House Journal: Thursday, March 16, 1995

Sixty-seventh Calendar Day - Forty-fifth Session Day
Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday, March 16, 1995
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:45 a.m., Speaker
Corbett in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Father Eugene Murray, Holy Family Parish,
Emmetsburg.
The Journal of Wednesday, March 15, 1995 was approved.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Leave of absence was granted as follows:
Larson of Linn on request of Siegrist of Pottawattamie.
PETITION FILED
By Weidman of Cass, from two hundred sixty-six constituents
favoring retention of the rural driver's license project.
ST.  PATRICK'S DAY OBSERVANCE
Salton of Palo Alto presented to the House Tracey Nelson, 1995
Miss Shamrock of the St. Patrick's Day Celebration in
Emmetsburg, March 11 through March 19, 1995. Tracey is a student
at Emmetsburg High School and was accompanied by her parents,
AnnMarie and Dick Nelson.
Also presented was  "Emmetsburg Irish Dancers", a group of
elementary school girls who performed an authentic Irish dance.
Members of the group were: Brooke Jones, Joanne McNally, Eryn
Mehan, Denise Stafford, Erin Wentzel, Margy Jo Wentzel, Rachel
Lowman, Amanda Brown, Katie Orr, Melissa Jones, Kristie Rouse
and Laura Fog. The dancers were coached by Kelly Van Osbree. 
PRESENTATION OF IRISH DIGNITARy
Salton of Palo Alto presented to the House, Ned O'Keeffe, T.D.,
from County Cork, Ireland, who is a Senator in the Dail. Mr.
O'Keeffe is member of the Fianna Fail Party and served as
spokesman on Industry for five years. He is associated with many
agricultural related programs in connection with his farming
operation. He was accompanied by his wife Ann and is the honored
guest of the Thirty-fifth Annual St. Patrick's Day Celebration
in Emmetsburg.
The Sergeant-at-Arms escorted Mr. O'Keeffe to the Speaker's
station where he addressed the House.
The House rose and expressed its welcome.
The following  presented a short Irish program: Representatives,
Mertz of Kossuth, Connors of Polk, Fallon of Polk, Boddicker of
Cedar, McCoy of Polk, Garman of Story, Brunkhorst of Bremer and
Dwight Dugan, Doorkeeper.
Representative Mertz, danced an Irish jig and Representative
Boddicker sang "Danny Boy", both were accompanied by
Representative Fallon.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 444, by Carroll, a bill for an act relating to the
assessment of certain property used as a residence for purposes
of property taxation, and providing for the Act's applicability.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 445, by Baker, a bill for an act relating to
empowerment zones by creating the zones and providing assistance
to zones.
Read first time and referred to committee on economic
development.
House File 446, by Holveck, a bill for an act relating to the
rights of dissenting shareholders under a plan of merger
involving a state bank.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce-regulation.
House File 447, by committee on state government, a bill for an
act relating to certain state purchasing procedures and charges
for publications involving the department of general services.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 448, by committee on environmental protection, a bill
for an act relating to solid waste reduction and recycling goals.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 449, by Harrison, a bill for an act relating to
establishing truancy as a delinquent act in certain
circumstances.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 450, by Harrison, a bill for an act relating to
access by school officials to law enforcement records regarding
juveniles.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 451, by Weigel, Koenigs, Drees, Mertz, Mundie and
May, a bill for an act relating to transportation assistance aid
to a school district and making an appropriation.
Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.
House File 452, by Kremer, a bill for an act relating to the
Iowa occupational safety and health law by permitting recovery
of certain costs and fees in proceedings under the law, delaying
the imposition of certain civil penalties, and providing
effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on labor and
industrial relations.
House File 453,  by Cornelius, a bill for an act relating to the
issuance of handicapped registration plates.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
House File 454, by Murphy, a bill for an act relating to fire
protection by creating a fire service training and equipment
fund and a fire service advisory board and making an
appropriation.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 455, by Hammitt and Nelson of Pottawattamie, a bill
for an act relating to the filing of complaints concerning child
abuse or crimes with the board of educational examiners.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 456, by committee to agriculture, a bill for an act
relating to grain transactions, by providing for credit-sale
contracts.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 457, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an act
providing for pesticides, by providing for notification of
application and providing for the elimination of provisions
relating to chemigation.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 458, by Harrison, a bill for an act relating to
establishing penalties for providing aid, support, or shelter to
a runaway or truant.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 459, by Harrison, a bill for an act relating to an
extension of the compulsory school attendance age.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 460, by committee on transportation, a bill for an
act relating to governmental control of property by allowing
governmental entities to enter and test property for
condemnation of property for highway purposes, providing for the
interest rates assessed for condemnation damages, providing for
right-of-way notice filings, and concerning advertising control
laws on scenic highways.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 461, by committee on technology, a bill for an act
relating to the Iowa communications network by directing the
Iowa telecommunications and technology commission to conduct
studies concerning the possible sale of the network, and the
possible conversion of the network into a public utility.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 462, by Heaton, a bill for an act relating to
financial standards for self-insured workers' compensation plans.
