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Senate Journal: Thursday, January 20, 2000

  ELEVENTH CALENDAR DAY
  EIGHTH SESSION DAY

  Senate Chamber
  Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday, January 20, 2000

  The Senate met in regular session at 9:12 a.m., President Kramer
  presiding.

  Prayer was offered by Dr. James R. Newby, pastor of the Plymouth
  Church of Des Moines, Iowa, guest of Senator Kramer.

  The Journal of Wednesday, January 19, 2000, was approved.

  LEAVE OF ABSENCE

  Leave of absence was granted as follows:

  Senator Veenstra, for the day, on request of Senator Hedge.

  RECESS

  On motion of Senator Iverson, the Senate recessed at 9:20 a.m.,
  until 1:15 p.m.
  APPENDIX

  REPORTS OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

  Convened:  January 20, 2000, 9:49 a.m.

  Members Present:  Schuerer, Chair; Boettger, Vice Chair; Soukup, Ranking
  Member;
  and Lamberti.

  Members Absent:  Judge (excused).

  Committee Business:  Budget review and joint meeting with Administration and
  Regulation Appropriations Subcommittee.

  Adjourned:  11:20 a.m.

  APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS

  Convened:  January 20, 2000, 9:49 a.m.

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

  Members Absent:  None.

  Committee Business:  Review of Dept. of Human Rights funding sources,
  1%-3%-5%
  cuts, and budget restoration packages.

  Adjourned:  11:06 a.m.

  APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND
  COMMUNICATIONS

  Convened:  January 20, 2000, 9:55 a.m.

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

  Members Absent:  None.

  Committee Business:  Discussion of budgets and technology requests.

  Adjourned:  10:40 a.m.

  APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION,
  INFRASTRUCTURE, AND CAPITALS

  Convened:  January 20, 2000, 9:50 a.m.
  Members Present:  Freeman, Chair; Connolly, Ranking Member; Johnson and
  Shearer.

  Members Absent:  Jensen, Vice Chair (excused).

  Committee Business:  Discussed recreational trails issue, State Aviation
  Assistance
  Programs issue, Railroad Revolving Loan Fund, and Governor's FY 2001 budget
  recommendations for the DOT.

  Adjourned:  11:16 a.m.

  CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION

  The Secretary of the Senate issued the following certificates of
  recognition:

  Sallie L. White, Estherville - For 12 years as an Iowa Regional Library
  Trustee and
  for serving on the Iowa Humanities Board.  Senator Kibbie (01/19/00).

  Sara S. Pralle, Latimer - For being the recipient of the 1999 Milken Family
  Foundation National Education Award.  Senator Iverson (01/19/00).

  INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

  Senate File 2029, by Johnson, a bill for an act relating to the
  distribution of tax revenues from the local option sales and services
  tax for school infrastructure purposes collected in a county and
  providing an effective and applicability date provision.

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

  Senate File 2030, by McKean, a bill for an act relating to the date
  of the primary election and providing an effective date and
  applicability date.

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

  STUDY BILLS RECEIVED

  SSB 3008	Natural Resources and Environment

  Providing for the registration of environmental auditors.
  SSB 3009	Natural Resources and Environment

  Relating to the regulation of vessels by increasing fees, reducing
  the categories of vessels to be registered, providing for the disposition
  of fee revenue and other properly related matters, and providing an
  effective and applicability date.

  SSB 3010	Ways and Means

  Relating to collection of the physical plant and equipment property
  tax levy in certain urban renewal areas and providing an
  applicability date.

  SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

  SSB 3008

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

  SSB 3009

  NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT:  Bartz, Chair; Black and Johnson

  SSB 3010

  WAYS AND MEANS:  Johnson, Chair; Maddox and Soukup
  AFTERNOON SESSION

  The Senate reconvened at 1:23 p.m., President Kramer presiding.

  QUORUM CALL

  Senator Iverson requested a non-record roll call to determine that
  a quorum was present.

  The vote revealed 40 present, 10 absent, and a quorum present.

  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 January 20, 2000, passed the following bill in which the
  concurrence of
  the Senate is asked:

  House File 2059, a bill for an act making an appropriation to the
  commission of veterans affairs for a contribution toward the
  construction of a national World War II memorial.

  Read first time and attached to companion Senate File 2024.

  INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

  Senate File 2031, by Angelo, a bill for an act relating to violations
  of the sex offender registry requirements and providing an effective
  date.

  Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary.

  Senate File 2032, by Fink, a bill for an act relating to the
  information included when a payor of income withholds a child
  support obligor's income for payment to the clerk of the district court
  or to the collection services center.

  Read first time and referred to committee on Human Resources.
  Senate File 2033, by Fink, a bill for an act relating to
  replacement crash parts used in motor vehicles damaged in collisions
  and making a remedy applicable.

  Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation.

  LEAVE OF ABSENCE

  Leave of absence was granted as follows:

  Senator Szymoniak, until she returns, on request of Senator Gronstal.

  CONSIDERATION OF BILL
  (Regular Calendar)

  Senator Iverson asked and received unanimous consent to take up
  for consideration Senate File 2024.

  Senate File 2024

  On motion of Senator Drake, Senate File 2024, a bill for an act
  making an appropriation to the commission of veterans affairs for a
  contribution toward the construction of a national World War II
  memorial, with reports of committees on State Government and
  Appropriations recommending passage, was taken up for
  consideration.

  Senator Drake asked and received unanimous consent that House
  File 2059 be substituted for Senate File 2024.

  House File 2059

  On motion of Senator Drake, House File 2059, a bill for an act
  making an appropriation to the commission of veterans affairs for a
  contribution toward the construction of a national World War II
  memorial, was taken up for consideration.

  Senator Drake moved that the bill be read the last time now and
  placed upon its passage, which motion prevailed by a voice vote, and
  the bill was read the last time.
  On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (H.F. 2059), the vote was:

  Ayes, 46:

  Angelo	Bartz	Behn	Black
  Boettger	Bolkcom	Connolly	Dearden
  Deluhery	Drake	Dvorsky	Fink
  Flynn	Fraise	Freeman	Gaskill
  Gronstal	Hammond	Hansen	Harper
  Hedge	Horn	Iverson	Johnson
  Judge	Kibbie	King	Kramer
  Lamberti	Lundby	Maddox	McCoy
  McKean	McKibben	Miller	Redfern
  Redwine	Rehberg	Rife	Rittmer
  Schuerer	Sexton	Shearer	Soukup
  Tinsman	Zieman	

  Nays, none.

  Absent or not voting, 4:

  Jensen	McLaren	Szymoniak	Veenstra	

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

  WITHDRAWN

  Senator Drake asked and received unanimous consent that
  Senate File 2024 be withdrawn from further consideration of the
  Senate.

  IMMEDIATELY MESSAGED

  Senator Iverson asked and received unanimous consent that
  House File 2059 be immediately messaged to the House.
  APPENDIX

  REPORTS OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL
  RESOURCES

  Convened:  January 20, 2000, 9:46 a.m.

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

  Members Absent:  None.

  Committee Business:  Discussed the Department of Natural Resources budget.

  Adjourned:  10:45 a.m.

  APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

  Convened:  January 20, 2000, 9:45 a.m.

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

  Members Absent:  McLaren (excused).

  Committee Business:  Discussion about cultural affairs and began budget
  review
  process.

  Adjourned:  11:30 a.m.

  AGRICULTURE

  Convened:  January 20, 2000, 8:36 a.m.

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

  Members Absent:  Black, Sexton, Shearer, and Veenstra (all excused).

  Committee Business:  Discussion of holdover bills.

  Adjourned:  8:50 a.m.

  NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

  Convened:  January 20, 2000, 2:45 p.m.

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

  Committee Business:  Approved SSBs 3005 and 3007.

  Adjourned:  3:02 p.m.

  COMPANION BILL RECEIVED

  On January 20, 2000, House File 2059 was received and attached
  to companion Senate File 2024 on the calendar.

  INTRODUCTION OF BILL

  Senate File 2034, by McCoy, Black, Bolkcom, Connolly, Dearden,
  Deluhery, Dvorsky, Fink, Flynn, Fraise, Gronstal, Hammond,
  Hansen, Harper, Horn, Judge, Kibbie, Shearer, Soukup, and
  Szymoniak, a bill for an act relating to individual and group accident
  and sickness insurance, nonprofit health service plans, health
  maintenance organizations, and Medicare supplemental insurance
  policies, by mandating coverage for anesthesia and certain hospital
  charges associated with the provision of dental care services.

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

  ADJOURNMENT

  On motion of Senator Iverson, the Senate adjourned at 1:45 p.m.,
  until 9:00 a.m., Friday, January 21, 2000.
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