Senate Journal: Thursday, January 28, 1999

  EIGHTEENTH CALENDAR DAY
  TWELFTH SESSION DAY

  Senate Chamber
  Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday, January 28, 1999

  The Senate met in regular session at 9:15 a.m., President Kramer
  presiding.

  Prayer was offered by Reverend Paul Akin, pastor of First United
  Methodist Church, Indianola, Iowa.

  The Journal of Wednesday, January 27, 1999, was approved.

  The Senate stood at ease while waiting for the House committee.

  COMMITTEE FROM THE HOUSE

  A committee from the House appeared and announced that the
  House was ready to receive the Senate in joint convention.

  Senator Iverson moved that upon dissolution of the joint
  convention, the Senate recess until 1:00 p.m.

  JOINT CONVENTION

  In accordance with law and House Concurrent Resolution 6, duly
  adopted, the joint convention was called to order at 9:49 a.m.,
  President Kramer presiding.

  Senator Iverson moved to dispense with the roll call and to
  authorize the President of the joint convention to declare a quorum
  present, which motion prevailed by a voice vote.

  President Kramer declared a quorum present and the joint
  convention duly organized.
  Senator Iverson moved that a committee of twelve, consisting of
  six members from the Senate and six members from the House, be
  appointed to notify Governor Vilsack that the joint convention was
  ready to receive him.

  The motion prevailed by a voice vote and the Chair announced the
  appointment of Senators Hedge, Boettger, Rife, Dearden, Dvorsky,
  and Fraise on the part of the Senate, and Representatives Lord,
  Larson, Heaton, Foege, Ford, and Mascher, on the part of the House.

  The following guests were escorted into the House Chamber:

  Secretary of State Chester J. Culver, Treasurer of State Michael
  Fitzgerald, Secretary of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Patty
  Judge, Auditor of State Richard Johnson, and Attorney General Tom
  Miller.

  Chief Justice McGiverin and the Justices of the Supreme Court;
  Chief Judge Sackett and the judges of the Court of Appeals.

  Lieutenant Governor Sally Pederson.

  The committee waited upon Governor Vilsack and escorted him to
  the Speaker's station.

  President Kramer presented Governor Vilsack, who delivered the
  following Budget Message:

  Madam President, Mr. Speaker, Honorable Members of the General Assembly,
  Chief Justice McGiverin and Distinguished Members of the Judiciary,
  Lieutenant
  Governor Pederson, Esteemed Statewide Elected Officials, Special Guests, My
  Fellow
  Citizens of Iowa.

  Let me begin by reading a letter from a very important person in Iowa. She
  wrote
  to me:

  "Dear Governor Vilsack,

  What are you going to do about pollution?  I would tell the people
  not to!  I don't like pollution.  Do you?  So what are you going to do
  about schools?  I really like my school.  Can we have more time to
  read?  So what are you going to do?"
  No-one is more important to me than Iowa's children.  So when Alexandra
  Swanson, a third-grader from Beaver Creek Elementary School in Johnston
  wrote to
  me I paid attention, and so should we all.

  Let me rephrase her question for the benefit of the assembled body, "What
  are we
  going to do?"

  I come here to the General Assembly for the first time.  It is a time filled
  with
  excitement and a little concern. Concern that I do the right thing.  I've
  never done this
  before. When you do something for the first time, you prepare as best you
  can to get the
  best information and advice that you can, you make our best judgments, then
  the
  moment comes.  You do something for the first time.

  I can't help but reflect today on the significance and importance of "
  firsts" in our
  lives.  First steps.  Our first day of school.  Our first experience with
  faith.  That first
  job.  Our first love.  The first time that we look into the eyes of a
  newborn child.  They
  are memorable experiences.  They open doorways to new worlds that we have
  never
  even dreamed of.  And they all mark new beginnings.

  Here in America and here in Iowa, first has another meaning to us as well.
  We
  have an innate drive to be the best we can be - to finish first in
  everything we attempt.
  We see it as a duty; as a responsibility.  Finishing first marks the
  culmination of our
  best efforts and of our dreams.  In a sense it marks both an ending and at
  the same
  time a new beginning.

  As I present my budget to you for the first time, I urge you to join me in a
  pursuit of
  a prairie full of firsts.  What must we do together to ensure that Iowa will
  be first in
  education for our children; first in environmental quality; first in health
  care for our
  citizens; first in the fight against methamphetamine; first in workforce
  development
  and economic development, and first in the future?

