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House Journal: Wednesday, April 18, 2001

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE

One Hundred First Calendar Day - Seventieth Session Day

Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, April 18, 2001

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 10:04 a.m., Barry of
Harrison in the chair.

Prayer was offered by Reverend Clayton George, pastor of the
Apostolic Assembly of Anamosa, Anamosa. He was the guest of
Representative Gene Manternach from Jones County.

The Journal of Tuesday, April 17, 2001 was approved.

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
April 18, 2001, amended and passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the
House is asked:

House File 180, a bill for an act relating to exceptions to the required participation
in a court-approved course prior to the granting of a final dissolution of marriage
decree or the entering of a final custody order.

Also: That the Senate has on April 18, 2001, concurred in the House amendment
and passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked:

Senate File 452, 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.

MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary

CONSIDERATION OF HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 32

Gipp of Winneshiek called up for consideration House Con-
current Resolution 32, a concurrent resolution marking the
completion of the exterior restoration of the Iowa State Capitol and
honoring the contractors, subcontractors, artisans, skilled workers,
and state employees who contributed to the effort to complete the
restoration.


SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 24 SUBSTITUTED
FOR HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 32

Gipp of Winneshiek asked and received unanimous consent to
substitute Senate Concurrent Resolution 24 for House Concurrent
Resolution 32.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 24, a concurrent resolution
marking the completion of the exterior restoration of the Iowa State
Capitol and honoring the contractors, subcontractors, artisans, skilled
workers, and state employees who contributed to the effort to
complete the restoration.

Gipp of Winneshiek offered the following amendment H-1567 filed
by him and moved its adoption:

H-1567

1 Amend Senate Concurrent Resolution 24, as passed by
2 the Senate, as follows:
3 1. Page 1, line 6, by inserting after the words
4 "honoring the" the following: "architect,".
5 2. Page 1, line 29, by striking the word
6 "contractors" and inserting the following:
7 "architect, contractors,".
8 3. Page 2, line 2, by inserting after the word
9 "Capitol:" the following: "RDG Bussard Dikis;".

Amendment H-1567 was adopted.

Gipp of Winneshiek moved the adoption of Senate Concurrent
Resolution 24, as amended.

The motion prevailed and the resolution, as amended, was
adopted.

SPECIAL PRESENTATION

Manternach of Jones introduced to the House the Honorable Jerry
Welter, former state representative from Jones County and his wife
Ruth.

The House rose and expressed its welcome.


IMMEDIATE MESSAGES

Rants of Woodbury asked and received unanimous consent that
the following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: Senate
File 511 and Senate Concurrent Resolution 24.

On motion by Rants of Woodbury, the House was recessed at 10:18
a.m., until 4:00 p.m.

AFTERNOON SESSION

The House reconvened at 4:29 p.m., Speaker Siegrist in the chair.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

House File 720, by committee on ways and means, a bill for an
act relating to the taking of fish and game by increasing fees for
nonresident hunting, fishing, fur harvesting, and related licenses,
providing for additional licenses and fees, and providing effective and
applicability dates.

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

House File 721, by committee on ways and means, a bill for an
act excluding certain business property from being considered
abandoned property under the state's disposition of unclaimed
property law.

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

House File 722, by committee on ways and means, a bill for an
act relating to tonnage fees and moneys in the solid waste account of
the groundwater protection fund, and providing an effective date.

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

House File 723, by committee on ways and means, a bill for an
act exempting irrigation equipment from sales and use taxes,
providing limited refunds, and including effective and retroactive
applicability date provisions.

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


House File 724, by committee on ways and means, a bill for an
act relating to the allocation of special fees collected from the sale of
Iowa heritage license plates.

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

MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

The following message was received from the Senate:

Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has on
April 18, 2001, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is asked:

Senate File 529, a bill for an act relating to mandates imposed on political
subdivisions by the state.

MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary

SENATE MESSAGE CONSIDERED

Senate File 529, by committee on ways and means, a bill for an
act relating to mandates imposed on political subdivisions by the
state.

