, B., and Cornish introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 366, A bill for an act relating to public safety; clarifying the powers and duties of the POST Board; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 626.843, subdivisions 1, 3; 626.845, subdivision 1.

 

      The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Oversight.

 

 

      Urdahl introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 367, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a grant to the city of Howard Lake for ditch work; authorizing the sale and issuance of general obligation bonds.

 

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

 

 

      Urdahl; Kelly; Anderson, P., and Nornes introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 368, A bill for an act relating to energy; abolishing existing prohibition on issuing certificate of need for new nuclear power plant; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 216B.243, subdivision 3b.

 

      The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Energy Finance and Policy Division.

 

 

      Urdahl introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 369, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for a grant to the city of Annandale for the Annandale Tactical Training Center.

 

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


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      Urdahl and Shimanski introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 370, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money to Independent School District No. 466, Dassel-Cokato, for a bicycle trail between Dassel and Cokato.

 

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

 

 

      Howes introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 371, A bill for an act relating to waters; stating the rights of private property owners regarding groundwater, lakes, and watercourses; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103G.

 

      The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment Policy and Oversight.

 

 

      Bigham, Hansen and Atkins introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 372, A bill for an act relating to taxation; authorizing extension of duration of a tax increment financing district in the city of South St. Paul; providing for expenditure of increments; amending Laws 1994, chapter 587, article 9, section 17, subdivision 1.

 

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

 

 

      Murphy, M.; Reinert; Dill; Hortman; Newton; Huntley; Faust; Hornstein and Hilty introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 373, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for the Northern Lights Express Passenger Rail; appropriating money; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

 

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

 

 

      Thissen, Fritz, Norton, Hosch, Morrow and Falk introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 374, A bill for an act relating to health care; renaming special transportation services; modifying medical transportation requirements; modifying reimbursement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 256B.0625, subdivision 17.

 

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

 

 

      Zellers, Peppin and Scott introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 375, A bill for an act relating to highways; authorizing issuance of trunk highway bonds; appropriating money to complete highway 610.

 

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


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      Dill introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 376, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; adding trails to the grant-in-aid snowmobile trail system; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.83, subdivision 3.

 

      The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment Policy and Oversight.

 

 

      Thissen introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 377, A bill for an act relating to education; creating a state grant program to pay for a portion of the facility costs of certain community partnership programs; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B.

 

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

 

 

      Slawik, Greiling, Bly, Nornes and Mariani introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 378, A bill for an act relating to early childhood education; appropriating money.

 

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

 

 

      Slawik; Murphy, E.; Loeffler; Hornstein; Kelly; Clark; Hausman; Greiling; Paymar; Hayden; Liebling and Ruud introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 379, A bill for an act relating to health; prohibiting smoking in vehicle with children; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 169.

 

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

 

 

      Simon, Swails, Gardner, Scalze and Bunn introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 380, A bill for an act relating to real estate; prohibiting discontinuance of investigations of residential building contractors due to the homeowner making a warranty claim; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 326B.082, by adding a subdivision.

 

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

 

 

      Eken, Lieder, Marquart and Olin introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 381, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money to construct flood protection farmstead ring levees in the Red River watershed.

 

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


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      Marquart, Olin, Lieder and Eken introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 382, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for Red River flood hazard mitigation projects; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

 

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

 

 

      Simon, Winkler and Ruud introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 383, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for an environmental impact statement and preliminary engineering for the Southwest Transit Way Corridor; authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds.

 

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

 

 

      Thissen, Ruud, Abeler, Hosch and Murphy, E., introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 384, A bill for an act relating to health; developing technology standards and tools to exchange information electronically between groups; requiring assignment of benefits for health and medical savings accounts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 62J.60, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62J.

 

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

 

 

      Anderson, B., introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 385, A bill for an act relating to human services; establishing a board of oversight of human services appeals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 14.63; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 245A.

 

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

 

 

      Anderson, B., introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 386, A bill for an act relating to public safety; amending the drug paraphernalia crime to change the mental state requirement, specifically address sales of drug paraphernalia, and consolidate certain drug paraphernalia crimes into a single statutory section; prohibiting the possession of certain items associated with controlled substance use; imposing criminal penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 152.01, subdivision 18; 152.093; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 152; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 152.094.

 

      The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Oversight.


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      Anderson, B., and Kiffmeyer introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 387, A bill for an act relating to property taxation; repealing the 2008 changes to the Green Acres law; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 273.111, subdivisions 3, 4, 8, 9, 11, 11a; Laws 2008, chapter 366, article 6, section 52; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 273.111, subdivision 3a.

