The House met pursuant to adjournment with Speaker Shallenburger in the chair.
The roll was called with 107 members present.
Rep. Lloyd was excused on verified illness.
Reps. Ballou, Compton, Flower, and Schwartz were excused on legislative business.
Reps. Allen, Benlon, Correll, Faber, Geringer, Nichols, O'Neal, Packer, E. Peterson, J.
Peterson, Powers, Shultz and Wagle were excused on excused absence by the Speaker.
Prayer by Chaplain Washington:
Heavenly Father,
Thank You for Your grace and mercy through another week.
As we gather this morning, we again give thought to the concerns of government
and the responsibilities of this House, yet our thoughts drift. We'll be heading home
soon. We'll be facing the concerns of our own house.
Lord, please provide for both. Please help us to find balance in meeting the chal-
lenges of both. Give wisdom for both.
As Your Word encourages us through the Psalmist in 55:22, we cast all our cares,
those of both houses, upon You. Thank You for the assurance that when we trust
You, although You may let us fall, You will not let us fail.
In the Name of Jesus the Christ, I come. Amen.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS
The following bill was introduced and read by title:
HB 3018, An act concerning the judicial branch; establishing the judicial technology and
building and grounds fund; prescribing and authorizing certain guidelines and procedures
for the provision and expenditure of funds with respect thereto, by Committee on
Appropriations.
REFERENCE OF BILLS AND CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS
The following bills and resolutions were referred to committees as indicated:
Announcing passage of HB 2561, 2562, 2635, 2727, 2769, 2787.
Also, announcing passage of HB 2820, as amended.
The Senate nonconcurs in House amendments to H. Sub. for Sub. SB 139, requests a
conference and has appointed Senators Vidricksen, Jordan and Gilstrap as conferees on the
part of the Senate.
The Senate nonconcurs in House amendments to SB 449, requests a conference and has
appointed Senators Emert, Bond and Goodwin as conferees on the part of the Senate.
The Senate nonconcurs in House amendments to SB 462, requests a conference and has
appointed Senators Steffes, Brownlee and Feleciano as conferees on the part of the Senate.
The Senate nonconcurs in House amendments to SB 470, requests a conference and has
appointed Senators Steffes, Praeger and Feleciano as conferees on the part of the Senate.
Also, the Senate nonconcurs in House amendments to SB 298, requests a conference
and has appointed Senators Emert, Pugh and Hensley as conferees on the part of the Senate.
INTRODUCTION OF SENATE BILLS AND CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS
The following Senate bills were thereupon introduced and read by title:
On motion of Rep. Jennison, the House acceded to the request of the Senate for a
conference on H. Sub. for Sub. SB 139.
Speaker Shallenburger thereupon appointed Reps. Hayzlett, Howell and Dillon as con-
ferees on the part of the House.
On motion of Rep. Jennison, the House acceded to the request of the Senate for a
conference on SB 298.
Speaker Shallenburger thereupon appointed Reps. O'Neal, Shore and Reardon as con-
ferees on the part of the House.
On motion of Rep. Jennison, the House acceded to the request of the Senate for a
conference on SB 449.
Speaker Shallenburger thereupon appointed Reps. Carmody, Presta and Garner as con-
ferees on the part of the House.
On motion of Rep. Jennison, the House acceded to the request of the Senate for a
conference on SB 462.
Speaker Shallenburger thereupon appointed Reps. Cox, Humerickhouse and Correll as
conferees on the part of the House.
On motion of Rep. Jennison, the House acceded to the request of the Senate for a
conference on SB 470.
Speaker Shallenburger thereupon appointed Reps. Cox, Humerickhouse and Correll as
conferees on the part of the House.
CONSENT CALENDAR
No objection was made to HCR 5048; SB 425, 428, 531 appearing on the Consent
Calendar for the second day.
No objection was made to HB 2499; SB 506 appearing on the Consent Calendar for the
third day. The bills were advanced to Final Action on Bills and Concurrent Resolutions.
FINAL ACTION ON BILLS AND CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS
Speaker Shallenburger announced that order of business Final Action on Bills and Con-
current Resolutions would be passed over today.
