House Journal: Wednesday, March 10, 1999

Fifty-ninth Calendar Day - Thirty-sixth Session Day

Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, March 10, 1999
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:50 a.m., Speaker 
Corbett in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Father Gerald Condon, pastor of St. 
Patrick's Catholic Church, Hampton. 
The Journal of Tuesday, March 9, 1999 was approved.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 574, by committee on local government, a bill for an 
act allowing certain school district bond issues to be issued jointly by 
two or more school districts.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 575, by Heaton, a bill for an act relating to state 
billings for and cost settlement with counties involving mental health 
and mental retardation services.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 576, by Dotzler, a bill for an act relating to wage level 
requirements applicable to employer recipients of state agency 
economic development financial assistance.
Read first time and referred to committee on economic 
development.
House File 577, by Siegrist, a bill for an act creating the criminal 
offense of assault on a sports official and providing a penalty.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
	House File 578, by Wise, a bill for an act relating to school 

finance, providing additional state funding for changes in enrollment, 
and providing an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 579, by Doderer, a bill for an act relating to 
prohibiting certain telephone solicitations, establishing certain 
requirements for contracts associated with such solicitations, 
establishing a list of persons not wishing to receive such solicitations, 
and providing for civil penalties.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and 
regulation.
House File 580, by Doderer, a bill for an act to raise the state 
minimum hourly wage.
Read first time and referred to committee on labor and 
industrial relations.
House File 581, by Barry, a bill for an act relating to the creation 
of an indigent patient care pilot project.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 582, by Hansen and Chiodo, a bill for an act creating a 
cigarette and tobacco products control advisory commission within 
the Iowa department of public health.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 583, by Mundie, a bill for an act requesting the 
establishment of a study committee to review state alimony laws.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 584, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act 
relating to the uniform principal and income Act and providing for its 
applicability.
	Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 585, by committee on human resources, a bill for an 
act relating to child support enforcement, including child support 
recovery in instances of guardianships, income withholding, interest 
on child support collected, and payments to financial institutions for 
record matches.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 586, by committee on human resources, 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 placed on the calendar.
House File 587, by committee on economic development, a bill for 
an act establishing the community attraction and tourism 
development program and fund, making an appropriation, and 
providing an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.
House File 588, by committee on commerce and regulation, a bill 
for an act prohibiting unauthorized changes in telecommunications 
service, prohibiting certain acts in the advertisement or solicitation of 
changes in telecommunications service, and providing remedies and 
penalties.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 589, by committee on commerce and regulation, a bill 
for an act relating to the transfer of real estate, the filing of a release 
of mortgage, and providing a remedy.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 590, by committee on local government, a bill for an 
act relating to residency requirements for county, city, and school 
district elective offices.
	Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 591, by Connors, a bill for an act relating to collective 
bargaining by public sector employees.
Read first time and referred to committee on labor and 
industrial relations.
House File 592, by Shoultz, a bill for an act relating to bond 
issuance elections and authorizing a county, city, or school district to 
impose an income surtax to partially fund certain bonds and 
providing for the Act's applicability.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 593, by Burnett, a bill for an act providing for the 
eligibility for retirement under the Iowa public employees' retirement 
system without an age reduction penalty and providing effective and 
retroactive applicability dates.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 594, by Osterhaus, a bill for an act relating to health 
care coverage including the rights of enrollees and the review of and 
liability for certain health care services treatment decisions.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and 
regulation.
House File 595, by Jager, Greiner, and Barry, a bill for an act 
relating to civil lawsuits against manufacturers of and dealers in 
firearms for damages caused by firearms.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 596, by Wise, a bill for an act relating to the Iowa 
public employees' retirement system by permitting the purchase of 
service credit for certain qualified private sector employment.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
	House File 597, by Shoultz, a bill for an act relating to contracts 

