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93 Documents Found in Legislative Session 87 (2011-2012)
for Authors of "Benson, J."

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House HF1953 3 02/01/2012 Text icon Abeler Bullying prohibited in public schools.
House HF0550 1 02/17/2011 Text icon Anzelc General education basic formula allowance increased.
House HF2290 2 02/22/2012 Text icon Atkins Minnesota Insurance Marketplace Act established, powers and duties prescribed, and money appropriated.
House HF0155 3 02/24/2011 Text icon Benson, J. Levy limits abolished.
House HF0172 3 04/05/2012 Text icon Benson, J. Counselor to student ratio minimum established, and report required.
House HF0216 1 01/26/2011 Text icon Benson, J. Referendum allowance limit eliminated.
House HF0217 1 01/26/2011 Text icon Benson, J. Equity revenue formula modified.
House HF0218 1 01/26/2011 Text icon Benson, J. Location equity index created, general education revenue formula modified, and revenue increased for some school districts.
House HF0219 2 02/09/2011 Text icon Benson, J. School district mandates reduced, additional flexibility allowed, and fund transfers authorized.
House HF0261 1 01/31/2011 Text icon Benson, J. Narrow-leaved cattail mechanical control allowed without an aquatic plant management permit.
House HF0388 6 04/05/2011 Text icon Benson, J. Dog and cat breeder standards of care provided, fees established, rulemaking authorized, criminal penalties provided, and money appropriated.
House HF0475 2 02/17/2011 Text icon Benson, J. Food shelves and food stamp outreach money appropriated.
House HF1064 1 03/14/2011 Text icon Benson, J. Crow Wing State Park land purchase funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
House HF1512 1 04/18/2011 Text icon Benson, J. Geothermal energy from municipal wells cooling capacity study required.
House HF1589 1 04/27/2011 Text icon Benson, J. Crow Wing State Park funding provided to acquire land within statutory boundaries, and money appropriated.
House HF1701 2 05/18/2011 Text icon Benson, J. Abusive work environment practices prohibited and remedies established.
House HF1735 1 05/19/2011 Text icon Benson, J. Minnesota Companion Animal Protection Act adopted.
House HF2929 1 03/19/2012 Text icon Benson, J. Day care facility property requirements changed.
House HF1069 4 03/14/2012 Text icon Bills Education boards created, and school boards allowed to reorganize as education boards.
House HF2790 1 03/12/2012 Text icon Bills Education boards created, and school boards allowed to reorganize as education boards.
House HF1257 7 01/26/2012 Text icon Clark Nonprofit housing bonds issued for community land trusts.
House HF0384 4 04/28/2011 Text icon Dettmer Campus veterans representative program sunset repealed.
House HF1353 2 04/05/2011 Text icon Dittrich Minnesota's permanent school trust lands independent authority created to manage, supervise, and administer.
House HF2075 3 03/12/2012 Text icon Dittrich Permanent school fund revenue required to be set aside for school technology purposes.
House HF2076 3 03/12/2012 Text icon Dittrich Permanent school trust land costs limited to not more than 30 percent of the lands' gross revenue for that year, and money appropriated.
House HF2077 3 03/12/2012 Text icon Dittrich Fire suppression cost portion which may be assessed against permanent school trust lands limited.
House HF0254 2 02/02/2011 Text icon Doepke Independent School District No. 284, Wayzata, permitted to participate in the alternative facilities revenue program.
House HF2658 3 03/21/2012 Text icon Doepke Individualized learning schools creation provided; site-governed school, postsecondary enrollment options, and charter school provisions modified.
House HF2792 3 04/02/2012 Text icon Doepke Lease levy expanded to include administrative space.
House HF0755 4 02/01/2012 Text icon Erickson School district pilot project established to examine joint operations to provide innovative delivery of programs and activities and share resources.
House HF0879 4 04/14/2011 Text icon Erickson Annual evaluations for principals established, and a group of experts and stakeholders convened to recommend a performance-based system model for these evaluations.
House SF0946 19 04/26/2012 263 Text icon Erickson School district pilot project established to examine joint operations to provide innovative delivery of programs and activities and share resources.
House HF0133 3 02/14/2011 Text icon Fritz Trial placements for eligible children allowed at the Minnesota State Academies.
House HF0495 10 02/08/2012 Text icon Garofalo Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote enacted.
