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House Journal: Page 799: Tuesday, March 19, 1996

EXPLANATION OF VOTE
I was temporarily absent from the House chamber on the morning
of March 19, 1996. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye"
on House Files 2331 and 2426.
TEIG of Hamilton
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 nineteenth day of March, 1996: House File 2247.
ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON
Chief Clerk of the House
Report adopted.

GOVERNOR'S ITEM VETO MESSAGE

A copy of the following communication was received and placed on
file:

                  March 19, 1996 
The Honorable Ron Corbett
Speaker of the House of Representatives
State Capital Building	
LOCAL

Dear Mr. Speaker:

I hereby transmit House File 2114, an act relating to and making
supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July
1, 1995, and providing an effective date.

House File 2114, the supplemental appropriations bill, is the
first budget bill of the 1996 session.  It is disappointing to
me that so early in the session the legislature has succumbed to
the temptation of excessive spending.  Even in times of a budget
surplus we must remain vigilant in our resolve to spend
responsibly.  If an area of the budget is out of control, action
should be taken to bring it under control before additional
funding is provided.  If spending for a particular item would
establish a dangerous precedent, funds should not be spent for
that purpose.

The amount of spending in House File 2114 is substantially over
the budget recommendations I submitted to the legislature in
January. The bill provides approximately $10.3 million to pay
claims barred by the statute of limitations which I believe
would set bad precedent. It also contains $6.4 million in
additional spending for court appointed attorneys that cannot be
approved without accompanying reforms. Failure to adopt the
reforms recommended by the state public defender and me in the
past has contributed to the present deficit in this area.

Iowa General Assembly

Index: House Journal (76th General Assembly: Session 2)

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