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Seventy-first Calendar Day - Forty-eighth Session Day Hall of the House of Representatives Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, March 23, 1998 The House met pursuant to adjournment at 1:00 p.m., Speaker pro tempore Van Maanen of Marion in the chair. Prayer was offered by Reverend Barry B. Blankers, Christian Reformed Church, Ocheyedan. The Journal of Friday, March 20, 1998 was approved. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Pledge of Allegiance was led by fifteen Cub Scouts from Pack 8 and six Boy Scouts from Troop 8, accompanied by Cubmaster Jim Payton, Leaders Todd Odeen, Marilyn Gibbons and Doug Buchannon; Scoutmaster Tom Kincheloe, Assistant Scoutmaster Carole Schultes and Leader Richard Crissinger, Cedar Rapids. They are Iowa's first Urban Pack and Troop. LEAVE OF ABSENCE Leave of absence was granted as follows: Koenigs of Mitchell, until his arrival, on request of Osterhaus of Jackson. ADOPTION OF HOUSE MEMORIAL RESOLUTION 101 Metcalf of Polk offered the following House Memorial Resolution 101 and moved its adoption: HOUSE MEMORIAL RESOLUTION 101 Whereas, The Honorable Samuel E. Orebaugh of Polk County, Iowa, who was a member of the Fiftieth General Assembly, passed away November 2, 1997; Now Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives, That a committee of three be appointed by the Speaker of the House to prepare suitable resolutions commemorating his life, character and service to the state. The motion prevailed and the Speaker appointed as such committee Metcalf of Polk, Jacobs of Polk and Connors of Polk. ADOPTION OF HOUSE MEMORIAL RESOLUTION 102 Arnold of Lucas offered the following House Memorial Resolution 102 and moved its adoption: HOUSE MEMORIAL RESOLUTION 102 Whereas, The Honorable M.W. "Jack" Beaman of Clarke County, Iowa, who was a member of the 72nd, 73rd, 74th, and 75th general assemblies, passed away January 9, 1998; Now Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives, That a committee of three be appointed by the Speaker of the House to prepare suitable resolutions commemorating his life, character and service to the state. The motion prevailed and the Speaker appointed as such committee Arnold of Lucas, Weidman of Cass and Kreiman of Davis. ADOPTION OF HOUSE MEMORIAL RESOLUTION 103 Cohoon of Des Moines offered the following House Memorial Resolution 103 and moved its adoption: HOUSE MEMORIAL RESOLUTION 103 Whereas, The Honorable Louis J. Muhlbauer of Crawford County, Iowa, who was a member of the Seventieth, Seventy-first, Seventy-second, Seventy-third, and Seventy-fourth general assemblies, passed away December 25, 1997; Now Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives, That a committee of three be appointed by the Speaker of the House to prepare suitable resolutions commemorating his life, character and service to the state. The motion prevailed and the Speaker appointed as such committee Cohoon of Des Moines, Blodgett of Cerro Gordo and Siegrist of Pottawattamie. CONSIDERATION OF BILLS Regular Calendar Senate File 316, a bill for an act relating to the probationary period for deputy sheriffs, with report of committee recommending amendment and passage, was taken up for consideration. Weidman of Cass offered amendment H-8031 filed by the committee on local government as follows: H-8031 1 Amend Senate File 316, as passed by the Senate, as 2 follows: 3 1. Page 1, line 16, by striking the word "six" 4 and inserting the following: "up to nine". 5 2. Page 1, line 23, by striking the word "six" 6 and inserting the following: "up to nine". 7 3. Page 1, line 29, by inserting after the word 8 "commission." the following: "Each deputy sheriff who 9 transfers from one jurisdiction to another shall be 10 employed subject to a probationary period of up to 11 nine months." 12 4. Page 1, by inserting after line 33 the 13 following: 14 "Sec. ___. Section 400.8, subsection 3, Code 1997, 15 is amended to read as follows: 16 3. All appointments to such positions shall be 17 conditional upon a probation period of not to exceed 18 six months, and in the case ofpolice patrol officers,19 police dispatchers,and fire fighters a probation 20 period not to exceed twelve months. In the case of 21 police patrol officers, if the employee has 22 successfully completed training at the Iowa law 23 enforcement academy or another training facility 24 certified by the director of the Iowa law enforcement 25 academy before the initial appointment as a police 26 patrol officer, the probationary period shall be for a 27 period of up to nine months and shall commence with 28 the date of initial appointment as a police patrol 29 officer. If the employee has not successfully 30 completed training at the Iowa law enforcement academy 31 or another training facility certified by the director 32 of the law enforcement academy before initial 33 appointment as a police patrol officer, the 34 probationary period shall commence with the date of 35 initial employment as a police patrol officer and 36 shall continue for a period of up to nine months 37 following the date of successful completion of 38 training at the Iowa law enforcement academy or 39 another training facility certified by the director of 40 the Iowa law enforcement academy. A police patrol 41 officer transferring employment from one jurisdiction 42 to another shall be employed subject to a probationary 43 period of up to nine months. However, in cities with 44 a population over one hundred seventy-five thousand, 45 appointments to the position of fire fighter shall be 46 conditional upon a probation period of not to exceed 47 twenty-four months. During the probation period, the 48 appointee may be removed or discharged from such 49 position by the appointing person or body without the 50 right of appeal to the commission. A person removed Page 2 1 or discharged during a probationary period shall, at 2 the time of discharge, be given a notice in writing 3 stating the reason or reasons for the dismissal. A 4 copy of such notice shall be promptly filed with the 5 commission. Continuance in the position after the 6 expiration of such probationary period shall 7 constitute a permanent appointment." 8 5. Title page, line 1, by striking the words 9 "deputy sheriffs" and inserting the following: 10 "certain law enforcement officers". Brauns of Muscatine offered the following amendment H-8087, to the committee amendment H-8031, filed by him and moved its adoption: H-8087 1 Amend the committee amendment, H-8031, to Senate 2 File 316, as passed by the Senate, as follows: 3 1. Page 1, by inserting after line 2 the 4 following: 5 "___. Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the 6 following: 7 "Section 1. NEW SECTION. 80B.17 CERTIFICATION 8 REQUIRED. 9 The council shall extend the one-year time period 10 in which an officer candidate must become certified 11 for up to one hundred eighty days if the officer 12 candidate is enrolled in training within twelve months 13 of initial appointment."" 