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House Journal: Friday, March 10, 1995

Sixty-first Calendar Day - Forty-first Session Day
Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, March 10, 1995
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:45 a.m., Speaker pro
tempore Van Maanen of Marion in the chair.
A song of  prayer was offered by the following members of a
mixed quartet from Pella: Karla Haagsma, Terry Roose, Tricia
Vander Molen and Chad Vande Lune, a House Page.
The Journal of  Thursday, March 9, 1995 was approved.
PETITIONS FILED
The following petitions favoring County Treasurers, in rural
Iowa, issuing driver's licenses were received and placed on file:

By Brauns of Muscatine, from one thousand, seven-hundred eleven
Iowa citizens.
By Drees of Greene, from one hundred ninety constituents.
By Meyer of Sac from eighty-five constituents of Sac County.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House Joint Resolution 15, by Halvorson, a joint resolution
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa
to provide for appointment of the secretary of state, treasurer
of state, and auditor of state by the governor.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 339, by Connors, a bill for an act relating to the
penalties for violations concerning certain vehicle registration
requirements.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
House File 340, by O'Brien, a bill for an act providing for the
operation of snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles by defining
public land.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
House File 341, by Kremer, a bill for an act relating to
juvenile justice by providing for notification of school
officials of alcoholic beverage violations and prohibiting a
juvenile from operating a motor vehicle in certain circumstances.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 342, by Baker, a bill for an act relating to child
abuse provisions.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 343, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act
requiring the administrative revocation of driving privileges of
persons under the age of nineteen who operate a motor vehicle
with an alcohol concentration of .02 or more, denying issuance
of temporary restricted licenses during the period of
revocation, including the revocation under implied consent
provisions, providing for civil penalties, and excluding the
revocation from application of certain motor vehicle financial
responsibility requirements.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 344, by committee on local government, a bill for an
act relating to the determination of the annual salary of a
deputy sheriff.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 345, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act
relating to the rate of interest charged on judgments and
decrees.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 346, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act
relating to the verification and defendant's signature required
for uniform citations and complaints.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 347, by committee on commerce and regulation, a bill
for an act relating to the delay of the repeal for the exemption
of certain multiple employer welfare arrangements from
regulation by the insurance division and providing an effective
date.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 348, by Wise, a bill for an act relating to the
initial procedures applicable to a probable cause finding for
the emergency hospitalization of persons alleged to be seriously
mentally impaired or to be chronic substance abusers.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 349, by Arnold and Halvorson, a bill for an act
relating to the liability of a person owning or possessing land
for certain injuries occurring on the land.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 350, by Halvorson, a bill for an act relating to the
appointment of the secretary of agriculture.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 351, by Van Fossen, a bill for an act relating to the
exemption of the statewide notification center and its vendors
from sales, services, and use taxes and providing for the Act's
effectiveness and retroactive applicability.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 352, by Baker, a bill for an act establishing a
career opportunity program.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 353, by Shoultz, a bill for an act including the
general election date as a paid state holiday.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 354, by Shoultz, a bill for an act relating to
alternate energy rates.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce-regulation.
House File 355, by Larkin, a bill for an act relating to the
determination of the annual salaries of elected county officers.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 356, by Kremer, a bill for an act relating to an
exception from workers' compensation coverage for employees
seeking relief under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.
Read first time and referred to committee on labor and
industrial relations.
House File 357, by Witt, Weigel, Ollie, Shoultz, and May, a bill
for an act relating to snowmobiles by requiring certificates of
title, providing for point of sale registration, and increasing
snowmobile registration fees.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
House File 358, by Koenigs, a bill for an act relating to
voluntary guardianship petitions by persons under the age of
fourteen years and providing an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 359, by Martin, a bill for an act relating to the
taxation of certain retirement income received for the purposes
of state individual income tax, and to the filing of claims for
credit or refund under the state individual income tax by
retired federal employees as a result of the unconstitutional
taxation of federal pensions, and providing an applicability
date.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 360, by Carroll, a bill for an act relating to the
determination of the salary of the county assessors.
Read first time and referred to committee on  local government.
