STATE OF MINNESOTA
SPECIAL SESSION - 2005
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NINTH DAY
Saint Paul, Minnesota, Thursday, June 9, 2005
The House of Representatives convened at 11:00 a.m. and was
called to order by Ron Abrams, Speaker pro tempore.
Prayer was offered by Second Lieutenant Michael Lotzer, U.S.
Army Chaplain Program and also a chaplain with the Union Gospel Mission.
The members of the House gave the pledge of allegiance to the
flag of the United States of America.
The roll was called and the following members were present:
Abeler
Abrams
Anderson, B.
Anderson, I.
Atkins
Beard
Bernardy
Blaine
Bradley
Brod
Buesgens
Carlson
Charron
Cox
Cybart
Davids
Davnie
Dean
DeLaForest
Dempsey
Dill
Dittrich
Dorman
Dorn
Eastlund
Eken
Emmer
Entenza
Erhardt
Erickson
Finstad
Fritz
Garofalo
Gazelka
Goodwin
Greiling
Gunther
Hackbarth
Hamilton
Hansen
Hausman
Heidgerken
Hilstrom
Hilty
Holberg
Hoppe
Hornstein
Hortman
Hosch
Howes
Huntley
Jaros
Johnson, J.
Johnson, R.
Johnson, S.
Juhnke
Kahn
Kelliher
Klinzing
Knoblach
Koenen
Krinkie
Lanning
Latz
Lenczewski
Lesch
Liebling
Lieder
Lillie
Loeffler
Magnus
Mahoney
Marquart
McNamara
Meslow
Moe
Mullery
Murphy
Nelson, M.
Nelson, P.
Newman
Nornes
Olson
Otremba
Ozment
Paulsen
Pelowski
Penas
Peppin
Peterson, A.
Peterson, N.
Peterson, S.
Poppe
Powell
Rukavina
Ruth
Ruud
Sailer
Samuelson
Scalze
Seifert
Sertich
Severson
Sieben
Simon
Simpson
Slawik
Smith
Soderstrom
Solberg
Sykora
Thao
Tingelstad
Urdahl
Vandeveer
Walker
Wardlow
Welti
Westerberg
Westrom
Wilkin
Zellers
Spk. Sviggum
A quorum was present.
Clark, Cornish, Demmer, Kohls, Mariani, Opatz, Paymar, Thissen
and Wagenius were excused.
Ellison and Larson were excused until 11:20 a.m.
The Chief Clerk proceeded to read the Journal of the preceding
day. Beard moved that further reading
of the Journal be suspended and that the Journal be approved as corrected by
the Chief Clerk. The motion prevailed.
INTRODUCTION
AND FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS
The following House Files were introduced:
Seifert introduced:
H. F. No. 58, A bill for an act relating to elections;
prohibiting certain contributions and solicitations during special legislative
sessions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 10A.273, subdivisions 1,
2; 211A.14.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
Juhnke; Hornstein; Carlson; Solberg; Nelson, M.; Loeffler;
Simon; Ellison and Wagenius introduced:
H. F. No. 59, A bill for an act relating to highways; requiring
commissioner of transportation to allow use of certain high-occupancy vehicle
lanes without toll in off-peak hours; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section
160.93, subdivision 4.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
Kahn; Mahoney; Hornstein; Lesch; Ellison; Sykora; Abeler;
Peterson, N., and Erhardt introduced:
H. F. No. 60, A bill for an act relating to the state;
appointing a poet laureate; appropriating gift or grant money received;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 138.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
Slawik, Greiling, Dittrich, Davnie and Lillie introduced:
H. F. No. 61, A bill for an act relating to education finance;
increasing funding for early education programs; appropriating money; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 124D.135, subdivision 1; proposing coding for
new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
Finstad, Kelliher, Sviggum, Sertich, Urdahl, Lillie, Demmer,
Marquart, Westerberg, Hilstrom, Brod, Juhnke, Hamilton, Slawik, Magnus, Koenen,
Blaine, Hosch, Garofalo, Scalze and Lanning introduced:
H. F. No. 62, A bill for an act relating to a ballpark for
major league baseball; providing for the financing, construction, operation,
and maintenance of the ballpark and related facilities; establishing the
Minnesota Ballpark Authority; defining members of the authority as public
officials; providing powers and duties of the authority; providing a community
ownership option upon sale of the team; authorizing Hennepin County to issue
bonds and to contribute to ballpark costs and to engage in ballpark and related
activities; authorizing local sales and use taxes and revenues; requiring actions by
the state, the city of Minneapolis, and the Hennepin County Regional Railroad
Authority; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 10A.01, subdivision 35;
297A.71, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections
473I.01; 473I.02; 473I.03; 473I.04; 473I.05; 473I.06; 473I.07; 473I.08;
473I.09; 473I.10; 473I.11; 473I.12; 473I.13.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
Seifert, Blaine, DeLaForest and Finstad introduced:
H. F. No. 63, A bill for an act relating to the financing of
state government; proposing the Stop Special Session Act of 2005; modifying the
definition of fiscal year and making conforming changes; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2004, sections 16A.011, subdivision 14; 16A.1522, subdivision 3;
16A.45, subdivision 1; 16A.62; 645.02.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
Solberg introduced:
H. F. No. 64, A bill for an act relating to retirement;
authorizing repayment of a refund from the Public Employees Retirement
Association.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
Lieder, Larson, Hausman, Hornstein and Juhnke introduced:
H. F. No. 65, A bill for an act relating to transportation;
modifying distribution of county state-aid highway funds; adjusting passenger
automobile tax rates and depreciation schedule; increasing motor fuel tax
