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House Journal: Tuesday, March 27, 2001

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE

Seventy-ninth Calendar Day - Fifty-fourth Session Day

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

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:47 a.m., Speaker pro
tempore Sukup in the chair.

Prayer was offered by Reverend Corey Miller, pastor of Carroll
Church of Christ, Carroll. He was the guest of Representative Rod
Roberts of Carroll County.

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

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

House File 703, by committee on ways and means, a bill for an
act exempting property owned and operated by an Indian housing
authority from property tax and including an effective date.

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

House File 704, by Teig, a bill for an act establishing an
agricultural sales tax advisory council, and providing for the
elimination of the council.

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

House File 705, by committee on ways and means, a bill for an
act relating to sales and use taxes on the delivery of electricity and
natural gas.

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

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
March 26, 2001, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was
asked:

House File 179, a bill for an act relating to excluding from confinement dogs used
by police or correctional officers.

Also: That the Senate has on March 26, 2001, passed the following bill in which the
concurrence of the Senate was asked:

House File 269, a bill for an act relating to balloon payments on consumer loans
secured by a certificate of title in a motor vehicle.

Also: That the Senate has on March 26, 2001, passed the following bill in which the
concurrence of the Senate was asked:

House File 470, a bill for an act providing for the protection of proprietary rights
and collection of fees for software, network designs, and technology applications of the
Iowa communications network.

Also: That the Senate has on March 26, 2001, passed the following bill in which the
concurrence of the House is asked:

Senate File 170, a bill for an act relating to training requirements for certain child
laborers and providing an effective date.

Also: That the Senate has on March 26, 2001, passed the following bill in which the
concurrence of the House is asked:

Senate File 339, a bill for an act relating to scheduled fines for hunting and fishing
violations.

Also: That the Senate has on March 26, 2001, passed the following bill in which the
concurrence of the House is asked:

Senate File 461, a bill for an act relating to advertising devices placed along
interstate highways.

Also: That the Senate has on March 26, 2001, passed the following bill in which the
concurrence of the House is asked:

Senate File 470, a bill for an act relating to the regulation of infectious and
contagious diseases in animals, and providing for penalties.

MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary

SENATE MESSAGES CONSIDERED

Senate File 323, by Drake, a bill for an act relating to the
standard for investment of retirement funds by municipal utilities.

Read first time and referred to committee on state government.

Senate File 407, by committee on natural resources and
environment, a bill for an act relating to the regulatory authority and
procedures of the department of natural resources by providing for
the issuance of limited quota licenses and the issuance of licenses and
permits by electronic means.

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

Senate File 410, by committee on natural resources and
environment, a bill for an act relating to the application of certain air
quality requirements to indoor emission units or air contaminant
sources.

Read first time and referred to committee on environmental
protection.

Senate File 425, by committee on commerce, a bill for an act
relating to standards of and participation in the title guaranty
program.

Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and
regulation.

Senate File 449, by committee on ways and means, a bill for an
act exempting property owned and operated by an Indian housing
authority from property tax and including an effective date.

Read first time and passed on file.

Senate File 452, by committee on commerce, a bill for an act
requiring the use of a uniform prescription drug information card by
providers of third-party payment or prepayment of prescription drug
expenses.

Read first time and referred to committee on commerce and
regulation.

Senate File 462, by committee on natural resources and
environment, a bill for an act relating to the energy loan fund
administered by the department of natural resources.

Read first time and referred to committee on environmental
protection.

Senate File 466, by committee on human resources, a bill for an
act relating to child care and protection public policy provisions
involving children.

Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.

CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Regular Calendar

House File 635, a bill for an act providing that certain employees
are not entitled to compensation for time spent traveling to and from
the worksite, was taken up for consideration.

The House stood at ease at 8:55 a.m., until the fall of the gavel.

The House resumed session and consideration of House File 635 at
9:21 a.m., Speaker Siegrist in the chair.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE

Leave of absence was granted as follows:

Huser of Polk, until her arrival, on request of Myers of Johnson.

T. Taylor of Linn offered the following amendment H-1339 filed by
him and Dotzler of Black Hawk and moved its adoption:

H-1339

1 Amend House File 635 as follows:
2 1. Page 1, line 3, by inserting after the word
3 "to" the following: "wage".
4 2. Page 1, line 10, by inserting after the word
5 "to" the following: "wage".
6 3. Title page, line 2, by inserting before the
7 word "compensation" the following: "wage".

Roll call was requested by T. Taylor of Linn and Myers of Johnson.

On the question "Shall amendment H-1339 be adopted?" (H.F. 635)
The ayes were, 46:

Atteberry	Bell	Bukta	Chiodo
Cohoon	Connors	Cormack	Dotzler
Falck	Fallon	Foege	Ford
Frevert	Garman	Greimann	Hatch
Jochum	Kreiman	Kuhn	Larkin
Larson	Lensing	Mascher	May
Mertz	Murphy	Myers	O'Brien
Osterhaus	Petersen	Quirk	Reynolds
Richardson	Scherrman	Schrader	Seng
Shoultz	Smith	Stevens	Taylor, D.
Taylor, T.	Tremmel	Warnstadt	Winckler
Wise	Witt

The nays were, 52:

Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Boal	Boddicker	Boggess	Bradley
Brauns	Broers	Brunkhorst	Carroll
De Boef	Dolecheck	Drake	Eddie
Eichhorn	Elgin	Finch	Gipp
Grundberg	Hahn	Hansen	Heaton
Hoffman	Horbach	Houser	Hoversten
Huseman	Jacobs	Jenkins	Johnson
Kettering	Klemme	Manternach	Metcalf
Millage	Raecker	Rants	Rayhons
Rekow	Roberts	Shey	Sievers
Sukup	Teig	Tymeson	Tyrrell
Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Weidman	Mr. Speaker
			Siegrist

Absent or not voting, 2:

Dix	Huser

Amendment H-1339 lost.

T. Taylor of Linn offered the following amendment H-1340 filed by
him and moved its adoption:

H-1340

1 Amend House File 635 as follows:
2 1. Page 1, line 3, by striking the word "An" and
3 inserting the following: "Unless a collective
4 bargaining agreement provides otherwise, an".

Amendment H-1340 was adopted.

T. Taylor of Linn offered the following amendment H-1341 filed by
him and moved its adoption:

H-1341

1 Amend House File 635 as follows:
2 1. Page 1, line 12, by inserting after the word
3 "hours." the following: "This section applies only to
4 persons employed in the work of removing corn
5 tassels."

A non-record roll call was requested.

The ayes were 37, nays 50.

Amendment H-1341 lost.

Murphy of Dubuque offered the following amendment H-1345 filed
by him and moved its adoption:

H-1345

1 Amend House File 635 as follows:
2 1. Page 1, line 12, by inserting after the word
3 "hours." the following: "An employee traveling
4 between worksites on a train, plane, or automobile is
5 entitled to compensation for the time that an employee
6 spends traveling between worksites."

Amendment H-1345 lost.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE

Leave of absence was granted as follows:

Sukup of Franklin, until his return, on request of Rants of Woodbury.

Hoffman of Crawford 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. 635)

The ayes were, 52:

Alons	Barry	Baudler	Boal
Boddicker	Boggess	Bradley	Brauns
Broers	Brunkhorst	Carroll	De Boef
Dix	Dolecheck	Drake	Eddie
Elgin	Finch	Gipp	Grundberg
Hahn	Hansen	Heaton	Hoffman
Horbach	Houser	Hoversten	Huseman
Jacobs	Jenkins	Johnson	Kettering
Klemme	Larson	Manternach	Metcalf
Millage	Raecker	Rants	Rayhons
Rekow	Roberts	Shey	Sievers
Sukup	Teig	Tymeson	Tyrrell
Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Weidman	Mr. Speaker
			Siegrist

The nays were, 47:

Atteberry	Bell	Bukta	Chiodo
Cohoon	Connors	Cormack	Dotzler
Eichhorn	Falck	Fallon	Foege
Ford	Frevert	Garman	Greimann
Hatch	Huser	Jochum	Kreiman
Kuhn	Larkin	Lensing	Mascher
May	Mertz	Murphy	Myers
O'Brien	Osterhaus	Petersen	Quirk
Reynolds	Richardson	Scherrman	Schrader
Seng	Shoultz	Smith	Stevens
Taylor, D.	Taylor, T.	Tremmel	Warnstadt
Winckler	Wise	Witt

Absent or not voting, 1:

Arnold

Alons	Arnold	Atteberry	Barry
Baudler	Bell	Boal	Boddicker
Boggess	Bradley	Brauns	Broers
Brunkhorst	Bukta	Chiodo	Cohoon
Connors	Cormack	De Boef	Dolecheck
Dotzler	Drake	Eddie	Eichhorn
Elgin	Falck	Fallon	Finch
Foege	Ford	Frevert	Garman
Gipp	Greimann	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	Taylor, D.
Taylor, T.	Teig	Tremmel	Tymeson
Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Warnstadt
Weidman	Winckler	Wise	Witt
Dix,
Presiding
The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 3:

Carroll	Grundberg	Sukup

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 655 be immediately messaged to the Senate.

