( THE SESSION WEEKLY MINNESOTA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES .

VOLUME 4, NUMBER 9 MARCH 6, 1987 HIGHLIGHTS------. Farm mediation law faith provision and deny farmers changes declaring backruptcy from entering into mediation. For the last six weeks, the The division will vote on HF210 Agriculture Finance Division of at its next meeting. the Agriculture Committee has been meeting with farmers, mediators, lenders, farm Commitment to Focus equipment dealers, and officials from the Minnesota Extension Two resolutions that could Service to hear of ways to postpone approval of the University improve the farm mediation of Minnesota's Commitment to program. Focus (CTF) program were before Rep. Jerry Schoenfeld (DFL­ the Higher Education Committee Waseca) told the division March 4 March4. that his bill, HF210, would Authors Rep. Ernie Larsen (DFL­ address concerns many people Ramsey) and Rep. Bob Johnson voiced at earlier meetings. (DFL-Bemidji) presented and ( Key provisions in HF210 discussed their resolutions with would: committee members. • allow farmers, financial analysts Larsen says he supports the and mediators to meet in an program, but is cautious because of orientation session to prepare for problems that may not surface until the first mediation meeting; the mid-1990s. He says lawmakers • prevent lenders from requiring should oversee the development of farmers to waive their mediation the program to be responsible to rights as a condition of a loan Minnesotans. agreement; Johnson says he's opposed to • require termination statements at funding CTF at this time because the end of mediation; the Legislature has received too little • allow lenders to inspect a information about the use of funds farmer's collateral after the farmer and its actual educational impact. has requested mediation; and His measure would stop any money • further clarify the lack of good from going to the University until

It's a fact! Minnesota's the only state in the union with its own galaxy of star cities. Fifty-four of them dot the state's landscape. The Department of. Energy and Economic Development (DEED) awards the distinction to cities upon completion of 11 economic development projects. DEED began the program in 1981 to encourage local economic growth, and in 1982, named Montevideo ( the first Star City. You'll know a star city by the emblem you pass when you enter. To keep the distinction, each city must qualify for recertification annually. 2

after further study. could benefit from education and dealers to repair, free, any reported Both resolutions call for a joint prevention programs about defect or problem their written House and Senate subcommittee to osteoporosis. warranty covers. It also gives study during the interim the She sponsors HFl 78, a bill that consumers the option of replacement University's plan to cut enrollment would appropriate money for such or refund of their money if after four and focus on graduate education and programs around the state. repair attempts, the manufacturer research. Clark says one of the bill's goals cannot correct the problem. Other is to bring a virtually unknown provisions require consumers to use Work-study dollars disease into the open. She says it's a the manufacturer's arbitration serious problem that hasn't had program to settle disputes. Minnesota college and vocational adequate attention. Rep. Joe Begich (DFL-Eveleth), students may have to work more to On March 3, the Physical and author of the 1983 bill, supports the get money for school next year. Mental Health Subcommittee attorney general's proposal. On Mar. 3, the Education Division recommended the bill to pass. It goes next to the full Health and Human of the Appropriations Committee Job Skills Partnership reviewed a plan that would decrease Services Committee. some types of student aid while Minnesota's Job Skills Partnership increasing available work-study Lemon law program is successfully training money. workers for jobs, director Monica The governor's proposed budget Car manufacturers who want to do Manning told the Economic would target an additional $5.3 business in Minnesota may have to Development and Housing million for work-study to provide a state-approved arbitration Committee March 3. institutions in areas where program for new-car buyers. The partnership brings together opportunities for student At a meeting of the Senate and employers and state schools to train employment are most limited. At the House Commerce Committees displaced workers; it has placed 2,300 same time, the state. would cut $25 March 3, Attorney General Skip unemployed workers since 1984. million from student scholarship and Humphrey announced plans for a bill That's a 90 percent success rate at a grant programs. that would amend the state's lemon cost to the state of only $600 per The proposed 71 percent increase law to make arbitration more student, says Manning. She says the in work-study money would be the effective. partnership gets matching grants second part of the governor's plan Most car makers have some kind from companies to pay the rest of the that would require students to work of arbitration program. Ford and bill. Not only is retraining cheap, more and receive fewer student Chrysler have independent arbitration the state also saves on grants. boards; General Motors, AMC, and unemployment and welfare costs, and The change would both help and several others pay the Better Business collects over $3 million annually in hurt students, says David Bureau to arbitrate disputes. income tax from those employed Longanecker, executive director of But Humphrey says some workers, she says. the Higher Education Coordinating arOitration programs, like Ford's, "Capital mobility is very speedy. Board (HECB). He says HECB will allow up to four dealers and factory A plant can leave a town, and open a increase the number of on-campus reps to debate, but fail to invite or month later in Mexico.... Human positions for students at non-metro notify consumers. He says that's not mobility is not as fast. One of the schools who want to work, but can't fair. roles of the state is to look at how find jobs. But, he says, the work­ Under Humphrey's proposal, new we can assist the human mobility so study increase would take grant car buyers would have access to an that people who are displaced will get money from students and force them effective, fair, and privately run jobs where new capital is coming to work more than is reasonable. arbitration program. It would require into the state," says Manning. Rep. Ben Boo (IR-Duluth) opposes boards to let consumers present oral The state can't carry all of the the change in funding. He says it arguments rather than submit written responsiblity for retraining workers. would abandon long standing student statements. And the proposal would But neither can industry, says aid policies. require arbitrators to offer consumers Manning. A company must hire the same remedies--replacement or over 500 workers before their own 'osteoporosis prevention refund--that the lemon law guarantees retraining program would pay off. them. But only one percent of businesses in Osteoporosis is a bone disease that The Legislature passed the lemon Minnesota employ that many people. affects many people. Rep. Karen law in 1983. It requires Manning says bringing the public Clark (DFL-Mpls) says the public manufacturers or their authorized and private sectors together is the 3

( most important part of the job job opportunities, and safer roads for Department of Revenue program: "The short-term training is die state, according to supporters of a of assistance immediately. But the bill the Regulated Industries The Department of Revenue is long-term relationships that Committee approved March 2. asking the Legislature to grant $5.2 education is learning how to build HF397 (Kahn, DFL- Mpls), would million over the next two years for withindustry,andindustryis allow bars to stay open until 3 a.m. 130 additional tax auditors and learning how to build with educators, both weekdays and weekends. collectors. Commissioner Tom is the future of keeping a Supporters say the bill would attract Triplett told the State Departments well-trained and well-educated work more convention business to the Division of the Appropriations force will be." state, create more jobs and revenue, Committee March 2 that the and strengthen the state's tourism department needs the help to track Student work restrictions industry. down people and businesses that Rep. Phyllis Kahn, the bill's don't pay their taxes. author, says another reason to extend But some committee members A bill that would prohibit high bar hours is to keep drinking drivers questioned whether a problem exists, school students under age 17 from off the road while others are driving. and whether the department could working later than 11 p.m. on school She says, "The driving density on the collect enough unpaid taxes to pay nights? got the approval of the Labor­ road falls off dramatically after for the state's additional staff. Management Relations Committee midnight and then starts picking up Triplett says prosecuting tax March 2. in the morning. So at 3 a.m. there's evaders would make people more Supporters ofHFllO (D. Nelson, just not much traffic on the road." willing to pay their taxes DFL-Champlin) told the committee voluntarily. "The more people that the bill would prevent work perceive the system as fair, the more from interfering with school. Richard Phone bill payments willing they will be to pay their Mans, president of the Minnesota taxes," says Triplett. He says the Federation of Teachers, testified for People in towns of 1,000 or more department collects $5 billion the proposal: "Teachers from all may not have to worry about where ( over Minnesota can tell you similar annually in taxes, and expects to they can pay their phone bills under collect $49 million more with the stories about working students HF152 (Begich, DFL-Eveleth), a bill falling asleep during class ... not added enforcement staff. the Regulated Industries Committee The department's other budget because of boredom or lack of recommended to pass March 2. requests include funds for improved motivation. It's exhaustion, pure and Author of the bill, Rep. Joseph simple." telecommunication systems, and new Begich, says in his community some quarters for its seven metro area But Rep. Howard Miller (IR­ people have no place to pay their offices. Redwood Falls) says students' work phone bills because phone companies schedules are not for the state to have closed offices. He says the decide. "If schools are allowed to problem affects mainly low-income have students participate in athletic Farm land values and elderly persons. Supporters say programs late at night, how can we the bill would affect at least 165 say the parents and students can't Recent plummeting of farm land communities. choose to work late at night?" he values may bottom out in the near Now, according to Begich, those asks. future, according to Mike without checking accounts must pay Tom Newcombe of the Minnesota Wandmacher of the Department of at least $3 extra for money orders to Restaurant, Hotel, and Resort Revenue. pay phone bills because they can't Association says, "These are the W andmacher appeared before the mail cash. folks [parents and guardians] that Property Tax Division of the Taxes Under HF152, if a town's control the lives of their children. Committee Feb. 27. He told governing body asks for a place for They're the ones that can say, 'if that committee members the decline in people to pay phone bills, the phone job is tiring you too much, or the farm land value that began in the company would provide it. employer is keeping you too late, early 1980s is tapering off. And, he Opponents say the phone then get another job or stay home says southern Minnesota has felt the companies that would provide the and study."' effect of decreased land values more locations would pass their costs on than other areas in the state, such as ( to consumers, the Red River Valley. Bar closing time A major problem for farm owners, says W andmacher, is that even Later closing times for bars could though land values drop, property mean greater economic development, 4

