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Minnesota House of Representatives Session Weekly SESSION WEEKLY A NONPARTISAN PUBLICATION MINNESOTA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES • PUBLIC INFORMATION SERVICES VOLUME 27, NUMBER 1 • FEBRUARY 5, 2010 RESOURCES : LEGISLATIVE CONTACTS FIRST DAY F AST TRACK — PAGE 6 BILLS ON THE ROLL — PAGE 16 SESSION STATISTICS — PAGE 24 BONDING , B ORROWING AND B UILDING — PAGE 3 HF2408 - HF2737 SESSION WEEKLY Session Weekly is a nonpartisan publication of Minnesota House of Representatives Public Information Services. During the 2009-2010 Legislative Session, each issue reports House action between Thursdays of each week, lists bill introductions and provides other Page 6 Page 5 Page 3 information. No fee. To subscribe, contact: Minnesota House of Representatives CONTENTS Public Information Services 175 State Office Building 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. St. Paul, MN 55155-1298 BILL INTRODUCTIONS (HF2408-HF2737) • 16 651-296-2146 or 800-657-3550 or the Minnesota Relay service at 711 or 800-627-3529 (TTY) www.house.mn/hinfo/subscribesw.asp FEATURES Director FIRST READING : Capital investment on track for early action • 3-5 Barry LaGrave AT ISSUE : House reconvenes and hits the ground running • 6-7 Editor/Assistant Director Lee Ann Schutz RESOURCES : House and Senate membership rosters • 8-9 Assistant Editor RESOURCES : Committee Information • 10-15 Mike Cook Art & Production Coordinator RESOURCES : Come to the Capitol • 23 Paul Battaglia MINNESOTA INDEX : Session 2010 • 24 Writers Kris Berggren, Nick Busse, Susan Hegarty, Patty Ostberg, Lauren Radomski Chief Photographer Welcome to Session Weekly and/or follow us on Twitter at http:// Tom Olmscheid Welcome to the 2010 legislative twitter.com/MNHouseInfo. To subscribe to any of our listservs, call 651-296-2146, Photographers session. 800-657-3550 or go to www.house.mn/ Kristin Schue, Andrew VonBank Each week, Session Weekly staff will bring to you a nonpartisan look at the is- hinfo/subscribesw.asp. Staff Assistants sues before the House and the people who Other services provided to help you stay Christy Novak, Susan Xiong shape the legislation. This week’s Session informed during session include unedited Weekly magazine provides looks at the gavel-to-gavel television coverage or different opinions regarding the capital Web streaming of House floor and select Session Weekly (ISSN 1049-8176) is published committee hearings, and downloadable weekly during the legislative session by investment bill, along with several pages of podcasts of committee meetings. Minnesota House of Representatives Public bill introductions, many of them related to Information Services, 175 State Office Building, projects the sponsor hopes will be funded All of us at House Public Information 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., in the bill. Since any bill hoping to make Services are proud to continue the 27-year St. Paul, MN 55155-1298. Periodicals postage it to the House floor has to be first heard tradition of providing nonpartisan news paid at St. Paul, Minn., and additional offices. in committee, we have provided House from the House. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to committee information along with all If you have comments or story ideas Session Weekly, House Public Information member contact information. please call House Public Information Services, 175 State Office Building, Services at 651- 296-2146 or 800-657-3550 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., If you prefer to receive your legislative or 711 or 800-627-3529 (TTY). St. Paul, MN 55155-1298. news electronically, you can subscribe to the online version of Session Weekly, receive daily news through Session Daily — Session Weekly staff Printed on recycled paper which is 50% recycled, 30% post-consumer content. On the cover: House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher helps 5-year-old Reagan Zellers take aim to gavel in the 2010 legislative session while her 3-year-old brother, Will, looks on. Reagan and Will, children of House Minority Leader Kurt Zellers, both participated in convening the day’s proceedings. — Photo by: Andrew VonBank FIRST READING Bonding bill on track for early action Differences abound on a capital investment amount, projects to be funded BY MIKE COOK Hausman has been working with Sen. Keith ne of the Legislature’s most important jobs this Langseth (DFL-Glyndon), chairman of the Senate Capital Investment Committee, to have session could be done quickly – with thousands of most of the bill agreed to by floor passage. Minnesotans benefiting from the rapidity. She is optimistic that an expected conference O committee to work out final details between A second year of a biennium traditionally focuses on a capital the House and Senate bills would take less investment, or bonding, law. DFL leaders expect their bill to than a week. Then Pawlenty would get his say. be on Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s