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House Journal: Wednesday, March 19, 2003

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE

Sixty-sixth Calendar Day - Forty-seventh Session Day

Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, March 19, 2003

The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:46 a.m., Speaker
Rants in the chair.

Prayer was offered by Reverend Lloyd Johnston, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, Centerville. He was the guest of Representative
Kurt Swaim of Davis County.

The Journal of Tuesday, March 18, 2003 was approved.

PETITION FILED

The following petition was received and placed on file:

By Frevert of Palo Alto from five hundred eighty-four constituents
favoring the preservation of the senior living trust fund, essential to
providing services to the elderly in Iowa.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

House File 631, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act
relating to the apportionment of judgeships and the voluntary
transfer of a district judge among the judicial election districts.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 632, by Shoultz, a bill for an act relating to the
enactment of a state living wage and providing effective and
applicability dates.

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

House File 633, by committee on commerce, regulation, and
labor, a bill for an act relating to cemeteries and cemetery regulation;
establishing requirements for interment rights agreements,
reporting, and permits; establishing and appropriating fees; and

providing administration and enforcement procedures and penalties.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 634, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an act
relating to the conversion of cooperative associations originally
organized as business corporations.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 635, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act
relating to the clerk of the district court by changing the method of
appointment, by permitting a clerk to serve in more than one county,
and by eliminating certain residency requirements.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 636, by committee on administration and rules, a bill
for an act relating to legislative branch consolidation of functions by
combining the legislative service bureau, legislative fiscal bureau,
and legislative computer support bureau into a single central
legislative staff agency, providing for legislative publications
procedures, modifying the sales tax exemption for items sold or
services provided by the new agency, including related matters, and
providing an effective date.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 637, by committee on public safety, a bill for an act
relating to tobacco retailers and providing penalties and providing
applicability provisions and an effective date.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 638, by committee on public safety, a bill for an act
relating to ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, and making penalties
applicable.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.


House File 639, by Ford, a bill for an act relating to stipends for
athlete students competing in a state board of regents university
football program and including a conditional effectiveness provision.

Read first time and referred to committee on state government.

House File 640, by Alons, a bill for an act relating to the
deduction of corporate dividends received in computing state
individual income taxes and including effective and retroactive
applicability date provisions.

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

House File 641, by committee on human resources, a bill for an
act providing for changes relating to programs under the purview of
the Iowa department of public health.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

SENATE MESSAGES CONSIDERED

Senate File 152, by Kibbie, a bill for an act relating to
compensation for members of county commissions of veteran affairs.

Read first time and referred to committee on local government.

Senate File 155, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act
relating to statutory corrections which may adjust language to reflect
current practices, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and
inaccuracies, delete temporary language, resolve inconsistencies and
conflicts, update ongoing provisions, or remove ambiguities, and
including effective and retroactive applicability date provisions.

Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.

Senate File 196, by McCoy, a bill for an act relating to rotation of
judges' names on the ballots in certain counties.

Read first time and referred to committee on state government.

Senate File 298, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act
expanding the criminal offense of possessing contraband in

correctional institutions to include possessing contraband in a secure
facility for the detention or custody of juveniles, a detention facility,
or a jail.

Read first time and referred to committee on judiciary.

Senate File 303, by Kreiman, a bill for an act relating to the
contents of certain child abuse assessment reports.

Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.

Senate File 340, by committee on commerce, a bill for an act
relating to business entities, based on revisions related to the Iowa
business corporation Act, including addition of a savings clause and
addition of provisions related to director and officer liability, duty,
and indemnification for certain insurance companies and
indemnification for cooperative associations.

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

Senate File 342, by committee on natural resources and
environment, a bill for an act relating to the sale of wine produced by
native wineries in this state.

Read first time and referred to committee on state government.

Senate File 343, by committee on natural resources and
environment, a bill for an act relating to operation permits for public
disposal systems and providing an effective date.

Read first time and referred to committee on environmental
protection.

Senate File 351, by committee on human resources, a bill for an
act relating to child care requirements involving prohibitions against
involvement with child care, record checks and evaluations performed
by the department of human services, eligibility for state assistance,
and child care fraud program sanctions, and making penalties
applicable.

Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.

Senate File 353, by committee on human resources, a bill for an
act requiring establishment of county child protection assistance
teams.

Read first time and referred to committee on human resources.

MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE

The following messages were received from the Senate:

Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has on
March 18, 2003, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is
asked:

Senate File 390, a bill for an act relating to certain alternative forms of county and
city government by providing for county redistricting and representation, charter
commission administration, application of various statutory requirements, the manner
in which a charter may be proposed and adopted, amendment of a charter, the
organization of the governing body, and inclusions in a charter, making technical
changes relating to the administration and authority of a city-county consolidated
government and a community commonwealth, allowing formation of local government
organization review committees, and including effective and applicability date
provisions.

Also: That the Senate has on March 18, 2003, passed the following bill in which the
concurrence of the House is asked:

Senate File 401, a bill for an act relating to tobacco retailers and providing
penalties and providing applicability provisions and an effective date.

MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary

CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Regular Calendar

House File 489, 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, was taken
up for consideration.

Boddicker of Cedar 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. 489)


The ayes were, 98:
Alons Arnold Baudler Bell
Berry Boal Boddicker Boggess
Bukta Carroll Chambers Cohoon
Connors Dandekar Davitt De Boef
Dennis Dix Dolecheck Drake
Eichhorn Elgin Fallon Foege
Ford Freeman Frevert Gaskill
Gipp Granzow Greimann Greiner
Hahn Hansen Hanson Heaton
Heddens Hogg Horbach Hunter
Huseman Huser Hutter Jacobs
Jenkins Jochum Jones Klemme
Kramer Kuhn Kurtenbach Lalk
Lensing Lukan Lykam Maddox
Manternach Mascher McCarthy Mertz
Miller Murphy Myers Oldson
Olson, D. Olson, S. Osterhaus Paulsen
Petersen Quirk Raecker Rasmussen
Rayhons Reasoner Roberts Sands
Schickel Shoultz Smith Stevens
Struyk Swaim Taylor, D. Thomas
Tjepkes Tymeson Upmeyer Van Engelenhoven
Van Fossen, J.K. Van Fossen, J.R. Watts Wendt
Whitaker Whitead Wilderdyke Winckler
Wise Mr. Speaker
Rants

 


The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 2:
Hoffman Taylor, T.

