House Journal: Thursday, March 4, 1999

Fifty-third Calendar Day - Thirty-third Session Day

Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday, March 4, 1999
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:45 a.m., Speaker 
Corbett in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Reverend Richard Sipe, pastor of First 
Baptist Church, Marshalltown. 
The Journal of Wednesday, March 3, 1999 was approved.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Leave of absence was granted as follows:
Blodgett of Cerro Gordo on request of Siegrist of Pottawattamie; Ford of Polk on 
request of Kreiman of Davis; Chapman of Linn on request of Myers of Johnson. 
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 500, by Burnett, a bill for an act relating to filing fees 
and service and other costs for petitions for relief from domestic 
abuse.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 501, by committee on judiciary , a bill for an act re-
lating to the imposition of mandatory minimum fines upon conviction 
of certain felonies.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 502, by Reynolds, a bill for an act relating to the pro-
vision of visitation rights to the sibling of a child placed in foster care.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
	House File 503, by Eddie, a bill for an act relating to the liability 

of volunteer fire departments for penalties for occupational safety and 
health violations.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 504, by Rayhons, a bill for an act directing the state 
department of transportation to conduct a study on the use of corn-
based de-icers.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
House File 505, by Davis, a bill for an act relating to the assess-
ment of a fee by the department of public safety for a criminal history 
check.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 506, by Ford, a bill for an act relating to community 
investment by financial institutions participating in state programs.
Read first time and referred to committee on economic 
development.
House File 507, by Doderer, a bill for an act relating to the 
release of criminal history data upon the successful completion of 
probation following a deferred judgment.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 508, by Ford, a bill for an act establishing a George 
Washington Carver biotechnology grant program within the Iowa 
minority academic grants for economic success program administered 
by the college student aid commission.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 509, by Teig, a bill for an act establishing an insur-
ance development consortium and providing a tax credit for consor-
tium members.
	Read first time and referred to committee on economic 

development.
House File 510, by Greiner, a bill for an act relating to habitual 
violators of regulations relating to confinement feeding operations, by 
providing for penalties and the forfeiture of property, and providing 
an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on agriculture.
House File 511, by Cormack, Davis, Reynolds, Myers, Kreiman, 
and Hansen, a bill for an act prohibiting the mistreatment of animals 
and providing for penalties.
Read first time and referred to committee on agriculture.
House File 512, by Taylor, a bill for an act relating to wage dis-
crimination by providing for the determination of wage discrim-
ination, applicable remedies, and providing an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on labor and 
industrial relations.
House File 513, by Teig, Falck, Jenkins, Wise, Dotzler, O'Brien, 
May, Van Fossen, and Heaton, a bill for an act relating to certified 
capital companies and providing for a certified capital company 
insurance premium tax credit.
Read first time and referred to committee on economic 
development.
House File 514, by committee on appropriations, a bill for an act 
relating to enforcement, prevention, education, and treatment for 
substance abuse and sexual abuse, and providing appropriations.
Read first time and placed on the appropriations calendar.
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 3, 1999, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was 
asked:
House File 330, a bill for an act relating to the supervisory authority of the state 
banking division with regard to bank holding company acquisitions and the ability of 
state banks to make loans to any one person.
Also: That the Senate has on March 3, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 
concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 186, a bill for an act providing that a county enterprise includes 
housing for persons who are elderly or persons with physical disabilities.
Also: That the Senate has on March 3, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 
concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 224, a bill for an act relating to proceedings before the utilities board 
and the provision of competitive utility services by allocating costs incurred by the 
utilities board and the office of consumer advocate to certain persons in certain 
proceedings related to providing competitive utility services, and by providing for the 
certification of competitive natural gas providers and aggregators, and providing an 
effective date.
Also: That the Senate has on March 3, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 
concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 232, a bill for an act relating to the establishment of a beginning 
teacher induction program and making an appropriation.
MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary
CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Regular Calendar
House File 299, a bill for an act relating to applications for motor 
vehicle registration and issuance of certificate of title, 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?" (H.F. 299)
	The ayes were, 95:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Boal	Boddicker	Boggess^
Bradley	Brauns	Brunkhorst	Bukta
Burnett	Carroll	Cataldo	Chiodo
Cohoon	Connors	Cormack	Davis
Dix	Doderer	Dolecheck	Dotzler
Drake	Drees	Eddie	Falck
Fallon	Foege	Frevert	Garman
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	Raecker	Rants	Rayhons
Reynolds	Richardson	Scherrman	Schrader
Shoultz	Siegrist	Stevens	Sukup
Sunderbruch	Taylor	Teig	Thomas
Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Warnstadt
Weidman	Weigel	Welter	Whitead
Wise	Witt	Mr. Speaker
			  Corbett
	The nays were, none.
	Absent or not voting, 5:
Blodgett	Chapman	Ford	Parmenter
Thomson
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
Horbach of Tama in the chair at 8:58 a.m.
Ways and Means Calendar
House File 418, a bill for an act exempting the sale of argon and 
similar gases used in the manufacturing process from the sales and 
use taxes, providing limited refunds, and including effective and 
retroactive applicability date provisions, was taken up for consider-
ation.
Jenkins of Black Hawk 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. 418)

