| Also tagged in: Appropriations-Omnibus Bills, Boards, Disasters, Education and Education Department, Education-Higher, Education-K-12, Education-Special, Interstate Compacts and Agreements, Native Americans, Natural Resources Department, Recreation and Amusement, School Districts, Schools, Schools-Boards, Students, Task Forces Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Chief auth stricken, shown as co-auth Stumpf
Bill TextTICLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION Modifying annual reporting requirements of district anticipated expenditures and passage rates for GRAD purposes by school superintendents; authorizing the commissioner of education to enter into interstate agreements with adjoining states to establish an enrollment options program, specifying agreement specifications, conditions, and pupil accounting (pupil unit); requiring the commissioner of education to establish procedures relating to the application process, funds payment or collection and data collection; providing for an exclusion from procedure requirements for certain smaller enrollment transfers; providing a tuition exemption for enrollment transfers under terms of agreement; modifying general education revenue calculation for 2010 and later to reflect alternative teacher compensation revenue program changes; modifying transition revenue for 2010 and later to include tuition [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Committees, Councils, Counties, Data Practices and Privacy, Disabilities and Access, Education and Education Department, Education-Higher, Education-K-12, Energy, Environment, Health and Health Department, Libraries, Native Americans, Recreation and Amusement, Revisor of Statutes, Schools Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Chief auth stricken, shown as co-auth Stumpf
Bill TextTICLE 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 [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Airports and Aircraft, Children and Minors, Cities and Towns-Specific, Contracts, Councils, Counties-Specific, Data Practices and Privacy, Highways, Roads, and Bridges, Metropolitan Area, Motor Vehicles, Motor Vehicles-Carriers, Popular Names, Public Safety Department, Railroads, Safety, School Buses Latest Action: 05/15/2007 - HF substituted by motion [HF1351]
Bill Text4E Relating to transportation; classifying certain department of transportation (DOT) data relating to market research, overhead rates and bid escrow; authorizing a state agency or a political subdivision to enter property for purposes of investigation, monitoring, testing, surveying or boring to perform geotechnical investigations before eminent domain proceedings, requiring notification, prohibiting unnecessary property damage; providing a limit on business reestablishment costs; defining expressway; modifying the definition of freeway; requiring the commissioner allow commercial motor vehicle operators subject to hours of service regulations under certain federal regulations to stop and park continuously for up to a certain period of time as necessary at safety rest areas and travel information centers; modifying voyageur highway description; designating I-94 as the Purple Heart trail; designating a certain portion [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Alcoholic Beverages, Appropriations-Omnibus Bills, Business, Cities and Towns, Counties, Data Practices and Privacy, Economic Development, Local Governments, Military and Military Affairs Department, Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations, Retirement, Revenue Department, Schools, State Government-Finance, Taxation-Income, Taxation-Property Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Introduction and first reading
Bill TextRelating to taxation; establishing a data match system for comparison of account information data held by financial institutions with the department of revenue database of debtors (tax debtor matching system), permitting fee charging, providing for noncompliance to information requests, confidentiality, immunity and civil action for unauthorized disclosures by financial institutions, appropriating annually for administrative costs, making conforming amendments; creating the surplus lines association of Minnesota as a nonprofit association, classifying data as public, requiring licensees to submit documents to the surplus lines association; defining targeted rural opportunity community, establishing a regional emerging business investment tax credit for qualifying businesses; abolishing the political contribution refund; making federal tax conforming changes; defining levy year as the year in which levies are certified show full description | | Also tagged in: Agriculture and Agriculture Department, Appropriations-Omnibus Bills, Courts, Economic Development, Education and Education Department, Education-Early Childhood, Education-Higher, Education-K-12, Energy, Environment, Health and Health Department, Human Services and Human Services Department, Military and Military Affairs Department, Natural Resources Department, Public Safety Department, State Government-Departments and Agencies Latest Action: 04/07/2008 - HF substituted by motion [HF1812]
