House Journal: Monday, March 13, 1995

Sixty-fourth Calendar Day - Forty-second Session Day
Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, March 13, 1995
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 1:00 p.m., Speaker
Corbett in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Reverend Neil Solomonson, Salem Lutheran
Church, Andrew.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Grant Wood All-City Drum Corps, consisting of approximately
ninety students of  Grant Wood, Johnson and McKinley Elementary
Schools, Cedar Rapids, under the direction of Slayton Thompson,
presented the Colors and led the House in the Pledge of
Allegiance, and in singing "God Bless America."  The Corps was
also accompanied by Dr. Lew Finch, Superintendent of Schools,
and thirty-five parents and chaperones.
The Journal of  Friday, March 10, 1995, was approved.
PETITION FILED
By Arnold of Lucas, from one hundred forty residents of District
91 favoring the issuance of driver licenses, in rural Iowa, in
the office of the County Treasurer.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House Joint Resolution 16, by Doderer and Grubbs, a joint
resolution making an appropriation for the construction of a
women in the military service memorial.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 380, by Baker and Larson, a bill for an act relating
to the annual salaries of the members of the utilities board and
providing an applicability provision.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 381, by Jochum, a bill for an act requiring videos
produced by the state to be captioned for deaf and
hard-of-hearing persons.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 382, by Jochum, a bill for an act providing
retirement benefits for members of the public safety peace
officers' retirement, accident, and disability system and
members of the statewide fire and police retirement system who
have attained the age of fifty years, and providing effective
and applicability date provisions.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 383, by Murphy and Brand, a bill for an act relating
to the reimbursement of health care providers pursuant to a
managed care delivery system and to the establishment of
expanded provider networks under such system.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 384, by Murphy, a bill for an act relating to the
reestablishment of the long-term care resident's advocate
program in the office of the citizens' aide, and providing
effective dates.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 385, by Teig, a bill for an act providing for the
approval of construction permits relating to livestock
operations.
Read first time and referred to committee on natural resources.
House File 386, by Warnstadt, Nutt, Klemme, and Rants, a bill
for an act authorizing certain cities to appoint a board of
review to hear city taxpayer appeals.
 Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 387, by Hanson, Myers, Burnett, Mascher, Bernau, and
Rants, a bill for an act relating to the appointment of the
student member to the state board of regents, reducing the
student member's term, and providing implementation and
transition provisions.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 388, by Main, a bill for an act relating to the
creation of parental and family involvement policies in Iowa's
public schools.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 389, by Garman, a bill for an act relating to school
procedures for handling child abuse reports alleged to have been
committed by an employee or agent of a public or nonpublic
school.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 390, by Lamberti, a bill for an act relating to the
deposit of moneys paid by a higher education institution to
cooperating teachers into a scholarship fund.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 391, by Grundberg and Harper, a bill for an act
requiring the department of corrections to conduct a study
relating to the number and treatment of inmates with mental
illness in institutions under the control of the department.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 392, by Baker, a bill for an act providing for
reimbursement by the board of educational examiners for the
costs of license renewal for public school teachers, making an
appropriation, and providing an effective date and applicability
provisions.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 393, by committee on transportation, a bill for an
act relating to certain exemptions from federal motor carrier
safety regulations.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 394, by committee on economic development, a bill for
an act relating to the statute of limitations for medical
malpractice actions regarding minors under six years of age.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 395, by committee on environmental protection, a bill
for an act relating to solid waste by removing wine and
alcoholic liquor from the definition of beverage in the
mandatory beverage container deposit law, requesting the
allocation of landfill alternative grant moneys, and making
encouragement of curbside recycling a public policy of the state.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 396, by committee on commerce-regulation, a bill for
an act relating to delayed deposit services businesses and
providing penalties.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 397, by Harrison, Veenstra, Hammitt, Jacobs, Coon,
Lamberti, Cornelius, Bradley, Boggess, Witt, Van Fossen,
Huseman, Daggett, and Brand, a bill for an act making an
appropriation for grants for independent living centers for
persons with disabilities.
Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.
House File 398, by Schrader, Bernau, Moreland, Drees, May,
Baker, Brand, and Larkin, a bill for an act relating to the
exemption from property taxation of certain industrial
machinery, equipment and computers and providing for the Act's
applicability.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 399, by Schrader, Bernau, Moreland, Drees, Baker,
Brand, and Larkin, a bill for an act relating to employee choice
of medical care in workers' compensation.
Read first time and referred to committee on labor and
industrial relations.
House File 400, by committee on transportation, a bill for an
act relating to the joint purchasing of equipment by political
subdivisions of the state.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 401, by committee on human resources, a bill for an
act relating to public health issues, including certain birth
certificates and licensing of athletic trainers.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 402, by Grundberg, a bill for an act relating to
phases I and II of the educational excellence program.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 403, by Grundberg, a bill for an act relating to the
maximum amount for earnings specified for certain retirees under
the Iowa public employees' retirement system, and providing
effective and retroactive applicability dates.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 404, by Grundberg , a bill for an act relating to
limited English proficiency programs in the public schools.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 405, by committee on natural resources, a bill for an
act relating to the powers and duties of the department of
natural resources by authorizing distinguishing license plates
to vehicles assigned to the department of natural resources, by
amending procedures for granting easements and leases by the
natural resource commission, by amending procedures for issuing
and establishing fees for scientific collector's licenses or
permits, by authorizing the use of certain revenue to repay
loans related to sewage collection and treatment plants in state
parks and recreation areas, by providing a definition of
resident for hunting, fishing, trapping, or taking protected
species of animals, and by providing for penalties and other
related matters.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 406, by committee on local government, a bill for an
act relating to the investment of the proceeds of bond issues
and other evidences of indebtedness and the use of earnings from
the investment.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
SENATE MESSAGES CONSIDERED
Senate File 156, by committee on small business, economic
development and tourism, a bill for an act relating to
corporate, franchise, and insurance premiums tax credits for
entities investing in a qualified venture capital company and
providing applicability provisions.
Read first time and referred to committee on economic
development.
Senate File 160, by committee on small business, economic
development and tourism, 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.
Read first time and referred to committee on economic
development.
Senate File 207, by committee on state government, 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.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
Senate File 234, by committee on natural resources, enviornment
and energy, 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.
Read first time and referred to committee on natural resources.
SPECIAL PRESENTATION
Bell of Jasper presented to the House Roy Y. Y. Wu, director
General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Taipei,
China, who addressed the House briefly.
The House rose and expressed its welcome.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Leave of absence was granted as follows:
Bernau of Story on request of Burnett of Story.
CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Regular Calendar
Senate Joint Resolution 12, a joint resolution authorizing the
temporary use and consumption of alcoholic beverages in the
State Capitol in conjunction with a buffet dinner sponsored by
the Des Moines Rotary Club and featuring the State Capitol
restoration and providing an effective date, was taken up for
consideration.
Rants of Woodbury moved that the joint resolution be read a last
time now and placed upon its adoption and the joint resolution
was read a last time.
Rule 75 was invoked.
On the question "Shall the joint resolution be adopted and
agreed to?" (S.J.R. 12)

