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House Journal: Tuesday, February 27, 1996

Fifty-first Calendar Day - Thirty-fourth Session Day

Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, February 27, 1996
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:45 a.m., Speaker
Corbett in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Reverend Paul Evans, United Methodist
Churches, Gravity and Bedford.
The Journal of Monday, February 26, 1996 was approved.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Leave of absence was granted as follows:
Bernau of Story, Ollie of Clinton, both until their arrival, on
request of Schrader of Marion; Carroll of Poweshiek, until his
arrival, Branstad of Winnebago,Van Maanen of Marion, Cormack of
Webster, Meyer of Sac, Daggett of Union, all on request of
Siegrist of Pottawattamie.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 2345, by committee on local government, a bill
for an act providing for drug testing of public safety
employees, prosecuting attorneys, employees of the department of
justice, judicial officers and employees of the judicial
department, and making penalties applicable.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2346, by Salton, Greig, Hahn, Greiner, Klemme,
Cormack, Kremer, Veenstra, Renken, Daggett, Lord, Main, Mertz,
Branstad, Meyer, Huseman, Schulte, Teig, Arnold, Houser, and
Ertl, a bill for an act authorizing the county board of
supervisors to prohibit an acquisition of land in the county by
a governmental entity.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 2347, by Garman, a bill for an act relating to
county zoning of certain confinement swine feeding operations.
Read first time and referred to committee on agriculture.
House File 2348, by Klemme, a bill for an act relating to
the statewide underground facilities notification program and
establishing certain duties and responsibilities of the board of
directors, operators, and excavators, establishing a civil
penalty, and providing for related matters.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce-regulation.
House File 2349, by committee on commerce and regulation, a
bill for an act relating to voting, the distribution of
earnings, and the bylaws of a cooperative association.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2350, by committee on transportation, a bill for
an act relating to motor vehicle dimensional and weight
requirements and certificates of title for commercial vehicles.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2351, by committee on transportation, a bill for
an act relating to repair of out-of-state commercial vehicles
and providing an immediate effective date.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
HOUSE FILE 2267 REREFERRED
The Speaker announced that House File 2267, previously referred
to committee on judiciary, was rereferred to committee on
transportation.

CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Regular Calendar
House File 2009, a bill for an act to legalize certain city and
county deeds and conveyances, with report of committee
recommending passage, was taken up for consideration.
Hanson of Black Hawk 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. 2009)
The ayes were, 86:
Arnold         	Baker          	Bell           	Blodgett      
	Boddicker      	Boggess	Bradley        	Brammer        	Brand  
       	Brauns         	Brunkhorst     	Burnett       
	Cataldo	Cohoon         	Connors        	Coon                 
	Dinkla         	Disney         	Doderer        	Drake         
		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        
	Main           	Martin         	Mascher     	   	May           
	McCoy 	Mertz          	Metcalf        	Millage        	Moreland
      	Mundie         	Murphy		Myers          	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           	Mr.
Speaker					   Corbett
The nays were, none.
Absent or not voting, 14:
Bernau         	Branstad       	Carroll        	Churchill     
	Cormack        	Daggett        	Drees          	Larson        
		Lord           	Meyer          	Ollie          	Rants         
		Van Maanen     	Wise           	
 The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared
to have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
House File 2230, a bill for an act relating to the duties of the
department of inspections and appeals concerning liens on
improper provider payments from the department of human
services, the administration of certain health care statutes,
and the conducting of audits, was taken up for consideration.
Van Fossen 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. 2230)
The ayes were, 84:
Arnold         	Baker	Bell           	Blodgett       	Boddicker 
    	Boggess	Bradley        	Brammer        	Brand         
	Brauns         	Brunkhorst     	Burnett        	Cataldo       
	Cohoon         	Connors        	Coon                  	Dinkla  
      	Disney         	Doderer        	Drake         	 	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        	Main           	Martin         	Mascher   
    		May            	McCoy	Mertz          	Metcalf       
	Millage        	Moreland       	Mundie         	Murphy        
		Myers          	Nelson, B.      	Nelson, L.       	Nutt       
   	O'Brien        	Osterhaus      	Renken         	Salton      
  	Schrader       	Schulte        	Shoultz        	Siegrist     
 	Sukup          	Taylor         	Teig           	Thomson       
	Tyrrell        	Van Fossen     	Vande Hoef     	Warnstadt     
	Weidman        	Weigel         	Witt           	Mr. Speaker
				  Corbett
The nays were, none.
Absent or not voting, 16:
Bernau         	Branstad       	Carroll        	Churchill     
	Cormack        	Daggett        	Drees          	Larson        
		Lord           	Meyer          	Ollie          	Rants        
	 	Van Maanen     	Veenstra       	Welter         	Wise         


