House Journal: Wednesday, January 31, 1996

Twenty-fourth Calendar Day - Seventeenth Session Day

Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, January 31, 1996
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:50 a.m., Speaker pro
tempore Van Maanen of Marion in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Reverend Glenn Kappelmann, First Lutheran
Church and Vernon Lutheran Church, Dows.
The Journal of Tuesday, January 30, 1996 was approved.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Leave of absence was granted as follows:
Harrison of Scott, for the remainder of the week, on request of
Siegrist of Pottawattamie.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 2121, by O'Brien, a bill for an act relating to a
sales, services, and use tax exemption for admissions for access
to railroad trains operated for amusement purposes and providing
an effective and retroactive applicability date provision.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 2122, by Harper, a bill for an act relating to
work performance of certain supervisory positions in the
department of human services.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 2123, by Blodgett and Greig, a bill for an act
adopting the uniform transfer on death security registration Act.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce-regulation.
House File 2124, by Tyrrell, a bill for an act relating to
reports to a consumer reporting agency of an overdue amount of
child support owed by an obligor.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 2125, by Murphy, a bill for an act requiring the
use of safety belts on certain buses, applying penalties, and
providing applicability and effective date provisions.
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 January 30, 1996, passed the following bill in
which the concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 2066, a bill for an act relating to assisted suicide
and providing criminal penalties.
Also: That the Senate has on January 30, 1996, amended the House
amendment, concurred in the House amendment, as amended, and
passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House
is asked:
Senate File 2030, a bill for an act relating to state and county
mental health and developmental disability funding provisions
and including an applicability provision and an effective date.
JOHN F. DWYER, Secretary

CERTIFICATION OF ELECTION
The following duplicate of the certification of election on file
in the office of the Secretary of State,  was received on
January 29, 1996 and duly approved by the committee on
credentials, previously appointed:

CERTIFICATION
STATE OF IOWA
Office of
THE SECRETARY OF STATE
To the Honorable, the Clerk of the House of Representatives:
I, Paul D. Pate, Secretary of State of the State of Iowa;
custodian of the files and records pertaining to the elections
in the state,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT the State Canvassing Board has declared
that at a special election held on January 16, 1996, Robert J.
Osterhaus was elected to fill a vacancy in the office of State
Representative of the Thirty-Fourth district, for the balance of
the term which began on January first, 1995.
(Seal)	IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed 		the official seal of the Secretary of State at the
Statehouse, in Des Moines, 		this twenty-ninth day of January,
1996.

		Paul D. Pate, Secretary of State
I hereby acknowledge receipt of the original copy of this
document on January 29, 1996.

                                    ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON,      
     	                                     Chief Clerk of the
House of Representatives
Oath of office and seating found on page 97 of the House
Journal.  
ASSIGNMENT OF SEATS IN PRESS GALLERIES
The following named persons are accredited members of the press,
TV, and radio stations and are entitled to access to the press
galleries:
Star Newspaper	Cynthia Hickman
WHO Radio	Jeneane Beck
On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie, the House was recessed
at 8:58 a.m., until 1:00 p.m.


AFTERNOON SESSION
The House reconvened at 1:05 p.m., Arnold of Lucas in the chair.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 2126, by Disney, a bill for an act relating to
permissible acts related to real estate sales, exchanges,
purchases, rentals, leases, or advertising by nonlicensees.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 2127, by Doderer, a bill for an act relating to
the exemption of certain individual property management accounts
from certification and auditing requirements.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce-regulation.
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 January 31, 1996, passed the following bill in
which the concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 2083, a bill for an act relating to minimum
instructional time requirements for a school week.
Also: That the Senate has on January 31, 1996, passed the
following bill in which the concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 2087, a bill for an act providing that appeal of
certain sentences be by writ of certiorari.
JOHN F. DWYER, Secretary
SENATE MESSAGES CONSIDERED
Senate File 2066, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an
act relating to assisted suicide and providing criminal
penalties.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
Senate File 2083, by committee on education, a bill for an
act relating to minimum instructional time requirements for a
school week.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
Senate File 2087, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an
act providing that appeal of certain sentences be by writ of
certiorari.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
SPONSOR WITHDRAWN
(House Joint Resolution 2003)
Main of Jefferson requested to be withdrawn as a sponsor of
House Joint Resolution 2003.
COMMUNICATION RECEIVED
The following communication was received and filed in the office
of the Chief Clerk:
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
A report on the cost analysis of new construction or remodeling
for community corrections' needs, pursuant to Chapter 207.4(3),
1995 Acts of the Seventy-sixth 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      
1996\ 65	Alice and Howard Herbold, Newton - For celebrating
their Fiftieth wedding anniversary.
1996\66	Wilda and Dean Barry, Woodbine - For celebrating their
Fiftieth wedding anniversary.
1996\67	Veva and Forrest Hodgson, Pleasantville - For
celebrating their Sixty-fourth wedding anniversary.     

SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House File 2118
Labor and Industrial Relations: Boddicker, Chair; Jochum and
Renken.
House File 2120
Labor and Industrial Relations: Sukup, Chair; Nelson of
Pottawattamie and Lord.
Senate File 2063
Education: Grubbs, Chair; Brunkhorst and Cohoon.
Senate File 2081
Education: Grubbs, Chair; Gries and Mascher.
Senate File 2082
Education: Gries, Chair; Grubbs and Ollie.
HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Study Bill 539
Human Resources: Blodgett, Chair; Harper, Myers, Schulte and
Veenstra.
House Study Bill 540
Human Resources: Blodgett, Chair; Harper, Myers, Schulte and
Veenstra.
House Study Bill 541
Human Resources: Boddicker, Chair; Moreland and Van Maanen.
HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
H.S.B.  531.1 Revised  Ways and Means
Relating to industrial machinery, computers and equipment for
purposes of sales taxation and property taxation and providing
an effective date and applicability date.
H.S.B.  542  Commerce-Regulation 
Relating to certain franchise agreements by amending provisions
relating to the definition of a franchise, and applicability,
transfer, encroachment, termination, nonrenewal, repurchase of
assets, independent sourcing, and enforcement.
H.S.B. 543  Commerce-Regulation
Relating to the sale of title insurance in this state.
H.S.B.  544  Human Resources 
Relating to patient access through managed care plans or
indemnity plans with limited provider networks to defined
physicians.
H.S.B.  545  Technology 
Relating to permissible uses of the Iowa communications network
by authorized users.
H.S.B.  546  Technology
Relating to the availability of the official register to members
of the general assembly and the general public.
H.S.B.  547  Commerce-Regulation 
Relating to unemployment insurance benefits by providing for
employer contributions and liability for benefits regarding
successor employers.
H.S.B.  548  Commerce-Regulation
Adopting the uniform statutory rule against perpetuities.
H.S.B.  549  Commerce-Regulation
Relating to the licensure and practice and land surveying.
H.S.B.  550  Commerce-Regulation
Relating to the duties of the department of inspections and
appeals concerning the administration of certain health care
statutes and the conducting of audits.
H.S.B.  551  Commerce-Regulation
Relating to the appointment of the director of the department of
commerce.
H.S.B.  552  Commerce-Regulation
Relating to the unlawful practice of architecture, professional
engineering, and land surveying, and establishing a civil
penalty.
H.S.B.  553  State Government 
Relating to the office of secretary of state and the conduct of
elections and voter registration in the state and relating to
corrective and technical changes to Iowa's election laws, and
providing an effective date.
H.S.B.  554  Commerce-Regulation 
Relating to the procedures for disposition of the contents of a
decedent's safe deposit box.
H.S.B.  555  Education 
Relating to content for United States history courses taught in
secondary schools.
H.S.B.  556  Transportation
Relating to hazardous materials transportation.
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 JUDICIARY

Senate File 482, a bill for an act establishing economic and
other penalties for certain criminal activity.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-5035 January 30,
1996.
COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
House File 18, a bill for an act relating to arbitrator
considerations in binding arbitration of public employment
collective bargaining disputes.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass January 30, 1996.
House File 61, a bill for an act providing immunity from civil
liability for an employer who in good faith discloses
information about a current or former employee of the employer.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass January 30, 1996.
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 466), 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.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass January 30, 1996. 
RESOLUTION FILED
HCR 110, by Tyrrell, a concurrent resolution requesting the
State Department of Transportation to establish a scenic route
designation.
Laid over under Rule 25.
AMENDMENTS FILED

H_5033	S.F.	2030	Senate Amendment
H_5034 	H.J.R.	2003	Moreland of Wapello
H_5035	S.F.	  482	Committee on
			   Judiciary
On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie, the House adjourned at
1:08 p.m., until 8:45 a.m., Thursday, February 1, 1996.





















ASSIGNMENT OF SEATS IN PRESS GALLERIES
The following named persons are accredited members of the press,
TV, and radio stations and are entitled to access to the press
galleries:
Star Newspaper	Cynthia Hickman
WHO Radio	Jeneane Beck
On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie, the House was recessed
at 8:58 a.m., until 1:00 p.m.

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