House Journal: Friday, March 16, 2001
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE
Sixty-eighth Calendar Day - Forty-seventh Session Day
Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, March 16, 2001
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 10:45 a.m., Falck of
Fayette in the chair.
Prayer was offered by the Honorable Steve Falck, state
representative from Fayette County.
The Journal of Thursday, March 15, 2001 was approved.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 628, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an act
relating to the regulation of grain dealers by providing an exception
for limited liability companies that produce renewable fuel.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 629, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an act
providing for a weed-free certification program for forage or mulch,
and establishing fees.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 630, by committee on state government, a bill for an
act relating to campaign finance law and providing penalties.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 631, by Garman, a bill for an act relating to
establishing guidelines for comparison price advertising, and
providing civil penalties.
Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.
House File 632, by Ford, a bill for an act prohibiting
discrimination in insurance on the basis of sex.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and
regulation.
House File 633, by Warnstadt, Murphy, T. Taylor, Dotzler, Ford,
and Fallon, a bill for an act establishing a meatpacking industry
workers bill of rights and a meatpacking industry workers rights
coordinator and providing for a repeal.
Read first time and referred to committee on labor and
industrial relations.
House File 634, by Petersen, a bill for an act prohibiting denial of
disability insurance for treatment for depression due to menopause,
postpartum depression, and pregnancy.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and
regulation.
House File 635, by committee on labor and industrial relations, a
bill for an act providing that certain employees are not entitled to
compensation for time spent traveling to and from the worksite.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 636, by committee on environmental protection, a bill
for an act relating to the reporting of underground storage tanks and
to benefits provided through funds administered by the Iowa
comprehensive petroleum underground storage tank fund board.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 637, by committee on education, a bill for an act
relating to the responsibilities and duties of the department of
education, area education agencies, and the commission of libraries,
including the renaming of the regional library system, the
appointment of trustees for the unified library service area, and
development of a biennial unified plan of service and service delivery
in consultation with unified library service areas and area education
agency media centers.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 638, by committee on transportation, a bill for an act
relating to advertising devices placed along interstate highways.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 639, by Wise, a bill for an act relating to the
establishment of a student achievement and teacher quality program.
Read first time and referred to committee on education.
House File 640, by Witt, Hatch, Mascher, Scherrman, Stevens,
Dotzler, Atteberry, Myers, Frevert, O'Brien, Greimann, Foege, Mertz,
Reynolds, T. Taylor, Jochum, Kreiman, Kuhn, Seng, Shoultz, May,
Fallon, Falck, Winckler, Lensing, Smith, Cohoon, Quirk, Osterhaus,
and Murphy, a bill for an act relating to energy by providing for
creation of an energy commission; development of state energy policy,
including increased energy efficiency; energy conservation projects for
school corporations; construction of generation and transmission
facilities, including joint financing and bonding provisions; reliability
and adequacy of electric generation and transmission, including
standards for disconnection of gas or electric service during winter
months, deposits, meter reading and late charges; energy research
and alternate energy production and use; and making an
appropriation.
Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and
regulation.
House File 641, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an act
relating to life science initiatives by providing for an income,
franchise, and gross premiums tax credit for making capital
investments in a cooperative association or limited liability company
organized to operate a renewable fuel production facility or a
development facility designed to produce products from agricultural
goods and including applicability date provisions.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 642, by committee on natural resources, a bill for an
act relating to reciprocal nonresident hunting and fishing fees and
hunting seasons with the state of South Dakota.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 643, by committee on education, a bill for an act
providing statutory revisions relating to the department of education,
school districts, and the kindergarten through grade twelve
educational program.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 644, by committee on local government, a bill for an
act relating to the annual filing for the family farm tax credit, to the
notification to the assessor of the change in ownership or the person
actively engaged in farming the tract of agricultural land for which
the family farm tax credit is allowed, providing a penalty, and
including effective and applicability date provisions.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Study Bill 236
Education: Grundberg, Chair; Boal and Wise.
House Study Bill 237
Commerce and Regulation: Hansen, Chair; Chiodo and Metcalf.
House Study Bill 238
Judiciary: Grundberg, Chair; Kettering and Shoultz.
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 EDUCATION
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 218), relating to the reorganization or
dissolution of an area education agency.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 15, 2001.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 220), relating to the acceptance and
administration of trusts by a school corporation board of directors.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Do Pass March 15, 2001.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 236), relating to nontraditional
practitioner preparation instruction programs, including the licensure of individuals
who are participating in or have successfully completed a program.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 15, 2001.
COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 255), relating to moneys in the solid waste
account of the groundwater protection fund.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 15, 2001.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 142), relating to redemption of empty
beverage containers, creating a container redemption fund, appropriating certain fees,
and providing an applicability date.
Fiscal Note is required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 15, 2001.
Pursuant to Rule 55 a Minority Report was filed by the following:
Witt of Black Hawk, Foege of Linn, Greimann of Story, Hatch of Polk, Lensing of
Johnson, Mascher of Johnson, Schrader of Marion, Shoultz of Black Hawk and Stevens
of Dickinson.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 191), prohibiting the land disposal of
and requiring recycling or reuse of white goods.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 15, 2001.
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 411), 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.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 15, 2001.
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 523), relating to the funding pools in the
property tax relief fund for county mental health and developmental disabilities
services expenditures and providing effective and applicability dates.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 15, 2001.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 199), relating to urban renewal and
urban revitalization and providing for the Act's applicability.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 15, 2001.
Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 207), relating to Iowa's community
empowerment initiative and providing an effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 15, 2001.
RESOLUTION FILED
HR 22, by Witt, Siegrist, Jenkins, Myers, Dotzler, and Shoultz, a
resolution honoring and commemorating the one hundred twenty-
fifth anniversary of the University of Northern Iowa.
Laid over under Rule 25.
On motion by Foege of Linn the House adjourned at 10:51 a.m.,
until 1:00 p.m., Monday, March 19, 2001.
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League of Women Voters of Iowa
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