House Journal: Monday, March 8, 1999

Fifty-seventh Calendar Day - Thirty-fourth Session Day

Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, March 8, 1999
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 1:00 p.m., Speaker pro 
tempore Rants in the chair.
Prayer was offered by the Honorable Speaker pro tempore 
Christopher Rants, state representative from Woodbury County. 
The Journal of Thursday, March 4, 1999 was approved.
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Speaker pro tempore Rants.
PETITION FILED
The following petition was received and placed on file:
By Brunkhorst of Bremer from forty-four Teamster's Local 650, 
retirees favoring support of House File 5, exempting pension income 
from state taxes and House File 6, exempting Social Security income 
from state taxes.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House Joint Resolution 11, by Schrader, Dotzler, Reynolds, 
Connors, Taylor, Scherrman, Osterhaus, Kuhn, Burnett, O'Brien, 
Frevert, Bukta, May, Drees, Whitead, Falck, Kreiman, Ford, 
Mascher, Bell, Jochum, Foege, Huser, and Fallon, a joint resolution 
directing the Secretary of State to conduct a nonbinding election on 
Iowa's state motto to be held in conjunction with a statewide special 
election and providing an effective date. 
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
	House File 515, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act 

relating to the duties of a guardian ad litem appointed to represent a 
child in juvenile court proceedings.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 516, by committee on ways and means, a bill for an 
act 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.
Read first time and placed on the ways and means calendar.
House File 517, by committee on state government, a bill for an 
act increasing the minimum daily pay for members of the Iowa 
national guard while in state active service.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 518, by committee on state government, a bill for an 
act relating to the fire safety provisions applicable to a bed and 
breakfast inn.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 519, by Thomas, a bill for an act relating to the 
funding for and establishment of a white goods cleanup day program.
Read first time and referred to committee on environmental 
protection.
House File 520, by Jacobs, Gipp, and Tyrrell, a bill for an act 
relating to the use and dissemination of social security numbers, 
providing an effective date and applicability provision, and making 
penalties applicable.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
	House File 521, by Rants, a bill for an act relating to the 

licensure and operation of employment agencies and providing a 
penalty.
Read first time and referred to committee on labor and 
industrial relations.
House File 522, by Rants, a bill for an act providing civil and 
criminal immunity for a school employee related to the employee's 
participation in reporting and investigating violence, threats of 
violence, or other inappropriate activity against a school employee or 
student in a school building, on school grounds, or at a school-
sponsored function.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 523, by Garman, a bill for an act providing for the 
distribution and accounting of earnings from private employers of 
inmates of institutions under the control of the department of 
corrections.
Read first time and referred to committee on labor and 
industrial relations.
House File 524, by Fallon, a bill for an act relating to title 
guaranty or insurance disclosures required to be made by financial 
institutions engaged in the business of making mortgage loans and 
providing for the applicability of the Act.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and 
regulation.
House File 525, by May, a bill for an act relating to the 
compensation for township trustees for attending scheduled 
meetings.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 526, by Arnold and Teig, a bill for an act creating the 
criminal offense of theft of a dog and providing a penalty.
	Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.

House File 527, by Thomson, a bill for an act relating to selective 
service registration of certain individuals, by making registration or 
exemption from registration a prerequisite for state employment 
covered by the merit system and for the receipt of state-sponsored 
financial aid at community colleges and institutions of higher 
learning under the control of the state board of regents, and providing 
for selective service registration at high schools.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 528, by Warnstadt, a bill for an act placing 
restrictions on expenditures from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure 
fund.
Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.
House File 529, by Dotzler, a bill for an act relating to drivers 
under the age of twenty-one who, after ingesting a legal substance, 
are apprehended for driving with a blood alcohol concentration level 
above the statutory limit.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 530, by Scherrman, a bill for an act relating to teacher 
shortage forgivable loan programs, making an appropriation, and 
providing an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 531, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an act 
providing for the certification of manure applicators by delaying dates 
required for certification, and providing an effective date.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 532, by committee on education, a bill for an act 
relating to assessments prior to admission to practitioner preparation 
programs and prior to initial Iowa licensure.
	Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 533, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an act 
providing for an emergency assistance linked deposit program for 
swine or cattle producers, and providing an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and 
regulation.
House File 534, by committee on local government, a bill for an 
act 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.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 535, by committee on local government, a bill for an 
act relating to the time limit when property omitted from assessment 
may be assessed and when a taxpayer may receive a refund for 
erroneous property taxes paid and including an effective date 
provision.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 536, by Mascher, a bill for an act increasing the 
eligibility limitations and scope of the postsecondary enrollment 
options Act.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 537, by Hansen, a bill for an act relating to residency 
requirements for certain city employees.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 538, by Richardson, a bill for an act relating to 
property eligible for a property tax exemption.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
	House File 539, by Richardson, a bill for an act relating to the 

