Committee Agenda

Committee:    House State Affairs
Room:     412
Date:    Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Time:    10:00 AM



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         SB 105     require an annual adjustment to the general fund levies of a school district by reducing local effort by nine million dollars from funds deposited in the property tax reduction fund from the tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products.
             Senators Knudson, Abdallah, Albers, Dempster, Duenwald, Gant, Garnos, Gray, Greenfield, Hansen (Tom), Hauge, Hunhoff, Lintz, McCracken, McNenny, Olson (Ed), Schmidt (Dennis), and Smidt (Orville) and Representatives Rhoden, Boomgarden, Brunner, Buckingham, Carson, Cutler, Davis, Deadrick, DeVries, Dreyer, Dykstra, Faehn, Gilson, Hackl, Hanks, Haverly, Heineman, Hills, Howie, Hunt, Jerke, Juhnke, Kirkeby, Koistinen, Krebs, Lust, McLaughlin, Nelson, Noem, Novstrup (Al), Novstrup (David), Olson (Betty), Olson (Russell), Olson (Ryan), Pederson (Gordon), Peters, Pitts, Putnam, Rausch, Rave, Rounds, Steele, Tidemann, Turbiville, Van Etten, Vanneman, Vehle, Weems, Wick, and Willadsen

         SB 207     increase the minimum wage.
             The Committee on State Affairs at the request of the Office of the Governor

NOTE: The above bills will be taken up in this order for a hearing on the date noted. If circumstances do not permit a hearing on this date then a hearing will be held at a future meeting of the committee to be determined by the chair. Action on a bill may come at any time after it has had a hearing.

BILLS FOR POSSIBLE ACTION WHICH HAVE HAD PRIOR HEARING.

         SB 157*     revise the funding for K-12 education and to create a teacher compensation assistance program.
             Senators Knudson, Abdallah, Albers, Bartling, Dempster, Garnos, Gray, Hansen (Tom), Hanson (Gary), Hauge, Heidepriem, Hunhoff, Jerstad, Koetzle, McCracken, Nesselhuf, Olson (Ed), and Peterson (Jim) and Representatives McLaughlin, Ahlers, Cutler, Gassman, Gillespie, Glenski, Halverson, Hargens, Jerke, Kirkeby, Krebs, Miles, Moore, Olson (Russell), Peters, Pitts, Steele, Tidemann, Vehle, and Willadsen

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LARRY RHODEN, Chair