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State Senator Lisa Fobbe <br />Home: Phone: (763) 360-4724 -- lisa.fobbe@hotmail.com <br />Capitol: Phone: (651) 296-8075 -- sen.lisa.fobbe@senate.mn <br />Rural Residential Speed Limits <br />• Redefines "rural residential districts" <br />and sets speed limits at 35 mph. <br />Mortgage Foreclosure Scams <br />• Closed the legal loophole that allowed <br />foreclosure scammers to charge up-front <br />fees. It was the only mortgage relief bill <br />to be signed into law by Gov. Pawlenty. <br />Keeping Predatory Offenders Out <br />of Social Networking Sites <br />• Prohibits sex offenders who are <br />required to register in Minnesota from <br />using Facebook, MySpace, and other <br />Internet groups. Allows unannounced <br />searches of computers used by offenders <br />placed on intensive supervised release. <br />Outdoors <br />• Many sportsmen's groups objected to <br />definitions included in last year's Clean <br />Water, Land and Legacy Act. The Sen- <br />ate voted for a Fobbe co-sponsored bill <br />to repeal these definitions. <br />• A bill co-authored by Sen. Fobbe <br />establishes a bowfishing season from <br />May 1 to the end of February. <br />• Allows seniors over the age of 90 to <br />fish for free. The bill was inspired by <br />Irene Long, an avid 92-year old fisher <br />who lives in Isle. <br />Sen. Fobbe checks <br />in with volunteer <br />firefighters from <br />Baldwin Township. <br />Maintaining quality <br />emergency services <br />in the face of budget <br />cuts is a top priority. <br />Fobbe Named "Outstanding Legislator" <br />by School Boards Association <br />District 16 State <br />Senator Lisa Fobbe was <br />named a recipient of <br />the 2009 Outstanding <br />Legislator Award by the <br />Minnesota State School <br />Board Association <br />(MSBA) for her contri- <br />butions and advocacy <br />towards public education. <br />"Sen. Fobbe was the <br />chief author for the spe- <br />cial education reform bill <br />in the Senate," said Kirk <br />Schneidewind, MSBA <br />Associate Director for <br />government relations. <br />"She was able to shep- <br />herd the bill through the <br />E-12 Committee and <br />the always challenging <br />Senate Judiciary Com- <br />mittee." <br />Sen. Fobbe receives an Outstanding Legislator Award from <br />the Minnesota State School Boards Association for her <br />work on behalf of public education/ <br />Paid for by Fobbe for Senate 16, 29003 138th St N W, Zimmerman, MN 55398 <br />S ~•-~®3 <br />Irene Long and Sen. Fobbe share a laugh <br />during the hearing on Fobbes bill to end <br />,fishing license fees for Minnesotans over 90. <br />