OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
Minnesota Historical Society
O'Neill, Joseph T.
Legislative subject files.
1973-1976.
Legislative subject files of Minnesota state senator Joseph
T. O'Neill, who represented District 63, Ramsey County (Saint Paul). The files are
in three alphabetical series: 1973-1974, 1974-1975, 1975-1976.
14.75 cu. ft. (15 boxes).
See [Detailed Description](a9) for shelf
locations.
ARRANGEMENT OF THE PAPERS
Files within each section are arranged alphabetically.
These documents are organized into the following sections:
- 1973-1974 Files
- 1974-1975 Files
- 1976 Files
OTHER FINDING AIDS
A print version of this finding aid is available in the repository; filed in the
ALPHA notebooks under the heading: O'Neill, Joseph T.
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:
Administrative agencies -- Minnesota -- Appropriations and expenditures.
Bills, Legislative -- Minnesota.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Minnesota.
Education -- Minnesota -- Law and legislation.
Education, Higher -- Minnesota.
Finance, Public -- Minnesota.
Public welfare -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.
Organizations:
Minnesota. Legislature.
Senate.
Places:
Minnesota -- Politics and government -- 1945-1981.
Ramsey County (Minn.).
Saint Paul (Minn.) -- Appropriations and
expenditures.
Occupations:
Legislators -- Minnesota.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Preferred Citation:
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Accession Information:
Accession number: 12,082
Processing Information:
Processed by: John M. Wickre, July 1980
Catalog ID number: 1737491
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
1973-1974 Files
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Abortion
Age of Majority
Alcohol Problems.
Bad Check Law.
Bail Reform.
Ban the Can.
Cartage Carrier Bill.
Child Labor Act.
Child Support.
Congratulatory Letters to H.S. Students in District
(1973).
County Assessor Bill.
Court Appointed Counsel (Juveniles).
Crime Victim Compensation.
Diploma Privilege.
Divorce Reform.
Donovan, J. L. - Retirement Compensation.
Education Committee.
Energy Bill.
Equal Rights Amendment. (2 folders).
Ethics in Government.
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Ethics Bill.
Family Court Referees.
Fort Snelling Chapel.
Fuel Oil Distribution.
Gross Earnings - Railroad.
Guardian Ad Litem - Adoption.
Gun Control.
Gun Control Correspondence.
Health Services - Interim Committee.
Higher Education HECC.
High School Honor Students - Congratulatory Letters
(1974).
Highway Mass Transit Bonding.
Hospital Commitment Act.
Human Rights.
Income Tax Credit - Home Maintenance.
Income Tax.
Increment Financing Development.
Indian Fishing Rights.
Intercity Education Bill.
Interns - 1973-1974.
Jaycees.
Judiciary - Divorce.
Juvenile Court.
Juvenile Court - Regulating Termination of
Jurisdiction.
Labor and Commerce Correspondence.
Landlord - Tenant Matters.
Liquor Industry.
Local Cartage Transfer.
Medical Education - St. Paul Ramsey.
Mechanics Lien.
Mental Institutions.
Metro Council.
Metro Housing.
Metro Proposals.
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National Conference of State Legislative Leaders.
National School Finance Conference.
National Society State Legislators.
National Legislative Conference.
National Tax Conference.
Newspaper Shield.
No Fault Insurance Correspondence.
No Fault Insurance 1974.
No Fault Insurance - File No. 2.
Nuclear Power Plants.
Nursing Homes.
Opening Day 1974 Session.
Pollution Control Agency.
Probate Court - Mental Commitments.
Probate Court - Appointment of Referees and Salaries of
Judges.
Probate Court - Final Account Publication.
Psychologists - Bill to License.
Public Drunkenness Law (Repeal).
Public Employees Bargaining.
Ramsey County Redistricting.
Reapportionment.
Reapportionment - Ramsey County Board.
Reapportionment - Subcommittees.
Reconversion Study Commission.
Ramsey County Codification. (2 folders).
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Pension Reform Act of 1974 - Minnesota Amendments.
Ramsey County Court Bill.
Ramsey County Court System.
Ramsey County Court Hospital Bonding Bill.
Ramsey County Hospital Commission.
Ramsey County Municipal Court.
Recycling.
