House Journal: Thursday, February 18, 1999

Thirty-ninth Calendar Day - Twenty-fifth Session Day

Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday, February 18, 1999
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:50 a.m., Speaker 
Corbett in the chair.
Prayer was sung by Alison Petty of Adair Casey High School, 
Adair.
The Journal of Wednesday, February 17, 1999 was approved.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 310, by committee on state government, a bill for an 
act relating to the licensure or regulation of alarm system, bail 
enforcement, private investigative, or private security businesses, 
and providing a penalty and an effective date.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 311, by committee on human resources, a bill for an 
act relating to reimbursement, payment, and coverage by the state for 
damages involving individuals providing foster home, guardian, or 
conservator services and providing an effective date.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 312, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an act 
relating to regulation of the grain industry and providing for civil 
penalties.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 313, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act 
creating the new criminal offense of disarming a peace officer of a 
dangerous weapon.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
	House File 314, by Drake, a bill for an act relating to the sale of 

timber by a county conservation board.
Read first time and referred to committee on natural resources.
House File 315, by Doderer, a bill for an act relating to the 
accrual of good conduct time by inmates sentenced to prison on 
certain felony offenses.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 316, by Dix, Grundberg, Drake, Thomson, Houser, 
Boddicker, Heaton, Lord, Jacobs, Witt, Foege, Burnett, Mascher, 
Myers, and Jochum, a bill for an act relating to eligibility of certain 
disabled persons under the optional services coverage category of 
medical assistance.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 317, by Cormack, a bill for an act relating to the 
abolition of county compensation boards.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 318, by Osterhaus and Kreiman, a bill for an act 
relating to the provision and consumption of alcohol and drugs by 
drivers of motor vehicles who are under the age of twenty-one by 
requiring investigations regarding the source of the alcohol and 
drugs, and providing a penalty when the driver is involved in an 
accident resulting in serious injury or death.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 319, by Arnold, a bill for an act relating to the hunting 
seasons for persons with free wild turkey hunting licenses.
Read first time and referred to committee on natural resources.
House File 320, by Burnett, a bill for an act providing for 
research regarding the production and marketing of industrial hemp.
	Read first time and referred to committee on agriculture.

House File 321, by Kreiman, a bill for an act requiring persons 
convicted of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated to perform 
community service.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 322, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an act 
relating to liens arising out of contracts involving the care and feed-
ing of livestock, and providing an effective date.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 323, by Thomas, a bill for an act providing volunteer 
fire fighters and emergency medical services personnel with an 
individual income tax credit and providing effective and retroactive 
applicability dates.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 324, by Rants, a bill for an act prohibiting the 
transmission of electronic mail which includes advertisements in 
certain circumstances and providing for monetary damages, criminal 
penalties, and other remedies.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and 
regulation.
House File 325, by Kreiman, a bill for an act relating to review of 
and liability for certain health care treatment decisions.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and 
regulation.
House File 326, by Foege, a bill for an act regulating rent 
increases in mobile home parks.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
	House File 327, by Thomson and Connors, a bill for an act 

relating to the establishment of an Iowa battle flag commission, and 
making an appropriation.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 328, by Osterhaus, a bill for an act establishing a 
pharmaceutical assistance and case management by pharmacists 
program for the elderly, providing for an appropriation, and providing 
a penalty.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
SENATE MESSAGES CONSIDERED
Senate File 9, by McKibben and Black, a bill for an act relating to 
the exemption of the sales and use tax on building materials, sup-
plies, or equipment of certain rural water districts, and providing 
retroactive applicability and effective dates.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
Senate File 106, by Jensen and Kibbie, a bill for an act providing 
for accessibility requirements for elevators and providing an effective 
date.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
Senate File 114, by committee on transportation, a bill for an act 
allowing certain utility employees to operate all-terrain vehicles and 
snowmobiles on railroad rights of way.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
BILL SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR
A communication was received from the Governor announcing that 
on February 17, 1999, he approved and transmitted to the Secretary 
of State the following bill:
Senate File 53, an act relating to the date of the annual sale of parcels with 
delinquent property taxes and providing an effective and applicability date.
COMMUNICATION RECEIVED

The following communication was received and filed in the office of 
the Chief Clerk:
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
The Reading Recovery Report, pursuant to Chapter 1215, 1998 Acts of the Seventy-
seventh General Assembly.
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\214	Jeff Clement, Grinnell - For being a Two-time NCAA Scoring 
Champion and All-time NCAA 3-point Scoring Title.
1999\215	Helen and Eldo Johnson, Elkader - For celebrating their 60th wedding 
anniversary.
1999\216	June and Junior Rozendaal, Lynnville - For celebrating their 50th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\217	Doris and Tom Lowry, Grinnell - For celebrating their 50th wedding 
anniversary.
1999\218	Opal and Ernest Zesch, Des Moines - For celebrating their 68th 
wedding anniversary.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House File 258
Judiciary:  Sukup, Chair; Davis and Kreiman.
House File 265
Environmental Protection:  Brunkhorst, Chair; Alons and Burnett.
House File 279
Judiciary:  Kettering, Chair; Doderer and Thomson.
House File 280

