Legislative Session number- 81

Bill Name: SF0950

Revisor's bill; correcting erroneous, ambiguous and omitted text and obsolete
references; eliminating certain redundant, conflicting and superseded
provisions; making miscellaneous technical corrections to statutes and other
lawsARTICLE 1 - GENERALCorrecting erroneous text, removing obsolete references
and making certain technical corrections in certain provisions relating to
judicial appointments by the chief justice of the supreme court, the executive
director of the Indian affairs council under the definition of public official
for ethics purposes, the disposition of income from the permanent school fund,
emergency management powers of the governor, reimbursement by the state to local
government units for certain equipment losses, the expiration of certain
advisory councils and committees, federal transportation contracts prepayment,
energy conservation projects, the state information infrastructure, public
facilities authority bond purchase agreements approval exemption, trust
institution offices and mortgage originator and servicer definitions, the duty
of the Minnesota comprehensive health association (MCHA) to solicit
participation, private employers ceasing to be self insured for workers
compensation purposes, lake improvement district boards, the draining of public
waters wetlands, hazardous waste processing facilities siting and review, the
environmental response, compensation and compliance account, petroleum tank
release cleanup, public facilities authority wastewater financial assistance,
the definition of business license, eminent domain permits or licenses, certain
duties of the commissioner of children, families and learning and of the office
of drug policy and violence prevention, early childhood learning and child
protection facility grants, lead abatement program contractors, AFDC child care
program eligibility, school districts use of health and safety revenue, taconite
deductions from general education aid, administration of the Minnesota state
colleges and universities (MnSCU) individual retirement account plan (IRAP), the
practice of veterinary medicine by corporations, payments from the highway user
tax distribution fund, the administrative motor vehicle forfeiture procedure,
enhanced penalties for driving while under the influence of alcohol or
controlled substance (DWI), provisional drivers license applications, the
issuance of agency identification cards, the transfer of certain powers to and
the issuance of certain administrative penalty orders by the commissioner of
transportation (DOT), unfair labor practices, surviving spouse paid wages due,
the definition of school district for elections purposes, hazardous materials
incident reporting requirements exemptions, petroleum product specifications,
the adult and children mental health acts, medical assistance (MA) nursing
facility preadmission screening reimbursements, Minnesota family investment
program-statewide (MFIP-S) orientation information, certain foster care
agreements, adoption, head start program requirements disaster waivers, payment
of the mortgage registry tax, private cemeteries, liquor importation restriction
exceptions, powers of the public facilities authority, mental health crisis
housing assistance, distribution of certain proposed rules by the supreme court,
the location of the state library, the unauthorized practice of law, the right
of first refusal for agricultural land, the administrative process for child and
medical support orders, the original intent of the law prohibiting depriving
another of custodial or parental rights and compensation plans for certain state
employees; validating certain acts of the White Bear conservation district board
for recodification clarification purposes; specifying certain term change
instructions to the revisor of statutes; repealing certain obsolete, expired,
redundant and conflicting provisions ARTICLE 2 - EXPIRED ADVISORY
COMMITTEESRemoving certain references to the expired farmed cervidae,
nutritional supplementation products and statewide caregiver support and respite
care project advisory committees; repealing the office of citizenship and
volunteer services advisory committee, the workers compensation data service
organization rules advisory committee, the way to grow school readiness program
advisory committee, the x-ray machines and facilities advisory committee, the
traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries rules review committee, the veterans
cemetery advisory council, the aversive or deprivation procedures use advisory
committee and the nursing facilities medical assistance (MA) reimbursement
system reform advisory committee ARTICLE 3 - LEGISLATIVE WATER COMMISSION
Redirecting certain reports relating to sustainable agriculture, integrated pest
management, the agricultural best management practices loan program, water
quality permit rules, the pesticide management plan, chemical incident
reimbursements, statewide water research needs and water policy and resources
protection, groundwater (ground water) protection and the use of the
environmental response, compensation and compliance account submitted to the
abolished legislative water commission to the appropriate legislative
committees(ra)