taxes remain the same due to mill Development Subcommittee of the rate increases. Economic Development and Housing According to Department of notes Committee Feb. 26. HF2 Revenue figures, average farm land (Schoenfeld, DFL-Waseca) would values went down by more than one­ ~~~$i restructure DEED and create the third in the last three years. Greater Minnesota Corporation. Bill's author, Rep. Jerry Schoenfeld, Media Day at the Minnesota says HF2 will go through several Correction: House was Thursday, March 5. committee reviews before it gets to Journalists from all over the state the full House. A typographical error appeared in the came to be part of a learning/working Feb. 13 issue of The Session Weekly day at the Capitol. Journalists took State Planning Agency on page four in the highlight "Farm on the roles of committee members director Lani Kawamura legal assistance." The paragraph and testifying citizens at a mock discussed the Rural should have read: "About 80,000 of committee meeting. Jan Krause Development Act, HF2 Kolars ofKEYC-TV, North Minnesota's 100,000 farm families (Schoenfeld, DFL-Waseca), with ~e have incomes below the poverty Mankato, was author-for-a-day of a Economic Development and Housmg level, and nearly 30,000 have debt-to­ bill proposing an amendment to the Committee March 3. The bill would asset ratios of over 70 percent, Minnesota Constitution to reduce the change the responsibilities of the according to the program's statistics." size of the Legislature. Department of Energy and Economic Development and establish _the Twenty-six states have better Greater Minnesota Corporation. groundwater programs than Minnesota according to a report by A bill that would lower and the Fund for Renewable Energy and simplify rates for waste disposal the Environment. The state's low in the metropolitan area came out of ranking prompted Rep. Darby Nelson the Environment Subcommittee of (DFL-Champlin) to introduce the Metropolitan Affairs Committee HF373, a bill that would allow the Feb. 27 with a recommendation to Hennepin County Soil and Water pass. HF499 (Nelson, DFL­ Conservation District to draw up Champlin) would allow the plans for a countywide groundwater Metropolitan Waste Control management program. Nelson Commission to charge a single rate, presented HF373 to the Local and rather than charging seven rates in Urban Affairs Committee March 3. different parts of the Twin Cities. The bill also calls for a budget Current active members of the reserve so the commission doesn't Public Employees Retirement have to raise rates in emergencies. Association (PERA) would have HF499 goes next to the full a reduced vesting standard under a bill Metropolitan Affairs <;ommittee. Rep. Wayne Simoneau (DFL- Fridley) presented to the . Unemployment Insurance and Governmental Operations Committee Worker's Compensation Feb. 26. HF463 would decrease Division of the Labor-Management from IO to 5, the number of years an Relations Committee, heard reviews employee must work to become of workers' compensation insurance vested in PERA. Under the from the Insurance Federation of proposal, 25,000 active members, of Minnesota and Minnesota's Self­ whom 16,000 are women, would Insurers Association March 2. become immediately vested. (correction to story in last week's Department of Labor and Session Weekly "Notes") Industry March 3 presented its budget to the State Departments An 87-page bill that would Division of the Appropriations restructure the Department of Committee. The department Energy and Economic Development regulates and enforces occupational (DEED) got a hearing in the Rural 5 ( safety and health, employment Testimony continued on the standards, and workers' state's corporate structure We need your help! compensation. March 2 at the Taxes Committee's To save money, please write the Tax Laws Division meeting--John House Public Information Office, Department of Revenue is James, assistant revenue 175 State Office Building, St~ Paul, asking for $17 million over the commissioner, Compliance Tax MN 55155 or call (612) 296-2146 next two years to update its Program, again doing the if you are receiving more than one automation systems. Present presentation. copy of The Session Weekly, or if computers are 10 to 25 years old, and you want your name removed from are "fragmented, unstructured, and far Minnesota can expect a four the mailing list. Also, let us know if from adequate," says Deputy percent inflation increase in you've changed your name or address. Commissioner Ray Dore. He told 1987, says Dick Todd of the the State Departments Division of Minneapolis Federal Reserve. the Appropriations Committee He and a Norwest Bank economist March 4 that better computers would say the state's economy will grow at cut down on paper work and help the a slower rate than the national department collect $20 million in average in the near future. They delinquent taxes. made their predictions at a Ways and Means Committee meeting March 3. Positioning Minnesota and the midwest as high-tech Taxpayers have three new leaders was the subject of the sources of help in the Minnesota Future and Technology Committee's Department of Revenue. The March 2 meeting. Ellen Brown, vice department has an Appeals Office, a president of the Midwest Technology Problem Resolution Office, and a ( Development Institute, told Taxpayer Information Division. committee members her organization is developing cooperative partnerships with industry and education in nine midwest states. The goal? To increase expertise in areas of advanced ceramics and composites, advanced manufacturing, and farm enterprise.

Members of the Health and Human Services Division of the Appropriations Committee heard continuing budget overviews from the Deparment of Human Services March 2-4.

A 14-year-old computer needs upgrading in the Department of The Session Weekly is a publication of the Minnesota House of Representatives Human Services, says Bob Baird, Public Information Office. During the 1987 Legislative Session, each issue reports daily House action Thursday (2 p.m.) to director of the department's Health Thursday (2 p.m.), lists bill introductions and advance committee schedules, and Care Programs. Baird told the Health provides other information. The publication is a service of the Minnesota House. and Services/Appropriations Division No fee. To subscribe, contact: Minnesota House of Representatives Public March 4 that scotch tape is holding Information Office, 175 State Office Building, St. Paul, MN 55155-1298, together the computer the department (612)296-2146. uses to process medical claims. Public Information Officer: Jean Steiner • Editor: Peg Hamerston • ( Assistant Editor/Writer: Lisa Lissimore • Writers: Denise A. Goeser, Terri Hudoba, Scott Hvidsten, Julie Shortridge • Art & Production: Merri B. Fromm • Publications Assistant: Becky Andrews • Bill Introductions & Committee Schedules: Terrie Gimpel, Leanne Kettleson, Dorothy M. Sawyer 6

EDUCATION Human Rights Act--disabled COMMITTEE persons HF369/SF264 (Greenfield, DFL-Mpls)-­ ACTION l::1:11~~11~,~~:1:11~rf:::~:::.:::i:1:::11·1=11::1:1:::-.1::=:.::111::1::1:::1:::1·1::11·1 recommended to pass as amended. (SF on Senate Floor) Smoke-free schools :AG RI CULTURE HF227 /SF671 (D. Nelson, DFL­ Eminent domain--appraisal fee Champlin)--passed as amended. (SF in increase Senate Education Committee) HF372/SF368 (Rest, DFL-New Hope)-­ recommended to pass; rereferred to .Department of Agriculture-­ Compulsory education-­ Appropriations Committee. (SF on miscellaneous services changes Senate Floor) HF303/SF336 (C. Nelson, DFL-Barrett)-­ HF432/SF425 (McEachem, DFL-St. recommended to pass as amended. Michael)--heard; amended. (SF in Senate Real estate--title defects (SF in Senate Agrfoulture Committee) Education Committee) HF439/SF85* (Wagenius, DFL-Mpls)-­ recommended to pass; placed on Consent Seed potatoes--disease Calendar. standards ENVIRONMENT HF436/SF429 (Lieder, DFL-Crookston)-­ & NATURAL Probate court fees amended; not recommended to pass. (SF HF536/SF402 (Dempsey, IR-New Ulm)-­ in Senate Agriculture Committee) RESOURCES recommended to pass. (SF passed Senate) Alfentanil--con trolled Agriculture Finance substance HF688 (Kelly, DFL-St. Paul)-­ Div./Ag. Hazardous waste laws-­ violations, penalties recommended to pass; placed on Consent Calendar. HF401 (D. Nelson, DFL-Champlin)-­ l::·i·i~~,~-~~:!~~1:1'r:~·=:1:::::!:'::::::.:!:=:i:.:1·1:i:iiii::.:1=i:·i·1,l::::::=.:l.::!I heard. 1.-::lif~:~~~,t~::~~t~:=~:::::·:.·:.<::.:·:\·::.1::.:;1::·::; .. ·:·=.··::·:..:·1.:··1 .. ::·:.·:::::.::j Farmer-Lender Mediation Act-­ changes Nonprofit corporations-­ HF210/SF89 (Schoenfeld, DFL-Waseca)-­ FINANCIAL directors liability heard; amended. (SF on Senate Floor). INSTITUTIONS HF141/SF181 (Ogren, DFL-Aitkin)-­ recommended to pass as amended. (SF in Farmer-lender mediation &INSURANCE Senate Judiciary Committee) program--FmHA HF575 (Sparby, DFL-Thief River Falls)-­ Adopted child--notice of death recommended to pass. HF270/SF439 (Vellenga, DFL-St. Paul)-­ Insurance--regulation changes recommended to pass as amended. (SF in HF392/SF478 (Skoglund, DFL-Mpls)-­ Senate Judiciary Committee) heard; amended. (SF in Senate Commerce ECONOMIC Committee) Gender references DEVELOPMENT HF320 (Scheid, DFL-Brooklyn Park)-­ & HOUSING recommended to pass; placed on Consent JUDICIARY Calendar. l::::.J79~~~~~:::g,~tf::~··::::::,::::::::·::::::,::·,::il.,::::·:.:.:·:::··:_::·)·:::·::::i:1:lll:[:~ 11::::~;~p~~~~::n~tJ:·1~::i::.11:::·:1:1::::,·::1.<1.1-.::_:::::::::::::::::::·:_1_:::::·11:,:.::::1 Rural development Crime & Family Law HF2/SF1 (Schoenfeld, DFL-Waseca)-­ Corporate directors--personal Div./Judic. heard. (SF in Senate Environment and liability Natural Resources Committee) HF202/SF204 (Carruthers, DFL­ Brooklyn Center)--recommended to pass as amended. (SF in Senate Judiciary Witnesses, competency-­ Committee) changes Criminal syndicalism HF286 (Vellenga, DFL-St. Paul)--heard; laid over. HF316 (Pappas, DFL-St. Paul)-­ recommended to pass. 7

Health care professionals-­ REGULATED ( impersonation FLOOR HF318/SF301 (Orenstein, DFL-St. Paul)-­ INDUSTRIES recommended to pass as amended. (SF in ACTION Senate Judiciary Committee) IJ:J::1=1eg~~~i::;i;ff l1~::1:::::::::1:1·1111:1::111·:1:1::Jll:.1:: .. 1.::1:1.1.:11:1·::1·1:1:::1·1::1:1 CALENDAR Crime victim rights-­ Phone bill payments-­ expansion locations HF336/SF232 (Seaberg, IR-Eagan)-­ HF152/SF595 (Begich, DFL-Eveleth)-­ t:::::1?P:~,~~::·1~r~::·~ .. :=:·:::::.::::J1:::=::.:::::::.::::1::1:·1.:=·--1,1:: ... :::=11:=:::::: .. :.:1 recommended to pass as amended. (SF in recommended to pass as amended. (SF in Senate Judiciary Committee) Senate Public Utilities and Energy Salary increase rejected HF68*/SF505 (V anasek, DFL-New Committee) Corrections authority/inmate Prague)--passed (116-10). (SF in Senate Governmental Operations Committee) restitution Liquor sales--extension of HF375/SF586 (Kludt, DFL-Moorhead)-­ hours recommended to pass as amended. (SF in HF397 (Kahn, DFL-Mpls)--recommended CONCURRENCE Senate Health and Human Services to pass as amended. Committee) & REPASSAGE

