Capitol Review: Bill that Educates Parents of Minors Experiencing Marriage Dissolution

Editor's note: Capitol Review is a weekly look at what your state legislators are doing at the Minnesota Capitol—how they're voting, the bills they're writing and the issues they're getting behind. Come back to Eagan Patch every Monday for a new Capitol Review.

Here’s what’s happened this past week with bills authored or co-authored by local legislators:

State Sen. Ted Daley (R-District 38) of Eagan and Burnsville

• Authored a bill (SF0896) "permitting counties to perform private audit meeting standards of state auditor"; a bill (SF0932) "requiring that certain services be provided through a joint legislative office"; a bill (SF0933) "proposing the Back Office Consolidation Act, centralizing accounting, financial reporting, procurement, fleet services, human resources, and payroll functions in the Department of Administration, and proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes." He also authored a bill (SF0997) "relating to human services... requiring the commissioner of administration to develop requests for proposals to select vendors to operate certain Minnesota state-operated community services programs"; and a bill (SF1039) "relating to investment securities... gradually adjusting certain revenue-based filing fees beginning in fiscal year 2014."

State. Rep. Diane Anderson (R-District 38A) of Eagan

• Authored a bill (HF1215) to "modify certain children's mental health provisions regarding juvenile treatment screening", and a bill (HF1135) "requiring participation in a marriage dissolution education program in marriage dissolution or legal separation proceedings involving minor children; and proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes" (the bill would be effective Jan. 1, 2012.)

State. Rep. Doug Wardlow (R-District 38B) of Eagan

• Authored a bill (HF1274) "relating to business organizations, regulating the organization and operation of limited liability companies, enacting a revised uniform limited liability company act; providing conforming changes"; also authored a bill (HF1271) "relating to taxation... clarifying research and development base percentage"; and a bill (HF1220)"relating to legislative enactments, including correcting erroneous, ambiguous, and omitted text and obsolete references, removing redundant, conflicting, and superseded provisions, and making miscellaneous corrections to laws, statutes, and rules."