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Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance Committee
Monday, March 26, 2018
1:00 PM, Room 1200, Minnesota Senate Bldg.

Minutes

Present: Senator Carrie Ruud - Chair, Senator Bill Weber Vice Chair, Senator Jim Carlson, Senator Steve A. Cwodzinski, Senator D. Scott Dibble, Senator Chris A. Eaton, Senator Justin D. Eichorn, Senator Mark W. Koran, Senator Andrew R. Lang, Senator Andrew Mathews, Senator David H. Senjem, Senator Patricia Torres Ray

Absent: No Members Absent

Senator Carrie Ruud called the meeting to order at 1pm.

S.F. 3573: Senator Chamberlain: White Bear Lake groundwater appropriation permit conditions enforcement temporary prohibition.



Senator Weber moved that S.F. 3573, as amended, be recommended to pass. - MOTION PREVAILED.

S.F. 3237: Senator Jasinski: Snowmobile online training course fee charge authorization.



Be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.

S.F. 3705: Senator Johnson: Red River basin commission recognition, membership, duties, and appropriation.



Senator Weber moved that S.F. 3705, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the State Government Finance and Policy and Elections Committee. - MOTION PREVAILED.

S.F. 3380: Senator Franzen: Watercraft carbon monoxide detection devices requirements modification.



Senator Weber moved that S.F. 3380, as amended, be recommended to pass. - MOTION PREVAILED.

S.F. 3299: Senator Mathews: Volkswagen settlement funds administrative expenses expenditure limitation; additional personnel hiring prohibition.



Senator Mathews moved that S.F. 3299, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Finance Committee. - MOTION PREVAILED.

S.F. 2839: Senator Weber: Open-air swine basins ban clarification.



Be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.

S.F. 3410: Senator Weber: Agricultural best management practice loan conditions modifications to include environmental service providers; drainage law modification to accelerate ditch buffer strip implementation.



Senator Senjem moved that S.F. 3410, be recommended to pass. - MOTION PREVAILED.

S.F. 3111: Senator Weber: Saltwater aquatic farms modifications; transportation or importation permit and quarantine requirement.



Senator Senjem moved that S.F. 3111, as amended, be recommended to pass. - MOTION PREVAILED.

S.F. 3064: Senator Ingebrigtsen: All-terrain vehicle safety education and training provisions for youth modification.



Be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.

S.F. 3362: Senator Ingebrigtsen: Apprentice-hunter validation restrictions for persons with certain disabilities exception authorization.



As amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.

S.F. 3328: Senator Ingebrigtsen: Deer license revenue dedicated to the deer management account increase.



Be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.

S.F. 3319: Senator Ingebrigtsen: Muskellunge stocking in new waters moratorium; county fish stocking resolutions; muskellunge on nonmuskellunge waters authorization and rulemaking; Otter Tail county muskellunge stocking prohibition; appropriation.



As amended, laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.

The meeting was adjourned at 7pm.


 
                                                                      
Senator Carrie Ruud, Chair
                                                                      
Jonathan Cotter, Legislative Assistant