Bill TextTICLE 1- GENERAL FUND SUMMARY Summarizing certain general fund direct appropriations, appropriation reductions and transfers ARTICLE 2 - GENERAL EDUCATION Modifying certain duties of school superintendents relating to reporting requirements for anticipated expenditures and passage rates, modifying the annual report submittal date; modifying and clarifying certain school district reciprocity agreement provisions; modifying tuition payment requirements; authorizing the commissioner of education to enter into an agreement with a designated authority from an adjoining state to establish enrollment options programs with an adjoining state, specifying certain agreement content requirements; providing for pupil accounting, requiring the commissioner to establish certain procedures relating to applications, the collection or payment of funds and the collection of data for implementation of the agreement,[...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administration Department, Appropriations-Omnibus Bills, Bonds, Public, Cities and Towns, Cities and Towns-Specific, Councils, Counties, Counties-Specific, Federal Government, Fuels, Highways, Roads, and Bridges, Metropolitan Area, Motor Vehicles, Motor Vehicles-Registration, Licensing, Taxation, Public Safety Department, Revisor of Statutes Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - Special Order
Bill TextTICLE 1 - TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS Appropriating money to the commissioner of transportation (DOT) for multimodal systems including transit and rail, port development assistance, for state roads including infrastructure operations and maintenance, infrastructure investment support and highway debt service, for local roads including county and municipal state aids and for state aid appropriation adjustments and transfers, to the commissioner of public safety for the state patrol for additional troopers, to the commissioner of transportation (DOT) for transportation emergency relief for victims of the I-35W bridge collapse, to the board of regents of the university of Minnesota for the center for transportation studies to assess the public policy implications of financing new and improved transportation infrastructure, requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date ARTICLE 2 - TRUNK HIGHWAY [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Children and Minors, Compensation and Salaries, Corrections and Corrections Department, Counties, Courts, Crimes and Criminals, Crimes and Criminals-Sexual Offenses, Data Practices and Privacy, Disabilities and Access, Disadvantaged, Drugs and Medicine, Health and Health Department, Health-Mental Health, Human Services and Human Services Department, Immigrants and Aliens, Insurance-Health Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - HF substituted by motion [HF3222]
Bill TextTICLE 1 - HEALTH CARE Authorizing licensed physicians, advanced practice nurses and licensed psychologists to make a diagnosis and determination of attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) for the purpose of identifying a child with a disability and eligible for and in need of special education instruction and services; requiring the commissioner of health to modify regulations for home care service providers to include certain home care aide tasks; "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; permitting graduates of nonaccredited dental programs completing a clinical licensure examination and meeting certain applicant requirements to be granted a limited general dentist license [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Appropriations, Cities and Towns-Specific, Counties-Specific, Economic Development, Employment and Economic Development Department, Federal Government, Local Governments, Revenue Department, State Government-Finance, Task Forces, Taxation, Taxation-Income, Taxation-Property, Taxation-Sales and Use, Telecommunications and Information Technology Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - Introduction and first reading
Bill TextTICLE 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 [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Business, Children and Minors, Crimes and Criminals, Data Practices and Privacy, Education and Education Department, Education-Higher, Education-K-12, Family, Federal Government, Legal Proceedings, Local Governments, Marriage and Marriage Dissolution, Police and Peace Officers, Schools, Schools-Officers and Employees, State Government-Departments and Agencies Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - H adopted SCC report and repassed bill
