House Journal: Thursday, February 16, 1995

Thirty-ninth Calendar Day - Twenty-fifth Session Day
Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday, February 16, 1995
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:50 a.m., Speaker
Corbett in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Reverend James Clark, St. Andrew's
Presbyterian Church, Davenport.
The Journal of Wednesday, February 15, 1995 was approved.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Leave of absence was granted as follows:
Siegrist of Pottawattamie on request of Gipp of Winneshiek.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House Joint Resolution 8, by Cormack,  a joint resolution
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa
to allow the recall, by petition and election, of the Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of State,
Treasurer of State, Attorney General, and members of the General
Assembly.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 176, by Disney, a bill for an act relating to open
alcoholic beverage container violations and driving records and
providing a penalty.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 177, by Vande Hoef, a bill for an act relating to the
applicability of the special valuation provisions for certain
wind energy conversion property and providing an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 178, by committee on labor and industrial relations,
a bill for an act relating to the payment of wages to a
suspended or terminated employee under the Iowa wage payment
collection law.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 179, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an act
relating to eggs and poultry by reorganizing the statutory
provisions and providing for the administration of the Iowa egg
council, assessments and refunds, and the repeal of certain
sections, and providing an effective date.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 180, by Brunkhorst, a bill for an act providing that
members of the general assembly may not include expenses as part
of base salary for purposes of the Iowa public employees'
retirement system.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 181, by Hurley, a bill for an act relating to
termination of a lease due to a clear and present danger created
by a tenant near the rental property and providing an effective
date.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
SENATE MESSAGES CONSIDERED
Senate File 117, by committee on human resources, a bill for an
act adopting a new uniform anatomical gift Act and providing a
penalty.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
Senate File 132, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act
relating to compensation for victims of crimes, by providing for
compensation to secondary victims of crimes and increasing the
maximum amount that may be recovered for loss of work income due
to injuries received by victims.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
On motion by Gipp of Winneshiek, the House was recessed at 8:58
a.m., until 2:00 p.m.
AFTERNOON SESSION
The House reconvened at 2:26 p.m., Speaker pro tempore Van
Maanen of Marion in the chair.
CONSIDERATION OF
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 20
Doderer of Johnson called up for consideration House Concurrent
Resolution 20 as follows:
 1	HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 20
 2	By Siegrist and Schrader
 3    A House Concurrent Resolution relating to Pioneer
 4  Lawmakers.
 5     Whereas, the Seventy-sixth General Assembly is
 6  advised of a meeting of the Pioneer Lawmakers
 7  Association to be held on Tuesday, March 28, 1995; and
 8     Whereas, the Pioneer Lawmakers request the
 9  opportunity to meet formally with the General
10  Assembly, Now Therefore,
11     Be It Resolved By The House of Representatives, The
12  SENATE CONCURRING, that the General Assembly meet in
13  joint session in the House chamber on Tuesday, March
14  28, 1995, at 1:30 p.m. and that the Pioneer Lawmakers
15  be invited to attend and present a program on that
16  occasion, and that the Speaker of the House of
17  Representatives and the President of the Senate be
18  designated to deliver the invitation to them.
On motion by Doderer of Johnson, the following amendment H-3110,
filed by her from the floor, was adopted by unanimous consent.
H-3110
 1     Amend House Concurrent Resolution 20 as follows:
 2     Page 1, line 14 by striking the numerals "1:30
 3   p.m." and inserting the following: "2:00 p.m.".
On motion by Doderer of Johnson, the resolution, as amended, was
adopted.
RULES SUSPENDED
Gipp of Winneshiek asked and received unanimous consent to
suspend the rules for the immediate consideration of House
Concurrent Resolution 21.
CONSIDERATION OF
 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 21
Connors of Polk called up for consideration House Concurrent
Resolution 21, a concurrent resolution honoring Ms. Sugar
Macaulay upon her retirement as the Capitol Tour Guide
Supervisor, and moved its adoption.
