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House Journal: Page 1494: Monday, April 13, 1998

 4   "land." the following:  "However, this presumption
 5   shall not pertain to recoveries sought under a surety
 6   bond."
 7     2.  Page 2, by inserting before line 3 the
 8   following:
 9     "Sec. ___.  Section 572.14, subsection 2, Code
10   1997, is amended to read as follows:
11     2.  In the case of an owner-occupied dwelling, a
12   mechanic's lien perfected under this chapter is
13   enforceable only to the extent of the balance due from
14   the owner to the principal contractor at the time
15   written notice, in the form amount due the principal
16   contractor by the owner-occupant under the contract,
17   less any payments made by the owner-occupant to the
18   principal contractor prior to the owner-occupant being
19   served with the notice specified in subsection 3, is
20   served on the owner.  This notice may be served by
21   delivering it to the owner or the owner's spouse
22   personally, or by mailing it to the owner by certified
23   mail with restricted delivery and return receipt to
24   the person mailing the notice, or by personal service
25   as provided in the rules of civil procedure."
26     3.  Page 2, line 13, by striking the words "the
27   principal contractor" and inserting the following:
28   "the owner and the principal contractor".
29     4.  By renumbering, relettering, or redesignating
30   and correcting internal references as necessary.
The motion prevailed and the House concurred in the Senate
amendment H-9096.
Sukup of Franklin moved that the bill, as amended by the Senate
and concurred in by the House, 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. 2400)

The ayes were, 95:

Arnold 	Barry 	Bell 	Bernau 
Blodgett 	Boddicker 	Bradley 	Brand 
Brauns 	Brunkhorst 	Bukta 	Burnett 
Carroll 	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

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