House Journal: Tuesday, January 9, 2001
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE
Second Calendar Day - Second Session Day
Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, January 9, 2001
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:51 a.m., Speaker pro
tempore Sukup in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Reverend Jon Anderson, pastor of St. Paul’s
Evangelical Lutheran Church, Hampton.
The Journal of Monday, January 8, 2001 was approved.
PETITION FILED
The following petition was received and placed on file:
By Siegrist of Pottawattamie from fifty-six thousand residents
favoring Iowa’s beverage container redemption law.
INTRODUCTION OF BILL
House File 21, by Warnstadt, Witt, Murphy, Stevens, Wise, and
Larkin, a bill for an act relating to and making an appropriation to
the department of revenue and finance for the administration of local
option sales and services taxes, and providing an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.
COMMITTEE TO NOTIFY THE SENATE
Barry of Harrison moved that a committee of three be appointed to
notify the Senate that the House was ready to receive it in joint
convention.
The motion prevailed and the Speaker appointed as such
committee Barry of Harrison, Chair; De Boef of Mahaska and Quirk
of Chickasaw.
The House stood at ease at 8:55 a.m., until the fall of the gavel.
The House resumed session at 9:08 a.m., Speaker pro tempore
Sukup in the chair.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO NOTIFY THE SENATE
Barry of Harrison, Chair of the committee appointed to notify the
Senate that the House was ready to receive it in joint convention,
reported that the committee had performed its duty.
The report was accepted and the committee discharged.
The House stood at ease at 9:09 a.m., until the fall of the gavel.
The House resumed session at 9:45 a.m., Speaker Siegrist in the
chair.
The Sergeant-at-Arms announced the arrival of the President of
the Senate, the Secretary of the Senate and the honorable body of the
Senate.
The President was escorted to the Speaker’s station, the Secretary
to the Chief Clerk’s desk and the members of the Senate were seated
in the House chamber.
JOINT CONVENTION
In accordance with law and House Concurrent Resolution 1, duly
adopted, the joint convention was called to order at 9:50 a.m.,
President Kramer presiding.
Senator Iverson of Wright moved that the roll call be dispensed
with and that the President of the joint convention be authorized to
declare a quorum present.
The motion prevailed.
President Kramer announced a quorum present and the joint
convention duly organized.
Senator Iverson of Wright moved that a committee of six,
consisting of three members from the Senate and three members from
the House of Representatives, be appointed to notify Governor
Thomas J. Vilsack that the joint convention was ready to receive him.
The motion prevailed and the President appointed as such
committee Senators Angelo of Union, Shearer of Washington and
Tinsman of Scott, on the part of the Senate, and Representatives
Tymeson of Madison, Hoversten of Woodbury and Falck of Fayette,
on the part of the House.
Secretary of State, Chester J. Culver; Treasurer of State, Michael
Fitzgerald; Secretary of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Patty
Judge; and Attorney General, Tom Miller were escorted into the
House chamber.
The Chief Justice and the Justices of the Supreme Court and
Judges of the Appellate Court were escorted into the House chamber.
Lieutenant Governor Sally Pederson was escorted into the House
chamber.
Mrs. Christie Vilsack, wife of the Governor was escorted into the
House chamber.
The committee waited upon Governor Thomas J. Vilsack and
escorted him to the Speaker’s station.
President Kramer presented Governor Thomas J. Vilsack who
delivered the following condition of the state and budget message:
Iowa always has been a land of great opportunity. The earliest Iowans, the Sacs
and Fox tribes among them, lived well and prosperously from our soil’s great bounty.
Pioneering Americans were drawn to our great rolling prairies as they moved
westward in the 19th century, and settled here to make new lives for themselves. Later,
newcomers came from Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Holland, and
Czechoslovakia to this land of promise. They made Iowa their home, as did their
children and their children’s children.
Opportunity has always been here for the taking, here for anyone with a sense of
adventure and a spirit of exploration.
Today, more than at any time in the past, Iowa is a place of great potential. But in
order to seize the limitless opportunities that lie ahead, we, too, must be willing to dare
and to challenge the status quo.
