| Tagged in: Commissions, Committees, Data Practices and Privacy, Federal Government, Housing and Housing Finance Agency, Legal Proceedings, Legislature, Mortgages and Deeds, Popular Names, Real Estate, State Government-Officers, Telecommunications and Information Technology Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 238 04/25/05
Bill TextURTH ENGROSSMENT Foreclosure information specification provided, report required, and electronic recording provisions provided. ARTICLE 1 -- FORECLOSURE DATA Section 1: Transaction agent definition and language are provided. Section 2: Foreclosure data language is provided. Section 3: Study to develop statewide foreclosure data collection and reporting system language is provided. Subdivision 1. Study Subdivision 2. Working group. Subdivision 3. Report. Subdivision 4. Expiration. Section 4: Effective date is provided. ARTICLE 2 -- ELECTRONIC RECORDING; COMMISSION Section 1: Definitions are provided. Section 2: Uniformity of application and construction language is provided. Section 3: Validity and time of recording of electronic documents language is provided. Section 4: Recording of documents language is [...] 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: 05/01/2008 - Senate adopted conference committee report, bill repassed
Bill TextIRD ENGROSSMENT Lending practices and default regulation provided relating to manufactured housing. Section 1: Notice; service language is modified. Section 2: Court order language is modified. Section 3: Voluntary repossession language is provided. Section 4: Cure of default language is modified. Section 5: Reinstatement language is provided. Subdivision 1. Right to reinstate. Subdivision 2. Required notice; contents of notice. Subdivision 3. Action to repossess; termination of action. Subdivision 4. Allowable costs. Section 6: Borrower definition is provided. Section 7: Churning language is provided. Section 8: Manufactured home loan language is provided. Section 9: Manufactured home loan language provided. Section 10: Negative amortization language is provided. Section 11: Duty of agency language is provided.[...] show full description | | 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, Omnibus, Police and Peace Officers, Pollution and Pollution Control Agency, Public Safety Department Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Senate accedes, conference committee of 3 be appointed
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; defining social networking web site; 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 form notice requirements; prohibiting predatory offenders required to register with the department of corrections from accessing, creating or maintaining a personal web page or profile on a social networking web site; requiring registration of persons convicted of a comparable offense in another state; modifying certain intensive supervised release term requirements; permitting certain individuals facing civil commitment as sexually dangerous persons or sexual psychopathic personalities to choose to be confined show full description | | Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 246 04/28/08
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Providing for a public hearing and public testimony prior to making an
appointment to fill a vacancy on a county board
(Ch. 246, 2008)
| | 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, Omnibus, Popular Names, Public Safety Department, Railroads Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Senate accedes, conference committee of 5 be appointed
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 | | Latest Action: 04/21/2008 - S adopted CC report and repassed bill
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Authorizing political subdivisions (local government units) to make grants to
qualifying nonprofit organizations for certain purposes
(Ch. 237, 2008 - VETO)
| | Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - H adopted HCC report and repassed bill
Bill TextRST ENGROSSMENT Ballot delivery, election judge, mail election, special election and special primary, school district election, and post election review procedures changed, and continued use of certain applications authorized. Section 1: Delivery of ballots language modified including, Effective date. Section 2: Agent delivery of ballots language modified, including Effective date. Section 3: Appointment of election judges language modified, including Appointment lists; duties of political parties and county auditor, and Appointing authority; powers and duties. Section 4: Mail elections; questions language modified, including Effective date. Section 5: Special election when the Congress or legislature will be in session including, Effective date. Section 6: Time of filing language modified including, Effective date. Section 7: Recounts language [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 04/28/2008 - House conferees Sailer; Simon; Ozment
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2E Establishing a paint stewardship pilot program to collect and process used
paint; requiring manufacturers of architectural paint sold at retail in the
state, through a representative organization, to implement a pilot stewardship
program to undertake responsibility for the development and implementation of
strategies to reduce the generation, promote the reuse and collect, transport,
and process the end of life management of postconsumer paint; requiring the
development of a consumer based cost recovery system; imposing a uniform
consumer paint stewardship fee; providing for authorized conduct; specifying
certain plan content requirements; requiring a report to the legislature by a
certain date; sunset provision
(je)
| | Tagged in: Appropriations, Committees, Drugs and Medicine, Education-Higher, Employee Relations Department, Health and Health Department, Health Maintenance Organizations, Hospitals and Health Facilities, Human Services and Human Services Department, Insurance-Health, Liability, Native Americans, Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations, Nursing Homes and Care Facilities, Occupations and Professions, Popular Names Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Returned from Senate with amendment
Bill TextTICLE 1 - HEALTH CARE HOMES Requiring the commissioner of human services to collaborate with the commissioner of health and community based organizations that conduct chronic disease consumer education programs targeted at labor, business, faith based and health care constituencies to avoid duplication of efforts; requiring the commissioner of human services to encourage state health care program enrollees eligible for services under the fee for service system to select a primary care clinic or medical group; encouraging enrollees to complete an initial health assessment; requiring the commissioner to provide patient education and outreach to enrollees; defining state health care program to include medical assistance (MA), MinnesotaCare and general assistance medical care (GAMC) programs; requiring the commissioners of human services and health to establish health care homes for state health care enrollees; requiring [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 05/01/2008 - Senate accedes, conference committee of 3 be appointed
