New House Committee Structure
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Republicans in the Minnesota House have reduced the number of committees in that chamber by a third. The committees have been reduced from 36 to 24.
Several key changes include the elimination of the Finance Committee, Game, Fish and Forestry Division, Early Childhood Finance and Policy, Housing Finance, Local Government Division, Civil Justice and Transportation and Transit Policy.
Here's the new committee structure:
-Ways and Means
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-Taxes
-Property and Local Tax Division (will operate under Taxes)
-Education Finance
-Education Reform
-HHS Finance
-HHS Reform
-Agriculture and Rural Development
-Natural Resources Policy and Finance
-Commerce and Regulatory Reform
-Capital Investment
-Public Safety and and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance
-Civil Law
-Judiciary Policy and Finance
-Transportation Policy and Finance
-State Government Finance
-Veterans Service Division (will operate under State Government Finance)
-Legacy Funding Division (will operate under State Government Finance)
-Government Operations and Elections
-Higher Education Policy and Finance
-Jobs and Economic Development Finance
-Rules and Legislative Administration
-Ethics
-Redistricting
House Speaker-elect Kurt Zellers says the new committee structure will save as much at $500,000.
