House Journal: Monday, March 10, 2003
JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE
Fifty-seventh Calendar Day - Fortieth Session Day
Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, March 10, 2003
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 1:00 p.m., Speaker
Rants in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Reverend Gene Koth, retired pastor of
Walnut Hills Methodist Church. He was the guest of Representative
Petersen of Polk County.
The Journal of Friday, March 7, 2003 was approved.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Speaker Rants.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
House File 488, by committee on local government, a bill for an
act relating to state land management and planning and local land
management and planning for certain counties and cities and
providing effective dates.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 489, by committee on human resources, a bill for an
act relating to programs and services under the purview of the
department of human services, and providing for retroactive
applicability and effective dates.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 490, by committee on local government, a bill for an
act relating to the right of condemnation of owners of certain land
and including effective and applicability date provisions.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 491, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an act
relating to tax credits and associated refunds for cooperatives
engaged in the production of value-added agricultural products, and
providing for its applicability.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 492, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an act
relating to soil conservation by providing for the acquisition of land
by soil and water conservation districts, and eliminating certain
reporting requirements.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 493, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an act
relating to the powers and duties of the department of agriculture
and land stewardship by providing for the elimination of
administrative requirements.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
House File 494, by Osterhaus, a bill for an act exempting from
the sales and use taxes the sales of tangible personal property to be
used primarily in the cultivation or culture of grapes for wine
making.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
House File 495, by Hogg, a bill for an act providing for the
regulation of building or development permits in or near a flood plain.
Read first time and referred to committee on local government.
House File 496, by Osterhaus, a bill for an act relating to the
regulation of pharmacy benefit managers and making appropriations.
Read first time and referred to committee on state government.
SPECIAL PRESENTATION
Kurtenbach of Story introduced to the House, Iowa artist Bill Lee
of Ames, accompanied by his wife Ramona. His artwork is on display
in the rotunda.
The House rose and expressed its welcome.
BILL ENROLLED, SIGNED AND SENT TO GOVERNOR
The Chief Clerk of the House submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reports that the following
bill has been examined and found correctly enrolled, signed by the Speaker of the
House and the President of the Senate, and presented to the Governor for his approval
on this 10th day of March, 2003: House File 215.
MARGARET A. THOMSON
Chief Clerk of the House
Report adopted.
PRESENTATION OF VISITORS
The Speaker announced that the following visitors were present in
the House chamber:
Eighteen 8th grade students from Shenandoah, Iowa, accompanied
by Mr. Whitehill and Superintendent Profitt. By Boggess of Page.
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
2003\641 Joan Falke, Des Moines - For celebrating her 80th birthday.
2003\642 Jerome Gadbois, Sioux City - For celebrating his 94th birthday.
2003\643 Naomi Hohman, Inwood - For celebrating her 97th birthday.
2003\644 Don Ortman, Rock Valley - For being named the 2003 Elementary
Principal of the Year.
2003\645 Orville and Joann Hammitt, Lehigh - For celebrating their 50th
wedding anniversary.
2003\646 Kenneth and Norma Hill, Dows - For celebrating their 50th wedding
anniversary.
2003\647 Richard and Betty Lou Thompson, Clarion - For celebrating their
50th wedding anniversary.
2003\648 Howard and Velda Mallow, Webster City - For celebrating their
72nd wedding anniversary.
2003\649 Orville Anderson, Stratford - For celebrating his 88th birthday.
2003\650 Marion Didio-Ernst, Belmond - For celebrating her 85th birthday.
2003\651 Mae Buzick, Webster City - For celebrating her 90th birthday.
2003\652 Dorothy Ashpole, Clarion - For celebrating her 90th birthday.
2003\653 Grace Kalkwarf, Belmond - For celebrating her 100th birthday.
2003\654 Larry Larson, Belmond - For celebrating his 85th birthday.
2003\655 Marie Christian, Webster City - For celebrating her 80th birthday.
2003\656 Harold "Bibs" Minard, Clarinda - For celebrating his 94th birthday.
2003\657 Ken and Dorothy Huffman, Waterloo - For celebrating their 60th
wedding anniversary.
2003\658 Loma Snyder, Waterloo - For celebrating her 90th birthday.
2003\659 John and Marlene Alons, Sanborn - For celebrating their 50th
wedding anniversary.
2003\660 Faye Huibregtse, Sanborn - For celebrating her 95th birthday.
2003\661 Chelsey Bohr, Royal - For being the Iowa State Spelling Bee
Champion.
2003\662 Raelle Groeneweg, Sioux Center - For being the state winner of the
GOP USA Young Patriots Essay Contest.
