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SEVENTY-FOURTH CALENDAR DAY FORTY-FOURTH SESSION DAY Senate Chamber Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday, March 22, 2001 The Senate met in regular session at 9:00 a.m., President Pro Tempore McKean presiding. Prayer was offered by the Reverend David Schafer, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church in Waukon, Iowa, guest of Senator Zieman. The Journal of Wednesday, March 21, 2001, was approved. RECESS On motion of Senator Iverson, the Senate recessed at 9:17 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. APPENDIX BILL SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR A communication was received announcing that on March 22, 2001, the Governor approved and transmitted to the Secretary of State the following bill: S.F. 125 - Relating to membership in an interstate wildlife violators compact by the department of natural resources. GOVERNOR'S APPOINTEES PLACED ON INDIVIDUAL CONFIRMATION CALENDAR The following appointees, assigned to standing committees for investigation, were placed on the Individual Confirmation Calendar without recommendation for confirmation: LOCAL GOVERNMENT LaVon Griffieon - City Development Board NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT Lisa Davis Cook - Environmental Protection Commission GOVERNOR'S APPOINTEES PLACED ON EN BLOC CALENDAR The following appointees, assigned to standing committees for investigation, were placed on the En Bloc Calendar with recommendations for confirmation: EDUCATION Anita Walker Jessen - Director of the Department of Cultural Affairs Veronica Stalker - Board of Educational Examiners LOCAL GOVERNMENT James Halverson - City Development Board REPORTS OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS BUSINESS AND LABOR RELATIONS Convened: March 21, 2001, 5:00 p.m. Members Present: Freeman, Chair; Greiner, Vice Chair; Behn, Fraise, Horn, King, McKibben, and Schuerer. Members Absent: Dearden, Ranking Member; Hammond, and Lundby (all excused). Committee Business: Passed HF 356. Adjourned: 5:10 p.m. EDUCATION Convened: March 21, 2001, 5:03 p.m. Members Present: Boettger, Chair; Rehberg, Vice Chair; Connolly, Ranking Member; Angelo, Dvorsky, Fink, Harper, Kramer, McKinley, Redfern, Redwine, Shearer, Soukup, Tinsman, and Veenstra. Members Absent: None. Committee Business: Passed HFs 309 and 462. Approved Governor's appointees. Adjourned: 5:15 p.m. RULES AND ADMINISTRATION Convened: March 21, 2001, 1:15 p.m. Members Present: Iverson, Chair; Kramer, Vice Chair; Gronstal, Ranking Member; Boettger, Dvorsky, Fink, Gaskill, Harper, Johnson, McKean, and Rittmer. Members Absent: None. Committee Business: Subcommittee assignments for Governor's appointees. Adjourned: 1:20 p.m. JUDICIARY Convened: March 22, 2001, 11:05 a.m. Members Present: Maddox, Chair; Redfern, Vice Chair; Holveck, Ranking Member; Angelo, Fiegen, Fraise, Hammond, Hansen, Horn, King, Lamberti, McKean, Miller, and Tinsman. Members Absent: Boettger (excused). Committee Business: Passed SF 511. Subcommittee assignments. Approved Governor's appointees. Adjourned: 11:20 a.m. NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT Convened: March 22, 2001, 9:38 a.m. Members Present: Sexton, Chair; Bartz, Vice Chair; Fink, Ranking Member; Black, Bolkcom, Dearden, Deluhery, Drake, Freeman, Johnson, Kibbie, Lundby, McLaren, Miller, and Rittmer. Members Absent: None. Committee Business: Passed HJR 11. Approved Governor's appointee and subcommittee assignments. Adjourned: 9:58 a.m. STATE GOVERNMENT Convened: March 22, 2001, 10:10 a.m. Members Present: King, Chair; Lamberti, Vice Chair; Kibbie, Ranking Member; Bolkcom, Connolly, Dearden, Deluhery, Drake, Fink, Jensen, Maddox, McKean, McLaren, Rittmer, and Sexton. Members Absent: None. Committee Business: Approved Governor's appointees. Adjourned: 10:41 a.m. INTRODUCTION OF BILL Senate File 513, by Hansen, a bill for an act providing a property tax exemption for conservation buffer strips, and providing an appropriation. Read first time under Rule 28 and referred to committee on Ways and Means. SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS Senate File 443 EDUCATION: Rehberg, Chair; Fink and Redwine House File 225 STATE GOVERNMENT: Jensen, Chair; Dearden and McLaren House File 256 STATE GOVERNMENT: McKean, Chair; Kibbie and King House File 451 STATE GOVERNMENT: Lamberti, Chair; Connolly and King House File 481 STATE GOVERNMENT: Maddox, Chair; Dearden and King House File 564 AGRICULTURE: Zieman, Chair; Fiegen and McLaren COMMITTEE REPORT BUSINESS AND LABOR RELATIONS Final Bill Action: HOUSE FILE 356, a bill for an act relating to administrative and corrective changes to the workers' compensation law. Recommendation: DO PASS. Final Vote: Ayes, 8: Freeman, Greiner, Behn, Fraise, Horn, King, McKibben, and Schuerer. Nays, none. Absent or not voting, 3: Dearden, Hammond, and Lundby. Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17. AFTERNOON SESSION The Senate reconvened at 1:32 p.m., President Pro Tempore McKean presiding. LEAVE OF ABSENCE Leave of absence was granted as follows: Senator Redwine, for the remainder of the day, on request of Senator Freeman. QUORUM CALL Senator Veenstra requested a nonrecord roll call to determine that a quorum was present. The vote revealed 43 present, 7 absent, and a quorum present. HOUSE MESSAGES RECEIVED AND CONSIDERED The following messages were received from the Chief Clerk of the House: MADAM PRESIDENT: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House has on March 22, 2001, passed the following bills in which the concurrence of the Senate is asked: House File 292, a bill for an act relating to the financial operations and transactions of the information technology department. Read first time and attached to companion Senate File 277. House File 400, a bill for an act relating to the regulation of real estate appraisers. Read first time and referred to committee on Commerce. House File 518, a bill for an act relating to jurisdictional changes to small claims court cases. Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary. House File 550, a bill for an act adding the offense of criminal transmission of human immunodeficiency virus to the list of criminal offenses that require registration under the sex offender registry and providing an effective date. Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary. House File 560, a bill for an act relating to child foster care regulatory requirements and providing an effective date. Read first time and referred to committee on Human Resources. House File 575, a bill for an act relating to establishing the state percent of growth for a school budget year, and providing an applicability date. Read first time and referred to committee on Education. CONSIDERATION OF BILL (Regular Calendar) Senator Iverson asked and received unanimous consent to take up for consideration Senate File 425. Senate File 425 On motion of Senator Jensen, Senate File 425, a bill for an act relating to standards of and participation in the title guaranty program, was taken up for consideration. Senator Jensen offered amendment S-3222, filed by him on March 21, 2001, to pages 1-3 of the bill. Senator Jensen offered amendment S-3224, filed by him from the floor to page 3 of amendment S-3222. Senator Dvorsky asked and received unanimous consent that action on amendment S-3224 to amendment S-3222, amendment S-3222, and Senate File 425 be deferred. President Kramer took the chair at 1:55 p.m. LEAVES OF ABSENCE Leaves of absence were granted as follows: Senator Gaskill, for the remainder of the day, on request of Senator Sexton; and Senator Boettger, until she returns, on request of Senator Bartz. CONSIDERATION OF BILLS (Regular Calendar) Senator Iverson asked and received unanimous consent to take up for consideration Senate Files 405 and 479. Senate File 405 On motion of Senator McKean, Senate File 405, a bill for an act relating to the method of identifying precincts to be recounted for purposes of election recounts, was taken up for consideration. Senator McKean moved that the bill be read the last time now and placed upon its passage, which motion prevailed by a voice vote, and the bill was read the last time. On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (S.F. 405), the vote was: Ayes, 47: Angelo Bartz Behn Black Bolkcom Connolly Dearden Deluhery Drake Dvorsky Fiegen Fink Flynn Fraise Freeman Greiner Gronstal Hammond Hansen Harper Holveck Horn Iverson Jensen Johnson Kibbie King Kramer