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House Journal: Monday, April 3, 2000

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE

Eighty-fifth Calendar Day - Fifty-fifth Session Day

Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, April 3, 2000

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 1:20 p.m., Speaker
Siegrist in the chair.

Prayer was offered by Father Paul Weis, pastor of Saint Clement's
Catholic Church, Bankston.

The Journal of Thursday, March 30, 2000 was approved.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by the Iowa Sight and Braille
School Choir accompanied by parents and staff members. Prior to
convening they entertained the House in song.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

House File 2556, by committee on ways and means, a bill for an
act relating to the accelerated career education program, providing a
tax credit from withholding, creating an accelerated career education
grant program and fund, relating to the transfer of job training
withholding to the workforce development fund account, and
providing an effective date.

Read first time and placed on the ways and means calendar.

House File 2557, by committee on ways and means, a bill for an
act relating to the state's disposition of unclaimed property law by
setting a limit on the retention of abandoned property records,
excluding certain property from being considered abandoned
property, and setting requirements and conditions for hiring
independent auditors.

Read first time and placed on the ways and means calendar.


CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Unfinished Business Calendar

Senate File 2238, a bill for an act relating to the use of school
improvement technology program and school improvement technology
block grant program moneys by school districts and area education
agencies to employ or contract with information technology
specialists, with report of committee recommending passage, was
taken up for consideration.

Thomson of Linn 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?" (S.F. 2238)

The ayes were, 88:
Alons Arnold Barry Baudler
Bell Blodgett Boal Boddicker
Boggess Bradley Brauns Brunkhorst
Bukta Carroll Cataldo Chiodo
Cohoon Connors Dix Doderer
Dolecheck Dotzler Drake Eddie
Falck Fallon Foege Ford
Garman Gipp Greimann Greiner
Grundberg Hahn Hansen Heaton
Hoffman Holmes Holveck Horbach
Houser Huseman Huser Jacobs
Jenkins Jochum Johnson Klemme
Kreiman Kuhn Larkin Larson
Lord May Mertz Mundie
Murphy Myers Nelson-Forbes O'Brien
Osterhaus Parmenter Raecker Rants
Rayhons Reynolds Richardson Scherrman
Schrader Shey Shoultz Stevens
Sukup Taylor, D. Taylor, T. Teig
Thomas Thomson Tyrrell Van Fossen
Warnstadt Weidman Weigel Welter
Whitead Wise Witt Mr. Speaker
Siegrist

 


The nays were, 10:
Cormack Davis Drees Jager
Kettering Martin Metcalf Millage
Sunderbruch Van Engelenhoven

 



Absent or not voting, 2:
Frevert Mascher

 


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

House File 2386, a bill for an act relating to the duties of
divisions within the department of inspections and appeals and
codifying the establishment and duties of the existing health facilities
division, was taken up for consideration.

Carroll of Poweshiek in the chair at 1:40 p.m.

Van Engelenhoven of Mahaska offered the following amendment
H-8674 filed by him and moved its adoption:

H-8674

1 Amend House File 2386 as follows:
2 1. Page 1, line 30, by striking the words and
3 figures "subsections 2, 3, 4, and 6" and inserting the
4 following: "subsection 4".
5 2. Page 1, line 31, by striking the word "are"
6 and inserting the following: "is".
7 3. Page 1, line 31, by striking the word "subsections" and
8 inserting the word "subsection".

Amendment H-8674 was adopted.

SENATE FILE 2390 SUBSTITUTED FOR HOUSE FILE 2386

Van Engelenhoven of Mahaska asked and received unanimous
consent to substitute Senate File 2390 for House File 2386.

Senate File 2390, a bill for an act relating to the duties of
divisions within the department of inspections and appeals and
codifying the establishment and duties of the existing health facilities
division, was taken up for consideration.

Van Engelenhoven of Mahaska 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?" (S.F. 2390)

The ayes were, 97:
Alons Arnold Barry Baudler
Bell Blodgett Boal Boddicker
Boggess Bradley Brauns Brunkhorst
Bukta Cataldo Chiodo Cohoon
Connors Cormack Davis Dix
Doderer Dolecheck Dotzler Drake
Drees Eddie Falck Fallon
Foege Ford 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 May Mertz Metcalf
Millage Mundie Murphy Myers
Nelson-Forbes O'Brien Osterhaus Parmenter
Raecker Rants Rayhons Reynolds
Richardson Scherrman Schrader Shey
Shoultz Siegrist, Spkr. Stevens Sukup
Sunderbruch Taylor, D. Taylor, T. Teig
Thomas Thomson Tyrrell Van Engelenhoven
Van Fossen Warnstadt Weidman Weigel
Welter Whitead Wise Witt
Carroll,
Presiding

 


The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 3:
Frevert Martin Mascher

 


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

HOUSE FILE 2386 WITHDRAWN

Van Engelenhoven of Mahaska asked and received unanimous
consent to withdraw House File 2386 from further consideration by
the House.