  The answer, it seems to me, is to begin by taking bold first steps into the
  future.
  We have a strong and proud educational heritage in Iowa, and we have
  identified
  ourselves, rightfully so,  as the Education State.  So I ask you, members of
  the General
  Assembly, isn't it time that we again assume our rightful position in this
  nation as first
  in education?

  We are blessed with a core of committed educators, some of who are with us
  today.
  Let me introduce you to four of them. On sabbatical from her position as a
  teacher of
  Theatre at East High School, currently performing in the Des Moines
  Playhouse
  production of Having Our Say, we welcome and salute the 1998 Iowa Teacher of
  the
  Year, Ruth Ann Gaines. We are also proud to have the dedicated Moulton
  School
  mentor of inner city students who was chosen to represent our state at the
  1997
  President's Summit for America's Future, Aaron Smith. We welcome today to
  the
  Capitol the southern Iowa native who refused to allow his cerebral palsy to
  prevent
  him from doing hundreds of classroom presentations as the Energy Wizard,
  winning
  the Governor's Very Special Arts Service Award and the Iowa Energy Educator
  of the
  Year Award, Erik Anderson.  And finally, we introduce the classroom teacher
  of
  Alexandra Swanson and her classmates from the Beaver Creek Elementary
  School,
  Ms. Shannon Smith.  Join me in greeting these four uniquely excellent Iowa
  educators
  and in welcoming Alexandra and her classmates.
  In the first years of life the responsibility for teaching properly belongs
  to the
  parents of each child.  All parents must be their child's first and best
  teacher.  But few
  of us know where to begin or how to start.  We can help.  By doubling our
  investment
  in newly-created empowerment communities, we can give these parents looking
  for
  help the information, the tools, and the assistance they need to prepare
  their children
  for school. By taking this first step today we will make sure that when our
  children
  take their first steps to school, they will be ready to learn.

  When they start their first years in school, they must learn the basics
  well. That's
  why, ladies and gentlemen of the General Assembly...  That's why teachers
  must be
  better prepared.  Schools must monitor student achievement and be held
  accountable
  for results.  So let us begin today by committing 10 million dollars in the
  first year and
  increasing that amount by 10 million dollars for each year in the next four
  years, so we
  can provide our schools with the resources necessary to reduce class sizes,
  to improve
  teacher skills, and to hold schools accountable. Our goal is simply stated -
  we must
  guarantee that every child in this state is reading well by the time he or
  she enters
  fourth grade.

  But if we are to do our first job well... more is needed.  For the first
  time, we should
  commit state aid to make sure our schools are safe and free from fire and
  safety
  hazards and to provide more classroom space. Over the next five years we
  propose
  building a fund of 50 million dollars to help local school districts meet
  their building
  needs, while at the same time providing relief for property taxpayers.  Our
  goal, again
  simply stated... is adequate class space for each child and each educator in
  this state.

  As we attempt to make our students first in the nation in education, we must
  continue our commitment to technology by making permanent our current
  investment
  of 30 million dollars per year, and enable its use not only for hardware and
  software
  purchases, but also staff development.  Our goal is to keep Iowa students on
  the
  cutting edge of technology.

  I applaud the members of the General Assembly in addressing the critical
  issue of
  school funding early in the session. Together we will improve our commitment
  to local
  schools by increasing allowable growth, by providing state-funded budget
  guarantees
  for those schools struggling with declining enrollments and by providing
  accelerated
  funding for schools that have to cope with rapidly rising student numbers.
  Our goal
  should always be to adequately fund schools with each student being treated
  fairly and
  equitably.

  At the same time, we must support our educators in their fight to make Iowa
  schools drug and violence free.  We will take the first steps of
  intervention at the first
  signs of trouble in junior high and middle schools.  So we need to expand
  the successful
  program of juvenile court liaisons by adding 76 new schools to the 107
  schools that
  currently exist to aid our at-risk student population and to return
  discipline to the
  classroom and to the hallways of each and every school in this state.  Our
  goal is to
  provide a safer, better learning environment in which all of our students
  can learn well
  without fear or intimidation.

  Lorenzo Luis Sandoval left college early in the 1970's. He served the
  Hispanic
  migrant workers of Iowa for over 20 years and earned the League of United
  Latin
  American Citizens Iowa Man of the Year award.  With the aid of an Iowa
  Tuition
  Grant, he fulfilled his lifetime dream of graduating from Grand View College
  in 1992.
  He later received his Master of Fine Arts from the prestigious University of
  Iowa
  Playwrights Workshop last year.  Dramatic Publishing calls Lorenzo "the
  exciting new
  Latino voice in America today."  Ladies and gentlemen of the assembly,
  please say
  hello to another Iowan - Lorenzo Luis Sandoval.

