House Journal: Friday, February 27, 1998

Forty-seventh Calendar Day - Thirty-second Session Day

Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, February 27, 1998
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9:00 a.m., Speaker
Corbett in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Betty Soener, Confidential Secretary to
Chief Clerk.
The Journal of Thursday, February 26, 1998 was approved.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 2475, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an
act relating to certain crimes against persons, by permitting
the retention as criminal history data of acquittals,
dismissals, or adjudications based on mental condition if the
charge involved injury to another, by providing for the
collection and dissemination of information on the offense of
stalking, by providing for the application of enhanced stalking
penalties for persons who are the subject of certain restraining
or protective orders, and providing for the issuance of a
no-contact order against persons accused of stalking.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2476, by committee on commerce and regulation, a
bill for an act providing for connection to the Iowa
communications network by the quad cities graduate center.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2477, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an
act concerning compliance with the terms of an employee pension
plan and providing a penalty.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2478, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an
act relating to confidentiality in the mediation process.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2479, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an
act relating to real estate titles involving bankruptcy.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2480, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act to
repeal the future repeal of the interception of communications
chapter.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2481, by committee on commerce and regulation, a
bill for an act relating to the time for review of the
reorganization of a public utility by the utilities board and
providing an effective date.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2482, by committee on transportation, a bill for
an act relating to certain criminal acts committed on or against
the property of railway corporations and providing and applying
penalties.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2483, by committee on state government, a bill
for an act relating to employment background checks by care
facilities and services, creating a single contact repository,
and making appropriations.
Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.
House File 2484, by Greig, a bill for an act relating to the
taxation of certain credit unions at the same rate and in the
same manner as other financial institutions doing business in
Iowa and including an applicability date provision.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and
regulation.
House File 2485, by Warnstadt, a bill for an act relating to
an individual income tax deduction for expenses incurred for
marital counseling and providing a retroactive applicability
date.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 2486, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an
act to prohibit criminal or juvenile justice agencies from
requesting polygraph tests from sexual abuse victims or
witnesses as a precondition to an investigation.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2487, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an
act relating to the fines and penalties applicable to the sale
of alcohol to minors and providing an effective date.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2488, by committee on state government, a bill
for an act providing for cochairpersons of the administrative
rules review committee.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2489, by committee on state government, a bill
for an act establishing a state employee deferred compensation
trust fund.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2490, by committee on environmental protection, a
bill for an act 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.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2491, by committee on state government, a bill
for an act relating to amusement ride rider safety, providing a
penalty, and providing an effective date.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2492, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an
act relating to drainage districts, by extending the period for
financing repairs and improvements.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2493, by committee on state government, a bill
for an act concerning nonsubstantive gender-related provisions
in the Code.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 2494, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an
act regulating animal feeding operations and making penalties
applicable and providing an effective date.
Read first time and placed on the special order calendar for
Tuesday, March 10, 1998.
HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT
H.S.B. 692 Ways and Means
Relating to the replacement of property tax on property
associated with electricity and natural gas with excise taxes
associated with electricity and natural gas, establishing a
statewide property tax on property associated with electricity
and natural gas, providing for a special utility property tax
levy or tax credit, providing for the Act's retroactive
applicability, providing an effective date, and providing
penalties.
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 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 575), relating to
waste tires and tire-derived fuels.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 26, 1998.
COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
House File 2443, a bill for an act relating to state workers'
compensation coverage for students at a community college
participating in school-to-work programs.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 26, 1998.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 570), relating to
workers' compensation by repealing the second injury
compensation Act, eliminating the second injury fund, providing
for the resolution of claims against the fund to include the
imposition of an employer surcharge, and providing an effective
date.
Fiscal Note is required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 26, 1998.
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
House File 2232, a bill for an act relating to rural improvement
zones.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-8140 February 26,
1998.
House File 2386, 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.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-8141 February 26,
1998.
Pursuant to Rule 31.7, House File 2386 was referred to the
committee on ways and means.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 553), relating to
county vital statistics by providing for the issuance of
marriage licenses and eliminating the fee for county birth
registrations.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 26, 1998.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 663), relating to the
statewide notification center and providing for alternative
staff and the information requirements associated with the
notice of an excavation.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 26, 1998.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 666), relating to
condemnation of agricultural land for economic development
purposes, providing for the Act's applicability, and providing
an effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 26, 1998.
COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
House File 2290, a bill for an act relating to the civil damages
and penalties for the illegal taking of antlered deer.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 26, 1998.
House File 2341, a bill for an act relating to state park user
permits and providing a penalty and an effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Failed to Pass February 26, 1998.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 555), relating to the
designation and protection of tracts of deep loess soil deposits
and formation of this state.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 26, 1998. 
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 670), relating to the
taking of mussels from the waters of this state and providing an
effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 26, 1998.
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
 Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2256), specifying lighting
equipment and other features for snowplows, regulating snowplow
operations, and making penalties applicable.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 26, 1998. 
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 576), establishing a
graduated driver's license for young drivers, making penalties
applicable, and including an applicability provision and an
effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 26, 1998. 
AMENDMENTS FILED

H_8133	H.F.	2395	Huser of Polk
				Lamberti of Polk
H_8134	H.F.	2395	Huser of Polk
H_8135	H.F.	2395	Taylor of Linn
H_8136	H.F.	2395	Taylor of Linn
H_8137	H.F.	2440	Fallon of Polk
H_8138	H.F.	2440	Fallon of Polk
H_8139	S.F.	2052	Rants of Woodbury
H_8140	H.F.	2232	Committee on Local
				  Government
H_8141	H.F.	2386	Committee on Local
				  Government
H_8142	H.F.	2395	Warnstadt of Woodbury
On motion by Gipp of Winneshiek, the House adjourned at 9:07
a.m., until 1:00 p.m., Monday, March 2, 1998.

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