Bill Text3E Relating to data practices; requiring the protection of certain data included in a state auditor report from unlawful disclosure; making technical changes to government data access and juvenile traffic investigation reports provisions; increasing government liability amounts; classifying certain metropolitan airport parking space customer data as nonpublic data; allowing educational data sharing between the department of education and the office of higher education as authorized by the code of federal regulations for the purpose of analyzing and improving school district instruction; prohibiting the use of social security numbers on the face of mailings by government entities; classifying data on applicants to boards, task forces, commissions, committees, advisory groups and other public bodies as private; providing for data on use and storage of explosives; providing for the effect of background checks on individuals [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 05/20/2007 - House conferees Murphy, M.; Smith; Thissen; Kahn; Nelson
Bill TextTICLE 1 - VARIOUS CLARIFICATIONS AND CORRECTIONS Correcting obsolete references to the former Minneapolis teachers retirement fund association; correcting certain errors and omissions in legislators, teachers and Faribault correctional facility retirement provisions ARTICLE 2 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS Modifying legislator retirement allowance accrual start date; clarifying the definitions of state employee and removing obsolete references under Minnesota state retirement system coverage (MSRS) definitions; modifying the definition of allowable service; providing an authorized leave of absence service credit purchase procedure under MSRS; removing certain restrictions on surviving spouse coverage; including state fire marshal employees under MSRS provisions; providing an exemption from process for MSRS health care savings plan account assets, exception for marriage dissolution and child support;[...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Business, Colleges and Universities, Data Practices and Privacy, Disasters, Economic Development, Federal Government, Interstate Compacts and Agreements, Local Governments, Pollution and Pollution Control Agency, Revenue Department, Taxation-Franchise, Taxation-Gasoline and Special Fuels, Taxation-Gross Premium, Taxation-Income, Taxation-Mortgage Registry and Deed, Taxation-Occupation, Production Latest Action: 05/07/2008 - HF substituted by motion [HF3149]
Bill TextTICLE 1 - AIDS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS Modifying the distribution of local government aid (LGA); specifying a city revenue need minimum; modifying the city aid base and increasing the aid base for certain cities; defining small city aid base, city jobs base, out of home placement aid and town aids; modifying county tax base equalization aid and transition aid, city formula aid, city aid distribution, county aids; providing a 2009 aid adjustment; increasing the cities appropriation limit; providing an inflation adjustment for municipal (city) aid and county need aid distributions; providing a distribution of payments in lieu of tax for land included in state parks located on Lake Vermilion; authorizing first class metropolitan cities in receipt of certain excessive aid to expend excess on debt obligations related to public facilities or neighborhood revitalization; requiring a legislative study of local government [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Boards, Cities and Towns-Specific, Corrections and Corrections Department, Counties-Specific, Employee Relations Department, Federal Government, Fire and Firefighters, Hospitals and Health Facilities, Military and Military Affairs Department, Native Americans, Police and Peace Officers, Public Employees, Retirement, Retirement-Firefighters Relief Associations, Retirement-Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund, Retirement-MSRS Latest Action: 05/13/2008 - HF substituted by motion [HF3082]
Bill TextTICLE 1 ? POSTRETIREMENT PROVISIONS Requiring the state board of investment to annually determine a composite funded ratio for state pension assets, modifying the postretirement adjustment calculation, requiring the board to determine fund total fair market value, limiting the postretirement adjustment percentage, providing a lost purchasing power increase for the Minnesota postretirement investment fund and specifying conditions, requiring a legislative report under condition of excess assets ARTICLE 2 ? MINNESOTA POSTRETIREMENT INVESTMENT FUND DISSOLUTION Modifying the procedures used by the state board of investment to determine postretirement adjustments for the Minneapolis employees retirement fund; providing for Minnesota postretirement investment fund dissolution according to a transition schedule, providing for postretirement adjustments, requiring a legislative report on statutory drafting [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Agriculture and Agriculture Department, Appropriations, Commerce Department, Commissions, Easements and Conveyances, Energy, Environment, Fuels, Legislature, Local Governments, Motor Vehicles, Pollution and Pollution Control Agency, Power Plants and Lines, Public Utilities and Public Utilities Commission, Task Forces, Telecommunications and Information Technology Latest Action: 05/13/2008 - Governor's action Approval 05/12/08