The motion prevailed and the resolution was adopted.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGES
Gipp of Winneshiek asked and received unanimous consent that the
following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate:  House
Concurrent Resolutions 20 and 21.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE
The following messages were received from the Senate:
Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform your honorable body that
the Senate has on February 16, 1995, passed the following bill
in which the concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 124, a bill for an act relating to access to certain
adoption records by the subject of the record.
Also: That the Senate has on February 16, 1995, passed the
following bill in which the concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 146, a bill for an act relating to Iowa-foaled
horses and Iowa-whelped dogs used for breeding and racing.
Also: That the Senate has on February 16, 1995, passed the
following bill in which the concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 149, a bill for an act relating to child support
recovery.
Also: That the Senate has on February 16, 1995, adopted the
following resolution in which the concurrence of the House is
asked:
Senate Concurrent Resolution 8, a concurrent resolution urging
support of the striking workers at Bridgestone\Firestone in Des
Moines through legislation and other means.
Also: That the Senate has on February 16, 1995, adopted the
following resolution in which the concurrence of the House is
asked:
Senate Concurrent Resolution 15, a concurrent resolution
requesting that the Congress of the United States direct the
Health Care Financing Administration to establish a national
policy no later than July 1, 1995, for Medicare reimbursement of
telemedicine services.
JOHN F. DWYER, Secretary
SPONSOR ADDED
(House Joint Resolution 7)
Garman of Story requested to be added as a sponsor of House
Joint Resolution 7.
EXPLANATION OF VOTE
I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on February 15,
1995. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on House File
126.
KOENIGS of Mitchell
PRESENTATION OF VISITORS
The Speaker announced that the following visitors were present
in the House chamber:
Fifteen students of the Local and State Government class from
Lamoni Community High School, Lamoni, accompanied by Brad
Kunecke. By Daggett of Union.
Two students from Estherville Forrest Ridge Youth Services,
accompanied by Cindy Cox. By Greig of Emmett.
COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED
The following communications were received and filed in the
office of the Chief Clerk:
DEPARTMENT OF ELDER AFFAIRS
The annual report of the activities and recommendations of the
Long-Term Care Resident's Advocate Program, including the
activities of Care Review Committees, pursuant to Chapter
231.42, Code of Iowa.
DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTIONS AND APPEALS
The special audit of the Camp Courageous Farm Raffle, pursuant
to Chapter 1097, 1994 Acts of the Seventy-fifth General Assembly.
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND FINANCE
The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the State of Iowa
for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1994, pursuant to Chapter
421.31(5), Code of Iowa.
CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION
MR. SPEAKER: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reports
that a certificate of recognition has been issued as follows.
ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON
Chief Clerk of the House
1995\49	Edna Tyler, Oakland - For celebrating her 102nd birthday.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House File 155
Local Government: Brauns, Chair; Huseman and Mundie.
House File 165
Education: Boddicker, Chair; Baker and Garman.
House File 166
Agriculture: Mertz, Chair; Eddie and Salton.
House File 167
Education: Daggett, Chair; Grundberg and Mascher.
House File 168
Agriculture: Hahn, Chair; Greiner and Koenigs.
House File 170
State Government: Disney, Chair; Cataldo and Renken.
House File 171
Appropriations: Brauns, Chair; Koenigs and Metcalf.
House File 175
Education: Grubbs, Chair; Brunkhorst and Wise.
House Joint Resolution 7
State Government: Gipp, Chair; Renken and Thomson.
HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Study Bill 147
Appropriations: Millage, Chair; Brauns and Koenigs.
House Study Bill 149
Judiciary: Coon, Chair; Bell and Harrison.
House Study Bill 150
Judiciary: Nutt, Chair; Dinkla and Kreiman.
House Study Bill 151
Judiciary: Millage, Chair; Hurley and Kreiman.
House Study Bill 152
Natural Resources: Brauns, Chair; Garman and Mundie.
House Study Bill 153
Environmental Protection: Meyer, Chair; Boggess and Mascher.