rates; allocating revenue from motor vehicle sales tax; authorizing issuance of
$1,000,000,000 in state trunk highway bonds; appropriating money; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 162.07, subdivision 1, by adding
subdivisions; 168.013, subdivision 1a; 296A.07, subdivision 3; 296A.08,
subdivision 2; 297B.09, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
Mahoney; Anderson, I.; Lieder; Severson; Cybart; Johnson, S.,
and Nelson, M., introduced:
H. F. No. 66, A bill for an act relating to capital investment;
authorizing spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and other
public improvements of a capital nature; appropriating money for a new football
stadium for the University of Minnesota; authorizing the issuance of general
obligation bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
Krinkie introduced:
H. F. No. 67, A bill for an act relating to a ballpark for
major league baseball; providing a state policy for professional sports
facilities; providing for the financing, construction, operation, and
maintenance of the ballpark and related facilities; establishing the Minnesota
Ballpark Authority; authorizing Hennepin County to issue bonds and to
contribute to ballpark costs and to engage in ballpark and related activities;
requiring some incremental revenue from a new sports
facility to be paid to certain public bodies; authorizing local sales and use
taxes and revenues; requiring actions by the state, the city of Minneapolis,
and the Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority; proposing coding for new
law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004,
sections 473I.01; 473I.02; 473I.03; 473I.04; 473I.05; 473I.06; 473I.07;
473I.08; 473I.09; 473I.10; 473I.11; 473I.12; 473I.13.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
Marquart introduced:
H. F. No. 68, A bill for an act relating to property tax aids;
changing the city local government aid formula; amending Minnesota Statutes
2004, sections 477A.011, subdivisions 34, as amended, 35; 477A.013,
subdivisions 8, 9; 477A.03, subdivision 2a, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
Lenczewski introduced:
H. F. No. 69, A bill for an act relating to health care;
imposing a cigarette health impact fee; establishing a health impact fund;
imposing a floor stocks fee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections
297F.10, subdivision 1; 297F.185; 325D.32, subdivision 9; proposing coding for
new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 16A; 256.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the
Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration.
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
Severson moved that the name of Gazelka be added as an author
on H. F. No. 8. The
motion prevailed.
Samuelson moved that her name be stricken as an author on
H. F. No. 19. The motion
prevailed.
Hilty moved that the name of Howes be added as an author on
H. F. No. 23. The motion
prevailed.
Hansen moved that the name of Johnson, S., be added as an
author on H. F. No. 40.
The motion prevailed.
Huntley moved that the name of Sailer be added as an author on
H. F. No. 41. The motion
prevailed.
Mullery introduced:
House Resolution No. 1, A House resolution recognizing July 31
through August 14, 2005, as a time for PEACE Games in Minneapolis to end
violence.
The resolution was referred to the Committee on Rules and
Legislative Administration.
Olson
introduced:
House Concurrent Resolution No. 5, A House concurrent
resolution proposing House and Senate expenditure limits for fiscal years 2006
and 2007 for the finance bills listed in this resolution for consideration in
the 2005 First Special Session.
MOTION
TO SUSPEND RULES
Olson moved that the rules be so far suspended that House
Concurrent Resolution No. 5 be now considered and be placed upon its adoption.
A roll call was requested and properly seconded.
The question was taken on the Olson motion and the roll was
called.
There were 45 yeas and 75 nays as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were:
Abeler
Anderson, B.
Buesgens
Cox
Dittrich
Dorman
Eastlund
Eken
Erhardt
Erickson
Garofalo
Goodwin
Greiling
Hausman
Heidgerken
Hornstein
Hortman
Hosch
Jaros
Johnson, J.
Juhnke
Kahn
Klinzing
Koenen
Krinkie
Liebling
Loeffler
Marquart
Moe
Olson
Otremba
Pelowski
Peterson, N.
Peterson, S.
Poppe
Rukavina
Ruud
Simon
Soderstrom
Thao
Tingelstad
Urdahl
Vandeveer
Walker
Welti
Those who voted in the negative were:
Abrams
Anderson, I.
Atkins
Beard
Bernardy
Blaine
Bradley
Brod
Carlson
Charron
Cybart
Davids
Dean
DeLaForest
Dempsey
Dill
Dorn
Emmer
Entenza
Finstad
Fritz
Gazelka
Gunther
Hackbarth
Hamilton
Hansen
Hilstrom
Hilty
Holberg
Hoppe
Howes
Huntley
Johnson, R.
Johnson, S.
Kelliher
Knoblach
Latz
Lesch
Lieder
Lillie
Magnus
Mahoney
McNamara
Meslow
Mullery
Murphy
Nelson, M.
Nelson, P.
Newman
Nornes
Ozment
Paulsen
Penas
Peppin
Peterson, A.
Powell
Ruth
Sailer
Samuelson
Scalze
Seifert
Sertich
Severson
Sieben
Simpson
Slawik
Smith
Solberg
Sykora
Wardlow
Westerberg
Westrom
Wilkin
Zellers
Spk. Sviggum
The motion did not prevail.
The concurrent resolution was referred to the Committee on
Rules and Legislative Administration.
ADJOURNMENT
Paulsen moved that when the House adjourns today it adjourn until
2:00 p.m., Monday, June 13, 2005. The
motion prevailed.
Paulsen moved that the House adjourn. The motion prevailed, and Speaker pro tempore Abrams declared the
House stands adjourned until 2:00 p.m., Monday, June 13, 2005.
Albin
A. Mathiowetz,
Chief Clerk, House of Representatives