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
March 27, 2001, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was
asked:

House File 597, a bill for an act relating to the disposition of unclaimed deer
venison processed by a meat and poultry processing establishment.

Also: That the Senate has on March 27, 2001, passed the following bill in which the
concurrence of the House is asked:

Senate File 447, a bill for an act relating to the graduated driver's licensing
system's requirements for full driver's licenses.

Also: That the Senate has on March 27, 2001, passed the following bill in which the
concurrence of the House is asked:

Senate File 465, a bill for an act creating a fund for the use of the state department
of transportation to purchase soydiesel fuel for use in its vehicles and providing an
effective date.

Also: That the Senate has on March 27, 2001, passed the following bill in which the
concurrence of the House is asked:

Senate File 499, a bill for an act making changes to and reorganizing scheduled
fines.

MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary

House File 566, a bill for an act relating to the terms "registered
voter", "eligible elector", and "qualified voter" for purposes of
elections, voter registration, statutory petition requirements,

absentee voting by armed forces, and drainage district elections, was
taken up for consideration.

Jochum of Dubuque offered amendment H-1300 filed by her as
follows:

H-1300

1 Amend House File 566 as follows:
2 1. Page 2, by inserting after line 14, the
3 following:
4 "Sec. . Section 49.13, Code 2001, is amended by
5 adding the following new subsection:
6 NEW SUBSECTION. 5. The commissioner may appoint
7 high school students who are not yet qualified to be
8 registered voters to serve as precinct election board
9 members.
10 a. To qualify to serve as a precinct election
11 board member, a high school student shall:
12 (1) Be a United States citizen.
13 (2) Be a junior or senior in good standing
14 enrolled in a public or private secondary school in
15 Iowa.
16 (3) Have a cumulative grade point average
17 equivalent to at least 2.0 on a 4.0 scale.
18 (4) At the time of appointment, have the written
19 approval of the principal of the secondary school the
20 student attends.
21 (5) Have the written approval of the student's
22 parent or legal guardian.
23 (6) Have satisfactorily completed the training
24 course for election officials.
25 (7) Meet all other qualifications for appointment
26 and service as an election board member except the
27 requirement of being a registered voter.
28 b. No more than one student precinct election
29 board member may serve on each precinct election
30 board.
31 c. Student precinct election board members shall
32 not serve as the chairperson of a precinct election
33 board.
34 d. Before serving, the student election precinct
35 board member must certify in writing to the
36 commissioner the political party with which the
37 student is affiliated.
38 e. Student precinct election board members shall
39 not be counted as absent from school on the day they
40 serve as election officials.
41 f. Student precinct election board members shall
42 not be allowed to work more hours than allowed under

43 the applicable labor laws.
44 Sec. . Section 49.15, Code 2001, is amended by
45 adding the following new unnumbered paragraph:
46 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. In drawing up precinct
47 election board panels, the commissioner may use
48 student precinct election board members appointed
49 pursuant to section 49.13, subsection 5."
50 2. Title page, line 1, by inserting after the

Page 2

1 word "to" the following: "elections by allowing youth
2 participation in the electoral process and by
3 amending".
4 3. By renumbering as necessary.

Jacobs of Polk rose on a point of order that amendment H-1300
was not germane.

The Speaker ruled the point well taken and amendment H-1300
was not germane.

Jacobs 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. 566)

The ayes were, 97:

Alons	Arnold	Atteberry	Barry
Baudler	Bell	Boal	Boddicker
Boggess	Bradley	Brauns	Broers
Brunkhorst	Bukta	Chiodo	Cohoon
Connors	Cormack	De Boef	Dolecheck
Dotzler	Drake	Eddie	Eichhorn
Elgin	Falck	Fallon	Finch
Foege	Ford	Frevert	Garman
Gipp	Greimann	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	Taylor, D.
Taylor, T.	Teig	Tremmel	Tymeson
Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Warnstadt
Weidman	Winckler	Wise	Witt
Dix,
Presiding

The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 3:

Carroll	Grundberg	Sukup

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

House File 680, a bill for an act relating to child and dependent
abuse reporting and civil remedies pertaining to such reporting, was
taken up for consideration.

Hoversten of Woodbury offered the following amendment H-1342
filed by him and Foege of Linn and moved its adoption:

H-1342

1 Amend House File 680 as follows:
2 1. Page 1, line 28, by striking the words "or
3 head start program" and inserting the following:
4 "head start program, family development and self-
5 sufficiency grant program under section 217.12, or
6 healthy opportunities for parents to experience
7 success - healthy families Iowa program under section
8 135.106".

Amendment H-1342 was adopted.

Foege of Linn asked and received unanimous consent to withdraw
amendment H-1333 filed by him on March 26, 2001.

Hoversten of Woodbury offered the following amendment H-1332
filed by him and moved its adoption:

H-1332

1 Amend House File 680 as follows:
2 1. Page 3, line 21, by inserting after the word

3 "requirements." the following: "For a person who is
4 engaged in active duty in the military service of this
5 state or the United States, the licensing board may
6 suspend the abuse training requirements as a condition
7 of licensure during the period of active duty."

Amendment H-1332 was adopted.

Hoversten of Woodbury 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. 680)

The ayes were, 97:

Alons	Arnold	Atteberry	Barry
Baudler	Bell	Boal	Boddicker
Boggess	Bradley	Brauns	Broers
Brunkhorst	Bukta	Carroll	Chiodo
Cohoon	Connors	Cormack	De Boef
Dolecheck	Dotzler	Drake	Eddie
Eichhorn	Elgin	Falck	Finch
Foege	Ford	Frevert	Garman
Gipp	Greimann	Grundberg	Hahn
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	Taylor, D.
Taylor, T.	Teig	Tremmel	Tymeson
Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Warnstadt
Weidman	Winckler	Wise	Witt
Dix,
Presiding

The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 3:

Fallon	Hansen	Sukup

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

House File 304, a bill for an act relating to elections and voter
qualifications and voter registration and concerning election
misconduct and criminal penalties, voter registration deadlines and
voter registration by mail, written summaries of proposed
constitutional amendments or of certain other public measures,
election polling hours, receiving, handling, and delivering absentee
ballots, and the election of directors of local school districts, area
education agencies, and merged areas, and including effective date
and applicability date provisions, with report of committee
recommending amendment and passage, was taken up for
consideration.

Jacobs of Polk offered amendment H-1242 filed by the committee
on state government as follows:

H-1242

1 Amend House File 304 as follows:
2 1. Page 12, by striking lines 4 through 19.
3 2. Page 17, by striking lines 2 through 8.
4 3. Page 19, by striking lines 1 through 21.
5 4. Page 20, line 14, by striking the words and
6 figures "paragraphs 1 and 2" and inserting the
7 following: "paragraph 2".
8 5. Page 20, line 15, by striking the word "are"
9 and inserting the following: "is".
10 6. Page 20, by striking lines 16 through 28.
11 7. Page 21, line 2, by striking the word "six"
12 and inserting the following: "~~six~~ four".
13 8. Page 21, line 7, by striking the word
14 "paragraphs" and inserting the following:
15 "paragraph".
16 9. Page 21, by striking lines 13 through 20.
17 10. Page 35, line 4, by striking the word and
18 figures "July 1, 2001" and inserting the following:
19 "January 1, 2003".
20 11. Page 35, line 5, by striking the figure
21 "2001" and inserting the following: "2003".
22 12. Title page, by striking lines 3 and 4, and
23 inserting the following: "penalties, voter
24 registration deadlines, written summaries of proposed
25 constitutional".

Rants of Woodbury asked and received unanimous consent that
House File 304 be deferred and that the bill retain its place on the
calendar. (Committee amendment H-1242 pending)

On motion by Rants of Woodbury, the House was recessed at 11:38
a.m., until 1:00 p.m.
AFTERNOON SESSION
The House reconvened at 1:03 p.m., Barry of Harrison in the chair.
QUORUM CALL
A non-record roll call was requested to determine that a quorum
was present. The vote revealed sixty-eight members present, thirty-
two absent.

Carroll of Poweshiek in the chair at 1:06 p.m.

SENATE MESSAGES CONSIDERED

Senate File 447, by committee on transportation, a bill for an act
relating to the graduated driver's licensing system's requirements for
full driver's licenses.

Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.

Senate File 465, by committee on transportation, a bill for an act
creating a fund for the use of the state department of transportation
to purchase soydiesel fuel for use in its vehicles and providing an
effective date.

Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.

Senate File 499, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act
making changes to and reorganizing scheduled fines.

Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.

CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Regular Calendar

The House resumed consideration of House File 304, a bill for an
act relating to elections and voter qualifications and voter
registration and concerning election misconduct and criminal
penalties, voter registration deadlines and voter registration by mail,
written summaries of proposed constitutional amendments or of
certain other public measures, election polling hours, receiving,
handling, and delivering absentee ballots, and the election of
directors of local school districts, area education agencies, and merged
areas, and including effective date and applicability date provisions,
previously deferred. (Committee amendment H-1242 pending)

The House resumed consideration of the committee amendment H-
1242 pending at recess and found on page 900 of the House Journal.

Heaton of Henry offered amendment H-1353, to the committee
amendment H-1242, filed by him from the floor as follows:

H-1353

1 Amend the amendment, H-1242, to House File 304 as
2 follows:
3 1. Page 1, by inserting after line 2, the
4 following:
5 " . Page 13, line 23, by striking the word
6 "may" and inserting the following: "will"."
7 2. Page 1, line 3, by striking the figure "8."
8 and inserting the following: "8, and inserting the
9 following:
10 "Sec. . Section 49.77, subsection 3, unnumbered
11 paragraph 1, Code 2001, is amended by striking the
12 unnumbered paragraph.""
13 3. By renumbering as necessary.

The House stood at ease at 1:24 p.m., until the fall of the gavel.

The House resumed session and consideration of amendment H-
1353, to the committee amendment H-1242 at 1:54 p.m., Carroll of
Poweshiek in the chair.

Heaton of Henry requested division as follows:

Lines 3 through 6, Division A.

Lines 7 through 12, Division B.
Line 13, Division A.

Heaton of Henry asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw amendment H-1353B, to the committee amendment H-
1242.

Heaton of Henry moved the adoption of amendment H-1353A, to
the committee amendment H-1242.

A non-record roll call was requested.

The ayes were 46, nays 43.

Amendment H-1353A was adopted.

Mascher of Johnson offered the following amendment H-1357, to
the committee amendment H-1242, filed by her from the floor and
moved its adoption:

H-1357

1 Amend the amendment, H-1242, to House File 304 as
2 follows:
3 1. Page 1, by striking lines 22 through 25, and
4 inserting the following:
5 " . Title page, by striking lines 1 through 8,
6 and inserting the following: "An Act relating to
7 voter suppression, and".
8 2. By renumbering as necessary.

A non-record roll call was requested.

The ayes were 40, nays 50.

Amendment H-1357 lost.

On motion by Jacobs of Polk, the committee amendment H-1242,
as amended, was adopted.

Jochum of Dubuque offered the following amendment H-1302 filed
by her and moved its adoption:

H-1302

1 Amend House File 304 as follows:
2 1. Page 1, by striking line 1.
3 2. By striking page 11, line 20 through page 35,
4 line 5.
5 3. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 9, and
6 inserting the following: "An act relating to election
7 misconduct and criminal penalties."
8 4. By renumbering as necessary.

Roll call was requested by Wise of Lee and Brunkhorst of Bremer.

On the question "Shall amendment H-1302 be adopted?" (H.F. 304)

The ayes were, 45:

Atteberry	Bell	Bukta	Chiodo
Cohoon	Connors	Dotzler	Eichhorn
Falck	Fallon	Foege	Ford
Frevert	Greimann	Hatch	Huser
Jochum	Kreiman	Kuhn	Larkin
Lensing	Mascher	May	Mertz
Murphy	Myers	O'Brien	Osterhaus
Petersen	Quirk	Reynolds	Richardson
Scherrman	Schrader	Seng	Shoultz
Smith	Stevens	Taylor, D.	Taylor, T.
Tremmel	Warnstadt	Winckler	Wise
Witt

The nays were, 54:

Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Boal	Boddicker	Boggess	Bradley
Brauns	Broers	Brunkhorst	Cormack
De Boef	Dix	Dolecheck	Drake
Eddie	Elgin	Finch	Garman
Gipp	Grundberg	Hahn	Hansen
Heaton	Hoffman	Horbach	Houser
Hoversten	Huseman	Jacobs	Jenkins
Johnson	Kettering	Klemme	Larson
Manternach	Metcalf	Millage	Raecker
Rants	Rayhons	Rekow	Roberts
Shey	Siegrist, Spkr.	Sukup	Teig
Tymeson	Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen
Weidman	Carroll,
	Presiding

Absent or not voting, 1:

Sievers

Amendment H-1302 lost.

O'Brien of Boone offered the following amendment H-1311 filed by
him and moved its adoption:

H-1311

1 Amend House File 304 as follows:
2 1. By striking page 12, line 20 through page 15,
3 line 12.
4 2. Page 20, by striking lines 3 through 13.
5 3. Title page, by striking line 3, and inserting
6 the following: "penalties, voter registration".
7 4. By renumbering as necessary.

Sukup of Franklin in the chair at 3:49 p.m.

Roll call was requested by Myers of Johnson and Larkin of Lee.

On the question "Shall amendment H-1311 be adopted?" (H.F. 304)

The ayes were, 43:

Atteberry Bell Bukta Chiodo Cohoon Connors Dotzler Falck Fallon Foege Ford Frevert Greimann Huser Jochum Kreiman Kuhn Larkin Lensing Mascher May Mertz Murphy Myers O'Brien Osterhaus Petersen Quirk Reynolds Richardson Scherrman Schrader Seng Shoultz Smith Stevens Taylor, D. Taylor, T. Tremmel Warnstadt Winckler Wise Witt

The nays were, 56:

Alons Arnold Barry Baudler Boal Boddicker Boggess Bradley Brauns Broers Brunkhorst Carroll Cormack De Boef Dix Dolecheck Drake Eddie Eichhorn Elgin Finch Garman Gipp Grundberg Hahn Hansen Heaton Hoffman Horbach Houser Hoversten Huseman Jacobs Jenkins Johnson Kettering Klemme Larson Manternach Metcalf Millage Raecker Rants Rayhons Rekow Roberts Shey Siegrist, Spkr. Sievers Teig Tymeson Tyrrell Van Engelenhoven Van Fossen Weidman Sukup, Presiding

Absent or not voting, 1:

Hatch

Amendment H-1311 lost.

Mascher of Johnson offered amendment H-1287 filed by her as
follows:

H-1287

1 Amend House File 304 as follows:
2 1. Page 15, by inserting after line 35 the
3 following:
4 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 39.27 QUALIFICATIONS FOR
5 PUBLIC OFFICE.
6 Any person elected to an office under the laws of
7 this state shall be an eligible elector. At the time
8 an elected official takes office the official shall be
9 a resident of the state, district, county, township,
10 city, or ward by or for which the person was elected,
11 or in which the duties of the office are to be
12 exercised. An elected official shall continue to be a
13 resident of the state, district, county, township,
14 city, or ward by or for which the person was elected,
15 or in which the duties of the office are to be
16 exercised for the duration of the term of office.
17 This section shall not apply to United States senators
18 or representatives in Congress."
19 2. Title page, line 1, by inserting after the
20 word "elections" the following: "and qualifications
21 of elected officials".
22 3. By renumbering as necessary.

Jacobs of Polk rose on a point of order that amendment H-1287
was not germane.

The Speaker ruled the point well taken and amendment H-1287
was not germane.

Jochum of Dubuque asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw amendment H-1301 filed by her on March 22, 2001.

Jochum of Dubuque offered the following amendment H-1303 filed
by her and moved its adoption:

H-1303

1 Amend House File 304 as follows:
2 1. Page 16, by inserting before line 1, the
3 following:
4 "Sec. . Section 49.14, subsection 1, Code 2001,
5 is amended to read as follows:
6 1. The commissioner may appoint substitute
7 precinct election officials as alternates for election
8 board members. ~~a majority of the original election~~
9 ~~board members shall be present at the precinct polling~~
10 ~~place at all times;~~ The commissioner may use
11 substitute precinct election officials to create
12 multiple work shifts for polling places on election
13 day. Shifts and work schedules shall be arranged at
14 the discretion of the commissioner provided that at
15 partisan elections ~~such majority~~ the composition of
16 the election board shall include at least one precinct
17 election official from each political party. If the
18 chairperson leaves the polling place, the chairperson
19 shall designate another member of the board to serve
20 as chairperson until the chairperson returns. The
21 responsibilities and duties of a precinct election
22 official present at the time the polling place was
23 opened on the day of an election may be assumed at any
24 later time that day by a substitute appointed as an
25 alternate. The substitute shall serve either for the
26 balance of that election day or for any shorter period
27 of time the commissioner may designate."
28 2. By renumbering as necessary.