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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; appropriating money to DEED for the military reservist
economic injury loan program and for dislocated workers who are eligible
veterans; providing for duplicate appropriations
(ra)
| | Latest Action: 05/01/2008 - Returned from Senate with amendment
Bill TextRelating to the control of bovine tuberculosis; defining bovine tuberculosis management zone; providing for the buyout of certain cattle by the board of animal health; requiring the board to conduct a risk assessment for cattle continuing to be located within the bovine tuberculosis management zone; providing fencing cost sharing assistance to certain cattle producers; granting the board of animal health the authority to control tuberculosis and the movement of cattle, bison and farmed cervidae within and between tuberculosis zones in the state; providing for the designation of zones; specifying the authority of the board to control cattle, bison and farmed cervidae within modified accredited zones; modifying restrictions and penalties for wildlife feeding within a certain area of the infected cattle herd; requiring the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) in coordination with the board of animal health to remove [...] show full description | | Tagged in: Boards, Cities and Towns, Compensation and Salaries, Counties, Courts, Data Practices and Privacy, Disabilities and Access, Education and Education Department, Education-Higher, Elections, Federal Government, Hospitals and Health Facilities, Immigrants and Aliens, Local Governments, Motor Vehicles-Registration, Licensing, Taxation, Newspapers and Publications Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Governor's action Approval 04/25/05
Bill TextTICLE 1 - ELECTIONS AND VOTING Prohibiting postsecondary residential housing list use and dissemination by county auditors and the secretary of state; prohibiting certain compensation for voter registration application solicitation, collection or acceptance and prohibiting compensation deprivation or reduction for failure to solicit or accept a minimum voter registration applications; modifying certain signature requirements on registration applications for individuals unable to write; modifying the same day voter registration oath recording requirements; counting rejected absentee and mail ballots for registration purposes; modifying return envelope design; requiring absentee voting in person county auditor electronic ballot marker availability for disabled individual accessibility, permitting any county governing body to authorize an absentee ballot board and modifying absentee ballot board duties, clarifying [...] show full description | | Tagged in: Appropriations, Associations and Societies, Commerce Department, Commissions, Energy, Environment, Fuels, Legislature, Pollution and Pollution Control Agency, Popular Names, Trusts, University of Minnesota Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Senate accedes, conference committee of 3 be appointed
Bill Text"Green Solutions Act of 2008"; establishing a legislative intent to participate in a cap and trade program for greenhouse gas emissions; requiring the commissioner of commerce to submit a report to the legislature by a certain date on the status of the development of a model rule establishing a regional cap and trade program under the Midwestern Greenhouse Gas Accord; providing for the appointment of a bipartisan team of legislators, business community representatives and organized labor representatives to serve in as an advisory capacity to the Midwestern Greenhouse Gas Accord stakeholder group; requiring the commissioner of commerce to submit a post implementation cost study; requiring the university of Minnesota to issue a request for proposals for a study describing and analyzing several options on expenditures of revenues captured by any cap and trade program and report to the legislature by a certain date; requiring [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 248 04/28/08
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Appropriating money to the university of Minnesota for a study of workers health
including a comprehensive science and evidence based study of lung health of
workers associated with the taconite industry; requiring the commissioner of
finance to transfer a certain amount of money in assets from the workers
compensation assigned risk plan to the general fund
(Ch. 248, 2008)
| | Tagged in: Associations and Societies, Boards, Colleges and Universities, Commissions, Compensation and Salaries, Contracts, Education-Higher, Employee Relations Department, Employment and Economic Development Department, Governmental Operations-State, Labor, Employment, and Labor and Industry Department, Legislature, Police and Peace Officers, State Government-Employees, Zoos Latest Action: 04/21/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 194 04/17/08
Bill TextRelating to state employment; requiring the legislative auditor to establish a compensation plan for employees of the auditor, subject to approval by the legislative coordinating commission (LCC) and the legislature; modifying certain salary requirements of the administrator of the Minnesota zoological board; ratifying certain labor agreements and compensation plans between the state and the American federation of state, county and municipal employees (AFSCME) council 5 and units 8 and 225, the Minnesota association of professional employees (MAPE), the state residential schools education association, the Minnesota government engineers council, the middle management association, the state board of investment, the commissioner of employee relations plan for unrepresented employees, the managerial plan, the Minnesota law enforcement association, the inter faculty organization, MnSCU administrators, the office of higher [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Senate accedes, conference committee of 3 be appointed
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Providing for an increase in assistance to an individual or a family to prevent
mortgage foreclosure
(ra)
| | 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, Omnibus Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Returned from Senate with amendment
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Authorizing and providing for state employees to be granted leave from work for
blood donation purposes, providing for no effect on vacation, sick and other
leave; requiring employee to provide notice; authorizing employers to grant
employee leave for blood donation purposes
(ra)
| | Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 160 03/27/08
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COND ENGROSSMENT
Nicollet County auditor-treasurer office made appointive.
