Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance Committee, Minnesota House of Representatives (decommissioned)

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The Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance Committee was a standing committee of the Minnesota House of Representatives. In the 2015 session, it was merged with the previous Environment and Natural Resources Policy Committee; a new Agriculture Policy Committee was spun off.

Function

The 2013-2014 House rules described the function of this committee as outlined below.

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(a) Except as provided in Rule 1.15, a House or Senate bill that directly, substantially, and specifically affects any present or future financial obligation, budget policy, or revenue of the State must be referred as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) to the appropriate Committee before the bill receives its second reading. A bill that negligibly affects any present or future financial obligation, budget policy, or revenue of the State is not subject to mandatory referral under this rule. (b) A bill subject to paragraph (a) reported by a finance committee must, if recommended to pass, be subsequently referred to the Ways and Means Committee, unless the bill has a negligible fiscal impact and is subject to direct reference to the Floor under Rule 6.05.

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Membership

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2013-2014

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance Members, 2013
Democratic members (12)	Republican members (7)
• Jean Wagenius, Chair	• Denny McNamara
• Andrew Falk, Vice chair	• Paul Anderson
• John Benson	• Dan Fabian
• David Bly	• Tom Hackbarth
• Karen Clark	• Rod Hamilton
• David Dill	• Debra Kiel
• Roger A. Erickson	• Paul Torkelson
• Mike Freiberg
• Rick Hansen
• Phyllis Kahn
• Jeanne Poppe
• Joann Ward

External links

• Minnesota House of Representatives