STATE OF
EIGHTY-FOURTH SESSION - 2006
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EIGHTY-EIGHTH DAY
����� The House of Representatives convened at
12:00 noon and was called to order by Steve Sviggum, Speaker of the House.
����� Prayer was offered by the Reverend Nancy
Maeker, Bishop's Associate, St. Paul Area Synod - ELCA,
����� The members of the House gave the pledge
of allegiance to the flag of the
����� The roll was called and the following
members were present:
Abeler
Abrams
Anderson, B.
Atkins
Beard
Bernardy
Bradley
Brod
Buesgens
Carlson
Charron
Cornish
Cox
Cybart
Davids
Davnie
Dean
DeLaForest
Demmer
Dempsey
Dill
Dittrich
Dorman
Dorn
Eastlund
Eken
Ellison
Emmer
Entenza
Erhardt
Erickson
Finstad
Fritz
Garofalo
Gazelka
Goodwin
Greiling
Gunther
Hackbarth
Hansen
Hausman
Haws
Heidgerken
Hilstrom
Hilty
Holberg
Hoppe
Hornstein
Hortman
Hosch
Howes
Huntley
Jaros
Johnson, J.
Johnson, R.
Johnson, S.
Juhnke
Kahn
Kelliher
Klinzing
Knoblach
Koenen
Kohls
Krinkie
Lanning
Larson
Latz
Lenczewski
Lesch
Liebling
Lieder
Lillie
Loeffler
Magnus
Mahoney
Mariani
Marquart
McNamara
Meslow
Moe
Mullery
Murphy
Nelson, M.
Nelson, P.
Newman
Nornes
Olson
Otremba
Ozment
Paulsen
Paymar
Pelowski
Penas
Peppin
Peterson, A.
Peterson, N.
Peterson, S.
Poppe
Powell
Rukavina
Ruth
Ruud
Sailer
Samuelson
Scalze
Seifert
Sertich
Severson
Sieben
Simon
Simpson
Slawik
Smith
Soderstrom
Solberg
Sykora
Thao
Thissen
Tingelstad
Urdahl
Vandeveer
Wagenius
Wardlow
Welti
Westerberg
Westrom
Wilkin
Zellers
Spk. Sviggum
����� A quorum was present.
����� The Chief Clerk proceeded to read the
Journal of the preceding day.� Hansen
moved that further reading of the Journal be suspended and that the Journal be
approved as corrected by the Chief Clerk.�
The motion prevailed.
PETITIONS
AND COMMUNICATIONS
����� The following communications were
received:
STATE OF
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
April 5, 2006
The
Honorable Steve Sviggum
Speaker of
the House of Representatives
The State of
Dear Speaker
Sviggum:
����� Please be advised that I have received,
approved, signed, and deposited in the Office of the Secretary of State the
following House Files:
����� H. F. No. 2709, relating to
financial institutions; authorizing a detached facility in
����� H. F. No. 3039, relating to
natural resources; providing for extension of timber permits in the event of
adverse surface conditions.
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Pawlenty
������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Governor
STATE OF
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
The
Honorable Steve Sviggum
Speaker of
the House of Representatives
The
Honorable James P. Metzen
President of
the Senate
����� I have the honor to inform you that the
following enrolled Acts of the 2006 Session of the State Legislature have been
received from the Office of the Governor and are deposited in the Office of the
Secretary of State for preservation, pursuant to the State Constitution,
Article IV, Section 23:
S. F. No. |
H. F. No. |
Session Laws Chapter No. |
Time and Date Approved 2006 |
Date Filed 2006 |
�������������������������������� 2709��������������������� 174��������������������������������������� 9:10 a.m. April 5�������������������������������������� April 5
�������������������������������� 3039��������������������� 175��������������������������������������� 9:05 a.m. April 5�������������������������������������� April 5
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Kiffmeyer
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of State
STATE
OF
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
The Honorable Steve Sviggum
Speaker of the House of Representatives
The Honorable James P. Metzen
President of the Senate
����� I have the honor to inform you that the following enrolled Act
of the 2006 Session of the State Legislature has been received from the Office
of the Governor and is deposited in the Office of the Secretary of State for
preservation, pursuant to the State Constitution, Article IV, Section 23:
S. F. No. |
H. F. No. |
Session Laws Chapter No. |
Time and Date Approved 2006 |
Date Filed 2006 |
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p.m. April 7������������������������������������� April
7
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Kiffmeyer
������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Secretary
of State
REPORTS OF STANDING
COMMITTEES
Knoblach from the Committee on Ways and Means to which was
referred:
H. F. No. 2833, A bill for an act relating to government
operations; appropriating money for sale of state lands revolving loan fund,
Office of Enterprise Technology, the state's bankruptcy counsel, the investment
board, and the legislature; regulating state and local government operations;
limiting elected official per diems; establishing legislature and governor
forfeiture of salary under certain circumstances; modifying provisions related
to the legislature, Indian Affairs Council, investigation by the state auditor,
political subdivisions, special districts, attorney general, and governor;
establishing a moratorium on unfunded mandates to business and local
governments; establishing accounts for postemployment benefits; authorizing
state land sales; ratifying certain labor agreements and compensation plans;
regulating elections and campaign finance; modifying provisions related to the
military and veterans; modifying municipal boundary adjustment provisions;
authorizing rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 3.012;
3.099, subdivision 1; 3.101; 3.9223, subdivision 5; 3.9225, subdivision 5;
3.9226, subdivision 5; 6.47; 6.51; 6.54; 6.55; 6.551; 6.57; 6.59; 6.60; 6.62,
subdivision 2; 6.63; 6.64; 6.65; 6.66; 6.67; 6.68; 6.70; 6.71; 6.76; 8.01;
10A.15, subdivision 5; 10A.25, subdivisions 2, 10; 10A.27, subdivision 2;
10A.273, subdivisions 1, 2; 10A.322, subdivisions 1, 4; 11A.07, subdivision 5;
15.0575, subdivision 3; 15.059, subdivisions 3, 5; 15.066, subdivision 2;
16A.065; 16A.11, subdivision 3; 16A.1283; 16A.86, by adding a subdivision;
16C.02, subdivisions 4, 12, 14, by adding subdivisions; 16C.03, subdivisions 3,
4, 8, 13, 16; 16C.04, subdivisions 1, 2; 16C.05, subdivisions 1, 2, 5; 16C.08,
subdivision 2, by adding subdivisions; 16C.16, by adding a subdivision; 43A.17,
subdivision 4; 43A.316, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, by adding
subdivisions; 85.053, by adding a subdivision;
103D.355; 123B.63, subdivision 3; 126C.17, subdivision 11; 147.02, by adding a
subdivision; 190.055; 204B.14, subdivision 5; 204B.16, subdivision 3; 204B.19,
subdivision 4; 204B.40; 205.10, subdivision 3; 205A.05, subdivision 1; 205A.11,
subdivision 2; 211B.04; 211B.11, subdivision 1; 270B.14, by adding a
subdivision; 326.56; 349.211, subdivision 2a; 373.40, subdivision 2; 375.171;
375.20; 412.02, subdivision 2a; 414.01, subdivision 1a; 414.02, by adding a
subdivision; 414.031, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; 414.0325,
subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 414.033, subdivisions 2, 12; 414.036;
414.061, subdivision 5; 458.40; 465.82, subdivision 2; 465.84; 469.053,
subdivision 5; 469.0724; 469.177, subdivision 11; 469.190, subdivision 5;
471.345, subdivision 16, by adding subdivisions; 471.382; 475.58, subdivisions
1, 1a; 475.59; 609.67, subdivisions 3, 5; 626.88, subdivision 1; Minnesota
Statutes 2005 Supplement, sections 3.303, subdivision 7; 10.60, subdivision 3;
10A.01, subdivision 26; 10A.31, subdivision 4; 11A.04; 11A.07, subdivision 4;
14.127, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; 16C.064; 16C.09; 16C.10, subdivision 7; 43A.183;
123B.02, subdivision 23; 157.16, subdivision 3a; 192.502, by adding a
subdivision; 201.061, subdivision 3; 204B.16, subdivision 1; 204C.08,
subdivision 1a; 206.56, subdivisions 1b, 3, 7a, 7b, 8; 206.57, subdivision 5;
206.61, subdivision 5; 206.80; 206.805, subdivision 1; 206.82, subdivision 2;
206.83; 206.90, subdivision 8; 211B.13, subdivision 1; 349.15, subdivision 1;
349.17, subdivision 7; 471.661; 475.521, subdivision 2; Laws 2005, chapter 156,
article 1, sections 8; 11, subdivision 5; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapters 3; 6; 10A; 14; 15; 15A; 15B; 16A; 16B; 16C; 16E;
123B; 138; 181; 190; 197; 204C; 204D; 206; 240A; 270C; 290; 345; 349; 353; 414;
471; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 206A;
repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 6.56, subdivision 1; 10A.257,
subdivision 1; 10A.273, subdivision 3; 204C.50, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 6;
Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 204C.50, subdivisions 1, 2; Laws
2005, chapter 162, section 34, subdivision 7.
