Law and Government Legislation regarding 'Commissions' in Minnesota

TICLE 1 - STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS Appropriating money to the legislature for general operations and for health care access, to the constitutional officers, to the campaign finance and public disclosure board, to the investment board, to the office of enterprise technology, to the office of administrative hearings, to the commissioner of administration for state facilities, state and community and administrative management services, for matching grants for public television, to the capitol area architectural and planning (CAAP) board, to the commissioner of finance for state financial management and information and management services, to the commissioner of employee relations (DOER), to the commissioner of revenue for tax system and accounts receivable management, to the commissioner of military affairs for training facilities maintenance, for general support and for enlistment incentives, to the commissioner [...]

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Relating to state government; reducing certain state government appropriations to the legislature, legislative coordinating commission (LCC), governor, state auditor, attorney general, secretary of state, office of enterprise technology, commissioner of administration for state facilities services, state and community services and administrative management services, the commissioner of finance for state financial management and information and management services, commissioner of employee relations (DOER), commissioner of revenue for the tax system management program and amateur sports commission; requiring the commissioner of finance to reduce the budget reserve account by a certain amount; requiring the legislature to cancel certain balances carried forward; appropriating money from the budget reserve to the commissioner of finance for the budget reserve escrow account as a guarantee by the state for private money [...]

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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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Relating to retirement; postretirement earnings offsets to pensions for teacher retirement fund associations (TRA) in cities of the first class; modifying certain provisions on the procurement of actuarial services for state and local public retirement programs; authorizing the legislative commission on pensions and retirement to contract with an actuarial consulting firm for certain audit and review purposes; modifying the definition of current assets; establishing a new amortization (full funding) date for the St. Paul teachers retirement fund association; appropriating money to the legislative commission on pensions and retirement for actuarial consulting firm contracting costs; repealing certain provisions relating to coordinated program retirement benefits resumption of teaching after commencement of a retirement annuity and annuity reductions, to actuarial valuation preparation allocation of actuarial costs, and to [...]

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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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1E Relating to boxing; changing the name of the Minnesota boxing commission to the combative sports commission; providing for classified service coverage for the executive director; defining and redefining certain terms; modifying certain tough person contest regulations; extending the jurisdiction of the commission to combative sports contests; modifying combative sports commission membership requirements; modifying certain provisions relating to rulemaking, meetings, duties of the commissioner, combative sports contests regulations, licensure and prelicensure requirements, fee schedules for professional and amateur licenses, physical examination requirements and insurance requirements; authorizing the commission to accept gifts under certain conditions; imposing penalties for violations; appropriating money to the commission; making certain conforming amendments; repealing the simulcast licenses provision (je)

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1E Relating to capital investments; authorizing spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature with certain conditions; providing a summary of appropriations; appropriating money to the university of Minnesota for higher education asset preservation and replacement (HEAPRA), a new Twin Cities campus science teaching and student services building, a new St. Paul campus Bell museum of natural history, an addition to Duluth campus Voss-Kovach hall, Morris campus community services building renovation, a new Crookston campus maintenance facility at the Northwest research and outreach center, classroom disability access, laboratory renovation, specifying a projects costs coverage allotment limit for except HEAPRA and dedicating unspent appropriations to HEAPRA, to the Minnesota state colleges and universities (MnSCU) for higher education asset preservation and replacement [...]

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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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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 - APPROPRIATION Providing a summary of appropriations; appropriating money to the supreme court, court of appeals, trial and tax courts, uniform laws commission and judicial standards and public defense boards, to the commissioner of public safety for emergency management, criminal apprehension, the fire marshal, alcohol and gambling enforcement, office of justice programs, 911 emergency services and ARMER public safety, to the peace officer standards and training (POST) board, to the private detective board, to the commissioner of human rights for database replacement, to the commissioner of corrections (DOC) for correctional institutions, community services and operations support and for sentencing guidelines ARTICLE 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS Requiring department of human rights gifts and bequests to be credited to a special account; increasing incrementally 911 emergency fees; modifying [...]

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TICLE 1 - OPERATIONS Authorizing the director of the state lottery to establish lottery gaming machines (racino) and enter into a contract for the management and placement of the machines; modifying the definition of lottery procurement contract; defining gaming machine, gaming machine game, gaming machine play and adjusted gross gaming machine revenue; providing for operation of the gaming machines; requiring examination of the machines; providing for prizes and odds; prohibiting under age play; requiring compulsive gambling notices; prohibiting local licenses and fees; requiring the racing commission to require licensees to reimburse the actual costs of the commission ARTICLE 2 - CONFORMING AMENDMENTS Making certain conforming amendments ARTICLE 3 - REVENUE Authorizing and providing for an in-lieu tax on lottery gaming machines; providing for deposit of revenue in the [...]

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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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Relating to retirement; modifying the postretirement adjustment calculation by the state board of investment to determine payment availability and amount for the Minnesota post retirement investment fund; modifying persons responsible for public pension fund annual financial reporting; removing certain financial annual report content requirements; removing the definition of current assets and providing a definition of actuarial value of assets for actuarial valuation purposes; modifying the general and correctional state employees, state patrol, legislators, elective state officers, judges, general public employees, public employees police and fire, local government correctional service and teachers postretirement interest rate assumptions; requiring use of certain salary assumptions and actuarial valuations prior to a certain date; modifying the correctional state employees retirement plan future salary increase assumption;[...]

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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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Relating to the organization, operation and financing of state government; appropriating money to the environmental and natural resources trust, the state land and water conservation account (LAWCON), the legislative citizen commission on Minnesota resources (LCCMR) for administrative expenses and for contract administration, for forest legacy conservation easements, Minnesota habitat corridors partnership phase IV, metro conservation corridors phase III, prairie stewardship assistance for private landowners, state park and trail acquisition, metropolitan regional park system land acquisition, nonmetropolitan regional parks and natural and scenic area acquisitions, LAWCON federal reimbursements, biological control of European buckthorn and garlic mustard, neutralization of reed canary grass root exudates, for local water management matching challenge grants, protection of rare and unique rock outcrop wetlands, land retirement

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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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