The following House Files were introduced:
Howes introduced:
H. F. 2325, A bill for an act relating to education; permitting school districts to provide employees with electronic earning statements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 181.032.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Simon, Ellison and Hilty introduced:
H. F. 2326, A bill for an act relating to landlord and tenant; providing that landlords who apportion bills or charge fees for utility service are not exempt from regulation as a utility; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 216B.02, subdivision 4; 504B.215, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Hortman, Ellison and Hilty introduced:
H. F. 2327, A bill for an act relating to landlord and tenant; prohibiting apportionment and reselling of utility service; prohibiting fees relating to utility service; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 216B.022; 504B.215, subdivisions 2, 2a.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Mullery introduced:
H. F. 2328, A bill for an act relating to state government; repealing references in the State Building Code to the International Mechanical Code and replacing them with references to the 1991 Uniform Mechanical Code with Minnesota amendments; repealing Minnesota Rules, parts 1346.0050; 1346.0060; 1346.0101; 1346.0102; 1346.0103; 1346.0104; 1346.0105; 1346.0106; 1346.0107; 1346.0108; 1346.0109; 1346.0110; 1346.0201; 1346.0202; 1346.0301; 1346.0306; 1346.0309; 1346.0401; 1346.0403; 1346.0404; 1346.0501; 1346.0505; 1346.0506; 1346.0507; 1346.0508; 1346.0510; 1346.0603; 1346.0604; 1346.0701; 1346.0703; 1346.0709; 1346.0801; 1346.0803; 1346.0901; 1346.1001; 1346.1003; 1346.1004; 1346.1006; 1346.1007; 1346.1011; 1346.1204; 1346.1601; 1346.1602; 1346.1603; 1346.1604; 1346.1605; 1346.1606; 1346.5050; 1346.5201; 1346.5202; 1346.5301; 1346.5303; 1346.5304; 1346.5306; 1346.5401; 1346.5402; 1346.5403; 1346.5404; 1346.5406; 1346.5407; 1346.5408; 1346.5409; 1346.5410; 1346.5501; 1346.5503; 1346.5504; 1346.5602; 1346.5620; 1346.5629; 1346.5630; 1346.5801; 1346.5802; 1346.5803; 1346.5804; 1346.5805; 1346.5806; 1346.5807; 1346.5900.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Sieben introduced:
H. F. 2329, A bill for an act relating to education finance; clarifying the types of projects that are eligible for funding with the alternative facilities bonding and levying program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 123B.59, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Sieben introduced:
H. F. 2330, A bill for an act relating to education finance; clarifying the types of projects that are eligible for funding with the alternative facilities bonding and levying program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 123B.59, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Vandeveer introduced:
H. F. 2331, A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; extending the expiration date for consumer protections for wireless telecommunications customers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 325F.695, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Sailer, Moe, Eken, Marquart, Kelliher, Ellison and Entenza introduced:
H. F. 2332, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; providing emergency assistance for Red Lake.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
Seifert introduced:
H. F. 2333, A bill for an act relating to local government; prohibiting cities from collecting certain unpaid water charges through property taxes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 444.075, subdivision 3e.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government.
Sykora introduced:
H. F. 2334, A bill for an act relating to education; establishing an early childhood education pilot program for at-risk children between the age of three and entering kindergarten.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy and Reform.
Sykora introduced:
H. F. 2335, A bill for an act relating to education finance; making forecast adjustments to education appropriations; amending Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 1, section 53, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended, 11, as amended, 12, as amended; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 2, section 55, subdivisions 2, as amended, 5, as amended, 9, as amended, 12, as amended; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 3, section 20, subdivisions 2, 4, as amended, 5, as amended, 6, as amended, 8, as amended, 9, as amended; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 4, section 31, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended, 4; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 5, section 35, subdivision 3, as amended; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 6, section 4, as amended; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 7, section 11, subdivisions 2, 4; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 8, section 7, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, 5, as amended; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, article 9, section 9, subdivision 2, as amended.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Kelliher introduced:
H. F. 2336, A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; hair transplant procedures; requiring certain consumer information; providing enforcement; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Kelliher introduced:
H. F. 2337, A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; prohibiting the sale of children's personally identifiable information for commercial marketing purposes; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325G.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Lenczewski; Larson; Peterson, N., and Beard introduced:
H. F. 2338, A bill for an act relating to the Metropolitan Airports Commission; including Bloomington in the definition of "city"; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 473.601, subdivision 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government.
