House Journal: Friday, March 13, 1998

Sixty-first Calendar Day - Forty-second Session Day

Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, March 13, 1998
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9:00 a.m., Speaker
Corbett in the chair.
Prayer was offered by the Honorable Dolores Mertz, state
representative from Kossuth County.
The Journal of Thursday, March 12, 1998 was approved.
PETITION FILED
The following petition was received and placed on file:
By Vande Hoef of Osceola, from ninety residents of Lyon County
favoring the passage of House File 2120 which would require the
placement of all tobacco products behind the counter.
INTRODUCTION OF BILL
House File 2537, by committee on ways and means, a bill for
an act relating to the transportation of public and nonpublic
school students and other properly related matters.
Read first time and placed on the ways and means calendar.
SENATE MESSAGES CONSIDERED
Senate File 2068, by Halvorson and Lundby, a bill for an act
concerning the method by which cities pay the medical costs
incurred by members of the police and fire departments of cities
who are injured while on duty.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
Senate File 2112, by committee on business and labor, a bill
for an act concerning the sunset provision relating to the
employment security administrative contribution surcharge and
providing an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on labor and
industrial relations.
Senate File 2268, by committee on local government, a bill
for an act relating to rural water services by authorizing rural
water districts 
to enter into agreements with other governmental entities to
provide for the ownership, acquisition, construction, and
equipping of sewer systems, and authorizing the issuance of
revenue obligations to finance the projects and providing
procedures for detaching property from one district and
attaching it to another district.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
Senate File 2269, by committee on state government, a bill
for an act providing for the conversion of the existing advisory
boards for athletic training and massage therapy into full
regulatory examining boards.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
Senate File 2281, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an
act relating to compensation for the legal defense of indigent
persons in criminal, appellate, and certain civil cases.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
Senate File 2296, by committee on appropriations, a bill for
an act appropriating funds to the department of economic
development, certain board of regents institutions, the
department of workforce development, the public employment
relations board, making related statutory changes, and providing
an effective date provision.
Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.
Senate File 2320, by committee on state government, a bill
for an act relating to gambling by imposing a moratorium on new
licenses to conduct gambling on excursion gambling boats and at
pari-mutuel racetracks with gambling games, limiting the
location of future excursion gambling boats, prohibiting
gambling licensees from allowing the loaning of money by credit
card or other electronic means for gambling purposes, and
imposing a scheduled fine for gambling by persons under
twenty-one years of age.
Read first time and passed on file.
Senate File 2345, by committee on human resources, a bill
for an act relating to juvenile justice system provisions
involving foster care, termination of parental rights, and
adoption preplacement investigations.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
Senate File 2353, by committee on education, a bill for an
act relating to an allocation of state aid for purposes of
school-based youth services programs.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
Senate File 2368, by committee on commerce, a bill for an
act relating to the management of public rights-of-way by local
government units, eliminating the power of cities to grant
franchises to erect, maintain, and operate plants and systems
for telecommunications services within the city, and providing
an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and
regulation.
Senate File 2369, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an
act adding 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.
Senate File 2374, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an
act providing for the regulation of bail enforcement businesses
and their agents, limiting their actions, establishing fees,
eliminating temporary county-issued identification for private
security agents and investigators, and providing penalties.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
Senate File 2377, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an
act relating to the sixth judicial district pilot probation
revocation project and providing for effective dates and for
repeal of the pilot project provisions.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
Senate File 2381, by committee on appropriations, a bill for
an act making appropriations from and to the rebuild Iowa
infrastructure fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998,
to the division of soil conservation for deposit in the Loess
Hills development and conservation fund; department of
corrections for renovation of the power plant and improvements
to the water system at the Iowa correctional institution for
women, for the construction of an additional cellblock at the
Fort Dodge correctional facility, and for the construction of a
200-bed facility at the Iowa state penitentiary at Fort Madison;
department of cultural affairs for the creation of a historical
site preservation grant program; department of economic
development for a welcome center at Hamburg, to be
deposited in the physical infrastructure assistance fund, and
for deposit in the rural enterprise fund to be used for a dry
fire hydrant and rural water supply education and demonstration
project; department of education for infrastructure improvements
to the community colleges; department of general services for
major renovation needs for state-owned buildings and facilities,
for critical and deferred maintenance at Terrace Hill, for
relocation of offices and other transitions costs associated
with the renovation of the Lucas state office building and the
old historical building, for renovation of the Lucas state
office building, for developing a master plan for the capitol
complex, for planning and design of a parking structure located
at the northwest corner of the capitol complex, and for capitol
interior restoration; department of public defense for
maintenance and repair of national guard armories and
facilities; department of public safety for construction of a
new patrol post in district 1; department of natural resources
for the purpose of funding capital projects from marine fuel tax
receipts for expenditures for local cost-share grants to be used
for capital expenditures to local governmental units for boating
accessibility, for the construction of the Elinor Bedell state
park and wildlife conservation area, for a recreational grant
matching program, for the blufflands protection revolving fund,
and for the dredging of lakes; department of transportation for
capital improvements at all 10 of the commercial air service
airports; for the Iowa state fair foundation for renovation,
restoration, and improvement of the cattle barn and horse barn
at the state fairgrounds and for county fair infrastructure
improvements; judicial department for capital projects at the
capitol building; and state board of regents for capital
projects at the Iowa school for the deaf and the Iowa braille