Read first time and referred to committee on labor and
industrial relations.
House File 463, by committee on commerce-regulation, a bill for
an act relating to the regulation of state banks and other
financial institutions by the division of banking of the
department of commerce.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 464, by committee on local government, a bill for an
act relating to the joint investment of funds of rural water
districts with other political subdivisions.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 465, by committee on local government, a bill for an
act relating to agricultural management account moneys and
county grants for private rural water well, testing, sealing,
and closure.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 466, by committee on local government, a bill for an
act relating to the exclusion of century farms from economic
development areas for purposes of urban renewal and providing
for the Act's applicability.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 467, by Burnett, Witt, Mascher, Shoultz and Holveck,
a bill for an act establishing a biological diversity program
and making an appropriation.
Read first time and referred to committee on environmental
protection.
House File 468, by Running, a bill for an act providing for
economic development grants for educational institutions and
making an appropriation.
Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.

ADOPTION OF HOUSE MEMORIAL RESOLUTION 6 
Coon of Warren offered the following House Memorial Resolution 6
and moved its adoption:
HOUSE MEMORIAL RESOLUTION 6
Whereas, The Honorable James I. Middleswart of Warren County,
Iowa, who was a member of the Sixty-second, Sixty-third,
Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, Sixty-sixth, Sixty-seventh, and
Sixty-seventh Extra General Assemblies, passed away  August
fifth, 1993; Now Therefore,
Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives, That a committee
of three be appointed by the Speaker of the House to prepare
suitable resolutions commemorating his life, character and
service to the state.
The motion prevailed and the Speaker appointed as such committee
 Coon of Warren, Connors of Polk and Doderer of Johnson
ADOPTION OF HOUSE MEMORIAL RESOLUTION 7 
Drake of Pottawattamie offered the following House Memorial
Resolution 7 and moved its adoption:
HOUSE MEMORIAL RESOLUTION 7
Whereas, The Honorable Alfred Nielsen of Shelby County, Iowa,
who was a member of the Sixtieth, Sixtieth Extra, Sixty-first,
Sixty-second, Sixty-third, and Sixty-fourth General Assemblies,
passed away December 4, 1994; Now Therefore,
Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives, That a committee
of three be appointed by the Speaker of the House to prepare
suitable resolutions commemorating his life, character and
service to the state.
The motion prevailed and the Speaker appointed as such committee
Drake of Pottawattamie, Drees of Carroll and Gries of Crawford.
ADOPTION OF HOUSE MEMORIAL RESOLUTION 8 
Wise of Lee offered the following House Memorial Resolution 8
and moved its adoption:
HOUSE MEMORIAL RESOLUTION 8
Whereas, The Honorable Carroll Redfern of Lee County, Iowa, who
was a member of the Sixty-first and Sixty-second General
Assemblies, passed away  September 7, 1993; Now Therefore,
Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives, That a committee
of three be appointed by the Speaker of the House to prepare
suitable resolutions commemorating his life, character and
service to the state.
The motion prevailed and the Speaker appointed as such committee
Wise of Lee, Larkin of Lee and Heaton of Henry.
ADOPTION OF HOUSE MEMORIAL RESOLUTION 9 
Welter of Jones offered the following House Memorial Resolution
9 and moved its adoption:
HOUSE MEMORIAL RESOLUTION 9
Whereas, The Honorable C.F. Frank Shimanek of Jones County,
Iowa, who was a member of the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth,
Fiftieth General Assemblies, passed away July 31, 1994; Now
Therefore,
Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives, That a committee
of three be appointed by the Speaker of the House to prepare
suitable resolutions commemorating his life, character and
service to the state.
The motion prevailed and the Speaker appointed as such committee
Welter of Jones, Boddicker of Jones and Schulte of Linn.
