Law Makers To Try Passing $300 Million In Cuts Before Break

March 28, 2010
State Capitol - By Marty Owings

Monday at the Capitol could be a big day if House Law Makers can get a bill (HF 2691) passed that will reduce the State deficit by $300 million dollars. Legislators will try to get it done before the scheduled Easter break. The bill is slated to cut in areas such as Higher Education, Public Safety, Environment, State Government and others. Here is a link to the conference committee report with highlights and numbers:

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=ccrhf1671.html&session=ls86

Other bills on the House Calendar today:

H. F. 3038, (Authors: Olin; Anderson, B.; Johnson; Emmer; Shimanski and others. Companion to S. F. No. 2709.) A bill for an act relating to corrections; modifying inmate payment of room and board to include any time credited for time served;

S. F. 2572, (Senate Author: Fischbach. House Author: Hosch. Companion to H. F. No. 3016.) A bill for an act relating to transportation; clarifying time for providing notice of vehicle impoundment;

H. F. 3009, (Author: Hilty. Companion to S. F. No. 2971.) A bill for an act relating to energy; making technical changes related to utility report filings, hydrogen energy projects, weatherization programs, public utility commission assessments, and utility metering for supporting housing; removing obsolete and redundant language

H. F. 1633, (Authors: Clark and Davnie. Companion to S. F. No. 1537.) A bill for an act relating to utilities; regulating certain transmission lines

H. F. 3151, (Authors: Laine, Liebling, Gardner, Abeler, Brynaert and others. Companion to S. F. No. 2903.) A bill for an act relating to mortuary science; modifying provisions related to viewing, transporting, and removal of a dead human body

H. F. 3508, (Author: Juhnke. Companion to S. F. No. 2927.) A bill for an act relating to veterans; clarifying and amending certain Veterans Preference Act provisions

H. F. 0655, (Authors: Kahn; Haws; Lesch; Murphy, M.; Davnie and others. Companion to S. F. No. 0531.) A bill for an act relating to elections; requiring an affidavit of candidacy to state the candidate's residence address and telephone number; prohibiting placement of a candidate on the ballot if residency requirements are not met

S. F. 0080, (Senate Authors: Rest, Sieben, Gimse, Olseen and Michel. House Authors: Simon, Lillie, Peterson and Sterner. Companion to H. F. No. 1206.) A bill for an act relating to elections; campaign finance; removing certain unconstitutional provisions governing independent expenditures in political campaigns; changing certain campaign expenditure and contribution limits and certain reporting requirements; authorizing electronic filing of certain items with the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board; providing contribution limits for judicial candidates; increasing contribution limits for candidates for secretary of state, state auditor and the legislature; making certain reports filed with the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board nonpublic data until certain conditions have been met; requiring the public subsidy for an eligible candidate be withheld until a required report has been filed

H. F. 3080, (Authors: Hortman and Reinert. Companion to S. F. No. 2415.) A bill for an act relating to transportation; exempting certain school buses from child passenger restraint requirements

H. F. 3085, (Authors: Marquart, Lanning, Kalin, Olin and Carlson. Companion to S. F. No. 2722.) A bill for an act relating to civil actions; exempting the state and political subdivisions and others from increased interest rates on certain judgments and awards;

H. F. 3186, (Authors: Atkins and Hoppe. Companion to S. F. No. 2808.) A bill for an act relating to liquor; authorizing and clarifying terms of various licenses; modifying certain insurance requirements; authorizing State Agricultural Society to license and regulate tobacco sales on State Fairgrounds

H. F. 2422, (Authors: Bunn, Olin, Drazkowski, Davids, Dean and others. Companion to S. F. No. 2476.) A bill for an act relating to lawful gambling; allowing the director of the Gambling Control Board flexibility in allowable expenses

H. F. 3152, (Authors: Bunn and McNamara. Companion to S. F. No. 2752.) A bill for an act relating to natural resources; allowing conditional uses on certain lands within the Lower St. Croix River area

H. F. 3363, (Author: Davids. Companion to S. F. No. 2840.) A bill for an act relating to weights and measures; modifying requirements for petroleum storage tanks;

H. F. 2825, (Author: Hortman. Companion to S. F. No. 2427.) A bill for an act relating to property held in trust; clarifying status of certain distributions; changing certain relationship and inheritance provisions; providing for emergency and temporary conservators

H. F. 2958, (Authors: Pelowski and Sterner. Companion to S. F. No. 2518.) A bill for an act relating to state government; making changes to the Open Meeting Law;

H. F. 2914, (Author: Mariani. Companion to S. F. No. 2370.) A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; prohibiting sale of illegally tinted motor vehicle windows

H. F. 3360, (Authors: Nelson, Rukavina and Davids. Companion to S. F. No. 2944.) A bill for an act relating to licensing; modifying contractor continuing education requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 326B.821

H. F. 2701, (Authors: Atkins, Zellers and Hilstrom. Companion to S. F. No. 2267.) A bill for an act relating to occupations and professions; modifying terms relating to firefighters

H. F. 3097, (Authors: Juhnke and Davids. Companion to S. F. No. 2616.) A bill for an act relating to telecommunications; regulating private shared services; modifying regulatory provisions

H. F. 2766, (Authors: Welti, Ward, Brown, Greiling, Loeffler and others. Companion to S. F. No. 2425.) A bill for an act relating to higher education; clarifying disclosure of educational data

H. F. 3157, (Authors: Mahoney, Drazkowski, Brod, Scott, Faust and others. Companion to S. F. No. 3087.) A bill for an act relating to children; modifying parent notification of child maltreatment in a school facility

H. F. 1828, (Authors: Hornstein, Nelson, Winkler, Benson, Clark and others. Companion to S. F. No. 1605.) A bill for an act relating to municipal planning; authorizing amendments to a municipal comprehensive plan for affordable housing to be approved by a simple majority

H. F. 2607, (Authors: Mullery and Kahn. Companion to S. F. No. 2755.) A bill for an act relating to public safety; clarifying detention placement options for extended jurisdiction juveniles pending revocation hearings

H. F. 3420, (Author: Holberg. Companion to S. F. No. 3091.) A bill for an act relating to public safety; conforming medical examination requirements for commercial driver's license to federal law

H. F. 2942, (Authors: Atkins and Hoppe. Companion to S. F. No. 2839.) A bill for an act relating to commerce; regulating various licensees and other entities; modifying definitions, informational requirements, continuing education requirements, information reporting requirements, and notice requirements; making various housekeeping, technical, and clarifying changes; regulating securities; reorganizing and modifying various provisions relating to real estate brokers, salespersons, and closing agents; modifying the membership requirements of, and appointment authority to, the real estate appraiser advisory board; regulating certain workers' compensation self-insurers

H. F. 3088, (Author: Hayden. Companion to S. F. No. 2855.) A bill for an act relating to human services; making changes to children and family services technical and policy provisions; Minnesota family investment program and adult supports; early childhood development; child welfare;

H. F. 3634, (Authors: Jackson and Kath. Companion to S. F. No. 3147.) A bill for an act relating to health occupations; requiring license revocation and license denial for any health-related licensed professional convicted of a felony-level criminal sexual conduct offense;

H. F. 1457, (Authors: Johnson, Olin, Dettmer and Slocum. Companion to S. F. No. 0987.) A bill for an act relating to public safety; eliminating various unfunded mandates affecting local governmental units;

H. F. 3300, (Author: Morrow. Companion to S. F. No. 2713.) A bill for an act relating to human services; modifying provisions relating to civilly committed sex offenders, sexually dangerous persons, and sexual psychopathic personalities; amending provisions relating to judicial holds in commitment cases;