and sight saving school; making appropriations of the marine
fuel tax receipts from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund;
providing a reversion date to funds appropriated to the
department of revenue and finance in the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 1997, and ending June 30, 1998; making statutory changes
relating to appropriations by establishing the blufflands
protection fund, by reducing the overall appropriation for the
restore outdoors program for the fiscal period beginning July 1,
1997, and ending June 30, 2001, as a result of the governor's
item veto, by providing for coordination of vertical
infrastructure databases, by eliminating a matching contribution
requirement on certain funds appropriated to the department of
cultural affairs for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, by
extending the allowable time to enter into contracts to provide
alternative drainage outlets, by allocating part of the funds
derived from the excise tax on the sale of motor fuel used in 
watercraft from the general fund to the rebuild Iowa
infrastructure fund; and providing effective dates.
Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.
Senate File 2383, 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 passed on file.
Senate File 2384, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an
act to provide for the assessment and payment of a thirty-five
dollar installment payment fee for fines or court costs paid in
installments under certain circumstances and providing for a
contingent effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
Senate File 2385, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an
act relating to the mandatory minimum term of incarceration for
felony domestic abuse assault.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
Senate File 2386, by committee on state government, a bill
for an act relating to financial assistance to local governments
for eligible disaster-related expenses, serious needs, and
hazard mitigation and providing an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
Senate File 2387, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an
act relating to adoption procedural requirements including those
related to investigations, reports, and counseling.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
Senate File 2392, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an
act relating to community service and inmate work programs.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
Senate File 2404, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an
act relating to cooperatives organized under Code chapter 501.
Read first time and passed on file.
Senate File 2405, by committee on state government, a bill
for an act providing for the joint construction or acquisition,
furnishing, operation, and maintenance of public buildings by a
county, city, and school district.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
BILLS 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 bills have 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 13th day of March, 1998: House Files 299, 2189 and 2331.
ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON
Chief Clerk of the House
Report adopted.
COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED
The following communications were received and filed in the
office of the Chief Clerk:
COMMUNITY HEALTH MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
The Annual Report, pursuant to Chapter 1033, 1994 Acts of the
Seventy-fifth General Assembly.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
The 1997 Iowa Airport Sufficiency Ratings, pursuant to Chapter
328.12(11), Code of Iowa.
MUNICIPAL FIRE AND POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF IOWA
The Annual Report, pursuant to Chapter 411.5, Code of Iowa.
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\235	Susie Bogaard, Lisbon - For celebrating her 85th
birthday.
1998\236	Ronald Kessler, Solon - For celebrating his 90th
birthday.
1998\237	Mark Fritz, Cedar Rapids - For celebrating his 90th
birthday.
1998\238	Jane Cook, Cedar Rapids - For celebrating her 80th
birthday.
1998\239	Katherine Holland, Oxford - For celebrating her 80th
birthday.
1998\240	Eleanor Netherton, Cedar Rapids - For celebrating her
85th birthday.
1998\241	Mabel Berridge, Oxford - For celebrating her 90th
birthday.
1998\242	Clarence and Joan Beardsley, Cedar Rapids - For
celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.
1998\243	Pat McMillan, Elgin - For winning the Class 1A
championship in the 140 lb. weight class of the 1998 State
Wrestling Tournament.
1998\244	Lance Guyer, West Union - For winning the Class 2A
championship in the 189 lb. weight class of the 1998 State
Wrestling Tournament.
1998\245	Travis Henning, Monona - For winning the Class 2A
Heavyweight Championship of the 1998 State Wrestling Tournament.
1998\246	Renata Sack, Waterloo - For retiring as Executive
Director of Cedar Arts Forum; in appreciation of her dedication,
contributions and commitment to the Arts in our community.
1998\247	Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Buerstetta, Davenport - For
celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary.
1998\248	Alice Kostal, Davenport - For celebrating her 90th
birthday.
1998\249	Rosezella Nissen, Clinton - For celebrating her 90th
birthday.
1998\250	Chester and Beryl Cartwright, Osceola - For celebrating
their 63rd wedding anniversary on February 14, 1998.
1998\251	Arthur Handke, Edgewood - For celebrating his 81st
birthday.
1998\252	Mr. and Mrs. Lorance Mackey, Farley - For celebrating
their 50th wedding anniversary.
1998\253	Dagny and David Kinkaid, Camanche - For celebrating
their 72nd wedding anniversary.
1998\254	Matt Gilbertson, Cedar Falls - For attaining the rank
of Eagle Scout, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.
1998\255	Ryan James Daack, Dubuque - For attaining the rank of
Eagle Scout, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.
1998\256	Willard and Donna Macy, Fairfield - For celebrating
their 50th wedding anniversary.
1998\257	Dolores and Gordon Elleson, Clinton - For celebrating
their 50th wedding anniversary.
1998\258	Carl and Leone Carlsen, Clinton - For celebrating their
60th wedding anniversary.
1998\259	Donna and Arlo Krabbenhoft, Clinton - For celebrating
their 50th wedding anniversary.
1998\260	Wilbur and Genevieve Kuehl, DeWitt - For celebrating
their 60th wedding anniversary.
1998\261	Clarence and Maxine Kuehl, Clinton - For celebrating
their 50th wedding anniversary.
1998\262	Edward P. Kaczinski, Clinton - For celebrating his 90th
birthday.
1998\263	Loretta Gilbert, Clinton - For celebrating her 90th
birthday.
1998\264	Aaron Butcher, Dubuque - For attaining the rank of
Eagle Scout, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.
1998\265	Donna Dwyer, M.G. Clark Elementary School - For being
awarded the Iowa Distinguised Teacher Award.
1998\266	Lawrence and Ethel Nason, Sioux City - For celebrating
their 50th wedding anniversary.
1998\267	Alexia Abernathy, George Washington High School, Cedar
Rapids - For being named one of the state's top two youth
volunteers in The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards.
1998\268	Helen Brom, Iowa City - For celebrating her 80th
birthday on March 27, 1998.
1998\269	Lloyd and Ruth Dage, Independence - For celebrating
their 60th wedding anniversary.
1998\270	Lloyd and Elizabeth Dee, Baxter - For celebrating their
60th wedding anniversary.
1998\271	Raymond Dorothy, Stockport - For celebrating his 100th
birthday.
1998\272	Mr. and Mrs. Donald Scherer, Eldon - For celebrating
their 50th wedding anniversary.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

