House Journal: Tuesday, January 31, 1995

Twenty-third Calendar Day - Fourteenth Session Day
Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, January 31, 1995
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:47 a.m., Speaker pro
tempore Van Maanen of Marion in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Reverend Mark Sherwood, Berean Baptist
Church, Perry.
The Journal of Monday, January 30, 1995 was approved.
PETITIONS FILED
The following petitions were received and placed on file:
By Carroll of Poweshiek, from 75,000 citizens of Iowa, favoring
the reinstatement of the death penalty as an option for the
courts of the land, to be imposed on those convicted of the
heinous crime of abduction and the resultant death of the
person(s) abducted.
By Office of Chief Clerk, from fifty-eight Iowans of the Iowa
Catholic Conference Bishop's Statement West Branch Friends
Meeting General Conference, United Methodist Church, opposing
the reinstatement of the death penalty.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House Joint Resolution 3, by Wise, Warnstadt, Nelson of
Pottawattamie, Brammer, Cohoon, Larkin, Drees, McCoy and
Kreiman,  a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the State of Iowa establishing a state general
fund expenditure limitation.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 106, by Grubbs, a bill for an act creating a civil
action for disparagement of agricultural food products and
commodities, and providing an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on agriculture.
House File 107, by Grubbs, a bill for an act relating to
juvenile court jurisdiction over juveniles adjudicated
delinquent for class "A" and class "B" felonies.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 108, by Millage, a bill for an act relating to the
taxation of pensions, annuities, and retirement allowances
received for the
purposes of state individual income tax and providing a
retroactive applicability date.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 109, by Millage, a bill for an act to change the Iowa
rules of evidence to permit impeachment by evidence of
conviction of any crime punishable by death or imprisonment in
excess of one year or any crime involving dishonesty or false
statement.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 110, by Harper, Vande Hoef, Branstad, Greig, Witt,
Drake, Murphy and Connors, a bill for an act relating to the
name of those persons who engage in the practice of podiatry.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 111, by Greig, a bill for an act exempting from
regulation certain homeowners' association swimming pools.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce-
regulation.
House File 112, by Hammitt, a bill for an act relating to the
storage and maintenance of veterans records by the commission of
veterans affairs.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 113, by Arnold, a bill for an act relating to the
definition of resident for the purpose of obtaining licenses to
hunt, fish, trap, or take protected species of animals.
Read first time and referred to committee on natural resources.
ASSIGNMENT OF SEATS IN PRESS GALLERIES
The following named persons are accredited members of the press,
TV and radio stations and are entitled to access to the press
galleries:
AFSCME/Iowa Council 61 News		Larry Scarpino
Associated Press		Mike Glover, Mary Neubauer, John 
	Gaps III, Charlie Niebergall, David
	Speer, Rodney White
Cedar Rapids Gazette		Rod Boshart, Ken Sullivan
Daily Tribune		Michael Gartner, Jeffrey Bruner
Des Moines Register		David Yepsen, Tom Fogarty, Jon Roos,
	Phoebe Wall Howard
Dubuque Telegraph Herald		Steve Webber
Iowa Legislative News Service, Inc.		Peter Small, Kathi
Marts-Foster, Jack
		Hunt, Tom Hunt
Iowa Newspaper Association		Jackie King
Lee Enterprises Des Moines Bureau		Kathie Obradovich, Dennis
Carroll
Omaha World-Herald		Jim Smiley
Prayer and Action Weekly News		Dave Leach
Sioux City Journal		Patrick Lalley
Waterloo Courier		Kevin Potter
Winterset Madisonian		Ted Gorman
Des Moines Radio Group -		Polly Carver-Kimm, News Director
  KIOA/KRNT/KSTZ
KASI/KCCQ		Rich Fellingham, Dan Danielson
KCCI TV-8		Martin Augustine, Steve Karlin,
	Jeanette Trompeter, Cortney Kintzer,
	Donna Smith, Rick Fuller, Tom Torpy
KIMT-TV		Brian Mastre, Lisa Lemke, Dan
	Clouse, Margot Kim, Robin Wolfram,
	David Kenney, Susan Zillmer
KOEL Radio		Pam Ohrt, Roger King, Kristin McHugh
KWWL-TV		Tami Wiencek, Dennis Bowman, Scott
	Stackhouse
KTIV-TV		Larry Wentz, Joel Johnson, John
	Grosveror, Bruce Scheid, Erik
	Thorstenson, Laurie Dumstorff
KUNI Radio		Bill Menner
RADIO IOWA		O. Kay Henderson, Vern Beachy,
	Jordan Melrose, Todd Kimm
WHO RADIO		Gary Barrett, Sue Danielson, Jodi
	Chapman, Chuck Shockley, Bob Quinn,
	Ev Hickman
WOI RADIO		Mark Moran
WOI-TV		Lisa Brones, Brian Peter
WOWT-TV		Gary Kerr, Eric Wall, Mike Plews


SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Joint Resolution 1
State Government: Churchill, Chair; Jacobs and Jochum.
