Legislative Session number- 88

Bill Name: HF0729

HF 729
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT
ARTICLE 1: APPROPRIATIONS
Section 1: Jobs
and economic development appropriations summarized.
Section 2: Jobs and
economic development money appropriated.
Section 3: Department of Employment
and Economic Development money appropriated to various funds.
Section 4:
Housing Finance Agency money appropriated.
Section 5: Explore Minnesota Toruism
money appropriated.
Section 6: Department of Labor and Industry money
appropriated to various funds.
Section 7: Bureau of Mediation Services money
appropriated.
Section 8: Board of Accountancy money appropriated.
Section 9:
Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture,
Geoscience and Interior Design money appropriated.
Section 10: Board of
Cosmetologist Examiners money appropriated.
Section 11: Board of Barber
Examiners money appropriated.
Section 12: Workers' Compensation Court of
Appeals money appropriated.
Section 13: Department of Commerce money
appropriated to various funds.
Section 14: Public Utilities Commission money
appropriated.
Section 15: Account transfers provided for.
ARTICLE 2: LABOR AND
INDUSTRY
Section 1: License exceptions modified.
Section 2: Employer
compliance orders language modified.
Section 3: Architecture provisions
limitation language modified to include elevator contractors.
Section 4:
Applicable law provisions modified to include combative sports
statutes.
Section 5: Commissioner licensing orders provisions language
modified.
Section 6: Construction licensing fee due date modified.
Section 7:
State Building Code policy and purpose modified.
Section8: Public building
definition modified.
Section 9: State Building Code application language
modified.
Section 10: "Direct supervision" defined and clarified.
Section 11:
Elevator contractor defined.
Section 12: Limited elevator contractor
defined.
Section 13: Limited elevator work defined.
Section 14: Elevator work
defined.
Section 15: Master elevator constructor defined.
Section 16: Limited
master elevator constructor defined.
Section 17: Limited journeyman elevator
constructor defined.
Section 18: Journeyman elevator constructor
defined.
Section 19: Registered unlicensed elevator constructor
defined.
Section 20: Residential dwelling defined.
Section 21: Responsible
licensed individual defined.
Section 22: Various elevator licenses provided
for.
Section 23: Elevator construction permit validity clarified.
Section 24:
Elevator construction department permit and inspections fees provided.
Section
25: Operating permits and fees, and periodic inspections language
modified.
Section 26: Commissioner rule adoption language modified.
Section
27: Request for inspection defined and clarified.
Section 28: License,
registration, and renewal fees language modified.
Section 29: Licensing
exemptions language modified.
Section 30: Inspection exemptions language
modified.
Section 31: Utility interconnected wind generation installation fees
provided.
Section 32: Municipality agreement provisions modified.
Section 33:
Plan review and audit fee language modified.
Section 34: Plumbing permit and
fees modified.
Section 35: Real property owner definition modified.
Section
36: License prerequisite two year experience exemption provided.
Section 37:
Commissioner of Labor and Industry definition modified.
Section 38: Combative
Sports Advisory Council language modified.
Section 39: Combative Sports
Commissioner duties modified.
Section 40: Combative Sports Commissioner
jurisdiction modified.
Section 41: Combative Sports prelicensure requirements
modified.
Section 42: Combative Sports license expiration and renewal dates
modified.
Section 43: Combative Sports fee schedule modified.
Section 44:
Various Minnesota statutes and rules repealed.
ARTICLE 3: EMPLOYMENT, ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Section 1: Cost of living study and
report required.
Section 2: Labor market information data production reports
required.
Section 3: Host community economic development grant program created
and provided for.
Section 4: Minnesota Investment Fund administration provision
language modified.
Section 5: Minnesota Investment Fund eligible expenditures
modified.
Section 6: Minnesota Investment Fund disaster contingency account
provision modified.
Section 7: Minnesota Investment Fund applicant requirements
for assistance modified.
Section 8: Minnesota Job Creation Fund created,
defined, and provided for.
Section 9: Trade Policy Advisory Group established
and membership, administration, and duties provided.
Section 10: Minnesota
Trade Offices required to be established in foreign markets and commissioner
duties provided.
Section 11: Minnesota State Trade and Export Promotion (STEP)
grants program established.
Section 12: Invest Minnesota marketing initiative
establishment required.
Section 13: Office of Broadband Development
established, defined, and provided for.
Section 14: Coordination of broadband
infrastructure development defined and provided for.
Section 15: Local
workforce center services provided.
Section 16: Film production jobs program
provisions modified.
Section 17: Student job placement provisions
modified.
Section 18: Fiber collaboration database provided for.
Section 19:
Community support services employment provision modified.
Section 20 and 21:
Employment support services for persons with mental illness provisions
modified.
