Office of Enterprise Technology, proposed budget changes, continued.

Release evaluation report: MnSCU Occupational Programs

SF0119 (Hansen) Lessard Outdoor Heritage Council appropriation

Presentation on cooperative purchasing by the Midwestern Higher Education Compact and Commissioner Dan McElroy
HF72 (Norton) Lifelong learning account program established, tax credits allowed to employers and employees for contributions to lifelong learning accounts, funding provided and money appropriated.
HF619/SF757 (Hornstein) Public Safety Department authorized to collect fuel decal fee for International Fuel Tax Agreement, and cost of decal rule removed.

THE HOUSE MEETS IN SESSION

Department of Agriculture presentation on locally grown foods.

pending referral - HF1250 (Hornstein) Electric vehicle infrastructure regulated, and incentives for use and adoption established.
HF689 (Knuth) Strategic tree planting included as eligible for direct expenditures as energy conservation improvement.
HF214 (Bly) School boards authorized to form business entity solely for wind energy projects, and production tax exemption provided.
HF1553 (Persell) Local government renewable energy grant funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1473 (Seifert) Wind energy and ethanol fuel training facility construction authorized.

HF1445 (Knuth) and HF1456 (Eken) have been removed from the agenda

Review of selected income and sales tax expenditures by House Research and Fiscal staff

HF841 (Juhnke) Farmer-lender mediation law extended;
HF655 (Kahn) Candidacy affidavit required to state candidate's residence address and telephone number, and candidate placement on ballot prohibited if residency requirements are not met;
HF892 (Hilstrom) Public defender representation provided for juveniles, children in need of protection, and other persons;
HF1397 (Hilstrom) Fourth Judicial District provided fiscal flexibility as to the location of court facilities;
HF890 (Simon) Parentage presumption and right to custody provisions modified and clarified, and prebirth parentage orders or judgments provided in certain cases;
HF549 (Davnie) Debt management and debt settlement services regulated;

HF1360 (Bigham) has been removed from the agenda.

Dedicated Funds established by the Constitutional amendment:

Public Testimony of individual Minnesotans and representatives of interested groups or stakeholders are invited to participate and speak to the committee. Tell the committee your vision and expectations of how the Outdoor Heritage Fund and the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund should be structured and how the anticipated money each fund will have should be spent.

If you would like to testify, please contact Phil Chen at 651-296-5360 or 800-890-5428 or phil.chen@house.mn. We will continue taking testimony until all members of the public who would like to testify have had the opportunity. We ask that testifiers limit testimony to five minutes.

If you do not have the opportunity to come to Saint Paul, you can send written testimony to me at phil.chen@house.mn or fax it to 651-296-3208. I will distribute all written testimony that I receive.

Omnibus game & fish bill assembly

Omnibus game & fish bill assembly
HF1238 (Dill) Refund provisions modified, definitions modified, publication requirements modified, restrictions in migratory feeding and resting areas modified, local law exemptions provided, wild animal and fish taking, possession, and licensing requirements provided, and certain fees authorized

HF519 (Nelson) Nonconforming lots in shoreland areas regulated.
HF1297 (Winkler) Municipal boundary adjustment law amended.
HF898 (Hornstein) Greenhouse gas reduction goals and strategies added to various state and metropolitan programs and plans, goals established for per capita reduction in vehicle miles traveled to reduce greenhouse gases and money appropriated.