Senate Journal: Tuesday, February 2, 1999

  TWENTY-THIRD CALENDAR DAY
  FOURTEENTH SESSION DAY

  Senate Chamber
  Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, February 2, 1999

  The Senate met in regular session at 9:04 a.m., President Kramer
  presiding.

  Prayer was offered by Reverend Leif A. Pohl pastor of Grace
  Lutheran Church, Muscatine, Iowa.

  The Journal of Monday, February 1, 1999, was approved.

  HOUSE MESSAGE RECEIVED

  The following message was received from the Chief Clerk of the
  House:

  MADAM PRESIDENT:  I am directed to inform your honorable body that the
  House has on February 1, 1999, passed the following bill in which the
  concurrence of
  the Senate is asked:

  House File 136, a bill for an act relating to the criminal offenses
  that require registration as provided in the sex offender registry law
  and providing an effective date.

  Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary.

  INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

  Senate File 73, by Jensen, a bill for an act relating to the
  preservation of the Iowa state capitol.

  Read first time and referred to committee on Local Government.
  Senate File 74, by Maddox, a bill for an act relating to
  enforcement of smoking prohibitions.

  Read first time and referred to committee on State Government.

  Senate File 75, by Rehberg, a bill for 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.

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

  REPORTS OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  LOCAL GOVERNMENT

  Convened:  January 28, 1999, 3:02 p.m.

  Members Present:  Angelo, Chair; Bartz, Vice Chair; Bolkcom, Ranking Member;
  Gaskill, Hammond, McCoy, Miller, Rife, Judge, and Zieman.

  Members Absent:  Fraise, McKean, and McKibben (all excused).

  Committee Business:  Subcommittee assignment.

  Adjourned:  3:44 p.m.

  APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION AND
  REGULATION

  Convened:  February 2, 1999, 9:39 a.m.

  Members Present:  Redwine, Chair; Bartz, Vice Chair; McCoy, Ranking Member;
  Flynn and Sexton.

  Members Absent:  None.

  Committee Business:  Presentations by IDR&F and IDP.

  Adjourned:  11:37 a.m.

  APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL
  RESOURCES

  Convened:  February 2, 1999, 9:40 a.m.

  Members Present:  Behn, Chair; Hedge, Vice Chair; Black, Ranking Member;
  Fink
  and Gaskill.

  Members Absent:  None.

  Committee Business:  Presentation by Deputy Secretary of Agriculture.

  Adjourned:  10:55 a.m.

  APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

  Convened:  February 2, 1999, 9:40 a.m.

  Members Present:  Schuerer, Chair; Boettger, Vice Chair; Soukup, Ranking
  Member;
  and Lamberti.
  Members Absent:  Judge (excused).

  Committee Business:  Presentation of Governor's FY2000 budget
  recommendations
  for Economic Development.

  Adjourned:  10:30 a.m.

  APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

  Convened:  February 2, 1999, 9:45 a.m.

  Members Present:  Rehberg, Chair; Redfern, Vice Chair; Horn, Ranking Member;
  and Kibbie.

  Members Absent:  McLaren (excused).

  Committee Business:  Presentation by Department of Education.

  Adjourned:  11:21 a.m.

  APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS

  Convened:  February 2, 1999, 9:40 a.m.

  Members Present:  Rife, Chair; Zieman, Vice Chair; Bolkcom, Ranking Member;
  Dearden and McKibben.

  Members Absent:  None.

  Committee Business:  Presentation by Dept. of Public Health.

  Adjourned:  11:16 a.m.

  APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES

  Convened:  February 2, 1999, 9:42 a.m.

  Members Present:  Tinsman, Chair; Veenstra, Vice Chair; Hammond, Ranking
  Member; Miller and Szymoniak.

  Members Absent:  None.

  Committee Business:  Presentation on Treatment Component of Child Welfare
  Services Work Group.

  Adjourned:  11:57 a.m.

  APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON JUSTICE SYSTEM

  Convened:  February 2, 1999, 9:40 a.m.
  Members Present:  Maddox, Chair; Angelo, Vice Chair; Dvorsky, Ranking
  Member;
  Fraise and McKean.

  Members Absent:  None.

  Committee Business:  Review of Governor's recommendations by LFB.
  Presentation
  by the Department of Public Defense, Military Division.

  Adjourned:  11:40 a.m.

  APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND
  COMMUNICATIONS

  Convened:  February 2, 1999, 9:40 a.m.

  Members Present:  King, Chair; Lundby, Vice Chair; Deluhery, Ranking Member;
  Harper and Rittmer.

  Members Absent:  None.

  Committee Business:  Y2K updates by the DOM, Judicial Dept., and CSB.
  Presentation of Governor's budget recommendations for Oversight.

  Adjourned:  10:40 a.m.

  APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION,
  INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPITALS

  Convened:  February 2, 1999, 9:40 a.m.

  Members Present:  Freeman, Chair; Jensen, Vice Chair; Connolly, Ranking
  Member;
  Johnson and Shearer.

  Members Absent:  None.

  Committee Business:  Presentations by the Toledo Juvenile Home, Department
  of
  Economics, and the Iowa State Fair.

  Adjourned:  11:30 a.m.

  AGRICULTURE

  Convened:  February 2, 1999, 8:02 a.m.

  Members Present:  Gaskill, Chair; Miller, Vice Chair; Fraise, Ranking
  Member;
  Angelo, Bartz, Behn, Black, Hedge, Kibbie, Sexton, Shearer, Soukup, Judge,
  Veenstra,
  and Zieman.

  Members Absent:  None.

  Committee Business:  Presentations by the Iowa Soybean Assn. and Tank-A-Lok.
  Adjourned:  8:59 a.m.