 


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

Ways and Means Calendar

House File 344, a bill for an act allowing a refund of motor fuel
taxes paid by a benefited fire district, was taken up for consideration.

Huser 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. 344)


The ayes were, 98:
Alons Arnold Baudler Bell
Berry Boal Boddicker Boggess
Bukta Carroll Chambers Cohoon
Connors Dandekar Davitt De Boef
Dennis Dix Dolecheck Drake
Eichhorn Elgin Fallon Foege
Ford Freeman Frevert Gaskill
Gipp Granzow Greimann Greiner
Hahn Hansen Hanson Heaton
Heddens Hogg Horbach Hunter
Huseman Huser Hutter Jacobs
Jenkins Jochum Jones Klemme
Kramer Kuhn Kurtenbach Lalk
Lensing Lukan Lykam Maddox
Manternach Mascher McCarthy Mertz
Miller Murphy Myers Oldson
Olson, D. Olson, S. Osterhaus Paulsen
Petersen Quirk Raecker Rasmussen
Rayhons Reasoner Roberts Sands
Schickel Shoultz Smith Stevens
Struyk Swaim Taylor, D. Thomas
Tjepkes Tymeson Upmeyer Van Engelenhoven
Van Fossen, J.K. Van Fossen, J.R. Watts Wendt
Whitaker Whitead Wilderdyke Winckler
Wise Mr. Speaker
Rants

 


The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 2:
Hoffman Taylor, T.

 


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

Regular Calendar

House File 503, a bill for an act relating to the authorization of
podiatrists to administer anesthesia, was taken up for consideration.

Boddicker of Cedar 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. 503)


The ayes were, 97:
Alons Arnold Baudler Bell
Berry Boal Boddicker Boggess
Bukta Carroll Chambers Cohoon
Connors Dandekar Davitt De Boef
Dennis Dix Dolecheck Drake
Eichhorn Elgin Fallon Foege
Ford Freeman Frevert Gaskill
Gipp Granzow Greimann Greiner
Hahn Hansen Hanson Heaton
Heddens Hogg Horbach Hunter
Huseman Huser Hutter Jacobs
Jenkins Jochum Jones Klemme
Kramer Kuhn Kurtenbach Lalk
Lensing Lukan Lykam Maddox
Manternach Mascher McCarthy Mertz
Miller Murphy Myers Oldson
Olson, D. Olson, S. Osterhaus Paulsen
Petersen Quirk Raecker Rasmussen
Rayhons Reasoner Roberts Sands
Schickel Shoultz Smith Stevens
Struyk Swaim Taylor, D. Thomas
Tjepkes Tymeson Upmeyer Van Engelenhoven
Van Fossen, J.K. Van Fossen, J.R. Watts Wendt
Whitaker Whitead Winckler Wise
Mr. Speaker
Rants

 


The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 3:
Hoffman Taylor, T. Wilderdyke

 


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

HOUSE FILE 132 WITHDRAWN

Huser of Polk asked and received unanimous consent to withdraw
House File 132 from further consideration by the House.

IMMEDIATE MESSAGES

Gipp of Winneshiek asked and received unanimous consent that
the following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: House
Files 344, 489 and 503.

The House stood at ease at 9:12 a.m., until the fall of the gavel.

The House resumed session at 11:31 a.m., Speaker Rants in the
chair.

MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE

The following messages were received from the Senate:

Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has on
March 19, 2003, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is
asked:

Senate File 316, a bill for an act relating to the conduct and licensure of school
employees by creating a criminal offense of sexual exploitation by a school employee,
providing a penalty, authorizing the board of educational examiners to perform record
checks at the applicant's expense, and requiring school districts and schools to report
practitioner misconduct under certain circumstances.

Also: That the Senate has on March 19, 2003, passed the following bill in which the
concurrence of the House is asked:

Senate File 376, a bill for an act relating to the surcharge for certain dishonored
negotiable instruments.

Also: That the Senate has on March 19, 2003, passed the following bill in which the
concurrence of the House is asked:

Senate File 378, a bill for an act relating to the deposit and use of moneys received
by cities and counties for assumption of jurisdiction of primary roads and providing
effective and retroactive applicability dates.

Also: That the Senate has on March 19, 2003, passed the following bill in which the
concurrence of the House is asked:

Senate File 379, a bill for an act relating to certain agricultural liens.

Also: That the Senate has on March 19, 2003, passed the following bill in which the
concurrence of the House is asked:

Senate File 417, a bill for an act relating to the purchase of a police service dog by
the department of corrections.

MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary

ADOPTION OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 31

Alons of Sioux called up for consideration House Resolution 31, a
resolution honoring the Iowa State University of Science and

Technology Extension for 100 years of service to Iowa, and moved its
adoption.

The motion prevailed and the resolution was adopted.

On motion by Jacobs of Polk, the House was recessed at 11:38 a.m.,
until 5:00 p.m.

EVENING SESSION

The House reconvened at 5:46 p.m., Speaker Rants in the chair.

QUORUM CALL

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

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

House File 642, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an act
relating to the regulation of motor vehicle fuel, providing for
penalties, providing for a compliance fund, and providing for an
appropriation.

Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.

House File 643, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act
concerning procedures, duties, and fees related to the judicial branch.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 644, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an act
providing for manure application requirements, providing for fees,
making penalties applicable, and providing an effective date.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 645, by Jenkins, a bill for an act providing a sales and
use tax exemption for soy-based railroad rail lubricants.

