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House Journal: Wednesday, February 20, 2002

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE

Thirty-eighth Calendar Day - Twenty-fifth Session Day

Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, February 20, 2002

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:44 a.m., Speaker
Siegrist in the chair.

Prayer was offered by Reverend Kerry Jech, pastor of New Hope
Christian Church, Marshalltown. He was the guest of Representative
Mark Smith from Marshall County.

The Journal of Tuesday, February 19, 2002 was approved.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE

Leave of absence was granted as follows:

Ford of Polk and O'Brien of Boone on request of Huser of Polk; Teig of Hamilton on
request of Rants of Woodbury.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

House File 2446, by committee on commerce and regulation, a
bill for an act relating to the proposed uniform computer information
transactions Act.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 2447, by committee on natural resources, a bill for an
act relating to the operation and regulation of personal watercraft or
motorboats, and to watercraft safety courses and certificates, and
subjecting violators to a penalty.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 2448, by Huser, a bill for an act relating to diverting
township taxes to a municipality providing emergency services to the
township.

Read first time and referred to committee on local government.

House File 2449, by Murphy, a bill for an act relating to a power
of attorney for the conveyance or encumbrance of homestead
property.

Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.

House File 2450, by committee on human resources, a bill for an
act providing for the issuance of out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate
orders and making penalties applicable.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 2451, by Dix, a bill for an act exempting certain
agricultural vehicles from maximum gross weight requirements per
axle during certain times of the year and providing penalties.

Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.

House File 2452, by committee on commerce and regulation, a
bill for an act providing for the regulation of pharmacies utilizing an
internet site or electronic mail, and providing a penalty.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 2453, by committee on human resources, a bill for an
act relating to the offices of the state and county medical examiners,
establishing fees, and making penalties applicable.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

On motion by Rants of Woodbury, the House was recessed at 8:55
a.m., until 5:00 p.m.

EVENING SESSION

The House reconvened at 5:12 p.m., Speaker Siegrist in the chair.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE

Leave of absence was granted as follows:

Klemme of Plymouth and Teig of Hamilton on request of Speaker Siegrist;
Osterhaus of Jackson on request of Huser of Polk.

INTRDOCTION OF BILLS

House Joint Resolution 2008, by Wise, a joint resolution to
nullify an administrative rule of the workforce development board
reducing the amount of an individual training account and providing
an effective date.

Read first time and referred to committee on education.

House File 2454, by committee on education, a bill for an act
encouraging school districts to establish character education
programs, and directing the department of education to partner with
local educational institutions and agencies and nonprofit
organizations in the design and implementation of character
education programs.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 2455, by committee on local government, a bill for an
act prohibiting the inclusion of federal social security numbers in
documents prepared for recording in the office of county recorder.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 2456, by committee on education, a bill for an act
amending Code provisions administered by the department of
education, including provisions related to participation in
extracurricular activities, tuition reimbursement payment by school
districts under the postsecondary enrollment options Act,
interscholastic activities agreements, school infrastructure program
calculations, phase I payment calculations, and the use of phase III
balances by school districts and area education agencies.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 2457, by Larkin, a bill for an act permitting an inmate
at a correctional institution to perform certain services, and providing
for a fee.

Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.


House File 2458, by T. Taylor, a bill for an act establishing
discipline and discharge procedures for school boards and their
nonprobationary, nonteacher employees who are covered under
collective bargaining agreements without discipline or discharge
provisions.

Read first time and referred to committee on education.

House File 2459, by committee on local government, a bill for an
act relating to the authority of city hospital and health care facility
boards of trustees.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 2460, by committee on natural resources, a bill for an
act providing a method for issuing registration certificates for certain
watercraft for which ownership has not been conclusively established.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 2461, by committee on local government, a bill for an
act relating to secured transactions, by providing for landlord liens.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 2462, by Frevert, a bill for an act requiring every
insurer offering group health insurance to provide coverage for
certain enteral formulas.

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

House File 2463, by Drake, a bill for an act relating to grants
awarded to counties for the testing of private rural water supply
wells, private rural water supply well sealing, and the proper closure
of private rural abandoned wells and cisterns.

Read first time and referred to committee on environmental
protection.


House File 2464, by Tremmel, a bill for an act relating to the
prohibition of prescription drug price discrimination and providing
penalties.

Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.

House File 2465, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an act
relating to the creation of a forest and fruit tree indemnity fund and
providing compensation for tree, fruit, and nut crop losses.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 2466, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act
relating to the award of joint physical care of a child.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 2467, by committee on education, a bill for an act
providing for licensure sanctions against defaulters of designated
loan and scholarship programs.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 2468, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an act
relating to animal agriculture.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 2469, by committee on environmental protection, a
bill for an act relating to terminology and eligibility for assistance
under the sewage treatment and drinking water facilities financing
program.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 2470, by Myers, a bill for an act relating to the Iowa
public employees' retirement system and providing a retroactive
applicability date.

Read first time and referred to committee on state government.


House File 2471, by Eichhorn, Van Fossen, Hoffman, Tymeson,
Boal, Jones, Larson, and Cormack, a bill for an act revising the
requirements for the state general fund expenditure limitation and
providing an applicability date.

Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.

QUORUM CALL

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

CONSIDERATION OF HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 109

Rekow of Allamakee called up for consideration House
Concurrent Resolution 109, a concurrent resolution urging the
United States Congress provide funding for the modernization of lock
and dam infrastructure on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers
Inland Waterways Transportation System.

Rekow of Allamakee offered the following amendment H-8028 filed
by him and moved its adoption:

H-8028

1 Amend House Concurrent Resolution 109, as passed by
2 the Senate, as follows:
3 1. Page 3, by striking lines 9 through 12, and
4 inserting the following:
5 "WHEREAS, the expansion and modernization of locks
6 has been proven nationwide as the best method of
7 optimizing efficiency, reducing congestion, and
8 providing for additional safety of inland waterway
9 administration; and".

Amendment H-8028 was adopted.

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 104 SUBSTITUTED
FOR HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 109

Rekow of Allamakee asked and received unanimous consent to
substitute Senate Concurrent Resolution 104 for House Concurrent
Resolution 109.

Rekow of Allamakee called up for consideration Senate
Concurrent Resolution 104, a concurrent resolution urging the
United States Congress provide funding for the modernization of lock
and dam infrastructure on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers
Inland Waterways Transportation System, and moved its adoption.

A non-record roll call was requested.

The ayes were 64, nays 21.

The motion prevailed and the resolution was adopted.

MOTION TO RECONSIDER PREVAILED

Huser of Polk called up for consideration the motion to reconsider
House File 2246, filed on February 14, 2002, and moved to reconsider
the vote by which House File 2246, a bill for an act relating to
administrative procedures of county treasurers for property taxation
and vehicle registration, passed the House and was placed on its last
reading on February 14, 2002.

The motion prevailed and the House reconsidered House File 2246.

Grundberg of Polk asked for unanimous consent to reconsider the
vote by which amendment H-8056, (found on page 361 of the House
Journal) was adopted by the House.

The motion prevailed and the House reconsidered amendment H-
8056.

Grundberg of Polk asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw amendment H-8056 filed by her on February 14, 2002.

Huser of Polk offered the following amendment H-8070 filed by her
and Grundberg of Polk and moved its adoption:

H-8070

1 Amend House File 2246 as follows:
2 1. Page 1, by inserting after line 19 the
3 following:
4 "Sec. . Section 321.134, subsection 1, Code
5 2001, is amended to read as follows:

6 1. On the first day of the second month following
7 the beginning of each registration year a penalty of
8 five percent of the annual registration fee shall be
9 added to the registration fees not paid by that date
10 and an additional penalty of five percent shall be
11 added the first day of each succeeding month, until
12 the fee is paid. a penalty shall not be less than
13 five dollars. If the owner of a vehicle surrenders
14 the registration plates for a vehicle prior to the
15 plates becoming delinquent, to the county treasurer of
16 the county where the vehicle is registered, or to the
17 department if the vehicle is registered under chapter
18 326, the owner may register the vehicle any time
19 thereafter upon payment of the registration fee for
20 the registration year without penalty. The penalty on
21 vehicles registered under chapter 326 shall accrue
22 February 1 of each year. To avoid a penalty or an
23 additional penalty in the case of a delinquent
24 registration, if the last calendar day of a month
25 falls on Saturday, Sunday, or a holiday, the payment
26 deadline is extended to include the first business day
27 of the following month. However, an electronic
28 payment must be initiated by midnight on the last
29 business day of the month preceding the delinquent
30 date."
31 2. Page 2, by inserting after line 15 the
32 following:
33 "Sec. . Section 445.37, unnumbered paragraphs
34 1, 3, and 4, Code Supplement 2001, are amended to read
35 as follows:
36 If the semiannual installment of any tax has not
37 been paid before October 1 succeeding the levy, that
38 amount becomes delinquent from October 1 after due,
39 including. However, in those instances when the last
40 day of September is a Saturday or Sunday, that amount
41 becomes delinquent on the second business day of
42 October. If the second installment is not paid before
43 April 1 succeeding its maturity, it becomes delinquent
44 from April 1 after due, including. However, in those
45 instances when the last day of March is a Saturday or
46 Sunday, that amount becomes delinquent on the second
47 business day of April. This paragraph applies to all
48 taxes as defined in section 445.1, subsection 6.
49 To avoid interest on delinquent taxes, a payment
50 must be received by the treasurer on or before the

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1 last business day of the month preceding the
2 delinquent date, or mailed with appropriate postage
3 and applicable fees paid, and a United States postal
4 service postmark affixed to the payment envelope, with

5 the postmark bearing a date preceding the delinquent
6 date. Items returned to the sender by the United
7 States postal service for insufficient postage or
8 applicable fees shall be assessed interest, unless the
9 appropriate postage and fees are paid and the items
10 are postmarked again before the delinquent date.
11 However, if the last calendar day of a month falls on
12 a Saturday, Sunday, or a holiday, that amount becomes
13 delinquent on the second business day of the following
14 month.
15 To avoid interest on delinquent taxes, an
16 electronic payment must be received in the treasurer's
17 account initiated by midnight on the first last
18 business day of the delinquency month preceding the
19 delinquent date."
20 3. By renumbering as necessary.

Amendment H-8070 was adopted.

Grundberg of Polk moved that the bill be read a last time now and
placed upon its passage which motion prevailed and the bill was read
a last time.

On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (H.F. 2246)

The ayes were, 93:
Alons Arnold Atteberry Baudler
Bell Boal Boddicker Boggess
Bradley Brauns Broers Brunkhorst
Bukta Carroll Chiodo Cohoon
Connors Cormack De Boef Dix
Dolecheck Dotzler Drake Eddie
Eichhorn Elgin Fallon Finch
Foege Frevert Garman Gipp
Greimann Grundberg Hahn Hansen
Hatch Heaton Hoffman Horbach
Hoversten Huseman Huser Jacobs
Jenkins Jochum Johnson Jones
Kettering Kreiman Kuhn Larkin
Larson Lensing Manternach Mascher
May Mertz Metcalf Millage
Murphy Myers Petersen Quirk
Raecker Rants Rayhons Reeder
Rekow Reynolds Roberts Scherrman
Schrader Seng Shey Shoultz
Sievers Smith Stevens Taylor, D.
Taylor, T. Tremmel Tymeson Tyrrell
Van Engelenhoven Van Fossen Warnstadt Weidman
Wilderdyke Winckler Wise Witt
Mr. Speaker
Siegrist

 


The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 7:
Ford Klemme O'Brien Osterhaus
Richardson Sukup Teig

 


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

CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Regular Calendar

House File 2054, a bill for an act relating to the posting of close-
clearance warning devices by railroads and providing a penalty, with
report of committee recommending passage, was taken up for
consideration.

Garman of Story moved that the bill be read a last time now and
placed upon its passage which motion prevailed and the bill was read
a last time.

