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House Journal: Wednesday, February 28, 1996

Fifty-second Calendar Day - Thirty-fifth Session Day

Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, February 28, 1996
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:45 a.m., Speaker
Corbett in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Reverend Suzanne Peterson, Episcopal
Diocese, Des Moines.
The Journal of  Tuesday, February 27, 1996 was approved.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Leave of absence was granted as follows:
Rants of Woodbury, on request of Siegrist of Pottawattamie.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 2387, by committee on state government, a bill
for an act 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.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2388, by Mascher, Bell, Witt, and Burnett, a bill
for an act establishing an early reading assistance grant
program and appropriating funds.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 2389, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an
act relating to soil and water conservation, by providing for
the powers and duties of commissioners of soil and water
conservation districts, and soil and water conservation
practices.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2390, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an
act providing for the branding of livestock.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2391, by Kreiman, a bill for an act authorizing
public access to certain criminal conviction data.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 2392, by Kreiman, a bill for an act relating to
magistrates' authority to accept guilty pleas in certain cases.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 2393, by Mascher, Myers, Burnett, Witt, and
Doderer, a bill for an act relating to petition requirements for
certain county special elections.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 2394, by Weigel, a bill for an act relating to
taxation of residential property in an urban renewal area.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 2395, by Brand, a bill for an act relating to the
family investment program by prohibiting the department of human
services from applying any additional limitation on the number
of children in a family eligible for assistance under the
program and providing an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 2396, by committee on local government, a bill
for an act expanding the issuance of motor vehicle licenses by
county treasurers and providing funding and an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
House File 2397, by committee on commerce - regulation, a
bill for an act relating to linked investments.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
The following message was received from the Senate:
Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform your honorable body that
the Senate has on February 27, 1996, appointed the conference
committee to 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 the members
of the Senate are: The Senator from Tama, Senator Husak, Chair;
the Senator from Story, Senator Hammond; the Senator from Henry,
Senator Vilsack; the Senator from Black Hawk, Senator Lind; the
Senator from Plymouth, Senator Banks.
JOHN F. DWYER, Secretary
Speaker pro tempore Van Maanen of Marion in the chair at 8:56
a.m.
CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Regular Calendar
House File 2310, a bill for an act relating to the regulation of
insurance and amending provisions providing for setoff of
premium, fraudulent submissions to insurers, availability of
certain information to insurers, length of term of the board of
directors of an insurer, notice of cancellation, delivery of
certain policies in this state, and making a penalty applicable,
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. 2310)
The ayes were, 93:

Arnold         	Baker          	Bell           	Bernau        
	Blodgett       	Boddicker      	Boggess        	Bradley       
		Brand          	Branstad       	Brauns         	Brunkhorst    
	Burnett        	Carroll        	Cataldo 	Churchill      	Cohoon
        	Connors        	Coon           	Corbett, Spkr.  
	Cormack        	Daggett        	Dinkla         	Disney        
	Doderer        	Drake          	Drees          	Eddie         
		Ertl           	Fallon	Garman         	Gipp           		Greig 
        	Greiner        	Gries          	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 
      	Mundie         	Murphy         	Myers          		Nelson,
B.      	Nelson, L.       	Nutt           	O'Brien       
		Ollie          	Osterhaus      	Renken         	Salton        
	Schrader       	Schulte        	Shoultz        	Siegrist      
	Sukup          	Taylor         	Teig           	Thomson       
	Tyrrell            	Vande Hoef     	Veenstra       	Warnstadt  
   	Weidman        	Weigel         	Welter         	Witt        
  		Van Maanen, 
  Presiding
The nays were, none.
Absent or not voting, 7:

Brammer        	Grubbs         	 Larson         	 Moreland      
	Rants          	Van Fossen     	Wise   
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared
to have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE
Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent
that House File 2310 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
House File 2234, a bill for an act relating to exempting certain
nonresident aliens from land ownership restrictions, was taken
up for consideration.
Weigel of Chickasaw asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw amendments H-5103 and H-5105, filed by him on February
21, 1996.
Weigel of Chickasaw offered amendment H-5104 filed by him as
follows:

H-5104

 1     Amend House File 2234 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 1, line 16, by inserting before the word
 3   "community" the following:  "unanimous vote of all
 4   members of the governing body of the".
Weigel of Chickasaw offered the following amendment H-5123, to
amendment H-5104, filed by him and moved its adoption:

H-5123

 1     Amend the amendment, H-5104, to House File 2234 as
 2   follows:
 3     1.  Page 1, by striking lines 2 through 4 and
 4   inserting the following:
 5     "   .  Page 1, line 15 and 16, by striking the
 6   words "The extension must be approved by the community
 7   prior to approval by the department." and inserting
 8   the following:  "If the community has the authority to
 9   approve by an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds
10   of the members of the governing body of the community
11   an animal feeding operation prior to the operation
12   receiving a permit under section 455B.173, subsection
13   13, the community must approve by a vote of at least
14   two-thirds of the members of the governing body of the
15   community the extension prior to approval by the
16   department.""
17     2.  By renumbering as necessary.
Amendment H-5123 was adopted.
Hammitt Barry of Harrison rose on a point of order that
amendment H-5104, as amended, was not germane.
The Speaker ruled the point well taken and amendment H-5104, as
amended,  not germane.
Hammitt Barry of Harrison 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. 2234)

The ayes were, 61:

Baker          	Blodgett       	Boddicker      	Boggess       
		Bradley        	Branstad       	Brauns         	Brunkhorst    
	Cataldo        	Churchill      	Coon           	Corbett, Spkr. 
 	Cormack        	Dinkla         	Disney         	Drake         
		Eddie          	Gipp           	Greig          	Greiner       
		Gries          	Grundberg      	Hahn           	Halvorson     
	Hammitt Barry  	Hanson         	Harper         	Harrison      
	Heaton         	Houser         	Hurley         	Huseman       
	Jacobs         	Klemme         	Kremer         	Lamberti      
		Lord           	Main           	Martin         	Metcalf       
	Meyer          	Millage        	Nelson, B.      	Nelson, L.    
  	Nutt           	O'Brien        	Renken         	Salton       
 	Schulte        	Siegrist       	Taylor         	Teig          
		Thomson        	Tyrrell            	Van Fossen	Vande Hoef    
	Veenstra       	Warnstadt      	Weidman        	Welter        
		Van Maanen, 
  Presiding
The nays were, 35:

Arnold         	Bell           	Bernau         	Brammer       
	Brand          	Burnett        	Carroll        	Cohoon        
		Connors        	Daggett        	Doderer        	Drees         
		Ertl           	Fallon         	Garman         	Holveck       
		Jochum         	Koenigs        	Kreiman        	Larkin        
	Mascher        	May            	McCoy	Mertz         
		Moreland	Mundie         	Murphy   	Myers          		Ollie     
    	Osterhaus	Schrader       	Shoultz        	Sukup         
	Weigel         	Witt           	
Absent or not voting, 4:

Grubbs         	Larson         	 Rants          	  Wise         

The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared
to have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE
Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent
that House File 2234 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
HOUSE FILE 2331 REREFERRED
The Speaker announced that House File 2331, previously referred
to committee on transportation, was rereferred to committee on
judiciary.
On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie, the House was recessed
at 10:16 a.m., until 1:15 p.m.