:.:·:::1·::1:r:1:1·11.:1::.1:11.::1·:1=1--.r:1:1:!:::::::1 1:.:·:1~~~~~'~!~~::1~t~:i:~::.:.. ll:.i!IP:P:~~~~1·:a~~·::~!=·:!=J·i·.::::.1:::::1:.:.:J.i:l:i::::,1=.J·.::::::::.· .... :: .. :::i·::::·1.!I LABOR­ Pipeline Safety Act Adoptive parents--access to MANAGEMENT HF91/SF90 (Knuth, DFL-New Brighton)-­ recommended to pass as amended; records RELATIONS rereferred to Judiciary Committee. (SF in HF41 */SF37 (Milbert, DFL-South St. Senate Environment and Natural Paul)--passed as amended by the Senate 1·:::i~p~~~~~':lgf::·~:::::-.:l':i:::::,:·:::.·::ll::.l,:'l::j·.·:1::·:::::::·.:i.j'·'lil:=l:ili::=j Resources Committee) (124-0). Student work restrictions Pipeline Safety improvement-­ CONSENT CALENDAR ( HF110/SFS28 (D. Nelson, DFL­ resolution Champlin)--recommended to pass as HF567/SF661 (Knuth, DFL-New amended. (SF in Senate Employment Brighton)--recommended to pass as i:::::11~t~~'."f~.il~~~=:~~::j:ljl·j,i·::i:'i·:.:l:i:ii!ii:ii:::::ii:i:iii:::::::::::::ii·J::·11 Committee) amended; placed on Consent Calendar. (SF in Senate Transportation Committee) Local government--city reserve fund HF81/SF484 (Stanius, IR-White Bear LOCAL& Lake)--passed as amended (118-0). (SF in URBAN AFFAIRS TRANSPORTATION Senate Local and Urban Oovernment Committee) li.:::1~;ij~~~:ij!~~·:l~~~:::~,:::li:·:l:-..iii·:::=:::·:=:::.:.:i:i:·:j:.:=:.:::1:--,:.::::·1 l::::.~~l~.'-~f,!·l~tf ::~l=·::::.:··:::.:::::·:::: .. :.:1:1.::1::::·,:!:·:::':·: .. ::·:1·:·::::::.:::·:!I 1:=:::1~1~,~~:·1'=~~:=~:·:::::,iJ.::::::·,=i::=:j:J,:::::ij,:::,::::::::::::.:,::,:• Motorcycle passenger--helmet Hennepin County-­ requirement Credit discrimination groundwater management HFl 72/SF434 (Bishop, IR-Rochester)-­ HF222/SF168* (Bishop, IR-Rochester)-­ HF373/SF353 (D. Nelson, DFL­ not recommended to pass. (SF in Senate passed as amended (123-0). Champlin)--heard. (SF in Senate Transportation Committee) Environment and Natural Resources Certificate of title--transfer of Committee) Motorcycle drivers--helmet duplicate HF197*/SF195 (Frederick, IR-Mankato)-­ Washington County--bonding requirement HF253/SF327 (Bishop, IR-Rochester)-­ passed (123-0). (SF in Senate Judiciary HF491/SF490 (Price, DFL-Woodbury)-­ not recommended to pass. (SF in Senate Committee) recommended to pass; rereferred to Taxes Transportation Committee) Committee. (SF in Senate Local and St. Paul--smoke detector Urban Government Committee) Commercial driver--test, ordinance County--service fees, license HF357*/SF585 (Orenstein, DFL-St. Paul)--passed as amended (127-0). (SF in emergency contracts HF493/SF140 (K. Olson, DFL-Sherburn)-­ recommended to pass. (SF in Senate Senate Local and Urban Government HF502 (Jennings, DFL-Rush City)-­ Transportation Committee) Committee) recommended to pass as amended. 8

GENERAL ORDERS GOVERNOR

BILLS THE Criminal trial procedures-­ GOVERNOR SIGNED changes HF137/SF220 (Kelly, DFL-St. Paul)-­ amended; progressed. (SF in Senate 1::::~r1=:~~~~l'i~~:~:.i~9::·,1::·:::<:1.11:·1::.::;·:111:.1.1·1·:::.::1.:::11::.:::::.:;:·~:::1:::1.:::::.:1 Judiciary Committee) Uniform Trade Secret Act-­ Mail order sales tax revised resolution HF45*/SF104 (Orenstein)--Chapter 1. HF135 (McLaughlin, DFL-Mpls)-­ recommended to pass. 1:.:·:1M{~:~~~~~!~~:!~~~2::~~t!--:l.!·11::11·:.1:11::::1:1:::.·:1:::;·;::.::11.::1:·1:::1

County medical assistance Corporate directors liability-­ claims modified HF18/SF15 (Ogren, DFL-Aitkin)-­ HF34*/SF35 (Carruthers)--Chapter 2. recommended to pass. (SF in Senate Judiciary Committee) Anatomical gifts--required RESOLUTIONS request for consent HF23/SF86 (Kahn, DFL-Mpls)-­ THE GOVERNOR recommended to pass. (SF on Senate SIGNED Floor)

Corporate takeover law-­ changes Highway funding resolution HF27/SF272 (Simoneau, DFL-Fridley)-­ HF66*/SF8 (A. Johnson)--Resolution 2. recommended to pass. (SF in Senate Judiciary Committee) Adoptive parents--access to records Overtime wages--ski HF41 */SF37 (Milbert)--Resolution 3. employees HF52 (Ogren, DFL-Aitkin)-­ recommended to pass.

Anoka County--highway development HF94/SF200 (Simoneau, DFL-Fridley)-­ rereferred to Appropriations Committee. (SF in Senate Transportation Committee)

Key

HF--House File SF--Senate File HF#/SF#--companion bills *--version of the bill under consideration

Copies of bills and resolutions are available from the ChiefClerk's Office Room 211, State Capitol St. Paul, MN 55155-1298 (612) 296-2314 1987-88 MINNESOTA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ( COMMITTEE COVERAGE

The Minnesota Legislature creates, abolishes, and changes laws to fit the needs of Minnesotans. Legislators introduce hundreds of proposed laws each session. The House of Representatives and the Senate consider bills separately, but they must agree on a bill before it can become law.

The Legislature relies on committees, divisions, and subcommittees to be sure all bills get careful study and review. In the House, the Speaker of the House decides on the committees the House will have, and appoints the members and chairs who will serve on them. The speaker also assigns bills to the appropriate committees by topic.

Here's a list that briefly describes the function of each 1987-88 committee and division:

Agriculture--Sets out Commerce--Addresses farm policies and programs Agriculture, consumers' concerns; works Education Finance for assistance to farmers, Transportation, Semi- closely with the Department Division--Reviews and promotion of interstate and state Division--Reviews of Commerce and the makes recommendations for international trade, marketing and makes recommendations Consumer Services Division the funding of school systems commodities, and soil for funding of agricultural of the Attorney General's and educational programs. conservation. programs, the World Trade Office in writing consumer Creates a formula for Center, transportation protection legislation. distributing funds among ( Agriculture Finance projects, the departments of school districts. Division--Makes budgetary agriculture and transportation, Economic decisions for programs the and boards and organizations Development and Environment and Agriculture Committee the state partially funds. Housing--Makes Natural creates, including sources of recommendations for Resources--concemed funding. Reviews Education Division-- programs in job development with hunting and fishing effectiveness and efficiency Recommends funding for the and training, financing regulation and promotion, of farm programs. University of Minnesota, businesses, housing and pollution, waste state universities, community community development, management, wildlife Appropriations-- colleges, AVTI's, and the and rural development. protection, forestry and Recommends objectives and Department of Education. Makes recommendations for mining. goals in appropriating state allocating private activity money; reviews the Health and Human bonds. Also reviews Financial governor's budget proposals; Services Division-- programs in the Department Institutions and recommends level of funding Recommends funding for of Energy and Economic Insurance--Concerned for all state agencies and any state health and human Development. with consumer rights in other program the state service programs. insurance; affordability and finances; provides estimates Education-- availability of insurance for of appropriations to the State Departments Recommends programs for individuals and companies; Ways and Means Committee; Division--Proposes the K-12 education. Looks to reviews banking charges and reviews every bill that needs omnibus state departments making education fair and definitions of accounts and an appropriation even if the bill appropriating money equal among different services. bill had its first hearing in for state departments and regions in the state and another committee. For agencies. example, a proposal having among different social and to do with agriculture that economic groups. Also addresses teachers' training involves spending money, (I would go first to the and parent/community " Agriculture Committee or involvement in education. one of its divisions. Future and Higher Education- Local and Urban Taxes--Reviews any bill Technology-­ -Makes recommendations for Affairs--Makes that affects state income, Concerned with long range the goals and objectives of recommendations sales, use, or property tax economic and job needs, AVTI's, state universities, concerning relations between policy, though tax bills may emphasizing Minnesota's community colleges, and the state and local governments, first go to another committee; place in the world market. University of Minnesota; the impact of federal and concerned with budget Anticipates demographic assesses the quality, state programs on local stability; provides estimates (population) changes in the availablity, and governance government, and the of current taxes to the Ways state for consideration in of these institutions; jurisdiction, control and and Means Committee. educational, economic, concerned with student bonding authority of local housing, health, crime, financial aid and enrollment. government. Property Tax Division-­ environmental, tax, and Evaluates property tax other policy decisions. Judiciary--Considers Metropolitan system, state aid to local sentencing guidelines, bail Affairs--Reviews the governments, property tax General requirements, citizen rights, structures, goals and relief for individuals, and Legislation, and corrections. Evaluates programs of metropolitan fairness of tax base. Veterans Affairs, structure and organization agencies; concerned witb Tax Laws Division-­ and Gaming-­ of courts. transportation, sewers, roads, Concerned with tax laws, Addresses gambling issues bridges, parks, airports, and including tax formulas, that and regulations; veterans' Crime and Family Law bonding for state construction carry out tax policy. programs; regulation of Division--Concerned with projects in the metropolitan elections; and other sentencing guidelines and area. miscellaneous legislation. procedures in juvenile Transportation-­ deliquency, and child abuse, Regulated Concerned with safety, custody, and support cases. highway construction, , Governmental lndustries--Concerned maintenance, regulations of Operations--Reviews with controls on industries Labor­ the state regulatf':::-, such as road use, and licensing of any bill that substantially vehicles. changes or creates a new state Management liquor, phone, power, and department, agency, Relations--Concerned commercial sc. Heiting. Ways and Means-­ commission, board or bureau, with negotiation procedures, Sets overall spending and though the bill may have had wages, unemployment Rules and taxing policies and limits for its first review and hearing in insurance, workers' Legislative the Appropriations and Taxes another committee; deals compensation, and the Administration-­ Committees, and the with public employee rights and responsibilities Establishes a budget for Education Finance Division pension plans, and state of workers, managers, and House committee exrenses; of the Education Committee. workers' bargaining owners. determines House rules, procedures. joint rules, and administrative Unemployment duties of the House. Health and Insurance and Workers' Compensation Division-­ .Human Services-­ Deals with the concerns of Reviews and makes businesses, workers, and recommendations for the insurance companies, and the policies, goals, objectives, effectiveness and availability reform and creation of of unemployment insurance welfare programs; concerned and workers' compensation. with the availability of programs and services; also deals with the licensing of health care providers and ·social workers. (The Health and Human Services Di vision of the Appropriations Committee works on the funding of programs.) IN THE HOPPER... C BILL INTRODUCTIONS February 27-March 5, 1987

