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Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Time Location Committee
(8:00 AM) 3/6/2007
[Basement State Office Building]
E-12 Education
(8:00 AM) 3/6/2007
[5 State Office Building]
Environment and Natural Resources Finance Division Agenda Changed
(8:00 AM) 3/6/2007
[200 State Office Building]
Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections Agenda Changed
(8:00 AM) 3/6/2007
[10 State Office Building]
Public Safety Finance Division
(10:00 AM) 3/6/2007
[Basement State Office Building]
Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs Finance Division
(10:00 AM) 3/6/2007
[200 State Office Building]
Biosciences and Emerging Technology
(10:00 AM) 3/6/2007
[5 State Office Building]
Housing Policy and Finance and Public Health Finance Division
(10:00 AM) 3/6/2007
[10 State Office Building]
Taxes Agenda Changed
(12:30 PM) 3/6/2007
[10 State Office Building]
Location Changed
Health Care and Human Services Finance Division
(12:30 PM) 3/6/2007
[5 State Office Building]
Higher Education and Work Force Development Policy and Finance Division Agenda Changed
(12:30 PM) 3/6/2007
[200 State Office Building]
Location Changed
Public Safety and Civil Justice
(12:30 PM) 3/6/2007
[500 S. State Office Building]
Watersheds, Wetlands and Buffers Subcommittee
(2:15 PM) 3/6/2007
[Basement State Office Building]
Capital Investment Finance Division Agenda Changed
(2:15 PM) 3/6/2007
[200 State Office Building]
Health and Human Services
(2:15 PM) 3/6/2007
[10 State Office Building]
K-12 Finance Division Agenda Changed
(2:15 PM) 3/6/2007
[5 State Office Building]
State Government Finance Division
(4:00 PM) 3/6/2007
[Basement State Office Building]
Commerce and Labor
(4:00 PM) 3/6/2007
[200 State Office Building]
Early Childhood Learning Finance Division
(4:00 PM) 3/6/2007
[5 State Office Building]
Environment and Natural Resources
(4:00 PM) 3/6/2007
[400S State Office Building]
Location Changed
Housing Policy and Finance and Public Health Finance Division
(4:00 PM) 3/6/2007
[10 State Office Building]
Transportation Finance Division
(6:30 PM) 3/6/2007
House Chamber
[House Chamber]
Location Changed
Floor Session
(6:30 PM) 3/6/2007
[200 State Office Building]
Location Changed
Health and Human Services
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 , 8:00 AM
Time Note: The committee will recess at 9:30 a.m. and reconvene at 6 p.m. as needed.

E-12 Education

Chair: Rep. Calros Mariani
Location: Basement State Office Building
Agenda:
HF796 (Murphy, E.) Family, friend, and neighbor grant program established to promote children's early literacy, healthy development, and school readiness, and to foster community partnerships; and money appropriated.
HF814 (Bly) Teacher education and compensation helps (TEACH) program established, and money appropriated.
HF1089 (Peterson, S.) Child care quality improved and professional development of child care practitioners expanded, and money appropriated.
HF1196 (Slawik) Prekindergarten children with disabilities special instruction provided.
HF1325 (Peterson, S.) High five kindergarten program authorized.
HF1561 (Faust) Early intervention adequate yearly progress grants established, formula allowance increased, and money appropriated.
HF1174 (Dominguez) Minnesota reading corps program established, and money appropriated.
HF1426 (Davnie) Extended year kindergarten program created, and money appropriated.
HF1086 (Davnie) Four-year-old students made eligible for extended time programs. (discussion only)
HF1562 (Mariani) Literacy skills for students required, and money appropriated.

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

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Tuesday, March 6, 2007 , 8:00 AM

Environment and Natural Resources Finance Division

Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Jean Wagenius
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
Discussion on PFOS and PFOA contamination
MN Conservation Corps Review
HF538 (Peterson, A.) Minnesota Conservation Corps funding provided, and money appropriated.
MN League of Conservation Voters report presentation

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

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Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Gene Pelowski
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF1223 (Hilty) Voter registration provisions modifications.
HF492 (Haws) Short-term offender advisory task force created.
HF965 (McFarlane) Election judges not affiliated with a major political party appointment provided.
HF1259 (Kalin) has been removed from agenda

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

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Tuesday, March 6, 2007 , 8:00 AM

Public Safety Finance Division

Chair: Rep. Michael Paymar
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF288 (Lesch) Appropriating money for a crime victim support grant
HF1304 (Tingelstad) Appropriating money for a legal advocacy trafficking victims grant
HF1473 (Smith) Appropriating money to the commissioner of public safety for crime victims service programs and crime prevention

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

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Chair: Rep. Al Juhnke
Location: Basement State Office Building
Agenda:
Department of Veteran Affairs budget presentation

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

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Tuesday, March 6, 2007 , 10:00 AM

Biosciences and Emerging Technology

Chair: Rep. Tim Mahoney
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
HFXXX (Haws) Establishing a bioscience business promotion and marketing program, funds appropriated.
HFXXX (Beard) Establishing a small business nanotechnology development fund program, funds appropriated.

