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Fifty-eighth Calendar Day - Thirty-ninth Session Day Hall of the House of Representatives Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, March 11, 1997 The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:50 a.m., Speaker Corbett in the chair. Prayer was offered by Reverend Emery Gillespie, First Presbyterian Church, Mt. Vernon. . The Journal of Monday, March 10, 1997 was approved. PETITIONS FILED The following petitions were received and placed on file: By Brunkhorst of Bremer, from one hundred thirteen constituents favoring House File 262, removing exemptions from the obscenity laws. By Shoultz of Black Hawk, from thirty-eight residents of the 25th District favoring the "Enrich Iowa: Fund Libraries." INTRODUCTION OF BILLS House Joint Resolution 17, by Mascher and Vande Hoef, a joint resolution recognizing the fossil crinoid as the state fossil. Read first time and referred to committee on state government. House File 534, by Falck, a bill for an act relating to partition fences on land used to keep in livestock. Read first time and referred to committee on agriculture. House File 535, by Martin, Bradley, Van Fossen, and Holmes, a bill for an act requiring use of safety belts in truck beds by minors sixteen years of age and younger, making existing penalties applicable, and providing an effective date. Read first time and referred to committee on transportation. House File 536, by Blodgett, a bill for an act relating to the operating location of excursion gambling boats. Read first time and referred to committee on state government. House File 537, by Carroll, a bill for an act relating to and making an appropriation to the department for the blind and the department of education to establish statewide access to newsline for the blind. Read first time and referred to committee on education. House File 538, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an act relating to cooperative corporations, by providing for the transfer of stock, the allocation of patronage dividends upon termination of membership, and dissolution. Read first time and placed on the calendar. House File 539, by committee on natural resources, a bill for an act relating to granting easements on certain property by the department of natural resources. Read first time and placed on the calendar. House File 540, by committee on state government, a bill for an act relating to personnel procedures and investment policy requirements for state government employees. Read first time and placed on the calendar. House File 541, by Shoultz, a bill for an act establishing neighborhood development initiative pilot projects for neighborhood development, and providing an appropriation. Read first time and referred to committee on economic development. House File 542, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act to prohibit the intentional tossing, throwing, or expelling of bodily fluids or material on jail and correctional employees by inmates, and providing penalties. Read first time and placed on the calendar. House File 543, by Grundberg, Holveck, Cataldo, Lamberti, Churchill, Chiodo, Ford, Huser, Jacobs, Metcalf, Connors, and Fallon, a bill for an act relating to possible payment by the state for police and fire protection provided by the city of Des Moines for state-owned property located within the city. Read first time and referred to committee on state government. House File 544, by committee on human resources, a bill for an act relating to placements for adoption and foster care by providing for a family rights and responsibilities plan and agreement. Read first time and placed on the calendar. House File 545, by committee on human resources, a bill for an act relating to the criteria for placement of delinquent children, for whom guardianship has been transferred to the director of human services, in certain facilities. Read first time and placed on the calendar. House File 546, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act relating to work programs for inmates and criminal defendants. Read first time and placed on the calendar. House File 547, by Boddicker, a bill for an act establishing requirements for church and Christian schools. Read first time and referred to committee on education. House File 548, by Bell, a bill for an act allowing a deduction under the individual income tax of interest paid on student loans and including an applicability date provision. Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means. House File 549, by committee on local government, a bill for an act relating to the fee charged by the county auditor for transfers of property made in the transfer records. Read first time and placed on the calendar. House File 550, by committee on commerce-regulation, a bill for an act relating to the exemption of certain multiple employer welfare arrangements from regulation by the insurance division and providing an effective date. Read first time and placed on the calendar. House File 551, by committee on labor and industrial relations, a bill for an act relating to workers' compensation coverage for injuries occurring outside of the state. Read first time and placed on the calendar. House File 552, by committee on commerce-regulation, a bill for an act eliminating notice requirements relating to the location of certain electric transmission lines, wires, or cables. Read first time and placed on the calendar. House File 553, by committee on commerce-regulation, a bill for an act amending the uniform securities Act relating to the registration of securities and the registration of broker-dealers and agents, establishing fees, and providing an effective date. Read first time and placed on the calendar. House File 554, by committee on appropriations, a bill for an act establishing a community college vocational-technical technology improvement program for community college technology funding and making an appropriation. Read first time and placed on the appropriations calendar. House File 555, by Myers, a bill for an act relating to and making property tax relief fund appropriations and providing an effective date. Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations. House File 556, by committee on transportation, a bill for an act increasing the minimum value of property damage required for the filing of a motor vehicle accident report. Read first time and placed on the calendar. House File 557, by committee on commerce-regulation, a bill for an act relating to the operation and regulation of certain insurance companies and mutual associations, and the regulatory authority of the insurance division of the department of commerce. Read first time and placed on the calendar. House File 558, by Rants, a bill for an act relating to the Iowa higher education loan authority by eliminating the limit on the amount of its obligations that may be outstanding for purposes of funding capital projects and allowing the authority to issue tuition anticipation notes and obligations to finance projects to be leased to an institution. 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 March 10, 1997, adopted the following resolution in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked: House Concurrent Resolution 10, a concurrent resolution relating to a biennial memorial session. Also: That the Senate has on March 10, 1997, adopted the following resolution in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked: House Concurrent Resolution 11, a concurrent resolution relating to Pioneer Lawmakers. Also: That the Senate has on March 10, 1997, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is asked: Senate File 299, a bill for an act relating to cooperative associations and corporations by providing for operations and procedures, including providing for mergers, and providing an effective date. MARY PAT GUNDERSON, Secretary MEMORIAL COMMITTEE APPOINTED Speaker Corbett announced the appointment of the following members to serve on the memorial committee in accordance with House Concurrent Resolution 10: The Honorable Richard Vande Hoef, Chair; the Honorable Ralph Klemme, the Honorable Dolores Mertz and the Honorable Dennis Cohoon. CONSIDERATION OF BILLS Regular Calendar House File 309, a bill for an act relating to review and oversight of actions of the ozone transport assessment group, was taken up for consideration. Rants of Woodbury offered the following amendment H-1151 filed by him and moved its adoption: H-1151 1 Amend House File 309 as follows: 2 1. Page 5, by striking lines 9 and 10 and 3 inserting the following: "within the state of Iowa 4 contribute significantly to nonattainment of an ozone 5 standard". Amendment H-1151 was adopted. Rants of Woodbury 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. 309) The ayes were, 100: Arnold Barry Bell Bernau Blodgett Boddicker Boggess Bradley Brand Brauns Brunkhorst Bukta Burnett Carroll Cataldo Chapman Chiodo Churchill Cohoon Connors Cormack Dinkla Dix Doderer Dolecheck Dotzler Drake Drees Eddie Falck Fallon Foege Ford Frevert Garman Gipp Greig Greiner Gries Grundberg Hahn Hansen Heaton Holmes Holveck Houser Huseman Huser Jacobs Jenkins Jochum Kinzer Klemme Koenigs Kreiman Kremer Lamberti Larkin Larson Lord Martin Mascher May Mertz Metcalf Meyer Millage Moreland Mundie Murphy Myers Nelson O'Brien Osterhaus Rants Rayhons Reynolds-Knight Richardson Scherrman Schrader Shoultz Siegrist Sukup Taylor Teig Thomas Thomson Tyrrell Van Fossen Van Maanen Vande Hoef Veenstra Warnstadt Weidman Weigel Welter Whitead Wise Witt Mr. Speaker Corbett The nays were, none. Absent or not voting, none. The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to have passed the House and the title was agreed to. House File 335, a bill for an act relating to public health issues under the purview of the Iowa department of public health, including vital statistics, the board of nursing examiners, the board of dental examiners, lead poisoning, the immunization registry, the child death review team, plumbing provisions and fees, and providing a contingent effective date, with report of committee recommending passage, was taken up for consideration. Lamberti of Polk offered the following amendment H-1125 filed by him and Boddicker of Cedar and moved its adoption: H-1125 1 Amend House File 335 as follows: 2 1. Page 2, by striking lines 3 through 15 and 3 inserting the following: 4 "NEW SUBSECTION. 