	The ayes were, 92:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Boal	Boddicker	Boggess
Bradley	Brauns	Brunkhorst	Bukta
Burnett	Carroll	Cataldo	Chiodo
Cohoon	Connors	Corbett, Spkr.	Davis
Dix	Doderer	Dolecheck	Drake
Drees	Eddie	Falck	Foege
Frevert	Garman	Gipp	Greiner
Grundberg	Hahn	Hansen	Heaton
Hoffman	Holmes	Holveck	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	Raecker	Rants
Rayhons	Reynolds	Richardson	Scherrman
Schrader	Shoultz	Siegrist	Stevens
Sukup	Sunderbruch	Taylor	Teig
Thomas	Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen
Warnstadt	Weidman	Weigel	Welter
Whitead	Wise	Witt	Horbach,
				  Presiding
	The nays were, 2:
Dotzler	Fallon	
	Absent or not voting, 6:
Blodgett	Chapman	Cormack	Ford
Parmenter	Thomson
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
Speaker Corbett in the chair at 9:05 a.m.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGES
Gipp of Winneshiek asked and received unanimous consent that 
the following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: House 
Files 299 and  418.
SPECIAL PRESENTATION TO HOUSE PAGES

Speaker Corbett invited the House Pages to the Speaker's station 
for a special presentation and thanked them for their service to the 
House of Representatives.
Certificates of excellence for serving with honor and distinction as 
a House Page during the First Regular Session of the Seventy-eighth 
General Assembly were presented to the following Pages by Speaker 
Corbett, Majority Leader Brent Siegrist of Pottawattamie and 
Minority Leader David Schrader of Marion:
Kara Berg		Sally Mann
Brian Dickerson		April Reineke
Candace Harrell		Jerome Wolff
Brandon Kass
HOUSE FILE 463 REFERRED
The Speaker announced that House File 463, previously on the 
calendar was referred to committee on appropriations.
HOUSE FILE 490 REFERRED
The Speaker announced that House File 490, previously on the 
calendar was referred to committee on ways and means.
COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED
The following communication were received and filed in the office 
of the Chief Clerk:
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
The Iowa Comparative Risk Project Final Report, pursuant to Chapter 455, Code of 
Iowa.
GAMING ASSOCIATION OF IOWA
The 1998 Annual Report, pursuant to Chapter 99D.21, 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\320	George and Jeanette Courtney, Eldon - For celebrating their 50th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\321	Roger and Betty Isackson, Waterloo - For celebrating their 50th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\322	Brian Swenson, Waukon - For attaining the rank of Eagle Scout, the 
highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.
1999\323	Benjamin Gearhart, Waterloo - For attaining the rank of Eagle Scout, 
the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.
1999\324	William Sr. and Velma Jackson, Waterloo - For celebrating their 50th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\325	Kenyatta Carter, Waterloo West - For 2nd place in the class 3-A, 160 
lbs. division of the 1999 Iowa High School State Wrestling 
Tournament.
1999\326	Richard and Marjorie Leibe, Waterloo - For celebrating their 50th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\327	Blanche Stufflebeam, Ottumwa - For celebrating her 105th birthday.
1999\328	Doris and Robert Barton, Ottumwa - For celebrating their 50th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\329	Ted Fricke, Ottumwa - For celebrating his 95th birthday.
1999\330	Erwin Wiebod, Vinton - For celebrating his 85th birthday.
1999\331	Arlein and Don Benfer, Vinton - For celebrating their 65th wedding 
anniversary.
1999\332	Jeanette and Everett Smithburg, Jefferson County - For celebrating 
their 63rd wedding anniversary.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House File 450
Economic Development:  Dotzler, Chair; Jenkins and Martin.
House File 466

State Government:  Bradley, Chair; Brauns, Connors, O'Brien and Van Engelenhoven.
House File 504
Transportation:  Rayhons, Chair; Thomas and Van Engelenhoven.
HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Study Bill 202
Natural Resources:  Rayhons, Chair; Brauns and Scherrman.
House Study Bill 203
Natural Resources:  Baudler, Chair; Alons and Mundie.
House Study Bill 207
Ways and Means:  Myers, Chair; Jenkins and Larson.
House Study Bill 213 Reassigned
Local Government:  Houser, Chair; Burnett, Carroll, Kuhn and Van Engelenhoven.
House Study Bill 217
Ways and Means:  Teig, Chair; Houser and Larkin.
House Study Bill 219
Judiciary:  Jager, Chair; Doderer and Larson.
House Study Bill 221
Environmental Protection:  Huseman, Chair; Drake and Foege.
House Study Bill 222
State Government:  Jacobs, Chair; Arnold, Cataldo, Davis, Holmes, Jochum and 
Reynolds.
HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
H.S.B. 224  Environmental Protection 
Relating to surface water and groundwater monitoring, establishing a 
biological marker system task force, and making appropriations.
H.S.B. 225  Environmental Protection 

Relating to a review of water quality standards by the department of 
natural resources, enforcement of effluent ammonia limits during the 
review period, and providing an effective date.
H.S.B. 226  Local Government 
Creating an adult mental health, mental retardation, and 
developmental disabilities services funding decategorization pilot 
project and providing an appropriation.
H.S.B. 227  Judiciary 
To extend the jurisdiction of the juvenile court to include adoption 
and termination of parental rights proceedings.
H.S.B. 228  Judiciary
Relating to the department of corrections by providing for purchases 
from Iowa prison industries, the establishment of reserve peace 
officers by judicial district departments of correctional services, the 
applicability of occupational health and safety provisions to inmate 
workers, the establishment of a criminal offense for attempts to 
escape, the crediting of time served by inmates, inmate work program 
agreements, the revolving farm fund, and deductions from inmate 
work program earnings, and making penalties applicable.
H.S.B. 229  Judiciary
Relating to nonprofit corporations and providing an effective date.
H.S.B. 230  Human Resources
Establishing a governor's award for quality care in health care 
facilities.
H.S.B. 231  Local Government
Relating to the Iowa community empowerment Act and related 
provisions, and providing an effective date.
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
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 78), providing for an emergency 
assistance linked deposit program for swine producers, and providing an effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 3, 1999.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 140), relating to the Iowa turkey 
marketing council, by providing procedures for the administration of the council, a 
producer assessment, refunds, and for the expenditure of moneys by the council, and 
providing an effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 3, 1999.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 159), providing for the certification of 
manure applicators by delaying dates required for certification, and providing an 
effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 3, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 154), relating to assessments prior to 
admission to practitioner preparation programs and prior to initial Iowa licensure.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 3, 1999.
RESOLUTION FILED
HCR 12, by Siegrist and Schrader, a concurrent resolution relating 
to Pioneer Lawmakers.
Laid over under Rule 25.

AMENDMENTS FILED
H-1050	H.F.	218	Fallon of Polk
H-1051	H.F.	499	Richardson of Warren
H-1052	H.F.	218	Fallon of Polk
			Witt of Black Hawk
On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie the House adjourned at 
9:10 a.m., until 1:00 p.m., Monday, March 8, 1999.
560	JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE	53rd Day
53rd Day	THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1999	561

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