Judiciary:  Davis, Chair; Ford and Kettering.
House File 287
Judiciary:  Sunderbruch, Chair; Bell and Thomson.
House File 297
Judiciary:  Boddicker, Chair; Chapman and Sukup.
House File 303
Commerce and Regulation:  Jacobs, Chair; Holveck and Raecker.
House File 305
Judiciary:  Barry, Chair; Kreiman and Millage.
House File 324
Commerce and Regulation:  Rants, Chair; Jacobs and Weigel.
Senate File 55
Judiciary:  Kettering, Chair; Holveck and Millage.
Senate File 102
Judiciary:  Bell, Chair; Barry and Kettering.
HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Study Bill 140
Agriculture:  Boggess, Chair; Baudler and Fallon.
House Study Bill 141
Agriculture:  Boggess, Chair; Kuhn and Welter.
House Study Bill 142
State Government:  Jager, Chair; Arnold, Gipp, O'Brien and Whitead.
House Study Bill 143
State Government:  Bradley, Chair; Brauns, Cataldo, Metcalf and O'Brien.
House Study Bill 144

Labor and Industrial Relations:  Hoffman, Chair; Dotzler and Metcalf.
House Study Bill 145
Labor and Industrial Relations:  Raecker, Chair; Dolecheck and Parmenter.
House Study Bill 146
Transportation:  Johnson, Chair; Drees, May, Rayhons and Welter.
House Study Bill 147
Human Resources:  Boddicker, Chair; Brunkhorst and Burnett.
House Study Bill 148
Education:  Lord, Chair; Boddicker and Thomas.
House Study Bill 149
Commerce and Regulation:  Hoffman, Chair; Bradley and Drees.
House Study Bill 151
Human Resources:  Lord, Chair; Boddicker and Burnett.
House Study Bill 152
Human Resources:  Boal, Chair; Davis and Ford.
House Study Bill 153
Human Resources:  Boddicker, Chair; Carroll and Reynolds.
HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
H.S.B. 154  Education
Relating to assessments prior to admission to practitioner 
preparation programs and prior to initial Iowa licensure.
H.S.B. 155  Education
Relating to teacher shortage areas, establishing a teacher shortage 
area forgivable loan and fund, and providing for teacher recruitment 
and preparation, professional development and planning time for 
teachers, content area requirements for teacher licensure, and a task 
force to study the use of retired professionals as mentors and 

teacher aides.
H.S.B. 156  Education
Relating to a beginning teacher induction program.
H.S.B. 157  Commerce and Regulation
Relating to the applicability of the professional engineers and land 
surveyors practice law.
H.S.B. 158  Judiciary
Relating to the establishment of an Iowa trust code, and providing an 
effective date.
H.S.B. 159  Agriculture
Providing for the certification of manure applicators by delaying 
dates required for certification, and providing an effective date.
H.S.B. 160  Agriculture
Providing for the membership of the advisory board to the Leopold 
center for sustainable agriculture.
H.S.B. 161  Judiciary
Relating to dependent adult abuse.
H.S.B. 162  Judiciary
Permitting a court to waive part of a fine resulting from an operating 
while intoxicated offense only if no personal or property injury 
resulted, and only if the defendant obtains a temporary restricted 
license.
H.S.B. 163  Judiciary

Providing that sexual gratification does not need to be proven as an 
element of intent of the offender in crimes of sexual abuse.
H.S.B. 164  Labor and Industrial Relations
Relating to the review by administrative law judges of certain 
unemployment compensation determinations.
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 AGRICULTURE
House File 208, a bill for an act establishing a southern Iowa development and 
conservation authority, specifying membership, powers, and duties, creating a 
southern Iowa development and conservation fund, and providing for other properly 
related matters.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 17, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 42), relating to energy conservation 
including making appropriations of petroleum overcharge funds.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 17, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 51), relating to the workforce 
development fund account and fees paid by community colleges and generated by the 
funding of new jobs training programs.
	Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Do Pass February 18, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 114), 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.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 18, 1999.
AMENDMENTS FILED
H-1015	H.F.	100	Taylor of Linn
			Larkin of Lee
			Connors of Polk
On motion by Gipp of Winneshiek the House adjourned at 8:56 
a.m., until 1:00 p.m., Monday, February 22, 1999.
388	JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE	39th Day
39th Day	THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1999	387

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