Lamberti Lundby Maddox McCoy McKean McKibben McKinley McLaren Miller Redfern Rehberg Rittmer Schuerer Sexton Shearer Soukup Tinsman Veenstra Zieman Nays, none. Absent or not voting, 3: Boettger Gaskill Redwine The bill, having received a constitutional majority, was declared to have passed the Senate and the title was agreed to. Senate File 479 On motion of Senator Sexton, Senate File 479, a bill for an act relating to wastewater systems, establishing a fund, appropriating moneys from the fund, and providing an effective date, was taken up for consideration. Senator Sexton moved that the bill be read the last time now and placed upon its passage, which motion prevailed by a voice vote, and the bill was read the last time. On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (S.F. 479), the vote was: Ayes, 47: Angelo Bartz Behn Black Bolkcom Connolly Dearden Deluhery Drake Dvorsky Fiegen Fink Flynn Fraise Freeman Greiner Gronstal Hammond Hansen Harper Holveck Horn Iverson Jensen Johnson Kibbie King Kramer Lamberti Lundby Maddox McCoy McKean McKibben McKinley McLaren Miller Redfern Rehberg Rittmer Schuerer Sexton Shearer Soukup Tinsman Veenstra Zieman Nays, none. Absent or not voting, 3: Boettger Gaskill Redwine The bill, having received a constitutional majority, was declared to have passed the Senate and the title was agreed to. BUSINESS PENDING Senate File 425 The Senate resumed consideration of Senate File 425, a bill for an act relating to standards of and participation in the title guaranty program, amendment S-3222, and amendment S-3224 to amendment S-3222, previously deferred. Senator Jensen moved the adoption of amendment S-3224 to amendment S-3222. Amendment S-3224 lost by a voice vote. Senator Jensen moved the adoption of amendment S-3222, which motion prevailed by a voice vote. Senator Jensen moved that the bill be read the last time now and placed upon its passage, which motion prevailed by a voice vote, and the bill was read the last time. On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (S.F. 425), the vote was: Ayes, 47: Angelo Bartz Behn Black Bolkcom Connolly Dearden Deluhery Drake Dvorsky Fiegen Fink Flynn Fraise Freeman Greiner Gronstal Hammond Hansen Harper Holveck Horn Iverson Jensen Johnson Kibbie King Kramer Lamberti Lundby Maddox McCoy McKean McKibben McKinley McLaren Miller Redfern Rehberg Rittmer Schuerer Sexton Shearer Soukup Tinsman Veenstra Zieman Nays, none. Absent or not voting, 3: Boettger Gaskill Redwine The bill, having received a constitutional majority, was declared to have passed the Senate and the title was agreed to. IMMEDIATELY MESSAGED Senator Iverson asked and received unanimous consent that Senate Files 405, 425, and 479 be immediately messaged to the House. HOUSE MESSAGES RECEIVED AND CONSIDERED The following messages were received from the Chief Clerk of the House: MADAM PRESIDENT: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the House has on March 22, 2001, passed the following bills in which the concurrence of the Senate is 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. Read first time and attached to companion Senate File 493. House File 608, a bill for an act relating to delinquency charges on certain precomputed consumer credit transactions. Read first time and referred to committee on Commerce. House File 636, a bill for an act relating to the reporting of underground storage tanks and to benefits provided through funds administered by the Iowa comprehensive petroleum underground storage tank fund board. Read first time and referred to committee on Natural Resources and Environment. ADJOURNMENT On motion of Senator Iverson, the Senate adjourned at 2:23 p.m. until 1:00 p.m. Monday, March 26, 2001. APPENDIX APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS In accordance with Senate Rule 59, the following senators were appointed to subcommittees of standing committees on February 27, 2001, to investigate the appointment and reappointment of the following appointees: AGRICULTURE As members of the Iowa Grain Indemnity Fund Board: EDWIN HERSHBERGER - Greiner, Chair; Fraise and Shearer THOMAS KALDENBERG - Angelo, Chair; Behn and Soukup As members of the State Soil Conservation Committee: JENNIFER HOY - Greiner, Chair; Angelo and Fraise MADELINE