ADOPTION OF HOUSE MEMORIAL RESOLUTION 10 
Dinkla of Guthrie offered the following House Memorial
Resolution 10 and moved its adoption:
HOUSE MEMORIAL RESOLUTION 10
Whereas, The Honorable Virgil E. Smith of Madison County, Iowa,
who was a member of the Fifty-second General Assembly, passed
away November 13, 1993; Now Therefore,
Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives, That a committee
of three be appointed by the Speaker of the 
House to prepare suitable resolutions commemorating his life,
character and service to the state.
The motion prevailed and the Speaker appointed as such committee
Dinkla of Guthrie, Lord of Dallas and Drake of Pottawattamie.
On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie, the House was recessed
at 9:20 a.m., until 1:00 p.m.

AFTERNOON SESSION
The House reconvened at 1:00 p.m., Speaker Corbett in the chair.
QUORUM CALL
A non-record roll call was requested to determine that a quorum
was present.  The vote revealed sixty members present, forty
absent.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Leave of absence was granted as follows:
Bernau of Story on request of Brand of Benton.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 469, by Jochum, a bill for an act relating to the
consideration of a history of domestic abuse within a family by
a court in determining custody or visitation rights.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 470, by committee on local government, a bill for an
act relating to the assessment of certain public improvement
costs to abutting property at the request of the property owner.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 471, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act
relating to prison time served by persons convicted of an
aggravated misdemeanor or greater offense, by providing for
changes in the mandatory minimum terms of sentences to be
served, by permitting the imposition of up to ninety days of the
total sentence in a county jail in addition to any terms of
probation, and providing for a reduction in the amount of good
and honor time that may be earned by forcible felons.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 472, by committee on economic development, a bill for
an act establishing the Iowa hope loan program, creating an Iowa
hope loan fund, allocating gaming revenues and making an
appropriation, and providing for other properly related matters.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 473, by committee on ways and means, a bill for an
act relating to the exemption from the state sales, services,
and use taxes for computers sold or leased to insurance
companies.
Read first time and placed on the ways and means calendar.
House File 474, by committee on appropriations, a bill for an
act making an appropriation to the community grant fund for
juvenile crime prevention programs.
Read first time and placed on the appropriations calendar.
House File 475, by committee on state government, a bill for an
act relating to the state archivist's office.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 476, by committee on state government, a bill for an
act eliminating the appeal period for the awarding of contracts
by the purchasing division of the department of general services.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 477, by committee on state government, a bill for an
act requiring that a publication whose standards are
incorporated by reference in agency rulemaking be purchased and
provided by the agency to the administrative rules coordinator
for deposit in the state law library.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 478, by committee on environmental protection, a bill
for an act providing limited immunity for persons responding to
oil spills.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 479, by committee on local government, a bill for an
act relating to the duties of the county treasurer and providing
effective and applicability dates.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 480, by committee on ways and means, a bill for an
act 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,
and providing effective and applicability dates.
Read first time and placed on the ways and means calendar.
House File 481, by committee on appropriations, a bill for an
act appropriating federal funds made available from federal
block grants and other federal grants, allocating portions of
federal block grants, and providing procedures if federal funds
are more or less than anticipated or if federal block grants are
more or less than anticipated or if categorical grants are
consolidated into new or existing block grants and providing an
effective and retroactive applicability date.
Read first time and placed on the appropriations calendar.
SPECIAL ORDER ANNOUNCED
The Speaker announced that House File 166 has been placed on the
special order calendar for March 29, 1995.
CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Regular Calendar
House File 139, a bill for an act relating to the disclosure of
the methods used by insurance companies and nonprofit health
service corporations to determine the usual and customary fees
for dental care benefit coverages, with report of committee
recommending amendment and passage, was taken up for
consideration.
Blodgett of Cerro Gordo 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. 139)
The ayes were, 93:
Arnold         	Baker          	Bell           	Blodgett
Boddicker      	Bradley        	Brand          	Branstad
Brauns         	Brunkhorst     	Burnett        	Carroll
Cataldo        	Churchill      	Cohoon         	Connors       
	Coon                  	Cormack        	Cornelius      	Daggett 
Dinkla         	Disney         	Doderer        	Drake
Drees          	Eddie          	Ertl           	Fallon
Garman         	Gipp           	Greig          	Greiner
Gries          	Grubbs         	Grundberg      	Hahn
Halvorson      	Hammitt        	Hanson         	Harper
Harrison       	Heaton         	Holveck        	Houser
Hurley         	Huseman        	Jacobs         	Klemme
Koenigs        	Kreiman        	Kremer         	Lamberti
Larkin         	Lord           	Main           	Martin
Mascher        	May            	McCoy          	Mertz
Metcalf        	Meyer          	Millage        	Moreland
Mundie         	Murphy         	Myers          	Nelson, B.
