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FIFTY-EIGHTH CALENDAR DAY THIRTY-FOURTH SESSION DAY Senate Chamber Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, March 11, 1997 The Senate met in regular session at 9:19 a.m., President Kramer presiding. Prayer was offered by the Reverend Bob David, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Ely, Ely, Iowa. The Journal of Monday, March 10, 1997, was approved. INTRODUCTION OF BILL Senate File 383, by McCoy, a bill for an act relating to reimbursement of residents who are eligible for medical assistance payment of the costs of services provided in a health care facility and making penalties applicable. Read first time and passed on file. LEAVE OF ABSENCE Leave of absence was granted as follows: Senator Gettings until he arrives on request of Senator Fraise. RECESS On motion of Senator Iverson, the Senate recessed at 9:33 a.m., until 5:00 p.m. 556 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE 58th Day APPENDIX REPORTS OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS BUSINESS AND LABOR Convened: March 10, 1997, 1:40 p.m. Members Present: Rife, Chair; King, Vice Chair; Behn, Freeman, Horn, Jensen, Palmer, Schuerer and Zieman. Members Absent: Dearden, Ranking Member and Gettings (excused). Committee Business: Recommended passage of Senate File 109; approved SSBs 178 and 201 as committee bills; deferred action on Senate File 304; assigned bills to subcommittees. Adjourned: 1:56 p.m. COMMERCE Convened: March 10, 1997, 3:36 p.m. Members Present: Jensen, Chair; Schuerer, Vice Chair; Deluhery, Ranking Member; Bartz, Douglas, Flynn, Gronstal, Hansen, King, Lundby, Maddox, McCoy, Palmer, Redfern and Rife. Members Absent: none. Committee Business: Approved SSBs 107, 131, 218 and Senate File 259 as committee bills. Adjourned: 4:30 p.m. EDUCATION Convened: March 10, 1997, 1:37 p.m. Members Present: Redfern, Chair; Rehberg, Vice Chair; Connolly, Ranking Member; Angelo, J. Black, Boettger, Dvorsky, Fink, Kibbie, Lind, Neuhauser, Redwine, Rensink and Tinsman. Members Absent: Szymoniak (excused). Committee Business: Approved SSB 208 as a committee bill and recommended passage of Senate File 245 as amended. Adjourned: 1:58 p.m. NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT Convened: March 10, 1997, 2:40 p.m. 58th Day TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1997 557 Members Present: Bartz, Chair; Angelo, Vice Chair; Fink, Ranking Member; D. Black, J. Black, Borlaug, Deluhery, Dvorsky, Freeman, Hedge, Judge, Rehberg and Zieman. Members Absent: Dearden and McKibben. Committee Business: Assigned bills to subcommittees; approved Senate File 32 and SSB 207 as committee bills; presentation by a representative of the Izaak Walton League. Adjourned: 3:25 p.m. COMMITTEE REPORTS APPROPRIATIONS Final Bill Action: *SENATE FILE 391 (SSB 187), a bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the state department of transportation, including allocation and use of moneys from the general fund of the state, road use tax fund, and primary road fund, and establishing a toll-free road and weather reporting system. Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL. Final Vote Ayes, 22: McLaren, Kramer, Flynn, Behn, Borlaug, Douglas, Dvorsky, Freeman, Gronstal, Halvorson, Hammond, Hedge, Lind, Lundby, Maddox, McCoy, Neuhauser, Rensink, Rife, Rittmer, Tinsman and Vilsack. Nays, none. Absent or not voting, 3: D. Black, Horn and Jensen. Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17. *Pursuant to Senate Rule 40, the Legislative Service Bureau reported nonsubstantive changes to the members of the Appropriations Committee on Senate File 391 and they were attached to the committee report. BUSINESS AND LABOR Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 392 (SSB 201), a bill for an act relating to the individual income tax by extending the special method of computation of tax for value- added S corporation shareholders to all S corporation shareholders and eliminating the refund limitation and providing a retroactive applicability date provision. Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL. Final Vote: Ayes, 9: Rife, King, Behn, Freeman, Horn, Jensen, Palmer, Schuerer and Zieman. Nays, none. Absent or not voting, 2: Dearden and Gettings. Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17. ALSO: 558 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE 58th Day Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 395 (SSB 178), a bill for an act relating to the department of workforce development concerning the offsetting of unemployment compensation benefits, departmental liability for the release of unemployment compensation records, the voluntary shared work program, and workforce development services employees, and providing for an effective date. Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL. Final Vote: Ayes, 9: Rife, King, Behn, Freeman, Horn, Jensen, Palmer, Schuerer and Zieman. Nays, none. Absent or not voting, 2: Dearden and Gettings. Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17. COMMERCE Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 393 (SSB 107), 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. Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL. Final Vote: Ayes, 11: Jensen, Schuerer, Deluhery, Bartz, Douglas, Flynn, Hansen, King, Lundby, Palmer and Redfern. Nays, none. Absent or not voting, 4: Gronstal, Maddox, McCoy and Rife. Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17. ALSO: Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 394 (SSB 131), a bill for an act relating to permissible charges which may be contracted for and received with respect to open- end credit. Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL. Final Vote: Ayes, 10: Jensen, Schuerer, Bartz, Douglas, Flynn, King, Lundby, Maddox, Redfern and Rife. Nays, 4: Deluhery, Hansen, McCoy and Palmer. Absent or not voting, 1: Gronstal. Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17. ALSO: Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 397 (SSB 218), a bill for an act relating to the acquisition of a branch of a savings association by a newly chartered bank and providing an effective date. Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL. Final Vote: Ayes, 9: Jensen, Schuerer, Bartz, Flynn, Hansen, King, Lundby, Palmer and Rife. Nays, 5: Deluhery, Douglas, Maddox, McCoy and Redfern. Pass, 1: Gronstal. 58th Day TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1997 559 Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17. ALSO: Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 398 (formerly Senate File 259), a bill for an act relating to the disposition of certain lost property. Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL. Final Vote: Ayes, 15: Jensen, Schuerer, Deluhery, Bartz, Douglas, Flynn, Gronstal, Hansen, King, Lundby, Maddox, McCoy, Palmer, Redfern and Rife. Nays, none. Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17. NATURAL RESOURCES Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 390 (SSB 207), a bill for an act relating to refunds for tonnage fees paid by operators of sanitary landfills. Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL. Final Vote: Ayes. 11: Bartz, Angelo, Fink, D. Black, J. Black, Borlaug, Freeman, Hedge, Judge, Rehberg and Zieman. Nays, 1: Dvorsky. Absent or not voting, 3: Dearden, Deluhery and McKibben. Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17. STATE GOVERNMENT Final Bill Action: *SENATE FILE 396 (SSB 144), a bill for an act establishing a real estate tract system and certain registration requirements for persons preparing abstracts of title to real property, establihsing a board of examiners, providing for fes and the use of those fees, and providing effective dates. Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL. Final Vote: Ayes, 15: Lind, Rittmer, Kibbie, Deluhery, Drake, Fink, Gronstal, Halvorson, King, Lundby, McKibben, McLaren, Rife, Szymoniak and Tinsman. Nays, none. Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17. *Pursuant to Senate Rule 40, the Legislative Service Bureau reported nonsubstantive changes to the members of the State Government Committee on Senate File 396 and they were attached to the committee report. ALSO: Final Bill Action: SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 9, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the qualifications of electors. Recommendation: DO PASS. 560 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE 58th Day Final Vote: Ayes, 15: Lind, Rittmer, Kibbie, Deluhery, Drake, Fink, Gronstal, Halvorson, King, Lundby, McKibben, McLaren, Rife, Szymoniak and Tinsman. Nays, none. Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17. STUDY BILLS RECEIVED SSB 188.1 Natural Resources & Environment Relating to the cleanup and reuse of contaminated property, environmental remediation standards and review procedures, participation in the remediation of contaminated property, liability for the voluntary cleanup of contaminated property, liability protections, and establishing a land recycling fund. SSB 235 Education Relating to written complaints filed with the sate board of educational examiners. SSB 236 Education Relating to school districts and area education agencies by modifying the time guidelines concerning bargaining by certain employees, and changing dates relating to budget certification and notice of teacher termination for school districts. SSB 237 State Government Relating to occupational safety and health concerning the employment of certain personnel and establishing an office of occupational safety and health counsel. SSB 238 State Government Relating to the regulation of the practice of respiratory care. 58th Day TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1997 561 SSB 239 Natural Resources A senate resolution to request that the legislative council establish a study committee to examine the effectiveness of manure application requirements including manure management plans. SSB 240 Natural Resources Relating to animal feeding operations, by providing for the inspection of certain animal feeding operation structures. SSB 241 Agriculture Requiring owners of agricultural drainage wells to prevent surface water intake into the wells, providing for the closure of certain wells and the construction of alternative drainage systems, providing state assistance for closing agricultural drainage wells, prohibiting the construction and use of certain structures located in agricultural drainage well areas, providing penalties, and providing an effective date. SSB 242 Education Providing for the creation of an Iowa educational savings plan trust, addressing tax aspects, and containing applicability provisions. SSB 243 Transportation Relating to the information to be displayed on motor vehicle licenses and nonoperator identification cards. SSB 244 Education Relating to the increase in the physical plant and equipment levy. SSB 245 State Government Relating to state programs dealing with citizen and consumer protection and advocacy. 562 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE 58th Day SSB 246 State Government Abolishing county compensation boards and the state commission on compensation, expenses, and salaries for elected state officials. SSB 247 Natural Resources Relating to disposal, collection, and recycling of waste oil filters. SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS Senate Joint Resolution 11 EDUCATION: Tinsman, Chair; Boettger and Dvorsky Senate Joint Resolution 13 STATE GOVERNMENT: Lundby, Chair; Halvorson and Tinsman Senate File 282 HUMAN RESOURCES: Vilsack, Chair; Redwine and Tinsman Senate File 287 EDUCATION: Redfern, Chair; Fink and Lind Senate File 308 AGRICULTURE: Rensink, Chair; J. Black and Vilsack Senate File 311 WAYS AND MEANS: Douglas, Chair; McKibben and Palmer Senate File 313 STATE GOVERNMENT: Halvorson, Chair; McLaren and Tinsman Senate File 322 STATE GOVERNMENT: Szymoniak, Chair; Lundby and Tinsman Senate File 327 (Reassigned) HUMAN RESOURCES: Bartz, Chair; Behn and Dearden 58th Day TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1997 563 Senate File 331 STATE GOVERNMENT: McLaren, Chair; Halvorson and Lundby Senate File 337 STATE GOVERNMENT: Lundby, Chair; Szymoniak and Tinsman Senate File 338 STATE GOVERNMENT: Gronstal, Chair; Fink and Lind Senate File 345 STATE GOVERNMENT: Rittmer, Chair; Kibbie and Lind Senate File 346 (Reassigned) HUMAN RESOURCES: Bartz, Chair; Behn and Dearden Senate File 348 STATE GOVERNMENT: Lundby, Chair; Halvorson and King Senate File 349 STATE GOVERNMENT: Deluhery, Chair; King and Szymoniak Senate File 351 STATE GOVERNMENT: Deluhery, Chair; King and Szymoniak Senate File 352 AGRICULTURE: Rensink, Chair; Gettings and Zieman Senate File 356 AGRICULTURE: Bartz,Chair; Behn and Fraise Senate File 366 COMMERCE: Douglas, Chair; McCoy and Redfern Senate File 369 HUMAN RESOURCES: Bartz, Chair; Behn and Dearden Senate File 370 STATE GOVERNMENT: Deluhery, Chair; McKibben and McLaren 564 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE 58th Day Senate File 371 HUMAN RESOURCES: Tinsman, Chair; Schuerer and Szymoniak Senate File 374 LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Behn, Chair; Hansen and Rehberg House File 82 (Reassigned) COMMERCE: Lundby, Chair; Maddox and McCoy House File 383 TRANSPORTATION: Rittmer, Chair; Fraise and McKean SSB 228 (Reassigned) LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Angelo, Chair; Behn and Fraise SSB 235 EDUCATION: Redfern, Chair; Neuhauser and Rensink SSB 236 EDUCATION: Redfern, Chair; Connolly and Rehberg SSB 237 STATE GOVERNMENT: Lind, Chair; Halvorson and McLaren SSB 238 STATE GOVERNMENT: Tinsman, Chair; McLaren and Szymoniak SSB 241 AGRICULTURE: Rensink, Chair; Hedge and Judge SSB 242 EDUCATION: Rehberg, Chair; J. Black and Dvorsky SSB 243 TRANSPORTATION: Drake, Chair; Gettings and Jensen 58th Day TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1997 