for the production and marketing of livestock, providing for fees, and 
providing penalties.
Read first time and referred to committee on agriculture.
House File 598, by Myers, a bill for an act to provided for a 
science center study and plan by the department of economic 
development and making an appropriation.
Read first time and referred to committee on economic 
development.
House File 599, by Larson, a bill for an act relating to city and 
county ordinances allowing adoption of ordinances by petition and 
election.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 600, by Richardson, a bill for an act relating to public 
meeting requirements for involuntary annexations and elections on 
annexation petitions or plans.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 601, by Heaton, a bill for an act relating to the 
preparation and licensure requirements for elementary or secondary 
school counseling.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 602, by Dolecheck, a bill for an act relating to the 
hunting of deer and wild turkey by nonresident guests.
Read first time and referred to committee on natural resources.
House File 603, by Heaton and Greiner, a bill for an act providing 
disability benefits for special service members of the Iowa public 
employees' retirement system.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
	House File 604, by Blodgett, a bill for an act relating to 

telehealth, by providing for reimbursement for health care services 
provided by means of interactive audio, video, or data 
communications, and establishing telehealth delivery and 
disciplinary standards.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 605, by Schrader, a bill for an act relating to the use of 
replacement crash parts in motor vehicles damaged in collisions and 
making a remedy applicable.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
House File 606, by Warnstadt, a bill for an act establishing a 
school infrastructure assistance program and providing a standing 
appropriation.
Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.
House File 607, by committee on education, a bill for an act 
relating to the number of monthly state aid payments received by 
school districts.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 608, by committee on natural resources, a bill for an 
act relating to the operation, regulation, and equipment of watercraft, 
establishing watercraft safety courses, and subjecting violators to a 
penalty.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 609, by committee on education, a bill for an act 
relating to the local option sales tax for school infrastructure, and 
including an effective date and retroactive applicability provision.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 610, by committee on human resources, a bill for an 
act relating to child care provisions administered by the department 
of human services and to the terminology used to describe child 

care, making an appropriation of civil penalties, and including an 
effective date and applicability provisions.
Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.
House File 611, by Taylor, a bill for an act providing for optional 
membership under the Iowa public employees' retirement system for 
certain employees of a municipal water utility or waterworks.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 612, by Frevert, a bill for an act regulating industrial 
swine confinement feeding operations, providing for fees, and making 
penalties applicable.
Read first time and referred to committee on agriculture.
House File 613, by Mascher, a bill for an act establishing a 
professional recognition awards program and fund, and making an 
appropriation.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 614, by Mascher, a bill for an act relating to the 
employment and compensation of the director and employees of the 
county conservation board.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 615, by Kreiman, a bill for an act relating to the 
minimum estimated cost of a public improvement for a city or county 
requiring sealed bids and a public hearing.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 616, by Teig, a bill for an act exempting personal 
property purchased from vending machines from local option sales 
and services taxes.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
	House File 617, by Richardson, a bill for an act establishing a 

best of Iowa scholarship to be administered by the college student aid 
commission and making an appropriation.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 618, by committee on environmental protection, a bill 
for an act establishing an on-site wastewater treatment and disposal 
system program and revolving fund.
Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.
CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Regular Calendar
House File 402, a bill for an act providing for the establishment of 
a scope of practice review committee regarding the proposed licensure 
of certified professional midwives, was taken up for consideration.
Boddicker of Cedar 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. 402)
	The ayes were, 97:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker
Boggess	Bradley	Brauns	Brunkhorst
Bukta	Burnett	Carroll	Cataldo
Chapman	Cohoon	Connors	Cormack
Davis	Dix	Doderer	Dolecheck
Dotzler	Drake	Drees	Eddie
Falck	Fallon	Foege	Frevert
Garman	Gipp	Greiner	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	Rants
Rayhons	Reynolds	Richardson	Scherrman^
Schrader	Shoultz	Siegrist	Stevens
Sukup	Sunderbruch	Taylor	Teig
Thomas	Thomson	Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven
Van Fossen	Warnstadt	Weidman	Weigel
Welter	Whitead	Wise	Witt
Mr. Speaker
  Corbett
	The nays were, none.
	Absent or not voting, 3:
Chiodo	Ford	Grundberg	
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
House File 218, a bill for an act creating a loess hills preservation 
and development alliance, providing for its powers and duties, and 
providing for other properly related matters, with report of committee 
recommending amendment and passage, was taken up for 
consideration.
Barry of Harrison offered amendment H-1044 filed by the 
committee on local government as follows:
H-1044
 1     Amend House File 218 as follows:
 2     1.  By striking everything after the enacting
 3   clause and inserting the following:
 4     "Section 1.  Section 161D.1, subsection 4, Code
 5   1999, is amended to read as follows:
 6     4.  This section chapter is not intended to affect
 7   the authority of the department of natural resources
 8   in its acquisition, development, and management of
 9   public lands within the counties represented by the
10   authority.
11     Sec. 2.  Section 161D.2, Code 1999, is amended to
12   read as follows:
13     161D.2  LOESS HILLS DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION
14   FUND.
15     A loess hills development and conservation fund is
16   created in the state treasury, to.  The fund shall
17   include a hungry canyons account and a loess hills
18   alliance account which shall be administered by the
19   loess hills development and conservation authority.
20   The proceeds of the fund respective accounts shall be
21   used for the purposes specified in section 161D.1 or
22   161D.6 as applicable.  The loess hills development and