Section 1: Nicollet County Auditor - Treasurer may be appointed language is
provided.
Subdivision 1. Authority to make office appointive.
Subdivision 2. Board controls; may change as long as duties done.
Subdivision 3. Incumbents to complete term.
Subdivision 4. Publishing resolution; petition; referendum.
SNA 3/26/08
| | Tagged in: Boards, Counties, Death, Drugs and Medicine, Education-Higher, Family, Health and Health Department, Hospitals and Health Facilities, Liability, Licenses, Marriage and Marriage Dissolution, Occupations and Professions, Safety Latest Action: 04/07/2010 - House concurred and repassed bill
Bill TextRelating to health occupations; modifying certain prohibited sexual contact actions and practitioner client-relationship provisions for complementary and alternative health care practices; adding an exception to complementary and alternative health care bill of rights for practitioners providing services to a client in a hospital setting or under an appropriate hospice plan of care, requiring patients to be made aware of right to file complaint with hospital or hospice; modifying board of medical practice physician examination requirements for the licensing of foreign medical school graduates applicants; changing certain licensing requirements for speech language pathologists and audiologists, occupational therapists and assistants and hearing instrument dispensers; redefining certain terms; modifying speech language pathologist and audiologist application requirements; modifying audiologists surcharge fee requirements;[...] show full description | | Tagged in: Agriculture and Agriculture Department, Appropriations, Boards, Cities and Towns, Counties, Disasters, Education and Education Department, Emergency and 911 Services, Employment and Economic Development Department, Federal Government, Governmental Operations-State, Health and Health Department, Historic Sites and Historical Societies, Human Services and Human Services Department, Local Governments, Natural Resources Department Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 247 04/28/08
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Providing a framework for state agencies to assist in community natural disaster
recovery for areas in a presidential major disaster declaration; requiring
appropriations by law, specifying federal emergency management agency (FEMA)
ineligibility for state assistance for disaster costs and nonduplication of FEMA
public assistance, requiring agency legislative reporting of local government
assistance, permitting unused general fund money transfers, specifying
departments of agriculture, education, employment and economic development
(DEED), health, human services, natural resources (DNR), pollution control
agency (PCA), public safety and transportation (DOT) and board of water and soil
resources (BOWSR), economic development and housing challenge program, Minnesota
historical society and public facilities authority appropriations uses,
authorizing certain waivers
(Ch. 247, 2008)
| | Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 233 04/25/05
Bill TextIRD ENGROSSMENT Business Corporations Act; Limited Liability Company Act; Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2001; Technical amendments proposed, and nonprofit limited liability company formation authorized. ARTICLE 1 -- TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT Section 1: Notice language is modified. Section 2: Market value language is modified. Section 3: Statutory provisions that may be modified only in articles or in a shareholder control agreement language is modified. Section 4: Statutory provisions that may be modified in articles, in a shareholder control agreement, or in bylaws language is provided. Section 5: Optional provisions; specific subjects language is modified. Section 6: Meetings solely by means of remote communication language is modified. Section 7: Participation in meetings by means of remote communication language show full description | | Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Returned from Senate with amendment
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IRD ENGROSSMENT
Park district property acquisition provision provided.
Section 1: Specific powers language is modified. Language added includes, "the
board may acquire real estate by purchase without a resolution of consent when
the purchase is in accordance with the adopted comprehensive plan of the home
rule charter or statutory city".
SNA 4/14/08
| | Latest Action: 04/07/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 165 04/03/08
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IRD ENGROSSMENT
Automatic updates provided for voter registration.
Section 1: Proper registration; verification by mail; challenges language
modified.
Subdivision 1. Notice of registration
Subdivision 2. Moved within state.
