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House Journal: Tuesday, February 27, 2001

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE

Fifty-first Calendar Day - Thirty-fourth Session Day

Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, February 27, 2001

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:48 a.m., Carroll of
Poweshiek in the chair.

Prayer was offered by Reverend David Loy, pastor of the
Community of Christ Church, Hiawatha.

The Journal of Monday, February 26, 2001 was approved.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE

Leave of absence was granted as follows:

Shey of Linn, until his arrival, on request of Rants of Woodbury; Teig of Hamilton,
until his arrival, on request of Arnold of Lucas; Huser of Polk, until her arrival, on
request of Warnstadt of Woodbury.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

House File 410, by Tyrrell, a bill for an act requiring as part of
the budget process the disclosure by each state agency of fees,
charges, or other remuneration received from another state agency.

Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.

House File 411, by Heaton, a bill for an act repealing the ban on
persons or spouses of persons who receive direct or indirect
compensation from or who have certain privileges in a county public
hospital, from serving as a trustee for that county public hospital.

Read first time and referred to committee on local government.

House File 412, by Klemme and Kettering, a bill for an act
relating to the operation, regulation, and equipment of watercraft,
establishing watercraft safety courses, and subjecting violators to a
penalty, and providing an effective date.

Read first time and referred to committee on natural resources.

House File 413, by committee on appropriations, a bill for an act
making an appropriation and establishing a teacher compensation
reform and student achievement savings account fund.

Read first time and placed on the appropriations calendar.

House File 414, by Jenkins, Rants, and Gipp, a bill for an act
relating to highway improvement assistance from the revitalize
Iowa's sound economy fund for brownfield sites.

Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.

House File 415, by Horbach, a bill for an act relating to
reallocating personnel by the commissioner of public safety.

Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.

House File 416, by committee on ways and means, a bill for an
act updating the Iowa Code references to the Internal Revenue Code,
increasing the minimum filing income requirement for dependents,
lowering the threshold amount for making estimated payments for
corporations and financial institutions, increasing the estimated tax
payment standard for assessing a penalty for corporations and
financial institutions, and providing retroactive applicability dates
and an effective date.

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

CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Regular Calendar

House File 293, a bill for an act relating to the duties of the board
of directors of a school district prior to a regular school election, was
taken up for consideration.

Finch of Story 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. 293)

The ayes were, 93:

Alons	Arnold	Atteberry	Barry
Baudler	Bell	Boal	Boddicker
Boggess	Bradley	Brauns	Broers
Brunkhorst	Bukta	Chiodo	Cohoon
Connors	Cormack	De Boef	Dix
Dolecheck	Dotzler	Eddie	Elgin
Falck	Fallon	Finch	Foege
Ford	Frevert	Garman	Gipp
Greimann	Grundberg	Hahn	Hansen
Hatch	Heaton	Hoffman	Horbach
Houser	Hoversten	Huseman	Jacobs
Jenkins	Jochum	Johnson	Kettering
Klemme	Kreiman	Kuhn	Larkin
Larson	Lensing	Manternach	Mascher
May	Mertz	Metcalf	Millage
Murphy	O'Brien	Osterhaus	Petersen
Quirk	Raecker	Rants	Rayhons
Rekow	Reynolds	Richardson	Roberts
Scherrman	Schrader	Seng	Shey
Shoultz	Siegrist, Spkr.	Smith	Stevens
Taylor, D.	Taylor, T.	Tremmel	Tymeson
Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Warnstadt
Weidman	Winckler	Wise	Witt
Carroll,
Presiding

The nays were, 1:

Drake

Absent or not voting, 6:

Eichhorn	Huser	Myers	Sievers
Sukup	Teig

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

IMMEDIATE MESSAGE

Rants of Woodbury asked and received unanimous consent that
House File 293 be immediately messaged to the Senate.

House File 352, a bill for an act relating to the administration
and care of the Iowa battle flag collection, was taken up for
consideration.