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

House File 646, by committee on state government, a bill for an
act relating to certain alternative forms of county and city
government by providing for county redistricting and representation,
charter commission administration, application of various statutory
requirements, the manner in which a charter may be proposed and
adopted, amendment of a charter, the organization of the governing
body, and inclusions in a charter, making technical changes relating
to the administration and authority of a city-county consolidated
government and a community commonwealth, allowing formation of
local government organization review committees, and including
effective and applicability date provisions.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 647, by committee on commerce, regulation and labor,
a bill for an act relating to insurance, including various filing and
information privacy requirements throughout the insurance code,
calculation of assessments by the Iowa individual health benefit
reinsurance association, payment of certain insurance fees, certain
self-funded insurance plans by school corporations or political
subdivisions, designation of the commissioner of insurance as process
agent for various entities conducting insurance business in this state,
notification provisions relating to the effective date of cancellation of
insurance, beneficial stock ownership filings, funding agreements,
creating an insurable interest in active or retired employee lives for
the benefit of an employer, providing for an interstate insurance
product regulation compact, and providing for retroactive
applicability and an effective date.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 648, by committee on state government, a bill for an
act relating to the consolidation of the management of state archives
and records and making conforming changes.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 649, by committee on public safety, a bill for an act
relating to the statutory responsibilities of the department of public
defense, emergency management division, by modifying the
responsibilities of the emergency management division regarding

urban search and rescue, incident command system training, and
enhanced 911 service administration, modifying enhanced 911
surcharges, and providing an effective date.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 650, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act
relating to the assessment of a correctional fee by a county or
municipality, and to the prosecution of certain criminal offenses
committed in a municipality located in two or more counties.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

House File 651, by committee on agriculture, a bill for an act
providing wine gallonage tax revenue to support grape and wine
development, and providing an effective date and retroactive
applicability.

Read first time and placed on the calendar.

SENATE MESSAGES CONSIDERED

Senate File 316, by committee on education, a bill for an act
relating to the conduct and licensure of school employees by creating
a criminal offense of sexual exploitation by a school employee,
providing a penalty, authorizing the board of educational examiners
to perform record checks at the applicant's expense, and requiring
school districts and schools to report practitioner misconduct under
certain circumstances.

Read first time and referred to committee on education.

Senate File 376, by committee on commerce, a bill for an act
relating to the surcharge for certain dishonored negotiable
instruments.

Read first time and passed on file.

Senate File 378, by committee on transportation, a bill for an act
relating to the deposit and use of moneys received by cities and

counties for assumption of jurisdiction of primary roads and providing
effective and retroactive applicability dates.

Read first time and referred to committee on transportation.

Senate File 379, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act
relating to certain agricultural liens.

Read first time and referred to committee on agriculture.

Senate File 390, by committee on state government, a bill for an
act relating to certain alternative forms of county and city
government by providing for county redistricting and representation,
charter commission administration, application of various statutory
requirements, the manner in which a charter may be proposed and
adopted, amendment of a charter, the organization of the governing
body, and inclusions in a charter, making technical changes relating
to the administration and authority of a city-county consolidated
government and a community commonwealth, allowing formation of
local government organization review committees, and including
effective and applicability date provisions.

Read first time and passed on file.

Senate File 417, by committee on judiciary, a bill for an act
relating to the purchase of a police service dog by the department of
corrections.

Read first time and referred to committee on public safety.

Boal of Polk in the chair at 5:56 p.m.

CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Regular Calendar

House File 412, a bill for an act relating to the amount of mussels
and shells which may be taken pursuant to a sport fishing license,
was taken up for consideration.


Baudler of Adair 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. 412)

The ayes were, 97:
Alons Arnold Baudler Bell
Berry Boggess Bukta Carroll
Chambers Cohoon Connors Dandekar
Davitt De Boef Dennis Dix
Dolecheck Drake Eichhorn Elgin
Fallon Foege Ford Freeman
Frevert Gaskill Gipp Granzow
Greimann Greiner Hahn Hansen
Hanson Heaton Heddens Hoffman
Hogg Horbach Hunter Huseman
Huser Hutter Jacobs Jenkins
Jochum Jones Klemme Kramer
Kuhn Kurtenbach Lalk Lensing
Lukan Lykam Maddox Manternach
Mascher McCarthy Mertz Miller
Murphy Myers Oldson Olson, D.
Olson, S. Osterhaus Paulsen Petersen
Quirk Raecker Rants, Spkr. Rasmussen
Rayhons Reasoner Roberts Sands
Schickel Shoultz Smith Stevens
Struyk Swaim Thomas Tjepkes
Tymeson Upmeyer Van Engelenhoven Van Fossen, J.K.
Van Fossen, J.R. Watts Wendt Whitaker
Whitead Wilderdyke Winckler Wise
Boal,
Presiding

 


The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 3:
Taylor, D. Taylor, T.

 


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

HOUSE FILE 238 WITHDRAWN

Baudler of Adair asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw House File 238 from further consideration by the House.

House File 492, 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, was taken
up for consideration.

S. Olson of Clinton 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. 492)

The ayes were, 95:
Alons Arnold Baudler Bell
Berry Boggess Bukta Carroll
Chambers Cohoon Connors Dandekar
Davitt De Boef Dennis Dix
Dolecheck Drake Eichhorn Elgin
Fallon Foege Ford Freeman
Frevert Gaskill Gipp Granzow
Greimann Hahn Hansen Hanson
Heaton Heddens Hoffman Hogg
Horbach Hunter Huseman Huser
Hutter Jacobs Jenkins Jochum
Jones Klemme Kramer Kuhn
Kurtenbach Lalk Lensing Lukan
Lykam Maddox Manternach Mascher
McCarthy Mertz Miller Murphy
Myers Oldson Olson, D. Olson, S.
Osterhaus Paulsen Petersen Quirk
Raecker Rants, Spkr. Rasmussen Rayhons
Reasoner Roberts Sands Schickel
Shoultz Smith Stevens Struyk
Swaim Thomas Tjepkes Tymeson
Upmeyer Van Fossen, J.K. Van Fossen, J.R. Watts
Wendt Whitaker Whitead Wilderdyke
Winckler Wise Boal,
Presiding

 


The nays were, 2:
Greiner Van Engelenhoven

 


Absent or not voting, 3:
Boddicker Taylor, D. Taylor, T.

 



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

Speaker Rants in the chair at 6:13 p.m.

House File 564, a bill for an act providing for an annual
allocation of four million dollars for accelerated career education
programs, was taken up for consideration.

Jenkins of Black Hawk asked and received unanimous consent
that House File 564 be deferred and that the bill retain its place on
the calendar.

RULE 32 INVOKED

The Speaker announced that pursuant to Rule 32, House File 564
was referred to the committee on Appropriations.

IMMEDIATE MESSAGES

Gipp of Winneshiek asked and received unanimous consent that
the following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: House
Files 412 and 492.