Section 22 Dakota County Community Development Agency Minnesota
Investment Fund eligibility provided for.
Section 23: Employment support and
independent living services for individuals with high-functioning autism,
Asperger's syndrome, nonverbal learning disorders, and pervasive development
disorders pilot program created and provided for.
Section 24: Customized
training pilot program for skilled manufacturing industries development and
implementation provided for.
Section 25: Skilled manufacturing reports
required.
Section 26: State broadband strategy report required.
Section 27:
Pilot programs combining career and higher education advising operation provided
for.
Section 28: Broadband goals annual report provision repealed.
ARTICLE 4:
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
Section 1: State dislocated worker program use of funds
provisions modified.
Section 2: Converting layoffs into Minnesota businesses
(CLIMB) program created and provided for.
Section 3: New employer tax rate
provisions modified.
Section 4: Unemployment benefit limitations on
applications and benefit accounts language modified.
Section 5: Additional
unemployment benefits availability modified.
Section 6: Additional unemployment
benefits eligibility conditions modified.
Section 7: Weekly unemployment
benefit amount language modified.
Section 8: Maximum amount of unemployment
benefits modified.
Section 9: Unemployment benefits provided to be available to
dislocated workers while in entrepreneurial training.
Section 10: Shared work
plan requirements modified.
Section 11: Shared work plan commissioner approval
required and language modified.
Section 12: Shared work plan notice to
participating employees required.
Section 13: Shared work applicant
requirements modified.
Section 14: Shared work plan amount of unemployment
benefits available modified.
Section 15: Cancellation or modification of shared
work plan provisions modified.
Section 16: Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Law
severability language modified.
Section 17: Unemployment insurance federal
conformity effective date provision modified.
Section 18: Unemployment
insurance employer tax reduction provided.
Section 19: Commissioner of
employment and economic development authorized to request federal shared work
funds.
Section 20: Shared work plans effective date provided.
ARTICLE 5:
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 1: Department of Administration paper
purchasing provision modified.
Section 2: Board of Barbers comprehensive
examination defined and clarified.
Section 3: Barbering fees modified.
Section
4: Barbering practices definition modified.
Section 5: Registered barber
certificate eligibility provisions modified.
Section 6: Registered barber
apprentice certificate eligibility modified.
Section 7: Instructor of barbering
registration eligibility modified.
Section 8: Barber school admission
requirements and course of instruction provisions modified.
Section 9: Board of
Barber Examiners application and fee provisions modified.
Section 10: Barber
examinations, conduct, and scope provisions modified.
Section 11: Board of
Barbering application provisions modified.
Section 12: Board of Barbering
examination of nonresidents provision modified.
Section 13: Board of Barbering
examination of nonresident apprentices provision modified.
Section 14:
Certificates of registration and temporary permit display standards
modified.
Section 15: Registered barber or apprentice failure to renew
provision modified.
Section 16: Various barbering registration administrative
penalties imposed.
Section 17: Municipal regulation of barber shop business
hours authorized.
Section18: Licensed barber or barber shop misrepresentation
prohibited.
Section 19: Barber pole symbol reserved for operators with valid
barber license.
Section 20: Cosmetology definition modified.
Section 21:
Cosmetology school manager licensing requirement modified.
Section 22:
Cosmetology instructor licensing requirement modified.
Section 23: Cosmetology
fee schedule modified.
Section 24: Cosmetology school and salon license
expiration provision modified.
Section 25: Cosmetology testing provision
modified.
Section 26: Cosmetology licensing renewal provision
modified.
Section 27: Nonresident cosmetology license provision
modified.
Section 28: Cosmetology continuing education requirements
modified.
Section 29: Salon licensing requirements modified.
Section 30:
Cosmetology school instruction requirements modified.
Section 31: Cosmetology
equipment, implements, or material use prohibitions clarified.
Section 32:
Office of Collaboration and Dispute Resolution establishment required.
Section
33: Commissioner of mediation grants authorized and provided for.
Section 34:
The office of the commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation
provisions modified.
Section 35: City of Eveleth tax distribution for the
support of the Hockey Hall of Fame provisions modified.
Section 36: Accountancy
Board certificate issuance and renewal timing changed.
Section 37: Accountancy
Board residents of other states' application provisions modified.
Section 38:
Accountancy Board fees modified.
Section 39: Accountancy Board foreign-issued
certificate provisions modified.
Section 40: Accountancy Board unlawful acts
provisions modified.
Section 41: Municipal planning "fair market value"
provision modified.
Section 42: Housing infrastructure bonds definition
modified.
Section 43: Minneapolis dedication fee provisions modified.
Section
44: St. Paul dedication fee provisions modified.
Section 45: Board of
Cosmetology good cause exemption provided for.
Section 46: St. Louis County
special fund distribution provided for.
