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House Journal: Wednesday, February 25, 1998

Forty-fifth Calendar Day - Thirtieth Session Day

Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, February 25, 1998
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9:05 a.m., Speaker
Corbett in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Father Peter Cade, Saint George Greek
Orthodox Church, Des Moines.
The Journal of Tuesday, February 24, 1998 was approved.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Leave of absence was granted as follows:
O'Brien of Boone on request of Mertz of Kossuth; Van Maanen of
Marion on request of Carroll of Poweshiek.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 2428, by Thomson, a bill for an act relating to
substance abuse assessment and treatment coordination and
provision of drunk driving courses by state-licensed substance
abuse agencies to convicted operating-while-intoxicated
offenders, and making related changes.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 2429, by committee on commerce and regulation, a
bill for an act relating to the regulation of physical exercise
clubs.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2430, by Grundberg, a bill for an act relating to
state funding for education programs in juvenile detention
facilities and providing an applicability date provision.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 2431, by Grundberg, Hansen, Barry, Blodgett,
Vande Hoef, Sukup, Boggess, Drake, Greiner, Hahn, Heaton,
Lamberti, Metcalf, Thomson, Nelson, Gipp, Cormack, Gries,
Jacobs, and Jenkins, a bill for an act relating to an increase
in the voter-approved community college facilities levy.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 2432, by Grundberg, a bill for an act relating to
a state general aid appropriation distribution formula for
community colleges.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 2433, by Warnstadt and Whitead, a bill for an act
expanding the criminal code definition of serious injury to
include certain injuries to children.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 2434, by Dotzler, a bill for an act relating to
interest on rental deposits being held by landlords.
Read first time and referred to committee on economic
development.
House File 2435, by committee on economic development, a
bill for an act relating to the entrepreneurs with disabilities
program.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2436, by committee on state government, a bill
for an act relating to the state registrar of voters.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2437, by committee on education, a bill for an
act relating to state aid to school districts for pupils
enrolled in kindergarten.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2438, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an
act relating to the regulation of commercial feed.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2439, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an
act relating to the allocation of cost-share moneys as financial
incentives to encourage summer construction of permanent soil
and water conservation practices.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2440, by committee on local government, a bill
for an act relating to the powers and duties of county
treasurers and including an applicability date provision.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2441, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an
act regulating bulk dry animal nutrient products, providing for
fees and an appropriation, providing penalties, and providing
for an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 2442, by Carroll, a bill for an act providing for
the facsimile transmission of commitment orders, related factual
findings, and acknowledgment of receipt of the order and
findings, in substance abuse commitments, mental retardation
commitments, and mental illness commitments; and related
requirements.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 2443, by Nelson, a bill for an act relating to
state workers' compensation coverage for students at a community
college participating in school-to-work programs.
Read first time and referred to committee on labor and
industrial relations.
House File 2444, by committee on economic development, a
bill for an act 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.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2445, by Falck, a bill for an act making an
appropriation to the city of Hazleton for repairs to a dam.
Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.
House File 2446, by Falck, a bill for an act relating to
crime prevention by creating a local corrections infrastructure
grant program, authorizing the use of bonding, making
appropriations, imposing a surcharge on criminal fines and
forfeitures, providing for mandatory wage assignment for certain
delinquent fines, and providing an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 2447, by committee on transportation, a bill for
an act relating to mobile home dealers.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2448, by committee on commerce and regulation, a
bill for an act relating to the operation and regulation of
banks and making technical corrections.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2449, by Houser, Grundberg, Boddicker, Heaton,
Lord, Thomson, Barry, Veenstra, Brauns, Hansen, Osterhaus,
Foege, Carroll, and Mertz, a bill for an act creating an Iowa
empowerment board for managing state and community efforts
involving community empowerment areas and providing effective
dates.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.