Appropriations Calendar

Senate File 2141, a bill for an act creating a merchant marine
bonus fund and making an appropriation, with report of committee
recommending passage, was taken up for consideration.

Cormack of Webster 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?" (S.F. 2141)

The ayes were, 96:
Alons Arnold Barry Baudler
Bell Blodgett Boal Boddicker
Boggess Bradley Brauns Brunkhorst
Bukta Cataldo Chiodo Cohoon
Connors Cormack Davis Dix
Doderer Dolecheck Dotzler Drake
Drees Eddie Falck Fallon
Foege Ford 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 May Mertz
Metcalf Millage Mundie Murphy
Myers Nelson-Forbes O'Brien Osterhaus
Parmenter Raecker Rayhons Reynolds
Richardson Scherrman Schrader Shey
Shoultz Stevens Sukup Sunderbruch
Taylor, D. Taylor, T. Teig Thomas
Thomson Tyrrell Van Engelenhoven Van Fossen
Warnstadt Weidman Weigel Welter
Whitead Wise Witt Carroll,
Presiding

 


The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 4:
Frevert Mascher Rants Siegrist, Spkr.

 


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

SENATE AMENDMENT CONSIDERED

Kettering of Sac called up for consideration Senate File 2308, a
bill for an act relating to harassment via electronic communications
and making penalties applicable, amended by the House, further
amended by the Senate and moved that the House concur in the
following Senate amendment H-8662, to the House amendment:

H-8662

1 Amend the House amendment, S-5188, to Senate File
2 2308, as passed by the Senate, as follows:
3 1. Page 1, line 23, by striking the word
4 "certain", and inserting the following: ""address and
5 location"".
6 2. Page 1, lines 24 and 25, by striking the words
7 ", such as address or location information".
8 3. Page 2, line 47, by inserting after the word
9 "acting" the following: ""reasonably and"".

The motion prevailed and the House concurred in the Senate
amendment H-8662, to the House amendment.

Kettering of Sac moved that the bill, as amended by the House,
further amended by the Senate and concurred in by the House, 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?" (S.F. 2308)

The ayes were, 96:
Alons Arnold Barry Baudler
Bell Blodgett Boal Boddicker
Boggess Bradley Brauns Brunkhorst
Bukta Cataldo Chiodo Cohoon
Cormack Davis Dix Doderer
Dolecheck Dotzler Drake Drees
Eddie Falck Fallon Foege
Ford Garman Gipp Greimann
Greiner Grundberg Hahn Hansen
Heaton Hoffman Holmes Holveck
Horbach Huseman Huser Jacobs
Jager Jenkins Jochum Johnson
Kettering Klemme Kreiman Kuhn
Larkin Larson Lord Martin
May Mertz Metcalf Millage
Mundie Murphy Myers Nelson-Forbes
O'Brien Osterhaus Parmenter Raecker
Rants Rayhons Reynolds Richardson
Scherrman Schrader Shey Shoultz
Siegrist, Spkr. Stevens Sukup Sunderbruch
Taylor, D. Taylor, T. Teig Thomas
Thomson Tyrrell Van Engelenhoven Van Fossen
Warnstadt Weidman Weigel Welter
Whitead Wise Witt Carroll,
Presiding

 


The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 4:
Connors Frevert Houser Mascher

 


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

Unfinished Business Calendar

Senate File 2324, a bill for an act relating to DNA profiling, with
report of committee recommending passage, was taken up for
consideration.

