Latest Action: 05/18/2008 - Returned from House

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A senate concurrent resolution relating to the delivery of bills to the Governor
after final adjournment

Latest Action: 05/18/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Requiring the pollution control agency (PCA) in cooperation with state and local
government agencies to study the effect of global climate change for determining
state impact and response strategies; requiring a report to the legislature by a
certain date
(je)

Latest Action: 05/18/2008 - Referred to Finance

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Appropriating money to the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) for a lake
restoration grant program to issue grants to soil and water conservation
district offices, lake improvement districts and other local units of government
to meet certain goals of the clean water legacy act, match requirement;
requiring the commissioner in conjunction with the commissioner of the pollution
control agency (PCA) to award grants and specifying certain duties; requiring
report to the legislature by a certain date
(je)

Latest Action: 05/17/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to state government

ARTICLE 1 - CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

Proposing an amendment to the Minnesota constitution, article III, by adding a
section establishing a council to prescribe salaries for legislators and
constitutional officers, specifying membership; modifying article IV, section 9
and article V, section 4

ARTICLE 2 - STATUTORY CHANGES

Making certain statutory changes; eliminating the reference to the compensation
council; instructing the revisor of statutes to replace certain statutory
references to compensation to council with the term by the council; repealing
the compensation council
(me)



Latest Action: 05/17/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Removing the limit on the total liability on any number of tort claims arising
out of a single occurrence; defining uncompensated medical expenses; eliminating
the limit on the total liability for uncompensated medical expenses
(me)

Latest Action: 05/17/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Proposing an amendment to the Minnesota constitution, article IV, section 4 to
provide for four year terms of office for representatives and six year terms of
office for senators
(ra)

Latest Action: 05/17/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections

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Four-year terms of office provided for representatives and six-year terms of
office provided for senators, and constitutional amendment proposed.

Latest Action: 05/15/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Requiring behavioral health insurance coverage for children and young adults
with autism spectrum disorders (ASD); defining certain terms; specifying parity
requirements and coverage specifications; creating an autism spectrum disorder
task force, specifying membership requirements and duties; requiring the
legislative coordinating commission (LCC) to provide administrative and fiscal
services to the task force and requiring the departments of education and health
to provide certain additional assistance; requiring a report to the legislature
by a certain date
(je)

Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to education; requiring school performance report cards to indicate
student to teacher ratios; defining classroom teacher; providing for class size
reduction measurement and reporting; requiring the commissioner of education to
establish target class size ratios, specifying certain class size ratios under
certain conditions; requiring the commissioner to collect district by district
class size information to determine districts class size ratios and compare the
ratios to the target class size ratios and post the results on the department
Web site; requiring the commissioner to submit an annual report to the
legislature by a certain date
(je)

Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Requiring the commissioner of transportation (DOT) to report to the legislature
by a certain date on speed limits on local roads; specifying minimum report
requirements
(me)

Latest Action: 01/25/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Establishing the legislative commission on high school reform; specifying
membership and duties; requiring a report to the legislature and governor by a
certain date; sunset provision
(me)

Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to the legislature; establishing salary of legislators; eliminating per
diem payments; providing for continued reimbursement for documented living
expenses
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/24/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Establishing procedures and restrictions relating to hiring outside attorneys by
the attorney general; requiring approval by the legislature; prohibiting the
payment of contingent fees; limiting fees under certain conditions; requiring
competitive bidding; requiring the attorney general to maintain a public list of
all contracts for legal services
(me)

Latest Action: 02/28/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Requiring the house committee on rules and legislative administration to
designate a labor negotiator to act as employer for the house of representatives
under the public employment labor relations act (PELRA); expanding the
definition of essential employee under PELRA to an employee of the house of
representatives classified as managerial; modifying the definition of public
employer to include the designated labor negotiator for employees of the house
(je)

Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Making technical changes in the state unclassified employees retirement plan
coverage and clarifying transfer of assets from the unclassified to the general
plan
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Creating a joint legislative committee to assess an office of higher education
merger into the department of education, specifying committee membership
requirements
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to education; extending the special education task force to allow the
completion of studies of the state special education rules; repealing certain
provisions relating to placement in state institution responsibility,
nonresident education billing, transportation aid agreements and the definition
of assistance technology device
(je)

Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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

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

Latest Action: 04/16/2007 - HF substituted on General Orders HF881

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1E Modifying the metropolitan land planning act and related provisions;
correcting erroneous, ambiguous and obsolete references; making miscellaneous
technical corrections to statutes; modifying comprehensive plans requirements;
modifying certain reporting requirements for the metropolitan council;
terminating the legislative commission on metropolitan government; repealing
certain provisions relating to metropolitan development guide goals,
metropolitan agencies public information and housing
(je)


Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Gen Ord: Stricken and re-referred to Finance

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1E 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 and assistance provided to state
agencies in developing agency and intergovernmental information and technology
systems plans; specifying certain report requirements
(ra)

Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance

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1E Changing the name of legislative electric energy task force to the
legislative energy commission; updating terms and references; modifying and
clarifying commission powers and duties
(je)

Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to education; expanding the required academic standards to include a world language; requiring school districts to implement world language graduation requirements for students graduating in the 2014-2015 school year or later; modifying elective standards; modifying benchmarks and graduation requirements; requiring the board of teaching to review and approve qualified alternative preparation programs leading to licensure as a world language teacher; establishing an advisory task force on developing students world language proficiency to consider and recommend to the legislature a process for designing and implementing a comprehensive statewide program to ensure a high level of world language proficiency, sunset; establishing a pilot program to develop and implement Mandarin Chinese programs and to enhance existing successful Mandarin Chinese programs for school districts, specifying certain application requirements,[...]

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Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Repealing the legislative commission on Minnesota-Ontario matters
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/24/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Proposing an amendment to the Minnesota constitution, article XI to increase the
sales and use tax rate and to dedicate the revenue receipts to restore, preserve
and enhance fish and wildlife habitat in the state and other natural resources,
to protect drinking water sources, to protect and restore lakes, rivers,
streams, wetlands and groundwater, to support parks and trails in the state and
to support arts and cultural heritage in the state;creating the natural heritage
fund, the parks and trails fund, the sustainable drinking water fund, the clean
water fund and the arts and cultural heritage fund; creating the natural
heritage enhancement advisory council, specifying certain membership and open
meetings requirements and duties, sunset provision; changing the clean water
legacy account to the clean water fund
(je)

Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Authors added Sieben; Scheid

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1E Relating to elections; establishing districting principles for legislative
and congressional plans; providing for the appointment of a redistricting
commission, requiring a code of conduct, providing for compensation and
expenses, requiring the legislative coordinating commission (LCC) to provide
administrative support, providing for submission of proposed plans, requiring
public hearings, specifying deadlines, providing for judicial review, sunset
provision; sunset provision; repealing the provision relating to apportionment
of legislative districts
(ra)

Latest Action: 02/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to education ARTICLE 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 [...]

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Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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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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Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Higher Education

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2E Establishing a P-20 (P20) education partnership to create a seamless system
of education to maximize student achievements from early childhood through
postsecondary (post secondary) education, specifying membership to include the
commissioner of education, the university of Minnesota, the Minnesota state
college and university (MnSCU) system, certain legislators and certain local
association, council, foundation and partnership members; establishing a
deadline for appointments and designations; sunset provision
(rt)

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

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Creating the veteran-to-veteran peer counseling pilot program; authorizing
commissioner of veterans affairs in consultation with the adjutant general, the
commissioner of human services and other entities to provide start up
instruction and training for combat veterans volunteer facilitators selected by
the commissioner for the pilot program; specifying certain program training and
activity requirements; allowing acceptance of nongovernmental donations;
requiring reports to the legislature by a certain date; appropriating money to
the commissioner of veterans affairs for the pilot program
(je)

Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the commissioner of transportation (DOT) and authorizing
the issuance of state bonds for construction of truck highway interchanges;
specifying certain eligibility requirements for interchanges; requiring report
to the legislature by a certain date
(je)

Latest Action: 02/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Revisor's bill ARTICLE 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 [...]