Safety Belts.
Safety Checks of Automobiles.
St. Paul Development District.
St. Paul Legislative Program.
St. Paul Medical Facility Bill.
St. Paul Planning System.
St. Paul Ramsey Advisory Committee.
St. Paul School Bonding.
St. Paul Swimming Pools.
St. Paul Urban Renewal.
State College: University Name Change.
State Departments Finance Bill (Omnibus Bill).
State Employees - Salary and Other.
State High School League.
Student Trustee or Regent.
Tab Charge Bill (Petty Misdemeanor, Failure to Pay
Fine).
Taxation: Real Property, Recreation.
Taxation: Senior Citizens, Joint Homestead Owners.
Taxes: Attached Machinery.
Taxes: 1973 Bill.
Tax Credits.
Taxes: Employers Excise Tax 1975.
Tax Exempt Nonprofit Hospitals.
Tax Exemption: Text Books.
Tax: Inheritance Tax Exemptions.
Tax: Omnibus Tax Committee.
Tax on Newspaper.
Tax Study Commission.
Teacher Certification.
Tenant Rights.
Traffic Regulations: Violations and Penalties.
Transportation, Department of, Proposed.
Twin Trailer Bill.
Unemployment Compensation.
University of Minnesota.
University of Minnesota Alumni Association: Liquor
License.
University of Minnesota - Branches.
University of Minnesota - Duluth.
Vocational Schools (Private).
Voters Age and Residency Requirements - Conforming to
Constitution.
Voter Registration.
Voter Transportation.
Waseca.
Welfare Corrections Omnibus Bill - 1974.
John Wendland.
Workmen's Compensation Law.
Wholesale Liquor.
1974-1975 Files
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Abortion - 1975.
Alcoholic Treatment - 1975.
Ban the Can Correspondence - 1974.
Ban the Can - 1975.
Bicycle Registration.
Bills for Introduction - 1975.
Board of Medical Examiners.
Claims - 1975.
Closing of State Institutions.
Common Cause.
Community Alternative Health Delivery Development Act of
1975.
Corporate Responsibility.
Corrections, General.
Crime Commission.
Crime Victim Reparation Board.
Crime Victim Amendments.
Day Care Centers.
Dead Man's Statute - Repeal.
Development Districts.
Drugs.
Economic Problems.
Education:
Aid to Handicapped.
Budget Estimates - 1975.
Committee.
Dept. of.
Interim Activities.
1975 Legislative Objectives.
Mentally Retarded.
1975 Possible Legislation.
Learning Disabled.
Proposals MSBA.
Right to Read.
Non Public Auxiliary Service.
School Finance Subcommittee.
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Educational Service Area.
Special.
State Aid Mandated Activities.
Transportation Aid for Integrated Programs.
Urban.
General.
Human Relations Training.
Time Limit on AFDC Reporting.
Voucher.
Electioneering in Apartment Buildings.
Energy Crisis.
Environmental Impact.
Environmental Legislation.
Environmental Service Bureau Report.
ERA - 1975.
Ethics in Campaign Financing (Correspondence).
Financial Disparities.
Fitzgerald, Ellen - Memos.
Gambling.
Gasoline Tax.
Gay Rights.
Governor's Budget.
Governor's Inaugural Address - 1975.
Guardianship Proposal for Retarded.
Handgun Registration.
Handicapped, Minnesota Committee for.
Higher Education - Salaries, etc.
Human Relations Training
Roger Patterson - Intern.
Interns.
IRC Committee on Education.
IRC Opening Days (1975).
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Labor Relations - Collective Bargaining.
League of Women Voters.
Levy Limits Subcommittee. (2 folders)
Libraries, State Aid to.
Lobbyist Registration.
Local Government Study Commission of Ramsey County.
Mass Transit.
Medicare.
Medical Examiners: Licensing from Out of State.
Medical Examiners: Suit Exemption.
Medical Examiners: Unlicensed Practice - Penalties.
Mental Institutions.
Mentally Retarded.
Merit Pay.
Metropolitan Airports Commission.
Metro and Urban.
Metro Commission Appointments.
Metro Transit.
Minnesota Criminal Procedure Postponement Bill.
MPIRG.
Minnesota Rehabilitation Association.
Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure.
Minnesota State Retirement System.
Minnesota School Boards Association.
Minimum Wage.
Missing Persons: Disposition of Property.
No Fault Insurance.
Non Public Schools: Aid to.
Non Public Schools: Transportation.
Nonsmokers' Rights.
NSP Rate Increase.
Nuclear Plant Moratorium.
Nursing Homes.
Park Patrol Agents.
Pensions and Retirement 1973-1974.
Polygraph, Restriction of Use.
Population Projections.
Pornography.
Private Annuity 2%.
Public Health - Venereal Disease.
Public Information Act.
Public Safety, Dept. of.
Public Service Commission.
Public Welfare - Phasing out Institutions.
Ramsey County Capital Budget.
Ramsey County Court.
Ramsey County Delegation.
Ramsey County Family Court.
Ramsey County Hospital Commission.
Ramsey County Ice Arena.
Ramsey County Legislation.
Ramsey County Jail and Detention Center.
Ramsey County Republican Committee.
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Real Estate Taxes: Urban.
Rehabilitation.
Republican Platform.
Republican Precinct Caucus.
Republican State Convention.
Retarded Children Minn. Assn.
Retirement: PERA.
Retirement: Mpls. Fire Pension Fund.
Retirement Bill: Judges James and Delaney.
Retirement: California.
Retirement Deductions.
Revenue Raising Constitutional Provision.
Rules and Administration.
Rural Development.
Safe Loading.
St. Paul: Abolition of Teacher Pay Levy.
St. Paul Bureau of Health.
St. Paul, City of.
St. Paul, Community Development Proposal.
St. Paul Proposed Mill Increase.
St. Paul Public Schools.
St. Paul: Ramsey County Hospital.
St. Paul: Ramsey-Gillette Hospital.
St. Paul: Ramsey Medical Education.
St. Paul Revenue Needs.
St. Paul Schools: Capital Needs.
St. Paul School 1975 Legislative Delegation.
Salaries of State Officials.
School Bus.
School Crossing Equipment.
School Districts: Capital Expenditures to $75.
School Finance Task Force.
School Finance: 1975 School Finance Bill.
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School Finance Subcommittee.
Science Museum.
Security Systems.
Senate Public Information Office.
Senate Research.
Senate Rules Organization.
Senate Rules (Temporary).
Senior Citizens.
Small Business.
Small Business Procurement and Property Sales Act.
Soviet Jewry Resolution.
Statewide Task Force.
State Aid Subcommittee.
State Board of Education.
State Board of Investment.
State Court Unification Bill.
State Planning Agency.
State Legislature: Advisory Proposals.
Statutory Millage Limitations in Cities.
Studded Tires.
1975 Omnibus Tax Bill.
Taxes and Tax Laws.
Taxes: Senior Citizen Tax Credit.
Senate Tax Committee - 1975.
Tax Limitation of Taxing and Spending Authority.
Taxes: Omnibus Correspondence.
Tax on Newsprint.
Taxes: Property Tax Classification of Disabled Vets.
Taxes: St. Paul.
Tax Matters: General.
Tax Structure - Minnesota.
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Tax Study Commission.
Tax Study Commission Proposed Budget.
Teachers Retirement.
Trade Regulations.
Transportation and General Legislation.
Transportation of Handicapped Children.
Transportation, Proposed Department of.
Taconite Taxes.
Taxes: Assessments.
Taxes 5% Assessment Freeze Retroactivity.
Taxation: Circuit Breaker.
Taxation: Homestead Deduction for Excess Interest.
Taxation: Income Taxation for Excess Interest.
Taxation: Income Tax Credits.
Union Dues Prohibition.
Union Dues as Political Contribution.
University of Minnesota.
University of Minnesota Kidney Dialysis.
University of Minnesota Regents.
University of Minnesota Regents Subcommittee.
Urban Crisis.
Usury.
Usury.
Veterans Affairs.
Veterans Affairs: Surviving Spouse Disabled Housing.
Veterans Affairs: Preference.
Vietnam Bonus.
Vietnam War Orphans.
Vocational-Technical Institutes: Tuition..
Vocational-Technical Education.
Welfare - Larson's Decision.
Wine in Grocery Stores.