  I understand what it means to be close to your dream but to have concerns
  about
  whether there will be finances to make it become a reality. Twenty-five
  years ago this
  year, I spoke with my father for the last time on the phone. I called him to
  tell him that
  I had been admitted to law school. In a tired and weary voice he said to me,
  "That's
  great. I don't know where the money will come from but we'll find it some
  place."
  Several days after that call he passed away. The money came from a variety
  of
  government loans, programs, and my own work. I understand the struggle of
  many in
  this state today are going through to try to realize their educational
  dreams.

  We need to make higher education more affordable and accessible. To do so,
  we
  need to look at a package of increased funding measures. We need to increase
  funding
  for the State of Iowa Scholarship program; we need to continue to increase
  funding for
  the Iowa Tuition Grant program; we need to support vocational and technical
  tuition
  grants; we need to send a message to those who serve in the National Guard
  that we
  care about them by extending educational opportunities to them as well. For
  those
  community college students who are here today, we need to keep the faith
  with their
  dream by fully funding the community college formula and continue our strong
  and
  traditional support for the Regents Universities.  Our collective goal
  should be that no
  one wishing a higher education will ever be denied that opportunity in our
  state simply
  for lack of money.

  Finally, as we approach a comprehensive look at education we should not and
  must
  not neglect the important role of libraries.  Iowa is one of the few states
  that provides
  no direct assistance to libraries.  Let us join the rest of the nation in
  improving the
  communication centers of many of our communities.  Let us enrich ourselves
  by
  enriching Iowa.  We should begin funding the Enrich Iowa initiative now.

  Our goal is to be first in the nation in education.  Let it be said that
  here in Iowa we
  put our money where our children are.

  We have in Iowa a truly amazing array of natural grace.  When Albert Lea
  first
  explored Iowa in 1835 he wrote:  "The general appearance of the country is
  one of great
  beauty. . . one grand rolling prairie, along one side of which flows the
  mightiest river in
  the world. . .  (For) water, fuel and timber; for richness of soil; for
  beauty of appearance . . .
  it surpasses any  portion of the United States."

  Too often today, there is a difficult playing field for Iowa farmers who
  want to
  protect our land and water.  But it is our farmers who have the greatest
  immediate
  stake in the environment.  It is their families who are first to drink the
  water, breathe
  the air, and eat the food raised in the soil.  So David and Corrine Williams
  and their
  children Steve and Wendy operate a fifth-generation farm near the Montgomery
  and
  Page County line. They do so with respect and diligence.  By using minimum
  and no-
  till technology, rotational grazing, alternative watering for their cattle,
  they were
  recently honored with the National Cattlemen's Association Environmental
  Stewardship Award for "protecting the environment while making their
  business more
  profitable."  Join me in congratulating the Williams family for showing us
  that we can
  make sound environmental decisions that are also sound economic decisions.
  It is our natural resources that hold the key to a stronger, more prosperous
  Iowa.
  But to be first in the nation in Environmental Quality and especially to
  have the
  cleanest water in America, we must take difficult first steps.

  When a body of water with the name of Clear Lake had levels of E. coli which
  spiked over safe limits, when its beaches were closed, when its community
  lost
  thousands of dollars of much-needed tourist revenue, isn't it a signal that
  we need to be
  better stewards?

  But it is not just our lakes that need care. Our Department of Natural
  Resources
  has not had the resources to conduct even baseline water quality analyses.
  As Dave
  Moeller, the DNR's Fisheries Supervisor for the Northeast District, said,
  "...We can't
  do anything about it until we see dead fish."

  Members of the General Assembly, we  can   and we  must   do something
  about it!  We must carefully assess the condition of our groundwater and
  surface
  water, and then we must create a comprehensive groundwater and surface water
  monitoring program.

  The budget I propose provides resources to do just that and more. It
  provides funds
  to establish an Iowa watershed protection program, attend to our wetlands
  and enforce
  the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act.

  Our environmental proposals, however,  do not start or stop at the water's
  edge.
  We are committed to enhancing our soil and to protecting our air.

  That's why we advocate a Fuel Quality Standard for Iowa supported by the
  Iowa
  Corn Growers Association which includes ethanol and which will provide both
  environmental and value-added economic benefits.

  We propose more resources to better implement our current manure management
  program. And as we consider the interdependence of agriculture and the
  environment,
  we are asking the legislature to consider empowering the people of Iowa with
  some
  degree of local control operated within a statewide framework for livestock
  production.

