LEGISLATURE: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: HOUSE RESEARCH DEPARTMENT:
An Inventory of Its Research Reports at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesota. Legislature. House of Representatives. House Research Department. | |
| Title: | Research Reports. | |
| Dates: | 1950, 1969-2002. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Reports prepared by legislative analysts on topics of substantial interest to legislators. Topics substantially represented in the reports include education, labor/management relations, local and urban affairs, the environment, land use, taxation, and public welfare. | |
| Quantity: | 1.4 cubic feet (2 boxes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Also includes "Human Services: Challenges for the 80's for Minnesota State Legislators," a report (1982) compiled and edited by Representative Shirley Hokanson, with assistance from the House Research Department.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Legislature. House of Representatives. House Research Department. Research Reports. Minnesota Historical Society.
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Accession Information:
Accession numbers: None; 985-163
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017047540104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| 117.H.4.1B | 1 | Agriculture: | |||||||||
| Prime Agricultural Lands: Legislative Options for Minnesota, by Allen Hopeman, December 1976. | |||||||||||
| A Minnesota Agricultural Conservation Program: Information for Legislators, by Allen Hopeman, January 1977. | |||||||||||
| Windbreak as a Soil Conservation Tool in Minnesota: Background for Legislators, by Allen Hopeman, January 1977. | |||||||||||
| Green Acres Law: The Use of Differential Assessment in Minnesota, by Allen Hopeman, February 1978. | |||||||||||
| Commerce, Economic Development, and Housing: | |||||||||||
| Report on Consumer Credit Code, February 1969. | |||||||||||
| Housing Aid Programs: A Guide for Minnesota Legislators, by Emily Shapiro, February 1980. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Housing Aid Programs: A Guide for Legislators, 1981, by Emily Shapiro. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota’s Economic Development Programs: A Guide for Legislators, by Doug Wilson, December 1987. | |||||||||||
| Criminal Justice: | |||||||||||
| Analysis of the Effect of Recent Changes in Minnesota’s DWI Laws: Summary of Three DWI Research Reports, March 1985. | |||||||||||
| AIDS and the Criminal Justice System: An Assessment of Legal and Policy Issues, by Emily Shapiro, January 1988. | |||||||||||
| Education: | |||||||||||
| An Analysis of the External Determinants of Spending by School Districts in Minnesota with a Model for Instructional Salary Expenditures, by Eileen M. Baumgartner, January 1975. | |||||||||||
| School Finance in Minnesota: A Presentation to the House Committee on Education, by Fara L. Peterson and Barbara M. Diamond, January 25, 1977. | |||||||||||
| Adult and Continuing Education: A Report to the Members of the House Committee on Higher Education, by Barbara M. Diamond and Fara L. Peterson, October 1977. | |||||||||||
| School Finance in Minnesota, by Fara L. Peterson and Barbara M. Diamond, October 1977. | |||||||||||
| Summary of Testimony Presented to Subcommittee, Concerning Minimum Competence Standards in Basic Skills, by Barbara M. Diamond, October 1977. | |||||||||||
| Activity in Other States on Minimal Competency Standards, by Barbara Diamond, December 6, 1977. | |||||||||||
| Computerized School Finance Analysis in House Research Department, by Allen R. Hopeman, January 1979. | |||||||||||
| School Finance in Minnesota, by Allen R. Hopeman and Barbara M. Diamond, January 1979. | |||||||||||
| Problems and Alternatives in Capitol Financing for Minnesota Elementary and Secondary Schools, by Allen R. Hopeman, December 1979. | |||||||||||
| School Finance in Minnesota, by Allen R. Hopeman and Barbara M. Diamond, February 1980. | |||||||||||