14 2. Page 2, by striking lines 8 through 10 and 15 inserting the following: 16 "___. Title page, by striking line 1 and 17 inserting the following: "An Act relating to the 18 training and probationary periods for certain law 19 enforcement officers."" Amendment H-8087 was adopted. Brauns of Muscatine asked and received unanimous consent to withdraw amendment H-8057, to the committee amendment H-8031, filed by him on February 17, 1998. Weidman of Cass moved the adoption of the committee amendment H-8031, as amended. The committee amendment H-8031, as amended, was adopted. Weidman of Cass 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?" (S.F. 316) The ayes were, 97: Arnold Barry Bell Bernau Blodgett Boddicker Boggess Bradley Brand Brauns Brunkhorst Bukta Burnett Carroll Cataldo Chapman Chiodo Churchill Cohoon Connors Corbett, Spkr. Cormack Dix Doderer Dolecheck Dotzler Drake Drees Eddie Falck Fallon Foege Frevert Garman Gipp Greig Greiner Gries Grundberg Hahn Hansen Heaton Holmes Holveck Houser Huseman Huser Jacobs Jenkins Jochum Kinzer Klemme Kreiman Kremer Lamberti Larkin Larson Lord Martin Mascher May Mertz Metcalf Meyer Millage Moreland Mundie Murphy Myers Nelson O'Brien Osterhaus Rants Rayhons Reynolds-Knight Richardson Scherrman Schrader Shoultz Siegrist Sukup Taylor Teig Thomas Thomson Tyrrell Van Fossen Vande Hoef Veenstra Warnstadt Weidman Weigel Welter Whitead Wise Witt Van Maanen, Presiding The nays were, none. Absent or not voting, 3: Dinkla Ford Koenigs The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to have passed the House and the title, as amended, was agreed to. HOUSE FILE 137 WITHDRAWN Garman of Story asked and received unanimous consent to withdraw House File 137 from further consideration by the House. Senate File 2023, a bill for an act relating to the issuance of ex-prisoner of war motor vehicle registration plates to surviving spouses, with report of committee recommending passage, was taken up for consideration. Thomas of Clayton offered the following amendment H-8515 filed by him and moved its adoption: H-8515 1 Amend Senate File 2023, as passed by the Senate, as 2 follows: 3 1. Page 1, by inserting after line 11 the 4 following: 5 "Sec. ___. Section 321.34, Code Supplement 1997, 6 is amended by adding the following new subsection: 7 NEW SUBSECTION. 10A. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES 8 PLATES. The owner of a motor vehicle subject to 9 registration pursuant to section 321.109, subsection 10 1, light delivery truck, panel delivery truck, pickup, 11 motor home, multipurpose vehicle, or travel trailer 12 who is a current member of a paid or volunteer 13 emergency medical services agency, may upon written 14 application to the department, order special 15 registration plates, designed by the department in 16 cooperation with representatives designated by the 17 Iowa emergency medical services association, which 18 plates signify that the applicant is a current member 19 of a paid or volunteer emergency medical services 20 agency. The application shall be approved by the 21 department, in consultation with representatives 22 designated by the Iowa emergency medical services 23 association, and the special registration plates shall 24 be issued to the applicant in exchange for the 25 registration plates previously issued to the person. 26 The fee for the special plates shall be twenty-five 27 dollars which shall be in addition to the regular 28 annual registration fee. The department shall 29 validate the special plates in the same manner as 30 regular registration plates are validated under this 31 section at the regular annual registration fee." 32 2. Title page, line 2, by inserting after the 33 word "spouses" the following: "and to the issuance of 34 emergency medical services motor vehicle registration 35 plates and establishing fees". Roll call was requested by Kreiman of Davis and Weigel of Chickasaw. Rule 75 was invoked. On the question "Shall amendment H-8515 be adopted?" (S.F. 2023) The ayes were, 48: Bell Bernau Brand Bukta Burnett Cataldo Chapman Chiodo Cohoon Connors Doderer Dotzler Drees Falck Fallon Foege Frevert Garman Gries Hahn Holveck Huser Jochum Kinzer Kreiman Kremer Larkin Mascher May Mertz Moreland Mundie Murphy Myers O'Brien Osterhaus Reynolds-Knight Richardson Scherrman Schrader Shoultz Taylor Thomas Warnstadt Weigel Whitead Wise Witt The nays were, 47: Arnold Barry Blodgett Boddicker Boggess Bradley Brauns Brunkhorst Churchill Corbett, Spkr. Cormack Dinkla Dix Dolecheck Drake Eddie Gipp Greig Greiner Hansen Heaton Holmes Huseman Jacobs Jenkins Klemme Lamberti Larson Lord Martin Metcalf Meyer Millage Nelson Rants Rayhons Siegrist Sukup Teig Thomson Tyrrell Van Fossen Vande Hoef Veenstra Weidman Welter Van Maanen, Presiding Absent or not voting, 5: Carroll Ford Grundberg Houser Koenigs Amendment H-8515 was adopted. Murphy of Dubuque offered amendment H-8523 filed by him as follows: H-8523 1 Amend Senate File 2023, as passed by the Senate, as 2 follows: 3 1. Page 1, by inserting after line 11 the 4 following: 5 "Sec. ___. Section 321.34, subsection 16, Code 6 Supplement 1997, is amended to read as follows: 7 16. NATIONAL GUARD SPECIAL PLATES. An owner 8 referred to in subsection 12 who is a member of the 9 national guard, as defined in chapter 29A, may, upon 10 written application to the department, order special 11 registration plates with a national guard processed 12 emblem with the emblem designed by the department in 13 cooperation with the adjutant general which emblem 14 signifies that the applicant is a member of the 15 national guard. The application shall be approved by 16 the department in consultation with the adjutant 17 general. Special registration plates with a national 18 guard processed emblem shall be surrendered, as 19 provided in subsection 12, in exchange for regular 20 registration plates upon termination of the owner's 21 membership in the active national guard unless the 22 owner completed a minimum of ten years of service and 23 received an honorable discharge from service due to a 24 medical disqualification. 25 Sec. ___. Section 321.34, subsection 19, Code 26 Supplement 1997, is amended to read as follows: 27 19. UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES RETIRED SPECIAL 28 PLATES. An owner referred to in subsection 12 who is 29 a retired member of the United States armed forces, 30 may, upon written application to the department and 31 upon presentation of satisfactory proof of membership, 32 order special registration plates with a United States 33 armed forces retired processed emblem. The emblem 34 shall be designed by the department in consultation 35 with service organizations. The application is 36 subject to approval by the department. For purposes 37 of this subsection, a person is considered to be 38 retired if the person served twenty years or longer in 39 the United States armed forces or is a person who 40 served a minimum of ten years and received an 41 honorable discharge from service due to a medical 42 disqualification." Murphy of Dubuque offered the following amendment H-8533, to amendment H-8523, filed by him from the floor and moved its adoption: H-8533 1 Amend the amendment, H-8523, to Senate File 2023, 2 as passed by the Senate, as follows: 3 1. Page 1, by striking lines 5 through 24. 