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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Time Location Committee
[200 State Office Building]
Ways and Means
[10 State Office Building]
Civil Justice
[5 State Office Building]
Cultural and Outdoor Resources Finance Division
[Basement State Office Building]
K-12 Education Policy and Oversight
[200 State Office Building]
State and Local Government Operations Reform, Technology and Elections
[5 State Office Building]
Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs Finance Division
[200 State Office Building]
Bioscience and Workforce Development Policy and Oversight Division
[200 State Office Building]
Bioscience and Workforce Development Policy and Oversight Division Agenda Changed
[Basement State Office Building]
Housing Finance and Policy and Public Health Finance Division
[10 State Office Building]
Property and Local Sales Tax Division
House Chamber
[House Chamber]
Floor Session
[200 State Office Building]
Taxes
[5 State Office Building]
Transportation and Transit Policy and Oversight Division
[5 State Office Building]
Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs
[Basement State Office Building]
Energy Finance and Policy Division
[200 State Office Building]
Health Care and Human Services Policy and Oversight
[10 State Office Building]
K-12 Education Finance Division
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Ways and Means

Chair: Rep. Tony Sertich
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF0886 (Solberg) General fund balance allocation exempted at end of fiscal year 2009

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

  • This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
  • To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.
  • To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL) please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of one week before the services are needed.
  • To request legislative services for Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of two weeks before the services are needed.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Civil Justice

Chair: Rep. Joe Mullery
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF332 (Jackson) Death deed transfer clarifying, technical, and conforming changes made, common element certificates of title expanded to include planned communities, designated transfer requirements exempted, cartways in cities procedures established, and power of attorney provision modified relating to real property transactions;
HF497 (Mullery) Firearm data access authorized by parole and probation authorities;
HF731 (Mullery) Civil liability modified for labor and sex trafficking crimes.

HF465 (Thissen) Has been removed from the agenda.

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

  • This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
  • To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.
  • To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL) please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of one week before the services are needed.
  • To request legislative services for Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of two weeks before the services are needed.
  • For information on accommodations please visit Accessibility Frequently Asked Questions.
  • If you have accessibility or usability comments to share on any Minnesota Legislature website, please submit your comments using the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
Chair: Rep. Mary Murphy
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
Overview of organizations: Chicano Latino Affairs Council, Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans, Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, Council on Black Minnesotans
Public broadcasting overview: Public Television, MPR, AMPERS

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

  • This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
  • To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.
  • To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL) please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of one week before the services are needed.
  • To request legislative services for Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of two weeks before the services are needed.
  • For information on accommodations please visit Accessibility Frequently Asked Questions.
  • If you have accessibility or usability comments to share on any Minnesota Legislature website, please submit your comments using the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

K-12 Education Policy and Oversight

Chair: Rep. Carlos Mariani
Location: Basement State Office Building
Agenda:
HF314 (Mariani) Compulsory attendance age increased to 18.
HF439 (Norton) Statewide academic standards required for physical education.

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

  • This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
  • To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.
  • To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL) please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of one week before the services are needed.
  • To request legislative services for Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of two weeks before the services are needed.
  • For information on accommodations please visit Accessibility Frequently Asked Questions.
  • If you have accessibility or usability comments to share on any Minnesota Legislature website, please submit your comments using the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
Chair: Rep. Gene Pelowski
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF305 (Kalin) Development credits bank transfer authorized for local government.
HF644 (Champion) Home rule charter or statutory city authorized to adopt a program requiring certain hiring practices in city contracts.

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

  • This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
  • To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.
  • To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL) please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of one week before the services are needed.
  • To request legislative services for Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of two weeks before the services are needed.
  • For information on accommodations please visit Accessibility Frequently Asked Questions.
  • If you have accessibility or usability comments to share on any Minnesota Legislature website, please submit your comments using the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
Chair: Rep. Al Juhnke
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
Budget discussions on the Pesticide Division of the Department of Agriculture.

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

  • This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
  • To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.
  • To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL) please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of one week before the services are needed.
  • To request legislative services for Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of two weeks before the services are needed.
  • For information on accommodations please visit Accessibility Frequently Asked Questions.
  • If you have accessibility or usability comments to share on any Minnesota Legislature website, please submit your comments using the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
Chair: Rep. Tim Mahoney
Location: 200 State Office Building

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

  • This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
  • To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.
  • To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL) please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of one week before the services are needed.
  • To request legislative services for Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of two weeks before the services are needed.
  • For information on accommodations please visit Accessibility Frequently Asked Questions.
  • If you have accessibility or usability comments to share on any Minnesota Legislature website, please submit your comments using the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Tim Mahoney
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF680 (Kalin) Federal stimulus funding allocated for energy programs.

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

  • This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
  • To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.
  • To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL) please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of one week before the services are needed.
  • To request legislative services for Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of two weeks before the services are needed.
  • For information on accommodations please visit Accessibility Frequently Asked Questions.
  • If you have accessibility or usability comments to share on any Minnesota Legislature website, please submit your comments using the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
Chair: Rep. Karen Clark
Location: Basement State Office Building
Agenda:
Presentation from Community Action Partnership
Overview of housing items in final federal stimulus legislation
Report on housing as economic stimulus

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

  • This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
  • To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.
  • To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL) please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of one week before the services are needed.
  • To request legislative services for Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of two weeks before the services are needed.
  • For information on accommodations please visit Accessibility Frequently Asked Questions.
  • If you have accessibility or usability comments to share on any Minnesota Legislature website, please submit your comments using the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Property and Local Sales Tax Division

Chair: Rep. Paul Marquart
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF349 (Kath) Owatonna; Transfer of sales and use tax proceeds authorized to a qualified project
HF590 (Brynaert) Mankato; Sales and use tax modified.
HF488 (Kohls) Additional aid to certain cities provided
HF686 (Lenczewski) Cities and towns authorized to issued certificates for unexpected revenue shortfalls.

