House Journal: Friday, February 20, 1998

Fortieth Calendar Day - Twenty-seventh Session Day

Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, February 20, 1998
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9:00 a.m., Speaker
Corbett in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Speaker Corbett.
The Journal of Thursday, February 19, 1998 was approved.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 2369, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act
relating to the human immunodeficiency virus including the
testing of an alleged offender for the human immunodeficiency
virus, the intentional transmission of the human
immunodeficiency virus, making penalties applicable,
establishing penalties, and providing for an affirmative defense.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2370, by committee on state government, a bill for an
act relating to regulatory duties under the purview of the Iowa
department of public health concerning substance abuse treatment
facilities, brain and spinal cord injuries and the advisory
committee on brain injuries, the technical advisory committee
for operators of radiation machines and users of radioactive
materials, applicant requirements for funeral director
licensure, cosmetology salon licenses, the council on chemically
exposed infants and children, advertising prohibitions on
licensed chiropractors, and county claims for payment of certain
autopsy costs.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2371, by Larson, a bill for an act relating to
lobbying on behalf of a state agency or a political subdivision
of the state, and making penalties applicable.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 2372, by Kreiman, a bill for an act requiring
coverage by a third-party payor of health care costs for certain
costs associated with telemedicine services.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and
regulation.
House File 2373, by Brunkhorst, a bill for an act relating to
exempting operators of motor vehicles from wearing seat belts
while delivering newspapers.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
House File 2374, by committee on ways and means, a bill for an
act exempting sales made to and services performed for organ
procurement organizations from the state sales, services, and
use taxes.
Read first time and placed on the ways and means calendar.
House File 2375, by Sukup, a bill for an act creating an offense
for operating while intoxicated for persons driving a motor
vehicle after taking certain controlled substances, making
penalties applicable, and making related changes.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 2376, by Reynolds-Knight, a bill for an act providing
for continuing education requirements for certified nurse aides
and certified medication aides.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 2377, by Brand, a bill for an act relating to the
requirements to qualify for a wheelchair parking cone.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
House File 2378, by Houser, a bill for an act relating to
injunctions restraining the provision of child day care.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 2379, by Warnstadt, Whitead, Cataldo, Koenigs, and
Shoultz, a bill for an act relating to the appropriations of
moneys from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund for payments
related to bonds issued for vertical infrastructure projects by
school districts, designating certain amounts of gambling
revenues to be deposited into the rebuild Iowa infrastructure
fund, designating certain federal appropriations for school
infrastructure purposes, and providing an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.
House File 2380, by Houser, a bill for an act authorizing moneys
recovered from persons who fraudulently obtained family
investment program assistance to be used for expanded fraud and
recoupment activities.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 2381, by Fallon, a bill for an act relating to the
hours of employment of a person sixteen or seventeen years of
age.
Read first time and referred to committee on labor and
industrial relations.
House File 2382, by Greig, a bill for an act relating to the
identification of animals and providing penalties.
Read first time and referred to committee on agriculture.
House File 2383, by Grundberg and Metcalf, a bill for an act
providing school districts with additional taxing authority to
fully fund the instructional support program.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 2384, by Fallon, a bill for an act establishing
payment options associated with delinquent utility bills.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and
regulation.
House File 2385, by Fallon, a bill for an act to require that
persons under the age of eighteen must be attending a high
school or have completed a high school education or the
equivalent of a high school education in order to be eligible
for a license or instruction permit to operate a motor vehicle.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 2386, by Heaton, a bill for an act relating to urban
revitalization property tax exemptions and exemption schedules
for certain real property and providing for the Act's
applicability.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 2387, by committee on ways and means, a bill for an
act allowing for a delayed filing time limit for purposes of
applying for the homestead property tax credit or the military
service property tax exemption, and amending the procedure for
claiming a military service property tax exemption.
Read first time and placed on the ways and means calendar.
House File 2388, by Larkin, a bill for an act relating to the
creation of a uniform inmate grievance system for tort claims,
including civil rights violations.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 2389, by Teig and Arnold, a bill for an act providing
for a school finance payment of an open enrollment state aid
amount per pupil to an open enrollment receiving district, and
providing an applicability provision.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 2390, by Ford, a bill for an act relating to a job
training pilot project and making an appropriation.
Read first time and referred to committee on economic
development.
House File 2391, by Jochum, a bill for an act authorizing the
family investment program diversion subaccount to be used for
loans to meet expenses relating to obtaining or maintaining
employment.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 2392, by committee on ways and means, a bill for an
act relating to permitting the display of new motor trucks by
nonresident motor vehicle dealers at qualified events in this
state, establishing a fee, and providing an effective date.
Read first time and placed on the ways and means calendar.
House File 2393, by Moreland, a bill for an act relating to the
expansion of the jurisdiction of magistrates to include taking
guilty pleas from persons charged with driving without a valid
driver's license.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 2394, by Larson, a bill for an act providing for an
immediate suspension of a driver's license of a person charged
with homicide by vehicle.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
SENATE MESSAGE CONSIDERED
Senate File 2119, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an act
relating to the corn promotion board, by increasing the ceiling
on the state assessment of corn subject to a special referendum
and authorizing the receipt of rents, royalties, and license
fees by the board.
Read first time and passed on file.
SPONSOR ADDED
(House File 2284)