4 2. By renumbering as necessary. Amendment H-8533 was adopted. Murphy of Dubuque moved the adoption of amendment H-8523, as amended. Amendment H-8523, as amended, was adopted. The following amendment H-8561 filed by Kremer of Buchanan from the floor was adopted by unanimous consent: H-8561 1 Amend Senate File 2023, as passed by the Senate, as 2 follows: 3 1. Title page, line 1, by inserting after the 4 words "issuance of" the following: "United States 5 armed forces retired special plates, to the issuance 6 of". Arnold of Lucas 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?" (S.F. 2023) The ayes were, 93: Arnold Barry Bernau Blodgett Boddicker Boggess Bradley Brand Brauns Brunkhorst Bukta Burnett Carroll Cataldo Chapman Chiodo Churchill Connors Corbett, Spkr. Cormack Dinkla Dix Doderer Dolecheck Dotzler Drake Drees Falck Fallon Foege Frevert Garman Gipp Greig Greiner Gries Grundberg Hahn Hansen Heaton Holmes Holveck Houser Huseman Huser Jacobs Jenkins Jochum Kinzer Klemme Kreiman Kremer Lamberti Larkin Larson Lord Martin Mascher May Mertz Metcalf Millage Moreland Mundie Murphy Myers Nelson O'Brien Osterhaus Rants Rayhons Reynolds-Knight Richardson Scherrman Schrader Shoultz Siegrist Sukup Taylor Teig Thomas Thomson Tyrrell Van Fossen Veenstra Warnstadt Weidman Weigel Welter Whitead Wise Witt Van Maanen, Presiding The nays were, 3: Eddie Meyer Vande Hoef Absent or not voting, 4: Bell Cohoon Ford Koenigs The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to have passed the House and the title, as amended, was agreed to. IMMEDIATE MESSAGES Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent that the following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: Senate Files 316 and 2023. The House resumed consideration of House File 2475, 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, previously deferred and placed on the unfinished business calendar. SENATE FILE 2373 SUBSTITUTED FOR HOUSE FILE 2475 Greiner of Washington asked and received unanimous consent to substitute Senate File 2373 for House File 2475. Senate File 2373, 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 no-contact orders against persons who are arrested for the crimes of harassment or stalking and providing penalties, was taken up for consideration. Greiner of Washington 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?" (S.F. 2373) The ayes were, 96: Arnold Barry Bell Bernau Blodgett Boddicker Boggess Bradley Brand Brauns Brunkhorst Bukta Burnett Carroll Cataldo Chapman Chiodo Churchill Cohoon Connors Corbett, Spkr. Cormack Dinkla Dix Doderer Dolecheck Dotzler Drake Drees Eddie Falck Fallon Foege Frevert Garman Gipp Greig Greiner Gries Grundberg Hahn Heaton Holmes Holveck Houser Huseman Huser Jacobs Jenkins Jochum Kinzer Klemme Kreiman Kremer Lamberti Larkin Larson Lord Martin Mascher May Mertz Metcalf Meyer Millage Moreland Murphy Myers Nelson O'Brien Osterhaus Rants Rayhons Reynolds-Knight Richardson Scherrman Schrader Shoultz Siegrist Sukup Taylor Teig Thomas Thomson Tyrrell Van Fossen Vande Hoef Veenstra Warnstadt Weidman Weigel Welter Whitead Wise Witt Van Maanen, Presiding The nays were, none. Absent or not voting, 4: Ford Hansen Koenigs Mundie The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to have passed the House and the title was agreed to. Senate File 2136, a bill for an act relating to statutory corrections which may adjust language to reflect current practices, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, delete temporary language, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, update ongoing provisions, or remove ambiguities, and providing effective and retroactive applicability dates, with report of committee recommending amendment and passage, was taken up for consideration. Kremer of Buchanan offered the following amendment H-8264 filed by the committee on judiciary and moved its adoption: H-8264 1 Amend Senate File 2136, as amended, passed, and 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 3 1. Page 5, by inserting after line 1 the 4 following: 5 "Sec. ___. Section 96.13, subsection 3, paragraph 6 b, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows: 7 b. The department shall annually report to the 8 jointregulationseconomic development appropriations 9 subcommittee on its plans for expenditures during the 10 next state fiscal year from the special employment 11 security contingency fund. The report shall describe 12 the specific expenditures and explain why the 13 expenditures are to be made from the fund and not from 14 federal administrative funds." 15 2. Page 14, by inserting after line 4 the 16 following: 17 "Sec. ___. Section 600B.41A, subsection 3, 18 paragraph e, subparagraph (1), Code Supplement 1997, 19 is amended to read as follows: 20 (1) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to 21 subsection 2 or89, blood or genetic testing shall be 22 conducted in an action to overcome the establishment 23 of paternity." 24 3. By renumbering as necessary. The committee amendment H-8264 was adopted. Kremer of Buchanan 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?" (S.F. 2136) The ayes were, 97: Arnold Barry Bell Bernau Blodgett Boddicker Boggess Bradley Brand Brauns Brunkhorst Bukta Burnett Carroll Cataldo Chapman Chiodo Churchill Cohoon Connors Corbett, Spkr. Cormack Dinkla Dix Doderer Dolecheck Dotzler Drake Drees Eddie Falck Fallon Foege Frevert Garman Gipp Greig Greiner Gries Grundberg Hahn Hansen Heaton Holmes Holveck Houser Huseman Huser Jacobs Jenkins Jochum Kinzer Klemme Kreiman Kremer Lamberti Larkin Larson Lord Martin Mascher May Mertz Metcalf Meyer Millage Moreland Mundie Murphy Myers Nelson O'Brien Osterhaus Rants Rayhons Reynolds-Knight Richardson Schrader Shoultz Siegrist Sukup Taylor Teig Thomas Thomson Tyrrell Van Fossen Vande Hoef Veenstra Warnstadt Weidman Weigel Welter Whitead Wise Witt Van Maanen, Presiding The nays were, none. Absent or not voting, 3: Ford Koenigs Scherrman The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to have passed the House and the title was agreed to. Senate File 2153, a bill for an act relating to affidavits of candidacy filed by candidates for public office, with report of committee recommending passage, was taken up for consideration. Jochum of Dubuque 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?" (S.F. 2153) The ayes were, 97: Arnold Barry Bell Bernau Blodgett Boddicker Boggess Bradley Brand Brauns Brunkhorst Bukta Burnett Carroll Cataldo Chapman Chiodo Churchill Cohoon Connors Corbett, Spkr. Cormack Dinkla Dix Doderer Dolecheck Dotzler Drake Drees Falck Fallon Foege Frevert Garman Gipp Greig Greiner Gries Grundberg Hahn Hansen Heaton Holmes Holveck Houser Huseman Huser Jacobs Jenkins Jochum Kinzer Klemme Kreiman Kremer Lamberti Larkin Larson Lord Martin Mascher May Mertz Metcalf Meyer Millage Moreland Mundie Murphy Myers Nelson O'Brien Osterhaus Rants Rayhons Reynolds-Knight Richardson Scherrman Schrader Shoultz Siegrist Sukup Taylor Teig Thomas Thomson Tyrrell Van Fossen Vande Hoef