All Interstate Compacts and Agreements Legislation - Minnesota

2E Providing for the financing of prekindergarten through grade 12 and early childhood and family education programs and services ARTICLE 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 [...]

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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 insurance, enacting and modifying the viatical settlement model act of the national association of insurance commissions; regulating viatical (life insurance) settlements; defining stranger originated life insurance (STOLI); 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;[...]

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

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1E Relating to health ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS "Minnesota Health Act"; establishing the Minnesota health plan to provide residents all medically necessary health care services; specifying health plan requirements; defining certain terms; providing for ethics and conflict of interest; requiring certain data sharing ARTICLE 2 - ELIGIBILITY Providing for eligibility to all state residents; requiring the Minnesota health board to establish a procedure to enroll residents and provide enrollees with appropriate identification, allowing health care coverage for residents temporarily residing out of state, visitors, nonresident persons working in the state and retiree benefits; providing for presumptive eligibility ARTICLE 3 - BENEFITS Authorizing eligible persons to receive services under the Minnesota health plan from any licensed participating providers; prohibiting [...]

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

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Relating to waters; "Great Lakes - St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact" ARTICLE 1 - SHORT TITLE, DEFINITIONS, PURPOSES AND DURATION Defining water adaptive management and other terms; specifying legislative findings and purpose ARTICLE 2 - ORGANIZATION Creating the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence river basin water resources council, specifying membership, alternates, voting, organization, procedure, existing offices and agencies use, status, jurisdiction, immunities and privileges; authorizing the council to constitute and empower advisory committees; permitting public, federal, state, tribal, local government, academic expert and water resources agencies, sectors and interest groups advisory committees participation ARTICLE 3 - GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES Specifying sovereign general powers and council powers, allowing the council to conduct research [...]

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Relating to energy; changing renewable energy objectives to standards and specifying renewable energy standards, requiring utilities to report on standards compliance to the public utilities commission; requiring the PUC to accept findings of fact as presented by governing bodies of generation and transmission cooperative associations, municipal power agencies or power districts; requiring the PUC to establish a program for tradable renewable energy credits generated by a renewable energy technology by a certain date, specifying program requirements, allowing electric utilities to utilize renewable energy credits, requiring the PUC to facilitate renewable energy credits trading between states, specifying a limitation and renewable technology restrictions; authorizing the PUC to investigate electric supplier compliance; modifying the definition of large energy facility; regulating large energy facilities certificates [...]

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2E Relating to taxation ARTICLE 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 [...]

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1E Relating to game and fish; modifying the definitions of muzzleloader and regular firearms seasons; defining the term shelter; requiring the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) to ensure stamp design and characteristics are consistent with design and characteristics south by pictorial stamp collectors; modifying report requirements for the game and fish fund relating to the wild turkey management account; extending the sunset of the personnel costs expenditure prohibition for pheasant stamp revenue in the pheasant habitat improvement account; specifying an account dedication amount from each turkey license sold; authorizing a license fee refund for identical licenses purchased in error; permitting a separate pictorial turkey stamp purchase; modifying replacement licensing provisions for deer hunters; modifying moose, elk and prairie chicken licenses eligibility; requiring residency for licenses issued without [...]

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HF 3564 SECOND ENGROSSMENT Child welfare provisions amended, standard of evidence changed, new Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children adopted, old compact repealed, child and adult adoptions and voluntary foster care for treatment regulated. Section 1: Disqualification from direct contact language modified. Section 2: 15-year disqualification language modified. Section 3: Ten-year disqualification language modified. Section 4: Seven-year disqualification language modified. Section 5: Permanent bar to set aside a disqualification language modified. Section 6: Ten-year bar to set aside disqualification language modified. Section 7: Fair hearing when disqualification is not set aside language modified. Section 8: Conclusive disqualification determination language modified. Section 9: State agency hearings language modified.[...]