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

LEAVE OF ABSENCE

Leave of absence was granted as follows:

Grundberg of Polk 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-two members present,
twenty-eight absent.

SPECIAL PRESENTATION

Myers of Johnson introduced to the House, Christine Grant,
former Women’s Athletic Director at the University of Iowa.


She addressed the House briefly regarding her career and thanked
the House for the honor.

The House rose and expressed its welcome.

ADOPTION OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 14

Mascher of Johnson and Lensing of Johnson called up for
consideration House Resolution 14, a resolution honoring Christine
Grant, former Women's Athletic Director of the University of Iowa,
and moved its adoption.

The motion prevailed and the resolution was adopted.

CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Ways and Means Calendar

House File 707, a bill for an act establishing an interstate
distribution center initiative by identifying an activity of a foreign
corporation for which a return is not required for state income tax
purposes and including effective and retroactive applicability date
provisions, was taken up for consideration.

Hoversten of Woodbury asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw amendment H-1586 filed by him from the floor.

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. 707)

The ayes were, 96:
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 Petersen Quirk Raecker
Rants Rayhons Rekow Reynolds
Richardson Roberts Scherrman Seng
Shey Shoultz Sievers 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, 4:
Grundberg O'Brien Osterhaus Schrader

 


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

Senate File 186, a bill for an act providing for a tax levy for the
county hospital fund in certain counties and providing an effective
date, with report of committee recommending passage, was taken up
for consideration.

Shey of Linn 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. 186)

The ayes were, 87:
Arnold Atteberry Barry Baudler
Bell Boal Boddicker Boggess
Bradley Brauns Broers Bukta
Carroll Chiodo Cohoon Connors
Dix Dolecheck Dotzler Drake
Eddie Eichhorn Elgin Falck
Fallon Foege Ford Frevert
Gipp Greimann Hahn Hansen
Hatch Heaton Hoffman Horbach
Houser Hoversten Huseman Huser
Jacobs Jenkins Jochum Johnson
Kettering Klemme Kreiman Kuhn
Larkin Lensing Mascher May
Mertz Metcalf Murphy Myers
Osterhaus Petersen Quirk Raecker
Rants Rayhons Rekow Reynolds
Richardson Roberts Scherrman 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, 9:
Alons Cormack De Boef Finch
Garman Larson Manternach Millage
Sievers

 


Absent or not voting, 4:
Brunkhorst Grundberg O'Brien Schrader

 


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

House File 711, a bill for an act relating to the levy of tax
assessments for drainage or levee districts, was taken up for
consideration.

Teig 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. 711)

The ayes were, 96:
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
Osterhaus Petersen Quirk Raecker
Rants Rayhons Rekow Reynolds
Richardson Roberts Scherrman Seng
Shey Shoultz Sievers 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, 4:
Grundberg Myers O'Brien Schrader

 


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

SPECIAL PRESENTATION

Brauns of Muscatine introduced to the House the Honorable Bill
Trent, former state representative from Muscatine County.

The House rose and expressed it welcome.

IMMEDIATE MESSAGES

Rants of Woodbury asked and received unanimous consent that
the following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: House
Files 707, 711 and Senate File 186.

Unfinished Business Calendar

Senate File 337, a bill for an act relating to transfers of
structured settlement payment rights for tort and workers'
compensation claims, providing civil remedies, and an applicability
date, with report of committee recommending passage, was taken up
for consideration.


Jenkins of Black Hawk 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. 337)

The ayes were, 96:
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 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
Osterhaus Petersen Quirk Raecker
Rants Rayhons Rekow Reynolds
Richardson Roberts Scherrman Seng
Shey Shoultz Sievers 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, 4:
Grundberg Hatch O'Brien Schrader

 


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

Senate File 384, a bill for an act relating to pay plans for certain
employees of the credit union division of the department of commerce,
with report of committee recommending passage, was taken up for
consideration.