House File 2303

Ways and Means: Van Fossen, Chair; Jenkins and Weigel.

House File 2483 Reassigned

Appropriations: Jacobs, Chair; Cataldo and Nelson.

House File 2525

Appropriations: Grundberg, Chair; Houser and Murphy.

House File 2536

Appropriations: Churchill, Chair; Cormack and Reynolds-Knight.
Senate File 367

Commerce and Regulation: Van Fossen, Chair; Jacobs and Osterhaus.

Senate File 2201

Commerce and Regulation: Dix, Chair; Koenigs and Sukup.

Senate File 2348

Education: Garman, Chair; Mascher and Veenstra.
HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

House Study Bill 696

Ways and Means: Larson, Chair; Chapman and Drake.

House Study Bill 697

Ways and Means: Dinkla, Chair; Chapman and Lamberti.
AMENDMENTS FILED

H_8399	H.F.	2496	Mascher of Johnson
H_8400	H.F.	2496	Mascher of Johnson
H_8401	H.F.	2496	Mascher of Johnson
H_8402	H.F.	2522	Murphy of Dubuque
H_8403	H.F.	2520	Blodgett of Cerro Gordo
H_8404	H.F.	2514	Thomson of Linn
On motion by Gipp of Winneshiek, the House adjourned at 9:10
a.m., until 1:00 p.m., Monday, March 16, 1998.

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