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HOUSE JOURNAL

SIXTY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

STATE OF COLORADO

Second Regular Session

Sixty-third Legislative Day Tuesday, March 10, 1998

Prayer by Pastor Brad Strait, South Presbyterian Church, Littleton.

The Speaker called the House to order at 9:00 a.m.

The roll was called with the following result:

Present--63.

Absent and excused--Representatives Entz, Romero--2.

Present after roll call--Representative Romero.

The Speaker declared a quorum present.

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On motion of Representative Smith, the reading of the journal of March 9, 1998, was declared dispensed with and approved as corrected by the Chief Clerk.

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PRINTING REPORT

The Chief Clerk reports the following bills have been correctly printed: HB98-1386, 1387, and 1388.

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DELIVERY OF BILLS TO GOVERNOR

The Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives reports the following bills have been delivered to the Office of the Governor: HB98-1022, 1043, 1054, 1230, 1344, 1345, 1347, 1351, and 1355 at 1:45 p.m. on March 9, 1998.

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MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed on Third Reading and returns herewith HB98-1017, 1019, 1024, 1035, 1038, 1056, 1082, 1119, 1132, 1225, 1229, 1279, and 1331.

The Senate has passed on Third Reading and transmitted to the Revisor of Statutes: SB98-173;

SB98- 142, amended as printed in Senate Journal, March 6, pages 409-411;

SB98- 148, amended as printed in Senate Journal, March 6, page 412;

SB98- 161, amended as printed in Senate Journal, March 6, page 406;

HB98- 1015, amended as printed in Senate Journal, March 6, page 407;

HB98- 1026, amended as printed in Senate Journal, March 6, page 411;

HB98- 1039, amended as printed in Senate Journal, March 6, page 413;

HB98- 1055, amended as printed in Senate Journal, March 6, page 409;

HB98- 1116, amended as printed in Senate Journal, March 6, page 408;

HB98- 1162, amended as printed in Senate Journal, March 6, page 412;

HB98- 1358, amended as printed in Senate Journal, March 6, pages 407-408 and 413-414.

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MESSAGE FROM THE REVISOR

We herewith transmit without comment, as amended, SB98-173, 142, 148, 161, and HB98-1015, 1026, 1039, 1055, 1116, 1162, and 1358.

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INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

First Reading

The following bills were read by title and referred to the committees indicated:

HB98-1389 by Representative Adkins; also Senator Wham--Concerning recommendations of the house committee on the judiciary related to the continuation of requirements for certain periodic reports to the general assembly from executive and judicial branch agencies under articles 16 to 90 of title 13 and under titles 14 to 21, Colorado Revised Statutes.

Committee on Judiciary.

HB98-1390 by Representative Kaufman; also Senator Matsunaka--Concerning authorization for the governing body of a municipality to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the county or counties in which it is located to establish a joint zoning board of adjustment.

Committee on Local Government.

HB98-1391 by Representatives S. Johnson, Hagedorn, Owen, and Smith--Concerning the conditions under which a health care coverage entity may modify benefits within an existing small group or individual health benefit plan.

Committee on Business Affairs and Labor.

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THIRD READING OF BILLS--FINAL PASSAGE

The following bills were considered on Third Reading. The titles were publicly read. Reading of the bill at length was dispensed with by unanimous consent.

SB98-016 by Senators Coffman and Wham; also Representative Pfiffner--Concerning the elimination of the express authority of the board of directors of the metropolitan football stadium district to waive any requirement that a contractor provide a performance bond prior to the contractor commencing construction on a stadium.

The question being "Shall the bill pass?".

A roll call vote was taken. As shown by the following recorded vote, a majority of those elected to the House voted in the affirmative and the bill was declared passed.

