HelveticaTo: Iowa Sierrans From: Lyle Krewson, Lobbyist Here are the bills I am tracking for Sierra Club so far introduced this session with actions occurring accum- ulated in the narrative. Note that I include the Bill #, Bill Title, some notes of milestones. These are the bills that remain viable after the Funnel deadlines. DNR DIRECTOR Paul Johnson was confirmed with no problem. NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION Members Carol Kramer, William Sullivan, Paul Christensen were all confirmed by the Senate. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMMISSION Members Gary Priebe, Rita Venner and Elizabeth Christensen were confirmed. James Braun was confirmed on the Individual Confirmation Calendar. BOTTLE BILL RUMOR. We had heard that there be a House Ways & Means Committee bill to eliminate wine bottles from the Container Deposit Law. It was drafted but not introduced. I organized a quick coalition, met several times, and we counted votes on the Ways & Means Committe, and have the bill stopped. We did find surprising support among GOP members for potential expansion of the law next year to include additional containers for deposit. REAP & INFRASTRUCTURE APPROPRIATIONS. There were no subcommittee meetings again this week. The Governor has told legislative leaders that he supports keeping REAP separate from the non-REAP Allocation Formula projects and to fund REAP at the level that they are comfortable with. The REAP Alliance position is that the REAP Allocation Formula should be the only item under the REAP category and to support the Governor's recommendation of $15 million. If it means that supporters must take less dollars than the $15 million to keep REAP separate from the other projects, the Alliance would support that move. To include the other non-REAP projects could start the slippery slope of reducing the REAP Allocation Formula in the future for non-REAP projects, but allow the General Assembly to call it REAP in the budget. Right now the altered "REAP" is $20.475 million, with $9.9 million for other projects that should be funded under the Natural Resource category and $10.5 mil for the REAP allocation. (In the $9.9 million is water quality monitoring, increased cost-share funding to voluntarily close ag drainage wells, soil conservation, the watershed protection program, and other funding proposals by members of both parties for better natural resource protections, but that should be moved out of "REAP" and to the Natural Resources section of the funding bill.) Tell your legislators if they are on the following subcommittee or in leadership to have REAP stand on its own and move the other spending to the Natural Resources component of the bill. Second, support the Governor's level at $15 million for the REAP allocation formula, plus license plates and interest. Budget subcommittee members are: Senators Freeman (Chair), Jensen (Vice Chair), Connolly (Ranking Member), Johnson, Shearer; Representatives Sukup (Chair), Rayhons (Vice Chair), Cohoon (Ranking Member), Bukta, Horbach, Huseman, Kuhn, Warnstadt, Weidman. Infrastructure appropriations will probably be among the final items of the session. WATER QUALITY MONITORING. Governor Vilsack proposed a good beginning -- $1 million this year to plan and begin the program, then $2 million annually. Funding for water monitoring is part of the Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals appropriation. This funding should be moved to the Natural Resources component of the appropriations bill, leaving the REAP formula intact. Contact your local legislators and let them know funding water monitoring (at a minimum $1 million level this year) is vitally important. HF 218, LOESS HILLS ALLIANCE.. The 30 years easement language did remain. It also still requires annual easement payments. Eligible HF substituted for SF and deferred. SF version is simplified & preferred form without the 30 yr. easement restriction and without the annual payment requirement. H version creates the Loess Hills Alliance; creates Loess Hill Development and conservation fund to fund a Loess Hills Account and a Hungry Canyon Account; requires the alliance to study protection of the natural and cultural resources of the Hills while preserving economic viability and private property rights; requires development of a comprehensive plan with options including federal or state park designations and restrictive easements of no more than 30 years; to establish a pilot project and to report to the Legislature; requires Alliance members to live in Woodbury, Plymouth, Monona, Harrison, Pottawattamie, Mills or Fremont counties plus other environmental, farm, banking and tourism organizations. Senator Hansen has several amendments to help bring the bill back to the intent of the Alliance. S-3170 seems to include most of the main issues. HF 476, FARMLAND CONDEMNATION. Prohibits the condemnation of farmland for "private" use unless the owner of the land consents, and defines recreational trails as a private use therefore requiring landowner consent to condemn if the land is agricultural. The definition of farmland is 10 acres or more used for the production of ag commodities. The amendments to allow condemnation for trails were defeated on an urban/rural split. The House is expected to maintain their position against