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Session Weekly January 12, 2001 A NONPARTISAN PUBLICATION JANUARY 12, 2001 ESSION VOLUME 18, NUMBER 2 Weekly SMINNESOTA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES • PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE In this issue: THE .08 DEBATE, FELONY DWI NEW MAJORITY WHIP, COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT HISTORY HF44-HF124 ESSION S Weekly Session Weekly is a nonpartisan publication of the Minnesota House of Representatives Public Information Office. During the 2000-2001 Legislative Session, each issue reports daily House action between Thursdays of each week, lists bill introductions and upcoming committee meeting schedules, and provides other information. The publication is a service of the Minnesota House. No fee. CONTENTS To subscribe, contact: Minnesota House of Representatives HIGHLIGHTS Public Information Office 175 State Office Building Agriculture • 5 Elections • 7 Higher Education • 8 St. Paul, MN 55155-1298 Business • 5 Family • 7 Human Services • 9 (651) 296-2146 or 1-800-657-3550 Children • 5 Game & Fish • 7 Industry • 9 TTY (651) 296-9896 Crime • 6 Health • 7 Taxes • 10 Education • 6 Transportation • 23 Director LeClair G. Lambert FEATURES Editor/Assistant Director Michelle Kibiger At Issue: Education — Student accountability assessments for federal Title I program draw criticism from House members. • 11 Assistant Editor Mike Cook Process — House Speaker Steve Sviggum’s 2001-2002 committee assign- Art & Production Coordinator ments prompt criticism from DFL members, but it’s not the first time Paul Battaglia such a controversy has occurred in the House • 12 Writers David Maeda, Theresa Stahl, People — The House has a new Majority Whip, the first time the posi- Jonas M. Walker, Mary Kay Watson tion has ever been assigned in the body’s history. • 13 Chief Photographer People — Rep. Carl Jacobson turns his once-shy demeanor and account- Tom Olmscheid ing background to his advantage as a new member of the House. • 14 Photographers Andrew Von Bank, Sara Kirk People — Rep. Tony Sertich, currently the youngest member of the House, hopes to bring new economic opportunity to his district on the Office Manager Nicole Wood Iron Range. • 15 Staff Assistants People — Rep. Nora Slawik returns to the House after a two-year ab- Christy Novak, Michelle Sorvari sence, ready to tackle education and health care issue, but not without a three-day election recount. • 16 Session Weekly (ISSN 1049-8176) is published weekly during the legislative session by the Min- nesota House of Representatives Public Information Office, 100 Constitution Ave., St. DEPARTMENTS/RESOURCES Paul, MN 55155-1298. Periodicals postage paid at St. Paul, MN, and at additional mailing offices. It’s A Fact: Sign of the Times 4 Bill Introductions (HF44 -HF124) 25 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Resources: 2001 Reflections: 50 years ago 27 Session Weekly, Public Information Office, Minnesota House of Representatives, 175 State Committee Membership 17 Minnesota Index: Office Building, 100 Constitution Ave., Committee Schedule (Jan. 8-12) 21 Gauging Water Quality 28 St. Paul, MN 55155-1298. Printed on recycled paper which is 50% recycled, 30% post-consumer content. On the cover: A combination of sun cast glittering shadows and wispy cirrus clouds made for a nice view from the Capitol Jan. 4. Temperatures the whole week rose into the mid-30s. —Photo by Sara Kirk 2 January 12, 2001 IRST READING F felony level penalty is appropriate. Scoggin recalled that the House passed a bill The .08 debate last year making the commission of four DWIs Legislators mull the prospect of lowering the legal limit for in 10 years a felony. That provision went to conference committee, but before the bill be- blood alcohol concentration came law, it was changed to require the work- ing group to study the issue. The move to study BY JONAS M. WALKER tion and rehabilitation,” Webb said. “We need to the issue further was due in large part to con- he Minnesota Legislature may increase be consistent across America to see a decrease.” cerns that the state court and corrections sys- penalties this session for what many con- Additionally, the state risks losing federal tems would be overwhelmed by the increased Tsider the most common crime in the state: transportation money by 2004 if it does not number of felons. drunken driving. adopt the .08 limit. According to Scoggin, the cost to Minne- Among the top two issues for likely debate Rep. Michael Paymar (DFL-St. Paul) asked the sota taxpayers would depend upon the ratio are lowering the legal blood-alcohol level from MADD representatives their opinions regarding of two numbers that define a felony: the num- .10 percent to .08 percent and instituting a placing convicted drunken drivers in minimum ber of prior convictions and time frame in felony-level penalty for multiple drunken security facilities equipped with enhanced treat- which those convictions could have occurred, driving offenses. ment options. Minnesota MADD Legislative known as the “look-back” period. The House Crime Prevention