Amendment H-1303 lost.

Falck of Fayette asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw amendment H-1252 filed by him on March 20, 2001.

Fallon of Polk offered the following amendment H-1337 filed by
him and Cormack of Webster and moved its adoption:

H-1337

1 Amend House File 304 as follows:
2 1. Page 17, by inserting after line 27, the
3 following:
4 "DIVISION ____

5 Sec. . INTERIM STUDY COMMITTEE ON INSTANT
6 RUNOFF VOTING. The legislative council is requested
7 to establish a legislative interim study committee for
8 the 2001 interim on instant runoff voting, a system of
9 voting by which a voter is allowed to rank the
10 candidates for an office on the ballot in the order of
11 preference. The interim committee shall study the
12 process by which, if no candidate receives a majority,
13 the second choices will be tallied, and if necessary,
14 the third choices tallied until one candidate receives
15 a majority of the votes cast. The committee shall
16 study the feasibility of such a process being used in
17 this state, what elections it should be used for,
18 whether such a voting system has increased voter
19 turnout in the localities where it is used, and any
20 other issues related to this type of voting."
21 2. By renumbering as necessary.

Amendment H-1337 lost.

Warnstadt of Woodbury offered the following amendment H-1290
filed by him and moved its adoption:

H-1290

1 Amend House File 304 as follows:
2 1. By striking page 17, line 32, through page 18,
3 line 19, and inserting the following:
4 "Any registered voter, under the circumstances
5 specified in section 53.1, may on any day, except
6 election day, and not more than seventy days prior to
7 the date of the election, apply in person for an
8 absentee ballot at the commissioner's office or at any
9 location designated by the commissioner, or make
10 written application to the commissioner for an
11 absentee ballot. However, for those elections in
12 which the commissioner directs the polls be opened at
13 noon pursuant to section 49.73, a voter may apply in
14 person for an absentee ballot at the commissioner's
15 office from eight a.m. until eleven a.m. on election
16 day. The state commissioner shall prescribe a form
17 for absentee ballot applications. However, if a
18 registered voter submits an application that includes
19 all of the information required in this section, the
20 prescribed form is not required. Absentee ballot
21 applications may include instructions to send the
22 application directly to the county commissioner of
23 elections. However, no absentee ballot application
24 shall be preaddressed or printed with instructions to
25 send the applications to anyone other than the
26 appropriate commissioner."

27 2. By renumbering as necessary.

A non-record roll call was requested.

The ayes were 37, nays 47.

Amendment H-1290 lost.

Jacobs of Polk offered the following amendment H-1335 filed by
her and moved its adoption:

H-1335

1 Amend House File 304 as follows:
2 1. Page 18, line 10, by inserting after the word
3 "address." the following: "However, more than ten
4 absentee ballots may be mailed to a residence with ten
5 or more residents if the residence has only one
6 mailing address and that mailing address is the same
7 as the residence address and is not a post office
8 box."

Amendment H-1335 was adopted.

Tremmel of Wapello offered the following amendment H-1251 filed
by him and moved its adoption:

H-1251

1 Amend House File 304 as follows:
2 1. By striking page 17, line 30 through page 18,
3 line 19.
4 2. By renumbering as necessary.

Carroll of Poweshiek in the chair at 4:50 p.m.

Roll call was requested by Tremmel of Wapello and Myers of
Johnson.

On the question "Shall amendment H-1251 be adopted?" (H.F. 304)

The ayes were, 53:

Atteberry	Bell	Boddicker	Broers
Bukta	Chiodo	Cohoon	Connors
Cormack	De Boef	Dotzler	Eichhorn
Falck	Fallon	Finch	Foege
Ford	Frevert	Garman	Greimann
Hatch	Huser	Jochum	Kreiman
Kuhn	Larkin	Lensing	Manternach
Mascher	May	Mertz	Murphy
Myers	O'Brien	Osterhaus	Petersen
Quirk	Reynolds	Richardson	Roberts
Scherrman	Schrader	Seng	Shoultz
Smith	Taylor, D.	Taylor, T.	Tremmel
Tymeson	Warnstadt	Winckler	Wise
Witt

The nays were, 45:

Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Boal	Boggess	Bradley	Brauns
Brunkhorst	Dix	Dolecheck	Drake
Eddie	Elgin	Gipp	Grundberg
Hahn	Hansen	Heaton	Hoffman
Horbach	Houser	Huseman	Jacobs
Jenkins	Johnson	Kettering	Klemme
Larson	Metcalf	Millage	Raecker
Rants	Rayhons	Rekow	Shey
Siegrist, Spkr.	Sievers	Sukup	Teig
Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Weidman
Carroll,
Presiding

Absent or not voting, 2:

Hoversten	Stevens

Amendment H-1251 was adopted, placing amendment H-1335,
previously adopted, out of order.

T. Taylor of Linn offered amendment H-1310 filed by him and
requested division as follows:

H-1310

1 Amend House File 304 as follows:

H-1310A

2 1. Page 20, line 14, by striking the words and
H-1310A

3 figures "paragraphs 1 and 2," and inserting the
4 following: "paragraph 1,".
5 2. Page 20, line 15, by striking the word "are"

6 and inserting the following: "is".

H-1310B

7 3. By striking page 20, line 29 through page 21,
8 line 5.

T. Taylor of Linn asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw amendment H-1310A.

T. Taylor of Linn moved the adoption of amendment H-1310B.

Roll call was requested by T. Taylor of Linn and Huser of Polk.

On the question "Shall amendment H-1310B be adopted?" (H.F.
304)

The ayes were, 43:

Atteberry	Bell	Bukta	Chiodo
Cohoon	Connors	Dotzler	Falck
Fallon	Foege	Ford	Frevert
Greimann	Hatch	Huser	Jochum
Kreiman	Kuhn	Larkin	Lensing
Mascher	May	Mertz	Murphy
Myers	O'Brien	Osterhaus	Petersen
Quirk	Reynolds	Richardson	Scherrman
Schrader	Seng	Shoultz	Smith
Taylor, D.	Taylor, T.	Tremmel	Warnstadt
Winckler	Wise	Witt

The nays were, 56:

Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Boal	Boddicker	Boggess	Bradley
Brauns	Broers	Brunkhorst	Cormack
De Boef	Dix	Dolecheck	Drake
Eddie	Eichhorn	Elgin	Finch
Garman	Gipp	Grundberg	Hahn
Hansen	Heaton	Hoffman	Horbach
Houser	Hoversten	Huseman	Jacobs
Jenkins	Johnson	Kettering	Klemme
Larson	Manternach	Metcalf	Millage
Raecker	Rants	Rayhons	Rekow
Roberts	Shey	Siegrist, Spkr.	Sievers
Sukup	Teig	Tymeson	Tyrrell
Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Weidman	Carroll,
			Presiding

Absent or not voting, 1:

Stevens

Amendment H-1310B lost.

Jacobs of Polk offered the following amendment H-1293 filed by
her and moved its adoption:

H-1293

1 Amend House File 304 as follows:
2 1. By striking page 23, line 3 through page 35,
3 line 5, and inserting the following:
4 "Sec. . INTERIM STUDY COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL BOARD
5 ELECTIONS. The legislative council is requested to
6 establish a legislative interim study committee for
7 the 2001 interim on the conduct of school district and
8 merged area elections under current Iowa law. If
9 established, the committee should be directed to
10 review all issues concerning school district and
11 merged area elections in this state, including dates
12 of regular and special elections and whether these
13 elections can be held in conjunction with any other
14 regularly scheduled elections, number of board
15 members, length of term of office of board members,
16 qualifications of board members, school and merged
17 area issues that are required to be decided by
18 referendum, and other issues related to school
19 district and merged area elections."
20 2. By renumbering as necessary.

Amendment H-1293 was adopted, placing out of order lines 17
through 21 of the committee amendment H-1242, previously adopted.

Warnstadt of Woodbury offered amendment H-1253 filed by him as
follows:

H-1253

1 Amend House File 304 as follows:
2 1. Page 35, by inserting before line 6 the
3 following:
4 "DIVISION VI
5 MAIL BALLOT ELECTIONS
6 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.1 MAIL BALLOT
7 ELECTIONS.
8 A mail ballot election may be conducted in cities
9 with a population of two hundred or less as provided
10 in this chapter.