House File 361, by Cornelius, Meyer, Teig, Arnold, Klemme,
Veenstra, and Drake, a bill for an act relating to the
durational limitations on legislators' per diem paid during the
legislative session.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 362, by committee on economic development, a bill for
an act relating to the statute of limitations for products
liability actions and providing immunity from products liability
under certain circumstances.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 363, by committee on economic development, a bill for
an act relating to the development of housing for low or
moderate income families in urban renewal areas, including an
applicability date provision.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 364, by Millage, a bill for an act relating to local
civil rights agencies.
Read first time and referred to committee on  local government.
House File 365, by Larkin, a bill for an act relating to the
definition of correctional officer for purposes of the
protection occupation classification under the Iowa employees'
retirement system.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 366, by Cohoon, a bill for an act relating to school
finances by increasing the special education support services
foundation level, providing an adjustment to budget enrollment
for declining enrollment, providing an advance in state aid for
increasing enrollment, increasing and funding an increase in the
school district budget guarantee provision, providing state aid
for districts with higher than average transportation costs, and
making appropriations, and providing an effective and
applicability date provision.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 367, by committee on human resources, a bill for an
act providing for notification of certain persons receiving
public assistance of tax suspension provisions.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 368, by Rants, a bill for an act relating to the
state department of transportation by requiring legislative
approval of certain contracts for new motor vehicle registration
plates or driver's licenses.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
House File 369, by Hurley, a bill for an act relating to reading
or posting of historic documents or writings at public schools.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 370, by Larson, Nutt, Baker, McCoy, and Metcalf, a
bill for an act relating to the electricity purchase or wheeling
requirements for alternate energy production and small hydro
facilities and providing an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce-regulation.
House File 371, by Bernau, a bill for an act increasing the
student membership on the state board of regents, reducing the
term of student members, and including implementation and
transition provisions.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 372, by Cormack and Teig, a bill for an act relating
to marketing, educational, and informational expenses of the
lottery.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 373, by committee on ways and means, a bill for an
act relating to establishing family health accounts and a state
pilot project and providing applicability and effective date
provisions.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means
calendar.
House File 374, by committee on education, a bill for an act
relating to funding for and the name of the national center for
talented and gifted education.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 375, by Meyer, a bill for an act relating to payments
made by a school district under the postsecondary enrollment
options law.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 376, by Burnett, a bill for an act providing an
effective date for the sexually violent predator Act.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 377, by Nelson of Marshall, a bill for an act
providing for a reduction in aid to a recipient of the family
investment program for continued truancy by a recipient's child,
establishing penalties for providing aid, support, or shelter to
a runaway or truant, and including conditional and other
effective date provisions.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 378, by Doderer, a bill for an act establishing a
microenterprise development Act.
Read first time and referred to committee on economic
development.
House File 379, by Cohoon, a bill for an act relating to the
operation of flashing warning lamps on a school bus.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
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 March 9, 1995, passed the following bill in
which the concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 160, a bill for an act relating to establishing a
local housing development program under the Iowa finance
authority, authorizing the issuance of bonds to fund the
program, and authorizing a city, county, or municipal housing
agency to develop, own, and manage a local housing project.
Also: That the Senate has on March 9, 1995, passed the following
bill in which the concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 207, a bill for an act 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.
Also: That the Senate has on March 9, 1995, passed the following
bill in which the concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 234, a bill for an act relating to the powers and
duties of the department of natural resources by amending
procedures for issuing and establishing fees for scientific
collector's licenses or permits.
JOHN F. DWYER, Secretary
 CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Special Order Calendar
House Joint Resolution 14, a joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to
protection of taxpayers' rights by limiting the growth rate of
taxes, revenue, and spending of the state and local governments
and by increasing the people's control over taxes, revenue, and
spending of the state and local governments, was taken up for
consideration.
The House stood at ease at 9:02 a.m., until the fall of the
gavel.
The House resumed session at 10:07 a.m., Speaker pro tempore Van
Maanen of Marion in the chair.
Shoultz of Black Hawk offered the following amendment H-3233
filed by him and moved its adoption:
H-3233
 1     Amend House Joint Resolution 14 as follows:
 2     1.  Title page, by striking lines 2 through 6 and
 3   inserting the following:  "the State of Iowa relating
 4   to limiting the growth rate of taxes, revenue, and
 5   spending of the state and local governments."
Amendment H-3233 lost.