Section 47: St. Paul Rivercentre Arena
repayment provision modified/
Section 48: Whiskey Road improvement funding
provided for.
Section 49: Revisor instructions for certain terms
provided.
Section 50: Certain statutes and rules repealed.
ARTICLE 6: COMMERCE
AND CONSUMER PROTECTION POLICY
Section 1: Insurance fraud prevention account
language modified.
Section 2: Fees other than examination fees provisions
modified.
Section 3: Commissioner of commerce duties modified.
Section 4: Coin
dealer registration fees provided for.
Section 5: Petroleum inspection fee
amount increased.
Section 6: Penalty to failure to file contract for deed
provision modified.
Section 7: Contracts for deed terms defined.
Section 8:
Contract for deeds involving residential property definitions provided, and
notice required and provided for.
Section 9: Additional real estate remedy
provisions modified.
Section 10: Department of Commerce administrative services
appropriations modified.
Section 11: Solar photovoltaic modules appropriation
provision modified.
Section 12: Possibility of Internet Web site link for
counseling certification entities study required by commissioner of
commerce.
Section 13: Contract for deed criminal penalty provision
repealed.
ARTICLE 7: UTILITY REGULATION
Section 1: Transmission cost
adjustment provisions modified.
Section 2: Recovery of gas utility
infrastructure costs provisions modified.
Section 3: Standard compliance rate
impact report provisions modified.
Section 4: Emissions-reduction rider
qualifying project provisions modified.
Section 5: Emissions-reduction rider
qualifying project exemptions provided.
Section 6: Emissions-reduction rider
sunset date extended.
Section 7: Utility environmental project cost recovery
provision modified.
Section 8: : Utility environmental project cost recovery
rate of return provided for.
Section 9: Gas utility infrastructure replacement
eligible cost recovery sunset date extended.
ARTICLE 8: PACE
Section 1:
Cost-effective energy improvements defined.
Section 2: Qualifying real property
definition modified.
Section 3: Energy improvements program for local
governments requirements modified.
Section 4: Energy improvements program for
local governments repayment provision modified.
Section 5: Energy improvements
program for local governments repayment through bond issuance provision
modified.
Section 6: Special assessment provision modified to include energy
improvement financing program exception.
ARTICLE 9: DISTRIBUTED
GENERATION
Section 1: Cogeneration and small power production applicability
provision modified.
Section 2: Cogeneration and small power production terms
defined.
Section 3: Small facility purchase provision modified.
Section 4: Net
metered facility provided for.
Section 5: Cogeneration and small power
production purchase provision applicability modified to include net metered
facilities.
Section 6: Public utility meter aggregation required and provided
for.
Section 7: Public Utility Commission allowed to limit cumulative
generation.
Section 8: Individual system capacity limits defined and provided
for.
Section 9: Cogeneration and small power production rules and uniform
contract provisions modified.
Section 10: Alternative tariff and compensation
for resource value provided for.
ARTICLE 10: SOLAR ENERGY
Section 1: Solar
energy incentive program operation required and provided for.
Section 2:
Community solar garden operation by public utilities defined and provided
for.
Section 3: Solar energy standard created and provided for.
Section 4:
Distributed energy resource provisions modified.
ARTICLE 11: MADE IN
MINNESOTA
Section 1: Solar photovoltaic module manufacturing in Minnesota
defined and provided for.
Section 2: "Made in Minnesota" solar energy
production incentive account established and provided for.
Section 3:"Made in
Minnesota" solar energy production incentive qualifications provided.
Section
4: "Made in Minnesota" solar energy production incentive determination provided
for.
Section 5: "Made in Minnesota" solar energy production incentive payment
provided for.
Section 6: Solar thermal rebates program operation provided
for.
ARTICLE 12: ENERGY POLICY DEVELOPMENT
Section 1: Planning strategy for
sustainable energy future development required and provided for.
Section 2:
Energy savings policy goal provision modified.
Section 3: Energy planning
provisions modified.
Section 4: Integration and transmission study for future
renewable energy study required and provided for.
Section 5: Value of on-site
energy storage study required and provided for.
Section 6: Value of solar
thermal projects study required and provided for.
Section 7: Renewable energy
study scope development required and provided for.
Section 8: Division of
Energy Resources in the Department of Commerce study and report
required.
ARTICLE 13: MISCELLANEOUS
Section 1: Guaranteed energy-savings
agreement provisions modified.
Section 2: Energy conservation improvement
definitions modified.
Section 3: Energy conservation improvement applied
research and development grant provisions modified.
Section 4: Energy
conservation improvement waste heat recovery and thermal energy distribution
provision added.
Section 5: Severability provided for.
Section 6: Greenhouse
gas infrastructure cost recovery provision repealed.