11 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.2 DEFINITIONS.
12 As used in this chapter, unless the context
13 otherwise requires:
14 1. "Election day" is the date established by law
15 on which a particular election would be held if that
16 election were being conducted by means other than a
17 mail ballot election.
18 2. "Return verification envelope" means an
19 envelope that contains a secrecy envelope and which is
20 designed to allow election officials, upon examination
21 of the outside of the envelope, to determine that the
22 ballot is being submitted by someone who is in fact a
23 registered voter and who has not already voted.
24 3. "Secrecy envelope" means an envelope used to
25 contain the elector's ballot and that is designed to
26 conceal the voter's vote and to prevent the voter's
27 ballot from being distinguished from the ballots of
28 other voters.
29 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.3 MAIL BALLOT
30 ELECTION PROCEDURE.
31 The state commissioner of elections shall prescribe
32 uniform procedures and forms to be used in the conduct
33 of mail ballot elections.
34 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.4 INITIATION BY
35 GOVERNING BODY.
36 1. The city council of a city may, by resolution,
37 request that the county commissioner of elections
38 conduct the regular city election or a special city
39 election under this chapter. Only a city with two
40 hundred or fewer registered voters at the time the
41 resolution is adopted may make such a request. The
42 council must file the resolution with the county
43 commissioner not later than ninety days before the
44 date of the election. The commissioner shall approve
45 the request if the commissioner determines that it is
46 economically and administratively feasible to conduct
47 the regular city election or a special city election
48 by mail.
49 2. After the resolution is approved, the county
50 commissioner shall prepare a written plan for conduct

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1 of the election as provided in section 49B.5. At
2 least seventy-one days before the date set for the
3 election, the county commissioner shall forward a copy
4 of the written plan to the city council concerned.
5 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.5 WRITTEN PLAN FOR
6 CONDUCT OF ELECTION - AMENDMENTS - APPROVAL
7 PROCEDURE.
8 1. The county commissioner shall prepare a written
9 plan, including a timetable, for the conduct of a mail

10 ballot election and shall submit it to the state
11 commissioner of elections at least seventy-one days
12 before the date of the election.
13 2. The plan may be amended by the county
14 commissioner any time before the sixty-fourth day
15 before the date of the election by notifying the state
16 commissioner of elections in writing of any changes.
17 3. Within five days after receiving the plan, and
18 as soon as possible after receiving any amendments,
19 the state commissioner of elections shall approve,
20 disapprove, or recommend changes to the plan or
21 amendments. The final plan shall be approved and
22 available to the public at least two days before the
23 deadline for candidates to file nomination papers in
24 the office of the city clerk.
25 4. When the written plan has been approved, the
26 county commissioner shall proceed to conduct the
27 election according to the approved plan.
28 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.6 PUBLICATION OF
29 NOTICE.
30 The county commissioner shall, not more than ten
31 days and not less than four days before the date that
32 ballots are to be mailed, publish notice that a mail
33 ballot election will be conducted. The notice shall
34 be published in a newspaper of general circulation in
35 each city for which the mail ballot election will be
36 conducted. The notice shall include all of the
37 following information:
38 1. The date ballots will be mailed.
39 2. The last day that a voter can request an
40 absentee ballot.
41 3. Voter registration deadlines.
42 4. Location or locations where mail ballots can be
43 deposited pursuant to section 49B.13.
44 5. Instructions for obtaining a replacement ballot
45 if a voter's ballot is destroyed, spoiled, lost, or
46 not received pursuant to section 49B.9.
47 The county commissioner is not required to publish
48 a sample ballot.
49 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.7 MAILING BALLOTS.
50 1. Official ballots for a mail ballot election

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1 shall be prepared and all other initial procedures for
2 elections shall be followed as otherwise provided by
3 law.
4 2. The county commissioner of elections shall mail
5 an official ballot to every registered voter of the
6 city conducting the election on a date not sooner than
7 the twentieth day before the date of the election and
8 not later than the tenth day before the date of the

9 election. An exception shall be made for those
10 ballots delivered as prescribed in section 49B.12.
11 3. All ballots shall be mailed by first class
12 mail.
13 4. Ballots mailed by the county commissioner shall
14 be addressed to the address of each voter appearing in
15 the registration records of the city, and placed in an
16 envelope which is prominently marked "Do Not Forward".
17 5. The ballot shall contain the following warning:
18 "Any person who, by use of violence, threats of
19 violence, or any means of duress, procures the vote of
20 a voter for or against any measure or candidate is
21 subject, upon conviction, to imprisonment or to a
22 fine, or both."
23 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.8 REGISTRATION.
24 The county commissioner shall not mail a ballot
25 under this chapter to any voter not registered thirty
26 days before the date of the election. Voters
27 registered less than thirty days before the date of
28 the election, but before the close of registration,
29 may apply for a ballot under section 49B.9.
30 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.9 REPLACEMENT
31 BALLOTS.
32 If the mail ballot is destroyed, spoiled, lost, or
33 not received by the voter, the voter may obtain a
34 replacement ballot from the county commissioner as
35 provided in this section. a voter seeking a
36 replacement ballot shall sign a statement, on a form
37 prescribed by the state commissioner, that the ballot
38 was destroyed, spoiled, lost, or not received. The
39 voter or the voter's designee shall deliver the
40 statement to the county commissioner before noon on
41 the date of the election. The voter may mail the
42 statement to the county commissioner. However, a
43 county commissioner shall not transmit a ballot by
44 mail under this section unless the statement is
45 received before five p.m. on the fourth day before the
46 date of the election. When a statement is timely
47 received under this section, the county commissioner
48 shall give the ballot to the voter if the voter is
49 present in the office of the county commissioner, or
50 promptly mail the ballot to the voter at the address

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1 contained in the statement, except when prohibited by
2 this section. If the voter is present in the county
3 commissioner's office, the ballot shall be voted at
4 that time. The county commissioner shall keep a
5 record of each replacement ballot provided under this
6 section. If a voter, having received and voted a
7 replacement ballot as provided under this section,

8 later finds the lost ballot, the voter shall return
9 the lost ballot to the county commissioner.
10 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.10 VOTING AND RETURN
11 OF BALLOT.
12 1. A registered voter, upon receipt of a mail
13 ballot, shall mark the ballot in such a manner that no
14 other person will know how the ballot is marked and
15 shall place it in the secrecy envelope provided with
16 the ballot.
17 A voter who is blind, cannot read, or because of a
18 physical disability is unable to mark the ballot, may
19 be assisted by any person selected by the voter.
20 2. The voter shall place the secrecy envelope
21 containing the ballot in the return verification
22 envelope and sign and securely seal the return
23 verification envelope. The sealed return verification
24 envelope shall be returned to the county commissioner
25 by one of the following methods:
26 a. The sealed return verification envelope may be
27 delivered by the registered voter or the voter's
28 designee to the county commissioner's office or a
29 place designated by the commissioner no later than the
30 time the polls close on election day.
31 b. The sealed return verification envelope may be
32 mailed, postage paid, to the county commissioner. In
33 order for the ballot to be counted, the return
34 verification envelope must be clearly postmarked by an
35 officially authorized postal service not later than
36 the day before the election and received by the county
37 commissioner not later than the time established for
38 the canvass by the board of supervisors for that
39 election. The county commissioner shall contact the
40 post office serving the county commissioner's office
41 at the latest practical hour before the canvass by the
42 board of supervisors for that election, and shall
43 arrange for return verification envelopes received in
44 that post office but not yet delivered to the
45 commissioner's office to be brought to the
46 commissioner's office before the canvass for that
47 election by the board of supervisors.
48 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.11 ABSENTEE BALLOTS.
49 1. A registered voter who will be absent from the
50 city during the time when the ballots are mailed may

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1 do either of the following:
2 a. Vote in person in the county commissioner's
3 office as soon as ballots are available and until noon
4 the day before the ballots are scheduled to be mailed.
5 b. Make a written request, signed by the voter and
6 addressed to the county commissioner, that the ballot

7 be mailed to an address other than that which appears
8 on the voter's registration record. Written requests
9 shall be accepted until noon the day before the
10 ballots are scheduled to be mailed.
11 2. Ballots mailed to voters pursuant to this
12 section shall be mailed the same day that all other
13 ballots are mailed.
14 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.12 BALLOTING BY
15 CONFINED PERSONS.
16 A person who is a resident or patient in a health
17 care facility or hospital located in the county in
18 which the election is to be held shall not be mailed a
19 ballot but shall have a ballot delivered in the manner
20 prescribed by section 53.22, subsection 1.
21 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.13 PERSONAL DELIVERY
22 OF MAIL BALLOT - BALLOT DROPOFF STATIONS.
23 A ballot dropoff station for the deposit of mail
24 ballots may be established in the city conducting the
25 mail ballot election at the direction of the county
26 commissioner. A ballot dropoff station established at
27 the direction of the commissioner shall be open from
28 eight a.m. until five p.m. on the day of the election.
29 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.14 RECEIPT OF BALLOT
30 - SIGNATURE VERIFICATION.
31 When a mail ballot is returned, the county
32 commissioner, or the county commissioner's designees,
33 shall first examine the return verification envelope
34 to determine whether it was submitted by a registered
35 voter who has not previously voted. a ballot shall be
36 counted only if it is returned in the return
37 verification envelope, the envelope is signed by the
38 voter to whom the ballot is issued, and the signature
39 has been verified as provided in this section.
40 The county commissioner or the county
41 commissioner's designees shall verify the signature of
42 each voter on the return verification envelope with
43 the signature in the voter's registration records and
44 may commence verification at any time before election
45 day. If a voter to whom a replacement ballot has been
46 issued under section 49B.9 returns more than one
47 ballot, only the replacement ballot shall be counted.
48 If the voter's signature is verified and the ballot
49 is otherwise valid, the county commissioner or the
50 county commissioner's designees shall deposit the

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1 ballot unopened in an official ballot box.
2 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.15 PROCEDURE FOR
3 INVALID BALLOTS.