Reported the same back with the following amendments:
Page 4, after line 27, insert:
����� "Sec. 6.� VETERANS
AFFAIRS |
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soldiers' assistance fund |
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$2,300,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2007 from the
general fund to the commissioner of veterans affairs to be deposited in the
state soldiers' assistance fund established in
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$100,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2007 from the general
fund to the commissioner of veterans affairs to fund a veterans service
coordinator and a veterans information officer within the Department of
Veterans Affairs, whose mission is to create a centralized Web site containing
information on all state, federal, local, and private agencies and
organizations that provide goods or services to veterans or their families.� Prior to encumbering funds from the
appropriation in this subdivision, the commissioner must adhere to the
provisions of
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$100,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2007 from the general
fund to the commissioner of veterans affairs to provide grants to counties for
enhancing the benefits, programs, and services they provide to veterans.� The commissioner, in consultation with the
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$500,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2007 from the general
fund for the veterans assistance offices under
����� Page 5, line 5,
after the period, insert "The appropriation in this section is
available only after the state prevails in the appeal of the decision filed
December 20, 2005, by the Minnesota District Court, Second Judicial District,
in State v. Philip Morris, Inc."
Page 7, delete section 7
Pages 8 to 9, delete sections 10 to 12
Page 9, before line 12, insert:
"Sec. 9.� [4.51] EXPENSES OF GOVERNOR-ELECT.�
This section applies after a state general election in which
a person who is not the current governor is elected to take office as the next governor.� The commissioner of administration must
request a transfer from the general fund contingent account of an amount equal
to 1.5 percent of the amount appropriated for operation of the Office of the
Governor and Lieutenant Governor for the current fiscal year.� This request is subject to the review and
advice of the Legislative
Advisory Commission pursuant to section 3.30.�
If the transfer is approved, the commissioner of administration must
make this amount available to the governor-elect before he or she takes
office.� The commissioner must provide
office space for the governor-elect and for any employees the governor-elect
hires.
Page 18, after line 33, insert:
"Sec. 32.�
Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 10A.02, subdivision 5, is amended to
read:
Subd. 5.� Executive director; staff.� The board must appoint an executive
director.� The executive director is in
the unclassified service.� The executive
director serves as secretary of the board and must keep a record of all
proceedings and actions by the board.�
The board may also employ and prescribe the duties of other permanent or
temporary employees, including a staff attorney, in the unclassified
service as may be necessary to administer this chapter, subject to
appropriation.� The executive director
and all other employees serve at the pleasure of the board.� Expenses of the board must be approved by the
chair or another member as the rules of the board may provide and the expenses
must then be paid in the same manner as other state expenses are paid.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.� This section is
effective the day following final enactment."
Page 19, delete section 35
Page 24, delete section 43
Page 25, delete section 44
Page 28, line 31, delete everything after the period
Page 28, delete lines 32 and 33
Page 37, delete lines 10 to 16, and insert:
"Subdivision 1.�
Inventory.� The commissioner of administration must
maintain an inventory of state-owned buildings that are listed on the National
or State Register of Historic Places or are determined eligible for listing on
the National Register by the State Historic Preservation Office.� This subdivision does not apply to real
property held by the Board of Trustees of the
Page 37, line 28, after "National" insert
"or State"
Page 56, delete section 115
Page 57, delete section 118
Page 60, after line 33, insert:
"Sec. 119.�
Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 394.36, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:
Subd. 4.� Ownership of lot or parcel not relevant.� A county shall not refuse to issue a
permit for construction of a single-family residence based upon the common
ownership of a contiguous nonconforming lot or parcel, provided that contiguous
nonconforming lots or parcels under the same ownership contain no more than
three residential structures.� A
conforming lot or parcel of land shall retain its conforming status regardless
of the ownership of title to an adjoining nonconforming lot or parcel of
land.� Nothing in this subdivision shall
be construed to prohibit the application of other applicable statutes,
ordinances, or regulations in furtherance of health, safety,
or welfare, nor allow an increase in the nonconformity of a lot or parcel.� A county shall not prohibit the sale of a
residential lot or parcel based upon the common ownership of a contiguous
nonconforming lot or parcel.� The
provisions of this subdivision shall apply to lots and parcels defined as
shoreland within the meaning of section 103F.205.
Sec. 120.� Minnesota
Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 462.357, subdivision 1e, is amended to read:
Subd. 1e.� Nonconformities.� (a) Any nonconformity, including the lawful
use or occupation of land or premises existing at the time of the adoption of
an additional control under this chapter, may be continued, including through
repair, replacement, restoration, maintenance, or improvement, but not
including expansion, unless:
(1) the nonconformity or occupancy is discontinued for a
period of more than one year; or
(2) any nonconforming use is destroyed by fire or other peril
to the extent of greater than 50 percent of its market value, and no building
permit has been applied for within 180 days of when the property is
damaged.� In this case, a municipality
may impose reasonable conditions upon a building permit in order to mitigate
any newly created impact on adjacent property.
(b) Any subsequent use or occupancy of the land or premises
shall be a conforming use or occupancy.�
A municipality may, by ordinance, permit an expansion or impose upon
nonconformities reasonable regulations to prevent and abate nuisances and to
protect the public health, welfare, or safety.�
This subdivision does not prohibit a municipality from enforcing an
ordinance that applies to adults-only bookstores, adults-only theaters, or
similar adults-only businesses, as defined by ordinance.
(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a municipality shall
regulate the repair, replacement, maintenance, improvement, or expansion of
nonconforming uses and structures in floodplain areas to the extent necessary
to maintain eligibility in the National Flood Insurance Program and not
increase flood damage potential or increase the degree of obstruction to flood
flows in the floodway.
(d) A municipality shall not refuse to issue a permit for
construction of a single-family residence based upon the common ownership of a
contiguous nonconforming lot or parcel, provided that contiguous nonconforming
lots or parcels under the same ownership contain no more than three residential
structures.� A conforming lot or parcel
of land shall retain its conforming status regardless of the ownership of title
to an adjoining nonconforming lot or parcel of land.� Nothing in this subdivision shall be
construed to prohibit the application of other applicable statutes, ordinances,
or regulations in furtherance of health, safety, or welfare, nor allow an
increase in the nonconformity of a lot or parcel.� A municipality shall not prohibit the sale of
a residential lot or parcel based upon the common ownership of a contiguous
nonconforming lot or parcel.� The
provisions of this subdivision shall apply to lots and parcels defined as
shoreland within the meaning of section 103F.205."
Page 61, delete section 126
Page 65, delete section 137
Page 66, delete section 139
Page 79, lines 13 and 17, delete "located in whole or
in part in
Page 81, delete section 16
Page 85, line 13, delete "to comply with" and
insert "pursuant to"
Page 101, after line 21, insert:
"Sec.
44.� ELECTIONS
RULES.�
(a) The rules adopted by the Office of the Secretary of State
on August 9, 2004, pursuant to the authority granted in Laws 2004, chapter 293,
article 1, section 39, are made permanent as if they had been adopted pursuant
to
(b) The secretary of state shall amend the rules pursuant to
the good cause provision in section 14.88, subdivision 1, clause (3), as
follows:
(1) The secretary of state shall amend Minnesota Rules, parts
8200.1100, 8200.1200, 8200.1700, 8200.3700, and 8200.9310, subpart 4 so that
effective August 10, 2006, these rules are identical to the language contained
in them on August 8, 2004.
(2) The secretary of state shall amend Minnesota Rules, part
8200.9115, subpart 1, effective August 10, 2006, so that the certification at
the top of each page of the polling place roster includes the statement that
the individual is not under a guardianship of the person in which the court
order revokes the individual's right to vote; and that the individual has the
right to vote because, if convicted of a felony, the individual's felony
sentence has expired (been completed) or the individual has been discharged
from the individual's sentence.
(3) The secretary of state shall amend Minnesota Rules, part
8210.0100, subpart 2, effective August 10, 2006, so that the form of the
affidavit of eligibility includes certification by the individual that the
individual is not under a guardianship of the person in which the court order
revokes the individual's right to vote, and that the individual has the right
to vote because, if convicted of a felony, the individual's felony sentence has
expired (been completed) or the individual has been discharged from the individual's
sentence.
(4) The secretary of state shall amend
(i) add cellular telephone to the list in Step 3, item b,
subitem (i);
(ii) add a tribal identification card as provided in Minnesota
Statutes, section 201.061, subdivision 3, to the list in Step 3, item b,
subitem (ii);
(iii) repeal Step 3, item f; and
(iv) add a new Step to be numbered Step 10 and placed between
the current Step 9 and Step 10 that directs the voter, if the voter has been
provided with an additional envelope to conceal the signature, identification,
and other information, to place the white ballot return envelope into the
additional envelope; and directs the voter, if the voter has been provided a
white ballot envelope with an additional flap that when sealed, conceals the
signature, identification, and other information, to make sure that the flap is
properly in place to conceal that information.
(5) The secretary of state shall amend Minnesota Rules, part 8200.5100,
subpart 2, item B, to add cellular telephone to the list in that item.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.� This section is
effective the day following final enactment."