For our future of promise does not depend on a continuation of the old ways and of
the old economy built on low commodity prices and low-tech jobs. This path has led to
below-average family incomes and stagnant population growth. Rather, our future of
promise must be based on a new economy. A new economy that uses genetic codes,
computer chips, and other science and technology marvels to create new frontiers.
A new economy that relies on well-educated and productive workers, is energized by
dynamic, global markets, rewards innovation and creativity and is driven by rapidly
growing, technologically-connected small businesses. Such a new economy will lead to
higher incomes for working Iowans and their families and a better quality of life for all
Iowans.
Iowans can, and Iowans should, lead this new economy.
But leadership will require courage-the courage to change. Working together, we’ve
achieved much in the past. We’ve reduced class sizes in the early grades, improving
opportunities for basic skill learning. We’ve begun to make our communities safer by
reducing the supply of dangerous drugs like meth. We’ve enhanced our natural
resources through aggressive private land conservation, helping to clean up our rivers
and streams. We’ve expanded health care to thousands of children through an
expansion and better outreach of the HAWK-I health insurance plan. Despite all that
and more, there is still much work ahead of us.
As I reflect on our mission to lead the new economy, I am drawn to lessons learned
in our history. Nearly 200 years ago, Thomas Jefferson understood that America’s
promise was contained in a new, expanding economy. He was drawn to the possibilities
and promise of the West. And in 1803, he won approval from Congress for his visionary
project-what was to become one of America’s greatest adventure stories. He
commissioned two men eager for knowledge, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, to
explore new territory and to chart a course to new opportunity. Lewis and Clark
planned and prepared. They put together a team of talented, innovative people. They
relied on the expertise of their team members-a Native American woman, Sacagawea,
who welcomed these strangers to a new land and helped them communicate by
translating the Native American languages and an African American slave named
York who helped to make critical decisions about routes to take which guaranteed their
safe return. They took risks and they used the latest technologies. And they were
absolutely determined to, committed to, succeeding.
This brave group of adventurers had to rely on each other in order to succeed. For
four years, Lewis and Clark and their team experienced the absolute wonder of
discovery. Their explorations included Iowa. During their epic journey, Lewis and
Clark traveled along Iowa’s western border-even buried one of their own in our soil.
Because they found a way to work together toward a common goal, they were able
to open new territories to a young nation. They opened paths to previously uncharted
territories. Succeeding generations seized these new opportunities and built a nation, a
great nation-American nation-nothing less than the strongest and most bountiful
nation in history.
Today, let us commit ourselves to the challenges of transforming to a new economy
and leading it with the spirit of teamwork and dedication to a common goal that drove
Lewis and Clark. Let us, through our work together here and now, help Iowans seize
the limitless opportunities of the new economy.
Let us build an Iowa that, with each succeeding generation, will become only better
and stronger.
There are over 500,000 children going to schools across the state in kindergarten
through twelfth grade. Each child has their own dream, their own developing potential,
and their own educational need. A quality education provided by quality teachers
makes a dream come true, the potential realized and the need met. If we are to
transition to a new economy and to lead it, we must start by transforming our schools
and continue the commitment to excellence and high student achievement.
Two Iowans who already have committed to Iowa’s leadership in the new economy
are Marvin Pomerantz and John Forsyth. Each of these men understands the critical
role that a high-quality education plays in the new economy. Last year, Marvin and
John worked separately and jointly with educators, administrators, parents, school
board members and business leaders to develop a framework that will significantly
improve student achievement by enabling Iowa schools to recruit and to retain quality
teachers.
Their plan is driven by a simple principle: For our children to achieve their very
best, they must be taught by the very best.
The single most important factor in a quality education-beyond involved parents-is
a quality teacher. For years, Iowan’s have been blessed with many quality teachers.
However, we can no longer take quality teachers for granted. In a world of opportunity,
quality comes at a price.
Today, fewer young people are going into teaching. Beginning teaching salaries are
thousands of dollars less than the starting salaries of most jobs available to high-
achieving college graduates.
Many young people who make the choice to teach soon leave the profession. In
Iowa, 28% of our teachers leave the classroom after the first three years for better
opportunities. We lose 17% of our teachers in the first year alone, and that’s about
twice the national average. School officials are faced with the fact that up to 40% of
Iowa’s classroom teachers will be retiring within the next 10 years.
