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Sixty-fifth Calendar Day - Forty-third Session Day Hall of the House of Representatives Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, March 14, 1995 The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:45 a.m., Speaker Corbett in the chair. Prayer was offered by Reverend Paul Wilcox, First United Methodist Church, Harlan. The Journal of Monday, March 13, 1995 was approved. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS House Joint Resolution 17, by Harrison, Boddicker, Halvorson, Hurley and Cornelius, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa to provide certain rights to victims of crime. Read first time and referred to committee on state government. House File 407, by Mundie, a bill for an act relating to farm operations within agricultural areas. Read first time and referred to committee on agriculture. House File 408, by Drake, a bill for an act relating to the taxation of sales of residential service contracts under the state sales, services, and use taxes. Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means. House File 409, by Jochum and Doderer, a bill for an act relating to review of child deaths and child abuse. Read first time and referred to committee on human resources. House File 410, by Harrison, a bill for an act relating to requiring persons who cannot pay criminal fines to perform community service. Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary. House File 411, by Murphy, a bill for an act relating to the minimum age of an individual to whom a credit card or access device may be issued and making penalties applicable. Read first time and referred to committee on commerce-regulation. House File 412, by Kremer, a bill for an act amending the linked investments for tomorrow Act by providing that persons involved in the production, processing, and marketing of nontraditional livestock, including the breeding or training of certain horses and dogs, are eligible for assistance. Read first time and referred to committee on agriculture. House File 413, by Grundberg, a bill for an act prohibiting the use of small or young animals as awards or prizes for winning games of skill or games of chance and subjecting violators to a penalty. Read first time and referred to committee on state government. House File 414, by Harrison, a bill for an act eliminating the restitution limit for the offense of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary. House File 415, by Harrison, a bill for an act relating to the rights of victims of criminal acts, by providing that victims receive notice of all proceedings relating to the crime and the transfer of custody of offenders charged with the crime, and giving victims the right to be informed of the progress of the investigation or prosecution and to make oral or written statements at sentencing, and removing special immunity provisions for certain persons. Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary. House File 416, by Jacobs, Heaton, Vande Hoef, Nelson of Marshall, Carroll, Churchill, and Metcalf, a bill for an act relating to certain housing projects undertaken by a municipality. Read first time and referred to committee on local government. House File 417, by Harrison, a bill for an act relating to the use of auxiliary lamps on vehicles operated on highways and providing a penalty. Read first time and referred to committee on transportation. House File 418, by Harrison, a bill for an act to require the deduction of certain costs from allowances paid to an inmate of an institution under the control of the department of corrections. Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary. House File 419, by committee on transportation, a bill for an act providing for class "C" area service system roads and providing a penalty. Read first time and placed on the calendar. House File 420, by committee on environmental protection, a bill for an act creating an environmental audit privilege and providing penalties. Read first time and placed on the calendar. House File 421, by Harrison and Cornelius, a bill for an act relating to the taxation of income received from pensions, annuities, and retirement allowances 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 422, by Witt and Shoultz, a bill for an act creating an essential school repair and construction program and making appropriations. Read first time and referred to committee on education. House File 423, by Shoultz, a bill for an act relating to the organic nutrient management program, by providing for the allocation of moneys to support odor control projects. Read first time and referred to committee on agriculture. 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 13, 1995, adopted the conference committee report and passed: 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. Also: That the Senate has on March 13, 1995, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is asked: Senate File 266, a bill for an act relating to the funding of, operation of, and appropriation of moneys to agencies, institutions, commissions, departments, and boards responsible for education and cultural programs of this state, and providing an effective date. JOHN F. DWYER, Secretary HOUSE FILE 352 REREFERRED The Speaker announced that House File 352, previously referred to committee on education, was rereferred to committee on economic development. On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie, the House was recessed at 8:55 a.m., until 1:00 p.m. AFTERNOON SESSION The House reconvened at 1:05 p.m., Speaker Corbett in the chair. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS House File 424, by Koenigs, a bill for an act relating to providing coverage to a partner under a small group health benefit plan. Read first time and referred to committee on human resources. House File 425, by committee on environmental protection, a bill for an act repealing air toxics fees. Read first time and placed on the calendar. House File 426, by Tyrrell, a bill for an act relating to the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund, providing an individual income tax deduction, and providing an effective date and a retroactive applicability provision. Read first time and referred to committee on state government. House File 427, by Mundie, a bill for an act providing a penalty for violations of domestic abuse protective orders. Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary. House File 428, by Houser, a bill for an act relating to the expenditure of moneys deposited in an E911 service fund. Read first time and referred to committee on local government. House File 429, by Sukup and Jacobs, a bill for an act requiring that the state percents of growth be set every two years for the following two years for school foundation purposes and reducing the number of days for which per diem may be granted to members of the general assembly and reducing the governor's salary for each day after the required thirty days until the time the state percents of growth for school foundation purposes are finally established, and providing an effective date. Read first time and referred to committee on education. House File 430, by Grubbs, a bill for an act relating to rules adopted by the department of human services pertaining to child day care meals. Read first time and referred to committee on human resources. House File 431, by Harper, a bill for an act providing an annual fishing, hunting, and combined fishing and hunting license for residents sixty years of age or older and providing an effective date and applicability provision. Read first time and referred to committee on natural resources. House File 432, by committee on education, a bill for an act relating to the intervals in which general state financial aid payments are made to the community colleges and including an effective date. Read first time and placed on the calendar. House File 433, by Grundberg, a bill for an act making a contingent appropriation to the department of education to support programs for four-year-old at-risk children and providing for an effective date. Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations. House File 434, by committee on state government, a bill for an act changing the number of state employees required to activate automatic payroll deduction for payment of professional or trade association dues or fees. Read first time and placed on the calendar. House File 435, by committee on natural resources, a bill for an act redesignating the historical resource development program as the resource enhancement and protection historical resource grants and loans program. Read first time and placed on the calendar. House File 436, by Running and Doderer, a bill for an act establishing a multistate industrial retention commission compact and providing an effective date. Read first time and referred to committee on economic development. House File 437, by committee on state government, a bill for an act 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 district political party central committees and political subdivisions, providing for the establishment of ethics and campaign disclosure board staff salaries, and making other related changes. Read first time and placed on the calendar. House File 438, by committee on education, a bill for an act relating to the establishment of the state percent of growth under the state school foundation formula. Read first time and placed on the calendar. 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 14, 1995, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked: House File 149, a bill for an act relating to the state sales tax on auxiliary attachments for self-propelled and non-self-propelled farm machinery and equipment. Also: That the Senate has on March 14, 1995, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is asked: Senate File 140, a bill for an act to legalize the proceedings taken by the administration and board of directors of the Cedar Rapids Community School District concerning the sale of certain school district property and providing an effective date. Also: That the Senate has on March 14, 1995, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is asked: Senate File 233, a bill for an act relating to the suspension and revocation of driver's licenses and providing penalties for violations of out-of-service orders. JOHN F. DWYER, Secretary SENATE MESSAGES CONSIDERED Senate File 140, by Horn, a bill for an act to legalize the proceedings taken by the administration and board of directors of the Cedar Rapids Community School District concerning the sale of certain school district property and providing an effective date. Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary. Senate File 233, by committee on transportation, a bill for an act relating to the suspension and revocation of driver's licenses and providing penalties for violations of out-of-service orders. Read first time and passed on file. Senate File 266, by committee on appropriations, a bill for an act relating to the funding of, operation of, and appropriation of moneys to agencies, institutions, commissions, departments, and boards responsible for education and cultural programs of this state, and providing an effective date. Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations. The House stood at ease at 1:12 p.m., until the fall of the gavel. The House resumed session at 1:45 p.m., Speaker Corbett in the chair. ADOPTION OF THE REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE (Senate File 17) Grubbs of Scott called up for consideration the report of the conference committee on Senate File 17 and moved the adoption of the conference committee report and the amendments contained therein as follows: REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON SENATE FILE 17 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives: We, the undersigned members of the conference committee appointed to resolve the differences between the Senate and the House of Representatives on 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, respectfully make the following report: 1. That the House recedes from its amendment, S-3026. 2. That Senate File 17, as passed by the Senate, is amended as follows: 1. Page 1, line 4, by striking the word "four" and inserting the following: "three". 2. Page 1, by inserting after line 5 the following: "Sec.. Notwithstanding the thirty-day deadline forthe enactment of the state percent of growth provided in section257.8, subsection 1, such deadline shall not apply to the Actenacted which establishes the state percent of growth during the1995Session of the Seventy-sixth General Assembly."ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE: ON THE PART OF THE SENATE:STEVE GRUBBS, Chair MIKE CONNOLLY, ChairCHUCK GIPP JOHN P. KIBBIEDON GRIES MARY E. KRAMERC. ARTHUR OLLIE JIM LINDPHILIP WISE MARY NEUHAUSERThe motion prevailed and the conference committee report wasadopted.Grubbs of Scott moved that the bill be read a last time now andplaced upon its passage which motion prevailed and the bill wasread a last time.On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (S.F. 17)The ayes were, 84:Arnold Baker Bell BernauBlodgett Boggess Bradley BrandBrauns Brunkhorst Burnett CarrollCataldo Churchill Cohoon ConnorsCoon Cormack Cornelius DinklaDisney Doderer Drake DreesFallon Garman Gipp GreinerGries Grubbs Grundberg HalvorsonHammitt Hanson Harper HarrisonHeaton Holveck Houser HusemanJacobs Jochum Klemme KoenigsKreiman Lamberti Larkin LordMain Martin Mascher MayMcCoy Mertz Metcalf MorelandMundie Murphy Myers Nelson, B.Nelson, L. Nutt O'Brien OllieRants Renken Running SaltonSchrader Shoultz Siegrist SukupTeig Thomson Tyrrell Van FossenVan Maanen Veenstra Warnstadt WeigelWelter Wise Witt Mr. Speaker CorbettThe nays were, 13:Boddicker Branstad Eddie ErtlGreig Hahn Hurley KremerMeyer Millage Schulte Vande HoefWeidmanAbsent or not voting, 3:Brammer Daggett LarsonThe bill having received a constitutional majority was declaredto have passed the House and the title was agreed to.RULES SUSPENDED ON HOUSE FILE 438Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked for unanimous consent to suspendthe rules for the immediate consideration of House File 438 andto suspend Rule 31.8, relating to the timely filing ofamendments to House File 438.Ollie of Clinton rose on a point of order and invoked Rule 48.3,relating to final committee action on a study bill.The Speaker ruled the point not well taken.Siegrist of Pottawattamie moved to to suspend the rules for theimmediate consideration of House File 438 and to suspend Rule31.8, relating to the timely filing of amendments to House File438.A non-record roll call was requested.The ayes were 54, nays 25.The motion prevailed and the rules were suspended.COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONMR. SPEAKER: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reportsthat the following committee recommendation has been receivedand is on file in the office of the Chief Clerk.ELIZABETH A. ISAACSONChief Clerk of the HouseCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONCommittee Bill, (Formerly House Study Bill 295), relating to theestablishment of the state percent of growth under the stateschool foundation formula.Fiscal Note is not required.Recommended Do Pass March 14, 1995.CONSIDERATION OF BILLSRegular CalendarHouse File 438, a bill for an act relating to the establishmentof the state percent of growth under the state school foundationformula, was taken up for consideration.Ollie of Clinton offered the following amendment H-3301 filed byOllie of Clinton, Wise and Running from the floor and moved itsadoption:H-33011Amend House File 438 as follows:21. By striking everything after the enacting3clause and inserting the following:4"Section 1. Section 257.2, subsection 12, Code51995, is amended to read as follows:612. "State percent of growth" means the percent of7growth which is established by statutepursuant to 8 section 257.8, and which is used in determining the 9 allowable growth. 