| Athletic Sex Discrimination Cases in the Courts, by Barbara M. Diamond, February 1980. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota School Finance: A Guide for Legislators, by Barbara M. Diamond, Allen R. Hopeman, and Donna Falk, 1980. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota School Finance: A Guide for Legislators, by Barbara M. Diamond, Allen R. Hopeman, and Marsha Gronseth, October 1981. | |||||||||||
| Summary of Testimony Presented to the Discipline Subcommittee, by Kerry Kinney Fine, March 1982. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota School Finance: A Guide for Legislators, by Alan R. Hopeman and Marsha Gronseth, November 1982. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota School Finance: A Guide for Legislators, by Alan R. Hopeman and Marsha Gronseth, December 1983. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota School Finance: A Guide for Legislators, by Alan R. Hopeman and Marsha Gronseth, December 1984. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota School Finance: A Guide for Legislators, by Alan R. Hopeman, Marsha Gronseth, and Julie Nester-Niederman, July 1986. | |||||||||||
| The Organization of Education: A Series of Working Papers, District Cooperation: Policy Issues and Implications, October 1988. | |||||||||||
| Components of Teacher Salary Costs: A Cluster Analysis of Minnesota School Districts, February 1989. | |||||||||||
| University of Minnesota: Constitutional Autonomy, A Legal Analysis, by Deborah K. McKnight, November 1988. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota School Finance: A Guide for Legislators, by Tim Strom, December 1988. | |||||||||||
| School District Cooperation and Combination, February 1990. | |||||||||||
| Retention of Minnesota College Students: Who Leaves College? Who Remains? Working Paper No. 1, by Kerry Kinney Fine and Mary Jane Lehnertz, February 1990. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota School Finance: A Guide for Legislature, by Tim Strom and Sue Urahn, September 1994. | |||||||||||
| Energy: | |||||||||||
| Gasoline/Alcohol Blends: A Possible Fuel Resource for Minnesota, by Samuel W. Rankin, September 1977. | |||||||||||
| Energy Background Information, by Sam W. Rankin, January 1979. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Utility Regulation, by John Gostovich, October 1980. | |||||||||||
| General Legislation: | |||||||||||
| Initiative and Referendum, by Deborah K. McKnight, January 1979. | |||||||||||
| Constitutional Amendments at the 1980 Election, by Deborah K. McKnight and John Williams, June 1980. | |||||||||||
| Government Operations: | |||||||||||
| Administrative Rulemaking in Minnesota, by Mark Shepard, January 1981. | |||||||||||
| Executive Branch Advisory Groups: Enabling Legislation and Significant Characteristics Supplement by Mark Shepard, January 1983. | |||||||||||
| Accompanied by an informative brief. | |||||||||||
| Emergency Rulemaking Authority of State Agencies, November 1984. | |||||||||||
| Health: | |||||||||||
| Abortion: Background Reference Document for Minnesota Legislators, by Stephen M. Jackson, January 20, 1978. | |||||||||||
| Abortion: Background Reference Document for Minnesota Legislators, by Kathryn Lamp, April 1979. | |||||||||||
| Managed Health Care Reimbursement Methods, by Randy Chun, January 1989. | |||||||||||
| Human Services: | |||||||||||
| Human Services: Challenges for the 80’s For Minnesota State Legislators, by State Representative Shirley Hokanson, December 1982. | |||||||||||
| Judiciary: | |||||||||||
| Homosexuality: An Introduction to the Debate, by Jon Steinberg, January 1978. | |||||||||||
| The D.C. Voting Rights Amendment: A Presentation of its History and Debate, by Jon Steinberg, December 1978. | |||||||||||
| Brain Death, by Jon Steinberg, January 1980. | |||||||||||
| The Law of Civil Commitment: An Analysis of Selected Statutes, by Maureen W. Bellis, August 1980. | |||||||||||
| Brain Death: Background and Current Developments, by Deborah McKnight, January 1982. | |||||||||||
| Labor/Management Relations: | |||||||||||
| Litigation and Workers’ Compensation Costs, by Douglas P. Seaton, December 1978. | |||||||||||
| Issues in Public Sector Collective Bargaining for 1980-1981: A Survey of Employer and Employee Viewpoints, by Douglas P. Seaton, December 1980. | |||||||||||