Page 114, after line 18, insert:
"Sec. 4.� [181.947] LEAVE FOR IMMEDIATE FAMILY
MEMBERS OF MILITARY PERSONNEL INJURED OR KILLED IN ACTIVE SERVICE.�
Subdivision 1.�
Definitions.� (a) The definitions in this
subdivision apply to this section.�
(b) "Active service" has the meaning given in
section 190.05, subdivision 5.
(c)
"Employee" means a person, independent contractor, or person working
for an independent contractor who performs services for compensation, in
whatever form, for an employer.
(d) "Employer" means a person or entity located or
doing business in this state and having one or more employees, and includes the
state and all political or other governmental subdivisions of the state.
(e) "Immediate family member" means a person's
parent, child, grandparents, siblings, or spouse.
Subd. 2.� Unpaid leave required.� An employer must grant up to ten
working days of a leave of absence without pay to an employee whose immediate
family member, as a member of the
Subd. 3.� Notice.� An employee must give as much notice
to the employee's employer as practicable of the employee's intent to exercise
the leave guaranteed by this section.
Subd. 4.� Relationship to other leave.� The length of leave provided under
this section may be reduced by any period of paid leave provided by the
employer.� Nothing in this section
prevents an employer from providing leave benefits in addition to those
provided in this section or otherwise affects an employee's rights with respect
to other employment benefits.
EFFECTIVE DATE.� This section is effective the day
following final enactment and applies to the immediate family members of
military personnel injured or killed on or after that date, as well as to the
immediate family members of military personnel who, on the effective date, are
recovering from injuries that occurred prior to that date."
Page 116, after line 5, insert:
"Sec. 9.� Minnesota
Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 192.502, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:
Subd. 4.� Unpaid leave for families of injured or
deceased military members.� Employees
are entitled to unpaid leave, as required by section 181.947, when an immediate
family member, as a member of the
EFFECTIVE
DATE.� This section is
effective the day following final enactment and applies to the immediate family
members of military personnel injured or killed on or after that date, as well
as to the immediate family members of military personnel who, on the effective
date, are recovering from injuries that occurred prior to that date.
Sec. 10.� [197.585] HIGHER EDUCATION VETERANS
ASSISTANCE OFFICES.�
(a) If there is a need as determined by the commissioner of
veterans affairs, each campus of the University of Minnesota and each
institution within the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system shall
provide adequate space for a veterans assistance office to be administered by
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and each private college and university in
Minnesota is requested to provide adequate space for a veterans assistance
office to be administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.� The veterans assistance office must provide
information and assistance to veterans who are students or family members of
students at the school so that they know what state, federal, local, and
private resources are available to them.
(b) By January 15 each year the commissioner shall report to
the chairs of the house and senate committees having purview over veterans
affairs policy and finance, regarding the implementation and effectiveness of
this section.� The report must address
all relevant issues raised in writing to the commissioner by those chairs by
August 1 of the preceding year.
(c)
This section expires at the end of the first fiscal year in which the number of
veterans enrolled in Minnesota public institutions of higher education is fewer
than 4,000, but no later than June 30, 2012.
Page 126, line 30, delete "414.0325 or"
Renumber the sections in sequence
Amend the title as follows:
Page 1, line 3, after "Technology," insert
"Veterans Affairs,"
Page 1, line 9, delete everything after the semicolon
Page 1, line 10, delete "business and local
governments;"
Page 1, line 11, after "sales;" insert "providing
for expenses of a governor-elect;"
Page 1, line 13, after "veterans;" insert
"requiring unpaid leave for family members of military personnel in
certain circumstances; providing that ownership of property is not a factor for
certain permit, nonconforming use, or sale purposes;"
Page 1, line 14, after "provisions;" insert
"providing for amendment of certain rules adopted by the secretary of
state and making them permanent;"
Correct the title numbers accordingly
With the recommendation that when so amended the bill pass.
����� The report was adopted.
Knoblach from the Committee on Ways and Means to which was
referred:
H. F. No. 2959, A bill for an act relating to capital
improvements; authorizing spending to acquire and better public land and buildings
and other public improvements of a capital nature with certain conditions;
establishing new programs and modifying existing programs; authorizing sale of
state bonds; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections
16A.11, subdivision 1; 16A.86, subdivisions 2, 4; 85.013, by adding a
subdivision; 86A.05, subdivision 3; 103F.161, subdivision 3; 123A.44; 123A.441;
123A.442; 123A.443; 136F.98, subdivision 1; 446A.12, subdivision 1; Minnesota
Statutes 2005 Supplement, sections 116.182, subdivision 2; 116J.575,
subdivision 1; Laws 2000, chapter 492, article 1, section 7, subdivision 21, as
amended; Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 19, subdivision 2; Laws 2005, chapter
20, article 1, sections 7, subdivisions 14, 21; 19, subdivision 6; 20, subdivision
3; 23, subdivisions 3, 12; 27; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
Statutes, chapters 16B; 86A; 116J; 446A.
Reported the same back with the following amendments:
Page 9, line 21, delete "The"
Page 9, delete lines 22 and 23
Page 14, line 1, before "For" insert "To
the commissioner of administration"
Page
15, line 28, delete "Repair, Reconstruction," and insert
"Renovation"
Page 15, line 30, delete "repair, reconstruct,"
and insert "renovate"
Page 16, line 5, delete "18,000,000" and
insert "17,000,000"
Page 16, line 10, delete "8,000,000" and
insert "7,000,000"
Page 17, line 16, delete "2,000,000" and
insert "1,000,000"
Page 17, line 28, delete "3,000,000" and
insert "2,000,000"
Page 18, line 12, delete "9,511,000" and
insert "8,511,000"
Page 19, line 2, delete "$2,000,000" and
insert "$1,000,000"
Page 21, line 29, delete "1,000,000" and
insert "6,000,000"
Page 31, line 9, delete "section" and insert
"paragraph"
Page 41, line 32, before the period, insert "and make
other interior capital improvements"
Page 50, line 26, delete "for" and insert
"to remediate or replace"
Page 51, line 3, delete "administration" and
insert "public safety"
Page 57, delete section 31
Page 58, line 3, delete "[86A.27]" and
insert "[85.0157]"
Page 59, delete section 33
Page 68, delete subdivision 1 and insert:
"Subdivision 1.�
Creation of account.� A clean water legacy capital improvement
account is created in the bond proceeds fund.�
Money in the account may only be used for grants for eligible capital costs
as provided in this section."
Page 68, line 10, delete "fund" and insert
"account"
Page 68, line 25, after "include" insert
"engineering and inspection costs and" and delete "and"
Page 68, line 26, delete "engineering planning and
design costs"
Page 68, line 28, delete "planning, and design"
and insert "and inspection"
Page 69, line 2, delete "are" and insert
"may be"
Page 69, line 4, before the period, insert ",
provided that reimbursement is an eligible use of funds"
Page 69, delete subdivision 1 and insert:
"Subdivision
1.� Creation of account.� A
small community wastewater treatment account is created in the bond proceeds
fund.� The authority shall make loans and
grants from the account as provided in this section.� The account shall be credited with all loan
repayments and investment income from the account and servicing fees assessed
under section 446A.04, subdivision 5.�
The authority shall manage and administer the small community wastewater
treatment account and for these purposes, may exercise all powers provided in
this chapter."
Page 69, lines 30 and 33, delete "fund" and
insert "account"
Page 70, line 11, after the comma, insert "and if it
is an eligible use of funds,"
Page 71, line 7, delete "fund" and insert
"account"
Page 71, line 31, delete "planning," and
after "construction," insert "related" and
delete "administration,"
Page 76, after line 21, insert:
"Sec. 48.� Laws
2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 20, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
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State-Operated Services
Forensics Programs |
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To design new facilities to be constructed on the campus of
the St. Peter Moose Lake Regional Treatment Center for
individuals committed as sexual psychopathic personalities, sexually dangerous
persons, mentally ill, or mentally ill and dangerous."
Page 82, delete section 57
Adjust amounts accordingly
Renumber the sections in sequence
Correct the title numbers accordingly
With the recommendation that when so amended the bill
pass.
����� The report was adopted.
Knoblach from the Committee on Ways and Means to which was
referred:
H. F. No. 3258, A bill for an act relating to health;
requiring reporting on notification that is required before an abortion is
performed on a minor or certain other women; providing civil penalties;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 13.3806, by adding a subdivision;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 144; 145.
Reported the same back with the recommendation that the bill
pass.
����� The report was adopted.
Nornes
from the Committee on Higher Education Finance to which was referred:
H. F. No. 3924, A bill for an act relating to higher
education; modifying programs of the Higher Education Office; appropriating
money and reducing certain appropriations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
sections 135A.031, subdivision 7; 135A.034, subdivision 1; 135A.053,
subdivision 2; 136A.101, subdivisions 4, 8; 136A.15, subdivisions 6, 9, by
adding a subdivision; 136A.16, by adding a subdivision; 136A.162; 136A.1701,
subdivisions 4, 7, by adding a subdivision; 136A.233, subdivision 3; 137.17,
subdivisions 1, 3; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 136A.1701,
subdivision 12; Laws 2005, chapter 107, article 1, sections 1; 2, subdivisions
1, 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 136A;
repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 135A.01; 135A.031, subdivisions 1,
2, 5, 6; 135A.032; 135A.033; 136A.15, subdivision 5; 136A.1702; 137.17,
subdivisions 2, 4; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 135A.031,
subdivisions 3, 4; Minnesota Rules, parts 4850.0011, subparts 9, 10, 14, 27;
4850.0014, subpart 1.
