Schedule for Friday, February 22, 2008 - Minnesota House of Representatives

Time	Location	Committee
(8:00 AM) 2/22/2008	[10 State Office Building]	Property Tax Relief and Local Sales Tax Division
(8:00 AM) 2/22/2008	[5 State Office Building]	Telecommunications Regulation and Infrastructure Division
(8:00 AM) 2/22/2008	[200 State Office Building]	Veterans Affairs Division
(9:00 AM) 2/22/2008	[Basement State Office Building]	Higher Education and Work Force Development Policy and Finance Division Canceled
(10:00 AM) 2/22/2008	[500N State Office Building]	Environment and Natural Resources
(10:00 AM) 2/22/2008	[5 State Office Building]	Labor and Consumer Protection Division
(10:00 AM) 2/22/2008	[500S State Office Building] Location Changed	Mental Health Division
(10:00 AM) 2/22/2008	[10 State Office Building]	Transportation Finance Division
(10:00 AM) 2/22/2008	[200 State Office Building]	Ways and Means
(11:30 AM) 2/22/2008	House Chamber [House Chamber]	Floor Session
(1:00 PM) 2/22/2008	[15 State Capitol]	Transportation Finance Division

Friday, February 22, 2008 , 8:00 AM

Property Tax Relief and Local Sales Tax Division

Chair: Rep. Paul Marquart
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:

HF2255 (Zellers) Seasonal-recreational property value frozen for two years relating to property taxation.
HF2348 (Erhardt) Seasonal-recreational property tax refund provided
HF2857 (Ward) School district referendum market value tax base altered and seasonal recreational property taxation modified.
HF3037 (Heidgerken) School district referendum market value tax base and seasonal recreational property tax modified.
HF3160 (Haws) Tax-forfeited land proceeds apportionment provided for special assessment to governmental subdivision
HF2140 (Madore) Metropolitan transit taxing district redefined, and tax levy outside existing transit taxing district authorized.

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.
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Friday, February 22, 2008 , 8:00 AM

Telecommunications Regulation and Infrastructure Division

Chair: Rep. Sheldon Johnson
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:

HF2414 (Johnson) Telecommunications obsolete rules repealed.
HF2107 (Masin) Telecommunications goals provided, and broadband policy director and advisory board established.

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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Friday, February 22, 2008 , 8:00 AM

Veterans Affairs Division

Chair: Rep. Lyle Koenen
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:

HF2645 (Faust) Minnesota National Guard Youth Challenge Program participation report required.
HF2095 (Eastlund) Peace officer reciprocity licensing exam eligibility criteria modified to include persons in active military service.
HF3161 (Bigham) Minnesota deceased military personnel current listing 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.
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Friday, February 22, 2008 , 9:00 AM

Higher Education and Work Force Development Policy and Finance Division

Hearing Canceled

Chair: Rep. Tom Rukavina
Location: Basement State Office Building
Agenda:

Bonding bills pending before the division

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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Friday, February 22, 2008 , 10:00 AM

Environment and Natural Resources

Solid Waste, Recycling & Resources Conservation Working Group

Chair: Rep. Brita Sailer
Location: 500N State Office Building
Agenda:

Informal discussion on solid waste, recycling and resources conservation legislation before the House (Tour canceled)
HF2746 (Lesch) Provide for plastic bag recycling in the state
Fluorescent bulbs and beverage container recycling draft proposals
Presentations on Minnesota House office paper and energy use reductions

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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Friday, February 22, 2008 , 10:00 AM

Labor and Consumer Protection Division

Chair: Rep. Jim Davnie
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:

HF3083 (Knuth) Building contractor requirement that homeowner's notice of construction defect be in writing eliminated
HF3084 (Scalze) Homeowners provided with a longer period within which to notify contractors of construction defects
HF3085 (Laine) Construction warranties requirement modified, and waivers of the warranty prohibited.
HF3091 (Gardner) Homeowners permitted to recover all damages incurred due to faulty construction
HF3092 (Madore) Residential building contractor investigations discontinuance prohibited
HF3093 (Knuth) Building standards definition amended

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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Friday, February 22, 2008 , 10:00 AM

Mental Health Division

Location Changed

Chair: Rep. Neva Walker
Location: 500S State Office Building
Agenda:

Report from Department of Human Services on children and adolescent bed availability
HF2588 (Ward) Regional treatment centers and state-operated nursing homes relocation authorization 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.
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Friday, February 22, 2008 , 10:00 AM

Transportation Finance Division

Chair: Rep. Bernie Lieder
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:

HF379 (Hausman) St. Paul Union Depot improvements provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF380 (Hausman) High-speed rail line between St. Paul and Chicago state's share provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF381 (Hausman) Central Corridor Transit Way between St. Paul and Minneapolis provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF386 (Kalin) St. Paul to Hinckley Rush Line Corridor provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF418 (Bigham) Red Rock Corridor transitway funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF581 (Lenczewski) I-494 corridor transit way feasibility study provided, and money appropriated.
HF959 (Bunn) I-94 corridor transportation and transit improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2478 (Pelowski) Port development assistance funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2844 (Simon) Southwest Transit Way Corridor environmental impact statement and preliminary engineering funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2956 (Murphy, M) Northshore Express Inter-City Passenger Rail funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF2693 (Laine) Fridley Northstar commuter train station funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF3274 (Carlson) Bottineau Transitway Corridor alternatives analysis, draft environmental impact study, and property acquisition funding provided; bonds issued; and money appropriated.
Subcommittee Reports for:
HF 2943 (Madore), HF 2408 (Carlson),HF 1822 (Jaros)
NOTE: The committee will not take testimony on bills which have already had a hearing.

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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Friday, February 22, 2008 , 10:00 AM

Ways and Means

Chair: Rep. Loren Solberg
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:

HF2553 (Winkler) Catastrophe survivor compensation fund established, and money appropriated.
HF3055 (Solberg) State agencies deficiency funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF3200 (Lenczewski) Internal Revenue Code conforming changes made, tuition and teacher expense additions provided, contractor withholdings required, income tax brackets index temporarily modified, nonresident income assigned to this state, and report required.
HF3201 (Lenczewski) Tax policy and administration provisions modified relating to income, franchise, property, sales, and other taxes.

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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Friday, February 22, 2008 , 11:30 AM

Legislative Coordinating Commission

Location: House Chamber
Agenda:

Review/approve resolution extending sunset date for the Airport Funding Advisory Task Force
Review/approve amendment to the LCC Legislative Plan for Employee Benefits and Policies

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.
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Friday, February 22, 2008 , 1:00 PM

Transportation Finance Division

Joint Committee to Investigate the Bridge Collapse

Chair: Rep. Bernie Lieder
Vice Chair: Sen. Steve Murphy
Location: 15 State Capitol
Agenda:

Legislative Audit Commission report on roads and bridges

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

Currently Posted Meetings

Friday, February 22, 2008

Property Tax Relief and Local Sales Tax Division

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Telecommunications Regulation and Infrastructure Division

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Veterans Affairs Division

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Higher Education and Work Force Development Policy and Finance Division

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Environment and Natural Resources

Solid Waste, Recycling & Resources Conservation Working Group

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Labor and Consumer Protection Division

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Mental Health Division

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Transportation Finance Division

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Ways and Means

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Legislative Coordinating Commission

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Transportation Finance Division

Joint Committee to Investigate the Bridge Collapse

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