| Arbitration of Public Employee Collective Bargaining Agreements: Different Methods, The Recent Experience of Other States, Implementation of Issues, by Douglas P. Seaton, January 1981. | |||||||||||
| The Workers’ Compensation Study Commission of 1977-1979 and its Impact on Workers’ Compensation Legislation, by Douglas P. Seaton, February 1981. | |||||||||||
| Temporary Partial Disability Compensation: A Legal Analysis, by Steven B. Liss, December 1988. | |||||||||||
| Employment -at-Will: A Legal Analysis, by Steven B. Liss, December 1989. | |||||||||||
| Local and Urban Affairs: | |||||||||||
| Cities, Counties and Towns and State-Local Relations, by Gary R. Currie, January 1977. | |||||||||||
| Profile of Certain Elected Officials in Minnesota, by Gary R. Currie, January 1977. | |||||||||||
| Regional Governance in Minnesota: A Presentation to the House Committee on Local and Urban Affairs, by Thomas M. Todd, January 10, 1977. | |||||||||||
| Stadium Capitol Cost Estimates: Comparing “Apples and Apples,” by Tom Todd, March 1977. | |||||||||||
| The Transit Issue: A Presentation to the House Committee on Local and Urban Affairs (January 1975) with an Addendum (December, 1977), by Tom Todd, December 1977. | |||||||||||
| Solid and Hazardous Waste: An Interpretation of Chapter 7 to 8, 1978 Session Laws, In Light of Recent Legislation, Based on a Presentation to the Joint Legislative Committee on Solid and Hazardous Waste, by Tom Todd, May 1978. | |||||||||||
| Cities, Counties and Towns and State-Local Relations, by Gary R. Currie, January 1981 and October 1987. | |||||||||||
| Some Aspects of Special Purpose Districts, by Gary R. Currie, January 1981. | |||||||||||
| Metropolitan Governance and Finance, by Tom Todd, January 1987. | |||||||||||
| Native Americans: | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Indians, March 1950. | |||||||||||
| Publication No. 27 of the Minnesota Legislative Research Committee. | |||||||||||
| Natural Resources/Environment/Land Use: | |||||||||||
| Impact of Pollution Control on Rendering Plants, February 6, 1971. | |||||||||||
| Lakeshore Leasing, February 9, 1971. | |||||||||||
| Mine Reclamation Methods, Costs, and Programs, by John K. Helland, October 1977. | |||||||||||
| Remonumentation in Minnesota, by John Williams and Mark Schroeder, December 1978. | |||||||||||
| A Summary of Minnesota Water Resources Laws, 1969-1978, by John K. Helland, December 1978. | |||||||||||
| The Minnesota State Park System: Funding, Acquisition and Trends, by John K. Helland, January 1979. | |||||||||||
| Wetlands Programs in Minnesota, by John K. Helland, February 1980. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Major Environmental Laws in the 1970s: A Summary from 1969 to 1979, by John K. Helland, January 1981. | |||||||||||
| Low-Level Radioactive Waste, by John K. Helland, April 1987. | |||||||||||
| A Guide to Minnesota’s Major Environmental Laws: Earth Day 1970 - Earth Day 1990, by John K. Helland, April 1990. | |||||||||||
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| 117.H.4.2F | 2 | Public Finance/Taxes: | |||||||||
| A Primer on the Budget and the Budgetary Process in Minnesota State Government, Fall 1972. | |||||||||||
| Report to House Tax Committee on Tax Exempt Property in Minnesota, by Eileen Baumgartner, Karen Baker, and Stephen Hinze, December 1977. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Industrial Revenue Bonds: A Background Report, by Joel T. Michael, December 1978. | |||||||||||
| Property Tax Equalization in Minnesota: Evaluating the Sales Ration Study, an Overview, by Karen Baker and James D. Cleary, January 29, 1979. | |||||||||||
| Property Tax Equalization in Minnesota: A Review of the Sales Ratio Study, with an overview and summary, by James D. Cleary and Karen Baker, 1980. | |||||||||||
| Metropolitan Tax Base Sharing: An Introduction to Minnesota’s Fiscal Disparities Law, by Karen Baker and Steve Hinze, August 1984. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota’s Fiscal Disparities Program: Tax Base Sharing in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, August 1987. | |||||||||||
| Tax Increment Financing Project: A Background Paper, by Joel Michael, December 1990. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota’s Fiscal Disparities Programs: Twin Cities Metropolitan Area and Iron Range, by Steve Hinze and Karen Baker, January 2005. | |||||||||||