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

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Chair: Rep. Karen Clark
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF1208 (Mahoney) State Building Code modified, and construction code and licensing provisions modified and recodified.
HF277 (Clark) Window screens in new residential dwellings required to comply with safety standards.

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

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Tuesday, March 6, 2007 , 10:00 AM

Taxes

Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Ann Lenczewski
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
THIS IS NO LONGER A JOINT MEETING WITH PROPERTY TAX DIVISION

HF1144 (Atkins) Printing industry capital equipment sales tax exemption provided.
HF1333 (Dill) Emergency response vehicles and repair parts tax exemptions provided.
HF1458 (Dill) Sales tax applied to sales of prefabricated homes.
HF1156 (Hilstrom) Vending machine products sales tax exemption provided for specified foods.
HF1152 (Garofalo) Animal shelters pet sales exempted from sales tax.

Department of Revenue presentation removed from agenda

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

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Tuesday, March 6, 2007 , 12:30 PM

Health Care and Human Services Finance Division

Location Changed
Chair: Rep. Thomas Huntley
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF727 (Tschumper) Waivered services program for persons with developmental disabilities county repayment requirement eliminated for certain expenditures.
HF725 (Madore) Assistive technology provided for people with disabilities, statewide study and reports required, and money appropriated.
HF706 (Hosch) Medical assistance employed persons with disabilities program modified, and commissioner directed to seek federal approval.
HF784 (Murphy, E.) Medical assistance asset limit and excess income standard for aged, blind, or disabled persons increased.

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

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Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Tom Rukavina
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF358 (Dill) Cook County higher education project funding provided.
HF118 (Fritz) Faribault; Paradise Center for the Arts grant provided to provide handicapped accessibility.
HF461 (Solberg) Grand Rapids Children's Discovery Museum funding provided.
HF519 (Seifert) Minnesota Inventors Congress funding provided.
HF648 (Mahoney) making various policy, housekeeping, and style changes to the Minnesota unemployment insurance law
Continue budget overview of the Department of Labor and Industry

HF377 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.
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Tuesday, March 6, 2007 , 12:30 PM

Public Safety and Civil Justice

Location Changed
Chair: Rep. Joe Mullery
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF230 (Mullery) Amending the predatory offender registration law for other offenses.
HF415 (Poppe) Modifying exemptions to noise standards.
HF448 (Mullery) Repealing the program that involved mailed demands that vehicle owners provide verification of auto insurance.
HF584 (Mullery) Increasing penalties for metal theft.
HF1033 (Simon) Expanding the protection against employer retaliation.
HF1251 (Atkins) Authorizing direct actions and imposing direct liability on certain insurers in certain actions; regulating actions involving certain insurance practices; appropriating money.

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

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Tuesday, March 6, 2007 , 12:30 PM

Watersheds, Wetlands and Buffers Subcommittee

Chair: Rep. Rick Hansen
Location: 500 S. State Office Building
Agenda:
Board of Water and Soil Review

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.
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Tuesday, March 6, 2007 , 2:15 PM

Capital Investment Finance Division

Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Alice Hausman
Location: Basement State Office Building
Agenda:
HF248 (Solberg) Canisteo Mine Outflow Project funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF344 (Demmer) Olmsted County municipal solid waste combustor expansion authorized, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1039 (Brown) Albert Lea remedial waste systems construction funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1099 (Peterson, A.) Lewis and Clark Rural Water System grants appropriations converted from the bonds proceeds fund to the general fund.
HF1370 (Murphy, M.) Midway Township sewer reconstruction funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1545 (Olin) Roseau flood hazard mitigation project funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

HF1028 (Urdahl) removed from agenda
HF870 (Fritz) removed from agenda

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

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Tuesday, March 6, 2007 , 2:15 PM

Health and Human Services

Chair: Rep. Paul Thissen
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF464 (Sertich) School employee statewide health insurance plan established.
HF1206 (Kelliher) Universal Newborn and Infant Hearing Screening Act adopted.
HF599 (Brod) Grieving Parents Act established, and mothers required to be notified of burial and cremation options in the case of a miscarriage.
HF1405 (Thissen) Incidental nursing services coverage authorized under the elderly waiver, rate exceptions provided and elderly waiver reimbursement rate limits increased.
HF1072 (Liebling) Mortuary science provisions modified.