Subdivision 3. Moved out of state.
Subdivision 4. Challenges.
Section 2: Use of change of address system language modified.
Section 3: Effective date provided.
JAJ 4/1/08
| | Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 161 03/27/08
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COND ENGROSSMENT
Yellow Medicine County; appointive offices process provided.
Section 1: Yellow Medicine County Offices may be appointed.
Subdivision 1. Authority to make office appointive language is provided.
Subdivision 2. Board controls; may change as long as duties done language is
provided.
Subdivision 3. Incumbents to complete term language
Subdivision 4. Publishing resolution; petition; referendum language is provided.
Effective date; local approval language is provided as well.
SNA 3/26/08
| | Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Referred to Rules and Administration
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IRD ENGROSSMENT
Home care service provider regulations modified, and community-based care
promoted for older adults through establishment of community consortiums, and
reports required.
Section 1: Rules language modified.
Section 2: Home care aide tasks language provided.
Section 3: Waiver services best practices consortium language provided.
Subdivision 1. Establishment.
Subdivision 2. Duties; report.
Section 4: Older adult services community consortiums language provided.
Subdivision 1: Establishment
Subdivision 2: Goals
Subdivision 3: Priority for other grants
Subdivision 4: Federal approval
Subdivision 5: State waivers
Subdivision 6: Quality measures
Subdivision 7: Community consortium financing
Subdivision 8: Evaluation and report
SNA 5/2/08
| | Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Returned from Senate with amendment
Bill TextIRD ENGROSSMENT Minnesota Family Investment Program work participation amended, child care assistance provisions changed, sliding fee scale changed, advisory task force established, mandated report required, and technical changes made. ARTICLE 1 -- MFIP WORK PARTICIPATION Section 1: Prohibited purchases language provided. Section 2: Eligibility language modified. Section 3: Work activity language modified. Section 4: Eligibility for services language added. Section 5: Performance base funds language is 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. Section 4: Child care advisory task force language provided. Subdivision [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Author added Ruth
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Outdoor heritage fund and Lessard Heritage Enhancement Council established. | | Tagged in: Administration Department, Bonds, Surety, Builders and Building Contractors, Buildings and Building Codes, Business, Cities and Towns, Liability, Manufactured and Mobile Homes, Occupations and Professions, Trade Practices Latest Action: 04/28/2008 - Received from House
Bill TextRelating to construction professions; modifying provisions relating to electrical, plumbing, water conditioning, boiler, residential contractor and remodeler and high-pressure piping professions; modifying manufactured home provisions; making clarifying and technical modifications to department of administration administrative procedure act, construction professions, employments licensed by the state and state fire code; allowing licensed elevator constructors to install, maintain and repair elevator electrical wiring and apparatus; allowing licensed lineman to install, maintain and repair transmission and distribution systems; allowing licensed maintenance electricians to maintain and repair electrical wiring and apparatus; allowing licensed master elevator constructors to supervise and work on elevators and specifying requirements; modifying certain inspection requirements; modifying plumber licensing requirements [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 04/28/2008 - Returned from Senate
Bill TextRST ENGROSSMENT Optometrist practice and licensing provisions modified. Section 1: Optometrists language modified. Subdivision 1. Optometry defined. Subdivision 2. Unlawful practices. Subdivision 3. Unregulated sales. Subdivision 4. License required. Section 2: License language modified. Subdivision 1. Examination. Subdivision 2. Endorsement. Subdivision 3. Revocation, suspension. Subdivision 4. Peddling or canvassing forbidden. Section 3: Use of topical ocular drugs language modified. Subdivision 1. Authority. Subdivision 2. Drugs specified. Section 4: Certificate required language modified. Section 5: Prohibitions relating to legend drugs; authorizing sales by pharmacists under certain conditions language modified. Section 6: Certificate required for use of topical legend drugs language modified. Subdivision 1. Certificate [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 162 03/27/08
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Relating to public utilities; setting filing deadlines for residential
customers data reports filed with the public utilites commission (PUC);
modifying certain regulations for customer payment arrangements under the cold
weather rule; modifying conditions for disconnecting and reconnecting utility
services for residential customers; regulating payment agreements for certain
utility services
(Ch. 162, 2008)
| | Latest Action: 05/01/2008 - Received from House
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URTH ENGROSSMENT
Legislative Energy Commission established, and Legislative Electric Energy Task
Force abolished, conforming corrections made, and money appropriated.
Section 1: Legislative energy commission language provided.