Nelson, L.       	Nutt           	O'Brien        	Ollie
Rants          	Renken         	Running        	Salton
Schulte        	Siegrist       	Sukup          	Teig 
Thomson        	Tyrrell        	Van Fossen     	Van Maanen 
Vande Hoef     	Veenstra       	Warnstadt      	Weidman
Weigel         	Welter         	Wise	Witt
Mr. Speaker
   Corbett
The nays were, none:
Absent or not voting, 7:
Bernau         	Boggess        	Brammer        	Jochum
Larson         	Schrader       	Shoultz 
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared
to have passed the House and the title was agreed to.

Appropriations Calendar
House File 186, a bill for an act relating to energy
conservation including making appropriations of petroleum
overcharge funds, was taken up for consideration.
Sukup of Franklin 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. 186)
The ayes were, 92:
Arnold         	Baker          	Bell           	Blodgett
Boddicker      	Bradley        	Brand          	Branstad
Brauns         	Brunkhorst     	Burnett        	Carroll 
Cataldo        	Churchill      	Cohoon         	Connors
Coon                  	Cormack        	Cornelius      	Daggett
Dinkla         	Disney         	Doderer        	Drake
Drees          	Eddie          	Ertl           	Fallon
Garman         	Gipp           	Greig          	Greiner
Gries          	Grubbs         	Hahn           	Halvorson
Hammitt        	Hanson         	Harper         	Harrison
Heaton         	Holveck        	Houser         	Hurley
Huseman        	Jacobs         	Klemme         	Koenigs
Kreiman        	Kremer         	Lamberti       	Larkin
Lord           	Main           	Martin         	Mascher
May            	McCoy          	Mertz          	Metcalf
Meyer          	Millage        	Moreland       	Mundie
Murphy         	Myers          	Nelson, B.      	Nelson, L.
Nutt           	O'Brien        	Ollie          	Rants
Renken         	Running        	Salton         	Schulte
Siegrist       	Sukup          	Teig           	Thomson
Tyrrell        	Van Fossen     	Van Maanen     	Vande Hoef
Veenstra       	Warnstadt      	Weidman        	Weigel
Welter         	Wise           	Witt           	Mr. Speaker
			   Corbett
The nays were, none:
Absent or not voting, 8:
Bernau         	Boggess        	Brammer        	Grundberg
Jochum         	Larson         	Schrader       	Shoultz
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared
to have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
Regular Calendar
House File 187, a bill for an act to provide conformity to the
definition of travel trailers, was taken up for consideration.
SENATE FILE 158 SUBSTITUTED FOR HOUSE FILE 187
Nelson of Marshall asked and received unanimous consent to
substitute Senate File 158 for House File 187.
Senate File 158, a bill for an act to provide conformity to the
definition of travel trailers, was taken up for consideration.
Nelson of Marshall 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?" (S.F. 158)
The ayes were, 92:
Arnold         	Baker          	Bell           	Blodgett
Boddicker      	Bradley        	Brand          	Branstad 
Brauns         	Brunkhorst     	Burnett        	Carroll 
Cataldo        	Churchill      	Cohoon         	Connors
Coon                  	Cormack        	Cornelius      	Daggett 
Dinkla         	Disney         	Doderer        	Drake
Drees          	Eddie          	Ertl           	Fallon
Garman         	Gipp           	Greig          	Greiner
Gries          	Grubbs         	Grundberg      	Hahn
Halvorson      	Hammitt        	Hanson         	Harper
Harrison       	Heaton         	Holveck        	Houser
Hurley         	Huseman        	Jacobs         	Klemme
Koenigs        	Kreiman        	Kremer         	Lamberti
Larkin         	Lord           	Main           	Martin
Mascher        	May            	McCoy          	Mertz
Metcalf        	Meyer          	Millage        	Moreland 
Mundie         	Murphy         	Myers          	Nelson, L.