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

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Relating to public safety; requiring the collection and analysis of data and the adoption of policies on racial profiling; defining certain terms; requiring the attorney general to procure the services of an outside expert to assist with certain data collection and statistical analysis duties; requiring law enforcement officers conducting traffic stops to record and forward certain data to the chief law enforcement officer and to provide certain information to the drivers of the vehicles stopped; requiring submission of certain reports to the attorney general monthly; requiring the attorney general to implement an auditing system of unannounced spot checks to ensure data collection accuracy; requiring and providing for analysis of the data by the outside expert; requiring periodic submission of the results to the attorney general and attorney general periodic summary reports to the governor and legislature; requiring [...]

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

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Modifying certain election campaign finance and public disclosure requirements;
reducing the time limit for first registrations of political or principal
campaign committees, political funds or party units; regulating coordinated
electioneering communication contributions and expenditures, defining
electioneering communication and specifying certain reporting requirements;
requiring reporting of independent expenditures in excess of certain amounts,
time limits; establishing a work group to study the feasibility of creating an
online campaign finance reporting and public subsidy payment system and report
to the legislature by a certain date, specifying certain work group membership
requirements and requiring the board and the department of revenue to provide
staff resources to the work group
(je)

Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to elections; establishing a method for reapportionment of
congressional and legislative districts; defining certain terms; specifying
certain preparation requirements for legal services staff; providing a timetable
for preparation of plans and intent for delivery of bills; specifying certain
redistricting standards for population; providing for political subdivision
boundaries, convenient contiguous territories and compactness of districts;
specifying certain prohibited purposes; providing for inclusions in larger
districts; providing for vacancies in the legislature; establishing a temporary
redistricting advisory commission, specifying certain duties and membership
requirements
(je)

Latest Action: 03/24/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Proposing an amendment to the Minnesota constitution, article IV section 6, to
place limits on the number of terms for state house and senate members
(me)

Latest Action: 05/15/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Capital Investment

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1E Appropriating money to the legislative coordinating commission (LCC) and
authorizing the issuance of state bonds for a facilitated planning process
relating to the capitol building and capitol complex conducted in cooperation
with the capitol area architectural and planning (CAAP) commission;
appropriating money to the commissioner of administration for architectural and
engineering services related to the exploration and development of an acceptable
plan to restore, renovate and expand the capitol building
(ra)

Latest Action: 05/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Requiring the compensation council to establish salaries for legislators, judges
and constitutional officers
(ra)

Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Taxes

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1E Modifying the requirements for legislative committees receiving local impact
notes; expanding the distribution of local impact notes in legislative
committees
(me)

Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Establishing the legislative task force on the design of the state flag to study
the form, style and design of the state flag and to suggest desired changes,
specifying membership requirements and requiring a report with recommendations
to the legislature by a certain date
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

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3E 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
(ra)

Latest Action: 03/19/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

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1E Relating to state employees; modifying equitable compensation limits;
modifying the caps on state commissioner salaries
(me)

Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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"Controlled Substance Reform Act of 2007"; authorizing deferral of judgment for
certain first time drug offenses; making certain affirmative defenses available
for driving while impaired offenses; requiring appointment of a conditional
release screen committee by the commissioner of corrections, specifying certain
membership requirements and duties; requiring the commissioners of human
services and corrections to develop best practice standards for publicly funded
prison based substance abuse treatment programs and to publish and implement the
standards by a certain date; requiring the sentencing guidelines commission to
report to the legislature on controlled substance sentencing proportionality
recommendations by a certain date; appropriating money to the commissioner of
health to develop the best practice standards
(je)

Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Providing incentives for state employee energy savings suggestions; specifying
certain duties of the commissioner of administration relating to establishing
procedures for documenting suggestion submissions; requiring a report to the
legislature by a certain date; sunset provision
(je)

Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Establishing greater Minnesota facilities aid grants, specifying eligibility for
school districts eligible for secondary sparsity revenue and a certain number or
fewer of adjusted marginal cost pupil units per grade, specifying aid amount and
uses and match requirement, providing for district request for review and
comment, application process and district proposals commissioner of education
review, requiring the commissioner to examine and consider applications and
notify districts, requiring legislative approval into law and a contract between
recipient districts and the state acting through the commissioner of education
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Proposing an amendment to the Minnesota constitution, article IV, section 4 to
provide for staggered terms for members of the senate
(ra)

Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Repealing legislative coordinating commission (LCC) study and reporting duties
relating to the economic status of women
(rt)

Latest Action: 05/17/2007 - Gen Ord: Stricken and re-referred to Judiciary

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1E Adding legislators as nonvoting members of the gang and drug oversight
council and the financial crimes oversight council; requiring an annual report
from the financial crimes oversight council to the legislature
(je)

Latest Action: 04/07/2008 - Author added Latz

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Proposing an amendment to the Minnesota constitution, article IV, section 9
establishing a council to prescribe salaries for legislators, specifying
membership; changing the name of the compensation council to the citizen
compensation council and modifying the membership
(ra)

Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Authors added Hann; Lynch

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1E Relating to teachers; clarifying the definition of comprehensive, scientifically based reading instruction; defining certain terms; modifying board of teaching licensure requirements to include the Minnesota reading instruction competence assessment and specifying certain assessment components; requiring the commissioner of education to adopt a reading instruction competence assessment for prekindergarten and elementary instructors; requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date; specifying certain duties of the commissioner relating to adopting a reading instruction competence assessment; specifying certain pretesting requirements for candidates in an approved teacher preparation program and schools for grant eligibility purposes; providing for a prior appropriation funding allowance to be allocated for foundations of reading grant for prekindergarten through grade 2 teachers and teacher candidates, match

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Latest Action: 02/18/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Hunters, Anglers and Trappers Bill of Rights" ARTICLE 1 - FINDINGS AND PURPOSE Specifying certain legislative findings and purpose to create the most possible opportunities for citizens to exercise the right to hunt, fish and take game ARTICLE 2 - HERITAGE ENHANCEMENT FUIND Proposing an amendment to the Minnesota constitution, article XI, to provide funding to enhance the population and quality of game and fish in Minnesota and provide hunting and angler access by dedicating the sale and use tax receipts equal to the state sales and use tax of a certain percentage on taxable sales of supplies and equipment used to take game and fish; creating the heritage enhancement council to develop a biennial budget plan for expenditures; specifying certain membership requirements and duties; creating a heritage enhancement fund to be spent on game and fish projects on public and private lands; [...]

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

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Requiring the commissioner of public safety to include a summary report of shots
fired in the annual legislative crime report submitted by the bureau of criminal
apprehension (BCA)
(rt)

Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Author stricken Gimse

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Requiring senate living and other expenses to be determined by resolution
adopted by the senate
(me)

Latest Action: 02/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Prohibiting regular legislative sessions in even numbered years
(ra)

Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Proposing an amendment to the Minnesota constitution, article IV section 3,
providing for a bipartisan legislative redistricting commission
(me)


Latest Action: 01/29/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Prohibiting former legislators, constitutional officers, commissioners, agency
heads and certain legislative employees from lobbying for legislative or
administrative action for a certain period of time after leaving office
(ra)

Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Extending eligibility for early retirement incentives to certain eligible
employees in the executive or legislative branches of state government, the
board of public defense, the Minnesota historical society, the Minnesota state
colleges and universities (MnSCU) and school districts
(je)

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

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1E Requiring the state court administrator to conduct a study and make
recommendations to the legislature by a certain date regarding issues related to
conservatorships and guardianships; specifying certain membership requirements
(je)

Latest Action: 01/22/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to elections; requiring proof of citizenship for candidates to the
state legislature and constitutional office; requiring voters to provide picture
identification before signing the polling place roster; requiring the
commissioner of public safety to provide eligible applicants a Minnesota
identification card or under 21 identification card at no charge under certain
conditions; establishing a procedure for unverified ballots
(me)

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

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Relating to health ARTICLE 1 - HEALTH INSURANCE Allowing public assistance data to be shared for MinnesotaCare enrollment and premium collection purposes; authorizing the commissioner of human services to receive federal matching money made available through the medical assistance (MA) program for managed care oversight contracted through vendors; modifying certain medical assistance (MA) eligibility requirements for children under a certain age; requiring commissioner to develop and implement a physician directed care coordination program for certain medical assistance recipients; requiring commissioner to refer MinnesotaCare applicants and enrollees to the Minnesota health insurance exchange, specifying certain exchange of private data requirements; modifying cer