10 Sec. 2. Section 257.8, subsection 1, Code 1995, is 11 amended to read as follows: 12 1. STATE PERCENT OF GROWTH. The state percent of 13 growth for a budget year shall be established by 14 statute which shall be enacted within thirty days of 15 the submission in the base year of the governor's 16 budget under section 8.21. The establishment of the 17 state percent of growth for a budget year shall be the 18 only subject matter of the bill which enacts the state 19 percent of growth for a budget year. However, if a 20 statute to establish the state percent of growth is 21 not enacted within the required thirty-day period, the 22 state percent of growth is set at the percent, but not 23 less than zero, by which the revenue estimating con- 24 ference estimated, at its previous December meeting, 25 the revenues to the general fund of the state will 26 increase during the budget year over the base year. 27 Any statute enacted subsequent to the thirty-day 28 period set out in this subsection is null and void. 29 Sec. 3. This Act, being deemed of immediate 30 importance, takes effect upon enactment and applies to 31 the establishing of the state percent of growth for 32 school budget years beginning after the effective date 33 of this Act." Roll call was requested by Ollie of Clinton and Schrader of Marion. On the question "Shall amendment H-3301 be adopted?" (H.F. 438) The ayes were, 35: Baker Bell Bernau Brand Burnett Cataldo Cohoon Connors Coon Doderer Drees Fallon Harper Holveck Jochum Koenigs Kreiman Larkin Mascher May McCoy Mertz Moreland Mundie Murphy Myers Nelson, L. O'Brien Ollie Running Schrader Warnstadt Weigel Wise Witt The nays were, 62: Arnold Blodgett Boddicker Boggess Bradley Branstad Brauns Brunkhorst Carroll Cormack Cornelius Daggett Dinkla Disney Drake Eddie Ertl Garman Gipp Greig Greiner Gries Grubbs Grundberg Hahn Halvorson Hammitt Hanson Harrison Heaton Houser Hurley Huseman Jacobs Klemme Kremer Lamberti Lord Main Martin Metcalf Meyer Millage Nelson, B. Nutt Rants Renken Salton Schulte Shoultz Siegrist Sukup Teig Thomson Tyrrell Van Fossen Van Maanen Vande Hoef Veenstra Weidman Welter Mr. Speaker Corbett Absent or not voting, 3: Brammer Churchill Larson Amendment H-3301 lost. LEAVE OF ABSENCE Leave of absence was granted as follows: Garman of Story, until her return, on request of Siegrist of Pottawattamie. Shoultz of Black Hawk offered the following amendment H-3300 filed by him and Schrader from the floor and moved its adoption: H-3300 1 Amend House File 438 as follows: 2 1. Page 1, line 11, by striking the words "each 3 of the budget years" and inserting the following: 4 "the budget year". 5 2. Page 1, line 12, by striking the words and 6 figures "and July 1, 1997,". Amendment H-3300 lost. Grubbs of Scott moved that the bill be read a last time now and placed upon its passage which motion prevailed and the bill was read a last time. On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (H.F. 438) The ayes were, 60: Arnold Blodgett Boddicker Boggess Bradley Branstad Brauns Brunkhorst Carroll Churchill Cormack Cornelius Daggett Dinkla Disney Drake Eddie Ertl Gipp Greig Greiner Gries Grubbs Grundberg Hahn Halvorson Hammitt Harrison Heaton Houser Hurley Huseman Jacobs Klemme Kremer Lamberti Lord Main Martin Metcalf Meyer Millage Nelson, B. Nutt Rants Renken Salton Schulte Siegrist Sukup Teig Thomson Tyrrell Van Fossen Van Maanen Vande Hoef Veenstra Weidman Welter Mr. Speaker Corbett The nays were, 37: Baker Bell Bernau Brand Burnett Cataldo Cohoon Connors Coon Doderer Drees Fallon Hanson Harper Holveck Jochum Koenigs Kreiman Larkin Mascher May McCoy Mertz Moreland Mundie Murphy Myers Nelson, L. O'Brien Ollie Running Schrader Shoultz Warnstadt Weigel Wise Witt Absent or not voting, 3: Brammer Garman Larson The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to have passed the House and the title was agreed to. IMMEDIATE MESSAGES Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent that House File 438 and Senate File 17 be immediately messaged to the Senate. HOUSE FILE 426 REREFERRED The Speaker announced that House File 426, previously referred to the committee on state government was rereferred to the committee on ways and means. EXPLANATION OF VOTE I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on Monday afternoon, March 13, 1995. Had I been present, I would have voted "nay" on Senate Joint Resolution 12. KREIMAN of Davis BILL SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR A communication was received from the Governor announcing that on March 14, 1995, he approved and transmitted to the Secretary of State the following bill: House File 179, 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. PROOF OF PUBLICATION (Senate File 140) Published copy of Senate File 140 and verified proof of publication of said bill in The Cedar Rapids