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

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Relating to the financing of state government; appropriating money for veterans
affairs for veterans outreach, state soldiers assistance, higher education
veterans assistance, programming administration, information technology, the
Little Falls state veterans cemetery, county grants to enhance benefits and
programs, combat veteran reintegration, social services collaboration,
homelessness reduction, measurable outcomes and for the Minnesota support our
troops account for veterans service organizations and outreach grants;
authorizing regional collaboration service delivery incentives
(rt)

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

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Appropriating money to the commissioner of veterans affairs to pay for
activities related to the dedication of the World War II veterans memorial
(me)

Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Increasing the limit for money appropriated by a county board for Memorial Day
observances and for military service organizations expenses for Memorial Day
(je)

Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the adjutant general to reimburse school districts that
pay salary differential for certain members of the military
(rt)


Latest Action: 02/22/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to game and fish; defining certain terms; expanding the authority of the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) to establish fees for the use of state wildlife management areas and aquatic management areas for dog trials, special events and commerce uses; modifying certain special permit requirements to take wild animals damaging property; modifying certain stamp and license provisions; modifying certain replacement license provisions, providing for refunds under certain conditions; imposing a penalty for taking wild animals during time privileges that are suspended; authorizing residents under age 16 and possessing an apprentice hunter validation and accompanied by a parent or guardian to take small game; authorizing spouses of residents on active military duty to obtain resident hunting and fishing licenses; increasing the number of deer allowed to be taken with an all season license; modifying certain license

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Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance

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1E Authorizing the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) to adopt certain game and fish expedited permanent rules relating to zone or permit area boundaries, designating fish spawning beds or fish preserves, selecting hunters or anglers for areas, providing for registration of game and fish, preventing or controlling wildlife disease or to correct errors or omission in certain rules and designating prohibited invasive species; modifying certain duties of the commissioner relating to designating infested waters; extending the expiration date of the mineral coordinating committee; expanding the authority of the commissioner establish fees for the use of state wildlife management areas and aquatic management areas for dog trials, special events and commerce uses; modifying certain stamp and license provisions; authorizing spouses of residents on active military duty to obtain resident hunting and fishing licenses; modifying [...]

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Latest Action: 01/22/2007 - Authors added Wiger; Sparks; Sieben; Senjem

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Providing an income tax subtraction for certain military pension or retirement
income
(je)

Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

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1E Relating to the organization, operation and financing of state government, appropriating money for general legislative and administrative expenses ARTICLE 1 - STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS Appropriating money to the legislature for general operations and for health care access, to the constitutional officers, to the campaign finance and public disclosure board, to the investment board, to the office of enterprise technology, to the office of administrative hearings, to the commissioner of administration for state facilities, state and community and administrative management services, for matching grants for public television, to the capitol area architectural and planning (CAAP) board, to the commissioner of finance for state financial management and information and management services, to the commissioner of employee relations (DOER), to the commissioner of revenue for tax system and accounts receivable [...]

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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: 03/17/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Taxes

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Exempting certain motor vehicles and motorcycles purchased outside the United
States by members of the United States armed forces on federal active military
service serving outside the United States from the motor vehicle sales tax
(me)

Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the adjutant general of the department of military
affairs and authorizing the issuance of state bonds to repair the Bemidji
national guard training and community center roof
(me)

Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

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1E Authorizing the secretary of state to waive the reinstatement fee for
businesses dissolved for failure to file an annual or periodic report when a
principal of the entity is a returning military veteran
(me)

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: 02/25/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Requiring the commissioner of veterans affairs to compile and maintain an
ongoing list of deceased Minnesota military personnel as of a certain date,
specifying list requirements, information and availability
(rt)

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

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Relating 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

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Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Committee report: To pass as amended

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

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

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Relating to the financing of state government; appropriating money to the adjutant general of the department of military affairs for maintenance training facilities to pay the special assessments levied against state property, for certain general support services including the Minnesota national guard reintegration program, additional staffing and for Minnesota support our troops grants and for enlistment incentives, to the commissioner of veterans affairs for outreach to veterans, state soldiers assistance, higher education veterans assistance program, administration of veterans programming, information technology, operations at the Minnesota state veterans cemetery in Little Falls, grants to counties to enhance the benefits, programs and services provided to veterans and for additional funding for grants to disabled American veterans, military order of the purple heart, veterans of foreign wars, Vietnam veterans of [...]