HF101 (Kalin) author removed from agenda.
HF684 (Brod) author removed from agenda.

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

  • This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
  • To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.
  • To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL) please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of one week before the services are needed.
  • To request legislative services for Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of two weeks before the services are needed.
  • For information on accommodations please visit Accessibility Frequently Asked Questions.
  • If you have accessibility or usability comments to share on any Minnesota Legislature website, please submit your comments using the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Legislative Commission on Planning and Fiscal Policy

Location: House Chamber
Agenda:
Update on the status and process of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and its applicability to Minnesota
Budget Trends Study Commission member discussion

Calendar for the Day
House Floor Amendments
Order of Business

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

  • This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
  • To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.
  • To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL) please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of one week before the services are needed.
  • To request legislative services for Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of two weeks before the services are needed.
  • For information on accommodations please visit Accessibility Frequently Asked Questions.
  • If you have accessibility or usability comments to share on any Minnesota Legislature website, please submit your comments using the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Time Note: The tax committee will meet at 1 p.m. this day in lieu of the regularly scheduled meeting at 10:30 a.m.

Taxes

Taxes, Property Tax and Local Sales Tax Division, Health Care and Human Services Finance, Health Care and Human Services Policy and Oversight

Chair: Rep. Ann Lenczewski
Vice Chair: Rep. Tom Huntley, Rep. Paul Marquart, Rep. Paul Thissen
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
Joint hearing on maintenance of effort. House Research presentation and public testimony.

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

  • This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
  • To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.
  • To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL) please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of one week before the services are needed.
  • To request legislative services for Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of two weeks before the services are needed.
  • For information on accommodations please visit Accessibility Frequently Asked Questions.
  • If you have accessibility or usability comments to share on any Minnesota Legislature website, please submit your comments using the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Time Note: Division will reconvene at 6 p.m. to hear HF690

Transportation and Transit Policy and Oversight Division

Chair: Rep. Frank Hornstein
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF85 (Juhnke) Mounting global positioning systems on windshields authorized.
HF690 (Hortman) Minnesota Clean Air Act enacted, new motor vehicle decreased emission required, low emission standard adoption required for motor vehicles, and necessary updates provided to comply with the federal Clean Air Act.
MnDOT Presentation on Disadvantaged Business Enterprises

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

  • This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
  • To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.
  • To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL) please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of one week before the services are needed.
  • To request legislative services for Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of two weeks before the services are needed.
  • For information on accommodations please visit Accessibility Frequently Asked Questions.
  • If you have accessibility or usability comments to share on any Minnesota Legislature website, please submit your comments using the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
Chair: Rep. Mary Ellen Otremba
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF541 (Juhnke) Eligibility time frame extended for the surviving spouses of disabled military veterans to receive the residential homestead market value exclusion.
HF303 (Lillie) Congress of the United States memorialized to appoint an independent counsel to investigate the Prisoner of War - Missing in Action issue.
HF564 (Urdahl) Whey ethanol feasibility study and report required.

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

  • This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
  • To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.
  • To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL) please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of one week before the services are needed.
  • To request legislative services for Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of two weeks before the services are needed.
  • For information on accommodations please visit Accessibility Frequently Asked Questions.
  • If you have accessibility or usability comments to share on any Minnesota Legislature website, please submit your comments using the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Energy Finance and Policy Division

Chair: Rep. Bill Hilty
Location: Basement State Office Building
Agenda:
HF357 (Falk) C-BED contracts provided.

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

  • This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
  • To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.
  • To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL) please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of one week before the services are needed.
  • To request legislative services for Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of two weeks before the services are needed.
  • For information on accommodations please visit Accessibility Frequently Asked Questions.
  • If you have accessibility or usability comments to share on any Minnesota Legislature website, please submit your comments using the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
Chair: Rep. Paul Thissen
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF120 (Hosch) Rural health cooperative arrangement oversight established, and money appropriated
HF292 (Rukavina) Medical marijuana use provided, civil and criminal penalties provided, and money appropriated

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

  • This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
  • To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.
  • To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL) please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of one week before the services are needed.
  • To request legislative services for Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of two weeks before the services are needed.
  • For information on accommodations please visit Accessibility Frequently Asked Questions.
  • If you have accessibility or usability comments to share on any Minnesota Legislature website, please submit your comments using the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

K-12 Education Finance Division

Chair: Rep. Mindy Greiling
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
Education provisions of federal stimulus bill

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

  • This hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page. All events are closed captioned with automatically generated captions.
  • To request legislative services for live language interpretation in Hmong, Somali, or Spanish, please contact the Committee Administrator 72 hours in advance of when the service is needed.
  • To request legislative services for American Sign Language (ASL) please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of one week before the services are needed.
  • To request legislative services for Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) closed captioning services please contact the Committee Administrator a minimum of two weeks before the services are needed.
  • For information on accommodations please visit Accessibility Frequently Asked Questions.
  • If you have accessibility or usability comments to share on any Minnesota Legislature website, please submit your comments using the Accessibility & Usability Comment Form