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Latest Action: 03/17/2008 - Author added Lillie

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Elections; Deceptive name use prohibited for candidates, political committees,
and political funds.

Latest Action: 03/19/2008 - Referred by Chair to Property Tax Relief and Local Sales Tax Division

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Green acres property tax program requirements modified.

Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Bills not identical, R/S, SF substituted on General Register

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Business Energy Accountability Act of 2008 adopted providing for a voluntary
inventory of business energy use.

Latest Action: 03/17/2008 - Committee report, to pass as amended and re-refer to Public Safety and Civil Justice

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RST ENGROSSMENT

Joey's Law; alcohol-restricted driver's licenses distinguishing color and
markings specified.

Section 1: License; contents language added.

Section 2: Joey's Law language provided.

JAJ 3/17/08

Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Finance

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Minnesota Public Utilities Holding Company Act adopted.

Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Author added Masin

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Dog and Cat Breeders Act adopted providing standards of care for dog and cat
breeders, authorizing rulemaking, and appropriating money.

Latest Action: 04/10/2007 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections

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State Budget and Capital Reform Act of 2007 adopted proposing various changes to
state finance, requiring performance measures in appropriations bills, creating
a state building commission, and limiting authorizations for bonds.

Latest Action: 03/29/2007 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Labor

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Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act provided.

Latest Action: 03/29/2007 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Labor

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Minnesota Securities Act modified.

Latest Action: 03/29/2007 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Finance

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Solar Energy Advancement Act of 2007 adopted establishing a rebate program for
installation of solar technologies funded by a surcharge on retail electricity
bills.

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Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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"Marriage and Family Protection Act"; specifying legislative findings; providing
for gender neutral marriage laws; specifying instructions to the revisor of
statutes
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Latest Action: 05/15/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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"Renewable Energy Feed-In Tariff Act of 2008"; establishing a renewable energy
projects rate schedule; defining certain energy terms and projects; establishing
a tariff and tariff terms and rates; regulating reduction for other incentive
programs and sales to nonqualifying owners; requiring public utilities
commission (PUC) tariff review and adjustment; requiring electric utilities
interconnection; requiring the PUC to approve standard contracts; requiring the
PUC to require electric utilities to file rate schedules; providing for
renewable electricity generator loan eligibility; requiring the PUC to submit a
report to the legislature and the governor by certain dates
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Chief author stricken Bonoff

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"Grieving Parents Act"; requiring hospitals, clinics and medical facilities
having custody of a fetus following a miscarriage to provide written
notification to the mother of the right to arrange for the burial or cremation
of the fetus; providing for election of disposition; specifying certain duties
of the commissioner of health relating to notification and election forms
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Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance

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Establishing Word Works a research based early childhood literacy program
premised on actively involved parents, ongoing professional staff development
and high quality early literacy program standards to increase literacy skills of
children participating in head start, specifying program provider requirements;
requiring the commissioner of education to collect longitudinal literacy data on
children; appropriating money to the commissioner of education
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

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1E Modifying provisions relating to the online learning act; defining
supplemental online learning; modifying application and notification procedures
and certain online learning parameters; authorizing supplemental online learning
enrollment into the school district term, allowing a waiver; requiring course
syllabus and materials availability for online learners; specifying a maximum
credit for supplemental online learning, requiring application and approval for
additional credits
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Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Latest Action: 01/17/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Establishing and providing for the academic competitiveness highlighting
individual excellence and valuing education (ACHIEVE) grant program and
providing a grant for the purpose of providing free tuition at public
postsecondary institutions, specifying eligibility and grant amounts
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Latest Action: 02/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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TICLE 1 - HIGHER EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS Providing a summary of appropriations by fund; appropriating money to the office of higher education services office for ACHIEVE, the Minnesota GI bill, state grants, safety officers survivors, interstate tuition reciprocity, state work study, child care grants, Minitex and MnLINK gateway, the learning network, the college savings plan, the Midwest higher education compact, certain small programs, united family medicine registry program and for agency administration, to the board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities (MnSCU) for developing and strengthening projects to improve campus recruitment and retention of underserved students, for instruction in electronic medical record technology, for excellence in the biosciences, for STEM, for performance bonuses and expanding the online program, to the board of regents of the university of Minnesota [...]

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Latest Action: 02/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Establishing and providing for the academic competitiveness highlighting
individual excellence and valuing education (ACHIEVE) scholarship program to
reward students for taking rigorous courses in high school; defining qualifying
course; specifying eligibility, providing for administration by the office of
higher education, specifying scholarship award amounts
(me)

Latest Action: 02/28/2007 - Author added Rest

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"Local Community Rail Security Act of 2007"; providing for the protection of railroad property from terrorism and other criminal activities; specifying legislative findings and purpose; requiring common carriers to provide law enforcement personnel, emergency personnel, transportation officials and other first responders a risk assessment of railroads in the state; requiring common carriers to have a program in place to protect railroad infrastructure from acts of sabotage, terrorism and other criminal acts (infrastructure protection program), requiring the infrastructure protection program to provide specifically for the security of the infrastructure and include regular inspections, requiring compliance and prescribing penalties, requiring annual updates of the program; specifying requirements for common carriers to protect community facilities, prescribing a penalty; requiring common carriers to provide certain communications [...]

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