House Journal: Thursday, April 29, 1999

One Hundred Ninth Calendar Day - Sixty-ninth Session Day

Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday, April 29, 1999
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 9:37 a.m., Corbett of 
Linn in the chair.
Prayer was offered by the Honorable Dan Boddicker, state 
representative from Cedar County. 
The Journal of Wednesday, April 28, 1999 was approved.
PETITIONS FILED
By Teig of Hamilton, from twenty constituents of the 17th district 
favoring House File 290, an act relating to motor vehicle fuels, by 
providing for standards regulated by the department of agriculture 
and land stewardship, providing for the transportation, sale and 
dispensing of oxygenated fuel, providing for tax revenues and making 
penalties applicable.
By Weigel of Chickasaw from seventy-one constituents favoring 
support for the establishment of a fuel quality standard for Iowa.
By Wise of Lee from twenty-two constituents opposing Senate File 
470, an act requiring annual authorization of union dues and PAC 
check-offs.
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 
April 28, 1999, adopted the conference committee report and passed House File 172, a 
bill for an act relating to adoption procedural requirements including those related to 
investigations, reports, and counseling.
Also: That the Senate has on April 29, 1999, concurred in the House amendment to 
the Senate amendment, and passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the 
Senate was asked:
	House File 772, a bill for an act relating to and making appropriations from and to 

the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund and the Iowa resources enhancement and 
protection fund to state departments and agencies, including the department of 
agriculture and land stewardship, the department of cultural affairs, the department of 
economic development, the department of corrections, the department of general 
services, the Iowa state fair foundation, the judicial branch, the legislative council, the 
department of natural resources, the department of public defense, the department of 
public safety, the state board of regents, the state department of transportation, office 
of treasurer of state, and the commission of veterans affairs and providing effective 
dates.
Also: That the Senate has on April 29, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 
concurrence of the Senate was asked:
House File 773, a bill for an act relating to child support enforcement, including 
child support recovery in instances of guardianships, income withholding, and 
payments to financial institutions for record matches.
Also: That the Senate has on April 28, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 
concurrence of the Senate was asked:
House File 781, a bill for an act relating to the compensation and benefits for public 
officials and employees, providing for related matters, making appropriations, and 
including effective and retroactive applicability provisions.
Also: That the Senate has on April 28, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 
concurrence of the Senate was asked:
House File 782, a bill for an act relating to public expenditure and regulatory 
matters, making appropriations, and providing effective dates.
Also: That the Senate has on April 29, 1999, passed the following resolution in 
which the concurrence of the Senate was asked:
House Concurrent Resolution 24, a concurrent resolution encouraging Congress to 
rescind Health Care Financing Administration rules requiring onerous home health 
agency reporting.
Also: That the Senate has on April 28, 1999, concurred in the House amendment 
and passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked:
Senate File 76, a bill for an act relating to the administration of the state 
department of transportation by allowing the reversion of operating funds for training 
and technology, making a standing appropriation, and providing for the nonreversion 
of certain railroad funds.
Also: That the Senate has on April 28, 1999, concurred in the House amendment 
and passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked:
Senate File 469, a bill for an act relating to the state sales and use taxes by 
providing for the effective date for any rate increase or decrease, filing of consolidated 
sales tax returns by affiliated corporations, changing the statute of limitations for 
assessing tax and applying for refunds and relating to local sales and services taxes 

by providing the effective dates for imposing, repealing, or changing rates, allowing 
cities in more than one county to impose the tax, providing for refunds of tax payable to 
construction contractors, allowing for 28E agreements to be entered into between 
school districts and counties or other school districts, and providing for utilization of 
excess revenue for property tax reduction, and including retroactive applicability and 
effective dates.
MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Leave of absence was granted as follows:
 Boggess of Taylor on request of Corbett of Linn. 
Ways and Means Calendar
Senate File 473, a bill for an act relating to the administration of 
the state individual income tax, corporate income tax, sales and use 
taxes, franchise tax, replacement taxes on electric and natural gas 
providers, motor fuel taxes, inheritance and estate taxes, property 
taxes, collection of taxes and debts owed to or collected by the state, 
and including effective and retroactive applicability date provisions, 
with report of committee recommending passage, was taken up for 
consideration.
Jager 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?" (S.F. 473)
	The ayes were, 95:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker
Bradley	Brauns	Brunkhorst	Bukta
Burnett	Carroll	Cataldo	Chapman
Chiodo	Cohoon	Connors	Cormack
Davis	Dix	Doderer	Dolecheck
Dotzler	Drake	Drees	Eddie
Falck	Foege	Ford	Garman
Gipp	Greiner	Grundberg	Hahn
Hansen	Heaton	Hoffman	Holmes
Holveck	Horbach	Houser	Huseman^
Huser	Jacobs	Jager	Jenkins
Jochum	Johnson	Kettering	Klemme
Kreiman	Kuhn	Larkin	Lord
Martin	Mascher	May	Mertz
Metcalf	Millage	Mundie	Murphy
Myers	Nelson	O'Brien	Osterhaus
Parmenter	Raecker	Rants	Rayhons
Reynolds	Richardson	Scherrman	Schrader
Shoultz	Siegrist, Spkr.	Stevens	Sukup
Taylor	Teig	Thomas	Thomson
Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Warnstadt
Weidman	Weigel	Welter	Whitead
Wise	Witt	Corbett, 
			  Presiding
	The nays were, 3:
Frevert	Larson	Sunderbruch	
	Absent or not voting, 2:
Boggess	Fallon	
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
SENATE AMENDMENT CONSIDERED
Houser of Pottawattamie called up for consideration Senate File 
462, a bill for an act relating to veterans' benefits, veterans 
preference, veterans' claims,  reimbursement for military service tax 
exemption, and providing a penalty and applicability date, amended 
by the House, further amended by the Senate and moved that the 
House concur in the following Senate amendment H-1884 to the 
House amendment:
H-1884
 1     Amend the House amendment, S-3494, to Senate File
 2   462, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate,
 3   as follows:
 4     1.  Page 1, by striking lines 3 through 5.
 5     2.  Page 1, by striking lines 39 and 40.
 6     3.  Page 1, by striking lines 42 and 43.
The motion prevailed and the House concurred in the Senate 
amendment H-1884, to the House amendment.
	Houser of Pottawattamie moved that the bill, as amended by the 

House, further amended by the Senate and concurred in by the 
House, 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?" (S.F. 462)
	The ayes were, 97:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker
Bradley	Brauns	Brunkhorst	Bukta
Burnett	Carroll	Cataldo	Chapman
Chiodo	Cohoon	Connors	Cormack
Davis	Dix	Dolecheck	Dotzler
Drake	Drees	Eddie	Falck
Foege	Ford	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	Shoultz	Siegrist, Spkr.	Stevens
Sukup	Sunderbruch	Taylor	Teig
Thomas	Thomson	Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven
Van Fossen	Warnstadt	Weidman	Weigel
Welter	Whitead	Wise	Witt
Corbett,
  Presiding
	The nays were, none.
	Absent or not voting, 3:
Boggess	Doderer	Fallon
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGES
Rants of Woodbury asked and received unanimous consent that 
the following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: Senate 

Files 473 and 462.
ADOPTION OF HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 21
Huser of Polk called up for consideration House Concurrent 
Resolution 21, a concurrent resolution requesting establishment of a 
legislative interim study committee to review legal, budget, and 
financial aspects of volunteer fire protection services, emergency 
medical services, and other vital services provided under the auspices 
of townships.
Falck of Fayette offered the following amendment H?1612 filed by 
him and Eddie of Buena Vista and moved its adoption:
H-1612
 1     Amend House Concurrent Resolution 21 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 1, line 6, by inserting after the word
 3   "budget," the following:  "governance,".
 4     2.  Page 2, line 4, by inserting after the word
 5   "accountability," the following:  "governance,".
Amendment H?1612 was adopted.
On motion by Huser of Polk the resolution, as amended, was 
adopted.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE
Rants of Woodbury asked and received unanimous consent that 
House Concurrent Resolution 21 be immediately messaged to the 
Senate.
The House stood at ease at 10:00 a.m., until the fall of the gavel.
The House resumed session at 1:05 p.m., Klemme of Plymouth in 
the chair.
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 

April 29, 1999, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was 
asked:
House File 748, a bill for an act exempting internet from the state sales, services, 
and use taxes.
Also: That the Senate has on April 29, 1999, amended and passed the following bill 
in which the concurrence of the House is asked:
House File 761, 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, 
and including effective dates and applicability provisions.
Also: That the Senate has on April 29, 1999, amended and passed the following bill 
in which the concurrence of the House is asked:
House File 762, a bill for an act relating to state government technology and 
operations, by making and relating to appropriations to the Iowa communications 
network for the support of certain Part III users, making appropriations to various 
entities for other technology-related purposes, providing for the procurement of 
information technology, providing for the use of the network, providing for electronic 
access to public information by creating an IowAccess network, authorizing fees, and 
providing an effective date.
Also: That the Senate has on April 29, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 
concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 482, a bill for an act relating to tobacco product manufacturers, 
providing penalties, and providing an effective date.
MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary
SENATE MESSAGE CONSIDERED
Senate File 482, by Iverson and Gronstal, a bill for an act relating 
to tobacco product manufacturers, providing penalties, and providing 
an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on administration and 
rules.
QUORUM CALL
A non-record roll call was requested to determine that a quorum 
was present.  The vote revealed sixty-four members present, thirty-
six  absent.
SENATE AMENDMENT CONSIDERED