On motion of Rep. Jennison, the House went into Committee of the Whole, with Rep.
Glasscock in the chair.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
On motion of Rep. Glasscock, Committee of the Whole report, as follows, was adopted:
Recommended that SB 460 be passed.
Committee report to Sub. SB 573 be adopted; also, on motion of Rep. Pauls be amended
on page 4, in line 9, by striking ``56-670'' and inserting ``50-670'';
Also, on motion of Rep. Lane Sub. SB 573 be amended on page 1, after the enacting
clause, by inserting an additional section as follows:
``Section 1. K.S.A. 50-640 is hereby amended to read as follows: 50-640. (a) Except as
provided in subsection (c)(1)(C), in addition to any right otherwise to revoke, a consumer
has the right to cancel a door-to-door sale made within this state until midnight of the third
business day after the day on which the consumer signs an agreement or offer to purchase
which includes the disclosures required by this section.
(b) In connection with any door-to-door sale made within this state, it constitutes an
unfair and deceptive act or practice within the meaning of K.S.A. 50-626, and amendments
thereto, for any supplier to:
(1) Fail to furnish the consumer with a fully completed receipt or copy of any contract
pertaining to such sale at the time of its execution, which is in the same language, Spanish
for example, as that principally used in the oral sales presentation and which shows the date
of the transaction and contains the name and address of the supplier, and in immediate
proximity to the space reserved in the contract for the signature of the consumer or on the
front page of the receipt if a contract is not used and in boldface type of a minimum size
of 10 points, a statement in substantially the following form:
``YOU THE BUYER, MAY CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION AT ANY TIME PRIOR
TO MIDNIGHT OF THE THIRD BUSINESS DAY AFTER THE DATE OF THIS
TRANSACTION. SEE THE ATTACHED NOTICE OF CANCELLATION FORM FOR
AN EXPLANATION OF THIS RIGHT.'' For purposes of the required notices under this
section, the term ``buyer'' shall have the same meaning as the term ``consumer.''
(2) Fail to furnish each consumer, at the time the consumer signs the door-to-door sales
contract or otherwise agrees to buy consumer property or services from the supplier, a
completed form in duplicate, captioned ``NOTICE OF CANCELLATION,'' which shall be
attached to the contract or receipt and be easily detachable, and which shall contain in
10-point boldface type the following information and statements in the same language,
Spanish for example, as that used in the contract:
NOTICE OF CANCELLATION
(Enter date of transaction)
____________________
YOU MAY CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION, WITHOUT ANY PENALTY OR OBLI-
GATION, WITHIN THREE BUSINESS DAYS FROM THE ABOVE DATE.
IF YOU CANCEL, ANY PROPERTY TRADED IN, ANY PAYMENTS MADE BY YOU
UNDER THE CONTRACT OR SALE, AND ANY NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENT EX-
ECUTED BY YOU WILL BE RETURNED WITHIN 10 BUSINESS DAYS FOLLOW-
ING RECEIPT BY THE SELLER OF YOUR CANCELLATION NOTICE, AND ANY
SECURITY INTEREST ARISING OUT OF THE TRANSACTION WILL BE CAN-
CELED.
IF YOU CANCEL, YOU MUST MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE SELLER AT YOUR
RESIDENCE, IN SUBSTANTIALLY AS GOOD CONDITION AS WHEN RECEIVED,
ANY PROPERTY DELIVERED TO YOU UNDER THIS CONTRACT OR SALE; OR
YOU MAY, IF YOU WISH, COMPLY WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE SELLER
REGARDING THE RETURN SHIPMENT OF THE PROPERTY AT THE SELLER'S
EXPENSE AND RISK.
IF YOU DO MAKE THE PROPERTY AVAILABLE TO THE SELLER, AND IF THE
SELLER DOES NOT PICK SUCH PROPERTY UP WITHIN 20 DAYS OF THE DATE
OF YOUR NOTICE OF CANCELLATION, YOU MAY RETAIN OR DISPOSE OF THE
PROPERTY WITHOUT ANY FURTHER OBLIGATION. IF YOU FAIL TO MAKE
THE PROPERTY AVAILABLE TO THE SELLER, OR IF YOU AGREE TO RETURN
THE PROPERTY TO THE SELLER AND FAIL TO DO SO, THEN YOU REMAIN
LIABLE FOR PERFORMANCE OF ALL OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE CONTRACT.
