House Journal: Tuesday, February 23, 1999

Forty-fourth Calendar Day - Twenty-seventh Session Day

Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, February 23, 1999
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:46 a.m., Speaker pro 
tempore Rants in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Reverend Cathy F. Young, pastor of Cedar 
Heights Community Presbyterian Church, Cedar Falls.
The Journal of Monday, February 22, 1999 was approved.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Leave of absence was granted as follows:
Foege of Linn, until his arrival, Bell of Jasper and Weigel of Chickasaw on request 
of Schrader of Marion; Chiodo of Polk and Ford of Polk, until their arrival, on request 
of Huser of Polk. 
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House Joint Resolution 8, by Mascher, a joint resolution 
recognizing the fossil crinoid as the state fossil.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 344, by committee on transportation, a bill for an act 
establishing a time limit for disallowance or reduction of motor 
vehicle warranty claims, relating to establishment of motor vehicle 
service or warranty facilities, and making a penalty applicable.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 345, by committee on commerce and regulation, a bill 
for an act relating to permissible fees to be charged for maintaining a 
demand deposit account with a line of credit.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
	House File 346, by committee on local government, a bill for an 

act relating to landlords' and tenants' relations, by providing notice 
requirements, establishing a tenant's duty to properly maintain 
utility facilities, and providing for other properly related matters.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 347, by committee on environmental protection, a bill 
for an act relating to rulemaking duties of the department of natural 
resources regarding baled solid waste.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 348, by committee on local government, a bill for an 
act relating to filing fees, by providing for fees charged by county re-
corders, and eliminating a surcharge fee.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 349, by committee on environmental protection, a bill 
for an act eliminating requirements relating to the department of 
natural resources adopting rules requiring public water systems to 
test source water.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 350, by committee on ways and means, a bill for an 
act 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 penal-
ties; and including effective and retroactive applicability date pro-
visions.
Read first time and placed on the ways and means calendar.
House File 351, by Garman, a bill for an act relating to required 
conditions applying to agreements to provide private industry em-
ployment for inmates of correctional institutions.
	Read first time and referred to committee on labor and 

industrial relations.
House File 352, by Horbach, a bill for an act providing for the use 
of wheelchair parking cones and providing for penalties.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
House File 353, by Shoultz, a bill for an act prohibiting the land 
disposal of corrugated cardboard.
Read first time and referred to committee on environmental 
protection.
House File 354, by Mascher, a bill for an act relating to confi-
dentiality of certain voter registration information.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 355, by Boal, a bill for an act relating to the educa-
tional requirements for licensure of professional engineers.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 356, by Fallon, a bill for an act relating to immunity 
from civil lawsuits for persons who participate in good faith in mat-
ters of public concern, and a right to damages and related matters.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 357, by Fallon, a bill for an act repealing the authority 
of counties to create and fund urban renewal areas and urban 
revitalization areas and including effective date and applicability 
date provisions.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 358, by Burnett, a bill for an act permitting the use of 
campaign funds for certain meal expenses.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
	House File 359, by Osterhaus, Drees, Houser, Sunderbruch, 

Weigel, Warnstadt, Jochum, Doderer, Bukta, Scherrman, Foege, 
Shoultz, Dix, and Connors, a bill for an act relating to the fire safety 
provisions applicable to a bed and breakfast inn.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
CONSIDERATION OF BILL
Regular Calendar
House File 281, a bill for an act related to activities of bail en-
forcement agents that are exempt from state licensing requirements, 
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. 281)
	The ayes were, 82:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Blodgett	Boal	Boggess	Bradley
Brauns	Bukta	Burnett	Carroll
Cataldo	Chapman	Corbett, Spkr.	Cormack
Davis	Dix	Dolecheck	Dotzler
Drake	Eddie	Falck	Frevert
Garman	Gipp	Greiner	Grundberg
Hahn	Hansen	Hoffman	Holmes
Holveck	Horbach	Houser	Huseman
Huser	Jacobs	Jager	Jochum
Johnson	Kettering	Klemme	Kreiman
Kuhn	Larkin	Larson	Martin
Mascher	May	Mertz	Metcalf
Millage	Mundie	Murphy	Myers
Nelson	O'Brien	Parmenter	Raecker
Rayhons	Reynolds	Richardson	Scherrman
Shoultz	Siegrist	Stevens	Sukup
Sunderbruch	Taylor	Teig	Thomas
Thomson	Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen
Warnstadt	Weidman	Welter	Whitead
Witt	Rants,
		  Presiding
	The nays were, 2:
Doderer	Schrader	
		Absent or not voting, 16:

Bell	Boddicker	Brunkhorst	Chiodo
Cohoon	Connors	Drees	Fallon
Foege	Ford	Heaton	Jenkins
Lord	Osterhaus	Weigel	Wise	
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
RULE 57 SUSPENDED
Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent 
to suspend Rule 57, relating to committee notice and agenda, for a 
meeting of the justice systems appropriations subcommittee at 9:30 
a.m. today.
MOTION TO RECONSIDER 
(House File 281)
I move to reconsider the vote by which House File 281 passed the 
House on February 23, 1999.
SHOULTZ of Black Hawk
EXPLANATION OF VOTE
I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on the afternoon 
of February 22, 1999.  Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" 
on House File 209.
CATALDO of Polk
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\233	Lillian and Robert Harban, Indianola - For celebrating their 60th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\234	Orlea and Marvin Kester, Indianola - For celebrating their 50th 

wedding anniversary.
1999\235	Florence and Gerald Lee, Indianola - For celebrating their 50th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\236	Fred Weeks, Indianola - For celebrating his 85th birthday.
1999\237	Luella Thede, Reinbeck - For celebrating her 90th birthday.
1999\238	Darlene and Keith Peters, Dysart - For celebrating their 50th wedding 
anniversary.
1999\239	Irene and Merle Clough, Dysart - For celebrating their 60th wedding 
anniversary.
1999\240	Marie and George Swenka, North Liberty - For celebrating their 57th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\241	Margaret and Frank Novak, Oxford - For celebrating their 60th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\242	Verna M. Bahr, Wall Lake - For celebrating her 80th birthday.
1999\243	Mabel Pierce, Correctionville - For celebrating her 93rd birthday.
1999\244	Loween and George Lansink, Odebolt - For celebrating their 50th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\245	Delores and Kenneth Lucht, Lake View - For celebrating their 50th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\246	Lois and Dick Meyer, Lake View - For celebrating their 50th wedding 
anniversary.
1999\247	Harold Stahnke, Reinbeck - For celebrating his 90th birthday.
1999\248	Johanna Anna Shoultz, Muscatine - For celebrating her 92nd birthday.
1999\249	Betty and Gene Powell, Osceola - For celebrating their 50th wedding 
anniversary.
1999\250	Leah and Maurice Keeler, Weldon - For celebrating their 68th wedding 
anniversary.
1999\251	Maxine and Marion Siglin, Lucas - For celebrating their 65th wedding 
anniversary.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

House File 240
Ways and Means:  Houser, Chair; Larson and Myers.
House File 256
Ways and Means:  Lord, Chair; Boal and Jochum.
House File 262
Ways and Means:  Lord, Chair; Larson and Weigel.
House File 273
Ways and Means:  Drake, Chair; Chapman and Hoffman.
House File 274
Ways and Means:  Van Fossen, Chair; Drake and Kuhn.
House File 285
Ways and Means:  Van Fossen, Chair; Drake and Richardson.
House File 315
Judiciary:  Kettering, Chair; Doderer and Sunderbruch.
House File 316
Human Resources:  Witt, Chair; Grundberg and Lord.
House File 318
Judiciary:  Thomson, Chair; Kreiman and Raecker.
House File 321
Judiciary:  Thomson, Chair; Kreiman and Millage.
House File 323
Ways and Means:  Van Fossen, Chair; Drake and Jochum.
House File 328
Human Resources:  Blodgett, Chair; Boal and Mertz.
House File 335

Human Resources:  Boddicker, Chair; Boal and Kreiman.
House File 336
Human Resources:  Blodgett, Chair; Hahn and Mertz.
House File 338
Commerce and Regulation:  Rants, Chair; Dix and Doderer.
House File 354
State Government:  Jacobs, Chair; Arnold, Cataldo, Davis, Holmes, Jochum and 
Reynolds.
House File 355
State Government:  Bradley, Chair; Davis and O'Brien.
House File 358
State Government:  Gipp, Chair; Arnold, Chiodo, Jager, Jochum, O'Brien and 
Van Engelenhoven.
Senate File 9
Ways and Means:  Teig, Chair; Doderer and Houser.
Senate File 114
Transportation:  Welter, Chair; Johnson and May.
HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Study Bill 20
Local Government:  Brauns, Chair; Dix and Huser.
House Study Bill 161
Judiciary:  Kettering, Chair, Boddicker and Shoultz.
House Study Bill 164
Labor and Industrial Relations:  Larson, Chair; Dolecheck and Taylor.
House Study Bill 166
Commerce and Regulation:  Hansen, Chair; Bradley, Chapman, Metcalf and 
Osterhaus.
House Study Bill 167

Commerce and Regulation:  Raecker, Chair; Cataldo and Rants.
House Study Bill 168
Commerce and Regulation:  Bradley, Chair; Holveck and Jacobs.
House Study Bill 169
Commerce and Regulation:  Hansen, Chair; Bradley, Chapman, Metcalf and 
Osterhaus.
House Study Bill 170
Commerce and Regulation:  Dix, Chair; Drees and Jenkins.
House Study Bill 171
Commerce and Regulation:  Raecker, Chair; Chapman and Johnson.
House Study Bill 172
Commerce and Regulation:  Hoffman, Chair; Bradley and Weigel.
House Study Bill 174
Judiciary:  Millage, Chair; Larson and Parmenter.
HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
H.S.B. 175  Local Government
Concerning the penalties for hiring an unauthorized alien.
H.S.B 176  Transportation
Relating to transportation, including regulation of school buses and 
special trucks, vehicle titling and registration, commercial driver's 
licenses, regulations on motor carriers, regulations on motor vehicle 
manufacturers, distributors, and dealers, size, weight, and load 
restrictions on vehicles, driver education, and administrative 
procedures of the state department of transportation, and providing 
for fees and penalties.
H.S.B. 177  Local Government

Allowing certain school district bond issues to be issued jointly by two 
or more school districts.
H.S.B. 178  State Government
Relating to gambling by imposing a moratorium on the issuance or 
transfer of certain gambling licenses and on increasing the numbers 
of games and machines, providing for the transfer of collective 
bargaining agreements, limiting the location of excursion gambling 
boats and pari-mutuel racetracks, regulating the dispensing of 
moneys by credit card or other electronic means for gambling 
purposes, limiting civil penalties for violations of gambling under 
legal age, providing for the disposition of charitable contributions, 
imposing a scheduled fine for gambling by persons under twenty-one 
years of age, and providing an effective date.
H.S.B. 179  State Government
Relating to the emergency management division of the department of 
public defense by authorizing fees for radiological detection 
equipment maintenance services, by providing for the appointment of 
county emergency management officers, by authorizing financial 
assistance to local governments for emergency management purposes, 
and by providing an effective date.
H.S.B. 180  Human Resources
Relating to acquired immune deficiency syndrome, providing 
penalties, and providing for a repeal.
H.S.B. 181  Human Resources
Relating to child welfare provisions involving voluntary foster care 
placements of children with mental retardation or other 
developmental disability, release of child abuse information, and 
annual group foster care and decategorization plans, and providing a 
contingent effective date.
H.S.B. 182  Education

Providing for the designation of investigative information possessed 
by the board of educational examiners as privileged and confidential.
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 EDUCATION
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 125), relating to the duration and 
amount of additional weighting provided for limited English proficient students.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 22, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT
House File 233, a bill for an act providing for accessibility requirements for church 
elevators and providing an effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-1027 February 22, 
1999.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 29), providing for the adoption of 
administrative rules related to the issuance of a license for bail enforcement agents, 
private investigators, and security agents who may not otherwise qualify for a license.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 22, 1999.
AMENDMENTS FILED
H-1027	H.F.	233	Committee on State Government
H-1028	H.F.	100	Davis of Wapello
			Taylor of Linn
H-1029	H.F.	199	Drake of Pottawattamie

			Kuhn of Floyd
H-1030	H.F.	199	Drake of Pottawattamie
			Kuhn of Floyd
On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie the House adjourned at 
9:03 a.m., until 8:45 a.m., Wednesday, February 24, 1999.
414	JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE	44th Day
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