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House Journal: Tuesday, February 20, 1996

Forty-fourth Calendar Day - Thirtieth Session Day

Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, February 20, 1996
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:45 a.m., Speaker
Corbett in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Reverend Thomas Bower, First Presbyterian
Church of Marshalltown, Marshalltown.
The Journal of Monday, February 19, 1996 was approved.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Leave of absence was granted as follows:
 Larson of Linn, for the remainder of the week, on request of
Siegrist of Pottawattamie.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 2248, by Shoultz, Holveck, Vande Hoef, Witt,
Doderer, Burnett, Jochum, and Mascher, a bill for an act
relating to alternate energy production and purchasing
requirements, and providing an applicability provision and an
effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce-regulation.
House File 2249, by Myers, a bill for an act relating to
payments by counties and certain defendants of the fees and
expenses received by a county medical examiner in investigating
a person's death.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 2250, by Eddie, a bill for an act relating to the
hunting of deer with a pistol or revolver and providing a
penalty.
Read first time and referred to committee on natural resources.
House File 2251, by Burnett, a bill for an act relating to
the prohibition of certain telephone solicitations and providing
a penalty.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce-regulation.
House File 2252, by Brauns, a bill for an act relating to
the administration of county fairs, by appropriating and
distributing state aid for the fairs.
Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.
House File 2253, by Schulte, Boddicker, Veenstra, Kremer,
Klemme, Daggett, and Lord, a bill for an act relating to the
enactment, interpretation, and implementation of laws relating
to parental rights and responsibilities.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 2254, by committee on economic development, a
bill for an act relating to eligibility criteria and benefits,
including tax benefits to businesses under the new jobs and
income program and establishing a penalty.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2255, by Greiner, a bill for an act relating to
the extension of time during which an alternative surcharge may
be imposed for E911.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce-regulation.
House File 2256, by committee on local government, a bill
for an act providing requirements for implementation of new or
revised federal block grant provisions which affect local
governments and providing an effective date and applicability
provision.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2257, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an
act providing for the organization of cooperative corporations,
providing for fees, and providing for penalties.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2258, by Weidman, a bill for an act relating to
the powers of a benefited recreational lake district to promote
water quality.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 2259, by committee on local government, a bill
for an act relating to city sewer or water utility connections.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2260, by Heaton, a bill for an act authorizing a
supplemental property tax levy for county administrative costs
to implement management of mental health, mental retardation,
and developmental disabilities services and providing an
applicability date.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 2261, by Moreland, a bill for an act relating to
eligibility time for lists of civil service candidates.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 2262, by Main, a bill for an act relating to
payment of insurance deductibles resulting from accidents
involving deer and motor vehicles.
Read first time and referred to committee on natural resources.
House File 2263, by Teig, a bill for an act relating to
permitting and fee requirements for confinement feeding
operations.
Read first time and referred to committee on agriculture.
SENATE MESSAGE CONSIDERED
Senate File 259, by committee on state government, a bill
for an act relating to the practice of mortuary science,
cremation, and licensing of funeral establishments and providing
penalties.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.

CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Regular Calendar
House File 2018, a bill for an act relating to the statewide
applicability of real estate improvement districts and providing
an effective date, with report of committee recommending
passage, was taken up for consideration.
Jacobs of Polk 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. 2018)
The ayes were, 92:
Arnold         	Baker          	Bell           	Bernau        
	Blodgett       	Boddicker      	Boggess        	Bradley       
	Brammer        	Brand	Branstad	Brunkhorst     	Burnett       
	Carroll        	Cataldo        	Churchill	Cohoon        
	Connors        	Coon                  	Cormack        	Daggett 
      	Dinkla	Disney         	Doderer        		Drake         
	Drees          	Eddie          	Ertl           		Fallon	Garman 
       	Gipp           	Greig          	Greiner        	Gries   
      	Grubbs         	Grundberg 
     	Hahn           	Halvorson      	Hammitt Barry  	Hanson    
    	Harper	Heaton	Holveck        	Houser	Hurley        
	Huseman        	Jacobs         	Jochum         	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        	Osterhaus      	Renken         	Salton 
       	Schrader       	Schulte        	Shoultz	Siegrist	Sukup  
       	Taylor         		Teig           	Thomson        	Tyrrell
       	Van Fossen     	Van Maanen     	Vande Hoef     	Veenstra
      	Warnstadt      	Weidman        	Welter         	Witt     
     	Mr. Speaker 				  Corbett
The nays were, none.
Absent or not voting, 8:

Brauns         	Harrison       	Larson         	Nelson, B.     
	Ollie          	Rants          	Weigel         	Wise           	

The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared
to have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
House File 2183, a bill for an act relating to the validity of
certain marriages, was taken up for consideration.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Leave of absence was granted as follows:
Ollie of Clinton and Weigel of Chickasaw, both until their
arrival; Cataldo of Polk, until his return, all on request of
Schrader of Marion.
The House stood at ease at 9:00 a.m., until the fall of the
gavel.
The House resumed session at 9:38 a.m., Speaker pro tempore Van
Maanen of Marion in the chair.
Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent
that House File 2183 be deferred and that the bill be placed on
the unfinished business calendar.
On motion by Siegrist of Pottwattamie, the House was recessed at
9:40 a.m., until 3:00 p.m.
AFTERNOON SESSION
The House reconvened at 3:08 p.m., Speaker pro tempore Van
Maanen of Marion in the chair.
INTRODUCTION OF BILL
House File 2264, by committee on environmental protection, a
bill for an act relating to the midwest interstate compact on
low-level radioactive waste and establishing a penalty.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
QUORUM CALL
A non-record roll call was requested to determine that a quorum
was present.  The vote revealed seventy-one members present,
twenty-nine absent.

CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Unfinished Business Calendar
The House resumed consideration of House File 2183, a bill for
an act relating to the validity of certain marriages, previously
deferred and placed on the unfinished business calendar.
Fallon of Polk asked and received unanimous consent to withdraw
amendment H-5095 filed by him on February 19, 1996.
Grubbs of Scott offered the following amendment H-5096 filed by
him and moved its adoption:

H-5096

 1     Amend House File 2183 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 2, line 29, by inserting after the figure
 3   "1" the following:  "and if the marriage would not
 4   otherwise be declared void".
Amendment H-5096 was adopted.
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. 2183)
The ayes were, 86:
Arnold         	Bell           	Blodgett       	Boddicker     
	Boggess        	Bradley        	Brand          	Branstad  
     	Brauns         	Brunkhorst     	Carroll        	Cataldo   
    	Churchill      	Cohoon         	Connors        	Coon       
   	Corbett, Spkr.        	Cormack        	Daggett       
	Dinkla         	Disney         	Drake          	Drees         
	Eddie          		Ertl           	Garman         	Gipp          
	Greig          	Greiner        	Gries          	Grubbs        
	Hahn           	Halvorson      	Hammitt Barry  	Hanson        
	Harrison       	Heaton         	Holveck        	Houser        
	Hurley	Huseman        	Jacobs         	Jochum         	Klemme  
      	Koenigs        	Kreiman        	Kremer         	Lamberti 
     	Larkin         	Lord           	Main           	Martin    
    		May            	McCoy          	Mertz          	Metcalf   
    	Meyer          	Millage        	Moreland       	Mundie     
   	Murphy         	Nelson, B.      	Nelson, L.       	Nutt     
     	O'Brien        	Osterhaus      	Renken         	Salton    
    	Schrader       	Schulte        	Shoultz        	Siegrist   
   	Sukup          	Taylor         	Teig           	Thomson     
  	Tyrrell        	Van Fossen         	Vande Hoef     	Veenstra 
     	Warnstadt      	Weidman        	Weigel         	Welter    
    		Witt           	Van Maanen, 				  	  Presiding
The nays were, 11:
Baker          	Bernau         	Brammer        	Burnett       
	Doderer        	Fallon         	Grundberg      	Harper        
	Mascher        	Myers          	Ollie          	
Absent or not voting, 3:
Larson         	Rants          	Wise           	

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 the following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: 
House Files 2018 and 2183.