TO CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION, MAIL OR DELIVER A SIGNED AND DATED
COPY OF THIS CANCELLATION NOTICE OR ANY OTHER WRITTEN NOTICE,
OR SEND A TELEGRAM, TO
(Name of Seller)
AT
(Address of Seller's Place of Business)
NOT LATER THAN MIDNIGHT OF ____________.
(Date)
I HEREBY CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION.
(Date) (Buyer's Signature)
(3) Fail, before furnishing copies of the ``notice of cancellation'' to the consumer, to
complete both copies by entering the name of the supplier, the address of the supplier's
place of business, the date of the transaction, and the date, not earlier than the third business
day following the date of the transaction, by which the consumer may give notice of can-
cellation.
(4) Include in any door-to-door sale contract or receipt any confession of judgment or
any waiver of any of the rights to which the consumer is entitled under this section including
specifically such consumer's right to cancel the sale in accordance with the provisions of
this section.
(5) Fail to inform each consumer orally, at the time such consumer signs the contract
or purchases the property or services, of such consumer's right to cancel.
(6) Misrepresent in any manner the consumer's right to cancel.
(7) Fail or refuse to honor any valid notice of cancellation by a consumer and within 10
business days after the receipt of such notice, to (i) refund all payments made under the
contract or sale; (ii) return any property traded in, in substantially as good condition as when
received by the supplier; (iii) cancel and return any negotiable instrument executed by the
consumer in connection with the contract or sale and take any action necessary or appro-
priate to terminate promptly any security interest created in the transaction.
(8) Negotiate, transfer, sell, or assign any note or other evidence of indebtedness to a
finance company or other third party prior to midnight of the fifth business day following
the day the contract was signed or the property or services were purchased.
(9) Fail, within 10 business days of receipt of the consumer's notice of cancellation, to
notify the consumer whether the supplier intends to repossess or to abandon any shipped
or delivered property.
(c) For the purposes of this section the following definitions shall apply:
(1) ``Door-to-door sale'' means a sale, lease or rental of consumer property or services
with a purchase price of $25 or more, whether under single or multiple consumer trans-
actions, in which the supplier or the supplier's representative personally solicits the sale,
including those in response to or following an invitation by the consumer, and the consumer's
agreement or offer to purchase is made at a place other than the place of business of the
supplier. The term ``door-to-door sale'' does not include a transaction:
(A) Made pursuant to prior negotiations in the course of a visit by the consumer to a
retail business establishment having a fixed permanent location where the property is ex-
hibited or the services are offered for sale on a continuing basis; or
(B) in which the consumer is accorded the right of rescission by the provisions of the
consumer credit protection act (15 USCS 1635) or regulations issued pursuant thereto; or
(C) in which the consumer has initiated the consumer transaction and the property or
services are needed to meet a bona fide immediate personal emergency of the consumer,
and the consumer furnishes the supplier with a separate dated and signed personal statement
in the consumer's handwriting describing the situation requiring immediate remedy and
expressly acknowledging and waiving the right to cancel the sale within three business days;
or
(D) conducted and consummated entirely by mail or telephone; and without any other
contact between the consumer and the supplier or its representative prior to delivery of the
property or performance of the services; or
(E) in which the consumer has initiated the transaction and specifically requested the
supplier to visit the consumer's home for the purpose of repairing or performing mainte-
nance upon the consumer's real or personal property. If in the course of such a visit, the
supplier sells the consumer the right to receive additional services or property other than
replacement parts necessarily used in performing the maintenance or in making the repairs,
the sale of the additional property or services would not fall within this exclusion; or
(F) pertaining to the sale or rental of real property, to the sale of insurance or to the
sale of securities or commodities by a broker-dealer registered with the securities and
exchange commission; or
(G) that occurs on the state fairgrounds during the annual Kansas state fair between a consumer and a vendor who has been authorized by the state fair management to do business on the state fairgrounds.