YES 48 NO 15 EXCUSED 2 ABSENT 0

Adkins Y

Agler N

Alexander Y

Allen N

Anderson N

Arrington Y

Bacon Y

Berry, G. Y

Chavez N

Clarke N

Dean N

Dyer N

Entz E

Epps Y

Faatz Y

George Y


Gordon N

Gotlieb Y

Grampsas Y

Grossman N

Hagedorn Y

Hefley Y

Johnson Y

June Y

Kaufman Y

Keller Y

Kreutz Y

Lawrence Y

Leyba Y

Mace Y

May Y

McElhany Y


McPherson Y

Miller Y

Morrison N

Musgrave Y

Nichol Y

Owen Y

Pankey Y

Paschall Y

Pfiffner Y

Reeser Y

Romero E

Salaz Y

Saliman Y

Schauer N

Sinclair Y

Smith Y


Snyder Y

Spradley Y

Sullivant Y

Swenson Y

Takis Y

Tate N

Taylor Y

Tool Y

Tucker N

Tupa Y

Udall Y

Veiga N

Williams, S. Y

Williams, T. N

Young Y

Zimmerman Y

Mr. Speaker Y

Co-sponsors added: Representatives McPherson, Paschall, Tucker, Young.

SB98-005 by Senators B. Alexander, Feeley, Powers, et. al.; also Representatives G. Berry, K. Alexander, Dean, George, Johnson, June, Miller, Nichol, Saliman, and Tucker--Concerning the assets held in the fire and police members' deferred compensation fund.

The question being "Shall the bill pass?".

A roll call vote was taken. As shown by the following recorded vote, a majority of those elected to the House voted in the affirmative and the bill was declared passed.

YES 63 NO 0 EXCUSED 2 ABSENT 0

Adkins Y

Agler Y

Alexander Y

Allen Y

Anderson Y

Arrington Y

Bacon Y

Berry, G. Y

Chavez Y

Clarke Y

Dean YDyer Y

Entz E

Epps Y

Faatz Y

George Y


Gordon Y

Gotlieb Y

Grampsas Y

Grossman Y

Hagedorn Y

Hefley Y

Johnson Y

June Y

Kaufman Y

Keller Y

Kreutz Y

Lawrence Y

Leyba Y

Mace Y

May Y

McElhany Y


McPherson Y

Miller Y

Morrison Y

Musgrave Y

Nichol Y

Owen Y

Pankey Y

Paschall Y

Pfiffner Y

Reeser Y

Romero E

Salaz Y

Saliman Y

Schauer Y

Sinclair Y

Smith Y


Snyder Y

Spradley Y

Sullivant Y

Swenson Y

Takis Y

Tate Y

Taylor Y

Tool Y

Tucker Y

Tupa Y

Udall Y

Veiga Y

Williams, S. Y

Williams, T. Y

Young Y

Zimmerman Y

Mr. Speaker Y

Co-sponsors added: Representatives Chavez, Epps, Mace.

SB98-032 by Senators Reeves, Linkhart, and Powers; also Representatives Taylor, Clarke, Leyba, and Pfiffner--Concerning the inventory of property by local governments.

The question being "Shall the bill pass?".

A roll call vote was taken. As shown by the following recorded vote, a majority of those elected to the House voted in the affirmative and the bill was declared passed.

YES 62 NO 1 EXCUSED 2 ABSENT 0

Adkins Y

Agler Y

Alexander Y

Allen Y

Anderson Y

Arrington Y

Bacon Y

Berry, G. Y

Chavez Y

Clarke Y

Dean Y

Dyer Y

Entz E

Epps Y

Faatz Y

George Y


Gordon Y

Gotlieb Y

Grampsas Y

Grossman Y

Hagedorn Y

Hefley Y

Johnson Y

June Y

Kaufman Y

Keller Y

Kreutz Y

Lawrence Y

Leyba Y

Mace Y

May Y

McElhany Y


McPherson Y

Miller Y

Morrison Y

Musgrave Y

Nichol Y

Owen Y

Pankey Y

Paschall Y

Pfiffner Y

Reeser Y

Romero E

Salaz Y

Saliman Y

Schauer Y

Sinclair Y

Smith N


Snyder Y

Spradley Y

Sullivant Y

Swenson Y

Takis Y

Tate Y

Taylor Y

Tool Y

Tucker Y

Tupa Y

Udall Y

Veiga Y

Williams, S. Y

Williams, T. Y

Young Y

Zimmerman Y

Mr. Speaker Y

HB98-1123 by Representative May; also Senator Ament--Concerning functions of the executive director of the department of revenue regarding motor vehicle sales transactions.