House Joint Resolution 2
State Government: Churchill, Chair; Jacobs and Jochum.
House File 22
Commerce-Regulation: Renken, Chair; Cataldo and Cormack.
House File 24
Commerce-Regulation: Renken, Chair; Metcalf and Wise.
House File 35
Commerce-Regulation: Nutt, Chair; Nelson of Pottawattamie and
Sukup.
House File 39
Commerce-Regulation: Metcalf, Chair; Jacobs and Weigel.
House File 43
Commerce-Regulation: Lamberti, Chair; Baker and Churchill.
House File 52
State Government: Jacobs, Chair; Drake and Jochum.
House File 57
Commerce-Regulation: Jacobs, Chair; Halvorson and McCoy.
House File 62
State Government: Churchill, Chair; Connors and Renken.
House File 72
State Government: Jacobs, Chair; Drake and Jochum.
House File 78
State Government: Drake, Chair; Gipp and Jochum.
House File 79
State Government: Drake, Chair; Gipp and Jochum.
House File 81
Transportation: Carroll, Chair; Brauns and Koenigs.
House File 90
Economic Development: Cornelius, Chair; Hammitt and O'Brien.
House File 92
Human Resources: Schulte, Chair; Ertl and Murphy.
House File 93
Transportation: Branstad, Chair; Blodgett and May.
House File 98
Human Resources: Salton, Chair; Burnett, Lord, Murphy and
Veenstra.
House File 99
Human Resources: Blodgett, Chair; Harper, Lord, Myers and
Veenstra.
House File 100
State Government: Churchill, Chair; Jacobs and Jochum.
House File 101
Human Resources: Salton, Chair; Burnett, Lord, Murphy and
Veenstra.
House File 104
State Government: Houser, Chair; Brammer and Coon.
House File 105
State Government: Ertl, Chair; Cataldo and Thomson.
House File 113
Natural Resources: Cornelius, Chair; Arnold and Drees.
House Concurrent Resolution 14
State Government: Witt, Chair; Coon and Thomson.
HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Study Bill 29
Human Resources: Martin, Chair; Blodgett, Ertl, Moreland and
Witt.
House Study Bill 30
Human Resources: Blodgett, Chair; Harper, Myers, Schulte and
Veenstra.
House Study Bill 34
Human Resources: Veenstra, Chair; Burnett and Harrison.
House Study Bill 35
Human Resources: Salton, Chair; Brand and Carroll.
House Study Bill 36
Human Resources: Hammitt, Chair; Harrison and Murphy.
House Study Bill 41
State Government: Thomson, Chair; Bradley, Witt.
House Study Bill 42
State Government: Bradley, Chair; Cataldo and Thomson.
House Study Bill 43
State Government: Renken, Chair; Connors and Coon.
House Study Bill 45
State Government: Jacobs, Chair; Ertl and Jochum.
House Study Bill 47
State Government: Drake, Chair; Brammer and Disney.
House Study Bill 48
State Government: Jacobs, Chair; Connors and Gipp.
House Study Bill 49
Natural Resources: Klemme, Chair; Bell and Thomson.
House Study Bill 51
Human Resources: Blodgett, Chair; Harper, Myers, Schulte and
Veenstra.
HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
H.S.B. 53  Commerce-Regulation
Relating to limitations on the acquisition of banks, savings and
loan associations, and savings banks by bank holding companies.
H.S.B. 54   Technology
Relating to the request for proposals for Part III of the Iowa
communications network and requesting the Iowa
telecommunications and technology commission to issue a notice
of intent to award and begin negotiations with the qualifying
vendors.
H.S.B. 55   State Government
Relating to the establishment of flammability standards for
furniture and providing a penalty.
H.S.B. 56   Ways and Means
Relating to a phaseout of the property tax on industrial
machinery, equipment and computers and providing replacement
funds to local governments.
H.S.B. 57   Ways and Means
Relating to the sales, services, and use tax exemption for items
used by printers and publishers, limiting tax refunds, and
providing retroactive applicability and effective date
provisions.
H.S.B. 58  Ways and Means
Relating to the production of ornamental, flowering, or
vegetable plants for purposes of the state sales tax.
H.S.B. 59  Commerce-Regulation
Relating to authorization of price regulation for utilities
providing communications services.
H.S.B. 60   Transportation
To provide conformity to the definition of travel trailers.
H.S.B. 61   Transportation
Relating to governmental control of property by allowing
governmental entities to enter and test property for
condemnation purposes, providing for the interest rates assessed
for condemnation damages, providing for right-of-way notice
filings, and concerning advertising control laws on scenic
highways.
H.S.B. 62  Transportation
Making an annual appropriation to the passenger rail service
revolving fund.
H.S.B. 63  Appropriations
Creating a highway safety patrol fund, allocating use tax
receipts, and providing appropriations.
H.S.B. 64   Appropriations
Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 1994, and providing an effective date. 
APPOINTMENTS BY THE SPEAKER
The Speaker announced the following appointments:
(1995-1996 Legislative Council)
(Section 2.41, Code of Iowa)
Representative Ron Corbett
Representative Harold Van Maanen
Representative Brent Siegrist
Representative David Schrader
Representative Clifford Branstad
Representative Dennis Cohoon
Representative John Connors
Representative Chuck Gipp
Representative Libby Jacobs
Representative Pam Jochum
Representative David Millage
Representative Pat Murphy
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL COMMITTEES
ADMINISTRATION
Representative Libby Jacobs
Representative Harold Van Maanen
Representative Pam Jochum
CAPITAL PROJECTS
Representative Clifford Branstad
Representative Chuck Gipp
Representative David Millage
Representative Pam Jochum
Representative Pat Murphy
FISCAL
Representative Roger Halvorson
Representative Libby Jacobs
Representative David Millage
Representative Bill Bernau
Representative Pat Murphy
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Representative Steve Churchill
Representative Chuck Larson
Representative Beverly Nelson
Representative Tom Baker
Representative Linda Nelson
SERVICE
Representative Clifford Branstad
Representative Brent Siegrist
Representative John Connors
STUDIES
Representative Ron Corbett
Representative Chuck Gipp
Representative Harold Van Maanen
Representative Dennis Cohoon
Representative David Schrader
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
MR. SPEAKER: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reports
that the following committee recommendation has been received
and is on file in the office of the Chief Clerk.
ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON
Chief Clerk of the House
COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
House File 18, a bill for an act relating to arbitrator
considerations in binding arbitration of public employment
collective bargaining disputes.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass January 31, 1995.
RESOLUTION FILED
HCR 15, by Gries, Rants, Vande Hoef, Eddie, Huseman, Greig,
Klemme, Warnstadt, Houser, Nelson of Pottawattamie, Daggett,
Drake, Veenstra and Nutt, a concurrent resolution objecting to a
plan proposed by the
United States Corps of Engineers to dramatically alter the
operation of the Missouri River, and to request that the current
operation of the river be maintained or that an alternative plan
be considered that does not negatively impact upon the effective
operation of the river.
Referred to the committee on  agriculture.
AMENDMENT FILED
H-3008	H.F.	15	Millage of Scott	
On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie, the House adjourned at
8:55 a.m. until 8:45 a.m., February 1, 1995.

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