Law and Government Legislation regarding 'Committees' 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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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 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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Relating to gambling; modifying the definitions of gambling equipment and promotional ticket; authorizing the gambling control board to impose civil penalties for organizations exceeding certain expense limitations; authorizing organizations authorized to conduct bingo to loan bingo hard cards and other devices to another organization authorized to conduct bingo; authorizing the board to summarily suspend the license of a gambling manager failing to receive required training; modifying requirements for the training of gambling managers; making certain technical changes; prohibiting the board from imposing an annual limit of the value of raffle prizes awarded by licensed organizations, limit; requiring the board to convene a public advisory committee to review operational and regulatory procedures, accounting functions, tax structure and recent trends in lawful purpose contributions and allowable expenses and report to the

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1E Requiring the board of regents of the university of Minnesota to conduct a study assessing potential capacity for carbon sequestration in state terrestrial systems, specifying study requirements, requiring the study be coordinated by the Minnesota terrestrial carbon sequestration initiative, specifying task force membership, authorizing the university to contract with another party; requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date; requiring the Minnesota geological survey to conduct a study assessing the potential capacity for geologic carbon sequestration in the state midcontinent rift system, specifying study requirements, instructing the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) in consultation with the Minnesota geological survey, to contract for a study to estimate the properties of the midcontinent rift system; requiring consultation with the Minnesota mineral coordinating committee; requiring the commissioner [...]

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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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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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3E Relating to children's mental health; requiring providers of mental health services for children, including certain emergency, family community, day treatment, therapeutic support of foster care, professional home based family treatment and mental health crisis services, to develop a plan for and comply with requirements before using a restrictive procedure with a child; specifying certain restrictive procedure plan filing and availability requirements; defining certain terms; requiring parental consent and notification; specifying certain prohibitive actions and procedures; specifying administrative review requirements of restrictive procedures; requiring training for staff; specifying certain requirements for a school or school district certified to provide full year round therapeutic services and supports benefit and uses restrictive procedures; specifying certain annual report reporting requirements; authorizing

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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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2E Relating to natural resources; modifying permanent school fund provisions; requiring the commissioner of finance to biennially report to the permanent school fund advisory committee and the legislature on the management of the permanent school trust fund; expanding the authority of the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) relating to managing certain school trust fund lands, specifying certain duties and reporting requirements; modifying certain duties of the permanent school fund advisory committee; requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date; specifying the permanency of the advisory committee; appropriating administrative sites sale proceeds to the commissioner to acquire facilities, renovate buildings or acquire land for administrative use; modifying certain requirements for environmental learning centers; providing for disposition of proceeds from the sale of administrative sites to be credited [...]

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TICLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION Authorizing school boards to form business entities for the sole purpose of producing and operating a wind energy conversion system for the benefit of the district; modifying dates for school district clerks to report district expenses and other financial information; modifying dates and annual reporting requirements on district passage rates and expenditures required to reflect students passage of GRAD to graduate; modifying certain dates for audited financial data conversion by the commissioner; clarifying certain provisions relating to debt verification, elimination and certification of debt; and changing the date for the commissioner to notify the legislature of school districts failing to limit expenditures and in statutory operating debt ARTICLE 2 - EDUCATION EXCELLENCE Designating ice hockey as the official sport of the state; authorizing a parent or guardian [...]

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2E Modifying commissioner of natural resources (DNR) state trail acquisition authority and off highway motorcycles general registration requirements; exempting snowmobiles used to groom a state or grant in aid trail from registration and state trail sticker requirements; modifying all terrain vehicle (ATV) education and training requirements; modifying all terrain vehicle (ATV) operating provisions; requiring youthful passengers and operators to wear helmets; requiring class 2 operators and passengers to wear seat belts; requiring parental authorization for operation under a certain age; modifying passenger regulations; opening closed forests to off trail snowmobiles, exception; limiting class 2 operation to forest roads and trails on department of natural resources (DNR) lands; clarifying class 1 and 2 operation in ditches, banks and certain public roads; modifying the Willard Munger trail system (Gateway, Boundary,[...]

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2E Improving access to state budget information by members of the legislature; clarifying the format of responses by agencies at the request of the legislative commission on planning and fiscal policy; modifying certain duties of the commission; requiring the legislative commission on planning and fiscal policy to develop budget recommendations to present to the legislature, requiring state agency budget input; 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; requiring disclosure of status of fiscal note requests, specifying certain uniform procedure requirements; providing for the appeal of disputes over the conclusion of fiscal notes to the legislative commission on planning and [...]

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TICLE 1 - PUBLIC HEALTH Creating the public health improvement fund; providing for a statewide health improvement program with a goal to substantially reduce the percentage of obese or overweight people, people using tobacco or people misusing alcohol; requiring the commissioner of health to provide local community grants; requiring the commissioner to set measurable outcomes and provide technical assistance and oversight; requiring the commissioner to conduct biennial evaluations and submit a biennial report to the legislature; providing for community health boards and tribal governments to use funds to develop new programs and expand current programs; defining certain terms relating to the public health improvement fund, requiring hospitals and nonprofit health plan companies by a certain date to contribute a certain percent of net patient revenue to the public health improvement fund, specifying assessment [...]

