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Latest Action: 05/08/2007 - Secretary of State Ch. 45 05/04/07

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HF 2227 FOURTH ENGROSSMENT Omnibus agricultural and veterans affairs bill appropriating money; modifying revenue and fund disposition; modifying and creating funds, fees, and accounts; providing for NextGen energy; and changing veterans provisions. ARTICLE 1: AGRICULTURE Section 1: Summary of appropriations Section 2: Agriculture appropriations language provided. Section 3: Department of Agriculture appropriation language provided. Section 4: Board of Animal Health appropriation language provided. Section 5: Agricultural Utilization Research Institute appropriation language provided. Section 6: Compensation required language added. Section 7: Compensation language modified. Section 8: Cooperation with federal agencies language added. Section 9: Agricultural development grants and contracts language modified.

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Latest Action: 05/21/2007 - Returned from House with amendment

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Lawful gambling expenditure restrictions modified, game requirements and prize
amounts clarified, and other gambling provisions modified.

Latest Action: 05/21/2007 - Conference committee report, delete everything

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HF 464

FOURTH ENGROSSMENT

School employee statewide health insurance plan established, and money
appropriated.

Section 1: Financial audits language modified.

Section 2: Service cooperative and school employee insurance board claims data
language modified.

Section 3: School employee insurance plan language provided.

Section 4: Contributing member language modified.

Section 5: Creation; tax exemption language modified.

Section 6: Allocation of losses language modified.

Section 7: Health maintenance organizations, nonprofit health service plan
corporations, community integrated service networks, and the Minnesota School
Employee Insurance Board language modified.

Section 8: Initial meeting language provided.

Section 9: Appropriation language provided.

Section 10: Effective date

JAJ 5/22/7
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Extending the availability of an appropriation for a longitudinal study
measuring improvement in academic achievement as a result of participation in
the Starbase program; requiring the commissioner of military affairs to contract
with the Wilder foundation to conduct the study
(ra)

Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to gambling; expanding the definition of lawful purpose expenditures
for lawful gambling purposes to include the publishing of a periodic newsletter
by the organization for the purpose of providing news and information to members
of the organization
(ra)

Latest Action: 05/15/2008 - Conference committee report, delete everything

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HF 3420 SECOND ENGROSSMENT County registrars procedures and fees revised, death deed transfer provided, representative capacity acknowledgments clarified, registered land application clarified, Uniform Probate Code modified, and foreclosure provisions modified. ARTICLE 1 -- REGISTRAR OF TITLES Section 1: Standard documents language modified. Section 2: Recording language modified. ARTICLE 2 -- TRANSFER ON DEATH DEEDS Section 1: Estates of specific persons receiving medical assistance language modified. Section 2: Estates of persons receiving medical assistance and survived by others language modified. Section 3: Conveyances, taxes paid before recording language modified. Section 4: Exemptions language modified. Section 5: Transfer on death deeds language provided. Subdivision 1. Definitions. Subdivision 2. Effect [...]

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Latest Action: 04/21/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 194 04/17/08

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HF 3138 SECOND ENGROSSMENT Compensation plan required for employees of the legislative auditor and plan subject to legislative review and approval, and state labor contracts ratified. Section 1: Other salaries and compensation plans language modified. Section 2: Staff; compensation language modified. Section 3: Employees language modified. Section 4: Labor agreements and compensation plans language provided. Subdivision 1. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 5. Subdivision 2. Minnesota Association of Professional Employees. Subdivision 3. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 5, Unit 8. Subdivision 4. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 5, Unit 225. Subdivision 5. State Residential Schools Education Association. Subdivision 6. Minnesota Government Engineers [...]

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Latest Action: 05/15/2008 - Senate adopted conference committee report, bill repassed

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HF 3195

FIFTH ENGROSSMENT

Legislative Greenhouse Gas Advisory Group established, cap and trade studies and
reports required, and money appropriated.

Section 1: Title - This act may be cited as the "Green Solutions Act of 2008".

Section 2: Midwestern Greenhouse Gas Accord language is provided.

Section 3: Economic, environmental, and public health impact and potential
revenues studies language provided.
Subdivision 1. Submission of studies.
Subdivision 2. Economic, environmental, and public health impact study.
Subdivision 3. Potential cap and trade revenue study.
Subdivision 4. Expenditures to be studied.
Subdivision 5. Study criteria.