23   conservation authority may accept gifts, bequests,
24   other moneys including, but not limited to, state or
25   federal moneys, and in-kind contributions for deposit
26   in the fund.  The gifts, grants, bequests from public
27   and private sources, state and federal moneys, and
28   other moneys received by the authority shall be
29   deposited in the fund respective accounts and any
30   interest earned on the fund shall be credited to the
31   fund respective accounts to be used for the purposes
32   specified in section 161D.1 or 161D.6 as applicable.
33   Notwithstanding section 8.33, any unexpended or
34   unencumbered moneys remaining in the fund at the end
35   of the fiscal year shall not revert to the general
36   fund of the state, but the moneys shall remain
37   available for expenditure by the authority in
38   succeeding fiscal years.
39     Sec. 3. NEW SECTION.  161D.3  DEFINITIONS.
40     As used in this chapter, unless the context
41   otherwise requires:
42     1.  "Alliance" means the loess hills alliance
43   created in section 161D.5.
44     2.  "Authority" means the loess hills development
45   and conservation authority created in section 161D.1.
46     3.  "Fund" means the loess hills development and
47   conservation fund created in section 161D.2.
48     Sec. 4. NEW SECTION.  161D.4  MISSION STATEMENT.
49     The mission of the loess hills alliance is to
50   create a common vision for Iowa's loess hills,
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 1   protecting special natural and cultural resources
 2   while ensuring economic viability and private property
 3   rights of the region.
 4     Sec. 5. NEW SECTION.  161D.5  LOESS HILLS ALLIANCE
 5   CREATED.
 6     1.  A loess hills alliance is created.  The
 7   alliance shall carry out its responsibilities under
 8   the general direction of the loess hills development
 9   and conservation authority.  The alliance shall
10   encompass the geographic region including the counties
11   of Plymouth, Woodbury, Monona, Harrison,
12   Pottawattamie, Mills, and Fremont.  Membership and
13   participation in projects of the alliance is not
14   required.  The alliance shall be governed by a board
15   of directors appointed by the authority.
16     2.  Each member of the board of directors shall be
17   a resident of a county participating in the alliance
18   and shall be appointed to a term of office as
19   determined by the authority.  The directors of the
20   alliance shall carry out their responsibilities
21   pursuant to bylaws approved by the authority.

