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HF 2746 House Long Description

hf2746 FIRST ENGROSSMENT Minnesota anti-terrorism act of adopted. Section 1: Minnesota anti-terrorism act of 2002 purpose provided. Sec. 2: Biological agents registry data classified. Sec. 3: Authority to close meetings to the public expanded to include security briefing meetings and other similar specified meetings. Sec. 4: Biological agents registry established, related terms defined, registration required, data practices defined, and cooperation with United States Centers for Disease Control provided. Sec. 5: Identification card expiration circumstances detailed, out-of-state driver's licenses or ID cards not acceptable as proof of lawful short-term admission to the United States, and procedure for demonstrating this proof of admission provided. Sec. 6: Expiration of licenses issued to persons in United States on temporary authority clarified. Sec. 7: Hazardous Materials driver qualifications established and detailed. Sec. 8: Hazardous Materials endorsement cancelled for certain offenses. Sec. 9: 911 service fee raised from 27 to 46 cents each month. Sec. 10: 35,000,000 dollars in state bonds issued "to refund local units of government for amounts expended for capital enhancements to the regionwide first phase system previously financed by the respective local units." Sec. 11: 911 telephone service fee raised. Sec. 12: Technical. Sec. 13: Penalties for falsely reporting crime increased. Sec. 14-15: Penalties for giving fictitious name other than nickname with intent to obstruct justice increased. Sec. 16: Penalties increased for trespassing at public works facilities. Sec. 17: Penalties for placing explosives with intent to destroy increased. Sec. 18: Penalties for use of weapon of mass destruction or "hoax weapon of mass destruction" established. Sec. 19: Penalties increased for threatening a "crime of violence." Sec. 20: Penalties increased for communicating purpose to terrorize. Sec. 21: Penalties for acts of terrorism provided. Sec. 22: "Acts of terrorism" included with crimes of violence list. Sec. 23: "Wire communication" definition modified. Sec. 24: "Electronic communications system" definition modified. Sec. 25: Offenses for which interception of wire or oral communication is authorized list expanded. Sec. 26: Procedure for authorizing interception of wire or oral communications clarified. Sec. 27: Conforming changes to section 26. Sec. 28: Provider of remote computing service or electronic communication service record keeping procedures detailed and disclosure of communication exceptions provided. Sec. 29: Conforming changes. Sec. 30: Hazardous materials driver disqualification convictions copy of offenses required. Sec. 31: Money appropriated to fund a study of the feasibility of requiring tagging of explosives. Sec. 32: Money appropriated. Sec. 33: Money appropriated to predesign the Camp Ripley Joint Military Law Enforcement Anti-Terrorism Training Facility. Sec. 34: 37,000,000 dollars appropriated to design, acquire, construct, furnish, and equip radio communications system infrastructure and extending it to Rochester and St. Cloud. Sec. 35: Bond sale authorized. Sec. 36: Bond sale authorized.AE