On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (H.F. 2054)

The ayes were, 92:
Alons Arnold Atteberry Baudler
Bell Boal Boddicker Boggess
Bradley Broers Brunkhorst Bukta
Carroll Chiodo Cohoon Connors
Cormack De Boef Dix Dolecheck
Dotzler Drake Eddie Eichhorn
Elgin Fallon Finch Foege
Frevert Garman Gipp Greimann
Grundberg Hahn Hansen Hatch
Heaton Hoffman Horbach Hoversten
Huseman Huser Jacobs Jenkins
Jochum Johnson Jones Kettering
Kreiman Kuhn Larkin Larson
Lensing Manternach Mascher May
Mertz Metcalf Millage Murphy
Myers Petersen Quirk Raecker
Rants Rayhons Reeder Rekow
Reynolds Roberts Scherrman Schrader
Seng Shey Shoultz Sievers
Smith Stevens Taylor, D. Taylor, T.
Tremmel Tymeson Tyrrell Van Engelenhoven
Van Fossen Warnstadt Weidman Wilderdyke
Winckler Wise Witt Mr. Speaker
Siegrist

 


The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 8:
Brauns Ford Klemme O'Brien
Osterhaus Richardson Sukup Teig

 


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 2054, 2246 and Senate Concurrent Resolution 104.

House File 2361, a bill for an act relating to permitted and
prohibited occupations for certain child laborers involving motor
vehicle cleaning, washing, and polishing, and providing an effective
date, was taken up for consideration.

The House stood at ease at 5:47 p.m., until the fall of the gavel.

The House resumed session and consideration of House File 2361
at 6:53 p.m., Gipp of Winneshiek in the chair.

Dolecheck of Ringgold offered the following amendment H-8064
filed by him and moved its adoption:

H-8064

1 Amend House File 2361 as follows:
2 1. Page 1, by striking lines 9 and 10, and
3 inserting the following: "equipment as needed; and
4 provided the person shall not be employed or permitted
5 to combine the".

Amendment H-8064 was adopted.

SENATE FILE 2121 SUBSTITUTED FOR HOUSE FILE 2361

Dolecheck of Ringgold asked and received unanimous consent to
substitute Senate File 2121 for House File 2361.

Senate File 2121, a bill for an act relating to permitted and
prohibited occupations for certain child laborers involving motor
vehicle cleaning, washing, and polishing, and providing an effective
date, was taken up for consideration.

Dotzler of Black Hawk asked and received unanimous consent that
amendment H-8069 be deferred.

Dotzler of Black Hawk offered the following amendment H-8073
filed by him and moved its adoption:

H-8073

1 Amend Senate File 2121, as amended, passed, and
2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows
3 1. Page 1, line 6, by inserting after the word
4 "protectants" the following: ", with a national fire
5 protection association health rating for chemicals or
6 working solutions of two or less,".
7 2. Page 1, line 8, by inserting after the word
8 "employed" the following: "is at least sixteen years
9 of age and".

Roll call was requested by Dotzler of Black Hawk and Myers of
Johnson.

On the question "Shall amendment H-8073 be adopted?" (S.F.
2121)

The ayes were, 40:
Atteberry Bell Bukta Chiodo
Cohoon Connors Dotzler Fallon
Foege Frevert Greimann Hatch
Huser Jochum Kreiman Kuhn
Larkin Lensing Mascher May
Mertz Murphy Myers Petersen
Quirk Reeder Reynolds Scherrman
Schrader Seng Shoultz Smith
Stevens Taylor, D. Taylor, T. Tremmel
Warnstadt Winckler Wise Witt
The nays were, 51:

 

Alons
Arnold Baudler Boal

Boddicker
Boggess Bradley Brauns

Broers
Brunkhorst Carroll Cormack

De Boef
Dix Dolecheck Drake

Eddie
Eichhorn Elgin Finch

Garman
Grundberg Hahn Hansen

Heaton
Hoffman Horbach Hoversten

Huseman
Jacobs Jenkins Johnson

Jones
Kettering Larson Manternach

Metcalf
Millage Raecker Rants

Rayhons
Rekow Roberts Shey

Sievers
Tymeson Tyrrell Van Engelenhoven

Van Fossen
Wilderdyke Gipp,

Presiding


 


Absent or not voting, 9:
Ford Klemme O'Brien Osterhaus
Richardson Siegrist, Spkr. Sukup Teig
Weidman

 


Amendment H-8073 lost.

Dotzler of Black Hawk offered amendment H-8069, previously
deferred, filed by him as follows:

H-8069

1 Amend Senate File 2121, as amended, passed, and
2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows
3 1. Page 1, line 6, by inserting after the word
4 "protectants" the following: ", with a national fire
5 protection association health rating of less than
6 three,".
7 2. Page 1, line 8, by inserting after the word
8 "employed" the following: "is at least sixteen years
9 of age and".