Gazette, a daily newspaper printed and published in Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa on January 30, 1995, was filed with the Chief Clerk of the House prior to the time said bill was placed on passage in the House. PRESENTATION OF VISITORS The Speaker announced that the following visitors were present in the House chamber: Fifteen students of the Poweshiek Area Christian Home Educators, accompanied by Margene Pierce, Neal Bortell, Denise O'Polka, Vickie Miller and Marjorie Devilder. By Carroll of Poweshiek. SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS House Joint Resolution 16 State Government: Houser, Chair; Jacobs and Running. House File 233 Appropriations: Millage, Chair; Gipp and Murphy. House File 291 Appropriations: Millage, Chair; Gipp and Moreland. House File 311 Education: Cohoon, Chair; Gries and Nelson of Marshall. House File 316 Education: Boddicker, Chair; Cornelius and Nelson of Pottawattamie. House File 330 Labor and Industrial Relations: Kremer, Chair; Lord and Murphy. House File 334 Education: Cornelius, Chair; Baker and Rants. House File 342 Reassigned Human Resources: Salton, Chair; Fallon, Lord, Murphy and Veenstra. House File 352 Education: Baker, Chair; Garman and Grubbs. House File 356 Labor and Industrial Relations: Lord, Chair; Kremer and O'Brien. House File 366 Education: Cohoon, Chair; Cornelius and Veenstra. House File 369 Education: Boddicker, Chair; Garman and Mascher. House File 371 Education: Grubbs, Chair; Lord and Mascher. House File 375 Education: Veenstra, Chair; Cohoon and Gries. House File 378 Economic Development: Cormack, Chair; Baker and Nelson of Marshall. House File 380 State Government: Drake, Chair; Brammer and Houser. House File 381 State Government: Coon, Chair; Jacobs and Jochum. House File 382 State Government: Gipp, Chair; Jacobs and Jochum. House File 383 Human Resources: Blodgett, Chair; Harper, Myers, Schulte and Veenstra. House File 384 Human Resources: Martin, Chair; Ertl and Murphy. House File 387 Education: Grubbs, Chair; Gries and Mascher. House File 388 Education: Lord, Chair; Grundberg and Kreiman. House File 389 Education: Garman, Chair; Baker and Boddicker. House File 390 Education: Daggett, Chair; Kreiman and Rants. House File 392 Education: Baker, Chair; Gries and Hanson. House File 397 Appropriations: Millage, Chair; Gipp and Murphy. House File 399 Labor and Industrial Relations: Boddicker, Chair; Bell and Renken. House File 402 Education: Grundberg, Chair; Rants and Wise. House File 403 State Government: Gipp, Chair; Jacobs and Jochum. House File 404 Education: Grundberg, Chair; Daggett and Nelson of Pottawattamie. House File 409 Human Resources: Salton, Chair; Burnett, Lord, Murphy and Veenstra. House File 410 Judiciary: Harrison, Chair; Greiner and Kreiman. House File 414 Judiciary: Harrison, Chair; Bell and Veenstra. House File 415 Judiciary: Harrison, Chair; Lamberti and Moreland. House File 418 Judiciary: Harrison, Chair; Lamberti and Moreland. House File 433 Appropriations: Millage, Chair; Gipp and Murphy. House Concurrent Resolution 31 Natural Resources: Branstad, Chair; Greig and Mertz. Senate File 156 Economic Development: Teig, Chair; Brand and Drake. Senate File 160 Economic Development: Drake, Chair; Hammitt and Nelson of Pottawattamie. Senate File 207 State Government: Cataldo, Chair; Gipp and Martin. HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS House Study Bill 274 Appropriations: Kremer, Chair; Cormack and Moreland. House Study Bill 284 Environmental Protection: Bradley, Chair; Drees and Gries. House Study Bill 288 Transportation: Weidman, Chair; Eddie and McCoy. House Study Bill 290 Transportation: Blodgett, Chair; Eddie and Warnstadt. House Study Bill 291 Human Resources: Carroll, Chair; Hammitt, Lord, Myers and Witt. House Study Bill 292 Human Resources: Blodgett, Chair; Harper, Myers, Schulte and Veenstra. House Study Bill 293 Judiciary: Hurley, Chair; Bernau and Boddicker. House Study Bill 294 Judiciary: Hurley, Chair; Bernau and Boddicker. HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS H.S.B. 295 Education Relating to the establishment of the state percent of growth under the state school foundation formula. H.S.B. 296 Ways and Means Relating to the assessment of certain long distance telephone companies for purposes of property taxation. H.S.B. 297 Environmental Protection Relating to underground storage tanks by increasing environmental protection charge limitations, changing site cleanup requirements, expanding loan guarantees and property transfer insurance, relating to prioritization, requiring a study, and providing an effective date. H.S.B. 298 State Government Relating to the office of secretary of state, the conduct of elections, and the registration of voters in the state and relating to corrective and technical changes to Iowa's election laws. H.S.B. 299 State Government Relating to ethics and campaign finance, by providing for limitations on contributions made to candidates during an election, by making changes in the definition of the term lobbyist, by making changes in personal financial disclosure requirements, and by requiring lobbyists to submit an account of all salaries, fees, and retainers paid to the lobbyist by