Barry of Harrison called up for consideration House File 761, 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, and including effective dates and applicability 
provisions, amended by the Senate, and moved that the House concur 
in the following Senate amendment H-1891:
H-1891
 1     Amend House File 761, as amended, passed, and
 2   reprinted by the House, as follows:
 3     1.  Page 3, by striking lines 21 and 22 and
 4   inserting the following:
 5     "6.  "Child care home" means a person or program
 6   providing child care as a family child care home or a
 7   group child care home as authorized under section
 8   237A.3."
 9     2.  By striking page 3, line 28 through page 4,
10   line 1 and inserting the following:
11     "8.  a.  "Family day child care home" means a
12   person or program which provides child day care to
13   less than seven children at any one time or to less
14   than twelve children at any one time as authorized by
15   section 237A.3, subsection 1.
16     b.  "Group day child care home" means a facility
17   providing child day care for more than six but less
18   than twelve children as authorized in accordance with
19   section 237A.3, subsection 2, or for less than sixteen
20   children at any one time as authorized in accordance
21   with section 237A.3, subsection 3."
22     3.  Page 6, by striking lines 20 through 30.
23     4.  Page 6, by inserting before line 31 the
24   following:
25     "Sec. ___.  Section 237A.3, Code 1999, is amended
26   to read as follows:
27     237A.3  REGISTRATION OF FAMILY AND GROUP DAY 
CHILD
28   CARE HOMES.
29     1.  a.  A person who operates or establishes a
30   family day child care home may apply to the department
31   for registration under this chapter.  The department
32   shall issue a certificate of registration upon receipt
33   of a statement from the family day child care home
34   that the home complies with rules adopted by the
35   department.  The registration certificate shall be
36   posted in a conspicuous place in the family day child
37   care home, shall state the name of the registrant, the
38   number of individuals who may be received for care at
39   any one time, and the address of the home, and shall
40   include a check list of registration compliances.

41     b.  No greater number of children than is
42   authorized by the registration certificate shall be
43   kept in the family day child care home at any one
44   time.  However, a registered or unregistered family
45   day child care home may provide care for more than six
46   but less than twelve children at any one time for a
47   period of less than two hours, provided that each
48   child in excess of six children is attending school in
49   kindergarten or a higher grade level.
50     c.  A family day child care home may provide care
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 1   in accordance with this subsection for more than six
 2   but less than twelve children for two hours or more
 3   during a day with inclement weather following the
 4   cancellation of school classes.  The home must have
 5   prior written approval from the parent or guardian of
 6   each child present in the home concerning the presence
 7   of excess children in the home pursuant to this
 8   paragraph.  The home must have a responsible
 9   individual, age fourteen or older, on duty to assist
10   the home provider when more than six children are
11   present in accordance with the provisions of this
12   paragraph.  In addition, one or more of the following
13   conditions shall apply to each child present in the
14   home in excess of six children:
15     (1)  The home provides care to the child on a
16   regular basis for periods of less than two hours.
17     (2)  If the child was not present in the family day
18   child care home, the child would be unattended.
19     (3)  The home regularly provides care to a sibling
20   of the child.
21     d.  In determining the number of children cared for
22   at any one time in a registered or unregistered family
23   day child care home, if the person who operates or
24   establishes the home is a child's parent, guardian,
25   relative, or custodian and the child is not attending
26   school in kindergarten or a higher grade level or is
27   not receiving child day care full-time on a regular
28   basis from another person, the child shall be
29   considered to be receiving child day care from the
30   person and shall be counted as one of the children
31   cared for in the home.
32     e.  The registration process may be repeated on an
33   annual basis.
34     f.  A child day care home provider or program which
35   is not a family day child care home by reason of the
36   definition of child day care in section 237A.1,
37   subsection 4, but which provides care, supervision, or
38   guidance to a child may be issued a certificate of
39   registration under this chapter.

40     2.  a.  A person shall not operate or establish a
41   group day child care home unless the person obtains a
42   certificate of registration under this chapter.  Two
43   persons who comply with the individual requirements
44   for registration as a group day child care provider
45   may request that the certificate be issued to the two
46   persons jointly and the department shall issue the
47   joint certificate provided the group day child care
48   home requirements for registration are met.  All other
49   requirements of this chapter for registered family day
50   child care homes and the rules adopted under this
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 1   chapter for registered family day child care homes
 2   apply to group day child care homes.  In addition, the
 3   department shall adopt rules relating to the provision
 4   in group day child care homes for a separate area for
 5   sick children.  In consultation with the state fire
 6   marshal, the department shall adopt rules relating to
 7   the provision of fire extinguishers, smoke detectors,
 8   and two exits accessible to children.
 9     b.  Except as provided in subsection 3, a group day
10   child care home shall not provide child day care to
11   more than eleven children at any one time.  If there
12   are more than six children present for a period of two
13   hours or more, the group day child care home must have
14   at least one responsible individual who is at least
15   fourteen years of age present to assist the group day
16   child care provider in accordance with either of the
17   following conditions:
18     (1)  If the responsible individual is a joint
19   holder of the certificate of registration, not more
20   than four of the children present shall be less than
21   twenty-four months of age and not more than ten of the
22   children present shall be twenty-four months of age or
23   older but not attending school in kindergarten or a
24   higher grade level.
25     (2)  If the responsible individual is not a joint
26   holder of the certificate of registration, but is at
27   least fourteen years of age, not more than four of the
28   children shall be less than twenty-four months of age
29   and each child in excess of six children shall be
30   attending school in kindergarten or a higher grade
31   level.
32     3.  A registered group day child care home may
33   provide care in accordance with this subsection for
34   more than eleven but less than sixteen children for a
35   period of less than two hours or for a period of two
36   hours or more during a day with inclement weather
37   following the cancellation of school classes.  The
38   home must have the prior written approval from the

39   parent or guardian of each child present in the home
40   concerning the presence of excess children in the
41   home.  In addition, one or more of the following
42   conditions shall apply to each child present in the
43   home in excess of eleven children during a period of
44   inclement weather:
45     a.  The group day child care home provides care to
46   the child on a regular basis for periods of less than
47   two hours.
48     b.  If the child was not present in the group day
49   child care home, the child would be unattended.
50     c.  The group day child care home provides care to
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 1   a sibling of the child.
 2     4.  A person who operates or establishes a family
 3   day care home or a group day child care 
home and who
 4   is a child foster care licensee under chapter 237
 5   shall register with the department under this chapter.
 6   For purposes of registration and determination of the
 7   maximum number of children who can be provided child
 8   day care by the family day care home or group 
day
 9   child care home, the children receiving child foster
10   care shall be considered the children of the person
11   operating the family day care home or group 
day child
12   care home.
13     5.  If the department has denied or revoked a
14   registration because the applicant or person has
15   continually or repeatedly failed to operate a
16   registered child day care facility in compliance with
17   this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this
18   chapter, the person shall not own or operate a
19   registered facility for a period of six months from
20   the date the registration is denied or revoked.  The
21   department shall not act on an application for
22   registration submitted by the applicant or person
23   during the six-month period."
24     5.  By striking page 6, line 31, through page 7,
25   line 12, and inserting the following:
26     "Sec. ___.  Section 237A.3A, subsection 1, Code
27   1999, is amended to read as follows:
28     1.  PILOT PROJECT.  The department shall implement
29   a pilot project applying the provisions of this
30   section to registered family or group day child care
31   homes located in one county of this state.  The
32   provisions of this section shall not apply to
33   unregistered family day child care homes located in
34   the pilot project county.  The county selected for the
35   pilot project shall be a rural county where there is
36   interest among child day care providers and consumers
37   in implementing the pilot project. In addition, if

38   deemed feasible by the department, During the 
fiscal
39   year beginning July 1, 1999, the department may shall
40   implement the pilot project in one additional urban or
41   mixed rural and urban county in each of the
42   department's regions where there is interest in
43   implementing the pilot project. The department shall
44   implement the pilot project on or after 
July 1, 1997.
45   In addition, the department may implement the pilot
46   project in one other county in each of the
47   department's regions where there is interest in
48   implementing the pilot project.  If a definition in
49   section 237A.1, a provision in section 237A.3, or an
50   administrative rule adopted under this chapter is in
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 1   conflict with this section, this section and the rules
 2   adopted to implement this section shall apply to the
 3   pilot project.
 4     Sec. ___.  Section 237A.3A, subsection 2, Code
 5   1999, is amended by striking the subsection and
 6   inserting in lieu thereof the following:
 7     2.  DEFINITION.  For the purposes of this section,
 8   unless the context otherwise requires, "child care
 9   home" means a person registered under this section to
10   provide child care in a pilot project county."
11     6.  Page 7, by striking line 15 and inserting the
12   following:
13     "c.  A person or program in a pilot project county
14   which".
15     7.  Page 7, by striking lines 18 and 19 and
16   inserting the following:  "issued a certificate of
17   registration under this section."
18     8.  Page 8, by striking lines 14 through 23.
19     9.  Page 14, line 30, by striking the figure
20   "237A.3A" and inserting the following:  "237A.3".
21     10.  Page 15, line 10, by striking the figure
22   "237A.3A" and inserting the following:  "237A.3".
23     11.  Page 16, by striking lines 19 through 22 and
24   inserting the following:
25     "e.  Two family day child care home providers.
26     f.  Two group day child care home providers."
27     12.  Page 16, by striking lines 27 through 32 and
28   inserting the following:
29     "i.  One designee of the department of human
30   services or the Iowa department of public 
health.
31     j. One designee of the Iowa department of public
32   health.
33     k.  One designee of the department of education.
34     k l.  One head start program provider.
35     l m.  Two legislators appointed in a manner so that
36   both major political parties are represented."

