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House Journal: Wednesday, March 17, 1999

Sixty-sixth Calendar Day - Forty-first Session Day

Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, March 17, 1999
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:48 a.m., Speaker 
Corbett in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Father Eugene Murray, pastor of Holy 
Family Parish, Emmetsburg. 
The Journal of Tuesday, March 16, 1999 was approved.
PETITION FILED
The following petition was received and placed on file:
By Frevert of Palo Alto, from sixty constituents favoring legislation 
which would increase the number of investigations, education and 
support for our local and county law enforcement agencies.  The 
petition states concern for lack of Department of Narcotics Officers 
stationed in the northwestern Iowa and all rural areas.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Leave of absence was granted as follows:
Connors of Polk on request of Schrader of Marion; Heaton of Henry on request of 
Siegrist of Pottawattamie; Reynolds of Van Buren, until her arrival, on request of 
Schrader of Marion; Shoultz of Black Hawk on request of Holveck of Polk.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY OBSERVANCE
Prior to convening the House was entertained by an Irish Folk 
Band including the Honorable Ed Fallon, state representative from 
Polk County.
Frevert of Palo Alto presented to the House the Emmetsburg Little 
Irish Dancers. The Emmetsburg Irish Dancers are a group of 
elementary school girls who performed authentic Irish dances. 
Members of the group were: Stephanie Peterson, Sadie Hill, Abbie 

Lang, Melissa Hinners, Danielle Kenny, Kelsie McCain, Heather 
Stillman and Molly Hurleg. They were accompanied by Dennis and 
Jennifer Peterson.
Miss Shamrock, Catherine Nelson of Ruthven, was escorted into 
the chamber by Mertz of Kossuth, Garman of Story, Boddicker of 
Cedar, Frevert of Palo Alto and Fallon of Polk.
Presentation of Irish Dignitary
Frevert of Palo Alto presented to the House, Batt O'Keeffe T.D., a 
member of the Irish Parliament from Ballincollig, County Cork, 
Ireland. He received his education at St. Brendan's College, Cork, and 
is a Public Representative and Lecturer at Cork Regional Technical 
College. He has been lecturing to students at Iowa Lakes Community 
College to create an expanded awareness and sensitivity to diverse 
issues and other cultures. He was accompanied by his wife Mary 
O'Keeffe and is the honored guest of the Thirty-ninth Annual St. 
Patrick's Day Celebration in Emmetsburg.
Representative Frevert of Palo Alto escorted Mr. O'Keeffe to the 
Speaker's station where he addressed the House regarding political 
developments in Northern Ireland, and the Irish economy, showing 
appreciation for the direct investment by the United States.
The House rose and expressed its welcome.
The Honorable Delores Mertz, state representative from Kossuth 
County danced the traditional Irish jig before the House chamber and 
the Honorable Dan Boddicker, state representative from Cedar 
County, sang "Danny Boy".  
The House rose and expressed its appreciation.
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
O'Brien of Boone introduced to the House a former clerk and 
doorman, Dwight Dugan.
	Doderer of Johnson introduced to the House, Opal Miller, former 

member of the House from Calhoun County.
The House rose and expressed its welcome.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 699, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an act 
relating to Iowa agricultural industry finance corporations and 
investments by banks and insurance companies.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 700, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act re-
lating to the liability for unpaid rates or charges of a city utility or 
enterprise service for water, sewage, and solid waste services.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 701, by committee on transportation, 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 placed on the calendar.
House File 702, by committee on human resources, a bill for an 
act relating to clinical privileges in a hospital of a physician assistant 
or advanced registered nurse practitioner.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 703, by committee on local government, a bill for an 
act relating to membership of county compensation boards.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 704, by committee on state government, 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 placed on the calendar.