Appropriations Calendar
House File 2196, a bill for an act transferring gambling moneys
to the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund and providing
retroactive and effective dates, was taken up for consideration.
The House stood at ease at 4:42 p.m., until the fall of the
gavel.
The House resumed session at 5:16 p.m., Speaker Corbett in the
chair.
Kreiman of Davis offered the following amendment H-5087 filed by
him and moved its adoption:

H-5087

 1     Amend House File 2196 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
 3   following:
 4     "Section 1.  Section 8.22A, subsection 5,
 5   unnumbered paragraph 2, Code Supplement 1995, is
 6   amended to read as follows:
 7     a.  The amount of lottery revenues for the
 8   following fiscal year to be available for disbursement
 9   following the deductions made pursuant to section
10   99E.10, subsection 1.
11     b.  The amount of revenue for the following fiscal
12   year to be deposited in the rebuild Iowa
13   infrastructure fund from interest earned on the cash
14   reserve fund and the economic emergency fund and
15   gambling revenues allocated to the fund under section
16   8.57, subsection 5, paragraph "e"."
17     2.  Page 1, line 2, by striking the word
18   "paragraph" and inserting the following:
19   "paragraphs".
20     3.  Page 1, by inserting after line 9 the
21   following:
22     "NEW PARAGRAPH.  f.  The rebuild Iowa
23   infrastructure fund limitation for a fiscal year shall
24   be ninety-nine percent of all revenue derived from
25   interest earnings on the cash reserve fund and the
26   economic emergency fund and pursuant to paragraph "e",
27   as estimated pursuant to section 8.22A, subsection 5,
28   paragraph "b", and ninety-nine percent of all other
29   revenues allocated to the fund for that fiscal year."
30     4.  By renumbering as necessary.
Amendment H-5087 was adopted.
Koenigs of Mitchell offered amendment H-5086 filed by him as
follows:

H-5086

 1     Amend House File 2196 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 1, line 2, by striking the word
 3   "paragraph" and inserting the following:
 4   "paragraphs".
 5     2.  Page 1, by inserting after line 9, the
 6   following:
 7     "NEW PARAGRAPH.  f.  Beginning July 1, 1996, and in
 8   each fiscal year thereafter, sixteen million dollars
 9   is appropriated from the fund under this subsection,
10   to the department of education to be used to provide
11   matching funds for school districts that have approved
12   a bond issue in the fiscal year in which the
13   appropriation is made.  The match shall be twenty
14   percent of the amount of the bond issuance.  If the
15   amount of school district claims in a particular
16   fiscal year exceed the amount of moneys appropriated
17   in this paragraph, the unpaid claims shall be paid
18   from moneys appropriated for the following fiscal
19   year.  The department of education may reduce the
20   amount of the match in any given fiscal year, if the
21   claims from the preceding fiscal year exceeded sixteen
22   million dollars.  If the department of education has
23   reduced the match in any given fiscal year and there
24   is money remaining at the end of that fiscal year, the
25   department shall readjust the match to twenty percent
26   for the following fiscal year.  Notwithstanding
27   section 8.33, moneys appropriated to the department of
28   education in this paragraph shall not revert to the
29   rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund, but shall remain
30   available for expenditure for the following fiscal
31   year."
32     3.  By renumbering as necessary.
Millage of Scott rose on a point of order that amendment H-5086
was not germane.
The Speaker ruled the point well taken and amendment H-5086 not
germane.


Murphy of Dubuque offered the following amendment H-5093 filed
by him and moved its adoption:

H-5093

 1     Amend House File 2196 as follow:
 2     1.  Page 1, line 4, by striking the word "sixty"
 3   and inserting the following:  "forty-five".
 4     2.  Page 1, line 7, by striking the word "sixty"
 5   and inserting the following:  "forty-five".
Amendment H-5093 lost.
Cataldo of Polk asked and received unanimous consent to withdraw
amendment H-5082 filed by him on February 15, 1996.
Murphy of Dubuque offered amendment H-5094 filed by him as
follows:

H-5094

 1     Amend House File 2196 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 1, lines 8 and 9, by striking the words
 3   "as provided in this section, notwithstanding section
 4   8.60." and inserting the following:  "for vertical
 5   infrastructure projects as provided in this section,
 6   notwithstanding section 8.60.  For purposes of this
 7   section, "vertical infrastructure" means the
 8   construction or renovation of buildings, all
 9   appurtenant structures and utilities, and site
10   development and related maintenance projects which are
11   not otherwise eligible for funding under chapter 312
12   or from any other dedicated source of revenue."
Millage of Scott rose on a point of order that amendment H-5094
was not germane.
The Speaker ruled the point not well taken and amendment H-5094
germane.
On motion by Murphy of Dubuque, amendment H-5094 lost.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Leave of absence was granted as follows:
Siegrist of Pottawattamie, for the remainder of the day, on
request of Gipp of Winneshiek.
Shoultz of Black Hawk asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw amendment H-5081 filed by him and Witt on February 15,
1996.
Millage 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. 2196)
The ayes were, 96:
Arnold         	Baker          	Bell           	Bernau        
	Blodgett       	Boddicker      	Boggess        	Bradley       
	Brammer        	Brand          	Branstad       	Brauns        
	Brunkhorst     	Burnett        	Carroll        	Cataldo       
	Churchill      	Cohoon         	Connors        	Coon           
      	Cormack        	Daggett        	Dinkla         	Disney   
     	Doderer        	Drake          	Drees          	Eddie     
   	 	Ertl           	Fallon         	Garman         	Gipp      
    		Greig          	Greiner        	Gries          	Grubbs    
    	Grundberg      	Hahn           	Halvorson      	Hammitt
Barry Hanson         	Harper         	Harrison       	Heaton    
    	Holveck        	Houser         	Hurley         	Huseman    
   	Jacobs         	Jochum         	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          	Osterhaus
     	Renken         	Salton         	Schrader       	Schulte   
    	Shoultz        	Sukup          	Taylor         	Teig       
   	Thomson        	Tyrrell        	Van Fossen     	Van Maanen  
  	Vande Hoef     	Veenstra       	Warnstadt      	Weidman      
 	Weigel         	Welter         	Witt           	Mr. Speaker
				  Corbett
The nays were, none.
Absent or not voting, 4:
Larson         	Rants          	Siegrist       	Wise           	

The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared
to have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE
Van Maanen of Marion asked and received unanimous consent that
House File 2196 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
HOUSE FILE 2255 REREFERRED
The Speaker announced that House File 2255 previously referred
to committee on commerce-regulation, was rereferred to committee
on local government.

EXPLANATIONS OF VOTE
On February 20, 1996, I inadvertently voted "nay" on House File
2183, I meant to vote "aye."
BAKER of Polk
I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on February 20,
1996. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on House File
2018.
BRAUNS of Muscatine
I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on February 20,
1996. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on House File
2018.
HARRISON of Scott
I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on February 20,
1996. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on House File
2018.
NELSON of Marshall
I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on February 19
and 20, 1996. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on
House Files 258, 2018, 2109 and 2144.
WEIGEL of Chickasaw
PRESENTATION OF VISITORS
The Speaker announced that the following visitors were present
in the House chamber:
FFA students from Prairie Valley-Gowrie High School, Gowrie.
Accompanied by Steve Kehoe. By Mundie of Webster.
COMMUNICATION RECEIVED
The following communication was received and filed in the office
of the Chief Clerk:
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
The Annual Report of the Business Interpreters Services Program,
pursuant to Chapter 7E.5(h), Code of Iowa.
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\ 107	Howard Barton, Dubuque - For his Twenty years of
service to Dubuque and the Gannon Center for Mental Health.
1996\108	Anthony Michael Jensen, Decorah - For attaining the
rank of Eagle Scout, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of
America.
1996\109	Elmeda Carpenter, Cedar Falls - For celebrating her One
hundredth birthday.
1996\110	Karen Donaldson, Ames - For receiving a Daily Tribune's
1996 Unsung Hero Award.
1996\111	Kathy Svec, Ames -  For receiving a Daily Tribune's
1996 Unsung Hero Award.
1996\112	Hazel Graham, Ames - For receiving a Daily Tribune's
1996 Unsung Hero Award.
1996\113	Mark Peterson, Ames - For receiving a Daily Tribune's
1996 Unsung Hero Award.
1996\114	Della and Ken Miller, Ames - For receiving a Daily
Tribune's 1996 Unsung Hero Award.
1996\115	Al Murdoch, Ames - For receiving a Daily Tribune's 1996
Unsung Hero Award.
1996\116	Irma Elliot, Ames - For receiving a Daily Tribune's
1996 Unsung Hero Award.
1996\117	Barb Gurganus, Ames - For receiving a Daily Tribune's
1996 Unsung Hero Award.
1996\118	Priscilla Matt, Ames - For receiving a Daily Tribune's
1996 Unsung Hero Award.
1996\119	Susan Bokhoven, Ames - For receiving a Daily Tribune's
1996 Unsung Hero Award.
1996\120	Jack Shelley, Ames - For being selected as the Ames
Daily Tribune's 1996 Citizen of the Year.

SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House File 412
Appropriations: Kremer, Chair; Meyer and Ollie.
House File 2171
Local Government: Disney, Chair; Hanson and Koenigs. 
House File 2199
Human Resources: Boddicker, Chair; Brand, Carroll, Fallon and
Hurley.
House File 2201
Human Resources: Blodgett, Chair; Harper, Myers, Schulte and
Veenstra.
House File 2218
Human Resources: Carroll, Chair; Brand and Harrison.
House File 2219
Agriculture: Eddie, Chair; Koenigs and Meyer.
House File 2221
Agriculture: Eddie, Chair; Hahn and Koenigs.
House File 2227
Human Resources: Veenstra, Chair; Burnett and Lord.
House File 2233
Local Government: Arnold, Chair; Houser and Mertz.
House File 2240
Commerce-Regulation: Lamberti, Chair; Cormack and Holveck.
House File 2241
Labor and Industrial Relations: Renken, Chair; Harper and Kremer.
House File 2244
Commerce-Regulation: Halvorson, Chair; McCoy and Renken. 
House File 2245
 Human Resources: Carroll, Chair; Fallon, Myers, Salton and
Schulte.
House File 2248
Commerce-Regulation: Nutt, Chair; Holveck and Renken.
House File 2249
Local Government: Welter, Chair; Arnold and Myers.
House File 2250
Natural Resources: Eddie, Chair; May and Weidman.
House File 2251
Commerce-Regulation: Sukup, Chair; Cataldo and Churchill.
House File 2252
Appropriations: Brauns, Chair; Ertl and Moreland.
House File 2255
Commerce-Regulation: Cormack, Chair; Metcalf and Nelson of
Pottawattamie.
House File 2258
Natural Resources: Weidman, Chair; Drees and Greig.
House File 2261
Local Government: Disney, Chair; Brauns and Connors.
House File 2262
Natural Resources: Greig, Chair; Bell and Tyrrell.
Senate File 2035
Environmental Protection: Meyer, Chair; Bradley and Burnett.
Senate File 2074
State Government: Disney, Chair; Bernau and Ertl.
Senate File 2135
Agriculture: Meyer, Chair; Huseman and Weigel.
Senate File 2138
Local Government: Carroll, Chair; Arnold and Myers.
Senate File 2142
Appropriations: Garman, Chair; Brauns and Kreiman.
Senate File 2149
Local Government: Welter, Chair; Mertz and Weidman. 
HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Study Bill 602 Reassigned
Commerce-Regulation: Jacobs, Chair; Dinkla and Holveck.
House Study Bill 613
Judiciary: Nutt, Chair; Kreiman and Veenstra.
House Study Bill 614
Judiciary: Nutt, Chair; Coon and Moreland.
House Study Bill 634 Reassigned
Commerce-Regulation: Brunkhorst, Chair; Churchill and Nelson of
Pottawattamie
House Study Bill 646
Judiciary:  Veenstra, Chair; Bell and Kremer.
House Study Bill 647
Judiciary: Nutt, Chair; Greiner and Moreland.
House Study Bill 648
Judiciary:  Harrison, Chair; Bernau and Greiner.
House Study Bill 649
Judiciary: Nutt, Chair; Holveck and Schulte.
House Study Bill 650
Judiciary: Dinkla, Chair; Lamberti and Moreland.
House Study Bill 655
Judiciary: Dinkla, Chair; Kreiman and Nutt.
House Study Bill 656
Judiciary: Schulte, Chair; Coon and Doderer.
House Study Bill 657
Judiciary: Harrison, Chair; Coon and Moreland.
House Study Bill 658
Judiciary: Kremer, Chair; Coon and Kreiman.
House Study Bill 659
Judiciary: Veenstra, Chair; Bell and Harrison.
House Study Bill 660
Judiciary: Greiner, Chair; Bernau and Kremer.
House Study Bill 662
Judiciary: Dinkla, Chair; Bernau and Greiner.
House Study Bill 663 Reassigned
Commerce-Regulation: Renken, Chair; Churchill, Van Fossen,
Weigel and Wise.
House Study Bill 664 Reassigned
Commerce-Regulation: Lamberti, Chair; Holveck and Jacobs.
House Study Bill 668
Agriculture: Boggess, Chair; Drees and Salton.
House Study Bill 669
Agriculture: Greiner, Chair; May and Meyer.
HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
H.S.B. 670  Commerce-Regulation 
Authorizing a foreign mutual insurance company or a foreign
health service corporation to reorganize by forming an insurance
holding company, and providing that a mutual insurance holding
company shall at all times own a majority of the voting shares
of the capital stock of a reorganized domestic or foreign
insurance company.