Jager of Black Hawk 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?" (S.F. 2324)

The ayes were, 97:
Alons Arnold Barry Baudler
Bell Blodgett Boal Boddicker
Boggess Bradley Brauns Brunkhorst
Bukta Cataldo Chiodo Cohoon
Connors Cormack Davis Dix
Doderer Dolecheck Dotzler Drake
Drees Eddie Falck Fallon
Foege Ford Garman Gipp
Greimann Greiner Hahn Hansen
Heaton Hoffman Holmes Holveck
Horbach Houser Huseman Huser
Jacobs Jager Jenkins Jochum
Johnson Kettering Klemme Kreiman
Kuhn Larkin Larson Lord
Martin May Mertz Metcalf
Millage Mundie Murphy Myers
Nelson-Forbes O'Brien Osterhaus Parmenter
Raecker Rants Rayhons Reynolds
Richardson Scherrman Schrader Shey
Shoultz Siegrist, Spkr. Stevens Sukup
Sunderbruch Taylor, D. Taylor, T. Teig
Thomas Thomson Tyrrell Van Engelenhoven
Van Fossen Warnstadt Weidman Weigel
Welter Whitead Wise Witt
Carroll,
Presiding

 


The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 3:
Frevert Grundberg Mascher

 


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

IMMEDIATE MESSAGES

Barry of Harrison asked and received unanimous consent that the
following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: Senate Files
2141, 2238, 2308, 2324 and 2390.

Senate File 2342, a bill for an act relating to the creation of a real
estate improvement district, with report of committee recommending
passage, was taken up for consideration.

Jacobs 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?" (S.F. 2342)

The ayes were, 98:
Alons Arnold Barry Baudler
Bell Blodgett Boal Boddicker
Boggess Bradley Brauns Brunkhorst
Bukta Cataldo Chiodo Cohoon
Connors Cormack Davis Dix
Doderer Dolecheck Dotzler Drake
Drees Eddie Falck Fallon
Foege Ford 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 May Mertz
Metcalf Millage Mundie Murphy
Myers Nelson-Forbes O'Brien Osterhaus
Parmenter Raecker Rants Rayhons
Reynolds Richardson Scherrman Schrader
Shey Shoultz Siegrist, Spkr. Stevens
Sukup Sunderbruch Taylor, D. Taylor, T.
Teig Thomas Thomson Tyrrell
Van Engelenhoven Van Fossen Warnstadt Weidman
Weigel Welter Whitead Wise
Witt Carroll,
Presiding

 


The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 2:
Mascher

 


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

Senate File 421, a bill for an act to extend the jurisdiction of the
juvenile court to include adoption and termination of parental rights
proceedings, with report of committee recommending passage, was
taken up for consideration.

Davis of Wapello 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?" (S.F. 421)

The ayes were, 98:
Alons Arnold Barry Baudler
Bell Blodgett Boal Boddicker
Boggess Bradley Brauns Brunkhorst
Bukta Cataldo Chiodo Cohoon
Connors Cormack Davis Dix
Doderer Dolecheck Dotzler Drake
Drees Eddie Falck Fallon
Foege Ford 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 Rants Rayhons
Reynolds Richardson Scherrman Schrader
Shey Shoultz Siegrist, Spkr. Stevens
Sukup Sunderbruch Taylor, D. Taylor, T.
Teig Thomas Thomson Tyrrell
Van Engelenhoven Van Fossen Warnstadt Weidman
Weigel Welter Whitead Wise
Witt Carroll,
Presiding

 


The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 2:
Frevert Raecker

 


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

IMMEDIATE MESSAGES

Jacobs of Polk asked and received unanimous consent that the
following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: Senate Files
421 and 2342.

Ways and Means Calendar

House File 2546, a bill for an act relating to the administration
and enforcement of the replacement tax imposed on the generation,
transmission, and delivery, consumption, and use of electricity and
natural gas, providing for the Act's retroactive applicability, and
providing an effective date, was taken up for consideration.


SENATE FILE 2420 SUBSTITUTED FOR HOUSE FILE 2546

Jager of Black Hawk asked and received unanimous consent to
substitute Senate File 2420 for House File 2546.

Senate File 2420, a bill for an act relating to the administration
and enforcement of the replacement tax imposed on the generation,
transmission, and delivery, consumption, and use of electricity and
natural gas, providing for the Act's retroactive applicability, and
providing an effective date, was taken up for consideration.

