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Seventy-fourth Calendar Day - Fiftieth Session Day
Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday, March 27, 1997
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9:25 a.m., Rants of
Woodbury in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Bishop Curt Miller of Western Iowa Synod,
Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Storm Lake.
The Journal of Wednesday, March 26, 1997 was approved.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Leave of absence was granted as follows:
Gipp of Winneshiek for Thursday, March 27, and Monday, March 31,
1997, on request of Siegrist of Pottawattamie.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 713, by committee on ways and means, 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 714, by committee on ways and means, a bill for
an act relating to hospitals and health care facilities,
including licensing and license fees, inspections and inspection
fees and fines.
Read first time and placed on the ways and means calendar.
House File 715, by committee on appropriations, a bill for
an act relating to appropriations for the department of human
services and the prevention of disabilities policy council and
including other provisions and appropriations involving human
services and health care, and providing for effective and
applicability dates.
Read first time and placed on the appropriations calendar.
House File 716, by committee on ways and means, a bill for
an act relating to the transportation of public and nonpublic
school students and other properly related matters.
Read first time and placed on the ways and means 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 March 26, 1997, passed the following bill in
which the concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 503, a bill for an act relating to criminal justice,
by providing for enhanced punishment for manufacturing
methamphetamine in the presence of minors, providing
restrictions on public nudity and actual or simulated public
performance of sex acts in certain establishments, making
changes related to escape and voluntary absence from custody or
a correctional facility, establishing the offense of promoting
or possessing contraband in prisons, jails, and juvenile
facilities, providing for abatement of nuisance created by
certain establishments which allow or permit public nudity or
actual or simulated public performances of sex acts in their
establishment, providing for hormonal intervention therapy for
persons convicted of certain sex offenses, imposing consecutive
sentences for escapes from or crimes committed while confined in
detention facilities or penal institutions, authorizing
probation supervision and revocation by administrative parole
and probation judges in the sixth judicial district, making
changes related to work programs for inmates and criminal
defendants, providing restitution for death of a victim of a
crime, and providing penalties and an effective date.
MARY PAT GUNDERSON, Secretary
SENATE MESSAGES CONSIDERED
Senate File 188, by committee on state government, a bill
for an act relating to the allocation of gambling receipts for
horse race purses.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
Senate File 442, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an
act relating to the designation of certain correctional
facilities.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
Senate File 451, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an
act relating to milk and milk products, providing for the
issuance of licenses and permits, fees, and providing penalties.
Read first time and referred to committee on agriculture.
Senate File 472, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an
act prohibiting a habitual violator or person charged with
violation from constructing or expanding an animal feeding
operation structure.
Read first time and referred to committee on agriculture.
On motion by Rants of Woodbury, the House was recessed at 9:30
a.m., until 10:15 a.m.
MORNING SESSION
The House reconvened at 10:20 a.m., Rants of Woodbury in the
chair.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Leave of absence was granted as follows:
Weigel of Chickasaw on request of Cataldo of Polk.
CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Regular Calendar
House File 579, a bill for an act relating to the membership of
the medical assistance advisory council, was taken up for
consideration.
Lord of Dallas 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. 579)
The ayes were, 96:
Arnold Barry Bell Bernau
Blodgett Boddicker Boggess Bradley
Brand Brauns Brunkhorst Bukta
Burnett Carroll Cataldo Chapman
Chiodo Churchill Cohoon Connors
Corbett, Spkr. Cormack Doderer Dolecheck
Dotzler Drake Drees Eddie
Falck Fallon Foege Ford Frevert
Garman 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 Rayhons
Reynolds-Knight Richardson Scherrman Schrader
Shoultz Siegrist Sukup Taylor
Teig Thomas Thomson Tyrrell
Van Fossen Van Maanen Vande Hoef Veenstra
Warnstadt Weidman Welter Whitead
Wise Witt Rants,
Presiding
The nays were, none.
Absent or not voting, 4:
Dinkla Dix Gipp Weigel
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared
to have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
House File 704, a bill for an act relating to substantive and
other provisions affecting the state department of
transportation and driver, motor vehicle, and highway
regulation, including the definition of road work zones,
providing grounds for refusing renewal of vehicle registrations,
regulation of intrastate motor carriers, imposing fees,
providing for an electronic titling and registration program,
creating, eliminating, or enhancing penalties, and providing
effective dates, was taken up for consideration.
May of Worth offered the following amendment H-1419 filed by him
and Welter of Jones and moved its adoption:
H-1419
1 Amend House File 704 as follows:
2 1. Page 2, by inserting after line 34 the
3 following:
4 "Sec. 101. Section 321.19, subsection 1,
5 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1997, is amended to read
6 as follows:
7 1. All vehicles owned or leased for a period of
8 sixty days or more by the government and used in the
9 transaction of official business by the
10 representatives of foreign governments or by officers,
11 boards, or departments of the government of the United
12 States, and by the state, counties, municipalities and
13 other political subdivisions of the state including
14 vehicles used by an urban transit company operated by
15 a municipality or a regional transit system, and self-
16 propelling vehicles used neither for the conveyance of
17 persons for hire, pleasure, or business nor for the
18 transportation of freight other than those used by an
19 urban transit company operated by a municipality or a
20 regional transit system, and all fire trucks,
21 providing they are not owned and operated for a
22 pecuniary profit, and authorized emergency vehicles
23 used only in disaster relief owned and operated by an
24 organization not operated for pecuniary profit, are
25 exempted from the payment of the fees imposed by this
26 chapter, except as provided for urban transit
27 companies in subsection 2, but are not exempt from the
28 penalties provided in this chapter."
29 2. Page 26, line 26, by inserting after the word
30 "DATES." the following:
31 "1."
32 3. Page 26, by inserting after line 28 the
33 following:
34 "2. Section 101 of this Act, being deemed of
35 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment."
36 4. Title page, line 4, by inserting after the
37 word "zones," the following: "registration fees for
38 certain disaster relief vehicles,".
39 5. By renumbering as necessary.
Amendment H-1419 was adopted.