Dotzler of Black Hawk offered the following amendment H-8076, to
amendment H-8069, filed by him from the floor and moved its
adoption:

H-8076

1 Amend the amendment, H-8069, to Senate File 2121,
2 as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as
3 follows:
4 1. Page 1, by striking lines 3 through 9 and

5 inserting the following:
6 " . Page 1, by inserting after line 18 the
7 following:
8 "A child employed in an occupation involving motor
9 vehicle cleaning, washing, and polishing as provided
10 in this subsection shall have an informed consent form
11 signed by the person's parent or guardian. The
12 department shall develop and make available an
13 informed consent form to be used by an employer to
14 inform the parent or guardian of a child employed in
15 an occupation involving motor vehicle cleaning,
16 washing, and polishing in accordance with this
17 subsection of the hazardous chemicals that may be used
18 on the job and the health effects of exposure to the
19 chemicals. The employer shall maintain a copy of the
20 signed consent form for each such person employed in
21 accordance with this subsection on file, which shall
22 be made available to the labor commissioner upon
23 request.""
24 2. By renumbering as necessary.

Roll call was requested by Dotzler of Black Hawk and Myers of
Johnson.

On the question "Shall amendment H-8076 to amendment H-8069
be adopted?" (S.F. 2121)

The ayes were, 84:
Alons Arnold Atteberry Baudler
Bell Boal Boddicker Boggess
Bradley Brauns Broers Brunkhorst
Chiodo Cohoon Connors Cormack
De Boef Dix Dolecheck Dotzler
Drake Eichhorn Elgin Fallon
Finch Foege Frevert Greimann
Grundberg Hahn Hansen Hatch
Heaton Hoffman Horbach Hoversten
Huseman Huser Jacobs Jenkins
Jochum Jones Kreiman Kuhn
Larkin Larson Lensing Manternach
Mascher May Mertz Metcalf
Millage Murphy Myers Petersen
Quirk Raecker Rayhons Reeder
Rekow Reynolds Roberts Scherrman
Schrader Seng Shey Shoultz
Sievers Smith Stevens Taylor, D.
Taylor, T. Tremmel Tymeson Tyrrell

 




Van Engelenhoven Van Fossen Warnstadt Wilderdyke
Winckler Wise Witt Gipp,
Presiding

The nays were, 5:
Eddie Garman Johnson Kettering
Rants

 


Absent or not voting, 11:
Bukta Carroll Ford Klemme
O'Brien Osterhaus Richardson Siegrist, Spkr.
Sukup Teig Weidman

 


Amendment H-8076 was adopted.

Dotzler of Black Hawk moved the adoption of amendment H-8069,
as amended.

Roll call was requested by Dotzler of Black Hawk and Brunkhorst
of Bremer.

On the question "Shall amendment H-8069, as amended, be
adopted?" (S.F. 2121)

The ayes were, 40:
Atteberry Bell Bukta Chiodo
Cohoon Connors Dotzler Fallon
Foege Frevert Greimann Hatch
Huser Jochum Kreiman Kuhn
Larkin Lensing Mascher May
Mertz Murphy Myers Petersen
Quirk Reeder Reynolds Scherrman
Schrader Seng Shoultz Smith
Stevens Taylor, D. Taylor, T. Tremmel
Warnstadt Winckler Wise Witt

 


The nays were, 51:
Alons Arnold Baudler Boal
Boddicker Boggess Bradley Brauns
Broers Brunkhorst Carroll Cormack
De Boef Dix Dolecheck Drake
Eddie Eichhorn Elgin Finch
Garman Grundberg Hahn Hansen
Heaton Hoffman Horbach Hoversten
Huseman Jacobs Jenkins Johnson
Jones Kettering Larson Manternach
Metcalf Millage Raecker Rants
Rayhons Rekow Roberts Shey
Sievers Tymeson Tyrrell Van Engelenhoven
Van Fossen Wilderdyke Gipp,
Presiding

 


Absent or not voting, 9:
Ford Klemme O'Brien Osterhaus
Richardson Siegrist, Spkr. Sukup Teig
Weidman

 


Amendment H-8069 lost.

Dolecheck of Ringgold moved that the bill be read a last time now
and placed upon its passage which motion prevailed and the bill was
read a last time.