MEYER - Gaskill, Chair; McLaren and Soukup COMMERCE As members of the Credit Union Review Board: BECKY HANSEN - Gronstal, Chair; Johnson and Lundby DIANE KOLLASCH - Gronstal, Chair; Johnson and Lundby As Superintendent of Credit Unions: JAMES E. FORNEY - Johnson, Chair; Deluhery and Jensen As a member of the Iowa Telecommunications and Technology Commission: MARK SCHOUTEN - Schuerer, Chair; Flynn and King As members of the Title Guaranty Division Board: BERNEIL PREUL - Maddox, Chair; Bolkcom and Schuerer LYNN SMITH - Redfern, Chair; Deluhery and Jensen As Chair of Utilities Board: ALLAN THOMS - Johnson, Chair; Deluhery and Jensen As a member of the Utilities Board: ALLAN THOMS - Johnson, Chair; Deluhery and Jensen EDUCATION As members of the Board of Educational Examiners: YING YING CHEN - Dvorsky, Chair; Angelo and Redwine PETER HATHAWAY - Redwine, Chair; Angelo and Dvorsky HECTOR IBARRA - Angelo, Chair; Dvorsky and Redwine THOMAS PAULSEN - Rehberg, Chair; Fink and McKinley JEAN SEELAND - McKinley, Chair; Fink and Rehberg ANITA WESTERHAUS - Fink, Chair; McKinley and Rehberg As members of the State Board of Regents: AMIR ARBISSER - Tinsman, Chair; Harper and Soukup MARY ELLEN BECKER - Redfern, Chair; Shearer and Veenstra SUE NIELAND - Veenstra, Chair; Redfern and Shearer As a member of the School Budget Review Committee: CLARK YEAGER - Shearer, Chair; Redfern and Veenstra HUMAN RESOURCES As a member of the Board of Examiners for Athletic Training: LORI CLAYTON - Veenstra, Chair; Bartz and Harper As members of the Board of Behavioral Science Examiners: JAMES ANASTASI - Bartz, Chair; Harper and Veenstra LINDA NEBBE - Harper, Chair; Bartz and Veenstra JUDITH RODDY - Veenstra, Chair; Behn and Dvorsky VILIA TARVYDAS - Dvorsky, Chair; Behn and Veenstra As a member of the Commission for the Blind: JOHN WELLMAN - Holveck, Chair; Bartz and Schuerer As members of the Commission on Community Action Agencies: WILLIAM BILLINGS - Behn, Chair; Dvorsky and Veenstra LOIS EICHACKER - Schuerer, Chair; Bartz and Holveck CATHERINE WHITFIELD - Hammond, Chair; Redwine and Tinsman As a member of the Commission on the Deaf: MARVIN TUTTLE - Boettger, Chair; Behn and Hammond As members of the Commission of Elder Affairs: HAROLD DAVIS - Bartz, Chair; Holveck and Schuerer CLEMMIE HIGHTOWER - Tinsman, Chair; Hammond and Redwine YOGESH SHAH - Dvorsky, Chair; Miller and Veenstra As members of the Iowa Empowerment Board: JENNIFER LIGHTBODY - Redwine, Chair; Hammond and Tinsman MATTHEW MOHRFELD - Miller, Chair; Dvorsky and Veenstra CAROLYN OLSON-ILLG - Veenstra, Chair; Dvorsky and Miller ELAINE SZYMONIAK - Tinsman, Chair; Boettger and Harper As members of the State Citizen Foster Care Review Board: CONNIE BEAR KING - Boettger, Chair; Harper and Tinsman LARRY NUSS - Harper, Chair; Boettger and Tinsman LIL PERRY - Shearer, Chair; Behn and Tinsman TERESA ROHRET - Tinsman, Chair; Behn and Shearer As members of the Health Facilities Council: CYNTHIA BEAUMAN - Behn, Chair; Shearer and Tinsman GARY BUTZ - Schuerer, Chair; Miller and Shearer As members of the Council on Human Services: ROGER HARTMAN - Miller, Chair; Schuerer and Shearer JAMES MILLER - Shearer, Chair; Miller and Schuerer As members of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Commission: SALLY ALT - Tinsman, Chair; Hammond and Miller MICHAEL BERGAN - Miller, Chair; Hammond and Tinsman RICHARD CAMPBELL - Hammond, Chair; Miller and Tinsman MURLEAN HALL - Tinsman, Chair; Hammond and Miller MARC RIVELAND - Behn, Chair; Dvorsky and Redwine As members of the Board of Physician Assistant Examiners: JAMES CUNNINGHAM - Dvorsky, Chair; Behn and Redwine EDWARD FRIEDMANN - Redwine, Chair; Behn and Dvorsky As members of the Commission on Tobacco Use Prevention and Control: DAVID CARLYLE - Hammond, Chair; Behn and Boettger SHARON WELLENDORF - Behn, Chair; Boettger and Hammond JUDICIARY As members of the Iowa State Civil Rights Commission: CONSTANCE GRONSTAL - McKean, Chair; Horn and Redfern GILBERTO SOLIVAN - Redfern, Chair; Hansen and Lamberti TIMOTHY TUTT - Holveck, Chair; Lamberti and Maddox MARIA WATERMAN - Tinsman, Chair; Horn and Redfern As members of the Board of Corrections: SUELLEN OVERTON - Angelo, Chair; Fraise and Tinsman DONALD TIETZ - Maddox, Chair; Angelo and Fraise As Administrator