22     Sec. 6. NEW SECTION.  161D.6  RESPONSIBILITIES.
23     1.  The board of directors of the alliance shall
24   have the following responsibilities:
25     a.  To prepare and adopt a comprehensive plan for
26   the development and conservation of the loess hills
27   area subject to the approval of the authority.  The
28   plan shall provide for the designation of significant
29   scenic areas, the protection of native vegetation, the
30   education of the public on the need for and methods of
31   preserving the natural resources of the loess hills
32   area, and the promotion of tourism and related
33   business and industry in the loess hills area.
34     b.  To apply for, accept, and expend public and
35   private funds for planning and implementing projects,
36   programs, and other components of the mission of the
37   alliance subject to approval of the authority.
38     c.  To study different options for the protection
39   and preservation of significant historic, scenic,
40   geologic, and recreational areas of the loess hills
41   including but not limited to a federal or state park,
42   preserve, or monument designation, fee title
43   acquisition, or restrictive easement.
44     d.  To make recommendations to and coordinate the
45   planning and projects of the alliance with the
46   authority.
47     e.  To develop and implement pilot projects for the
48   protection of loess hills areas with the use of
49   restrictive easements from willing sellers and fee
50   title ownership from willing sellers subject to
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 1   approval of the authority.
 2     f.  To report annually not later than January 15 to
 3   the general assembly the activities of the alliance
 4   during the preceding fiscal year including, but not
 5   limited to, its projects, funding, and expenditures.
 6     2.  A restrictive easement authorized pursuant to
 7   this section shall not exceed thirty years in duration
 8   and shall be recorded as provided in section 457A.3.
 9   Any compensation agreed to for a restrictive easement
10   shall be paid in equal annual installments during the
11   lifetime of the restrictive easement.  At the
12   expiration of a restrictive easement or upon
13   termination for nonperformance, the holder of the
14   restrictive easement shall record an affidavit with
15   the county recorder of the county in which the
16   servient land is located releasing the servient land
17   from the restrictive easement.  The holder of the
18   restrictive easement shall send, by certified mail, a
19   copy of the affidavit verifying the recording of the
20   release of the restrictive easement to the landowner.

21   If a holder of the restrictive easement fails to
22   record the release of a restrictive easement at its
23   expiration or for nonperformance, the owner of the
24   servient land may petition the district court for an
25   order removing the restrictive easement.  As used in
26   this subsection, "nonperformance" means the failure to
27   make an annual payment of any compensation within
28   ninety days of the annual due date.
29     Sec. 7. NEW SECTION.  161D.7  PROGRAM
30   COORDINATION.
31     The department of natural resources shall
32   coordinate the bluffland protection program with the
33   program and projects of the loess hills alliance."
34     2.  Title page, line 2, by striking the words
35   "powers and duties" and inserting the following:
36   "responsibilities".
Huser of Polk asked and received unanimous consent to 
withdraw amendment H-1047 and amendment H-1048, to the 
committee amendment H-1044, filed by her on March 3, 1999.
Fallon of Polk offered amendment H?1052, to the committee 
amendment H?1044, filed by him and Witt of Black Hawk as follows:
H-1052
 1     Amend the Committee amendment, H-1044, to House
 2   File 218 as follows:
 3     1.  Page 3, line 7, by striking the word "thirty"
 4   and inserting the following:  "ninety-nine".
 5     2.  Page 3, line 10, by striking the word "shall"
 6   and inserting the following:  "may".
A non-record roll call was requested.
The ayes were 23, nays 40.
Amendment H?1052 lost.
Fallon of Polk asked and received unanimous consent to with-
draw amendment H-1050, to the committee amendment H-1044, 
filed by him on March 4, 1999.
Barry of Harrison moved the adoption of the committee 
amendment H-1044.
	The committee amendment H-1044 was adopted.

Barry of Harrison 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. 218)
	The ayes were, 98:
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
Eddie	Falck	Fallon	Foege
Frevert	Garman	Gipp	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
Rants	Rayhons	Reynolds	Richardson
Scherrman	Schrader	Shoultz	Siegrist
Stevens	Sukup	Sunderbruch	Taylor
Teig	Thomas	Thomson	Tyrrell	
Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Warnstadt	Weidman
Weigel	Welter	Whitead	Wise
Witt	Mr. Speaker
		  Corbett
	The nays were, none.
	Absent or not voting, 2:
Ford	Greiner
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title, as amended, was agreed to.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGES

Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent 
that the following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: 
House Files 402 and 218.
House File 293, a bill for an act providing for the administration 
of assessments collected by the Iowa sheep and wool promotion board, 
with report of committee recommending passage, was taken up for 
consideration.
Boggess of Taylor 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. 293)
	The ayes were, 97:
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
Eddie	Falck	Fallon	Foege
Frevert	Garman	Gipp	Grundberg
Hahn	Hansen	Heaton	Hoffman
Holmes	Holveck	Horbach	Houser
Huseman	Huser	Jacobs	Jager
Jenkins	Jochum	Johnson	Kettering
Klemme	Kuhn	Larkin	Larson
Lord	Martin	Mascher	May
Mertz	Metcalf	Millage	Mundie
Murphy	Myers	Nelson	O'Brien
Osterhaus	Parmenter	Raecker	Rants
Rayhons	Reynolds	Richardson	Scherrman
Schrader	Shoultz	Siegrist	Stevens
Sukup	Sunderbruch	Taylor	Teig
Thomas	Thomson	Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven
Van Fossen	Warnstadt	Weidman	Weigel
Welter	Whitead	Wise	Witt
Mr. Speaker
  Corbett
		The nays were, 1:

Kreiman	
	Absent or not voting, 2:
Ford	Greiner	
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
Eddie of Buena Vista in the chair at 9:48 a.m.
House File 337, a bill for an act relating to the workforce 
development fund account and fees paid by community colleges and 
generated by the funding of new jobs training programs, was taken 
up for consideration.
Nelson of Marshall 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. 337)
	The ayes were, 96:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker
Boggess	Bradley	Brauns	Brunkhorst
Bukta	Burnett	Carroll	Cataldo
Chapman	Chiodo	Cohoon	Connors
Corbett, Spkr.	Cormack	Dix	Doderer
Dolecheck	Drake	Drees	Falck
Fallon	Foege	Frevert	Garman
Gipp	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	Rants	Rayhons
Reynolds	Richardson	Scherrman	Schrader
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:
Davis	Dotzler	Ford	Greiner
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGES
Gipp of Winneshiek asked and received unanimous consent that 
the following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: House 
Files 293 and 337.
House File 379, a bill for an act changing the name of care review 
committee to resident advocate committee, was taken up for 
consideration.
Martin 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. 379)
	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	Dix	Doderer
Dolecheck	Dotzler	Drake	Drees
Falck	Fallon	Foege	Frevert
Garman	Gipp	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	Rants
Rayhons	Reynolds	Richardson	Scherrman
Schrader	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:
Davis	Ford	Greiner
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
HOUSE FILE 278 WITHDRAWN 
Martin of Scott asked and received unanimous consent to 
withdraw House File 278 from further consideration by the House.
House File 412, a bill for an act providing for the membership of 
the advisory board to the Leopold center for sustainable agriculture, 
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. 412)
	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
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	Parmenter
Raecker	Rants	Rayhons	Reynolds
Richardson	Scherrman	Schrader	Siegrist
Stevens	Sukup	Sunderbruch	Taylor
Teig	Thomas	Thomson	Tyrrell
Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Warnstadt	Weidman
Weigel	Welter	Whitead	Wise
Eddie,
  Presiding
	The nays were, 2:
Shoultz	Witt	
	Absent or not voting, 1:
Ford
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGES
Gipp of Winneshiek asked and received unanimous consent that 
the following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: House 
Files 379 and 412.
House File 378, a bill for an act 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, 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. 378)
		The ayes were, 54:

Arnold	Barry	Baudler	Blodgett
Boal	Boddicker	Boggess	Bradley
Brauns	Brunkhorst	Carroll	Cataldo
Corbett, Spkr.	Cormack	Davis	Dix
Dolecheck	Drake	Fallon	Gipp
Greiner	Grundberg	Hahn	Hansen
Heaton	Hoffman	Holmes	Horbach
Houser	Huseman	Jacobs	Jager
Jenkins	Johnson	Kettering	Klemme
Larson	Lord	Martin	Metcalf
Millage	Raecker	Rants	Rayhons
Siegrist	Sukup	Sunderbruch	Teig
Thomson	Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Weidman
Welter	Eddie,
		  Presiding
	The nays were, 44:
Alons	Bell	Bukta	Burnett
Chapman	Chiodo	Cohoon	Connors
Doderer	Dotzler	Drees	Falck
Foege	Frevert	Garman	Holveck
Huser	Jochum	Kreiman	Kuhn
Larkin	Mascher	May	Mertz
Mundie	Murphy	Myers	Nelson
O'Brien	Osterhaus	Parmenter	Reynolds
Richardson	Scherrman	Schrader	Shoultz
Stevens	Taylor	Thomas	Warnstadt
Weigel	Whitead	Wise	Witt
	Absent or not voting, 2:
Ford	Van Fossen
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 619, by Dolecheck, Van Engelenhoven, Teig, Arnold, 
Drake, and Weidman, a bill for an act relating to the management 
and operation of certain public hospitals.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 620, by Cohoon, a bill for an act relating to persons 
with disabilities registration plates for trailers.
	Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.