Broers of Cerro Gordo 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. 352)

The ayes were, 95:

Alons	Arnold	Atteberry	Barry
Baudler	Bell	Boal	Boddicker
Boggess	Bradley	Brauns	Broers
Brunkhorst	Bukta	Chiodo	Cohoon
Connors	Cormack	De Boef	Dix
Dolecheck	Dotzler	Drake	Eddie
Elgin	Falck	Fallon	Finch
Foege	Ford	Frevert	Garman
Gipp	Greimann	Grundberg	Hahn
Hansen	Hatch	Heaton	Hoffman
Horbach	Houser	Hoversten	Huseman
Jacobs	Jenkins	Jochum	Johnson
Kettering	Klemme	Kreiman	Kuhn
Larkin	Larson	Lensing	Manternach
Mascher	May	Mertz	Metcalf
Millage	Murphy	O'Brien	Osterhaus
Petersen	Quirk	Raecker	Rants
Rayhons	Rekow	Reynolds	Richardson
Roberts	Scherrman	Schrader	Seng
Shey	Shoultz	Siegrist, Spkr.	Sievers
Smith	Stevens	Taylor, D.	Taylor, T.
Tremmel	Tymeson	Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven
Van Fossen	Warnstadt	Weidman	Winckler
Wise	Witt	Carroll,
		Presiding

The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 5:

Eichhorn	Huser	Myers	Sukup
Teig

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

House File 326, a bill for an act relating to the mediation process
in civil rights cases, was taken up for consideration.

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. 326)

The ayes were, 89:

Alons	Arnold	Atteberry	Barry
Baudler	Bell	Boal	Boddicker
Boggess	Bradley	Brauns	Broers
Brunkhorst	Bukta	Chiodo	Cohoon
Connors	Cormack	De Boef	Dix
Dolecheck	Dotzler	Drake	Eddie
Elgin	Falck	Fallon	Finch
Foege	Ford	Frevert	Garman
Gipp	Greimann	Grundberg	Hahn
Hansen	Hatch	Heaton	Horbach
Houser	Hoversten	Huseman	Jacobs
Jenkins	Jochum	Johnson	Klemme
Kreiman	Kuhn	Larkin	Larson
Lensing	Manternach	Mascher	May
Mertz	Metcalf	Millage	Murphy
O'Brien	Osterhaus	Petersen	Quirk
Rants	Rekow	Reynolds	Richardson
Roberts	Scherrman	Seng	Shoultz
Siegrist, Spkr.	Sievers	Smith	Stevens
Taylor, D.	Taylor, T.	Tremmel	Tymeson
Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Warnstadt
Weidman	Winckler	Wise	Witt
Carroll,
Presiding

The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 11:

Eichhorn	Hoffman	Huser	Kettering
Myers	Raecker	Rayhons	Schrader
Shey	Sukup	Teig

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: House Files
326 and 352.

On motion by Jacobs of Polk, the House was recessed at 9:22 a.m.,
until 3:00 p.m.

AFTERNOON SESSION

The House reconvened at 3:01 p.m., Hansen of Pottawattamie in
the chair.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE

Leave of absence was granted as follows:

Sievers of Scott, until his arrival, on request of Rants of Woodbury.

QUORUM CALL

A non-record roll call was requested to determine that a quorum
was present. The vote revealed seventy-six members present,
twenty-four absent.

Speaker Siegrist in the chair at 3:03 p.m.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

House File 417, by Mascher, a bill for an act directing the
department of education to perform a review of the educational
standards for physical education.

Read first time and referred to committee on education.

House File 418, by Reynolds, Ford, Dotzler, Foege, Kreiman,
Hatch, Mertz, Greimann, Stevens, Smith, Larkin, Petersen,
Grundberg, Boddicker, Atteberry, O'Brien, Myers, Kuhn, Murphy,
Connors, Falck, Osterhaus, Jochum, and Quirk, a bill for an act
relating to a requirement that children receive a blood test for lead by
age six or prior to enrollment in an elementary school.