of the Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning: RICHARD G. MOORE - Hammond, Chair; Angelo and Miller As a member of the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning Advisory Council: MONICA MURRAY - Redfern, Chair; Boettger and Horn As a member of the Iowa Drug Policy Advisory Council PAMELA DETTMANN - Redfern, Chair; Holveck and King As members of the State Judicial Nominating Commission: CONSTANCE BIRMINGHAM - King, Chair; Hammond and Tinsman THOMAS COURTNEY - Fraise, Chair; Miller and Tinsman JOHN TAYLOR - King, Chair; Hammond and Tinsman As a member of the Commission on Judicial Qualifications: RUTH KAMMEIER - Boettger, Chair; Hammond and Miller As members of the Board of Parole: CURTIS JENKINS - McKean, Chair; Hammond and Maddox ROGERS KIRK - Tinsman, Chair; Fiegen and King LOCAL GOVERNMENT As members of the County Finance Committee: GISELE-JILL MARLOW - Schuerer, Chair; Black and Zieman KAY SWANSON - Zieman, Chair; Black and Schuerer As a member of the Iowa Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commission: NATE PARKER - Hansen, Chair; Angelo and McKibben As members of the Mental Health Risk Pool Board: JUDY CLARK - Angelo, Chair; Bartz and Fraise RALPH KREMER - Gaskill, Chair; Bartz and Hansen SALLY STUTSMAN - Zieman, Chair; Bartz and Black NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT As members of the Environmental Protection Commission: LORI GLANZMAN - Freeman, Chair; Bartz and Kibbie DARRELL HANSON - Johnson, Chair; Dearden and Lundby KATHRYN MURPHY - Black, Chair; Freeman and Miller JAMES TOBIN - Fink, Chair; Bartz and Miller TERRANCE TOWNSEND - Kibbie, Chair; Bartz and McLaren As members of the Natural Resource Commission: JANICE MARCANTONIO - Dearden, Chair; Drake and McLaren JOAN SCHNEIDER - Deluhery, Chair; Drake and Miller As a member of the Iowa Comprehensive Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Fund Board: JAMES HOLCOMB - Fink, Chair; Drake and Miller SMALL BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM As members of the Iowa Economic Development Board: USHA BALAKRISHNAN - Flynn, Chair; Veenstra and Zieman TERRANCE DUGGAN - Behn, Chair; Gaskill and Holveck DIMAGGIO NICHOLS - Greiner, Chair; Dvorsky and Lamberti JACK SICKLER - Shearer, Chair; Gaskill and Rehberg As members of the Small Business Advisory Council: ALLISON DELUHERY - McKinley, Chair; Dvorsky and Veenstra NICHOLAS HENDERSON - Lamberti, Chair; Behn and Fiegen DOUGLAS LABOUNTY - Fiegen, Chair; Greiner and Zieman STATE GOVERNMENT As members of the Accountancy Examining Board: LINDA HOPKINS - Bolkcom, Chair; Drake and McLaren SUSAN LOY - Jensen, Chair; Connolly and Rittmer WESLEY STILLE - Lamberti, Chair; Fink and King As a member of the Commission on the Status of African-Americans: ROBERT TYSON - Dearden, Chair; Deluhery and Maddox As members of the Alcoholic Beverages Commission: GAYLE COLLINS - Maddox, Chair; Deluhery and Lamberti DICK STOFFER - King, Chair; Connolly and Kibbie As members of the Architectural Examining Board: DALE MCKINNEY - McLaren, Chair; Dearden and Sexton SUSAN MCKINNEY - McLaren, Chair; Dearden and Sexton As a member of the Board of Barber Examiners: STUART PRESTON - Rittmer, Chair; Drake and Fink As a member of the Board of Chiropractic Examiners: ROD REBARCAK - Lamberti, Chair; Fink and King As a member of the Board of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences Examiners: MARY MYERS - Fink, Chair; Dearden and Sexton As members of the Board of Dental Examiners: GEORGE NORTH - Jensen, Chair; Bolkcom and McKean RICHARD REAY - Lamberti, Chair; Dearden and Maddox As a member of the Board of Dietetic Examiners: JEAN ANDERSON - Maddox, Chair; Dearden and Lamberti As a member of the Iowa Emergency Response Commission: SUSAN LAGNEAUX - Dearden, Chair; Lamberti and Maddox As members of the Engineering and Land Surveying Examining Board: DIANA HOOGESTRAAT - McLaren, Chair; Kibbie and King DENNIS OSIPOWICZ - Rittmer, Chair; Deluhery and McKean As members of the Board for the Licensing and Regulation of Hearing Aid Dealers: MICHAEL SMITH - Kibbie, Chair; Connolly and Drake MICHAEL WOLNERMAN - Dearden, Chair; Lamberti and Maddox As members of the Investment Board of the IPERS: ANN HUTCHINSON - McLaren, Chair; Deluhery and King BRUCE KELLEY - Lamberti, Chair; Dearden and King JOANNE STOCKDALE - Kibbie, Chair; King and McLaren As members of the Landscape Architectural Examining Board: JON CROSE - Maddox, Chair; Dearden and Lamberti GRACE NELSON - Jensen, Chair; Fink and King As members of the Board of Massage Therapy Examiners: ROBERT BUCHANAN - Deluhery, Chair; Bolkcom and Drake JEANINE GRADY - Drake, Chair; Bolkcom and McKean As members of the Board of Medical Examiners: JOHN BRINKMAN - Deluhery, Chair; Fink and Sexton MICHAEL BYRNE - McKean, Chair; Deluhery and Drake DALE HOLDIMAN - King, Chair; Fink and Lamberti As members of the Board of Mortuary Science Examiners: RONALD HOFBAUER - Drake, Chair; Fink and McKean RICARD PORTER - King, Chair; Kibbie and Lamberti As members of the Board of Nursing Examiners: LINDA BRADY - Dearden, Chair; Lamberti and Maddox MERLIN HULSE - Rittmer, Chair; Bolkcom and McKean WILLIAM MILLER - King, Chair; Kibbie and Lamberti As members of the State Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators: CLAUDIA BOEDING - Bolkcom, Chair; Connolly and Jensen JUDY WELLER - Kibbie, Chair; Jensen and McKean As a member of the Board of Optometry Examiners: CHRISTOPHER OLSON - Bolkcom, Chair; Deluhery and Sexton As members of the Board of Pharmacy Examiners: G. KAY BOLTON - Lamberti, Chair; Dearden and Maddox MICHAEL SEIFERT - Maddox, Chair; Dearden and Lamberti As members of the Board of Physical and Occupational Therapy Examiners: CHERYL STEWART - McLaren, Chair; Kibbie and Sexton MARTIN UNGS - Dearden, Chair; Lamberti and Maddox KURT WALDERBACH - Bolkcom, Chair; Drake and McLaren As members of the Board of Podiatry Examiners: ERIC JENSEN - Fink, Chair; Deluhery and Sexton KIM LOZIER - Bolkcom, Chair; Deluhery and Drake MATTHEW WILBER - Deluhery, Chair; Drake and Jensen As a member of the Board of Psychology Examiners: DANIEL COURTNEY - Jensen, Chair; Fink and Sexton As a member of the State Racing and Gaming Commission: MICHAEL MAHAFFEY - King, Chair; Kibbie and McKean As members of the Real Estate Appraiser Examining Board: RICHARD BRUCE - Connolly, Chair; Deluhery and Jensen RICHARD KOESTNER - Deluhery, Chair; Drake and McKean As a member of the Real Estate Commission: DOROTHY WOLINE - McKean, Chair; Fink and Rittmer As a member of the State Board for Respiratory Care: WILLIAM MOTZ - King, Chair; Kibbie and McKean As members of the Board of Social Work Examiners: LANCE CLEMSEN - Fink, Chair; Jensen and Rittmer JANICE MCCOY - Maddox, Chair; Dearden and Lamberti JENNIFER OMAN - Fink, Chair; Bolkcom and Jensen JOYCE WESTPHAL - McLaren, Chair; Kibbie and Sexton As members of the Board of Speech Pathology and Audiology Examiners: LAURA JOHNSON - Kibbie, Chair; Lamberti and Maddox KENNETH LOWDER - Bolkcom, Chair; Deluhery and Rittmer As members of the Vision Iowa Board: GREGG CONNELL - Lamberti, Chair; Fink and King JERRY KEARNS - Lamberti, Chair; Fink and King LAMETTA WYNN - Rittmer, Chair; Connolly and Lamberti TRANSPORTATION As members of the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy Council: THOMAS LILLQUIST - Kibbie, Chair; Freeman and Zieman PATTY LINK - Fink, Chair; McCoy and McKinley As members of the State Transportation Commission: PATRICIA CRAWFORD - Dearden, Chair; Jensen and McLaren THOMAS HART - Rittmer, Chair; Drake and Fraise WAYS AND MEANS As members of the Iowa Finance Authority: ROGER CAUDRON - Redwine, Chair; Holveck and McKinley NANCY EVANS - Flynn, Chair; Drake and Greiner RICHARD WRIGHT - Rehberg, Chair; Holveck and Redwine As a member of the State Board of Tax Review: COURTNEY KAY-DECKER - Greiner, Chair; Deluhery and McKinley COMPANION BILLS RECEIVED On March 22, 2001, House File 292 was received and attached to companion Senate File 277 on the Senate calendar. On March 22, 2001, House File 597 was received and attached to companion Senate File 493 on the Senate calendar. CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION The Secretary of the Senate issued the following certificate of recognition: Coach Bill McTaggart and the City High Girls' Basketball Team of Iowa City - For recognition of qualifying for the Girls' State Basketball Tournament. Senator Dvorsky (03/22/01). REPORTS OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS AGRICULTURE Convened: March 22, 2001, 1:08 