House File 577, a bill for an act providing for a waiver of deadline
requirements relating to whole-grade sharing agreements in specified
school districts, and providing an effective date, was taken up for
consideration.

Roberts of Carroll 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. 577)

The ayes were, 96:
Alons Arnold Baudler Bell
Boal Boggess Bukta Carroll
Chambers Cohoon Connors Dandekar
Davitt De Boef Dennis Dix
Dolecheck Drake Eichhorn Elgin
Fallon Foege Ford Freeman
Frevert Gaskill Gipp Granzow
Greimann Greiner Hahn Hansen
Hanson Heaton Heddens Hoffman
Hogg Horbach Hunter Huseman
Huser Hutter Jacobs Jenkins
Jochum Jones Klemme Kramer
Kuhn Kurtenbach Lalk Lensing
Lukan Lykam Maddox Manternach
Mascher McCarthy Mertz Miller
Murphy Myers Oldson Olson, D.
Olson, S. Osterhaus Paulsen Petersen
Quirk Raecker Rasmussen Rayhons
Reasoner Roberts Sands Schickel
Shoultz Smith Stevens Struyk
Swaim Thomas Tjepkes Tymeson
Upmeyer Van Engelenhoven Van Fossen, J.K. Van Fossen, J.R.
Watts Wendt Whitaker Whitead
Wilderdyke Winckler Wise Mr. Speaker
Rants

 


The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 4:
Berry Boddicker Taylor, D. Taylor, T.

 


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

House File 525, a bill for an act creating an environmental
oversight committee, was taken up for consideration.

Hogg of Linn offered the following amendment H-1080 filed by
Hogg and Greiner of Washington and moved its adoption:

H-1080

1 Amend House File 525 as follows:
2 1. Page 1, line 21, by inserting after the word
3 "appointed." the following: "When the majority and
4 minority parties in a house change, the house's
5 members serving on the committee shall cease to be
6 members of the committee and the appointing
7 authorities for the new majority and minority parties
8 shall appoint successors."

Amendment H-1080 was adopted.


Greiner of Washington 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. 525)

The ayes were, 61:
Alons Arnold Baudler Boal
Boggess Carroll Chambers De Boef
Dennis Dix Dolecheck Drake
Eichhorn Elgin Ford Freeman
Gipp Granzow Greiner Hahn
Hansen Hanson Heaton Hoffman
Hogg Horbach Huseman Hutter
Jacobs Jenkins Jones Klemme
Kramer Kurtenbach Lalk Lukan
Maddox Manternach Mertz Olson, S.
Osterhaus Paulsen Raecker Rasmussen
Rayhons Reasoner Roberts Sands
Schickel Stevens Struyk Thomas
Tjepkes Tymeson Upmeyer Van Engelenhoven
Van Fossen, J.K. Van Fossen, J.R. Watts Wilderdyke
Mr. Speaker
Rants

 


The nays were, 36:
Bell Berry Bukta Cohoon
Connors Dandekar Davitt Fallon
Foege Frevert Gaskill Greimann
Heddens Hunter Huser Jochum
Kuhn Lensing Lykam Mascher
McCarthy Miller Murphy Myers
Oldson Olson, D. Petersen Quirk
Shoultz Smith Swaim Wendt
Whitaker Whitead Winckler Wise

 


Absent or not voting, 3:
Boddicker Taylor, D. Taylor, T.

 


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


IMMEDIATE MESSAGES

Gipp of Winneshiek asked and received unanimous consent that
the following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: House
Files 525 and 577.

House File 549, a bill for an act relating to the duties and
operations of the department of education and school boards, was
taken up for consideration.

Winckler of Scott offered the following amendment H-1054 filed by
her and moved its adoption:

H-1054

1 Amend House File 549 as follows:
2 1. Page 1, by inserting before line 1, the
3 following:
4 "Section 1. Section 256.7, subsection 24, Code
5 2003, is amended to read as follows:
6 24. Adopt rules on or before January 1, 2001, to
7 require school districts and accredited nonpublic
8 schools to adopt local policies relating to health
9 services, media services programs, and guidance
10 programs, as part of the general accreditation
11 standards applicable to school districts pursuant to
12 section 256.11. This subsection shall be applicable
13 strictly for reporting purposes and shall not be
14 interpreted to require school districts and accredited
15 nonpublic schools to provide or offer health services,
16 media services programs, or guidance programs."
17 2. Page 1, by inserting after line 31, the
18 following:
19 "Sec. . Section 256.11, Code 2003, is amended
20 by adding the following new subsection:
21 NEW SUBSECTION. 9. Unless a waiver has been
22 obtained under section 256.11A, each accredited
23 nonpublic school or school district shall have the
24 following:
25 a. A media center in each attendance center
26 accessible to students throughout the school day and a
27 qualified school media services specialist who meets
28 the licensing standards prescribed by the board of
29 educational examiners and who is responsible for media
30 center supervision.
31 b. An articulated sequential elementary-secondary
32 guidance program for grades kindergarten through
33 twelve and a guidance counselor who meets the
34 licensing standards prescribed by the board of

35 educational examiners.
36 In determining the requirements of this subsection
37 for an accredited nonpublic school, the department
38 shall evaluate the accredited nonpublic school on an
39 accredited nonpublic school system basis rather than
40 on an individual accredited nonpublic school basis.
41 Sec. . Section 256.11A, subsection 1, Code
42 2003, is amended to read as follows:
43 1. Schools Accredited nonpublic schools and school
44 districts unable to meet the standard adopted by the
45 state board requiring each school or school district
46 operating a kindergarten through grade twelve program
47 to provide an articulated sequential elementary-
48 secondary guidance program may, not later than August
49 1, 1995 2003, for the school year beginning July 1,
50 1995 2003, file a written request to the department of

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1 education that the department waive one or more of the
2 requirement for requirements established in section
3 256.11, subsection 9, that an accredited nonpublic
4 school or school district have a media center and a
5 qualified school media services specialist and that an
6 accredited nonpublic school or school district
7 operating a kindergarten through grade twelve program
8 provide an articulated sequential elementary-secondary
9 guidance program. The procedures specified in
10 subsection 3 apply to the request. Not later than
11 August 1, 1996 2004, for the school year beginning
12 July 1, 1996 2004, the board of directors of a school
13 district or the authorities in charge of a nonpublic
14 school may request a one-year extension of the waiver.
15 Sec. . Section 256.11A, subsection 2, Code
16 2003, is amended by striking the subsection."
17 3. Page 20, by inserting after 19, the following:
18 "Sec. . STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In
19 accordance with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state
20 cost of requiring compliance with any state mandate
21 included in this Act shall be paid by a school
22 district from state school foundation aid received by
23 the school district under section 257.16. This
24 specification of the payment of the state cost shall
25 be deemed to meet all the state funding-related
26 requirements of section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no
27 additional state funding shall be necessary for the
28 full implementation of this Act by and enforcement of
29 this Act against all affected school districts."
30 4. By renumbering as necessary.