On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (S.F. 2121)

The ayes were, 59:
Alons Arnold Atteberry Baudler
Bell Boal Boddicker Boggess
Bradley Brauns Broers Brunkhorst
Carroll Chiodo Cormack De Boef
Dix Dolecheck Drake Eddie
Eichhorn Elgin Finch Garman
Grundberg Hahn Hansen Heaton
Hoffman Horbach Hoversten Huseman
Huser Jacobs Jenkins Johnson
Jones Kettering Larson Manternach
May Metcalf Millage Myers
Quirk Raecker Rants Rayhons
Rekow Roberts Scherrman Shey
Sievers Tymeson Tyrrell Van Engelenhoven
Van Fossen Wilderdyke Gipp,
Presiding

 


The nays were, 31:
Bukta Cohoon Connors Dotzler
Fallon Foege Frevert Greimann
Hatch Jochum Kreiman Kuhn
Larkin Lensing Mascher Mertz
Murphy Petersen Reeder Reynolds
Schrader Seng Shoultz Smith
Stevens Taylor, D. Taylor, T. Tremmel
Warnstadt Winckler Wise
Absent or not voting, 10:

 

Ford
Klemme O'Brien Osterhaus

Richardson
Siegrist, Spkr. Sukup Teig

Weidman
Witt


 


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
Senate File 2121 be immediately messaged to the Senate.

HOUSE FILE 2361 WITHDRAWN

Dolecheck of Ringgold asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw House File 2361 from further consideration by the House.

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 109 WITHDRAWN

Rekow of Allamakee asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw House Concurrent Resolution 109 from further
consideration by the House.

HOUSE FILE 2404 PLACED ON CALENDAR

The Speaker announced that House File 2404, previously referred
to committee on appropriations is placed on the calendar.

HOUSE FILE 2434 REREFERRED

The Speaker announced that House File 2434, previously referred
to committee on state government was rereferred to committee on
appropriations.

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

2002\423 Clara Kilson, Dysart - For celebrating her 95th birthday.

2002\424 Malinda Offt, Dysart - For celebrating her 90th birthday.

2002\425 Leo and Anna Heineman, Readlyn - For celebrating their 64th
wedding anniversary.
2002\426 Leon and Lois Schutte, Readlyn - For celebrating their 50th wedding
anniversary.
2002\427 George and Rita Stahl, Williamsburg - For celebrating their 50th
wedding anniversary.
2002\428 Leona Klever, Williamsburg - For celebrating her 90th birthday.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

House Joint Resolution 2006

Judiciary: Tremmel, Chair; Eichhorn and Shey.

House File 2155

Economic Development: Cormack, Chair; Hatch and Hoversten.

House File 2351

Economic Development: Cormack, Chair; Hatch and Hoversten.

House File 2389

Economic Development: Cormack, Chair; Hoversten and Lensing.

House File 2392

Economic Development: Hoffman, Chair; Hoversten and Quirk.

House File 2396

Judiciary: Tremmel, Chair; Eichhorn and Shey.

House File 2398

Judiciary: Tremmel, Chair; Eichhorn and Shey.

House File 2402

Economic Development: Roberts, Chair; Cormack and Lensing.

House File 2403

Judiciary: Kreiman, Chair; Eichhorn and Larson.

House File 2404

Appropriations: Dolecheck, Chair; Brunkhorst and Wise.

House File 2414

Judiciary: Kreiman, Chair; Eichhorn and Larson.

House File 2420

Judiciary: Tremmel, Chair; Eichhorn and Shey.

House File 2421

Appropriations: Millage, Chair; Brunkhorst and Murphy.

House File 2422

Economic Development: Cormack, Chair; Cohoon and Van Fossen.

House File 2423

Judiciary: Tremmel, Chair; Eichhorn and Shey.

House File 2424

Economic Development: Cormack, Chair; Dotzler and Van Fossen.

House File 2428

Local Government: Eddie, Chair; Arnold and Huser.

House File 2429

Judiciary: Eichhorn, Chair; Kreiman and Shey.

House File 2430

Local Government: Carroll, Chair; Jones and Petersen.

House File 2433

Judiciary: Baudler, Chair; Shey and Tremmel.

House File 2436

Local Government: Alons, Chair; Petersen and Weidman.