Bill TextTICLE 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 [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Animals and Pets, Associations and Societies, Business, Cities and Towns, Cities and Towns-Specific, Commerce Department, Contracts, Cooperatives, Counties, Counties-Specific, Easements and Conveyances, Elections, Energy, Governmental Operations-Local, Land Use and Zoning, Local Governments Latest Action: 05/13/2008 - Returned from Senate
Bill TextRelating 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 Use 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; 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 [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Agriculture and Agriculture Department, Animals and Pets, Appropriations, Appropriations-Omnibus Bills, Boards, Councils, Counties, Drugs and Medicine, Energy, Fertilizers and Pesticides, Food and Nutrition, Fuels, Gambling, Metropolitan Area, Motor Vehicles-Registration, Licensing, Taxation, Occupations and Professions Latest Action: 05/13/2008 - Governor's action Approval 05/12/08
Bill TextTICLE 1 - AGRICULTURAL POLICY Establishing a livestock investment grant program, specifying eligibility and process; requiring the commissioner of agriculture pesticide disposal; prohibiting pesticide collection limitations; requiring annual disposal site designation and advertising and periodic residential disposal opportunities with recordkeeping, requiring universal county execution; modifying pesticide application violations to include applications at sites not requested, ordered, permitted or contracted; requiring commissioner allocation from the pesticide regulatory account for collection and disposal; modifying the authority of the commissioner of agriculture for revocation and suspension actions of previously issued registration, permit, license or certifications under certain conditions for pesticide and fertilizer use; modifying agricultural chemical incident provisions by changing certain application [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Committees, Councils, Data Practices and Privacy, Disabilities and Access, Education and Education Department, Education-Early Childhood, Education-Higher, Education-K-12, Education-School Districts, Education-Special, Energy, Environment, Food and Nutrition, Health and Health Department, Libraries, Native Americans Latest Action: 05/13/2008 - Governor's action Veto 05/13/08
Bill TextTICLE 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 [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Crimes and Criminals, Data Practices and Privacy, Drivers Licenses, Training, and ID Cards, Employment and Economic Development Department, Federal Government, Labor, Employment, and Labor and Industry Department, Local Governments, Real Estate, Revenue Department, State Government-Departments and Agencies, Taxation-Income, Taxation-Property, Transportation and Transportation Department Latest Action: 05/20/2007 - H adopted SCC report and repassed bill
Bill Text2E Relating to data practices; clarifying duties and classifications, making technical changes and clarifying definitions relating to government data practices, substituting the term government entity in place of the terms state agency, political subdivision or statewide system; requiring judicial branch data disseminated to government entities to have the same level of accessibility as the agency receiving the data; changing and clarifying homestead classification tax data, classifying certain department of transportation (DOT) market research, overhead rate and bid escrow data sets as private data on individuals, nonpublic data or public data; specifying bureau of mediation services representation and mediation data as protected and nonpublic data or confidential data on individuals; requiring public criminal history data reaction under certain conditions and classifying certain data as private data; defining integrated [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Appropriations, Councils, Environment, Fish and Fishing, Forests and Trees, Hunting and Game, Lakes and Ponds, Lands, Military and Military Affairs Department, Natural Resources Department, Parks and Parklands-State, Parks and Trails, Plants, Seeds, and Nurseries, Pollution and Pollution Control Agency, Recreation and Amusement, Safety Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Motion to recall and re-refer, motion prevailed Rules and Legislative Administration