House File 621, by Witt, a bill for an act relating to production 
contracts executed between cooperative associations and their 
members, making penalties applicable, and providing an effective 
date.
Read first time and referred to committee on agriculture.
House File 622, by Ford, a bill for an act making appropriations 
for the provision of services for elders.
Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.
House File 623, by Foege, a bill for an act establishing a pilot 
project to provide services to children and families experiencing the 
effects of reactive attachment disorder, and providing an 
appropriation.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 624, by Jacobs, a bill for an act relating to electronic 
commerce security, and providing penalties.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and 
regulation.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE
Gipp of Winneshiek asked and received unanimous consent that 
House File 378 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
HOUSE FILE 360 REREFERRED
The Speaker announced that House File 360, previously referred 
to committee on human resources was rereferred to committee on 
local government.
EXPLANATION OF VOTE
I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on March 10, 
1999. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on House File 

379.
DAVIS of Wapello
PRESENTATION OF VISITORS
The Speaker announced that the following visitors were present in 
the House chamber:
Twenty-two students from Ottumwa Teen Leaders In Action, 
accompanied by Michelle Sipe and Kim Hellige. By Davis of Wapello.
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\333	Eugene and Wanda Ridenour, New Hampton - For renewal of their 
wedding vows on their 50th wedding anniversary.
1999\334	Cora Pitz Subbert, New Hampton - For celebrating her 90th birthday 
on March 5th.
1999\335	Don and Jean Becker, Oelwein - For celebrating their 50th wedding 
anniversary.
1999\336	Thomas Andrew "Andy" Morin, Sioux City - For attaining the rank of 
Eagle Scout, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.
1999\337	Bill Roths, New Hampton - For being inducted into the Iowa High 
School Wrestling Hall of Fame.
1999\338	Loretta Davis, Oelwein - For celebrating her 90th birthday.
1999\339	Andrew Gaffney, Oelwein - For celebrating his 80th birthday.
1999\340	Kenneth Cunard, Missouri Valley - For celebrating his 80th birthday.
1999\341	Robert and Twylia Hinkel, Pisgah - For celebrating their 50th wedding 
anniversary.
1999\342	Arlo and Arlene Pelley, Hiawatha - For celebrating their 50th wedding 
anniversary.
1999\343	Edwin Lohmann, Strawberry Point - For celebrating his 90th birthday.

1999\344	Ralph Ehlers, Stanley - For celebrating his 90th birthday.
1999\345	LeRoy Steen, Guttenberg - For celebrating his 81st birthday.
1999\346	Alice Jorgensen, Woodbine - For celebrating her 95th birthday.
1999\347	Leona Ulbrich, Guttenberg - For celebrating her 95th birthday.
1999\348	Duane and Mary Schoning, Milford - For celebrating their 50th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\349	Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Weber, Waterloo - For celebrating their 50th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\350	Paul and Helen Mefferd, Spirit Lake - For celebrating their 60th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\351	Bob and Doris Fitzgerald, Milford - For celebrating their 50th wedding 
anniversary.
1999\352	Marguerite Sheppard, Estherville - For celebrating her 84th birthday.
1999\353	Gayland and May Polsley, Blanchard - For celebrating their 65th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\354	Idella Gulden, Waterloo - For celebrating her 80th birthday.
1999\355	Martha and James Bedford, Eldon - For celebrating their 50th wedding 
anniversary.
1999\356	Henry Esser, Milford - For celebrating his 95th birthday.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House File 364
Education: Dolecheck, Chair; Eddie and Kreiman.
House File 423
Judiciary: Sukup, Chair; Raecker and Shoultz.
House File 454
Natural Resources: Kettering, Chair; Alons and O'Brien.
House File 511
Judiciary: Davis, Chair; Kreiman and Larson.
House File 522