Read first time and referred to committee on education.

House File 419, by Mascher, Cohoon, Larkin, Bukta, Greimann,
Murphy, Kuhn, Jochum, Quirk, and Wise, a bill for an act extending

the community college vocational-technical technology improvement
program, and making an appropriation.

Read first time and referred to committee on education.

House File 420, by Mascher, a bill for an act establishing an early
elementary foreign language pilot program, and making an
appropriation.

Read first time and referred to committee on education.

House File 421, by Fallon, a bill for an act relating to a pilot
project for establishing an Iowa main street project in a neighborhood
commercial district.

Read first time and referred to committee on economic
development.

House File 422, by Mascher, Greimann, and Murphy, a bill for an
act relating to sales and possession of pistols and revolvers, by
requiring a gun-locking device to be provided and related information
to be posted in connection with the retail sale of a pistol or revolver.

Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.

House File 423, by Smith, Osterhaus, T. Taylor, Hatch, Larkin,
Bell, Cohoon, Mascher, Reynolds, Lensing, Scherrman, Bukta,
Petersen, Ford, Winckler, Stevens, Dotzler, Kuhn, Frevert, Seng,
Connors, O'Brien, Mertz, May, Falck, Chiodo, Atteberry, and Foege, a
bill for an act relating to healthy and safe families and communities
in Iowa by providing for prevention of and response to acts of abuse,
providing mental health and substance abuse treatment coverage
benefits, modifying the elements of assault and applying penalties,
and making appropriations.

Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.

House File 424, by Hoversten, a bill for an act relating to the
sales and use tax exemption for fees charged for participation in any
athletic sports.

Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.

House File 425, by T. Taylor, D. Taylor, Connors, Dotzler, and
Hatch, a bill for an act relating to a limitation on mandatory
overtime.

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

House File 426, by T. Taylor, Smith, May, Schrader, Bukta,
Warnstadt, Myers, Huser, O'Brien, Larkin, Hatch, and Dotzler, a bill
for an act requiring trauma counseling and leave for railroad
employees involved in certain railroad accidents.

Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.

House File 427, by Murphy, a bill for an act requiring a person
who commits the offense of criminal transmission of human
immunodeficiency virus to register as a sex offender.

Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.

House File 428, by T. Taylor, a bill for an act providing for the
use of an alternate base period to determine the eligibility of certain
individuals for unemployment compensation.

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

House File 429, by T. Taylor, Connors, O'Brien, Mertz, Dotzler
and Hatch, a bill for an act relating to replacement employee product
identification and providing a penalty.

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

House File 430, by T. Taylor, Smith, May, Schrader, Bukta,
Warnstadt, Myers, Huser, O'Brien, Larkin, Hatch, and Dotzler, a bill
for an act requiring railroads to post close-clearance warning devices
and providing a penalty.

Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.

House File 431, by T. Taylor, Dotzler, Larkin, Cohoon, Mascher,
D. Taylor, Bukta, Scherrman, Lensing, Chiodo, Petersen, Myers,
Winckler, Kuhn, Stevens, Connors, Quirk, May, Hatch, Shoultz,
Greimann, Jochum, and Reynolds, a bill for an act relating to the
state minimum hourly wage rate and the hourly wage paid by
businesses applying for or receiving state financial assistance.

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

House File 432, by Bradley and Brauns, a bill for an act to
appropriate additional state funds to replace losses in revenue by
certain cities due to the exemption from property taxation of
industrial machinery, computers, and equipment.

Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.

House File 433, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an act
providing for taxes relating to the sale of ethanol blended gasoline,
making penalties applicable, and providing for the Act's applicability.

Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.

House File 434, by committee on transportation, a bill for an act
increasing the scheduled fine for violations of certain rules of the road
relating to school buses.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 435, by committee on commerce and regulation, a bill
for an act relating to allocation and payment of expenses arising from
performance of duties by the Iowa utilities board and the consumer
advocate, providing for a report by the Iowa utilities board, and
providing an effective date.

Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.

ADOPTION OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 15

Jenkins of Black Hawk called up for consideration House
Resolution 15, a resolution designating the Grout Museum of History
and Science as the official repository of artifacts related to the
Sullivan Brothers, and moved its adoption.

The motion prevailed and the resolution was adopted.

CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Regular Calendar

House File 287, a bill for an act establishing the interstate
compact for adult criminal offender supervision and providing a
contingent effective date, was taken up for consideration.

Raecker 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. 287)

The ayes were, 98:

Alons	Arnold	Atteberry	Barry
Baudler	Bell	Boal	Boddicker
Boggess	Bradley	Brauns	Broers
Brunkhorst	Bukta	Carroll	Chiodo
Cohoon	Connors	Cormack	De Boef
Dix	Dolecheck	Dotzler	Drake
Eddie	Eichhorn	Elgin	Falck
Fallon	Finch	Foege	Ford
Frevert	Garman	Gipp	Greimann
Grundberg	Hahn	Hansen	Hatch
Heaton	Hoffman	Horbach	Houser
Hoversten	Huseman	Huser	Jacobs
Jenkins	Jochum	Johnson	Kettering
Klemme	Kreiman	Kuhn	Larkin
Larson	Lensing	Manternach	Mascher
May	Mertz	Metcalf	Millage
Murphy	Myers	O'Brien	Osterhaus
Petersen	Quirk	Raecker	Rants
Rayhons	Rekow	Reynolds	Richardson
Roberts	Scherrman	Schrader	Seng
Shey	Shoultz	Smith	Stevens
Taylor, D.	Taylor, T.	Teig	Tremmel
Tymeson	Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen
Warnstadt	Weidman	Winckler	Wise
Witt	Mr. Speaker
	Siegrist

The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 2:

Sievers	Sukup

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

House File 286, a bill for an act permitting cooperative
associations to deal with nonmembers, to use fictitious names, and to
issue memberships without charge; to permit electric cooperatives to
have multiple classes of members; and providing an effective date,
was taken up for consideration.

Johnson of Osceola 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. 286)

The ayes were, 99:

Alons	Arnold	Atteberry	Barry
Baudler	Bell	Boal	Boddicker
Boggess	Bradley	Brauns	Broers
Brunkhorst	Bukta	Carroll	Chiodo
Cohoon	Connors	Cormack	De Boef
Dix	Dolecheck	Dotzler	Drake
Eddie	Eichhorn	Elgin	Falck
Fallon	Finch	Foege	Ford
Frevert	Garman	Gipp	Greimann
Grundberg	Hahn	Hansen	Hatch
Heaton	Hoffman	Horbach	Houser
Hoversten	Huseman	Huser	Jacobs
Jenkins	Jochum	Johnson	Kettering
Klemme	Kreiman	Kuhn	Larkin
Larson	Lensing	Manternach	Mascher
May	Mertz	Metcalf	Millage
Murphy	Myers	O'Brien	Osterhaus
Petersen	Quirk	Raecker	Rants
Rayhons	Rekow	Reynolds	Richardson
Roberts	Scherrman	Schrader	Seng
Shey	Shoultz	Smith	Stevens
Sukup	Taylor, D.	Taylor, T.	Teig
Tremmel	Tymeson	Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven
Van Fossen	Warnstadt	Weidman	Winckler
Wise	Witt	Mr. Speaker
		Siegrist

The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 1:

Sievers

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 286 and 287.

House File 270, a bill for an act striking certain filing
requirements related to campus crime statistics and sexual abuse
policies, was taken up for consideration.

Gipp of Winneshiek in the chair at 3:34 p.m.

