Law and Government Legislation regarding 'Commerce Department' in Minnesota

1E Relating to motor fuels; modifying the definition of biodiesel fuel and increasing the minimum content of biodiesel fuel in diesel fuel, specifying biodiesel content goals; establishing a panel composed of the commissioners of agriculture, commerce and pollution control agency (PCA) and specifying duties, clarifying minimum content exceptions; requiring the commissioner of agriculture to issue a report annually by a certain date to the legislature regarding the implementation of biodiesel minimum content requirements; requiring the commissioners of finance, commerce and the PCA to develop and submit to the legislature a proposal for eliminating redundant fuel inspections and dedicating petroleum inspection fee revenue to the weights and measures division of the department of commerce; requiring the commissioners of agriculture and commerce to consider and provide recommendations to maximize the performance of biodiesel

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Creating a statewide health insurance program for school district employees; creating the Minnesota school employee insurance board as a public corporation to create and administer the program, specifying certain membership requirements and certain duties of the board relating to the design and nature of the plan, providing a contingent expiration date; requiring the board to report to the legislature by a certain date on the final design for the health plan platforms and on governance requirements for the board, specifying certain report content requirements; requiring periodic reports by the board to the commissioner of commerce and the legislature summarizing and evaluating the performance of the program; requiring the legislative auditor to conduct a study by a certain date to determine the impact of the cash in lieu provisions on the public employees retirement system (PERA) and the teachers retirement association (TRA) [...]

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TICLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS Making miscellaneous technical corrections and removing obsolete and redundant references to statutes and other laws relating to legislative audits, government data practices, criminal justice data, state fair liquor sales, a road name, sewage treatment replacement systems, the legislative commission on waste management, battery management pilot projects, mixed municipal solid waste incinerators, the workforce development council, the national board of medical examiners, limited market value, office of enterprise technology and enterprise technology revolving fund, constables, fiduciaries, the crime victim and witness advisory council, unlicensed mental health practitioners and the office of unlicensed mental health practice, city of Worthington general election date, cigarette and tobacco products tax and liquor excise tax effective dates; providing a revisor instruction to update [...]

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Relating to energy; modifying provisions relating to community based energy development projects, modifying the community based energy development tariff to reflect renewable energy technologies, restricting wind energy single ownership, modifying the definition of community based energy development (C-BED) project and the tariff rate, updating C-BED project priorities, placing negotiation conditions on utilities intending to own or contract with independent power producers without C-BED projects; authorizing municipal power agencies and cooperatives to offer members a certain community energy partnership opportunity; authorizing public utilities to construct, own and operate generation facilities to fulfill renewable energy objectives, requiring renewable energy plan filings with the public utilities commission (PUC) and requiring PUC approval; authorizing utilities to petition the PUC to approve rate schedules providing [...]

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TICLE 1 - JOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) for remediation, business and community and workforce development, unemployment insurance and state funded administration, to the commissioner of commerce for workers compensation, financial examinations, the petroleum tank release cleanup board, administrative services, market assurance, energy and telecommunications, renewable development grants and renewable energy research, to the housing finance agency (HFA) for the economic development and housing challenge, housing trust fund, rental assistance for the mentally ill, family homeless prevention, home ownership assistance and affordable rental investment funds, housing rehabilitation and accessibility, home ownership education, counseling and training and capacity building grants, for explore Minnesota tourism, to the [...]

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TICLE 1 - APPROPRIATIONS Providing a summary of appropriations and appropriation reductions by fund; reducing certain prior appropriations to the commissioner of commerce for administration and office of energy security programs, to the commissioner of employment and economic security (DEED) for the employment grants program, to the commissioner of labor and industry for the municipal building permit reporting unit in the labor standards program and to the bureau of mediation services; appropriating money to the commissioner of commerce for energy and telecommunications, to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) for business and community development and workforce development, to Explore Minnesota tourism for the Minnesota film and TV board, to the Minnesota historical society for the sesquicentennial commission and to the combative sports commission; requiring fund transfers from the [...]

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Relating to insurance, enacting and modifying the viatical settlement model act of the national association of insurance commissions; regulating viatical (life insurance) settlements; requiring a provider or broker license; requiring agent licensing; providing for life insurance providers to meet licensing requirements under certain conditions; specifying application to commerce commissioner for agent licensing; specifying disclosure requirements; providing for commissioner investigation provisions; permitting legal entity licensing; requiring consent to service of process; specifying a duty to supplement information and requiring training; providing for license revocation and denial; providing for approval of viatical settlement contracts and disclosure statements; specifying reporting requirements and privacy provisions; providing for examinations and investigations; specifying record retention requirements; specifying [...]

