Senate Journal: Monday, January 25, 1999

  FIFTEENTH CALENDAR DAY
  NINTH SESSION DAY

  Senate Chamber
  Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, January 25, 1999

  The Senate met in regular session at 1:14 p.m., President Kramer
  presiding.

  Prayer was offered by the Reverend Howard Chapman, pastor of
  the First Presbyterian Church Marion, Iowa.

  The Journal of Thursday January 21, 1999, was approved.

  LEAVE OF ABSENCE

  Leave of absence was granted as follows:

  Senator Gaskill until he arrives, on request of Senator Schuerer.

  ANNOUNCEMENT OF VACANCY

  President Kramer announced that notification had been received
  from the office of Governor Branstad of the following vacancy in the
  Senate:

  District 46 - Patty Judge, resignation effective December 13, 1998.

  COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS

  Senator Iverson moved that a committee on Credentials be
  appointed to examine and report on the election in Senate District 46.

  The motion prevailed by a voice vote and the Chair announced the
  appointment of Senators Johnson, Chair; Rehberg, Drake, Flynn, and
  Kibbie.
  The Senate stood at ease at 1:20 p.m., until the fall of the gavel.

  The Senate resumed session at 1:22 p.m., President Kramer
  presiding.

  REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS

  MADAM PRESIDENT: We, your committee on credentials, respectively report that
  we find the person named in the attached copy of the certification of the
  Secretary of
  State duly elected to and entitled to a seat in the Senate for the 1999
  Session of the
  Seventy-eighth General Assembly.


  JOANN JOHNSON, Chair
  KITTY REHBERG
  RICHARD F. DRAKE
  TOM FLYNN
  JOHN P. KIBBIE


  CERTIFICATION- STATE OF IOWA
  OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE

  To the Honorable, the Secretary of Senate:

  I, CHESTER J. CULVER, Secretary of the State of Iowa; custodian of the files
  and
  records pertaining to the elections in the state, do hereby certify that the
  State
  Canvassing Board has declared that at a special election held on January 12,
  1999,
  John Judge was elected to fill a vacancy in the office of the State Senator
  of the Forty
  Sixth District, for the balance of the term which began on January 2, 1997.


  IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto
  set my hand and affixed the official seal of the
  (SEAL)     	   Secretary of State at the Statehouse, in
  Des Moines, this 25th day of January, 1999.

  CHESTER J. CULVER, Secretary of State

  Senator Johnson moved the adoption of the Report of the
  Committee on Credentials, which motion prevailed by a voice vote.

  Senator John Judge was escorted to the bar of the Senate by
  Senators Gronstal and Szymoniak, was duly sworn and subscribed
  his name to the oath of office.
  APPENDIX

  REPORTS OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  BUSINESS AND LABOR RELATIONS

  Convened:  January 25, 1999, 2:05 p.m.

  Members Present:  McKibben, Chair; Freeman, Vice Chair; Dearden, Ranking
  Member; Behn, Fraise, Hansen, Hedge, Horn, King, Rife, and Schuerer.

  Members Absent:  None.

  Committee Business:  Subcommittee assignments.  Presentation by Iowa
  Workforce
  Development.

  Adjourned:  2:25 p.m.

  EDUCATION

  Convened:  January 25, 1999, 2:05 p.m.

  Members Present:  Redfern, Chair; Rehberg, Vice Chair; Connolly, Ranking
  Member;
  Angelo, Boettger, Dvorsky, Fink, Harper, Redwine, Sexton, Shearer,
  Szymoniak,
  Tinsman, and Veenstra.

  Members Absent:  Gaskill (excused).

  Committee Business:  Presentation by the Department of Education.

  Adjourned:  2:50 p.m.

  TRANSPORTATION

  Convened:  January 25, 1999, 2:40 p.m.

  Members Present:  Drake, Chair; Fraise, Freeman, Jensen, Kibbie, McKean,
  McKibben, Rittmer, Judge, and Zieman.

  Members Absent:  Sexton, Vice Chair; McCoy, Ranking Member; and Fink.

  Committee Business:  Subcommittee assignments.

  Adjourned:  2:47 p.m.

  CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION

  The Secretary of the Senate issued the following certificate of
  recognition:
  Ellainy Karaboitis, Anamosa - For coordinating activities of the Pen Pal
  Program.
  Senator McKean (01/22/99).

  COMMITTEE CHANGES

  Senator Gronstal announced the following changes in Senate
  committee memberships:

  Senator Judge will replace Senator Dearden on the Agriculture Committee.
  Senator Judge will replace Senator Hansen on the Local Government Committee.
  Senator Judge will replace Senator Dvorsky on the Small Business, Economic
  Development and Tourism Committee.
  Senator Judge will replace Senator Black on the Transportation Committee.
  Senator Judge will replace Senator Hansen on the Appropriations Subcommittee
  on
  Economic Development.

  INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

  Senate File 42, by Dvorsky, a bill for an act providing
  supplementary weighting for determining enrollment in school
  districts involved in district to district, or district to community
  college, sharing programs, and providing an effective date.

  Read first time under Rule 28 and referred to committee on
  Education.

  Senate File 43, by Dvorsky, a bill for an act relating to interest on
  rental deposits being held by landlords.

  Read first time under Rule 28 and referred to committee on State
  Government.

  Senate File 44, by Miller, a bill for an act establishing a tax
  credit for certain contributions to political committees.

  Read first time under Rule 28 and referred to committee on Ways
  and Means.

  Senate File 45, by Connolly, a bill for an act relating to advanced
  placement award programs and providing for appropriations.

  Read first time under Rule 28 and referred to committee on
  Education.
  STUDY BILLS RECEIVED

  SSB 1034	Human Resources

  Relating to the notice provisions for transfer of assets which create
  a medical assistance debt.

  SSB 1035	Business and Labor Relations

  Concerning unemployment insurance by providing for the
  distribution of certain moneys in the unemployment trust fund and
  the transfer of experience for unemployment insurance tax purposes.

  SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

  Senate File 29

  APPROPRIATIONS:  Behn, Chair; Black and Hedge

  Senate File 34

  APPROPRIATIONS:  Johnson, Chair; McCoy and Rife

  SSB 1034

  HUMAN RESOURCES:  Behn, Chair; Bartz and Harper

  SSB 1035

  BUSINESS AND LABOR RELATIONS:  Schuerer, Chair; Behn and Horn

  ADJOURNMENT

  On motion of Senator Iverson, the Senate adjourned at 1:28 p.m.,
  until 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 26, 1999.
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