qualification of housing businesses under the alternative eligible 
business criteria of the enterprise zone program.
Read first time and referred to committee on economic 
development.
House File 540, by Schrader, a bill for an act establishing a pilot 
project for transportation for senior citizens, making an 
appropriation, providing for the project's repeal, and providing an 
effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
House File 541, by Schrader, Jochum, Chiodo, Mertz, Whitead, 
Weigel, Larkin, Parmenter, Connors, Taylor, Mascher, Kuhn, Bell, 
Chapman, O'Brien, Osterhaus, Wise, Frevert, Warnstadt, Holveck, 
Shoultz, Murphy, Burnett, Foege, Reynolds, Dotzler, Mundie, 
Doderer, Falck, Myers, May, Stevens, Fallon, and Scherrman, a bill 
for an act relating to surface water and groundwater monitoring, 
establishing a biological marker system task force, and making 
appropriations.
Read first time and referred to committee on environmental 
protection.
House File 542, by Schrader, Huser, Myers, Taylor, Bukta, Falck, 
Parmenter, Kuhn, Frevert, Murphy, Doderer, Larkin, Jochum, 
Weigel, Warnstadt, O'Brien, Shoultz, Osterhaus, Foege, Burnett, 
Witt, Scherrman, Wise, Mundie, Mertz, Connors, Dotzler, Whitead, 
Thomas, Ford, Stevens, Chiodo, Reynolds, Holveck, Bell, Mascher, 
Richardson, and Kreiman, a bill for an act to establish standards for 
improvement of the quality of health care benefits for children 
provided by insurance carriers or organized delivery systems.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and 
regulation.
House File 543, by Schrader, Cohoon, Bukta, Falck, Parmenter, 
Kuhn, Frevert, Myers, May, Dotzler, Doderer, O'Brien, Larkin, 
Jochum, Weigel, Shoultz, Bell, Scherrman, Kreiman, Huser, Taylor, 
Warnstadt, Osterhaus, Foege, Burnett, Chapman, Mertz, Witt, 

Mundie, Connors, Richardson, Mascher, Whitead, Stevens, Reynolds, 
Holveck, Thomas, and Chiodo, a bill for an act relating to a watershed 
protection task force and creating a watershed protection program 
and a watershed protection account within the water protection fund.
Read first time and referred to committee on environmental 
protection.
House File 544, by Jager, a bill for an act relating to the taxation 
of credit unions and qualified credit unions and providing for the 
Act's applicability.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 545, by Schrader, Foege, Myers, Dotzler, Reynolds, 
Mertz, Holveck, Connors, Taylor, Thomas, Parmenter, Scherrman, 
Osterhaus, Kuhn, Stevens, Falck, Burnett, Mundie, Cohoon, O'Brien, 
Larkin, Jochum, Wise, Mascher, Shoultz, Weigel, Frevert, Bukta, 
May, Warnstadt, Richardson, Murphy, Whitead, Chiodo, Witt, 
Kreiman, Ford, and Bell, a bill for an act establishing the enrich Iowa 
program for eligible public libraries, making an appropriation, and 
providing an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 546, by Schrader, Bukta, Falck, Parmenter, Kuhn, 
Frevert, Murphy, May, Myers, Doderer, Larkin, Jochum, Weigel, 
Dotzler, Shoultz, Osterhaus, Witt, Foege, Mascher, Kreiman, Wise, 
Taylor, Cohoon, Burnett, Mundie, Connors, Ford, Whitead, Stevens, 
Reynolds, Holveck, Chiodo, Bell, Richardson, Thomas, Scherrman, 
Warnstadt, and Huser, a bill for an act relating to the establishment 
of an Iowa worker retraining forgivable loan program and fund and 
making an appropriation.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 547, by Schrader, Bukta, Falck, Frevert, Murphy, 
May, Doderer, Larkin, Jochum, Myers, Weigel, Shoultz, Dotzler, 
Osterhaus, Witt, Scherrman, Mascher, Taylor, Wise, Foege, Burnett, 
Mertz, Whitead, Stevens, Chiodo, Reynolds, Holveck, Ford, Bell, 
Kuhn, Richardson, Thomas, Huser, and Warnstadt, a bill for an act 