Working Poor Bill.
Workmen's Compensation.
1976 Files
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Alcoholic Treatment-Outpatient Care.(S.F.1759-H.F.1927 -Ch.
262).
Arts Council-Minn. State - 1975 Annual Report.
Blues (Blue Cross-Blue Shield).
Bonding.
Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
Branch Banking.
Branch of Promise.
Brewery Tax.
Budget - 1975.
Byerly's Supermarket.
Campaign Financing.
Citizens for Educational Freedom, Minnesota Federation
of.
Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board.
Capitol Area Development, Ad Hoc Committee on.
Cemeteries: Private (S.F.2233 - No Action).
Center for Legislative Improvement (Formerly Citizens Conference
On State Legislatures).
Catastrophic Health Insurance.
Children's Museum - St. Paul Union Depot.
Coleman - Anti-Lawyer Bill.
Community Education Advisory Council.
Community Health.
Comprehensive Health Insurance Act.
Constituent Claims.
Constitutional Amendment - Article IV.
Contractor Surety Bonds (S.F.1848 - Passed, Ch.
185).
Contracts in Writing - Brokers and Finders (S.F.1847 - No
Action).
Controversial Votes - 1975.
Corrections: No Jury Trial for Misdemeanor.
Council for the Family.
Credit Union.
Crime Victims: Extension of One-Year Limitation (S.F.2234 - Ch.
193).
Crime Victims Reparation Board.
Day Treatment Program.
District Judges Pay System.
Drinking Bill (Majority).
Education Commission of the States.
Education Committee and General.
Education:
School Aids Conference Committee.
Levy Limits.
Dept. of.
Early Childhood.
Educational Assessment.
Elementary and Secondary - Formula.
Gifted and Talented Children Act. (S.F.246 - No
Action)
Inner City.
Interim.
Legislative Summary.
Negotiated Layoff.
Public School Adm. Costs vs. Nonpublic School Adm.
Costs.
St. Paul Schools 1975-76 Budget and
Correspondence.
State Colleges.
Teacher Bargaining.
Educational TV - Minnesota.
Transportation Aid.
Elections: Rotation of Ballot.
Electronic Funds Transfer.
Employee Stock Ownership.
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Equal Rights Amendment.
Ethics Commission (Ethical Practices Board).
Ethic Commission Advisory Options.
Euthanasia.
Executive Orders.
Family Planning.
Finance.
Fluoridation.
Game and Fish.
Governor's Nonpublic Advisory Task Force.
Handicapped - Phoenix Residence.
Hastings State Hospital.
Health Legislative Summary - 1976.
Health and Welfare, Cambridge.
Hennepin County General Hospital.
Higher Education Advisory Council.
Higher Education Facilities Authority.
Higher Education: Marshall.
Higher Education: Rochester.
Higher Education: Coordinating Board.
Higher Education: Super Board.
Hi-Gro-Mac Community Association.
Highways: I-35.
Highways: Mass Transit.
Human Life Amendment.
Human Services Act.
Indian Education.
Inner Urban Catholic Coalition.
Insurance Benefits for Alcoholic Treatment. (Not
Introduced)
Insurance Premium Financing (S.F.1636-Ch. 111).
Interim Activities - Senate Counsel.
Interns.
Invitations - Past and Refused.
Advisory Council on Fluctuating School Enrollments.
Job Applicants.
Judges: Retired Hospital and Medical Program (S.F.1844-H.F.1966
sub-Ch. 98).
Juveniles in Trouble Task Force.
Law Library: Ramsey County, Fees (S.F.2325-H.F.sub. Ch.
290).
League of Women Voters.
Learning Centers.
Legislative Retirement.
Legislative Session Close (1975).
Legislative Summaries - 1975-1976 Sessions.
Legislators' Pay Raise.
Legislative Reform.
Legislature - Full or Part-time (1975).
Life Insurance - Professional Corporations (1974, S.F.2298 - no
action).
Marijuana. (3 folders).
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Minnesota Association of Commerce and Industry.
Marriage Dissolution.
Medical Education.
Medical Malpractice Proposals.
Metro Council: Appointments, etc.
Metropolitan Sports Commission. (5 folders).
Minnesota Council on Quality Education.
Minnesota Education Council.