The ayes were, 56:
Baker          	Bell           	Blodgett       	Boggess
Brand          	Brauns         	Cataldo        	Churchill
Cohoon         	Connors        	Coon                  	Dinkla
Disney         	Drees          	Ertl           	Gipp
Greiner        	Grubbs         	Halvorson      	Hammitt
Harper         	Heaton         	Jacobs         	Jochum
Koenigs        	Kremer         	Lamberti       	Larkin
Larson         	Mascher        	McCoy          	Metcalf 
Millage        	Moreland       	Mundie         	Murphy 
Myers          	Nelson, B.      	Nelson, L.       	Nutt
Ollie          	Rants          	Renken         	Running
Schrader       	Schulte        	Shoultz        	Siegrist 
Tyrrell        	Van Fossen     	Warnstadt      	Weidman
Welter         	Wise           	Witt           	Mr. Speaker
			   Corbett
The nays were, 40:
Arnold         	Boddicker      	Bradley        	Branstad
Brunkhorst     	Burnett        	Carroll        	Cormack
Cornelius      	Daggett        	Doderer        	Drake
Eddie          	Fallon         	Garman         	Greig
Gries          	Grundberg      	Hahn           	Hanson
Harrison       	Holveck        	Houser         	Hurley
Huseman        	Klemme         	Lord           	Main 
Martin         	May            	Meyer          	O'Brien
Salton         	Sukup          	Teig           	Thomson 
Van Maanen     	Vande Hoef     	Veenstra       	Weigel 