Amendment H-1054 lost.

Mascher of Johnson offered amendment H-1066 filed by her as
follows:

H-1066

1 Amend House File 549 as follows:
2 1. Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
3 following:
4 "Section 1. Section 232.2, subsection 12, Code
5 2003, is amended by adding the following new
6 paragraph:
7 NEW PARAGRAPH. d. The violation of section 299.6
8 by a child twelve years of age or older.
9 Sec. . Section 232.22, subsection 8, Code 2003,
10 is amended to read as follows:
11 8. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Code
12 to the contrary, a child shall not be placed in
13 detention for a violation of section 123.47 or 299.6,
14 or for failure to comply with a dispositional order
15 which provides for performance of community service
16 for a violation of section 123.47 or 299.6."
17 2. Page 18, by inserting after line 24 the
18 following:
19 "Sec. . Section 299.5A, unnumbered paragraph 4,
20 Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
21 The school district shall be responsible for
22 monitoring any agreements arrived at through
23 mediation. If a parent, guardian, or legal or actual
24 custodian, or the child if the child is twelve years
25 of age or older, refuses to engage in mediation or
26 violates a term of the agreement, the matter shall be
27 rereferred to the county attorney for prosecution
28 under section 299.6. The county attorney's office or
29 the mediation service shall require the parent,
30 guardian, or legal or actual custodian and the school
31 to pay a fee to help defray the administrative cost of
32 mediation services. The county attorney's office or
33 the mediation service shall establish a sliding scale
34 of fees to be charged parents, guardians, and legal or
35 actual custodians based upon ability to pay. A
36 parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian shall
37 not be denied the services of a mediator solely
38 because of inability to pay the fee.
39 Sec. . Section 299.6, unnumbered paragraph 1,
40 Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
41 Any person who violates a mediation agreement under
42 section 299.5A, who is referred for prosecution under
43 section 299.5A and is convicted of a violation of any
44 of the provisions of sections 299.1 through 299.5, who
45 violates any of the provisions of sections 299.1
46 through 299.5, or who refuses to participate in

47 mediation under section 299.5A, for a first offense,
48 is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. If a child twelve
49 years of age or older violates a mediation agreement
50 under section 299.5A, or refuses to participate in

Page 2

1 mediation under section 299.5A, the child commits a
2 delinquent act."
3 3. Title page, line 2, by inserting after the
4 word "boards" the following: "and the responsibility
5 of certain children to attend school".

Mascher of Johnson offered the following amendment H-1106, to
amendment H-1066, filed by her from the floor and moved its
adoption:

H-1106

1 Amend the amendment, H-1066, to House File 549 as
2 follows:
3 1. Page 1, line 4, by striking the figure "12"
4 and inserting the following: "6".
5 2. Page 1, by striking lines 7 and 8 and
6 inserting the following:
7 "NEW PARAGRAPH. r. Who is twelve years of age or
8 older and violates a mediation agreement or refuses to
9 participate in mediation pursuant to section 299.5A."
10 3. Page 1, by striking lines 9 through 16.
11 4. Page 1, by striking lines 19 through 38.
12 5. Page 2, by striking lines 1 and 2, and
13 inserting the following: "mediation under section
14 299.5A, probable cause exists to believe that the
15 child is a child in need of assistance pursuant to
16 section 232.2, subsection 6, paragraph "r".
17 Sec. . Section 299.8, Code 2003, is amended to
18 read as follows:
19 299.8 "TRUANT" DEFINED.
20 Any child of compulsory attendance age who fails to
21 attend school as provided in this chapter, or as
22 required by the school board's or school governing
23 body's attendance policy, or who fails to attend
24 competent private instruction under chapter 299A,
25 without reasonable excuse for the absence, shall be
26 deemed to be a truant. a finding that a child is
27 truant, however, shall not by itself mean that the
28 child is a child in need of assistance within the
29 meaning of chapter 232 and shall not be the sole basis
30 for a child in need of assistance petition."
31 6. By renumbering as necessary.


A non-record roll call was requested.

The ayes were 34, nays 54.

Amendment H-1106 lost.

Mascher of Johnson asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw amendment H-1066 filed by her on March 17, 2003.

Gipp of Winneshiek asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw amendment H-1082 filed by him on March 18, 2003,
placing amendment H-1096 filed by Wise of Lee from the floor, out of
order.

Chambers of O'Brien offered amendment H-1074 filed by him as
follows:

H-1074

1 Amend House File 549 as follows:
2 1. Page 6, line 8, by inserting after the word
3 "reorganization" the following: ", including any
4 school district whose petition to join the newly
5 reorganized area education agency has been approved,".
6 2. Page 6, line 11, by inserting before the word
7 "filing" the following: "deadline, as set forth in
8 this subsection, for the".
9 3. Page 6, line 26, by inserting after the word
10 "reorganization" the following: ", excluding any
11 school district whose petition to join an area
12 education agency contiguous to the newly reorganized
13 area education agency has been approved,".
14 4. Page 6, line 30, by inserting before the word
15 "filing" the following: "deadline, as set forth in
16 this subsection, for the".

