House Journal: Friday, March 12, 1999

Sixty-first Calendar Day - Thirty-eighth Session Day

Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, March 12, 1999
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:52 a.m., Speaker pro 
tempore Rants in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Becky Lorenz, administrative secretary to 
Majority Leader Siegrist of Pottawattamie. 
The Journal of Thursday, March 11, 1999 was approved.
PETITION FILED
The following petition was received and placed on file:
By Brauns of Muscatine, from seven hundred eighty-seven 
constituents favoring House File 185, relating to the operation of 
motorboats on artificial lakes.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House Joint Resolution 12, by committee on state government, 
a joint resolution to nullify administrative rules of the state racing 
and gaming commission concerning the dispensing of credit for 
gambling purposes, the number and location of pari-mutuel 
racetracks with gambling machines and excursion gambling boats, 
and the increase in the gambling machines, games, and tables at 
racetracks and excursion gambling boats, and providing an effective 
date.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 655, by committee on local government, a bill for an 
act relating to mental health, mental retardation, and other 
developmental disabilities and providing an effective date.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
	House File 656, by committee on state government, a bill for an 

act relating to the office of secretary of state and the conduct of 
elections and voter registration in the state and relating to corrective 
and technical changes to Iowa's election laws.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 657, by committee on ways and means, a bill for an 
act relating to the sales and use tax exemption for the sale of tangible 
personal property which is purchased for lease or rental.
Read first time and placed on the ways and means calendar.
House File 658, by committee on natural resources, a bill for an 
act relating to the time of possession of deer venison, increasing the 
minimum fine for unlawful taking, possessing, injuring, or 
transporting protected species and game, and subjecting violators to a 
penalty.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 659, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act 
establishing the crime of identity theft and providing penalties.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 660, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act 
relating to certain property of a debtor which is exempt from 
execution, and providing an effective date and for the Act's 
applicability.
Read first time and placed on the calendar. 
House File 661, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act 
relating to the offense of sexual abuse in the third degree, providing 
related definitions, and applying penalties.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 662, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act 
relating to estate issues by modifying the warranty by a trustee, 
jurisdiction of the probate court, fees payable on certain trusts, 

notice provisions relating to claims against estates, and disclaimers 
made by beneficiaries.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 663, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act 
relating to the establishment of an Iowa trust code, and providing an 
effective date.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 664, by committee on local government, a bill for an 
act creating an adult mental health, mental retardation, and 
developmental disabilities services funding decategorization pilot 
project.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 665, by Brunkhorst, a bill for an act providing for area 
education agency open enrollment by school districts.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 666, by Burnett, a bill for an act relating to the 
classification of bed and breakfast inns and homes as residential 
property for property tax purposes and including a retroactive 
applicability date.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 667, by Murphy, a bill for an act requiring a day off 
each week for certain employees and providing penalties.
Read first time and referred to committee on labor and 
industrial relations.
House File 668, by Murphy, a bill for an act relating to the length 
and terms of a physical exercise club contract and providing for the 
applicability of the Act.
	Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and 

regulation.
House File 669, by Foege, a bill for an act establishing a juvenile 
intensive services pilot project in the department of human services 
and making an appropriation.
Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.
House File 670, by Reynolds, a bill for an act relating to the 
licensure of pawnshops, the licensure of pawnshop employees, the 
regulation of the operation of pawnshops, the inspection and 
examination of pawnshops, and providing penalties.
Read first time and referred to committee on economic 
development.
House File 671, by Ford, a bill for an act permitting the court to 
depart from the imposition of a maximum sentence for certain 
felonies.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 672, by committee on education, a bill for an act 
relating to area education agencies and school districts by modifying 
the time guidelines concerning bargaining by certain employees, and 
changing dates relating to budget certification and notice of teacher 
termination for school districts.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 673, by Stevens, a bill for an act relating to the tax 
levy for a benefited fire district including a city.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 674, by Mundie, a bill for an act relating to siting 
confinement feeding operations in which swine are kept and 
providing an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on agriculture.
	House File 675, by committee on education, a bill for an act 

relating to schools and school districts by affecting boiler and steam 
vessel maintenance and monitoring, the regular school calendar, 
superintendent licensure and qualifications, and school breakfast 
programming.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 676, by committee on economic development, a bill for 
an act amending provisions in the "Iowa Agricultural Industry 
Finance Act".
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 677, by committee on state government, a bill for an 
act relating to gambling by imposing a moratorium on the issuance or 
transfer of certain gambling licenses and on increasing the numbers 
of games and machines, providing for the transfer of collective 
bargaining agreements, limiting the location of excursion gambling 
boats and pari-mutuel racetracks, regulating the dispensing of 
moneys by credit card or other electronic means for gambling 
purposes, limiting civil penalties for violations of gambling under 
legal age, providing for the disposition of charitable contributions, 
imposing a scheduled fine for gambling by persons under twenty-one 
years of age, and providing an effective date.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 678, by committee on human resources, a bill for an 
act providing for conditional employment pending the outcome of 
background checks for health care facility employees.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 679, by committee on state government, a bill for an 
act relating to drawing the Sac and Fox Indian settlement precinct in 
Tama county.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
	House File 680, by committee on education, a bill for an act 