Cormack of Webster requested to be added as a sponsor of House
File 2284.
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
1998\148	Tim Ebeling, Dubuque - For his biography of the
Tuskegee Airmen.
1998\149	John Adelmann, Dubuque - For his biography of the
Tuskegee Airmen.
1998\150	Central Alternative High School, Dubuque - For their
biography of the Tuskegee Airmen.
1998\151	Washington Junior High School Student Council, Dubuque
- For their biography of the Tuskegee Airmen.

HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT

House Study Bill 666

Local Government: Vande Hoef, Chair; Fallon and Huseman.

HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
H.S.B. 670 Natural Resources
Relating to the taking of mussels from the waters of this state
and providing an effective date.
H.S.B. 671 Judiciary
Concerning the number of supreme court justices and court of
appeals judges, providing for support staff, and including a
contingent effective date.
H.S.B. 672 Appropriations
Relating to and making appropriations to certain state
departments, agencies, funds, and certain other entities,
providing for regulatory authority, and other properly related
matters.
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 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
House Concurrent Resolution 104, a concurrent resolution
providing for the establishment of a committee by the
Legislative Council to conduct a study of economic development
issues related to the distribution of goods.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass and laid over under Rule 25 February 19,
1998.
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2250), relating to eligible
housing businesses qualifying for incentives and assistance in
enterprise zones, providing additional incentives and assistance
for approved eligible businesses located in an enterprise zone,
and requiring consideration of building codes and zoning.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 19, 1998.
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2265), relating to annual
reports, audits, and board of director composition of nonprofit
corporations created by or in association with the Iowa finance
authority and providing effective dates.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 19, 1998.
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES
House File 530, a bill for an act concerning assistive devices
by requiring a warranty, and providing for replacement of
assistive devices and consumer remedies.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 19, 1998.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 608), relating to
anatomical gifts by modifying certain qualification requirements
for hospital reimbursement grants and requiring submission of an
annual donation and compliance report.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 19, 1998.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 630), relating to the
removing or sale of war relics from a cemetery and providing
penalties.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 19, 1998.
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 574), providing for
the expansion of the system of issuance of motor vehicle
licenses by county treasurers.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 19, 1998.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 611), to increase the
penalties applicable to the hiring or employment of unauthorized
aliens.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 19, 1998.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 615), relating to the
powers and duties of county treasurers and including an
applicability date provision.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 19, 1998.
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2133), relating to mobile
home dealers.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 19, 1998.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 619), relating to
motor vehicle damage disclosure statements.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 19, 1998.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 636), relating to
optometrists' reports to the department of transportation
concerning a person's ability to operate a motor vehicle.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 19, 1998.
On motion by Cormack of Webster, the House adjourned at 9:10
a.m., until 1:00 p.m., Monday, February 23, 1998.

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