Subdivision 1: Establishment
Subdivision 2: Membership
Subdivision 3: Subcommittees
Subdivision 4: Staff
Subdivision 5: General duties
Subdivision 6: Hearings
Subdivision 7: Data from state agencies
Subdivision 8: Subpoena power
Subdivision 9: Assessment; appropriation
Subdivision 10: Funds transfer
Section 2: Farm-grown closed-loop biomass language modified.
Section 3: Repealer language provided.
SNA 5/2/08
| | Tagged in: Administration Department, Appropriations-Omnibus Bills, Bonds, Bonds, Public, Buildings and Building Codes, Commissions, Councils, Education-Higher, Employment and Economic Development Department, Finance Department, Historic Sites and Historical Societies, Housing and Housing Finance Agency, Human Services and Human Services Department, Lands, Military and Military Affairs Department, Natural Resources Department Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 179 04/07/08
Bill TextURTH ENGROSSMENT Omnibus bonding bill authorizing spending to acquire and better public lands and buildings, issuing bonds, and appropriating money. Section 1. Capital improvement appropriations - a list of the state agencies/officers that shall be receiving appropriations and the sum of these appropriations is provided. Section 2: University of Minnesota language is provided. Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation language is provided. The Board of Regents shall receive an amount of $136,166,000 for the purposes specified in this section. Subdivision 2. Higher Education Asset Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR) is appropriated $ 35,000,000. Subdivision 3. Twin Cities Campus a. Science Teaching and Student Services is appropriated $48,333,000 to demolish the existing science classroom building and to construct a new building. b. Bell Museum of Natural History [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 04/07/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 167 04/03/08
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Requiring the division of emergency management to maintain and administer an
emergency management training curriculum and requiring the division to make
courses available to state employees with essential job duties involving
emergency management, requiring state agencies with assigned emergency response
roles to staff an employee with an entire completed emergency management
training curriculum, providing for noncompliance and staff absence, requiring
the commissioner of public safety to annually report to the legislature by a
certain date
(Ch. 167, 2008)
| | Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Comm rpt: Rule 45-amend, sub Gen Ord SF3160
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Relating to energy; authorizing political subdivisions or local governments
to plan, develop, purchase, acquire, construct and own a community based energy
development (C-BED) project and sell the output; providing for the financing of
energy purchase contracts and participation in generation and transmission
projects
(ra)
| | 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 - Received from House
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 | | 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, Omnibus, Popular Names, Public Safety Department, Railroads Latest Action: 04/21/2008 - Senate adopted conference committee report, bill repassed
Bill TextIRD ENGROSSMENT Omnibus transportation policy bill providing policy changes relating to transportation, highways, drivers' licenses and railroads, and appropriating money. 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. Section 3: Reestablishment costs limit language modified. Section 4: "Expressway" definition provided. Section 5: "Freeway" definition modified. Section 6: Commercial vehicle drivers at rest areas language provided. Section 7: Sign franchise program language modified. Section 8: Voyager Highway language modified. Section 9: Purple Heart Trail language provided. Section 10: Dallas Sams Memorial Highway language provided. [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 184 04/10/08
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COND ENGROSSMENT
Minnesota's Mexican-American veterans authorized to place a plaque in the court
of honor on the Capitol grounds to honor all Minnesota veterans who have served
at any time in the United States armed forces.
Section 1: Purpose of bill is provided.
Section 2: Plaque authorized language is provided.
SNA 3/19/08
| | Tagged in: Administration Department, Appropriations, Claims, Data Practices and Privacy, Disasters, Governmental Operations-State, Highways, Roads, and Bridges, Legal Proceedings, State Government-Finance, Transportation and Transportation Department Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Conference committee report, delete everything
Bill TextTICLE 1 - CATASTROPHE SURVIVOR COMPENSATION Creating a catastrophe survivor compensation fund; defining certain terms; providing for compensation, appointment of a special master by the executive council, the filing of claims, the determination of compensation and payments; providing for a state right of subrogation, third party reimbursement of the state and attorney fee limit; providing for classification of data; providing for the effect on state tort liability ARTICLE 2 - I-35W BRIDGE COLLAPSE SURVIVOR COMPENSATION Providing for compensation to survivors of the I-35W bridge catastrophe; specifying procedures; appropriating money to the catastrophe compensation fund to provide compensation to survivors and to provide for grants to Pillsbury United Communities to provide comprehensive services to youth and families of youth who were on the school bus when the bridge collapsed, requiring a report show full description | | Latest Action: 04/21/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 196 04/17/08