| Reapportionment: | |||||||||||
| Congressional and Legislative Reapportionment: A Legal History, January 23, 1970. | |||||||||||
| Congressional and Legislative Reapportionment Criteria: A Discussion of Recent Cases, January 27, 1970. | |||||||||||
| Studies Initiated by the Legislature: | |||||||||||
| Studies Initiated by the 1977 Legislature: Purpose, Cost, Responsible Body and Expected Completion Date, November 1977. | |||||||||||
| Studies Initiated by the 1979 Legislature: Purpose, Cost, Responsible Body and Expected Completion Date, August 1979. | |||||||||||
| Studies Initiated by the 1980 Legislature: Purpose, Cost, Responsible Body and Expected Completion Date, June 1980. | |||||||||||
| Studies Initiated by the 1981 Legislature: Purpose, Cost, Responsible Body and Expected Completion Date, July 1981. | |||||||||||
| Transportation: | |||||||||||
| Highway Financing in Minnesota: Statutory and Constitutional Provisions, by John M. Williams, November 1977. | |||||||||||
| Speed Limit Compliance in Minnesota, by John M. Williams and James D. Cleary, September 1980. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Motorcycle Fatality Rates and the Motorcycle Helmet Law Repealed, by John M. Williams and James D. Cleary, January 1981. | |||||||||||
| Highway Financing in Minnesota: Statutory and Constitutional Provisions, by John M. Williams, February 1981. | |||||||||||
| Welfare: | |||||||||||
| Medical Assistance Cost-Sharing: Options for Minnesota - General Policy Options, Discussion, by Stephen M. Jackson and Susan Woodwick, October 1977. | |||||||||||
| The Minnesota Hospitalization and Commitment Act: Summary of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 253A, by Kevin Kenney, April 1978. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Welfare: A Guide for Legislators, by Kevin Kenney and Teresa Myers, 1978. | |||||||||||
| Aid to Families with Dependent Children, by Kevin Kenney, June 1978. | |||||||||||
| Food Stamps, by Kevin Kenney, June 1978. | |||||||||||
| General Assistance (GA), by Kevin Kenney, June 1978. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Supplemental Aid, by Kevin Kenney, June 1978. | |||||||||||
| Supplemental Security Income (SSI), by Kevin Kenney, June 1978. | |||||||||||
| Work Incentive Program (WIN), by Kevin Kenney and Dave Aquiline, approximately January 1979. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Welfare: A Guide for Legislators, by Kevin Kenney and Teresa Myers, 1978. | |||||||||||
| Copy annotated with proposed changes for 1979. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Welfare: A Guide for Legislators, by Kevin Kenney, 1979. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Welfare: A Guide for Legislators, updated by Maureen Bellis, 1980-1981. | |||||||||||
| Out of Home Placement of Children in Minnesota: A Research Report, by Kerry Kinney Fine, February 1983. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Welfare: A Guide for Legislators, 1984, by Maureen Bellis. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Welfare: A Guide for Legislators, 1983, by Maureen Bellis. | |||||||||||
| Out of Home Placement of Children 1981 and 1984: A Research Report, by Kerry Kinney Fine and Mary Jane Lehnertz, February 1986. | |||||||||||
| House Research Reports, No. 1, December 1987 – No. 27, July 2002. 1 folder. | |||||||||||
| Missing No. 12. | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Educational law and legislation -- Minnesota.
- Environmental policy -- Minnesota.
- Labor laws and legislation -- Minnesota.
- Land use -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.
- Legislative bodies -- Minnesota.
- Legislative reference bureaus -- Minnesota.
- Public welfare -- Laws and legislation -- Minnesota.
- State-local relations -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.
- Taxation -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.
- Persons:
- Hokanson, Shirley.
- Functions:
- Researching.
- Titles:
- Human services : challenges for the 80's for Minnesota state legislators / [1982].
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