  We will protect our natural heritage for the present and future citizens of
  our state.
  We will be good stewards and rededicate ourselves to restoring and
  conserving the
  land, protecting our water and cleaning up the air. Let it be said that here
  in Iowa, we
  put our money where the environment is.

  To be first in the nation in health care, we have specific goals. We propose
  to
  expand HAWK-I, Iowa's child health care initiative, to cover all children in
  families
  with incomes of up to 200% of the poverty level.  Imagine the frustration of
  parents
  working hard to support a family, struggling to lift themselves out of
  poverty, and
  beginning to succeed, only to discover that their efforts disqualify their
  children from
  access to basic health care. Is this a small problem?  Hardly.  Our
  initiative will offer
  basic health care for the first time to an additional 12,000 of Iowa's
  children!

  Next, we cannot be first in health care and sit idly by and watch people
  hurt and
  neglected by the excesses of managed care.  We've all seen and read about
  those
  excesses in the news. But in Iowa we believe that people are more important
  than the
  process!  Let us working together ensure fairer access to medical services
  for all of
  Iowa's people. Let us guarantee that Iowans will receive coverage for
  pre-existing
  conditions by reducing the waiting period to six months.  Let us stop
  insurance
  companies from "gagging" doctors so that they are prevented from telling us
  the
  information we need to know.  Let us make sure that the information we
  receive about
  a health plan's record is accurate; that it promotes good medical practices
  and let us
  above all else require a fair and legitimate appeal process to resolve
  managed care
  disputes.  Children in this state specifically are at risk and for that
  reason we will
  propose a specific and targeted set of proposals and protections designed to
  provide
  these opportunities for Iowa's children as well.

  But we acknowledge the best way to be first in health is through good
  preventive
  care.  We have therefore proposed initiatives for women over 50, addressing
  the
  increased risks of breast cancer, osteoporosis and heart disease; we will
  launch a public
  awareness campaign; strengthen local health systems and promote community
  health
  and public education.

  Beyond that initiative it is our commitment to enhance child dental care and
  child
  nutrition programs and perhaps the boldest stroke of all - we are
  recommending over
  one million dollars of support to establish a new School of Public Health at
  the
  University of Iowa. We take these steps because we know prevention works.
  We know
  prevention saves money.  And most important of all, we know prevention saves
  lives!

  Finally, our health care program includes protection for Iowa's seniors.
  They are
  those who farmed our land, who taught our children, who worked in our
  factories and
  businesses - and as such they deserve to live their last years in quiet
  dignity.  If we
  restructure Medicaid funding, we can increase direct care staff salaries and
  improve
  the quality of care in nursing homes. If we establish an annual "Governor's
  Award for
  Quality Care" we can recognize outstanding nursing facilities. If we create
  additional
  long-term care ombudsman positions we can work together to correct nursing
  home
  deficiencies. And, if we stiffen fines for repeat violators and focus health
  facility
  inspections on those chronic violators we will enhance the good reputation
  of the vast
  majority of nursing homes and facilities in our state today.

  Our goal is improved and fairer health care for all.  Let it be said that
  here in Iowa,
  we put our money where our most vulnerable populations are.

  The safety, security and well-being of Iowans is the responsibility of each
  of us.  But
  nowhere, perhaps, is that responsibility accepted with more courage and more
  dedication than in the selfless service provided by our peace officers.
  Today, we, as a
  grateful people, salute and thank every peace officer who puts his or her
  life on the line
  every day for our families and ourselves.  With us this morning are two men
  who are
  living proof of that dedication and courage.

  When the time finally came, after four intense days in the middle of a
  hostage crisis,
  a distraught and dangerous father, charged with numerous crimes including
  attempted
  murder and kidnapping brought his two sons out into the Indianola sunlight.
  As he
  began to pull a loaded hand-gun from his pocket, Ken Haut rushed in and
  flung his body
  in harm's way, tackling and subduing the prisoner. Serving with him were his
  fellow
  troopers and other peace officers.

  Without thinking of his personal safety, this humble Lamoni Chief of Police
  pursued two suspected murderers and bank robbers.  In an instant his life
  changed
  forever.  His sacrifice was great.  He lost an eye and might have lost his
  life.  But Dale
  Killpack acted without hesitation on our behalf, and today he and Ken are
  with us.
  These two gentlemen represent the daily Iowa heroes who are our peace
  officers.