May of Worth offered the following amendment H-1418 filed by him
and Welter of Jones and moved its adoption:
H-1418
1 Amend House File 704 as follows:
2 1. Page 7, by inserting after line 9 the
3 following:
4 "Sec. ___. Section 321.115, Code 1997, is amended
5 by adding the following new subsection:
6 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. Truck tractors and
7 semitrailers used in combination for exhibition and
8 educational purposes as described in subsection 1 may
9 be registered, exhibited, and driven according to the
10 provisions of subsection 1. Subsection 3 shall not
11 apply to vehicles registered in accordance with this
12 subsection."
13 2. By renumbering as necessary.
Amendment H-1418 was adopted.
Welter of Jones offered the following amendment H-1412 filed by
him and moved its adoption:
H-1412
1 Amend House File 704 as follows:
2 1. Page 11, by inserting after line 11 the
3 following:
4 "Sec. ___. Section 321E.11, unnumbered paragraph
5 1, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
6 Movements by permit in accordance with this chapter
7 shall be permitted only during the hours from thirty
8 minutes prior to sunrise to thirty minutes following
9 sunset unless the issuing authority determines that
10 the movement can be better accomplished at another
11 period of time because of traffic volume conditions or
12 the vehicle subject to the permit has an overall
13 length not to exceed one hundred feet, an overall
14 width not to exceed eleven feet, and an overall height
15 not to exceed fourteen feet, four inches, and the
16 permit requires the vehicle to operate only on those
17 highways designated by the department. Additional
18 safety lighting and escorts may be required for
19 movement at night."
20 2. By renumbering as necessary.
Amendment H-1412 was adopted.
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. 704)
The ayes were, 93:
Arnold Barry Bell Bernau Blodgett
Boddicker Boggess Bradley Brand
Brauns Brunkhorst Bukta Burnett
Carroll Cataldo Chapman Chiodo
Cohoon Connors Corbett, Spkr. Cormack
Dinkla Doderer Dolecheck Dotzler
Drake Drees Eddie Falck
Fallon Foege Ford Garman
Greig Greiner Gries Grundberg
Hahn Hansen Heaton Holmes
Holveck Houser Huseman Huser
Jacobs Jenkins Jochum Kinzer
Klemme Koenigs Kreiman Kremer
Lamberti Larkin Larson Martin Mascher
May Mertz Metcalf Meyer
Millage Moreland Mundie Murphy Myers
Nelson O'Brien Osterhaus
Rayhons Reynolds-Knight Richardson Scherrman
Schrader Shoultz Siegrist Sukup
Taylor Teig Thomas Thomson
Tyrrell Van Fossen Van Maanen Veenstra
Warnstadt Weidman Welter Whitead
Wise Witt Rants,
Presiding
The nays were, none.
Absent or not voting, 7:
Churchill Dix Frevert Gipp
Lord Vande Hoef Weigel
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared
to have passed the House and the title, as amended, was agreed
to.
House File 684, a bill for an act relating to county regulation
of road rights-of-way, was taken up for consideration.
Carroll of Poweshiek 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. 684)
The ayes were, 96:
Arnold Barry Bell Bernau
Blodgett Boddicker Boggess Bradley
Brand Brauns Brunkhorst Bukta Burnett
Carroll Cataldo Chapman Chiodo
Churchill Cohoon Connors Corbett,
Spkr. Cormack Dinkla Doderer Dolecheck
Dotzler Drake Drees Eddie
Falck Fallon Foege Ford Frevert
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 Rayhons
Reynolds-Knight Richardson Scherrman Schrader
Shoultz Siegrist Sukup Taylor
Teig Thomas Thomson Tyrrell
Van Fossen Van Maanen Vande Hoef Veenstra
Warnstadt Weidman Welter Whitead
Wise Witt Rants, Presiding
The nays were, 1:
Garman
Absent or not voting, 3:
Dix Gipp Weigel
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 579, 704 and 684.
House File 580, a bill for an act relating to pari-mutuel racing
and excursion boat gambling, by striking limits on
administrative fines
and outdated loan provisions, by providing for the
administration of lasix to race horses, by specifying the age
for gambling at racetrack enclosures, by providing for other
properly related matters, and by subjecting violators to a
penalty, was taken up for consideration.
Hansen of Pottawattamie offered the following amendment H-1442
filed by him and moved its adoption:
H-1442
1 Amend House File 580 as follows:
2 1. Page 1, by striking lines 5 through 12.
3 2. Page 1, by striking lines 16 through 18 and
4 inserting the following: "make or attempt to make a
5 pari-mutuel wager. Except for an employee of a
6 licensee, a person under twenty-one years of age shall
7 not enter or attempt to enter an area of a racetrack
8 where pari-mutuel wagering is being conducted. A
9 person violating this subsection is guilty of a simple
10 misdemeanor which is punishable by a fine of not less
11 than one hundred dollars."
12 3. Page 1, by inserting before line 19 the
13 following:
14 "Sec. ___. Section 99D.11, Code 1997, is amended
15 by adding the following new subsection:
16 NEW SUBSECTION. 8. A licensee shall not allow a
17 person who is under twenty-one years of age within the
18 area of a racetrack where pari-mutuel wagering is
19 being conducted. However, a licensee may employ a
20 person who is eighteen years of age or older to work
21 in an area of a racetrack where pari-mutuel wagering
22 is being conducted."
23 4. Page 2, line 32, by inserting after the word
24 "not" the following: "attempt to make or".
25 5. Page 2, line 34, by inserting after the word
26 "not" the following: "enter, attempt to enter, or".
27 6. Page 3, by striking lines 4 and 5 and
28 inserting the following: "which is punishable by a
29 fine of not less than one hundred dollars."
30 7. Page 3, by inserting before line 6 the
31 following:
32 "Sec. ___. Section 5 of this Act, being deemed of
33 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment."
34 8. Title page, line 6, by inserting after the
35 word "matters," the following: "by providing an
36 effective date,".
Amendment H-1442 was adopted, placing out of order amendment
H-1340, filed by Hansen of Pottawattamie on March 25, 1997.
