Law and Government Legislation regarding 'Telecommunications and Information Technology' in Minnesota

Modifying cable communications regulations; requiring cable communications system providers to make efforts to interconnect systems with state authorized video service provider systems; prohibiting cable communications systems logos or marketing materials placement appearing to favor certain cable communications, regulating advertising; prohibiting cable communications systems program content or public programs access limitations, clarifying liability; requiring persons seeking to provide video service to apply and register with the public utilities commission (PUC) after a certain date, providing for certificate issuance, application fee, service area, final determination and termination; requiring public access capacity equal to public, educational and governmental (PEG) access channels as provided by existing cable communications system providers, specifying content format and PEG fees; requiring provider fees, specifying [...]

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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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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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Providing for the collection and recycling or reuse of video display devices; defining certain terms; establishing a registration program under the pollution control agency (PCA) and specifying certain manufacturer labeling and registration requirements for the sale of new household video display devices, specifying collector and recycler registration requirements, requiring PCA web site information maintenance; establishing the electronic waste account in the environmental fund, requiring annual manufacturer registration fee payment to the department of revenue, requiring manufacturer annual reporting and recycling, specifying recycler and retailer responsibilities; specifying PCA and department of revenue duties and state agencies purchasing requirements; prohibiting local government units and public agencies from requiring household to use public facilities to the exclusion of other lawful available programs to recycle [...]

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TICLE 1 - CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Proposing an amendment to the Minnesota constitution, article VI, section 7 and 8 requiring the appointment of judges by the governor from a list of names submitted by a selection commission, evaluated based on performance before standing for a retention election to the office and retained or removed regularly based on a decision by the voters ARTICLE 2 - STATUTORY PROVISIONS Establishing and modifying procedures for filling judicial vacancies; modifying certain definitions; providing for judicial retention elections; requiring the filing of an affidavit of candidacy with the secretary of state for judges seeking to retain judicial office and specifying certain eligibility requirements; modifying judicial vacancy determination provisions; creating a commission on appellate judicial selection, specifying membership requirements, nomination duties and powers;[...]

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4E Providing for the collection and recycling or reuse of video display devices; providing for commissioner of revenue data collected under the video display device recycling program and registration fees, authorizing certain disclosures; defining certain terms; establishing a registration program under the pollution control agency (PCA) and specifying certain manufacturer labeling and registration requirements for the sale of new household video display devices, specifying collector and recycler registration requirements, requiring PCA web site information maintenance; establishing the electronic waste account in the environmental fund, requiring annual manufacturer registration fee payment to the department of revenue, appropriating money annually until a certain date from the account to the PCA for administration purposes and for distribution of competitive grants to counties and private entities outside the metropolitan

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TICLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION Modifying the alternative teacher compensation revenue formula, charter school general education revenue formula, learning year program calendar options, area learning center (ALC) service requirements; permitting district and charter school grade level acceleration instructional programming; requiring charter schools and area learning centers to inform students and parents of learning year option; setting the limited English proficiency (LEP) allowance; modifying the average daily membership number of pupil units, learning year pupil units, basic revenue, extended time revenue, LEP concentration allowance, operating capital levy, transportation sparsity revenue allowance, equity revenue, district equity gap and index, transition revenue and equity allowance, basic alternative teacher compensation aid, charter school payments and certain abatement and aid adjustments; changing the [...]

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1E Establishing a environmental health tracking and biomonitoring program; requiring the commissioner of health to coordinate data collection activities with the Minnesota pollution control agency (PCA), department of agriculture, university of Minnesota and other relevant state agencies to promote sharing and access to health and environmental databases in order to develop an environmental health tracking system consistent with data practices laws, specifying commissioner duties, requiring the department of health to conduct biomonitoring and share results with certain groups; providing for a biomonitoring pilot program; directing the commissioner to consult with certain organizations to specify chemicals and metals to be analyzed under the pilot program; requiring the commissioners of health, PCA, agriculture and the university of Minnesota to jointly develop a memorandum for information sharing; appropriating money [...]

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2E Relating to health care access; expanding the definition of dependent coverage under health care access and small employer insurance reform; modifying the duties of the legislative commission on health care access to include making recommendations on achieving the goal of universal coverage, requiring the commissioners of human services and commerce to assist the commission; requiring hospitals and health care providers to implement interoperable electronic health records systems by a certain date, requiring the commissioner of health in consultation with the health information technology and infrastructure advisory committee to develop a statewide plan to meet the goal and report to the legislature by a certain date on the development of standards; requiring the commissioner of finance to establish and implement the electronic health record system revolving account and loan program, specifying eligibility and authorizing [...]

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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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TICLE 1 - AIDS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS Increasing the city aid base for the city of Mahnomen; modifying the city aid formula; modifying city aid distribution calculations; modifying Mahnomen county, city and school district property tax reimbursements, tax base adjustments and tax base adjustments for calculation of school district aids and levies; requiring the commissioner of revenue to compute the adjusted net tax capacity and referendum market value for tax base adjustments for the calculation of school district and county, city and town aids and levies for utility property ARTICLE 2 - PROPERTY TAXES Allowing towns incorporating into cities to continue to receive payment in lieu of tax allocations for public hunting areas; requiring the assessment/sales ratio study to take into account the changes in the use of the property; authorizing utilities to recover the cost of higher property taxes [...]

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TICLE 1 - UTILITIES Modifying provisions relating to the petrofund program; allowing the petroleum tank release compensation board to recover expenses incurred by the pollution control agency (PCA) in taking corrective actions; requiring the board to reimburse qualified persons for replacing PVC fill piping with metal piping at residential locations under certain conditions, limit; clarifying heating oil vendors residential spill nonresponsibility under certain conditions; requiring certain entities to provide a property owner with a copy of the appraisal before presenting a petition to acquire property; modifying provisions relating to power transmission lines, renewable energy obligations and related activities and costs, modifying certain duties of the public utilities commission (PUC) relating to transmission cost adjustments for allowing the utility to recover charges incurred by the utility, expanding certain [...]

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TICLE 1 - STATE GOVERNMENT Relating to state government; modifying equitable compensation limits; modifying limits on state commissioner salaries; incorporating Minnesota Milestones goals and indicators in budget preparation; requiring the legislative commission on planning and fiscal policy (LCPFP) to form a subcommittee on government accountability to review certain recommendations from the commissioners of finance and administration; modifying certain budget preparation requirements; requiring the sesquicentennial commission to solicit input and suggestions from communities throughout the state during the sesquicentennial celebration regarding the selection and use of Minnesota Milestones goals and indicators; requiring the commissioner of finance to convene a working group for Minnesota Milestones to assist in the preparation of recommendations for the required Minnesota Milestones report, sunset provision;[...]

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TICLE 1 - POLICY CHANGES Modifying the definition of base period; modifying provisions relating to determinations of coverage; providing a certain exception to employers in the tourist or recreation industry; modifying certain employers taxes tax rate notice provisions; eliminating protest provisions for payment to trust fund by nonprofit organizations; modifying credit adjustments and refund provisions; eliminating protest provisions under personal liability; clarifying benefit account provisions; modifying the offset provisions of certain social security benefits from unemployment insurance modifying certain ineligibility provisions; modifying evidentiary hearings by unemployment law judge; modifying overpayments due to fraud provisions; modifying unemployment insurance trust fund provisions and administration account provisions; repealing provisions relating to single member limited liability companies, annual [...]

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