  There is a specific crossroads where public health, public education and
  public
  safety meet.  And it is at that crossroads that we stand today.  We will
  NOT, simply
  because we happen to be in a convenient location in the heartland of
  America, be first
  in the nation in the creation and delivery of methamphetamine.  We WILL,
  however,
  make it one of our first priorities to eradicate this deadly threat.

  To protect our people we must strangle the meth lifeline by controlling both
  supply
  and demand. To protect our people we will seek life sentences for the
  manufacture or
  sale of meth to minors.  To protect our people we will hire more narcotics
  agents to
  increase interdiction efforts.  To protect our people we will hire
  additional lab
  technicians to help in the timely prosecution of cases, and to protect our
  people we will
  hire more state troopers, DCI agents and fire marshals to aid in safely
  closing down
  these meth labs.  At the same time, to help our people we will expand the
  number of
  drug courts.  To help our people we will provide additional resources for
  treatment to
  lengthen the time that Iowans addicted to this powerful drug can receive
  treatment
  and also expand treatment opportunities at Eldora.  And to educate our
  people we will
  support and create educational programs to prevent the use of meth before it
  starts.

  Now I do not want to leave this subject without speaking directly to those
  who
  manufacture and sell this drug. Here is my message: Do not come here.  Do
  not hurt
  our children.  We will find you.  We will prosecute you.  We will imprison
  you.  Our
  goal is to win this war against meth.  Let it be said in Iowa, we put our
  money where
  the safety of each of our citizens is.

  Let us today also invite the whole world to help make our state the Food
  Capital of
  the World.  Not just first in the nation, but first in the world.  It is
  part of our larger
  commitment to workforce development and economic development.

  This administration intends to make Iowa-grown, Iowa-raised and Iowa-made a
  brand name known throughout the world for quality. We need to promote high
  tech
  agricultural research which is why we support funding the Center of
  Excellence in
  Plant Science at Iowa State University.  We need to combine Iowa's strengths
  in
  agriculture and insurance and provide innovative products to protect Iowa's
  farmers
  that use advances in biotechnology.  We need to encourage the expansion of
  value-
  added opportunities in every region of this state.

  And at the same time, we will not abandon those Iowans whose economic
  fortunes
  have turned.  We have and will continue to strongly advocate at the federal
  level and
  state level to take immediate proactive steps to help livestock and grain
  producers in
  economic crisis.  We intend to stand together with those who farm the land,
  and
  together we will make Iowa the world's food capital.

  Further, we will expand the skilled workforce to help us face the needs of a
  new
  and dawning technology and millenium. We need to make Iowa more attractive
  to
  business and industry.  We need to strengthen our commitment to vocational
  and
  technical programs and school-to-career opportunities.  That is why we are
  establishing the Governor's 21st Century Workforce Council which will be
  chaired by
  Lieutenant Governor, Sally Pederson.  We need to identify work skill
  shortage areas.
  To start the process of increasing the skill levels of our people and to
  reduce shortages,
  we will create forgivable loan programs; we will offer incentives to promote
  skills
  enhancement; we will coordinate governmental efforts for skills enhancement;
  and we
  intend to increase worker safety by providing more resources for workplace
  inspections.

  We will actively and forcefully work to attract and retain the quality of
  workers
  necessary for our mutual future.  We must send a strong and unmistakable
  message to
  the children of this state, some of whom are here today - and let us start
  with those
  here today.  We need you!  We need your creativity, your energy and your
  intellect.
  But we must do our job if we are asking them to do their job. We must create
  and
  enhance the quality of life in this state so that it is second to none. That
  is why we are
  suggesting the creation of REACH initiative, which would provide additional
  resources
  for recreation, environment, culture and heritage - to send a strong and
  powerful
  message that something's going on in this state, and that we are responding
  to the
  needs and concerns of our young people.

  Our goal is to develop our workforce, strengthen our economic growth, and
  keep our
  young people in our state.  Let it be said that here in Iowa, we put our
  money where
  our tomorrow is.

  And finally, we propose to be known as the first in the nation as we lead
  the way to
  the future.  We will do this in two ways - through government efficiency,
  and by the
  foresight and power of a strategic plan for the next century.

  We will make good on our promise of providing property tax relief by
  virtually
  eliminating property tax funding of mental health.  Let us begin that
  process now.

  We will build a more efficient administration, reduce our dependency on
  gaming
  revenues in the general fund and institute efficiency measures like offering
  early
  retirement programs and spending reforms. We're listening to the people, and
  we're
  acting on what we hear.

  We face a strong set of challenges and unbridled opportunities.  We will not
  be
  daunted.