37     13.  Page 22, by inserting after line 4 the
38   following:
39     "Sec. ___.  REPEAL.  1998 Iowa Acts, chapter 1127,
40   section 4, is repealed."
41     14.  By striking page 26, line 7, through page 28,
42   line 6 and inserting the following:
43     "1.  The following transition exception shall apply
44   to child care home providers registering in pilot
45   project counties under section 237A.3A on or after
46   July 1, 1999, and in lieu of the transition exception
47   authorized in 1998 Iowa Acts, chapter 1127, section 4,
48   for child care homes that were under that transition
49   exception prior to July 1, 1999:
50     a.  If a child care home is providing child care to
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 1   four infants at the time of registration under section
 2   237A.3A, the child care home may continue to provide
 3   child care to those four infants.  However, if the
 4   child care home no longer provides child care to one
 5   or more of the four infants or one or more of the four
 6   infants reaches the age of twenty-four months, the
 7   exception authorized in this subsection shall no
 8   longer apply.  This exception does not affect the
 9   overall limitation on the number of children for which
10   the child care home is authorized to provide child
11   care.
12     b.  If, at the time of registration under section
13   237A.3A, a child care home is providing child care to
14   school age children in excess of the number of school
15   age children authorized for the registration level,
16   the child care home may continue to provide child care
17   to those children and the child care home provider may
18   exceed the total number of children authorized for the
19   level of registration by the number of school age
20   children in excess of the number authorized for the
21   registration level.  This exception is subject to all
22   of the following:
23     (1)  The child care home must comply with the other
24   requirements relating to number of children for which
25   the child care home is authorized to provide child
26   care at that registration level.
27     (2)  The maximum number of children attributable to
28   the authorization for school age children at the
29   applicable registration level is five.
30     (3)  If more than eight children are present at any
31   one time for more than two hours, the child care home
32   provider shall be assisted by a responsible person who
33   is at least fourteen years of age.
34     (4)  If the child care home no longer provides
35   child care to an individual school age child who was

36   receiving child care from the child care home at the
37   time of registration under section 237A.3A, the excess
38   number of children allowed under this exception shall
39   be reduced accordingly.
40     2.  The department of human services shall pursue
41   every available option to secure federal or other
42   funding that may be used to make available additional
43   home child care consultants to assist in the expanded
44   implementation of section 237A.3A pilot projects, as
45   amended by this Act.  If the department is able to
46   secure additional funding for this purpose, the
47   department may expand home child care consultant
48   assistance provided by child care resource and
49   referral services in pilot project counties
50   accordingly.
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 1     3.  The department of human services shall report
 2   to the governor and general assembly concerning the
 3   implementation of the expansion of the child care home
 4   registration levels pilot project under section
 5   237A.3A, as amended by this Act.  The report shall be
 6   submitted in January 2000.  The department shall work
 7   with child care resource and referral services in
 8   obtaining more information regarding the effects of
 9   the pilot project, including changes in the quantity
10   of registered and unregistered child care home
11   providers and child care slots, amount of turnover in
12   active child care home providers, and reasons for
13   child care home providers changing their registered
14   and unregistered status.  The department may utilize
15   survey, interview, or other means to collect the data
16   for the report.
17     4.  The department may submit a proposal to the
18   general assembly for enactment of administratively
19   applied civil penalties for child care registrant or
20   licensee failure to comply with key standards for the
21   operation and maintenance of a child care facility.
22   In developing the proposal, the department shall
23   consult with the state child care advisory council,
24   child care facility providers, families, and other
25   interested parties.  The proposal shall specify the
26   offenses or acts which are subject to a civil penalty
27   and the civil penalty amounts."
28     15.  By renumbering as necessary.
The motion prevailed and the House concurred in the Senate 
amendment H-1891.
	Barry of Harrison moved that the bill, as amended by the Senate 

and concurred in by the House, 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. 761)
	The ayes were, 98:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker
Bradley	Brauns	Brunkhorst	Bukta
Burnett	Carroll	Cataldo	Chapman
Chiodo	Cohoon	Corbett	Cormack
Davis	Dix	Doderer	Dolecheck
Dotzler	Drake	Drees	Eddie
Falck	Fallon	Foege	Ford
Frevert	Garman	Gipp	Greiner
Grundberg	Hahn	Hansen	Heaton
Hoffman	Holmes	Holveck	Horbach
Houser	Huseman	Huser	Jacobs
Jager	Jenkins	Jochum	Johnson
Kettering	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, Spkr.
Stevens	Sukup	Sunderbruch	Taylor
Teig	Thomas	Thomson	Tyrrell
Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Warnstadt	Weidman
Weigel	Welter	Whitead	Wise
Witt	Klemme,
		  Presiding
	The nays were, none.
	Absent or not voting, 2:
Boggess	Connors	
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE

Rants of Woodbury asked and received unanimous consent that 
House File 761 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
HOUSE FILE 226 WITHDRAWN 
Dolecheck of Ringgold asked and received unanimous consent to 
withdraw House File 226 from further consideration by the House.
HOUSE FILE 141 WITHDRAWN 
Hahn of Muscatine asked and received unanimous consent to 
withdraw House File 141 from further consideration by the House.
SENATE AMENDMENT CONSIDERED
Jacobs of Polk called up for consideration House File 762, a bill 
for an act relating to state government technology and operations, by 
making and relating to appropriations to the Iowa communications 
network for the support of certain Part III users, making 
appropriations to various entities for other technology-related 
purposes, providing for the procurement of information technology, 
providing for the use of the network, providing for electronic access to 
public information by creating an IowAccess network, authorizing 
fees, and providing an effective date, amended by the Senate, and 
moved that the House concur in the following Senate amendment   
H-1892:
H-1892
 1     Amend House File 762, as amended, passed, and
 2   reprinted by the House, as follows:
 3     1.  Page 2, line 1, by inserting after the word
 4   "commission" the following:  "to be used solely".
 5     2.  Page 2, by inserting after line 4 the
 6   following:
 7     "It is the intent of the general assembly that
 8   moneys appropriated in this section shall be used
 9   solely for the purpose indicated and that the moneys
10   shall not be transferred for any other purpose."
11     3.  Page 2, by inserting before line 5 the
12   following:
13     "2A.  Notwithstanding section 8.33 or 8.39, moneys
14   appropriated in this section which remain unobligated
15   or unexpended at the close of the fiscal year shall

16   not revert to the general fund of the state but shall
17   remain available for the purposes designated in the
18   succeeding fiscal year, and shall not be transferred
19   to any other program."
20     4.  Page 6, by striking lines 7 through 12.
21     5.  Page 6, by striking line 18 and inserting the
22   following:
23   "	 $  1,750,000
24     Of the amounts appropriated in this paragraph "k",
25   $750,000 shall be allocated as follows:
26     (1)  One hundred thousand dollars for the
27   development of a business licensure center for the
28   department of economic development.
29     (2)  Five hundred thousand dollars for a community
30   resources directory for the department of Iowa
31   workforce development.
32     (3)  One hundred fifty thousand dollars for the
33   implementation of an enterprise-wide information
34   security system plan."
35     6.  Page 6, by inserting after line 27 the
36   following:
37     "o.  To the department of elder affairs for
38   computer hardware and software:
39   	 $     40,000
40     p.  To the state board of regents for technology
41   improvement:
42   	 $    100,000"
43     7.  Page 7, line 23, by striking the word "five"
44   and inserting the following:  "four".
45     8.  Page 7, by striking line 25.
46     9.  By striking page 7, line 33, through page 8,
47   line 1, and inserting the following:
48     "The information technology department shall have a
49   formal noncontrolling link to the division of public
50   broadcasting in the department of education and the
Page 2  
 1   Iowa telecommunications and technology commission,
 2   until such time as legislation is enacted creating the
 3   information technology department and otherwise
 4   setting forth the organizational relationship of the
 5   information technology department with the division of
 6   public broadcasting in the department of education and
 7   the Iowa telecommunications and technology
 8   commission."
 9     10.  Page 8, by inserting after line 19 the
10   following:
11     "It is the intent of the general assembly that the
12   structure and operation of the information technology
13   department be reviewed by no later than during the
14   2001 regular session for the purpose of determining,

15   among other issues, if the intent of the general
16   assembly in creating the department has been
17   satisfied."
18     11.  Page 8, line 30, by striking the words "A
19   designee" and inserting the following:  "Three
20   designees".
21     12.  Page 12, by striking lines 16 through 20 and
22   inserting the following:  "abstract of the record of
23   the case must be certified by the person preparing it
24   to be true and correct. A certified abstract of the
25   record of the case prepared for the department shall
26   only be available to the public from the department.
27   A noncertified record of conviction or forfeiture of
28   bail shall be available to the public from the
29   judicial branch.  The clerk of the district court
30   shall collect a fee of fifty cents for each individual
31   noncertified copy of any record of".
32     13.  By striking page 12, line 28, through page
33   13, line 1, and inserting the following:  "information
34   system.  Notwithstanding any other provision in this
35   section or chapter 22, the judicial branch shall be
36   the provider of public electronic access to the
37   clerk's records of convictions and forfeitures of bail
38   through the Iowa court information system and shall,
39   if all such records are provided monthly to a vendor,
40   the judicial branch shall collect a fee from such
41   vendor for the period beginning on July 1, 1997, and
42   ending on June 30, 1999, which is the greater of three
43   thousand dollars per month or the actual direct cost
44   of providing the records. On and after July 1, 1999,
45   if all such records are provided monthly to a vendor,
46   the judicial branch shall collect a fee from such
47   vendor which is the greater of ten thousand dollars
48   per month or the actual direct cost of providing the
49   records."
50     14.  Page 13, line 2, by striking the words and
Page 3
 1   figures "subsection 7, Code 1999, is" and inserting
 2   the following:  "subsections 1, 2, and 7, Code 1999,
 3   are".
 4     15.  Page 13, by inserting after line 3 the
 5   following:
 6     "1.  The department shall upon request furnish any
 7   person a certified abstract of the operating record of
 8   a person subject to chapter 321, 321J, or this
 9   chapter.  The abstract shall also fully designate the
10   motor vehicles, if any, registered in the name of the
11   person.  If there is no record of a conviction of the
12   person having violated any law relating to the
13   operation of a motor vehicle or of any injury or