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

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Exempting military, certain veterans and licensed peace officers from the range
and shooting exercise portion of the required course of instruction for the
firearms safety certificate; authorizing the commissioner of natural resources
(DNR) to require written proof of prior military training or peace office
licensure
(me)

Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Modifying eligibility for educational benefits for certain surviving military
spouses and children under the War Orphans Act
(je)

Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the commissioner of public safety and authorizing the
issuance of state bonds for predesign, design and construction of phase 1 of a
tier 3 homeland security and emergency management training and exercise center
at Camp Ripley
(rt)

Latest Action: 01/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Providing an income tax subtraction for certain military pension or retirement
income
(me)

Latest Action: 03/28/2007 - HF substituted on General Orders HF1594

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2E Relating to the military; expanding the reenlistment bonus program to
commissioning; expanding the tuition and textbook reimbursement grant program to
academic awards for postsecondary education
(ra)

Latest Action: 03/23/2007 - HF substituted on General Orders HF272

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Clarifying the provision providing for the continuation of state licenses and
certificates of registration of firearms for employees currently in active
military duty and employed in an occupation requiring firearms training
(me)

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

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Providing an income tax subtraction for certain military pension or retirement
income
(je)

Latest Action: 05/20/2007 - HF substituted on Calendar HF2293

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1E Providing for claims against the state; appropriating money to the
commissioner of corrections for certain injuries suffered by and medical
services provided to persons injured while performing community service or while
incarcerated in a correctional facility, to the commissioner of public safety
for reimbursement of unnecessarily large drivers license reinstatement fees
occasioned by military service and to the commissioner of revenue for the
reissuance of a property tax refund check
(ra)

Latest Action: 02/18/2008 - Author added Hann

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Appropriating money to the Minnesota historical society for the military museum
at Camp Ripley
(me)

Latest Action: 05/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the board of directors of the veterans homes and
authorizing the issuance of state bonds to establish a veterans facility in
Kandiyohi county to provide veterans geriatric supervised living and soldiers
and veterans mental health services
(ra)

Latest Action: 01/25/2007 - Author added Frederickson

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Providing an income tax subtraction for certain military pay, pension or
retirement income
(me)

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

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Relating to the military; providing for a stay of certain civil court
proceedings against the businesses of national guard and reserve members
mobilized into active military service
(ra)

Latest Action: 04/11/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance

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Modifying eligibility for educational benefits for certain surviving military
spouses and children under the War Orphans Act, extending educational assistance
to eligible spouses
(rt)

Latest Action: 02/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to income tax; clarifying the tax deduction for out of state active
military duty includes active duty performed by members of the Minnesota
national guard and by other military reservists
(ra)

Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Providing for a valuation exclusion for homesteads of certain disabled military
veterans
(me)

Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Broadening the eligibility criteria for peace officer reciprocity licensing exam
to include persons serving honorably in the active military service
(me)

Latest Action: 03/22/2007 - Cons Cal: Stricken and re-referred to Rules and Administration

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A resolution urging the president and congress to name the Rochester veterans
outpatient clinic the Corporal Chuck Lindberg clinic
(ra)


Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Commerce and Consumer Protection

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1E Relating to consumer protection; regulating utility disconnections and
wireless, rental, club and service contracts and membership travel contracts
cancellations for military service personnel; specifying requirements for
disconnection, notification and appeal process; providing for enforcement
(rt)

Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Author added Pappas

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Requiring the commissioner of veterans affairs to administer a tuition
reimbursement program for eligible military veterans, spouses and children at
public colleges and universities, specifying eligibility and application
(rt)

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

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Exempting military, certain veterans and licensed peace officers from the range
and shooting exercise portion of the required course of instruction for the
firearms safety certificate; authorizing the commissioner of natural resources
(DNR) to require written proof of prior military training or peace office
licensure
(me)


Latest Action: 03/28/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

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1E Relating to the military; authorizing the adjutant general to establish the
national guard nonappropriated fund instrumentality (MNG NAFI); defining certain
terms; providing for use of national guard lands and facilities; authorizing the
MNG NAFI to accept certain funds; requiring the adjutant general to adopt
certain rules
(me)

Latest Action: 04/18/2007 - HF substituted by motion [HF2227]

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1E Relating to the state government, appropriating money for agricultural, veterans and military affairs ARTICLE 1 - AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS Appropriating money to the department of agriculture for certain protection services, invasive species control, meat, dairy and food inspections, emergency planning activities and livestock premise identification, for agricultural marketing and development including grants for the Minnesota promotion, sustainable agriculture demonstration projects, livestock siting and local zoning issues, integrated pest management, agricultural best management practices loan program and residential farmers cost share payments for organic certification, for value added agricultural products including ethanol production, Minnesota institute for sustainable agriculture, cellulosic biofuel facilities community ownership, Bois Forte band of Chippewa for renewable energy biofuels [...]