Running of Linn asked and received unanimous consent to defer
action on amendment H-3278.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Leave of absence was granted as follows:
McCoy of Polk, for the remainder of the day, on request of
Schrader of Marion.
Shoultz of Black Hawk offered the following amendment H-3232
filed by him and moved its adoption:
H-3232
 1     Amend House Joint Resolution 14 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 1, by striking line 6 and inserting the
 3   following:  "STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUE AND
 4   SPENDING LIMITATION."
Roll call was requested by Schrader of Marion and Connors of
Polk.
On the question "Shall amendment  H-3232 be adopted?" ( H.J.R.
14)
The ayes were, 33:
Bell           	Bernau         	Brand          	Burnett 
Cataldo        	Cohoon         	Connors        	Doderer
Drees          	Fallon         	Grundberg      	Harper
Holveck        	Jochum         	Koenigs        	Kreiman
Larkin         	Mascher        	May            	Moreland
Murphy         	Myers          	Nelson, L.       	O'Brien
Ollie          	Rants          	Running        	Schrader
Shoultz        	Warnstadt      	Weigel         	Wise
Witt           	
The nays were, 63:
Arnold	Blodgett	Boddicker	Boggess
Bradley        	Branstad       	Brauns         	Brunkhorst
Carroll        	Churchill      	Coon                  	Corbett,
Spkr.
Cormack        	Cornelius      	Daggett        	Dinkla
Disney         	Drake          	Eddie          	Garman
Gipp           	Greig          	Greiner        	Gries
Grubbs         	Hahn           	Halvorson      	Hammitt
Hanson         	Harrison       	Heaton         	Houser 
Hurley         	Huseman        	Jacobs         	Klemme
Kremer         	Lamberti       	Larson         	Lord
Main           	Martin         	Mertz          	Metcalf 
Meyer          	Millage        	Mundie         	Nelson, B.
Nutt           	Renken         	Salton         	Schulte
Siegrist       	Sukup          	Teig           	Thomson
Tyrrell        	Van Fossen     	Vande Hoef     	Veenstra
Weidman        	Welter         	Van Maanen,
		  Presiding     	
Absent or not voting, 4:
Baker          	Brammer        	Ertl           	McCoy          	
Amendment H-3232 lost.
Speaker Corbett in the chair at 12:25 p.m.
Myers of Johnson offered amendment H-3253 filed by him as
follows:
H-3253
 1     Amend House Joint Resolution 14 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 1, line 7, by striking the words "and
 3   each local government".
 4     2.  Page 1, line 9, by striking the words "Each
 5   government's" and inserting the following:  "The
 6   state's".
 7     3.  Page 1, by striking lines 23 and 24 and
 8   inserting the following:  "effective."
 9     4.  Page 1, line 33, by striking the words "a
10   government's" and inserting the following:  "the
11   state's".
12     5.  Page 2, by striking lines 12 and 13 and
13   inserting the following:
14     "SEC. 3.  The state revenue limit excludes state
15   revenue transferred to local governments".
16     6.  Page 2, line 17, by striking the words "a
17   government's" and inserting the following:  "the
18   state's".
19     7.  Page 2, line 20, by striking the words "A
20   government's" and inserting the following:  "The
21   state's".
22     8.  Page 2, lines 21 and 22, by striking the words
23   "that government's" and inserting the following:
24   "the".
25     9.  Page 2, by striking lines 31 through 34 and
26   inserting the following:  "by the Governor.  Each
27   increase".
28     10.  Page 3, line 4, by striking the words "Each
29   government's" and inserting the following:  "The
30   state's".
31     11.  Page 3, line 13, by striking the words "a
32   government's" and inserting the following:  "the
33   state's".
34     12.  Page 3, by striking lines 21 through 31.
35     13.  Page 4, by striking lines 1 and 2 and
36   inserting the following:  "amount of the necessary net
37   cost increase and shall decrease the state revenue
38   limit".
39     14.  Page 4, line 6, by striking the words "or
40   local government".
41     15.  Page 4, line 11, by striking the words "and
42   local governments".
43     16.  Page 4, line 19, by striking the words "and
44   local governments".
45     17.  Page 5, line 11, by striking the words
46   "specified government" and inserting the following:
47   "state".