HF655--Redalen (IR)-· HF662--Kalis (DFL)-· Agriculture Education Agriculture; clarifying and amending the Education; eliminating a restriction on farmer-lender mediation act; amending interdistrict cooperation revenue based on statutes; proposing coding for new law; the size of a school district; amending HF649--0gren (DFL)--Labor­ repealing statutes. statutes. Management Relations Employment; providing for severance pay HF656--0'Connor (DFL)-­ HF663--Wenzel (DFL)-­ and insurance coverage to certain Labor-Management Relations Health/Human Services terminated employees; requiring Public Safety; regulating high pressure Health; providing for disposition of the employers to provide notice of certain piping and pipefitters; providing remains of human fetuses; providing a actions related to work force reductions; penalties; amending statutes; proposing penalty; proposing coding for new law. appropriating money; amending statutes; coding for new law. proposing coding for new law. HF664--Winter (DFL)-­ HF657--Bauerly (DFL)-­ Environment/ HF650--Rest (DFL)--Judiciary Education Natural Resources Crime; permitting courts to sentence sex Education; requiring post-secondary Game and fish; beginning the open offenders to prison as well as to treatment institutions to reimburse school districts season for angling two weeks earlier in as a condition of probation; amending when post-secondary credit is granted for certain areas south of U.S. trunk highway statutes. courses originally taken for secondary. No. 14 and in Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood, credit only; amending statutes. and Brown counties; amending statutes. HF651--Scheid (DFL)-- General Legislation/ HF658--Bauerly (DFL)-­ HF665--Steensma (DFL)-- ( Veterans Affairs/Gaming Judiciary General Legislation/ Elections; setting times for changing Tort liability; decreasing the tort liability Veteran Affairs/Gaming election precincts and reapportioning limits for the state and its municipalities; Veterans; providing for special motor certain election districts; amending amending statutes. vehicle license plates for former prisoners statutes; proposing coding for new law. of war free of charge; amending statutes. HF659--0gren (DFL)·· HF652--Wenzel (DFL)-· Health/Human Services HF666--Nelson, K (DFL)-­ Local/Urban Affairs Public Welfare; providing an exemption Education The city of Little Falls; authorizing the from statutory limits for certain levies for Education; providing for programs, aids, issuance of general obligation bonds to services to the aging; amending statutes. grants, and levies; changing formulas and refund certain tax increment bonds of the authority for school transportation and city; authorizing the city to use the HF660--Blatz (IR)--Judiciary capital expenditures; changing the PER unexpended proceeds of the refunded bond Government data practices; providing an process; providing for academic excellence for other municipal purposes. exception to the nondisclosure of welfare awards; changing special, family, and data to law enforcement or probation safety program provisions; consolidating HF653--Reding (DFL)-­ officers in certain cases; amending the school depository laws; changing Environment/ statutes. some pupil residency requirements; Natural Resources providing for library board expenses; Wild animals; use of lights in taking or HF661--Solberg (DFL)-­ implementing teacher education program tending traps; length of otter season; Commerce changes; establishing all day kindergarten setting traps near water; amending Commerce; granting motor fuel retailers demonstration sites; awarding grants for statutes. the option to purchase from wholesalers K-3 reduced class size programs; other than the refiner; proposing coding appropriating money; amending statutes; HF654--Wagenius (DFL )-· for new law. proposing coding for new law; repealing Metropolitan Affairs statutes. Metropolitan government; providing for the composition of the metropolitan ( airports commission; amending statutes. HF667--Gruenes (IR)-­ HF675--Bertram (DFL)-­ HF682--Pappas (DFL)-­ Governmental Operations Health/Human Services Governmental Operations Retirement; public employees retirement Human services; establishing residency State departments and agencies; creating a association; permitting the purchase of requirements for general assistance and commission for the quincentennial of the prior service credits by certain employees; AFDC; proposing coding for new law. Hispanic presence in the western amending statutes. hemisphere. HF676--Skoglund (DFL)-­ HF668--Gruenes (IR)-­ Financial Institutions/ HF683--0'Connor (DFL)-­ Health/Human Services Insurance Governmental Operations Health; extending the moratorium on Commerce; requiring financial The organization and operation of state hospital capacity expansion; amending institutions to provide certain basic government; adding members to the board laws. services to customers without charge; of animal health; modifying and providing enforcement powers; proposing clarifying the powers of the board; HF669--Skoglund (DFL)-­ coding for new law. regulating dealers; prescribing a civil Financial Institutions/ penalty; amending statutes; proposing Insurance HF677--Price (DFL)-­ coding for new law. Insurance; accident and health; allowing Education certain assignments of benefits for Education; requiring school districts to HF684--Lieder (DFL)-­ alcoholics and drug dependents; amending establish local literacy policies and Transportation statutes. standards for high school graduation; Transportation; creating a state amending statutes. institutions town road account; HF670--Bertram (DFL)-­ appropriating money; proposing coding Governmental Operations HF678--Scheid (DFL)--Taxes for new law. Retirement; refunds of contributions or Taxation; property taxation; modifying deferred annuities to employees of the the method of determining certain adjusted HF685--Schoenfeld (DFL)-­ Albany community hospital. assessed value; modifying the method of Appropriations determining agricultural market value for Appropriations; removing requirements HF671--Bertram (DFL)-­ market value for property tax purposes; for the payment of certain costs. Governmental Operations amending statutes. State; designating an official state beer; HF686--Voss (DFL)--Tmees proposing coding for new law. HF679--Simoneau (DFL)-­ Taxation; motor vehicle excise; changing Governmental Operations the definition of purchase price for HF672--Tunheim (DFL)-­ Administrative procedure; clarifying purposes of a transfer by gift; amending Agriculture provisions relating to administrative statutes. Agriculture; changing certain bonding procedure; clarifying provisions relating provisions of grain storage laws; to emergency rules; amending statutes. HF687--Poppenhagen (IR)-­ authorizing a hearing and rulemaking; Judiciary amending statutes; proposing coding for HF680--Tunheim (DFL)-­ Collection and dissemination of data; new law. Governmental Operations allowing law enforcement agencies to Retirement; teachers retirement release the date of birth of persons HF673--Lasley (DFL)-­ association; extending retroactively a involved in traffic accidents; amending Economic Development/ provision allowing accrual of benefits statutes. Housing from the date teaching service terminated Housing; creating advisory task force in if applications for retirement are filed HF688--Kelly (DFL)-­ the state pollution control agency to within 90 days of that date; amending Judiciary study and advise on moisture and air statutes. Controlled substances; classifying the quality problems in single-family homes; substance alfentanil as a schedule Il requiring reports; appropriating money. HF681--Skoglund (DFL)-­ controlled substance; amending statutes. En vironment/ HF674--Blatz (IR)--Judiciary Natural Resources HF689--Swenson (IR)-­ Crimes; dictating circumstances in which A resolution memorializing the President, Education the court may stay execution of sentence Congress, and the Federal Aviation Education; modifying the tuition following conviction for a second or Administration to accelerate the reimbursement provisions for the post­ subsequent offense relating to criminal modernization of commercial aircraft secondary enrollment options program; sexual conduct; providing that fleets operating in and to the United appropriating money; amending statutes. information regarding a sexual assault States by requiring the use of quieter, victim is private; amending statutes. Stage 3 aircraft. 13

HF690--Swenson (IR)-­ HF697--Price (DFL)-­ amending statutes; proposing coding for ( J udiciary Education new law; repealing statutes. Traffic regulations; requiring a blood or School districts; authorizing more capital urine test when there is probable cause to outlay levying authority; amending HF702--Dempsey (IR)-­ believe there is impairment by a statutes. Governmental Operations controlled substance; requiring alternative The office of the secretary of state; test to be offered under certain conditions; HF698--Nelson, D (DFL)-­ providing for.the preservation of land amending statutes. Education surveys; establishing time for the Education; modifying the definitions of permanent microfilming.of the surveys; HF691--Seaberg (IR)-­ teachers and of supervisory and support appropriating money; amending statutes. Health/Human Services personnel for the purpose of licensure; Health care; regulating prepayment modifying the kinds of personnel licensed HF703--Jacobs (DFL)--Taxes demonstration projects; requiring by the board of teaching and the state Taxation; sales and use; including demonstration providers to follow certain board of education; adding two post­ machinery used for sod growing in the claims settlement practices when secondary vocational teachers to the board definition of farm machinery; amending contracting with other health care and of teaching; requiring the board of statutes. social service practitioners to provide teaching to consider vocational education services to enrollees; amending statutes. teacher licensure requirements adopted by HF704--Rest (DFL)--Judiciary the state board of vocational technical Public safety; providing for the HF692--McKasy (IR)-­ education; requiring that rules adopted by mandatory surrender of registration plates Judiciary the board of teaching do not affect the and certificates of motor vehicles operated Public safety; providing for access to validity of licenses of certain vocational by repeat DWI offenders; providing for criminal justice datacommunications personnel or the rights and privileges of administrative and judicial review; network and defining purposes for its use; the holders; amending statutes; proposing amending statutes. amending statutes. coding for new law. HF705--Kelly (DFL)-­ HF693--0lson, E (DFL)-­ HF699--Nelson, D (DFL)-­ Judiciary Education Judiciary Traffic regulations; requiring certain Education; excluding community Collection and dissemination of data; persons convicted of DWI or a DWI­ education fund balances from calculations providing for the destruction of certain related offense to undergo chemical use ( of second tier levy fund balances from data; amending statutes. assessment; imposing an assessment on calculations of second. tier levy fund persons convicted of DWI for the purpose balances; restoring aids and levies lost HF700--Skoglund (DFL)-­ of financing these assessments; because of earlier inclusions; amending Governmental Operations appropriating money; amending statutes. statutes. State lands; transferring jurisdiction and responsibility for maintaining soldiers HF706--Kelly (DFL)-­ HF694--Trimble (DFL)-­ home bridge from department of veterans Judiciary Education affairs to department of transportation. Juveniles; clarifying certain recent Education; authorizing school districts to changes to the juvenile court act; levy for day care programs; amending HF701--Jacobs (DFL)-­ clarifying recent changes to the juvenile statutes. Regulated Industries court act; clarifying the hearing and Public utilities; authorizing the public records procedures of the juvenile court; HF695--Gruenes (IR)-­ utilities commission to deregulate providing for the enforcement of juvenile General Legislation/ competitive telecommunications-services; court resti~tion orders; permitting Veterans Affairs/ Gaming requiring interexchange companies to pay administrative docketing of certain unpaid county reimbursements; clarifying certain Lawful gambling; regulating distributor reasonable access fees; requiring certain crime victim notification and protection licenses; removing the prohibition companies to post a bond; prohibiting laws; amending statutes; repealing against liquor wholesalers becoming telephone companies from subsidizing statutes. licensed distributors of gambling competitive services from noncompetitive equipment; repealing statutes. services; requiring telephone companies to provide full disclosure of their services HF707--Voss (DFL)-­ HF696--Kostohryz (DFL)-­ and rates; authorizing the commission to Judiciary Education require telephone companies to upgrade Civil actions; allocating fault in certain their services; providing that local civil actions; defining the term · Education; setting the foundation aid telephone exchanges may not be sold "damages"; abolishing joint liability; formula allowance for the 1987-1988 and without commission approval; requiring providing an exception; providing for 1988-1989 school years; removing the persons providing private shared tenant contribution from other joint tortfeasors: metering of state-aid payments to school service to grant certain access; requiring amending statutes; proposing coding for districts; amending statutes; repealing ( the state planning agency to conduct a new law; repealing statutes. statutes. study on universal service assistance; 14