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

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Tuesday, March 6, 2007 , 2:15 PM

K-12 Finance Division

Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Mindy Greiling
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF838 (Erickson) Independent School District No. 480, Onamia, levy authorized.
HF1185 (Davnie) School districts and intermediate school districts building lease levy increased.
HF892 (Hilstrom) Teacher professional development funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1151 (Swails) Minnesota Learning Resource Center funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF412 (Peterson, S) Professional teaching standards grant program established and money appropriated.
HF1414 (Davnie) Learning Law and Democracy Foundation grant provided, and money appropriated.

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

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Chair: Rep. Phyllis Kahn
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
Office of Enterprise Technology overview and budget presentation

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

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Tuesday, March 6, 2007 , 4:00 PM

Commerce and Labor

Chair: Rep. Joe Atkins
Location: Basement State Office Building
Agenda:
HF633 (Sertich) Health plan coverage for hearing aids regulated.
HF772 (Paymar) Aircraft insurance minimum liability requirements increased, and aircraft insurance made not voidable retroactively after a claim.
HF413 (Lillie) Outdoor sport equipment dealers franchise agreements with manufacturers regulated, title requirements imposed, and money appropriated.
HF512 (Atkins) Gift certificate and gift card expiration dates and service fees prohibited.
HF111 (Loeffler) Preventive health care promoted by requiring high deductible health plans used with a health savings account to cover preventive care with no deductible as permitted by federal law.
HF475 (Loeffler) Adult dependents private health care coverage expanded by including those not enrolled as full-time students.

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

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Tuesday, March 6, 2007 , 4:00 PM

Early Childhood Learning Finance Division

Chair: Rep. Nora Slawik
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF659 (Slawik) Childcare license fees reduced, and money appropriated
HF685 (Slawik) Preschool program and home visiting program for children diagnosed with mental illness or development delays funding provided, and money appropriated
HF976 (Slawik) After-school community learning grant program established, and money appropriated
HF1272 (Slawik) Early childhood family education program funding increased, and minimum population guarantee used to calculate early childhood family education program revenue increased

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

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Tuesday, March 6, 2007 , 4:00 PM

Environment and Natural Resources

Chair: Rep. Kent Eken
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF375 (Ruud) Global Warming Mitigation Act adopted. Amendments and final vote only, no testimony.

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

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Location Changed
Chair: Rep. Karen Clark
Location: 400S State Office Building
Agenda:
HF993 (Norton) Radon control federal building codes adopted.
HF695 (Clark) Lead Poisoning Prevention Act modified relating to testing and blood lead levels reporting, sale of children's items containing lead prohibited, medical assistance coverage provided, and lead hazards in properties disclosure required.

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

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Tuesday, March 6, 2007 , 4:00 PM

Transportation Finance Division

Chair: Rep. Bernie Lieder
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF946 (Lieder) Motor fuel and motor vehicle taxes increased, county transportation taxes authorized, transportation impact fees imposed, highway and bridge construction provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF23 (Erhardt) County wheelage tax authorized, vehicle registration tax provisions modified, transit fund and accounts established, motor vehicle sales tax revenues distributed, motor fuel tax rates modified, bonds authorized, and money appropriated.
HF799 (Holberg) Transportation, Metropolitan Council, and public safety funding provided; bonds issued; fees, funds, and accounts modified; motor vehicle sales and lease tax proceeds allocated, and money appropriated.

HFXXXX (Koenen) has been removed from the agenda.

INTERPRETATION SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS:

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Tuesday, March 6, 2007 , 6:30 PM

Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement

Location Changed
Location: House Chamber
Agenda:
Election of 2007-2008 officers
Retirement studies mandated: Post-retirement adjustment mechanism structure and teacher retirement plan benefit provision comparison; Minnesota combined investment funds and Minnesota post retirement investment fund structure and transfers.
HFxxxx/SF424 (Betzold) Correction of MTRFA references in 2006 consolidation legislation.
HFxxxx/SF430 (Betzold) Correction of 2006 drafting errors.
HFxxxx/SF425 (Betzold) Volunteer fire; Clarify 2006 state supplemental aid eligibility change.
HF1313 (Thissen)/SF1141 (Betzold) MERF; Authority to invest with SBI; liquidity requirements.
HF126 (Murphy, M.)/SF7 (Betzold) Uniform appeal procedure.
HF1139 (Murphy, M.)/SF629 (Betzold) MSRS administrative proposals.
HF889 (Murphy, M.)/SF296 (Betzold) PERA administrative proposals.
HF79 (Thissen)/SF56 (Betzold): TRA administrative proposals.

Calendar for the Day
House Floor Amendments
Order of Business

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Tuesday, March 6, 2007 , 6:30 PM

Health and Human Services

Location Changed
Chair: Rep. Paul Thissen
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
continuation of afternoon's 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