Carroll of Poweshiek offered the following amendment H-1100, to
amendment H-1074, filed by him and Mascher of Johnson from the
floor and moved its adoption:

H-1100

1 Amend the amendment, H-1074, to House File 549, as
2 follows:
3 1. Page 1, by inserting after line 1 the
4 following:
5 " . Page 1, by inserting after line 31 the

6 following:
7 "Sec. . Section 272.25, subsection 4, Code
8 2003, is amended to read as follows:
9 4. A requirement that prescribes minimum
10 experiences and responsibilities to be accomplished
11 during the student teaching experience by the student
12 teacher and by the cooperating teacher based upon
13 recommendations of the department of education after
14 consultation with teacher education faculty members in
15 colleges and universities. The student teaching
16 experience shall include opportunities for the student
17 teacher to become knowledgeable about the Iowa
18 teaching standards, including a mock evaluation
19 performed by the cooperating teacher. The mock
20 evaluation shall not be used as an assessment tool by
21 the practitioner preparation program. The student
22 teaching experience shall consist of interactive
23 experiences involving the college or university
24 personnel, the student teacher, the cooperating
25 teacher, and administrative personnel from the
26 cooperating teacher's school district.""
27 2. By renumbering as necessary.

Amendment H-1100 was adopted.

Jacobs of Polk asked and received unanimous consent to withdraw
amendment H-1101, to amendment H-1074, filed by her from the
floor.

On motion by Chambers of O’Brien, amendment H-1074, as
amended, was adopted.

Raecker of Polk offered the following amendment H-1088 filed by
him and moved its adoption:

H-1088

1 Amend House File 549 as follows:
2 1. By striking page 9, line 21, through page 10,
3 line 12.
4 2. By striking page 17, line 35 through page 18,
5 line 24.
6 3. Page 20, by striking line 18 and inserting the
7 following:
8 "Sec. . Section 284.11, Code 2003, is".
9 4. By renumbering as necessary.

A non-record roll call was requested.

The ayes were 22, nays 51.

Amendment H-1088 lost.

Tjepkes of Webster offered the following amendment H-1077 filed
by Tjepkes, et al., and moved its adoption:

H-1077

1 Amend House File 549 as follows:
2 1. Page 11, by inserting after line 12, the
3 following:
4 "Sec. . Section 280.14, Code 2003, is amended
5 to read as follows:
6 280.14 SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS - ADMINISTRATION.
7 1. The board or governing authority of each school
8 or school district subject to the provisions of this
9 chapter shall establish and maintain adequate
10 administration, school staffing, personnel assignment
11 policies, teacher qualifications, certification
12 requirements, facilities, equipment, grounds,
13 graduation requirements, instructional requirements,
14 instructional materials, maintenance procedures and
15 policies on extracurricular activities. In addition
16 the board or governing authority of each school or
17 school district shall provide such principals as it
18 finds necessary to provide effective supervision and
19 administration for each school and its faculty and
20 student body.
21 2. An individual who is employed or contracted as
22 a superintendent by a school or school district may
23 also serve as an elementary or secondary principal in
24 the same school or school district."
25 2. By renumbering as necessary.

Amendment H-1077 was adopted.

Mascher of Johnson offered amendment H-1067 filed by her as
follows:

H-1067

1 Amend House File 549 as follows:
2 1. Page 11, lines 27 and 28, by striking the
3 words "for recommendation for licensure" and inserting
4 the following: "for recommendation for licensure".
5 2. Page 13, line 28, by striking the words and
6 figures "subsection 6, Code 2003, is" and inserting
7 the following: "subsections 6 and 8, Code 2003, are".

8 3. Page 14, by inserting after line 15 the
9 following:
10 "8. If the general assembly appropriates moneys
11 for purposes of this section, a school district or
12 area education agency is eligible to receive state
13 assistance for up to two years under this section for
14 each teacher the school district or area education
15 agency employs who was formerly employed in an
16 accredited nonpublic school or in another state as a
17 first-year teacher. The school district or area
18 education agency employing the teacher shall determine
19 the conditions and requirements of a teacher
20 participating in a program in accordance with this
21 subsection. The school district or area education
22 agency that employs the teacher shall recommend the
23 teacher for an educational license if the teacher,
24 through a comprehensive evaluation, is determined to
25 demonstrate competence in the Iowa teaching
26 standards."

Mascher of Johnson asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw amendment H-1107, to amendment H-1067, filed by her
from the floor.

Mascher of Johnson moved the adoption of amendment H-1067.

A non-record roll call was requested.

The ayes were 43, nays 50.

Amendment H-1067 lost.

Chambers of O'Brien 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. 549)

The ayes were, 97:
Alons Arnold Baudler Bell
Berry Boal Boggess Bukta
Carroll Chambers Cohoon Connors
Dandekar Davitt De Boef Dennis
Dix Dolecheck Drake Eichhorn
Elgin Fallon Foege Ford
Freeman Frevert Gaskill Gipp
Granzow Greimann Greiner Hahn
Hansen Hanson Heaton Heddens
Hoffman Hogg Horbach Hunter
Huseman Huser Hutter Jacobs
Jenkins Jochum Jones Klemme
Kramer Kuhn Kurtenbach Lalk
Lensing Lukan Lykam Maddox
Manternach Mascher McCarthy Mertz
Miller Murphy Myers Oldson
Olson, D. Olson, S. Osterhaus Paulsen
Petersen Quirk Raecker Rasmussen
Rayhons Reasoner Roberts Sands
Schickel Shoultz Smith Stevens
Struyk Swaim Thomas Tjepkes
Tymeson Upmeyer Van Engelenhoven Van Fossen, J.K.
Van Fossen, J.R. Watts Wendt Whitaker
Whitead Wilderdyke Winckler Wise
Mr. Speaker
Rants

 


The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 3:
Boddicker Taylor, D. Taylor, T.

 


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

House File 574, a bill for an act applying Iowa's open meetings
law to newly elected members of a governmental body not yet sworn
in, 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?" (H.F. 574)

The ayes were, 71:
Alons Arnold Baudler Bell
Berry Boal Boggess Carroll
Chambers Cohoon Dandekar Davitt
Dennis Dix Dolecheck Drake
Eichhorn Elgin Freeman Gaskill
Gipp Greiner Hahn Hansen
Hanson Heaton Hoffman Hogg
Horbach Huseman Huser Hutter
Jacobs Jenkins Jochum Jones
Klemme Kramer Kurtenbach Lalk
Lukan Lykam Manternach McCarthy
Miller Oldson Olson, S. Paulsen
Petersen Quirk Raecker Rasmussen
Rayhons Reasoner Roberts Sands
Shoultz Smith Stevens Struyk
Swaim Tjepkes Tymeson Upmeyer
Van Engelenhoven Van Fossen, J.K. Watts Wendt
Whitaker Wilderdyke Mr. Speaker
Rants

 


The nays were, 26:
Bukta Connors De Boef Fallon
Foege Ford Frevert Granzow
Greimann Heddens Hunter Kuhn
Lensing Maddox Mascher Mertz
Murphy Myers Olson, D. Osterhaus
Schickel Thomas Van Fossen, J.R. Whitead
Winckler Wise

 


Absent or not voting, 3:
Boddicker Taylor, D. Taylor, T.