Shey of Linn 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. 384)

The ayes were, 96:
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 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
Osterhaus Petersen Quirk Raecker
Rants Rayhons Rekow Reynolds
Richardson Roberts Scherrman Seng
Shey Shoultz Sievers 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, 4:
Grundberg Hatch O'Brien Schrader

 


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

SENATE AMENDMENT CONSIDERED

Hoversten of Woodbury called up for consideration House File
560, a bill for an act relating to child foster care regulatory
requirements and providing an effective date, amended by the

Senate, and moved that the House concur in the following Senate
amendment H-1449:

H-1449

1 Amend House File 560, as passed by the House, as
2 follows:
3 1. Page 1, by striking lines 18 through 25 and
4 inserting the following:
5 "NEW SUBSECTION. 10. The department shall adopt
6 rules to administer the exception to the definition of
7 child care in section 237A.1, subsection 3, paragraph
8 "m", allowing a child care facility, for purposes of
9 providing respite care to a foster family home, to
10 provide care, supervision, or guidance of a child for
11 a period of twenty-four hours or more who is placed
12 with the licensed foster family home.
13 Sec. . Section 237A.1, subsection 3, Code 2001,
14 is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
15 NEW PARAGRAPH. m. A child care facility providing
16 respite care to a licensed foster family home for a
17 period of twenty-four hours or more to a child who is
18 placed with that licensed foster family home."
19 2. By renumbering as necessary.

The motion prevailed and the House concurred in the Senate
amendment H-1449.

Hoversten of Woodbury moved that the bill, as amended by the
Senate and concurred in by the House, 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. 560)

The ayes were, 96:
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 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
Osterhaus Petersen Quirk Raecker
Rants Rayhons Rekow Reynolds
Richardson Roberts Scherrman Seng
Shey Shoultz Sievers 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, 4:
Grundberg Hatch O'Brien Schrader

 


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
File 560 and Senate Files 337 and 384.

Dix of Butler in the chair at 5:31 p.m.

SENATE AMENDMENT CONSIDERED

Broers of Cerro Gordo called up for consideration House File 352,
a bill for an act relating to the administration and care of the Iowa
battle flag collection, amended by the Senate, and moved that the
House concur in the following Senate amendment H-1113:

H-1113

1 Amend House File 352, as passed by the House, as
2 follows:
3 1. Page 1, line 5, by inserting after the word
4 "with" the following: "the department of veterans
5 affairs and".
6 2. Page 1, by striking lines 6 and 7 and
7 inserting the following: "portion of the battle flag

8 collection shall be on display at the state capitol
9 and the state historical building at all times, unless
10 on loan approved by the department of cultural
11 affairs."
12 3. By renumbering as necessary.

The motion prevailed and the House concurred in the Senate
amendment H-1113.

Broers of Cerro Gordo moved that the bill, as amended by the
Senate and concurred in by the House, 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 Carroll Chiodo
Cohoon Connors Cormack De Boef
Dolecheck Dotzler Drake Eddie
Eichhorn Elgin Falck Fallon
Finch Foege Ford Frevert
Garman Gipp Greimann Hahn
Hansen 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 Osterhaus
Petersen Quirk Raecker Rants
Rayhons Rekow Reynolds Richardson
Roberts Scherrman Seng Shey
Shoultz Siegrist, Spkr. Sievers Smith
Stevens Sukup Taylor, D. Taylor, T.
Teig Tremmel Tymeson Tyrrell
Van Engelenhoven Warnstadt Weidman Winckler
Wise Witt Dix,
Presiding

 


The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 5:
Grundberg Hatch O'Brien Schrader
Van Fossen
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to have passed the House and the title was agreed to.

 


Appropriations Calendar

House File 684, a bill for an act relating to the victim rights
compensation fund, was taken up for consideration.

Mascher of Johnson asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw amendment H-1304 filed by her on March 22, 2001.

SENATE FILE 259 SUBSTITUTED FOR HOUSE FILE 684

Horbach of Tama asked and received unanimous consent to
substitute Senate File 259 for House File 684.