House File 2448

Local Government: Eddie, Chair; Huser and Weidman.


HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

House Study Bill 674

Commerce and Regulation: Metcalf, Chair; Chiodo and Raecker.

House Study Bill 675

Commerce and Regulation: Van Fossen, Chair; Bradley and Schrader.

House Study Bill 676

Agriculture: Baudler, Chair; Jones and Mertz.

House Study Bill 677

Judiciary: Tremmel, Chair; Kettering and Shey.

House Study Bill 678

Education: Carroll, Chair; Grundberg and Wise.

House Study Bill 680

Commerce and Regulation: Jacobs, Chair; Chiodo and Hansen.

House Study Bill 681

Commerce and Regulation: Johnson, Chair; Kettering and Quirk.

House Study Bill 682

Commerce and Regulation: Shey, Chair; Raecker and Warnstadt.

House Study Bill 683

State Government: Metcalf, Chair; Bradley and Reeder.

House Study Bill 684

State Government: Brauns, Chair; Garman and Reeder.

House Study Bill 685

Commerce and Regulation: Kettering, Chair; Bradley and Chiodo.

House Study Bill 686

Agriculture: Manternach, Chair; Frevert and Johnson.


House Study Bill 687

Agriculture: Manternach, Chair; Frevert and Johnson.

House Study Bill 688

Agriculture: Rekow, Chair; Boggess and Kuhn.

House Study Bill 689

Education: Brunkhorst, Chair; Boal and Cohoon.

House Study Bill 690

Judiciary: Shey, Chair; Baudler and Tremmel.

House Study Bill 691

Judiciary: Shey, Chair; Baudler and Kreiman.

House Study Bill 692

Commerce and Regulation: Raecker, Chair; Schrader and Shey.

House Study Bill 693

Judiciary: Tremmel, Chair; Kettering and Raecker.

HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

H.S.B. 694 Appropriations

Relating to requirements for executive branch interdepartmental
transfers of appropriations.

H.S.B. 695 Natural Resources

Relating to an increase in the resident hunting license fee and
establishing a pheasant and quail restoration program and making
an appropriation.

H.S.B. 696 Human Resources

Relating to the rendering of disaster and emergency care by physician
assistants.


H.S.B. 697 Human Resources

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

H.S.B. 698 State Government

Relating to a referendum to determine the type of gambling to be
conducted at horse racetrack enclosures, creating a governing board,
and specifying the duties of the governing board.

H.S.B. 699 Agriculture

Relating to agricultural contracts, providing for penalties, and
providing for an immediate effective date.

H.S.B. 700 Judiciary

Creating criminal offenses and modifying criminal penalties for acts
of terrorism by creating the offenses of soliciting or providing
material support or resources for acts of terrorism, by creating the
offense of threat of terrorism, by creating the offense of obstruction of
terrorism prosecution, and by providing for life imprisonment for
certain acts of terrorism.

H.S.B. 701 Human Resources

Abolishing the licensure and regulation of birth centers.

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

MR. SPEAKER: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reports
that the following committee recommendations have been received
and are on file in the office of the Chief Clerk.

MARGARET A. THOMSON
Chief Clerk of the House


COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 676), providing for the identification
of goats moved to or within an exhibition.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Do Pass February 20, 2002.

Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 687), relating to the indemnification
of owners of animals with a contagious disease under a plan of eradication.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Do Pass February 20, 2002.

Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 688), relating to the regulation of
milk and milk products, by providing for permits, fees, and penalties, making penalties
applicable, and providing an effective date.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 20, 2002.

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 589), providing for the establishment
and perfection of a security interest in certain education loans.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 20, 2002.

Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 608), expanding the board of
educational examiners' authority with regard to licensee disciplinary investigations
and proceedings.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 20, 2002.

Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 661), relating to the operations of and
programs for school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and community colleges,
and making changes to provisions allowing tax credits and advances to businesses for
participating in community college training programs.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 20, 2002.


Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 689), relating to the duties and
operation of the department of education.
Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 20, 2002.

COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

House File 2302, a bill for an act relating to the recycling of electronic goods and
the disassembling and removing of toxic parts from electronic goods.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Do Pass February 20, 2002.

Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 590), relating to terminology and
eligibility for assistance under the sewage treatment and drinking water facilities
financing program.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Do Pass February 20, 2002.

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2263), prohibiting false compartments in
vehicles for the purpose of intentionally concealing or transporting controlled
substances and providing for penalties.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Do Pass February 20, 2002.

Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2298), authorizing the district court to enter
judgment based upon the parties' stipulated agreement in civil actions.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Do Pass February 20, 2002.

Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2349), allowing any member of a duly
organized state, county, or municipal law enforcement unit from another state to carry
weapons.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 20, 2002.

Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2360), creating a criminal offense for
possession or distribution of anthrax, and providing a penalty.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Do Pass February 20, 2002.
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2396), providing for the issuance of no-
contact orders against persons who are arrested for the crime of sexual abuse.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Do Pass February 20, 2002.

Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2398), relating to the statute of limitations
in first and second degree sexual abuse cases.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Do Pass February 20, 2002.

Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2403), expanding the jurisdiction of the
juvenile court to include modifying certain child support orders.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Do Pass February 20, 2002.

Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2420), relating to the issuance of a no-
contact order against a defendant convicted of a sexual offense upon the defendant's
release from jail or prison.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Do Pass February 20, 2002.

Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 655), requiring contract disclosure
statements for certain residential real estate installment contracts, providing for a
penalty, and providing an applicability date.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 20, 2002.

Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 671), relating to trusts and estates
and their relationship to medical assistance benefits, the right to disclaim on behalf of
a ward, the creation of total return unitrusts, and providing an effective date.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Do Pass February 20, 2002.

Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 672), making certain amendments to
the Iowa trust code.

Fiscal Note is not required.


Recommended Do Pass February 20, 2002.

COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2148), permitting the use of residential
elevators in certain public locations to transport persons with disabilities.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 20, 2002.

COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

House File 2430, a bill for an act providing for the mental health and
developmental disabilities commission to assume the duties of the state-county
management committee and provides new rulemaking authority associated with those
duties.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Do Pass February 20, 2002.

Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2355), relating to county eligibility for state
payment of the allowed growth factor adjustment for county mental health, mental
retardation, and developmental disabilities services, and including applicability and
transition provisions.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 20, 2002.

COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES

Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2033), providing a method for issuing
certificates of title for snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles, and registration
certificates for certain watercraft, for which ownership has not been conclusively
established.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 19, 2002.

Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 695), relating to an increase in the
resident hunting license fee and establishing a pheasant and quail restoration program
and making an appropriation.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 20, 2002.

COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT


House File 2332, a bill for an act relating to the acquisition, enforceability, and
purpose of conservation easements.
Fiscal Note is not required
.
Recommended Do Pass February 19, 2002.

Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2236), regulating farmers market stands,
providing for fees, making penalties applicable, and providing an effective date.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 19, 2002.

Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 556), relating to the office of secretary
of state and the conduct of elections, and voter registration in the state and providing
effective and applicability dates.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 19, 2002.

Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 557), relating to campaign finance,
including a reporting threshold for filing organizational committee statements,
providing for the filing of reports with the Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board,
providing a document retention period, and relating to certain signature requirements.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 19, 2002.

Committee Bill (Formerly House Study Bill 633), relating to redistricting, the
process of congressional and legislative redistricting, and review by the ethics and
campaign disclosure board of county supervisor redistricting plans, and providing an
effective date.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 19, 2002.

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

Committee Bill (Formerly House File 496), relating to requirements for securing
children transported in certain motor vehicles and providing a penalty.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 20, 2002.

Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2219), providing for seat belt exemption
window decals for motor vehicles operated by certain persons.

Fiscal Note is required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 20, 2002.
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 2369), establishing a pilot project to place
flashing traffic control signals at certain intersections on highways in the state.

Fiscal Note is required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass February 20, 2002.

RESOLUTION FILED

HCR 115, by Greimann, a concurrent resolution encouraging the
implementation and support of asset development programs.

Laid over under Rule 25.

AMENDMENTS FILED

H-8074 H.F. 2394 Dolecheck of Ringgold
H-8075 H.F. 2319 Sievers of Scott
H-8077 H.F. 2395 Millage of Scott

On motion by Rants of Woodbury the House adjourned at 8:04
p.m., until 8:45 a.m., Thursday, February 21, 2002.


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