House Journal: Wednesday, March 3, 1999

Fifty-second Calendar Day - Thirty-second Session Day

Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, March 3, 1999
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:45 a.m., Eddie of 
Buena Vista in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Reverend Roy Nilsen, pastor of St. John's 
Lutheran Church, Des Moines.
The Journal of Tuesday, March 2, 1999 was approved.
PETITONS FILED
The following petitions were received and placed on file:
By Arnold of Lucas from forty-four constituents from the 90th 
district opposing electric companies deregulation.
By Jager of Black Hawk from one hundred sixty-five constituents 
favoring a fuel quality standard for the state of Iowa.
By Kreiman of Davis from forty-four constituents opposing 
deregulation of electric companies.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Leave of absence was granted as follows:
Garman of Story, until her arrival, and Rants of Woodbury, on request of Siegrist of 
Pottawattamie; Schrader of Marion on request of Myers of Johnson. 
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House Joint Resolution 10, by Bradley, a joint resolution 
requesting the United States Department of Defense and the United 
States Army to place additional production work at the Rock Island 
Arsenal.
	Read first time and referred to committee on state government.

House File 462, by Dix, a bill for an act relating to urban renewal 
and urban revitalization, by making changes related to certain 
property located in an urban renewal area, to duration of urban 
renewal areas, to certification of urban renewal debt, to tax 
increment financing of urban renewal projects, to improvements 
related to urban renewal projects, and to annual reporting on urban 
renewal areas, and providing for the Act's applicability.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 463, by committee on economic development, a bill for 
an act relating to the creation of a recruiting our own targeted 
students loan repayment program and fund under the control of the 
college student aid commission, and providing an effective date.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 464, by Myers, a bill for an act relating to the rollback 
provisions for property tax purposes involving agricultural and 
residential property and including an applicability date provision.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 465, by Myers, a bill for an act relating to the 
valuation of residential and agricultural property by reducing the 
percentage of actual value by which residential and agricultural 
property value may increase, removing the restriction that prevented 
each class from increasing in valuation faster than the other, and 
increasing the actual value amount upon which the homestead credit 
is to be determined, and including retroactive and other applicability 
date provisions.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 466, by Bradley, Connors, and Sunderbruch, a bill for 
an act providing for the licensing and regulation of fire sprinklers, 
fire extinguishers, and fire detection and alarm systems and 
personnel and providing civil and criminal penalties.
	Read first time and referred to committee on state government.

House File 467, by Jacobs and Huser, a bill for an act relating to 
the purchase of certain parcels with delinquent taxes by a city, 
county, or the Iowa finance authority, and providing effective and 
applicability dates.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 468, by Whitead, Warnstadt, and Rants, a bill for an 
act relating to the state sales and use taxes by exempting storm 
water drainage services, specifying that city services provided by 
contracted individuals are exempt, specifying fees for organized 
athletic sports sponsored by a city or county are not exempt, 
providing a refund provision, and including an effective and 
retroactive applicability date provision.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 469, by Ford, a bill for an act establishing a 
commission on the status of Iowans of Asian and Pacific Islander 
heritage within the department of human rights.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 470, by Mundie, a bill for an act providing for notice 
regarding contractor registration.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 471, by Fallon, a bill for an act providing for farmland 
preservation by authorizing counties to acquire certain easements 
and providing an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 472, by Brauns, a bill for an act relating to burial sites 
on private property.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
	House File 473, by Dotzler, Larson, Raecker, Reynolds, Rants, 

Warnstadt, Connors, O'Brien, Myers, Brunkhorst, Fallon, Dix, 
Dolecheck, Carroll, Holveck, Jenkins, Mertz, Garman, Scherrman, 
Thomas, Richardson, Taylor, Mascher, Parmenter, Doderer, Stevens, 
Kreiman, Frevert, Bukta, Larkin, Cohoon, Hansen, Hoffman, 
Shoultz, and Murphy, a bill for an act relating to the reversion of 
unencumbered moneys received by certain entities from the Iowa 
finance authority and providing an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on economic 
development.
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 2, 1999, passed the following resolution in which the concurrence of the House is 
asked:
House Concurrent Resolution 11, a Concurrent Resolution recognizing and 
endorsing Read Across America Day, and calling for the citizens of the State of Iowa to 
reaffirm the importance and the joy of reading.
Also: That the Senate has on March 2, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 
concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 8, a bill for an act relating to coverage under a policy or contract 
providing for third-party payment or prepayment of health or medical expenses by 
providing coverage for costs associated with equipment, supplies, and education for the 
treatment of diabetes. 
Also: That the Senate has on March 2, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 
concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 68, a bill for an act relating to counties included in the mid-America 
port commission.
Also: That the Senate has on March 2, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 
concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 160, a bill for an act relating to pipelines, interstate natural gas 
pipelines, and hazardous liquid pipelines, and the restoration of agricultural lands, 
making penalties applicable, and providing an effective date.
Also: That the Senate has on March 2, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 
concurrence of the House is asked:
	Senate File 209, a bill for an act establishing a uniform standard for determination 

of death.
Also: That the Senate has on March 2, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 
concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 216, a bill for an act relating to the commitment of sexually violent 
predators, by changing the deadline for filing a petition by the attorney general; 
providing for waiver or continuance of the probable cause hearing; granting greater 
enforcement power to the prosecuting attorney; extending the time to hold a trial; 
establishing supervised release for sexually violent persons who have been 
rehabilitated; providing for the preservation of certain child abuse reports; and 
providing the department of justice with access to such reports.
Also: That the Senate has on March 2, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 
concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 233, a bill for an act relating to the preservation of records held by 
financial institutions.
Also: That the Senate has on March 2, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 
concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 248, a bill for an act relating to acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 
providing penalties, and providing for a repeal.
MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary
TEACHER OF THE DAY
Representative Horbach presented to the House, Patty Skow, 
teacher of South Tama County School.
CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Regular Calendar
House File 224, a bill for an act relating to qualifications of 
commissioners for a city, county, or joint memorial hospital, with 
report of committee recommending passage, was taken up for 
consideration.
Dix of Butler 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. 224)
		The ayes were, 96:

Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker
Boggess	Bradley	Brauns	Brunkhorst
Bukta	Burnett	Carroll	Cataldo
Chapman	Cohoon	Connors	Corbett, Spkr.
Cormack	Davis	Dix	Doderer
Dolecheck	Dotzler	Drake	Drees
Falck	Fallon	Foege	Ford
Frevert	Gipp	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	Millage
Mundie	Murphy	Myers	Nelson
O'Brien	Osterhaus	Parmenter	Raecker
Rayhons	Reynolds	Richardson	Scherrman
Shoultz	Siegrist	Stevens	Sukup
Sunderbruch	Taylor	Teig	Thomas
Thomson	Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen
Warnstadt	Weidman	Weigel	Welter
Whitead	Wise	Witt	Eddie,
				  Presiding
	The nays were, none.
	Absent or not voting, 4:
Chiodo	Garman	Rants	Schrader
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
House File 386, a bill for an act relating to increasing the 
penalties for an assault on a jailer, was taken up for consideration.
Mascher of Johnson asked and received unanimous consent to 
defer House File 386.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE
Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent 
that House File 224 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
	House File 387, a bill for an act relating to confidentiality for 

certain taxpayer communications, was taken up for consideration.
Millage 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?" (H.F. 387)
	The ayes were, 97:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker
Boggess	Bradley	Brauns	Brunkhorst
Bukta	Burnett	Carroll	Cataldo
Chapman	Chiodo	Cohoon	Connors
Corbett, Spkr.	Cormack	Davis	Dix
Doderer	Dolecheck	Dotzler	Drake
Drees	Falck	Fallon	Foege
Ford	Frevert	Gipp	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
Millage	Mundie	Murphy	Myers
Nelson	O'Brien	Osterhaus	Parmenter
Raecker	Rayhons	Reynolds	Richardson
Scherrman	Shoultz	Siegrist	Stevens
Sukup	Sunderbruch	Taylor	Teig
Thomas	Thomson	Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven
Van Fossen	Warnstadt	Weidman	Weigel
Welter	Whitead	Wise	Witt
Eddie,
  Presiding
	The nays were, none.
	Absent or not voting, 3:
Garman	Rants	Schrader
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE

Gipp of Winneshiek asked and received unanimous consent that 
House File 387 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
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, with report of committee 
recommending passage, was taken up for consideration.
Taylor of Linn asked unanimous consent to refer Senate File 70 to 
the committee on labor and industrial relations.
Objection was raised.
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. 70)
	The ayes were, 96:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker
Boggess	Bradley	Brauns	Brunkhorst
Bukta	Burnett	Carroll	Cataldo
Chapman	Chiodo	Cohoon	Connors
Cormack	Davis	Dix	Doderer
Dolecheck	Dotzler	Drake	Drees
Falck	Fallon	Foege	Ford
Frevert	Gipp	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	Millage
Mundie	Murphy	Myers	Nelson
O'Brien	Osterhaus	Parmenter	Raecker
Rayhons	Reynolds	Richardson	Scherrman
Shoultz	Siegrist	Stevens	Sukup
Sunderbruch	Taylor	Teig	Thomas
Thomson	Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen^
Warnstadt	Weidman	Weigel	Welter
Whitead	Wise	Witt	Eddie,
				  Presiding
	The nays were, none.
	Absent or not voting, 4:
Corbett, Spkr.	Garman	Rants	Schrader
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 Senate File 70 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie, the House was recessed at 
9:33 a.m., until 3:30 p.m.
AFTERNOON SESSION
The House reconvened at 3:40 p.m., Carroll of Poweshiek in the 
chair.
QUORUM CALL
A non-record roll call was requested to determine that a quorum 
was present.  The vote revealed fifty-five members present, forty-five  
absent.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Leave of absence was granted as follows:
Witt of Black Hawk on request of Myers of Johnson; Brunkhorst of Bremer on 
request of Blodgett of Cerro Gordo. 
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 474, by committee on local government, a bill for an 
act relating to the powers and duties of county treasurers by 
amending Code sections pertaining to special assessments, certain 
motor vehicle ownership transfers, tax statement addresses, tax 

redemption, and tax clearance statements for mobile homes, and 
providing effective date and applicability date provisions.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 475, by committee on state government, a bill for an 
act concerning nonsubstantive gender-related provisions in the Code.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 476, by committee on local government, a bill for an 
act relating to the exercise of the power of eminent domain and to 
condemnation proceedings and providing for the Act's applicability.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 477, by Foege, a bill for an act relating to the tuition 
and fees charged by regents institutions and community colleges to 
certain persons who were placed in foster care or another out-of-home 
placement.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 478, by Foege, a bill for an act relating to child in need 
of assistance dispositional orders for transfer of custody by 
authorizing entry of a no-contact order under certain circumstances 
and providing a penalty.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 479, by Ford, a bill for an act to establish a home 
campus program for juvenile delinquents fund, providing for the 
imposition of a home campus program for juvenile delinquents 
surcharge, and requesting a study of juvenile programming.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 480, by Jochum, a bill for an act creating a licensed 
child care facility revolving loan fund and making an appropriation.
	Read first time and referred to committee on economic 

development.
House File 481, by Millage, a bill for an act relating to the 
election of directors of local school districts, area education agencies, 
and merged areas on the date of the general election, and providing 
an effective date and transition provision.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 482, by Grundberg, Houser, Martin, Fallon, Boggess, 
Bradley, and Dolecheck, a bill for an act providing an individual and 
corporate income tax credit for the rehabilitation of certain eligible 
commercial and residential property and barns.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 483, by Connors, a bill for an act relating to a free 
lifetime hunting and fishing license for residents who are sixty-five 
years of age or older and providing an effective date and retroactive 
applicability.
Read first time and referred to committee on natural resources.
House File 484, by Teig, a bill for an act amending provisions in 
the "Iowa Agricultural Industry Finance Act".
Read first time and referred to committee on economic 
development.
House File 485, by Mundie, a bill for an act relating to the 
increase in the amount reimbursed by the state for loss of property 
taxes due to the allowance of the military service tax exemption and 
providing effective and applicability date provisions.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 486, by Shoultz, a bill for an act increasing licensing 
fees for dealers or brokers engaged in this state in the business of 
slaughtering live animals or receiving, buying, or soliciting live 
animals for slaughter, and making penalties applicable.
	Read first time and referred to committee on agriculture.

House File 487, by Ford, a bill for an act establishing a minority 
farmer and agricultural business advisory council.
Read first time and referred to committee on economic 
development.
House File 488, by Drake, a bill for an act relating to civil 
penalties for violations regarding the application of fertilizers and 
pesticides, establishing a commercial fertilizer peer review panel, and 
providing an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on agriculture.
House File 489, by committee on environmental protection, a bill 
for an act eliminating certain requirements relating to the regulation 
of infectious waste.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 490, by committee on economic development, a bill for 
an act relating to the new investment tax credit under the new jobs 
and income program.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 491, by Dotzler, a bill for an act relating to eligible 
business criteria and final decision making on applications for 
incentives and assistance in the enterprise zone program.
Read first time and referred to committee on economic 
development.
House File 492, by Burnett, a bill for an act to prohibit the 
discharge of certain firearms within the right-of-way of a highway 
and subjecting violators to a penalty.
Read first time and referred to committee on natural resources.
	House File 493, by Metcalf, a bill for an act requiring the 

provision of soap to persons at swimming pools and making a penalty 
applicable.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 494, by Ford, a bill for an act requiring targeted small 
business electronic bid notices to be issued by state departments and 
agencies.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 495, by Ford, a bill for an act requiring the 
department of agriculture and land stewardship to publicize the 
availability of programs assisting women and minority residents.
Read first time and referred to committee on agriculture.
House File 496, by Frevert, a bill for an act providing 
requirements for enrollment in a driver education course offered by a 
public school district.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 497, by committee on human resources, a bill for an 
act relating to certain programs and public health issues under the 
purview of the Iowa department of public health.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 498, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act 
defining as a fraudulent practice certain creation or use of retail sales 
receipts or universal price code labels, and applying penalties.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 499, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act 
relating to drug and alcohol testing of students by schools.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
SENATE MESSAGES CONSIDERED

Senate File 8, by Jensen, a bill for an act relating to coverage 
under a policy or contract providing for third-party payment or 
prepayment of health or medical expenses by providing coverage for 
costs associated with equipment, supplies, and education for the 
treatment of diabetes. 
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and 
regulation.
Senate File 68, by Shearer, Fraise, Hedge, McLaren, and Miller, 
a bill for an act relating to counties included in the mid-America port 
commission.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
Senate File 160, by committee on natural resources and 
environment, a bill for an act relating to pipelines, interstate natural 
gas pipelines, and hazardous liquid pipelines, and the restoration of 
agricultural lands, making penalties applicable, and providing an 
effective date.
Read first time and passed on file.
Senate File 209, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act 
establishing a uniform standard for determination of death.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
Senate File 216, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act 
relating to the commitment of sexually violent predators, by changing 
the deadline for filing a petition by the attorney general; providing for 
waiver or continuance of the probable cause hearing; granting greater 
enforcement power to the prosecuting attorney; extending the time to 
hold a trial; establishing supervised release for sexually violent 
persons who have been rehabilitated; providing for the preservation 
of certain child abuse reports; and providing the department of justice 
with access to such reports.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
	Senate File 233, by committee on commerce, a bill for an act 

relating to the preservation of records held by financial institutions.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and 
regulation.
Senate File 248, by committee on human resources, a bill for an 
act relating to acquired immune deficiency syndrome, providing 
penalties, and providing for a repeal.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Regular Calendar
House File 386, a bill for an act relating to increasing the 
penalties for an assault on a jailer, previously deferred, was taken up 
for consideration.
Sunderbruch 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?" (H.F. 386)
	The ayes were, 90:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Boal	Boddicker	Boggess
Bradley	Brauns	Bukta	Burnett
Cataldo	Chapman	Chiodo	Cohoon
Connors	Corbett, Spkr.	Cormack	Davis
Dix	Doderer	Dolecheck	Dotzler
Drake	Drees	Eddie	Falck
Foege	Frevert	Garman	Gipp
Greiner	Hahn	Hansen	Hoffman
Holmes	Holveck	Horbach	Houser
Huseman	Huser	Jacobs	Jager
Jenkins	Jochum	Johnson	Kettering
Klemme	Kreiman	Kuhn	Larkin
Larson	Lord	Martin	Mascher
May	Mertz	Metcalf	Millage
Mundie	Murphy	Myers	O'Brien
Osterhaus	Parmenter	Raecker	Rayhons
Reynolds	Richardson	Scherrman	Shoultz
Siegrist	Stevens	Sukup	Sunderbruch^
Taylor	Teig	Thomas	Thomson
Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Warnstadt
Weidman	Weigel	Welter	Whitead
Wise	Carroll,
		  Presiding
	The nays were, 1:
Fallon	
	Absent or not voting, 9:
Blodgett	Brunkhorst	Ford	Grundberg
Heaton	Nelson	Rants	Schrader
Witt	
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 386 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
The House stood at ease at 3:55 p.m., until the fall of the gavel.
The House resumed session at 4:16 p.m., Carroll of Poweshiek in 
the chair.
House File 395, a bill for an act providing that defendants 
convicted of class "C" vehicular manslaughter are not bailable on 
appeal, was taken up for consideration.
Holveck of Polk asked and received unanimous consent to 
withdraw amendment H-1042 filed by him on March 1, 1999.
Sukup of Franklin 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. 395)
		The ayes were, 86:

Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker
Boggess	Bradley	Brauns	Bukta
Burnett	Cataldo	Chiodo	Cohoon
Connors	Corbett, Spkr.	Cormack	Davis
Dix	Dolecheck	Drake	Drees
Eddie	Fallon	Foege	Frevert
Garman	Gipp	Greiner	Grundberg
Hahn	Hansen	Hoffman	Holmes
Horbach	Houser	Huseman	Huser
Jacobs	Jager	Jenkins	Jochum
Johnson	Kettering	Klemme	Kuhn
Larkin	Larson	Lord	Martin
Mascher	May	Mertz	Metcalf
Millage	Mundie	Murphy	Myers
O'Brien	Osterhaus	Raecker	Rayhons
Reynolds	Richardson	Scherrman	Shoultz
Siegrist	Stevens	Sukup	Sunderbruch
Taylor	Teig	Thomas	Thomson
Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Warnstadt
Weidman	Weigel	Welter	Whitead
Wise	Carroll,
		  Presiding
	The nays were, 7:
Chapman	Doderer	Dotzler	Falck
Holveck	Kreiman	Parmenter	
	Absent or not voting, 7:
Brunkhorst	Ford	Heaton	Nelson
Rants	Schrader	Witt	
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 395 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
EXPLANATIONS OF VOTE
I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on Tuesday
 morning, March 2, 1999. Had I been present, I would have voted 

"aye" on House Files 313, 330, 332 and 349.
CATALDO of Polk
I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on Tuesday, 
March 2, 1999. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on 
House Concurrent Resolution 11, House Files 313, 330, 332 and 349.
DAVIS of Wapello
I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on March 3, 
1999. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on House Files 
224, 387 and Senate File 70.
GARMAN of Story
I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on March 3, 
1999. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on House Files 
386 and 395.
NELSON of Marshall
COMMUNICATION RECEIVED
The following communication was received and filed in the office of 
the Chief Clerk:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP
Office of Renewable Fuels and Co-Products
The Semi-Annual Report, pursuant to Chapter 159.15, Code of Iowa.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Joint Resolution 10
State Government: Bradley, Chair; Connors and Holmes.
House File 298
Appropriations: Heaton, Chair; Mertz and Nelson.
House File 309
Appropriations: Brunkhorst, Chair; Falck and Gipp.
House File 388

Education: Carroll, Chair; Boal and Bukta.
House File 405
Appropriations: Hansen, Chair; Heaton and Murphy.
House File 416
Education: Rants, Chair; Carroll and Thomas.
House File 419
Judiciary: Jager, Chair; Baudler and Ford.
House File 430
Judiciary: Raecker, Chair; Doderer and Millage.
House File 432
Education: Grundberg, Chair; Boal and Cohoon.
House File 438
Judiciary: Sukup, Chair; Millage and Parmenter.
House File 453
Judiciary: Jager, Chair; Davis and Shoultz.
House File 464
Ways and Means: Houser, Chair; Lord and Myers.
House File 465
Ways and Means: Houser, Chair; Lord and Myers.
Senate File 52
Judiciary: Davis, Chair; Bell and Sukup.
HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Study Bill 180
Human Resources: Blodgett, Chair; Hahn and Murphy.
House Study Bill 181

Human Resources: Carroll, Chair; Lord and Witt.
House Study Bill 185
Human Resources: Boddicker, Chair; Burnett and Carroll.
House Study Bill 206
Environmental Protection: Gipp, Chair; Alons and Witt.
House Study Bill 208
Education: Rants, Chair; Lord and Warnstadt.
House Study Bill 209
Labor and Industrial Relations: Hoffman, Chair; Dotzler and Horbach.
House Study Bill 210
Commerce and Regulation: Hoffman, Chair; Chapman and Hansen.
House Study Bill 211
Commerce and Regulation: Hoffman, Chair; Doderer and Hansen.
House Study Bill 212
Commerce and Regulation: Hansen, Chair; Bradley, Chapman, Metcalf and Osterhaus.
House Study Bill 213
Local Government: Houser, Chair; Burnett and Van Engelenhoven.
House Study Bill 214
Education: Hansen, Chair; Grundberg and Wise.
House Study Bill 215
Education: Hansen, Chair; Grundberg and Warnstadt.
House Study Bill 216
State Government: Martin, Chair; Bradley, Chiodo, Larkin and Metcalf.
HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

