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Monday, March 23, 2009

Monday, March 23, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009

Subcommittee on Employee Relations

Location: 107 State Capitol
Agenda:
Elect officers,
Approve subcommittee rules,
Review/approve collective bargaining agreement with State University Faculty,
Other business as determined by the chair

Calendar for the Day
House Floor Amendments
Order of Business
Monday, March 23, 2009

Finance

Chair: Rep. Lyndon Carlson
Location: 200 State Office Building
Bills Added
Monday, March 23, 2009

Finance

Chair: Rep. Lyndon Carlson
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF1333 (Gardner) Metropolitan area transit and paratransit capital expenditures additional funding provided, and certain obligations authorized.
HF894 (Atkins) Commerce commissioner required to collect and hold in escrow fees paid by Minnesota ratepayers for permanent repository for disposal of high-level radioactive waste.
HF865 (Welti) Wabasha and Olmsted counties; Great River Ridge Trail established.

HF1227 (Rukavina) has been removed from the agenda.
Monday, March 23, 2009

Floor Session

Location: House Chamber
Agenda:
Chair: Rep. Mary Ellen Otremba
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF1367 (Juhnke) Minnesota Noxious Weed Law provisions modified, assistance fund and advisory committee established, grants provided.
HF1886 (Juhnke) Feeding Minnesota Task Force established.
HF1447 (Otremba) Veterinarian education loan forgiveness program established, and money appropriated.
HF1579 (Otremba) Dog food fee incidence changed.
Monday, March 23, 2009

Energy Finance and Policy Division

Chair: Rep. Bill Hilty
Location: Basement State Office Building
Agenda:
HF1852 (Knuth) Renewable energy payment incentive period extended, payments directed to other projects from projects whose eligibility to receive payments expires, and money appropriated.
HF1623 (Kalin) Energy storage equipment and its installation in publicly owned buildings included in the definition of a qualifying solar electric project.
HFXXXX (Johnson) Solar Cities initiative
HF1434 (Johnson) Mass transit zone for utility reinvestment and cost recovery created.
HF1478 (Sailer) Distributed energy resources regulated.
HF1425 (Sailer) Renewable energy standard technology options modified for certain public utilities.
HF1533 (Sailer) Energy; Cost recovery for utility's renewable facilities and high-efficiency utility rate options provided.
HF1605 (Kalin) Conservation investment's incentive rate plans regulated.
Monday, March 23, 2009

Taxes

Chair: Rep. Ann Lenczewski
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF1782 (Lenczewski) State government financing provisions modified relating to taxes, individual income, corporate franchise, property and sales and use, additions required, federal section 179 expensing allowances conformed, subtractions disallowed, nonrefundable credits allowed, refundable Minnesota child credit allowed, various provisions repealed, and money appropriated.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Time Note: The committee will recess at 6 p.m. and reconvene at 6:30 p.m. in 300N State Office Building to process any remaining agenda items.

Civil Justice

Chair: Rep. Joe Mullery
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF1406 (Dill) Lawful gambling tax provisions modified;
HF1448 (Mullery) Information released to health care agents, and access granted to health care agents;
HF1341 (Thissen) Newborn screening program provisions modified;
HF254/SF265* (Thissen) Crime alerts required to be distributed in a format that disabled citizens can access;
HF1554 (Winkler) Isolation and quarantine provisions and mass dispensing of medication provisions modified;
HF330 (Scalze) Homeowners provided with a longer period within which to notify contractors of construction defects;
HF420 (Laine) Existing statutory implied residential construction warranties required to be made as express warranties and be provided to the buyer in writing, and warranty waivers prohibited;
HF362 (Knuth) Homeowner's written notice requirement to building contractor of construction defect eliminated;
HF1532 (Kalin) Secretary of State filings, forms, records, submissions, motions, and orders regulated;
HF569 (Sailer) Recycled pain
Chair: Rep. Mary Murphy
Location: 5 State Office Building
Agenda:
1. Libraries Maintenance of Effort
HF1195 (Lanning) Mandate relief provided, Legislative Commission on Mandate Reform established, and levy limits abolished.
2. Committee discussion of what we learned from public testimony
3. Committee discussion of where we're going next
Monday, March 23, 2009
Time Note: Please Note Room Change

Game, Fish and Forestry Division

Location Changed
Chair: Rep. David Dill
Location: 300S State Office Building
Agenda:
HF 1848 (Newton) Lifetime spearing and lifetime angling and spearing licenses established
HF 1712 (Jackson) Residents 90 years of age or older provided free angling licenses
HF 1143 (McNamara) Department of Natural Resources programs that duplicate market activities eliminated
HF 1132 (Dill) Forest products scale cutting on state land eliminated
Monday, March 23, 2009

Local Government Division

Agenda Changed
Chair: Rep. Michael Nelson
Location: 200 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF1530 (Hornstein) Metropolitan Airports Commission required to prohibit outsourcing of certain jobs.
HF721 (Hornstein) Metropolitan Council restructured as a council of governments.
HF332/SF261* (Jackson) Transfer on death deeds technical modifications; common element certificates modifications; real estate designated transfer, power of attorney and cartway procedure modifications
HF1828 (Hornstein) Municipal comprehensive plan for affordable housing amendments authorized to be approved by a simple majority.
HF201 (Thao) County publication of individual claim threshold amount increased.
HF157 (Mullery) Zoning for owner-occupied residential uses authorized.
HF530 (Nelson) Comprehensive plan reviews by adjacent governmental unit time period modified, and water management plan requirements clarified.
HF1501 (Westrom) Central Lakes Region Sanitary District restructured as an elected body or alternatively dissolved.
The following bills have been removed from the agenda:
HF1955 (
Time Changed Location Changed
Chair: Rep. Frank Hornstein
Location: 10 State Office Building
Agenda:
HF1568 (Holberg) Expedited town road extinguishment provision clarified.
HF1693 (Morrow) Environmental impact statement completion required.
HF1246 (Urdahl) Speed violations in excess of 10 mph over a speed limit of 60 mph kept off of driver's driving record.
Monday, March 23, 2009

Ways and Means

Chair: Rep. Tony Sertich
Location: Basement State Office Building
Agenda:
HF1797 (Lieder) Federal economic recovery fund receipt and appropriation provided.
HF1227 (Rukavina) Minnesota law conformed to the requirements necessary to receive federal stimulus funds, and money appropriated.