4 If the county commissioner is not convinced that
5 the individual who signed the return verification
6 envelope is the voter whose name appears on the
7 registration card, the county commissioner shall not
8 deposit the ballot in a ballot box but shall do all of
9 the following:
10 1. Give notice to the voter as follows:
11 a. As soon as possible after receipt of a voter's
12 ballot, give notice to the voter, either by telephone
13 or by first class mail, if the county commissioner is
14 unable to verify the voter's signature.
15 b. Inform the voter that the voter may appear in
16 person at the county commissioner's office before the
17 close of the polls on election day and verify the
18 signature.
19 2. Permit any voter appearing pursuant to
20 subsection 1, paragraph "b", to:
21 a. Verify the voter's signature, after proof of
22 identification, by affirming that the signature is in
23 fact the voter's or by completing a new registration
24 card containing the voter's current signature.
25 b. If necessary, request and receive a replacement
26 ballot and vote at that time.
27 3. If the discrepancy is not rectified to the
28 county commissioner's satisfaction, present the
29 unopened envelope and the registration card to the
30 special precinct election board for a determination.
31 If the election board is unable to resolve the issue
32 to its satisfaction, the ballot shall not be counted.
33 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.16 COUNTING BALLOTS.
34 Mail ballots shall be counted in the manner
35 prescribed by section 53.23 for absentee ballots. The
36 county commissioner shall supervise the procedures for
37 the handling, counting, and canvassing of ballots to
38 ensure the safety and confidentiality of all ballots.
39 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.17 CHALLENGES.
40 Votes cast pursuant to this chapter may be
41 challenged in the manner prescribed by section 53.31
42 for absentee ballots.
43 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.18 CANVASS OF VOTES.
44 The provisions of chapter 50 relating to canvass of
45 votes apply to this chapter only to the extent they do
46 not conflict with this chapter.
47 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.19 OTHER LAWS.
48 All laws which apply to elections apply to mail
49 ballot elections held under this chapter to the extent
50 applicable.
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1 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.20 RULES.
2 The state commissioner of elections shall adopt
3 rules pursuant to chapter 17a to govern the procedures

4 and forms necessary to implement this chapter. The
5 authority of the state commissioner to adopt rules
6 under this chapter shall be liberally construed.
7 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.21 MISCONDUCT -
8 VIOLATIONS - PENALTIES.
9 1. A person who, by use of violence, threats of
10 violence, or any means of duress, procures or
11 endeavors to procure the vote of a voter for or
12 against any measure or candidate commits an aggravated
13 misdemeanor.
14 2. A person who violates or attempts to violate
15 any provision or requirement of this chapter for which
16 a penalty is not otherwise provided commits a simple
17 misdemeanor.
18 Sec. . Section 39.3, Code 2001, is amended by
19 adding the following new subsection:
20 NEW SUBSECTION. 8A. "Mail ballot election" means
21 an election conducted pursuant to chapter 49B."
22 2. Title page, line 8, by inserting after the
23 word "areas," the following: "allowing elections in
24 certain cities to be conducted by mail ballots and
25 providing penalties,".
26 3. By renumbering as necessary.

Jacobs of Polk rose on a point of order that amendment H-1253
was not germane.

The Speaker ruled the point well taken and amendment H-1253
was not germane.

Warnstadt of Woodbury offered amendment H-1292 filed by him as
follows:

H-1292

1 Amend House File 304 as follows:
2 1. Page 35, by inserting before line 6, the
3 following:
4 "DIVISION ___
5 CAMPAIGNS
6 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 56.14a FALSE INFORMATION
7 IN POLITICAL MATERIAL.
8 1. A person shall not be a sponsor of any
9 published material on behalf of or in opposition to
10 any candidate or ballot issue that contains any
11 assertion, representation, or statement of fact,
12 including, but not limited to, information concerning
13 a candidate's prior public record, which the sponsor
14 knows to be untrue, deceptive, or misleading.
15 2. For purposes of this section, "published

16 material" means statements or graphic representations
17 made through any public medium which includes, but is
18 not limited to, any of the following:
19 a. Electronic media such as live or prerecorded
20 radio or television broadcasts, broadcasts or
21 transmissions through other publicly available
22 electronic communications, and video or audio tape
23 recordings which are publicly distributed.
24 b. Print media, such as newspapers, pamphlets,
25 folders, display cards, signs, posters, or billboard
26 advertisements.
27 c. Any other methods or mediums designed for
28 publicly advertising or publishing information.
29 3. For purposes of this section, "sponsor" means a
30 person who pays for or approves published material and
31 shall include a candidate or committee which knows and
32 approves of an independent expenditure made by another
33 person under section 56.13."
34 2. Title page, line 8, by inserting after the
35 word "areas," the following: "prohibiting the
36 publication of false or misleading information in
37 political advertisements, and applying a penalty,".
38 3. By renumbering as necessary.

Jacobs of Polk rose on a point of order that amendment H-1292
was not germane.

The Speaker ruled the point well taken and amendment H-1292
was not germane.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE

Leave of absence was granted as follows:

Stevens of Dickinson on request of Myers of Johnson.

Jacobs 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. 304)

The ayes were, 56:

Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Boal	Boddicker	Boggess	Bradley
Brauns	Broers	Brunkhorst	Cormack
De Boef	Dix	Dolecheck	Drake
Eddie	Eichhorn	Elgin	Finch
Garman	Gipp	Grundberg	Hahn
Hansen	Heaton	Hoffman	Horbach
Houser	Hoversten	Huseman	Jacobs
Jenkins	Johnson	Kettering	Klemme
Larson	Manternach	Metcalf	Millage
Raecker	Rants	Rayhons	Rekow
Roberts	Shey	Siegrist, Spkr.	Sievers
Sukup	Teig	Tymeson	Tyrrell
Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Weidman	Carroll,
			Presiding

The nays were, 43:

Atteberry	Bell	Bukta	Chiodo
Cohoon	Connors	Dotzler	Falck
Fallon	Foege	Ford	Frevert
Greimann	Hatch	Huser	Jochum
Kreiman	Kuhn	Larkin	Lensing
Mascher	May	Mertz	Murphy
Myers	O'Brien	Osterhaus	Petersen
Quirk	Reynolds	Richardson	Scherrman
Schrader	Seng	Shoultz	Smith
Taylor, D.	Taylor, T.	Tremmel	Warnstadt
Winckler	Wise	Witt

Absent or not voting, 1:

Stevens

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

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
March 27, 2001, amended and passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the
House is asked:

House File 292, a bill for an act relating to the financial operations and transactions
of the information technology department.

Also: That the Senate has on March 27, 2001, passed the following bill in which the
concurrence of the House is asked:

Senate File 84, a bill for an act prohibiting the sale or distribution of purple
loosestrife.

Also: That the Senate has on March 27, 2001, passed the following bill in which the
concurrence of the House is asked:

Senate File 348, a bill for an act relating to the establishment of Iowa charter
schools.

Also: That the Senate has on March 27, 2001, passed the following bill in which the
concurrence of the House is asked:

Senate File 463, a bill for an act relating to the regulation of games of skill or
chance, subjecting violators to criminal and civil penalties, and appropriating certain
penalties to the department of inspections and appeals.

Also: That the Senate has on March 27, 2001, passed the following bill in which the
concurrence of the House is asked:

Senate File 473, a bill for an act relating to the regulation of securities, by defining
the terms "agent" and "security", providing registration requirements, providing for
disciplinary actions, imposing fees and civil penalties, providing for testimony and the
production of evidence, authorizing cooperation with law enforcement entities,
providing criminal penalties, and eliminating reporting requirements.

Also: That the Senate has on March 27, 2001, passed the following bill in which the
concurrence of the House is asked:

Senate File 480, a bill for an act directing the department of education to establish
a task force to conduct a comprehensive review of the licensing of community college
faculty.

MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary

IMMEDIATE MESSAGES

Rants of Woodbury asked and received unanimous consent that
the following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: House
Files 304, 566 and 680.