AFTERNOON SESSION
The House reconvened at 1:15 p.m., Speaker pro tempore Van
Maanen of Marion in the chair.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 2398, by Murphy, a bill for an act relating to
the continuation of health care benefits upon the termination of
employment or membership, and providing for related matters.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce-regulation.
House File 2399, by Brauns, a bill for an act relating to
eligibility of persons for county general assistance.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 2400, by committee on human resources, a bill for
an act relating to anatomical gifts including the use of
confidential information and the authority of a medical examiner
to release and permit the removal of a body part in certain
instances for the purposes of making an anatomical gift.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2401, by committee on natural resources, a bill
for an act relating to the issuance of deer and wild turkey
nonresident hunting licenses to certain official guests and
dignitaries.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2402, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an
act amending the uniform commercial code relating to letters of
credit and providing an effective date.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2403, by Ollie, a bill for an act relating to
evaluations of certain state-funded elementary and secondary
education programs and relating to appropriations made for
education programs.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 2404, by Weigel, a bill for an act requiring
uniform toll rates to be charged to rural and urban telephone
customers.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce-regulation.
House File 2405, by committee on commerce- regulation, a
bill for an act relating to entities and subject matter under
the regulatory authority of the securities bureau of the
division of insurance.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2406, by Eddie, a bill for an act relating to the
treatment of interest paid on money borrowed for investment
purposes and providing effective and applicability date
provisions.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 2407, by committee on state government, a bill
for an act relating to legal publications and related products
prepared and distributed under the authority of the general
assembly.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
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 28, 1996, passed the following bill
in which the concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 2062, a bill for an act relating to statutory
corrections which may adjust language to reflect current
practices, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and
inaccuracies, delete temporary language, resolve inconsistencies
and conflicts, update ongoing provisions, or remove ambiguities,
and providing effective and retroactive applicability dates.
Also: That the Senate has on February 28, 1996, passed the
following bill in which the concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 2157, a bill for an act relating to the duties of
the college student aid commission in administering the Iowa
guaranteed loan program, creating a chiropractic loan revolving
fund, and providing for matters related to the chiropractic
graduate student forgivable loan program.
Also: That the Senate has on February 28, 1996, passed the
following bill in which the concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 2162, a bill for an act relating to the postdelivery
benefits and care requirements for mothers and newborns
Also: That the Senate has on February 28, 1996, adopted the
following resolution in which the concurrence of the House is
asked:
Senate Concurrent Resolution 108, a concurrent resolution
posthumously honoring Mr. John L. Mowry and recognizing his many
contributions to city, state, and federal government.
JOHN F. DWYER, Secretary
CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Regular Calendar
Senate File 2088, a bill for an act prohibiting abuse of a human
corpse, and providing a penalty, with report of committee
recommending passage, was taken up for consideration.
Lamberti 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?" (S.F. 2088)
The ayes were, 95:

Arnold         	Baker          	Bell           	Bernau        
	Blodgett       	Boddicker      	Boggess        	Bradley       
	Brammer        	Brand          	Branstad       	Brauns        
	Brunkhorst     	Burnett        	Carroll        	Cataldo
		Cohoon         	Connors        	Coon           	Corbett,
Spkr.	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   
     	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     
  		Siegrist       	Sukup	Taylor         	Teig  		Thomson       
	Tyrrell        	Van Fossen         	Vande Hoef     	Veenstra   
   	Warnstadt      	Weidman        	Weigel         		Welter     
   	Witt           	Van Maanen, 
 		 Presiding
The nays were, none.
Absent or not voting, 5:

Churchill      	Holveck        	  Larson         	Rants         
		Wise           	
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared
to have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
House File 2259, a bill for an act relating to city sewer or
water utility connections, was taken up for consideration.
Vande Hoef of Osceola 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. 2259)
The ayes were, 94:

Arnold         	Baker          	Bell           	Bernau        
	Blodgett       	Boddicker	Boggess        	Bradley       
	Brammer        	Brand          	Branstad       	Brauns        
	Brunkhorst     	Burnett        	Carroll        	Cataldo       
		Cohoon         	Connors        	Coon           	Corbett,
Spkr.	Cormack   	Daggett        	Dinkla         	Disney        
	Doderer        	Drake          	Drees          	Eddie         
		Ertl           	Garman         	Gipp           	Greig         
	Greiner        	Gries          	Grubbs         	Grundberg     
	Hahn           	Halvorson      	Hammitt Barry  	Hanson        
	Harper         	Harrison       	Heaton         	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        	Siegrist    
  	Sukup          	Taylor         	Teig 	Thomson        	Tyrrell
       	Van Fossen         	Vande Hoef     	Veenstra      
	Warnstadt      	Weidman        	Weigel         	Welter        
		Witt           	Van Maanen, 					  Presiding
The nays were, 1:

Fallon         	
Absent or not voting, 5:

