Ninety-Third Regular Session
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese in the chair.
The Assembly dispensed with the call of the roll.
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Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 20 offered by committee on Mandates.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 20 offered by committee on Mandates.
Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 20 offered by committee on Mandates.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 30 offered by Representative Kreuser.
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Relating to motor vehicle trade practices.
Submitted by Department of Transportation.
Report received from Agency, February 25, 1997.
To committee on Consumer Affairs
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Referred on March 6, 1997
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Relating to the registration and regulation of agents authorized to represent funeral directors or funeral establishments in the sale or solicitation of burial agreements that are funded with the proceeds of a life insurance policy.
Submitted by Department of Regulation and Licensing.
Report received from Agency, February 25, 1997.
To committee on Consumer Affairs
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Referred on March 6, 1997
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Relating to the creation of a catastrophic leave program that permits classified nonrepresented employes to donate certain types and amounts of leave credits to other classified nonrepresented employes who have been granted an unpaid leave of absence due to a catastrophic need and to removal of the reference to Good Friday as a legal holiday for state employes.
Submitted by Department of Employment Relations.
Report received from Agency, February 25, 1997.
To committee on Labor and Employment
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Referred on March 6, 1997
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Joint Resolution 34
Relating to: removing from the constitution unnecessary references to the masculine gender (first consideration).
By
Representatives Johnsrud, Baldwin, R. Young, Krug, Hahn, Hutchison, Jensen, Musser, Murat, Riley, Boyle, Springer, Freese, Bock, La Fave, Meyer, Powers and Wasserman; cosponsored by Senators Huelsman, Moen, C. Potter, Risser, Clausing and Schultz.
To committee on Elections and Constitutional Law
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Assembly Bill 156
Relating to: a county treasurer's appointment of a deputy treasurer.
By
Representatives Ladwig, Schafer, Duff, Goetsch, Handrick, Hanson, Huber, M. Lehman, Olsen, Otte, Owens, Porter, Ryba, Seratti, Sykora and Zukowski; cosponsored by Senators Wirch and Shibilski.
To committee on Government Operations
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Assembly Bill 157
Relating to: prohibiting insurers from requesting genetic test information from health care providers.
By
Representatives Wasserman, Schneider, Urban, Ainsworth, Baldwin, Bock, Carpenter, Cullen, Dobyns, Hahn, Hasenohrl, Huber, Kreuser, Ladwig, La Fave, Murat, Musser, Notestein, Reynolds, Riley, Robson, Ryba, L. Young, Ziegelbauer, Gronemus and Gunderson; cosponsored by Senators Grobschmidt, Buettner and Moen.
To committee on Consumer Affairs
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Assembly Bill 158
Relating to: increasing the fees charged by a register of deeds for recording certain plats.
By
Representatives Ladwig, Turner, Duff, Gard, Goetsch, Gronemus, Gunderson, Hahn, Handrick, Jensen, Kreibich, M. Lehman, Linton, Porter, Powers and Vrakas; cosponsored by Senators Plache, Buettner and Rude.
To committee on Government Operations
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Relating to: commencement of the fall semester at public schools.
By
Representatives Handrick, Lorge, Gard, Gunderson, Hahn, Hutchison, Linton, Schafer, Seratti and Vrakas; cosponsored by Senators Breske, Fitzgerald, A. Lasee, Schultz and Zien.
To committee on Tourism and Recreation
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Assembly Bill 160
Relating to: the reciprocal fee under the Minnesota-Wisconsin student reciprocity agreement for Wisconsin residents enrolled in the University of Minnesota Law School.
By
Representatives Harsdorf, Kreibich, Schafer, M. Lehman, Handrick, Ryba, Duff, Ladwig, Freese, Hahn, Olsen, Goetsch, Zukowski, Hutchison, Ward and Gronemus; cosponsored by Senator Clausing
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To committee on Colleges and Universities
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Assembly Bill 161
Relating to: requiring mudguards on road tractors, truck tractors, trailers, semitrailers and farm trailers and minimum ground clearance for mudguards.
By
Representatives Harsdorf and Notestein; cosponsored by Senator Grobschmidt
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To committee on Highways and Transportation
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Assembly Bill 162
Relating to: requiring mudguards on motor trucks and semitrailers equipped with dump bodies.
By
Representatives Urban, Kaufert, Notestein, Schafer and Bock; cosponsored by Senators Risser and Grobschmidt.
To committee on Highways and Transportation
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Assembly Bill 163
Relating to: release of a person convicted of a misdemeanor pending appeal.
By
Representatives Kreuser, Steinbrink, Huber, F. Lasee, Lazich and Musser; cosponsored by Senators Grobschmidt, Farrow, Huelsman, Weeden and Welch.
To committee on Judiciary.
Assembly Bill 164
Relating to: school district bonds, promissory notes and revenue limits and excluding certain debt service from a school district's shared cost.
By
Representatives Otte, Baumgart, R. Young, Plale and J. Lehman; cosponsored by Senator C. Potter
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To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 165
Relating to: increasing a school district's revenue limit by the amount necessary to comply with certain orders and excluding that amount from the school district's shared cost.
By
Representatives Otte, Wasserman, Ott, Plale, Underheim, Robson, Zukowski, Baumgart, R. Young, Black, Gronemus, J. Lehman and Gunderson; cosponsored by Senators C. Potter, Grobschmidt and Plache.
To committee on Ways and Means.
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The committee on Highways and Transportation reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 18
Relating to: increasing the maximum permissible length for certain 3-vehicle combinations.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 14 - Representatives Brandemuehl, Otte, Musser, Lorge, Hahn, Zukowski, Huebsch, Sykora, Hasenohrl, Turner, L. Young, Ryba, Riley and Steinbrink.
Noes: 1 - Representative Gronemus.
Passage as amended:
