House Journal: Thursday, February 11, 1999

Thirty-second Calendar Day - Twenty-first Session Day

Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday, February 11, 1999
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:50 a.m., Carroll of 
Poweshiek in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Reverend Mark Sherwood, pastor of Berean 
Baptist Church, Perry. 
The Journal of Wednesday, February 10, 1999 was approved.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Leave of absence was granted as follows:
Gipp of Winneshiek and Van Fossen of Scott on request of Siegrist of 
Pottawattamie.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 255, by committee on human resources, a bill for an 
act relating to visitation provisions between siblings under a custody 
order.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 256, by Bradley, Van Fossen, and Witt, a bill for an 
act providing an individual and corporate tax credit for the acquisi-
tion of assistive technology or the modification of the workplace in 
order to assist persons with a disability in the workplace and 
including an effective and applicability date provision.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 257, by Grundberg, Heaton, Johnson, Martin, and 
Holveck, a bill for an act relating to coverage for mental health ser-
vices provided to state employees and including an applicability pro-
vision.
	Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and 

regulation.
House File 258, by Kreiman, a bill for an act relating to the 
performance of community service work by criminal offenders, by 
providing for penalties for the falsification of records relating to 
community service work performed by certain offenders, and pro-
viding for the performance of a minimum number of hours of com-
munity service work by certain offenders.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 259, by Richardson, a bill for an act relating to the 
sharing of state sales tax revenues with school districts, cities, and 
counties and providing for property tax relief and technology and 
infrastructure funding and including an effective date provision.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 260, by Bradley, a bill for an act relating to the 
substitution of steel shot for lead shot for hunting purposes.
Read first time and referred to committee on natural resources.
House File 261, by Gipp, a bill for an act establishing a drunk 
driving victim memorial sign program.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
House File 262, by Lord and Larson, a bill for an act establishing 
a tax credit against individual and corporate income tax liability for 
small business guaranty fees paid and including a retroactive 
applicability date provision.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 263, by Holveck, Dotzler, and Foege, a bill for an act 
relating to the termination of a rental agreement of a residential or a 
mobile home tenant.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
	House File 264, by Blodgett, a bill for an act relating to third-

party payment of health care coverage costs for treatment of bones or 
joints of the skeletal structure.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and 
regulation.
House File 265, by Burnett, a bill for an act relating to local goals 
and regulations for outdoor light fixture efficiency.
Read first time and referred to committee on environmental 
protection.
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 
February 10, 1999, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is 
asked:
Senate File 28, a bill for an act eliminating a report of land acquisitions and 
exchanges by a county conservation board.
Also: That the Senate has on February 10, 1999, passed the following bill in which 
the concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 41, a bill for an act relating to the duties and meetings of the county 
agricultural extension councils.
Also: That the Senate has on February 10, 1999, passed the following bill in which 
the concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 55, a bill for an act to legalize the transfer of certain property by the 
joint county system of Black Hawk and Buchanan counties to the Independence 
community school district, and providing an effective date.
Also: That the Senate has on February 10, 1999, passed the following bill in which 
the concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 67, a bill for an act relating to the assessment of civil damages for the 
illegal taking of a swan or a crane.
Also: That the Senate has on February 10, 1999, passed the following bill in which 
the concurrence of the House is asked:
	Senate File 70, a bill for an act concerning unemployment insurance by providing 

for the distribution of certain moneys in the unemployment trust fund and the transfer 
of experience for unemployment insurance tax purposes.
Also: That the Senate has on February 10, 1999, passed the following bill in which 
the concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 92, a bill for an act relating to the notice provisions for transfer of 
assets which create a medical assistance debt.
Also: That the Senate has on February 10, 1999, passed the following bill in which 
the concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 95, a bill for an act relating to mandatory motor vehicle proof of 
financial responsibility by requiring such proof when a motor vehicle subject to 
registration in this state is operated on a parking lot.
Also: That the Senate has on February 10, 1999, passed the following bill in which 
the concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 102, a bill for an act relating to nonsubstantive Code corrections.
Also: That the Senate has on February 10, 1999, passed the following bill in which 
the concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 106, a bill for an act providing for accessibility requirements for 
elevators and providing an effective date.
Also: That the Senate has on February 10, 1999, passed the following bill in which 
the concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 115, a bill for an act relating to alcohol testing of private sector 
employees and prospective employees and providing an effective date.
MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary
MOTION TO RECONSIDER WITHDRAWN
(House File 210)
Weigel of Chickasaw asked and received unanimous consent to 
withdraw the motion to reconsider House File 210, a bill for an act 
relating to the exclusion of certain transactions under the business 
opportunities law and providing effective and retroactive applicability 
dates, filed by him on February 10, 1999.
CONSIDERATION OF BILL

Regular Calendar
House File 222, a bill for an act relating to crime victim rights, 
was taken up for consideration.
Davis of Wapello moved that the bill be read a last time now and 
placed upon its passage which motion prevailed and the bill was read 
a last time.
On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (H.F. 222)
	The ayes were, 94:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker
Boggess	Brauns	Brunkhorst	Bukta
Burnett	Chapman	Chiodo	Cohoon
Connors	Cormack	Davis	Dix
Doderer	Dolecheck	Dotzler	Drake
Drees	Eddie	Falck	Fallon
Foege	Ford	Frevert	Garman
Greiner	Grundberg	Hahn	Hansen
Heaton	Hoffman	Holmes	Holveck
Horbach	Houser	Huseman	Huser
Jacobs	Jager	Jenkins	Jochum
Johnson	Kettering	Klemme	Kreiman
Kuhn	Larkin	Larson	Lord
Martin	Mascher	May	Mertz
Metcalf	Mundie	Murphy	Myers
Nelson	O'Brien	Osterhaus	Parmenter
Raecker	Rants	Rayhons	Reynolds
Richardson	Scherrman	Schrader	Shoultz
Siegrist	Stevens	Sukup	Sunderbruch
Taylor	Teig	Thomas	Thomson
Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Warnstadt	Weidman
Weigel	Welter	Whitead	Wise
Witt	Carroll,
		  Presiding
	The nays were, none.
	Absent or not voting, 6:
Bradley	Cataldo	Corbett, Spkr.	Gipp
Millage	Van Fossen	
	The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 

have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE
Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent 
that House File 222 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
PROOF OF PUBLICATION
(Senate File 55)
Published copy of Senate File 55 and verified proof of publication 
of said bill in the Independence Bulletin Journal, a bi-weekly 
newspaper printed and published in Buchanan County, Iowa on 
December 9th, 1998, was filed with the Chief Clerk of the House prior 
to the time said bill was placed on passage in the House.
COMMUNICATION RECEIVED
The following communication was received and filed in the office of 
the Chief Clerk:
IOWA LOTTERY
The Fiscal Year 1998 Annual Report, pursuant to Chapter 99E, 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
1999\168	Ruth and John Wegner, Strawberry Point - For celebrating their 60th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\169	Grace Kuehl, Elkport - For celebrating her 90th birthday.
1999\170	Bernice Johansen, West Union - For celebrating her 80th birthday.
1999\171	Bill Yungclas, Webster City - For celebrating his 100th birthday.
1999\172	Justin Hegland, McCallsburg - For attaining the rank of Eagle Scout, 

the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.
1999\173	Brad Clark, Pella - For being selected as a Distinguished Finalist for 
the 1999 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House File 196
Environmental Protection:  Cormack, Chair; Brunkhorst and Witt.
House File 235
Judiciary:  Millage, Chair; Shoultz and Thomson.
House File 236
Ways and Means:  Rants, Chair; Chapman and Hoffman.
House File 237
Judiciary:  Millage, Chair; Kreiman and Sukup.
House File 244
Ways and Means:  Van Fossen, Chair; Drake and Kuhn.
House File 246
Judiciary:  Raecker, Chair; Doderer and Larson.
House File 247
Environmental Protection:  Greiner, Chair; Klemme and Witt.
House File 248
Ways and Means:  Blodgett, Chair; Doderer and Hoffman.
House File 250
Transportation:  Jager, Chair; Cohoon and Weidman.
House File 252
Ways and Means:  Van Fossen, Chair; Drake and Jochum.
House File 253
Commerce and Regulation:  Cataldo, Chair; Jacobs and Johnson.
House File 254