Lenczewski; Krinkie; Vandeveer; Abrams; Ruud; Scalze; Peterson, S.; Paulsen; Sykora; Wilkin; Buesgens; Holberg; Powell; Charron; Kohls; Erhardt; Peterson, N.; Lillie; Garofalo; Wardlow; Samuelson; Klinzing; Slawik; Larson and Dittrich introduced:
H. F. 2339, A bill for an act relating to property taxation; providing that market value credit reductions be reflected in the credit amount shown on each property tax statement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 273.1384, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Zellers; Hilstrom; Dittrich; Hortman; Nelson, M., and Greiling introduced:
H. F. 2340, A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing planning grants for school readiness projects; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Abrams, Brod, Murphy, Sviggum and Entenza introduced:
H. F. 2341, A bill for an act relating to the legislature; changing provisions governing the Legislative Coordinating Commission and subordinate agencies; eliminating a commission; changing membership and operation of the Compensation Council; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 3.303, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 3.85, subdivisions 8, 9; 15A.082, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 216C.051, subdivision 6; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 3.304, subdivisions 1, 5; 3.884.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Meslow and Samuelson introduced:
H. F. 2342, A bill for an act relating to elections; clarifying the voting rights of persons under guardianship and persons with disabilities; permitting local governments to redraw election districts before the legislature has been redistricted; requiring new election for all members of a city council or county board following redistricting; permitting appointment of election judges not affiliated with a major political party; eliminating a requirement concerning major political party primary results; increasing disclosure of contributions and expenditures for local political campaigns; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 201.014, subdivision 2; 201.061, subdivision 3; 201.071, subdivision 1; 201.15; 204B.10, subdivision 6; 204B.135, subdivision 1; 204B.14, subdivisions 1a, 3; 204B.21, subdivision 2; 204C.08, subdivision 1a; 204C.10; 204D.10, subdivision 1; 205.84, subdivision 2; 211A.02, subdivisions 1, 2; 375.025, subdivision 4; 524.5-310; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 204D.10, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Eken; Peterson, A.; Mariani; Otremba; Clark and Lieder introduced:
H. F. 2343, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article VII, by adding a section; providing for certain officers to be elected by a majority of the votes cast for the office.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Eken and Lieder introduced:
H. F. 2344, A bill for an act relating to human services; increasing nursing facility payment rate in Norman County; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256B.434, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Eken; Peterson, A.; Lieder; Clark; Otremba; Koenen and Mariani introduced:
H. F. 2345, A bill for an act relating to education finance; modifying the formula for declining pupil unit aid; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 126C.05, subdivisions 5, 6.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Wagenius, Davids, Ellison and Urdahl introduced:
H. F. 2346, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for grants to test for atrazine in well water.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Peterson, A.; Eken; Sailer and Koenen introduced:
H. F. 2347, A bill for an act relating to energy; appropriating money for soy-diesel fueled generators as backup for wind energy conversion systems.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Regulated Industries.
Johnson, S. and Hoppe introduced:
H. F. 2348, A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating sales of certain birds; imposing a civil penalty; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 346.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Cornish introduced:
H. F. 2349, A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing an exception for bullet-resistant vest reimbursements for vests made from zylon-based materials; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 299A.38, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Juhnke introduced:
H. F. 2350, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing a fund transfer for Independent School District No. 347, Willmar.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Hilstrom; Smith; Murphy; Cornish; Nelson, M.; Powell; Ellison; Meslow; Paymar; Zellers; Mariani; Johnson, J.; Johnson, S.; Eastlund; Loeffler; Soderstrom; Dittrich; Newman and Ruud introduced:
H. F. 2351, A bill for an act relating to public safety; corrections; authorizing the commissioner of corrections to transfer offenders to county jails to prepare the offenders for reintegration; authorizing sheriffs to electronically monitor offenders who are sentenced to work release; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 631.425, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 243.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Larson; Lesch; Rukavina; Fritz; Kelliher; Nelson, M., and Davnie introduced:
H. F. 2352, A bill for an act relating to to the Metropolitan Airports Commission; requiring certain labor-related provisions in contracts with concession operators; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government.
Lenczewski; Buesgens; Atkins; Vandeveer; Krinkie; Larson; Holberg; Erhardt; Peterson, N.; Davnie; Bernardy; Ruud and Dill introduced:
H. F. 2353, A bill for an act relating to taxation; tax increment financing; prohibiting the inclusion in a district or the use of increment to assist certain facilities as defined under federal law; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 469.176, subdivisions 4l, 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Garofalo, Gunther, Mahoney and Wilkin introduced:
H. F. 2354, A bill for an act relating to appropriations; appropriating money for small business development.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
Walker, Clark, Moe and Sailer introduced:
H. F. 2355, A bill for an act relating to economic development; providing assistance to American Indians to become entrepreneurs; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
Abeler, Walker, Bradley, Finstad and Samuelson introduced:
H. F. 2356, A bill for an act relating to health; directing the commissioner of health to work with local public health departments to develop a public health information network; appropriating money.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Lanning; Johnson, J.; Walker; Loeffler; Finstad and Samuelson introduced:
H. F. 2357, A bill for an act relating to health; directing the commissioner of health to distribute grants for methamphetamine use prevention; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 145A.14, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Seifert; Mahoney; Krinkie; Hamilton; Vandeveer; Sykora; Klinzing; Beard; McNamara; Abeler; Severson; Peterson, N.; Wardlow; Demmer; Cybart; Hoppe; Olson; Nelson, P.; Anderson, B.; Garofalo; Peppin and Powell introduced:
H. F. 2358, A bill for an act relating to human services; prohibiting certain purchases with MFIP cash grant funds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256J.39, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
Lenczewski introduced:
H. F. 2359, A bill for an act relating to taxation; increasing the cigarette tax; modifying the dedication of cigarette tax revenues; imposing a floor stocks tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 297F.05, subdivision 1; 297F.10, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Lenczewski introduced:
H. F. 2360, A bill for an act relating to health; extending approval for a nursing facility moratorium exception proposal approved under the competitive exception process; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 144A.073, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Knoblach introduced:
H. F. 2361, A bill for an act relating to taxation; individual income; reducing marriage penalties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 290.067, subdivision 2a; 290.0671, subdivisions 1, 1a; 290.091, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Smith introduced:
H. F. 2362, A bill for an act relating to retirement; Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund Association and expanded list plans; clarifying mutual fund authority; revising investment authority to exclude below-investment grade bonds; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 354A.28, subdivision 5; 356A.06, subdivision 7.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Abrams, Lenczewski and Lesch introduced:
H. F. 2363, A bill for an act relating to taxation; property; clarifying the market value exclusion for electric power generation efficiency; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 272.0211, subdivisions 1, 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.