Churchill      	Holveck        	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 File 2259 and Senate File 2088.
EXPLANATIONS OF VOTE
I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on February 27,
1996. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on House
Files 2009, 2211 and 2230.
BRANSTAD of Winnebago
I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on Tuesday
morning, February 27, 1996. Had I been present, I would have
voted "aye" on House Files 2009, 2211 and 2230.
CARROLL of Poweshiek
I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on February 27,
1996. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on House
Files 2009, 2211 and 2230.
CORMACK of Webster
I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on Wednesday
morning, February 28, 1996. Had I been present, I would have
voted "aye" on House File 2310.
MORELAND of Wapello
PRESENTATION OF VISITORS
The Speaker announced that the following visitors were present
in the House chamber:
Eleven High School students from Marshalltown High School,
Marshalltown.  By Nelson of Marshall 
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\ 161	Megan Bradfield, Tipton - For receiving 3rd place in
the 6th and 7th grade category for her essay in the "Write Women
Back Into History" contest.
1996\162	John Morris, Washington - For attaining the rank of
Eagle Scout, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.
1996\163	David Tremmel, Mt. Pleasant - For being named to the
Iowa Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame.
1996\164	Tammy Halbur, Halbur - For being named the 1996 Carroll
County Pork Queen.
   SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House File 2153 Reassigned
Labor and Industrial Relations: Lord, Chair; Connors and Kremer.
House File 2277
Education: Veenstra, Chair; Nelson of Pottawattamie and Van
Maanen.
House File 2320
Education: Nelson of Marshall, Chair; Baker and Grundberg.
House File 2329
Judiciary: Lamberti, Chair; Kreiman and Kremer.
House File 2332 Reassigned
Economic Development: Teig, Chair; Drake and McCoy.
House File 2340
Education: Daggett, Chair; Cohoon and Lord.
House File 2341
Judiciary: Veenstra, Chair; Bernau and Greiner.
House File 2348
Local Government: Klemme, Chair; Koenigs and Vande Hoef.
House File 2352
Human Resources: Witt, Chair; Boddicker and Harrison.
House File 2353
Transportation: Branstad, Chair; Brauns and Cohoon.
House File 2354
Local Government: Arnold, Chair; Drees and Weidman.
House File 2355
Human Resources: Boddicker, Chair; Harrison and Witt.
House File 2358
Appropriations: Ertl, Chair; Meyer and Moreland.
House File 2372
Transportation: Salton, Chair; Carroll and Larkin.
House File 2373
Transportation: Welter, Chair; Heaton and May.
House File 2379
Transportation: Weidman, Chair; Eddie and Mundie.
House File 2380
Local Government: Mundie, Chair; Carroll and Welter.
House File 2381
Human Resources: Salton, Chair; Burnett, Lord, Murphy and
Veenstra.
House File 2385
Human Resources: Carroll, Chair; Hammitt Barry and Moreland.
House File 2395
Human Resources: Boddicker, Chair; Brand, Fallon, Harrison and
Hurley.
House  File 2396
Transportation: Brauns, Chair; Branstad and Koenigs.
Senate File 2154
Judiciary: Veenstra, Chair; Harrison and Moreland.
Senate File 2161
Judiciary: Harrison, Chair; Bernau and Coon.
Senate Concurrent Resolution 105
Transportation: Eddie, Chair; Cohoon and Main.
HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Study Bill 706
Labor and Industrial Relations: Sukup, Chair; Halvorson and
Murphy.
House Study Bill 707
Labor and Industrial Relations: Renken, Chair; Nelson of
Pottawattamie and Lord.
House Study Bill 708
Labor and Industrial Relations: Boddicker, Chair; O'Brien and
Renken.
House Study Bill 709
Judiciary: Millage, Chair; Hurley and Moreland.
House Study Bill 710
Judiciary: Millage, Chair; Moreland and Veenstra.
House Study Bill 713
Judiciary: Millage, Chair; Moreland and Veenstra.
House Study Bill 714
Judiciary: Kremer, Chair; Bell and Coon.
House Study Bill 715
Judiciary: Kremer, Chair; Dinkla and Shoultz.
House Study Bill 716
Judiciary: Nutt, Chair; Holveck and Schulte.
House Study Bill 717
Judiciary: Kremer, Chair; Dinkla and Holveck.
House Study Bill 720
Human Resources: Hammitt Barry, Chair; Boddicker and Moreland.
House Study Bill 724
Commerce-Regulation: Nutt, Chair; Cormack and Holveck.
House Study Bill 725
Agriculture: Koenigs, Chair; Greig and Huseman.
House Study Bill 726
Local Government: Huseman, Chair; Houser and Mertz.
House Study Bill 727
Commerce-Regulation: Sukup, Chair; Nelson of Pottawattamie and
Van Fossen.
House Study Bill 733
Appropriations: Millage, Chair; Gipp and Murphy.
House Study Bill 734
Local Government: Houser, Chair; Carroll and Myers.
House Study Bill 735
Local Government: Carroll, Chair; Houser and Myers.

HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
H.S.B. 736  Ways and Means
Relating to the taxation of payments received by organized
health care delivery systems.
H.S.B. 737  Judiciary
Relating to sexual exploitation by law enforcement officers and
providing a penalty.
H.S.B. 738  Judiciary 
Relating to procedures applicable to civil commitment, and
including an implementation provision.
H.S.B. 739  Judiciary 
Relating to the definition of deadly force.
H.S.B. 740  Local Government 
Relating to the price index for growth for purposes of the
property tax limitation.
H.S.B. 741 Ways and Means
Relating to state sales and services tax exemption certificates
issued to state and county fairs.
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 APPROPRIATIONS
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 722), relating to and
making appropriations to certain state departments, agencies,
funds, and certain other entities, providing for regulatory
authority and other properly related matters.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 28, 1996.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 723), relating to and
making appropriations to the state department of transportation
including allocation and use of moneys from the general fund,
road use tax fund, and primary road fund, making appropriations
for capital projects from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund,
allocating commercial vehicle fines to the road use tax fund,
relating to construction projects for the commission of veterans
affairs, providing for school technology improvements and
providing an effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 28, 1996.
COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE-REGULATION
House File 2127, a bill for an act relating to the exemption of
certain individual property management accounts from
certification and auditing requirements.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 27, 1996.
House File 2236, a bill for an act relating to the requirement
of notifying a consumer of a change in the terms of an open-end
credit agreement.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 27, 1996.
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
House File 2295, a bill for an act relating to establishing a
tourism-related small business development program and making an
appropriation.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 27, 1996.
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES
House File 2191, a bill for an act relating to the expansion of
the membership of the advisory council to the director of human
services regarding medical assistance.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H_5127 February 26,
1996.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 540), relating to the
authority of a medical examiner to release and permit the
removal of a body part in certain instances for the purposes of
making an anatomical gift.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 26, 1996.
COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
House File 452, 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 an
effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H_5128 February 27,
1996.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 706), relating to
workers' compensation claims against the second injury fund,
authorizing the commissioner of insurance to impose a surcharge,
and providing an effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 28, 1996. 
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
House File 2024, a bill for an act relating to the appointment
and dismissal of the chief of police in certain cities with a
mayor-council form of government and without civil service.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 27, 1996. 
House File 2255, a bill for an act relating to the extension of
time during which an alternative surcharge may be imposed for
E911.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 27, 1996.
House File 2273, a bill for an act relating to the voter
approval of annexation and severance of territory to or from a
city.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 27, 1996.
House File 2297, a bill for an act relating to payment of
warrants drawn on levee and drainage district funds.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 27, 1996.
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2134), relating to housing
development, including tax increment financing, and making an
appropriation for housing programs.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 27, 1996.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 674), 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.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 27, 1996.
COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
 Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 631), concerning
mining by applying the criterion for the reclamation of mine
sites, by redefining operator and mining operations, by amending
the hearing procedures, by providing for administrative actions
and the assessments of penalties by the division of soil
conservation for noncompliance, and establishing additional
penalties.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass  February 27, 1996.
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
House File 2002, a bill for an act relating to the commercial
air service marketing program.
Fiscal Note is required.
Committee Recommendation Failed to Pass February 27, 1996.
House File 2038, a bill for an act relating to public access to
motor vehicle records and providing an effective date.
Fiscal Note is required.
Committee Recommendation Failed to Pass February 27, 1996.
House File 2101, a bill for an act relating to windshield wiper
operation and lighted headlamps, and making a penalty applicable.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 27, 1996.
RESOLUTIONS FILED
HCR 114, by Hammitt Barry, a concurrent resolution establishing
a "Childhood Recognition Day".
Laid over under Rule 25.
SCR 108, by committee on judiciary, a concurrent resolution
posthumously honoring Mr. John L. Mowry and recognizing his many
contributions to city, state, and federal government.
Laid over under Rule 25.
AMENDMENTS FILED

H_5127	H.F.	2191	Committee on 
 			Human Resources
H_5128	H.F.	 452	Committee on  Labor
			  and Industrial Relations
On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie, the House adjourned at
1:40 p.m., until 8:45 a.m., Thursday, February 29, 1996.

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