providing an appropriation for juvenile court liaison officers in 
schools.
Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.
House File 548, by Schrader, Cohoon, Bukta, Falck, Parmenter, 
Kuhn, Myers, Frevert, Murphy, Dotzler, Larkin, Warnstadt, Jochum, 
Weigel, Osterhaus, Foege, Thomas, Kreiman, Wise, Taylor, Ford, 
Burnett, Mertz, Mundie, Witt, Connors, Whitead, Stevens, Bell, 
Reynolds, Holveck, Chiodo, and Scherrman, a bill for an act 
establishing a practitioner shortage forgivable loan program and fund 
to replace the industrial technology forgivable loan program and 
fund, making an appropriation, and providing an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 549, by Schrader, Whitead, Weigel, Larkin, 
Parmenter, Bukta, Taylor, Mascher, Kuhn, Osterhaus, Huser, 
Frevert, Murphy, Richardson, Warnstadt, Foege, Mundie, Doderer, 
Jochum, Burnett, Reynolds, Dotzler, Connors, Myers, Fallon, 
Stevens, Chapman, Scherrman, Shoultz, and Holveck, a bill for an act 
regulating the siting of confinement feeding operations by counties.
Read first time and referred to committee on agriculture.
House File 550, by Schrader, Cohoon, Bukta, Falck, Parmenter, 
Kuhn, Frevert, Murphy, Myers, May, Larkin, Dotzler, Jochum, 
Weigel, Shoultz, Osterhaus, Foege, Chiodo, Scherrman, Taylor, 
Warnstadt, Wise, Ford, Chapman, Burnett, Mertz, Mundie, Connors, 
Witt, Richardson, Mascher, Whitead, Stevens, Reynolds, Holveck, 
Bell, and Kreiman, a bill for an act relating to and making 
appropriations for early childhood programs involving community 
empowerment areas and the child development coordinating council.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 551, by Schrader, Bukta, Falck, Frevert, Murphy, 
Doderer, Jochum, Larkin, O'Brien, Shoultz, Osterhaus, Foege, 
Burnett, Witt, Mundie, Mertz, Connors, Kreiman, Warnstadt, Myers, 
Taylor, Chiodo, Dotzler, Whitead, Reynolds, Holveck, Ford, Bell, 
Mascher, Richardson, Kuhn, Scherrman, and Thomas, a bill for an 

act relating to the preexisting condition provisions under a small 
group health coverage or individual health insurance benefit plan.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and 
regulation.
House File 552, by Schrader, Foege, Myers, Jochum, Huser, 
Dotzler, Reynolds, Holveck, Mertz, Connors, Taylor, Doderer, 
Scherrman, Osterhaus, Kuhn, Stevens, Falck, Burnett, Mundie, 
Cohoon, O'Brien, Larkin, Fallon, Shoultz, Frevert, Bukta, May, 
Warnstadt, Richardson, Murphy, Chiodo, Whitead, Kreiman, Ford, 
Mascher, and Bell, a bill for an act increasing the maximum income 
eligibility requirement for participation in the healthy and well kids 
in Iowa program.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and 
regulation.
House File 553, by Schrader, Taylor, Bukta, Falck, Murphy, May, 
Doderer, Larkin, Jochum, Myers, Osterhaus, Foege, Dotzler, Mertz, 
Connors, Witt, Wise, Ford, Chiodo, Whitead, Stevens, Reynolds, 
Holveck, Mascher, Bell, Scherrman, Kreiman, Thomas, Kuhn, and 
Cohoon, a bill for an act relating to government efficiency by 
providing retirement incentives for certain government employees, 
providing for the reduction in certain governmental positions due to 
early retirement, and providing an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 554, by Schrader, Cohoon, Mertz, Chiodo, Whitead, 
Weigel, Larkin, Bukta, Warnstadt, Parmenter, Taylor, Mascher, 
Kuhn, Bell, O'Brien, Osterhaus, Jochum, May, Mundie, Huser, Wise, 
Richardson, Frevert, Murphy, Burnett, Reynolds, Falck, Dotzler, 
Connors, Foege, Myers, Chapman, Stevens, and Scherrman, a bill for 
an act relating to educational assistance for members of the national 
guard.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
	House File 555, by Schrader, Bukta, Huser, Falck, Parmenter, 