Jager of Black Hawk 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?" (S.F. 2420)

The ayes were, 98:
Alons Arnold Barry Baudler
Bell Blodgett Boal Boddicker
Boggess Bradley Brauns Brunkhorst
Bukta Cataldo Chiodo Cohoon
Connors Cormack Davis Dix
Doderer Dolecheck Dotzler Drake
Drees Eddie Falck Fallon
Foege Ford 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 Rants Rayhons
Reynolds Richardson Scherrman Schrader
Shey Shoultz Siegrist, Spkr. Stevens
Sukup Sunderbruch Taylor, D. Taylor, T.
Teig Thomas Thomson Tyrrell
Van Engelenhoven Van Fossen Warnstadt Weidman
Weigel Welter Whitead Wise
Witt Carroll,
Presiding

 


The nays were, none.


Absent or not voting, 2:
Frevert Raecker

 


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

HOUSE FILE 2546 WITHDRAWN

Jager of Black Hawk asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw House File 2546 from further consideration by the House.

Unfinished Business Calendar

Senate File 2307, a bill for an act relating to public and
workplace safety and wage collection laws administered by the labor
commissioner, including changes in the regulation of boilers in places
of public assembly and of elevator installers, and of employers under
the wage payment collection law, with report of committee
recommending passage, was taken up for consideration.

Horbach of Tama 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?" (S.F. 2307)

The ayes were, 96:
Alons Arnold Barry Baudler
Bell Blodgett Boal Boddicker
Boggess Bradley Brauns Brunkhorst
Bukta Cataldo Chiodo Cohoon
Connors Cormack Davis Dix
Doderer Dolecheck Dotzler Drake
Drees Eddie Falck Fallon
Foege Ford Garman Gipp
Greimann Greiner Grundberg Hahn
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
Rants Rayhons Reynolds Richardson
Scherrman Schrader Shey Shoultz
Siegrist, Spkr. Stevens Sukup Sunderbruch
Taylor, D. Taylor, T. Teig Thomas
Thomson Tyrrell Van Engelenhoven Van Fossen
Warnstadt Weidman Weigel Welter
Whitead Wise Witt Carroll,
Presiding

 


The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 4:
Frevert Hansen Heaton Raecker

 


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

IMMEDIATE MESSAGES

Jacobs of Polk asked and received unanimous consent that the
following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: Senate Files
2307 and 2420.

Senate File 2249, a bill for an act relating to a state agency
purchasing preference for bio-based hydraulic fluids, greases, and
other industrial lubricants, with report of committee recommending
passage, was taken up for consideration.

The following amendment H-8691 filed by Garman of Story from
the floor was adopted by unanimous consent:

H-8691

1 Amend Senate File 2249, as passed by the Senate, as
2 follows:
3 1. Page 1, line 3, by inserting after the word
4 "procurement" the words "by state agencies".
5 2. Page 1, line 5, by striking the words "by
6 state agencies".

Brauns of Muscatine 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?" (S.F. 2249)

The ayes were, 98:
Alons Arnold Barry Baudler
Bell Blodgett Boal Boddicker
Boggess Bradley Brauns Brunkhorst
Bukta Cataldo Chiodo Cohoon
Connors Cormack Davis Dix
Doderer Dolecheck Dotzler Drake
Drees Eddie Falck Fallon
Foege Ford 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 Rants Rayhons
Reynolds Richardson Scherrman Schrader
Shey Shoultz Siegrist, Spkr. Stevens
Sukup Sunderbruch Taylor, D. Taylor, T.
Teig Thomas Thomson Tyrrell
Van Engelenhoven Van Fossen Warnstadt Weidman
Weigel Welter Whitead Wise
Witt Carroll,
Presiding

 


The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 2:
Raecker

 


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

Senate File 2294, a bill for an act relating to payment of
education costs for certain juvenile facilities and providing an
effective date, with report of committee recommending passage, 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?" (S.F. 2294)

The ayes were, 98:

Alons Arnold Barry Baudler
Bell Blodgett Boal Boddicker
Boggess Bradley Brauns Brunkhorst
Bukta Cataldo Chiodo Cohoon
Connors Cormack Davis Dix
Doderer Dolecheck Dotzler Drake
Drees Eddie Falck Fallon
Foege Ford 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 Rants Rayhons
Reynolds Richardson Scherrman Schrader
Shey Shoultz Siegrist, Spkr. Stevens
Sukup Sunderbruch Taylor, D. Taylor, T.
Teig Thomas Thomson Tyrrell
Van Engelenhoven Van Fossen Warnstadt Weidman
Weigel Welter Whitead Wise
Witt Carroll,
Presiding

 


The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 2:
Raecker

 


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

IMMEDIATE MESSAGES

Jacobs of Polk asked and received unanimous consent that the
following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: Senate Files
2249 and 2294.