565 SSB 245 STATE GOVERNMENT: Tinsman, Chair; Rittmer and Szymoniak SSB 246 STATE GOVERNMENT: Tinsman, Chair; Lind and Szymoniak 566 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE 58th Day AFTERNOON SESSION The Senate reconvened at 5:16 p.m., President Kramer presiding. HOUSE MESSAGES RECEIVED AND CONSIDERED The following messages were received from the Chief Clerk of the House: MADAM PRESIDENT: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House has on March 11, 1997, passed the following bills in which the concurrence of the Senate is asked: House File 309, a bill for an act relating to review and oversight of actions of the ozone transport assessment group. This bill was read first time and passed on file. 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 penalty and a contingent effective date. This bill was read first time and passed on file. 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. This bill was read first time and passed on file. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS Senate File 384, by McCoy, a bill for an act providing for the administration of controlled substances to persons experiencing intractable pain. Read first time and passed on file. 58th Day TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1997 567 Senate File 385, by Maddox, a bill for an act permitting a business establishment or educational institution to designate a location on its premises for service of process on its employees or students. Read first time and passed on file. Senate File 386, by Connolly, a bill for an act relating to advanced placement award programs and providing for appropriations. Read first time and passed on file. Senate File 387, by Fink, Lundby, Hammond, Tinsman, Dvorsky, and Flynn, a bill for an act relating to sexual harassment as an unfair employment practice under the jurisdiction of the civil rights commission. Read first time and passed on file. Senate File 388, by Neuhauser, a bill for an act providing for a pregnant and parenting minors program, and providing an appropriation. Read first time and passed on file. Senate File 389, by Fink, a bill for an act exempting from the state sales, services, and use taxes the sales of tangible property and services furnished to privately owned or operated hospitals. Read first time and passed on file. Senate File 390, by committee on Natural Resources and Environment, a bill for an act relating to refunds for tonnage fees paid by operators of sanitary landfills. Read first time and placed on calendar. Senate File 391, by committee on Appropriations, a bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the state department of transportation, including allocation and use of moneys from the general fund of the state, road use tax fund, and primary road fund, providing for the nonreversion of certain moneys, establishing a toll- free road and weather reporting system, eliminating the motor 568 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE 58th Day vehicle use tax as the funding source for the value-added agricultural products and processes financial assistance program and the renewable fuels and coproducts fund, and providing for the designation of access Iowa highways, and providing effective dates. Read first time and placed on Appropriations Calendar. Senate File 392, by committee on Business and Labor, a bill for an act relating to the individual income tax by extending the special method of computation of tax for value-added S corporation shareholders to all S corporation shareholders and eliminating the refund limitation and providing a retroactive applicability date provision. Read first time and placed on calendar. Senate File 393, by committee on Commerce, 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 calendar. Senate File 394, by committee on Commerce, a bill for an act relating to permissible charges which may be contracted for and received with respect to open-end credit. Read first time and placed on calendar. Senate File 395, by committee on Business and Labor, a bill for an act relating to the department of workforce development concerning the offsetting of unemployment compensation benefits, departmental liability for the release of unemployment compensation records, the voluntary shared work program, and workforce development services employees, and providing for an effective date. Read first time and placed on calendar. Senate File 396, by committee on State Government, a bill for an act establishing a real estate tract system and certain registration requirements for persons preparing abstracts of title to real property, providing for fees and the use of those