State of Minnesota
SENATE
BILL INTRODUCTIONS
Wednesday, April 5,
2006
8:45 A.M.
TWELFTH ORDER OF BUSINESS
Introduction
and First Reading of Senate Bills
The following bills were read the
first time.
Senator Solon introduced--
S.F. No. 3718: A bill for an act relating to human
services; requiring foster care providers to annually provide mental health
training; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 245A. Referred to the Committee on Health and Family
Security.
Senator Higgins introduced--
S.F. No. 3719: A bill for an act relating to local
government; modifying municipal boundary adjustment provisions; establishing
the municipal boundary adjustment task force; appropriating money; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 414.01, subdivision 1a; 414.02, by adding
a subdivision; 414.031, subdivisions 1, 4, by adding a subdivision; 414.0325,
subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 414.033, subdivision 2; 414.061, subdivision
5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 414. Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government
Operations.
Senator Lourey introduced--
S.F. No. 3720: A bill for an act relating to capital
improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money
for a water treatment facility and water tower in Brook Park. Referred to the Committee on Finance.
Senator Pappas introduced--
S.F. No. 3721: A bill for an act relating to human
services; expanding the supplemental rate for certain group residential housing
facilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256I.05, by adding a
subdivision. Referred to the Committee on Finance.
Senator Kierlin introduced--
S.F. No. 3722: A bill for an act relating to arts
assistance; requiring the Board of the Arts to establish and administer a
revolving loan fund to assist rural Minnesota cultural facilities construction
projects; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section
129D.04, subdivision 1. Referred to the Committee on Finance.
Senators Moua, Limmer
and Pogemiller introduced--
S.F. No. 3723: A bill for an act relating to taxation;
extending a sales tax exemption on construction materials for low-income housing
to limited partnerships in which the sole general partner is a nonprofit corporation;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 297A.71, subdivision 23. Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Hottinger introduced--
S.F. No. 3724: A bill for an act relating to property
taxation; exempting from taxation property leased or rented and used exclusively
for charter schools; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 272.02, subdivision
42. Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Belanger, Michel
and Ranum introduced--
S.F. No. 3725: A bill for an act relating to highways;
authorizing sale of trunk highway bonds for interchange at marked Interstate
Highways 35W and 494; appropriating money. Referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Senator Vickerman introduced--
S.F. No. 3726: A bill for an act relating to the
city of Worthington; changing the time for local sales tax referendum amending
Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 3, article 5, section 44, subdivisions
1, 5. Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Sams, Skoe,
Koering, Langseth and Dille introduced--
S.F. No. 3727: A bill for an act relating to taxation;
property; valuation of certain agricultural land abutting public water; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 273.11, by adding a subdivision. Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senator Bonoff introduced--
S.F. No. 3728: A bill for an act relating to taxation;
providing a personal property tax exemption and a sales tax exemption for
construction materials used for an electric generating facility; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 272.02, by adding a subdivision; 297A.71,
by adding a subdivision. Referred to the Committee on Jobs,
Energy and Community Development.
Senator Jungbauer introduced--
S.F. No. 3729: A bill for an act relating to tax
increment financing; authorizing the city of Ramsey to establish a tax increment
financing district subject to special rules. Referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Senators Gerlach and
Hann introduced--
S.F. No. 3730: A bill for an act relating to state
government; requiring state agencies to use open source software for creation
of public documents; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 16E. Referred to the Committee on State
and Local Government Operations.
Senator LeClair introduced--
S.F. No. 3731: A bill for an act relating to military;
appropriating money to the adjutant general for the purchase of body armor
for members of the Minnesota National Guard being deployed to combat service. Referred to the Committee on Finance.