House Journal: Monday, February 5, 2001
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE
Twenty-ninth Calendar Day - Twentieth Session Day
Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, February 5, 2001
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 1:10 p.m., Speaker
Siegrist in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Reverend Hill, pastor of Calvary
Evangelistic Center, Independence.
The Journal of Friday, February 2, 2001 was approved.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Chris Hennigan, Jamie
Aldrich and the SE Polk sixth grade class. They were the guests of
the Honorable Geri Huser, state representative from Polk County and
the Honorable Speaker pro tempore Sukup of Franklin County.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 167, by Alons, Baudler, and Tyrrell, a bill for an act
relating to the confidentiality of and requests for certain information
contained in weapons and pistol or revolver permit applications.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 168, by Petersen, Dotzler, T. Taylor, Cormack, Foege,
Wise, Bukta, Kuhn, Huser, Osterhaus, Chiodo, and May, a bill for an
act regulating the use of cellular telephones by minor drivers and
providing a penalty.
Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.
House File 169, by Greimann, Wise, O'Brien, Schrader, Ford,
Mertz, May, Osterhaus, T. Taylor, Lensing, Atteberry, Mascher,
Petersen, Bukta, Cohoon, Richardson, Stevens, Witt, Falck, Dotzler,
Foege, Reynolds, Quirk, Kuhn, Hatch, Chiodo, Jochum, and Huser, a
bill for an act providing for the development of a plan for alternative
housing arrangements for elders.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 170, by Atteberry, Greimann, Wise, O'Brien,
Schrader, Ford, Mertz, Osterhaus, T. Taylor, Lensing, Mascher,
Petersen, Bukta, Cohoon, Richardson, Stevens, Witt, Falck, Foege,
Dotzler, Reynolds, Quirk, Kuhn, Hatch, Jochum, and Huser, a bill for
an act relating to resident advocate committee support and making
an appropriation.
Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.
House File 171, by Osterhaus, a bill for an act establishing a
senior pharmaceutical assistance and education program and
providing for an appropriation.
Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.
House File 172, by Shoultz, Hatch, Smith, Foege, Winckler, Witt,
Reynolds, Bukta, Jochum, Mascher, Fallon, Lensing, Falck,
Osterhaus, Tremmel, Richardson, Connors, Kreiman, Petersen, Ford,
Greimann, Larkin, Seng, D. Taylor, Mertz, Kuhn, and Dotzler, a bill
for an act relating to beverage container control laws.
Read first time and referred to committee on environmental
protection.
House File 173, by Brunkhorst, a bill for an act relating to the
confidentiality of information contained in weapons and pistol or
revolver permit applications.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 174, by Dix, a bill for an act relating to an investment
tax credit for state individual and corporate tax purposes and
including effective and retroactive applicability date provisions.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 175, by Jenkins, a bill for an act relating to transfers
of structured settlement payment rights for tort and workers'
compensation claims, providing civil remedies, and an applicability
date.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 176, by Huser, a bill for an act establishing a
volunteer fire fighters and emergency responders fund.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
SPECIAL PRESENTATION
Representative Jenkins of Black Hawk introduced to the House
Liliana Serban, an expert of the Defense, Public Order and National
Security Committee of the Romanian House of Deputies. She will be
visiting for one month in Iowa and one month in Washington D.C.
The House rose and expressed its welcome.
GOVERNOR'S VETO MESSAGE
A copy of the following communication was received and placed on
file:
February 2, 2001
Brent Siegrist
Speaker of the House
State Capitol
L O C A L
Dear Speaker Siegrist:
I hereby transmit House File 43, an Act relating to the rulemaking authority of the
Natural Resource Commission regarding the taking and possession of migratory birds.
I am unable to approve House File 43. The majority of Iowans do not support
changing the current law to legalize dove hunting. My office has received contact from
thousands of concerned Iowans regarding this issue, and my conclusion is that this
policy is not right for our state at this time.
Hunting provides significant recreational and economic development opportunities
throughout our state. We worked last year with the Legislature, allocating
approximately $11.2 million toward the creation of the Clean Water Initiative. This
investment is aimed at improving Iowa's water resources through the establishment of
buffer strips, efforts to restore and construct wetlands, and expansion of water quality
monitoring and watershed programs. A significant benefit of last year's initiative is the
expansion and creation of wildlife habitat for enhanced recreational opportunities.
Taking our efforts one step further this year, I have proposed a program offering to
reimburse landowners in exchange for allowing public access to acres enrolled in the
federal Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) through access agreements.
Implementing this $1,250,000 program will further expand the availability of game
and non-game species for recreational purposes such as hunting, birdwatching, fishing,
and hiking. Under this program, we expand wildlife populations and opportunities for
sports men and women without expanding the number of species open to hunting.
Unfortunately, since the beginning of the 2001 legislative session, the Iowa
Legislature has expended a great deal of time and effort on this issue. This issue has
now been decided. Iowans expect the Legislature to now focus on the issues important
to Iowa's families. I urge all members of the Legislature to now turn their attention to
the important issues of teacher compensation/student achievement, reducing abuse,
and supporting efforts to raise the incomes of all Iowans.
For the above reasons, I hereby respectfully disapprove House File 43.
Sincerely,
Thomas J. Vilsack
Governor
COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED
The following communications were received and filed in the office
of the Chief Clerk:
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Commission on the Status of Women
The 29th Annual Report, pursuant to Chapter 216A.60, Code of Iowa.
DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTIONS AND APPEALS
An Interim Report on the development and implementation of a quality-based
inspection program for health care facilities licensed by the state, pursuant to Chapter
1180.3, 2000 Acts of the Seventy-eighth General Assembly.
CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION
MR. SPEAKER: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reports
that certificates of recognition have been issued as follows.
MARGARET A. THOMSON
Chief Clerk of the House
2001\204 Shirley Otteman, Lake View - For celebrating her 80th birthday.
2001\205 Phyllis Brotherson, Lake View - For celebrating her 83rd birthday.
2001\206 Jenne Hess, Wall Lake - For celebrating her 99th birthday.
2001\207 Daniel Letsche, Remsen - For attaining the rank of Eagle Scout, the
highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.
2001\208 Opal Crouthamel, Kelley - For celebrating her 99th birthday.
2001\209 Sally and Ivan Jensen, Nevada - For celebrating their 50th wedding
anniversary.
2001\210 Joan and Glen Crawford, Maquoketa - For celebrating their 50th
wedding anniversary.
2001\211 Gloria and Verl White, Kelley - For celebrating their 50th wedding
anniversary.
2001\212 JoAn and Eugene Thomsen, Miles - For celebrating their 50th wedding
anniversary.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House File 85
Ways and Means: Van Fossen, Chair; Shey and Shoultz.
House File 87
Ways and Means: Van Fossen, Chair; Shey and Shoultz.
House File 88
Ways and Means: Van Fossen, Chair; Shey and Shoultz.
House File 96
Ways and Means: Van Fossen, Chair; Shey and Shoultz.
House File 111
Ways and Means: Sukup, Chair; Eichhorn and Frevert.
House File 128
Ways and Means: Sukup, Chair; Finch and Shoultz.
House File 135
Education: Dolecheck, Chair; Cohoon and Sukup.
House File 142
Ways and Means: Tymeson, Chair; Eichhorn and Richardson.
House File 146
Ways and Means: Sukup, Chair; Eichhorn and Kuhn.
House File 161
Ways and Means: Van Fossen, Chair; Shey and Shoultz.
House File 163
Agriculture: Baudler, Chair; Frevert and Rekow.
HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
H.S.B. 103 Agriculture
To request that the Congress of the United States maintain its
commitment to clean air and the ethanol industry, by maintaining
the oxygenate requirement in the federal Clean Air Act that promotes
the use of ethanol in reformulated gasoline, and urging the United
States Environmental Protection Agency to resist California's
attempt to waive the oxygenate requirement in that state.
H.S.B. 104 Judiciary
Creating a new criminal offense of escape from custody by a sexually
violent predator civilly committed to confinement and providing a
penalty.
H.S.B. 105 Judiciary
Relating to the mediation process in civil rights cases.
H.S.B. 106 Judiciary
Relating to a person eighteen years of age or older within the
jurisdiction of the juvenile court.
H.S.B. 107 Education
Providing for the establishment of the state percent of growth for
purposes of the state school foundation program and providing an
applicability date.
H.S.B. 108 Ways and Means
Exempting from sales and use taxes the sales and rentals made and
services furnished to licensed nonprofit nursing facilities.
H.S.B. 109 Ways and Means
Providing for a partial deduction under the individual income tax for
the capital gain from the sale or exchange of capital stock of a
corporation which was acquired by an individual on account of
employment with the corporation or while employed by the
corporation and including an effective and retroactive applicability
date provision.
H.S.B. 110 Ways and Means
Excluding certain business property from being considered
abandoned property under the state's disposition of unclaimed
property law.
H.S.B. 111 Ways and Means
Relating to a sales tax exemption for supplies for machinery,
equipment, and computers.
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.
MARGARET A. THOMSON
Chief Clerk of the House
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 87), honoring Herb Plambeck.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 5, 2001.
COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 30), relating to a midwest interstate
passenger rail compact.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 5, 2001.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 32), authorizing certain criminal
history and abuse record and registry access to the department of inspections and
appeals for purposes of data verification and record checks of applicants for
employment with the department.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass February 5, 2001.
RESOLUTIONS FILED
HCR 7, by committee on administration and rules, a concurrent
resolution relating to joint rules of the Senate and House of
Representatives for the Seventy-ninth General Assembly.
Placed on calendar.
HR 11, by committee on administration and rules, a resolution
relating to permanent rules of the House for the Seventy-ninth
General Assembly.
Placed on calendar.
HR 12, by Barry, Larson, Dolecheck, Bradley, Huseman, Kettering,
Broers, Sukup, Sievers, Finch, Houser, Metcalf, Raecker, Gipp,
Siegrist, Cormack, Dix, Brunkhorst, Horbach, Rants, Johnson,
Heaton, Jenkins, Boddicker, Roberts, De Boef, Tymeson, Boal, Elgin,
Hoversten, Hoffman, Hansen, Baudler, Alons, Teig, Weidman,
Van Engelenhoven, Eddie, Garman, Rekow, Manternach, Arnold and
Brauns, a resolution to recognize February 6 as "Ronald Reagan
Day."
Laid over under Rule 25.
AMENDMENTS FILED
H-1037 H.F. 89 Kreiman of Davis
H-1038 S.F. 63 Shey of Linn
On motion by Rants of Woodbury the House adjourned at 1:26
p.m., until 8:45 a.m., Tuesday, February 6, 2001.
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