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HF 3149 FOURTH ENGROSSMENT Omnibus tax bill. ARTICLE 1 -- HOMEOWNER PROPERTY TAX REFUND Section 1: Homeowners language modified. Section 2: Taxpayer assistant services; property tax refund language provided. ARTICLE 2 -- AIDS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS Section 1: City revenue need language modified. Section 2: City aid base language modified. Section 3: Small city aid base language provided. Section 4: City jobs base language provided. Section 5: Unmet need language added. Section 6: County transition aid language modified. Section 7: City formula aid language modified. Section 8: City aid distribution language modified. Section 9: Appropriation language modified. Section 10: Utility valuation transition aid language provided. Section 11: State Parks located on Lake Vermillion;[...]

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HF 3486 SECOND ENGROSSMENT Transportation policy provisions modified, and money appropriated. ARTICLE 1 -- TRANSPORTATION POLICY Section 1: Geotechnical investigation before eminent domain proceedings language provided. Section 2: Cooperation with federal authorities; reestablishment costs limit language modified. Subdivision 1. Cooperation with federal authorities. Subdivision 2. Reestablishment costs limit. Section 3: Reestablishment costs limit language modified. Section 4: Expressway language modified. Section 5: Freeway language modified. Section 6: Commercial vehicle drivers at rest areas language provided. Section 7: Sign franchise program language modified. Subdivision 1. Commissioner may establish program. Subdivision 1a. Eligibility criteria for business panels. Subdivision 2. Franchises. Subdivision 3.[...]

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HF 1063 SECOND ENGROSSMENT Omnibus higher education finance bill establishing and amending higher education programs, and appropriating money. ARTICLE 1: HIGHER EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS Section 1: Summary of appropriations language provided. Section 2: Higher education appropriations language provided. Section 3: Minnesota office of higher education language provided. Section 4: Board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities language provided. Section 5: Board of regents of the University of Minnesota language provided. Section 6: Mayo clinic language provided. Section 7: Department of veterans affairs language provided. Section 8: Center for rural policy and development language provided. Section 9: Financial aid program studies language provided. Section 10: Postsecondary education participation [...]

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HF 3376 FOURTH ENGROSSMENT MFIP provisions modified, child placement and welfare provisions changed, Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children established, child in voluntary foster care for treatment established, and data practices and technical changes made. ARTICLE 1 -- MFIP WORK PARTICIPATION Section 1: Permanent bar to set aside a disqualification language modified. Section 2: Specific powers language modified. Section 3: Eligibility language modified. Section 4: Eligibility for services language added. Section 5: Performance base funds language modified. ARTICLE 2-- CHILD CARE Section 1: Allocation formula language is modified. Section 2: Licensed and legal nonlicensed family child care providers; assistance language is modified. Section 3: Relationship to current law language is modified.

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HF 110 Great Lakes - St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact enacted. Section 1: Great Lakes -- St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact created. ARTICLE 1: SHORT TITLE, DEFINITIONS, PURPOSES AND DURATION Section 1.1: "Great Lakes -- St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact" short title given. Section 1.2: Terminology defined. Section 1.3: Findings and purposes listed. Section 1.4: Scientific basis for sound water management decision making and application of scientific information provided. ARTICLE 2: ORGANIZATION Section 2.1: Great Lakes -- St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Council created. Section 2.2: Council membership determined. Section 2.3: Appointment of alternates required. Section 2.4: Voting process defined. Section 2.5: Organization and procedure provided.[...]

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HF 854 FIFTH ENGROSSMENT Video display device collection, transportation, and recycling provided; civil penalties imposed; and money appropriated. Section 1: Definition language provided. Section 2: Registration program regulations provided. Section 3: Manufacturer's registration fee; creation of account established. Section 4: Reporting requirements provided. Section 5: Responsibilities listed. Section 6: Agency and department duties listed. Section 7: Other recycling programs provided. Section 8: Anticompetitive conduct language provided. Section 9: Requirements for purchase by state agencies provdided. Section 10: Regulation of video display devices provided. Section 11: Multistate implementation authorized. Section 12: Limitations provided. Section 13: Direct appropriation langauge provided.[...]

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