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SF 798 Senate Long Description

Relating to the organization, operation and financing of state +government, appropriating money for jobs, housing and economic development +purposes ARTICLE 1 � APPROPRIATIONS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Appropriating money to the commissioner of trade and economic +development (DTED) for Minnesota investment fund grants, for the Minnesota trade +office, for the job skills partnership program, for the office of tourism for+ marketing activities, for administration, for workforce and rehabilitation +services and for state services for the blind, to the housing finance agency (HFA)+ for the affordable rental investment fund, to the commissioner of commerce +for financial examinations, for the petroleum tank release cleanup board,+ for administrative services, for market assurance, for energy and telecommunications and for weights and measures, to the boards of +accountancy, architecture, engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, +geoscience and interior design and barber examiners, to the commissioner of +labor and industry for workers compensation, for workplace services and for +general support, to the bureau of mediation services for mediation services +and for labor management cooperation grants, to the workers compensation +court of appeals, to the public utilities commission (PUC), to the Minnesota +historical society for education and outreach, for preservation and access, for +the Minnesota international center, for the air national guard and +military museums, for project 120 and for Farmamerica, to the councils on +black Minnesotans, Chicano-Latino affairs and Asian-Pacific Minnesotans, to+ the Indian affairs council and to the arts board for operations and +services, for grants program and for regional arts councils; specifying certain +match requirements and providing for certain fund transfers ARTICLE 2 � DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE POLICY PROVISIONSRequiring and providing for an expedited filing system for use by +certain insurers to file rates and forms, granting the commissioner of +commerce the right to review rates; providing a large risk alternative rating +option (LRARO) filing procedure for use by workers compensation insurers for +certain employers, specifying the threshold; specifying certain contracting requirements for department of commerce inspection and testing of +liquid petroleum measuring equipment; removing certain authority and +responsibilities of the commissioner under the unfair cigarette sales act; repealing +the humanities commission and the definitions under certain uniform +deceptive trade practices provisions ARTICLE 3 � DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY POLICY PROVISIONS Merging the division of voluntary apprenticeship in the department of+ labor and industry with the division of labor standards; establishing the +apprenticeship registration account in the special revenue fund for deposit of an +annual specified registration fee; restricting the responsibilities of the +department relating to occupational safety and health to public employees, +removing certain responsibilities of the commissioner of health and certain +substances from the definition of hazardous substance and providing for +compliance with certain federal standards, removing the authority of the commissioner+ to adopt occupational safety and health standards other than federal +standards; eliminating certain requirements of employers relating to reducing +employee exposure to bloodborne pathogens; repealing the labor education +advancement grant program and certain provisions relating to occupational safety +and health regulations for private employers and to the registration of trade +secrets and certain rules relating to the adoption of federal occupational safety+ and health standards by reference, bloodborne pathogens exposure and +standard industrial classifications ARTICLE 4 � DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY POLICY PROVISIONSRepealing the displaced homemaker program(ra)