Judiciary: Sunderbruch, Chair; Kettering and Kreiman.
House File 529
Judiciary: Sukup, Chair; Barry and Kreiman.
House File 535
Ways and Means: Houser, Chair; Jager and Richardson.
House File 540
Transportation: Van Engelenhoven, Chair; Arnold and Larkin.
House File 544
Ways and Means: Van Fossen, Chair; Drake and Shoultz.
House File 557
Judiciary: Sukup, Chair; Ford and Larson.
House File 559
Judiciary: Jager, Chair; Kreiman and Larson.
House File 561
Judiciary: Baudler, Chair; Bell and Sukup.
House File 565
Judiciary: Barry, Chair; Kettering and Kreiman.
House File 568
Education: Boal, Chair; Stevens and Thomson.
House File 572
Ways and Means: Houser, Chair; Richardson and Teig.
House File 605
Transportation: Welter, Chair; Blodgett and Drees.
House File 620
Transportation: Blodgett, Chair; Chiodo and Heaton.
Senate File 150

Judiciary: Jager, Chair; Kreiman and Millage.
HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Study Bill 184
Judiciary: Sukup, Chair; Chapman and Larson.
House Study Bill 189
Judiciary: Barry, Chair; Doderer and Thomson.
House Study Bill 232
Education: Grundberg, Chair; Boal and Wise.
House Study Bill 233
Education: Grundberg, Chair; Rants and Warnstadt.
House Study Bill 234
Education: Nelson, Chair; Grundberg and Wise.
House Study Bill 235
Judiciary: Larson, Chair; Chapman and Millage.
House Study Bill 236
Judiciary: Larson, Chair; Chapman and Millage.
House Study Bill 237
Judiciary: Davis, Chair; Baudler and Bell.
House Study Bill 238
Judiciary: Kettering, Chair; Bell and Jager.
House Study Bill 239
Education: Grundberg, Chair; Hansen and Wise.
House Study Bill 240

Judiciary: Larson, Chair; Chapman and Millage.
House Study Bill 241
Education: Grundberg, Chair; Hansen and Mascher.
HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
H.S.B. 242  Natural Resources
Relating to the location requirements for a licensed hunting preserve.
H.S.B. 243  Human Resources
Relating to third-party payor coverage for off-label use of prescription 
drugs.
H.S.B. 244  Human Resources
Relating to the provision of certain protections for enrollees, health 
care providers, and health care professionals, and establishing cer-
tain requirements for health insurance carriers and organized de-
livery systems.
H.S.B. 245  Ways and Means
Relating to the taxation of certain communications services providers 
by exempting from the state sales and use taxes certain equipment 
used in transmitting telecommunications services and exempting 
from property tax certain fiber optic and copper cable of telephone 
companies.
H.S.B. 246  Environmental Protection
Relating to the Kyoto protocol, greenhouse gas emissions, limiting 
state action to comply with the Kyoto protocol, and providing a future 
repeal.
H.S.B. 247  Appropriations
Concerning state government personnel benefit programs for state 
employees and a related tax exemption, and providing an effective 
and retroactive applicability date.
H.S.B. 248  Appropriations

Relating to hospital license fees and creating a hospital education 
fund.
H.S.B. 249  Ways and Means
Relating to the sales tax charged on lottery tickets and the amount of 
expenses for advertising the lottery.
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 COMMERCE AND REGULATION
House File 424, a bill for an act relating to a relationship involving real estate 
licensees and real estate clients, and establishing restrictions on the payment of 
commissions or other consideration.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Do Pass March 9, 1999.
House File 461, a bill for an act relating to filing of a notice of an assignment of a 
mortgage.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-1067 March 9, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
House File 450, a bill for an act relating to the composition of regional advisory 
boards of the workforce development board.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Do Pass March 9, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 190), restricting the awarding of child 

