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House Journal: Wednesday, February 9, 2000

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE

Thirty-first Calendar Day - Twentieth Session Day

Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, February 9, 2000

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:45 a.m., Speaker
Siegrist in the chair.

Prayer was offered by Reverend Penny Johnson, pastor of Rowley
Presbyterian Church, Rowley.

The Journal of Tuesday, February 8, 2000 was approved.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

House File 2190, by Brunkhorst, a bill for an act relating to the
disbursement and accounting of child support payments made to the
clerk of the district court or to the collection services center and
providing penalties and effective dates.

Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.

House File 2191, by Shoultz, a bill for an act eliminating an
option to cast votes on a proportional basis in drainage district
elections, providing the right to petition for new elections, and
providing an immediate effective date.

Read first time and referred to committee on agriculture.

House File 2192, by Dolecheck, a bill for an act relating to the
creation of a youth sports and health information program and
providing an appropriation.

Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.

House File 2193, by Dotzler, a bill for an act relating to the
required methodology to be used under the medical assistance
program for reimbursement of home health agencies.

Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.

House File 2194, by Wise, a bill for an act relating to eligible
housing businesses under the economic development enterprise zone
program.

Read first time and referred to committee on economic
development.

House File 2195, by Witt, a bill for an act relating to the
computation of interest on a medical assistance debt.

Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.

House File 2196, by Chiodo, a bill for an act relating to
inspections of residential real property in conjunction with the sale of
the property.

Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and
regulation.

House File 2197, by Wise and Hoffman, a bill for an act relating
to the determination of fair value of the shares of dissenting
shareholders of a bank or bank holding company.

Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and
regulation.

House File 2198, by committee on education, a bill for an act
directing the department of education to conduct a feasibility study of
reorganization and sharing incentives for school districts.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 2199, by Huseman, a bill for an act exempting certain
county bridge construction projects and materials from contract
bidding procedures.

Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.

House File 2200, by Huseman and Eddie, a bill for an act relating
to disposing and recycling waste oil filters and establishing a fee.

Read first time and referred to committee on environmental
protection.

House File 2201, by Van Engelenhoven, a bill for an act relating
to a landlord's sale or disposal of a tenant's personal property
abandoned by the tenant on rented premises and making related
changes.

Read first time and referred to committee on local government.

House File 2202, by Osterhaus, a bill for an act relating to motor
vehicle registration materials for leased vehicles and making a
penalty applicable.

Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.

House File 2203, by Blodgett, a bill for an act providing for
establishment of a statewide organ donor registry and making an
appropriation.

Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.

House File 2204, by Osterhaus, a bill for an act relating to a
review of licensee compensation policies of the Iowa lottery board.

Read first time and referred to committee on state government.

House File 2205, by Jacobs, a bill for an act relating to electronic
commerce by establishing requirements for electronic transactions
and electronic records and providing penalties.

Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and
regulation.

House File 2206, by Administrative Rules Review Committee, a
bill for an act providing for the waiver or variance of administrative
rules by state agencies.

Read first time and referred to committee on state government.

House File 2207, by Ford, a bill for an act providing for a security
analysis regarding state office buildings and state employees by the
department of general services.

Read first time and referred to committee on state government.

House File 2208, by Jochum, a bill for an act relating to an
increase in the state minimum wage.

Read first time and referred to committee on labor and
industrial relations.

House File 2209, by Ford, a bill for an act providing for a study of
youth services and providing an effective date.

Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.

SPECIAL PRESENTATION

Garman of Story presented to the House the Honorable Ward
Handorf, former state representative from Story County.

The House rose and expressed its welcome.

CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Regular Calendar

House File 2145, a bill for an act providing for the utilization of
budget enrollment in determining gifted and talented program
funding, and providing an effective date, was taken up for
consideration.

Amendment H-8017 filed by Greimann of Story from the floor was
out of order, pursuant to Rule 31.8.

Grundberg of Polk 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?" (H.F. 2145)

The ayes were, 98:

Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker
Boggess	Bradley	Brauns	Brunkhorst
Bukta	Carroll	Cataldo	Chiodo
Cohoon	Connors	Cormack	Davis
Dix	Doderer	Dolecheck	Dotzler
Drake	Drees	Eddie	Falck
Fallon	Foege	Frevert	Garman
Gipp	Greimann	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-Forbes
O'Brien	Osterhaus	Parmenter	Raecker
Rants	Rayhons	Reynolds	Richardson
Scherrman	Schrader	Shey	Shoultz
Stevens	Sukup	Sunderbruch	Taylor, D.
Taylor, T.	Teig	Thomas	Thomson
Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Weidman
Weigel	Welter	Whitead	Wise
Witt	Mr. Speaker
	Siegrist

The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 2:

Warnstadt

The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.

