Insanity at the Capitol in St. Paul
Wow, the Minnesota Politic process is complicated to follow when the stuff Omnibus Bills:
Received this email from the DNR this at 9:19am this morning. Ton’s going on but nothing in “MyBills” for tracking the individual bills.
Greetings from the Capitol,
Happy Arbor Day! Established in 1872, Arbor Day encourages groups and individuals to plant trees. This week the omnibus budget bills (HF846; SF2101) passed to the floors of the House and Senate. The House bill- on the floor today- includes numerous bills, including:
HF79 Nornes State permits requirements for campgrounds modified
HF184 Drazkowski AIS prevention program requirements repealed
HF238 Dill Residents Over Age 84 allowed to take deer of either sex
HF449 Bennett Shell Rock River designated for state water trail
HF476 Hausman Metropolitan Park appropriations interest payment usage modified
HF572 Hackbarth Utility licenses crossing public lands and waters fee exemption created
HF608 Hackbarth Trap shooting sports facility grants provided funding, and money appropriated
HF616 Fabian Water Quality Standards Legislative Approval
HF617 Fabian Water Quality Standards Peer Review
HF624 Dill Snowmobile registration fees modified
HF668 Newberger State disposal facility permit issuance required to obtain local approval
HF690 Fabian 404 Permit Feasibility Study
HF824 Green Culverts Exemption for permit
HF834 Uglem Plastic Microbeads Prohibited
HF961 Dill Minnesota Veterans Home Antlerless Deer
HF1000 Melin Wild Rice Standard Suspended
HF1008 Dill Timber Permit Interest Rates
HF1065 Uglem AIS trailer decal requirements modified
HF1161 Fabian Truck Wash on Feedlots
HF1326 McNamara MPCA Policy Bill
HF1328 McNamara Conservation Easement Stewardship Account
HF1329 McNamara DNR Policy Bill
HF1394 Fabian MPCA Citizens’ Board Modified
HF1406 Hackbarth Game and Fish Bill
HF1477 Uglem Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling
HF1489 Hancock Wetland Conservation Act Modifications
HF1494 Howe Groundwater Appropriation Permits
HF1557 Dean White Bear Lake Augmentation Study
HF1594 Hackbarth ATV Safety Training on DL
HF1601 Clark Crumb Rubber Impact Study and Use Restrictions
HF1835 Runbeck Metropolitan Water Supply Advisory Committee
The Senate bill passed a floor vote on Tuesday and includes the following bills:
SF1099 Rest Priority chemicals
SF945 Skoe Utility fees
SF1534 Hoffman Conservation easement stewardship account
SF520 Bakk Snowmobile registration medication
SF669 Saxhaug Aquatic Invasive species
SF1550 Schmit Mississippi blufflands state trail
SF266 Sparks Shell Rock River water trail
SF631 Schmit Shooting sports facility grants
SF1008 Bakk Timber permit extension
SF1460 Tomassoni State land on meandered lakes, university lands
SF281 Bakk Residents age 84 plus deer of either sex
SF1515 Marty Wetland stakeholder coordination
SF517 Saxhaug Working lands watershed restoration program
SF1132 Scalze SCORE grants; purposes
SF1007 Tomassoni Wild rice quality standards
SF1659 Eken Water quality standards; Red River of the North
On Wednesday, an informational hearing was held on the DNR’s 2015 Fishing Regulations for Mille Lacs Lake in the House Mining & Outdoor Recreation Committee. On Thursday, the omnibus Legacy bill (HF303) passed out of the House Ways and Means .
For the most up to date list of meetings and bills, please visit committee web pages or currently posted meetings for the House and Senate.
Please contact me at [email protected] or Bob Meier ([email protected] ) if you have any comments on concerns. I hope you are able to find time to enjoy Minnesota’s great outdoors, perhaps planting a tree in honor of Arbor Day.
Pat
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