48     18.  Page 5, line 15, by striking the word
49   "government's" and inserting the following:  "state".
50     19.  Page 5, by striking lines 22 and 23 and

Page 2  

 1   inserting the following:
 2     "5.  If the state excludes an amount from revenue
 3   or spending under any provision of Article XIII, the
 4   state must accurately".
 5     20.  By striking page 5, line 25 through page 6,
 6   line 2.
 7     21.  Page 6, line 3, by striking the words "a
 8   government" and inserting the following:  "the state".
 9     22.  Page 6, line 7, by striking the words "each
10   government" and inserting the following:  "the state".
11     23.  Title page, line 4, by striking the words
12   "and local governments".
13     24.  Title page, lines 5 and 6, by striking the
14   words "and local governments".
Rants of Woodbury in the chair at 12:52 p.m.
Schrader of Marion moved to recess.
A non-record roll call was requested.
The ayes were 27, nays 57.
The motion to recess lost.
Speaker Corbett in the chair at 2:40 p.m.
QUORUM CALL
A non-record roll call was requested to determine that a quorum
was present. The vote revealed fifty-five members present,
forty-five absent.
Myers of Johnson moved the adoption of amendment H-3253.
Roll call was requested by Myers of Story and Wise of Lee.
On the question "Shall amendment H-3253 be adopted?" (H.J.R. 14)
The ayes were, 39:
Baker          	Bell           	Bernau         	Brand 
Burnett        	Carroll        	Cataldo        	Cohoon
Connors        	Coon           	Dinkla         	Doderer
Fallon         	Grundberg      	Harper         	Heaton
Holveck        	Jacobs         	Jochum         	Koenigs
Kreiman        	Larkin         	Mascher        	May
Moreland       	Murphy         	Myers          	Nelson, B.
Nelson, L.       	O'Brien        	Ollie          	Rants
Running        	Schrader       	Shoultz        	Warnstadt
Weigel         	Wise           	Witt
The nays were, 54:
Arnold         	Blodgett       	Boddicker      	Boggess
Bradley        	Branstad       	Brauns         	Churchill
Cormack        	Cornelius      	Daggett        	Disney
Drake          	Eddie          	Garman         	Gipp
Greig          	Greiner        	Gries          	Grubbs
Hahn           	Halvorson      	Hammitt        	Hanson
Houser         	Huseman        	Klemme         	Kremer
Lamberti       	Larson         	Lord           	Main
Martin         	Mertz          	Metcalf        	Meyer
Millage        	Mundie         	Nutt           	Renken
Salton         	Schulte        	Siegrist       	Sukup
Teig           	Thomson        	Tyrrell        	Van Fossen
Van Maanen     	Vande Hoef     	Veenstra       	Weidman
Welter         	Mr. Speaker
	  Corbett
Absent or not voting, 7:
Brammer        	Brunkhorst     	Drees          	Ertl
Harrison       	Hurley         	McCoy 
Amendment H-3253 lost.
The following amendments were deferred by unanimous consent:
H-3244 filed by Bernau of Story.
H-3235 filed by Doderer of Johnson.
H-3274 filed by Bernau of Story.
H-3275 filed by Bernau of Story.
H-3277 filed by Bernau of Story.
H-3271 filed by Bernau of Story.
Schrader of Marion offered the following amendment H-3284 filed
by him and moved its adoption:
H-3284
 1     Amend House Joint Resolution 14 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 1, line 29, by inserting after the word
 3   "gifts" the following:  "and bequests".
Roll call was requested by Schrader of  Marion and Connors of
Polk.
Rule 75 was invoked.