HF708--Wynia (DFL)-­ prohibiting renew.al of licenses for Health/Human Services nursing home and boarding care home Human services; creating the right start IBi~~~,1!!1~~1~111111111~ 1111~ beds in rooms with more than four beds; sliding fee health care program for HF715--Riveness (DFL)-­ appropriating money; amending statutes; pregnant women and children; proposing Labor-Management Relations proposing coding for new law. coding for new law. Unemployment compensation; regulating administration of unemployment HF723--0lsen, S (IR)--Taxes HF709--Sviggum (IR)-­ compensation; providing for benefits and Taxation; property; providing for Judiciary contribution rates; amending statutes; assessment of homesteads of certain Crimes; providing a penalty for repealing statutes. persons age 60 and older; amending assaulting correctional officers; amending statutes. statutes. HF716--Johnson, R (DFL)-­ Higher Education HF724--Waltman (IR)-­ HF710--DeBlieck (DFL)-· Education; state university board; Commerce Health/Human Services allowing a choice from among three low Commerce; real estate salespersons and Human services; appropriating money to bidders in capital projects; proposing brokers; regulating continuing education reimburse counties for the costs of coding for new law. requirement; allowing home study; administration and direct client services requiring rules; amending statutes. for the work readiness program. HF717--Vellenga (DFL)-­ Health/Human Services HF725--Clark (DFL)-• HF711--0renstein (DFL)-­ Human services; providing for changes to Health/Human Services Judiciary the property-related payment rate for Human services; authorizing earned Frauds; fixing conditions for the legal nursing homes; amending statutes. income savings accounts for general determination of fraud in property assistance recipients in residential transfers; enacting the uniform fraudulent HF718--Solberg (DFL)-­ chemical dependency treatment programs; transfer act; proposing coding for new Governmental Operations amending statutes. law; repealing statutes. Public employees; defining terms and conditions of public employment; HF726--Reding (DFL)-­ HF712--0nnen (IR)-­ allowing expanded payment of certain Agriculture Governmental Operations accumulated sick leave; amending Agriculture; establishing a windbreak Proposing an amendment to the statutes. management program; exempting certain Minnesota Constitution, changing article windbreaks from property taxes; IV, sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, HF719--McLaughlin (DFL)-­ providing a state-paid windbreak credit; 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19,20,21,22,23, Regulated Industries appropriating money; amending statutes; 24, 25, and 26; article VIII, section 1, Utilities; trade practices; restricting use proposing coding for new law. article IX, sections 1 and 2, and article and connection of automatic dialing­ XI, section 5; providing for a unicameral announcing devices to telephone lines; HF727--Simoneau (DFL)-­ legislature. proposing coding for new law. Governmental Operations Public employees; setting salaries and HF713--Rest (DFL)--Judiciary HF720--Simoneau (DFL)-­ salary ranges for certain employees; Statutes; correcting erroneous, Governmental Operations amending statutes. ambiguous, omitted, and obsolete Retirement; providing for payment of an references and text; eliminating certain amount equal to the costs of Medicare . HF728--Bauerly (DFL)-­ redundant, conflicting, and superseded Plan B supplemental medical coverage for Education provisions; providing instructions to the retirees of the Minnesota state retirement Education; adding an equity allowance to reviser; amending statutes; repealing system; appropriating money. the cost differential tier; increasing the statutes; repealing laws. capital expenditure revenue allowance; HF721--Greenfield (DFL)-­ decreasing the capital expenditure levy; HF714--Jaros (DFL)-­ Health/Human Services amending statutes. Local/Urban Affairs Human services; providing for the Duluth airport authority; providing that recovery of medical assistance HF729--Schreiber (IR)-­ authority employees hired after a certain overpayments; amending statutes. Local/Urban Affairs date are not covered by any civil service Local government; permitting system. HF722--Greenfield (DFL)-­ compensation for members of statutory Health/Human Services city park boards; amending statutes. Health; creating exceptions to the nursing home moratorium; establishing a review process for approval of additional exceptions to the moratorium; 15

( HF730--Wagenius (DFL)-• HF737--McLaughlin (DFL)-­ HF744--McLaughlin (DFL)-­ Judiciary Taxes Metropolitan Affairs Witnesses; expanding the exception to the A resolution memorializing the President Metropolitan government; adding the husband-wife privilege applicable to and Congress to prevent from taking chair of the transit commission to crimes committed against children; effect the proposed Internal Revenue membership on the metropolitan financial amending statutes. Service regulations that limit the reporting and management advisory lobbying activities by nonprofit committee; amending statutes. HF731--0'Connor (DFL)-­ organizations. Transportation HF745--Welle (DFL)-­ Transportation; providing for the use of HF738--Reding (DFL)-­ Health/Human Services recycled waste tires for highway Environment/ Human services; allowing certain construction; requiring certain Natural Resources facilities to choose higher payment construction bidding practices; requiring Game and fish; providing for cooperative limits; requiring a study of geographic the commissioner of transportation to use management of wildlife resources; groups; amending statutes. or encourage the use of waste tires in appropriating money; proposing coding highway construction; prohibiting for new law. HF746--Riveness (DFL)-­ disposal of waste tires; requiring the Financial Institutions/ pollution control agency to conduct HF739--Johnson V (IR)-­ Insurance planning; providing for an advisory task Transportation Occupations and professions; requiring force; amending statutes. Transportation; providing for the deposit health maintenance organizations to offer of motor vehicle excise tax revenues in chiropractic services and specifying the HF732--0'Connor (DFL)-­ fiscal year 1987; amending statutes. conditions of those services; amending Judiciary statutes; proposing coding for new law. Civil actions; limitations on HF7 40--Kostohryz (DFL)-­ commencement of actions; providing for General Legislation/ HF747--Rest (DFL)--Taxes the limitation of actions before Veterans Affairs/Gaming Taxation; sales and use; exempting administrative agencies; amending Horse racing; modifying the manufacturing equipment; amending statutes. purse structure; providing for the statutes; repealing statutes. ( representation of horsemen contracting HF733--McEachern (DFL)-­ with a licensee; modifying taxes; HF748--Jefferson (DFL)-­ Transportation eliminating the payment of a percentage Health/Human Services Transportation; authorizing special of the breakage to the commission; Human services; clarifying the permits for 110-foot vehicle amending statutes. rulemaking authority concerning combinations to operate outside the occupancy rates in intermediate care . metropolitan area on interstate highways; HF741--Pappas (DFL)--Higher facilities for persons with mental setting a fee for the permit; providing for Education retardation or related conditions; amending , the modification of certain interchanges, Education; providing for expanded statutes. streets, and highways; amending statutes. offerings at Metropolitan State University; appropriating money. HF749--Lieder (DFL)-· HF734--Shaver (IR)-­ Local/Urban Affairs Local/Urban Affairs HF742--Rest (DFL)--Judiciary Local government; permitting counties to The Minnehaha Creek watershed district; Statutes; removing certain substantive withdraw from regional development providing for the establishment of a gender references in Minnesota statutes; commissions; amending statutes. district project maintenance of existing amending statutes; repealing statutes. district projects. HF750--Lieder (DFL)-­ HF743 •.;.Skoglund (DFL)-­ Governmental Operations HF735--Peterson (DFL)-­ Metropolitan Affairs State lands; authorizing sale of certain tax­ Regulated Industries Metropolitan government; providing for forfeited lands that border public water in Liquor; removing a restriction on the appointment of members of the East Grand Forks, Polk county. issuance of off-sale licenses in Kanabec metropolitan airports commission; county; amending statutes. requiring adoption and review of an HF751--Lieder (DFL)-­ implementation plan and budget; Transportation HF736--Blatz (IR)--Judiciary amending statutes; repealing statutes. Traffic regulations; establishing certain Probate; changing the intestate descent of weight limits; amending statutes. cemetery lots; amending statutes. ( 16