Senate File 259, a bill for an act relating to the victim rights
compensation fund, was taken up for consideration.

Horbach of Tama 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. 259)

The ayes were, 94:
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
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 Osterhaus Petersen
Quirk Raecker Rants Rayhons
Rekow Reynolds Richardson Roberts
Scherrman Seng Shey Shoultz
Siegrist, Spkr. Sievers Smith Stevens
Sukup Taylor, D. Taylor, T. Teig
Tremmel Tymeson Tyrrell Van Engelenhoven
Warnstadt Weidman Winckler Wise
Witt Dix,
Presiding

 


The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 6:
Carroll Grundberg Hatch O'Brien
Schrader Van Fossen

 


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

SENATE AMENDMENT CONSIDERED

Mertz of Kossuth called up for consideration House File 581, a
bill for an act relating to the size of drainage or levee districts having
election districts and requesting an interim study, amended by the
Senate, and moved that the House concur in the following Senate
amendment H-1482:

H-1482

1 Amend House File 581, as passed by the House, as
2 follows:
3 1. Page 1, by striking lines 21 through 27.
4 2. Title page, line 2, by striking the words "and
5 requesting an interim study".

The motion prevailed and the House concurred in the Senate
amendment H-1482.

Mertz of Kossuth moved that the bill, as amended by the Senate
and concurred in by the House, 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. 581)

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 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
Osterhaus Petersen Quirk Raecker
Rants Rayhons Rekow Reynolds
Richardson Roberts Scherrman 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
Dix,
Presiding

 


The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 3:
Grundberg O'Brien Schrader

 


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 352, 581 and Senate File 259.

Senate File 169, a bill for an act limiting the exemption from
regulation of certain persons acting as an attorney in fact regarding
certain real estate transactions, with report of committee recom-
mending passage, 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?" (S.F. 169)

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 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
Osterhaus Petersen Quirk Raecker
Rants Rayhons Rekow Reynolds
Richardson Roberts Scherrman 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
Dix,
Presiding

 


The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 3:
Grundberg O'Brien Schrader

 


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

INTRODUCTION OF BILL

House File 725, by committee on appropriations, a bill for an act
relating to and making appropriations involving state government,
including provisions affecting agriculture and natural resources,
providing for fees, and providing an effective date.

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

IMMEDIATE MESSAGE

Rants of Woodbury asked and received unanimous consent that
Senate File 169 be immediately messaged to the Senate.

EXPLANATION OF VOTE

I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on April 17,
2001. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on Senate File
462.

HEATON of Henry

BILLS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR

A communication was received from the Governor announcing that
on April 18, 2001, he approved and transmitted to the Secretary of
State the following bills:

House File 178, an act applying child in need of assistance and child abuse
provisions to a child whose parent or guardian or the person responsible for the child's
care has manufactured or possessed a dangerous substance in a child's presence.

House File 293, an act relating to the duties of the board of directors of a school
district prior to a regular school election.

House File 309, 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.

House File 400, an act relating to the regulation of real estate appraisers.

House File 481, an act relating to the establishment of city precincts and providing
an effective date.

House File 636, 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.

Senate File 372, an act relating to the powers and duties of the county recorder
relating to the recording and keeping of documents.

Senate File 453, an act relating to the administrative procedures of certain county
officers by authorizing the issuance of checks, providing for the cancellation of
warrants and checks, the disposal of tax lists, and the receipt of electronic payments,
specifying tax sale costs and the mailing address for changes of titles and deeds,
providing for other properly related matters, and providing an effective date.

PRESENTATION OF VISITORS

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

Fifty eighth grade students from Dallas Center-Grimes Middle
School, Grimes, accompanied by Bill Wineland. By Metcalf and
Raecker of Polk.

Fifty-one seniors from Belle Plaine High School, Belle Plaine,
accompanied by Mr. Tegeler and Mr. Smith. By Tyrrell 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\929 Robert K. Kriefels, Atlantic - For attaining the rank of Eagle Scout, the
highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.