Fallon of Polk offered amendment H-1297 filed by him as follows:
H-1297
1 Amend House File 580 as follows:
2 1. Page 1, by inserting after line 18 the
3 following:
4 "Sec. ___. Section 99D.11, Code 1997, is amended
5 by adding the following new subsection:
6 NEW SUBSECTION. 8. A licensee shall not permit
7 the operation of a satellite terminal as defined in
8 section 527.2 to dispense cash or credit for gambling
9 purposes within a pari-mutuel racetrack enclosure or
10 at other facilities and parking areas controlled by
11 the licensee."
12 2. Page 3, by inserting after line 5 the
13 following:
14 "Sec. ___. Section 99F.9, Code 1997, is amended by
15 adding the following new subsection:
16 NEW SUBSECTION. 7. A licensee shall not permit
17 the operation of a satellite terminal as defined in
18 section 527.2 to dispense cash or credit for gambling
19 purposes on an excursion gambling boat or at other
20 facilities and parking areas controlled by the
21 licensee."
22 3. Title page, line 5, by inserting after the
23 word "enclosures," the following: "by prohibiting the
24 dispensing of moneys for gambling from satellite
25 banking terminals,".
Hansen of Pottowattamie rose on a point of order that amendment
H-1297 was not germane.
The Speaker ruled the point well taken and amendment H-1297 not
germane.
Fallon of Polk moved to suspend the rules to consider amendment
H-1297.
A non-record roll call was requested.
The ayes were 53, nays 28.
The motion prevailed and the rules were suspended.
Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent
that House File 580 be deferred and that the bill be placed on
the unfinished business calendar. (Amendment H-1297 pending.)
House File 448, a bill for an act providing for the
establishment of a lien by licensed professionals against
damages collected by an injured patient, was taken up for
consideration.
Millage of Scott offered amendment H-1153 filed by him and
requested division as follows:
H-1153
1 Amend House File 448 as follows:
H-1153A
2 1. Page 1, line 12, by inserting after the word
3 "part" the following: ", subject to any allocation of
4 fault,".
H-1153B
5 2. Page 1, line 17, by inserting after the word
6 "charges" the following: ", as determined by the
7 court if the amount of the recovery or sum is
8 determined by judgment,".
H-1153C
9 3. Page 1, line 21, by inserting after the word
10 "damages;" the following: "provided that in addition
11 to the limitation to the reasonable and necessary
12 charges, the lien is further limited by a reduction
13 for the pro-rata share of the patient's, or the
14 patient's heirs' or personal representatives' costs
15 and attorney fees;".
Millage of Scott offered the following amendment H-1440, to
amendment H-1153A, filed by him and moved its adoption:
H-1440
1 Amend the amendment, H-1153, to House File 448 as
2 follows:
3 1. Page 1, line 3, by striking the words "subject
4 to" and inserting the following: "remaining after".
Amendment H-1440 was adopted.
Millage of Scott moved the adoption of amendment H-1153A, as
amended.
A non-record roll call was requested.
The ayes were 38, nays 50.
Amendment H-1153A lost.
Millage of Scott asked and received unanimous consent that
amendment H-1153B be deferred.
Millage of Scott asked and received unanimous consent that
amendment H-1153C be deferred.
Millage of Scott offered the following amendment H-1386 filed by
him and moved its adoption:
H-1386
1 Amend House File 448 as follows:
2 1. Page 1, line 29, by inserting after the word
3 "state." the following: "Statutory rights for liens
4 under this chapter shall not exceed the amount of that
5 portion of the judgment or verdict specifically
6 related to such losses, as demonstrated by the
7 itemization of the judgment or verdict, and the
8 hospital or licensed professional shall be responsible
9 for a pro rata share of the legal and administrative
10 expenses incurred in obtaining the judgment or
11 verdict. If a claim subject to a lien under this
12 chapter is resolved by settlement, the lienholder
13 shall be entitled to a hearing to determine whether
14 the settlement was reasonable and what portion of the
15 settlement specifically related to the loss giving
16 rise to the lien."
Roll call was requested by Huser of Polk and Witt of Black Hawk.
On the question "Shall amendment H-1386 be adopted?" (H.F. 448)
Rule 75 was invoked.
The ayes were, 47:
Bell Bernau Blodgett Brand
Brauns Bukta Burnett Cataldo
Chapman Cohoon Doderer Dolecheck
Dotzler Drees Fallon Foege
Ford Greiner Heaton Holveck
Huser Jochum Kinzer Koenigs
Kreiman Larkin Mascher May
Meyer Millage Moreland Mundie
Murphy Myers Osterhaus
Reynolds-Knight Richardson Scherrman Schrader
Shoultz Thomas Tyrrell Veenstra
Warnstadt Whitead Wise Witt
The nays were, 47:
Arnold Barry Boddicker Bradley
Brunkhorst Carroll Chiodo Churchill
Corbett, Spkr. Cormack Dinkla Dix
Drake Eddie Falck Frevert
Greig Gries Grundberg Hahn
Hansen Holmes Houser Huseman
Jacobs Jenkins Klemme Kremer
Lamberti Larson Lord Martin
Mertz Metcalf Nelson
Rayhons Siegrist Sukup Taylor
Teig Thomson Van Fossen Van Maanen
Vande Hoef Weidman Welter Rants,
Presiding
Absent or not voting, 6:
Boggess Connors Garman Gipp
O'Brien Weigel
Amendment H-1386 lost.
Huser of Polk offered amendment H-1388 filed by her as follows:
H-1388
1 Amend House File 448 as follows:
2 1. Page 1, line 34, by inserting after the figure
3 "151." the following: "For the purposes of this
4 chapter, "reasonable and necessary charges of the
5 hospital or licensed professional for treatment, care,
6 and maintenance of the patient" means charges which
7 are limited to the minimum amount that the hospital or
8 licensed professional would accept for payment for the
9 treatment, care, and maintenance of the patient under
10 any governmental reimbursement program or managed care
11 program including any health maintenance organization
12 or preferred provider organization, in which the
13 hospital or licensed professional participates in at
14 the time the lien is asserted."