2003\663 James G. Freeland, Winterset - For attaining the rank of Eagle
Scout, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.
2003\664 Florence Klein, Alden - For celebrating her 85th birthday.
2003\665 Harlan Willms, Iowa Falls - For celebrating his 80th birthday.
2003\666 Bertha Borschel, Iowa Falls - For celebrating her 80th birthday.
2003\667 Rena Boyenga, Ackley - For celebrating her 90th birthday.
2003\668 Naomi and Harold Freese, Eldora - For celebrating their 50th
wedding anniversary.
2003\669 Dorothy Slater, Eldora - For celebrating her 80th birthday.
2003\670 Martin and Arlene (Waldo) Mosch, Hubbard - For celebrating their
50th wedding anniversary.
2003\671 Herschel Hawf, Riceville - For celebrating his 90th birthday.
2003\672 Nellie Dvorak, Charles City - For celebrating her 95th birthday.
2003\673 Dallas Kuper, Osage - For being Osage's 50th State Wrestling
Champion.
2003\674 Donald Duane Schoof, Boone - For celebrating his 81st birthday.
2003\675 Mary Swigert, Ogden - For celebrating her 90th birthday.
2003\676 Darlene Wichs, Perry - For celebrating her 84th birthday.
2003\677 Mary McCoy, Boone - For celebrating her 86th birthday.
2003\678 Homer Burgus, Perry - For celebrating his 89th birthday.
2003\679 Virgil Pantier, Perry - For celebrating his 80th birthday.
2003\680 Lorraine Belluci, Boone - For celebrating her 81st birthday.
2003\681 Kristina Kempton, Council Bluffs - For being one of the five first-
place VTECH XLence National Award winners for her academic
and community achievements.
2003\682 Gen Bray, Osage - Fore celebrating her 90th birthday.
2003\683 Caroline Lingenfelter, West Point - For celebrating her 100th
birthday.
2003\684 Hemstead L. Shook, Mt. Pleasant - For celebrating his 100th
birthday.
2003\685 Edna Dunbar, Van Horne - For celebrating her 80th birthday.
2003\686 Ruth Lyons, Vinton - For celebrating her 80th birthday.
2003\687 Joan Cooling, Vinton - For the Cooling Dancers earning Grand
Champion Honors.
2003\688 Milo and Nellie Cobb, Vinton - For celebrating their 60th wedding
anniversary.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House File 99
Ways and Means: Lalk, Chair; Hogg and Jones.
House File 195
Judiciary: Eichhorn, Chair; Boddicker and Swaim.
Senate File 201
Education: Chambers, Chair; B. Hansen and Mascher.
HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
House Study Bill 260
Judiciary: Boal, Chair; Dennis and Lensing.
House Study Bill 261
Judiciary: Maddox, Chair; Greimann and K. Kramer.
House Study Bill 262
Judiciary: Baudler, Chair; Boal and Swaim.
House Study Bill 264
Commerce, Regulation and Labor: B. Hansen, Chair; Hoffman and Oldson.
House Study Bill 265
Natural Resources: Freeman, Chair; Baudler and Bell.
House Study Bill 266
Commerce, Regulation and Labor: Raecker, Chair; T. Taylor and Wilderdyke.
HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
H.S.B. 270 Ways and Means
Exempting from sales and use taxes the purchase of coins, currency,
and bullion.
H.S.B. 271 Ways and Means
Relating to the requirements for receiving a property tax exemption
for open prairies and wildlife habitats and including an applicability
date provision.
H.S.B. 272 Ways and Means
Relating to the gradual repeal of the state franchise tax and
providing effective and applicability dates.
H.S.B. 273 Public Safety
Relating to ephedrine, and making pseudoephedrine a controlled
substance, and making penalties applicable.
H.S.B. 274 Education
Providing for a waiver of deadline requirements relating to whole-
grade sharing agreements in specified school districts, and providing
an effective date.
H.S.B. 275 Education
Relating to designation by a county of a property of historical
significance, placing a moratorium on activities that imperil the
property, and providing an effective date.
AMENDMENTS FILED
H-1038 H.F. 396 Tymeson of Madison
H-1039 H.F. 391 Wise of Lee
Jenkins of Black Hawk
H-1040 H.F. 400 Hogg of Linn
H-1041 S.F. 97 Arnold of Lucas
Huser of Polk McCarthy of Polk
Rayhons of Hancock Alons of Sioux
Whitaker of Van Buren Klemme of Plymouth
On motion by Gipp of Winneshiek the House adjourned at 1:07
p.m., until 8:45 a.m., Tuesday, March 11, 2003.
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League of Women Voters of Iowa
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