  Let me read from one of my very first Executive Orders which will be issued
  in the
  near future:  "Now, therefore, I, Thomas J. Vilsack, Governor of Iowa, do
  hereby order
  and proclaim that there shall be an organized commitment to develop a
  strategic plan
  outlining our goal to maximize the development of human and natural
  resources
  within the state, and this commitment shall be called THE GOVERNOR'S
  STRATEGIC PLANNING COUNCIL."

  Together, in a bi-partisan effort that includes full participation of
  private citizens,
  all levels of governmental employees, all communities, with specific
  emphasis on
  people with disabilities - we will identify the way Iowans want their state
  to be in the
  year 2020.  And from that we will develop policies, programs, and procedures
  to carry
  out their vision.

  We are excited by the challenge of tomorrow, and we are ready to meet it
  face-to-
  face.
  Our goal is an efficient government and a powerful plan for the new
  millennium.
  Let it be said that here in Iowa, we put our money where our future is.

  There is no question that it is reasonable for us to aspire to be first. And
  so again I
  ask the question posed by an Iowa child.  What are we going to do together
  to ensure
  that Iowa will be first in education; first in the environment; first in
  health care; first
  in the fight against methamphetamine; first in workforce development and
  economic
  growth; and first in the future?

  The answer resounds across this beautiful public room, owned by the people
  of our
  great state, and we all hear it.  We must work together. We must put Iowa
  first, before
  any personal or partisan agenda, before anything that might divide us.  We
  must make
  every effort to make Iowa first, working as if it were our last chance to do
  so.

  And so, I propose yet another first for us today - the one which can make
  all of the
  others possible.  Let us strive to be first in the nation in the true spirit
  of bi-
  partisanship!

  At a time when America is burdened by the ugliness of the Washington
  political
  scene - a scene divided by intense and sometimes angry partisanship which
  diverts our
  time, our resources, our good will, and especially the valuable work of our
  nation, let us
  learn a hard lesson: - the people must come first. How do we guarantee that
  when we
  leave here today we will walk away with a real commitment to work together?

  I don't have the whole answer, but I can propose a healthy way for us to
  start - if
  you will, a healthy first step.

  Soon after the end of this address today, Lieutenant Governor Sally Pederson
  and I
  will be embarking on separate visits across the state to meet with the
  people of this
  state face-to-face to talk to them about these important budget decisions.
  It would be
  easy for us to use this opportunity and the power and means of the
  Governor's office to
  proclaim a partisan agenda from east to west and north to south.  But that
  would be
  politics as usual.  And it's time for a change.

  Instead, I spoke yesterday with the leadership of both the House and the
  Senate -
  from both sides of the aisle - and I invited leaders from both parties and
  from both
  chambers to accompany me around Iowa.  We are all Iowans.  We all have the
  best
  interests of the people at heart. We can begin this process by working
  together in the
  bright light of a new day.

  This is not our first day of school, but it may be our first step to
  tomorrow.  It's not
  our first job, and although I hold you folks in high esteem, I can assure
  you that you
  are not my first love.  But this is the first day of the remainder of our
  time together
  working for the people of Iowa.  It is a memorable day, and the tasks are
  daunting.
  But the doorways can be opened to new worlds that none of us have ever
  dreamed of.

  We all share that sense of anticipation, that sense of concern about the
  responsibilities we face together.  But we are well-prepared.  We are well
  committed.
  We love this great land and the people we represent.

  So what are we going to do?
  Let us mark a new beginning.  Let us take these bold first steps into the
  future
  together.  Let us lead Iowa to be first in everything we attempt as we reach
  the
  culmination of Today's Dreams and Tomorrow's Iowa.

  Thank you, God bless you and God bless our Great State.

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

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

  AFTERNOON SESSION

  The Senate reconvened at 1:14 p.m., President Kramer presiding.

  INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

  Senate File 60, by Fink, a bill for an act relating to reporting of
  the status of environmental violations by the department of natural
  resources.

  Read first time and referred to committee on Natural Resources
  and Environment.

  Senate File 61, by Kibbie, a bill for an act limiting the amount of
  contributions a candidate for office may accept from outside the
  candidate's elective district, and providing a civil penalty.

  Read first time and referred to committee on State Government.

  Senate File 62, by Kibbie and Connolly, a bill for an act
  permitting certain transfers of campaign funds after a candidate has
  not served in public office for a stated number of years.

  Read first time and referred to committee on State Government.

  Senate File 63, by Kibbie and Lundby, a bill for an act
  establishing voluntary expenditure and contribution limits for
  political campaigns for candidates for the general assembly, and
  applying penalties.