Huser of Polk offered the following amendment H-1450, to
amendment H-1388, filed by her from the floor and moved its
adoption:
H-1450
1 Amend the amendment, H-1388 to House File 448 as
2 follows:
3 1. Page 1, by striking lines 2 through 14, and
4 inserting the following:
5 " . Page 1, line 34, by inserting after the
6 figure "151." the following: "For the purposes of
7 this chapter, "reasonable and necessary charges of the
8 hospital or licensed professional for treatment, care,
9 and maintenance of the patient" means charges which
10 are limited to the reimbursement that the hospital or
11 licensed professional would receive for payment for
12 the treatment, care, and maintenance of the patient
13 under the governmental reimbursement program or
14 managed care program including a health maintenance
15 organization or preferred provider organization
16 providing coverage to that individual patient and in
17 which the hospital or licensed professional
18 participates at the time the lien is asserted."
19 2. By renumbering as necessary.
Amendment H-1450, to amendment H-1388, was adopted.
Huser of Polk moved the adoption of amendment H-1388, as amended.
Amendment H-1388 lost.
Larson of Linn offered the following amendment H-1213 filed by
him and moved its adoption:
H-1213
1 Amend House File 448 as follows:
2 1. Page 2, by striking lines 11 and 12, and
3 inserting the following: "which such the hospital
is
4 located or in which the principal office of the
5 licensed professional is located, if applicable, prior
6 to the payment of".
7 2. Page 2, line 23, by inserting after the word
8 "hospital" the following: "or the licensed
9 professional, as applicable".
Amendment H-1213 was adopted.
Moreland of Wapello offered amendment H-1387 filed by him as
follows:
H-1387
1 Amend House File 448 as follows:
2 1. Page 3, by inserting after line 29 the
3 following:
4 "Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 582.5 SATISFACTION OF
5 LIEN - PENALTY.
6 When the amount due under a lien established by
7 this chapter is paid off, or satisfied in full, the
8 hospital or licensed professional entitled to the
9 proceeds thereof, or those acting for the hospital or
10 licensed professional, must knowledge satisfaction of
11 the lien upon the record of the lien, or by the
12 execution of an instrument referring to the lien, duly
13 acknowledged and filed in the office of the clerk in
14 every county where the lien is recorded. A failure to
15 do so within thirty days after having been requested
16 in writing shall subject the delinquent hospital or
17 licensed professional to a penalty of one hundred
18 dollars plus reasonable attorney fees incurred by the
19 party aggrieved, to be recovered in an action for the
20 satisfaction or acknowledgment by the party
21 aggrieved."
22 2. Title page, line 2, by inserting after the
23 word "patient" the following: "and providing a
24 penalty".
25 3. By renumbering as necessary.
Moreland of Wapello offered the following amendment H-1401, to
amendment H-1387, filed by him and moved its adoption:
H-1401
1 Amend the amendment, H-1387, to House File 448 as
2 follows:
3 1. Page 1, line 10, by striking the word
4 "knowledge" and inserting the following:
5 "acknowledge".
Amendment H-1401 was adopted.
Speaker pro tempore Van Maanen of Marion in the chair at 11:45
a.m.
Moreland of Wapello moved the adoption of amendment H-1387, as
amended.
Amendment H-1387, as amended, was adopted.
Millage of Scott asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw amendment H-1153B.
Millage of Scott asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw amendment H-1153C.
Larson of Linn 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. 448)
The ayes were, 61:
Arnold Barry Blodgett Boddicker
Boggess Bradley Brauns Carroll
Chiodo Churchill Corbett, Spkr. Cormack
Dinkla Dix Dolecheck Drake
Falck Frevert Garman Greig
Greiner Gries Grundberg Hahn
Hansen Heaton Holmes Houser
Huseman Jacobs Jenkins Klemme
Kremer Lamberti Larson Lord
Martin May Mertz Metcalf
Meyer Moreland Nelson O'Brien
Osterhaus Rants Rayhons
Shoultz Siegrist Sukup Taylor Teig
Thomas Thomson Tyrrell Van
Fossen Vande Hoef Veenstra Weidman
Welter Van Maanen,
Presiding
The nays were, 35:
Bell Bernau Brand Bukta
Burnett Cataldo Chapman Cohoon
Connors Doderer Dotzler Drees
Fallon Foege Ford Holveck Huser
Jochum Kinzer Koenigs Kreiman
Larkin Mascher Millage Mundie
Murphy Myers Reynolds-Knight Richardson
Scherrman Schrader Warnstadt Whitead
Wise Witt
Absent or not voting, 4:
Brunkhorst Eddie Gipp Weigel
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared
to have passed the House and the title, as amended, was agreed
to.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE
Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent
that House File 448 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
House File 640, a bill for an act relating to the definition and
location of a land-leased community, was taken up for
consideration.
Richardson of Warren asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw amendment H-1444 filed by him on March 26, 1997.
SENATE FILE 433 SUBSTITUTED FOR HOUSE FILE 640
Carroll of Poweshiek asked and received unanimous consent to
substitute Senate File 433 for House File 640.
Senate File 433, a bill for an act relating to the definition
and location of a land-leased community, was taken up for
consideration.
Carroll of Poweshiek offered amendment H-1427 filed by him as
follows:
H-1427
1 Amend Senate File 433, as passed by the Senate, as
2 follows:
3 1. Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
4 following:
5 "Section 1. Section 335.30, Code 1997, is amended
6 by adding the following new paragraph:
7 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. A county shall not adopt
8 or enforce construction, building, or design
9 ordinances, regulations, requirements, or restrictions
10 which would mandate width standards greater than
11 twenty-four feet, roof pitch, or other design
12 standards for manufactured housing if the housing
13 otherwise complies with 42 U.S.C. "/g" 5403. A county
14 shall not adopt or enforce zoning or subdivision
15 regulations or other ordinances which mandate width
16 standards for a single modular or manufactured home
17 which is sited upon land otherwise zoned as
18 agricultural land."
19 2. Page 1, by striking lines 6 through 10 and
20 inserting the following: "manufactured housing."