  JUDICIARY

  Convened:  February 2, 1999, 3:00 p.m.

  Members Present:  McKean, Chair; Lamberti, Vice Chair; Hansen, Ranking
  Member;
  Angelo, Dvorsky, Fraise, Hammond, Horn, Maddox, McCoy, McKibben, Miller,
  Redfern, and Tinsman.

  Members Absent:  Boettger (excused).

  Committee Business:  Subcommittee assignments.

  Adjourned:  3:05 p.m.

  NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

  Convened:  February 2, 1999, 1:02 p.m.

  Members Present:  Bartz, Chair; King, Vice Chair; Bolkcom, Dearden,
  Deluhery,
  Freeman, Johnson, Kibbie, Miller, and Rife.

  Members Absent:  Fink, Ranking Member; Black, Drake, Gaskill, and Rehberg
  (all
  excused).

  Committee Business:  Subcommittee assignments.

  Adjourned:  1:07 p.m.

  STATE GOVERNMENT

  Convened:  February 2, 1999, 2:00 p.m.

  Members Present:  Rittmer, Chair; Lamberti, Vice Chair; Kibbie, Ranking
  Member;
  Dearden, Deluhery, Drake, King, Lundby, Maddox, Schuerer, and Sexton.

  Members Absent:  Connolly, Fink, McLaren, and Szymoniak (all excused).

  Committee Business:  Subcommittee assignments.

  Adjourned:  2:06 p.m.

  INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

  Senate File 76, by committee on Transportation, 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.
  Read first time under Rule 28 and placed on calendar.

  Senate File 77, by Bartz, a bill for an act relating to the taking of
  muskrats by colony trap.

  Read first time under Rule 28 and referred to committee on
  Natural Resources and Environment.

  Senate File 78, by Connolly, a bill for an act relating to the use of
  a portion of state sales tax revenues for school district purposes and
  including effective and applicability date provisions.

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

  Senate File 79, by Kibbie, a bill for an act prohibiting the
  publication of false or misleading information in political
  advertisements, and applying a penalty.

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

  Senate File 80, by Kibbie, a bill for an act establishing a tax
  credit for certain contributions to political campaigns.

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

  Senate File 81, by Fink, a bill for an act relating to admittance of
  minors to premises which permit certain nude performances, and
  providing a penalty.

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

  Senate File 82, by Redwine, a bill for an act relating to the repeal
  of local option sales and services taxes.

  Read first time under Rule 28 and referred to committee on Ways
  and Means.
  Senate File 83, by Maddox, Lundby, Johnson, Dvorsky, Boettger,
  Zieman, Jensen, Harper, Szymoniak, Shearer, Freeman, Bolkcom,
  Fink, Deluhery, Tinsman, and Bartz, a bill for an act relating to
  third-party payment of health coverage costs for mental health and
  substance abuse treatment services.

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

  Senate File 84, by Miller, a bill for an act providing for a twenty-
  year period to establish marketable record title.

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

  STUDY BILLS RECEIVED

  SSB 1062	Natural Resources and Environment

  Resolution nullifying amendments to an administrative rule of the
  department of natural resources eliminating the open season for the
  commercial harvesting of washboard mussels and providing an
  effective date.

  SSB 1063	Small Business, Economic Development and
  Tourism

  Relating to the development and management of land, providing
  for fees, and providing an effective date.

  SSB 1064	Judiciary

  Relating to statutory corrections which may adjust language to
  reflect current practices, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies
  and inaccuracies, delete temporary language, resolve inconsistencies
  and conflicts, update ongoing provisions, or remove ambiguities and
  providing effective dates and for retroactive applicability.

  SSB 1065	Judiciary

  Relating to nonsubstantive Code corrections.
  SSB 1066	Business and Labor Relations

  Relating to alcohol testing of private sector employees and
  prospective employees and providing an effective date.

  SSB 1067	Business and Labor Relations

  Relating to worker and public safety and protection laws
  administered by the labor services division of Iowa workforce
  development.

  SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

  Senate File 60

  NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT:  Bartz, Chair; Fink and King

  Senate File 68

  STATE GOVERNMENT:  Lundby, Chair; Connolly and McLaren

  Senate File 72

  WAYS AND MEANS:  Connolly, Chair; Drake and Johnson

  Senate File 75

  NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT:  Rehberg, Chair; Deluhery and Rife

  Senate File 77

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

  SSB 1062

  NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT:  Bartz, Chair; Fink and King

  SSB 1063

  SMALL BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM:  Lundby, Chair;
  Behn, and Hansen

  SSB 1064

  JUDICIARY:  Hansen, Chair; Lamberti and McKean

  SSB 1065

  JUDICIARY:  Hansen, Chair; Lamberti and McKean
  SSB 1066

  BUSINESS AND LABOR RELATIONS:  King, Chair; Behn and Hansen

  SSB 1067

  BUSINESS AND LABOR RELATIONS:  Hansen, Chair; Freeman and Hedge

  COMMITTEE REPORT

  TRANSPORTATION

  Final Bill Action:  *SENATE FILE 76 (SSB 1038), 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.

  Recommendation:  APPROVED COMMITTEE BILL.

  Final Vote:  Ayes, 13:  Drake, Sexton, McCoy, Fink, Fraise, Freeman, Jensen,
  Kibbie,
  McKean, McKibben, Rittmer, Judge, and Zieman.  Nays, none.

  Fiscal Note:  NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17.

  *Pursuant to Senate Rule 40, the Legislative Service Bureau reported
  nonsubstantive
  changes to the members of the Transportation Committee on Senate File 76,
  and they
  were attached to the committee report.

  ADJOURNMENT

  On motion of Senator Iverson, the Senate adjourned at 9:10 a.m.,
  until 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 3, 1999.
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