each of their clients. H.S.B. 300 Education Relating to vocational education, including school-to-work planning initiatives and a waiver of vocational education rules, and making an appropriation. H.S.B. 301 Ways and Means Authorizing certain cities to appoint a board of review to hear city taxpayer appeals. H.S.B. 302 Environmental Protection Relating to underground storage tanks by increasing the environmental protection charge, providing for the use of risk-based corrective action standards, expanding property transfer insurance and loan guarantees, extending the compliance date for upgrade requirements, creating marketability and innocent landowner funds and providing benefits, requiring certification of groundwater professionals and creating a penalty, requiring a study, and providing for repeals, and implementation, effective date, and retroactive applicability provisions. H.S.B. 303 Economic Development 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. H.S.B. 304 Transportation Relating to overweight vehicles and permits. H.S.B. 305 State Government Relating to the definition of political party. 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 ADMINISTRATION AND RULES Committee Resolution, authorizing the temporary use and consumption of alcoholic beverages in the State Capitol in conjunction with a reception in conjunction with the annual meeting of the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers, and Treasurers. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Do Pass March 13, 1995. COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE-REGULATION House File 238, a bill for an act relating to the joint purchase of group health benefits by multiple school districts or area education agencies pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Do Pass March 13, 1995. Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 261), relating to the regulation of cemetery operators and the regulation of perpetual care cemeteries and nonperpetual care cemeteries, establishing fees and use of those fees, and providing penalties. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 13, 1995. COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 173), relating to the intervals in which general state financial aid payments are made to the community colleges and including an effective date. Fiscal Note is required. Recommended Do Pass March 13, 1995. COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 231), repealing air toxics fees. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Do Pass March 13, 1995. COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 121), redesignating the historical resource development program as the resource enhancement and protection historical resource grants and loans program. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Do Pass March 13, 1995. COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT House Joint Resolution 7, a joint resolution claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government and demanding that the federal government cease mandates that are beyond the scope of its constitutional powers. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Do Pass March 13, 1995. House Joint Resolution 13, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the equality of rights of men and women under the law. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Do Pass March 14, 1995. House File 34, a bill for an act relating to the closing hour of precinct polling places. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Do Pass March 14, 1995. Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 113), relating to certain state purchasing procedures and charges for publications involving the department of general services. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 14, 1995. Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 205), changing the number of state employees required to activate automatic payroll deduction for payment of professional or trade association dues or fees. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Do Pass March 13, 1995. Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 206), providing for the reincorporation of nonprofit corporations and providing for retroactive applicability and effective dates. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 13, 1995. RESOLUTIONS FILED HCR 32, by Running, a concurrent resolution requesting the establishment of an ongoing joint committee to further legislative quality enhancement. Referred to committee on state government. HCR 33, by Hurley, Hammitt and Garman, a concurrent resolution urging the required use of reflectorized strips on railroad cars. Referred to committee on transportation. AMENDMENTS FILED H-3294 S.F. 93 Fallon of Polk H-3295 H.F. 336 Houser of Pottawattamie Myers of Johnson H-3296 H.F. 343 Coon of Warren H-3297 H.F. 185 Ollie of Clinton Grubbs of Scott Bradley of Clinton H-3298 H.F. 247 Halvorson of Clayton H-3299 H.F. 277 Doderer of Johnson Jacobs of Polk H-3302 H.F. 185 Ollie of Clinton On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie, the House adjourned at 3:05 p.m., until 8:45 a.m., Wednesday, March 15, 1995.
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