Minnesota Educational Seminar.
Minnesota Federation of Teachers - Education.
Minnesota Historical Society.
MPIRG Reports.
Minnesota State Bar Association.
Minnesota State High School League.
Minnesota State Medical Association - Legislative
Program.
Motor Vehicle Legislation.
National Conference of State Legislatures.
National Conference on School Finance, Nashville,
3/14/76.
National Guard Education Bill.
National Conference of State Legislatures, Philadelphia,
10/7/75.
National Tax Conference, Houston, 11/2/75.
No-Fault Insurance (S.F.2520).
Noise Pollution, Airlines (S.F.2163).
Nonpublic School of Correspondence.
Nursing Homes.
JTO - Personal - Deferred Compensation.
JTO - End of Session Letters.
Osteopathic Physicians Bill (S.F.1309).
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Pensions and Retirement:
40-year Limitation (S.F.983).
Limits Covered (S.F.985).
5% Salary Assumption (S.F.1354).
Correspondence- General.
MSRS Correspondence.
PERA Correspondence.
TRA Correspondence.
General.
Judges.
MSRS.
PERA.
Police and Firemen.
TRA.
Pollution Control Agency.
Pornography.
Port Authority.
Private College Registration Act.
Private Pensions.
Private Vocational Schools.
Purchasing by the State of Minnesota.
Railroads - Ad Valorem Tax.
Ramsey County Correspondence.
Ramsey County Delegation.
Ramsey County Hospital Commission.
Ramsey County Hospital Purchasing.
Ramsey County Police Dept.
Ramsey County Reassessment.
Ramsey County Reorganization.
Real Estate Brokers.
Recreational Vehicles.
Research - Senate Minority.
Rules and Administration Committee.
St. Paul City 1976 Budget.
St. Paul: Miscellaneous.
St. Paul Schools.
St. Paul Schools: Administrative Tenure.
St. Paul Schools: Mechanic Arts High School.
St. Paul Schools: Bonding and Tenure.
St. Paul Schools: Desegregation.
Salary Increase Bill.
School Aid (Comparison House and Senate Bills).
St. Paul School Finance.
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St. Paul Schools: 1976 Legislative Programs.
St. Thomas Academy.
School District Prohibition for Certain Purchase Agreements.
Science Museum: JTO - Board of Trustees.
Search Committee - U.S. Senate.
Semi-State 1976 Appropriations.
Senior Citizens.
Senior Citizens Income Adjusted Homestead Credit -Public Housing
(S.F. 1846).
Senior Citizen Housing.
Shade Tree Disease Control Programs.
Smoking: Regulation.
Solar Energy.
Solid Waste.
Stadium.
Stadium Bill: Correspondence.
State Universities: Bargaining Agreement.
Stillwater State Prison.
Students on School Boards.
Successor Bill.
Summaries - 1976 Session.
Summary - 1973 and 1975 Appropriations by Function.
Surety Bonds for Construction Projects (S.F.1848-Ch.
185).
Tax: Omnibus Bill - 1976.
Tax Bill - Omnibus 1975.
Taxes: Circuit Breaker.
Tax Committee (Senate).
Taxes: Consumer Price Index Rate Changer.
Taxes: Exempt Advertising Devices and Structures.
Tax Exempt Real Estate.
Taxes: Federal Estate and Gift.
Taxation: Income Adjusted Homestead Credit
(S.F.2554).
Taxes: Income Tax Deduction (S.F.570-Ch. 37).
Taxes: Property Tax Classification of Disabled Veterans
(S.F.1664 - no action).
Tax: Property Tax Credit, Senior Citizens and Disabled
Persons.
Tax: Rebate.
Taxes: Social Security Taxes Excluded.
Tax Study Commission.
Tax Summary.
Teacher Tenure.
Tort Liability: Local Government.
Transportation, Dept. of.
Unemployment Compensation.
Unemployment Compensation (Part-time or Short Hour).
Usury.
Utilities: Gross Earnings.
Votel, Dr. Thomas W.
Workmen's Compensation: Second Injury Law.
Workmen's Compensation: Preexisting Mental Condition (S.F.2553 -
no action).
Workmen's Compensation: Percentage of General Disability
(S.F.1776).