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Governor Dayton Signs Nineteen Bills into Law
5/31/2016 1:02:51 PM
ST. PAUL, MN – Today, Governor Mark Dayton signed nineteen bills into law.
Chapter 164, HF 3548: This bill changes certain regulations and penalties regarding special transportation service providers.
Chapter 165, SF 3376: This bill provides for sulfate effluent permit compliance.
Chapter 166, HF 2841: This bill modifies laws regarding electronic waste management provisions, and governs the metropolitan landfill contingency action trust account.
Chapter 167, HF 3308: This bill requires the court to provide information on alternative dispute resolution to parties in family law cases.
Chapter 168, SF 3368: This bill modifies permit requirements for temporary use of certain rights-of-way.
Chapter 169, SF 1111: This bill requires drivers to stop vehicles at the direction of a school bus traffic guard, and makes bus drivers not subject to seat belt fines from violations by certain passengers.
Chapter 170, SF 2378: This bill reforms the continuum of treatment for people with substance use disorders.
Chapter 172, SF 2527: This bill directs outdoor heritage fund appropriations, modifies evaluation provisions, modifies prior appropriations, and makes new appropriations.
Chapter 173, SF 2626: This bill ratifies labor agreements and compensation plans, ratifies increases in retirement agency directors’ salaries, and authorizes the pension boards to establish statewide pension plan director salaries.
Chapter 174, SF 3208: This bill creates a legislative task force on child care affordability, and requires a report to the Governor and Legislature.
Chapter 175, HF 3469: This bill modifies the crime of interfering with a body or scene of death, and increases the sentence for the crime.
Chapter 176, HF 2553: This bill eliminates respondent filing fees for orders for protection.
Chapter 179, HF 3142: This bill makes changes to laws regarding the statewide trauma system, home care, hearing instrument dispensers, Zika preparedness, and food, beverage, and lodging establishments.
Chapter 180, SF 877: This bill sets requirements for utilities crossing railroad rights-of-way.
Chapter 181, HF 3353: This bill establishes voluntary solar site management practices.
Chapter 182, HF 3333: This bill modifies the schedules of controlled substances.
Chapter 183, HF 3211: This bill allows for advance deposit wagering for horse-racing, and allows for horse-racing revenue.
Chapter 184, SF 3018: This bill makes some policy and technical changes to agriculture-related provisions and programs, allowing for solar site management, modifying the elk management plan, modifying an appropriation, establishing a Farmer-Lender Mediation Task Force and a Farm Safety Initiative, and requiring reports.
Chapter 185, SF 1440: This bill makes changes to the Minnesota prescription monitoring program.