Nutt           	O'Brien        	Ollie          	Rants
Renken         	Running        	Salton         	Schulte
Siegrist       	Sukup          	Teig           	Thomson
Tyrrell        	Van Fossen     	Van Maanen     	Vande Hoef
Veenstra       	Warnstadt      	Weidman        	Weigel
Welter         	Wise           	Witt           	Mr. Speaker
			   Corbett
The nays were, none:
Absent or not voting, 8:
Bernau         	Boggess        	Brammer        	Jochum
Larson         	Nelson, B.      	Schrader       	Shoultz
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared
to have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
HOUSE FILE 187 WITHDRAWN
Nelson of Marshall asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw House File 187 from further consideration by the House.

EXPLANATION OF VOTE
I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on March 14,
1995. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on House File
438, "nay" on amendment H-3301 to House File 438, and "aye" on
Senate File 17.
LARSON of Linn
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 sixteenth day of March, 1995: House File 149
ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON
Chief Clerk of the House
Report adopted.
COMMUNICATION RECEIVED
The following communication was received and filed in the office
of the Chief Clerk:
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY COMMISSION
A report to evaluate and complete a cost benefit analysis
concerning the use of video conferencing by the area education
agencies (AEAs), pursuant to Chapter 1184.25, 1994 Acts of the
Seventy-fifth General Assembly.
CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION
MR. SPEAKER: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reports
that certificates of recognition have been issued as follows.
ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON
Chief Clerk of the House
1995\133	Jennifer Mich, Oskaloosa - For receiving a Best
Community Scholarship.
1995\134	Ryan Danks, Pella - For receiving a Best Community
Scholarship.
1995\135	Jodi Lanphier, New Sharon - For receiving a Best
Community Scholarship.
1995\136	Stephanie Martin, Des Moines - For receiving a Best
Community Scholarship.
1995\137	Brian Vos, Pella - For receiving a Best Community
Scholarship.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House File 86
Environmental Protection: Greiner, Chair; Drees and Hahn.
House File 352
Economic Development: Nelson of Marshall, Chair; Baker and
Cornelius.
House File 407
Agriculture: Greig, Chair; Huseman and Mundie.
House File 412
Agriculture: Klemme, Chair; Fallon and Main.
House File 423
Agriculture: Hahn, Chair; Boggess and Drees.
House File 429
Education: Veenstra, Chair; Cohoon and Cornelius.
House File 436
Economic Development: Cormack, Chair; Cornelius and Warnstadt.
House File 443
Education: Grubbs, Chair; Gries and Mascher.
House File 453
Transportation: Salton, Chair; Carroll and Cohoon.
House File 467
Environmental Protection: Greiner, Chair; Drees and Hahn.
Senate File 206
Education: Grubbs, Chair; Hanson and Wise.
HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Study Bill 306
Natural Resources: Klemme, Chair; Cornelius and O'Brien.
House Study Bill 307
Judiciary: Veenstra, Chair; Harrison and Moreland.
House Study Bill 308
Judiciary: Boddicker, Chair; Doderer and Millage.
House Study Bill 309
Judiciary: Millage, Chair; Moreland and Veenstra.
House Study Bill 310
Judiciary: Dinkla, Chair; Moreland and Nutt.
House Study Bill 311
Judiciary: Kremer, Chair; Bell and Schulte.
House Study Bill 312
Judiciary: Hurley, Chair; Harrison and Kreiman.
House Study Bill 313
Local Government: Welter, Chair; Disney and Mertz.
House Study Bill 314
Natural Resources: Garman, Chair; Branstad and O'Brien.
House Study Bill 315
Education: Grubbs, Chair; Gries and Ollie.
House Study Bill 316
State Government: Tyrrell, Chair; Connors and Coon.
House Study Bill 317
Human Resources: Carroll, Chair; Hammitt, Lord, Myers and Witt.
House Study Bill 318
State Government: Renken, Chair; Connors and Coon.
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 AGRICULTURE
House File 166, a bill for an act relating to procedures and
criteria for recovery by private property owners due to inverse
condemnation of real property by state government action and
providing an applicability date.

Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-3327 and placed
on Special Order Calendar for March 29, 1995, March 15, 1995.
House File 193, a bill for an act providing that animals
classified as ostriches, rheas, and emus are considered
livestock.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-3326 March 14,
1995.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 279), relating to
restrictions on persons eligible to hold agricultural land.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 15, 1995.
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Committee Bill, appropriating funds to the department of
economic development, the Wallace technology transfer
foundation, the public employment relations board, and the
department of employment services and providing an immediate
effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 15, 1995.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 274), making an
appropriation to the community grant fund for juvenile crime
prevention programs.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 15, 1995.
COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE-REGULATION
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 201), relating to the
relationship between a licensed real estate salesperson or
broker and the parties to a transaction and providing an
effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 15, 1995.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 219), relating to
electronic transfer of funds and establishing certain
requirements for full-function point-of-sale terminals and
electronic funds transfer facilities owned by a national card
association, and establishing a civil penalty.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 15, 1995.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 272), relating to
abandoned property subject to control by the treasurer of state.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 15, 1995.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 273), relating to the
payment of patronage dividends by cooperative associations which
are public utilities.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 15, 1995.
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Senate File 60, a bill for an act relating to establishing a
linked investment program for speculative building development.
Fiscal Note is required.
Recommended Do Pass March 15, 1995.
COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 226), relating to
solid waste by removing penalties for failure to meet waste
reduction and recycling goals.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 15, 1995.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 284), providing
limited immunity for persons responding to oil spills.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 15, 1995.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 302), 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.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 15, 1995.
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES
House File 337, a bill for an act to amend the criteria
necessary to establish that a person is seriously mentally
impaired for purposes of involuntary hospitalization.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 15, 1995.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 182), relating to
activities of the department of human services, including
provisions involving the state hospital- schools and other
institutions, commitments of persons with mental retardation,
and the department's public housing unit.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 15, 1995.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 232), relating to the
regulation and licensure of physician assistants and advanced
registered nurse practitioners.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 15, 1995.
COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
House File 308, a bill for an act relating to the election of
workers' compensation coverage by a limited liability company
member.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 15, 1995.
House File 330, a bill for an act relating to eligibility
requirements for workers' compensation.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 15, 1995.
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
House File 174, a bill for an act relating to notice for
vacating and closing roads.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 15, 1995.
House File 177, 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.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 15, 1995.
House File 222, a bill for an act relating to the establishment
of home development districts.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 15, 1995.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 185), relating to the
assessment of certain public improvement costs to abutting
property at the request of the property owner.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 15, 1995.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 189), relating to
landlord remedies for tenant noncompliance with a rental
agreement.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 15, 1995.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 265), relating to the
duties of the county treasurer and providing effective and
applicability dates.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 15, 1995.
COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
House Concurrent Resolution 31, 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.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass and laid over under Rule 25 March 15, 1995.
COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT
Committee Bill, (Formerly House File 72), to limit the frequency
of referendums held on a proposal to operate gambling games on
excursion gambling boats or to operate gambling games at
licensed pari-mutuel racetrack enclosures and providing an
effective date and retroactive applicability.
Fiscal note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 15, 1995.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 43), eliminating the
appeal period for the awarding of contracts by the purchasing
division of the department of general services.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 15, 1995.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 47), requiring that a
publication whose standards are incorporated by reference in
agency rulemaking be purchased and provided by the agency to the
administrative rules coordinator for deposit in the state law
library.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 15, 1995.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 176), relating to the
state archivist's office.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 15, 1995.
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 146), relating to
motor vehicle and highway regulation by the state department of
transportation concerning retention of records and documents,
registration plates and stickers, dissolution decree transfers
of motor vehicle titles, junking certificates for abandoned
vehicles, flashing blue lights, motorcycle license requirements,
leased motor vehicles, proof of financial responsibility,
charges for handicapped identification devices, single state
registration for motor carriers, commodity base state
registration, other technical changes, and providing an
effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 15, 1995.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 198), relating to
motor carrier certification by establishing a motor carrier
education course, requiring a compliance review, and imposing
fees.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 15, 1995.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 227), relating to a
motor vehicle owner's liability for damages caused by the driver.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 15, 1995.
RESOLUTION FILED
HCR 35, by Weigel, Koenigs, Drees, Mertz and Fallon, a
concurrent resolution to request that the United States Congress
provide funds to increase the reimbursement levels to Iowa
hospitals and health care providers.
Referred to committee on state government.
	AMENDMENTS FILED
H-3325	H.F.	306	Blodgett of Cerro Gordo
H-3326	H.F.	193	Committee on Agriculture
H-3327	H.F.	166	Committee on Agriculture
H-3328	H.F.	258	Fallon of Polk
H-3329	H.F.	258	Fallon of Polk
H-3330	H.F.	258	Fallon of Polk
H-3331	H.F.	258	Fallon of Polk
H-3332	H.F.	288	Grundberg of Polk
H-3333	H.F.	258	Sukup of Franklin
On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie, the House adjourned at
1:37 p.m., until 10:00 a.m., Friday, March 17, 1995.

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