H.S.B. 671  Environmental Protection 
Relating to underground storage tank cost recovery proceedings
and providing an applicability provision and an effective date.
H.S.B. 672  Labor and Industrial Relations 
Relating to occupational hearing loss, concerning the
definitions, apportionment of hearing loss, and measurement of
hearing loss.
H.S.B. 673   Human Resources 
Relating to handicapped parking and providing a penalty.
H.S.B. 674  Local Government 
Relating to county budgets, limiting expenditures by counties,
providing for appropriation of county funds, creating a capital
improvements fund, and repealing the property tax limitation on
counties.
H.S.B. 675   Environmental Protection
Relating to the management of waste tires by providing for the
establishment of a waste tire management fund, allocation of
moneys to facilitate elimination of waste tires and the
establishment of future
markets for waste tires, providing for the redirection of the
existing fee on certificates of title of motor vehicles, and
providing a repeal.
H.S.B. 676  State Government 
Relating to matters within the jurisdiction of the Iowa ethics
and campaign disclosure board, by providing for certain changes
in reporting requirements relating to campaign contributions and
expenditures; liability for the activities of committees;
certain restrictions on fundraising and use of funds by
political committees; certain changes in the handling of
investigations and complaints before the board; and permitting a
fee for access to computerized campaign finance disclosure
records.
H.S.B. 677  Judiciary 
Relating to the offense of driving while a license is denied,
revoked, canceled, or suspended, and providing a penalty.
H.S.B. 678  Judiciary 
Providing for the regulation of investment securities under
Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code, and providing
conforming changes, and an effective date.
H.S.B. 679  Ways and Means 
Relating to the administration of taxes, electronic filing of
tax returns and payments, imposition of the penalty for
willfully filing a false claim for refund, low income, elderly,
and disabled property tax credit filing and certification dates,
computation of the real estate transfer tax, repeal of obsolete
property tax provision, and providing effective and retroactive
applicability dates.
H.S.B. 680  Local Government 
Relating to state agency conformity with federal funding changes
and providing an effective date.
H.S.B. 681  Commerce-Regulation 
Relating to investment guidelines for trustees and providing an
applicability date.
H.S.B. 682  State Government 
Relating to members of special classifications within the Iowa
public employees' retirement system.
H.S.B. 683  State Government
Relating to the public safety peace officers' retirement,
accident, and disability system and the statewide fire and
police retirement system, and providing an effective date.
H.S.B. 684  Education 
Permitting an eligible institution under the postsecondary
enrollment options law to offer a course for an eligible pupil
at a location leased by the eligible institution from the board
of directors of a school district.
H.S.B. 685  Commerce-Regulation 
Amending the uniform commercial code relating to letters of
credit and providing an effective date.
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 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 569), Relating to the
limitations on the use of toxic materials in packaging and
providing additional exemptions.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 20, 1996.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 571), Relating to
asbestos removal and encapsulation.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 20, 1996.
AMENDMENT FILED
H_5097   	H.F.   	397   	Harrison of Scott
On motion by Van Maanen of Marion, the House adjourned at 6:10
p.m., until 8:45 a.m., Wednesday, February 21, 1996.

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