Bill TextTICLE 1 - MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES ADJUSTMENTS Imposing powers and duties of the chief administrative law judge and eliminating certain duties of the director of the office of strategic and long range planning for municipal boundary enabling purposes; defining chief administrative law judge; modifying municipal incorporation and annexation of unincorporated property notice of intent requirements; specifying certain proposed annexation area tour requirements; modifying certain proceedings requirements for designation of unincorporated areas; modifying joint information meeting requirements; expanding certain differential taxation requirements; modifying certain powers and duties relating to dividing an existing governmental unit and alternative dispute resolutions; providing for effectuation of certain agreements; modifying municipal boundary adjustment advisory task force reporting requirements to the legislature;[...] show full description | | Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - House conferees Rukavina; Slocum; Howes
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| | Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - General Orders: To pass as amended
Bill Text
Modifying and clarifying uniform billing forms and electronic claim filing
provisions for health care cost containment purposes; expanding certain services
for billing to include federally qualified health centers; modifying the
submittal date for electronic plan eligibility transactions; modifying certain
uniform electronic transactions and implementation guide standards, providing
for group purchasers not covered by HIPAA and specifying certain duties of the
commissioner of health relating to compliance and investigations; clarifying
certain telecommunication standards for pharmacy claims; providing for
satisfaction of notice requirements relating to the acceptance of claims with
access to a secured web site maintained by the insurer; repealing certain
provisions relating to state and federal health care programs uniform billing
forms and implementation of standard transaction sets
(ra)
| | Latest Action: 05/01/2008 - Comm rpt: Subst. for SF on Gen Orders SF3120
Bill Text
Relating to open meetings; requiring the electronically recording (taping) of
closed meetings, exception for attorney client privilege; requiring courts to
award reasonable attorney fees to prevailing plaintiffs as a result of a
violation of the open meeting law under certain conditions
(ra)
| | Latest Action: 04/28/2008 - Calendar: Third reading Passed
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RST ENGROSSMENT
Precinct caucus dates established by the appropriate political parties, and
notice to secretary of state required.
Section 1: Time and manner of holding; postponement language modified.
Section 2: Time language modified.
JAJ 3/13/08
| | Latest Action: 04/21/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 192 04/17/08
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RST ENGROSSMENT
Memorial Day observances county expenditure limit increased.
Section 1: Memorial Day, appropriation for observance language modified.
Section 2: $300 to military service organizations for Memorial Day language
modified.
SNA 4/14/08
| | Latest Action: 04/07/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 166 04/03/08
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COND ENGROSSMENT
Towns; Park, town celebration and service recognition expenditures authorized.
Section 1: Buy, beautify park language modified.
Section 2: Fund town celebration, recognition of service language added.
JAJ 4/1/08
| | Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Referred to Judiciary
Bill Text
Authorizing compensation for board of firefighter training and education
members
| | Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Comm rpt: Rule 45-amend, sub Gen Ord SF3373
Bill Text
COND ENGROSSMENT
Discretionary partial recounts provided, and recount and postelection review
procedures specified, and voting system requirements changed.
Section 1: Automatic recounts language is modified.
Section 2: Discretionary candidate recount language is modified.
Section 3: Discretionary candidate recounts language is modified.
Section 4: Voting system for disabled voters language is modified.
Section 5: Limited town exemptions language is added.
Section 6: Township elections advisory group language is added.
Section 7: Selection for review; notice language is modified.
SNA 5/2/08
| | Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - General Orders: To pass
Bill Text
Relating to disaster relief appropriations; requiring local governments or state
agencies receiving federal money for flood relief or road and bridge replacement
to reimburse any excess amounts received to the state
(ra)
| | Latest Action: 05/01/2008 - House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day
Bill Text
Providing additional whistleblower protection to state executive branch
employees trying to improve services provided by the executive branch to the
legislature or to executive branch elected officials
(ra)
| | Latest Action: 05/01/2008 - Calendar: Third reading Passed
Bill TextRST ENGROSSMENT Petroleum product standards updated and number provided to advertise grade of gasoline. Section 1: Use of number to advertise grade of gasoline language is provided. Section 2: Petroleum product specifications language is modified. Subdivision 1. Applicability. Subdivision 2. Coordination with Departments of Revenue and Agriculture. Subdivision 3. Gasoline. Subdivision 4. Gasoline blended with ethanol. Subdivision 5. Denatured ethanol. Subdivision 6. Gasoline blended with nonethanol oxygenate. Subdivision 7. Heating fuel oil. Subdivision 8. Diesel fuel oil. Subdivision 9. Kerosene. Subdivision 10. Aviation gasoline. Subdivision 11. Aviation turbine fuel, jet fuel. Subdivision 12. Gas turbine fuel oil. Subdivision 13. E85. Subdivision 14. M85. Subdivision 15. Biodiesel blend definition. Subdivision 16. Biodiesel fuel definition. [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 04/28/2008 - Returned from Senate
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Carver County Board granted authority over library system with exceptions. | | Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Bills identical, SF substituted on General Register