Ways and Means:  Larson, Chair; Raecker and Weigel.
Senate File 51
Natural Resources:  Alons, Chair; Drake and Frevert.
HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Study Bill 94
Environmental Protection:  Kettering, Chair; Brunkhorst and Burnett.
House Study Bill 95
Environmental Protection:  Huseman, Chair; Kettering and Richardson.
House Study Bill 96
Environmental Protection:  Brunkhorst, Chair; Alons and Burnett.
House Study Bill 98
Agriculture:  Klemme, Chair; Drees and Horbach.
House Study Bill 100
Environmental Protection:  Boggess, Chair; Fallon and Kettering.
HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
H.S.B. 105  Ways and Means
Relating to a sales tax exemption for the inputs purchased for use in 
a car wash and wax facility.
H.S.B. 106  Ways and Means
Relating to the exemption of unassisted coin-operated motor vehicle 
wash, wax, and vacuum services from the state sales, services, and 
use taxes.
H.S.B. 107  Ways and Means
Relating to the elimination of investment counseling as a taxable 
service under the state sales and use taxes.
H.S.B. 108  Ways and Means

Providing for a hepatitis A vaccine tax credit under the individual 
and corporate income taxes for the cost of immunizing employees and 
workers at licensed food establishments and including an effective 
and retroactive applicability date provision.
H.S.B. 109  Ways and Means
Exempting the sales of aircraft from local option sales and services 
taxes.
H.S.B. 110  Ways and Means
Relating to the administration of the tax and related laws by the 
department of revenue and finance, including administration of state 
individual income, corporate income, franchise, sales and use, motor 
fuel, cigarette and tobacco, local option, inheritance and estate, and 
property taxes, and the livestock production credit; providing 
penalties; and including effective and retroactive applicability date 
provisions.
H.S.B. 111  Commerce and Regulation
Relating to permissible fees to be charged by state and national banks 
for maintaining a demand deposit account with a line of credit.
H.S.B. 112  Commerce and Regulation
Relating to delinquency charges on certain consumer credit 
transactions.
H.S.B. 113  Transportation
Allowing certain utility employees to operate all-terrain vehicles and 
snowmobiles on railroad rights of way.
H.S.B. 114  Transportation

Establishing a time limit for disallowance or reduction of motor 
vehicle warranty claims, relating to establishment of motor vehicle 
franchises, and making a penalty applicable.
H.S.B. 115  State Government
Relating to gambling, by imposing a moratorium on increasing the 
number of games and machines, authorizing the transfer of a 
gambling game license to another pari-mutuel licensee, providing for 
the transfer of collective bargaining agreements, prohibiting the 
dispensing of cash or credit on certain gambling premises and 
providing a civil penalty, imposing a scheduled fine for gambling by 
persons under twenty-one years of age, limiting civil penalties related 
to violations of legal age for gambling, providing for the disposition of 
charitable contributions, and providing for other properly related 
matters.
H.S.B. 116  Commerce and Regulation
Increasing the maximum income eligibility requirement for 
participation in the healthy and well kids in Iowa program.
H.S.B. 117  Agriculture
Urging the President of the United States and the United States 
Congress to support the export of agricultural commodities by 
working to remove or restrict impediments to the free trade of 
agricultural commodities and expanding the federal export 
enhancement program.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
MR. SPEAKER: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reports 
that the following committee recommendation has been received and 
is on file in the office of the Chief Clerk.
ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON
Chief Clerk of the House
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 77), relating to the establishment of 
an Iowa early intervention program, and making appropriations.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 10, 1999.
On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie the House adjourned at 
9:12 a.m., until 1:00 p.m., Monday, February 15, 1999.
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