 

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

 

 

      Bigham and Greiling introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 388, A bill for an act relating to mental illness; prohibiting participation in clinical drug trials; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 253B.095, subdivision 1.

 

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

 

 

      Greiling introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 389, A bill for an act relating to criminal justice; adopting certain model penal code provisions relating to criminal responsibility of persons with a mental disease or defect; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 611.026.

 

      The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Oversight.

 

 

      Kalin, Scalze, Johnson, Lillie, Hausman, Loeffler, Paymar, Greiling, Hornstein, Lesch and Wagenius introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 390, A bill for an act relating to transportation; appropriating money for commuter bus service along Rush Line Corridor.

 

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

 

 

      Kalin; Faust; Murphy, E.; Hornstein; Lesch; Lillie; Mahoney; Greiling; Johnson; Hausman; Scalze; Hortman; Clark; Abeler and Eastlund introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 391, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for the Rush Line Corridor; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

 

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

 

 

      Lenczewski introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 392, A bill for an act relating to taxation; federal update; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 289A.02, subdivision 7; 290.01, subdivisions 19, 19a, 31; 290.067, subdivision 2a; 290A.03, subdivisions 3, 15; 291.005, subdivision 1.

 

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


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      Johnson and Mariani introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 393, A bill for an act relating to property taxation; reattaching land constituting an intermediate airport to the city and school district where the property is located; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 473.625; 473F.02, subdivision 2.

 

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

 

 

      Urdahl; Juhnke; Anderson, P.; Torkelson; Koenen; Hamilton; Otremba; Eken; Nornes; Murdock; Davids; Hosch; Magnus; Demmer; Shimanski; Kiffmeyer; Dettmer and Emmer introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 394, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; expanding the definition of farm machinery; exempting construction and other materials used in livestock farming operations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 297A.61, subdivision 12; 297A.69, subdivisions 2, 3, 4.

 

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

 

 

      Lenczewski, Rosenthal and Slocum introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 395, A bill for an act relating to gambling; prohibiting location of a state-operated or state-licensed gambling facility in a city unless the voters of the city have approved the facility in a referendum.

 

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

 

 

      Kohls, Drazkowski, Kelly, Shimanski, Dettmer and Gottwalt introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 396, A bill for an act relating to public safety; clarifying that the aggravated forgery law covers documents associated with federal I-9 employment eligibility verification forms; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 609.625, subdivision 1.

 

      The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Oversight.

 

 

      Urdahl introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 397, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; authorizing the sale of state bonds; appropriating money for pavement overlay on the Dassel-Cokato bicycle trail.

 

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

 

 

      Hilty, Atkins, Hornstein and Lesch introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 398, A bill for an act relating to corporations; providing for incorporation of socially responsible for-profit business corporations; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 304A.

 

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


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      Anderson, S., and Bunn introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 399, A bill for an act relating to transportation; allowing fuel-efficient vehicles to be operated on high-occupancy vehicle lanes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 160.93, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision.

 

      The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Transportation and Transit Policy and Oversight Division.

 

 

      Anderson, S.; Bunn and McNamara introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 400, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income; providing an income tax credit for telecommuting conversion expenses and ongoing telecommuting expenses; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 290.

 

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

 

 

      Solberg and Lenczewski introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 401, A bill for an act relating to taxation; sales and use; defining solicitor for nexus purposes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 297A.66, by adding a subdivision.

 

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

 

 

      Thao, Greiling, Knuth and Huntley introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 402, A bill for an act relating to health occupations; establishing a regulation system for technicians performing body art procedures and for body art establishments; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 146B.

 

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

 

 

      Gardner; Knuth; Sailer; Murphy, E.; Greiling; Scalze; Ruud; Mahoney; Bly and Kalin introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 403, A bill for an act relating to environment; requiring certain yard waste containers to be compostable; establishing biodegradable standard for certain plastics; providing civil penalties; requiring rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 115A.931; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E.

 

      The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment Policy and Oversight.

 

 

      Buesgens and Hackbarth introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 404, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; modifying personal watercraft operational requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 86B.313, subdivision 1.

 

      The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment Policy and Oversight.


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      Brod, Smith, Magnus, Sanders, Dettmer, Murdock, Demmer, Kiffmeyer, Urdahl, Mack, Dean, Zellers and Loon introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 405, A bill for an act relating to individual income taxation; reducing tax rates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 290.06, subdivision 2c; 290.091, subdivision 1.