As Iowa tries to recruit and retain talented teachers, so does the rest of the nation.
The nation will need 2.2 million teachers over the next 10 years, but is equipped to
educate and prepare only 1.4 million. That means there will be a shortage of 800,000
teachers. And, as Iowa seeks to compete for that shrinking supply, our teacher salaries
rank 35th in the nation.
If Iowa is to lead the new economy, our children must be high achievers, taught by
the best teachers. Thanks to the work of Marvin Pomerantz and John Forsyth and
their teams, work supported by legislative leaders from both chambers, and from both
sides of the aisle, we have a plan to do just that.
Recognizing that quality is about more than dollars and cents, this plan outlines
how we can better develop and support quality teachers. The plan challenges all
involved with student learning to aim high and to constantly improve.
The plan to improve student achievement has four basic elements.
First, it requires a rigorous course of study to become a teacher, and participation
in a multi-year induction or mentoring program in the first two years of teaching,
which will guarantee teachers who are better-prepared for the classroom, and better-
supported once they’ve begun teaching.
Second, it establishes a research-based program of continuing education designed to
improve student learning.
Third, it proposes to strategically increase teacher pay by fixing base pay at levels
linked to the national labor market for teachers that will allow Iowa to remain
competitive for talent.
Finally, it creates a variable pay program that rewards teachers, administrators,
and certified staff for annual improvements in student achievement.
All of these simply reflect one of Iowa’s oldest and most deeply-held values-
excellence in education.
Joining John Forsyth are the Iowans who worked in the development of this
framework, as well as a number of Iowa’s board-certified teachers and Milken
Foundation grantees. These are teachers who have reached the pinnacle of their
careers through hard work and continuing education. These are the teachers who have
helped our students to excel. They model the career development, the commitment to
quality and the love of the calling reflected in the plan presented for your
consideration. Please join me in thanking each of them for their contribution to our
children, our future, and the future of Iowa.
The success of this plan depends in part on adequate funding. The framework will
take several years to fully implement. During that time, some of the resources should
and must come from dollars already allocated to our K-12 programs. But new funds
also will be required.
Discussion of new funding often is a discussion of choices. But ensuring higher
student achievement is no longer a choice. It is a requirement if we wish to transition
to a new economy and lead it.
To reflect the priority that I believe we should place on this effort, I propose in the
budget presented to you an initial first-year investment of $40 million in new state
dollars. I propose that we make this significant investment now, in the form of a
supplemental appropriation, before any other budget decisions are made.
We must all work together, in a bipartisan way, to transform our system. But this
level of first-year funding will show real commitment. Appropriating first-year funding
now shows the depth of that commitment-a commitment to change and to leadership in
the new economy.
Last year, a team of talented Iowans showed their own commitment to change and
to leadership with a blueprint for Iowa’s future in the next 10 years. Led by David
Oman, a Republican, and Betsy Brandsgard, a Democrat, these bold thinkers made
many recommendations for action. One of the principal recommendations revolved
around their conclusion that by the year 2010, Iowans should be electronically
connected to each other and to the world. They predicted that our access to emerging
technologies would move Iowa to the forefront in education, e-commerce, medicine, and
e-government. They predicted a revitalized new economy for Iowa, built on technology.
Creating a new economy and leading it will require affordable access to the Internet
and other advanced telecommunications services-for all Iowans.
During my walk across Iowa, I visited many great small communities like Turin,
Iowa, population 75. Sixty years ago, the leaders of that community made the decision
not to invest in the new technology of that era-sanitary sewers. That decision has
impact yet today, for the community cannot attract a convenience store that would
make access to basic groceries more convenient. We have a chance to bring the world to
the people of Turin and hundreds of similar-sized communities and help make Iowa a
leader in the new economy. But, we must move now to bring emerging technologies
everywhere in Iowa at a price we can afford. In order for all Iowans to have that
affordable access, there must be a strong, collaborative partnership between the public
and private sectors.
Today, I ask for your support for the development of an Advanced
Telecommunications Alliance. This alliance would bring public and private sector
leaders in telecommunications together in a formal structure to design an advanced
telecommunications service plan for Iowa. At this inception, we should challenge this
new Alliance to electronically link all Iowans with each other and with the world by
2005-a full five years before the prediction of the Strategic Planning Council.