Bill TextTICLE 1 - NATURAL RESOURCES MISCELLANEOUS AND TECHNICAL Establishing the Cuyuna country state recreation area citizens advisory council, sunset; extending the Minnesota river trail by adding a loop extension between Fort Ridgely state park and the cities of Redwood Falls and Sleepy Eye and a segment connecting the cities of Granite Falls and Montevideo; clarifying state park permit display requirements; modifying certain military personnel on leave provisions relating to park permits; authorizing a state park permit exemption and fee waiver for Croft mines historical park and Portsmouth mine lake overlook in the Cuyuna county state recreation area; regulating shoreland resorts; requiring counties and municipalities to allow resort owners to maintain and replace structures under certain conditions and to expand structure footprints to minimally meet federal, state or local dwelling standards or codes; providing [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Advertising, Boards, Bonds, Surety, Colleges and Universities, Data Practices and Privacy, Education and Education Department, Education-Higher, Federal Government, Health and Health Department, Native Americans, Occupations and Professions, State Government-Departments and Agencies, Students, Task Forces, Veterans and Veterans Affairs Department Latest Action: 05/13/2008 - Governor's action Approval 05/12/08
Bill Text3E Relating to higher education; providing for the disclosure of certain higher education data relating to crimes of violence, certain sexual offenses and the use or possession of alcohol or drugs at postsecondary institutions, requiring a signed student information release; allowing educational data sharing between the department of education and the office of higher education as authorized by the code of federal regulations for the purpose of analyzing and improving school district instruction; modifying the definition of resident student for purposes of determining eligibility for state financial aid for higher education to include a spouse or dependent of a resident veteran; removing the expiration date on a office of higher education surplus appropriation grant for living and miscellaneous expense allowance increase; modifying Indian scholarship provisions relating to student eligibility, scholarship use, costs of attendance show full description | | Also tagged in: Appropriations, Boards, Committees, Councils, Counties-Specific, Environment, Fish and Fishing, Forests and Trees, Historic Sites and Historical Societies, Hunting and Game, Lakes and Ponds, Lands-State, Lands-Tax-forfeited, Natural Resources Department, Parks and Parklands-State, Recreation and Amusement Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Recalled by Chair Finance
Bill TextTICLE 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 [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Agriculture and Agriculture Department, Alcoholic Beverages, Associations and Societies, Business, Cities and Towns-Specific, Colleges and Universities, Counties, Food and Nutrition, Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations, Public Safety Department, Recreation and Amusement, University of Minnesota Latest Action: 05/21/2007 - Governor's action Approval 05/18/07
Bill Text3E Relating to liquor; authorizing the state agricultural society (state fair) to sell intoxicating malt liquors during the state fair or at other times upon the availability of at least one Minnesota brewed malt beverage for sale at each allowed location within the fairgrounds; modifying the regulations of off-sales by brewpubs and small brewers; permitting breweries to provide samples of products on premises to individuals touring the brewery; allowing farm wineries to obtain separate on sale licenses and operate separate business establishments (restaurants) within physical area of winery and buildings; authorizing the commissioner of public safety to issue on-sale intoxicating liquor licenses for up to a certain number of locations within the boundaries of the University of Minnesota upon approval of the board of regents; modifying off sale intoxicating liquor license fees for certain sized cities, providing for a fee [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Conference committee report#
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r /> | | Also tagged in: Administration Department, Agriculture and Agriculture Department, Buildings and Building Codes, Commerce Department, Commissions, Committees, Counties, Employment and Economic Development Department, Energy, Environment, Fuels, Landlords and Tenants, Natural Resources Department, Pollution and Pollution Control Agency, Popular Names, Power Plants and Lines Latest Action: 05/21/2007 - H adopted SCC report and repassed bill
Bill TextTICLE 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 [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Business, Children and Minors, Commerce Department, Consumer Protection, Drugs and Medicine, Environment, Fire and Firefighters, Health and Health Department, Pollution and Pollution Control Agency, Safety, Trade Practices, Waste and Waste Management, Women Latest Action: 05/15/2008 - Veto message laid on table (clarified a portion of veto message)
