Senate Journal: Page 49: Tuesday, January 12, 1999

  Huseman, Huser, Jacobs, Jager, Jenkins, Jochum, Johnson, Kettering, Klemme,
  Kreiman, Kuhn, Larkin, Larson, Lord, Martin, Mascher, May, Mertz, Metcalf,
  Millage,
  Mundie, Murphy, Myers, Nelson, O'Brien, Osterhaus, Parmenter, Raecker,
  Rants,
  Rayhons, Reynolds, Richardson, Scherrman, Schrader, Shoultz, Siegrist,
  Stevens,
  Sukup, Sunderbruch, Taylor, Teig, Thomas, Thomson, Tyrrell, Van
  Engelenhoven,
  Van Fossen, Warnstadt, Weidman, Weigel, Welter, Whitead, Wise, and Witt

  WHEREAS, Terry E. Branstad today addressed the Seventy-eighth General
  Assembly of the State of Iowa and in so doing, delivered, in addition to his
  Inaugural
  Address in 1983, his sixteenth and last Condition of the State message to
  the Iowa
  General Assembly as Governor of the State of Iowa, and

  WHEREAS, this Joint Convention of 50 Senators and 100 Representatives
  therefore is honored to represent the hundreds of men and women who served
  in the
  eight General Assemblies during Terry E. Branstad's sixteen-year tenure as
  governor,
  and

  WHEREAS, beginning today the state's historians and others will record and
  evaluate the ways in which Terry E. Branstad's dedicated public service has
  enriched
  the history of Iowa state government, and the ways in which his service has
  touched
  the lives of all Iowans; NOW THEREFORE,

  BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SEVENTY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN
  JOINT CONVENTION, that the Joint Convention remark for posterity upon
  Governor
  Terry E. Branstad's relationship, as head of the executive branch of state
  government,
  to the legislative branch of state government, To Wit:

  Terry E. Branstad's four-term tenure as Governor has been marked by a
  constructive separation of powers during which the Governor's policy
  objectives have
  been effectively communicated to the General Assembly, and the General
  Assembly
  has freely exercised its constitutionally mandated independence in making
  public
  policy through its lawmaking function.  The results of this relationship
  will be recalled
  by others in more detail than can be expressed in this resolution, but for
  members of
  the General Assembly whose service parallels Governor Branstad's service,
  the
  following general contributions will serve as reminders of hundreds of
  policy changes
  fashioned during Governor Branstad's tenure in office from 1983 until today:

  1. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.  Significant economic development initiatives
  relating to workforce development, workplace safety, unemployment
  compensation
  reform, agricultural and business development and diversification, insurance
  industry
  growth, tort reform, and business taxation.
  2. EDUCATION.  Far-reaching early education, kindergarten through grade 12,
  and higher education funding initiatives and innovation, including teacher
  and higher
  education pay and tuition tax credits.
  3. HUMAN SERVICES.  Noteworthy public policy reforms relating to welfare
  reform, child support, and health care coverages for children.
  4. CRIMINAL JUSTICE.  Substantial public safety reforms relating to the
  prosecution and incarceration of serious criminal offenders, especially
  violent, drug,
  sex, domestic abuse, and drunk driving offenders.
  5. TAXATION.  Significant taxation reform relating to income, sales,
  property,
  personal property, and inheritance taxation.
  6.
  7. (np)
  8. ENVIRONMENT.  Important environmental protection measures relating to
  groudwater protection, resource enhancement and protection, underground
  storage
  tank and brownfields cleanup, and environmental audits.
  9. GOVERNMENT REFORM.  Major reforms and initiatives in state government
  reorganization, balanced budget financing, ethics in state and local
  government, state
  control over the gambling industry, state and local government
  reorganization relating
  to court system and mental health services funding, and state capitol
  complex
  restoration.

  In addition to his many contributions in these areas of public policy,
  Governor
  Branstad should also be especially commended for his leadership during the
  great flood
  of 1993 in which he showed surpassing statesmanship and compassion in
  dealing with
  one of the great natural disasters to befall the State of Iowa in the latter
  half of the
  century; and

  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE SEVENTY-EIGHTH GENERAL
  ASSEMBLY IN JOINT CONVENTION, That Governor Branstad be recognized for the
  national leadership he assumed as Governor of the State of Iowa, including
  chair of the
  Midwestern Governors' Conference in 1986-1987, Chairman of the National
  Governors'
  Association in 1989-1990, Chair of the Republican Governors' Association in
  1996-
  1997, President of the Council of State Governments in 1991, and Chairman of
  the
  Education Commission of the States in 1997-1998, and that he be
  congratulated as the
  senior Governor in the United States at the time of his retirement; and

  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE SEVENTY-EIGHTH GENERAL
  ASSEMBLY IN JOINT CONVENTION, That we hereby admonish writers, historians,
  and journalists, young and old, to compose their portrayals and analyses of
  the Terry
  E. Branstad years with wisdom, thoroughness, and compassion; and

  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE SEVENTY-EIGHTH GENERAL
  ASSEMBLY IN JOINT CONVENTION, That the Joint Convention honor Governor
  Terry E. Branstad as the longest serving Governor of the State of Iowa and
  pay tribute
  to him for his devoted service to the State of Iowa and the citizens of this
  State; and

  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE SEVENTY-EIGHTH GENERAL
  ASSEMBLY IN JOINT CONVENTION, That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to
  Governor Terry E. Branstad, and to First Lady Christine Branstad, where it
  is hoped it
  will be received as a symbol of appreciation, good wishes, and affection
  extended by the
  Seventy-eighth General Assembly and the people of Iowa to the Governor,
  First Lady,
  and their family.

  Senator Iverson moved the adoption of the resolution, which
  motion prevailed by a voice vote and the resolution was adopted.

  Governor Branstad was escorted from the House Chamber by the
  committee previously appointed.

  On the motion of Representative Siegrist, the joint convention was
  dissolved.

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