House Study Bill 154
Environmental Protection: Meyer, Chair; Shoultz and Teig.
House Study Bill 156
Commerce - Regulation: Halvorson, Chair; Doderer, Holveck,
Jacobs and Lamberti.
House Study Bill 157
Labor and Industrial Relations: Sukup, Chair; Millage and
Running.
HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
H.S.B. 159 Economic Development
Relating to the assessment of long distance telephone companies
for purposes of property taxation.
H.S.B. 160 State Government
Relating to authorizing the payment of salaries to senior
judges, providing for a maximum retirement annuity amount paid
to senior judges, and providing effective and applicability
dates.
H.S.B. 161 State Government
Relating to the distribution and sale of beer, providing for the
regulation of brewer and wholesaler agreements, prohibiting
certain conduct, providing for the transfer of business assets,
providing judicial remedies, specifying applicability, and
providing for other properly related matters.
H.S.B. 162 State Government
Providing for the payment of employee contributions for members
of fire and police retirement systems for certain state tax
purposes and providing an effective and applicability date.
H.S.B. 163 State Government
Relating to the financing of political campaigns and by adding
and changing definitions of commissioner and political
committee, changing the providing for the appointment of
committee personnel and the maintenance of committee funds,
providing for the retention of records, establishing
requirements for committee names, specifying requirements for
out-of-state committee filings, prohibiting political committees
from supporting a single candidate, revising filing deadlines
and the contents of disclosure reports, providing for
disclaimers on published materials by nonregistered entities,
including federal corporations under corporate activity
prohibitions, allowing candidates to donate funds to political
subdivisions, providing for the establishment of ethics and
campaign disclosure board staff salaries, and making other
related changes.
H.S.B. 164 State Government
Ratifying a proposed balanced budget amendment to the
Constitution of the United States.
H.S.B. 165 Economic Development
Relating to a royalties income tax credit for purposes of
individual and corporate state income tax and providing an
applicability date.
H.S.B. 166 Economic Development
Establishing an economic development opportunity fund in the
state treasury.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
MR. SPEAKER: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reports
that the following committee recommendations have been received
and are on file in the office of the Chief Clerk.
ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON
Chief Clerk of the House
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 107), relating to
energy conservation including making appropriations of petroleum
overcharge funds.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 16, 1995.
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
House File 2, a bill for an act applying the death penalty or
life imprisonment, by establishing the offense of capital
murder, by providing a minimum age for imposition of a death
sentence, by providing for review of death sentences, by
providing for execution by lethal injection, by amending the
rules of criminal procedure, and by providing for the Act's
applicability.
Fiscal Note is required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-3109 February 15,
1995.
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 38), relating to the funding
of state mandates.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 15, 1995.
COMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGY
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 129), relating to the
Iowa communications network and authorizing the state to own the
connections for certain part III users.
Fiscal Note is required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 16, 1995.
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 60), to provide
conformity to the definition of travel trailers.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 15, 1995.
COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
Senate File 84, a bill for an act relating to individual health
insurance and individual health benefit plan reforms, and
establishing an income tax credit for certain individuals.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 16, 1995.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 117), relating to a
property tax exemption for property used for the recycling of
ferrous and nonferrous metal, tires, scrap tires, and shredded
tires, and for property used to manufacture new products
composed primarily of recycled material.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 16, 1995.
RESOLUTION FILED
S.C.R. 13, by Hammond, Lundby, Neuhauser, Boettger, Freeman,
Szymoniak, Judge, Douglas, Tinsman and Kramer, a concurrent
resolution recognizing the seventy-fifth anniversary of the
founding of the League of Women Voters of Iowa.
Referred to state government.
AMENDMENTS FILED
H-3109	H.F.	2	Committee on Judiciary
H-3111	H.F.	149	Weigel of Chickasaw
H-3112	H.F.	159	Weigel of Chickasaw
On motion by Gipp of Winneshiek, the House adjourned at 2:54
p.m. until 8:45 a.m. Friday, February 17, 1995.

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