Reported the same back with the following amendments:
Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
"Section 1.�
Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 13.32, subdivision 3, is
amended to read:
Subd. 3.� Private data; when disclosure is permitted.� Except as provided in subdivision 5,
educational data is private data on individuals and shall not be disclosed
except as follows:
(a) pursuant to section 13.05;
(b) pursuant to a valid court order;
(c) pursuant to a statute specifically authorizing access to
the private data;
(d) to disclose information in health and safety emergencies
pursuant to the provisions of United States Code, title 20, section
1232g(b)(1)(I) and Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, section 99.36;
(e) pursuant to the provisions of United States Code, title
20, sections 1232g(b)(1), (b)(4)(A), (b)(4)(B), (b)(1)(B), (b)(3), (i)(1),
and Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, sections 99.31, 99.32, 99.33, 99.34,
and 99.35;
(f) to appropriate health authorities to the extent necessary
to administer immunization programs and for bona fide epidemiologic
investigations which the commissioner of health determines are necessary to
prevent disease or disability to individuals in the public educational agency
or institution in which the investigation is being conducted;
(g) when disclosure is required for institutions that
participate in a program under title IV of the Higher Education Act, United
States Code, title 20, section 1092;
(h) to the appropriate school district officials to the
extent necessary under subdivision 6, annually to indicate the extent and
content of remedial instruction, including the results of assessment testing
and academic performance at a postsecondary institution during the previous
academic year by a student who graduated from a Minnesota school district
within two years before receiving the remedial instruction;
(i) to appropriate authorities as provided in United States
Code, title 20, section 1232g(b)(1)(E)(ii), if the data concern the juvenile
justice system and the ability of the system to effectively serve, prior to
adjudication, the student whose records are released; provided that the authorities
to whom the data are released submit a written request
for the data that certifies that the data will not be disclosed to any other
person except as authorized by law without the written consent of the parent of
the student and the request and a record of the release are maintained in the
student's file;
(j) to volunteers who are determined to have a legitimate
educational interest in the data and who are conducting activities and events
sponsored by or endorsed by the educational agency or institution for students
or former students;
(k) to provide student recruiting information, from
educational data held by colleges and universities, as required by and subject
to Code of Federal Regulations, title 32, section 216;
(l) to the juvenile justice system if information about the
behavior of a student who poses a risk of harm is reasonably necessary to
protect the health or safety of the student or other individuals;
(m) with respect to Social Security numbers of students in
the adult basic education system, to Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
and the Department of Employment and Economic Development for the purpose and
in the manner described in section 124D.52, subdivision 7; or
(n) to the commissioner of education for purposes of an assessment
or investigation of a report of alleged maltreatment of a student as mandated
by section 626.556.� Upon request by the
commissioner of education, data that are relevant to a report of maltreatment
and are from charter school and school district investigations of alleged
maltreatment of a student must be disclosed to the commissioner, including, but
not limited to, the following:
(1) information regarding the student alleged to have been
maltreated;
(2) information regarding student and employee witnesses;
(3) information regarding the alleged perpetrator; and
(4) what corrective or protective action was taken, if any,
by the school facility in response to a report of maltreatment by an employee
or agent of the school or school district.
Sec. 2.� Minnesota
Statutes 2004, section 135A.031, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
Subd. 7.� Reports.� Instructional expenditure and enrollment data
for each instructional category shall be submitted by the public
postsecondary systems to the Office of Higher Education and the Department of
Finance and included in the biennial budget document.� The specific data shall be submitted only
after the director of the Office of Higher Education has consulted with a data
advisory task force to determine the need, content, and detail of the
information.
Sec. 3.� Minnesota
Statutes 2004, section 135A.034, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.� Operating budget.� The governing boards of the University of
Minnesota, and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall each
develop, for legislative and executive branch acceptance, its highest budget
priorities in accordance with statewide objectives for higher education.� It is the intent of the legislature to
appropriate at least 67 percent of the total cost of instruction after
adjusting for inflation and enrollment changes.�
However, in the event of a budget shortfall, or if funding of inflation
is not possible, available funding shall first be applied to the agreed upon
budget priorities.
Sec.
4.� [135A.043]
RESIDENT TUITION.�
(a) A student shall qualify for a resident tuition rate or
its equivalent at state universities and colleges, including the University of
Minnesota, if the student meets all of the following requirements:
(1) high school attendance within the state for three or more
years;
(2) graduation from a state high school or attainment within
the state of the equivalent of high school graduation;
(3) registration as an entering student at, or current
enrollment in, a public institution of higher education; and
(4) in the case of a student without lawful immigration
status, the filing of an affidavit with the institution of higher education
stating that the student has filed an application to legalize his or her
immigration status, or will file an application at the earliest opportunity the
individual is eligible to do so.
(b) This section is in addition to any other statute, rule,
or higher education institution regulation or policy providing eligibility for
a resident tuition rate or its equivalent to a student.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.� This section is
effective the day following final enactment and applies to tuition for school
terms commencing on or after that date.
Sec. 5.� Minnesota
Statutes 2004, section 135A.053, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2.� Performance and accountability.� Higher education systems and campuses are
expected to achieve the objectives in subdivision 1 and will be held
accountable for doing so.� The
legislature is increasing the flexibility of the systems and campuses to
provide greater responsibility to higher education in deciding how to achieve
statewide objectives, and to decentralize authority so that those decisions can
be made at the level where the education is delivered.� To demonstrate their accountability, the
legislature expects each system and campus to measure and report on its
performance, using meaningful indicators that are critical to achieving the
objectives in subdivision 1, as provided in section 135A.033.� Nothing in this section precludes a system
or campus from determining its own objectives and performance measures beyond
those identified in this section.
Sec. 6.� Minnesota
Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 135A.52, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.� Fees and tuition.� Except for an administration fee established
by the governing board at a level to recover costs, to be collected only when a
course is taken for credit, a senior citizen who is a legal resident of
Minnesota is entitled without payment of tuition or activity fees to attend
courses offered for credit, audit any courses offered for credit, or enroll in
any noncredit courses in any state supported institution of higher education in
Minnesota when space is available after all tuition-paying students have been
accommodated.� A senior citizen enrolled
under this section must pay any materials, personal property, or service
charges for the course.� In addition, a
senior citizen who is enrolled in a course for credit must pay an
administrative fee in an amount established by the governing board of the
institution to recover the course costs.�
There shall be no administrative fee charges to a senior citizen
auditing a course.� For the purposes of
this section and section 135A.51, the term "noncredit courses" shall
not include those courses designed and offered specifically and exclusively for
senior citizens.
The provisions of this section and section 135A.51 do not
apply to noncredit courses designed and offered by the University of Minnesota,
and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities specifically and exclusively
for senior citizens.� Senior citizens
enrolled under the provisions of this section and section 135A.51 shall not be
included by such institutions in their computation of full-time equivalent
students when requesting staff or appropriations.
Sec.
7.� Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement,
section 135A.52, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2.� Term; income of senior citizens.� (a) Except under paragraph (b), there shall
be no limit to the number of terms, quarters or semesters a senior citizen may
attend courses, nor income limitation imposed in determining eligibility.
(b) A senior citizen enrolled in a closed enrollment contract
training or professional continuing education program is not eligible for
benefits under subdivision 1.
Sec. 8.� Minnesota
Statutes 2004, section 136A.101, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4.� Eligible institution.� "Eligible institution" means a
postsecondary educational institution that:
(1) is located in this state or in a state with which the
office has entered into a higher education reciprocity agreement on state
student aid programs that either (1);
(2) �is operated by
this state or by the University of Minnesota, or (2) is operated
publicly or privately and, as determined by the office, maintains academic
standards substantially equivalent to those of comparable institutions operated
in this state.; and
(3) is licensed or registered as a postsecondary institution
by the Office of Higher Education or another state agency.
Eligible institutions must participate in federal student aid
programs under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended.� An institution that participated in the state
grant program in fiscal year 2007 but did not participate in federal student
aid programs under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended,
must become a participant in the federal student aid programs by July 1, 2009,
or lose eligibility to participate in the state grant program.
Sec. 9.� Minnesota
Statutes 2004, section 136A.101, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
Subd. 8.� Resident student.� "Resident student" means a student
who meets one of the following conditions:
(1) a student who has resided in Minnesota for purposes other
than postsecondary education for at least 12 months without being enrolled at a
postsecondary educational institution for more than five credits in any term;
(2) a dependent student whose parent or legal guardian resides
in Minnesota at the time the student applies;
(3) a student who graduated from a Minnesota high school, if
the student was a resident of Minnesota during the student's period of
attendance at the Minnesota high school and the student is physically
attending a Minnesota postsecondary educational institution; oder
(4) a student who, after residing in the state for a minimum
of one year, earned a high school equivalency certificate in Minnesota.;
(5) a member, spouse, or dependent of a member of the armed
forces of the United States stationed in Minnesota on active federal military
service as defined in section 190.05, subdivision 5c;
(6) a person or spouse of a person who relocated to Minnesota
from an area that is declared a presidential disaster area within the preceding
12 months if the disaster interrupted the person's postsecondary education; or
(7) a person defined as a refugee under United States Code,
title 8, section 1101(a)(42), who, upon arrival in the United States, moved to
Minnesota and has continued to reside in Minnesota.
