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Legislative Update

New laws from this session start to take effect on July 1st, with more beginning August 1st and later in the year. Among the ones taking effect this weekend are many of the transportation taxes and fees I discussed in my newsletter a few weeks ago.

Other laws taking effect this weekend include:


* A $125.7 million appropriation to the Office of Broadband Development. It also increases the amount available to a single project in the border-to-border broadband program to $10 million. Furthermore, it will set aside $20 million each year for projects where a 50% state match is insufficient. The lower-density program can fund up to 75% of project costs.
* A number of the provisions in the new legal cannabis law, including establishing a regulatory framework for statewide and local structures to regulate, tax, and manage cannabis sales to adults, begin this weekend.
* A Mental Health Parity and Substance Abuse Accountability Office is established within the Department of Commerce to oversee compliance reviews, review consumer and provider complaints, and serve as a resource for ensuring health plan compliance with mental health and substance abuse requirements.
* $2 million for the construction of gender-neutral bathrooms in schools.
* Within the Department of Education, an Office of the Inspector General will be established to detect and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse in departmental programs.
* $2.5 million to assist local governments with election infrastructure and staffing.
* A new law will require up to 32 weeks of mental health treatment before a peace officer or firefighter with a psychological condition such as PTSD, or other serious mental health issue, can apply for duty disability benefits from the Minnesota State Retirement System or the Public Employees Retirement Association.Public safety agencies will be required to continue paying the employee?s full salary and employer-provided benefits during the treatment period.
* Five new programs will be established to support small businesses and entrepreneurs: $12.9 million for the Small Business Assistance Partnerships Program; $10 million for the Minnesota Expanding Opportunity Fund Program; $5 million for Launch Minnesota, to spur innovation and grow technology startups; $5 million for an emerging developer fund program; and $3 million for a community wealthbuilding grant program.
* Triannual fees to register a boat will increase by 56% to 151% depending on the size and type of craft. New fees will include $209 for boats longer than 40 feet; $85 for all personal watercraft; $59 for boats between 17 feet and 19 feet; and $23 for sailboats smaller than 19 feet and kayaks, sailboards, paddleboats, or rowing shells longer than 10 feet.
* The Health Department is to produce a report on the status of the state's nursing workforce. It must include why licensed nurses are leaving direct care positions at hospitals; information on retention by hospitals of licensed nurses; and reasons licensed nurses are choosing not to renew their licenses and leave the profession altogether.
* The largest portion of the increased Office of Higher Education funding is $117.9 million for the ?North Star Promise? program, which will provide free tuition to the state?s public colleges and universities for qualifying students from families making $80,000 or less annually.
* A new law significantly curtails when a judge can issue a no-knock search warrant, only permitting it when a search cannot be executed while the premises is unoccupied and ?the occupant or occupants of the dwelling will present an immediate threat of death or injury to the officers executing the warrant if the officers announce their presence or purpose prior to entering the dwelling.?

To read the entire list of new laws beginning July 1, click here [ [link removed] ].

Boys and Girls Club

School District 742 PAKRAT Read & Roll summer reading program.?

District Visit

This week I visited the Eastside Boys and Girls Club - thank you all for your hospitality and for all the good work you do in our community!

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Please Contact Me

It?s an honor and privilege to work for you at the Capitol. Don?t hesitate to contact my office at any time this session to share your thoughts, concerns or ideas. I am here to serve you!

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