Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: HF0748

hf748FOURTH ENGROSSMENTOmnibus jobs and economic development finance
bill.ARTICLE 1�APPROPRIATIONS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTSection 1: Economic
development appropriations summary by fund +provided.Sec. 2: Trade and economic
development appropriations detailed.Sec. 3: Minnesota Technology, Inc.,
appropriations detailed.Sec. 4: Housing finance agency appropriations
detailed.Sec. 5: Commerce appropriations detailed.Sec. 6: Board of accountancy
appropriations detailed.Sec. 7: Board of architecture, engineering, land
surveying, +landscape architecture, geoscience, and interior design money
appropriated.Sec. 8: Board of barber examiners money appropriated.Sec. 9:
Labor and industry money appropriated.Sec. 10: Bureau of mediation services
money appropriated. Sec. 11: Workers' compensation court of appeals money
appropriated.Sec. 12: Public utilities commission money appropriated.Sec. 13:
Minnesota historical society money appropriated.Sec. 14: Council on Black
Minnesotans money appropriated.Sec. 15: Council on Chicano-Latino affairs money
appropriated.Sec. 16: Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans money
appropriated.Sec. 17: Indian affairs council money appropriated.Sec. 18: Board
of the arts money appropriated.Sec. 19: Department of education money
appropriated.Sec. 20: Cancellations and transfers detailed.ARTICLE
2�DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE; POLICY PROVISIONSSection 1: Government controlled
or owned company prohibited from +transacting business.Sec. 2: Fees other than
examination fees modified.Sec. 3: Rating prefile options established and
clarified.Sec. 4: Workers' compensation penalties modified.Sec. 5: "Qualified
hydroelectric facility" definition modified.Sec. 6: Director prohibited from
inspecting liquid petroleum gas +measuring equipment.Sec. 7: Petroleum
inspection fee raised.Sec. 8: Eligibility modified.Sec. 9: Suspension of
mortgage credit certificate aid provided.Sec. 10: Ambulance service liability
insurance study initiated.Sec. 11: Unclaimed property procedures
established.Sec. 12: Repealer.ARTICLE 3�DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY;
POLICY PROVISIONSSection 1: Division of voluntary apprenticeship replaced with
+division of labor standards and apprenticeship.Sec. 2: Conforming change.Sec.
3: Powers and duties for division of labor standards and +apprenticeship
specified.Sec. 4-6: Conforming changes.Sec. 7: Apprenticeship registration
account created and annual fee +imposed.Sec. 8-9: Conforming changes.Sec. 10:
Boiler inspection and license fee surcharge imposed.Sec. 11: Repealer.Sec. 12:
Effective date.ARTICLE 4�DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY; POLICY
PROVISIONSSection 1: Rehabilitation council for the blind meeting conditions
+clarified.Sec. 2: Meeting procedures established.Sec. 3: Plan to reduce
number of workforce service areas required.ARTICLE 5�PETROFUNDSection 1:
"Tank" definition modified.Sec. 2: Authorized expenditures modified.Sec. 3:
Reimbursements, subrogation, and appropriation regulations +modified.Sec. 4:
Natural disaster area reimbursement provided.Sec. 5: Abandoned underground
storage tank regulations provided.Sec. 6: Registration procedures modified.Sec.
7: Repealer.Sec. 8: State tank removal provided.ARTICLE 6�DEPARTMENT OF
TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY +PROVISIONSSection 1: Departmental duties
modified.Sec. 2-4: Miscellaneous conforming changes, appropriation
+modifications, and language updates.Sec. 5: "Job enhancement" defined.Sec. 6:
Challenge grants purpose clarified.Sec. 7: Funding regions addressed.Sec. 8:
Revolving loan fund changed to revolving fund.Sec. 9: Loan criteria changed to
assistance criteria.Sec. 10: Revolving fund administration regulations
modified.Sec. 11: Reporting requirements modified. Sec. 12: Required content
modified.Sec. 13: Conforming change.Sec. 14: Purpose of Minnesota investment
fund expanded.Sec. 15: Eligible projects clarified.Sec. 16: Grant limit
doubled.Sec. 17: Contractual obligation clarified.Sec. 18: Enrollment of loans
without commissioner's full premium +payments authorized.Sec. 19: Authorized
rural rehabilitation account expenditures +modified.Sec. 20: Conforming
change.Sec. 21: Wage and job goals clarified.Sec. 22: Technical.Sec. 23: Job
skills partnership program language updated.Sec. 24: Grant usage clarified.Sec.
25: Pathways program regulations modified.Sec. 26-27: Grants regulations
modified.Sec. 28: Date extended.Sec. 29: Administrative cost limits
increased.Sec. 30: Rapid response activities established.Sec. 31: "Low-income
area" definition modified.Sec. 32: NAFTA and FTAA review and report
required.Sec. 33: Repealer. ARTICLE 7�VAPOR RECOVERYSection 1: Retail
locations and transport vehicles addressed.Sec. 2: Issuance authority
provided.Sec. 3: Penalty amount modified.Sec. 4: "Retail location"
defined.Sec. 5: "Transport delivery vehicle" defined.Sec. 6: "Vapor recovery
system" defined.Sec. 7: Vapor recovery system regulations provided.Sec. 8:
Vapor recovery on transports addressed.Sec. 9: Preemption clause
expanded.ARTICLE 8�MOTOR VEHICLE INSTALLMENT SALESSection 1: Technical.Sec. 2:
Fee increased.Sec. 3: Technical.Sec. 4: Vehicle sales finance company
violations excess charges +regulations established.Sec. 5: Effective date.
ARTICLE 9�MISCELLANEOUSSection 1: Public data expanded.Sec. 2: Maximum
expenditure for construction or acquisition of art +provided.Sec. 3: Eligible
persons list modified.Sec. 4: Minnesota humanities commission eliminated.Sec.
5: "Indian" definition modified.Sec. 6: Board of directors regulations
modified.Sec. 7: Advisory committee expiration date provided.Sec. 8: Minnesota
technology account modified.Sec. 9: Fees provided.Sec. 10: Member regulations
modified.Sec. 11: Fees provided.Sec. 12: Administrative penalties
provided.Sec. 13: Effect on local ordinance notification requirements
+expanded.Sec. 14: License fees authorized.Sec. 15: Utility regulatory review
required and rural concerns +provided.Sec. 16: Transfer of responsibilities for
Indian business loan +program provided.Sec. 17: Seasonal agricultural
operations relating to manufactured +home park exclusions provided.Sec. 18:
Repealer.Sec. 19: Effective date.AE