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

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Providing an income tax subtraction for certain military pension or retirement
income
(je)

Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance

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Appropriating money to the commissioner of veterans affairs for armed forces
World War II commemorative medallions
(rt)

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

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2E Establishing a military reservist economic injury loan program; authorizing
the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) to make onetime
interest free loans up to a certain amount to eligible borrowers sustaining
substantial economic injury as a result of the call to active service of an
essential employee; requiring use of a revolving loan account and expedited
rules adoption process; extending state dislocated worker program benefits to
certain veterans; adding an unemployment insurance benefits tax calculation
exception for employers in cases of military reservist replacement worker lay
off; appropriating money to DEED for the military reservist economic injury loan
program
(ra)

Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Authors added Erickson Ropes; Dille; Skogen; Koering

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Relating to state government finance ARTICLE 1 - APPROPRIATIONS Reducing funding for department of agriculture administrative services; appropriating money to the board of animal health for United States department of agriculture (USDA) cattle, bison and farmed cervidae modified accredited status compliance, to the department of veterans affairs for soldiers assistance, the LinkVet linkage line, traumatic brain injury (TBI) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) outreach and education, additional state veterans case workers for comprehensive individual assistance, a northern Minnesota veterans cemetery, the Minnesota assistance council for homelessness assistance, state navigator positions, the veterans claims office for outreach and training and for a female veterans service officer/coordinator position, for county veterans services offices, a county veterans services office training coordinator,[...]

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Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Exempting military pay received by a disabled veteran from the definition of
household income for property tax refund purposes
(me)

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

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Increasing the county board Memorial day money limit appropriated for military
service organizations expenses
(rt)


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

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Providing an income tax subtraction for certain military survivor benefit
payments received from the federal government resulting from military service
(ra)

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

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Providing an income tax subtraction for certain military pension or other
retirement income from the federal government
(je)

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

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Appropriating money to the adjutant general of the department of military
affairs for a grant to the disabled veterans rest camp association for capital
improvements to the camp located on Big Marine Lake
(me)

Latest Action: 03/19/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Taxes

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1E Relating to the military; authorizing deferment of special assessments for
certain members of the armed forces
(je)

Latest Action: 04/07/2008 - HF substituted by motion [HF1812]

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1E Relating to the financing of state government; making supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations for various state agencies ARTICLE 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 [...]

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Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to commissioner of veterans affairs for a hotline to refer
soldiers and veterans to counseling services and to increase counseling services
for veterans in areas of the state having a high concentration of veterans;
requiring the commissioner and the adjutant general of the national guard to
report to the legislature regarding the psychological status and needs of
returning soldiers
(me)

Latest Action: 04/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to powers of attorney; creating an alternative statutory short form of
general powers of attorney for military members in active service
(je)

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

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Appropriating money to the department of military affairs and authorizing the
issuance of state bonds for roof replacement at the St. Cloud national guard
training and community center
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

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1E Providing for the issuance of free angling and hunting license to residents
serving outside of the country as a member of the national guard, reserve or on
active duty
(rt)

Latest Action: 04/23/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the commissioner of veterans affairs for the state
contribution to the national army museum
(ra)

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

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1E Authorizing the issuance of certain special license plates to include
motorcycles for amateur radio licensees, national guard, ready reserve,
volunteer ambulance attendants and veterans; eliminating the retention by the
department of veterans affairs of a certain contribution included in the charge
for special veteran contribution plates; providing for plate transfers;
providing for money remaining in the World War II memorial donation match
account be appropriated to the commissioner of veterans affairs for services and
programs for veterans; authorizing money from the support our troops account be
divided between the department of military affairs and the department of
veterans affairs, specifying uses of money by each department
(me)

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

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Modifying and increasing the income tax credit for military service
(rt)

Latest Action: 02/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to the military; providing reimbursement grants or pay for certain
honor guard members and appropriating money to the adjutant general and the
commissioner of veterans affairs for the grants
(rt)



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

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Requiring the adjutant general and the department of military affairs to study
participation by the Minnesota national guard youth challenge program;
specifying components of study; requiring a report to the legislature by a
certain date
(me)

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

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ARTICLE 1 - VOLUNTARY STATEWIDE LUMP-SUM VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER RETIREMENT PLAN Establishing a voluntary statewide lump-sum volunteer firefighter retirement plan; defining terms; providing coverage for all volunteer firefighters serving in fire departments in municipalities electing to have retirement coverage by the voluntary statewide lump-sum volunteer firefighter retirement plan; specifying election of coverage initiation and effective date of coverage; providing for disestablishment of local relief association special funds and transferring assets to the state board of investment and specifying other relief association changes; requiring the voluntary statewide lump-sum volunteer firefighter retirement plan to be managed and administered by the board of the voluntary statewide lump-sum volunteer firefighter retirement plan; prescribing membership, board duties, fiduciary obligation, attorney general as legal

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