 


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

House File 547, a bill for an act providing for evidence of financial
responsibility filed by commercial pesticide applicators, was taken up
for consideration.

S. Olson of Clinton 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. 547)

The ayes were, 97:
Alons Arnold Baudler Bell
Berry Boal Boggess Bukta
Carroll Chambers Cohoon Connors
Dandekar Davitt De Boef Dennis
Dix Dolecheck Drake Eichhorn
Elgin Fallon Foege Ford
Freeman Frevert Gaskill Gipp
Granzow Greimann Greiner Hahn
Hansen Hanson Heaton Heddens
Hoffman Hogg Horbach Hunter
Huseman Huser Hutter Jacobs
Jenkins Jochum Jones Klemme
Kramer Kuhn Kurtenbach Lalk
Lensing Lukan Lykam Maddox
Manternach Mascher McCarthy Mertz
Miller Murphy Myers Oldson
Olson, D. Olson, S. Osterhaus Paulsen
Petersen Quirk Raecker Rasmussen
Rayhons Reasoner Roberts Sands
Schickel Shoultz Smith Stevens
Struyk Swaim Thomas Tjepkes
Tymeson Upmeyer Van Engelenhoven Van Fossen, J.K.
Van Fossen, J.R. Watts Wendt Whitaker
Whitead Wilderdyke Winckler Wise
Mr. Speaker
Rants

 


The nays were, none.

Absent or not voting, 3:
Boddicker Taylor, D. Taylor, T.

 


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

HOUSE FILE 346 WITHDRAWN

Raecker of Polk asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw House File 346 from further consideration by the House.

IMMEDIATE MESSAGES

Gipp of Winneshiek asked and received unanimous consent that
the following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: House
Files 547, 549 and 574.

EXPLANATIONS OF VOTE

I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on March 18,
2003. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on House Joint
Resolution 5.

LYKAM of Scott


I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on March 18,
2003. Had I been present I would have voted "aye" on House Joint
Resolution 5.

STEVENS of Dickinson

COMMUNICATION RECEIVED

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

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

2001-2002 School Year Phase III Summary Report, pursuant to Chapter 294A,
Code of Iowa.

CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION

MR. SPEAKER: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reports
that certificates of recognition have been issued as follows.

MARGARET A. THOMSON
Chief Clerk of the House

2003\843 Caroline Ellen Caldwell, Pilot Mound - For celebrating her 93rd
birthday.

2003\844 Ruth Fessler, Boone - For celebrating her 83rd birthday.

2003\845 Caroline Gliem, Ogden - For celebrating her 80th birthday.

2003\846 John Edward Sawyer, Boone - For celebrating his 80th birthday.

2003\847 Emily Boyd, Keokuk High School - For receiving all-academic
recognition for the 2002-2003 basketball season.

2003\848 Jessica Miller, Keokuk High School - For receiving all-academic
recognition for the 2002-2003 basketball season.

2003\849 Courtney Boyd, Keokuk High School - For being selected for the
girls basketball all conference first team in the Southeast
Conference.

2003\850 Rockwell City-Lytton Girls Basketball Team, with Coach David
Birk, Rockwell City - For finishing in second place in Class 1-A.


2003\851 Kenneth and Juanita McFarlan, What Cheer - For celebrating their
60th wedding anniversary.

2003\852 Mel and Marie Snakenberg, Sigourney - For celebrating their 50th
wedding anniversary.

2003\853 Marie Kruse, Vinton - For receiving the National Oceanic and
Atmosphere Administration award for twenty years of cooperation
with the National Weather Service.

2003\854 Marie Aurand, Sanborn - For celebrating her 100th birthday.

2003\855 Wayne and Ruth Loerts, Sibley - For celebrating their 50th wedding
anniversary.

2003\856 Delbert and Frances Wills, Sibley - For celebrating their 50th
wedding anniversary.

2003\857 Lloyd and Ruth Newkirk, Hartley - For celebrating their 50th
wedding anniversary.

2003\858 Ann Roskam, Sibley - For celebrating her 90th birthday.

2003\859 Beulah Santage, Royal - For celebrating her 93rd birthday.

2003\860 Helen Griffiths, Glenwood - For celebrating her 85th birthday.

2003\861 Dorthea Smith and the Silver City Farmers Market Vendors, Silver
City - For winning second place in the annual Iowa Farmers
Market Improvement Competition.

2003\862 Milton and Velma McMahon, Dubuque - For celebrating their 50th
wedding anniversary.

2003\863 Duane Frick, Dubuque - For being elected the School
Administrators of Iowa 2003 Principal of the Year.

2003\864 Margaret Haleen, Boone - For celebrating her 88th birthday.

2003\865 Edward Schmoldt, Ogden - For celebrating his 92nd birthday.

2003\866 Fern Smalley, Boone - For celebrating her 91st birthday.

2003\867 Jaquetta Kathleen Lawler, Boone - For celebrating her 80th
birthday.

2003\868 Louis Loica, Perry - For celebrating his 90th birthday.

2003\869 Beulah Wetteland, Boone - For celebrating her 81st birthday.

2003\870 Irma Winslow, Ames - For celebrating her 90th birthday.


2003\871 Eric Hjelle and the Underwood Eagles Girls Basketball Team,
Underwood - For winning 1st place in the Class 2-A Division of the
Girls' State Basketball Tournament.

2003\872 Coach Scott De Jong and the Ankeny Hawkettes, Ankeny - For
winning 1st place in the Class 4-A Girls' State Basketball
Tournament.

2003\873 Kristina Voss, Ankeny - For being named to the 2003 All
Tournament Team in 4-A Girls' Basketball.

2003\874 Nicky Wieben, Ankeny - For being named the 2003 All Tournament
Team Captain in 4-A Girls' Basketball.

