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• </c><00:05:07.919><c> fund</c> additional costs to the general fund additional costs to the general fund
• these costs back into the general fund.
• </c><00:08:38.320><c> So</c> costs back into the general fund. So costs back into the general fund.
• I'll start on line 133: net general fund. The PUC has $3.8 million of general fund spending.
• We Minnesota Rural Electric Association.

Bills: HF2438

Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school

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• I have driven electric vehicles (EVs) since 2012.
• My wife and I have driven electric vehicles for 12 years and 225,000 miles.
• are at least paying state sales tax on the electricity they're using to charge their vehicles.
• I paid $167 of Minnesota state sales tax for that electricity and my wife paid $218.21.
• We also oppose the increase in the electric vehicle surcharge from $75 to $200.

Bills: HF2438

Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school

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• </c> revenues has not been due to electric revenues has not been due to electric vehicles,<00:03:40.560
• <00:15:37.600><c> and</c><00:15:37.920><c> my</c><00:15:38.079><c> wife</c> electricity and my wife electricity
• Uh that's all I electricity for the EV.
• This was already state's general fund.
• </c> you know the more broadly to the general you know the more broadly to the general transportation

Bills: HF2438

Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school

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• :29.200><c> the</c><00:10:29.440><c> special</c> generate revenue into the special generate revenue into
• But for my generation and all generations after us, climate change is an existential threat to all of
• vehicle funding bill that would electric vehicle funding bill that would generate<00:48:54.079><c> mit
• </c><00:53:39.359><c> fund</c> 2025 was 28.2 million in general fund 2025 was 28.2 million in general
• </c><01:07:15.520><c> We</c> electric vehicle fee increase. We electric vehicle fee increase.

Bills: HF2438

Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school

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• </c> adjustment on 189 and facilities adjustment on 189 and facilities modernization<00:09:51.680><c>
• </c><00:10:08.160><c> fund</c> uh decreases the general fund uh decreases the general fund appropriation
• </c> of the general of the general fund.<00:15:20.160><c> Uh</c><00:15:20.560><c> then</c><00:15:21.040
• So it's a general fund in the tales.
• Um and so the general fund revenue.

Bills: HF2438

Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school

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• Everything goes down the same drain to the same treatment facility.
• We talk a lot about preserving generational farms.
• What happens to the next generation and beyond?
• facilities.
• To hold generation facilities accountable, Senate Bill 2321 requires that the owner-operators take commercially

Bills: HB1341, HB1674, HB4028, SB2321

Keywords: hydrogen sulfide, public health, environmental regulation, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, ground level concentrations, emissions limit, emissions limits, ground-level concentrations, air quality, PFAS, agriculture, environmental protection, health risks, criminal offense, chemical regulation, preproduction plastic, water quality, pollution control, industrial waste, emissions

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• First, it removes the no-cost allowances to waste-energy facilities.
• supplied to an AJF manufacturing facility.
• There is one waste-to-energy facility in our state, and it is in Spokane.
• And doing an analysis, facility by facility, means that we can look at not just the differences between
• And doing an analysis, facility by facility, means that we can look at not just the differences between

Bills: HB2416, HB2537, HB2575, HB2322

Keywords: waste management, energy, climate action, environmental regulations, fair treatment, renewable energy, sustainability, emissions, climate commitment act, environmental regulation, trade regulation, facility compliance, reporting obligations, energy laws, compliance, business impact, alternative fuel, carbon reduction, aviation, energy production

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• generation during major outages.
• , uh, National Electric Safety Code.
• Uh, that is generally my issues with this bill.
• I'm a fifth-generation Texan, and I'm opposed to HB 3225.
• This ensures co-generation facilities supplying power and thermal energy to both desalinization and data

Bills: HB 45, HB 755, HB 1232, HB 1555, HB 2460, HB 2702, HB 2973, HB 3120, HB 3225, HB 3314, HB 3356, HB 3371, HB 3634, HB 3638, HB 4247, HB 4283, HB 4290, HB 4302, HB 4503, HB 4511, HB 4565, HB 4581, HB 4627, HB 4632, HB 4660, HB 4668, HB 4960, HB 5042

Keywords: housing, affordable housing, rent control, landlord-tenant laws, housing rights, lobbying, public entities, expenditures, government code, transparency, Texas Ethics Commission, government regulation, lobbying restrictions, government accountability, taxpayer money, HB 1232, whistleblower, whistleblower protection, public employee, retaliation

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• To apply these requirements to all existing generators, including aging thermal generators, would further
• Again, Cliff Lange with South Texas Electric Co-op. I'm the general manager of STACK.
• Standards on all generators, because imposing standards only on new generators would not have fixed the
• generation.
• , and the Attorney General looks at it. ...the Attorney General says, "You know what, I agree with you

Bills: HB45, HB755, HB 1232, HB1555, HB2460, HB2702, HB2973, HB3120, HB3225, HB3314, HB3356, HB3371, HB3634, HB3638, HB4247, HB4283, HB4290, HB4302, HB4503, HB4511, HB4565, HB4581, HB4627, HB4632, HB4660, HB4668, HB4960, HB5042, HB45

Keywords: housing, affordable housing, rent control, landlord-tenant laws, housing rights, lobbying, public entities, expenditures, government code, transparency, Texas Ethics Commission, government regulation, lobbying restrictions, government accountability, taxpayer money, HB 1232, whistleblower, whistleblower protection, public employee, retaliation

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• generation during major... ...outages.
• We've done this to protect the public and provide reliable electric service to our members.
• Electricity to customers that we have the privilege to serve.
• That is generally my issue with this bill.
• I'm a fifth-generation Texan, and I'm opposed to HB3225. 3225.