Sec.
10.� Minnesota Statutes 2004, section
136A.15, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
Subd. 6.� Eligible institution.� "Eligible institution" means a
postsecondary educational institution that either:
(1) is operated or regulated by this state or by the
University of Minnesota, or (2) is operated publicly or privately in
another state, is approved by the United States Secretary of Education, and, as
determined by the office, maintains academic standards substantially equal to
those of comparable institutions operated in this state.� It also includes any institution chartered in
a province.; or
(2) is licensed or registered as a postsecondary institution
by the Office of Higher Education or another state agency.
Eligible institutions must participate in federal student aid
programs under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended.� An institution that participated in the SELF
program in fiscal year 2007 but did not participate in federal student aid
programs under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, must
become a participant in the federal student aid programs by July 1, 2009, or
lose eligibility to participate in the SELF program.
An eligible institution must sign an institutional loan
participation agreement with the office that lists the duties and
responsibilities of both the institution and the office.
Sec. 11.� Minnesota
Statutes 2004, section 136A.15, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
Subd. 9.� Minnesota resident student.� "Minnesota resident student"
means a student who meets one of the following conditions in
section 136A.101, subdivision 8.:
(1) a student who has resided in Minnesota for purposes other
than postsecondary education for at least 12 months without being enrolled at a
postsecondary educational institution for more than five credits in any term;
(2) a dependent student whose parent or legal guardian
resides in Minnesota at the time the student applies;
(3) a student who graduated from a Minnesota high school, if
the student was a resident of Minnesota during the student's period of
attendance at the Minnesota high school and the student is physically attending
a Minnesota postsecondary educational institution; or
(4) a student who, after residing in the state for a minimum
of one year, earned a high school equivalency certificate in Minnesota.
Sec. 12.� Minnesota
Statutes 2004, section 136A.15, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 10.� Eligible cosigner.� "Eligible cosigner" means a
cosigner who:
(1) is at least 24 years old, or at least 18 years old if the
cosigner is a sibling;
(2) is a United States citizen or permanent resident;
(3) permanently resides in the United States; and
(4) agrees to the release of information to a consumer credit
reporting agency, as specified in section 136A.162, paragraph (b);
(5)
is creditworthy by meeting all of the following requirements:
(i) no balances at a consumer credit reporting agency
discharged through bankruptcy within the seven years prior to application for
credit;
(ii) no garnishments, attachments, foreclosure, repossession,
or defendant in a suit to collect a debt appearing on the credit report;
(iii) no tax or mechanics liens or judgments appearing on the
credit report;
(iv) no items that are charged off or are delinquent for 120
days or more, that in total exceed $50;
(v) no more than five percent of current balances at a
consumer credit reporting agency past due, that in total exceed $50.
Sec. 13.� Minnesota
Statutes 2004, section 136A.16, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 16.� Interest rate swaps and other
agreements.� (a) The office
may enter into interest rate exchange or swap agreements, hedges, forward
purchase or sale agreements, or other comparable interest rate protection
agreements with a third party in connection with the issuance or proposed
issuance of bonds, outstanding bonds or notes, or existing comparable interest
rate protection agreements.
(b) The agreements authorized by this subdivision include,
without limitation, master agreements, options, or contracts to enter into
those agreements in the future and related agreements, including, without
limitation, agreements to provide credit enhancement, liquidity, or
remarketing.
(c) The agreements authorized by this subdivision may be
entered into on the basis of negotiation with a qualified third party or
through a competitive proposal process on terms and conditions as and with
covenants and provisions approved by the office and may include, without
limitation:
(1) provisions establishing reserves;
(2) pledging assets or revenues of the office for current or
other payments or termination payments;
(3) contracting with the other parties to the agreements to
provide for the custody, collection, securing, investment, and payment of money
of the office or money held in trust; or
(4) requiring the issuance of bonds or other agreements
authorized by this section in the future.
(d) With respect to bonds or notes outstanding or proposed to
be issued bearing interest at a variable rate, the office may agree to pay sums
equal to interest at a fixed rate or at a different variable rate determined in
accordance with a formula set out in the agreement on an amount not exceeding
the outstanding principal amount of the bonds or notes at the time of payment
in exchange for an agreement by the third party to pay sums equal to interest
on a like amount at a variable rate determined according to a formula set out
in the agreement.
(e) With respect to bonds or notes outstanding or proposed to
be issued bearing interest at a fixed rate or rates, the office may agree to
pay sums equal to interest at a variable rate determined in accordance with a
formula set out in the agreement on an amount not exceeding the outstanding
principal amount of the bonds or notes at the time of payment in exchange for
an agreement by the third party to pay sums equal to interest on a like amount
at a fixed rate or rates determined according to a formula set in the
agreement.
(f)
Subject to any applicable covenants of the office, payments required to be made
by the office under the agreement, including termination payments, may be made
from amounts pledged or available to pay debt service on the bonds or notes
with respect to which the agreement was made or from assets of the loan capital
fund of the office.� The office may issue
bonds or notes to provide for any payments, including, without limitation, a
termination payment due or to become due under an agreement authorized under
this section.
Sec. 14.� Minnesota
Statutes 2004, section 136A.162, is amended to read:
136A.162 CLASSIFICATION OF
DATA.�
All data on applicants for financial assistance collected and
used by the Higher Education Services Office for student financial aid programs
administered by that office shall be classified as private data on individuals
under section 13.02, subdivision 12.�
Exceptions to this classification are that:
(a) the names and addresses of program recipients or
participants are public data;
(b) data on applicants may be disclosed to the
commissioner of human services to the extent necessary to determine eligibility
under section 136A.121, subdivision 2, clause (5); and
(c) (b) the following data collected in the
Minnesota supplemental loan program under section 136A.1701 may be disclosed to
a consumer credit reporting agency only if the borrower and the cosigner give
informed consent, according to section 13.05, subdivision 4, at the time of
application for a loan:
(1) the lender-assigned borrower identification number;
(2) the name and address of borrower;
(3) the name and address of cosigner;
(4) the date the account is opened;
(5) the outstanding account balance;
(6) the dollar amount past due;
(7) the number of payments past due;
(8) the number of late payments in previous 12 months;
(9) the type of account;
(10) the responsibility for the account; and
(11) the status or remarks code.
Sec. 15.� Minnesota
Statutes 2004, section 136A.1701, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4.� Terms and conditions of loans.� (a) The office may loan money upon
such terms and conditions as the office may prescribe.� The principal amount of a loan to an
undergraduate student for a single academic year shall not exceed $6,000 for
grade levels 1 and 2 effective July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007.� Effective July 1, 2007, the principal amount
of a loan for grade levels 1 and 2 shall not exceed $7,500.� The principal amount of a loan for grade
levels 3, 4, and 5 shall not exceed $7,500 effective July 1, 2006.� The aggregate principal amount of all loans
made under this section to an undergraduate student shall not exceed $37,500
after June 30, 2007$25,000
$34,500 through June 30, 2007, and a an
undergraduate and graduate student shall not exceed $40,000.
$52,500 through June 30, 2007, and $55,500 after June 30, 2007.� The amount of the loan may not exceed the
cost of attendance less all other financial aid, including PLUS loans or other
similar parent loans borrowed on the student's behalf.� The cumulative SELF loan debt must not exceed
the borrowing maximums in paragraph (b).
(b) The cumulative undergraduate borrowing maximums for SELF
loans are:
(1) effective July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007:
(i) grade level 1, $6,000;
(ii) grade level 2, $12,000;
(iii) grade level 3, $19,500;
(iv) grade level 4, $27,000; and
(v) grade level 5, $34,500; and
(2) effective July 1, 2007:
(i) grade level 1, $7,500;
(ii) grade level 2, $15,000;
(iii) grade level 3, $22,500;
(iv) grade level 4, $30,000; and
(v) grade level 5, $37,500.
Sec. 16.� Minnesota
Statutes 2004, section 136A.1701, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
Subd. 7.� Repayment of loans.� (a) The office shall establish
repayment procedures for loans made under this section, but in no event shall
the period of permitted repayment for SELF II or SELF III loans exceed
ten years from the eligible student's termination of the student's
postsecondary academic or vocational program, or 15 years from the date of the
student's first loan under this section, whichever is less.
(b) For SELF loans from phases after SELF III, eligible
students with aggregate principal loan balances from all SELF phases that are
less than $18,750 shall have a repayment period not exceeding ten years from
the eligible student's graduation or termination date.� For SELF loans from phases after SELF III,
eligible students with aggregate principal loan balances from all SELF phases
of $18,750 or greater shall have a repayment period not exceeding 15 years from
the eligible student's graduation or termination date.� For SELF loans from phases after SELF III,
the loans shall enter repayment no later than seven years after the first
disbursement date on the loan.