On the question "Shall amendment H-3284 be adopted?" (H.J.R. 14)
The ayes were, 31:
Baker          	Bell           	Bernau         	Brand
Burnett        	Cataldo        	Cohoon         	Connors 
Fallon         	Harper         	Holveck        	Jochum
Koenigs        	Kreiman        	Larkin         	Mascher 
May            	Moreland       	Murphy         	Myers
Nelson, L.       	O'Brien        	Ollie          	Rants
Running	Schrader       	Shoultz        	Warnstadt
Weigel	Wise           	Witt           	
The nays were, 63:
Arnold         	Blodgett       	Boddicker      	Boggess
Bradley        	Branstad       	Brauns         	Brunkhorst
Carroll        	Churchill      	Coon                  	Cormack 
Cornelius      	Daggett        	Dinkla         	Disney 
Drake          	Eddie          	Garman         	Gipp 
Greig          	Greiner        	Gries          	Grundberg
Hahn           	Halvorson      	Hammitt        	Hanson
Harrison       	Heaton         	Houser         	Hurley 
Huseman        	Jacobs         	Klemme         	Kremer
Lamberti       	Larson         	Lord           	Main
Martin         	Mertz          	Metcalf        	Meyer 
Millage        	Mundie         	Nelson, B.      	Nutt
Renken         	Salton         	Schulte        	Siegrist
Sukup          	Teig           	Thomson        	Tyrrell 
Van Fossen     	Van Maanen     	Vande Hoef     	Veenstra
Weidman        	Welter         	Mr. Speaker 				  Corbett
Absent or not voting, 6:
Brammer        	Doderer        	Drees          	Ertl 
Grubbs         	McCoy          	          	

Amendment H-3284 lost.
Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent
that House Joint Resolution 14 be deferred and placed on the
Unfinished Business Calendar, Special Order March 10, 1995.
SPECIAL ORDER ANNOUNCED
The Speaker announced that House File 258 be placed on the
Special Order Calendar for March 20, 1995.

EXPLANATION OF VOTE
I was temporarily absent from the House chamber on Friday, March
10, 1995. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on
amendment H-3253, to House Joint Resolution 14.
HARRISON of Scott
BILL ENROLLED, SIGNED AND SENT TO GOVERNOR
The Chief Clerk of the House submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reports
that the following bill has been examined and found correctly
enrolled, signed by the Speaker of the House and the President
of the Senate, and presented to the Governor for his approval on
this 10th day of March, 1995: House File 179.
ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON
Chief Clerk of the House
Report adopted.
PRESENTATION OF VISITORS
The Speaker announced that the following visitors were present
in the House chamber:
Sixty-five Fourth grade students from Cooper Elementary, Ft.
Dodge, accompanied by Darlene Wimenger, Laura Hansen and Loreen
Miller. By Cormack of Webster.
Eight students from Washington and Jefferson Junior High
Schools, Dubuque. By Cornelius of Jackson, Jochum and Murphy of
Dubuque.
Eighteen members of the girls basketball team from
Vinton-Shellsburg, accompanied by Harold Shepard. By Brand of
Benton.
Fourteen students from Bellevue, accompanied by Jack Grutz. By
Cornelius of Jackson.
Seventy-five Fourth grade students from Terrace Elementary,
Ankeny, accompanied by Mrs. Gronemyer, Mrs. Ruff and Mrs.
Neighbor. By Lamberti of Polk.
Seventy students from South Winneshiek High School, Calmar,
accompanied by Kurt Gaylor. By Weigel of Chickasaw and Gipp of
Winneshiek.
Seventeen members of the Little Feathers Drill Team from Keokuk
High School, accompanied by Barb Davis, Sandra Ash and Judy
Peterson. By Wise of Lee. 
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House File 269
State Government: Coon, Chair; Running and Tyrrell.
House File 276
State Government: Jacobs, Chair; Connors, Disney, Gipp and
Jochum.
House File 302
Human Resources: Martin, Chair; Blodgett, Ertl, Moreland and
Witt.
House File 307
Local Government: Houser, Chair; Cohoon and Welter.
House File 309
State Government: Jacobs, Chair; Churchill, Connors, Gipp and
Jochum.
House File 310
State Government: Gipp, Chair; Churchill, Connors, Jochum and
Tyrrell.
House File 312
State Government: Gipp, Chair; Jacobs, Jochum, Martin and
Running.
House File 314
Agriculture: Meyer, Chair; Boggess and Koenigs.
House File 315
Agriculture: Meyer, Chair; Huseman and Koenigs.
House File 317
Human Resources: Martin, Chair; Blodgett, Ertl, Moreland and
Witt.
House File 323
State Government: Jacobs, Chair; Brammer and Drake.
House File 327
Human Resources: Hammitt, Chair; Fallon and Harrison.
House File 333
State Government: Renken, Chair; Brammer and Connors.
House File 337
Human Resources: Carroll, Chair; Hammitt, Lord, Myers and Witt.