7. A person who releases or 5 discloses confidential data, records, or any other 6 type of information in violation of this section is 7 guilty of a serious misdemeanor." 8 2. Title page, line 5, by inserting after the 9 word "providing" the following: "a penalty and". Amendment H-1125 was adopted. Hahn of Muscatine asked and received unanimous consent to withdraw amendment H-1143 filed by Hahn, et al., on March 5, 1997. Veenstra of Sioux 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. 335) The ayes were, 99: Arnold Barry Bell Bernau Blodgett Boddicker Boggess Bradley Brand Brauns Brunkhorst Bukta Burnett Carroll Cataldo Chapman Chiodo Churchill Cohoon Connors Cormack Dinkla Dix Doderer Dolecheck Dotzler Drake Drees Eddie Falck Fallon Ford Frevert Garman Gipp Greig Greiner Gries Grundberg Hahn Hansen Heaton Holmes Holveck Houser Huseman Huser Jacobs Jenkins Jochum Kinzer Klemme Koenigs Kreiman Kremer Lamberti Larkin Larson Lord Martin Mascher May Mertz Metcalf Meyer Millage Moreland Mundie Murphy Myers Nelson O'Brien Osterhaus Rants Rayhons Reynolds-Knight Richardson Scherrman Schrader Shoultz Siegrist Sukup Taylor Teig Thomas Thomson Tyrrell Van Fossen Van Maanen Vande Hoef Veenstra Warnstadt Weidman Weigel Welter Whitead Wise Witt Mr. Speaker Corbett The nays were, none. Absent or not voting, 1: Foege The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to have passed the House and the title, as amended, 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 309 and 335. House File 416, a bill for an act relating to regulation of trucks and certain other large motor vehicles, including maximum vehicle weights, defining terms, providing effective dates, and making penalties applicable, was taken up for consideration. Welter of Jones offered the following amendment H-1149 filed by him and moved its adoption: H-1149 1 Amend House File 416 as follows: 2 1. Page 9, lines 3 and 4, by striking the words 3 "the formula under this section which is used for 4 travel" and inserting the following: "the formula 5 under this section which is used for travel subsection 6 4, paragraph "a"". Amendment H-1149 was adopted. Brunkhorst of Bremer in the chair at 9:30 a.m. Welter of Jones 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. 416) The ayes were, 86: Arnold Barry Bell Blodgett Boddicker Boggess Bradley Brand Brauns Bukta Carroll Cataldo Chiodo Churchill Cohoon Connors Cormack Dinkla Dix Dolecheck Dotzler Drake Drees Eddie Falck Foege Ford Frevert Gipp Greig Greiner Gries Hahn Hansen Heaton Holmes Holveck Houser Huseman Huser Jacobs Jenkins Kinzer Klemme Koenigs Kreiman Kremer Lamberti Larkin Larson Lord Martin Mascher May Mertz Metcalf Meyer Millage Moreland Mundie Myers Nelson O'Brien Osterhaus Rants Rayhons Reynolds-Knight Scherrman Schrader Siegrist Sukup Taylor Teig Thomas Tyrrell Van Fossen Van Maanen Vande Hoef Veenstra Warnstadt Weidman Weigel Welter Whitead Wise Brunkhorst, Presiding The nays were, 11: Bernau Burnett Chapman Doderer Fallon Garman Jochum Murphy Richardson Shoultz Witt Absent or not voting, 3: Corbett, Spkr. Grundberg Thomson 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 416 be immediately messaged to the Senate. HOUSE FILE 507 REREFERRED The Speaker announced that House File 507, previously referred to committee on state government, was rereferred to committee on local government. 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 11th day of March, 1997: House File 125. ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON Chief Clerk of the House Report adopted. BILL ENROLLED, SIGNED AND SENT TO SECRETARY OF STATE The Chief Clerk of the House submitted the following report: Mr. Speaker: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reports that the following resolution has been examined and found correctly enrolled, signed by the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate, and presented to the Secretary of State for his approval on this 11th day of March, 1997: House Joint Resolution 10. ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON Chief Clerk of the House Report adopted. EXPLANATION OF VOTE I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on March 5 and 6, and March 10, 1997. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on House Files 212, 226, 227, 307, 330, 383 and Senate File 160. MORELAND of Wapello PRESENTATION OF VISITORS The Speaker announced that the following visitors were present in the House chamber: 4-H groups from Benton, Iowa, Poweshiek and Tama Counties, accompanied by Nancy Allen. By Brand of Tama, Carroll of Poweshiek and Tyrrell of Iowa. SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS House Joint Resolution 17 State Government: Gipp, Chair; Connors and Nelson. House File 154 Judiciary: Lamberti, Chair; Kreiman and Larson. House File 186 Judiciary: Sukup, Chair; Bell and Churchill. House File 353 State Government: Jacobs, Chair; Chiodo, Houser, Nelson and Whitead. House File 360 Judiciary: Larson, Chair; Kreiman and Lamberti. House File 412 Judiciary: Lamberti, Chair; Boddicker and Doderer. House File 453 Human Resources: Boddicker, Chair; Barry and Thomas. House File 484 Local Government: Huseman, Chair; Mertz and Mundie. House File 485 Local Government: Huseman, Chair; Mertz and Mundie. House File 488 Local Government: Huseman, Chair; Mertz and Mundie. House File 507 State Government: Tyrrell, Chair; Burnett and Hansen. House File 508 Agriculture: Grieg, Chair; Boggess and Frevert. House File 509 Agriculture: Klemme, Chair; Huseman and Mertz. House File 510 State Government: Drake, Chair; Nelson and Taylor. House File 518 Judiciary: Churchill, Chair; Larson and Moreland. House File 523 Labor and Industrial Relations: Veenstra, Chair; Dix and Falck. House File 531 Appropriations: Millage, Chair; Murphy and Sukup. House File 532 Environmental Protection: Teig, Chair; Greiner and Holveck. House File 533 Education: Thomson, Chair; Lord and Mascher. House File 534 Agriculture: Boggess, Chair; May and Rayhons. House File 536 State Government: Tyrrell, Chair; Chiodo and Gipp. House File 543 State Government: Churchill, Chair; Connors and Jacobs. Senate File 126 State Government: Gipp, Chair; Bradley and Connors. Senate File 219 Agriculture: Greig, Chair; Frevert and Teig. Senate File 231 Agriculture: Huseman, Chair; Hahn and Mundie. Senate File 235 Agriculture: Heaton, Chair; May and Welter. Senate File 253 State Government: Holmes, Chair; Houser and Taylor. HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS House Study Bill 142 Economic Development: Bradley, Chair; Jenkins and Warnstadt. House Study Bill 157 Economic Development: Thomson, Chair; Larson and Witt. House Study Bill 217 Economic Development: Bradley, Chair; Larson and Warnstadt. House Study Bill 218 Environmental Protection: Gipp, Chair; Jenkins and Witt. House Study Bill 219 Economic Development: Jenkins, Chair; Boggess, Larson, Scherrman and Warnstadt. House Study Bill 220 Human Resources: Barry, Chair; Boddicker and Falck. House Study Bill 221 Local Government: Carroll, Chair; Dix and Huser. House Study Bill 222 Judiciary: Lamberti, Chair; Kreiman and Larson. House Study Bill 223 Transportation: Weidman, Chair; Arnold, Chiodo, Heaton and May. HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS H.S.B. 224 Local Government Relating to and making property tax relief fund appropriations and providing an effective date. H.S.B. 225 State Government Relating to certain procedures of the ethics and campaign disclosure board and filing requirements and certain requirements for use of campaign funds. H.S.B. 226 Judiciary Relating to the disposition of property forfeited to the state. H.S.B. 227 Ways and Means Providing for the creation of the Iowa educational savings plan trust, addressing tax aspects, and containing applicability provisions. H.S.B. 228 Local Government Relating to local government budget practices and property tax statements, and including an applicability date provision. H.S.B. 229 Judiciary Relating to the defense of criminal charges, by making changes in the provisions and procedures applicable to the appointment of counsel for indigent persons, providing for the establishment of an indigent defense commission and indigent defense fee account, making changes in the penalties applicable to certain offenses for which appointment of counsel is required, providing county attorneys or their designees with access to the centralized employee registry for purposes of collection of restitution, providing for the distribution of certain proceeds from forfeited property, making changes relating to the determination of a person's indigency, prohibiting the submission of false information on an affidavit of financial status, requiring the state to enforce liens for restitution in criminal cases, and providing penalties. H.S.B. 230 Judiciary Relating to the Iowa administrative procedure Act and providing an effective and applicability 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 AGRICULTURE House File 402, a bill for an act providing for research regarding the production and marketing of industrial hemp. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Do Pass March 10, 1997. Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 154), providing authority to soil and water conservation district commissioners to allocate moneys for the emergency restoration of permanent soil and water conservation practices. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Do Pass March 10, 1997. COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION House File 269, a bill for an act extending the regular program district cost guarantee for school districts for one year and providing an effective date. Fiscal Note is required. Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-1161 March 11, 1997. House File 405, a bill for an act relating to the sale, lease, or other disposition of property belonging to a school district or area education agency and providing an immediate effective date. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-1162 March 11, 1997. Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 177), relating to the activities of the department of education, vocational education, community colleges, special educational programs provided by area education agencies, dual enrollment, payment of claims for nonpublic school pupil transportation, the school budget review committee, the enrollment of certain students, and annual audits of school districts. Fiscal Note is required. Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 10, 1997. Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 184), establishing the enrich Iowa program for eligible public libraries and making an appropriation. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 10, 1997. COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES House File 453, a bill for an act relating to the grounds for termination of parental rights of a putative father. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Do Pass March 10, 1997. Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 195), relating to the membership of the medical assistance advisory council. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 10, 1997. COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY Committee Bill (Formerly House File 327), relating to dispositional orders pertaining to certain delinquent children by expanding the criteria for state training school placements and providing for extension of dispositional orders to allow completion of sexual abusers treatment programs. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Do Pass March 10, 1997. Committee Bill (Formerly House File 385), relating to notification of school officials of citations of juveniles for certain criminal offenses. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Do Pass March 10, 1997. Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 158), relating to corporations by providing for the call of special meetings of shareholders, for the combination of a corporation and certain shareholders, and for certain merger and share acquisitions. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 10, 1997. COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS House File 58, a bill for an act relating to fees charged by an employer for copies of items in an employee's personnel file. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-1159 March 11, 1997. House File 167, a bill for an act relating to eligibility requirements for workers' compensation. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-1160 March 11, 1997. COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 160), relating to the financial and regulatory procedures of counties, cities, and drainage districts, by amending the powers and duties of county treasurers. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 10, 1997. Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 164), authorizing rural water districts to enter into agreements with other governmental entities to provide for the acquisition, construction, and equipping of sewer systems, and authorizing the issuance of revenue obligations to finance the projects. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Do Pass March 10, 1997. COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT Senate Concurrent Resolution 5, a concurrent resolution designating March 1997 as Iowa Women's History Month. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Do Pass March 10, 1997. Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 124), 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. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 10, 1997. Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 128), providing for the continued operation of the department of human rights and including an effective date. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Do Pass March 10, 1997. Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 207), relating to continuing education requirements of real estate appraisers. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Do Pass March 10, 1997. COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 175), providing for maintenance and repair of out-of-state commercial vehicles and providing an effective date. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 11, 1997. AMENDMENTS FILED H_1157 H.F. 370 Lamberti of Polk H_1158 H.F. 354 Shoultz of Black Hawk H_1159 H.F. 58 Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations H_1160 H.F. 167 Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations H_1161 H.F. 269 Committee on Education H_1162 H.F. 405 Committee on Education On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie, the House adjourned at 9:48 a.m., until 8:45 a.m., Wednesday, March 12, 1997.
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