Sec. 17.� Minnesota
Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 136A.1701, subdivision 12, is amended to
read:
Subd. 12.� Eligible student.� "Eligible student" means a student
who is a Minnesota resident who is enrolled or accepted for enrollment at an
eligible institution in Minnesota or in another state Minnesota.� Non-Minnesota resident students enrolled
exclusively during the academic year in correspondence courses or courses
offered over the Internet are not eligible students.� Non-Minnesota resident students not
physically attending classes in Minnesota due to enrollment in a study abroad
program for 12 months or less are eligible students.� Non-Minnesota residents enrolled in study
abroad programs exceeding 12 months are not eligible students.� For purposes of this section, an
"eligible student" must also meet the eligibility requirements of
section 136A.15, subdivision 8.or province.� Non-Minnesota residents are eligible students
if they are enrolled or accepted for enrollment in a minimum of one course of
at least 30 days in length during the academic year that requires physical
attendance at an eligible institution located in
Sec. 18.� Minnesota
Statutes 2004, section 136A.1701, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 13.� Cosigner requirement.� All borrowers under this section must have
an eligible cosigner.� The cosigner is
jointly and separately responsible for making loan payments, including
principal, interest, and other charges.
Sec. 19.� [136A.1704] LOAN REHABILITATION.�
(a) For SELF loans that have defaulted, the borrower or
cosigner has the option to rehabilitate the loan, as loan rehabilitation is not
prohibited under any federal or state statute, rule, regulation, act, or
requirement.
(b) A defaulted SELF loan can be rehabilitated only once and
rehabilitation can only be attempted twice per loan.
(c) An agreement specifying the required payment amount and
payment due date must be signed by the borrower or cosigner prior to the start
of the rehabilitation process and within two years of the default date.
(d) Twelve consecutive months of on-time payments are
required to consider the loan rehabilitated.�
There is a five-business-day grace period.
(e) If the loan is paid in full within 90 days of default,
the loan will be considered rehabilitated upon receipt of a rehabilitation
request.
(f) Rehabilitation results in removal of the defaulted
status, but not the past due history, from the credit bureau.
Sec. 20.� [136A.1705] TEMPORARY TOTAL DISABILITY.�
A temporary total disability for up to three years may be
granted to a borrower upon medical certification that the total disability is
expected to last four months or longer.�
The total disability must have originated after the loan was fully
disbursed.� The borrower is required to
provide a certification from a qualified physician.� A qualified physician is a doctor of medicine
or osteopathy who is legally authorized to practice medicine.� Periodic recertifications of the total disability
status must be provided upon request.�
During the approved total disability period, the loan does not accrue
interest.� The borrower shall be given
the option to sign a payment extension agreement at the time payments are
resumed.
Sec. 21.� Minnesota
Statutes 2004, section 136A.233, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3.� Payments.� Work-study payments shall be made to eligible
students by postsecondary institutions as provided in this subdivision.
(a) Students shall be selected for participation in the
program by the postsecondary institution on the basis of student financial
need.
(b)
In selecting students for participation, priority must be given to students
enrolled for at least 12 credits.� In
each academic year, a student may be awarded work-study payments for one period
of nonenrollment or less than half-time enrollment if the student enrolls on at
least a half-time basis during the following academic term.
(c) Students will be paid for hours actually worked and the
maximum hourly rate of pay shall not exceed the maximum hourly rate of pay
permitted under the federal college work-study program.
(d) Minimum pay rates will be determined by an applicable
federal or state law.
(e) The office shall annually establish a minimum percentage rate
of student compensation to be paid by an eligible employer.
(f) Each postsecondary institution receiving money for state
work-study grants shall make a reasonable effort to place work-study students
in employment with eligible employers outside the institution.� However, a public employer other than the
institution may not terminate, lay off, or reduce the working hours of a
permanent employee for the purpose of hiring a work-study student, or replace a
permanent employee who is on layoff from the same or substantially the same job
by hiring a work-study student.
(g) The percent of the institution's work-study allocation
provided to graduate students shall not exceed the percent of graduate student
enrollment at the participating institution.
(h) An institution may use up to 30 percent of its allocation
for student internships with private, for-profit employers.
Sec. 22.� Minnesota
Statutes 2004, section 136F.42, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.� Time reporting.� As provided in Executive Order 96-2, the
board, in consultation with the commissioners of employee relations and
finance, may develop policies to allow system office or campus employees on
salaries, as defined in section 43A.17, subdivision 1, to use negative time
reporting in which employees report only that time for which leave is
taken.� By the end of the 1997 fiscal
year, the board, in consultation with the commissioners of employee relations
and finance, shall evaluate the use of negative time reporting and its
potential for use with other state employees.
Sec. 23.� Minnesota
Statutes 2004, section 136F.71, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2.� Activity funds.� All receipts attributable to the state
colleges and universities activity funds and deposited in the state treasury
are appropriated to the board and are not subject to budgetary control as
exercised by the commissioner of finance.
Sec. 24.� Minnesota
Statutes 2004, section 136F.71, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 4.� Banking services. �Notwithstanding section 16A.27, the board
shall have authority to control the amount and manner of deposit of all
receipts described in this section in depositories selected by the board.� The board's authority shall include
specifying the considerations, financial activities, and conditions required
from the depository, including the requirement of collateral security or a
corporate surety bond as described in section 118A.03.� The board may compensate the depository,
including paying a reasonable charge to the depository, maintaining appropriate
compensating balances with the depository, or purchasing non-interest-bearing
certificates of deposit from the depository for performing depository-related
services.
Sec.
25.� Minnesota Statutes 2004, section
137.022, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4.� Mineral research; scholarships.� (a) All income credited after July 1, 1992,
to the permanent university fund from royalties for mining under state mineral
leases from and after July 1, 1991, must be allocated as provided in this
subdivision.
(b)(1) Fifty percent of the income, up to $25,000,000
$50,000,000, must be credited to the mineral research account of the fund
to be allocated for the Natural Resources Research Institute-Duluth and
Coleraine facilities, for mineral and mineral-related research including
mineral-related environmental research; and
(2) The remainder must be credited to the endowed scholarship
account of the fund for distribution annually for scholastic achievement as
provided by the Board of Regents to undergraduates enrolled at the University
of Minnesota who are resident students as defined in section 136A.101,
subdivision 8.
(c) The annual distribution from the endowed scholarship
account must be allocated to the various campuses of the University of
Minnesota in proportion to the number of undergraduate resident students
enrolled on each campus.
(d) The Board of Regents must report to the education
committees of the legislature biennially at the time of the submission of its
budget request on the disbursement of money from the endowed scholarship
account and to the environment and natural resources committees on the use of
the mineral research account.
(e) Capital gains and losses and portfolio income of the
permanent university fund must be credited to its three accounts in proportion
to the market value of each account.
(f) The endowment support from the income and capital gains
of the endowed mineral research and endowed scholarship accounts of the fund
must not total more than six percent per year of the 36-month trailing average
market value of the account from which the support is derived.
Sec. 26.� Minnesota
Statutes 2004, section 137.17, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.� Establish.� The Board of Regents may establish a school
of professional and graduate studies as a nonresidential branch campus of
the University of Minnesota, in Rochester, to serve the educational
needs of working adults and other nontraditional students in
southeastern Minnesota.� The campus shall
be a joint partnership of the University of Minnesota with Rochester Community
and Technical College, and Winona State University. and to foster the
economic goals of the region and the state.�
The legislature intends that the University of Minnesota expand higher
education offerings in Rochester.� It is
the intent of the legislature that this be achieved in part by developing new
and strengthening existing partnerships with higher education institutions in
Rochester and the region in which the state already has a significant
investment.
The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and
Universities shall cooperate to achieve the foregoing.
Sec. 27.� Minnesota
Statutes 2004, section 137.17, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3.� Missions.� The legislature intends that the mission
of the expanded education offerings in Rochester be congruent with the
university's unique core mission of teaching, research, and outreach in order
to support the educational needs and economic development of this region and
the state.� The legislature recognizes
that the distinctiveness of each of the courses
and programs.� Therefore, the University
of Minnesota, Winona State University, and Rochester Community and Technical
College shall develop jointly a statement of missions, roles, and
responsibilities for the programs and services at Rochester which shall be
submitted to the legislature by January 30, 2000, and any time thereafter that
the missions, roles, and responsibilities change.partner higher education institutions
in Rochester must be maintained to achieve success in serving the higher
education needs of the community and the economic goals of the state.� Further, the legislature intends that the
University of Minnesota and the other partner institutions avoid duplicative
offerings of
Sec. 28.� [471.685] LIMIT ON POSTSECONDARY
INSTITUTION FEES.�
A statutory or home rule charter city, county, or town may
not impose a fee, assessment, or similar charge:
(1) on a person, based on the person's status as a student
enrolled in a postsecondary educational institution; or
(2) on a postsecondary educational institution, based on the
number of students attending the postsecondary institution.