HF752--Rest (DFL)--Taxes HF760--Skoglund (DFL)-­ HF769--Anderson, F (DFL)-­ Taxation; sales and use; defining Metropolitan Affairs Governmental Operations manufacturing equipment and providing a Metropolitan government; setting the Retirement; refunds of contributions to four percent rate; abolishing the maximum tax for the mosquito control employees of the Canby community exemption for sales of capital equipment district; amending statutes. hospital district. in distressed counties; amending statutes; repealing statutes. HF761--Sviggum (IR)--Labor­ HF770--Schreiber (IR)-­ Management Relations Transportation HF753--Nelson (DFL)-­ Unemployment compensation; defining Drivers' licenses; increasing age from 19 Education the term agricultural labor; amending to 21 for provisional driver's license; Education; removing references to statutes. imposing fees; amending statutes. repealed statutes; removing obsolete language; amending statutes. HF762--Vellenga (DFL)-­ HF771--Forsythe (IR)-­ Education Education HF754--Rest (DFL)-­ Education; requiring school nurses in School districts; authorizing a capital Economic Development/ schools; describing their responsibilities; expenditure levy for surplus school Housing providing for dispensing medication in buildings used for community purposes; Local and state government debt schools; authorizing a grant program; amending statutes. financing; allocating bonding authority appropriating money; amending statutes; subject to a volume cap under federal tax proposing coding for new law. HF772--Kinkel (DFL)-­ law; amending statutes; proposing coding Governmental Operations for new law; repealing statutes. HF763--Dorn (DFL)-­ Retirement; establishing a voluntary Healtb/Human Services retirement plan for certain qualified HF7 55--Seabert (IR)-­ Human services; creating the office of employees of public and private Metropolitan Affairs ombudsman for older Minnesotans; ambulance services; proposing coding for Metropolitan government; authorizing proposing coding for new law. new law. municipalities in the metropolitan area to adopt ordinances related to aircraft noise; HF764--Clark (DFL)-­ HF773--Solberg (DFL)-­ proposing coding for new law .. Healtb/Human Services Education Human services; providing for a statewide Education; establishing a pilot program HF756--Sarna (DFL)-- interpreter service for hearing impaired to reduce class sizes in kindergarten General Legislation/ persons; altering membership on through third grade; appropriating money; Veterans Affairs/Gaming Minnesota council for the hearing proposing coding for new law. Elections; prohibiting cities of the first impaired; amending statutes. class from changing their voting systems HF774--Murphy (DFL)-­ without demonstrating the effectiveness HF765--Segal (DFL)-­ Labor-Management Relations of a proposed new system. Healtb/Human Services. Workers' compensation; regulating Human services; mandating a insurance premium computations for HF757--Segal (DFL)-­ comprehensive system of mental health certain public employees; amending Judiciary services; amending statutes; proposing statutes. A resolution memorializing the Union of coding; repealing statutes. Soviet Socialist Republics to grant exit HF775--McDonald (IR)-­ visas to Jewish prisoners of conscience. HF766--McDonald (IR)-­ Governmental Operations Agriculture State departments and agencies; repealing HF758--Welle (DFL)-­ Agriculture; requiring that local weed the requirement for older members of Healtb/Human Services inspectors be qualified as commercial certain boards, commissions, and Occupations and professions; establishing pesticide applicators; amending statutes. councils; repealing statutes. a board of marriage and family therapy; licensing and regulating marriage and HF767--Welle (DFL)-­ HF77 6--Schoenfeld (DFL)-­ family therapists; providing penalties; Healtb/Human Services Agriculture appropriating money; amending statutes; Human services; providing for a limit on Agriculture; regulating the family farm proposing coding for new law. resolution of nursing home appeals; security program; providing for amending statutes. eligibility; permitting the sale of loans; HF759--Munger (DFL)-­ amending statutes; proposing coding for Appropriations HF768--Gruenes (IR)-­ new law. Improvement of the Lake Superior Economic Development/ Zoological Gardens; appropriating funds Housing from the state building fund for its Housing; extending housing and improvement. redevelopment authority interest reduction program; amending statutes. 17

HF777--Anderson, G (DFL)-­ proposing coding for new law; repealing HF790--Skoglund (DFL)-­ ( Commerce statutes. Health/Human Services Motor fuels; providing that unleaded Human services; continuing funding for gasoline sold in Minnesota after June 30, HF782--Clark (DFL)-­ autopsies on deceased medical assistance 1987, must be blended with ethanol; Health/Human Services recipients who were victims of amending statutes. Human services; providing that medical Alzheimer's disease; appropriating certification for general assistance benefits money. HF778--Carlson, L (DFL)-• may be made by a licensed chiropractor; Higher Education amending statutes. HF791--Wynia (DFL)-­ Education; authorizing a study of a state Financial Institutions/ savings incentive program to provide HF783--Vellenga (DFL)-­ Insurance money for post-secondary education; Judiciary Financial institutions; permitting appropriating money. Data practices; permitting certain additional detached facilities; amending employers to request criminal history statutes. HF779--Kelly (DFL)-­ records of prospective employees from the Education bureau of criminal apprehension; HF792--Voss (DFL)-­ Education; establishing a pilot program amending statutes; proposing coding for Financial Institutions/ to reduce class sizes in kindergarten new law. Insurance through third grade; appropriating money; Credit unions; permitting certain groups proposing coding for new law. HF784--McEachern (DFL)-­ to join existing credit unions; amending Education statutes. HF780--Rodosovich (DFL)-­ Education; establishing a school district Governmental Operations reorganization task force. HF793--Rukavina (DFL)-­ Administrative procedure; defining certain Governmental Operations terms; requiring agencies to solicit HF785--Gruenes (IR)-­ Public meeting; requiring certain notice outside information before publishing Health/Human Services for all meetings; permitting certain proposed rules; limiting instances in Human services; removing the sunset on remedies for violations; providing which agencies are required to consider the certain day care exclusions; repealing penalties; amending statutes. impact of proposed rules in certain laws. ( instances; empowering agencies to adopt' HF794--Long (DFL)-- emergency rules in certain circumstances; HF786--Lasley (DFL)--Taxes . Environment/ providing a procedure for the Taxation; property; providing a state paid Natural Resources commissioner of human services to adopt small business property tax credit; Waste management; regulating disposal rules required by federal directive; appropriating money; amending statutes; of wastes; providing for a solid waste abolishing the power of the legislative proposing coding for new law. management policy; providing for commission for review of administrative recycling policy and marketing; managing rules to suspend rules; requiring the HF787--Cooper (DFL)--Taxes household hazardous wastes; regulating commission to review exemptions from Taxation; property; providing a state paid the sale and disposal of motor oil and lead the administrative procedure act; small business property tax credit; acid batteries; providing for waste permitting the commission to review appropriating money; amending statutes; pesticide collection; appropriating money; federally mandated rules; amending proposing coding for new law. amending statutes; proposing coding. statutes; proposing coding for new law; repealing statutes. HF788--Dauner (DFL)--Taxes HF795--Rest (DFL)-­ Taxation; property; providing a state paid Economic Development/ HF781--Rodosovich (DFL)-­ small business property tax credit; Housing Health/Human Services appropriating money; amending statutes; Economic development; recodifying Human services; establishing a system of proposing coding for new law. provisions governing housing and state-operated, community-based redevelopment authorities, port residential programs for persons with HF789--Pappas (DFL)-­ authorities, economic development mental retardation; prohibiting layoffs· of Economic authorities, area redevelopment, employees in regional treatment centers Development/Housing municipal development districts, mined and state nursing homes; stating the Housing; authorizing the Minnesota underground space development, rural policy of the state relating to services to housing finance agency to make grants to development finance authorities, public persons with mental retardation or related municipalities for the provision of development debt, enterprise zones, tax conditions; creating an exception to the housing for very low income persons; increment financing, and other local intermediate care facility for persons with proposing coding for new law. economic development tools; extending mental retardation or related conditions duration of bond allocation act; amending moratorium; establishing requirements for statutes; proposing coding for new law. determining waivered service rates; appropriating money; amending statutes; 18

··:-:-.·:..-:.:-:..·.-:·.<·--.·:-··· ·"·<;:;::.;.:.;:::;-:.;-::;:;:;-::;:;.;:;::-:·:>· .... :·.:·:-· ll~flf ~ltii~~'ll~ i11 i!!I HA4--Wenzel (DFL)-­ i:ll~t,li\i~lill i! i1 Health/Human Services SF208--Peterson (DFL)-­ A proposal relating to agriculture; Governmental Operations proposing an interim study of the Occupations and professions; architects, problems of the rural emergency medical engineers, land surveyors, and landscape system in Minnesota. architects; making certain technical changes related to certain licensing exceptions; amending statutes. l!lll~lli!~li~l;~ill ! 11111111 SF258--Jude (DFL)--Referred to the Chief Clerk Comparison Utilities; regulating certain intrastate gas pipelines; proposing coding for new law.

SF25--Benson (IR)-­ Transportation Traffic regulations; requiring additional reflective devices for persons using alternate slow moving vehicle emblems; amending statutes.

SF94--Davis (DFL)-­ Commerce Public health; requiring an itemized billing for hearing aid repairs; amending statutes.

SF117--Dicklich (DFL)-· Regulated Industries Liquor; authorizing St. Louis county to issue one off-sale liquor license.

SF139--Dicklich (DFL)-· Local/Urban Affairs Alcoholic beverages; authorizing St. Louis county to issue one off-sale license.

SF402--Jude (DFL)--Referred to the Chief Clerk for comparison Courts; setting uniform fees in probate proceedings; amending statutes.

Copies of bills and resolutions are available from the Chief Clerk•s Office Room 211, State Capitol St. Paul, MN 55155-1298 (612) 296-2314 19 c COMING UP NEXT WEEK... ADVANCE COMMITTEE SCHEDULE March 9-13, 1987

All rooms are in the State EDUCATION (Carruthers) Traffic regulations. HF427 Office Building unless Room 5 State Office Building. Chr. Rep. (Rest) Public safety; providing that otherwise indicated. This Bob McEachem. Agenda: Presentation by violation of local DWI ordinance is schedule is subject to change. For the state university system on teacher counted for purposes of driver's license up-to-date information, call House education programs. revocation. HF705 (Kelly) Traffic Calls at (612) 296-9283 (recording) or regulations. HF704 (Rest) Public safety. House Information at (612) 296-2146. 8:30 a.m. All meetings are open to the public. UNEMPLOYMENT STA TE DEPARTMENTS COMP. & WORKERS' TO ALL COMMITTEE AND DIV JAPPROPRIATIONS COMP.DIVJ COMMISSION CHAIRS: The Room 300S State Office Building. Chr. LABOR-MGMT. RELATIONS deadline for all committee and Rep. Phyllis Kahn. Agenda: Budget Room SOOS State Office Building. Chr. commission meeting notices is hearing: Public Employee Relations Rep. Mary Murphy. Agenda: Mike NOON ON THURSDAY OF EACH Board; Office of Administrative Hearings. Hatch, Dept. of Commerce will talk WEEK. Please send notices to about the State of Minnesota's Assigned Dorothy Sawyer, House Information, Risk Plan. 175 State Office Building. 9:00 a.m. PERSONNEL REGULATED INDUSTRIES SUBCOMMITTEE/ Room 10 State Office Building. Chr. GOVERNMENTAL Rep. Joel Jacobs. Agenda: HF189 ( OPERATIONS (Jacobs) Utilities; deregulating certain telecommunication services. HF324 l!!ltlllllil'llllllllllil1111111111iill Room 10 State Office Building. Chr. (Osthoff) Alcoholic beverages: allowing AG RICULTURE, Rep. Rich O'Connor. Agenda: HF548 retail price advertising. TRANSPORTATION, (Pelowski) Legislature; creating a silver­ SEMI-STATES DIVISION/ haired legislature program assisted by the 12:00 noon APPROPRIATIONS MN board on aging. HF468 (Sviggum) Room 400S State Office Building. Chr. State government; amending legislative Rep. James Rice. Agenda: MN Historical action required to put recommendations of EDUCATION FINANCE/ Society Fiscal Agents overview; MN the state compensation council into EDUCATION Humanities Commission; Sibley House effect. Room 300N State Office Building. Chr. Assoc.; MN International Center; Camp Rep. Ken Nelson. Agenda: Community Ripley Military Musel,lm; MN Air 10:00 a.m. & family education, libraries, National Guard Museum; & Urban developmental programs for four & five Workshop, Project 120. AGRICULTURE year olds. voluntary choice. Room 5 State Office Building. Chr. Rep. EDUCATION DIVISION/ Stephen Wenzel. Agenda: HF672 FUTURIST APPROPRIATIONS (Tunheim) Changing certain bonding SUBCOMMITTEE/ Room 300N State Office Building. Chr. provision of grain storage laws. HF349 FUTURE & TECHNOLOGY Rep. Lyndon Carlson. Agenda: 1) (Krueger) Providing for research on stray Room 5 State Office Building. Chr. Rep. Continuation of A VTI budget overview. voltage. SF137 (Wegscheid) HF419 Dan Knuth. Agenda: Presentation by 2) U of MN Commitment to Focus (Krueger) Companion bill. Clarifying the EArl C. Joseph, President of Anticipatory funding. exceptions to prohibition of adulterated Sciences, Inc. milk. HF575 (Sparby) A resolution HEALTH & HUMAN directing the Farmers Home FAIR EMPLOYMENT SERVICES DIVISION/ Administration to cooperate with Farmer­ PRACTICES APPROPRIATIONS Lender Mediation Program. HF589 SUBCOMMITTEE/LABOR­ Room 200 State Office Building. Chr. (Ogren) Providing for selection, sale, of MANAGEMENT RELATIONS Rep. Ann Wynia. Agenda: Continuation land to produce wild rice. Room 200 State Office Building. Chr. ( of Dept. of Human Services budget Rep. Pat Beard. Agenda: HF42 (Pappas) hearings. CRIME& FAMILY LAW Regulating substance abuse testing of DIVISION/JUDICIARY employees & job applicants. Room SOON State Office Building. Chr. Rep. Kathleen V ellenga. Agenda: HFS 15 20