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TICLE 1 - HEALTH INSURANCE Allowing public assistance data to be shared for MinnesotaCare enrollment and premium collection purposes; authorizing the commissioner of human services to receive federal matching money made available through the medical assistance (MA) program for managed care oversight contracted through vendors; modifying certain medical assistance (MA) eligibility requirements for children under a certain age; requiring commissioner to develop and implement a physician directed care coordination program for certain medical assistance recipients; requiring commissioner to refer MinnesotaCare applicants and enrollees to the Minnesota health insurance exchange, specifying certain exchange of private data requirements; modifying certain MinnesotaCare eligibility requirements for families with children; modifying certain duties of the commissioner relating to availability of private insurance information;[...]

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"Life Settlements Act"; relating to insurance; regulating life settlements, providing enforcement and prescribing penalties and civil remedies; defining certain terms; specifying certain provider or broker licensure qualification and application requirements, exceptions; authorizing the commissioner of commerce to suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a license under certain conditions; regulating life settlement contracts; specifying certain provider reporting requirements for policies settled during a certain period of time, providing for nondisclosure of identity, exceptions; authorizing the commissioner to examine the business and affairs of any licensee or application for a license; regulating advertising by a broker or provider; specifying certain disclosure requirements; specifying certain general rules for life settlement contracts; authorizing the commissioner to adopt rules regulating the activities and relationships [...]

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Establishing and providing for a voluntary statewide pool to provide public and private employers and individuals with health benefits, defining terms; creating the Minnesota health benefits purchasing pool association as a nonprofit unincorporated association to establish and administer the state health benefits purchasing pool; providing for a tax exemption; prescribing powers; providing for commissioner of commerce review and approval for forms, contracts and premiums; requiring the association to establish a board of directors and providing for board appointment, terms and duties; requiring annual meetings; requiring the board to hire an administrator and prescribing duties; specifying employer, employee and individual pool eligibility; providing for other pool eligibility, coverage, premiums and initial board appointment; requiring the association to maintain certain reserves; appropriating money to the Minnesota

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TICLE 1 - MEDICAL HOME Requiring the commissioners of human services and employee relations in consultation with the commissioner of health to develop and administer a medical home pilot project for persons enrolled in medical assistance (MA), MinnesotaCare, and general assistance medical care (GAMC) and state employees to the extent permitted by federal requirements; providing for payment methods and incentives; specifying requirements for medical home designation; requiring the commissioners of human services and employee relations to evaluate the effectiveness of pilot project and prepare a report to the legislature by a certain date; appropriating money to the commissioner of health for the medical education and research fund and to work with institutions of higher education to establish or fund existing initiatives to recruit and retain nurse educators on nursing education programs ARTICLE 2 [...]

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2E Providing for the release of school employee insurance board claims data; creating a Minnesota school employee insurance pool for purpose of providing school employee insurance plans; requiring audit by the legislative auditor and commissioner of commerce plan approval; creating the Minnesota school employee insurance board as a nonprofit public corporation to govern the pool, specifying certain membership requirements and certain duties of the board relating to the design and nature of the plans; requiring and providing for board membership in and assessments to the Minnesota comprehensive health association (MCHA); requiring the board to report to the legislature and to commissioner of commerce by a certain date on pool final design, governance and to periodically report performance; requiring a pool actuarial study; clarifying that the board is a government entity and is subject to data practices laws; providing statutory

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Relating to health; requiring the commissioner of health to submit annual reports on health care cost containment goals to the legislature; establishing a medical expenditure review advisory committee to act as a consumer voice in the review of major spending commitments, specifying certain membership requirements and duties; establishing a health care transformation task force, specifying certain duties and membership requirements, requiring the development of a statewide action plan for transforming the health care system to improve affordability, quality and access and requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date; specifying a date for the goal of universal health care coverage; requiring written hospital charity care policies, requiring the commissioner to adopt rules establishing standardized debt collection practices for hospitals; modifying performance payments for certain medical groups; requiring the

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TICLE 1 - REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION Providing an instruction to the revisor of statutes for certain Minnesota rules ARTICLE 2 - CONSTRUCTION CODES AND LICENSING Transferring the responsibilities of the commissioner of administration relating to the state building code, construction of low cost manufactured home park storm shelters, manufactured homes and statutory warranties of dwelling and home improvements to the commissioner of labor and industry, the responsibilities of the commissioner of health relating to the state plumbing code and licensing and water conditioning contractors and installers to the commissioner of labor and industry, the responsibilities of the commissioner of commerce relating to residential contractors, remodelers, residential roofers, manufactured home installers and the contractors recovery fund to the commissioner of labor and industry and the responsibilities of the board [...]