House File 705, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act to 
change the penalties for the criminal offense of accommodation in-
volving marijuana.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 706, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act 
establishing the criminal offense of laser pointer harassment against 
a law enforcement officer, and providing a penalty.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 707, by committee on human resources, a bill for an 
act relating to regulation of needles by requiring the conducting of a 
study.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 708, by committee on human resources, a bill for an 
act establishing a governor's award for quality care in health care 
facilities.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 709, by committee on human resources, a bill for an 
act relating to acceptable accreditation of psychiatric medical institu-
tions for children for the purpose of licensing.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 710, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act 
providing for the location of the drug enforcement and abuse pre-
vention coordinator and the governor's alliance on substance abuse.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 711, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act 
concerning the imposition of a drug abuse resistance education sur-
charge for criminal alcohol beverage control offenses.
	Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 712, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act re-
quiring a clerk of the district court, prior to the filing of a non-
statutory lien, to confirm that notice has been given to required 
parties.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 713, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act re-
lating to protective orders for domestic abuse.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 714, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act re-
lating to alternative forms of identification to be attached to a peti-
tion in an action for seeking a name change.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 715, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act 
prohibiting the loaning of money for gambling purposes through a 
credit card or an electronic or mechanical device at a licensed 
gambling facility.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 716, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act 
relating to the recording of trials before a magistrate.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 717, by committee on labor and industrial relations, a 
bill for an act relating to the review by administrative law judges of 
certain unemployment compensation determinations.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 718, by committee on education, a bill for an act 
relating to the level of state funding for the instructional support 
program, and providing an effective date.
	Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.

House File 719, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act 
relating to interference with visitation and custody, by providing for 
mediation, by establishing the crime of interference with custody and 
visitation, and providing penalties.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 720, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an act 
relating to practices involving the marketing of livestock by packers, 
by prohibiting price discrimination, requiring reporting, and pro-
viding criminal penalties and civil remedies.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 721, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an act 
relating to the Iowa egg council by providing for its administration 
and membership, and providing an effective date.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 722, by committee on labor and industrial relations, 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 placed on the calendar.
House File 723, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act pro-
hibiting the mistreatment of animals and providing for penalties.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 724, by Jacobs, a bill for an act relating to the real 
estate transfer tax and housing councils.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
	House File 725, by Frevert, a bill for an act relating to certain 

swine production contracts executed between cooperative associations 
and their members and providing an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on agriculture.
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 16, 1999, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is 
asked:
Senate File 101, a bill for an act relating to the offense of promoting or possessing 
contraband in prisons and juvenile facilities and establishing penalties.
Also: That the Senate has on March 16, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 
concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 187, a bill for an act relating to the operation, regulation, and 
equipment of watercraft, establishing watercraft safety courses, and subjecting 
violators to a penalty, and providing an effective date.
Also: That the Senate has on March 16, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 
concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 194, a bill for an act relating to acceptable accreditation of psychiatric 
medical institutions for children for the purpose of licensing.
Also: That the Senate has on March 16, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 
concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 231, a bill for an act providing a sales and use tax exemption for 
hospices.
Also: That the Senate has on March 16, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 
concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 282, a bill for an act relating to practices and procedures of the 
department of general services, regulating state purchasing of recycled paper, 
modifying an appropriation to the department, and providing an effective date.
Also: That the Senate has on March 16, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 
concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 298, a bill for an act relating to the liability of volunteer fire 
departments for penalties for occupational safety and health violations.
	Also: That the Senate has on March 16, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 

concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 300, a bill for an act relating to health care facility enforcement 
procedures.
Also: That the Senate has on March 16, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 
concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 309, a bill for an act relating to the interception of communications and 
providing penalties.
Also: That the Senate has on March 16, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 
concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 316, a bill for an act concerning state government personnel benefit 
programs for state employees and a related tax exemption, and providing an effective 
and retroactive applicability date.
Also: That the Senate has on March 16, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 
concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 337, a bill for an act relating to landlords' and tenants' relations, by 
providing notice requirements, establishing a tenant's duty to properly maintain utility 
facilities, and providing for other properly related matters and an effective date.
Also: That the Senate has on March 16, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 
concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 339, a bill for an act providing for directional signs for historic sites 
listed or eligible for listing on the national register of historic places and for nonprofit 
hospitals.
Also: That the Senate has on March 16, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 
concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 352, a bill for an act relating to reflective devices on slow-moving 
vehicles.
Also: That the Senate has on March 16, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 
concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 367, a bill for an act adopting the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction 
and Enforcement Act.
Also: That the Senate has on March 16, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 
concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 368, a bill for an act relating to the designation of endangered and 
threatened species of fish, plants, or wildlife and providing civil and criminal penalties 
for illegal acts affecting endangered or threatened species of fish, plants, or wildlife.
	Also: That the Senate has on March 16, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 

concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 376, a bill for an act relating to the supervision of the office of state 
medical examiner, making an appropriation, and providing an effective date.
Also: That the Senate has on March 16, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 
concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 424, a bill for an act relating to and making transportation and other 
infrastructure-related appropriations to the state department of transportation, 
including allocation and use of moneys from the general fund of the state, road use tax 
fund, and primary road fund, providing for the use of a former rest area, and providing 
for the nonreversion of certain moneys and an effective date.
Also: That the Senate has on March 16, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 
concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 430, a bill for an act relating to and making supplemental and other 
appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and providing an effective 
date.
MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary
SENATE MESSAGES CONSIDERED
Senate File 210, 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 referred to committee on appropriations.
Senate File 263, by committee on natural resources and environ-
ment, a bill for an act relating to the issuance of a hunter safety and 
ethics certificate to certain honorably discharged military veterans.
Read first time and referred to committee on natural resources.
Senate File 265, by committee on natural resources and 
environment, a bill for an act relating to the taking of muskrats by 
colony trap.
Read first time and passed on file.
Senate File 287, by committee on human resources, a bill for an 
act relating to child welfare provisions involving foster home 
damages, voluntary foster care placements of children with mental 

retardation or other developmental disability, release of child abuse 
information, and annual group foster care and decategorization plans, 
and providing a contingent effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
Senate File 294, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act 
relating to lifetime registration for certain sex offenders, the 
performance of sex offender risk assessments, and the procedures for 
dissemination of registry information to agencies and the public.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
Senate File 303, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act 
requiring that the clerk of the district court confirm that notice has 
been given to required parties prior to the filing of a nonstatutory 
lien.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
Senate File 313, by committee on natural resources and environ-
ment, a bill for an act prohibiting the sale or distribution of purple 
loosestrife.
Read first time and referred to committee on natural resources.
Senate File 314, by committee on state government, a bill for an 
act relating to the minimum training standards for operation of 
radiation machines.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
Senate File 335, by committee on commerce, 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 passed on file.
Senate File 366, by committee on appropriations, a bill for an act 
making a supplemental appropriation for the fiscal year beginning 
July 1, 1998, for replacement of certain embedded chips in the 

technology and equipment of state departments and providing an 
effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.
CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Regular Calendar
House File 659, a bill for an act establishing the crime of identity 
theft and providing penalties, was taken up for consideration.
Sunderbruch of Scott moved that the bill be read a last time now 
and placed upon its passage which motion prevailed and the bill was 
read a last time.
On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (H.F. 659)
	The ayes were, 95:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker
Boggess	Bradley	Brauns	Brunkhorst
Bukta	Burnett	Carroll	Cataldo
Chapman	Chiodo	Cohoon	Cormack
Davis	Dix	Doderer	Dolecheck
Dotzler	Drake	Drees	Eddie
Falck	Fallon	Foege	Ford
Frevert	Garman	Gipp	Greiner
Grundberg	Hahn	Hansen	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	Richardson	Scherrman	Schrader
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, 5:

Connors	Heaton	Hoffman	Reynolds
Shoultz	
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
House File 308, a bill for an act relating to peace officer status for 
investigators of the department of inspections and appeals, was taken 
up for consideration.
Garman of Story asked and received unanimous consent that 
amendment H-1049 be deferred.
Kreiman of Davis offered the following amendment H?1031 filed 
by Kreiman, et al., and moved its adoption:
H-1031
 1     Amend House File 308 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 1, by striking lines 8 through 11 and
 3   inserting the following:  "this section."
Amendment H?1031 was adopted, placing amendment H-1049 
filed by Garman of Story on March 3, 1999, out of order.
Sukup of Franklin moved that the bill be read a last time now and 
placed upon its passage which motion prevailed and the bill was read 
a last time.
On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (H.F. 308)
	The ayes were, 94:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker
Boggess	Bradley	Brauns	Brunkhorst
Bukta	Burnett	Carroll	Cataldo
Chapman	Chiodo	Cohoon	Cormack
Davis	Dix	Doderer	Dolecheck
Dotzler	Drake	Drees	Eddie
Falck	Fallon	Foege	Ford
Frevert	Garman	Gipp	Greiner
Grundberg	Hahn	Hansen	Holmes
Holveck	Horbach	Houser	Huseman^
Huser	Jacobs	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
Richardson	Scherrman	Schrader	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:
Jager	
	Absent or not voting, 5:
Connors	Heaton	Hoffman	Reynolds
Shoultz	
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
House File 588, 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, was taken up for 
consideration.
Eddie of Buena Vista in the chair at 9:28 a.m.
Raecker of Polk 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. 588)
	The ayes were, 95:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker
Boggess	Bradley	Brauns	Brunkhorst
Bukta	Burnett	Carroll	Cataldo
Chapman	Chiodo	Cohoon	Corbett, Spkr.^
Cormack	Davis	Dix	Doderer
Dolecheck	Dotzler	Drake	Drees
Falck	Fallon	Foege	Ford
Frevert	Garman	Gipp	Greiner
Grundberg	Hahn	Hansen	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	Richardson	Scherrman	Schrader
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, 5:
Connors	Heaton	Hoffman	Reynolds
Shoultz	
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 659, 308 and 588.
House File 584, a bill for an act relating to the uniform principal 
and income Act and providing for its applicability, was taken up for 
consideration.
Millage of Scott moved that the bill be read a last time now and 
placed upon its passage which motion prevailed and the bill was read 
a last time.
On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (H.F. 584)
		The ayes were, 95:

Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker
Boggess	Bradley	Brauns	Brunkhorst
Bukta	Burnett	Carroll	Cataldo
Chapman	Chiodo	Cohoon	Corbett, Spkr.
Cormack	Davis	Dix	Doderer
Dolecheck	Dotzler	Drake	Drees
Falck	Fallon	Foege	Ford
Frevert	Garman	Gipp	Greiner
Grundberg	Hahn	Hansen	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	Richardson	Scherrman	Schrader
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, 5:
Connors	Heaton	Hoffman	Reynolds
Shoultz	
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
House File 656, 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, was taken up for consideration.
Jacobs of Polk 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. 656)
		The ayes were, 94:

Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker
Boggess	Bradley	Brauns	Brunkhorst
Bukta	Burnett	Carroll	Cataldo
Chapman	Chiodo	Cohoon	Corbett, Spkr.
Davis	Dix	Doderer	Dolecheck
Dotzler	Drake	Drees	Falck
Fallon	Foege	Ford	Frevert
Garman	Gipp	Greiner	Grundberg
Hahn	Hansen	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
Richardson	Scherrman	Schrader	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, 1:
Cormack	
	Absent or not voting, 5:
Connors	Heaton	Hoffman	Reynolds
Shoultz	
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
House File 658, 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, was taken up for consideration.
Weidman of Cass 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. 658)