p.m. Members Present: McLaren, Chair; Behn, Vice Chair; Fraise, Ranking Member; Angelo, Bartz, Black, Fiegen, Greiner, Kibbie, Sexton, Shearer, Soukup, Veenstra, and Zieman. Members Absent: Gaskill (excused). Committee Business: Approved Governor's appointees. Adjourned: 1:20 p.m. COMMERCE Convened: March 22, 2001, 1:05 p.m. Members Present: Johnson, Chair; Deluhery, Ranking Member; Bolkcom, Flynn, Freeman, Gronstal, Lundby, Maddox, Redfern, and Redwine. Members Absent: Schuerer, Vice Chair; Hansen, Jensen, King, and McCoy (all excused). Committee Business: Subcommittee assignments. Adjourned: 1:10 p.m. HUMAN RESOURCES Convened: March 22, 2001, 11:40 a.m. Members Present: Redwine, Chair; Tinsman, Vice Chair; Hammond, Ranking Member; Bartz, Behn, Dvorsky, Harper, Holveck, Miller, Schuerer, and Veenstra. Members Absent: Boettger and Shearer (both excused). Committee Business: Approved Governor's appointees. Adjourned: 11:50 a.m. LOCAL GOVERNMENT Convened: March 22, 2001, 10:10 a.m. Members Present: Miller, Chair; Angelo, Vice Chair; Hansen, Ranking Member; Bartz, Black, Fraise, Johnson, McCoy, Schuerer, and Zieman. Members Absent: Gaskill, Horn, and McKibben (all excused). Committee Business: Approved Governor's appointees. Recessed: 10:20 a.m. Reconvened: 10:25 a.m. Adjourned: 10:35 a.m. TRANSPORTATION Convened: March 22, 2001, 11:30 a.m. Members Present: Rittmer, Chair; Drake, Vice Chair; McCoy, Ranking Member; Fink, Fraise, Freeman, Jensen, Kibbie, McKinley, McLaren, Sexton, and Zieman. Members Absent: Dearden (excused). Committee Business: Subcommittee assignments. Adjourned: 11:34 a.m. COMMITTEE REPORTS EDUCATION Final Bill Action: HOUSE FILE 309, a bill for an act to legalize participation in an instructional support program by the West Bend-Mallard Community School District and providing an effective and retroactive applicability date. Recommendation: DO PASS. Final Vote: Ayes, 15: Boettger, Rehberg, Connolly, Angelo, Dvorsky, Fink, Harper, Kramer, McKinley, Redfern, Redwine, Shearer, Soukup, Tinsman, and Veenstra. Nays, none. Absent or not voting, none. Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17. ALSO: Final Bill Action: HOUSE FILE 462, a bill for an act relating to the reimbursement of administrative costs of an area education agency for services provided by the agency under part C of the federal Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, and providing an effective date. Recommendation: DO PASS. Final Vote: Ayes, 15: Boettger, Rehberg, Connolly, Angelo, Dvorsky, Fink, Harper, Kramer, McKinley, Redfern, Redwine, Shearer, Soukup, Tinsman, and Veenstra. Nays, none. Absent or not voting, none. Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17. JUDICIARY Final Bill Action: SENATE FILE 511, a bill for an act to legalize certain ordinances and amendments considered and passed by the city of Davenport in accordance with procedures no longer valid, and providing an effective date and for retroactive applicability. Recommendation: DO PASS. Final Vote: Ayes, 14: Maddox, Redfern, Holveck, Angelo, Fiegen, Fraise, Hammond, Hansen, Horn, King, Lamberti, McKean, Miller, and Tinsman. Nays, none. Absent or not voting, 1: Boettger. Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17. NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT Final Bill Action: HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 11, a joint resolution to nullify administrative rules of the department of natural resources requiring a harvest report of wild turkeys by resident and nonresident hunters, and providing an effective date. Recommendation: DO PASS. Final Vote: Ayes, 14: Sexton, Bartz, Fink, Black, Bolkcom, Dearden, Deluhery, Drake, Freeman, Johnson, Kibbie, McLaren, Miller, and Rittmer. Nays, 1: Lundby. Absent or not voting, none. Fiscal Note: NOT REQUIRED UNDER JOINT RULE 17. GOVERNOR'S APPOINTEES PLACED ON INDIVIDUAL CONFIRMATION CALENDAR The following appointees, assigned to standing committees for investigation, were placed on the Individual Confirmation Calendar with recommendation for confirmation: NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT Jeffrey R. Vonk - Director of the Department of Natural Resources STATE GOVERNMENT Richard J. Varn - Director of the Information Technology Department