Bill TextCOND ENGROSSMENT Workers' Compensation Advisory Council recommendations adopted. Section 1: Employee language is modified. Section 2: Employments excluded language is modified. Section 3: Temporary total disability language is modified. Section 4: Administrators language is modified. Section 5: Retraining; compensation language is modified. Section 6: Complementary and alternative health care providers language is added. Section 7: Relative value fee schedule language is modified. Section 8: Limitation of liability language is modified. Section 9: Requirements language is modified. Section 10: Uninsured and self-insured employers; special compensation fund language is modified. Section 11: Insolvent insurer language is modified. Section 12: Failure to file required report, penalty language is modified. [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 181 04/10/08
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Auctioneers exempted from certain requirements applicable to professional
fund-raisers. | | Tagged in: Appropriations, Chemical Dependency, Children and Minors, Disabilities and Access, Education and Education Department, Education-Early Childhood, Education-K-12, Family, Food and Nutrition, Health and Health Department, Human Services and Human Services Department, Native Americans, Safety, Schools, Schools-Buildings and Grounds, Senior Citizens Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Received from House
Bill TextTICLE 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Providing for a summary of appropriations; providing for the department of human services forecast adjustment; reducing appropriations for children and economic assistance grants, basic health care grants and continuing care grants ARTICLE 2 - PREKINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 12 EDUCATION A. GENERAL EDUCATION Modifying appropriations for general education aid, referendum tax base replacement aid, enrollment options transportation, abatement revenue, consolidation transition, nonpublic pupil education aid and nonpublic pupil transportation B. EDUCATION EXCELLENCE Modifying appropriations for charter school building lease aid, charter school startup cost aid, integration aid, interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants and tribal contract school aid C. SPECIAL PROGRAMS Modifying appropriations [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 187 04/10/08
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COND ENGROSSMENT
Cemetery fund use specified.
Section 1: Part of lot price goes to cemetery fund language modified.
Section 2: Board sets lot care share; use of funds language modified.
Section 3: Gift for Cemetery or lot; use funds for care language added.
Section 4: Withdrawal, use of money language modified.
Section 5: Fund principal, extra interest language modified.
Section 6: County treasurer's duties language added.
Section 7: Treasurer's report and statements language added.
Section 8: Cemetaries; appropriation by certain subdivisions language is
modified.
SNA 3/12/08
| | Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 188 04/10/08
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1E "Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act"; defining certain
terms; establishing a standard of conduct in managing and investing
institutional funds; providing an appropriation for expenditure or accumulation
of endowment funds; providing delegation of management and investment functions;
providing for the release or modification of restrictions on management,
investment or purpose of funds; providing compliance review; providing
application to existing institutional funds; modification, limiting and
superseding of electronic signatures in global and national commerce act;
repealing current uniform management of institutional funds act
(Ch. 188, 2008)
| | Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 164 03/27/08
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Vietnam Veterans Day designated as March 29. | | Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Referred to Finance
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IRD ENGROSSMENT
School trust fund lands management provided, school trust fund land return
improvements provided, Permanent School Fund Advisory Committee mission
redefined, and report provided.
Section 1: Permanent school fund reporting language provided.
Section 2: Permanent school fund authority; reporting language provided.
Section 2: Permanent school fund advisory committee language modified.
Subdivision 1. Membership.
Subdivision 2. Duties.
Subdivision 3. Duration.
SNA 4/17/08
| | Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Returned from Senate with amendment
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Relating to motor carriers; reallocating proceeds from fuel license and decal
fees collected since 2005 under the international fuel tax agreement compact to
the vehicles services operating account in the special revenue fund
(ra)
| | Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Bills not identical, R/S, SF substituted on General Register
Bill TextCOND ENGROSSMENT Birth record access allowed to adopted persons. Section 1: Adoption records language modified. Section 2: Adoption language modified. Section 3: Data about births language modified. Section 4: Access to original birth record after adoption language modified. Section 5: Access to original birth records by adopted person; department duties language provided. Subdivision 1. Disclosure. Subdivision 2. Affidavit of nondisclosure. Subdivision 3. Recission of affidavit. Subdivision 4. Affidavit of nondisclosure; access to birth record. Subdivision 5. Information provided. Section 6: Which services are for fee language modified. Section 7: Request language stricken. Section 8: Rights of terminated parent language modified. Section 9: Adoption agencies; fee language provided. Section 10: Repealer language [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 05/01/2008 - Author added Murphy, E.
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RST ENGROSSMENT
Metropolitan Airports Commission directed to enforce certain covenants.
Section 1: Covenant enforcement language provided.