	The ayes were, 95:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker
Boggess	Bradley	Brauns	Brunkhorst
Bukta	Burnett	Carroll	Cataldo
Chapman	Chiodo	Cohoon	Corbett, Spkr.
Cormack	Davis	Dix	Doderer
Dolecheck	Dotzler	Drake	Drees
Falck	Fallon	Foege	Ford
Frevert	Garman	Gipp	Greiner
Grundberg	Hahn	Hansen	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	Richardson	Scherrman	Schrader
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, 5:
Connors	Heaton	Hoffman	Reynolds
Shoultz	
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title 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 584, 656 and 658.
House File 651, a bill for an act relating to implements of 
husbandry and restrictions on the movement of such implements, and 
other vehicles, upon the highways of this state and making penalties 

applicable, was taken up for consideration.
Johnson of Osceola offered the following amendment H?1096 filed 
by him and moved its adoption:
H-1096
 1     Amend House File 651 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 4, line 15, by striking the words "mean
 3   the" and inserting the following:  "means a group of
 4   unique".
 5     2.  Page 4, by striking lines 16 and 17 and
 6   inserting the following:  "designations assigned to a
 7   complete fence-line feeder, grain cart, or tank wagon
 8   by the manufacturer or by the department and affixed
 9   to the vehicle, pursuant to rules adopted by the
10   department, as a".
11     3.  Page 7, line 23, by striking the word
12   "information" and inserting the following:
13   "identification".
14     4.  By renumbering as necessary.
Amendment H?1096 was adopted.
Thomas of Clayton asked and received unanimous consent to with-
draw amendment H-1088 filed by him on March 16, 1999.
Johnson of Osceola offered the following amendment H?1095 filed 
by Johnson, et al., and moved its adoption:
H-1095
 1     Amend House File 651 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 11, by striking lines 27 through 31 and
 3   inserting the following:
 4     "Sec.     .  IMPLEMENTS OF HUSBANDRY STUDY.  The
 5   state department of transportation shall, in
 6   consultation with manufacturers and distributors of
 7   implements of husbandry, agricultural associations,
 8   and the Iowa state association of counties, study
 9   tracked vehicles, the use of flotation tires, and the
10   fine and legal axle weight schedules applicable to
11   grain carts, tank wagons, and fence-line feeders
12   operated on public roadways.  The department shall
13   report its findings and recommendations to the general
14   assembly by January 1, 2000."
15     2.  By renumbering as necessary.
	Amendment H?1095 was adopted.

Johnson of Osceola 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. 651)
	The ayes were, 89:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Boal	Boddicker	Boggess
Bradley	Brauns	Brunkhorst	Bukta
Burnett	Carroll	Cataldo	Chiodo
Cohoon	Corbett, Spkr.	Cormack	Davis
Dix	Doderer	Dolecheck	Dotzler
Drake	Falck	Fallon	Foege
Ford	Frevert	Garman	Gipp
Greiner	Grundberg	Hahn	Hansen
Holmes	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	Richardson	Scherrman	Schrader
Siegrist	Stevens	Sukup	Sunderbruch
Teig	Thomas	Thomson	Tyrrell
Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Warnstadt	Weidman
Weigel	Welter	Wise	Witt
Eddie,
  Presiding
	The nays were, 5:
Chapman	Drees	Holveck	Taylor
Whitead	
	Absent or not voting, 6:
Blodgett	Connors	Heaton	Hoffman
Reynolds	Shoultz	
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
	The House resumed consideration of House File 489, a bill for an 