Section 5: Governance study language is provided.

Section 6: Appropriation language is provided.

SNA 5/17/08

Latest Action: 05/13/2008 - Returned from Senate

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HF 4223 SECOND ENGROSSMENT Business Energy Accountability Act established; district provisions modified, drainage transfer and uses provided, charter, registrar's fees, Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act, and Minneapolis dedication fee provisions modified. Section 1: Business energy use accountability language provided. Section 2: Petition for removal of district; Procedure; Refund of surplus language added. Section 3: Transfer of drainage systems language provided. Section 4: Public hearings language modified. Section 5: Interim uses language provided. Section 6: Discharge language modified. Section 7: Amendment by ordinance language modified. Section 8: Charges; net revenues language modified. Section 9: Standard documents language modified. Section 10: Recording language modified. Section 11: Dedication [...]

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Latest Action: 05/12/2008 - HF substituted on General Orders HF4223

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1E Relating to local government; allowing municipalities to enact an ordinance to permit dogs to accompany persons patronizing outdoor areas of food and beverage service establishments; "Business Energy Accountability Act of 2008", providing for business energy use accountability, requiring the commissioner of commerce to create an energy inventory form for municipal use; requiring municipalities to make inventory form available to local businesses; permitting a town board to vote to refund any surplus or service charge upon the removal of a subordinate service district; authorizing a transfer of the management of certain drainage systems from Hennepin county to a water management authority, specifying transfer procedure and clarifying effect of transfer on property rights; authorizing counties to use interim use ordinances (permits) under certain conditions, defining interim use; providing for public hearings; providing [...]

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Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

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1E Relating to charter schools; prohibiting a church or house of worship from
sponsoring schools, specifying a maximum number of schools operated by nonprofit
corporations or cooperatives, eliminating certain school board charter school
application voting requirements, making charter school boards permanent and
regulating membership, requiring charter school board election procedures
publication, specifying nonvoting membership, modifying commissioner of
education duties with regard to charter school training, financial management
and recordkeeping, prohibiting certain management and financial services sales,
modifying contract requirements, requiring charter schools to develop and
publish a lottery process, modifying annual public reporting requirements,
clarifying teacher leave to teach in a charter school
(je)

Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Withdrawn and returned to author

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Appropriating money to the amateur sports commission for a grant to the Becker
Big Lake ice association to design, construct, furnish and equip an ice arena in
the city of Big Lake
(ra)

Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Authorizing a land lease agreement between the board of trustees of Minnesota
state colleges and universities (MnSCU) and the YMCA for construction of a YMCA
facility on the Minnesota west community and technical college campus in
Worthington; specifying certain siting, design and lease requirements
(je)

Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Modifying the state smoking ban by defining the terms cigarette and
roll-your-own (roll your own), permitting smoking in American legion, veterans
of foreign wars (VFW), other private facilities and clubs and bingo halls under
certain conditions; defining private club; requiring sign display for permitted
smoking
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Modifying the state smoking ban by defining the terms cigarette and
roll-your-own (roll your own), permitting smoking in American legion, veterans
of foreign wars (VFW), other private facilities and clubs and bingo halls under
certain conditions; defining private club; requiring sign display for permitted
smoking
(me)

Latest Action: 03/23/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Making the state high school league rules subject to the administrative
procedure act (APA); subjecting the league to rule readoption requirements under
certain conditions; exempting rules of competition
(je)

Latest Action: 01/18/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Authorizing the cities of Coleraine, Bovey, Taconite, Marble and Calumet and the
towns of Iron Range, Lawrence, Greenway and Trout Lake to establish the Lakeview
cemetery association; authorizing the cities and towns to enter into a joint
powers agreement to exercise certain powers, providing for optional
participation; specifying certain property tax levy authority
(me)

Latest Action: 02/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) and
authorizing the issuance of state bonds for grants to municipalities and park
and recreation boards in first class cities for the identification, removal,
disposal and replacement of infected or diseased dead or dying shade trees,
defining shade tree; specifying certain consultation requirements
(rt)


Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Extending group residential housing payment eligibility to residential hospice
facilities
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/19/2007 - Author stricken Dibble

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Authorizing the legislative auditor to retain metropolitan sports facilities,
airports and mosquito control commissions and state agricultural society audit
fees
(rt)