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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

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Tuesday, February 12, 2013  
 
9:00 a.m.  
 
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Tax Reform Division
Chair: Sen. Ann H. Rest
09:00 AM
Room 15 Capitol

SF 207 - REMOVED FROM AGENDA
Agenda: 
Presentation on TAX INCREMENT FINANCING LEGISLATIVE REPORT - State Auditor Rebecca Otto
S.F. 48 Wiger Oakdale tax increment financing (TIF) special rules authorization.
S.F. 229 Metzen Dakota county community development agency tax increment financing (TIF) district establishment.

 
12 Noon  
 
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Committee on Environment and Energy
Chair: Sen. John Marty
12 Noon
Room 107 Capitol
Agenda: 
S.F. 113 Sparks Drainage system provisions modifications.
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency: History of the Clean Water Act & Clean Water Legacy Amendment in MN; Watershed Restoration and Prevention Strategies
Board of Soil and Water Resources: Implementation of restoration and prevention efforts
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency: Wastewater efforts—MN River case study
Board of Soil and Water Resources: Ramsey Washington Metro Watershed District and Maplewood Mall case studies
Board of Soil and Water Resources: Renville Soil and Water Conservation District case study
Confirmation of Chair Beverly Jones Heydinger, MN Public Utilities Commission
Confirmation of Thomas Cook to the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources
Confirmation of Nancy Gibson to the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources
Confirmation of Bonnie Harper-Lore to the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources
Confirmation of Norman Moody to the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources

 
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Judiciary Division
Chair: Sen. Ron Latz
12 Noon
Room 15 Capitol

The Judiciary Committee will meet first to process two agenda items.
Agenda: 
Judiciary Budget Overview
      Chris Turner - Senate Fiscal Analyst

 
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Committee on Judiciary
Chair: Sen. Ron Latz
12 Noon
Room 15 Capitol

We will gavel into Judiciary Division for the budget overview after Judiciary Committee is completed.
Agenda: 
Data Privacy Overview
     Laurie Beyer-Kropuenske - Director, Community Service Division,
      Department of Administration
     Stacie Christensen - Administrator, Information Policy Analysis Division
      Department of Administration
     *This item is carried over from the February 7th agenda.
S.F. 157 Latz Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act.

 
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Committee on Education
Chair: Sen. Patricia Torres Ray
12 Noon
Room 112 Capitol
Agenda: 
Overview of Assessments/Student Testing, continued
     
     Jennifer Dugan, Director of Assessments, MN Department of Education
Summary of Recommendations from the Commissioner's Assessment & Accountability Working Group Report, dated Dec. 2012.
S.F. 38 Hoffman, J. Reduced-price school lunch meals state reimbursement increase and appropriation.
S.F. 146 Hayden School lunch aid program provisions modification and appropriation.

 
3:00 p.m.  
 
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Committee on Higher Education and Workforce Development
Chair: Sen. Terri E. Bonoff
03:00 PM
Room 123 Capitol
Agenda: 
Confirmation Hearing - Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges &
     Universities
Minnesota State Colleges & Universities - Budget Request -
     Chancellor Steven J. Rosenstone

 
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
State Departments and Veterans Division
Chair: Sen. Tom Saxhaug
03:00 PM
Room 107 Capitol
Agenda: 
Overview of Governor's Budget Recommendations for:
     
     Capitol Area Architecture Planning Board
     Amateur Sports Commission
     Accountancy Board
     Architecture Board
     Barber Examiners Board
     Humanities Commission

 
5:30 p.m.  
 
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement
Chair: Sen. Sandra L. Pappas
5:30 p.m.
Room 112 State Capitol
Agenda: 
Overview of Minnesota pensions:
- Minnesota retirement plan actuary: Bonita Wurst, ASA, Gabriel Roeder Smith
- Minnesota State Board of Investment: Howard Bicker, Executive Director, SBI
- Defined benefit plan elements and terminology: Lawrence A. Martin, Executive Director, LCPR

Brief introductions; Minnesota public pension plan administrators:
- DTRFA: J. Michael Stoffel
- MSRS: David Bergstrom
- PERA: Mary Most Vanek
- SPTRFA: Paul Doane
- TRA: Laurie Hacking
For more agenda information, click here

 

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