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TICLE 1 - ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY Establishing regulation of ballast water discharge into Lake Superior by oceangoing vessels; defining certain terms, requiring operators of a vessel to conduct ballast water management operations according to a ballast water management plan designed to minimize the discharge of invasive species, specifying certain approval and recordkeeping requirements, specifying certain consultation and cooperation requirements with the Great Lakes panel on aquatic nuisance species, state agencies and Canada and other foreign governments; modifying individual sewage treatment system (ISTS) service professionals licensing requirements; removing source separated compostable materials from mixed municipal solid waste inclusion and requiring composting or transfer to a composting facility; prohibiting the use of construction debris or residuals from processed construction debris containing gypsum [...]

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1E Relating to gambling; modifying the definitions of gambling equipment and promotional ticket; modifying lawful gambling expenditure restrictions; authorizing the gambling control board to impose civil penalties for organizations exceeding certain expense limitations; authorizing organizations authorized to conduct bingo to loan bingo hard cards and other devices to another organization authorized to conduct bingo; authorizing the board to summarily suspend the license of a gambling manager failing to receive required training; modifying requirements for the training of gambling managers; authorizing the use of electronic bingo devices for a linked bingo game; making certain technical changes; prohibiting the board from imposing an annual limit of the value of raffle prizes awarded by licensed organizations, limit; requiring the board to convene a public advisory committee to review operational and regulatory procedures,[...]

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TICLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS "Next Generation Energy Act of 2007"; specifying state energy policy goals and requiring increased reliance on energy efficiency and renewable energy alternatives and fossil fuel use reduction ARTICLE 2 - ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONVERSATION Requiring public utilities filing for rate changes to reference generation and transmission cooperative energy conservation improvement plans; excluding energy conservation improvements investments and expenses from large energy facilities just and reasonable gas rates; requiring the public utilities commission (PUC) to allow public utilities to reduce the gas rate applicable to large energy facilities; allowing the PUC to approve electric utility petitions for rate schedules to recover electric utility infrastructure costs (EUIC), specifying filing requirements; establishing a state energy conservation policy goal; modifying [...]

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TICLE 1 - CONTINUING CARE Modifying certain targeted case management provisions; authorizing the commissioner of human services to award through a competitive process contracts for grants to public and private agencies to support and assist individuals eligible for publicly funded home and community-based services to access housing; providing for nursing facility rate increases beginning October 1, 2009; providing for calculation of quality add-on for the rate year beginning October 1, 2009; requiring demonstration providers providing nursing home and community-based services to provide relocation service coordination to enrolled persons age 65 and over; expanding general assistance (GA) shelter needy eligibility to self-directed supports option participants and home and community-based waiver recipients living independently, extending the state-funded transitional supports allowance to certain persons eligible [...]

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TICLE 1 - HIGHER EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS Providing a summary of appropriations; appropriating money to the Minnesota office of higher education for the state grants, public safety officers survivors, interstate tuition reciprocity, state work study, child care grants, Minitex, MnLINK gateway, learning network of Minnesota, Minnesota college savings plan, midwest higher education compact, intervention for college attendance program grants, achieve success and persistence through innovative rigorous education for students living in remote and underserved areas and to increase intervention for college attendance program (ICAP) grants, for the Minnesota campus compact for operations, to award campus community collaboration and service learning grants to certain postsecondary institutions and to support certain compact initiatives, for a grant to Augsburg college for the Step Up program for chemically dependent students [...]

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TICLE 1 - TEMPORARY CLASSIFICATIONS Modifying applications for temporary classification of government data to include data on individuals; requiring data application website publication and permitting application withdrawal prior to data disposition; allowing responsible authorities to request commissioner of administration approval for new or different data use or dissemination for data temporarily classified; repealing temporary classification contents of application for private or confidential data ARTICLE 2 - MISCELLANEOUS Classifying data on election candidates and applicants to boards, task forces, commissions, committees, advisory groups and other public bodies as private; adding addresses as public data; classifying building plans, blueprints and drawings of state owned facilities and state leased nonstate owned facilities as nonpublic data under certain conditions; classifying data [...]

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TICLE 1 - PUBLIC HEALTH Establishing the public health improvement fund; requiring hospitals by a certain date to contribute a certain percent of net patient revenue to the public health improvement fund; providing for a statewide health improvement program, specifying goals, providing for local community grants, outcomes and a media campaign; requiring the commissioner of health to establish a BMI monitoring program for children and youth; appropriating money to the commissioner of health ARTICLE 2 - HEALTH CARE HOMES Requiring medical assistance (MA) enrollees to select primary care clinics after a certain date; requiring the commissioner of human services to e