Kuhn, Frevert, Murphy, Doderer, Larkin, Jochum, Weigel, 
Warnstadt, O'Brien, Shoultz, Osterhaus, Burnett, Foege, Witt, 
Mascher, Mundie, Mertz, Connors, Dotzler, Chiodo, Whitead, 
Stevens, Thomas, Ford, Reynolds, Holveck, Bell, Richardson, 
Scherrman, Wise, Myers, Taylor, and Kreiman, a bill for an act 
relating to the rights of enrollees in health maintenance 
organizations, organized delivery systems, or preferred provider 
organizations.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and 
regulation.
House File 556, by Schrader, Foege, Myers, Mertz, Dotzler, 
Reynolds, Doderer, Holveck, Connors, Taylor, Parmenter, Scherrman, 
Osterhaus, Kuhn, Stevens, Falck, Burnett, Mundie, Cohoon, O'Brien, 
Bell, Larkin, Shoultz, Weigel, Frevert, Bukta, May, Drees, 
Warnstadt, Richardson, Murphy, Whitead, Chiodo, Witt, Kreiman, 
Mascher, Ford, Jochum, Huser, and Wise, a bill for an act relating to 
the establishment of an Iowa early intervention program, and making 
appropriations.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 557, by Schrader, Mertz, Cohoon, Chiodo, Whitead, 
Weigel, Larkin, Warnstadt, Parmenter, Bukta, Taylor, Mascher, 
Connors, Richardson, Kuhn, Bell, Mundie, Jochum, Holveck, Shoultz, 
O'Brien, Osterhaus, Wise, Frevert, Murphy, Dotzler, Reynolds, 
Burnett, Foege, Myers, May, Chapman, Stevens, and Scherrman, 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 referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 558, by Schrader, Foege, Myers, Dotzler, Reynolds, 
Mertz, Thomas, Scherrman, Osterhaus, Kuhn, Stevens, Falck, 
Mundie, O'Brien, Larkin, Weigel, Frevert, Bukta, May, Wise, 
Richardson, Murphy, Whitead, Chiodo, Kreiman, Ford, Chapman, 
Jochum, Mascher, and Bell, a bill for an act relating to linked 
investment deposits by providing a low-interest loan program to 

assist persons involved in value-added agricultural processing.
Read first time and referred to committee on agriculture.
House File 559, by Jager, a bill for an act requiring special 
security officers at regents institutions to be armed while performing 
their duties.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 560, by Jenkins, a bill for an act relating to the 
assessment expense fund of a city or county and providing an 
applicability date.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 561, by Jochum, a bill for an act relating to 
impoundment or immobilization of vehicles for persons convicted of 
driving while their license is suspended, denied, revoked, or barred.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 562, by Ford, a bill for an act relating to the 
disbursement of public funds for economic development assistance 
without discrimination and providing for goals to financially assist 
targeted small business.
Read first time and referred to committee on economic 
development.
House File 563, by Ford, a bill for an act creating a minority 
persons in agriculture fund and making appropriations.
Read first time and referred to committee on economic 
development.
House File 564, by Ford, a bill for an act relating to financial 
assistance for minority farmers and minority persons with an 
ownership interest in agricultural-related businesses and providing 
an appropriation.
Read first time and referred to committee on economic 

development.
House File 565, by Reynolds, Kreiman, Doderer, Mascher, and 
Davis, a bill for an act directing the department of corrections to 
evaluate the potential rehabilitative effects of certain alternative 
programs.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 566, by Larkin, Taylor, Murphy, and Dotzler, a bill for 
an act relating to the approval by the general assembly of contracts 
privatizing state services.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 567, by Doderer, a bill for an act relating to a 
workforce development accountability system.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 568, by Doderer, a bill for an act authorizing the 
board of directors of a school district to charge a reasonable fee for 
motor vehicle parking in parking facilities located on school grounds.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 569, by Ford, a bill for an act relating to international 
promotion of educational opportunities at colleges and universities in 
Iowa.
Read first time and referred to committee on economic 
development.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
The following message was received from the Senate:
Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has on 
March 4, 1999, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is 
asked:
	Senate File 283, a bill for an act appropriating federal funds made available from 

federal block grants and other federal grants, allocating portions of federal block 
grants, and providing procedures if federal funds are more or less than anticipated or if 
federal block grants are more or less than anticipated.
MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary
SENATE MESSAGES CONSIDERED
Senate File 186, by committee on local government, a bill for an 
act providing that a county enterprise includes housing for persons 
who are elderly or persons with physical disabilities.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
Senate File 224, by committee on commerce, 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.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and 
regulation.
Senate File 232, by committee on education, a bill for an act 
relating to the establishment of a beginning teacher induction 
program and making an appropriation.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
HOUSE FILE 511 REREFERRED
The Speaker announced that House File 511, previously referred 
to committee on agriculture was rereferred to committee on 
judiciary.
COMMUNICATION RECEIVED
The following communication was received and filed in the office of 
the Chief Clerk:
IOWA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

The Annual Report for Fiscal Year 1998, pursuant to Chapter 8D.13, Code of Iowa.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House File 357
Local Government: Dix, Chair; Carroll, Fallon, Hahn and Reynolds.
House File 396
Local Government: Arnold, Chair; Connors and Dix.
House File 435
Local Government: Houser, Chair; Arnold, Eddie, Fallon and Richardson.
House File 462
Local Government: Dix, Chair; Carroll, Fallon, Hahn and Reynolds.
House File 468
Ways and Means: Jenkins, Chair; Chapman and Rants.
House File 472
Local Government: Brauns, Chair; Hahn and Mundie.
House File 482
Ways and Means: Houser, Chair; Richardson and Teig.
House File 485
Ways and Means: Van Fossen, Chair; Drake and Myers.
House File 488
Agriculture: Drake, Chair; Alons and Parmenter.
House File 490
Ways and Means: Hoffman, Chair; Teig and Weigel.
House File 503
Local Government: Eddie, Chair; Connors and Weidman.
House File 510

Agriculture: Greiner, Chair; Scherrman and Welter.
House File 511
Agriculture: Baudler, Chair; Huseman and Kuhn.
HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Study Bill 224
Environmental Protection: Cormack, Chair; Boggess and Burnett.
House Study Bill 225
Environmental Protection: Bradley, Chair; Brunkhorst and Shoultz.
House Study Bill 226
Local Government: Houser, Chair; Burnett, Carroll, Kuhn and Van Engelenhoven.
HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
H.S.B. 232  Education
Relating to the level of state funding for the instructional support 
program, and providing an effective date.
H.S.B. 233  Education
Relating to a school bond credit enhancement program for school 
district general obligation bonds or loan agreements.
H.S.B. 234  Education
To provide for a community college governance structure study.
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 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 75), establishing the community 
attraction and tourism development program and fund, making an appropriation, and 
providing an effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 4, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 150), relating to the payment and 
allocation of the real estate transfer tax.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 4, 1999.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 177), allowing certain school district 
bond issues to be issued jointly by two or more school districts.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Do Pass March 4, 1999.
AMENDMENT FILED
H-1053	H.F.	403	Raecker of Polk
On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie the House adjourned at 
1:18 p.m., until 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 9, 1999.
576	JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE	57th Day
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