14   damage caused by the person, the department shall so
15   certify.  A fee of five dollars and fifty cents shall
16   be paid for each abstract except for state, county, or
17   city officials, court officials, public transit
18   officials, or other officials of a political
19   subdivision of the state.  The department shall
20   transfer the moneys collected under this section to
21   the treasurer of state who shall credit to the general
22   fund all moneys collected.
23     2.  A sheriff may provide an abstract of the
24   operating record of a person to the person or an
25   individual authorized by the person.  The sheriff
26   shall charge a fee of five dollars and fifty cents for
27   each abstract which the sheriff shall transfer to the
28   department quarterly.  The sheriff may charge an
29   additional fee sufficient to cover costs incurred by
30   the sheriff in producing the abstract."
31     16.  Page 13, line 11, by inserting after the word
32   "dollar" the following:  "and fifty cent".
33     17.  Page 13, line 21, by inserting after the word
34   "network." the following:  "The advisory council, in
35   developing the fee-for-service-based model of
36   operation shall consult with the director of the
37   division of information technology services in the
38   department of general services.
39     In developing the fee-for-service-based model of
40   operation, the advisory council and the director of
41   the division shall not make any recommendations which
42   would result in the charging of a fee for information
43   which can currently be accessed without charge in a
44   manner other than through IowAccess.  This section
45   does not prohibit the charging of a fee for accessing
46   such free information through IowAccess."
47     18.  Page 13, by striking lines 25 and 26 and
48   inserting the following:  "1999, and ending June 30,
49   2000, the first one million dollars collected and
50   transferred by the department to the treasurer of
Page 4
 1   state with respect to five dollar and fifty cent
 2   transactions involving the furnishing of a".
 3     19.  Page 13, line 28, by inserting after the word
 4   "the" the following:  "IowAccess revolving fund
 5   created in section 18.187 and administered by the".
 6     20.  By striking page 13, line 34, through page
 7   15, line 1.
 8     21.  Page 15, by inserting before line 2 the
 9   following:
10     "Sec. ___.  1997 Iowa Acts, chapter 210, section
11   10, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
12     NEW SUBSECTION.  1A.  Notwithstanding subsection 1,

13   the year 2000 program office, with the approval of the
14   director of the department of management, may allocate
15   funds to the emergency management division of the
16   department of public defense for projects identified
17   by the emergency management division of the department
18   of public defense as necessary for maintaining
19   critical functions in state government during
20   implementation of the century date change."
21     22.  Page 17, by inserting after line 21 the
22   following:
23     "Sec. ___.  Notwithstanding chapter 22,
24   information, plans, data, or other communications,
25   including emergency continuity of operation plans,
26   that are in the custody or control of state
27   governmental entities, and that are necessary to
28   protect the life, safety, or property of government
29   employees or persons in the care or custody of
30   government entities shall be considered to be
31   confidential records under section 22.7 and shall be
32   kept confidential.
33     This section is repealed effective July 1, 2000."
34     23.  Page 18, by inserting after line 5 the
35   following:
36     "Sec. ___.  1999 Iowa Acts, Senate File 468,
37   section 4, subsection 1, paragraph e, if enacted, is
38   amended to read as follows:
39     e.  For the operation of the Mt. Pleasant
40   correctional facility, including salaries, support,
41   maintenance, employment of correctional officers and a
42   full-time chaplain to provide religious counseling at
43   the Oakdale and Mt. Pleasant correctional facilities,
44   miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
45   following full-time equivalent positions:
46   	 $ 20,529,274
47   	 FTEs         337.26
48 	 343.26"
49     24.  Page 18, line 6, by striking the word
50   "Sections" and inserting the following:  "Section 2,
Page 5
 1   subsection 4, sections".
 2     25.  Page 18, line 7, by inserting after the word
 3   "to" the following:  "the use of the state budget
 4   system by the Iowa telecommunications and technology
 5   commission,".
 6     26.  By renumbering, relettering, or redesignating
 7   and correcting internal references as necessary.
	The motion prevailed and the House concurred in the Senate 

amendment H-1892.
Jacobs of Polk moved that the bill, as amended by the Senate and 
concurred in by the House, 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. 762)
	The ayes were, 86:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker
Bradley	Brauns	Bukta	Burnett
Carroll	Cataldo	Chapman	Chiodo
Cohoon	Corbett	Cormack	Dix
Doderer	Dolecheck	Dotzler	Drake
Drees	Eddie	Falck	Foege
Ford	Gipp	Greiner	Grundberg
Hahn	Hansen	Heaton	Hoffman
Holmes	Holveck	Horbach	Houser
Huseman	Huser	Jacobs	Jager
Jenkins	Jochum	Johnson	Kettering
Kuhn	Larkin	Larson	Lord
Martin	Mascher	May	Mertz
Metcalf	Millage	Mundie	Murphy
Myers	Nelson	Osterhaus	Raecker
Rants	Rayhons	Richardson	Scherrman
Schrader	Shoultz	Siegrist, Spkr.	Stevens
Sukup	Sunderbruch	Taylor	Teig
Thomson	Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen
Weidman	Weigel	Whitead	Wise
Witt	Klemme,
		  Presiding
	The nays were, 12:
Brunkhorst	Davis	Fallon	Frevert
Garman	Kreiman	O'Brien	Parmenter
Reynolds	Thomas	Warnstadt	Welter
	Absent or not voting, 2:
Boggess	Connors	
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE

Rants of Woodbury asked and received unanimous consent that 
House File 762 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
RULE 57 SUSPENDED
Rants of Woodbury asked and received unanimous consent to 
suspend Rule 57, relating to committee notice and agenda for a 
meeting of the committee on administration and rules immediately.
The House stood at ease at 1:36 p.m., until the fall of the gavel.
The House resumed session at 2:15 p.m., Speaker pro tempore 
Sukup in the chair.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT
Senate File 482
Administration and Rules: Siegrist, Chair; Carroll and Jochum.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
MR. SPEAKER: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reports 
that the following committee recommendation has been received and 
is on file in the office of the Chief Clerk.
ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON
Chief Clerk of the House
COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION AND RULES
Senate File 482, a bill for an act relating to tobacco product manufacturers, 
providing penalties, and providing an effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required. 
Recommended Do Pass April 29, 1999.
RULES SUSPENDED
Rants of Woodbury asked and received unanimous consent to 
suspend the rules for the immediate consideration of Senate File 482.
Regular Calendar

Senate File 482, a bill for an act relating to tobacco product 
manufacturers, providing penalties, and providing an effective date, 
with report of committee recommending passage, was taken up for 
consideration.
Siegrist of Pottawattamie 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?" (S.F. 482)
	The ayes were, 97:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker
Bradley	Brauns	Brunkhorst	Bukta
Burnett	Carroll	Cataldo	Chapman
Chiodo	Cohoon	Connors	Corbett
Cormack	Davis	Dix	Doderer
Dolecheck	Dotzler	Drake	Drees
Eddie	Falck	Fallon	Foege
Ford	Frevert	Garman	Gipp
Greiner	Grundberg	Hahn	Hansen
Heaton	Hoffman	Holmes	Holveck
Horbach	Houser	Huseman	Huser
Jacobs	Jenkins	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, Spkr.
Stevens	Sunderbruch	Taylor	Teig
Thomas	Thomson	Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven
Van Fossen	Warnstadt	Weidman	Weigel
Welter	Whitead	Wise	Witt
Sukup,
  Presiding
	The nays were, none.
	Absent or not voting, 3:
Boggess	Jager	Jochum	
	The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 

have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE
Rants of Woodbury asked and received unanimous consent that 
Senate File 482 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
ADOPTION OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 22
Schrader of Marion asked and received unanimous consent for the 
immediate consideration of House Resolution 22, a resolution paying 
tribute to the memory of Elizabeth M. Osenbaugh and recognizing 
her many contributions to state government, and moved its adoption.
The motion prevailed and the resolution was adopted.
ADOPTION OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 23
Richardson of Warren asked and received unanimous consent for 
the immediate consideration of House Resolution 23, a resolution 
honoring the City of Indianola on its sesquicentennial year.
The motion prevailed and the resolution was adopted.
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 
April 29, 1999, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was 
asked:
House File 776, a bill for an act relating to urban renewal.
Also: That the Senate has on April 29, 1999, amended and passed the following bill 
in which the concurrence of the House is asked:
House File 779, a bill for an act providing for linked investment loan programs and 
providing effective dates.
Also: That the Senate has on April 29, 1999, passed the following resolution in 
which the concurrence of the Senate was asked:
House Concurrent Resolution 21, a concurrent resolution requesting establishment 
of a legislative interim study committee to review legal, budget, and financial aspects 
of volunteer fire protection services, emergency medical services, and other vital 