CONSIDERATION OF BILL
Ways and Means Calendar
The House resumed consideration of House File 2282, a bill for
an act authorizing the imposition of a local option sales and
services tax and use of certain federal funds for school
infrastructure projects and the issuance of bonds, and providing
an effective date, previously deferred. 
Millage of Scott offered amendment H-8076 filed by him as
follows:

H-8076

 1     Amend House File 2282 as follows:
 2     1. Page 7, line 4, by striking the word "SAFETY".
 3     2. Page 7, line 12, by striking the word "safety".
 4     3. By striking page 7, line 13 through page 8,
 5   line 20, and inserting the following:
 6     "2.  The funds shall be allocated to school
 7   districts throughout the state on a per pupil basis,
 8   in the proportion that the basic enrollment of a
 9   school district bears to the sum of the basic
10   enrollments of all school districts in the state for
11   the budget year.  The funds shall be utilized for
12   school infrastructure purposes as defined in section
13   422E.1, including the payment or retirement of
14   outstanding bonds previously issued for school
15   infrastructure purposes."
Kreiman of Davis offered the following amendment H-8089, to
amendment H-8076, filed by him and moved its adoption:

H-8089

 1     Amend the amendment, H-8076, to House File 2282 as
 2   follows:
 3     1.  Page 1, by striking line 15 and inserting the
 4   following:  "infrastructure purposes.
 5     3.  If federal rules or regulations are adopted
 6   relating to the distribution or utilization of funds
 7   allocated to the state department of education
 8   pursuant to this section which are inconsistent with
 9   the provisions of this section, the state department
10   of education shall adopt rules to comply with the
11   requirements of the federal rules or regulations.""
Carroll of Poweshiek in the chair at 9:15 a.m.
Amendment H-8089, to amendment H-8076, was adopted.
Millage of Scott moved the adoption of amendment H-8076, as
amended.
Roll call was requested by Schrader of Marion and Murphy of
Dubuque.
On the question "Shall amendment H-8076 be adopted?" (H.F. 2282)

The ayes were, 25:

Blodgett 	Bradley 	Brauns 	Brunkhorst 
Doderer 	Dolecheck 	Drake 	Eddie 
Garman 	Greig 	Hahn 	Houser 
Klemme 	Kremer 	Lamberti 	Larson 
Lord 	Meyer 	Millage 	Rayhons 
Tyrrell 	Vande Hoef 	Veenstra 	Weidman 
Welter 

The nays were, 71:

Arnold 	Barry 	Bell 	Bernau 
Boddicker 	Boggess 	Brand 	Bukta 
Burnett 	Cataldo 	Chapman 	Chiodo 
Churchill 	Cohoon 	Connors 	Corbett, Spkr. 
Cormack 	Dinkla 	Dix 	Dotzler 
Drees 	Falck 	Fallon 	Foege 
Ford 	Frevert 	Gipp 	Greiner 
Gries 	Grundberg 	Hansen 	Heaton 
Holmes 	Holveck 	Huseman 	Huser 
Jacobs 	Jenkins 	Jochum 	Kinzer 
Koenigs 	Kreiman 	Larkin 	Martin 
Mascher 	May 	Mertz 	Metcalf
Moreland 	Mundie 	Murphy 	Myers 
Nelson 	Osterhaus 	Rants 	Reynolds-Knight 
Richardson 	Scherrman 	Schrader 	Shoultz 
Siegrist 	Sukup 	Taylor 	Teig 
Thomas 	Warnstadt 	Weigel 	Whitead 
Wise 	Witt 	Carroll,
		  Presiding

Absent or not voting, 4:

O'Brien 	Thomson 	Van Fossen 	Van Maanen 

Amendment H-8076, as amended, lost.
Richardson of Warren offered the following amendment H-8071
filed by Richardson, et al., and moved its adoption:

H-8071

 1     Amend House File 2282 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 8, by inserting after line 20 the
 3   following:
 4     "6.  In addition to the funds available in
 5   subsection 1, there shall be appropriated from the
 6   general fund of the state to the state department of
 7   education for the school infrastructure safety fund,
 8   for each fiscal year of the ten-year period beginning
 9   July 1, 1998, the sum of twenty million dollars to be
10   utilized for school infrastructure needs.  The moneys
11   appropriated shall be allocated to school districts
12   throughout the state on a per pupil basis, in the
13   proportion that the basic enrollment of a district
14   bears to the sum of the basic enrollments of all
15   school districts in the state for the budget year, and
16   shall be utilized for school infrastructure purposes
17   as defined in section 422E.1, or for additional school
18   infrastructure improvements relating to fire and
19   personal safety.
20     The department of management shall allocate to each
21   school district the amount calculated pursuant to this
22   section in one payment on or about October 15
23   annually, taking into consideration the relative
24   budget and cash position of the state resources.  By
25   October 1 annually, prior to the receipt of funds,
26   school districts shall submit to the department of
27   education a school infrastructure progress report.
28   The report shall provide adequate assurance that the
29   school district has developed or is developing a
30   school infrastructure plan containing an analysis of
31   school district infrastructure needs, priorities, and
32   an estimated timetable for completion of
33   infrastructure projects or allocation of funds
34   received by the school district pursuant to this
35   subsection.
36     The school infrastructure progress report shall be
37   in addition to the written plan to remedy fire or
38   safety defects required in subsection 3.  Moneys
39   received under this subsection shall not be commingled
40   with state aid payments made under section 257.16 to a
41   school district, and shall be accounted for by the
42   local school district separately from state aid
43   payments.  Payments made to school districts are
44   miscellaneous income for purposes of chapter 257 or
45   are considered encumbered.  Each local school district
46   shall maintain a separate listing within its budget
47   for payments received and expenditures made pursuant
48   to this subsection.  Moneys received under this
49   subsection shall not be used for payment of any
50   collective bargaining agreement or arbitrator's

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 1   decision negotiated or awarded under chapter 20."
 2     2.  Title page, line 3, by inserting after the
 3   word "bonds," the following:  "making an
 4   appropriation,".
Roll call was requested by Schrader of Marion and Taylor of Linn.
Rule 75 was invoked.
On the question "Shall amendment H-8071 be adopted?" (H.F. 2282)

The ayes were, 49:

Arnold 	Bell 	Bernau 	Brand 
Brunkhorst 	Bukta 	Burnett 	Cataldo 
Chapman 	Chiodo 	Cohoon 	Connors 
Doderer 	Dotzler 	Drees 	Falck 
Fallon 	Foege 	Ford 	Frevert 
Greig 	Holveck 	Huser 	Jochum 
Kinzer 	Koenigs 	Kreiman 	Larkin 
Mascher 	May 	Mertz 	Meyer 
Moreland 	Mundie 	Murphy 	Myers 
Osterhaus 	Reynolds-Knight 	Richardson 	Scherrman 
Schrader 	Shoultz 	Taylor 	Thomas 
Warnstadt 	Weigel 	Whitead 	Wise 
Witt 

The nays were, 49:

Barry 	Blodgett 	Boddicker 	Boggess 
Bradley 	Brauns 	Churchill 	Corbett, Spkr. 
Cormack 	Dinkla 	Dix 	Dolecheck 
Drake 	Eddie 	Garman 	Gipp 
Greiner 	Gries 	Grundberg 	Hahn 
Hansen 	Heaton 	Holmes 	Houser 
Huseman 	Jacobs 	Jenkins 	Klemme 
Kremer 	Lamberti 	Larson 	Lord 
Martin 	Metcalf 	Millage 	Nelson 
Rants 	Rayhons 	Siegrist 	Sukup 
Teig 	Thomson 	Tyrrell 	Van Fossen 
Vande Hoef 	Veenstra 	Weidman 	Welter 
Carroll,
  Presiding

Absent or not voting, 2:

O'Brien 	Van Maanen 
Amendment H-8071 lost.
Falck of Fayette asked and received unanimous consent that
amendment H-8072 be deferred.
Falck of Fayette asked and received unanimous consent that
amendment H-8073 be deferred.
Thomas of Clayton offered amendment H-8082 filed by Thomas,   
et al., as follows:

H-8082

 1     Amend House File 2282 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 8, by inserting after line 20 the
 3   following:
 4     "Sec. ___.  Section 298.2, Code Supplement 1997, is
 5   amended by adding the following new subsection:
 6     NEW SUBSECTION.  7.  There is appropriated annually
 7   from the general fund of the state to the department
 8   of management for the school budget year beginning
 9   July 1, 1998, and succeeding budget years, an amount
10   sufficient to equalize the regular physical plant and
11   equipment levy across all school districts having
12   imposed the regular levy at the rate of ninety-two
13   dollars and fifty cents per pupil.  The funds
14   appropriated shall be allocated as follows:
15     a.  For each school district which has imposed the
16   regular physical plant and equipment levy pursuant to
17   this section for the budget year, the department of
18   management shall, by April 15 of the base year,
19   determine whether, and the amount by which, the
20   regular physical plant and equipment levy property tax
21   revenue generated in the school district for the
22   budget year falls below the amount of ninety-two
23   dollars and fifty cents per pupil.  In making this
24   determination, the department shall utilize the most
25   recent figures available for the district's valuation
26   of taxable property and the actual enrollment
27   certified to the department by the department of
28   education for the base year.
29     b.  If it is determined that the property tax
30   revenue generated by the regular physical plant and
31   equipment levy for a school district is less than
32   ninety-two dollars and fifty cents per pupil, the
33   department of management shall deposit, for each
34   school district experiencing a shortfall, an amount
35   equal to the difference between the amount of revenue
36   generated by the school district pursuant to the
37   regular physical plant and equipment levy and the
38   figure of ninety-two dollars and fifty cents per
39   pupil, to the credit of the district in the physical
40   plant and equipment levy fund by September 15 of the
41   budget year.  Amounts credited shall be added to the
42   revenue generated from the regular and, if applicable,
43   voter-approved physical plant and equipment levies as
44   provided in this section and expended as provided in
45   section 298.3."
46     2.  Title page, line 1, by inserting after the
47   word "Act" the following:  "relating to the funds
48   available to school districts for infrastructure
49   needs,".
50     3.  Title page, line 3, by inserting after the

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 1   word "bonds," the following:  "providing for the
 2   equalization of the regular physical plant and
 3   equipment levy, making an appropriation,".
 4     4.  By renumbering as necessary.
Schrader of Marion offered the following amendment H-8117, to
amendment H-8082, filed by him from the floor and moved its
adoption:

H-8117

 1     Amend the amendment, H-8082, to House File 2282, as
 2   follows:
 3     1.  Page 1, by striking line 45 and inserting the
 4   following:  "section 298.3.
 5     Sec. ___.  Section 298.2, Code Supplement 1997, is
 6   amended by adding the following new subsection:
 7     NEW SUBSECTION.  8.  For a school district which
 8   has not imposed the regular physical plant and
 9   equipment levy, or has not imposed the levy at the
10   thirty-three cent maximum level, there is appropriated
11   annually from the general fund of the state to the
12   department of management for the school budget year
13   beginning July 1, 1998, and succeeding budget years,
14   an amount equal to the difference between the ninety-
15   two dollar and fifty cents per pupil rate applied in
16   subsection 7 and the amount which would have been
17   received by a school district if it had imposed the
18   regular physical plant and equipment levy at the
19   thirty-three cent maximum level.  The funds
20   appropriated shall be allocated as follows:
21     a.  The department of management shall determine,
22   by April 15 of the base year, the amount of regular
23   physical plant and equipment levy property tax revenue
24   which would have been generated in a school district
25   if the district had imposed the levy at the maximum
26   thirty-three cent rate.  In making this determination,
27   the department shall utilize the most recent figures
28   available for the district's valuation of taxable
29   property and the actual enrollment certified to the
30   department by the department of education for the base
31   year.
32     b.  The department shall deposit, for each school
33   district either not imposing the levy, or imposing the
34   levy at a rate generating revenue below the ninety-two
35   dollars and fifty cents per pupil level, the amount
36   determined pursuant to this subsection to the credit
37   of the district in the physical plant and equipment
38   levy fund by September 15 of the budget year." "
Amendment H-8117, to amendment H-8082, was adopted.
Thomas of Clayton moved the adoption of amendment H-8082, as
amended.
Roll call was requested by Schrader of Marion and Murphy of
Dubuque.
Rule 75 was invoked.
On the question "Shall amendment H-8082, as amended, be
adopted?" (H.F. 2282)

The ayes were, 46:

Arnold 	Bell 	Bernau 	Brand
Bukta 	Burnett 	Cataldo 	Chapman 
Chiodo 	Cohoon 	Connors 	Doderer 
Dotzler 	Drees 	Falck 	Fallon 
Foege 	Ford 	Frevert 	Holveck 
Huser 	Jochum 	Kinzer 	Koenigs 
Kreiman 	Larkin 	Mascher 	May 
Mertz 	Moreland 	Mundie 	Murphy 
Myers 	Osterhaus 	Reynolds-Knight 	Richardson 
Scherrman 	Schrader 	Shoultz 	Taylor 
Thomas 	Warnstadt 	Weigel 	Whitead 
Wise 	Witt 

The nays were, 51:

Barry 	Blodgett 	Boddicker 	Boggess 
Bradley 	Brauns 	Brunkhorst 	Churchill 
Corbett, Spkr. 	Cormack 	Dinkla 	Dix 
Dolecheck 	Drake 	Eddie 	Garman 
Gipp 	Greig 	Greiner 	Gries 
Grundberg 	Hahn 	Hansen 	Heaton 
Holmes 	Houser 	Huseman 	Jacobs 
Jenkins 	Klemme 	Kremer 	Larson 
Lord 	Martin 	Metcalf 	Meyer 
Millage 	Nelson 	Rants 	Rayhons 
Siegrist 	Sukup 	Teig 	Thomson 
Tyrrell 	Van Fossen 	Vande Hoef 	Veenstra 
Weidman 	Welter 	Carroll,
		  Presiding

Absent or not voting, 3:

Lamberti 	O'Brien 	Van Maanen 

Amendment H-8082, as amended, lost.
Kreiman of Davis offered the following amendment H-8090 filed by
him and moved its adoption:

H-8090

 1     Amend House File 2282 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 8, by inserting after line 20 the
 3   following:
 4     "6.  If federal rules or regulations are adopted
 5   relating to the distribution or utilization of funds
 6   allocated to the state department of education
 7   pursuant to this section which are inconsistent with
 8   the provisions of this section, the state department
 9   of education shall adopt rules to comply with the
10   requirements of the federal rules or regulations."
Amendment H-8090 was adopted.
Falck of Fayette asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw amendment H-8072 filed by him on February 18, 1998.
Falck of Fayette asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw amendment H-8073 filed by him on February 18, 1998.
Rants of Woodbury moved that the bill be read a last time now
and placed upon its passage which motion prevailed and the bill
was read a last time.
On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (H.F. 2282)

The ayes were, 59:

Barry 	Bell 	Blodgett 	Boddicker 
Boggess 	Bradley 	Brauns 	Bukta 
Cataldo 	Chiodo 	Churchill 	Connors 
Corbett, Spkr. 	Cormack 	Dinkla 	Drake 
Drees 	Eddie 	Fallon 	Foege 
Ford 	Frevert 	Gipp 	Greiner 
Gries 	Grundberg 	Hansen 	Holmes 
Huseman 	Jacobs 	Jenkins 	Jochum 
Lamberti 	Larkin 	Larson 	Lord 
Mascher 	May 	Metcalf 	Moreland 
Mundie 	Murphy 	Nelson 	Osterhaus 
Rants 	Scherrman 	Schrader 	Siegrist 
Sukup 	Taylor 	Teig 	Thomas 
Thomson 	Tyrrell 	Warnstadt 	Weigel 
Welter 	Whitead 	Carroll,
		  Presiding

The nays were, 39:

Arnold 	Bernau 	Brand 	Brunkhorst 
Burnett 	Chapman 	Cohoon 	Dix 
Doderer 	Dolecheck 	Dotzler 	Falck 
Garman 	Greig 	Hahn 	Heaton
Holveck 	Houser 	Huser 	Kinzer 
Klemme 	Koenigs 	Kreiman 	Kremer 
Martin 	Mertz 	Meyer 	Millage 
Myers 	Rayhons 	Reynolds-Knight 	Richardson 
Shoultz 	Van Fossen 	Vande Hoef 	Veenstra 
Weidman 	Wise 	Witt 

Absent or not voting, 2:

O'Brien 	Van Maanen 

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 2282 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 2450, by Warnstadt, a bill for an act relating to
practitioner preparation programs and the successful completion
of coursework on technology and the implementation of technology
into the classroom.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 2451, by Warnstadt, a bill for an act authorizing
the department of human services to pay housing costs to the
provider directly on behalf of an applicant or participant in
the family investment program.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 2452, by Larkin and Heaton, a bill for an act
relating to a tonnage fee exemption for certain solid waste
disposal facilities.
Read first time and referred to committee on environmental
protection.
House File 2453, by Hansen, a bill for an act relating to
assaults on off-duty peace officers providing private duty
security.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 2454, by committee on commerce and regulation, a
bill for an act relating to motor vehicle operator proof of
financial responsibility and providing an effective date and for
retroactive applicability.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2455, by committee on human resources, a bill for
an act relating to involvement of federal military installations
with child abuse assessments.
Read first time and placed on the 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 February 18, 1998, amended and passed the
following bill in which the concurrence of the House is asked:
House File 299, a bill for an act concerning drug and alcohol
testing of private sector employees and prospective employees
and providing remedies and an effective date.
MARY PAT GUNDERSON, Secretary
HOUSE FILE 2419 REFERRED
The Speaker announced that House File 2419, previously placed on
the calendar was referred to committee on ways and means.
EXPLANATION OF VOTE
I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on February 23
and 24, 1998. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on
House Joint Resolution 2004, House File 2211 and Senate Files
2075 and 2182.
WEIGEL of Chickasaw

BILL ENROLLED, SIGNED AND SENT TO GOVERNOR
The Chief Clerk of the House submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reports
that the following bill has been examined and found correctly
enrolled, signed by the Speaker 
of the House and the President of the Senate, and presented to
the Governor for his approval on this 25th day of February,
1998: House File 2002.
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:
Sixty-five students from Vinton-Shellsburg High School, Vinton,
accompanied by Mike Timmermans and Sheryl Stulken.  By Brand of
Tama.
Fifty eighth grade students from Callanan Middle School, Des
Moines, accompanied by Mr. Rasmussen.  By Ford of Polk.

CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION
MR. SPEAKER: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reports
that a certificate of recognition has been issued as follows.
ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON
Chief Clerk of the House
1998\181	Slayton Thompson, Ms. Cox, and Ms. Goodlet of Grant
Wood Elementary School - For leading the exceptional performance
of Grant Wood Elementary School students in the Pledge of
Allegiance, and for their rendition of God Bless America,
including the use of sign language, a drum routine and a
choreographed flag dance.

SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

House File 2241

Local Government: Fallon, Chair; Arnold and Dix.

House File 2417

Appropriations: Grundberg, Chair; Meyer and Warnstadt.

House File 2445

Appropriations: Millage, Chair; Sukup and Warnstadt.

HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

House Study Bill 673 Reassigned

State Government: Jacobs, Chair; Gipp and Larkin.
House Study Bill 678

Labor and Industrial Relations: Dix, Chair; Boddicker and
Dotzler.

House Study Bill 680

State Government: Gipp, Chair; Martin and Taylor.

House Study Bill 681

State Government: Martin, Chair; Connors, Drake, Gipp and Larkin.

House Study Bill 682

Commerce and Regulation: Sukup, Chair; Metcalf and Wise.

House Study Bill 683

Human Resources: Boddicker, Chair; Murphy and Veenstra.