act eliminating certain requirements relating to the regulation of 
infectious waste, previously deferred on March 16, 1999.
Kreiman of Davis offered the following amendment H?1097 filed 
by Kreiman, et al., and moved its adoption:
H-1097
 1     Amend House File 489 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 2, by striking line 31 and inserting the
 3   following:
 4     "Sec. 3.  Section 455B.502, Code 1999,is".
Amendment H?1097 was adopted.
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. 489)
	The ayes were, 95:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker
Boggess	Bradley	Brauns	Brunkhorst
Bukta	Burnett	Carroll	Cataldo
Chapman	Chiodo	Cohoon	Corbett, Spkr.
Cormack	Davis	Dix	Doderer
Dolecheck	Dotzler	Drake	Drees
Falck	Fallon	Foege	Ford
Frevert	Garman	Gipp	Greiner
Grundberg	Hahn	Hansen	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	Richardson	Scherrman	Schrader
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, 5:
Connors	Heaton	Hoffman	Reynolds
Shoultz	
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
House File 461, a bill for an act relating to filing of a notice of an 
assignment of a mortgage, with report of committee recommending 
amendment and passage, was taken up for consideration.
Jenkins of Black Hawk offered the following amendment H-1067 
filed by the committee on commerce and regulation and moved its 
adoption:
H-1067
 1     Amend House File 461 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 1, by striking line 13 and inserting the
 3   following:
 4     "a.  A person who sells or otherwise transfers the
 5   servicing of a mortgage".
 6     2.  Page 1, by inserting after line 33 the
 7   following:
 8     "Sec.     .  EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY.  This
 9   Act takes effect on October 1, 1999, and applies to a
10   sale or transfer of a mortgage, or a satisfaction of a
11   mortgage which occurs on or after October 1, 1999."
12     3.  Title page, line 2, by inserting after the
13   word "mortgage" the following:  "and providing an
14   effective and applicability date".
15     4.  By renumbering as necessary.
The committee amendment H-1067 was adopted.
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. 461)
	The ayes were, 93:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker^
Boggess	Bradley	Brauns	Brunkhorst
Bukta	Burnett	Cataldo	Chapman
Chiodo	Cohoon	Corbett, Spkr.	Cormack
Davis	Dix	Doderer	Dolecheck
Dotzler	Drake	Drees	Falck
Fallon	Foege	Ford	Frevert
Garman	Gipp	Greiner	Hahn
Hansen	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	Richardson
Scherrman	Schrader	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, 7:
Carroll	Connors	Grundberg	Heaton
Hoffman	Reynolds	Shoultz	
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 651, 489 and 461.
HOUSE FILE 586 REFERRED
The Speaker announced that House File 586, previously placed on 
the calendar was referred to committee on appropriations.
BILL ENROLLED, SIGNED AND SENT TO GOVERNOR
The Chief Clerk of the House submitted the following report:
	Mr. Speaker: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reports that the following bill 

has been examined and found correctly enrolled, signed by the Speaker of the House 
and the President of the Senate, and presented to the Governor for his approval on this 
17th day of March, 1999: House File 330.
ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON
Chief Clerk of the House
Report adopted.
PRESENTATION OF VISITORS
The Speaker announced that the following visitors were present in 
the House chamber:
Five students from Columbus Junction High School, Columbus 
Junction, accompanied by Tom Sands.  By Brauns of Muscatine.
Forty-three 8th grade students from Dallas Center-Grimes, 
accompanied by Bill Wineland.  By Metcalf of Polk and Raecker of 
Polk.
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\417	Tameem Yehyawi, Keokuk - For being named Outstanding Wrestler 
of the Southeast Conference by conference sportswriters.
1999\418	Richard and Edna Eldridge, Vinton - For celebrating their 50th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\419	Henry Holst, Clutier - For celebrating his 90th birthday.
1999\420	Ellie Peterson, Cedar Falls - For being named to the 1999 Class 4-A 
All-Tournament Team, Iowa Girls' Basketball Tournament.
1999\421	Joan Marie Resnick, Davenport - For being named the 1999 Irish 
Mother of the Year.
1999\422	Darrell and Ethel Fry, Urbana - For celebrating their 70th wedding 
anniversary.
1999\423	Scott Williams, New Providence - For attaining the rank of Eagle 