Kettering of Sac 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. 270)

The ayes were, 98:

Alons	Arnold	Atteberry	Barry
Baudler	Bell	Boal	Boddicker
Boggess	Bradley	Brauns	Broers
Brunkhorst	Bukta	Carroll	Chiodo
Cohoon	Connors	Cormack	De Boef
Dix	Dolecheck	Dotzler	Eddie
Eichhorn	Elgin	Falck	Fallon
Finch	Foege	Ford	Frevert
Garman	Greimann	Grundberg	Hahn
Hansen	Hatch	Heaton	Hoffman
Horbach	Houser	Hoversten	Huseman
Huser	Jacobs	Jenkins	Jochum
Johnson	Kettering	Klemme	Kreiman
Kuhn	Larkin	Larson	Lensing
Manternach	Mascher	May	Mertz
Metcalf	Millage	Murphy	Myers
O'Brien	Osterhaus	Petersen	Quirk
Raecker	Rants	Rayhons	Rekow
Reynolds	Richardson	Roberts	Scherrman
Schrader	Seng	Shey	Shoultz
Siegrist, Spkr.	Smith	Stevens	Sukup
Taylor, D.	Taylor, T.	Teig	Tremmel
Tymeson	Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen
Warnstadt	Weidman	Winckler	Wise
Witt	Gipp,
	Presiding

The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 2:

Drake	Sievers

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

House File 355, a bill for an act relating to the school year
beginning date, was taken up for consideration.

Dolecheck of Ringgold asked and received unanimous consent that
amendment H-1080 be deferred.

Dolecheck of Ringgold offered the following amendment H-1082
filed by him and moved its adoption:

H-1082

1 Amend House File 355 as follows:
2 1. Page 1, line 24, by striking the words "the
3 third Monday in August" and inserting the following:
4 "fourteen days prior to Labor Day".

Amendment H-1082 was adopted.

Dolecheck of Ringgold offered the following amendment H-1080,
previously deferred, filed by him and moved its adoption:

H-1080

1 Amend House File 355 as follows:
2 1. Page 1, line 11, by striking the figure "4"
3 and inserting the following: "3".
4 2. Page 1, line 15, by striking the word and
5 figures ", 3, and 4" and inserting the following:
6 "and 3".
7 3. Page 2, line 7, by inserting after the word
8 "session." the following: "The department may approve
9 a request for an innovative school year in which
10 classes commence prior to the earliest starting date
11 established in subsection 1."
12 4. Page 2, by striking lines 24 through 31 and
13 inserting the following:
14 "Sec. . Section 279.10, subsection 4, Code
15 2001, is amended by striking the subsection."
16 5. By renumbering as necessary.

Amendment H-1080 was adopted.

Dolecheck of Ringgold 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. 355)

The ayes were, 97:

Alons	Arnold	Atteberry	Barry
Baudler	Bell	Boddicker	Boggess
Bradley	Brauns	Broers	Brunkhorst
Bukta	Carroll	Chiodo	Cohoon
Connors	Cormack	De Boef	Dix
Dolecheck	Dotzler	Drake	Eddie
Eichhorn	Elgin	Falck	Fallon
Finch	Foege	Ford	Frevert
Garman	Greimann	Grundberg	Hahn
Hansen	Hatch	Heaton	Hoffman
Horbach	Houser	Hoversten	Huseman
Jacobs	Jenkins	Jochum	Johnson
Kettering	Klemme	Kreiman	Kuhn
Larkin	Lensing	Manternach	Mascher
May	Mertz	Metcalf	Millage
Murphy	Myers	O'Brien	Osterhaus
Petersen	Quirk	Raecker	Rants
Rayhons	Rekow	Reynolds	Richardson
Roberts	Scherrman	Schrader	Seng
Shey	Shoultz	Siegrist, Spkr.	Sievers
Smith	Stevens	Sukup	Taylor, D.
Taylor, T.	Teig	Tremmel	Tymeson
Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Warnstadt
Weidman	Winckler	Wise	Witt
Gipp,
Presiding

The nays were, 2:

Boal	Huser

Absent or not voting, 1:

Larson

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

House File 259, a bill for an act relating to the duties and office of
the secretary of state in commissioning notarial officers, was taken up
for consideration.