Unfinished Business Calendar

The House resumed consideration of Senate File 66, a bill for an
act relating to state general fund expenditure limitation
requirements for transmission of the state budget by the governor
and passage of the state budget by the general assembly, previously
deferred on March 26, 2001 and found on pages 876-879 of the House
Journal.

RULE 68 SUSPENDED

Myers of Johnson asked and received unanimous consent to
suspend Rule 68, relating to the order of consideration of
amendments, for the immediate consideration of amendment H-1327
filed by Smith of Marshall et al., as follows:

H-1327

1 Amend Senate File 66, as passed by the Senate, as
2 follows:
3 1. Page 1, by inserting after line 16 the
4 following:
5 "Sec. . Section 8.55, subsection 2, Code 2001,
6 is amended to read as follows:
7 2. The maximum balance of the fund is the amount
8 equal to five percent of the adjusted revenue estimate
9 for the fiscal year. If the amount of moneys in the
10 Iowa economic emergency fund is equal to the maximum
11 balance, moneys in excess of this amount shall be
12 transferred to the ~~general~~ children first fund.
13 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 8.57B CHILDREN FIRST
14 FUND.
15 1. A children first fund is created in the state
16 treasury. The children first fund shall be separate
17 from the general fund of the state and shall not be
18 considered part of the general fund of the state
19 except in determining the cash position of the state
20 for payment of state obligations. The moneys in the
21 children first fund are not subject to section 8.33
22 and shall not be transferred, used, obligated,
23 appropriated, or otherwise encumbered except as
24 provided in this section. Moneys in the children
25 first fund may be used for cash flow purposes provided
26 that any moneys so allocated are returned to the
27 children first fund by the end of each fiscal year.
28 However, the children first fund shall be considered a
29 special account for the purposes of section 8.53.
30 2. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2,
31 interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the
32 children first fund shall be credited to the children
33 first fund. Interest or earnings on the moneys
34 deposited in the fund are subject to appropriation for
35 purposes of enhancing preschool and early education
36 programs for young children. An appropriation of any
37 other moneys deposited in or credited to the fund
38 shall not be made unless the bill or joint resolution
39 is passed by a vote of at least three-fifths of the
40 members of each house of the general assembly and is
41 approved by the governor."

42 2. Title page, line 2, by striking the word
43 "requirements" and inserting the following: "and
44 transfer requirements and".
45 3. By renumbering as necessary.

Speaker Siegrist in the chair at 7:05 p.m.

Smith of Marshall moved the adoption of amendment H-1327.

Roll call was requested by Huser of Polk and Murphy of Dubuque.

On the question "Shall amendment H-1327 be adopted?" (S.F. 66)

The ayes were, 43:

Atteberry	Bell	Bukta	Chiodo
Cohoon	Connors	Dotzler	Falck
Fallon	Foege	Ford	Frevert
Greimann	Hatch	Huser	Jochum
Kreiman	Kuhn	Larkin	Lensing
Mascher	May	Mertz	Murphy
Myers	O'Brien	Osterhaus	Petersen
Quirk	Reynolds	Richardson	Scherrman
Schrader	Seng	Shoultz	Smith
Taylor, D.	Taylor, T.	Tremmel	Warnstadt
Winckler	Wise	Witt

The nays were, 55:

Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Boal	Boddicker	Boggess	Bradley
Brauns	Broers	Brunkhorst	Carroll
Cormack	De Boef	Dix	Dolecheck
Drake	Eddie	Eichhorn	Elgin
Finch	Garman	Gipp	Grundberg
Hahn	Hansen	Heaton	Hoffman
Horbach	Houser	Hoversten	Huseman
Jacobs	Jenkins	Johnson	Kettering
Klemme	Larson	Manternach	Metcalf
Millage	Raecker	Rants	Rayhons
Rekow	Roberts	Sievers	Sukup
Teig	Tymeson	Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven
Van Fossen	Weidman	Mr. Speaker
		Siegrist

Absent or not voting, 2:

Shey	Stevens

Amendment H-1327 lost.

Myers of Johnson asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw the following amendments:

Amendment H-1117 filed by Murphy of Dubuque on February 28,
2001.
Amendment H-1118 filed by Murphy of Dubuque on February 28,
2001.
Amendment H-1119, previously deferred, filed by Murphy of
Dubuque on February 28, 2001.
Amendment H-1120 filed by Murphy of Dubuque on February 28,
2001.
Amendment H-1121 filed by Witt of Black Hawk on February 28,
2001.
Amendment H-1122 filed by Kreiman of Davis on February 28,
2001.
Amendment H-1123 filed by Schrader of Marion on February 28,
2001.
Amendment H-1124 filed by Quirk of Chickasaw on February 28,
2001.
Amendment H-1125 filed by Atteberry of Delaware on February
28, 2001.
Amendment H-1126 filed by Shoultz of Black Hawk on February
28, 2001.
Amendment H-1127 filed by Greimann of Story on February 28,
2001.
Amendment H-1128 filed by Hatch of Polk on February 28, 2001.
Amendment H-1129 filed by Kuhn of Floyd on February 28, 2001.
Amendment H-1130, previously deferred, filed by Wise of Lee on
February 28, 2001.
Amendment H-1131 filed by Dotzler of Black Hawk on February
28, 2001.
Amendment H-1132 filed by Dotzler of Black Hawk on February
28, 2001.
Amendment H-1133 filed by Wise of Lee on February 28, 2001.
Amendment H-1134 filed by Wise of Lee on February 28, 2001.
Amendment H-1135 filed by Ford of Polk on February 28, 2001.
Amendment H-1136 filed by Smith of Marshall on March 1, 2001.
Amendment H-1137 filed by Osterhaus of Jackson on March 1,
2001.

Amendment H-1140 filed by Chiodo of Polk on March 1, 2001.
Amendment H-1142 filed by Bell of Jasper on March 1, 2001.
Amendment H-1143 filed by Lensing of Johnson on March 1, 2001.
Amendment H-1146 filed by Petersen of Polk on March 1, 2001.
Amendment H-1149 filed by Foege of Linn on March 1, 2001.
Amendment H-1150 filed by Foege of Linn on March 1, 2001.
Amendment H-1153 filed by Murphy of Dubuque on March 1,
2001.

Millage of Scott 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?" (S.F. 66)

The ayes were, 57:

Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Boal	Boddicker	Boggess	Bradley
Brauns	Broers	Brunkhorst	Carroll
Cormack	De Boef	Dix	Dolecheck
Drake	Eddie	Eichhorn	Elgin
Finch	Garman	Gipp	Grundberg
Hahn	Hansen	Heaton	Hoffman
Horbach	Houser	Hoversten	Huseman
Jacobs	Jenkins	Johnson	Kettering
Klemme	Larson	Manternach	Metcalf
Millage	Raecker	Rants	Rayhons
Rekow	Roberts	Shey	Sievers
Sukup	Teig	Tremmel	Tymeson
Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Weidman
Mr. Speaker
Siegrist

The nays were, 42:

Atteberry	Bell	Bukta	Chiodo
Cohoon	Connors	Dotzler	Falck
Fallon	Foege	Ford	Frevert
Greimann	Hatch	Huser	Jochum
Kreiman	Kuhn	Larkin	Lensing
Mascher	May	Mertz	Murphy
Myers	O'Brien	Osterhaus	Petersen
Quirk	Reynolds	Richardson	Scherrman
Schrader	Seng	Shoultz	Smith
Taylor, D.	Taylor, T.	Warnstadt	Winckler
Wise	Witt

Absent or not voting, 1:

Stevens

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

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
March 27, 2001, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was
asked:

House File 549, a bill for an act providing for agricultural liens.

Also: That the Senate has on March 27, 2001, passed the following bill in which the
concurrence of the House is asked:

Senate File 346, a bill for an act relating to the department of corrections by
providing for the use of deadly force by correctional or peace officers, for submission of
presentence investigation reports to the department, for establishing a training fund in
the department, for transcription and recording of testimony for certain investigations
conducted by the department of corrections, and for purchases by a department or
agency from Iowa state industries.

Also: That the Senate has on March 27, 2001, passed the following bill in which the
concurrence of the House is asked:

Senate File 391, a bill for an act excepting certain acts constituting a simple assault
from the criminal offense of robbery.

Also: That the Senate has on March 27, 2001, passed the following bill in which the
concurrence of the House is asked:

Senate File 437, a bill for an act relating to the registration and titling of all-terrain
vehicles and snowmobiles, and subjecting violators to a penalty.

Also: That the Senate has on March 27, 2001, passed the following bill in which the
concurrence of the House is asked:

Senate File 474, a bill for an act requiring E911 surcharges remitted by a provider
to be reported in a standard format and providing that the reported information be
used only to provide E911 service.