2001\930 Patricia and Vernon Tarbox, Evansdale - For celebrating their 55th
wedding anniversary.

2001\931 Betty Willasson, Waterloo - For celebrating her 80th birthday.

2001\932 Margaret Schons, Waterloo - For celebrating her 90th birthday.

2001\933 Colleen Lens, Burlington - For being recognized as the Hawkeye-
Catfish Bend Teacher of the Year.

2001\934 Letha Simmons, Fairfield - For celebrating her 90th birthday.

2001\935 Maurice Davis, Stockport - For celebrating his 90th birthday.

2001\936 Shirley and James Charbonneau, Evansdale - For celebrating their
50th wedding anniversary.

2001\937 Merle Hartley, Fairfield - For celebrating his 90th birthday.

2001\938 Ernest and Darlene Cory, Mason City - For celebrating their 50th
wedding anniversary.

2001\939 Vivian and Leslie Bugbee, Mason City - For celebrating their 60th
wedding anniversary.

SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT

Senate File 203 Reassigned

Appropriations: Brunkhorst, Chair; Jacobs and Wise.

HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT

House Study Bill 198

Appropriations: Barry, Chair; Falck and Jacobs.

HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT

H.S.B. 254 Appropriations

Relating to appropriations for the department of human services and
including other provisions and appropriations involving human
services and health care, and providing effective dates.

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 APPROPRIATIONS

Senate File 525, a bill for an act appropriating federal funds made available from
federal block grants and other federal grants, allocating portions of federal block
grants, and providing procedures if federal funds are more or less than anticipated or if
federal block grants are more or less than anticipated.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Do Pass April 18, 2001.

Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 252), relating to and making
appropriations involving state government, including provisions affecting agriculture
and natural resources.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass April 18, 2001.

Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 253), a bill for an act relating to and
making appropriations to the department for the blind, the Iowa state civil rights
commission, the department of elder affairs, the Iowa department of public health, the
department of human rights, the governor's office of drug control policy, and the
commission of veterans affairs, and providing an effective date.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass April 18, 2001.

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Senate File 450, a bill for an act extending veterans benefits, preferences, and tax
exemptions to certain members of reserve forces of the United States and the Iowa
national guard, and providing an effective date for property tax exemption claims.

Fiscal Note is required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-1587 April 17, 2001.

Committee Bill (Formerly House File 351), relating to the allocation of special fees
collected from the sale of Iowa heritage license plates.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Do Pass April 17, 2001.

Committee Bill (Formerly House File 545), exempting irrigation equipment from
sales and use taxes, providing limited refunds, and including effective and retroactive
applicability date provisions.

Fiscal Note is required.

Recommended Do Pass April 17, 2001.

Committee Bill (Formerly House File 565), relating to the taking of fish and game
by increasing fees for nonresident hunting, fishing, fur harvesting, and related licenses,
providing for additional licenses and fees, and providing effective and applicability
dates.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass April 17, 2001.

Committee Bill (Formerly House File 668), relating to tonnage fees and moneys in
the solid waste account of the groundwater protection fund, and providing an effective
date.

Fiscal Note is required.

Recommended Do Pass April 17, 2001.


Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 110), excluding certain business
property from being considered abandoned property under the state's disposition of
unclaimed property law.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Do Pass April 17, 2001.

RESOLUTION FILED

HR 38, by Larson, a resolution designating April 14, 2001, as
Pan American Day, and the week of April 8 through 14, 2001, as
Pan American Week.

Laid over under Rule 25.

AMENDMENTS FILED

H-1583 H.F. 180 Senate Amendment
H-1584 S.F. 209 Kreiman of Davis
H-1585 S.F. 350 Metcalf of Polk
H-1587 S.F. 450 Committee on Ways and Means
H-1588 H.F. 719 Stevens of Dickinson
Falck of Fayette
Lensing of Johnson
Hatch of Polk

On motion by Rants of Woodbury the House adjourned at 6:52
p.m., until 8:45 a.m., Thursday, April 19, 2001.


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