Veenstra Warnstadt Weidman Weigel Welter Whitead Wise Witt Van Maanen, Presiding The nays were, none. Absent or not voting, 3: Eddie Ford Koenigs The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to have passed the House and the title was agreed to. HOUSE FILE 2475 WITHDRAWN Greiner of Washington asked and received unanimous consent to withdraw House File 2475 from further consideration by the House. IMMEDIATE MESSAGES Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent that the following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: Senate Files 2373, 2136 and 2153. Senate File 2162, a bill for an act relating to the definition of the federal Truth in Lending Act in the Iowa consumer credit code, with report of committee recommending passage, was taken up for consideration. Churchill of Polk 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?" (S.F. 2162) The ayes were, 97: Arnold Barry Bell Bernau Blodgett Boddicker Boggess Bradley Brand Brauns Brunkhorst Bukta Burnett Carroll Cataldo Chapman Chiodo Churchill Cohoon Connors Corbett, Spkr. Cormack Dinkla Dix Doderer Dotzler Drake Drees Eddie Falck Fallon Foege Frevert Garman Gipp Greig Greiner Gries Grundberg Hahn Hansen Heaton Holmes Holveck Houser Huseman Huser Jacobs Jenkins Jochum Kinzer Klemme Kreiman Kremer Lamberti Larkin Larson Lord Martin Mascher May Mertz Metcalf Meyer Millage Moreland Mundie Murphy Myers Nelson O'Brien Osterhaus Rants Rayhons Reynolds-Knight Richardson Scherrman Schrader Shoultz Siegrist Sukup Taylor Teig Thomas Thomson Tyrrell Van Fossen Vande Hoef Veenstra Warnstadt Weidman Weigel Welter Whitead Wise Witt Van Maanen, Presiding The nays were, none. Absent or not voting, 3: Dolecheck Ford Koenigs The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to have passed the House and the title was agreed to. Senate File 2174, a bill for an act relating to agriculture by amending and eliminating provisions to reflect current practice, and transferring provisions, with report of committee recommending passage, was taken up for consideration. Rayhons of Hancock 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?" (S.F. 2174) The ayes were, 98: Arnold Barry Bell Bernau Blodgett Boddicker Boggess Bradley Brand Brauns Brunkhorst Bukta Burnett Carroll Cataldo Chapman Chiodo Churchill Cohoon Connors Corbett, Spkr. Cormack Dinkla Dix Doderer Dolecheck Dotzler Drake Drees Eddie Falck Fallon Foege Frevert Garman Gipp Greig Greiner Gries Grundberg Hahn Hansen Heaton Holmes Holveck Houser Huseman Huser Jacobs Jenkins Jochum Kinzer Klemme Kreiman Kremer Lamberti Larkin Larson Lord Martin Mascher May Mertz Metcalf Meyer Millage Moreland Mundie Murphy Myers Nelson O'Brien Osterhaus Rants Rayhons Reynolds-Knight Richardson Scherrman Schrader Shoultz Siegrist Sukup Taylor Teig Thomas Thomson Tyrrell Van Fossen Vande Hoef Veenstra Warnstadt Weidman Weigel Welter Whitead Wise Witt Van Maanen, Presiding The nays were, none. Absent or not voting, 2: Ford Koenigs The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to have passed the House and the title was agreed to. Senate File 2184, a bill for an act relating to the disposal of cement kiln dust at tonnage fee exempt solid waste disposal facilities, with report of committee recommending passage, was taken up for consideration. Van Fossen of Scott 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?" (S.F. 2184) The ayes were, 96: Arnold Barry Bell Bernau Blodgett Boddicker Boggess Bradley Brand Brauns Brunkhorst Bukta Burnett Carroll Cataldo Chapman Chiodo Churchill Cohoon Connors Corbett, Spkr. Cormack Dinkla Dix Doderer Dotzler Drake Drees Eddie Falck Fallon Foege Frevert Garman Gipp Greig Greiner Gries Grundberg Hahn Hansen Heaton Holmes Holveck Houser Huseman Huser Jacobs Jenkins Jochum Kinzer Klemme Kreiman Kremer Lamberti Larkin Larson Lord Martin Mascher May Mertz Metcalf Meyer Millage Moreland Mundie Murphy Myers Nelson O'Brien Osterhaus Rants Rayhons Reynolds-Knight Richardson Scherrman Schrader Siegrist Sukup Taylor Teig Thomas Thomson Tyrrell Van Fossen Vande Hoef Veenstra Warnstadt Weidman Weigel Welter Whitead Wise Witt Van Maanen, Presiding The nays were, none. Absent or not voting, 4: Dolecheck Ford Koenigs Shoultz The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to have passed the House and the title was agreed to. IMMEDIATE MESSAGES Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent that the following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: Senate Files 2162, 2174 and 2184. MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE The following messages were received from the Senate: Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has on March 23, 1998, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked: House File 58, a bill for an act relating to fees charged by an employer for copies of items in an employee's personnel file. Also: That the Senate has on March 23, 1998, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked: House File 2210, a bill for an act relating to energy conservation including making appropriations of petroleum overcharge funds and providing for the dissolution of the energy fund disbursement council and intermodal revolving loan fund. Also: That the Senate has on March 23, 1998, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked: House File 2246, a bill for an act relating to the collection and payment of fees and expenses of county medical examiners. Also: That the Senate has on March 23, 1998, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked: House File 2324, a bill for an act relating to the statutory elements of certain forms of assault. Also: That the Senate has on March 23, 1998, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked: House File 2353, a bill for an act relating to exemptions from distinguishing registration plates for motor vehicles. Also: That the Senate has on March 23, 1998, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked: House File 2412, a bill for an act relating to optometrists' reports to the department of transportation concerning a person's ability to operate a motor vehicle. Also: That the Senate has on March 23, 1998, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked: House File 2456, a bill for an act changing the designation of the judiciary in the Code from the judicial department to the judicial branch. Also: That the Senate has on March 23, 1998, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked: House File 2499, a bill for an act relating to and making transportation and other infrastructure-related appropriations to the state department of transportation and other state agencies, including allocation and use of moneys from the general fund of the state, road use tax fund, primary road fund, and the motorcycle rider education fund, providing for the nonreversion of certain moneys, and making statutory changes relating to appropriations. Also: That the Senate has on March 23, 1998, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is asked: Senate File 2365, a bill for an act exempting certain rural water districts from provisions regarding the state tax