H.S.B. 217  Ways and Means
Relating to the good faith required of the seller in accepting an 
exemption certificate under the state sales tax.
H.S.B. 218  Commerce and Regulation
Relating to the restructuring of the electric utility industry by 
providing for consumer choice for certain electric services, providing 
penalties, and providing an effective date.
H.S.B. 219  Judiciary
Establishing the crime of consumer fraud against an older person and 
providing penalties.
H.S.B. 220  Human Resources
Relating to dependent adult abuse.
H.S.B. 221  Environmental Protection
Relating to a watershed protection task force and creating a water-
shed protection program and a watershed protection account within 
the water protection fund.
H.S.B. 222  State Government
Relating to elections and voter registration by enacting provisions 
relating to election misconduct and providing criminal penalties, to 
voter registration deadlines and voter registration by mail, to written 
summaries of proposed constitutional amendments or of certain other 
public measures, and to absentee voting and requirements and 
prohibitions related to receiving, handling, and delivering absentee 
ballots, and including effective date and applicability date provisions.
H.S.B. 223  Labor and Industrial Relations
Providing for drug testing of public sector employees.
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 APPROPRIATIONS
Committee Bill, relating to enforcement, prevention, education, and treatment for 
substance abuse and sexual abuse, and providing appropriations.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 3, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND REGULATION
House File 375, a bill for an act eliminating the requirement that information 
relating to open-end credit accounts and credit cards be filed with the treasurer of 
state.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Do Pass March 2, 1999.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 130), relating to the deposit of public 
funds and the conditions which must be met by a savings and loan association or 
savings bank to be eligible to receive such deposits.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 2, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 73), relating to the new investment 
tax credit under the new jobs and income program.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 2, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 100), eliminating certain require-
ments relating to the regulation of infectious waste.
	Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Do Pass March 2, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES
Senate File 92, a bill for an act relating to the notice provisions for transfer of 
assets which create a medical assistance debt.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Do Pass March 2, 1999.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 128), relating to certain programs and 
public health issues under the purview of the Iowa department of public health.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 2, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 102), relating to the duties of a 
guardian ad litem appointed to represent a child in juvenile court proceedings.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Do Pass March 2, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
House File 351, a bill for an act relating to required conditions applying to 
agreements to provide private industry employment for inmates of correctional 
institutions.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Do Pass March 2, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 284), 	relating to the time limit when a 
taxpayer may receive a refund for erroneous property taxes paid and including an 
effective and applicability date provision.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 2, 1999.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 93), relating to the authority of 
counties and cities to require storm shelters in mobile home parks, providing a 
property tax exemption, and providing a retroactive applicability date.
	Fiscal Note is not required. 

Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 2, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
Senate File 51, a bill for an act authorizing a county conservation board to 
cooperate with private, not-for-profit organizations to carry out conservation and 
recreation programs.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Do Pass March 2, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT
House File 204, a bill for an act relating to cigarettes and tobacco products by 
prohibiting that such products be given away and by prohibiting giving of other items 
as part of a sale of such cigarettes and tobacco products and making penalties 
applicable.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-1045 March 1, 1999.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 66), increasing the minimum daily 
pay for members of the Iowa national guard while in state active service.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Do Pass March 3, 1999.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 196), relating to the fire safety 
provisions applicable to a bed and breakfast inn.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Do Pass March 3, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
House File 261, a bill for an act establishing a drunk driving victim memorial sign 
program.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Do Pass March 2, 1999.
House File 283, a bill for an act relating to exemptions from vehicle registration 
requirements for travel trailers placed in storage.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
	Recommended Do Pass March 2, 1999.

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
Senate File 176, a bill for an act relating to the elimination of investment 
counseling as a taxable service under the state sales and use taxes.
Fiscal Note is required. 
Recommended Do Pass March 3, 1999.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 25), updating the Iowa Code 
references to the Internal Revenue Code, extending the loss carryback period for farm 
net operating losses, providing certain tax credits to estates and trusts, and providing 
an effective date and a retroactive applicability date.
Fiscal Note is required.
Recommended Do Pass March 3, 1999.
AMENDMENTS FILED
H-1045	H.F.	204	Committee on State Government
H-1046	H.F.	283	Garman of Story
H-1047	H.F.	218	Huser of Polk
H-1048	H.F.	218	Huser of Polk
H-1049	H.F.	308	Garman of Story
On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie the House adjourned at 
4:48 p.m., until 8:45 a.m., Thursday, March 4, 1999.
548	JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE	52nd Day
52nd Day	WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1999	549

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