(2) ``Place of business'' means the main or permanent branch office of a supplier.
(3) ``Purchase price'' means the total price paid or to be paid for the consumer property
or services, including all interest and service charges.
(4) ``Business day'' means any calendar day except Sunday, or any legal holiday as de-
fined by K.S.A. 60-206 and amendments thereto.'';
By renumbering remaining sections accordingly;
On page 4, in line 9, after ``K.S.A.'' where it appears for the first time, by inserting ``50-
640 and'';
In the title, in line 13, after ``K.S.A.'', where it appears the first time, by inserting ``50-
640 and'';
Also, on motion of Rep. Alldritt Sub. SB 573 be amended on page 4, after line 8, by
inserting:
``New Sec. 3. (a) As used in this section:
(1) ``Express authorization'' means an express, affirmative act by a consumer clearly
agreeing to the change in the consumer's primary long distance carrier or local exchange
carrier to another carrier or to change or add to the consumer's other telecommunications
services.
(2) ``Telecommunications services'' has the meaning provided by K.S.A. 66-1,187 and
amendments thereto.
(b) No local exchange carrier or telecommunications carrier shall submit to a local
exchange carrier an order to change a consumer's primary long distance carrier or local
exchange carrier to another carrier or to change or add to a consumer's other telecommu-
nications services without having obtained the express authorization of the consumer au-
thorized to make the change or addition. The local exchange carrier or telecommunications
carrier requesting the change or addition shall have the burden of proving the express
authorization by clear and convincing evidence.
(c) No local exchange carrier, telecommunications carrier or third party utilized to verify
an order to change a consumer's primary long distance carrier or local exchange carrier to
another carrier or to change or add to a consumer's telecommunications services shall:
(1) Engage in any activity, conduct or representation while soliciting or verifying a
change in a consumer's primary long distance carrier or local exchange carrier to another
carrier or a change or addition to a consumer's telecommunications services that has the
capacity to mislead, deceive or confuse the consumer;
(2) employ a box or container used to collect entries for sweepstakes, contests or draw-
ings to gather letters of agency or other documents that constitute authorizations by con-
sumers to change the consumers' primary long distance carrier or local exchange carrier to
another carrier or to change or add to the consumers' other telecommunications services;
or
(3) use any methods not approved by the federal communications commission statutes,
rules and regulations (as in effect on the effective date of this act) or state corporation
commission rules and regulations to change a consumer's primary long distance carrier or
local exchange carrier to another carrier or to change or add to a consumer's other telecom-
munications services.
(d) Any local exchange carrier or telecommunications carrier that violates subsection
(b) or (c) shall be liable to the consumer:
(1) For a refund of any amounts collected and a credit for any unpaid amounts charged
by the carrier not properly authorized to change a consumer's primary long distance carrier
or local exchange carrier to another carrier or to change or add to a consumer's other
telecommunications services, including any charges for local or long distance services,
switching fees or other related charges; and
(2) for restoration of any premiums to which the consumer would have been entitled if
the unauthorized change had not occurred.
(e) Every local exchange carrier or telecommunications carrier that submits an order
for a change of a consumer's primary long distance carrier or local exchange carrier to
another carrier, within three business days after the order to change is placed, shall mail to
the consumer authorized to make the change or addition a letter, using first class mail,
postage prepaid, that complies with the following:
(1) The letter must be the sole and separate document in the envelope and the envelope
must be clearly marked, on the front, in 12 point or larger type, ``NOTICE OF SWITCH
IN TELEPHONE CARRIER''.
(2) The letter, for which the sole purpose is to describe the change in carrier authorized
by the consumer, must be printed in 10 point or larger type and contain clear and plain
language that confirms the details of the change, including the name, address and telephone
number of the carrier submitting the order to change; the name of the consumer requesting
the change; all terms, conditions and fees applicable to the change; and a toll free number
that the consumer can call to cancel the service.