Bills: HB45, HB45, HB755, HB 1232, HB1555, HB2460, HB2702, HB2973, HB3120, HB3225, HB3314, HB3356, HB3371, HB3634, HB3638, HB4247, HB4283, HB4290, HB4302, HB4503, HB4511, HB4565, HB4581, HB4627, HB4632, HB4660, HB4668, HB4960, HB5042

Keywords: flooding, disaster response, emergency preparedness, state guidance, public safety, housing, affordable housing, rent control, landlord-tenant laws, housing rights, lobbying, public entities, expenditures, government code, transparency, Texas Ethics Commission, government regulation, lobbying restrictions, government accountability, taxpayer money

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• It also requires these facilities to provide.
• HB 3306 would add a very limited number of exceptions for electric utility contracting for electric infrastructure
• OK, but I guess my question is, we generally have bills only.
• House Bill 144 requires each electric utility electric co-op and municipally owned utility to submit
• SB 2395 by Creighton relating to general obligation bonds.

Bills: HJR98, HJR8, HJR133, HB23, HB33, HB144, HB 109, HB 103, HB148, HB3809, HB1686, HB2217, HB2156, HB220, HB2421, HB2363, HB3773, HB421, HB2584, HB2615, HB2455, HB3711, HB2559, HB3747, HB2775, HB2886, HB3126, HB3666, HB3595, HB3260, HB3506, HB1638, HB3376, HB3826, HB3628, HB1349, HB3770, HB1831, HB1762, HB2614, HB3113, HB267, HB322, HB431, HB869, HB 1203, HB 1201, HB 1244, HB1875, HB1950, HB2152, HB2290, HB2341, HB2436, HB2809, HB2856, HB3012, HB2954, HCR56, HCR102, HB 107, HB1587, HB3684, HB658, HJR99, HB1399, HJR5, HJR2, HJR6, HJR31, HB1971, SJR3, HB1775, HJR72, HB502, HB3109, HJR98, HJR8, HJR133, HB 118, HB388, HB 114, HB205, HB2789, HB2791, HB499, HB2960, HB3163, HB3135, HB2427, HB1618, HB1672, HB1722, HB1338, HB787, HB2618, HB879, HB 1126, HB4134, HB3513, HB718, HB1536, HB1445, HB1640, HB1893, HB1734, HB3229, HB3306, HB 1276, HB3272, HB3276, HB3516, HB4145, HB1585, HB4810, HB2989, HB2558, HB3014, HB2742, HB1695, HB23, HB33, HB144, HB 109, HB 103, HB148, HB3809, HB1686, HB2217, HB2156, HB220, HB2421, HB2363, HB3773, HB421, HB2584, HB2615, HB2455, HB3711, HB2559, HB3747, HB2775, HB2886, HB3126, HB3666, HB3595, HB3260, HB3506, HB1638, HB3376, HB3826, HB3628, HB1349, HB3770, HB1831, HB1762, HB2614, HB3113, HB267, HB322, HB431, HB869, HB 1203, HB 1201, HB 1244, HB1875, HB1950, HB2152, HB2290, HB2341, HB2436, HB2809, HB2856, HB3012, HB2954, HCR56, HCR102

Keywords: Article V, federal government, fiscal restraints, constitutional amendment, term limits, nuclear energy, electric generation, funding, Texas nuclear development fund, advanced reactors, HJR 133, Texas constitutional amendment, ad valorem tax, property tax exemption, homestead exemption, surviving spouse, veteran, veterans benefits, service-connected death, presumed service-connected condition

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• I was diagnosed with generalized anxiety before I entered middle school and struggled with depression
• anxiety before I entered generalized anxiety before I entered middle<00:26:15.840><c> school</c><00:
• If there were an excess in that amount, that would cancel to the general fund.
• I generally talk about outside groups, the paid folks.
• groups I I generally talk about the<01:42:21.960><c> paid</c><01:42:22.199><c> folks</c><01:42:23.040

Bills: HF56, HF780

Keywords: HF56, Minnesota bonding bill, capital investment, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, Hutchinson Area Transportation Services, Hutchinson, McLeod County, transportation facility, vehicle storage, equipment storage, fueling facility, temperate storage, local infrastructure, public works, general obligation bonds, education finance, school funding, state aid, appropriations