Scout, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.
1999\424	Grace Roberts, Fairfield - For celebrating her 90th birthday.
1999\425	Audrey and Wayne Bower, Stockport - For celebrating their 55th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\426	Tony Steen, Clinton - For attaining the rank of Eagle Scout, the 
highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.
1999\427	Lester Ashing, Gilman - For celebrating his 90th birthday.
1999\428	Elsie Fistler, Grinnell - For celebrating her 90th birthday.
1999\429	Winifred Ewing, Malcom - For celebrating her 90th birthday.
1999\430	Naomi Thompson, Grinnell - For celebrating her 98th birthday.
1999\431	Lynnville-Sully Girls' Basketball Team and their Coach Jerry 
Hulsing, Sully - For their third unprecedented consecutive basketball 
championship.
1999\432	Isabelle and Garrit Van Der Weerdt, Lynnville - For celebrating their 
50th wedding anniversary.
1999\433	Elizabeth Fabritz, Ottumwa - For celebrating her 103rd birthday.
1999\434	Marie Gullett Weir, Ottumwa - For celebrating her 90th birthday.
1999\435	Ellen Hyde, Ottumwa - For celebrating her 102nd birthday.
1999\436	Helen Johnston Sedore, Ottumwa - For celebrating her 100th 
birthday.
1999\437	Geraldine and James Criswell, Kellogg - For celebrating their 50th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\438	James Tussey, Orient - For retiring as Principal at Orient-Macksburg 
School.
1999\439	Helen J. Crosman, Ogden - For celebrating her 100th birthday.
1999\440	Emili Vondrak, Kingsley-Pierson Middle School - For receiving 3rd 
place in the 6th-7th grade category in the "Write Women Back Into 
History" Essay Contest.
1999\441	Donna and Donald Hudson, Ottumwa - For celebrating their 50th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\442	Helen Norman, Ottumwa - For celebrating her 103rd birthday.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT

Senate File 287
Human Resources:  Carroll, Chair; Lord and Witt.
HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Study Bill 247
Appropriations:  Jacobs, Chair; Cormack and Mascher.
House Study Bill 248
Appropriations:  Millage, Chair; Dix and Murphy.
House Study Bill 250
Ways and Means:  Rants, Chair; Larson and Richardson.
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
House File 513, a bill for an act relating to certified capital companies and 
providing for a certified capital company insurance premium tax credit.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-1104 March 11, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Senate File 55, a bill for an act to legalize the transfer of certain property by the 
joint county system of Black Hawk and Buchanan counties to the Independence 
community school district, and providing an effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 16, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Senate File 41, a bill for an act relating to the duties and meetings of the county 
agricultural extension councils.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 16, 1999.
RESOLUTIONS FILED
HCR 13, by Grundberg and Holveck, a concurrent resolution 
designating March 1999 as Iowa Women's History Month.
Laid over under Rule 25.
HR 8, by Warnstadt and Alons, a resolution honoring Major General 
Warren G. Lawson, recommending Major General Warren G. Lawson 
for the Iowa Medal of Valor, and designating a Major General Warren 
G. Lawson Day.
Laid over under Rule 25.
AMENDMENTS FILED
H-1101	H.F.	677	Fallon of Polk
Sukup of Franklin		Garman of Story
Raecker of Polk		Holveck of Polk
H-1102	S.F.	231	Richardson of Warren
H-1103	S.F.	149	Jager of Black Hawk
H-1104	H.F.	513	Committee on Economic
				Development
H-1105	S.F.	203	Richardson of Warren
H-1106	H.F.	574	Huser of Polk
			Brauns of Muscatine
H-1107	H.F.	675	Warnstadt of Woodbury
H-1108	H.F.	444	Raecker of Polk
H-1109	H.F.	571	Chapman of Linn
H-1110	H.F.	499	Warnstadt of Woodbury
H-1111	H.F.	532	Foege of Linn
H-1112	S.F.	186	Carroll of Poweshiek
H-1113	H.F.	706	Kreiman of Davis
			Davis of Wapello
H-1114	H.F.	346	Kreiman of Davis

			Huser of Polk
On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie the House adjourned at 
10:50 a.m., until 8:45 a.m., Thursday, March 18, 1999.
718	JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE	66th Day
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