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| | Also tagged in: Appropriations, Boards, Cities and Towns, Corrections and Corrections Department, Counties-Specific, Employee Relations Department, Federal Government, Fire and Firefighters, Hospitals and Health Facilities, Military and Military Affairs Department, Native Americans, Police and Peace Officers, Public Employees, Retirement, Retirement-Firefighters Relief Associations, Retirement-Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Bill was repassed as amended by Conference
Bill TextTICLE 1 ? POSTRETIREMENT PROVISIONS Requiring the state board of investment to annually determine a composite funded ratio for state pension assets, modifying the postretirement adjustment calculation, requiring the board to determine fund total fair market value, limiting the postretirement adjustment percentage, providing a lost purchasing power increase for the Minnesota postretirement investment fund and specifying conditions, requiring a legislative report under condition of excess assets ARTICLE 2 ? MINNESOTA POSTRETIREMENT INVESTMENT FUND DISSOLUTION Modifying the procedures used by the state board of investment to determine postretirement adjustments for the Minneapolis employees retirement fund; providing for Minnesota postretirement investment fund dissolution according to a transition schedule, providing for postretirement adjustments, requiring a legislative report on statutory drafting [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Airports and Aircraft, Appropriations, Cities and Towns, Cities and Towns-Specific, Counties, Counties-Specific, Economic Development, Federal Government, Liens, Mines and Mining, Revenue Department, State Government-Finance, State Government-Officers, Taxation, Taxation-Estate, Taxation-Franchise Latest Action: 05/21/2007 - Joint rule 3.02(a), conference committee discharged, bill laid on table
Bill TextTICLE 1 - HOMESTEAD CREDIT STATE REFUND Modifying residential homestead market value credit provisions; modifying proposed property tax notice content requirements; modifying the definition of property taxes payable; increasing property tax refunds for renters and homesteads ARTICLE 2 - AIDS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS Modifying city revenue need, city aid base, county transition aid, city formula aid and providing for town aid; providing an inflation adjustment for municipal (city) aid and county need aid distributions; providing for the increase payments to counties by the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) on land utilization project land; requiring the commissioner of revenue to compute the adjusted net tax capacity and referendum market value on utility property for school district aids and levies purposes and county and city aids purposes; providing for county property tax reimbursement,[...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Appropriations, Business, Colleges and Universities, Data Practices and Privacy, Disasters, Economic Development, Employment and Economic Development Department, Federal Government, Interstate Compacts and Agreements, Local Governments, Pollution and Pollution Control Agency, Revenue Department, Taxation, Taxation-Franchise, Taxation-Gasoline and Special Fuels, Taxation-Gross Premium Latest Action: 05/07/2008 - Returned from Senate with amendment
Bill TextTICLE 1 - HOMESTEAD CREDIT STATE REFUND ARTICLE 2 - AIDS TO LOCAL GOVERNEMNTS Modifying the distribution of local government aid (LGA); specifying a city revenue need minimum; modifying the city aid base and increasing the aid base for certain cities; defining small city aid base, city jobs base, out of home placement aid and town aids; modifying county tax base equalization aid and transition aid, city formula aid, city aid distribution, county aids; providing a 2009 aid adjustment; increasing the cities appropriation limit; providing an inflation adjustment for municipal (city) aid and county need aid distributions; providing a distribution of payments in lieu of tax for land included in state parks located on Lake Vermilion; authorizing first class metropolitan cities in receipt of certain excessive aid to expend excess on debt obligations related to public facilities or neighborhood revitalization;[...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Appropriations, Boards, Cities and Towns-Specific, Counties-Specific, Economic Development, Employment and Economic Development Department, Federal Government, Local Governments, Mines and Mining, Revenue Department, State Government-Finance, Task Forces, Taxation, Taxation-Income, Taxation-Property, Taxation-Sales and Use Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Author added Murphy, M.