imposed on sales and services. Also: That the Senate has on March 23, 1998, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is asked: Senate File 2407, a bill for an act relating to the extension of the reduced excise tax imposed on motor fuel containing ethanol. MARY PAT GUNDERSON, Secretary The House stood at ease at 2:28 p.m., until the fall of the gavel. The House resumed session at 3:48 p.m., Speaker Corbett in the chair. Senate File 2220, a bill for an act relating to the definition of a chronic runaway, with report of committee recommending passage, was taken up for consideration. Kremer of Buchanan 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?" (S.F. 2220) The ayes were, 99: Arnold Barry Bell Bernau Blodgett Boddicker Boggess Bradley Brand Brauns Brunkhorst Bukta Burnett Carroll Cataldo Chapman Chiodo Churchill Cohoon Connors Cormack Dinkla Dix Doderer Dolecheck Dotzler Drake Drees Eddie Falck Fallon Foege Frevert Garman Gipp Greig Greiner Gries Grundberg Hahn Hansen Heaton Holmes Holveck Houser Huseman Huser Jacobs Jenkins Jochum Kinzer Klemme Koenigs Kreiman Kremer Lamberti Larkin Larson Lord Martin Mascher May Mertz Metcalf Meyer Millage Moreland Mundie Murphy Myers Nelson O'Brien Osterhaus Rants Rayhons Reynolds-Knight Richardson Scherrman Schrader Shoultz Siegrist Sukup Taylor Teig Thomas Thomson Tyrrell Van Fossen Van Maanen Vande Hoef Veenstra Warnstadt Weidman Weigel Welter Whitead Wise Witt Mr. Speaker Corbett The nays were, none. Absent or not voting, 1: Ford The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to have passed the House and the title was agreed to. Ways and Means Calendar Senate File 2288, a bill for an act relating to the sales and use tax on optional service or warranty contracts and to the sales and use tax exemption on certain computers, equipment, machinery, and fuel, relating to the definition of manufacturer for purposes of the exemption, and providing a retroactive applicability date, with report of committee recommending passage, was taken up for consideration. Van Fossen of Scott 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?" (S.F. 2288) The ayes were, 98: Arnold Barry Bell Bernau Blodgett Boddicker Boggess Bradley Brand Brauns Brunkhorst Bukta Burnett Carroll Cataldo Chapman Chiodo Churchill Cohoon Connors Cormack Dinkla Dix Doderer Dolecheck Dotzler Drake Drees Eddie Falck Foege Frevert Garman Gipp Greig Greiner Gries Grundberg Hahn Hansen Heaton Holmes Holveck Houser Huseman Huser Jacobs Jenkins Jochum Kinzer Klemme Koenigs Kreiman Kremer Lamberti Larkin Larson Lord Martin Mascher May Mertz Metcalf Meyer Millage Moreland Mundie Murphy Myers Nelson O'Brien Osterhaus Rants Rayhons Reynolds-Knight Richardson Scherrman Schrader Shoultz Siegrist Sukup Taylor Teig Thomas Thomson Tyrrell Van Fossen Van Maanen Vande Hoef Veenstra Warnstadt Weidman Weigel Welter Whitead Wise Witt Mr. Speaker Corbett The nays were, 1: Fallon Absent or not voting, 1: Ford The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to have passed the House and the title was agreed to. Regular Calendar Senate File 2319, a bill for an act revising the definition of the practice of land surveying, with report of committee recommending passage, was taken up for consideration. Bradley of Clinton 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?" (S.F. 2319) The ayes were, 99: Arnold Barry Bell Bernau Blodgett Boddicker Boggess Bradley Brand Brauns Brunkhorst Bukta Burnett Carroll Cataldo Chapman Chiodo Churchill Cohoon Connors Cormack Dinkla Dix Doderer Dolecheck Dotzler Drake Drees Eddie Falck Fallon Foege Frevert Garman Gipp Greig Greiner Gries Grundberg Hahn Hansen Heaton Holmes Holveck Houser Huseman Huser Jacobs Jenkins Jochum Kinzer Klemme Koenigs Kreiman Kremer Lamberti Larkin Larson Lord Martin Mascher May Mertz Metcalf Meyer Millage Moreland Mundie Murphy Myers Nelson O'Brien Osterhaus Rants Rayhons Reynolds-Knight Richardson Scherrman Schrader Shoultz Siegrist Sukup Taylor Teig Thomas Thomson Tyrrell Van Fossen Van Maanen Vande Hoef Veenstra Warnstadt Weidman Weigel Welter Whitead Wise Witt Mr. Speaker Corbett The nays were, none. Absent or not voting, 1: Ford The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to have passed the House and the title was agreed to. IMMEDIATE MESSAGES Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent that the following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: Senate Files 2220, 2288 and 2319. House File 2259, 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, was taken up for consideration. SENATE FILE 2119 SUBSTITUTED FOR HOUSE FILE 2259 Boggess of Taylor asked and received unanimous consent to substitute Senate File 2119 for House File 2259, placing amendment H-8058 filed by Koenigs of Mitchell and Drees of Carroll on February 17, 1998, out of order. Senate File 2119, 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, was taken up for consideration. Koenigs of Mitchell offered the following amendment H-8083 filed by him and moved its adoption: H-8083 1 Amend Senate File 2119, as passed by the Senate, as 2 follows: 3 1. Page 2, by inserting after line 2 the 4 following: 5 "Sec. ___. Section 185C.27, Code 1997, is amended 6 to read as follows: 7 185C.27 REFUND OF ASSESSMENT. 8 A producer who has sold corn and had a state 9 assessment deducted from the sale price, by 10 application in writing to the board, may secure a 11 refund in the amount deducted. The refund shall be 12 payable only when the application shall have been made 13 to the board withinsixtyone hundred eighty days 14 after the deduction. Application forms shall be given 15 by the board to each first purchaser when requested 16 and the first purchaser shall make the applications 17 available to any producer. Each application for 18 refund by a producer shall have attached to the 19 application proof of the assessment deducted. The 20 proof of assessment may be in the form of a duplicate 21 or certified copy of the purchase invoice by the first 22 purchaser. The board shall have thirty days from the 23 date the application for refund is received to remit 24 the refund to the producer. The board may provide for 25 refunds of a federal assessment as provided by federal 26 law. Unless inconsistent with federal law, refunds 27 shall be made under section 185C.26." 