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• The Department of Ecology must require publicly owned facilities to obtain individual or CAFO general
• There must be provisions requiring the facility to curtail its electricity use during an energy emergency
• These facilities must use electricity from renewable resources or nonemitting electric generation for
• The new electricity generating resources that will be built to Improved.
• The new electricity generating resources that will be built to serve new data centers will cost billions

Bills: HB2515, HB2343, HB2301, HB2272, HB2367

Keywords: energy facilities, large energy use, regulation, state oversight, infrastructure, water quality, game farms, public health, environmental protection, regulatory oversight, extended producer responsibility, paint waste management, environmental regulations, sustainability, recycling, ski areas, winter sports, terminology update, recreation, regulatory changes

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• In general, when purchasing electricity, a city or public utility cannot enter into a contract with a
• Non-emitting electricity generation is generation of electricity without the production of greenhouse
• For example, nuclear power is a non-emitting electricity generator. Now, renewable resources...
• So it sounds like a city or county can purchase public or privately generated non-emitting electricity
• Energy Northwest is a joint operating agency originally formed to build electric generation resources

Bills: HB2103, HB2388, HB2316, HB2006, HB2224

Keywords: renewable energy, nonemitting generation, public entities, contracting, electric generation, distributed energy, agricultural land, energy generation, renewable resources, siting regulations, land use, urban development, vegetation management, shrubsteppe, environmental regulation, economic development, sales tax, rural counties, industrial land banks, growth management

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• </c> they seem to generally increase. they seem to generally increase.
• </c> re-referred to the general register. re-referred to the general register.
• </c> to enter a daycare facility. to enter a daycare facility.
• </c> on their facilities. on their facilities.
• </c> what the facilities can do. what the facilities can do.

Bills: HF3415

Keywords: child care, day care, licensed child care center, license-exempt child care, immigration enforcement, ICE, Customs and Border Protection, CBP, USCIS, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, judicial warrant, facility access, sensitive locations, immigrant families, Minnesota Statutes chapter 142B, 1183, house

Bills: SB 437, SB 528, SB 626, SB 636, SB 884, SB 968, SB 1044, SB 1608, SB 2336

Keywords: healthcare, training, abuse, neglect, penalties, chemical dependency, safety, regulation, newborn screening, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, heritable diseases, public health, early detection, mental health, telemedicine, physical examination, healthcare access, inpatient facility, pharmaceuticals, Texas Pharmaceutical Initiative

Bills: SB 437, SB 528, SB 626, SB 636, SB 884, SB 968, SB 1044, SB 1608, SB 2336

Keywords: healthcare, training, abuse, neglect, penalties, chemical dependency, safety, regulation, newborn screening, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, heritable diseases, public health, early detection, mental health, telemedicine, physical examination, healthcare access, inpatient facility, pharmaceuticals, Texas Pharmaceutical Initiative

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• electric truck charging infrastructure.
• Decide where to put it in the models, and where you put that generation, what generation you pick, and
• Criteria: more dispatchable generation, long duration dispatchable generation, thermal generation would
• One is a lack of new generation where generation will have to be built.
• generated and where they run.

Bills: HB246, HB796, HB 1056, HB1544, HB1846, HB2001, HB2618, HB2625, HB2869, HB2898, HB3069, HB3114, HB3157, HB3228, HJR98, HB246

Keywords: federal directives, state authority, Tenth Amendment, government enforcement, local governance, gold standard, legal tender, currency, transactional currency, financial transactions, electronic payment systems, state finance, regulatory compliance, electric trucks, charging infrastructure, advisory council, transportation, sustainability, criminal penalties, official information

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• Members, this is Representative Hull's bill regarding supporting priority facilities.
• adding in Austin every year in terms of waste output as these facilities retire.
• So other electricity generators face numerous regulations involving their waste stream.
• Go to electric vehicles. I think we got a bill later today on electric trucks.
• In 2021, the 87th Legislature passed House Bill 1510, which permitted electric utilities...

Bills: HB246, HB796, HB 1056, HB1544, HB1846, HB2001, HB2618, HB2625, HB2869, HB2898, HB3069, HB3114, HB3157, HB3228, HJR98, HB246

Keywords: federal directives, state authority, Tenth Amendment, government enforcement, local governance, gold standard, legal tender, currency, transactional currency, financial transactions, electronic payment systems, state finance, regulatory compliance, electric trucks, charging infrastructure, advisory council, transportation, sustainability, criminal penalties, official information

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• So it’s not going to be the general public.
• , including at electric magnetic pulse.
• Wasn't the brass at the Louisiana National Guard, maybe the general, the general would know and make
• They don't own electricity.
• I'm here to represent Board Guard Electric.

Bills: HB241, HB267, HB467, HB673, HB744, HB798, HB1026, HB1027, HB1091, HB1096, HB1103, HB1212, HB1230

Keywords: financial records, consumer protection, banking law, disclosure, service of process, home inspectors, board membership, licensing, term limits, Louisiana State Board, residential roof, coastal zone, fortified roof, building standards, construction code, insurance, hurricane resilience, safety, security cameras, abandoned property