visitation rights to a parent convicted of murder in the first degree of the other parent.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 9, 1999.
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 336), relating to individual and group 
accident and sickness insurance, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance 
organizations, and Medicare supplemental insurance policies, by mandating coverage 
for anesthesia and certain hospital charges associated with the provision of dental care 
services.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Do Pass March 9, 1999.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 151), relating to the reimbursement 
rate for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics under the medical 
assistance program.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Do Pass March 9, 1999.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 152), relating to welfare reform 
provisions involving the family investment program and individual development 
accounts.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Do Pass March 9, 1999.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 180), relating to acquired immune 
deficiency syndrome, providing penalties, and providing for a repeal.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 9, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 297), relating to mediation services related 
to custody, visitation, and support of a child.
Fiscal Note is required. 
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 9, 1999.
	Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 6), relating to certain property of a 

debtor which is exempt from execution.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 9, 1999.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 37), establishing the crime of identity 
theft, providing for the recovery of civil damages, relating to the reporting of identity 
theft to a consumer reporting agency, and providing and applying penalties.
Fiscal Note is required. 
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 9, 1999.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 81), relating to estate issues by 
modifying the warranty by a trustee, exemptions from execution and beneficiary 
designations and transfer-upon-death provisions related to pension and retirement 
accounts, jurisdiction of the probate court, fees payable on certain trusts, claims 
against estates for medical assistance payments, notice provisions relating to claims 
against estates, and disclaimers made by beneficiaries.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 9, 1999.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 89), relating to the liability for unpaid 
rates or charges of a city utility or enterprise service for water, sewage, and solid waste 
services.
Fiscal Note is required. 
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 9, 1999.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 101), relating to judges, concerning 
associate juvenile judges, associate probate judges, and retired judges.
Fiscal Note is required. 
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 9, 1999.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 133), defining sexual abuse in the 
third degree to include certain acts related to incapacitated victims, providing related 
definitions, and applying a penalty.
Fiscal Note is required. 
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 9, 1999.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 158), relating to the establishment of 
an Iowa trust code, and providing an effective date.
	Fiscal Note is not required. 

Recommended Do Pass March 9, 1999.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 189), establishing the crime of sexual 
exploitation by an educational practitioner and providing a penalty.
Fiscal Note is required. 
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 9, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
House File 163, a bill for an act relating to counties included in the mid-America 
port commission.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 9, 1999.
House File 472, a bill for an act relating to burial sites on private property.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 9, 1999.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 213), relating to mental health, and 
mental retardation, and other developmental disabilities and providing an effective 
date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 9, 1999.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 226), creating an adult mental health, 
mental retardation, and developmental disabilities services funding decategorization 
pilot project and providing an appropriation.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 9, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 162), relating to the time of possession of 
deer venison and subjecting violators to an existing penalty.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 9, 1999.
	Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 202), relating to the issuance of a 

limited number of deer or wild turkey hunting licenses.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Do Pass March 9, 1999.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 203), relating to the taking of 
muskrats by colony trap.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Do Pass March 9, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 393), 	relating to railroad rights of way 
acquired by persons other than a railroad and providing for assessment of costs.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 9, 1999.
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 404), 	relating to expenditure of moneys from 
the primary road fund for dust control on certain roads.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 9, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
Senate File 9, a bill for an act relating to the exemption of the sales and use tax on 
building materials, supplies, or equipment of certain rural water districts, and pro-
viding retroactive applicability and effective dates.
Fiscal Note is required. 
Recommended Do Pass March 10, 1999.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 207), relating to the sales and use tax 
exemption for the sale of tangible personal property which is purchased for lease or 
rental.
Fiscal Note is required. 
Recommended Do Pass March 10, 1999.
AMENDMENTS FILED

H-1066	H.F.	445	Wise of Lee
			Rants of Woodbury
H-1067	H.F.	461	Committee on Commerce and
			  Regulation
H-1068	H.F.	302	Fallon of Polk
H-1069	H.F.	472	Carroll of Poweshiek
			Fallon of Polk
H-1070	H.F.	497	Blodgett of Cerro Gordo
H-1071	H.F.	421	Horbach of Tama
H-1072	H.F.	608	Dotzler of Black Hawk
H-1073	H.F.	445	Wise of Lee
H-1074	H.F.	441	Huser of Polk
			Welter of Jones
On motion by Gipp of Winneshiek the House adjourned at 10:42 
a.m., until 8:45 a.m., Thursday, March 11, 1999.
602	JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE	59th Day
59th Day	WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1999	603

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