services provided under the auspices of townships.
Also: That the Senate has on April 29, 1999, refused to concur in the House 
amendment to the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked:
Senate File 150, a bill for an act concerning judicial administration.
Also: That the Senate has on April 29, 1999, passed the following resolution in 
which the concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate Concurrent Resolution 24, a concurrent resolution requesting that the 
Legislative Council authorize a legislative interim study to plan for the growing long-
term care needs of Iowans.
MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary
MOTION TO RECONSIDER WITHDRAWN
(Senate File 465)
Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent 
to withdraw the motion to reconsider Senate File 465, a bill for an 
act authorizing the establishment of an accelerated career education 
program, providing a tax credit from withholding, and relating to the 
transfer of job training withholding to the workforce development 
fund account, filed by him on April 28, 1999.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE
Rants of Woodbury asked and received unanimous consent that 
Senate File 465 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
The House stood at ease at 2:33 p.m., until the fall of the gavel.
The House resumed session at 3:09 p.m., Speaker pro tempore 
Sukup in the chair.
HOUSE RECEDED
Jager of Black Hawk called up for consideration Senate File 150, 
a bill for an act concerning judicial administration, amended by the 
House and moved that the House recede from its amendment.
The motion prevailed and the House receded.
	Jager 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?" (S.F. 150)
	The ayes were, 96:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker
Bradley	Brauns	Brunkhorst	Bukta
Burnett	Carroll	Cataldo	Chiodo
Cohoon	Connors	Corbett	Cormack
Davis	Dix	Doderer	Dolecheck
Dotzler	Drake	Drees	Eddie
Fallon	Foege	Ford	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	Metcalf	Millage	Mundie
Murphy	Myers	Nelson	O'Brien
Osterhaus	Parmenter	Raecker	Rants
Rayhons	Reynolds	Richardson	Scherrman
Schrader	Shoultz	Siegrist, Spkr.	Stevens
Sunderbruch	Taylor	Teig	Thomas
Thomson	Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen
Warnstadt	Weidman	Weigel	Welter
Whitead	Wise	Witt	Sukup,
				  Presiding
	The nays were, none.
	Absent or not voting, 4:
Boggess	Chapman	Falck	Mertz
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
The House stood at ease at 3:15 p.m., until the fall of the gavel.
The House resumed session at 3:45 p.m., Speaker pro tempore 
Sukup in the chair.
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 
April 29, 1999, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was 
asked:
House File 733, a bill for an act relating to economic development tax credits by 
amending the new investment tax credit under the new jobs and income program, 
amending the incentives and assistance under the enterprise zone program, and 
requesting an enterprise zone interim study committee.
Also: That the Senate has on April 29, 1999, concurred in the House amendment to 
the Senate amendment, and passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the 
House is asked:
House File 737, a bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the 
department for the blind, the Iowa state civil rights commission, the department of 
elder affairs, the Iowa department of public health, the department of human rights, 
the governor's alliance on substance abuse, and the commission of veterans affairs, and 
providing an effective date.
Also: That the Senate has on April 29, 1999, amended and passed the following bill 
in which the concurrence of the House is asked:
House File 769, a bill for an act relating to the classification of apartments in 
condominiums for purposes of property taxation.
MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary
SENATE AMENDMENT CONSIDERED
Greiner of Washington called up for consideration House File 
779, a bill for an act providing for linked investment loan programs 
and providing effective dates, amended by the Senate, and moved 
that the House concur in the following Senate amendment H-1893:
H-1893
 1     Amend House File 779, as amended, passed, and
 2   reprinted by the House, as follows:
 3     1.  Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
 4   following:
 5     "Section 1.  Section 12.32, Code 1999, is amended
 6   by adding the following new subsection:
 7     NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  "Qualified linked investment"
 8   means a linked investment in which a certificate of
 9   deposit is placed by the treasurer of state with an
10   eligible lending institution under the traditional

11   livestock producers linked investment program
12   established under section 12.43A."
13     2.  Page 1, line 6, by striking the words "eighty-
14   eight" and inserting the following:  "one hundred
15   eight".
16     3.  Page 1, line 14, by inserting after the word
17   "12.43A" the following:  "and the value-added
18   agricultural linked investment loan program as
19   provided in section 12.43B".
20     4.  Page 1, by striking lines 16 and 17 and
21   inserting the following:  "amount as follows:
22     (1)  At least twenty million dollars shall be
23   invested in order to support the traditional livestock
24   producers linked investment loan program as provided
25   in section 12.43A.
26     (2)  At least twenty million dollars shall be
27   invested in order to support the value-added
28   agricultural linked investment loan program as
29   provided in section 12.43B."
30     5.  Page 1, line 24, by inserting after the figure
31   "12.43A." the following:  "The treasurer of state in
32   cooperation with the agricultural products advisory
33   council established in section 15.203 shall adopt
34   rules for the administration of the value-added
35   agricultural linked investment loan program as
36   provided in section 15.204."
37     6.  By striking page 1, line 25, through page 3,
38   line 3, and inserting the following:
39     "3. Certificates A certificate of deposit, which
40   is placed by the treasurer of state with an eligible
41   lending institution on or after July 1, 1996, pursuant
42   to this division may be renewed at the option of the
43   treasurer. The following shall apply to the
44   certificate of deposit:
45     a.  The For a linked investment other than a
46   qualified linked investment, the initial certificate
47   of deposit for a given borrower shall have a maturity
48   of one year. and The certificate of deposit may be
49   renewed for eight additional one-year periods on 
an
50   annual basis for a total term not to exceed five
Page 2  
 1   years.
 2     b.  For a qualified linked investment, the initial
 3   certificate of deposit for a given borrower shall have
 4   a maturity of one year.  The certificate of deposit
 5   may be renewed on an annual basis for a total term not
 6   to exceed three years.
 7     Sec. ___.  Section 12.41, Code 1999, is amended by
 8   adding the following new subsection:
 9     NEW SUBSECTION.  1A.  The gross income earned by

10   the borrower's business of producing, processing, or
11   marketing horticultural or nontraditional crops is not
12   more than three hundred thousand dollars for the
13   borrower's last tax year."
14     7.  Page 4, by striking lines 22 and 23 and
15   inserting the following:
16     " ___.  A borrower is not eligible to receive a loan
17   as part of a linked investment loan package under this
18   program, if the borrower has received three loans
19   pursuant to a linked investment loan package under
20   this program approved by the treasurer of state within
21   the last ten years.  For purposes of this subsection,
22   a loan provided as part of a renewed certificate of
23   deposit shall be deemed to be a new loan."
24     8.  By striking page 4, line 24, through page 5,
25   line 5, and inserting the following:
26     "Sec. ___. NEW SECTION.  12.43B  VALUE-ADDED
27   AGRICULTURAL LINKED INVESTMENT LOAN PROGRAM.
28     1.  The treasurer of state shall establish and
29   administer, and adopt rules as necessary to establish
30   and administer, a value-added agricultural linked
31   investment loan program.  The purpose of the program
32   is to provide capital in the form of low-interest
33   loans in order to do any of the following:
34     a.  Stimulate existing businesses or encourage the
35   establishment of new businesses that add value through
36   the processing of agricultural commodities.
37     b.  Encourage the production of agricultural
38   commodities, if a shortage in production exists.
39     2.  A borrower shall be eligible to participate in
40   the value-added agricultural linked investment loan
41   program, to the extent that the borrower meets
42   eligibility requirements established by the treasurer
43   of state as provided in section 12.34.
44     3.  A borrower shall not receive a loan of more
45   than two hundred fifty thousand dollars under this
46   program.
47     Sec. ___. NEW SECTION.  15.204  VALUE-ADDED
48   AGRICULTURAL LINKED INVESTMENT LOAN PROGRAM.
49     The agricultural products advisory council
50   established in section 15.203, in cooperation with the
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 1   department of economic development and the department
 2   of agriculture and land stewardship, shall recommend
 3   to the treasurer of state eligibility requirements for
 4   borrowers to participate in the value-added
 5   agricultural linked investment loan program
 6   established in section 12.43B.  The treasurer of state
 7   shall establish the eligibility requirements by rule
 8   adopted pursuant to section 12.34."

 9     9.  Page 5, by inserting before line 6 the
10   following:
11     "Sec. ___.  CURRENT INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS.  The
12   treasurer of state shall not renew a certificate of
13   deposit in an eligible lending institution, if the
14   total term for the certificate of deposit exceeds the
15   requirements of section 12.34, subsection 3, as
16   amended by this Act.  However, nothing in this Act
17   shall affect the terms or conditions of an investment
18   agreement executed by the treasurer of state with an
19   eligible lending institution that is in effect on the
20   effective date of this Act.
21     Sec. ___.  AGENCY REVIEW OF LINKED INVESTMENT FOR
22   TOMORROW ACT PROGRAMS.
23     1.  The department of economic development and the
24   department of agriculture and land stewardship shall
25   include a review of the linked investments for
26   tomorrow Act.
27     a.  The department of economic development shall
28   conduct a review of the rural small business transfer
29   linked investment loan program as provided in section
30   12.40 the focused small business linked investments
31   program as provided in section 12.43, and the value-
32   added agricultural linked investment loan program as
33   provided in section 12.43B.
34     b.  The department of agriculture and land
35   stewardship shall conduct a review of the
36   horticultural and nontraditional crops linked
37   investment loan program as provided in section 12.41,
38   and the traditional livestock producers linked
39   investment loan program as provided in section 12.43A.
40     2.  In conducting the reviews, each department
41   shall investigate the economic conditions that could
42   justify the program under review and the need for the
43   continuation or modification of the program.  The
44   departments shall jointly review the allocation of
45   moneys to the programs.
46     3.  The departments shall submit a combined report
47   to the department of management which shall forward
48   the report to the treasurer of state and to the
49   general assembly on or before February 1, 2000.  The
50   report shall include findings and any recommendations.
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 1   The report shall include a recommendation regarding
 2   the allocation of moneys to the programs."
 3     10.  Page 5, lines 6 and 7, by striking the words
 4   "Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this" and
 5   inserting the following:  "This".
 6     11.  Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and
 7   inserting the following:  "An Act providing for