Bill TextTICLE 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; exempting modular homes used as models by dealers from the property [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Appropriations, Children and Minors, Compensation and Salaries, Corrections and Corrections Department, Counties, Courts, Crimes and Criminals, Crimes and Criminals-Sexual Offenses, Data Practices and Privacy, Disabilities and Access, Disadvantaged, Drugs and Medicine, Health and Health Department, Health-Mental Health, Human Services and Human Services Department, Immigrants and Aliens Latest Action: 05/12/2008 - Conference committee report, delete everything
Bill TextTICLE 1 - HEALTH CARE SERVICES Requiring the commissioner of human services in consultation with the health services policy committee to develop and provide to the legislature by a certain date a methodology and any draft legislation necessary to allow for the release of summary data on claims and utilization for medical assistance (MA), general assistance medical care (GAMC) and MinnesotaCare enrollees at no charge to the university of Minnesota medical school, the Mayo medical school, the Northwestern health sciences university, the institute for clinical systems improvement and other research institutions to conduct analyses of health care outcomes and treatment effectiveness; modifying certain eligibility requirements relating to homestead exclusions for individuals residing in a long term care facility; providing home equity limits for medical assistance (MA) payment of long term care services; modifying [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Airports and Aircraft, Appropriations, Children and Minors, Cities and Towns-Specific, Contracts, Councils, Counties-Specific, Data Practices and Privacy, Highways, Roads, and Bridges, Metropolitan Area, Motor Vehicles, Motor Vehicles-Carriers, Popular Names, Public Safety Department, Railroads, Safety Latest Action: 04/21/2008 - Senate adopted conference committee report, bill repassed
Bill TextTICLE 1 - TRANSPORTAION POLICY Authorizing a state agency or a political subdivision to enter property for purposes of investigation, monitoring, testing, surveying or boring to perform geotechnical investigations, requiring notification, prohibiting unnecessary property damage; providing a limit on business reestablishment costs; defining expressway; modifying the definition of freeway; requiring the commissioner of transportation (DOT) to allow commercial motor vehicle operators subject to hours of service regulations under certain federal regulations to stop and park continuously for up to a certain period of time as necessary at safety rest areas and travel information centers; adding 24 hour pharmacies to the sign franchise program; modifying the voyageur highway description; designating I-94 as the Purple Heart trail; requiring the commissioner of transportation (DOT) to adopt a suitable marking design [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Airports and Aircraft, Appropriations, Children and Minors, Cities and Towns-Specific, Contracts, Councils, Counties-Specific, Data Practices and Privacy, Fuels, Highways, Roads, and Bridges, International Relations, Interstate Compacts and Agreements, Metropolitan Area, Motor Vehicles, Motor Vehicles-Carriers, Popular Names Latest Action: 05/13/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 287 05/08/08
Bill TextTICLE 1 - TRANSPORTAION POLICY Authorizing a state agency or a political subdivision to enter property for purposes of investigation, monitoring, testing, surveying or boring to perform geotechnical investigations, requiring notification, prohibiting unnecessary property damage; providing a limit on business reestablishment costs; defining expressway; modifying the definition of freeway; requiring the commissioner of transportation (DOT) to allow commercial motor vehicle operators subject to hours of service regulations under certain federal regulations to stop and park continuously for up to a certain period of time as necessary at safety rest areas and travel information centers; adding 24 hour pharmacies to the sign franchise program; modifying the voyageur highway description; designating I-94 as the Purple Heart trail; requiring the commissioner of transportation (DOT) to adopt a suitable marking design [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administration Department, Animals and Pets, Appropriations, Commissions, Committees, Compensation and Salaries, Courts, Elections, Employee Relations Department, Employment and Economic Development Department, Finance Department, Gambling, Judges, Lands-State, Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations, Public and State Employees Latest Action: 05/15/2008 - Author added McFarlane
Bill TextTICLE 1 - STATE GOVERNMENT Incorporating Minnesota Milestones goals and indicators in budget preparation; modifying certain budget preparation requirements; modifying certain provisions regulating the sale and disposition of surplus state owned lands; modifying certain duties of the commissioner of administration relating to notice requirements to agencies describing lands and tracts declared surplus and certain survey, appraisal and public sale requirements; modifying certain terms of payment requirements; eliminating contract for deed requirements with purchasers; requiring state agencies with certain information and telecommunications technology projects to register with the office of enterprise technology and requiring the office to monitor progress on the projects; requiring the office of enterprise technology to report to the legislature regarding the approval process for state agency technology requests [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administration Department, Appropriations, Appropriations-Omnibus Bills, Bonds, Bonds, Public, Cities and Towns, Cities and Towns-Specific, Councils, Counties, Counties-Specific, Federal Government, Fuels, Highways, Roads, and Bridges, Metropolitan Area, Motor Vehicles, Motor Vehicles-Registration, Licensing, Taxation Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 152 02/25/08