Also: That the Senate has on March 27, 2001, passed the following bill in which the
concurrence of the House is asked:

Senate File 487, a bill for an act creating alternative criminal sentences.

MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary

Regular Calendar

Senate File 146, a bill for an act relating to the tobacco master
settlement agreement and providing an effective date, with report of
committee recommending passage, was taken up for consideration.

Heaton of Henry 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?" (S.F. 146)

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	Sievers	Smith
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:

Stevens

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

Appropriations Calendar

House File 683, a bill for an act making a supplemental
appropriation to the state department of transportation from the
primary road fund for the purchase of salt and including an effective
date, was taken up for consideration.

SENATE FILE 509 SUBSTITUTED FOR HOUSE FILE 683

Gipp of Winneshiek asked and received unanimous consent to
substitute Senate File 509 for House File 683.

Senate File 509, a bill for an act making a supplemental
appropriation to the state department of transportation from the
primary road fund for the purchase of salt and including an effective
date, was taken up for consideration.

Gipp of Winneshiek 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?" (S.F. 509)

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
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	Sievers	Smith	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, 2:

Grundberg	Stevens

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

HOUSE FILE 683 WITHDRAWN

Gipp of Winneshiek asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw House File 683 from further consideration by the House.

IMMEDIATE MESSAGES

Rants of Woodbury asked and received unanimous consent that
the following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: Senate
Files 66, 146 and 509.

SENATE FILE 465 REREFERRED

The Speaker announced that Senate File 465, previously referred
to committee on transportation was rereferred to committee on
agriculture.

EXPLANATION OF VOTE

I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on March 27,
2001. Had I been present, I would have voted "nay" on amendment
H-1339 to House File 635.

DIX of Butler
BILLS ENROLLED, SIGNED AND SENT TO GOVERNOR

The Chief Clerk of the House submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reports that the following
bills have been examined and found correctly enrolled, signed by the Speaker of the
House and the President of the Senate, and presented to the Governor for his approval
on this 27th day of March, 2001: House Files 179, 228, 269 and 470.

MARGARET A. THOMSON
Chief Clerk of the House

Report adopted.

BILL SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR

A communication was received from the Governor announcing that
on March 26, 2001, he approved and transmitted to the Secretary of
State the following bill:

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

PRESENTATION OF VISITORS

The Speaker announced that the following visitors were present in
the House chamber:

Seventy home school students from Poweshiek County,
accompanied by Margene Pierce. By Carroll of Poweshiek.

Ninety-seven students from Mid-Prairie Middle School, Kalona,
accompanied by Diane Allen, Laura Conaway, Sheila Dicker, Annette
Schutte and Christopher Soldat. By De Boef of Mahaska.

COMMUNICATION RECEIVED

The following communication was received and filed in the office of
the Chief Clerk:

IOWA LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY

The Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2000, pursuant to Chapter 80B, 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\715 Jane and Fritz Langguth, Fontanelle - For being named Master
Farmers by Wallaces Farmer Magazine.

2001\716 Eleanor and Phil Burkhardt, Guthrie Center - For celebrating their
57th wedding anniversary.

2001\717 Kathryn and Bruce Carl, Greenfield - For celebrating their 50th
wedding anniversary.

2001\718 Eva Kimble, Mason City - For celebrating her 99th birthday.

2001\719 Ruth and John King, Mason City - For celebrating their 50th wedding
anniversary.

2001\720 Ryan Arment, Mason City - For attaining the rank of Eagle Scout, the
highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.

2001\721 Rose and Paul Myler, Missouri Valley - For celebrating their 50th
wedding anniversary.

2001\722 Lucille Lane, Missouri Valley - For celebrating her 90th birthday.

2001\723 Evelyn Mitchell, Dunlap - For celebrating her 90th birthday.

2001\724 Jeremy Flockhart, Stanwood - For having Outstanding School
Attendance and only missing 1 day in his entire K-12 career.

2001\725 Ben Berman, Iowa City - For being an All-State Speech Contestant in
the Oratory Category.

2001\726 Dana Thomann, Highland - For being an All-State Speech Contestant
in the Poetry Category.

2001\727 Jo Jordan, Iowa City - For being an All-State Speech Contestant in the
Acting Category.

2001\728 Colleen and Leo "Pete" Carlson, Manson - For celebrating their 50th
wedding anniversary.

2001\729 Nancy and Paul Neese, Stratford - For celebrating their 50th wedding
anniversary.

2001\730 Marjorie McCabe, Manson - For celebrating her 80th birthday.

2001\731 Wilma DeGroot, Oskaloosa - For celebrating her 85th birthday.

2001\732 Seth Fisher, Kalona - For being awarded the Iowa Basketball Coaches
Association's Academic All-State Team Award.

2001\733 Lynn and Mertice Miller, Wellman - For celebrating their 50th wedding
anniversary.

2001\734 Bertha Walter, Lenox - For celebrating her 90th birthday.

SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

Senate File 168

Commerce and Regulation: Jacobs, Chair; Dix and Falck.

Senate File 169

Commerce and Regulation: Raecker, Chair; Petersen and Van Fossen.

Senate File 241 Reassigned

Judiciary: Broers, Chair; Baudler and Jochum.

Senate File 265

Transportation: Johnson, Chair; Larkin and Rayhons.

Senate File 323

State Government: Brauns, Chair; Connors and Elgin.

Senate File 337

Commerce and Regulation: Jenkins, Chair; Hoffman and Schrader.

Senate File 350

Transportation: Eddie, Chair; Brauns and Cohoon.

Senate File 384

Commerce and Regulation: Shey, Chair; Chiodo and Hoffman.

Senate File 387

Commerce and Regulation: Hoffman, Chair; Bradley and Quirk.

Senate File 405

State Government: Jacobs,Chair; Boddicker, Eichhorn, Jochum and Reynolds.

Senate File 479

Appropriations: Drake, Chair; Barry and Hatch.

HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT

House Study Bill 243

Judiciary: Eichhorn, Chair; Kreiman and Shey.

HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
H.S.B. 245 Ways and Means
Exempting sales to certain tax-exempt nonprofit symphonic music
organizations from the sales and use taxes.
H.S.B. 246 Ways and Means
Providing an Iowa individual income tax checkoff for deposit in the
keep Iowa beautiful fund, making an appropriation, and providing a
retroactive applicability 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 EDUCATION

Senate File 104, a bill for an act relating to a study of the Iowa communications
network as a school district instructional tool for students enrolled in kindergarten
through grade twelve.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-1348 March 26, 2001.

Senate File 203, a bill for an act extending the regular program district cost
guarantee for school districts, and providing an effective date.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-1349 March 26, 2001.

COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Senate File 98, a bill for an act concerning unemployment compensation by
relieving unemployment compensation charges for employees who become unemployed
due to a presidentially declared disaster.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Do Pass March 27, 2001.

RESOLUTIONS FILED

HCR 28, by Frevert, a concurrent resolution urging the Congress of
the United States and the United States Department of Agriculture
to provide increased federal moneys for purposes of supporting
enhanced surveillance expenses as part of a pseudorabies eradication
program.

Laid over under Rule 25.

HR 28, by Van Fossen, a resolution congratulating the Quad-City
Mallards Hockey Team.

Laid over under Rule 25.

HR 29, by Warnstadt, Murphy, Stevens, Witt, Cohoon, D. Taylor,
Tremmel, Mertz, O'Brien, Smith, Scherrman, Atteberry, May,
T. Taylor, Myers, Bukta, Greimann, Kuhn, Seng, Reynolds, Dotzler,
Richardson and Connors, a resolution requesting that the Governor of
Iowa proclaim the month of May as Military Appreciation Month.

Laid over under Rule 25.

AMENDMENTS FILED

H-1347 H.F. 681 Johnson of Osceola
Van Fossen of Scott
H-1348 S.F. 104 Committee on Education
H-1349 S.F. 203 Committee on Education
H-1350 H.F. 654 Millage of Scott
H-1351 H.F. 577 Jenkins of Black Hawk

H-1352 H.F. 519 Rayhons of Hancock
H-1354 H.F. 695 Brunkhorst of Bremer
Dotzler of Black Hawk
H-1355 H.F. 694 Teig of Hamilton
H-1356 H.F. 697 Jenkins of Black Hawk
H-1358 H.F. 577 Schrader of Marion
H-1359 H.F. 582 Fallon of Polk
H-1360 H.F. 692 Jacobs of Polk
Warnstadt of Woodbury
Cormack of Webster
Myers of Johnson
Gipp of Winneshiek
H-1361 H.F. 452 Boddicker of Cedar
H-1362 H.F. 292 Senate Amendment

On motion by Rants of Woodbury the House adjourned at 8:01
p.m., until 8:45 a.m., Wednesday, March 28, 2001.

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