The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared
to have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
House File 2211, a bill for an act relating to the percentage of
the legal reserve of a life insurance company which may be
invested in certain corporate obligations, was taken up for
consideration.
Halvorson of Clayton 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. 2211)
The ayes were, 87:
Arnold         	Baker	Bell           	Blodgett       	Boddicker 
    	Boggess	Bradley        	Brammer        	Brand         
	Brunkhorst     	Burnett        	Cataldo       
	Churchill	Cohoon         	Connors        	Coon                 
	Dinkla         	Disney         	Doderer        	Drake         
		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         	Main           	Martin         	Mascher     
 	 	May            	McCoy          	Mertz          	Metcalf     
  	Millage        	Moreland       	Mundie         	Murphy       
 		Myers          	Nelson, B.      	Nelson, L.       	Nutt      
    	O'Brien        	Ollie	Osterhaus      	Renken        
	Salton         	Schrader       	Schulte        	Shoultz       
	Siegrist       	Sukup          	Taylor         	Teig          
	Thomson        	Tyrrell        	Van Fossen     	Vande Hoef    
	Veenstra       	Warnstadt      	Weidman        	Weigel        
	Welter         	Witt           	Mr. Speaker					   Corbett
The nays were, none.
Absent or not voting, 13:
Bernau         	Branstad       	Brauns         	Carroll       
	Cormack        	Daggett        	Drees          	Larson        
		Lord           	Meyer          	Rants          	Van Maanen    
	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 2009, 2211 and 2230.
On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie, the House was recessed
at 9:10 a.m., until 1:00 p.m.

AFTERNOON SESSION
The House reconvened at 1:00 p.m., Gipp of Winneshiek in the
chair.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 2352, by Witt, a bill for an act relating to
programs available to persons with disabilities which are
administered by the department of human services.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 2353, by Harper, a bill for an act establishing
an ex
ception to the suspension of a motor vehicle operator's license
related to providing evidence of financial responsibility.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
House File 2354, by Eddie, a bill for an act relating to
notices of valuation of real property for purposes of property
taxation.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 2355, by Witt, Harrison, Branstad, Harper,
Boddicker, Houser, and Mascher, a bill for an act relating to
the establishment of personal needs trusts for persons with
disabilities.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 2356, by Mundie, a bill for an act making truancy
by a child who has reached the age of twelve and is under the
age of sixteen a delinquent act, and providing for contingent
effectiveness of the Act.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 2357, by Shoultz, a bill for an act relating to
school finance by providing for supplementary weighting for
at-risk students in assisted school districts, and providing an
effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 2358, by Doderer, a bill for an act relating to
the approval by the general assembly of contracts privatizing
state services.
Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.
House File 2359, by committee on local government, a bill
for an act increasing the property tax rate a city may levy for
maintenance and operation of a municipal transit system.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 2360, by Eddie, a bill for an act relating to the
authority of certain persons to request that a deceased person
be cremated.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce-regulation.
House File 2361, by committee on transportation, a bill for
an act relating to certain motor vehicle operation violations
involving signals and stops and increasing certain scheduled
fines.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2362, by committee on labor and industrial
relations, a bill for an act relating to occupational hearing
loss, concerning the
 definitions, apportionment of hearing loss, and measurement of
hearing loss.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2363, by committee on commerce-regulation, a bill
for an act 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.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2364, by Greiner, a bill for an act relating to
establishing education investment accounts, providing state
income tax deductions, and providing applicability and effective
date provisions.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 2365, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an
act relating to the authority of fiduciaries under the probate
code to invest in open-end or closed-end management investment
companies or investment trusts.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2366, by committee on commerce-regulation, a bill
for an act relating to entities and subject matter under the
regulatory authority of the division of insurance, including
prearranged funeral contracts, cemeteries, residential service
contracts, and business opportunities, and establishing fees.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2367, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an
act removing the requirement that a corporation which has
adopted a corporate seal affix the seal to all documents
affecting real estate executed by the corporation.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2368, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an
act prohibiting a person from soliciting another person to
arrange a sex act with a child and making a penalty applicable.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2369, by committee on commerce-regulation, a bill
for an act relating to the postdelivery care requirements for
mothers and
 newborns and providing for an exception of follow-up care
outside of the hospital setting.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2370, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an
act relating to limited liability companies and corporations,
including the period within which a limited liability company
subject to dissolution may be continued, use of trade names by
corporations and limited liability companies, and providing an
exemption from the real estate transfer tax for certain
transfers involving limited liability companies.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2371, by Rants, a bill for an act relating to
affirmative action and education mandates required under the
Code by administrative rule or policy.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 2372, by Larkin, a bill for an act relating to
the issuance of temporary handicapped parking devices to
nonresidents.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
House File 2373, by Grubbs, a bill for an act providing that
the ownership of real property is a fundamental right, requiring
additional procedural safeguards in condemnation proceedings,
and providing damages for willful or knowing failure to act in
good faith.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
House File 2374, by Grubbs, a bill for an act relating to
school finance, by providing a supplementary weighting formula
for gifted and talented children programs, and providing an
applicability date.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 2375, by Grubbs, a bill for an act relating to
information regarding persons released from custody pending
trial.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 2376, by Grubbs, a bill for an act requiring
future damages in personal injury actions to be adjusted
according to present value.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 2377, by Shoultz, a bill for an act permitting
the establishment of a pilot project concerning occupational and
nonoccupational health care coverage for employees.
Read first time and referred to committee on labor and
industrial relations.
House File 2378, by Mundie, a bill for an act making it a
delinquent act to be a chronic runaway.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 2379, by Mundie, a bill for an act relating to
maintenance vehicles moving backwards on the highway.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
House File 2380, by Mundie, a bill for an act limiting the
liability of a municipality for an act or omission relating to
cleanup of abandoned property or of a parcel of land purchased
at a tax sale.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 2381, by Mundie, a bill for an act relating to
child day care by providing for a fee for abuse registry checks
of child day care providers and requiring registration of
certain family day care homes and making a penalty applicable.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 2382, by Larkin, a bill for an act permitting a
court to order protective measures regarding the testimony of a
victim of sexual abuse.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 2383, by committee on natural resources, a bill
for an act relating to issuance of free deer and wild turkey
hunting licenses to certain landowners and tenants.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2384, by Warnstadt, a bill for an act exempting
interest earned from individual and joint accounts in Iowa
financial institutions from the state individual income tax and
providing a retroactive applicability date.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 2385, by Warnstadt, a bill for an act requiring
the department of human services to request that the federal
social security administration revise certain supplemental
security income eligibility requirements.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 2386, by Warnstadt, a bill for an act providing
an exception to the property tax limitation on counties and
providing for the Act's applicability.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
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 February 27, 1996, amended and adopted the
following resolution in which the concurrence of the House is
asked:

House Concurrent Resolution 105, a concurrent resolution
recognizing the women who have served Iowa as state legislators
and celebrating 100 years of women elected to state legislatures

Also: That the Senate has on February 27, 1996, adopted the
following resolution in which the concurrence of the House is
asked:

Senate Concurrent Resolution 105, a concurrent resolution in
support of maintaining the Mississippi River as a major
transportation route for various products shipped into and out
of the Upper Mississippi region.

JOHN F. DWYER, Secretary
QUORUM CALL
A non-record roll call was requested to determine that a quorum
was present.  The vote revealed sixty-nine members present,
thirty-one absent.
HOUSE INSISTS
Millage of Scott called up for consideration House File 2114, a
bill for an act relating to and making supplemental
appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1995, and
providing an effective date, and moved that the House insist on
its amendment.
A non-record roll call was requested.
The ayes were 49, nays 32
The motion prevailed and the House insists.

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED
(House File 2114)
The Speaker announced the appointment of the conference
committee to consider the differences between the House and
Senate con
cerning House File 2114: Millage of Scott, Chair; Churchill of
Polk, Houser of Pottawattamie, Murphy of Dubuque and O'Brien of
Boone.
HOUSE FILES REREFERRED
The Speaker announced that House File 2332, previously referred
to committee on appropriations, was rereferred to committee on
economic development; also: House File 2348, previously referred
to committee on commerce-regulation, was rereferred to committee
on local government; also; House File 2254, previously placed on
the calendar was referred to committee on ways and means.