  Read first time and referred to committee on State Government.
  APPENDIX

  REPORTS OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  APPROPRIATIONS

  Convened:  January 28, 1999, 9:21 a.m.

  Members Present:  McLaren, Chair; Kramer, Vice Chair; Flynn, Ranking Member;
  Behn, Bolkcom, Connolly, Deluhery, Dvorsky, Freeman, Hammond, Hedge, Horn,
  Jensen, Johnson, King, Lamberti, Maddox, Redwine, Rehberg, Rife, Schuerer,
  Soukup,
  and Tinsman.

  Members Absent:  Black and McCoy (both excused).

  Committee Business:  Approved committee rules.

  Adjourned:  9:37 a.m.

  NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

  Convened:  January 28, 1999, 2:03 p.m.

  Members Present:  Bartz, Chair; King, Vice Chair; Fink, Ranking Member;
  Bolkcom,
  Dearden, Deluhery, Drake, Freeman, Gaskill, Johnson, Kibbie, Miller,
  Rehberg, and
  Rife.

  Members Absent:  Black (excused).

  Committee Business:  Approved SSB 1033.  Presentation by DNR.

  Adjourned:  2:37 p.m.

  INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

  Senate File 64, by Kibbie, a bill for an act relating to confinement
  feeding operations by providing for the siting of certain operations,
  imposing requirements relating to construction permits, and making
  penalties applicable.

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

  Senate File 65, by McCoy, a bill for an act restricting the use of
  campaign funds for the payment of certain services and salaries and
  applying a penalty.
  Read first time under Rule 28 and referred to committee on State
  Government.

  Senate File 66, by Kibbie, a bill for an act providing for the
  identification of meat products processed in this state and providing
  penalties.

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

  Senate File 67, by committee on Natural Resources and
  Environment, a bill for an act relating to the assessment of civil
  damages for the illegal taking of a swan or a crane.

  Read first time under Rule 28 and placed on calendar.

  STUDY BILLS RECEIVED

  SSB 1040	Commerce

  Relating to the exclusion of certain real estate transactions
  involving a power of attorney from state licensure and regulation.

  SSB 1041	Natural Resources and Environment

  Relating to the issuance of a limited number of deer or wild turkey
  hunting licenses.

  SSB 1042	Ways and Means

  Updating the Iowa Code references to the Internal Revenue Code,
  extending the loss carryback period for farm net operating losses,
  providing certain tax credits to estates and trusts, and providing an
  effective date and a retroactive applicability date.

  SSB 1043	Ways and Means

  Relating to the administration of the tax and related laws by the
  department of revenue and finance, including administration of state
  individual income, corporate income, franchise, sales and use, motor
  fuel, cigarette and tobacco, local option, inheritance and estate, and
  property taxes, and the livestock production credit; providing
  penalties; and including effective and retroactive applicability date
  provisions.

  SSB 1044	Ways and Means

  Relating to the administration of the state individual income tax,
  corporate income tax, sales and use taxes, franchise tax, 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.

  SSB 1045	Judiciary

  Providing for a .08 blood alcohol concentration standard for
  operating while intoxicated offenses.

  SSB 1046	Judiciary

  Relating to open containers in motor vehicles and providing a
  penalty.

  SSB 1047	Judiciary

  Establishing the crime of identity theft, providing for the recovery
  of civil damages, relating to the reporting of identity theft to a
  consumer reporting agency, and providing and applying penalties.

  SSB 1048	Judiciary

  To restrict the posting of bond for the offense of felony stalking.

  SSB 1049	Judiciary

  Relating to crime victim rights.

  SSB 1050	Judiciary

  Relating to the fingerprinting of persons or juveniles who have
  been arrested or taken into custody and changing the procedures for
  the collection of a criminal disposition report.
  SSB 1051	State Government

  Relating to the emergency management division of the department
  of public defense by authorizing fees for radiological detection
  equipment maintenance services, by providing for the appointment of
  county emergency management officers, by authorizing financial
  assistance to local governments for emergency management
  purposes, and by providing an effective date.

  SSB 1052	State Government

  Relating to violations of nursing home requirements and including
  penalties for such violations.

  SSB 1053	State Government

  Relating to confidentiality of voter registration information.

  SSB 1054	State Government

  Relating to release of certain information on claimants of the
  extraordinary property tax credit or rent reimbursement to the
  department of inspections and appeals.

  SSB 1055	State Government

  Providing for a change in the composition requirement for nurses
  on the Iowa board of nursing examiners.