I am confident that those telecommunications leaders will get the job done, if
Iowans understand the enormous opportunities that such connections allow. Achieving
that understanding will be easier if technical planning and assistance, identifying the
benefits of being connected, is available.
To help communities to access that planning and technical assistance, we should
create a fund, a Digital Communities Account. Making resources available to
communities through the account will accelerate the understanding of the importance
and the potential of being connected. Such an understanding will create the demand
for services to which the private sector will respond. When that occurs, every Iowan,
from grandparents wishing to e-mail their grandchildren to large business owners or
small business owners needing access to global markets, will have access to advanced
telecommunication services-a prerequisite to leadership in the new economy.
Today, Iowans lead busy and, at times, complicated lives. We balance family and
friends, work, community and church responsibilities. We need a government that
helps us deal with these responsibilities and reflects our values.
When we need information or services from state government, we have a right to
expect accuracy, efficiency and quality. E-government, information and services
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, will help meet our expectations and make
things a little easier and a lot more convenient.
Working together, we can create E-government so that every Iowan who seeks
information, applies for a license or permit, or files a tax return or other document, will
be able to do so whenever and however is most convenient for them.
Let us accept the challenge of 100% E by 2003. Iowans need it. Leadership of a new
economy requires it.
In the same vein, we need a more accountable government. Accountability is a core
Iowa value. We can and we should reflect that value in our statutory law defining how
we govern and decide. That is why we ask for your support of the Accountable
Government Act. Under the Act, the executive branch would strategically plan, develop
performance measurements to gauge progress, and budget according to the desired
results. We would be required to annually report to citizens and welcome regular
performance reviews. We would be equipped to make decision on data when limited
resources require choices.
Working together, let us adopt the Accountable Government Act. When coupled
with the mandate for fiscal responsibility and saving contained in our Constitution and
prior budget reform acts, the Accountable Government Act will complete the effort to
have a government with the values of the people it serves. A government well suited to
help us lead the new economy.
Recently, I had the privilege of welcoming to the Governor’s office two of Iowa’s top
young scholars-Colin Holtze and Dana Hansen. These two young people are in their
first year of college-Colin at Duke and Dana at Iowa State. What must we do today to
maximize our chances of having these two bright, young people, and thousands like
them, shape Iowa’s future?
I believe the answer lies in transforming our economy and leading the new economy
-particularly in areas where Iowa has a competitive advantage. Younger Iowans may
know that Iowa boasts some of the richest, most productive soil in the world-land that
has fed a nation and has helped to feed a world. But, do they also understand the
power of the research and development taking place on our university campuses or at
businesses located across the state? Work that will expand the uses of our crops from
food and fiber to cures for cystic fibrosis and other illness, to renewable, cleaner
burning fuels, and to biodegradable materials suitable for manufacturing a wide
variety of products.
Imagine a world where rosemary is used for more than adding flavor to food.
Imagine a day when it will produce an anti-oxidant that wards off illness or disease.
Imagine a world where pharmaceutical drugs are no longer needed to treat illness and
disease because gene therapy has prevented the illness or disease in the first place.
Imagine a world where the effects of weather on crops can be managed by applying a
substance to plants already planted, that will enable the plants to adjust to unexpected
weather patterns. Iowans do not have to imagine such a world. We live in it-right here
in Iowa-just ask the folks at Kemin Industries in Des Moines, the Plant Science Center
at Iowa State University or the Biomedical Centers at the University of Iowa.
Iowa’s formula for keeping and attracting the talent of tomorrow requires a change
in economic development philosophy to promote industry clusters of the life sciences,
advanced manufacturing, information solutions, continued investment in research and
development and additional support for entrepreneurs.
Let us invite young people to Iowa’s exciting future through the use of traditional
economic development tools in new ways to develop the industry clusters of life
sciences for companies like Kemin and Trans Ova, for advanced manufacturers like
Rockwell Collins or Maytag, and information solutions for companies like ABC Virtual
Communications and Diversified Software Industries. Let us invite young people to
Iowa’s exciting future through increased investment in the cutting edge research and
development taking place at our Regents’ universities. Let us invite young people to
Iowa’s future through increased investment in entrepreneurship with a tax credit for
investors, providing the venture capital for new start-ups.
Let us begin today to extend the invitation to higher incomes, better quality of life,
and leadership in the new economy.
The new economy will not help everyone. The over 100,000 workers in Iowa earning
the minimum wage likely will not be helped. A majority of them are women and many
are raising families. The purchasing power of the minimum wage today is much less
than it was in 1982. If we are to restore the purchasing power of the minimum wage
and provide a better chance for women and their children, in particular, we should
raise the minimum wage by $1.00 over the next 2 years. Currently, a person making
minimum wage, working 40 hours a week, makes a little over $10,500 a year. With two
wage earners at that level, a family of four would still qualify for some levels of
assistance. Let us restore some measure of dignity for a hard day’s work. Let us raise
the minimum wage so many Iowans working full time don’t need assistance, but can
have the satisfaction of doing it all on their own.
My time with you today is limited and does not allow a full discussion of all the
proposals designed to help Iowa move forward. Rest assured that a continued and
expanded effort at protecting and enhancing our natural resources and expanding
cultural and recreational opportunities remain a priority. More resources for Vision
Iowa, Enrich Iowa, REAP, Destination Parks, the Clean Water Initiative, and private
land conservation are proposed. We will persist in our efforts for more local control over
the location of large livestock facilities and we will support an expansion of Iowa’s
successful Bottle Bill called for by an ever-growing grassroots environmental effort.
Jarren Ozburn, Trevor Boldra and Joel Vasquez. Who are these Iowans? They were
Iowans with compelling, untold, and tragic stories. They were Iowans who never
experienced the joy of learning something new. They will not experience the joy of
falling in love, of welcoming new life into the world. They were children in Iowa who,
along with Shelby Duis and seven more children, died recently as a result of child
abuse. These 11 children join seven adults who died from domestic abuse last year.
They join the 65 children and adults who have died from abuse in the last five years. A
number that would grow if we had accurate figures of elder abuse. A number that
would grow by tens of thousands if we added those physically and psychologically hurt
by abuse.
Shelby Duis’ bruised and battered body put a name, a face, and a story to abuse in
Iowa. Tragically, before her death and after her death, there were many others.
How many have to be injured or die before we get serious about abuse? How many
have to be injured or die before we increase the protection services and improve
training? How many have to be injured or die before we recognize the link between
substance abuse, mental illness, and violence and support strategies that work to
break the cycle-like insurance parity and treatment?
Leadership in a new economy will mean little if our hearts are hardened to the cries
of the most vulnerable. We will honor and bring meaning to all those who have lost
their lives to senseless violence by fully and comprehensively dealing with abuse in this
state. Today, let us pledge not with our words, but our actions to do what is required to
protect the most vulnerable among us. Let us not be satisfied with half measures. Let
us commit the full measure of devotion to the task of stopping abuse-of stopping abuse
in Iowa, now.
I began this morning by talking about our state’s history. It was built by hard work
and with a strong sense of community. And, it was built by people who came here from
all over the world. From the beginning, immigrants have come to our state and helped
it to prosper. As they became new Iowans, and added to our economic wealth, their
diversity also brought strength and cultural richness to our state.
Historian Stephen Ambrose has said that the story of Lewis and Clark is America’s
story. It is the story of a diverse group of people, working for a common goal, who came
together. They could not have succeeded in or survived their journey of exploration had
they not done so. They proved that there is nothing that men and women cannot do if
they act as a team dedicated to a common purpose.
The challenges that lie ahead of us are large and many. The opportunities that lie
ahead are greater and more numerous. And, if we can come together, work together,
toward a common purpose, we will create an Iowa high tech enough to lead a new
economy and high touch enough to protect its most vulnerable.
The Iowa of today, like the America of 200 years ago, is a land of unlimited
potential. Two centuries ago, our nation turned to two men to chart the course to new
opportunities. Iowa today will turn to literally thousands of well-educated, productive
citizens to chart new territory. With our collective work here, now we will decide if
children’s dreams will come true in Iowa, if a small business owner in the smallest of
our communities can have access to the world here in Iowa, if the bio-revolution will
find a home in Iowa, or if our compassion is strong enough to break a cycle of violence
and abuse or stop prejudice.