Sec. 29.� Laws 2005,
chapter 107, article 1, section 1, is amended to read:
����� Section 1.� HIGHER
EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS. |
����� The sums in the columns marked
"APPROPRIATIONS" are appropriated from the general fund, or other
named fund, to the agencies and for the purposes specified in this
article.� The listing of an amount under
the figure "2006" or "2007" in this article indicates that
the amount is appropriated to be available for the fiscal year ending June 30,
2006, or June 30, 2007, respectively.�
"The first year" is fiscal year 2006.� "The second year" is fiscal year
2007.� "The biennium" is fiscal
years 2006 and 2007.
SUMMARY BY FUND |
|
|
2006 |
|
2007 |
|
TOTAL |
Allgemein |
|
$1,365,500,000 |
|
$ |
|
$ |
Health
Care Access |
|
2,157,000 |
|
2,157,000 |
|
4,314,000 |
SUMMARY BY AGENCY - ALL FUNDS |
|
|
2006 |
|
2007 |
|
TOTAL |
Higher
Education Services Office |
|
172,129,000 |
|
176,881,000 |
|
349,010,000 |
Board of
Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities |
|
600,694,000 |
|
602,194,000 |
|
1,202,888,000 |
Board of
Regents of the University of Minnesota |
|
593,348,000 |
|
616,736,000 |
|
1,210,084,000 |
Mayo
Medical Foundation |
|
1,391,000 |
|
1,391,000 |
|
2,782,000 |
Minnesota
Department of Health |
|
95,000 |
|
155,000 |
|
250,000 |
������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ APPROPRIATIONS
������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Available for the Year������������
������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Ending June 30
���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 2006�������������������������������������� 2007
Sec. 30.� Laws 2005,
chapter 107, article 1, section 2, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
����� Subdivision 1.� Total
Appropriation |
|
$172,129,000 |
|
$ 176,881,000 |
The amounts that may be spent from this appropriation for each
purpose are specified in the following subdivisions.
Sec. 31.� Laws 2005,
chapter 107, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
����� Subd. 2.�
State Grants |
|
136,394,000 |
|
144,456,000 |
If the appropriation in this subdivision for either year is
insufficient, the appropriation for the other year is available for it.� For the biennium, the tuition and fee maximum
shall be $9,208 the first year and $9,438 the second year for students enrolled
in four-year programs and $6,567 the first year and $6,436 the second year for
students enrolled in two-year programs.� The
funding base for this program in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 is $144,406,000 per
year.
The Higher Education Services Office must study the
for-profit postsecondary education sector licensed or registered in
Minnesota.� The study must examine
tuition levels and program offerings, student debt load, financial assistance,
and the impact of the tuition and fee maximums set in law on this postsecondary
sector and its students.� The study must
also analyze the relationship of the tuition and fee maximums and tuition
levels.� The office must report on the
findings to the legislative committees responsible for higher education finance
by November 15, 2006.� This study may be
done in conjunction with the licensing study in article 3.
This appropriation sets the living and miscellaneous expense
allowance at $5,350 each year.
This appropriation contains money to provide educational
benefits to dependent children under age 23 and the spouses of public safety
officers killed in the line of duty under Minnesota Statutes 2004, section
299A.45.
Sec.
32.� CREDIT
SCORING STUDY.�
The Office of Higher Education may study alternatives to the
existing credit requirements for the SELF loan program, including using credit
scoring.� The office must report the
findings of any study of credit requirements to the legislature by January 15,
2007.
Sec. 33.� HIGHER EDUCATION ENGLISH PROFICIENCY
TASK FORCE.�
(a) A Higher Education English Proficiency Task Force is
created consisting of 11 members as follows:
(1) three postsecondary students, one from the University of
Minnesota, one from a private college, and one from the Minnesota State
Colleges and Universities, appointed by the Office of Higher Education;
(2) one University of Minnesota administrator, appointed by
the University of Minnesota president;
(3) one faculty member of the University of Minnesota,
appointed by the Office of Higher Education;
(4) one Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
administrator, appointed by the chancellor;
(5) one faculty member of the Minnesota State Colleges and
Universities, appointed by the Office of Higher Education;
(6) two state representatives, one from each caucus, appointed
by the house chair of higher education; and
(7) two state senators, one from each caucus, appointed by the
senate chair of higher education.
(b) Appointments of faculty members must be made from a list
of two or more nominees submitted jointly by the Inter Faculty Organization
(IFO) and the Minnesota State College Faculty (MSCF) and two or more nominees
submitted jointly by groups representing faculty at each campus of the
University of Minnesota.� Lists of
nominees must be submitted to the Office of Higher Education by June 30,
2006.� Appointments shall be made by July
15, 2006.� Members of the task force must
serve without compensation or reimbursement of personal expenses.
(c) The Minnesota Office of Higher Education shall convene the
first meeting of the task force and must provide office support services to the
task force as needed.� The task force may
determine the date, location, and agenda of additional meetings.
(d) The task force shall investigate and report on the
assessment of all faculty and teaching assistants' communication skills,
including the ability to speak English clearly and with good pronunciation; the
notification to students of opportunities to file complaints; the process for
responding to student complaints; and the resolution of reported communication
problems.
(e) The task force shall report findings
and recommendations for improvements to the legislature by January 15,
2007.
Sec. 34.� HIGHER EDUCATION TEXTBOOK COST STUDY.�
The Minnesota Office of Higher Education shall convene an advisory
task force to study the costs of required textbooks for students attending
public and nonpublic postsecondary institutions.� The task force must, at a minimum, include
students, representatives of the Association of American Publishers, the
postsecondary textbook publishers, the National Association of College Stores,
campus bookstore managers, faculty, and administrators.� Student members must be appointed according
to section 136A.031, subdivision 4.�
Faculty members must be appointed from lists of two or more nominees
submitted by the Inter Faculty Organization (IFO), the Minnesota State
College Faculty (MSCF), and by groups representing faculty at each campus of
the University of Minnesota.� The study
must, without limitation, examine textbook pricing trends and strategies, the
practice of textbook rental, policies related to repurchase of textbooks from
students, textbook selection policies, and purchasing practices of colleges and
universities.� The task force must review
the findings and recommendations of other existing studies and any state or
national laws that have been considered or adopted to reduce the financial
burden of textbook costs.� The office
must report on its findings and present any recommendations by January 15,
2007, to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over higher education
policy and finance.
Sec. 35.� TEMPORARY PROVISION FOR APPROVAL OF
CERTAIN HIGHER EDUCATION DEGREES.�
Subdivision 1.�
Supersede.� This section supersedes any conflicting
Minnesota Statute or Rule.
Subd. 2.� Degree approval.� A school licensed pursuant to Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 141, may not grant a degree as defined in Minnesota Statutes,
section 136A.62, subdivision 4, unless the degree is approved by the Office of
Higher Education.
Subd. 3.� Approval criteria.� A school licensed pursuant to Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 141, to obtain approval to grant a degree must provide
evidence to the Office of Higher Education that the following requirements are
met:
(1) the school employs qualified teaching personnel to provide
the educational programs for each degree for which approval is sought;
(2) the educational program is appropriate to each degree for
which approval is sought;
(3) the school has appropriate and accessible library,
laboratory, and other physical facilities to support the education program for
each degree for which approval is sought; and
(4) the school makes a rationale showing that the degree
programs are consistent with the school's mission and goals.
Subd. 4.� Effect of approval.� Approval to grant a degree under this
section has the same effect as approval under Minnesota Statutes, section
136A.65.
Subd. 5.� Notice of changes.� A school authorized to grant a degree
under this section must notify the Office of Higher Education of proposed
changes to the degree and the addition of majors or specialty areas to a
degree.
Subd. 6.� Expiration.� This section expires June 30, 2007.
Sec. 36.� MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, MANKATO,
CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION.�
The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and
Universities may design, construct, furnish, and equip an academic building on
the Minnesota State University, Mankato campus for the College of Business at a
site approved by the board using nonstate money.� A facility endowment must be created with
nonstate money for operating costs of the building.
Sec. 37.� UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LICENSING AND
MINNESOTA MARKET IMPACT STUDY.�
The University of Minnesota shall establish a task force to
study the market impact on Minnesota producers of agricultural products from
the University of Minnesota licensing germplasm and to make recommendations to
the legislature and the Board of Regents on ways to mitigate any negative
impacts on Minnesota businesses that arise from University of Minnesota license
agreements.� The task force must include
a representative of the Minnesota Department
of Agriculture serving as the chair, and representatives of the Minnesota Farm
Bureau, the Minnesota Farmers Union, agricultural commodity organizations, the
Minnesota Apple Growers Association, the Minnesota Fruit and Vegetable Growers
Association, the Minnesota Nursery Landscape Association, the University of
Minnesota Extension Service, and the Minnesota grown program.� Members serve on the task force on a
voluntary basis.� The chair may also
invite participation from other staff and faculty of the University of
Minnesota as necessary to fulfill the purpose of the task force.� The task force must, as a first priority,
study the license agreement for the MN#1914 apple selection.� The Board of Regents and the licensee are
requested, in good faith, to refrain from implementing the MN#1914 license
until the task force has reported its findings to the legislature with a
mitigation plan approved by the task force.�
The task force must report to the committees of the legislature with
responsibility for higher education no later than January 15, 2007.