House HF2338 1 02/16/2012 Text icon Garofalo State Lottery director authorized to establish gaming machines at a licensed racetrack, gaming machine revenue fee imposed, powers and duties provided to the director, and money dedicated for education.
House HF0345 3 02/10/2011 Text icon Greiling School finance system modified, new education funding framework created, and income tax schedule changes made.
House HF0883 3 03/14/2011 Text icon Greiling Commissioner of education's role in approving, certifying, and recertifying online learning providers clarified.
House HF1187 2 03/21/2011 Text icon Greiling Early childhood and family, prekindergarten through grade 12, and adult education, including general education, education excellence, special programs, facilities and technology, nutrition and accounting, libraries, early childhood education, prevention, self-sufficiency and lifelong learning, and state agencies provided for, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated.
House HF2026 1 01/30/2012 Text icon Greiling School boards and teacher representatives offered a financial incentive to sign a collective bargaining agreement by January 15 in an even-numbered year, and money appropriated.
House HF2068 1 02/01/2012 Text icon Gunther State Lottery director authorized to establish gaming machines, fee on gaming machine revenue imposed, and powers and duties provided to the director.
House HF0824 3 03/21/2011 Text icon Hackbarth Metropolitan regional park funding provided for operation and maintenance, and money appropriated.
House SF0248 12 04/18/2012 217 Text icon Hamilton New radiation therapy facility construction criteria established, and radiation therapy facility capacity study required.
House HF0383 11 04/03/2012 Text icon Hamilton New radiation therapy facility construction criteria established, and radiation therapy facility capacity study required.
House HF0754 2 03/03/2011 Text icon Hamilton Medical assistance dental coverage modified, and dental services program established for the aged, blind, or disabled.
House HF1249 1 03/21/2011 Text icon Hilty United States Congress and the President of the United States urged to reorder federal spending priorities.
House HF0488 1 02/14/2011 Text icon Hortman Voluntary full-day kindergarten funding authorized.
House HF0762 2 03/03/2011 Text icon Hortman Public residential high school established for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
House HF2925 2 03/20/2012 Text icon Hortman Foreclosure prohibited if the lender has not acted on a loan modification request.
House HF0294 1 01/31/2011 Text icon Kahn State Lottery director authorized to operate slot machines at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
House HF0296 1 01/31/2011 Text icon Kahn Lieutenant governor office abolished, and constitutional amendment proposed.
House HF1438 1 04/11/2011 Text icon Kahn Health insurance benefits required to be made available to domestic partners of state employees if they are also made available to spouses.
House HF2175 3 03/13/2012 Text icon Kahn Constitutional amendment process modified requiring a two-thirds vote of each house of the legislature to submit a constitutional amendment to the people, and constitutional amendment proposed.
House HF2385 4 03/12/2012 Text icon Kath Teacher unrequested leave of absence provisions modified.
House SF0170 17 05/19/2011 45 Text icon Kieffer Teacher candidates required to pass basic skills exam.
House HF0183 2 01/27/2011 Text icon Kieffer Teacher candidates required to pass basic skills exam.
House HF1761 2 01/24/2012 Text icon Laine Civil union contracts provided.
House HF2281 2 02/16/2012 Text icon Laine Patient record copying charge by providers decreased.
House HF0344 3 02/24/2011 Text icon Lanning Public housing rehabilitation funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
House HF0337 3 02/09/2011 Text icon Lenczewski County levies excluded in computing tax increment and making conforming changes.
House HF0338 3 02/09/2011 Text icon Lenczewski Tax increment financing districts or plans establishment and expansion prohibited.
House HF0357 4 02/17/2011 Text icon Lenczewski Metropolitan fiscal disparities program repealed.
House HF0363 2 02/07/2011 Text icon Lenczewski Former legislators, constitutional officers, agency heads, and legislative employees prohibited from lobbying for legislative or administrative action for one year after leaving office.
House HF0398 3 02/09/2011 Text icon Lenczewski Property tax aid and credit programs eliminated except those paid directly to the taxpayer; homeowner property tax refund program enhanced; maintenance of effort requirements terminated; local sales tax prohibition eliminated; metro and iron range fiscal disparities programs eliminated; and levy limits, green acres, rural preserves, and metropolitan agricultural preserves repealed.
House HF2454 1 02/22/2012 Text icon Lenczewski Corporate franchise base expanded and rate reduced, and single-sales apportionment accelerated.