28 2. By renumbering as necessary. Amendment H-8083 lost. Boggess of Taylor 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?" (S.F. 2119) The ayes were, 82: Arnold Barry Bell Blodgett Boddicker Boggess Bradley Brand Brauns Brunkhorst Bukta Carroll Cataldo Chiodo Churchill Cohoon Connors Cormack Dinkla Dix Dolecheck Dotzler Drake Eddie Falck Gipp Greig Greiner Gries Grundberg Hahn Hansen Heaton Holmes Houser Huseman Jacobs Jenkins Jochum Kinzer Klemme Kreiman Kremer Lamberti Larkin Larson Lord Martin May Mertz Metcalf Meyer Millage Moreland Myers Nelson O'Brien Osterhaus Rants Rayhons Reynolds-Knight Richardson Scherrman Schrader Siegrist Sukup Taylor Teig Thomas Thomson Tyrrell Van Fossen Van Maanen Vande Hoef Veenstra Warnstadt Weidman Weigel Welter Whitead Wise Mr. Speaker Corbett The nays were, 17: Bernau Burnett Chapman Doderer Drees Fallon Foege Frevert Garman Holveck Huser Koenigs Mascher Mundie Murphy Shoultz Witt Absent or not voting, 1: Ford The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to have passed the House and the title was agreed to. HOUSE FILE 2151 WITHDRAWN Blodgett of Cerro Gordo asked and received unanimous consent to withdraw House File 2151 from further consideration by the House. HOUSE FILE 2259 WITHDRAWN Boggess of Taylor asked and received unanimous consent to withdraw House File 2259 from further consideration by the House. Unfinished Business Calendar House File 2273, a bill for an act relating to a transfer of the records management duties of the department of general services to the department of cultural affairs and making conforming changes, was taken up for consideration. SENATE FILE 2183 SUBSTITUTED FOR HOUSE FILE 2273 Holmes of Scott asked and received unanimous consent to substitute Senate File 2183 for House File 2273. Senate File 2183, a bill for an act relating to a transfer of the records management duties of the department of general services to the department of cultural affairs and making conforming changes, was taken up for consideration. Holmes of Scott 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?" (S.F. 2183) The ayes were, 99: Arnold Barry Bell Bernau Blodgett Boddicker Boggess Bradley Brand Brauns Brunkhorst Bukta Burnett Carroll Cataldo Chapman Chiodo Churchill Cohoon Connors Cormack Dinkla Dix Doderer Dolecheck Dotzler Drake Drees Eddie Falck Fallon Foege Frevert Garman Gipp Greig Greiner Gries Grundberg Hahn Hansen Heaton Holmes Holveck Houser Huseman Huser Jacobs Jenkins Jochum Kinzer Klemme Koenigs Kreiman Kremer Lamberti Larkin Larson Lord Martin Mascher May Mertz Metcalf Meyer Millage Moreland Mundie Murphy Myers Nelson O'Brien Osterhaus Rants Rayhons Reynolds-Knight Richardson Scherrman Schrader Shoultz Siegrist Sukup Taylor Teig Thomas Thomson Tyrrell Van Fossen Van Maanen Vande Hoef Veenstra Warnstadt Weidman Weigel Welter Whitead Wise Witt Mr. Speaker Corbett The nays were, none. Absent or not voting, 1: Ford The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to have passed the House and the title was agreed to. House File 2327, a bill for an act concerning the release of information by the department of transportation to governmental employees, was taken up for consideration. Holmes of Scott offered the following amendment H-8270 filed by him and moved its adoption: H-8270 1 Amend House File 2327 as follows: 2 1. Page 1, line 7, by inserting after the word 3 "subdivision" the following: "in the performance of 4 the employee's official duties". Amendment H-8270 was adopted. SENATE FILE 2267 SUBSTITUTED FOR HOUSE FILE 2327 Holmes of Scott asked and received unanimous consent to substitute Senate File 2267 for House File 2327. Senate File 2267, a bill for an act concerning the release of information by the department of transportation to governmental employees, was taken up for consideration. Holmes of Scott 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?" (S.F. 2267) The ayes were, 98: Arnold Barry Bell Bernau Blodgett Boddicker Boggess Bradley Brand Brauns Brunkhorst Bukta Burnett Carroll Cataldo Chapman Chiodo Churchill Cohoon Connors Cormack Dinkla Dix Doderer Dolecheck Dotzler Drake Drees Eddie Falck Fallon Foege Frevert Garman Gipp Greig Greiner Gries Grundberg Hahn Hansen Heaton Holmes Holveck Houser Huseman Huser Jacobs Jenkins Jochum Kinzer Klemme Koenigs Kreiman Kremer Lamberti Larkin Larson Lord Martin Mascher May Mertz Metcalf Meyer Millage Moreland Mundie Murphy Myers Nelson O'Brien Osterhaus Rants Rayhons Reynolds-Knight Richardson Scherrman Schrader Shoultz Siegrist Sukup Taylor Teig Thomas Thomson Tyrrell Van Fossen Van Maanen Vande Hoef Veenstra Warnstadt Weidman Weigel Welter Wise Witt Mr. Speaker Corbett The nays were, none. Absent or not voting, 2: Ford Whitead The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to have passed the House and the title was agreed to. HOUSE FILES 2273 AND 2327 WITHDRAWN Holmes of Scott asked and received unanimous consent to withdraw House Files 2273 and 2327 from further consideration by the House. IMMEDIATE MESSAGES Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent that the following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: Senate Files 2119, 2183 and 2267. House File 2396, a bill for an act relating to the Iowa egg council and to an assessment on the sale of eggs for support of the council, was taken up for consideration. SENATE FILE 2340 SUBSTITUTED FOR HOUSE FILE 2396 Boggess of Taylor asked and received unanimous consent to substitute Senate File 2340 for House File 2396. Senate File 2340, a bill for an act relating to the Iowa egg council and to an assessment on the sale of eggs for support of the council, was taken up for consideration. Boggess of Taylor 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?" (S.F. 2340) The ayes were, 98: Arnold Barry Bell Bernau Blodgett Boddicker Boggess Bradley Brand Brauns Brunkhorst Bukta Burnett Carroll Cataldo Chapman Chiodo Churchill Cohoon Cormack Dinkla Dix Doderer Dolecheck Dotzler Drake Drees Eddie Falck Fallon Foege Frevert Garman Gipp Greig Greiner Gries Grundberg Hahn Hansen Heaton Holmes Holveck Houser Huseman Huser Jacobs Jenkins Jochum Kinzer Klemme Koenigs Kreiman Kremer Lamberti Larkin Larson Lord Martin Mascher May Mertz Metcalf Meyer Millage Moreland Mundie Murphy Myers Nelson O'Brien Osterhaus Rants Rayhons Reynolds-Knight Richardson Scherrman Schrader Shoultz Siegrist Sukup Taylor Teig Thomas Thomson Tyrrell Van Fossen Van Maanen Vande Hoef Veenstra Warnstadt Weidman Weigel Welter Whitead Wise Witt Mr. Speaker Corbett The nays were, none. Absent or not voting, 2: Connors Ford The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to have passed the House and the title was agreed to. HOUSE FILE 2396 WITHDRAWN Boggess of Taylor asked and received unanimous consent to withdraw House File 2396 from further consideration by the House. House File 2401, a bill for an act relating to the number of bank offices which may be established by a bank within a municipal corporation or urban complex, was taken up for consideration. SENATE FILE 2189 SUBSTITUTED FOR HOUSE FILE 2401 Jacobs of Polk asked and received unanimous consent to substitute Senate File 2189 for House File 2401. Senate File 2189, a bill for an act relating to the number of bank offices which may be established by a bank within a municipal corporation or urban complex, was taken up for consideration. Jacobs of Polk 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?" (S.F. 2189) The ayes were, 97: Arnold Barry Bell Bernau Blodgett Boddicker Boggess Bradley Brand Brauns Brunkhorst Bukta Burnett Carroll Cataldo Chapman Chiodo Churchill Cohoon Connors Cormack Dix Doderer Dolecheck Dotzler Drake Drees Eddie Falck Fallon Foege Frevert Garman Gipp Greig Greiner Gries Grundberg Hahn Hansen Heaton Holmes Holveck Houser Huseman Huser Jacobs Jenkins Jochum Kinzer Klemme Koenigs Kreiman Kremer Lamberti Larkin Larson Lord Martin Mascher May Mertz Metcalf Meyer