21 3. Page 1, by inserting after line 21 the
22 following:
23 "Sec. ___. Section 414.28, Code 1997, is amended
24 by adding the following new paragraph:
25 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. A city shall not adopt
26 or enforce construction, building, or design
27 ordinances, regulations, requirements, or restrictions
28 which would mandate width standards greater than
29 twenty-four feet, roof pitch, or other design
30 standards for manufactured housing if the housing
31 otherwise complies with 42 U.S.C. "/g" 5403."
32 4. Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and
33 inserting the following: "An Act relating to
34 regulation and location of a land-leased community or
35 a modular or manufactured home."
Carroll of Poweshiek asked and received unanimous consent that
Senate File 433 be deferred and that the bill retain its place
on the calendar. ( Amendment H-1427 pending.)
House File 202, a bill for an act relating to the issuance of
free deer hunting licenses to owners and tenants of farm units,
with report of committee recommending passage, was taken up for
consideration.
Speaker Corbett in the chair at 12:28 p.m.
Arnold of Lucas 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. 202)
The ayes were, 96:
Arnold Barry Bell Bernau
Blodgett Boddicker Boggess Bradley
Brand Brauns Bukta Burnett
Carroll Cataldo Chapman Chiodo
Churchill Cohoon Connors Cormack
Dinkla Dix Doderer Dolecheck
Dotzler Drake Drees Eddie
Falck Fallon Foege Ford
Frevert Garman 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 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 Welter
Whitead Wise Witt Mr. Speaker
Corbett
The nays were, none.
Absent or not voting, 4:
Brunkhorst Gipp Meyer Weigel
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 202 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
House File 613, a bill for an act relating to linked deposit
investment programs, was taken up for consideration.
Barry of Harrison in the chair at 12:35 p.m.
The House stood at ease at 12:36 p.m., until the fall of the
gavel.
The House resumed session at 1:03 p.m., Tyrrell of Iowa in the
chair.
The House resumed consideration of House File 613.
Wise of Lee asked and received unanimous consent that amendment
H-1437 be deferred.
Wise of Lee asked and received unanimous consent that amendment
H-1438 be deferred.
Warnstadt of Woodbury asked and received unanimous consent that
amendment H-1404 be deferred.
Metcalf of Polk offered amendment H-1436 filed by her as follows:
H-1436
1 Amend House File 613 as follows:
2 1. By striking page 1, line 1, through page 5,
3 line 18, and inserting the following:
4 "Sec. ___. Section 12.32, subsection 1, Code 1997,
5 is amended to read as follows:
6 1. "Eligible borrower" means any person who is in
7 the business or is entering the business of producing,
8 processing, or marketing horticultural crops or
9 nontraditional crops in this state or any person in
10 this state who is qualified to participate in one of
11 the programs in this division. "Eligible borrower"
12 does not include a person who has been determined to
13 be delinquent in making child support payments or any
14 other payments due the state.
15 Sec. ___. Section 12.32, subsection 3, Code 1997,
16 is amended to read as follows:
17 3. "Linked investment" means a certificate of
18 deposit placed pursuant to this division by the
19 treasurer of state with an eligible lending
20 institution, at an interest rate not more than three
21 percent below current market rates rate on the
22 condition that the institution agrees to lend the
23 value of the deposit, according to the investment
24 agreement provided in section 12.35, to an eligible
25 borrower at a rate not to exceed four percent above
26 the rate paid on the certificate of deposit. The
27 treasurer of state shall determine and make available
28 the current market rate which shall be used each
29 month.
30 Sec. ___. Section 12.33, Code 1997, is amended to
31 read as follows:
32 12.33 LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT _ PURPOSE
33 PUBLIC POLICY.
34 1. The general assembly finds the following:
35 a. That many horticultural operations throughout
36 the state are experiencing economic stagnation or
37 decline.
38 b. That high interest rates have caused
39 potentially viable operations to cease or not expand
40 in the area of horticultural or nontraditional crop
41 production, processing, or marketing.
42 2. The It is the public policy of this state that
43 a linked investments for tomorrow program provided
for
44 in this division is intended be established to
provide
45 statewide availability of lower cost funds for lending
46 purposes that will inject needed capital into the
47 business of, and stimulate existing or encourage new
48 businesses in, the area of producing, processing, or
49 marketing horticultural or nontraditional crops.
50 3. It is the public policy of the state through
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1 the linked investments for tomorrow program to create
2 an availability of lower cost funds to inject needed
3 capital into the business of producing, processing, or
4 marketing horticultural crops or nontraditional crops.
5 Sec. ___. Section 12.34, subsection 1, Code 1997,
6 is amended to read as follows:
7 1. The treasurer of state may invest up to the
8 lesser of sixty-five million dollars or ten percent of
9 the balance of the state pooled money fund in
10 certificates of deposit in eligible lending
11 institutions pursuant to this division.
12 Sec. ___. Section 12.40, subsection 3, Code 1997,
13 is amended to read as follows:
14 3. In order to qualify as an eligible borrower,
15 the rural small business must be located in a city
16 with a population of five thousand or less. A rural
17 small business located in a city located in a county
18 with a population in excess of three one hundred
19 thousand, if the city is contiguous to another city in
20 the county and that other city is contiguous to the
21 largest city in that county, shall be ineligible to
22 qualify as a borrower. In order to qualify under this
23 program, all owners of the business or borrowers must
24 not have a combined net worth exceeding five hundred
25 thousand dollars as defined in rules adopted by the
26 treasurer of state pursuant to chapter 17A and the
27 rural small business must meet all of the following
28 criteria:
29 a. Be a for-profit business under a single
30 management.
31 b. Have annual sales of two million dollars or
32 less.
33 c. Not be operated out of the home of any person,
34 unless the person is eligible for a deduction on
35 federal income taxes pursuant to 26 U.S.C. "/g" 280A.
36 d. Not involve real estate investments, rental of
37 real estate, leasing of real estate, or real estate
38 speculation.