 8   economic development programs, including linked
 9   investment loan programs, and providing an effective
10   date."
11     12.  By renumbering as necessary.
The motion prevailed and the House concurred in the Senate 
amendment H-1893.
Greiner of Washington moved that the bill, as amended by the 
Senate and concurred in by the House, 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. 779)
	The ayes were, 95:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker
Bradley	Brauns	Brunkhorst	Bukta
Burnett	Carroll	Cataldo	Chiodo
Cohoon	Connors	Corbett	Cormack
Davis	Dix	Doderer	Dolecheck
Dotzler	Drake	Drees	Eddie
Falck	Fallon	Foege	Ford
Frevert	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	Mascher	May
Mertz	Millage	Mundie	Murphy
Myers	Nelson	O'Brien	Osterhaus
Parmenter	Raecker	Rants	Rayhons
Reynolds	Richardson	Scherrman	Schrader
Shoultz	Siegrist, Spkr.	Stevens	Sunderbruch
Taylor	Teig	Thomas	Thomson
Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Warnstadt
Weidman	Weigel	Welter	Whitead
Wise	Witt	Sukup,
			  Presiding
	The nays were, 2:
Garman	Metcalf	
	Absent or not voting, 3:
Boggess	Chapman	Martin	

The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title, as amended, was agreed to.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE
Rants of Woodbury asked and received unanimous consent that 
House File 779 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
SENATE AMENDMENT CONSIDERED
Drake of Pottawattamie called up for consideration House File 
769, a bill for an act relating to the classification of apartments in 
condominiums for purposes of property taxation, amended by the 
Senate, and moved that the House concur in the following Senate 
amendment H-1894:
H-1894
 1     Amend House File 769, as passed by the House, as
 2   follows:
 3     1.  Page 1, by inserting after line 31 the
 4   following:
 5     "c.  This subsection is repealed December 31,
 6   2004."
The motion prevailed and the House concurred in the Senate 
amendment H-1894.
Drake of Pottawattamie moved that the bill, as amended by the 
Senate and concurred in by the House, 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. 769)
	The ayes were, 96:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker
Bradley	Brauns	Brunkhorst	Bukta
Burnett	Carroll	Cataldo	Chiodo
Cohoon	Connors	Corbett	Cormack^
Davis	Dix	Dolecheck	Dotzler
Drake	Drees	Eddie	Falck
Fallon	Foege	Ford	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	Scherrman
Schrader	Shoultz	Siegrist, Spkr.	Stevens
Sunderbruch	Taylor	Teig	Thomas
Thomson	Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen
Warnstadt	Weidman	Weigel	Welter
Whitead	Wise	Witt	Sukup,
				  Presiding
	The nays were, 2:
Doderer	Richardson	
	Absent or not voting, 2:
Boggess	Chapman	
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE
Rants of Woodbury asked and received unanimous consent that 
House File 769 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
The House stood at ease at 4:03 p.m., until the fall of the gavel.
The House resumed session at 4:10 p.m., Carroll of Poweshiek in 
the chair.
The House stood at ease at 4:11 p.m., until the fall of the gavel.
The House resumed session at 4:40 p.m., Carroll of Poweshiek in 
the chair.
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 
April 29, 1999, passed the following resolution in which the concurrence of the Senate 
was asked:
House Joint Resolution 13, a joint resolution requesting the United States 
Department of Defense and the United States Army to place additional production 
work at the Rock Island Arsenal.
Also: That the Senate has on April 29, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 
concurrence of the Senate was asked:
House File 379, a bill for an act changing the name of care review committee to 
resident advocate committee.
Also: That the Senate has on April 29, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 
concurrence of the Senate was asked:
House File 744, a bill for an act relating to reductions in the state individual income 
tax by increasing the deduction for pension income and increasing the personal and 
dependent credits, and including a retroactive applicability date provision.
Also: That the Senate has on April 29, 1999, passed the following resolution in 
which the concurrence of the Senate was asked:
House Concurrent Resolution 23, a concurrent resolution in support of maintaining 
the Mississippi River as a major transportation route for various products shipped into 
and out of the Upper Mississippi region.
Also: That the Senate has on April 29, 1999, concurred in the House amendment 
and passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked:
Senate File 458, a bill for an act relating to information required to be placed on 
property tax statements.
Also: That the Senate has on April 29, 1999, amended the House amendment, 
concurred in the House amendment as amended, and passed the following bill in which 
the concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 459, a bill for an act relating to state school aid for budget years 
commencing with the budget year beginning July 1, 1999, and making appropriations 
and including effective and applicability date provisions.
Also: That the Senate has on April 29, 1999, concurred in the House amendment 
and passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked:
Senate File 465, a bill for an act authorizing the establishment of an accelerated 
career education program, providing a tax credit from withholding, and relating to the 
transfer of job training withholding to the workforce development fund account.

Also: That the Senate has on April 29, 1999, concurred in the House amendment 
and passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked:
Senate File 470, a bill for an act relating to campaign finance disclosure, including 
the study of campaign finance disclosure and related laws, by regulating express 
advocacy of candidates and ballot issues, requiring annual authorization for political 
representation financed from deductions from wages, dues, and fees, establishing a 
commission to study campaign finance disclosure and related laws, providing and 
applying penalties, providing an effective date and for applicability, and providing for 
severability.
MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary
SENATE AMENDMENT CONSIDERED
Houser of Pottawattamie called up for consideration Senate File 
459, a bill for an act relating to state school aid for budget years 
commencing with the budget year beginning July 1, 1999, and 
making appropriations and including effective and applicability date 
provisions, amended by the House, further amended by the Senate 
and moved that the House concur in the following Senate amendment 
H-1895 to the House amendment:
H-1895
 1     Amend the House amendment, S-3513, to Senate File
 2   459, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate,
 3   as follows:
 4     1.  Page 3, by inserting after line 24 the
 5   following:
 6     "Sec. ___. NEW SECTION.  257.14A  ON-TIME FUNDING
 7   FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
 8     Commencing with the budget year beginning July 1,
 9   2000, if a school district's additional enrollment
10   because of special education determined by the
11   district on December 1 in the budget year is greater
12   than its additional enrollment because of special
13   education determined by the district on December 1 in
14   the base year, the school district is entitled to on-
15   time funding from the state in an amount equal to its
16   district cost per pupil for the budget year multiplied
17   by the district's increase in additional enrollment
18   because of special education.  The additional funding
19   shall be miscellaneous income.
20     For the purpose of this section, a school
21   district's additional enrollment because of special
22   education is determined by multiplying the weighting
23   for each category of child under section 256B.9 times

24   the number of children in each category totaled for
25   all categories minus the total number of children in
26   all categories.
27     If a district receives additional funding under
28   this section for a budget year, the department of
29   management shall determine the amount of the
30   additional funding which would have been generated by
31   local property tax revenues in proportion to the
32   amount of funding actually received pursuant to this
33   section, if the additional enrollment because of
34   special education in the budget year had been used for
35   that budget year in determining combined district
36   cost, shall reduce, but not by more than the amount of
37   the additional funding, the district's total state
38   school aids available under this chapter for the next
39   following budget year by the amount so determined, and
40   shall increase the district's additional property tax
41   levy for the next following budget year by the amount
42   necessary to compensate for the reduction in state
43   aid, so that the local property tax for the next
44   following year will be increased only by the amount
45   which would have been increased in the budget year if
46   the additional enrollment because of special education
47   in the budget year could have been used to establish
48   the levy.
49     There is appropriated for the fiscal year beginning
50   July 1, 2000, and each succeeding fiscal year, from
Page 2  
 1   the general fund of the state to the department of
 2   education, the amount required to pay on-time funding
 3   authorized under this section, up to a maximum of
 4   thirteen million dollars annually, which shall be paid
 5   to school districts in the same manner as other state
 6   aids are paid under section 257.16.  If the amount
 7   appropriated is insufficient to provide the full
 8   amount of on-time funding, the payments to school
 9   districts shall be prorated such that each school
10   district shall receive an amount of on-time funding
11   equal to the percentage that the on-time funding to be
12   provided to the school district bears to the total
13   amount of on-time funding to be provided to all school
14   districts."
15     2.  Page 6, by striking lines 2 through 6 and
16   inserting the following:
17     "     .  Title page, lines 1 and 2, by striking the
18   words "commencing with the budget year beginning" and
19   inserting the following:  "beginning on or after"."
20     3.  By renumbering as necessary.
	The motion prevailed and the House concurred in the Senate 

amendment H-1895, to the House amendment.
Houser of Pottawattamie moved that the bill, as amended by the 
House, further amended by the Senate and concurred in by the 
House, 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?" (S.F. 459)
	The ayes were, 98:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker
Bradley	Brauns	Brunkhorst	Bukta
Burnett	Carroll	Cataldo	Chiodo
Cohoon	Connors	Corbett	Cormack
Davis	Dix	Doderer	Dolecheck
Dotzler	Drake	Drees	Eddie
Falck	Fallon	Foege	Ford
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	Shoultz
Stevens	Sukup	Sunderbruch	Taylor
Teig	Thomas	Thomson	Tyrrell
Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Warnstadt	Weidman
Weigel	Welter	Whitead	Wise
Witt	Mr. Speaker
		  Siegrist
	The nays were, none.
	Absent or not voting, 2:
Boggess	Chapman	
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title, as amended, was agreed to.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE

Rants of Woodbury asked and received unanimous consent that 
Senate File 459 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
REMARKS BY MINORITY LEADER SCHRADER
Minority Leader Schrader offered the following remarks:
This year was the most anticipated session for Democrats in recent memory 
because of our opportunity to work with the first Democratic governor since the Sixties.  
But we supported Governor Vilsack's program to move Iowa forward not so much 
because he was a Democrat, but because he shared our priorities. We worked 
hard for those priorities at the Capitol. And looking back at the session, we can't help 
but be pleased with the progress we made.
Democrats came to Des Moines with a handful of specific objectives - reduce class 
sizes so that kids have more time with their teachers and a better chance to learn the 
basics, especially reading skills; fight the terrible curse of methamphetamine with 
more aggressive law enforcement; return the right to make informed decisions about 
medical care to patients and their physicians; and reduce property taxes, the greatest 
burden to Iowa taxpayers.
We achieved success in each of those areas. Thanks to the relentless drive and 
leadership of Governor Vilsack, we have a higher level of school funding than in recent 
years; a four-year plan to make smaller classes in the lower grades; a new meth lab 
response team to uncover clandestine operations; a new leveling of the playing field for 
patients and their doctors in disputes with their insurers; and a generous property tax 
cut that reaches homeowners, farmers and businesses alike.
The disappointments of this session were more for reasons of omission than 
commission. We should have extended health care to an additional 12,000 children of 
the working poor, but we didn't. We should have been bold in relieving the impact of 
the farm crisis, but we were timid instead. We could have led the nation in ethanol 
promotion, but now we drift behind the leaders.  And we could have restored the rights 
of Iowans to have a say about where hog confinement facilities are located, but they 
will remain powerless.
A General Assembly is a two-year proposition and I have hope that unmet needs 
will be satisfied next year. In the meantime, I wish you a pleasant and productive 
interim.
SPEAKER CORBETT'S FAREWELL REMARKS
Speaker Corbett offered the following remarks:
Thank you Mr. Speaker. This is not just an end of session speech for me, but it's a 
farewell speech. And as I've sat in this chamber many times listening to members give 
their farewell speech one of the most common themes that are in those speeches are 

that I never would have believed I would have served this long in the legislature. And I 
can tell you I never would have believed I would have served thirteen years, one third 
of my life here in the Iowa legislature, let alone be Speaker of the House for five years. 
If someone would have asked me at the beginning of this session that this would be my 
last, I wouldn't have believed them either. But I guess that's what makes life so 
interesting because we really never know what the good Lord has in store for us.
The Capitol is an awesome place to work but what really makes it special is the 
people, the representatives, and all the supporting folks that help us do our job. And on 
many occasions we refer to each other as family and so when you say good bye to 
family, sometimes you get a little emotional, so bear with me if I do.
First, to you Representative Schrader and the Democratic caucus. We've had some 
successes over the years. Joint successes and victories. We've also had some battles. 
We've had some battles on the floor of the House. We've had some battles out on the 
campaign trail. Some of those campaigns we threw everything but the kitchen sink and 
the telephone at you. Indeed with you, Representative Holveck, we did try to throw a 
telephone at you. But you won. You won, you deserve to be here and for that I respect 
you for being willing to put your name on the ballot and go through what you have to 
go through to get elected to serve in here. And you haven't been shy over the years of 
reigning in the majority. You deserve a voice here in the House and you deserve to be 
heard. If I could challenge you at all, it would be to continue to do that, continue to hold 
the majority's feet through the fire or whatever they're doing or not doing. The process 
is important. And it's great to live in a state where it's healthy, competitive two-party 
system. Representative Schrader always at the beginning of the session in some of 
these speeches that we give at groups and organizations, he gives a baseball analogy as 
he says he's been in the minority with a Republican governor, in the majority with a 
Republican governor, and the minority with a Democratic governor. All he has left is to 
be in the majority with a Democratic governor. And he talks about the baseball analogy 
of hitting through the cycle.
Dave I don't know if you will ever hit through the cycle, but going three for four is 
pretty good. You've been a great friend, a great colleague, and a great ally. I'm going to 
miss you, and I respect you and every one of your caucus members. Thank you for the 
privilege of serving with you and being your Speaker.
For my Republican colleagues, you couldn't ask for a greater group of people to 
work with and share my last thirteen years with. I'll miss everyone of you. If I could 
give you some parting advice, it would be that everything has a life cycle, individuals, 
plants, animals, even political majorities. The key is to extend that life cycle. And I 
think there's three things you need to concentrate on if you want to do that. One is 
unity. And that's easier said than done. Trying to keep everybody together going in the 
same direction, in the different parts of the state we all represent and different 
districts, it's tough. Real tough to be united. But you know what you get from being 
united? You get strength. And strength is pretty important. Two, you need to have 
ideas. That's what the people of Iowa want. They just want people that are going to 
come to Des Moines, tell them what they're going to do for them, what they will 
accomplish, and work toward those goals and achievements. And when you generate 
those ideas, that's what shows leadership. And that's what the people want. And the 
third and final piece, is you've got to be willing sometimes to walk on some hot coals. 
You've got to be willing to go through the fire every once in awhile. And that's tough. 
But if you're willing to do that, it shows conviction. Strength, leadership, and 

conviction. If you do that, I think you'll continue to extend your life cycle.
Representative Rants I wish you the best of luck. You bring a lot of vitality and 
vision, and a little vinegar. Don't forget to sprinkle a little Voltaire in there every once 
in awhile. Obviously, as representatives we can't do without the support of everyone 
around here - all those in the third House, the press corps, Diane Bolender and her 
staff, Denny Prouty and his staff. I guess if I've got one regret it's that the last thirteen 
years I've never been able to turn Prouty into a supply sider but I guess some things 
just can't get done. Warren and our caucus staff and the Democratic staff, Liz and 
everybody in the well, keeping the trains on time, all the folks behind these chambers 
up in the nooks and crannies of this place, the Pages, the Doormen, even the Senate 
plays an important part of this process, too.
I'd like to tell you something about Susan. She kind of wears her heart on her 
sleeve. This was a few years back when there was this conflict over in Bosnia. And it 
was on TV quite a bit. She was so touched and moved by it that she sponsored a 
Bosnian family. They're living here in Des Moines. She changed that family's life. That 
family has then brought some of their family here to Des Moines and changed their 
lives. So there are times when I'm feeling down and think that one person can't make a 
difference, Susan, I think of you. And I'm reminded that yes indeed one person can 
make a difference. You have not only just touched the lives of the Bosnian family here 
in Des Moines, but you've touched mine, and I thank you for it.
To my staff, to Dan and Jeff, you guys are great. You're where you're at today 
because of you. Not because of anything that I've done for you. You're smart, you're 
talented, and you're hard workers. And if you continue to do what you've done in the 
past you'll go where ever you want to go. To Susan, my secretary, she started with me 
twelve years ago out here on the floor. She's been around this place for a long time. 
Susan, thank you for everything over the last twelve years keeping me together. 
There's this movie, obviously you've all heard of the Wizard of Oz. Dorothy is getting 
ready to go home to Kansas and as she's saying good bye to everybody she is saying 
good bye to the scarecrow. As she says good bye to the scarecrow she whispers in the 
scarecrow's ear, "I think I'll miss you the most." Susan, I think I'll miss you the most.
Well that's about it Mr. Speaker. Except for you. You have been a friend and a 
brother. And I've been racking my brain for about three months about what to say to 
you and pay tribute to you. And I can't think of anything. But about two weeks ago it 
came to me. They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. One of the things 
that you're noted for around here is you always quote a recording artist. And so I 
thought to myself that's what I'll do. I'll do that. The first thing that came to mind was 
the group Tony Orlando and Dawn. There's a song called "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round 
the Old Oak Tree." In one of the lines it says I'm coming home I've done my time. But I 
thought to myself if I did that, after I was done, Mitchell would walk up to me and say 
Corbett, that was so lame quoting Tony Orlando and Dawn. And he would be right. So, 
how about the Beatles? Oblidee oblidah, life goes on, la la how the life goes one. Mr. 
Speaker your life goes on with a new title. It's a great position. You'll never regret 
serving there. But remember you have two other titles - husband and father. Don't 
forget that because God knows the last several years I have, on too many occasions. 
And so that's why my life needs to go on.
	There's a little place at 321 30th St. SE, where my wife and four kids, soon to be five, 

a boy by the way, in September, are waiting for me. And so my life goes on. And so the 
last person I want to thank is my wife and I'll do that by speaking to her in French. 
Now Representative Fallon I'm not as diverse in languages as you are. Goodbye to all of 
you and God bless you.
REMARKS BY SPEAKER SIEGRIST
Speaker Siegrist offered the following remarks:
Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, Staff, Pages, Press and Friends:
I have to admit that I feel a bit odd delivering this speech from up here.  I would 
feel more comfortable from my normal position on the floor.  However, it is a great 
honor to be able to make a few comments as we adjourn for the year as the Speaker of 
the House.
One hundred nine days ago - yes, we are getting out early - I stood before the 
House and said we had five goals for this session.
First was the goal to improve education.  We did it.  The Reading/Class Size 
package which we passed will have significant impact on the quality of our educational 
system well into the next millenium.  We provided funding for growing and declining 
school districts.  And we are taking steps to make sure our teachers are the best 
prepared in the nation.
Our second goal was achieved with the passage of a broad-based methamphetamine 
program.  We have sent a clear message that we will not tolerate meth dealers in our 
state and that we will help those that are addicted.
The third goal was to reduce the tax burden in our state.  We did it and Iowans will 
be appreciative of the extra money they will get to keep instead of the government.
Fourth was to enhance the quality of life in our state by expanding recreation and 
tourism opportunities.  The components of the infrastructure bill go a long way to 
making Iowa a better place to live.  The C.A.T. fund, recreation grants, historical site 
grants, lake dredging, water quality monitoring and Loess Hills protection are only a 
few of the things that this body passed.
Fifth we talked about workforce development issues and worker retraining, and we 
dealt with those as we prepare to meet our needs for more workers in our state. Add to 
that things like the Patients' Bill of Rights, covering diabetes under insurance policies, 
Medicaid buy-in for the disabled, the community college funding this year, tuition 
grants, the Constitutional amendments that the taxpayers are going to vote on June 
29th, and I think we have a session to be proud of.
Everybody has things they'd like to have seen done. Everybody has things that they 
didn't like but overall when we leave here today I think all of us will have something 
that we can say we made a difference on in the state of Iowa. As it relates to the 
accomplishments of this legislature, I think we have a lot to be proud of. All of us 
should take that back with us and talk about it because I do believe as we get ready to 
enter the new millenium this group of people in this chamber and across the hallway 

