House Journal: Friday, March 20, 1998

Sixty-eighth Calendar Day - Forty-seventh Session Day

Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, March 20, 1998
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9:06 a.m., Speaker
Corbett in the chair.
Prayer was offered by the Honorable Bill Dix, state
representative from Butler County.
The Journal of Thursday, March 19, 1998 was approved.

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 JUDICIARY
Senate Joint Resolution 12, a joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa to provide
for certain rights for victims of crimes.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Committee Action: Failed to Pass March 19, 1998.
Senate File 466, a bill for an act relating to the theft of
video rental property and making penalties applicable.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 19, 1998.
Senate File 2281, a bill for an act relating to compensation for
the legal defense of indigent persons in criminal, appellate,
and certain civil cases.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 19, 1998.
Senate File 2345, a bill for an act relating to juvenile justice
system provisions involving foster care, termination of parental
rights, and adoption preplacement investigations.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 19, 1998.
Senate File 2374, 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.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 19, 1998.
Senate File 2377, 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.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 19, 1998.
Senate File 2384, 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.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 19, 1998.
Senate File 2385, a bill for an act relating to the mandatory
minimum term of incarceration for felony domestic abuse assault.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 19, 1998.
Senate File 2399, a bill for an act providing for the merger of
a limited partnership with other business entities.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 19, 1998.
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Senate File 2015, a bill for an act to remove cottonwood trees
and cotton-bearing poplar trees in cities from a list of items
deemed to be nuisances.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 19, 1998.
Senate File 2200, a bill for an act relating to the expenses,
powers, and duties of county agricultural extension councils.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-8528 March 19,
1998.
Senate File 2254, a bill for an act relating to charges for room
and board by certain prisoners.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 19, 1998.
Senate File 2268, 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.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-8529 March 19,
1998.
Senate File 2277, a bill for an act providing for exceptions to
municipal tort liability for skateboarding.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 19, 1998.
AMENDMENTS FILED

H-8527	S.F.	429	Rants of Woodbury
				Sukup of Franklin
H-8528	S.F.	2200	Committee on Local 
  				Government
H-8529	S.F.	2268	Committee on Local
  				Government
H-8530	S.F.	2052	Warnstadt of Woodbury
H-8531	S.F.	2286	Kreiman of Davis

On motion by Gipp of Winneshiek, the House adjourned at 9:08
a.m., until 1:00 p.m., Monday, March 23, 1998.

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