DATA PRACTICES PENSIONS HEALTH & HUMAN SUBCOMIV:ITTEE/ SUBCOMMITTEE/ SERVICES JUDICIARY GOVERNMENTAL Room 5 State Office Building. Chr. Rep. Room 300S State Office Building. Chr. OPERATIONS Lee Greenfield. Agenda: HF358 (Seagal) Rep. Darby Nelson. Agenda: HF568 Room 10 State Office Building. Chr. Cancer surveillance; HFl 78 (Clark) (Jefferson) Collection & dissemination of Rep. Leo Reding. Agenda: HF680 Osteoporosis demonstration project. data. HF660 (Blatz) Government data (Tunheim) Retirement; teachers HF243 (Wynia) Education programs for practices. HF534 (Nelson. D.) Collection retirement association; extending nursing home family/resident councils. & dissemination of data. retroactively a provision allowing accrual HF526 (Welle) Shared service of benefits from the date teaching service agreements. HF527 (Cooper) Cost of care 2:00 p.m. terminated if applications for retirement at Regional Treatment Centers; insurance are filed within 90 days of that date. subrogation. HF556 (Jefferson) Difficulty The House will meet in Se~ion. HF293 (Jaros) Retirement; membership of care payments for foster homes. of firefighters employed by the HF557 (Kelso) Mental Retardation 7:00 p.m. department of military affairs in the Division name change. HF558 (Dauner) public employees police & fire fund. RTC worker pay rates. COMMISSION ON THE HF99 (McKasy) Retirement; West St. ECONOMIC STATUS Paul police relief assoc.; defining salary 12:00 noon OF WOMEN for benefit & contribution purposes. HF 22 (Forsythe) Retirement; authorizing Room 112 Capitol. Agenda: Public certain members of the public employees meeting on the topic of Parental Leave, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT retirement assoc. to elect a benefit anyone wishing to testify at the hearing &HOUSING should contact the Commission office at conversion. Room 5 State Office Building. Chr. Rep. 296-8590 or 1-800-652~9747. Todd Otis. Agenda: HF2 (Schoenfeld) PROPERTY TAX Economic development; rural DIVISION/TAXES development. Room 400N State Office Building. Chr. Rep. Lona Minne. Agenda: Public JUDICIARY lilllllllilt!!1lll!lllJ!llllliillll testimony on commercial property taxes. Basement Hearing Room State Office Building. Chr. Rep. Randy Kelly. AGRICULTURE, TAX LAWS Agenda: HF91 (Knuth) Utilities; enacting TRANSPORTATION & DIVISION/TAXES the MN pipeline safety act. HF318 SEMI-STATES Room SOON State Office Building. Rep. (Orenstein) Crimes: creating the crime of DIV .IAPPROPRIATIONS Chr. Dee Long. Agenda: Continuation of criminal sexual conduct by impersonating Room 400S State Office Building. Chr. public testimony on Governor's corporate a health care professional. HF375 (Kludt) Rep. James Rice. Agenda: Continuation tax proposal. Corrections; clarifying the commissioner of the Dept. of Transportation overview. of corrections' authority in licensing & 10:00 a.m. supervising institutions & facilities. EDUCATION DIVISION/ HF36 (Seaberg) Crimes: making certain APPROPRIATIONS TOURISM SUBCOMMITTEE/ victims rights provisions applicable to Room 300N State Office Building. Chr. COMMERCE victims of certain ordinance violations. Rep. Lyndon Carlson. Agenda: Economic Basement Hearing Room State Office HF687 (Poppenhagen) Collection & development requests by Higher Ed. dissemination of data; allowing law Building. Chr. Rep. Tony Kinkel. Systems. enforcement agencies to release the date of Agenda: overview from Northwest birth of persons involved in traffic Airlines. HF487 (Peterson) Commerce; accidents. HF519 (Orenstein) Tort claims; HEALTH & HUMAN regulating membership camping SERVICES DIVISION/ practices; prohibiting certain advertising including the state agricultural society in APPROPRIATIONS practices; establishing escrow the definition of state. HF374 (Blatz) Children; regulating the trust fund for Room 200 State Office Building. Chr. requirements; regulating subdivided land prevention of child abuse. Rep. Ann Wynia. Agenda: Continuation sales practices; prohibiting certain of Dept. of Human Services budget advertising practices. hearings. LOCAL & URBAN AFFAIRS ENVIRONMENT & Room 200 State Office Building. Chr. Rep. David Battaglia. Agenda: HF531 STATE DEPARTMENTS NATURAL RESOURCES (Rice) Hennepin county; bonds for capital DIV./ APPROPRIATIONS Room 10 State Office Building. Chr. improvements. HF619 (Carlson, D.) Fire Room 300S State Office Building. Chr. Rep. Willard Munger. Agenda: HF297 protection district for Moose Lake & Rep. Phyllis Kahn. Agenda: Budget (Long) Creating a lien against property surrounding territory. HF542 (Welle) hearing: Pollution Control Agency. for expenses incurred in the clean-up of Transportation; providing an alternative pollution. procedure to record town roads. 21

( 2:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m. STATE DEPARTMENTS DIV./APPROPRIATIONS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS/. RULES & LEGISLATIVE Room 300S State Office Building. Chr. INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION Rep. Phyllis Kahn. Agenda: Budget Room S State Office Building. Chr. Rep. Room 400N State Office Building. Chr. hearing: Pollution Control Agency. Wes Skoglund. Agenda: HF392 Rep. Robert V anasek. Agenda: Joint (continuation) (Skoglund) Insurance Omnibus bill. rules; Affirmative action policy; Congratulatory Resolutions. EDUCATIO~ VETERANS AFFAIRS & RoomS State Office Building. Cht. Rep. MISCELLANEOUS 4:00 p.m. Bob McEachem. Agenda: HF432 LEGISLATION (McEachem) Modifying certain SUBCOMMITTEE/GENERAL TRANSPORTATION provisions of the compulsory attendance laws. LEGISLATION, VETERANS Room 200N State Office Building. Chr. Rep. Henry Kalis; Agenda: HF428 AFFAIRS & GAMING GOVERNMENTAL Room SOOS State Office Building. Chr. (Welle) Caboose regulations. HF644 STRUCTURES Rep. Joe Quinn. Agenda: HR6 (Johnson, (Krueger) Caboose regulations. B.) Paul Bunyan's SOth Anniversary; SUBCOMMITTEE/ HF43 (Bauerly) Special license plates for 7:00 p.m. GOVERNMENTAL Vietnam Vets; HF229 (Milbert) Special OPERATIONS license plates for Vietnam Vets; HF223 JUDICIARY Room 10 State Office Building. Chr. (Beard) Appropriating money for use by Basement Hearing Room State Office Rep. Bob Jensen. Agenda: HF683 the Military Order of the Purple Heart in Building. Chr. Rep. Randy Kelly. ·(O'Connor) Organization & operation of assisting Veterans to make claims against Agenda: Bills not heard from the 12:00 · state government; adding members to the the U.S. government. noon meeting on this date will be taken board of animal health. HFS66 (Knuth) up at this evening meeting. Public safety; authorizing executive SENTENCING GUIDELINE council, under federal law, to repair state SUBCOMMITTEE/ WAYS&MEANS property damage by major disaster. JUDICIARY Room S State Office Building. Chr. Rep. HF679 (Simoneau) Administrative ( procedure; clarifying provisions relating Room SOON State Office Building. Chr. Fred Norton. Agenda: Public testimony to emergency rules. Rep. Loren Solberg. Agenda: HF8 on the Governor's tax & expenditure (Wenzel) Crimes; imposing a mandatory proposals. Persons wishing to testify minimum sentence on persons who should contact Dick Pfutzenreuter, Chief 10:00 a.m. commit criminal vehicular operations Fiscal Analyst, at 296-S069. resulting in death; HFlO(Wenzel) Crimes; AGRICULTURE FINANCE providing for life imprisonment without DIVISION/AGRICULTURE parole for persons convicted of Basement Hearing Room State Office premeditated murder in the first degree; Building. Chr. Rep. Jerry Schoenfeld. eliminating juvenile court jurisdiction l~lltlllllillfillllllllll~llll;llll Agenda: HF210 (Schoenfeld) Farmer­ over minors 14 years old & older accused AGRICULTURE, Lender Mediation Act. of murder in the second degree to cover TRANSPORTATION & the unintentional killing of certain young SEMI-STATES DIVISION/ HIGHER EDUCATION children; increasing penalties & imposing APPROPRIATIONS Room SOON State Office Building. Chr. mandatory minimum sentences for certain Room 400S State Office Building. Chr. Rep. Mike Jaros. Agenda: HF640 homicides & other crimes; clarifying the Rep. James Rice. Agenda: Continuation (Carlson, L.) Expanding HEBC Career elements of manslaughter in the first of DOT overview. Guidance Program. HFS20 (Krueger) degree; prohibiting waiver of certain Appropriating money to State University mandatory minimum sentencing EDUCATION DIVISION/ Board for Women's futercollegiate provisions. Athletic programs. HF632 (Kinkel) APPROPRIATIONS Allowing the Student Council of the Room 300N State Office Building. Chr. HECB to vote. TRANSPORTATION Rep. Lyndon Carlson: SUBCOMMITTEE/ Agenda: Telecommunications overview. METROPOLITAN AFFAIRS TRANSPORTATION Room SOON State Office Building. Chr. HEALTH & HUMAN SUBCOMMITTEE/ METROPOLITAN AFFAIRS Rep.· Peter McLaughlin. Agenda: HF416 SERVICES DIVISION/ (Nelson, K.) Light rail transit. Room SOOS State Office Building. Chr. APPROPRIATIONS Rep. Peter McLaughlin. Agenda: To be Room 200 State Office Building. Chr. ( announced. Rep. Ann Wynia. Agenda: Continuation of Human Services budget hearing. 22