  SSB 1056	State Government

  Increasing the minimum daily pay for members of the Iowa
  national guard while in state active service.

  SSB 1057	State Government

  Concerning nonsubstantive gender-related provisions in the Code.
  SSB 1058	State Government

  Related to activities of bail enforcement agents that are exempt
  from state licensing requirements.

  SSB 1059	State Government

  Providing for the adoption of administrative rules related to the
  issuance of a license for bail enforcement agents, private
  investigators, and security agents who may not otherwise qualify for
  a license.

  SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

  Senate Joint Resolution 4

  STATE GOVERNMENT:  Drake, Chair; Fink and Rittmer

  Senate Joint Resolution 5

  STATE GOVERNMENT:  Rittmer, Chair; Drake and Fink

  Senate File 38

  STATE GOVERNMENT:  Rittmer, Chair; Drake and Kibbie

  Senate File 43

  STATE GOVERNMENT:  Rittmer, Chair; Fink and Lamberti

  Senate File 46

  STATE GOVERNMENT:  Maddox, Chair; Deluhery and Lamberti

  Senate File 48

  STATE GOVERNMENT:  King, Chair; Fink and Schuerer

  Senate File 52

  JUDICIARY:  Redfern, Chair; Boettger and Fraise

  Senate File 54

  STATE GOVERNMENT:  King, Chair; Fink and Schuerer

  Senate File 55

  JUDICIARY:  Redfern, Chair; Hansen and Tinsman
  Senate File 56

  WAYS AND MEANS:  Drake, Chair; McLaren and Soukup

  Senate File 57

  LOCAL GOVERNMENT:  McKibben, Chair; Bartz and Hammond

  Senate File 58

  STATE GOVERNMENT:  Lundby, Chair; Drake and Fink

  Senate File 59

  STATE GOVERNMENT:  Lundby, Chair; Drake and Fink

  SSB 1040

  COMMERCE:  Lamberti, Chair; Maddox and McCoy

  SSB 1041

  NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT:  King, Chair; Johnson and Kibbie

  SSB 1042

  WAYS AND MEANS:  Maddox, Chair; Connolly and McKibben

  SSB 1043

  WAYS AND MEANS:  McKibben, Chair; Deluhery and Maddox

  SSB 1044

  WAYS AND MEANS:  Lamberti, Chair; Drake and Flynn

  SSB 1045

  JUDICIARY:  McKean, Chair; Fraise and McKibben

  SSB 1046

  JUDICIARY:  McKean, Chair; Fraise and McKibben

  SSB 1047

  JUDICIARY:  Redfern, Chair; Horn and Miller

  SSB 1048

  JUDICIARY:  Tinsman, Chair; Angelo and Dvorsky
  SSB 1049

  JUDICIARY:  Maddox, Chair; Hammond and Hansen

  SSB 1050

  JUDICIARY:  Dvorsky, Chair; Maddox and Tinsman

  SSB 1051

  STATE GOVERNMENT:  Kibbie, Chair; Drake and McLaren

  SSB 1052

  STATE GOVERNMENT:  Lamberti, Chair; Deluhery and King

  SSB 1053

  STATE GOVERNMENT:  Szymoniak, Chair; Lundby and Maddox

  SSB 1054

  STATE GOVERNMENT:  Sexton, Chair; Drake and Fink

  SSB 1055

  STATE GOVERNMENT:  Szymoniak, Chair; Maddox and Schuerer

  SSB 1056

  STATE GOVERNMENT:  McLaren, Chair; Drake and Kibbie

  SSB 1057

  STATE GOVERNMENT:  Lundby, Chair; Schuerer and Szymoniak

  SSB 1058

  STATE GOVERNMENT:  Lamberti, Chair; Fink and Sexton

  SSB 1059

  STATE GOVERNMENT:  Lamberti, Chair; Fink and Sexton

  COMMITTEE REPORT

  NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

  Final Bill Action:  SENATE FILE 67 (SSB 1033), a bill for an act relating to
  the
  assessment of civil damages for the illegal taking of a swan or a crane.

  Recommendation:  APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL.
  Final Vote:  Ayes, 14:  Bartz, King, Fink, Bolkcom, Dearden, Deluhery,
  Drake,
  Freeman, Gaskill, Johnson, Kibbie, Miller, Rehberg, and Rife.  Nays, none.
  Absent or
  not voting, 1:  Black.

  Fiscal Note:  NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.

  ADJOURNMENT

  On motion of Senator Iverson, the Senate adjourned at 1:16 p.m.,
  until 1:00 p.m., Monday, February 1, 1999.
































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