House Study Bill 684

Human Resources: Boddicker, Chair; Foege and Veenstra.
HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
H.S.B. 685 Commerce and Regulation
Establishing the Iowaccess system and providing for an
appropriation.
H.S.B. 686 State Government
Relating to employment background checks by care facilities and
services, creating a single contact repository, and making
appropriations.
H.S.B. 687 Ways and Means
Limiting the amount of the residential property tax rollback and
including an applicability date provision.
H.S.B. 688 Ways and Means
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of
the State of Iowa relating to protection of taxpayers' rights by
limiting the growth rate of taxes, revenue, and spending of the
state government and by increasing the people's control over
taxes, revenue, and spending of the state government.
H.S.B. 689 Judiciary
Relating to the operation of the lottery, providing for
multi-jurisdictional agreements, and providing a penalty for the
theft or redemption of stolen lottery tickets.
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 COMMERCE AND REGULATION
House File 2208, a bill for an act relating to debt collection
by excluding a financial institution and its employees from the
definition of debt collector.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 24, 1998.
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2249), providing for
connection to the Iowa communications network by the quad cities
graduate center.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 24, 1998.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 545), relating to the
time for review of the reorganization of a public utility by the
utilities board and providing an effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 24, 1998.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 650), relating to
electronic commerce security, and providing penalties.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 24, 1998.
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 513), establishing an
early childhood education imperatives program and making an
appropriation.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 24, 1998.
COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
House Concurrent Resolution 109, a concurrent resolution
establishing a committee to study and make recommendations
concerning the management of solid waste and recycling.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass and laid over under Rule 25 February 24,
1998.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 638), relating to the
administration of the insurance account of the comprehensive
petroleum underground storage 
tank fund, creating an underground storage tank insurance board,
an underground storage tank insurance fund, and transferring
assets and liabilities of the insurance account of the
comprehensive petroleum underground storage tank fund.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 24, 1998.
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES
House File 2186, a bill for an act requiring the continued
placement of a child with a foster parent who is a prospective
adoptive parent for the child during a termination of parental
rights proceeding.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 24, 1998.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 596), relating to
involvement of federal military installations with child abuse
assessments.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 24, 1998.
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
House File 667, a bill for an act relating to the Iowa
administrative procedure Act and providing an effective and
applicability date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 24, 1998.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 509), providing for
mediation in disputes involving agricultural producers.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 24, 1998.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 561), providing for
victim rights, providing for penalties, and an effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 24, 1998.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 564), establishing a
civil cause of action on behalf of the state to recover, from
manufacturers of tobacco products, medical assistance payments
made by the state due to injury, disease, or disability caused
by the use of tobacco by the recipients of medical assistance,
providing for a jury trial, making related changes, and
providing for severability.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 24, 1998.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 624), relating to the
fines applicable to the sale of alcohol to minors and providing
an effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 24, 1998.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 649), changing the
designation of the judiciary in the Code from the judicial
department to the judicial branch.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 24, 1998.
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 664), concerning compliance
with the terms of an employee pension plan and providing a
penalty.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 24, 1998.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 671), concerning the
number of supreme court justices and court of appeals judges,
providing for support staff, and including a contingent
effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 24, 1998.
COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 289), providing for drug
testing of public safety employees and making penalties
applicable.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 24, 1998.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 578), relating to
workers' compensation by changing the name of the division and
personnel responsible, providing for the commencement of
compensation during a healing period, and providing for
reporting requirements.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 24, 1998.
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
House File 2035, a bill for an act relating to suspension of
payment of property taxes for certain persons receiving
government assistance and providing an applicability date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 24, 1998.
House File 2175, a bill for an act relating to the creation of,
and annexation of property to, a sanitary sewer district.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-8118 February 24,
1998.
House File 2281, a bill for an act providing for the recording
of certain residential real estate contracts, providing a
penalty, and providing for the Act's applicability.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-8122 February 24,
1998.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 612), relating to
fines imposed for violations of city ordinances or city
infractions.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 24, 1998.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 646), relating to
public notice of annexation applications.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 24, 1998.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 657), relating to the
standard uniforms of sheriffs and deputy sheriffs.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 24, 1998.
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
House File 2394, a bill for an act providing for an immediate
suspension of a driver's license of a person charged with
homicide by vehicle.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 24, 1998.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 617), relating to
motor trucks, including weight requirements and transportation
of hazardous materials, and providing an effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 24, 1998.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 660), relating to
certain criminal acts committed on or against the property of
railway corporations and providing and applying penalties.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 24, 1998.
AMENDMENTS FILED
H_8118	H.F.	2175	Committee on Local
				  Government
H_8119	H.F.	299	Senate Amendment
H_8120	H.F.	223	Brauns of Muscatine
H_8121	H.F.	2416	Heaton of Henry
H_8122	H.F.	2281	Committee on Local
				  Government
On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie, the House adjourned at
12:10 p.m., until 8:45 a.m., Thursday, February 26, 1998.

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