Senate File 2146, a bill for an act relating to the appearance in
court and the release from custody of certain criminal defendants,
with report of committee recommending passage, was taken up for
consideration.

Baudler of Adair 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?" (S.F. 2146)

The ayes were, 92:
Alons Arnold Barry Baudler
Bell Blodgett Boal Boddicker
Boggess Bradley Brauns Brunkhorst
Bukta Cataldo Cohoon Connors
Cormack Davis Dix Doderer
Dolecheck Dotzler Drake Eddie
Falck Fallon Foege Ford
Garman Gipp Greimann Greiner
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
Myers Nelson-Forbes O'Brien Osterhaus
Parmenter Rants Rayhons Reynolds
Richardson Scherrman Schrader Shey
Shoultz Siegrist, Spkr. Stevens Sukup
Sunderbruch Taylor, D. Taylor, T. Teig
Thomas Thomson Tyrrell Van Engelenhoven
Van Fossen Warnstadt Weidman Welter
Whitead Wise Witt Carroll,
Presiding

 


The nays were, 5:
Chiodo Drees Mundie Murphy
Weigel

 


Absent or not voting, 3:
Frevert Grundberg Raecker

 


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


Ways and Means Calendar

House File 2550, a bill for an act relating to the Iowa educational
savings plan trust and providing an effective date, was taken up for
consideration.

Boal 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. 2550)

The ayes were, 96:
Alons Arnold Barry Baudler
Bell Blodgett Boal Boddicker
Boggess Bradley Brauns Brunkhorst
Bukta Cataldo Chiodo Cohoon
Connors Cormack Davis Dix
Doderer Dolecheck Dotzler Drake
Drees Eddie Falck Fallon
Foege Ford Garman Gipp
Greimann Greiner Grundberg Hahn
Hansen Heaton Hoffman Holmes
Holveck Horbach Houser Huseman
Huser Jacobs 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 Rants Rayhons Reynolds
Richardson Scherrman Schrader Shey
Shoultz Siegrist, Spkr. Stevens Sukup
Sunderbruch Taylor, D. Taylor, T. Teig
Thomas Thomson Tyrrell Van Fossen
Warnstadt Weidman Weigel Welter
Whitead Wise Witt Carroll,
Presiding

 


The nays were, 2:
Van Engelenhoven

 


Absent or not voting, 2:
Raecker

 



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

MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE

The following messages were received from the Senate:

Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has on
April 3, 2000, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was
asked:

House File 2153, a bill for an act relating to drug policy coordination, including
establishment of a drug policy coordinator, the governor's office of drug control policy,
and a drug policy advisory council.

Also: That the Senate has on April 3, 2000, amended and passed the following bill
in which the concurrence of the House is asked:

House File 2362, a bill for an act relating to the establishment of a domestic abuse
death review team and providing a penalty.

Also: That the Senate has on April 3, 2000, amended and passed the following bill
in which the concurrence of the House is asked:

House File 2511, a bill for an act providing that the course for drinking drivers
shall be taught by community colleges and licensed substance abuse programs,
requiring participation in substance abuse awareness programs by all persons under
the age of twenty-one who drive with a blood alcohol concentration level of .02 or more,
and making related changes.

Also: That the Senate has on April 3, 2000, amended and passed the following bill
in which the concurrence of the House is asked:

House File 2538, a bill for an act relating to and making transportation and other
infrastructure-related appropriations to the state department of transportation,
including allocation and use of moneys from the general fund of the state, road use tax
fund, and primary road fund, and including fees for certain registration plates,
allowing the department to conduct a pilot project, and providing for the nonreversion
of certain moneys.

MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary

IMMEDIATE MESSAGES

Jacobs of Polk asked and received unanimous consent that the
following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: House File
2550 and Senate File 2146.


Ways and Means Calendar

Senate File 2418, a bill for an act relating to certification of
property taxes by townships and providing an effective date, with
report of committee recommending passage, was taken up for
consideration.

Huser of Polk asked and received unanimous consent to withdraw
amendment H-8556 filed by her on March 27, 2000.

Huser of Polk asked and received unanimous consent to withdraw
amendment H-8655 filed by her on March 29, 2000.