House File 2135, a bill for an act relating to the designated date
of withholding of support by payors of income and providing an
effective date, was taken up for consideration.

Boddicker of Cedar 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?" (H.F. 2135)

The ayes were, 98:

Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker
Boggess	Bradley	Brauns	Brunkhorst
Bukta	Carroll	Cataldo	Chiodo
Cohoon	Connors	Cormack	Davis
Dix	Doderer	Dolecheck	Dotzler
Drake	Drees	Eddie	Falck
Fallon	Foege	Frevert	Garman
Gipp	Greimann	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-Forbes
O'Brien	Osterhaus	Parmenter	Raecker
Rants	Rayhons	Reynolds	Richardson
Scherrman	Schrader	Shey	Shoultz
Stevens	Sukup	Sunderbruch	Taylor, D.
Taylor, T.	Teig	Thomas	Thomson
Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Weidman
Weigel	Welter	Whitead	Wise
Witt	Mr. Speaker
	Siegrist

The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 2:

Warnstadt

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: House
Files 2135 and 2145.

EXPLANATION OF VOTE

I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on Wednesday,

February 9, 2000. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on
House Files 2135 and 2145.

FORD of Polk

BILL SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR

A communication was received from the Governor announcing that
on February 9, 2000, he approved and transmitted to the Secretary of
State the following bill:

Senate File 2082, an act relating to the establishment of the state percent of growth
for purposes of the state school foundation program and providing an applicability
date.

CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION

MR. SPEAKER: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reports
that a certificate of recognition has been issued as follows.

ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON
Chief Clerk of the House

2000\260 Michael Lowry, Bettendorf - For attaining the rank of Eagle Scout, the
highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.

SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

House File 2079

State Government: Martin, Chair; Arnold, Connors, Gipp, Holmes, Larkin and
Whitead.

House File 2086

Local Government: Arnold, Chair; Hahn and Whitead.

House File 2094

Appropriations: Nelson-Forbes, Chair; Cormack and Mascher.

House File 2101

Local Government: Arnold, Chair; Alons and Mundie.

House File 2115

Appropriations: Cormack, Chair; Gipp and Wise.

House File 2117

Education: Wise, Chair; Grundberg and Nelson-Forbes.

House File 2129

Local Government: Arnold, Chair; Richardson and Weidman.

House File 2131

Appropriations: Hansen, Chair; Jacobs and Murphy.

House File 2162

Human Resources: Grundberg, Chair; Boal and Foege.

House File 2166

Appropriations: Brunkhorst, Chair; Cormack and Warnstadt.

House File 2167

Local Government: Brauns, Chair; Connors and Hahn.

House File 2176

Human Resources: Thomson, Chair; Boal and Murphy.

House File 2177

Local Government: Arnold, Chair; Dix and Fallon.

House File 2181

Transportation: Van Engelenhoven, Chair; Johnson and Larkin.

House File 2185

Human Resources: Davis, Chair; Kreiman and Thomson.

House File 2187

Transportation: Jager, Chair; Thomas and Weidman.

House File 2190

Human Resources: Brunkhorst, Chair; Boddicker and Kreiman.

House File 2192

Appropriations: Heaton, Chair; Falck and Nelson-Forbes.

House File 2193

Human Resources: Boddicker, Chair; Boal and Foege.

House File 2196

Commerce and Regulation: Chiodo, Chair; Jacobs and Jenkins.

House File 2197

Commerce and Regulation: Jacobs, Chair; Hoffman and Wise.

House File 2202

Transportation: Garman, Chair; Blodgett and Bukta.

House File 2204

State Government: Brauns, Chair; Arnold and Larkin.

House File 2205

Commerce and Regulation: Jacobs, Chair; Drees and Jenkins.

House File 2206

State Government: Bradley, Chair; Metcalf and O'Brien.

HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

House Study Bill 619 Reassigned

Human Resources: Blodgett, Chair; Hahn and Reynolds.

House Study Bill 620 Reassigned

Human Resources: Brunkhorst, Chair; Hahn and Reynolds.

House Study Bill 622 Reassigned

Human Resources: Brunkhorst, Chair; Boddicker and Mertz.

House Study Bill 624 Reassigned

Human Resources: Blodgett, Chair; Hahn and Kreiman.