12:00 noon HF168 (Peterson, J.) Pick-up truck hearing: Dept. of Energy & Economic license plates. HF621 (Carlson, D.) Tax­ Development. (DEED) . FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS exempt license plates. &INSURANCE GOVERNMENTAL Room 5 State Office Building. Chr. Rep. 5:00 p.m. OPERATIONS Wes Skoglund. Agenda: HF392 Room 10 State Office Building. Chr. (Skoglund) Insurance Omnibus bill. PENSIONS & RETIREMENT Rep. Wayne Simoneau. Agenda: HFll COMMISSION (Begich) Tax forfeited land; providing for TRANSPORTATION Room 10 State Office Building. Chr. the sale of a certain tract. HF700 Room 10 State Office Building. Chr. Rep. Wayne Simoneau. Agenda: Minutes (Skoglund) State lands; transferring Rep. Henry Kalis. Agenda: HF323 from 3/2 meeting; correspondence; report jurisdiction & responsibility for (Lieder) MN/DOT Worker Safety & from the Commission Actuary; reports maintaining soldiers home bridge from housekeeping items. HF29 (Skoglund) from the Fund Administrators; report Dept. of Veterans affairs to Dept. of Child restraint carriers. HF269 (Kahn) from Exec. Dir., State Board of Transportation Bicylists & headphones. Investment; HF463 (Simoneau) Five year vesting. Pension guarantee HF458 TAXES 2:00 p.m. (Simoneau), HF113 (Sviggum), & Room 5 State Office Building. Chr. Rep. HF122 (Riveness); Early retirement under Gordon Voss. Agenda: HF528 (Voss) STATE DEPARTMENTS the Rule of 85. Governor's miscellaneous taxes; public DIV./APPROPRIATIONS testimony. NOTE: If time permits, Dept. of Revenue will begin overview of Room 300S State Office Building. Chr. 6:00 HF525 (Voss) Changing & eliminating Rep. Phyllis Kahn. Agenda: Budget sales tax exemptions; etc. hearing: Pollution Control Agency: FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Waste Management Board. &INSURANCE Room 5 State Office Building. Chr. Rep. 10:00 a.m. INTERNATIONAL TRADE, Wes Skoglund. Agenda: HF392 FARM COMMODITIES, (Skoglund) Insurance Omnibus bill. SMALL BUSINESS, AGRI-BUSINESS & ENERGY,& REAL ESTATE MKTGJAGRICULTURE SUBCOMMITTEE/ Room SOON Chr. Rep. Charles Brown. COMMERCE Agenda: Dr. Richard Sauer, Vice Pres. for Basement Hearing Room State Office flllltllf lll!lllllillif ,iillllill1il Building. Chr. Rep. Wally Sparby. Ag, Forestry & Home Economics, Dir. of Ag Experiment Station. Representative AGRICULTURE, Agenda: HF576 (Sparby) Regulating from Dept. of Energy, Bio-Mass TRANSPORTATION & securities. HF661 (Solberg) Granting Utilization. Ken Born, Pres. of Montial SEMI-STATES motor fuel retailers the option to purchase Co.,Mpls. DIV )APPROPRIATIONS from wholesalers other than the refiner. Room 400S State Office Building. Chr. EDUCATION FINANCE Rep. James Rice. Agenda: Continuation ENVIRONMENT & DIVISION/EDUCATION of DOT overview. NATURAL RESOURCES Room 300N State Office Building. Chr. Room 10 State Office Building. Chr. Rep. Ken Nelson. Agenda: Interdistrict EDUCATION DIVISION/ Rep. Willard Munger. Agenda: cooperation, health, safety & nutrition APPROPRIATIONS Continuation of HF401 (Nelson, D.) Criminal penalties for hazardous waste & programs, miscellaneous programs, any Tour. Chr. Rep. Lyndon Carlson. others. uncompleted governor's budget Agenda: Visit to Metro Area bonding recommendations. request site. PHYSIC ALIMENT AL REGULATED INDUSTRIES HEALTH/HUMAN HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE/ Room 200 State Office Building. Chr. SERVICES DIVISION/ HEALTH & HUMAN Rep. Joel Jacobs. Agenda: HF266 APPROPRIATIONS SERVICES (Ogren) Intoxicating liquor; prohibiting Room 200 State Office Building. Chr. Room 5 State Office Building. Chr. Rep. discrimination in sales. Rep. Ann Wynia. Agenda: County Gloria Segal. Agenda: HF290 (Greenfield) Human Services funding issues; Social worker licensure. IDGHWAYS & MOTOR Continuation of Dept. of Human Services VEIDCLES budget hearings. SOCIAL SERVICES SUBCOMMITTEEE/ SUBCOMMITTEE/HEALTH TRANSPORTATION STATE DEPARTMENTS & HUMAN SERVICES Room 10 State Office Building. Chr. DIV JAPPROPRIATIONS Room 200 State Office Building. Chr. Rep. Bernie Lieder. Agenda: HFlll Room 300S State Office Building. Chr. Rep. Peter Rodosovich. Agenda: HF506 (Olsen, 0.) Pearl Harbor license plates. Rep. Phyllis Kahn. Agenda: Budget (Wynia) SILS reimbursement. HF591 23 ( (Wynia) General assistance denial appeals. (Bauerly) Equity revenues & capital GOVERNMENT HFS39 (Vellenga) Adoption subsidies. expenditures. STRUCTURES/ METROPOLITAN AFFAIRS 12:00 noon Room SOOS State Office Building. Chr. Rep. Phil Carruthers. Agenda: To be ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1 announced. &HOUSING lil~llfil~lllll~lli ~l~ll,]1illl1i!l~!lltl Room S State Office Building. Chr. Rep. HEALTH & HUMAN 12:00 noon Todd Otis. Agenda: To be announced. SERVICES DIVISION/ APPROPRIATIONS ENVIRONMENT GENERAL LEGISLATION, Room 200 State Office Building. Chr. SUBCOMMITTEE/ VETERANS AFFAIRS & Rep. Ann Wynia. Agenda: Public METROPOLITAN AFFAIRS GAMING testimony: Long term care management; Room SOON State Office Building. Chr. Room SOOS State Office Building. Chr. chemical dependency, hearing impaired, & Rep. Darby Nelson. Agenda: To be Rep. Kick Kostohryz. Agenda: protection programs; mental retardation announced. Discussion on Canterbury Downs bill programs; reimbursement & facilities (Kostohryz) administration (including Regional PERMANENT SCHOOL Treatment Centers). FUND ADVISORY LOCAL & URBAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Room 200 State Office Building. Chr. STATE DEPARTMENTS Room 300S State Office Building. Chr. Rep. David Battaglia. Agenda: HF2S4 DIV JAPPROPRIATIONS Sen. James Pehler. Agenda: Election of (Wenzel) Brainerd port authority. HF 34S Room 300S State Office Building. Chr. officers, Lakeshore disposal report, and (Wenzel) Allowing certain cities to Rep. Phyllis Kahn. Agenda: Budget update on other trust fund revenues. appropriate money for advertising. HF469 hearings: Dept. of Energy & Economic (McEachern) Food licenses; regulating Development (DEED); World Trade 2:00 p.m. vending machine inspection fees. Center Board. CRIME&FAMILYLAW 2:00p.m. PROPERTY TAX ( DIVISION/JUDICIARY DIVISION/TAXES Room SOON State Office Building. Chr. The House will meet in Session. Room 400N State Office Building. Chr. Rep. Kathleen Vellenga. Agenda: Rep. Lona Minne. Agenda: Public Continuation of Monday, March 9 testimony on commercial-industrial meeting. HF590 (Rest) Crimes; property taxes. AFTER SESSION sentencing. HF286 (Vellenga) Witnesses; removing the presumption against the ENVIRONMENT & TAX LAWS DIVISION/ competency of certain witnesses. HF690 NATURAL RESOURCES TAXES (Swenson) Traffic regulations. Room 10 State Office Building. Chr. Room SOON State Office Building. Chr. Rep. Willard Munger. Agenda: Rep. Dee Long. Agenda: HF616 (Voss) Continuation of HF401 (Nelson, D.) Corporate tax. Presentation by Dept. of Criminal penalties for hazardous waste. Revenue.

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HOUSING SUBCOMMITTEE/ EDUCATION FINANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION/EDUCATION &HOUSING Room 300N State Office Building. Chr. Room 400S State Office Building. Chr. Rep. Ken Nelson. Agenda: To be Rep. richard Jefferson. Agenda: HF371 announced. (Jefferson) Eminent domain; regulating relocation benefits for displaced persons. CIVIL LAW HF396 (Olson) Housing; landlord & SUBCOMMITTEE/ tenant. JUDICIARY Room 400N State Office Building. Chr. 7:30 p~m. Rep. Howard Orenstein. Agenda: HFSSO (Kludt) Real property; providing for ( EDUCATION FINANCE prima facie effect of certain statements in DIVISION/EDUCATION an acknowledgment. HFS80 (Greenfield) Elk River High School Mini Theater. Human rights; changing certain Chr. Rep. Ken Nelson. Agenda: HF728 requirements relating to disabled persons. Mnnesota.House of Representa.tiws Public lnfonna.tion Office 175 Sta.te Ofllce Building, St. Paul, tvtll 55155-1298 • (612)296-21'46

Minnesota House of Representatives Public Information Office 175 State Office Building• St. Paul, MN 55155-1298 (612) 296-2146

Speaker of the House: Fred C. Norton Majority Leader: Robert E. Vanasek Minority Leader: William H. Schreiber

Do You Know Like the Star City program (see "It's a Fact," front page) in the BO's, the establishment of port authorities in the 1920's was a move • to help economic growth in Minnesota.

In 1929, the Minnesota Legislature enacted the first Minnesota port authority in St. Paul as an agency to develop river commerce. Today, however, the authority has little to do with river commerce or water ports. It's basically an economic development agency that has helped over 227 firms locate· or expand throughout St. Paul since the early 1930s.

Duluth, a port dealing with international goods, has the only "true" Minnesota port authority. Bloomington, Granite Falls, Minneapolis, St. Cloud, South St. Paul and Winona have port authorities similar to St. Paul's.