39 e. Not provide the services of persons practicing
40 medicine and surgery pursuant to chapter 148,
41 dentistry pursuant to chapter 153, chiropractic
42 pursuant to chapter 151, optometry pursuant to chapter
43 154, osteopathic medicine and surgery pursuant to
44 chapter 150A, podiatry pursuant to chapter 149,
45 psychology pursuant to chapter 154B, or law pursuant
46 to section 602.10101 et seq.
47 f. Liquor, beer, and wine sales must not exceed
48 twenty percent of annual sales.
49 Sec. __. Section 12.40, subsection 4, Code 1997,
50 is amended to read as follows:
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1 4. In order to qualify as an eligible borrower,
2 the transfer of the rural small business must be by
3 purchase, lease-purchase, or contract of sale. The
4 purchase must be for a portion of the business which
5 is essential to its continued viability, including
6 real estate where the business is located, fixtures
7 attached to the real estate, equipment, supplies, and
8 machinery relied upon by the business, and inventory
9 for sale by the business.
10 Sec. ___. Section 12.40, subsection 7, Code 1997,
11 is amended to read as follows:
12 7. The During the lifetime of this loan program,
13 the maximum loan amount of assistance that
a an
14 eligible borrower or a business may receive
under
15 through this loan program shall be fifty thousand
16 dollars. An eligible borrower or business under this
17 program shall be limited to one loan from one
18 financial institution.
19 Sec. ___. Section 12.41, subsection 1, Code 1997,
20 is amended to read as follows:
21 1. In order to qualify as an eligible borrower,
22 the loan application shall must be for the purchase
or
23 lease of land, machinery, equipment, or the purchase
24 of other inputs used in the business of producing,
25 processing, or marketing horticultural or
26 nontraditional crops as defined in rules adopted by
27 the treasurer.
28 Sec. ___. Section 12.41, subsection 3, Code 1997,
29 is amended to read as follows:
30 3. The maximum loan amount of assistance that an
31 eligible borrower or business may receive under
during
32 the lifetime of this program is two hundred thousand
33 dollars for a production loan and five hundred
34 thousand dollars for processing or marketing
35 facilities. An eligible borrower or business under
36 this program shall be limited to one loan from one
37 financial institution.
38 Sec. ___. Section 12.43, Code 1997, is amended to
39 read as follows:
40 12.43 TARGETED FOCUSED SMALL BUSINESS LINKED
41 INVESTMENTS PROGRAM CREATED _ DEFINITIONS.
42 The treasurer of state shall adopt rules to
43 implement a targeted focused small business linked
44 investments program to increase the availability of
45 lower cost funds to inject needed capital into small
46 businesses owned and operated by women or minorities,
47 which is the public policy of the state. The rules
48 shall be in accordance with the following:
49 1. "Targeted small business" means a business as
50 defined in section 15.102, subsection 5.
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1 2. A linked investment shall only be approved in
2 connection with a loan application for a targeted
3 small business which has been certified pursuant to
4 section 10A.104, subsection 8.
5 1. As used in this section:
6 a. "Focused small business" means a new small
7 business which is one hundred percent owned, operated,
8 and actively managed by one or more women, minority
9 persons, or persons with a disability, provided the
10 business meets all the requirements of subsection 5.
11 b. "Disability" is defined as provided in section
12 15.102, subsection 5.
13 c. "Major life activity" is defined as provided in
14 section 15.102, subsection 5.
15 d. "Minority person" is defined as provided in
16 section 15.102, subsection 5.
17 3. 2. Loan applications for a targeted
focused~ `
18 small business shall be for the purchase of land,
19 machinery, equipment, or licenses, or patent,
20 trademark, or copyright fees and expenses.
21 4. 3. The During the lifetime of this
loan
22 program, the maximum size of a targeted small
business
23 loan is two amount of assistance that an eligible
24 borrower or business may borrow or receive through
25 this loan program shall be one hundred fifty
thousand
26 dollars per borrower. An eligible borrower or
27 business under this program shall be limited to one
28 loan from one financial institution.
29 5. 4. A preference shall be given to those
persons
30 who are less able than other persons to secure funds
31 for a targeted focused small business without
32 participation in the targeted focused small business
33 linked investment program.
34 5. In order to qualify under this program, all
35 owners of the business or borrowers must not have a
36 combined net worth exceeding five hundred thousand
37 dollars as defined in rules adopted by the treasurer
38 of state pursuant to chapter 17A and the focused small
39 business must meet all of the following criteria:
40 a. Be a for-profit business under a single
41 management.
42 b. Have annual sales of two million dollars or
43 less.
44 c. Not be operated out of the home of any person,
45 unless the person is eligible for a deduction on
46 federal income taxes pursuant to 26 U.S.C. "/g" 280A.
47 d. Not involve real estate investments, rental of
48 real estate, leasing of real estate, or real estate
49 speculation.
50 e. Not provide the services of persons practicing
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1 medicine and surgery pursuant to chapter 148,
2 dentistry pursuant to chapter 153, chiropractic
3 pursuant to chapter 151, optometry pursuant to chapter
4 154, osteopathic medicine and surgery pursuant to
5 chapter 150A, podiatry pursuant to chapter 149,
6 psychology pursuant to chapter 154B, or law pursuant
7 to section 602.10101 et seq.
8 f. Liquor, beer, and wine sales must not exceed
9 twenty percent of annual sales.
10 6. Loan proceeds shall not be used to refinance
11 existing debt, including credit card debt. However,
12 proceeds may be used to refinance a short-term bridge
13 loan made in anticipation of the treasurer of state's
14 approval of the linked investment loan package.
15 7. Eligible lending institutions shall verify the
16 borrower is eligible to participate under the
17 provisions of this section pursuant to rules adopted
18 by the treasurer of state pursuant to chapter 17A.
19 Sec. ___. This Act shall have no effect, pursuant
20 to section 4.13, on loans in effect on the effective
21 date of this Act."
22 2. By renumbering as necessary.
Wise of Lee offered the following amendment H-1445, to amendment
H-1436, filed by him from the floor and moved its adoption:
H-1445
1 Amend the amendment, H-1436, to House File 613 as
2 follows:
3 1. Page 2, line 8, by striking the words "sixty-
4 five" and inserting the following: "seventy-five".