The question being "Shall the bill pass?".

A roll call vote was taken. As shown by the following recorded vote, a majority of those elected to the House voted in the affirmative and the bill was declared passed.

YES 62 NO 1 EXCUSED 2 ABSENT 0

Adkins Y

Agler Y

Alexander Y

Allen YAnderson Y

Arrington Y

Bacon Y

Berry, G. Y

Chavez Y

Clarke Y

Dean Y

Dyer Y

Entz E

Epps Y

Faatz Y

George Y


Gordon Y

Gotlieb Y

Grampsas Y

Grossman Y

Hagedorn Y

Hefley Y

Johnson Y

June Y

Kaufman Y

Keller Y

Kreutz Y

Lawrence Y

Leyba Y

Mace Y

May Y

McElhany Y


McPherson Y

Miller Y

Morrison Y

Musgrave Y

Nichol Y

Owen Y

Pankey Y

Paschall Y

Pfiffner N

Reeser Y

Romero E

Salaz Y

Saliman Y

Schauer Y

Sinclair Y

Smith Y


Snyder Y

Spradley Y

Sullivant Y

Swenson Y

Takis Y

Tate Y

Taylor Y

Tool Y

Tucker Y

Tupa Y

Udall Y

Veiga Y

Williams, S. Y

Williams, T. Y

Young Y

Zimmerman Y

Mr. Speaker Y

HB98-1128 by Representative May; also Senator Ament--Concerning regulation of motor vehicle transactions, and, in connection therewith, extending the existence of the motor vehicle dealer board.

The question being "Shall the bill pass?".

A roll call vote was taken. As shown by the following recorded vote, a majority of those elected to the House voted in the affirmative and the bill was declared passed.

YES 62 NO 1 EXCUSED 2 ABSENT 0

Adkins Y

Agler Y

Alexander Y

Allen Y

Anderson Y

Arrington Y

Bacon Y

Berry, G. Y

Chavez Y

Clarke Y

Dean Y

Dyer Y

Entz E

Epps Y

Faatz Y

George Y


Gordon Y

Gotlieb Y

Grampsas Y

Grossman Y

Hagedorn Y

Hefley Y

Johnson Y

June Y

Kaufman Y

Keller Y

Kreutz Y

Lawrence Y

Leyba Y

Mace Y

May Y

McElhany Y


McPherson Y

Miller Y

Morrison Y

Musgrave Y

Nichol Y

Owen Y

Pankey Y

Paschall Y

Pfiffner N

Reeser Y

Romero E

Salaz Y

Saliman Y

Schauer Y

Sinclair Y

Smith Y


Snyder Y

Spradley Y

Sullivant Y

Swenson Y

Takis Y

Tate Y

Taylor Y

Tool Y

Tucker Y

Tupa Y

Udall Y

Veiga Y

Williams, S. Y

Williams, T. Y

Young Y

Zimmerman Y

Mr. Speaker Y

Co-sponsors added: Representatives Gotlieb, Kaufman, Lawrence.

HB98-1375 by Representative Anderson; also Senator Bishop--Concerning the establishment of transportation planning regions by the transportation commission.

The question being "Shall the bill pass?".

A roll call vote was taken. As shown by the following recorded vote, a majority of those elected to the House voted in the affirmative and the bill was declared passed.

YES 61 NO 2 EXCUSED 2 ABSENT 0

Adkins Y

Agler Y

Alexander Y

Allen Y

Anderson Y

Arrington N

Bacon Y

Berry, G. Y

Chavez Y

Clarke Y

Dean Y

Dyer Y

Entz E

Epps Y

Faatz Y

George Y


Gordon Y

Gotlieb Y

Grampsas Y

Grossman Y

Hagedorn Y

Hefley Y

Johnson Y

June Y

Kaufman Y

Keller Y

Kreutz Y

Lawrence Y

Leyba Y

Mace Y

May Y

McElhany Y


McPherson Y

Miller Y

Morrison Y

Musgrave Y

Nichol Y

Owen Y

Pankey Y

Paschall Y

Pfiffner N

Reeser Y

Romero E

Salaz Y

Saliman Y

Schauer Y

Sinclair Y

Smith Y


Snyder Y

Spradley Y

Sullivant Y

Swenson Y

Takis Y

Tate Y

Taylor Y

Tool Y

Tucker Y

Tupa Y

Udall Y

Veiga Y

Williams, S. Y

Williams, T. Y

Young Y

Zimmerman Y

Mr. Speaker Y

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CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION

SJR98-9 by Senators Hopper, Norton, B. Alexander, Ament, Arnold, Bishop, Blickensderfer, Chlouber, Coffman, Congrove, Dennis, Feeley, Hernandez, J. Johnson, Lacy, Lamborn, Linkhart, Martinez, Matsunaka, Mutzebaugh, Pascoe, Perlmutter, Phillips, Powers, Reeves, Rizzuto, Rupert, Schroeder, Tanner, Tebedo, Thiebaut, Wattenberg, Weddig, Wells, and Wham; also Representatives Hagedorn, Agler, K. Alexander, Arrington, Bacon, Chavez, Clarke, Dean, Dyer, Entz, George, Gordon, Gotlieb, Grampsas, Grossman, Hefley, June, Kaufman, Keller, Leyba, Mace, McElhany, Miller, Nichol, Owen, Pankey, Paschall, Pfiffner, Reeser, Romero, Salaz, Saliman, Snyder, Spradley, Takis, Tool, Tucker, Tupa, Udall, Veiga, T. Williams, and Zimmerman--Concerning the proclamation of Colorado Nonprofit Day.

(Printed and placed in Member's files.)

On motion of Representative Hagedorn, the resolution was read at length and adopted by the following roll call vote:

YES 64 NO 0 EXCUSED 1 ABSENT 0

Adkins Y

Agler Y

Alexander Y

Allen Y

Anderson Y

Arrington Y

Bacon Y

Berry, G. YChavez Y

Clarke Y

Dean Y

Dyer Y

Entz E

Epps Y

Faatz Y

George Y


Gordon Y

Gotlieb Y

Grampsas Y

Grossman Y

Hagedorn Y

Hefley Y

Johnson Y

June Y

Kaufman Y

Keller Y

Kreutz Y

Lawrence Y

Leyba Y

Mace Y

May Y

McElhany Y


McPherson Y

Miller Y

Morrison Y

Musgrave Y

Nichol Y

Owen Y

Pankey Y

Paschall Y

Pfiffner Y

Reeser Y

Romero Y

Salaz Y

Saliman Y

Schauer Y

Sinclair Y

Smith Y


Snyder Y

Spradley Y

Sullivant Y

Swenson Y

Takis Y

Tate Y

Taylor Y

Tool Y

Tucker Y

Tupa Y

Udall Y

Veiga Y

Williams, S. Y

Williams, T. Y

Young Y

Zimmerman Y

Mr. Speaker Y

Co-sponsors added: Roll call of the House.

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REPORTS OF COMMITTEE OF REFERENCE

HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT, WELFARE, AND INSTITUTIONS

After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends the following:

SB98-99 be postponed indefinitely.

SB98-157 be referred to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation.

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LAY OVER OF CALENDAR ITEMS

On motion of Representative Anderson, the following items on the Calendar were laid over until March 11, retaining place on Calendar:

Consideration of General Orders--SB98-107, 35, 46, 87, 27, 45, 37, 73, 102, 151, 1, 63, 76, 133, 159, 174, 8, 31, 54, 124, 136, HB98-1023, 1063, 1099, 1144, 1321, SB98-2, 49, 93, 141, HB98-1378, SB98-118.

Consideration of Resolutions--SJR98-3, HJR98-1016.

Consideration of Senate Amendments--HB98-1143, 1149.

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On motion of Representative Anderson, the House adjourned until 9:00 a.m., March 11, 1998.

Approved:

CHARLES E. BERRY,

Speaker

Attest:

JUDITH RODRIGUE,

Chief Clerk