2003\875 Florence Meyer, DeWitt - For celebrating her 90th birthday.

2003\876 Virgil and Norma Grave, Lake Park - For celebrating their 50th
wedding anniversary.

2003\877 Bill and Sharon Wintz, Milford - For celebrating their 50th wedding
anniversary.

2003\878 Bethany Grothe, Crawfordsville - For being chosen to attend the
annual session of the Iowa American Legion Girls State.

2003\879 Irene Maxson, Cedar Falls - For celebrating her 80th birthday.

SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

House File 157

Ways and Means: Lukan, Chair; Lalk and Oldson.

House File 337

Appropriations: Dix, Chair; Jenkins and Murphy.

House File 338

Appropriations: Dix, Chair; Jenkins and Murphy.

House File 348

Appropriations: Roberts, Chair; Jacobs and Reasoner.

House File 365

Appropriations: Dix, Chair; Jenkins and Murphy.

House File 436

Appropriations: Heaton, Chair; Jacobs and Smith.

House File 491

Ways and Means: J. Drake, Chair; Davitt and Sands.

House File 496

Appropriations: Dix, Chair; Jenkins and Murphy.

House File 497

Appropriations: Alons, Chair; Chambers and Thomas.

House File 499

Education: Dolecheck, Chair; Berry and Paulsen.

House File 544

Ways and Means: Lalk, Chair; Lukan and Wendt.

House File 546

Ways and Means: Lukan, Chair; Jochum and Lalk.

House File 554

Ways and Means: Boal, Chair; Jochum and K. Kramer.

House File 555

Ways and Means: Lukan, Chair; Lalk and Winckler.

House File 571

Ways and Means: Tymeson, Chair; Boal and Huser.

House File 578

Ways and Means: J. Drake, Chair; Frevert, Hahn, Kuhn and Lukan.

House File 582

Appropriations: Upmeyer, Chair; Murphy and Roberts.

House File 594

Appropriations: Roberts, Chair; Bell and Upmeyer.

House File 596

Appropriations: Upmeyer, Chair; Murphy and Roberts.


House File 613

Appropriations: Dix, Chair; Murphy and Upmeyer.

Senate File 155

Judiciary: Paulsen, Chair; K. Kramer and Struyk.

Senate File 202

Appropriations: Dix, Chair; Jenkins and Murphy.

Senate File 203

Environmental Protection: Greiner, Chair; Greimann, D. Olson, S. Olson and
Wilderdyke.

Senate File 221

Judiciary: Boal, Chair; Hutter and Reasoner.

Senate File 298

Judiciary: Heaton, Chair; Berry and Boddicker.

HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

H.S.B. 296 Government Oversight

Relating to government efficiency by providing for the establishment
of common state services regional boundaries, and providing an
effective date.

H.S.B. 297 Appropriations

Relating to and making transportation and other infrastructure-
related appropriations to the state department of transportation,
including allocation and use of moneys from the road use tax fund
and the primary road fund, and providing for the nonreversion of
certain moneys.

H.S.B. 298 Government Oversight

Relating to the establishment of the office of grants enterprise
management in the department of management to assist the state in

receiving more nonstate funds and providing a standing limited
appropriation.

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

Committee Bill (Formerly House File 497), a bill for an act relating to fees
charged for special fire fighter motor vehicle registration plates and making an
appropriation.

Fiscal Note in not required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 19, 2003.

Committee Bill (Formerly LSB 1119HV), relating to and making appropriations to
certain state departments, agencies, funds, and certain other entities, providing for
regulatory authority, and other properly related matters.

Fiscal Note is required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 19, 2003.

Committee Bill (Formerly LSB 3367HV), relating to urban renewal indebtedness
reporting and providing an effective date.

Fiscal Note is required.

Recommended Do Pass March 19, 2003.

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Committee Bill (Formerly House File 26), a bill for an act relating to the
exemption of mold making equipment and materials used in the mold making process
from sales and use taxes, providing refunds, and including effective and retroactive
applicability date provisions.

Fiscal Note is not required.

Recommended Amend and Do Pass March 19, 2003.

RESOLUTIONS FILED

HR 34, by Hoffman, a resolution honoring Mr. Roger Rusch and Mrs.
Connie Rusch for their acts of heroism in saving the lives of Aleshea
Cogdill and Ashley Neddermeyer.

Laid over under Rule 25.

HR 35, by Wilderdyke, Drake, and Baudler, a resolution honoring
Bob and Sheila Everhart for their efforts to preserve and promote
folk, country, and bluegrass music in the Midwest.

Laid over under Rule 25.

HR 36, by Hansen, a resolution urging the federal government to
implement equal tax treatment for individual and group health
insurance coverage.

Laid over under Rule 25.

HR 37, by Lensing, Foege, Mascher, and Myers, a resolution
honoring the University of Iowa Football Team and Coach Kirk
Ferentz.

Laid over under Rule 25.

AMENDMENTS FILED

H-1089 H.F. 553 Maddox of Polk
H-1090 H.F. 330 Shoultz of Black Hawk
H-1091 S.F. 230 Maddox of Polk
H-1092 H.F. 400 Eichhorn of Hamilton
H-1093 H.F. 601 Jochum of Dubuque
Raecker of Polk
H-1094 H.F. 532 Baudler of Adair
H-1095 H.F. 448 Osterhaus of Jackson
H-1097 H.F. 400 Hogg of Linn
H-1098 H.F. 22 Jochum of Dubuque
H-1099 H.F. 22 Jochum of Dubuque
H-1102 H.F. 448 Swaim of Davis
Eichhorn of Hamilton

H-1103 H.F. 545 Ford of Polk
H-1104 H.F. 493 Lalk of Fayette
H-1105 H.F. 573 Swaim of Davis
H-1108 H.F. 534 Elgin of Linn
H-1109 H.F. 545 Sands of Louisa
Davitt of Warren
H-1110 H.F. 541 Murphy of Dubuque
H-1111 H.F. 454 Upmeyer of Hancock
Boddicker of Cedar
Foege of Linn
H-1112 H.F. 504 Eichhorn of Hamilton

On motion by Gipp of Winneshiek the House adjourned at 8:50
p.m., until 8:45 a.m., Thursday, March 20, 2003.


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