trail condemnation. HF 746, DALS & DNR APPROPRIATIONS. Some of the funding includes: DALS - Soil Cons. Div. - $6.8 million; DNR - Parks & Preserves - $6.2 million; Forestry - $1.7 million; Energy & Geology - $1.9 million; Env. Protection - $4.9 million; Water Quality Project - $0.7 million. A provision in the bill requires the DNR to amend its agreement with the USDA concerning wild animal control to include white tail deer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sierra Bills of Interest #1999-07 H.F. 208 A bill for an act establishing a southern Iowa development and conservation authority, specifying membership, powers, and duties, creating a southern Iowa development and conservation fund, and providing for other properly related matters. Introduced by Arnold, Dolecheck, Reynolds, Kreiman and Davis. Referred to House Agriculture Committee. Assigned to a subcommittee of Reps. Teig, Baudler and Parmenter. Placed on the House Calendar 2/18/99. Feb. 24, Passed House, ayes 95, nays 0, and immediately messaged to the Senate. Feb. 24, read first time and referred toSenate Natural Resources and Environment Committee. Placed on the Senate Calendar 3/2/99. Deferred and retained, 3/23/99. Passed Senate, ayes 47, nays 0, 4/6/99, and immediately messaged to the House.Signed by the Speaker and the President of the Senate, 4/13/99, and sent to the Governor. Signed by Governor 4/15/99. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/HF/00200/HF00208.html H.F. 218 A bill for an act creating a loess hills preservation and development alliance, providing for its powers and duties, and providing for other properly related matters. Introduced by Barry. Referred to the House Natural Resources Committee. Rereferred to the House Local Government Committee. Assigned to a subcommittee of Reps. Houser, Brauns, Fallon, Huser and Weidman. Placed on the House Calendar 3/2/99 with a committee amendment H.1044 filed. Amendments H. 1047, H. 1048, H. 1050, H. 1052 filed. Amendments H. 1047, H. 1048 withdrawn. Amendment H. 1052 lost. Amendment H. 1050 withdrawn. Committee amendment H. 1044 adopted. Passed House, ayes 98, nays 0, 3/10/99, and immediately messaged to the Senate. Attached to similar SF 315 on Senate Calendar 3/11/99. Amendments S. 3143,S. 3169 filed. Substituted for SF 315, 3/29/99 and deferred. Amendments S. 3170, S. 3177, S. 3180, S. 3212, S. 3301 filed. Amendment S. 3180 lost. Deferred. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/HF/00200/HF00218.html H.F. 242 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 providing effective dates and for retroactive applicability. [Formerly HSB 57) Introduced by the House Judiciary Committee. Placed on the House Calendar, 2/9/99. Feb. 16, Passed House, ayes 92, nays 0 and immediately messaged to the Senate. Feb. 16, read first time, referred to Senate Judiciary Committee. Assigned to a subcommittee of Sens. Hansen, Lamberti and McKibbon. Placed on the Senate Calendar 3/24/99, with committee amendment S. 3147 filed. Placed on the Senate Unfinished Business Calendar. Committee amendment S. 3147 adopted. Passed Senate, ayes 49, nays 0, 4/13/99, and immediately messaged to the House with Senate amendment H. 1590 filed. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/HF/00200/HF00242.html H.F. 332 A bill for an gct relating to energy conservation including making appropriations of petroleum overcharge funds. (Formerly HSB 42) Introduced by the House Appropriations Committee. Placed on the House Appropriations Committee calendar. Passed House, ayes 97, nays 0, 3/2/99, and immediately messaged to the Senate. Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Assigned to a subcommittee of Sens. Freeman, Behn and Soukup. Placed on the Senate Calendar 3/11/99. Passed Senate, ayes 48, nays 0, 3/23/99, and immediately messaged to the House. Reported correctly enrolled, signed by the Speaker and the President and sent to the Governor. Signed by the Governor 3/30/99. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/HF/00300/HF00332.html H.F. 339 A bill for an act extending the deadline for closing agricultural drainage wells and making penalties applicable. Introduced by Mertz and Klemme. Referred to the House Agriculture Committee and assigned to a subcommittee of Reps. Mertz, Klemme and Teig. Placed on the House Calendar 3/11/99. Passed House, ayes 95, nays 0, 3/16/99, and immediately messaged to the Senate. Read first time, referred to Senate Agriculture Committee and assigned to a subcommittee of Sens. Sexton, Hedge and Soukup. Placed on the Senate Calendar 3/18/99. Placed on the Senate Unfinished Business Calendar. Passed Senate, ayes 47, nays 0, 4/15/99, and immediately messaged to the House. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/HF/00300/HF00339.html H.F. 343 A bill for an act providing for the collection of moneys by a county board of supervisors arising out of the construction of a drainage improvement within a railroad right-of-way. Introduced by Mertz and Klemme. Referred to the House Agriculture Committee and assigned to a subcommittee of Reps. Mertz, Klemme and Teig. Placed on the House Calendar 3/11/99. Passed House, ayes 96, nays 0, 3/25/99, and immediately messaged to the Senate. Read first time, referred to the Senate Agriculture Committee and assigned to a subcommittee of Sens. Shearer, Hedge and Zieman. Placed on the Senate Calendar 3/30/99. Placed on the Senate Unfinished Business Calendar. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/HF/00300/HF00343.html H.F. 347 A bill for an act relating to rulemaking duties of the department of natural resources regarding baled solid waste. (Formerly HSB 94) Introduced by House Environmental Protection Committee. Placed on the House Calendar 2/23/99. Passed House, ayes 94, nays 0, 3/1/99, and immediately messaged to the Senate. Read first time and referred to the Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee. Placed on the Senate Calendar 3/4/99. Passed Senate, ayes 48, nays 0, 3/25/99, and immediately messaged to the House. Reported correctly enrolled. Signed by Speaker and the President of the Senate and sent to the Governor, 4/5/99. SIGNED by Governor 4/7/99. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/HF/00300/HF00347.html H.F. 349 A bill for an act eliminating requirements relating to the department of natural resources adopting rules requiring public water systems to test source water. (Formerly HSB 96) Introduced by House Environmental Protection Committee. Placed on the House Calendar 2/23/99. Passed House, ayes 97, nays 0, 3/2/99, and immediately messaged to the Senate. Read first time and referred to Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee. Placed on the Senate Calendar 3/9/99. Passed Senate, ayes 46, nays 0, 4/5/99, and immediately messaged to the House. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/HF/00300/HF00349.html H.F. 412 A bill for an act providing for the membership of the advisory board to the Leopold center for sustainable agriculture. (Formerly HSB 160) Introduced by the House Agriculture Committee. Placed on the House Calendar 3/1/99. Passed House, ayes 97, nays 2, 3/10/99, and immediately messaged to the Senate. Read first time, referred to Senate Agriculture Committee. Assigned to a subcommittee of Sens. Behn, Judge and Zieman. Placed on the Senate Calendar 3/25/99. Placed on the Senate Unfinished Business Calendar. Passed Senate, ayes 46, nays 0, 4/15/99, and immediately messaged to the House. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/HF/00400/HF00412.html H.F. 442 A bill for an act relating to payments from the remedial account of the Iowa comprehensive petroleum underground storage tank fund to governmental subdivisions for costs of corrective actions taken due to certain releases from underground storage tanks and allowing the Iowa comprehensive petroleum underground storage tank fund board to seek reimbursement from responsible parties for expenses incurred by governmental subdivisions for costs of corrective actions taken due to certain releases from underground storage tanks. (Formerly HF 141) Introduced by House Environmental Protection Committee. Placed on the House Calendar 3/2/99. Passed House, ayes 95, nays 0, 3/15/99, and immediately messaged to the Senate. Read first time and referred to the Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee. Assigned to a subcommittee of Sens. Dearden, Deluhery and Drake. Placed on the Senate Calendar 3/17/99. Placed on the Senate Unfinished Business Calendar. Passed Senate, ayes 46, nays 0, 4/15/99, and immediately messaged to the House. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/HF/00400/HF00442.html H.F. 447 A bill for an act relating to pipelines, interstate natural gas pipelines, and hazardous liquid pipelines, and the restoration of agricultural lands, making penalties applicable, and providing an effective date. (Formerly HF 223) Introduced by House Commerce-Regulation Committee. Placed on the House Calendar 3/2/99. Moved to Unfinished Business Calendar, 4/1/99. Companion to S.F. 160. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/HF/00400/HF00447.html H.F. 476 A bill for an act relating to the exercise of the power of eminent domain and to condemnation proceedings and providing for the Act's applicability. (Formerly HSB 85) Introduced by House Local Government Committee. Placed on the House Calendar 3/3/99. Amendments H. 1087, H. 1116, H. 1159, H. 1184, H. 1186, H. 1187, H. 1188, H. 1189, H. 1190, H. 1202 filed. Amendments H. 1202, H. 1189 as amended, adopted. Amendments H. 1184, H. 1087, H. 1188 lost. Amendments H. 1207, H. 1208, H. 1198 filed. Amendments H. 1198A , H. 1186 lost. Amendments H. 1159, H. 1198B adopted. Amendment H. 1203 filed and ruled out of order. Amendment H. 1198C lost. Deferred, retained on calendar. Amendments H. 1197, H. 1209, H. 1211, H. 1221, H. 1222, H. 1223, H. 1228 filed. Amendment H. 1221 lost. Amendments H. 1222, H. 1223 withdrawn. Amendment H. 1247 filed and adopted. Amendments H. 1211, H. 1228, H. 1207 adopted. Amendment H. 1208 withdrawn. Amendment H. 1116 as amended, adopted. Amendment H. 1197 withdrawn. Amendment H. 1209 ruled out of order. Amendment H. 1187 withdrawn. Ruled not germane H. 1190. Passed House, ayes 70, nays 25, 3/25/99, and immediately messaged to the Senate. Read first time, passed on file. Attached to similar SF 351 on Senate Calendar. Amendments S. 3206, S. 3207, S. 3208, S. 3213, S. 3214, S. 3215, S. 3267, S. 3276 filed. Substituted for SF 351 as amended. Amendments S. 3214, S. 3206 adopted. Amendments S. 3213, S. 3267 lost. Amendment S. 3215 lost. Amendment S. 3314 filed and adopted. Amendment S. 3276B adopted. Amendments S. 3309, S. 3320 filed. Amendments S. 3320, S. 3207 adopted. Amendment S. 3309 as amended, adopted. Ruled out of order S. 3276A. Amendments S. 3319, S. 3325, S. 3328 filed. Ruled out of order S. 3319. Amendments S.3325, S. 3328 adopted. Amendment S. 3324 filed and lost. Amendment S. 3322 filed and lost. Amendments S. 3326, S. 3323 filed and ruled out of order S. 3326. Amendment S. 3323 lost. Ruled out of order S. 3208. Amendments S. 3330, S. 3332, S. 3333, S. 3334, S. 3335 filed. Amendments S. 3330, S. 3332 withdrawn. Ruled out of order S. 3333. Amendments S. 3335, S. 3334 lost. Passed Senate, ayes 28, nays 19, 4/8/99, and immediately messaged to the House. Senate amendment H. 1536, and amendments H. 1602, H. 1603 filed. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/HF/00400/HF00476.html H.F. 489 A bill for an act eliminating certain requirements relating to the regulation of infectious waste. (Formerly HSB 100) Introduced by House Environmental Protection Committee. Placed on the House Calendar 3/3/99. Amendment H. 1097 filed and adopted. Passed House, ayes 95, nays 0, 3/17/99. and immediately messaged to the Senate. Read first time, referred to Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee. Assigned to a subcommittee of Sens. Rife, Bolkcom and Drake. Placed on the Senate Calendar 3/24/99. Placed on the Senate Unfinished Business Calendar. Passed Senate, ayes 48, nays 0, 4/12/99, and immediately messaged to the House. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/HF/00400/HF00489.html H.F. 528 A bill for an act placing restrictions on expenditures from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund. Introduced by Warnstadt. Referred to House Appropriations Committee and assigned to a subcommittee of Reps. Sukup, Barry and Warnstadt. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/HF/00500/HF00528.html H.F. 531 A bill for an act providing for the certification of manure applicators by delaying dates required for certification, and providing an effective date. (Formerly HSB159) Introduced by House Agriculture Committee. Placed on the House Calendar 3/8/99. Passed House, ayes 92, nays 0, 3/18/99, and immediatlye messaged to the Senate. Read first time and referred to the Senate Agriculture Committee. Assigned to a subcommittee of Sens. Veenstra, Sexton and Shearer. Placed on the Senate Calendar 3/30/99. Amendment S. 3194 filed. Placed on the Senate Unfinished Business Calendar. Amendment S. 3194 adopted. Passed Senate, ayes 48, nays 0, 4/12/99, and immediately messaged to the House with Senate amendment H. 1551 filed. House concurred, and the bill passed House, ayes 92, nays 0, 4/15/99, and immediately messaged to the Senate. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/HF/00500/HF00531.html H.F. 533 A bill for an act providing for an emergency assistance linked deposit program for swine or cattle producers, and providing an effective date. (Formerly HSB 78) Introduced by Agriculture. Referred to House Commerce-Regulation Committee. Re-referred to House Appropriations Committee. Assigned to a subcommittee of Reps. Jacobs, Hansen and Mertz. Assigned to a subcommittee of Reps. Greiner, Jacobs and Mertz. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/HF/00500/HF00533.html H.F. 587 A bill for an act establishing the community attraction and tourism development program and fund, making an appropriation, and providing an effective date. (Formerly HSB 75) Introduced by House Economic Development Committee. Referred to House Appropriations Committee. Assigned to a subcommittee of Reps. Cormack, Soukup and Wartstadt. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/HF/00500/HF00587.html H.F. 608 A bill for an act relating to the operation, regulation, and equipment of watercraft, establishing watercraft safety courses, and subjecting violators to a penalty. (Formerly HSB 63) Introduced by House Natural Resources Committee. Placed on the House Calendar 3/10/99. Amendments H. 1072, H. 1077, H. 1079, H. 1160 filed. Placed on the House Unfinished Business Calendar. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/HF/00600/HF00608.html H.F. 636 A bill for an act relating to review and oversight of actions of the United States environmental protection agency. (Formerly HSB 199) Introduced by House Environmental Protection Committee. Placed on the House Calendar 3/11/99. Passed House, ayes 96, nays 0. 3/16/99, and immediately messaged to the Senate. Read first time and referred to the Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee and assigned to a subcommittee of Sens. Rehberg, Drake and Kibbie. Placed on the Senate Calendar 3/18/99. Placed on the Senate Unfinished Business Calendar. Passed Senate, ayes 45, nays 2, 4/13/99, and immediately messaged to the House. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/HF/00600/HF00636.html H.F. 679 A bill for an act relating to drawing the Sac and Fox Indian settlement precinct in Tama county. (Formerly HF 408) Introduced by House State Government Committee. Placed on the House Calendar 3/12/99. Passed House, ayes 92, nays 0, 3/18/99, and immediately messaged to the Senate. Attached to Companion SF 238 on Senate Calendar. Substituted for SF 238. Passed Senate, ayes 48, nays 0, 3/29/99 and immediately messaged to the House. Reported correctly enrolled, signed by the Speaker and by the President of the Senate, and sent to the Governor, 4/5/99. Signed by Governor 4/7/99. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/HF/00600/HF00679.html H.F. 689 A bill for an act relating to a proposal by the department of cultural affairs concerning the establishment of an Iowa freedom trail program. (Formerly HF 420) Introduced by House State Government Committee. Placed on the House Calendar 3/15/99. Passed House, ayes 94, nays 0, 3/23/99, and immediately messaged to the Senate. Read first time and referred to the Senate Education Committee and assigned to a subcommittee of Sens. Angelo, Harper and Redwine. Placed on the Senate Calendar 3/31/99. Placed on the Senate Unfinished Business Calendar. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/HF/00600/HF00689.html H.F. 696 A bill for an act relating to the sale of timber by a county conservation board. (Formerly HF 314) Introduced by House Natural Resources Committee. Placed on the House Calendar 3/16/99. Amendments H. 1123, H. 1124, H. 1125 filed. Amendment H. 1124 ruled out of order. Passed House, ayes 90, nays 4, 3/23/99, and immediately messaged to the Senate. Read first time, referred to Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee and assigned to a subcommittee of Sens. Bartz, Fink and King. Placed on the Senate Calendar 3/31/99, with committee amendment S. 3204, and amendment S. 3216 filed. Placed on the Senate Unfinished Business Calendar. Amendment S. 3345 filed. Amendment S. 3216B withdrawn. Amendment S. 3396 filed. Amendments S. 3216A, S. 3345, S. 3396 adopted. Committee amendment S. 3204 as amended, adopted. Passed Senate, ayes 47, nays 0, 4/15/99, and immediately messaged to the House with Senate amendment H. 1638 filed. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/HF/00600/HF00696.html H.F. 727 A bill for an act relating to urban renewal and urban revitalization, by making changes related to certain property located in an urban renewal area, to duration of urban renewal areas, to certification of urban renewal debt, to tax increment financing of urban renewal projects, to improvements related to urban renewal projects, and to annual reporting on urban renewal areas, and providing for the Act's applicability. Formerly H.F. 462. Referred to House Ways & Means Committee. Assigned to a subcommittee of Reps. Houser, Jenkins and Shoultz. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/HF/00700/HF00727.html H.F. 740 A bill for an act relating to the restructuring of the electric utility industry by providing for consumer choice for certain electric services, providing penalties, and providing an effective date. (Formerly HSB 218) Introduced by House Commerce-Regulation Committee. Placed on the House Calendar 3/22//99. Amendment H. 1156 filed. Placed on the House Unfinished Business Calendar 4/1/99. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/HF/00700/HF00740.html H.F. 746 A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations for agriculture and natural resources and providing effective dates. (Formerly HSB 254.) Introduced and placed on the House Appropriations Calendar 3/25/99. Amendments H. 1313, H. 1314, H. 1315, H. 1316, H. 1317, H. 1318, H. 1319, H. 1320, H. 1321, H. 1332, H. 1359 filed. Placed on the House Unfinished Business Calendar 4/1/99. Amendments H. 1371, H. 1384, H. 1396, H. 1397, H. 1406, H. 1407, H. 1416, H. 1417, H. 1418, H. 1421 filed. Deferred, retained on calendar 4/6/99. Amendments H. 1396, H. 1421 lost. Amendment H. 1397 withdrawn. Amendment H. 1418 lost. Amendment H. 1436 filed and lost. Amendment H. 1435 filed and adopted. Amendment H. 1437 filed. and lost. Amendment H. 1384 as amended, adopted. Amendments H. 1318, H. 1319, H. 1317 ruled out of order. Ruled not germane H. 1406. Motion to suspend rules H. 1406 failed. Amendments H. 1332, H. 1313, H. 1417 lost. Amendment H. 1371 withdrawn. Amendment H. 1416, H. 1316 lost. Amendment H. 1314, H. 1321, H. 1359 adopted. Amendments H. 1315, H. 1320 withdrawn. Rule 31.8 suspended for consideration of H. 1439 filed and adopted.Amendment H. 1475 filed and adopted. Amendments H. 1474, H. 1473 filed and ruled out of order. Point of order raised H. 1407, as amended and ruled not germane. Motion to suspend rules H. 1407, as amended failed. Passed House, ayes 57, nays 41, 4/6/99, and immediately messaged to the Senate. Read first time and referred to Senate Appropriations Committee. Assigned to a subcommittee of Sens. Behn, Black and Hedge. Placed on the Senate Calendar 4/13/99 with committee amendment S. 3357, and amendments S. 3367,S. 3395, S. 3400 filed http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/HF/00700/HF00746.html HCR 19 A concurrent resolution urging the United States Environmental Protection Agency to take specific actions relating to gasoline sulfur levels and regulation of vehicle emissions. (Formerly HSB 251) Introduced by House Environmental Protection Committee. Referred to House Transportation Committee. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/HCR/00000/HCR00019.html S.F. 51 A bill for an act authorizing a county conservation board to cooperate with private, not-for-profit organizations to carry out conservation and recreation programs. (Formerly SF 23). Jan. 26, Introduced by Natural Resources and Environment Committee from a subcommittee of Sens: Fink, Freeman and Rife. Jan. 26, Placed on Senate Calendar. Jan. 27, Passed Senate, ayes 49, nays 0, and Immediately Messageto the House. Jan. 28, Read first time, and referred to House Natural Resources Committee. Assigned to a subcommittee of Reps. Alons, Drake and Frevert. Placed on the House Calendar 3/3/99. Placed on the House Unfinished Business Calendar. Passed House, ayes 96, nays 0, 4/12/99, and immediately messaged to the Senate. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/SF/00000/SF00051.html S.F. 67 A bill for an act relating to the assessment of civil damages for the illegal taking of a swan or a crane. (Formerly SSB 1033) Introduced by Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee. Placed on Senate Calendar 1/28/99. Feb. 10, Passed Senate, ayes 48, nays 0, and immediately messaged to the House. Feb. 15, Read first time and referred to House Natural Resources Committee and a subcommittee of Reps. Baudler, Alons and Mundie. Placed on the House Calendar 3/9/99. Passed House, ayes 89, nays 0, 4/7/99, and immediately messaged to the Senate. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/SF/00000/SF00067.html S.F. 102 A bill for an act relating to nonsubstantive Code corrections. (Formerly SSB 1065). Introduced by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Placed on Senate Calendar, 2/8/99. Feb. 10, Passed Senate, ayes 45, nays 0, and immediately messaged to the House. Feb. 15, read first time and referred to House Judiciary Committee and a subcommittee of Reps. Bell, Barry and Kettering. Placed on the House Calendar 3/18/99, with a committee amendment H. 1115 filed. Passed House, ayes 97, nays 0, 4/6/99, and immediately messaged to the Senate, with amendment S. 3263 filed. Senate concurredl Passed Senate, ayes 45, nays 0, 4/15/99, and immediately messaged to the House http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/SF/00100/SF00102.html S.F. 103 A bill for an act establishing an on-site sewage disposal system assistance program and revolving fund and making an appropriation. Introduced by Angelo. Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Assigned a subcommittee of Sens. McLaren, Bolkcom and Jensen. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/SF/00100/SF00103.html S.F. 160 A bill for an act relating to pipelines, interstate natural gas pipelines, and hazardous liquid pipelines, and the restoration of agricultural lands, making penalties applicable, and providing an effective date. (Formerly SF 75). Introduced by the Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee. Placed on the Senate Calendar 2/16. Amended and passed Senate, ayes 49, nays 0, 3/2/99, and immediately messaged to the House. Read first time and passed on file. Companion to H.F. 447. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/SF/00100/SF00160.html S.F. 187 A bill for an act relating to the operation, regulation, and equipment of watercraft, establishing watercraft safety courses, and subjecting violators to a penalty, and providing an effective date. (Formerly SSB 1027). Introduced by the Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee. Placed on the Senate Calendar 2/22/99. Passed Senate, ayes 43, nays 5, 3/16/99, and immediately messaged to the House. Read first time, passed on file. Amendments H. 1166, H. 1271, H. 1287 filed. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/SF/00100/SF00187.html S.F. 208 A bill for an act creating an enhance Iowa distribution account, a technology assurance fund, and a recreation, environment, arts, culture, and heritage fund; making changes in the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund; making corresponding statutory changes; and relating to appropriations from the account and funds. Introduced by Harper, Horn, Kibbie and Gronstal. Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee and assigned to a subcommittee of Sens. McLaren, Flynn and Freeman. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/SF/00200/SF00208.html S.F. 264 A bill for an act relating to the regulatory authority of the natural resource commission on the Sac and Fox tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa settlement in Tama county. [Formerly SF 124). Introduced by Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee. Placed on the Senate Calendar 3/2/99. Amendment S. 3142 filed and adopted. Passed Senate, ayes 48, nays 1, 3/29/99, and immediately messaged to the House. Read first time and referred to House Natural Resources Committee, and Assigned to a subcommittee of Reps. Dotzler, Huseman and O'Brien. Placed on the House Calendar 3/30/99. Passed House, ayes 95, nays 0, 4/7/99, and immediately messaged to the Senate. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/SF/00200/SF00264.html S.F. 265 A bill for an act relating to the taking of muskrats by colony trap. (Formerly SF 77). Introduced by Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee. Placed on the Senate Calendar 3/2/99. Passed Senate, ayes 40, nays 7, 3/15/99, and immediately messaged to the House. Read first time and passed on file. Substituted for HF 650. Passed House, ayes 91, nays 1, 4/7/99, and immediately messaged to the Senate. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/SF/00200/SF00265.html S.F. 282 A bill for an act relating to practices and procedures of the department of general services, regulating state purchasing of recycled paper, modifying an appropriation to the department, and providing an effective date. (Formerly SSB 1112). Introduced by Senate State Government Committee. Placed on the Senate Calendar 3/3/99. Passed Senate, ayes 46, nays 0, 3/16/99, and immediately messaged to the House. Read first time and referred to the House State Government Committee, Assigned to a subcommittee of Reps. Brauns, Arnold and Chiodo.Subcommittee reassigned, Brauns, Arnold and Larkin. Placed on the House Calendar 3/29/99. Placed on the House Unfinished Business Calendar. Passed House, ayes 96, nays 1, 4/12/99, and immediately messaged to the Senate. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/SF/00200/SF00282.html S.F. 283 A bill for an act appropriating federal funds made available from federal block grants and other federal grants, allocating portions of federal block grants, and providing procedures if federal funds are more or less than anticipated or if federal block grants are more or less than anticipated. (Formerly SSB 1144). Introduced by Senate Appropriations Committee. Placed on Appropriations calendar 3/2/99. Passed Senate, ayes 50, nays 0, 3/4/99, and immediately messaged to the House. Referred to House Appropriations Committee and assigned to a subcommittee of Reps. Nelson, Heaton and Parmenter. Placed on the House Calendar 3/16/99. Passed House, ayes 93, nays 0, 3/22/99, and immediately messaged to the Senate. 3/29 /99, reported correctly enrolled, signed by President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House and sent to Governor. SIGNED by the Governor, 3/31/99. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/SF/00200/SF00283.html S.F. 293 A bill for an act relating to the development and management of land, by providing for planning and revenue, providing an effective date, and making a provision retroactively applicable. (Formerly SSB 1063). Introduced by Senate Small Business, Econ. Dev. and Tourism Committee. Placed on the Senate Calendar 3/3/99. Re-referred to Senate Local Government Committee and assigned to a subcommittee of Sens. McKean, Angelo, Bartz, Bolkcom and Fraise. Placed on the Senate Calendar 3/11/99. Re-referred to Senate Local Government Committee. Returned to the Senate Calendar, 3/25/99, with Committee Amendment S. 3158. Placed on the Senate Unfinished Business Calendar 3/31/99. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/SF/00200/SF00293.html S.F. 313 A bill for an act prohibiting the sale or distribution of purple loosestrife. (Formerly SF 220). Introduced, placed on Senate Calendar, 3/8/99. Passed Senate, ayes 45, nays 1, 3/15/99, and immediately messaged to the House. Read first time, referred to House Natural Resources Committee. Assigned to a subcommittee of Reps. Frevert, Kettering and Klemme. Placed on the House Calendar 3/30/99. Amendment H. 1381 filed. Placed on calendar under unfinished business. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/SF/00300/SF00313.html S.F. 315 A bill for an act creating a loess hills preservation and development alliance, providing for its membership, powers and duties, and providing for other properly related matters. (Formerly SF 274). Introduced by Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee. Placed on the Senate Calendar 3/8/99. Amendment S. 3172 filed and adopted, 3/29/99. HF 218 substituted. Deferred. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/SF/00300/SF00315.html S.F. 353 A bill for an act establishing the community attraction and tourism development program and fund, making an appropriation, and providing an effective date. (Formerly SSB 1080). Introduced by Senate Small Business, Econ. Dev. and Tourism Committee. Placed on the Senate Calendar 3/9/99. Re-referred to Appropriations Committee. Assigned to a subcommittee of Sens. Freeman, Connolly and Johnson. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/SF/00300/SF00353.html S.F. 382 A bill for an act establishing the community economic betterment recreational and cultural program and community economic betterment recreational and cultural program account. Introduced by Black, Shearer, Gronstal, Deluhery, Dvorsky, Bolkcom, Connolly, Dearden, Fink, Flynn, Fraise, Hammond, Hansen, Harper, Horn, Judge, Kibbie, McCoy, Soukup and Szymoniak. Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee and assigned to a subcommittee of Sens. Schuerer, Lamberti and Soukup. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/SF/00300/SF00382.html S.F. 399 A bill for an act relating to tax exemptions for livestock-related pollution-control or recycling property. (Formerly SF 6). Introduced by Senate Ways & Means Committee. Placed on the Senate Calendar 3/11/99. Amendment S. 3120, S. 3121 filed and adopted. Passed Senate, ayes 48, nays 0, 3/23/99, and immediately messaged to the House. Read first time, referred to House Ways & Means Committee and assigned to a subcommittee of Reps. Teig, Frevert and Houser. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/SF/00300/SF00399.html S.F. 400 A bill for an act providing for a healthy environmental and value-added energy initiative, providing for tax revenues, the allocation of moneys, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly SSB 1090). Introduced by Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee. Referred to Senate Ways & Means Committee. Assigned to a subcommittee of Sens. Bartz, Flynn and Johnson. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/SF/00400/SF00400.html S.F. 424 A bill for an act relating to and making transportation and other infrastructure-related appropriations to the state department of transportation, including allocation and use of moneys from the general fund of the state, road use tax fund, and primary road fund, providing for the use of a former rest area, and providing for the nonreversion of certain moneys. (Formerly SSB 1150). Introduced by Senate Appropriations Committee. Placed on the Senate Calendar 3/15/99. Amendment S. 3075 filed. Amendment S. 3075 adopted. Passed Senate, ayes 50, nays 0, 3/16/99, and immediately messaged to the House. Read first time and referred to the House Appropriations Committee. Placed on the House Appropriations Calendar 4/7/99. Committee amendment H. 1492, and amendments H. 1507, H. 1518, H. 1546, H. 1547, H. 1555 filed. Committee amendment H. 1492 adopted. Amendment H. 1518 withdrawn. Amendment H. 1507 adopted. Amendment H. 1547 lost. Amendment H. 1555 withdrawn. Amendment H. 1558, H. 1564 filed. Amendment H. 1564 adopted, H. 1558 as amended, adopted. Amendment H. 1546 lost. Amendment H. 1573 filed and lost. Amendment H. 1576 filed, ruled not germane, motion to suspend rules failed. Passed House, ayes 85, nays 4, 4/13/99, and immediately messaged to the Senate, with amendment S. 3354 filed. Amendments S. 3402, S. 3407, S. 3403, S. 3406 filed. Amendments S. 3402, S. 3407, S. 3403 withdrawn. Amendment S. 3406 lost. Amendment S. 3410 filed and withdrawn. Deferred. Amendment S. 3412 filed and ruled out of order. Senate concurred. Passed Senate, ayes 44, nays 0, 4/15/99, and immediately messaged to the House. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/SF/00400/SF00424.html S.F. 430 A bill for an act relating to and making supplemental and other appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and providing an effective date. (Formerly SSB 1116). Introduced by Senate Appropriations Committee. Placed on the Senate Calendar 3/15/99. Amendment S. 3068, S. 3073 filed. Amendments S. 3073, S. 3068 adopted. Passed Senate, ayes 48, nays 11, 3/16/99, and immediately messaged to the House. Read first time and referred to the House Appropriations Committee. Assigned to a subcommittee of Reps. Millage, Dix and Taylor. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/SF/00400/SF00430.html S.F. 442 A bill for an act making appropriations from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2000, to the department of agriculture and land stewardship and the department of natural resources. (Formerly SSB 1146). Introduced by Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee. Placed on the Senate Calendar 3/15/99. Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee, and assigned to a subcommittee of Sens. Freeman, McCoy and McLaren. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/SF/00400/SF00442.html S.F. 447 A bill for an act relating to the imposition of an annual conservation and land preservation tax for agricultural property converted to residential, industrial, or commercial use and providing penalties. (Formerly SF 198). Introduced by Senate Agriculture Committee. Placed on the Senate Calendar 3/15/99. Referred to Senate Ways & Means Committee. Assigned to a subcommittee of Sens. Johnson, McLaren and Soukup. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/SF/00400/SF00447.html S.F. 466 A bill for an act relating to the remediation of agrichemical sites, providing for fees, and providing for the repeal of a section relating to cleanup prioritization. (Formerly SF 299 & SF 452.) Placed on the Senate Ways & Means Calendar 4/1/99. Placed on the Senate Unfinished Business Calendar. Amendment S. 3370 filed. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/SF/00400/SF00466.html SJR 6 A joint resolution nullifying amendments to an administrative rule of the department of natural resources eliminating the open season for the commercial harvesting of washboard mussels and providing an effective date. (Formerly SSB 1062). Introduced by Senate Natural Resources and Environment Environment. Placed on the Senate Calendar 3/2/99. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/BillHistory/SJR/00000/SJR00006.html SSB 1116 The bill makes supplemental appropriations from the state general fund, rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund, and fish and game protection fund to the departments of corrections, general services, human services, natural resources, and public health, and to the state board of regents. Drafted by the Senate Appropriations Committee and assigned to a subcommittee of Sens. McLaren, Flynn and King. http://www2.legis.state.ia.us/GA/78GA/Legislation/SSB/01100/SSB01116/Current.html Geneva____________________________________________ Lyle Krewson 6403 Aurora Avenue #3 Des Moines, IA 50322-2862 NEW 1/99: [log in to unmask] 515/276-8947 515/276-6935 - FAX ____________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- To get off the IOWA-TOPICS list, send email to [log in to unmask] Make the message text (not the subject): SIGNOFF IOWA-TOPICS