Committee Chair Lynne Goughler responded favorably to For example, if the number of prior convic- heard testimony Jan. 9 from government offi- the idea, saying that the first priority for MADD tions were set at four and the look-back period cials and advocates on the issue of Minnesota’s is to “take away the bottle and the car.” were 10 years, Scoggin’s report indicates that legal response to people who drive under the influence of alcohol. Millie Webb, national president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), testified in favor of Minnesota changing the legally drunk blood-alcohol concentration from .10 percent to .08 percent. “If all states were at .08 percent, we could prevent 500 deaths and thousands of injuries each year,” she said. “Time lost in doing so equals lives lost.” Though Webb’s primary focus was the .08 issue, she also addressed felony-level drunken driving penalties. The two issues are inextri- cably intertwined, since lowering the blood- alcohol level may increase the number of offenders in Minnesota jails — even before a felony penalty would. Lowering the blood-alcohol limit would also change the current debate regarding felony DWI because it creates a new variable to factor into jail and prison impact projections. MADD supports the actions of the 38 other states that have felony penalties for DWI. Un- PHOTO BY TOM OLMSCHEID der existing law in Minnesota, a drunken Millie Webb, national president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, shows members of the House Crime Prevention Committee a picture of her daughter, Lori, who was killed, along with her 19-month-old driver faces no more than a gross misde- nephew Mitch Pewitt, by a drunken driver in1971. Webb urged members to lower the blood-alcohol meanor, no matter how many prior convic- level to .08 percent during her testimony Jan. 9. tions that person has. A further proposal supported by MADD Paul Scoggin, representing the Minnesota 1,317 Minnesota drivers would have been would mandate that liquor stores register beer County Attorney’s Association, discussed a felons by 1998. Increasing the number of con- kegs to aid in tracking and prosecution of report prepared by the House DWI working victions to five within the same time period alcohol-related crimes. Some states have al- group that addressed specific legal issues such would have affected only 511 drunken drivers. ready instituted these conditions. as the number of prior offenses within a 10- Scoggin commented that laws creating new “You have got to have incarceration, restitu- year time period that should occur before a felonies can be misleading because judges retain Session Weekly 3 discretionary sentencing power regardless of the Legislature’s apparent intent. In Minnesota, con- victions lead to two-part sentences: a length of time, and a ruling as to whether the sentence will be executed or stayed. For instance, a DWI felon could be sentenced to a number of months in prison, but may be Sign of the times required to receive treatment and perform com- Pro sports pumped millions into metro economy, says 1964 report munity service in lieu of actually serving time. Scoggin told the committee that all forms of In 1964, Minnesotans were experiencing expected to attend 10.5 Twins games. Out- felony DWI now under consideration by the a relatively new phenomenon in the state’s of-town Twins fans made the trip for an Legislature would favor a stayed sentence. economic structure — the professional average 3.7 games. The Twins were among The DWI working group reports that it was sports team. the league leaders for overall attendance told that long-term supervision, both before and The early 1960s brought two professional that year at 1.2 million fans. after treatment, increases the likelihood for suc- sports teams to the state that are still here Out-of-town fans spent an average of cessful management of chronic offenders. today — the Minnesota Twins and the $15.90 each for hotel accommodations, $6.98 Scoggin made a point of emphasizing two Minnesota Vikings. for food and beverages, and $7.37 for gas and messages from law-enforcement officials: that While the history of professional sports oil while in the Twin Cities. there are some chronic offenders who must in the state was In 1964, the be kept off the roads and that sheriffs urge the still new in 1964, Tw ins’ payroll Legislature to fund the local costs associated officials with the was around $1.2 with felony DWI. Metropolitan million, which Rep. John Tuma (R-Northfield), committee Sports Area was comparable chair, agreed, saying, “We d on’t want (local offi- Commission, to the other nine cials) to be burdened by the state.” which oversaw teams in the Dennis Benson, deputy commissioner with the day-to-day league. The 2000 the state Department of Corrections, testified operations of PHOTO BY TOM OLMSCHEID Twins had the that although jails and workhouses are now Metropolitan Sta- The Twins and Vikings called Met Stadium home from lowest payroll in filled above capacity, his department was pre- dium, prepared a 1961-1981.
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