JAJ 5/5/08
| | Latest Action: 05/01/2008 - Received from House
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A resolution urging the governor to take action to prepare a plan of response
and preparation to meet the challenges of peak oil
(ra)
| | Latest Action: 04/28/2008 - Author added Ruud
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Gestational carrier arrangements regulated. | | Latest Action: 04/23/2008 - Comm rpt: Subst. for SF on Gen Orders SF3291
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Relating to the state building code; regulating the application and
enforcement of the state building code; requiring the code to permit lumber
mills to offer for sale ungraded dimension lumber for use in construction under
certain conditions; repealing provisions relating to referenda on state building
code in nonmetropolitan counties and the state building code in municipalities
under 2,500 local option
(ra)
| | Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 182 04/10/08
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Relating to aircraft (aviation) liability insurance, prohibiting denial of
claims for insureds actions or failure to act unless there is a direct causal
connection to losses upon which claims are based
(Ch. 182, 2008)
| | Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 185 04/10/08
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Eliminating a certain exception to the authority of the court to exercise
personal jurisdiction over foreign corporations and nonresident individuals
relating to causes of action for defamation or privacy
(Ch. 185, 2008)
| | Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 186 04/10/08
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RST ENGROSSMENT
Police vehicles used to transport police dogs exempted from window glazing
restrictions.
Section 1: Glazing material; prohibitions and exceptions language is modified to
include "this subdivision does not apply to glazing materials which are applied
to...the side and rear windows of a police vehicle."
SNA 2/28/08
| | Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 158 03/20/08
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County historical society funding modified relating to cities of the first
class. | | Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Bills not identical, R/S, SF substituted on General Register
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RST ENGROSSMENT
Urban partnership agreements authorized to provide user fees for high-occupancy
vehicle lanes and dynamic shoulder lanes, and money appropriated.
Section 1: Dynamic shoulder lane language provided.
Section 2: User fees; High-occupancy vehicle and dynamic shoulder lanes language
added.
Section 3: Roadway language added.
Section 4: Dynamic shoulder lane language provided.
Section 5: Use of shoulders by buses language added.
Section 6: Report on urban partnership agreement language provided.
Section 7: Effective date language provided.
JAJ 4/22/08
| | Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Bills identical, SF substituted on General Register
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COND ENGROSSMENT
Steel County; Nursing home and assisted living facility and related assets
transfer authorized, acquisition of membership interest in nonprofit corporation
authorized, and nursing home new bed moratorium exception provided.
Section 1: Exceptions for replacement beds after June 30, 2003 language
modified.
Section 2: Steele County asset transfer; status of transferee language is
provided.
Subdivision 1. Asset transfer authorized.
Subdivision 2. Status of transferee.
Subdivision 3. Open meeting law; data practices.
SNA 5/1/08
| | Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Comm rpt: Rule 45-amend, sub Gen Ord SF3328
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RST ENGROSSMENT
Credit card surcharges regulated.
Section 1: Limitation; prohibition language modified.
JAJ 4/28/08
| | Latest Action: 04/23/2008 - Author added Ward
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Charter school students authorized to participate in extracurricular activities
in their resident school district. | | Latest Action: 04/23/2008 - Bills not identical, R/S, SF substituted on General Register
Bill TextIRD ENGROSSMENT Agriculture, fuel, and veterans policy provisions changed; programs, requirements, and procedures established and changed, activities regulated, and planning and working groups established. ARTICLE 1 -- AGRICULTURE POLICY Section 1: Livestock investment grant program language provided. Subdivision 1. Establishment. Subdivision 2. Definitions. Subdivision 3. Eligibility. Subdivision 4. Process. Subdivision 5. Livestock investment grant account. Section 2: Collection and disposal language modified. Section 3: Implementation language modified. Section 4: Disposal site requirement language modified. Section 5: Cooperative agreements language modified. Section 6: Prohibited pesticide use language modified. Section 7: Application fee language modified. Section 8: Revocation and suspension language modified. show full description | | Latest Action: 04/23/2008 - House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day
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1E Relating to the military; modifying eligibility for brevet promotion
(ra)
| | Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 156 03/14/08
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Authorizing emergency medical services regulatory board members to serve
consecutive terms; delaying the effective date for certain trauma triage and
transport guidelines
(Ch. 156, 2008)
| | Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Received from House
Bill TextCompanion bill SF1520 URTH ENGROSSMENT Naturopathic doctor registration provided and money appropriated. Section 1: Definitions are provided. Section 2: Scope of practice language is provided. Section 3: Professional conduct language is provided. Section 4: Protected titles language is provided. Section 5: Registration requirements language is provided. Section 6: Board action on applications for regis |
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