EXPLANATION OF VOTE
I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on February 26,
1996. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on House File
2202 and Senate File 2072.
KLEMME of Plymouth
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\ 134	Greg Hammes, Sigourney Community Schools - For winning
2nd place in the Class 1A championship in the 171 lb. weight
class of the 1996 State Wrestling Tournament.
1996\135	Kurt Lowenburg, Pekin Community Schools - For winning
the Class 1A championship in the heavyweight class of the 1996
State Wrestling Tournament.
1996\136	Aaron Robertson, Highland Community Schools - For
winning the Class 1A championship in the 103 lb. weight class of
the 1996 State Wrestling Tournament.
1996\137	Travis Morrow, Lake City - For winning the class 1A
championship in the 130 lb. weight class of the 1996 State
Wrestling Tournament.
1996\138	Mr. and Mrs. Marvin D. Rush, Corydon - For celebrating
their Fiftieth wedding anniversary.
1996\139	Dorothy and Clyde Dyer, Allerton - For celebrating
their Fiftieth wedding anniversary.
1996\140	Mary and Milton Niedermyer, Pisgah - For celebrating
their Fiftieth wedding anniversary.
1996\141	Dorothy and Howard Darrington, Neola - For celebrating
their Fiftieth wedding anniversary.
1996\142	Rose and Clarence Jorgensen, Sioux City - For
celebrating their Fiftieth wedding anniversary.
1996\143	Doris and Frank DeVivo, Council Bluffs - For
celebrating their Fiftieth wedding anniversary.
1996\144	Gretchen and Leo Maertens, Council Bluffs - For
celebrating their Fiftieth wedding anniversary.
1996\145	Dorothy and David Lee, Council Bluffs - For celebrating
their Fifty-fifth wedding anniversary.
1996\146	Arthur Rasmussen, Council Bluffs - For celebrating his
One hundredth birthday.
1996\147	Bertha Williams, Council Bluffs - For celebrating her
Ninety-first birthday.
1996\148	Elgin Garwood, Rockwell City - For celebrating his
Ninety-fourth birthday.
1996\149	Charles Alsop, Rockwell City - For celebrating his
Eighty-eighth birthday.
1996\150	Jennie Eckberg, Gowrie - For celebrating her One
hundred  second birthday.
1996\151	Hazel Miller, Ft. Dodge - For celebrating her One
hundredth birthday.
1996\152	Ben White, Villisca - For attaining the rank of Eagle
Scout, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.
1996\153	Angela Marshall, Ankeny - For attaining the Girl Scout
Gold Award, the highest award in Girl Scouting.
1996\154	Dorothy and Earl Vogel, Clinton - For celebrating their
Fiftieth wedding anniversary.
1996\155	Carrie Buckman, Clinton - For celebrating her One
hundredth birthday.
1996\156	Camanche Girls Basketball Team, Camanche - For winning
the District Basketball Title.
1996\157	Kaleb McCarty, Guthrie Center - For placing 4th in the
Class 1A championship in the 103 lb. weight class of the 1996
State Wrestling Tournament.
1996\158	Mike Cassady, Martensdale-St. Marys - For winning the
Class 1A championship in the 160 lb. weight class of the 1996
State Wrestling Tournament.
1996\159	Levi Hutton, Truro - For placing 5th in the Class 1A
championship in the 171 lb. weight class of the 1996 State
Wrestling Tournament.
1996\160	Zack Armstrong, Central City - For attaining the rank
of Eagle Scout, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.
     SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House File 414 Reassigned
Judiciary: Harrison, Chair; Bell and Veenstra.
House File 2267
Transportation: Carroll, Chair; Mundie and Nelson of Marshall.
House File 2271
Education: Grundberg, Chair; Boddicker and Warnstadt.
House File 2291
Education: Mascher, Chair; Garman and Nelson of Marshall.
House File 2315
Commerce-Regulation: Brunkhorst, Chair; Cataldo and Cormack.
House File 2319
Natural Resources: Huseman, Chair; Klemme and Mundie.
House File 2322
Commerce-Regulation: Nutt, Chair; Baker and Churchill.
House File 2323
Economic Development: Teig, Chair; Drake and McCoy.
House File 2324
State Government: Houser, Chair; Bernau and Tyrrell.
House File 2328
Natural Resources: Arnold, Chair; Bell and Weidman.
House File 2331
Transportation: Grundberg, Chair; Eddie and Warnstadt.
House File 2332
Appropriations: Gipp, Chair; Brand and Ertl.
House File 2333
Transportation: Main, Chair; Arnold and Mundie.
House File 2335
Natural Resources: Branstad, Chair; Brauns and Mertz.
House File 2337
Education: Cohoon, Chair; Boddicker and Gries.
House File 2339
Transportation: Cohoon, Chair; Eddie and Weidman.
House File 2342
Appropriations: Millage, Chair; Gipp and Ollie.
House File 2346
Local Government: Huseman, Chair; Arnold and Connors.
Senate File 2140
Transportation: Blodgett, Chair; Carroll and Ollie.
HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Study Bill 718
Transportation: Main, Chair; Larkin and Salton.
House Study Bill 719
Human Resources: Harrison, Chair; Veenstra and Witt.
House Study Bill 721
State Government: Martin, Chair; Bradley, Connors, Gipp, Jacobs,
Jochum and Larkin.
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 27th day of February, 1996: House File 2066

ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON
Chief Clerk of the House
Report adopted.

HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
H.S.B. 724  Commerce-Regulation 
Relating to the regulation of industrial loan companies by
establishing certain requirements applicable to a change of
control, providing for the appointment of the superintendent as
receiver, and requiring an industrial loan company to obtain
federal deposit insurance for certain debt instruments, and
making a penalty applicable.
H.S.B. 725  Agriculture 
Relating to receiverships regarding the administration of the
assets of grain dealers.
H.S.B. 726  Local Government 
Relating to residency requirements for election as a trustee of
a drainage or levee district.
H.S.B. 727  Commerce-Regulation
Relating to satellite terminals and establishing certain
requirements for such terminals of a financial institution with
a principal place of business in another state and a business
location in Iowa.
H.S.B. 728  Education 
Relating to evaluator licensing of educators.
H.S.B. 729  Education 
Relating to textbooks.
H.S.B. 730  Education
Relating to the administration and accreditation of area
education agency programs and providing for properly related
matters.
H.S.B. 731  Education
Relating to the operation of the vocational rehabilitation
division of the department of education and promoting
consistency with the most recently amended version of federal
law.
H.S.B. 732  Education 
Relating to the open enrollment application and implementation
process.
H.S.B. 733  Appropriations
Making an appropriation to the division of community action
agencies of the department of human rights for continuation of
the low-income home energy assistance disconnection moratorium
program and related services.
H.S.B. 734  Local Government
Relating to mental health, mental retardation, developmental
disabilities, and other services paid for in whole or in part by
counties or the state, and including an applicability provision
and an effective date.
H.S.B. 735  Local Government
Relating to the amount of liability for the cost of services
provided to a person with mental illness or mental retardation
and providing an applicability provision.
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
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 692), providing for
the branding of livestock.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 26, 1996.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 668), relating to soil
and water conservation, by providing for the powers and duties
of commissions of soil and water conservation districts, and
soil and water conservation practices.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 26, 1996.
COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND REGULATION
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2057), relating to the
postdelivery care requirements for mothers and newborns and
providing for an exception of follow-up care outside of the
hospital setting.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 22, 1996.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 602), relating to
entities and subject matter under the regulatory authority of
the securities bureau of the division of insurance.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 26, 1996.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 663), relating to the
regulation of activities of state banks and state bank
affiliates, interstate branching or banking, and personnel of
the banking division, state banks, and state bank affiliates,
and the regulation of financial transactions involving such
entities and personnel.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 26, 1996.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 696), relating to
linked investments.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 26, 1996.
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Senate File 2083, a bill for an act relating to minimum
instructional time requirements for a school week.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 26, 1996.
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
House File 2233, a bill for an act relating to the regulation of
private sewage disposal systems and semi-public sewage disposal
systems and authorizing each local board of health to adopt
rules relating to such regulation.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 22, 1996.
COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
House File 2258, a bill for an act relating to the powers of a
benefited recreational lake district to promote water quality.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H_5124  February
26, 1996.
COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 625), relating to
legal publications and related products prepared and distributed
under the authority of the general assembly.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 26, 1996.

RESOLUTIONS FILED
HCR 113, by Blodgett, a concurrent resolution urging the United
States Congress to amend relevant law to facilitate the
development and approval of new drugs and biologics.
Laid over under Rule 25.
SCR 105, by Fraise, a concurrent resolution in support of
maintaining the Mississippi River as a major transportation
route for various products shipped into and out of the Upper
Mississippi region.
Referred to committee on transportation.
AMENDMENTS FILED

H_5123	H.F.	2234	Weigel of Chickasaw
H_5124	H.F.	2258	Committee on
 			Natural Resources
H_5125	H.F.	2157	Ollie of Clinton
H_5126	H.C.R	105	Senate Amendment
On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie, the House adjourned at
1:35 p.m., until 8:45 a.m., Wednesday, February 28, 1996. 

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