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TICLE 1 - INCOME AND FRANCHISE TAXES Modifying the determination of debt under the revenue recapture act; requiring birth dates to be included in income tax returns; modifying withholding statement requirements by electronic means provisions; clarifying regulated investment companies requirement to file reports with the commissioner of revenue; prescribing penalties for partnership of S corporation filing with an incorrect tax identification number; clarifying penalties for excessive property tax refunds; requiring tax preparers identification numbers; clarifying a work opportunity credit provision; modifying the bovine testing credit; modifying the inflation adjustment for the dependent care credit and working family credit; modifying the inflation adjustment for the alternative minimum tax on preference items; modifying the definition of dependent for property tax refund purposes; modifying the determination [...]

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Relating to energy; modifying certain renewable energy objectives requirements; authorizing the public utilities commission (PUC) to investigate and order compliance with the requirements, authorizing imposition of a financial penalty for failure to comply, specifying certain commissioner review requirements; requiring the department of commerce to consult with interested parties and report to the legislature by a certain date on the feasibility and advisability of allowing energy savings from excess conservation investment program investments to serve to reduce the electric utilities good faith objective; requiring the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) in consultation with the commissioners of commerce and agriculture and the public utilities commission to develop a strategy to obtain the maximum economic benefit for the state from the renewable energy objective,. requiring report to the legislature [...]

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Relating to energy; creating the demand efficiency program; defining certain terms; specifying applicability to state public and municipal utilities and certain generation and transmission cooperative electric associations, allowing electric customer facilities owners to petition the commissioner of commerce for energy savings requirements exemptions, requiring the commissioner to establish annual energy savings goals, requiring utilities and associations to file energy efficiency and conservation improvement plans, prescribing manner of filing and service, providing for appeals, requiring independent audits, specifying ownership of energy efficiency and conservation improvement, requiring the commissioner to establish low income energy efficiency and conservation programs, allowing grants, requiring the departments of administration and commerce to maintain and revise sustainable building guidelines, establishing a [...]

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2E Regulating the business of credit counseling and debt management services; clarifying debt management services providers under commissioner of commerce regulatory authority; defining certain terms; requiring debt management service providers to be registered after a certain date, requiring current licensed debt proraters to renew licenses as debt management service providers, allowing continuance for certain unlicensed debt proraters; requiring registration application to the commissioner of commerce in writing, providing for term and scope of registration, fees, surety bond, condition of bond, right of action on bond and a registrant list; requiring commissioner consent for registration transfers and assignments; requiring annual registration renewal and prescribing registrant duties; specifying registration denial conditions; authorizing the commissioner to suspend, revoke or refuse to renew registrations under certain

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6E "Green Solutions Act of 2008; requiring the commissioners of commerce and the pollution control agency (PCA) to submit a report to the legislature on the status of the development of a model rule establishing a regional cap and trade program under the Midwestern Greenhouse Gas Accord; establishing the legislative greenhouse gas accord advisory group to serve in an advisory capacity to the Midwestern Greenhouse Gas Accord stakeholder group; specifying certain economic impact study reporting requirements; requiring the commissioners of commerce and the pollution control agency (PCA) to submit a revenue study to the legislature on potential revenues to the state from a cap and trade program and how revenues could be spent to mitigate economic disparities resulting from implementation of a cap and trade program specifying expenditures to be studied and study criteria; authorizing the commissioner of commerce to request the [...]

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TICLE 1 - ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES Providing a summary of appropriations by fund; appropriating money to the pollution control agency (PCA) for the clean water partnership program, for community technical assistance and education for local and basinwide water quality protection, for individual sewage treatment system (ISTS) administration and grants, for technology and technical assistance to local governments, for individual septic tank fees administration, for county feedlot program grants, for providing regulatory services to the ethanol, mining and other developing economic sectors, for bioenergy crop utilization technologies, for the completion of an endocrine disruptors report, for an evaluation of point of use water treatment units at removing certain chemicals in drinking water, for air quality purposes, for the small business environmental improvement loan program, for monitoring ambient air [...]

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