Roll call was requested by Wise of Lee and Jochum of Dubuque.
On the question "Shall amendment H-1445, to amendment H-1436, be
adopted?" (H.F. 613)
The ayes were, 44:
Bell Bernau Brand Bukta
Burnett Cataldo Chapman Chiodo Cohoon
Connors Doderer Dotzler
Drees Falck Fallon Foege
Ford Frevert Grundberg Huser
Jochum Kinzer Koenigs Kreiman
Larkin Mascher May Mertz
Moreland Mundie Murphy Myers
O'Brien Osterhaus Reynolds-Knight Richardson
Scherrman Schrader Shoultz Thomas
Warnstadt Whitead Wise Witt
The nays were, 48:
Arnold Barry Blodgett Boddicker
Boggess Brauns Brunkhorst Carroll
Churchill Corbett, Spkr. Cormack
Dolecheck Drake Eddie Garman
Greig Greiner Gries Hahn
Hansen Heaton Holmes Holveck
Houser Huseman Jacobs Jenkins
Klemme Lamberti Lord Martin
Metcalf Meyer Millage Nelson
Rants Rayhons Siegrist Sukup
Teig Thomson Van Fossen Van
Maanen Vande Hoef Veenstra Weidman
Welter Tyrrell, Presiding
Absent or not voting, 8:
Bradley Dinkla Dix Gipp
Kremer Larson Taylor Weigel
Amendment H-1445 lost, placing amendment H-1437 out of order.
Wise of Lee offered the following amendment H-1446, to amendment
H-1436, filed by him from the floor and moved its adoption:
H-1446
1 Amend the amendment, H-1436, to House File 613 as
2 follows:
3 1. Page 2, by striking lines 39 through 46.
4 2. By renumbering as necessary.
Rants of Woodbury in the chair at 1:32 p.m.
A non-record roll call was requested.
The ayes were 43, nays 50.
Amendment H-1446 lost.
Mertz of Kossuth offered the following amendment H-1447, to
amendment H-1436, filed by her from the floor and moved its
adoption:
H-1447
1 Amend the amendment, H-1436, to House File 613 as
2 follows:
3 1. Page 3, by striking lines 28 through 37.
4 2. By renumbering as necessary.
Roll call was requested by Mertz of Kossuth and Wise of Lee.
On the question "Shall amendment H-1447, to amendment H-1436,
be adopted?" (H.F. 613)
Rule 75 was invoked.
The ayes were, 48:
Bell Bernau Brand Bukta
Burnett Cataldo Chapman Chiodo
Cohoon Connors Doderer Dotzler
Drees Falck Fallon Foege
Ford Frevert Holveck Huser
Jochum Kinzer Koenigs Kreiman
Kremer Larkin Mascher May
Mertz Moreland Mundie Murphy
Myers O'Brien Osterhaus Rayhons
Reynolds-Knight Richardson Scherrman Schrader
Shoultz Taylor Thomas Warnstadt
Welter Whitead Wise Witt
The nays were, 47:
Arnold Barry Boddicker Boggess
Bradley Brauns Brunkhorst Carroll
Churchill Corbett, Spkr. Cormack Dix
Dolecheck Drake Eddie Garman
Greig Gries Grundberg Hahn
Hansen Heaton Holmes Houser
Huseman Jacobs Jenkins Klemme
Lamberti Larson Lord Martin
Metcalf Meyer Millage Nelson
Siegrist Sukup Teig Thomson
Tyrrell Van Fossen Van Maanen Vande Hoef
Veenstra Weidman Rants,
Presiding
Absent or not voting, 5:
Blodgett Dinkla Gipp Greiner
Weigel
Amendment H-1447, to amendment H-1436, was adopted.
Ford of Polk asked and received unanimous consent to withdraw
amendment H-1449, to amendment H-1436, filed by him from the
floor.
Ford of Polk offered the following amendment H-1451, to
amendment H-1436, filed by him from the floor and moved its
adoption:
H-1451
1 Amend the amendment, H-1436, to House File 613 as
2 follows:
3 1. Page 5, line 7, by inserting after the word
4 "seq." the following: ", unless the business is
5 located in a state or federally designated enterprise
6 zone."
Amendment H-1451 was adopted.
Warnstadt of Woodbury offered the following amendment H-1441, to
amendment H-1436, filed by him and Whitead of Woodbury and moved
its adoption:
H-1441
1 Amend the amendment, H-1436, House File 613 as
2 follows:
3 1. Page 5, by inserting after line 18 the
4 following:
5 "Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 12.51 MAIN STREET LINKED
6 INVESTMENTS LOAN PROGRAM.
7 The treasurer of state shall adopt rules to
8 implement a main street linked investments loan
9 program to increase the availability of lower cost
10 funds to stimulate building restorations or
11 rehabilitations of historic buildings within the
12 central business district of a city which is a
13 certified local government, or in the Iowa main street
14 program or the rural main street program. The rules
15 shall include the following conditions:
16 1. Linked investment loans shall be limited to
17 projects for a building restoration or rehabilitation
18 located in the central business district whose
19 boundaries are the same as the main street or rural
20 main street or central business district of a city
21 which is a certified local government project area.
22 2. Eligible borrowers are limited to the property
23 owner, contract purchaser of record, or long-term
24 lessee.
25 3. Loan applications under this program shall be
26 for the restoration or rehabilitation of facades of
27 buildings which are eligible or nominated or listed on
28 the national register of historic places. Public
29 buildings are excluded.
30 4. A facade restoration or building rehabilitation
31 must follow United States secretary of interior's
32 standards for rehabilitation and guidelines for
33 rehabilitating historic buildings.
34 5. The maximum loan amount under the main street
35 linked investments loan program is fifty thousand
36 dollars per project.
37 6. Not more than one-third of the amount
38 authorized in section 12.34 may be used for purposes
39 of this program and the rural small business transfer
40 linked investment loan program under section 12.40.