Sandra L. Dell - Administrator of the Administration Division of the Department of Information Technology Sharon K. Sperry - Administrator of the Customer Liaison Division of the Department of Information Technology Daniel A. Combs - Administrator of the Digital Government Bureau of the Department of Information Technology Russell F. Rozinek - Administrator of the Operations Division of the Department of Information Technology Deborah A. O'Leary - Administrator of the Policy and Planning Division of the Department of Information Technology Michael Gartner - Chairperson of the Vision Iowa Board GOVERNOR'S APPOINTEES PLACED ON EN BLOC CALENDAR The following appointees, assigned to standing committees for investigation, were placed on the En Bloc Calendar with recommendations for confirmation: AGRICULTURE Edwin Hershberger - Iowa Grain Indemnity Fund Board Thomas Kaldenberg - Iowa Grain Indemnity Fund Board Jennifer Hoy - State Soil Conservation Committee Madeline Meyer - State Soil Conservation Committee HUMAN RESOURCES Linda Nebbe - Board of Behavioral Science Examiners Elizabeth Shannahan - Board of Behavioral Science Examiners John Wellman - Commission for the Blind Lois Eichacker - Commission on Community Action Agencies Jennifer Lightbody - Iowa Empowerment Board Sylvia Schoer - Council on Human Services Edward Friedmann - Board of Physician Assistant Examiners Gilda Bettis - Commission on Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Dixie Daugherty - Commission on Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Randy Meyer - Commission on Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Frank O'Connor - Commission on Tobacco Use Prevention and Control JUDICIARY Constance Gronstal - Iowa State Civil Rights Commission Thomas Courtney - State Judicial Nominating Commission LOCAL GOVERNMENT Gisele-Jill Marlow - County Finance Committee Kay Swanson - County Finance Committee Judy Clark - Mental Health Risk Pool Board Sally Stutsman - Mental Health Risk Pool Board STATE GOVERNMENT Steven Kraus - Board of Chiropractic Examiners Forrest Holly, Jr. - Engineering and Land Surveying Examining Board Mary Brandsgard - Information Technology Council Cynthia Eisenhauer - Information Technology Council Sandra Glenn - Information Technology Council Diane Kolmer - Information Technology Council Timothy Lapointe - Information Technology Council Sharman Smith - Information Technology Council Rose Vasquez - Information Technology Council Quentin Boyken - IowAccess Advisory Council Marsha Carter - IowAccess Advisory Council Gail Flagel - IowAccess Advisory Council Jane Ginapp - IowAccess Advisory Council Kelly Hayworth - IowAccess Advisory Council Craig Hiemstra - IowAccess Advisory Council Carol Johnson - IowAccess Advisory Council Corlis Moody - IowAccess Advisory Council Richard Neri - IowAccess Advisory Council Julie Newby - IowAccess Advisory Council Bob Skow - IowAccess Advisory Council Herbert Strentz - IowAccess Advisory Council John Wellman - IowAccess Advisory Council Debra Brooks - Board of Massage Therapy Examiners Justin Fisher - Board of Massage Therapy Examiners Michael Byrne - Board of Medical Examiners Susan Johnson - Board of Medical Examiners Susan Frey - State Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators Judy Weller - State Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators Terrance Lillis - Peace Officers' Retirement, Accident, and Disability System Trustee Paul Abramowitz - Board of Pharmacy Examiners Angela Langrehr - Board of Podiatry Examiners Cindy Hansen - Real Estate Appraiser Examining Board Dianne Paca - Vice Chairperson of the Vision Iowa Board Marvin Berenstein - Vision Iowa Board Mary Ellen Chamberlin - Vision Iowa Board Gregg Connell - Vision Iowa Board Swati Dandekar - Vision Iowa Board Sharon Juon - Vision Iowa Board Jerry Kearns - Vision Iowa Board Bradford Parks - Vision Iowa Board LaMetta Wynn - Vision Iowa Board AMENDMENTS FILED S-3224 S.F. 425 John W. Jensen S-3225 S.F. 289 Merlin E. Bartz S-3226 S.F. 375 Patrick J. Deluhery S-3227 S.F. 463 Patrick J. Deluhery Mike Sexton 780 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE 74th Day 74th Day THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2001 781
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