Absent or not voting, 4:
Bernau         	Brammer        	Kreiman        	Mertz
The joint resolution having received a constitutional majority
was declared to have been adopted and agreed to by the House.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE
Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent
that Senate Joint Resolution 12 be immediately messaged to the
Senate.
SPONSORS ADDED
(House File 359)
Harrison of Scott requested to be added as a sponsor of House
File 359.
( House File 377)
Harrison of Scott requested to be added as a sponsor of House
File 377.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT FILED
MR. SPEAKER: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reports
that the conference committee report on the following bill has
been received and is on file in the office of the Chief Clerk.
ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON
Chief Clerk of the House
Senate File 17, a bill for an act establishing the state percent
of growth for the school budget year beginning July 1, 1995, for
purposes of the state school foundation program and providing
effective and applicability date provisions.
ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE:	ON THE PART OF THE SENATE:
STEVE GRUBBS, Chair	MIKE CONNOLLY, Chair
CHUCK GIPP	JOHN P. KIBBIE
DON GRIES	MARY E. KRAMER
C. ARTHUR OLLIE	JIM LIND
PHILIP WISE	MARY NEUHAUSER
BILL SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR
A communication was received from the Governor announcing that
on March 13, 1995, he approved and transmitted to the Secretary
of State the following bill:
Senate File 114, an act relating to anabolic steroids and the
Iowa uniform controlled substances Act.
COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED
The following communications were received and filed in the
office of the Chief Clerk:
DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES
The Capitol Planning Commission Annual Report, pursuant to
Chapter 18A, Code of Iowa.
FRIENDS OF CAPITOL HILL, INC.
The 1994 First Annual Report, pursuant to Chapter 18A.11, Code
of Iowa.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Joint Resolution 15
State Government: Churchill, Chair; Drake and Jochum.
House File 297
Judiciary: Veenstra, Chair: Moreland and Schulte.
House File 318
Transportation: Welter, Chair; Heaton and Larkin.
House File 324
State Government: Jacobs, Chair; Gipp and Witt.
House File 328
Transportation: Branstad, Chair; McCoy and Welter.
House File 339
Transportation: Eddie, Chair; Brauns and Larkin.
House File 340
Transportation: Heaton, Chair; McCoy and Salton.
House File 342
Human Resources: Salton, Chair; Burnett, Lord, Murphy and
Veenstra.
House File 348
Human Resources: Carroll, Chair; Hammitt, Lord, Myers and Witt.
House File 350
State Government: Churchill, Chair; Drake and Jochum.
House File 353
State Government: Coon, Chair; Jacobs and Jochum.
House File 357
Transportation: Weidman, Chair; Blodgett and Main.
House File 358
Human Resources: Salton, Chair; Burnett, Lord, Murphy and
Veenstra.
House File 365
State Government: Gipp, Chair; Jacobs and Larkin.
House File 368
Transportation: Arnold, Chair; Main and Ollie.
House File 370
Commerce-Regulation: Nutt, Chair; Holveck and Larson.
House File 372
State Government: Bradley, Chair; Disney and Jochum.
House File 377
Human Resources: Boddicker, Chair; Brand, Fallon, Harrison and
Hurley.
House File 379
Transportation: Grundberg, Chair; Cohoon and Salton.
HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Study Bill 278
Judiciary: Schulte, Chair; Harrison and Kreiman.
House Study Bill 283
State Government: Renken, Chair; Connors and Coon.
House Study Bill 285
Commerce-Regulation: Nutt, Chair; Holveck and Sukup.

HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
H.S.B. 287 Local Government
Exempting the boards of supervisors of counties from providing
general assistance to poor persons who are illegal aliens.
H.S.B. 288 Transportation
Relating to the allowable rear axle weights on compacted rubbish
vehicles.
H.S.B. 289 Local Government
Relating to county veteran benefits for indigent, honorably
discharged persons who served in the United States military or
naval armed forces during peacetime and the indigent members of
their immediate family.
H.S.B. 290 Transportation
Relating to imposing a civil penalty for certain motor vehicle
license revocations, imposing a surcharge on scheduled fines and
 and providing for the appropriation and disposition of the
proceeds from the civil penalty and from the surcharge for
prisons and jails.
H.S.B. 291 Human Resources
Relating to the defining of persons with mental retardation with
regard to the provision of services.
H.S.B. 292 Human Resources
Relating to the notification of the auditor of a county of legal
settlement of an indigent person, of the costs of care and
treatment furnished by a county public hospital outside the
county of legal settlement.
H.S.B. 293 Judiciary
Relating to obscenity, by providing for restrictions on public
indecent exposure in certain establishments, by providing for
restrictions on distributing sexual material to minors, and by
providing for the abatement of the nuisance created by certain
establishments concerning obscenity, making penalties
applicable, and providing an effective date.
H.S.B. 294 Judiciary
Relating to obscenity exemptions for public libraries.
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 NATURAL RESOURCES
House File 87, a bill for an act relating to the goal for the
amount of Iowa's land area provided public open space protection.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-3290, March 9,
1995.

	AMENDMENTS FILED
H-3290	H.F.	87	Committee on Natural
			  Resources
H-3291	H.F.	239	Vande Hoef of Osceola
H-3292	H.F.	291	Bradley of Clinton
H-3293	H.F.	336	Murphy of Dubuque
	Bell of Jasper		Cataldo of Polk
	O'Brien of Boone		Jochum of Dubuque
	Schrader of Marion		Running of Linn
	Ollie of Clinton		Larkin of Lee
	Cohoon of Des Moines		Connors of Polk
	Harper of Black Hawk		Mascher of Johnson
	Baker of Polk		Burnett of Story
	Dress of Carroll		Mundie of Webster
On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie, the House adjourned at
2:05 p.m. until 8:45 a.m., Tuesday, March 14, 1995.

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