Kreiman of Davis asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw amendment H-1060 filed by him on February 21, 2001.

Eichhorn of Hamilton 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. 259)

The ayes were, 99:

Alons	Arnold	Atteberry	Barry
Baudler	Bell	Boal	Boddicker
Boggess	Bradley	Brauns	Broers
Brunkhorst	Bukta	Carroll	Chiodo
Cohoon	Connors	Cormack	De Boef
Dix	Dolecheck	Dotzler	Drake
Eddie	Eichhorn	Elgin	Falck
Fallon	Finch	Foege	Ford
Frevert	Garman	Greimann	Grundberg
Hahn	Hansen	Hatch	Heaton
Hoffman	Horbach	Houser	Hoversten
Huseman	Huser	Jacobs	Jenkins
Jochum	Johnson	Kettering	Klemme
Kreiman	Kuhn	Larkin	Larson
Lensing	Manternach	Mascher	May
Mertz	Metcalf	Millage	Murphy
Myers	O'Brien	Osterhaus	Petersen
Quirk	Raecker	Rants	Rayhons
Rekow	Reynolds	Richardson	Roberts
Scherrman	Schrader	Seng	Shey
Shoultz	Siegrist, Spkr.	Sievers	Smith
Stevens	Sukup	Taylor, D.	Taylor, T.
Teig	Tymeson	Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven
Van Fossen	Warnstadt	Weidman	Winckler
Wise	Witt	Gipp,
		Presiding

The nays were, 1:

Tremmel

Absent or not voting, none.

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 259, 270 and 355.

SPONSOR ADDED
(House Resolution 17)

Murphy of Dubuque requested to be added as a sponsor of House
Resolution 17.

EXPLANATIONS OF VOTE

I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on Tuesday,
February 27, 2001. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on
House File 270.

DRAKE of Pottawattamie

I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on Tuesday,
February 27, 2001. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on
House File 326.

HOFFMAN of Crawford

I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on Tuesday,
February 27, 2001. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on
House File 326.

KETTERING of Sac

I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on Tuesday,
February 27, 2001. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on
House File 326.

RAECKER of Polk

I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on Tuesday,
February 27, 2001. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on
House File 326.

SHEY of Linn

I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on Tuesday,
February 27, 2001. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on
House Files 270, 286, 287, and 293.

SIEVERS of Scott

I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on Tuesday,
February 27, 2001. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on
House Files 293, 326 and 352.

TEIG of Hamilton

COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED

The following communications were received and filed in the office
of the Chief Clerk:

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

The Annual Report relating to progress toward the goals and objectives of the
Targeted Small Business Program and the Financial Assistance Program, pursuant to
Chapter 19B.7, Code of Iowa.

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

The Fiscal Year 2000 Building Energy Management Annual Report, pursuant to
Chapter 455A.4, Code of Iowa.

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\413 Lucile Campbell, Clinton - For celebrating her 90th birthday.

2001\414 Sylvia and Leo Nervig, Kelley - For celebrating their 50th wedding
anniversary.

2001\415 Roberta Oxenford, Waterloo - For celebrating her 100th birthday.

2001\416 Alex Grunder, Wilton - For winning the 135 lb. class of the Class 1-A
Division of the State Wrestling Tournament.

2001\417 Dustin Bliven, Columbus Junction - For winning the 145 lb. class of
the Class 1-A Division of the State Wrestling Tournament.

2001\418 Coach Duane Twait and Team, Emmetsburg - For being the Class 2A
State Football Champions.

2001\419 Coach Bob Kenny and Team, Emmetsburg-Armstrong Ringstead - For
being the Class 2A State Wrestling Champions.

SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

House File 323

Economic Development: Teig, Chair; Lensing and Van Fossen.

House File 329

Environmental Protection: Kettering, Chair; Brunkhorst and Witt.

House File 330

Economic Development: Jenkins, Chair; Atteberry and Elgin.