In 1805, a couple of years into their journey, Meriwether Lewis wrote in his journal,
"The party are in excellent health and spirits, zealously attached to the enterprise, and
anxious to proceed, not a whisper of murmur or discontent to be heard among them,
but all act in unison, and with the most perfect harmony."
As we embark on our journey, let it be said of us as well.
Thank you and God bless you and our great state.
Governor Vilsack was escorted from the House chamber by the
committee previously appointed.
On motion by Jacobs of Polk, the joint convention was dissolved at
10:43 a.m.
The House resumed session at 11:05 a.m., Speaker pro tempore
Sukup in the chair.
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
January 9, 2001, adopted the following resolution in which the concurrence of the
Senate was asked:
House Concurrent Resolution 1, a concurrent resolution designating a joint
convention on Tuesday, January 9, 2001, at 10:00 a.m. for Governor Vilsack to deliver
his budget message.
Also: That the Senate has on January 9, 2001, adopted the following resolution in
which the concurrence of the Senate was asked:
House Concurrent Resolution 2, a concurrent resolution designating a joint
convention on Wednesday, January 10, 2001, at 10:00 a.m. for Chief Justice Lavorato
to deliver his condition of the judicial branch message.
MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary
RULE 57 SUSPENDED
Rants of Woodbury asked and received unanimous consent to
suspend Rule 57, relating to committee notice and agenda, for a
meeting of the committee on commerce and regulation and the
committee on ways and means this afternoon.
On motion by Rants of Woodbury, the House was recessed at 11:08
a.m., until 4:00 p.m.
AFTERNOON SESSION
The House reconvened at 4:00 p.m., Speaker Siegrist in the chair.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 22, by Grundberg, a bill for an act relating to
increasing the personal needs allowance under the medical assistance
program for residents of health care facilities.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 23, by Tyrrell, a bill for an act establishing covenant
marriages and providing an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 24, by Hahn and Brauns, a bill for an act relating to
the confinement for biting of a police service dog used by police or
correctional officers.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 25, by Jenkins, a bill for an act providing a credit to
persons with armed forces service backgrounds for certain special
motor vehicle registration plate fees.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
House File 26, by Wise, a bill for an act relating to the personal
needs allowance amount provided under the medical assistance
program to persons residing in health care facilities, and making an
appropriation.
Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.
House File 27, by Garman and Boal, a bill for an act providing for
the incorporation of a practical demonstration component in an
examination to obtain licensure as a practitioner of cosmetology arts
and sciences.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 28, by Alons, a bill for an act to expand the annual
sales tax exemption days for the purchase of clothing or footwear.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 29, by Tyrrell, a bill for an act relating to the use of
lights by vehicles on roadways and making a penalty applicable.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
House File 30, by Jacobs and Connors, a bill for an act relating to
a midwest interstate passenger rail compact.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 31, by Jacobs, Gipp, and Tymeson, a bill for an act
relating to the use and dissemination of social security numbers by
government bodies and providing an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 32, by Brunkhorst, a bill for an act relating to and
extending the regular program district cost guarantee for school
districts, and providing an effective date.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 33, by Alons, a bill for an act relating to a sales and
use tax exemption for the sale or rental of propane tanks used in
drying agricultural products.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 34, by Millage, a bill for an act relating to the election
of directors of local school districts, area education agencies, and
merged areas on the date of the general election, and including an
effective date and transition provision.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
House File 35, by Boal, a bill for an act authorizing disclosure of
certain information to the legal guardian of an individual receiving
assistance or services from the department of human services.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
PRESENTATION OF VISITORS
The Speaker announced that the following visitors were present in
the House chamber:
Approximately twenty-five student teachers from the University of
Northern Iowa. By Witt of Black Hawk.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House File 1
Ways and Means: Sukup, Chair; Finch and Shoultz.
House File 2
Ways and Means: Shey, Chair; Osterhaus and Sievers.
House File 11
Ways and Means: Shey, Chair; Osterhaus and Sievers.
HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT
H.S.B. 1 Natural Resources
Relating to the rulemaking authority of the natural resource
commission regarding the taking and possession of migratory birds.
On motion by Rants of Woodbury the House adjourned at 4:03
p.m., until 8:45 a.m., Wednesday, January 10, 2001.
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