House File 338
Human Resources: Carroll, Chair; Hammitt, Lord, Myers and Witt.
Senate File 204
State Government: Thomson, Chair; Cataldo and Ertl.
HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Study Bill 265
Local Government: Vande Hoef, Chair; Carroll and Myers.
House Study Bill 266
Local Government: Carroll, Chair; Cohoon and Martin.
House Study Bill 272
Commerce-Regulation: Jacobs, Chair; Baker and Metcalf.
House Study Bill 273
Commerce-Regulation: Sukup, Chair; Nelson of Pottawattamie and
Renken.
House Study Bill 275
Local Government: Brauns, Chair; Connors and Disney.
House Study Bill 276
Local Government: Arnold, Chair; Disney and Mertz.
House Study Bill 277
Local Government: Carroll, Chair; Hanson and Myers.
House Study Bill 279
Agriculture: Meyer, Chair; Hahn and Weigel.
House Study Bill 280
Agriculture: Vande Hoef, Chair; Huseman and Mertz.
HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
H.S.B. 282 Local Government
Relating to the waiver of certain state agency actions affecting
city and county government.
H.S.B. 283 State Government
Relating to streamlining government activities.
H.S.B. 284 Environmental Protection
Providing limited immunity for persons responding to oil spills.
H.S.B. 285 Commerce-Regulation
Relating to open-end credit pursuant to a credit card, including
the permissible over-limit or delinquency charges, the offering
of credit unemployment insurance, and the time requirements for
making certain payments.
H.S.B. 286 Local Government
Authorizing an increase in the amount of taxes dedicated to the
reserve account by township trustees for supplies and equipment
related to fire protection, emergency warning systems, and
ambulance services.
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 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 191), creating an
environmental audit privilege and providing penalties.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 9, 1995.
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES
House File 197, a bill for an act relating to the expansion of
the volunteer physician program to include other health care
providers.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 9, 1995.
Senate File 118, a bill for an act relating to the development
and implementation of a coordinated statewide trauma care
delivery system and providing penalties and immunity from
liability.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 9, 1995.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 34), relating to
public health issues, including certain birth certificates and
licensing of athletic trainers.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 9, 1995.
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
House File 215, a bill for an act to require that all inmates of
the institutions under the control of the department of
corrections perform hard labor, and providing transition
provisions.
Fiscal Note is required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-3285 March 9,
1995.
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 193), relating to the
investment of the proceeds of bond issues and the use of
earnings from the investment.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 9, 1995.
COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 163), 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.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 9, 1995.
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 143), relating to the
joint purchasing of equipment by political subdivisions of the
state.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 9, 1995.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 197), providing for
class "C" area service system roads and providing a penalty.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 9, 1995. 
RESOLUTIONS FILED
HCR 29, by Van Maanen, a concurrent resolution urging the
Congress of the United States to allow retired members of the
United States
Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability to
concurrently receive retired pay and disability compensation.
Referred to committee on state government.
HCR 30, by Doderer and Millage, a concurrent resolution
recognizing the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the American Civil
Liberties union and the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Iowa Civil
Liberties Union.
Referred to committee on state government.
HCR 31, by Mertz, Eddie, Vande Hoef, May, Greig, Drees, and
Branstad, a concurrent resolution in support of improvement in
the wetland delineation process and a moratorium on wetlands
determination until the 1995 farm bill has been passed and
signed into law by the Congress and the President.
Referred to committee on natural resources.
HR 8, by committee on administration and rules, a house
resolution relating to expenses for the daily operations of the
House of Representatives.
Laid over under Rule 25 and placed on the calendar.

	AMENDMENTS FILED
H-3285	H.F.	215	Committee on Judiciary
H-3286	H.F.	288	Rants of Woodbury
H-3287	H.F.	185	Weigel of Chickasaw
H-3288	H.F.	185	Weigel of Chickasaw
H-3289	H.F.	258	Wise of Lee
	Koenigs of Mitchell		Kreiman of Davis
	Larkin of Lee			Mertz of Kossuth
	O'Brien of Boone		Ollie of Clinton
	Shoultz of Black Hawk		Witt of Black Hawk

On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie, the House adjourned at
4:25 p.m., until 1:00 p.m., Monday, March 13, 1995.

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