Sec. 38.� APPROPRIATION.�
$5,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund for fiscal
year 2007 to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota - Rochester
for the purposes of section 26.� This
appropriation is for academic programs supporting the University of Minnesota -
Rochester, including faculty, staff, and program planning and development in the
areas of biomedical technologies, engineering, and computer technologies,
health care administration, and allied health programs; ongoing operations of
industrial liaison activities; and operation of leased facilities.� This appropriation is in addition to the
appropriation in Laws 2005, chapter 107, article 1, section 4, subdivision
2.� The funding base for activities
related to section 26 is $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and $6,330,000 for
fiscal year 2009.
Sec. 39.� ESTABLISHING BORROWING LIMITS.�
The Office of Higher Education shall study alternatives to
establishing borrowing limits under Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 136A.1701,
subdivision 4, by dollar amount in statute, such as indexing.� The office must report the findings of such
study to the legislature by February 1, 2007.
Sec. 40.� REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.�
The revisor of statutes shall delete the term "sections
136A.15 to 136A.1702" and insert "sections 136A.15 to 136A.1705"
wherever it appears in Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules.
Sec. 41.� REPEALER.�
Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 135A.01; 135A.031,
subdivisions 1, 2, 5, and 6; 135A.032; 135A.033; 136A.15, subdivision 5;
136A.1702; and 137.17, subdivisions 2 and 4, and Minnesota Statutes 2005
Supplement, section 135A.031, subdivisions 3 and 4, and Minnesota Rules, part
4850.0011, subparts 9, 10, 14, and 27; and 4850.0014, subpart 1, are repealed.
Sec. 42.� EFFECTIVE DATE.�
Sections 1 to 41 are effective the day following final
enactment."
Delete the title and insert:
"A bill for an act relating to higher education;
authorizing the disclosure of certain information; modifying the classification
of certain data; modifying programs of the Office of Higher Education; making
technical changes; modifying the student share for the state grant program;
modifying and adjusting certain terms and conditions of loans and of
work-study; establishing certain task forces; establishing a cost study;
authorizing construction; granting authority to control receipts; establishing
borrowing limits; appropriating money and reducing certain appropriations;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 135A.031, subdivision 7; 135A.034,
subdivision 1; 135A.053,
subdivision 2; 136A.101, subdivisions 4, 8; 136A.15, subdivisions 6, 9, by
adding a subdivision; 136A.16, by adding a subdivision; 136A.162; 136A.1701,
subdivisions 4, 7, by adding a subdivision; 136A.233, subdivision 3; 136F.42,
subdivision 1; 136F.71, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 137.022,
subdivision 4; 137.17, subdivisions 1, 3; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement,
sections 13.32, subdivision 3; 135A.52, subdivisions 1, 2; 136A.1701,
subdivision 12; Laws 2005, chapter 107, article 1, sections 1; 2, subdivisions
1, 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 135A; 136A;
471; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 135A.01; 135A.031,
subdivisions 1, 2, 5, 6; 135A.032; 135A.033; 136A.15, subdivision 5; 136A.1702;
137.17, subdivisions 2, 4; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section
135A.031, subdivisions 3, 4; Minnesota Rules, parts 4850.0011, subparts 9, 10,
14, 27; 4850.0014, subpart 1."
With the recommendation that when so amended the bill pass
and be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
����� The report was adopted.
SECOND READING OF HOUSE
BILLS
����� H. F. Nos. 2833, 2959 and 3258 were read
for the second time.
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS
����� The following House Files were introduced:
����� Erickson introduced:
����� H. F. No. 4133, A bill for an act relating
to education; requiring a school district to provide special instruction and
services at the nonpublic school site for a child with disabilities who is
enrolled in a nonpublic school except if the parent agrees otherwise or the
district shows the site is inappropriate; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
section 126C.19, subdivision 4.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Education Policy and Reform.
����� Vandeveer; Nelson, P.; Howes; Anderson,
B., and Eastlund introduced:
����� H. F. No. 4134, A bill for an act relating
to taxation; authorizing a property tax levy for transit operating costs in the
metropolitan area; amending a proposed constitutional amendment allocating the
proceeds of sales tax on motor vehicles; modifying the distribution of revenues
from the sales tax on motor vehicles; authorizing the sale of trunk highway
bonds; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 297B.09,
subdivision 1; 473.388, subdivisions 4, 7; 473.446, subdivision 1, by adding
subdivisions; Laws 2005, chapter 88, article 3, sections 9; 10.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Taxes.
����� Blaine introduced:
����� H. F. No. 4135, A bill for an act relating
to the military; updating and clarifying language concerning renewal of licenses
and certificates by certain persons during war or national emergencies;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 326.56.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
����� Blaine introduced:
����� H. F. No. 4136, A bill for an act relating
to taxation; increasing certain sustainable forest incentive payments; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 290C.03; 290C.07.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Taxes.
����� Blaine introduced:
����� H. F. No. 4137, A bill for an act relating
to taxation; exempting certain vending machine products from sales tax;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 297A.61, subdivision 3.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Taxes.
����� Bernardy introduced:
����� H. F. No. 4138, A bill for an act relating
to highways; appropriating money for certain trunk highway improvements.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
����� Greiling; Lenczewski; Mahoney; Dittrich;
Sieben; Entenza; Sailer; Loeffler; Scalze; Paymar; Haws; Marquart; Hortman;
Hilstrom; Ruud; Johnson, S.; Lillie; Moe; Peterson, S.; Bernardy; Johnson, R.;
Poppe; Hansen; Fritz; Koenen; Dorn; Carlson; Eken; Davnie and Latz introduced:
����� H. F. No. 4139, A bill for an act relating
to taxation; reducing education levies; modifying the treatment of certain
income from foreign operations under the corporate franchise tax; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2004, sections 126C.10, subdivisions 13b, 29; 290.34, subdivision 1;
Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, sections 126C.10, subdivision 13a; 290.01,
subdivisions 6b, 19c, 19d.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Taxes.
����� Greiling and Solberg introduced:
����� H. F. No. 4140, A bill for an act relating
to education; providing all-day, everyday kindergarten; permitting transitional
tuition; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 120A.22, subdivision 5;
123B.41, subdivision 7; 124D.081, subdivisions 4, 6; 126C.05, subdivisions 1,
15; 126C.12, subdivisions 1, 5; 126C.126; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement,
section 123B.92, subdivision 1.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Education Policy and Reform.
����� Gunther introduced:
����� H. F.
No. 4141, A bill for an act relating to fire aid; changing the definition of
market value for purposes of the fire aid distribution formula; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 69.011, subdivision 1; 69.021, subdivision 7.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Taxes.
����� Krinkie and DeLaForest introduced:
����� H. F. No. 4142, A bill for an act relating
to taxation; providing a property tax rebate.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Taxes.
����� Abrams and Lenczewski introduced:
����� H. F. No. 4143, A bill for an act relating
to taxation; creating an election for depreciation deduction; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 290.01, subdivision 19f; Minnesota Statutes
2005 Supplement, section 290.01, subdivisions 19a, 19b.
����� The bill was read for the first time and
referred to the Committee on Taxes.
CALENDAR FOR THE DAY
����� Paulsen moved that the Calendar for the
Day be continued.� The motion prevailed.
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
����� Slawik moved that the name of Bernardy be
added as an author on H. F. No. 1476.� The motion prevailed.
����� Smith moved that the name of Dittrich be
added as an author on H. F. No. 2916.� The motion prevailed.
����� Ozment moved that the name of Tingelstad
be added as an author on H. F. No. 3012.� The motion prevailed.
����� Sykora moved that the name of Bernardy be
added as an author on H. F. No. 3231.� The motion prevailed.
����� Hortman moved that the name of Bernardy be
added as an author on H. F. No. 3297.� The motion prevailed.
����� Sykora moved that the name of Bernardy be
added as an author on H. F. No. 3381.� The motion prevailed.
����� Westerberg moved that the name of Dittrich
be added as an author on H. F. No. 3484.� The motion prevailed.
����� Paulsen moved that the name of Bernardy be
added as an author on H. F. No. 3910.� The motion prevailed.
����� Sykora moved that the name of Samuelson be
added as an author on H. F. No. 4040.� The motion prevailed.
����� Abrams moved that the name of Hortman be
added as an author on H. F. No. 4068.� The motion prevailed.
����� Abeler moved that the name of Samuelson be added as an author
on H. F. No. 4072.� The
motion prevailed.
����� Koenen moved that the name of Thissen be added as an author on
H. F. No. 4082.� The
motion prevailed.
����� Erhardt moved that the names of Peterson, N., and Hortman be
added as authors on H. F. No. 4131.� The motion prevailed.
FISCAL CALENDAR ANNOUNCEMENT
����� Pursuant to rule 1.22, Knoblach announced his intention to
place H. F. Nos. 2959 and 2833 on the Fiscal Calendar for Wednesday,
April 12, 2006.
ADJOURNMENT
����� Paulsen moved that when the House adjourns today it adjourn
until 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 12, 2006.�
The motion prevailed.
����� Paulsen moved that the House adjourn.� The motion prevailed, and the Speaker
declared the House stands adjourned until 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 12, 2006.
Albin
A. Mathiowetz,
Chief Clerk, House of Representatives