 

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

 

 

      Brod, Smith, Magnus, Sanders, Dettmer, Murdock, Demmer, Kiffmeyer, Urdahl, Mack, Dean, Zellers and Loon introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 406, A bill for an act relating to individual income taxation; reducing tax rates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 290.06, subdivision 2c; 290.091, subdivision 1.

 

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

 

 

      Brod, Kohls, Smith, Magnus, Dettmer, Murdock, Demmer, Kiffmeyer, Urdahl, Mack, Dean, Zellers and Loon introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 407, A bill for an act relating to estate taxation; conforming to the federal exemption amount; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 291.03, subdivision 1.

 

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

 

 

      Brod, Dettmer, Kohls, Smith, Hackbarth, Magnus, Demmer, Urdahl, Mack, Dean and Zellers introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 408, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article IV, section 4; providing staggered terms of office for senators.

 

      The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Operations Reform, Technology and Elections.

 

 

      Brod, Kohls, Smith, Magnus, Sanders, Dettmer, Demmer, Kiffmeyer, Urdahl, Mack, Dean, Zellers and Loon introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 409, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; repealing the alternative minimum tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 290.091, subdivision 6; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 290.091, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

 

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


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      Norton introduced:

 

      H. F. No. 410, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring coverage for plasma protein therapies and home nursing services; requiring medical assistance coverage of plasma protein therapies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 256B.0625, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 62Q; 151.

 

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

 

 

      Faust was excused for the remainder of today's session.

 

 

FISCAL CALENDAR

 

 

      Pursuant to rule 1.22, Solberg requested immediate consideration of S. F. No. 4.

 

 

S. F. No. 4, A bill for an act relating to unemployment compensation; providing for a new base period for calculating benefits; providing for a limited extension of benefits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 268.035, subdivision 4.

 

 

      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 117 yeas and 11 nays as follows:

 

      Those who voted in the affirmative were:

 


Abeler

Anderson, P.

Anzelc

Atkins

Beard

Bigham

Bly

Brod

Brown

Brynaert

Bunn

Carlson

Champion

Cornish

Davids

Davnie

Dean

Demmer

Dill

Dittrich

Doepke

Doty

Downey

Eken

Falk

Fritz

Gardner

Garofalo

Gottwalt

Greiling

Gunther

Hamilton

Hansen

Hausman

Haws

Hayden

Hilstrom

Hilty

Hoppe

Hornstein

Hortman

Hosch

Howes

Huntley

Jackson

Johnson

Juhnke

Kahn

Kalin

Kath

Kelly

Kiffmeyer

Knuth

Koenen

Kohls

Laine

Lanning

Lenczewski

Lesch

Liebling

Lieder

Lillie

Loeffler

Loon

Mack

Magnus

Mahoney

Mariani

Marquart

Masin

McFarlane

McNamara

Morgan

Morrow

Mullery

Murdock

Murphy, E.

Murphy, M.

Nelson

Newton

Nornes

Norton

Obermueller

Olin

Otremba

Peppin

Persell

Peterson

Poppe

Reinert

Rosenthal

Rukavina

Ruud

Sailer

Sanders

Scalze

Scott

Seifert

Sertich

Simon

Slawik

Slocum

Smith

Solberg

Sterner

Swails

Thao

Thissen

Tillberry

Torkelson

Urdahl

Wagenius

Ward

Welti

Westrom

Winkler

Spk. Kelliher


 

 

      Those who voted in the negative were:

 


Anderson, B.

Buesgens

Dettmer

Drazkowski

Eastlund

Emmer

Hackbarth

Holberg

Severson

Shimanski

Zellers


 

 

      The bill was passed and its title agreed to.


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MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS

 

 

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

 

      Davnie moved that the name of Jackson be added as an author on H. F. No. 9.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Doty moved that the names of Morrow, Kath and Scalze be added as authors on H. F. No. 10.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Juhnke moved that the name of Falk be added as an author on H. F. No. 22.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Bigham moved that the name of Slocum be added as an author on H. F. No. 45.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Emmer moved that the names of Buesgens, Scott and Downey be added as authors on H. F. No. 57.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Lieder moved that the names of Brown and Dettmer be added as authors on H. F. No. 73.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Kohls moved that the name of Buesgens be added as an author on H. F. No. 89.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Dittrich moved that the name of Anderson, S., be added as an author on H. F. No. 105.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Thissen moved that the name of Kahn be added as an author on H. F. No. 108.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Anzelc moved that the name of Kahn be added as an author on H. F. No. 110.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Liebling moved that the name of Abeler be added as an author on H. F. No. 124.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Bly moved that the name of Clark be added as an author on H. F. No. 135.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Dittrich moved that the name of Abeler be added as an author on H. F. No. 144.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Falk moved that the names of Persell, Slocum and Scalze be added as authors on H. F. No. 164.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Gardner moved that the name of Dittrich be added as an author on H. F. No. 170.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Emmer moved that the name of Buesgens be added as an author on H. F. No. 171.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Thissen moved that the names of Slocum and Johnson be added as authors on H. F. No. 175.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Thissen moved that the name of Slocum be added as an author on H. F. No. 177.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Paymar moved that the name of Slocum be added as an author on H. F. No. 180.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Brod moved that the name of Buesgens be added as an author on H. F. No. 199.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Abeler moved that the name of Slocum be added as an author on H. F. No. 200.  The motion prevailed.