House File 357

Transportation: Heaton, Chair; Johnson and Scherrman.

House File 365

Appropriations: Heaton, Chair; Alons and Seng.

House File 366

Human Resources: Hoversten, Chair; Carroll and Reynolds.

House File 367

Economic Development: Teig, Chair; Dotzler, Hoffman, Hoversten and Stevens.

House File 368

Transportation: Garman, Chair; Larkin and Rekow.

House File 369

Human Resources: Grundberg, Chair; Hoversten and Murphy.

House File 385

Human Resources: Barry, Chair; Broers and Reynolds.

House File 390

Judiciary: Baudler, Chair; Shey and Shoultz.

House File 393

Judiciary: Boddicker, Chair; Broers and Kreiman.

House File 394

Judiciary: Boddicker, Chair; Broers and Ford.

House File 410

Appropriations: Brunkhorst, Chair; Falck and Raecker.

Senate File 99

Human Resources: Carroll, Chair; Atteberry and Grundberg.

Senate File 141

Economic Development: Hoffman, Chair; Jenkins and O'Brien.

Senate File 258

Judiciary: Broers, Chair; Chiodo and Kettering.

HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT

House Study Bill 173

Local Government: Houser, Chair; Fallon, Richardson, Sievers and Van Engelenhoven.

HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

H.S.B. 174 Natural Resources

To nullify administrative rules of the department of natural resources
requiring a harvest report of wild turkeys by resident and
nonresident hunters, and providing an effective date.

H.S.B. 175 Ways and Means

Regarding certain changes relating to the utility replacement tax,
and providing for the Act's applicability.

H.S.B. 176 Economic Development

Establishing a housing trust fund and providing for the transfer of
certain moneys to the fund.

H.S.B. 177 State Government

Relating to the standard for investment of retirement funds by
municipal utilities.

H.S.B. 178 Environmental Protection

Relating to the application of certain air quality requirements to
indoor emission units or air contaminant sources.

H.S.B. 179 Human Resources

Relating to cigarettes and tobacco products, including permits for
retailers of cigarettes, appropriating fees, providing penalties, and
providing effective dates.

H.S.B. 180 Human Resources

Relating to certain programs and public health issues under the
purview of the Iowa department of public health, and providing a
penalty.

H.S.B. 181 Commerce and Regulation

Relating to title insurance for property or insurance of a certain
value, and making related changes.

H.S.B. 182 Judiciary

Establishing the Iowa electronic recording system, establishing fees,
and providing for the Act's applicability.

H.S.B. 183 Judiciary

Adding the offense of criminal transmission of human
immunodeficiency virus to the list of criminal offenses that require
registration under the sex offender registry and providing an effective
date.

H.S.B. 184 Labor and Industrial Relations

To nullify an administrative rule of the department of workforce
development relating to an individual's disqualification from receipt
of unemployment compensation due to a refusal to accept or apply for
work and providing an effective date.

H.S.B. 185 Local Government

Relating to analyzing the confinement and detention needs of jails,
and other local or regional confinement facilities, and obtaining
approval prior to construction or expansion of such jails and facilities
and providing an effective date.

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 121), providing an income tax credit
relating to sales of certain ethanol blended gasoline, making penalties applicable, and
providing an applicability date.

Fiscal Note is required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 26, 2001.

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND REGULATION

Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 152), relating to the licensure of
persons acting as insurance producers, providing an effective date, and applying
penalties.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 27, 2001.

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

House File 309, a bill for an act to legalize participation in an instructional
support program by the West Bend-Mallard Community School District and providing
an effective and retroactive applicability date.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Do Pass February 26, 2001.

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES

Committee Bill (Formerly House File 262), relating to the use of generally
accepted accounting principles by nursing facilities.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 27, 2001.

Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 123), relating to children's program
and juvenile court provisions involving the department of human services in regard to

the foster home insurance fund, psychiatric medical institutions for children, group
child care providers, juvenile delinquency and child in need of assistance dispositions,
and termination of parental rights.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 27, 2001.

Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 160), relating to appeals of orders and
decrees entered by the juvenile court.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Do Pass February 27, 2001.

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Committee Bill (Formerly House File 342), extending the statute of limitations
period for filing a criminal charge of incest.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 27, 2001.

Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 104), creating a new criminal offense
of escape from custody by a sexually violent predator civilly committed to confinement
and providing a penalty.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Do Pass February 27, 2001.

COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Committee Bill (Formerly House File 295), authorizing an area education agency
to serve as fiscal agent for a community empowerment area board and providing an
effective date.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Do Pass February 27, 2001.

COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

House File 154, a bill for an act concerning paid time off for certain peace officer
members of the department of public safety injured in the course of duty.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Do Pass February 26, 2001.

Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 90), regulating the practice of
accounting, establishing fees, providing penalties, and providing an effective date.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Do Pass February 26, 2001.

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

Committee Bill (Formerly House File 281), increasing the scheduled fine for
violations of certain rules of the road relating to school buses.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Do Pass February 27, 2001.

RESOLUTIONS FILED

HCR 18, by T. Taylor, Dotzler, Mertz, Foege, Smith, D. Taylor,
Larkin, Cohoon, Bell, Warnstadt, Reynolds, Ford, Connors, Hatch,
Seng, O'Brien, Frevert, May, Kreiman, Kuhn, Scherrman, Osterhaus,
Quirk, Murphy, Falck, Chiodo, Jochum, Myers, Shoultz, Mascher,
Bukta, Tyrrell, Brauns, Rayhons, Heaton, Weidman, Horbach,
Siegrist, Boddicker, Larson, and Tymeson, a concurrent resolution
urging the Congress of the United States to support the Railroad
Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act.

Laid over under Rule 25.

HR 18, by Larson, Jacobs and Metcalf, a resolution honoring the
Association of Junior Leagues.

Laid over under Rule 25.

AMENDMENTS FILED

H-1083 H.F. 349 Jenkins of Black Hawk
H-1084 H.F. 229 Larson of Linn
Kreiman of Davis
Tremmel of Wapello
H-1085 H.F. 324 Reynolds of Van Buren
H-1086 H.F. 399 Murphy of Dubuque
H-1087 H.F. 399 Osterhaus of Jackson
H-1088 H.F. 399 O'Brien of Boone
H-1089 H.F. 399 O'Brien of Boone
H-1090 H.F. 399 Dotzler of Black Hawk

H-1091 H.F. 399 Dotzler of Black Hawk
H-1092 H.F. 399 Smith of Marshall
H-1093 H.F. 399 Chiodo of Polk
T. Taylor of Linn
O'Brien of Boone
Connors of Polk
H-1094 H.F. 399 Scherrman of Dubuque
Richardson of Warren
H-1095 H.F. 399 Witt of Black Hawk
H-1096 H.F. 399 Bell of Jasper
H-1097 H.F. 399 T. Taylor of Linn
Chiodo of Polk
O'Brien of Boone
Connors of Polk
H-1098 H.F. 399 Foege of Linn
H-1099 H.F. 399 Murphy of Dubuque
H-1100 H.F. 399 Dotzler of Black Hawk
H-1101 H.F. 399 Mascher of Johnson
H-1102 H.F. 399 Stevens of Dickinson
H-1103 H.F. 399 Ford of Polk
H-1104 H.F. 399 Ford of Polk
H-1105 H.F. 399 Ford of Polk
H-1106 H.F. 399 Ford of Polk
H-1107 H.F. 399 Kuhn of Floyd
H-1108 H.F. 399 Wise of Lee
H-1109 H.F. 403 Boal of Polk
Huser of Polk
H-1110 H.F. 403 Huser of Polk
H-1111 H.F. 325 Jacobs of Polk

On motion by Rants of Woodbury the House adjourned at 4:09
p.m., until 8:45 a.m., Wednesday, February 28, 2001.

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