Bill TextTICLE 1 - TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS Appropriating money to the commissioner of transportation (DOT) for multimodal systems including transit and rail, port development assistance, for state roads including infrastructure operations and maintenance, infrastructure investment support and highway debt service, for local roads including county and municipal state aids and for state aid appropriation adjustments and transfers, to the commissioner of public safety for the state patrol for additional troopers, to the commissioner of transportation (DOT) for transportation emergency relief for victims of the I-35W bridge collapse, to the board of regents of the university of Minnesota for the center for transportation studies to assess the public policy implications of financing new and improved transportation infrastructure, requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date ARTICLE 2 - TRUNK HIGHWAY [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Appropriations, Cities and Towns-Specific, Claims, Counties-Specific, Crimes and Criminals, Crimes and Criminals-Victims, Data Practices and Privacy, Drivers Licenses, Training, and ID Cards, Finance Department, Highways, Roads, and Bridges, Metropolitan Area, Motor Vehicles, Popular Names, Public Safety Department, Railroads, School Buses Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Conference committee report, delete everything
Bill TextTICLE 1 - TRANSPORTATION POLICY Modifying or adding provisions relating to highways, motor vehicles, traffic regulations, drivers licenses and records, transit, railroads, motor carriers and other transportation related programs or activities; establishing certain contract requirements for private student transportation services; requiring school bus drivers to be paid for actual time worked and the right to refuse operation of buses under certain conditions; authorizing certain state hospitals and institutions for persons who are mentally ill and developmentally disabled and county social service agencies providing child and vulnerable adult protection services to operate vehicles exempt from payment of registration tax and fees and without the required identification on the sides of the vehicle; allowing issuance of multiple sets of motor vehicle license plates for physically disabled persons upon approval [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Appropriations, Committees, Controlled Substances, Corrections and Corrections Department, Courts, Crimes and Criminals, Crimes and Criminals-Sexual Offenses, Data Practices and Privacy, Hazardous Substances, Health-Mental Health, Holidays, Legal Proceedings, Police and Peace Officers, Pollution and Pollution Control Agency, Public Safety Department, Recreation and Amusement Latest Action: 05/13/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 299 05/12/08
Bill TextRelating to public safety; providing for the classification of data relating to the preparation of a petition to commit an individual as a sexual psychopathic personality or sexually dangerous person; removing the sunset on the provision governing internet access to the bureau of criminal apprehension (BCA) data; requiring the commissioner of corrections in consultation with the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) to develop and maintain a formal marketing plan to attract private sector businesses and industries to employ inmate services through MINNCOR industries; making technical corrections to certain fingerprinting provisions; changing advisory council on interstate adult offender supervision annual report due date; providing a registration procedure for predatory offenders being released from a correctional facility and not going to a new primary address; clarifying certain registration verification show full description | | Also tagged in: Appropriations, Athletics, Business, Commissions, Corrections and Corrections Department, Crimes and Criminals, Data Practices and Privacy, Economic Development, Employment and Economic Development Department, Family, Governmental Operations-State, Labor, Employment, and Labor and Industry Department, Legal Proceedings, Military and Military Affairs Department, Recreation and Amusement, Sewers and Septic Systems Latest Action: 05/13/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 300 05/12/08
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| | Also tagged in: Agriculture and Agriculture Department, Appropriations, Cities and Towns-Specific, Counties-Specific, Fish and Fishing, Hunting and Game, Lakes and Ponds, Lands, Lands-State, Metropolitan Area, Military and Military Affairs Department, Natural Resources Department, Parks and Parklands, Pollution and Pollution Control Agency, Popular Names, Recreation and Amusement Latest Action: 05/20/2007 - H adopted SCC report and repassed bill
Bill TextTICLE 1 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT POLICY Providing for an outdoor lighting fixtures model ordinance, specifying certain duties of the commissioner of administration; modifying commissioner of natural resources (DNR) state trail acquisition authority; modifying restrictions for off highway vehicle use on state forest lands, specifying certain mapped trails use restrictions; providing an exception for certain managed forest access routes; modifying 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 [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 04/07/2008 - Returned from Senate with amendment
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Omnibus supplemental appropriations and appropriation reductions | | Latest Action: 05/21/2007 - Gen Ord: Stricken and re-referred to Rules and Administration
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