Huser of Polk offered the following amendment H-8663 filed by her
and moved its adoption:

H-8663

1 Amend Senate File 2418, as passed by the Senate, as
2 follows:
3 1. Page 1, by striking lines 1 through 15, and
4 inserting the following:
5 "Section 1. Section 359.17, Code 1999, is amended
6 by adding the following new unnumbered paragraph:
7 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. If a township fails to
8 certify property taxes by March 15, the amount of
9 taxes collected by the county for the township shall
10 be the amount collected for the township in the
11 previous fiscal year to the extent that it does not
12 exceed the applicable levy rate limits in this
13 chapter. However, that amount may not exceed the
14 amount the township could collect based on property
15 assessments for the fiscal year for which the township
16 failed to certify property taxes."
17 2. Page 1, by striking lines 17 through 22.
18 3. Page 1, line 23, by striking the figure "2."
19 4. Page 1, line 23, by inserting after the word
20 "Act," the following: "or any other provision of the
21 Code to the contrary,".
22 5. Page 1, line 25, by striking the word and
23 figure "April 15" and inserting the following: "May
24 1".
25 6. Page 1, by inserting after line 27, the
26 following:
27 "Sec. ___. CONTINGENT REPEAL. If section 359.49,
28 relating to the consequences of a township's failure
29 to certify property taxes, is enacted by 2000 Iowa
30 Acts, House File 2492, section 1 of this Act is

31 repealed effective July 1, 2000."
32 7. By renumbering as necessary.

Amendment H-8663 was adopted.

Jager of Black Hawk 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?" (S.F. 2418)

The ayes were, 96:
Alons Arnold Barry Baudler
Bell Boal Boddicker Boggess
Bradley Brauns Brunkhorst Bukta
Cataldo Chiodo Cohoon Connors
Cormack Davis Dix Doderer
Dolecheck Dotzler Drake Drees
Eddie Falck Fallon Foege
Ford 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 Rayhons Reynolds Richardson
Scherrman Schrader Shey Shoultz
Siegrist, Spkr. Stevens Sukup Sunderbruch
Taylor, D. Taylor, T. Teig Thomas
Thomson Tyrrell Van Engelenhoven Van Fossen
Warnstadt Weidman Weigel Welter
Whitead Wise Witt Carroll,
Presiding

 


The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 4:
Blodgett Frevert Raecker Rants

 


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


Appropriations Calendar

Senate File 2416, a bill for an act relating to energy conservation
including making appropriations of petroleum overcharge funds, with
report of committee recommending passage, was taken up for
consideration.

Horbach of Tama 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?" (S.F. 2416)

The ayes were, 97:
Alons Arnold Barry Baudler
Bell Blodgett Boal Boddicker
Boggess Bradley Brauns Brunkhorst
Bukta Cataldo Chiodo Cohoon
Connors Cormack Davis Dix
Doderer Dolecheck Dotzler Drake
Drees Eddie Falck Fallon
Foege Ford 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 Rayhons Reynolds
Richardson Scherrman Schrader Shey
Shoultz Siegrist, Spkr. Stevens Sukup
Sunderbruch Taylor, D. Taylor, T. Teig
Thomas Thomson Tyrrell Van Engelenhoven
Van Fossen Warnstadt Weidman Weigel
Welter Whitead Wise Witt
Carroll,
Presiding

 


The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 3:
Frevert Raecker Rants

 




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

IMMEDIATE MESSAGES

Jacobs of Polk asked and received unanimous consent that the
following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: Senate Files
2416 and 2418.

SENATE AMENDMENT CONSIDERED

Boddicker of Cedar called up for consideration Senate File 2254,
a bill for an act relating to child support including medical support
and payment of costs to financial institutions for data matching and
automation program development, amended by the House, further
amended by the Senate and moved that the House concur in the
following Senate amendment H-8476, to the House amendment:

H-8476

1 Amend the House amendment, S-5164 to Senate File
2 2254 as passed by the Senate, as follows:
3 1. Page 1, by inserting after line 39, the
4 following:
5 "Sec. . RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. Section
6 252I.4, subsection 3, as amended in this Act, is
7 retroactively applicable to January 1, 2000."
8 2. Page 1, by inserting after line 43, the
9 following:
10 " . Title page, line 3, by inserting after the
11 word "development" the following: "and providing for
12 retroactive applicability"."

The motion prevailed and the House concurred in the Senate
amendment H-8476, to the House amendment.

Boddicker of Cedar moved that the bill, as amended by the House,
further amended by the Senate and concurred in by the House, 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?" (S.F. 2254)


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