in the other chamber have made Iowa a better place for the future.
So, it is time to go home, and we need to thank some people. To the Republican 
caucus, thank you for the opportunity to serve as majority leader for the past seven 
years. Thank you for the opportunity to serve as the Speaker of this House. I would 
have to admit my first day and a half has been a little rough, but I'm hoping for some 
improvement along the way.
To Representative Schrader, Ron said it all David. You're a good friend, an 
outstanding leader, you're a tough opponent when you need to be, but you're also 
somebody that we can sit down and work out our differences. You do a great job of 
leading your caucus and I want to thank you for that, and I want to tell you that I look 
forward to working with you next year. I think we have accomplished a lot working 
together. When we have our battles, we step away from them when they're done and 
we move on to other things. You have my greatest respect as the leader of your caucus.
To the minority caucus many of you are good friends of mine, I would say the same 
thing. We do battle in this place occasionally, but we walk away as friends. Everybody 
in here has got the best intentions in the world. We just think differently sometimes. 
But we can go out of here, minority party members and majority party members, 
knowing we've done the job we were sent here to do. We've won some, we've lost some. 
And both caucuses and everybody in this place has reason to be proud.
To the leadership team that I get to work with, and I'm very proud to work with 
them - Christopher Rants, Barry Blodgett, Chuck Gipp, Danny Carroll, and now Steve 
Sukup, and Libby Jacobs has been added to the team. I want to thank you for your 
support, the work that you have done with me and collectively to try to move our 
caucus ahead and also to move Iowa ahead. You're an outstanding leadership team, 
and I thank you for all the work that you have done. I probably don't have a full 
appreciation yet for Liz and the people right here in front of me and in back of that 
office but I'm sure I'm going to shortly. They do an outstanding job as Speaker Corbett 
said in running this place. And I thank them for all that they do.
Our caucus staff, on the Republican side as well as the Democratic side I know are 
outstanding people. They do a great job helping us get the answers we need to make 
sure we make informed decisions when we want to, doing everything they can to make 
us look good and to help us do what we need to do. I want to thank them deeply.
To the Pages, hopefully a great opportunity for them, to the doormen, to all the staff 
around here, everybody throughout this building, many, many thanks for helping us 
run this place because it's not an easy place to run.
To my office, my pages, Jessica Boddicker, thank you very much. Unfortunately 
Becky and Susan have not been released from indentured servitude yet. They are going 
to come across the doorway into the Speaker's office and I'm very happy about that. 
They had a tough time trying to keep me where I'm supposed to go. I'm sure it'll be 
tougher next year but you couldn't ask for better people to help me try to run this 
place. Obviously to Dan Fogleman and to Susan Bruckshaw and to Jeff Mitchell in 
Ron's office, they've also made my job so much easier.
	So there's a lot of people to thank but Mr. Rants, good luck! Christopher, I know 

you'll do a good job. I know that as you've grown in your years in this legislature, you 
will continue to grow. I have total faith in you to run an outstanding floor, to work well 
with both sides of the aisle, and I look forward to working hand in hand with you as we 
try to leave this place for the next few months and into the next session. I congratulate 
you and I look forward to working with you closely.
And that would leave you Mr. Speaker. Believe it or not I have the same feelings. 
I've been thinking about what to say but I can't think of anything. So I know what you 
mean when you say that. It's tough. Actually, Representative Schrader, you may have 
had the best one. The day Ron resigned you said the Republican party lost their Mark 
McGuire. That was a very good quote. You were kind of happy about that I know but 
that sums it up better than I can. Speaker Corbett, and that's what you're known as 
whenever you leave here, politically you were just a tremendous leader. Not only for 
our caucus but for the state of Iowa. You have pushed this state forward with your 
aggressive leadership with me hanging onto your belt loops a few times I know, trying 
to slow you down. But you have made a difference for the state of Iowa. We've all made 
a difference for the state of Iowa just simply by being here. But as things go some 
people made more of a difference than others. That's why we're here. I can't tell you 
how much I admire you as a political leader and how much I respect you as a political 
leader. But most importantly, I love you as a friend. And I will miss you. And I'm very 
proud of you for going back home to your family. That's where you need to be right 
now. All of us will miss you here, but you have left your mark and now you get to leave 
your mark with your family, and that's the most important thing.
I will try my level best to heed your advice. It was a tough day yesterday. We've had 
some bruised feelings around here. But I got to see my little boy and that made it a 
little easier. So that brings it home, Mr. Speaker, we're going to miss you. Ron I'm 
going to miss you. I wish you the best. So it's time to go home now. The last days of any 
session people get bruised in here. The family is a little agitated sometimes. We always 
leave here and go home for a few days, and then we feel good again about what we've 
done and things start to come back. And so it is indeed time to go home. We've done 
good work, we've had our fights, we've had some hurt feelings as we always do this 
time of year. But it's time to go home. And of course I would be remiss if I didn't have a 
Jimmy Buffett quote. But before I do that I have been asked to announce that we are 
going to be adjourning sine die here shortly, but it's the intent of the General Assembly 
to reassemble at 2920 Ingersoll Avenue which is Wellman's.
I feel humble to be the Speaker now, and I feel very excited about the opportunities, 
and very excited about going home. That's why we need to get out of here because it's 
time to go home. I found a Jimmy Buffett quote that fits the occasion... there's a song 
called "One Particular Harbor", and in it he sings, "I know I don't get there often 
enough but God knows I try. It's a magic kind of medicine that no one can prescribe." 
And that's what home is about. That's what family's about. That's what we're about as 
this family. It is time for this family to go home to their real family and get ready for 
another good year. You've done a good job, have a great interim. Thank you very much.
SPECIAL PRESENTATION
Speaker Siegrist presented a plaque of appreciation from the Iowa 
House of Representatives to former Speaker Ron J. Corbett for his 

years of service.
The House rose and expressed its appreciation.
ADOPTION OF HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 25
Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent 
for the immediate consideration of House Concurrent Resolution 25, a 
concurrent resolution to provide for adjournment sine die, as follows 
and moved its adoption:
 1       HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 25
 2                 by Siegrist and Schrader
 3   A House Concurrent Resolution to provide for
 4     adjournment sine die.
 5     Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives, The
 6   Senate Concurring, That when adjournment is had on
 7   Thursday, April 29, 1999, it shall be the final
 8   adjournment of the 1999 Regular Session of the
9 Seventy-eighth General Assembly.
The motion prevailed and the resolution was adopted.
EXPLANATION OF VOTE
I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on April 21, 
1999. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on House File 
343.
LARSON of Linn
BILL ENROLLED, SIGNED AND SENT
TO SECRETARY OF STATE
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 
Secretary of State for his approval on this 29th day of April, 1999: House Joint 
Resolution 15.
ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON
Chief Clerk of the House

Report adopted.
BILLS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR
A communication was received from the Governor announcing that 
on April 29, 1999, he approved and transmitted to the Secretary of 
State the following bills:
House File 165, an act including the preparation or compounding of a controlled 
substance for one's own use within the definition of manufacturing a controlled 
substance, and providing an effective date.
House File 210, an act relating to the exclusion of certain transactions under the 
business opportunities law and providing effective and retroactive applicability dates.
House File 412, an act providing for the membership of the advisory board to the 
Leopold center for sustainable agriculture.
House File 636, an act relating to review and oversight of actions of the United 
States environmental protection agency.
House File 647, an act relating to judges, concerning associate juvenile judges, and 
associate probate judges.
Senate File 160, an act relating to pipelines, interstate natural gas pipelines, and 
hazardous liquid pipelines, and the restoration of agricultural lands, making penalties 
applicable, and providing an effective date.
Senate File 254, an act relating to the emergency management division of the 
department of public defense by authorizing fees for radiological detection equipment 
maintenance services, by authorizing financial assistance to local governments for 
emergency management purposes, by directing a report to the General Assembly by 
the division director, and by providing an effective date.
Senate File 305, 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.
Senate File 436, an act relating to practices involving the marketing of livestock 
concerning packers, by providing for the regulation of certain purchase information and 
contracting, and providing penalties and effective dates.
PRESENTATION OF VISITORS
The Speaker announced that the following visitors were present in 
the House chamber:
	Fifty fourth grade students from Stuart-Menlo School, Menlo, 

accompanied by Deb Stalter and Rosie Tisl. By Baudler of Adair.
Twenty-five junior high students from Southeast Polk Junior High 
School, Runnells, accompanied by Dee Martenson. By Huser 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\859	Jeannie Henningsen, Alta - For being inducted into the GTE Academic 
All-American Hall of Fame.
1999\860	Daniel Llewellyn, Truro - For attaining the rank of Eagle Scout, the 
highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.
1999\861	Evelyn and Gerald Karas, Massena - For celebrating their 50th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\862	Jennifer Cuddleback, Cedar Rapids - For being the All-State Winner 
in the State of Iowa in the "Voice of Democracy Scholarship Contest" 
sponsored by the Iowa Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars 
and its Ladies Auxiliary, for the theme "My Service to America."
1999\863	Kathryn and Ralph Allspach, Baxter - For celebrating their 50th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\864	J. O. Parker, North English - For having achieved the 1st place 
Overall Excellence Award plus four other awards for superior quality 
in publishing the North English Record.
1999\865	Dan Otis, Fairfax - For attaining the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest 
rank in the Boy Scouts of America.
The House stood at ease at 5:30 p.m., until the fall of the gavel.
1898	JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE	109th Day
109th Day	THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1999	1897

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