House HF0669 6 04/02/2012 Text icon Loon Early childhood education scholarship finance system created, early education worker training and retainment tax credits provided, early childhood education programming quality improved, and money appropriated.
House HF0743 6 04/11/2011 Text icon Loon Cigarette definition modified, study proposed, report required, and money appropriated.
House HF2729 19 04/20/2012 Text icon Loon Parent-child home program funding provided, and money appropriated.
House HF0044 4 01/20/2011 Text icon Mariani High school assessments established to determine college and career readiness, and reports required.
House HF0048 3 01/18/2011 Text icon Mariani Academic math standards revised to incorporate the common core state standards for mathematics.
House HF0751 3 03/16/2011 Text icon Mariani School boards prohibited from withholding students' grades for failing to pay school lunch debts, discrimination against students eligible to receive a free or reduced-price lunch prohibited, and parameters for collecting unpaid school lunch debts established.
House HF0752 2 03/03/2011 Text icon Mariani School boards prohibited from withholding students' grades for failing to pay school lunch debts.
House HF1775 2 02/03/2012 Text icon Marquart Market value homestead credit restored.
House HF0729 4 05/02/2011 Text icon McFarlane BioBusiness Alliance money appropriated.
House HF0898 2 03/14/2011 Text icon McFarlane Metropolitan regional parks funding provided from the parks and trails fund, and money appropriated.
House HF2737 3 03/13/2012 Text icon Murphy, E. Health plans required to cover contraceptive methods, sterilization, and related medical services, patient education, and counseling without enrollee cost-sharing, and exceptions provided.
House HF1071 4 03/19/2012 Text icon Norton Autism spectrum disorder coverage provided.
House HF2244 29 04/26/2012 249 Text icon O'Driscoll Permanent School Fund Advisory Committee changed into a legislative commission, and director provided for school trust lands.
House HF2934 4 03/28/2012 Text icon Persell State government and veteran affair funding provided, fund transfers provided for, various fees and accounts provided for, military burial honor provisions clarified, GI Bill program modified, and money appropriated.
House HF0117 3 01/26/2011 Text icon Peterson, S. High-need public high school grant program funding provided for additional student counseling services, and money appropriated.
House HF0360 4 03/14/2011 Text icon Peterson, S. School district provision of educational services to students without disabilities from other states requirement clarified.
House HF1158 1 03/16/2011 Text icon Peterson, S. Startup business loan guarantee program developed, loan guarantee trust fund established, report required, and money appropriated.
House HF2604 1 02/29/2012 Text icon Quam Permissible fund transfer expanded.
House HF1940 3 02/01/2012 Text icon Rukavina Elections; right provided to be absent from work in order to vote, and eligible elections expanded.
House HF0322 25 05/09/2012 297 Text icon Scott Parenting time presumption increased.
House HF0071 2 01/18/2011 Text icon Simon School districts authorized to use operating capital for costs associated with closing a school.
House HF2233 3 03/12/2012 Text icon Simon False claims provisions modified.
House HF2477 4 03/12/2012 Text icon Slawik State mineral leases eminent domain authority eliminated.
House HF0492 3 02/17/2011 Text icon Slocum Property valuation freeze and purchased foreclosed property improvements exclusion provided.
House HF0641 2 02/24/2011 Text icon Slocum Teacher and school administrator cultural competency training required for those seeking to renew their professional license.
House HF0556 13 05/14/2011 Text icon Smith Juvenile prostitutes in need of protection or services provisions amended, sexually exploited youth defined, prostitution crime penalty assessments increased, and distribution of the assessment amended; prostitution laws provisions clarified and recodified, and definitions modified; and money appropriated to the commissioner of public safety to develop a statewide victim services model.
House HF1963 7 03/12/2012 Text icon Wagenius University of Minnesota aquatic invasive species activities money appropriated.
House HF2088 1 02/08/2012 Text icon Winkler Legislature; various reforms enacted; districting principles established and commission appointment provided for; council to determine legislator compensation established; executive and judicial official compensation council modified; state government funding provided for if a complete budget is not enacted; executive branch unexpended allotments authority modified; meeting times prohibited; officers of major political parties prohibited from legislature employment; and economic disclosure requirement expanded.
House HF0803 3 04/02/2012 Text icon Woodard MNovate commission created.