House Study Bill 633

Local Government: Carroll, Chair; Kuhn and Van Engelenhoven.

House Study Bill 634

State Government: Jochum, Chair; Bradley and Metcalf.

House Study Bill 635

Commerce and Regulation: Bradley, Chair; Chiodo and Johnson.

House Study Bill 636

Commerce and Regulation: Holmes, Chair; Drees and Jacobs.

House Study Bill 637

Education: Sunderbruch, Chair; Carroll and Foege.

House Study Bill 638

Education: Grundberg, Chair; Lord and Wise.

House Study Bill 639

Education: Grundberg, Chair; Dolecheck and Wise.

House Study Bill 640

Education: Dolecheck, Chair; Stevens and Sunderbruch.

House Study Bill 641

Commerce and Regulation: Dix, Chair; Jenkins and Weigel.

House Study Bill 642

Commerce and Regulation: Jenkins, Chair; Holveck and Jacobs.

House Study Bill 643

Human Resources: Martin, Chair; Blodgett and Foege.

House Study Bill 644

Human Resources: Martin, Chair; Boddicker and Foege.

House Study Bill 645

Local Government: Van Engelenhoven, Chair; Arnold and Huser.

House Study Bill 646

Agriculture: Horbach, Chair; Huseman and Scherrman.

House Study Bill 647

Agriculture: Boggess, Chair; Baudler and Fallon.

House Study Bill 649

Local Government: Carroll, Chair; Hahn and Whitead.

House Study Bill 650

Local Government: Arnold, Chair; Mundie and Van Engelenhoven.

House Study Bill 651

Ways and Means: Boal, Chair; Richardson and Sukup.

House Study Bill 652

Ways and Means: Jager, Chair; Larson and Weigel.

House Study Bill 653

Agriculture: Johnson, Chair; Frevert and Rayhons.

House Study Bill 654

Agriculture: Alons, Chair; Johnson and Parmenter.

HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

H.S.B. 655 Education

Relating to programs for at-risk children and making an appropri-
ation.

H.S.B. 656 Labor and Industrial Relations

Relating to an employer's liability for workers' compensation benefits
for permanent partial disabilities when the injured employee has a
preexisting disability.

H.S.B. 657 Local Government

Relating to applications for, the issuance, filing, and recording of
marriage licenses, and solemnization of marriage.

H.S.B. 658 State Government

Relating to the regulation of the practice of accounting, establishing
fees, providing penalties, and providing an effective date.

H.S.B. 659 Local Government

Relating to veterans preference in public employment.

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

MR. SPEAKER: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reports
that the following committee recommendations have been received
and are on file in the office of the Chief Clerk.

ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON
Chief Clerk of the House

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND REGULATION

Senate File 324, a bill for an act relating to certain franchise agreements and the
rights and responsibilities of the parties under such agreements.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-8021 February 8, 2000.

Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 579), creating a county and state
mutual insurance guaranty association and providing penalties.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Do Pass February 8, 2000.

Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 586), relating to the limitation on
deposits which may be held by a depository institution or holding company and
establishment of a procedure for determining compliance with such limitation,
providing for the Act's applicability, and providing an effective date.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 8, 2000.

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Senate File 52, a bill for an act establishing the new criminal offense of
interference with a peace officer's service horse, and applying a penalty.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-8020 February 8, 2000.

RESOLUTIONS FILED

HCR 106, by Johnson, a concurrent resolution relating to support of
the State of Minnesota's lawsuit against the federal government and
the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding
disparate funding under the federal Medicare program.

Laid over under Rule 25.

HCR 107, by Mertz, a concurrent resolution encouraging the United
States Congress to enact legislation to improve access to medical
treatment.

Laid over under Rule 25.

HCR 108, by Davis, Larson, Jager, Barry, Dix, Heaton, Arnold,
Alons, Johnson, Warnstadt, and Connors, a concurrent resolution
requesting the Congress of the United States to appropriate sufficient
funding to the United States Naval Fleet and the United States Flag
Merchant Marine Fleet.

Laid over under Rule 25.

AMENDMENTS FILED

H-8018 H.F. 2136 Committee on Judiciary
H-8019 H.F. 2080 Jager of Black Hawk
H-8020 S.F. 52 Committee on Judiciary
H-8021 S.F. 324 Committee on Commerce and
Regulation
H-8022 H.F. 2080 Osterhaus of Jackson

H-8023 H.F. 2084 Mascher of Johnson

On motion by Rants of Woodbury the House adjourned at 9:16
a.m., until 8:45 a.m., Thursday, February 10, 2000.

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