fees, and providing an effective date. 58th Day TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1997 569 Read first time and placed on calendar. Senate File 397, by committee on Commerce, a bill for an act relating to the acquisition of a branch of a savings association by a newly chartered bank and providing an effective date. Read first time and placed on calendar. Senate File 398, by committee on Commerce, a bill for an act relating to the disposition of certain lost property. Read first time and placed on calendar. Senate File 399, by Kibbie, a bill for an act relating to the formation of a bipartisan commission to recommend reforms in the laws relating to the financing of political campaigns. Read first time and passed on file. Senate File 400, by committee on Education, a bill for an act establishing the enrich Iowa program for eligible public libraries and making an appropriation. Read first time and placed on calendar. Senate File 401, by committee on Education, a bill for an act relating to the authority of the state board of educational examiners to develop a code of professional rights and responsibilities, practices, and ethics for practitioners. Read first time and placed on calendar. Senate File 402, by Gronstal, a bill for an act to establish a truth in campaign advertising advisory board. Read first time and passed on file. 570 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE 58th Day APPENDIX BILLS ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE President Kramer announced the assignment of the following bills to committee: S. F. 376 State Government S. F. 381 Judiciary S. F. 382 Judiciary S. F. 383 Human Resources S. F. 384 State Government S. F. 385 Business and Labor S. F. 386 Education S. F. 387 Human Resources S. F. 388 Human Resources S. F. 389 Ways and Means S. F. 399 State Government H. F. 416 Transportation H. F. 330 Ways and Means COMMITTEE REPORTS EDUCATION Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 400 (SSB 208), a bill for an act establishing the enrich Iowa program for eligible public libraries and making an appropriation. Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL. Final Vote: Ayes, 14: Redfern, Rehberg,; Connolly, Angelo, J. Black, Boettger,.Dvorsky, Fink, Kibbie, Lind, Neuhauser, Redwine, Rensink and Tinsman. Nays, none. Absent or not voting, 1: Szymoniak. Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17. ALSO: Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 401 (formerly Senate File 14), a bill for an act relating to the authority of the state board of educational examiners to develop a code of professional rights and responsibilities, practices, and ethics for practitioners. Recommendation: APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL. Final Vote: Ayes, 13: Redfern, Rehberg, Angelo, J. Black, Boettger, Fink, Kibbie, Lind, Neuhauser, Redwine, Rensink, Szymoniak and Tinsman. Nays, 2: Connolly and Dvorsky. 58th Day TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1997 571 Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS Senate File 403, by Neuhauser, a bill for an act to establish statewide peer review courts for youthful offenders and providing an appropriation. Read first time under Rule 28 and passed on file. Senate File 404, by Fraise, Neuhauser, Halvorson, Hansen, and Vilsack, a bill for an act authorizing a request for proposals concerning the construction of a supermaximum security correctional facility at Fort Madison. Read first time under Rule 28 and passed on file. Senate File 405, by Hammond, Halvorson, Gronstal, Dvorsky, Neuhauser, and Horn, a bill for an act to permit candidates for legislative office to make voluntary pledges to engage in fair campaign practices and to limit campaign expenditures. Read first time under Rule 28 and passed on file. Senate File 406, by Angelo and Boettger, a bill for an act providing state aid for school district transportation costs and providing an appropriation. Read first time under Rule 28 and passed on file. Senate File 407, by Judge, a bill for an act relating to costs associated with certain property acquired by tax deed. Read first time under Rule 28 and passed on file. AMENDMENT FILED S(3120 S. F. 228 James Black 572 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE 58th Day ADJOURNMENT On motion of Senator Freeman, the Senate adjourned at 5:24 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 12, 1997. CORRECTION TO THE SENATE JOURNAL OF MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1997 Page 553, the bill assignment submitted for S.F. 269 should have been for S.F. 369.
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