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      Brod moved that the name of Buesgens be added as an author on H. F. No. 202.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Bly moved that the name of Scalze be added as an author on H. F. No. 214.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Faust moved that the names of Morrow, Fritz and Kiffmeyer be added as authors on H. F. No. 217.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Hornstein moved that the name of Slocum be added as an author on H. F. No. 236.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Hornstein moved that the name of Slocum be added as an author on H. F. No. 238.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Norton moved that the names of Slocum and Kelliher be added as authors on H. F. No. 240.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Slawik moved that the name of Slocum be added as an author on H. F. No. 246.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Thissen moved that the name of Dittrich be added as an author on H. F. No. 247.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Paymar moved that the name of Hortman be added as an author on H. F. No. 248.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Thissen moved that the name of Norton be added as an author on H. F. No. 249.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Murphy, M., moved that her name be stricken as an author on H. F. No. 250.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Knuth moved that the names of Murphy, E.; Kahn and Doty be added as authors on H. F. No. 250.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Tillberry moved that the names of Sterner, Slocum and Murphy, E., be added as authors on H. F. No. 253.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Hausman moved that the name of Johnson be added as an author on H. F. No. 263.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Clark moved that the name of Bly be added as an author on H. F. No. 264.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Fritz moved that the name of Bly be added as an author on H. F. No. 266.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Hortman moved that the names of Knuth, Champion, Peterson, Morgan, Lanning, Liebling, Slocum, Scalze and Sterner be added as authors on H. F. No. 267.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Fritz moved that the name of Bly be added as an author on H. F. No. 277.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Reinert moved that the name of Downey be added as an author on H. F. No. 282.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Clark moved that the name of Hornstein be added as an author on H. F. No. 284.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Clark moved that the names of Kahn, Bly and Persell be added as authors on H. F. No. 285.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Clark moved that the name of Kahn be added as an author on H. F. No. 286.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Sanders moved that the name of Gottwalt be added as an author on H. F. No. 289.  The motion prevailed.


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      Rukavina moved that the name of Bly be added as an author on H. F. No. 292.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Ruud moved that the names of Fritz, Davids, Hansen and Hausman be added as authors on H. F. No. 293.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Loeffler moved that the names of Tillberry and Westrom be added as authors on H. F. No. 295.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Lillie moved that the name of Doty be added as an author on H. F. No. 303.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Peppin moved that the name of Liebling be added as an author on H. F. No. 311.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Seifert moved that the name of Lenczewski be added as an author on H. F. No. 313.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Mariani moved that the name of Slocum be added as an author on H. F. No. 314.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Johnson moved that the names of Knuth and Hornstein be added as authors on H. F. No. 316.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Clark moved that the names of Hornstein, Slocum, Bly and Doty be added as authors on H. F. No. 326.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Murphy, E., moved that the name of Kahn be added as an author on H. F. No. 327.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Scalze moved that the name of Liebling be added as an author on H. F. No. 330.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Gardner moved that the name of Bly be added as an author on H. F. No. 336.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Kalin moved that the name of Bly be added as an author on H. F. No. 338.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Hausman moved that the names of Kahn, Urdahl and Bly be added as authors on H. F. No. 343.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Thissen moved that H. F. No. 247 be recalled from the Committee on Taxes and be re-referred to the Committee on Health Care and Human Services Policy and Oversight.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Loeffler moved that H. F. No. 295 be recalled from the Committee on Finance and be re-referred to the Committee on Health Care and Human Services Policy and Oversight.  The motion prevailed.

 

 

ADJOURNMENT

 

      Sertich moved that when the House adjourns today it adjourn until 1:00 p.m., Monday, February 2, 2009.  The motion prevailed.

 

      Sertich moved that the House adjourn.  The motion prevailed, and the Speaker declared the House stands adjourned until 1:00 p.m., Monday, February 2, 2009.

 

 

Albin A. Mathiowetz, Chief Clerk, House of Representatives

 


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