41 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 12.52 APPLICATION
42 PROCESS.
43 Applicants shall be certified as eligible for
44 assistance prior to submitting applications to the
45 treasurer of state for loans under the main street
46 linked investment loan program. Administrative rules
47 pursuant to chapter 17A shall be adopted jointly by
48 the department of economic development and by the
49 department of cultural affairs to require applicants
50 to do the following:
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1 1. Show evidence of preliminary design assistance
2 from the Iowa main street program of the department of
3 economic development or the state historic
4 preservation office of the department of cultural
5 affairs.
6 2. Show evidence of preliminary design review
7 approval from the local design review committee.
8 3. The plans shall be submitted to a final design
9 review board comprised of representatives of the state
10 historic preservation office, the Iowa main street
11 program, and one private sector architect selected
12 jointly by the directors of the departments of
13 economic development and cultural affairs. The
14 treasurer of state or the treasurer of state's
15 designee shall serve as an ad hock member of the
16 design review board. The design review board shall
17 provide certification of eligible projects to the
18 treasurer of state following the review."
19 2. By renumbering as necessary.
Amendment H-1441 lost.
Metcalf of Polk moved the adoption of amendment H-1436, as
amended.
Amendment H-1436, as amended, was adopted placing out of order
amendments H-1438 and H-1404.
Metcalf 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. 613)
The ayes were, 87:
Arnold Barry Bell Bernau
Blodgett Boddicker Boggess Bradley
Brauns Brunkhorst Bukta Burnett
Carroll Cataldo Chapman Chiodo
Churchill Cohoon Connors Corbett, Spkr.
Cormack Dinkla Dix Dolecheck
Dotzler Drake Drees Eddie
Falck Fallon Foege Ford
Garman Greig Greiner Gries
Grundberg Hahn Hansen Heaton
Holmes Houser Huseman Jacobs
Jenkins Jochum Kinzer Klemme
Kremer Lamberti Larkin Larson
Lord Martin Mascher May
Mertz Metcalf Meyer Millage
Mundie Myers Nelson O'Brien
Rayhons Reynolds-Knight Richardson Schrader
Shoultz Siegrist Sukup Taylor
Teig Thomas Thomson Tyrrell
Van Fossen Van Maanen Vande Hoef Veenstra
Warnstadt Weidman Welter Whitead
Wise Witt Rants,
Presiding
The nays were, 11:
Brand Doderer Frevert Holveck Huser
Koenigs Kreiman Moreland Murphy
Osterhaus Scherrman
Absent or not voting, 2:
Gipp Weigel
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared
to have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
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 March 27, 1997, passed the following bill in
which the concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 193, a bill for an act relating to the election of
trustees for special land use districts.
MARY PAT GUNDERSON, Secretary
SENATE MESSAGE CONSIDERED
Senate File 503, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an
act relating to criminal justice, by providing for enhanced
punishment for manufacturing methamphetamine in the presence of
minors, providing restrictions on public nudity and actual or
simulated public performance of sex acts in certain
establishments, making changes related to escape and voluntary
absence from custody or a correctional facility, establishing
the offense of promoting or possessing contraband in prisons,
jails, and juvenile facilities, providing for abatement of
nuisance created by certain establishments which allow or permit
public nudity or actual or simulated public performances of sex
acts in their establishment, providing for hormonal intervention
therapy for persons convicted of certain sex offenses, imposing
consecutive sentences for escapes from or crimes committed while
confined in detention facilities or penal institutions,
authorizing probation supervision and revocation by
administrative parole and probation judges in the sixth judicial
district, making changes related to work programs for inmates
and criminal defendants, providing restitution for death of a
victim of a crime, and providing penalties and an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE
Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent
that House File 613 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
SENATE FILE 296 REREFERRED
The Speaker announced that Senate File 296, previously referred
to the committee on commerce-regulation was rereferred to the
committee on labor and industrial relations.
EXPLANATIONS OF VOTE
I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on March 27,
1997. Had I been present, I would have voted "nay" on House File
202 and "aye" on House File 448.
BRUNKHORST of Bremer
I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on March 26,
1997. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on House
Files 577, 589 and 612.
VANDE HOEF of Osceola
BILLS 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 bills have 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 March, 1997: House Files 309 and 320.
ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON
Chief Clerk of the House
Report adopted.
PRESENTATION OF VISITORS
The Speaker announced that the following visitors were present
in the House chamber:
Twelve high school students from Gladbrook-Reinbeck High School,
Reinbeck, accompanied by Marvin Cook. By Brand of Tama and Dix
of Butler.
COMMUNICATION RECEIVED
The following communication was received and filed in the office
of the Chief Clerk:
COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
The Student and Faculty Ethnic Diversity Report, pursuant to
Chapter 261.25(5), 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
1997\325 Newell-Fonda Community School, Newell - For winning 1st
place in the 1997 Class 1A Boys State Basketball Tournament.
1997\326 Newell-Fonda Community School, Newell - For receiving
2nd place in the 1997 Class 1A Girls State Basketball Tournament.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House File 713
Appropriations: Millage, Chair; Reynolds-Knight and Sukup.
Senate File 357
State Government: Holmes, Chair; Jacobs and Taylor.
RESOLUTION FILED
HR 15, by Connors and Holveck, a resolution paying tribute to
the memory of Mrs. Billie Jean Walling and recognizing her many
contributions to the Iowa House of Representatives.
Laid over under Rule 25.
AMENDMENTS FILED
H_1448 S.F. 433 Richardson of Warren
H_1452 H.F. 667 Dinkla of Guthrie
H_1453 H.F. 693 Bernau of Story
H_1454 H.F. 693 Bernau of Story
H_1455 H.F. 693 Huser of Polk
H_1456 H.F. 693 Lamberti of Polk
H_1457 H.F. 693 Moreland of Wapello
H_1458 H.F. 693 Chapman of Linn
H_1459 H.F. 693 Moreland of Wapello
H_1460 H.F. 693 Moreland of Wapello
H_1461 H.F. 708 Cormack of Webster
H_1462 S.F. 236 Blodgett of Cerro Gordo
H_1463 H.F. 484 Huseman of Cherokee
Mertz of Kossuth
On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie, the House adjourned at
2:17 p.m., until 1:00 p.m., Monday, March 31, 1997.
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