relating to the establishment of a community college governance task 
force.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
SENATE MESSAGES CONSIDERED
Senate File 276, by committee on human resources, a bill for an 
act relating to health care service and treatment coverage by 
providing for continuity of care, discussion and advocacy of treatment 
options, coverage of emergency room services, utilization review 
requirements, and an external review process, and providing an 
effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and 
regulation.
Senate File 305, by committee on ways and means, a bill for an 
act relating to the payment by a county of the family farm tax credit 
and reimbursement to the county of its payment and including an 
effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
Senate File 308, by committee on ways and means, a bill for an 
act relating to the levy rate for fire protection imposed in an area of a 
benefited fire district and including an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
Senate File 361, 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 passed on file.
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\357	Leona Wimer, Cambridge - For celebrating her 80th 

birthday.
1999\358	Marguerite Benbow, Huxley - For celebrating her 80th birthday.
1999\359	Darlene Stevens, Collins - For celebrating her 80th birthday.
1999\360	Susie Keehnel, Slater - For celebrating her 96th birthday.
1999\361	Merwin and Vanita Smith, Urbana - For celebrating their 60th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\362	Clarence and Mabel Link, Maxwell - For celebrating their 65th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\363	Leila Boddicker, Vinton - For celebrating her 80th birthday.
1999\364	Nathan Lien, Rockford - For attaining the rank of Eagle Scout, the 
highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.
1999\365	Head Coach Dave Williams, Charles City - For being named Class 3-A 
Wrestling Coach of the Year.
1999\366	Asst. Coach Steve Stallsmith, Charles City - For being named Class 
3-A Wrestling Coach of the Year.
1999\367	Asst. Coach Chris Krueger, Charles City - For being named Class 3-A 
Wrestling Coach of the Year.
1999\368	Charles City Comet Wrestling Team, Charles City - For receiving 3rd 
place in the Class 3-A division of the 1999 Iowa High School State 
Wrestling Tournament.
1999\369	Brandon Lyons, Charles City - For placing 2nd in the Class 3-A, 152 
lbs. division of the 1999 Iowa High School State Wrestling 
Tournament.
1999\370	Drew Kelly, Charles City - For winning the Class 3-A, 160 lbs. division 
of the 1999 Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament, his third 
individual state wrestling title.
1999\371	Coach Ron Betts, Osage - For being named Jr. High Coach of the Year.
1999\372	Trent Goodale, Osage - For winning the Class 2-A, 112 lbs. division of 
the 1999 Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament.
1999\373	Joe Havig, Osage - For winning the Class 2-A, 125 lbs. division of the 
1999 Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament.
1999\374	Mike Exline, Charles City - For being inducted into the Official's Hall 
of Fame and for officiating 18 state wrestling tournaments.
1999\375	Cole Pape, Maquoketa -For winning the state championship in the 

Class 2-A, 135 lbs. Division of the 1999 Iowa High School State 
Wrestling Tournament, making him a two-time champion.
1999\376	Jake Veach, Maquoketa - For being state runner-up in the Class 2-A, 
Hwt. Division of the 1999 Iowa High School State Wrestling 
Tournament.
1999\377	Columbus Junction High School, Columbus Junction - For winning the 
Class 1-A State Dual Wrestling Title.
1999\378	Roger and Florence Farmer, Fairfield - For celebrating their 50th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\379	Lee and Meg Guiter, Ottumwa - For celebrating their 50th wedding 
anniversary.
1999\380	Helen Johnston Sedore, Fairfield - For celebrating her 100th birthday.
1999\381	Leonard and Verle Reynolds, Chariton - For celebrating their 70th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\382	Beatrice Cartwright, Botavia - For celebrating her 90th birthday.
1999\383	Roger and Florence Farmer, Fairfield - For celebrating their 50th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\384	Carol Fassbinder, Valley Community Schools - For placing 4th in the 
nation at the Intel Science Talent Search.
HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Study Bill 242
Natural Resources: Sunderbruch, Chair; Drake and O'Brien.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
MR. SPEAKER: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reports 
that the following committee recommendations have been received 
and are on file in the office of the Chief Clerk.
ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON
Chief Clerk of the House
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 364), 	making a standing appropriation to 
the school budget review committee to grant transportation assistance aid to certain 
school districts.
	Fiscal Note is not required. 

Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 11, 1999.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 232), relating to the level of state 
funding for the instructional support program, and providing an effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 11, 1999.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 239), providing supplementary 
weighting for determining enrollment in school districts involved in district-to- district 
or district-to-community-college sharing programs, and at-risk programs, and pro-
viding an effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 11, 1999.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 241), relating to the national board 
certification awards and establishing a national board certification pilot project.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Do Pass March 11, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 131), providing for the operational 
location of the drug enforcement and abuse prevention coordinator and the governor's 
alliance on substance abuse.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 11, 1999.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 184), to change the penalties for the 
criminal offense of accommodation involving marijuana.
Fiscal Note is required.
Recommended Do Pass March 11, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 185), 	relating to the operation of motorboats 
on artificial lakes and providing an effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Do Pass March 11, 1999.
	Committee Bill (Formerly House File 314), 	relating to the sale of timber by a 

county conservation board.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 11, 1999.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 242), relating to the location 
requirements for a licensed hunting preserve.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Do Pass March 11, 1999.
AMENDMENT FILED
H-1081	H.F.	586	Witt of Black Hawk
On motion by Gipp of Winneshiek the House adjourned at 9:00 
a.m., until 1:00 p.m., Monday, March 15, 1999.
656	JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE	61st Day
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