Millage Moreland Murphy Myers Nelson O'Brien Osterhaus Rants Rayhons Reynolds-Knight Richardson Scherrman Schrader Shoultz Siegrist Sukup Taylor Teig Thomas Thomson Tyrrell Van Fossen Van Maanen Vande Hoef Veenstra Warnstadt Weidman Weigel Welter Whitead Wise Witt Mr. Speaker Corbett The nays were, none. Absent or not voting, 3: Dinkla Ford Mundie The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to have passed the House and the title was agreed to. HOUSE FILES 2401 AND 2397 WITHDRAWN Jacobs of Polk asked and received unanimous consent to withdraw House Files 2401 and 2397 from further consideration by the House. House File 2413, a bill for an act relating to motor vehicle damage disclosure statements, was taken up for consideration. Weidman of Cass offered the following amendment H-8410 filed by him and moved its adoption: H-8410 1 Amend House File 2413 as follows: 2 1. Page 1, line 33, by inserting after the word 3 "sale." the following: "However, if the transferor 4 has a salvage certificate of title for the vehicle, 5 the transferor is not required to disclose under this 6 section the total retail cost of repairs to the 7 vehicle during the period of the transferor's 8 ownership of the vehicle." Amendment H-8410 was adopted. SENATE FILE 2192 SUBSTITUTED FOR HOUSE FILE 2413 Weidman of Cass asked and received unanimous consent to substitute Senate File 2192 for House File 2413, placing all amendments to House File 2413 out of order. Senate File 2192, a bill for an act relating to motor vehicle damage disclosure statements, was taken up for consideration. O'Brien of Boone asked and received unanimous consent to withdraw amendment H-8422 filed by him on March 16, 1998. Chiodo of Polk offered the following amendment H-8387 filed by Chiodo, et al., and moved its adoption: H-8387 1 Amend Senate File 2192, as amended, passed, and 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 3 1. Page 1, line 19, by inserting after the word 4 "batteries," the following: "windshields, windows, a 5 sound system,". A non-record roll call was requested. The ayes were 45, nays 33. Amendment H-8387 was adopted. Weidman of Cass 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?" (S.F. 2192) The ayes were, 79: Arnold Barry Bell Blodgett Boddicker Boggess Bradley Brauns Brunkhorst Bukta Carroll Cataldo Chiodo Churchill Cormack Dinkla Dolecheck Dotzler Drake Eddie Falck Frevert Garman Gipp Greig Greiner Gries Grundberg Hahn Hansen Heaton Holmes Houser Huseman Huser Jacobs Jenkins Kinzer Klemme Kreiman Kremer Lamberti Larson Lord Martin May Mertz Metcalf Meyer Millage Moreland Mundie Murphy Nelson O'Brien Osterhaus Rants Rayhons Reynolds-Knight Richardson Scherrman Siegrist Sukup Teig Thomas Thomson Tyrrell Van Fossen Van Maanen Vande Hoef Veenstra Warnstadt Weidman Weigel Welter Whitead Wise Witt Mr. Speaker Corbett The nays were, 18: Bernau Brand Burnett Chapman Cohoon Connors Doderer Drees Fallon Foege Holveck Jochum Koenigs Larkin Mascher Myers Schrader Taylor Absent or not voting, 3: Dix Ford Shoultz The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to have passed the House and the title was agreed to. HOUSE FILE 2222 WITHDRAWN O'Brien of Boone asked and received unanimous consent to withdraw House File 2222 from further consideration by the House. HOUSE FILE 2413 WITHDRAWN Weidman of Cass asked and received unanimous consent to withdraw House File 2413 from further consideration by the House. MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE The following messages were received from the Senate: Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has on March 23, 1998, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked: 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. Also: That the Senate has on March 23, 1998, amended and passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is asked: House File 721, a bill for an act relating to an insurance premium tax credit for eligible businesses under the new jobs and income program. Also: That the Senate has on March 23, 1998, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked: House File 2429, a bill for an act relating to the regulation of physical exercise clubs. Also: That the Senate has on March 23, 1998, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked: House File 2471, a bill for an act concerning the number of supreme court justices and court of appeals judges, and including a contingent effective date. MARY PAT GUNDERSON, Secretary IMMEDIATE MESSAGES Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent that the following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: Senate Files 2340, 2189 and 2192. BILLS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR A communication was received from the Governor announcing that on March 23, 1998, he approved and transmitted to the Secretary of State the following bills: House Joint Resolution 2004, a joint resolution designating by name an official highest elevation in the State of Iowa. House File 2218, an act appropriating federal funds made available from federal block grants and other federal grants, allocating portions of federal block grants, and providing procedures if federal funds are more or less than anticipated or if federal block grants are more or less than anticipated. COMMUNICATION RECEIVED The following communication was received and filed in the office of the Chief Clerk: IOWA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK The Fiscal Year 1997 Annual Report, pursuant to Chapter 8D, 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\314 Coach Denny Thiessen & the Prairie High School Boys' Basketball Team, Cedar Rapids - For winning the 1998 Class 3-A Iowa State Boys' Basketball Championship. 1998\315 Julius Werthmann, Davenport - For celebrating his 95th birthday. 1998\316 Coach Chris Jans & the Kirkwood Community College Men's Basketball Team - For winning the 1998 National Junior College Athletic Association Division II Championship. 1998\317 Mary and Lloyd Coulter, Missouri Valley - For celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. 1998\318 Kathryn Greer, Missouri Valley - For celebrating her 85th birthday. 1998\319 Alex Power, Cedar Falls - For being named Individual Champion of the 1998 Iowa Mathcounts Competition. 1998\320 Coach Susan Bock and the Holmes Jr. High Mathcounts Team, Cedar Falls - For receiving first place in the 1998 Iowa Mathcounts Competition. 1998\321 Zac Hall, Burlington Community High School - For receiving the Horatio Ager Award in recognition of his outstanding personal and academic achievements. 1998\322 Coach Robert Miller & the Rock Valley High School Rockets, Rock Valley - For being the 1998 Boys' Class 1-A Basketball Champions. 1998\323 Darlene Vorhies, Fairfied - For her commendable work promoting and founding ARC of Jefferson and Nearby Counties. 1998\324 Jason Christensen, Underwood - For being named to the 1998 Boys' Basketball Academic All State Team. 1998\325 Sister Carlos Keeler, BVM, Dubuque - For celebrating her 100th birthday. SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS House File 2330 Ways and Means: Dix, Chair; Greig and Richardson. House File 2511 Appropriations: Gipp, Chair; Koenigs and Sukup. Senate File 547 Ways and Means: Larson, Chair; Jochum and Van Fossen. 