desk before the calendar turns to Governors have traditionally line-item March. Such bills traditionally do not pass until April or May. vetoed projects they deem unworthy of funding at the time; former Gov. Jesse Ventura even used a pig stamp to highlight vetoed projects he considered pork. However, “There is no secret we want to do this early,” their division bonding recommendations to Pawlenty has threatened to veto the entire said Rep. Alice Hausman (DFL-St. Paul), Hausman by Jan. 29, and the bonding bill bill should it not be at a funding level he chairwoman of the House Capital Investment (HF2700) was introduced Feb. 4, the first day of supports. Finance Division. “If the money is out the session. The schedule calls for division approval Ninety House votes are needed for a door early we can take advantage of the entire Feb. 9. After stops in the House Finance and veto override. The DFL holds an 87-47 seat construction season.” Ways and Means committees, the bill should advantage. House finance division chairs provided be ready for floor action Feb. 15. First Reading continued on page 4 PHOTO BY TO M OL M SCHEID Rep. Alice Hausman, right, releases the $999.8 million House bonding proposal to media members during a Feb. 4 news conference in the House Gallery. Hausman, chairwoman of the House Capital Investment Finance Division, said the bonding bill should be ready for a floor vote Feb. 15. February 5, 2010 Session Weekly 3 First Reading continued from page 3 Selected capital investment proposals Rep. Larry Howes (R-Walker), the lead (all dollars in millions) Republican on the House Capital Investment Finance Division, would recommend against a Item Governor House Senate full gubernatorial veto. “You’re just creating a Higher education asset preservation $90 $100 $115 scenario where three Republicans, if they have Phase II of Moose Lake sex offender $89.07 $0 $0 something that is seriously needed in their facility district that is in that bill, you’re just pushing Local bridges $75 $67 $67 their temptation.” Physics and nanotechnology building at $53.33 $0 $5 University of Minnesota A jobs program Flood hazard mitigation $50 $50 $70 Hausman hopes Pawlenty will hear what she has heard from Minnesotans: infrastructure Minnesota Zoo $21 $21 $21 is too important this year. “Why does Local road improvement fund grants $20 $0 $0 government invest in infrastructure? It is Security upgrades at Oak Park Heights $10.03 $3.53 $3.53 always with an understanding we’re building prison a healthy economy.” Transit Capital Improvement Program $10 $50 $30 For example, she said Winona officials State trail acquisition and development $0 $21 $20.94 told her that when the size of the city’s port is increased, they can double its tonnage, which Greater Minnesota Business $0 $7.26 $20 Development Infrastructure Grant trickles down and helps many other area Program businesses flourish. Jonathan Zierdt, president and CEO of Greater Mankato Growth Inc., told the House Capital Investment Finance Division Jan. 21 the one-third match required for higher obligation bonding. “That is the number that that a $13.9 million request for arena and civic education projects and other user financing, we currently have baked into the (November) center improvements or expansion in Mankato the governor’s total is $815 million, the forecast for debt service purposes,” said Tom would immediately create 450 construction House $1.13 billion Hanson, commissioner and support industry jobs. “It translates into and the Senate just of Minnesota an $84 million economic impact from the under $1.1 billion. “If the money is out the door early Management and project alone. The expansion of the arena we can take advantage of the entire Budget. “The $685 will generate about $28 million in new direct How much to spend? construction season.” mi l lion bi l l saves expenditures into the marketplace.” State-issued bonds $392,000 of debt service The House bill comes in at $999.8 are repaid over the — Rep. Alice Hausman in 2011 and $4.7 million million in general obligation bonding; the next 20 years. Bond House Capital Investment in 2012 and 13.” Senate $999.96 million, both far more than principal and interest Finance Division chairwoman The 2008 bonding the $684.6 million proffered Jan. 15 by costs are included in law totaled $717 million Pawlenty the state’s general fund in general obligation “This proposal is affordable and operating budget. bonding; the 2006 law, $948.64 million. appropriate,” Pawlenty said. The 10-year average of large capital DFLers counter that now is the time to have When factoring in trunk-highway bonds, investment laws is $725 million in general a larger number. PHOTO BY TO M OL M SCHEID The House bonding bill contains $6.5 million for Minnesota Valley Regional Rail Authority track rehabilitation, $3 million for a rail service improvement program and $2.5 million to replace aging at grade crossing safety warning devices.
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