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 File 2274, a bill for an act relating to certain funds paid to or administered by the department of corrections, by making changes to procedures for the charging of payments for goods and services of Iowa prison industries, providing for the nonreversion of revolving farm fund balance investment proceeds, and making changes relating to the distribution and accounting for inmate earnings from private employers. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-8545 March 19, 1998. Senate File 2311, a bill for an act relating to partnerships by replacing the existing law with a uniform partnership law and providing penalties and an effective date. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-8544 March 19, 1998. Senate File 2387, a bill for an act relating to adoption procedural requirements including those related to investigations, reports, and counseling. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-8543 March 19, 1998. Senate File 2398, a bill for an act relating to the confinement and treatment of sex offenders. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-8542 March 19, 1998. COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Senate File 2112, a bill for an act concerning the sunset provision relating to the employment security administrative contribution surcharge and providing an effective date. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Do Pass March 19, 1998. Senate File 2321, a bill for an act relating to the confidentiality of certain records and reports held by the labor commissioner. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-8541 March 19, 1998. Senate File 2333, a bill for an act relating to occupational hearing loss recovery, providing definitions, and providing for the apportionment and measurement of hearing loss. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Do Pass March 19, 1998. COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT Senate File 2068, 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. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-8539 March 19, 1998. Senate File 2405, 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. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-8540 March 19, 1998. COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION Senate File 2117, a bill for an act relating to the reissuance of special instruction permits to operate motor vehicles to persons with physical disabilities. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Do Pass March 19, 1998. Senate File 2257, a bill for an act relating to the regulation of and motor vehicle operation on the roads and streets of this state by providing for the classification of the system of roads and streets, authorizing easements on state-controlled lands, providing for the admissibility of official records of the state department of transportation, regulating motor vehicles and motor vehicle dealers, authorizing maintenance vehicles to stop or park on the traveled way of the roadway, allowing single trucks a variance on their maximum length, administering of motor vehicle laws by the state department of transportation concerning motor vehicle dealer sales, multiyear vehicle and vehicle dealer licensing, requiring the payment of certain civil penalties before issuance of temporary restricted licenses, and modifying the compilation requirements for airport sufficiency ratings. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Do Pass March 19, 1998. Senate File 2317, a bill for an act relating to compensation by manufacturers or distributors for warranty work on vessels and providing a remedy. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Do Pass March 19, 1998. AMENDMENTS FILED H-8532 H.F. 2440 Dix of Butler H-8534 S.F. 2295 Jochum of Dubuque H-8535 S.F. 2295 Warnstadt of Woodbury H-8536 S.F. 2400 Dix of Butler H-8537 S.F. 2320 Chiodo of Polk H-8538 S.F. 2320 Chiodo of Polk H-8539 S.F. 2068 Committee on Local Government H-8540 S.F. 2405 Committee on Local Government H-8541 S.F. 2321 Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations H-8542 S.F. 2398 Committee on Judiciary H-8543 S.F. 2387 Committee on Judiciary H-8544 S.F. 2311 Committee on Judiciary H-8545 S.F. 2274 Committee on Judiciary H-8546 H.F. 2533 Grundberg of Polk Frevert of Palo Alto H-8547 S.F. 187 Whitead of Woodbury Warnstadt of Woodbury H-8548 S.F. 2037 Churchill of Polk Cormack of Webster H-8549 S.F. 2109 Huser of Polk H-8550 S.F. 2161 Blodgett of Cerro Gordo H-8551 S.F. 2257 Carroll of Poweshiek Huser of Polk Welter of Jones Blodgett of Cerro Gordo H-8552 S.F. 2286 Doderer of Johnson H-8553 S.F. 2292 Lamberti of Polk Doderer of Johnson H-8554 S.F. 2313 Boddicker of Cedar H-8555 S.F. 2320 Jacobs of Polk Chiodo of Polk H-8556 S.F. 2338 Carroll of Poweshiek Kreiman of Davis H-8557 S.F. 2368 Bradley of Clinton H-8558 S.F. 2374 Boddicker of Cedar H-8559 S.F. 2400 Fallon of Polk H-8560 S.F. 2405 Huser of Polk H-8562 S.F. 2320 Churchill of Polk Sukup of Franklin Kreiman of Davis Fallon of Polk Witt of Black Hawk H-8563 S.F. 2320 Churchill of Polk Kreiman of Davis Fallon of Polk Witt of Black Hawk H-8564 H.F. 721 Senate Amendment H-8565 H.F. 2101 Martin of Scott H-8566 H.F. 2447 Rayhons of Hancock H-8567 H.F. 2498 Murphy of Dubuque H-8568 H.F. 2498 Brunkhorst of Bremer Mertz of Kossuth Eddie of Buena Vista Drees of Carroll H-8569 H.F. 2533 Mascher of Johnson H-8570 H.F. 2352 Grundberg of Polk H-8571 H.F. 2533 Witt of Black Hawk H-8572 H.F. 2533 Mascher of Johnson H-8573 H.F. 2533 Falck of Fayette H-8574 H.F. 2533 Falck of Fayette H-8575 H.F. 2533 Witt of Black Hawk H-8576 H.F. 2533 Witt of Black Hawk H-8577 H.F. 2533 Mascher of Johnson H-8578 H.F. 2533 Warnstadt of Woodbury H-8579 S.F. 530 Metcalf of Polk H-8580 S.F. 2235 Dix of Butler H-8581 S.F. 2295 Wise of Lee H-8582 S.F. 2151 Taylor of Linn H-8583 S.F. 2224 Martin of Scott H-8584 S.F. 2286 Nelson of Marshall H-8585 S.F. 2286 Nelson of Marshall H-8586 S.F. 2295 Koenigs of Mitchell H-8587 S.F. 2295 Greig of Emmet Thomas of Clayton H-8588 S.F. 2295 Keonigs of Mitchell H-8589 S.F. 2295 Mascher of Johnson Burnett of Story Foege of Linn Jochum of Dubuque Doderer of Johnson Bukta of Clinton Bernau of Story Witt of Black Hawk Reynolds-Knight of Van Buren Falck of Fayette Dotzler of Black Hawk Mertz of Kossuth Holveck of Polk Fallon of Polk Mundie of Webster Scherrman of Dubuque Drees of Carroll Schrader of Marion Thomas of Clayton H-8590 S.F. 2295 Mertz of Kossuth H-8591 S.F. 2295 Mascher of Johnson H-8592 S.F. 2295 Mascher of Johnson H-8593 S.F. 2331 Kremer of Buchanan H-8594 S.F. 2331 Kremer of Buchanan H-8595 S.F. 2333 Dotzler of Black Hawk H-8596 S.F. 2333 Taylor of Linn H-8597 S.F. 2335 Grundberg of Polk H-8598 S.F. 2353 Huser of Polk On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie, the House adjourned at 5:40 p.m., until 8:45 a.m., Tuesday, March 24, 1998.
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