(f) Any local exchange carrier or telecommunications carrier that violates subsection (b),
(c), (d) or (e) shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $5,000 nor more than $20,000
for each such violation.
(g) Any violation of this section is a deceptive and unconscionable act or practice under
the provisions of the Kansas consumer protection act and shall be subject to any and all of
the enforcement provisions of the Kansas consumer protection act. Nothing in this section
shall preclude the state corporation commission from exerting its authority as it pertains to
intrastate services nor the attorney general from pursuing violations of any other provisions
of the Kansas consumer protection act by a local exchange carrier or telecommunications
carrier.
(h) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas consumer protection
act.'';
By renumbering the remaining sections accordingly;
In the title, in line 12, by striking all after ``concerning''; in line 13, by striking all before
the semicolon and inserting ``telecommunications; relating to telephone solicitations and
telemarketing; prescribing procedures for certain changes in a consumer's telecommuni-
cations carrier or services and providing penalties for violations''; and Sub. SB 573 be passed
as amended.
Committee report to HB 2886 be adopted; also, on motion of Rep. Klein be amended
on page 3, by striking lines 3 through 13; and by renumbering the remaining sections ac-
cordingly; and HB 2886 be passed as amended.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
The Committee on Appropriations recommends HB 2612, 3007 be passed.
The Committee on Appropriations recommends HB 2603 be amended on page 1, in
line 21, by striking all following ``$10,000,000''; by striking all in lines 22 and 23; in line 24,
by striking all preceding the period; and the bill be passed as amended.
The Committee on Appropriations recommends SB 495, as amended by Senate Com-
mittee, be amended on page 4, in line 19, after ``to'' by inserting ``be''; and the bill be passed
as amended.
The Committee on Economic Development recommends SB 487, as amended by
Senate Committee, be passed.
The Committee on Federal and State Affairs recommends HB 2999 be amended on
page 3, in line 25, after the period by inserting ``The provisions of this subsection shall not
allow the governor or lieutenant governor to approve games on lottery machines.''; after line
37, by inserting the following:
``(c) It shall be a defense to a prosecution under this section if: (1) The defendant sold
the lottery ticket to the person under 18 years of age with reasonable cause to believe that
such person was 18 or more years of age; and (2) to purchase the lottery ticket, the person
under 18 years of age exhibited to the defendant a driver's license, Kansas nondriver's
identification card or other official or apparently official document, containing a photograph
of such person and purporting to establish that such person was 18 or more years of age.'';
and the bill be passed as amended.
The Committee on Health and Human Services recommends HB 2969; SB 129 be
passed.
The Committee on Health and Human Services recommends SB 484, as amended by
Senate Committee, be passed and, because the committee is of the opinion that the bill is
of a noncontroversial nature, be placed on the consent calendar.
The Committee on Insurance recommends SB 439 be amended by substituting a new
bill to be designated as ``House Substitute for SENATE BILL No. 439,'' as follows:
``HOUSE Substitute for SENATE BILL No. 439
By Committee on Insurance
``AN ACT concerning accident and health insurance; amending K.S.A. 40-19c06, 40-2209g,
40-2209m, 40-2241, 40-3207, 40-3208, 40-3210, 40-3211, 40-3213, 40-3214, 40-3215,
40-3219, 40-3220 and 40-3221 and K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 40-1909, 40-19c09, 40-2122,
40-2209, 40-2209d, 40-2209e, 40-2209f, 40-2228, 40-3202, 40-3203, 40-3204, 40-3209
and 40-3225 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 40-2209k and
40-2209l.''; and the substitute bill be passed.
(H. Sub for SB 439 was thereupon introduced and read by title.)
The Committee on Judiciary recommends HB 3006; SB 514, 518 be passed.
The Committee on Taxation recommends HB 2995, 3016; S 421 be passed and, be-
cause the committee is of the opinion that the bill is of a noncontroversial nature, be placed
on the consent calendar.
The Committee on Taxation recommends HCR 5039 be amended on page 1, in line
23, after ``provided'' by inserting ``by this section''; in line 25, by striking all after the period;
by striking all in lines 26 and 27; in line 28, by striking all before ``The'';
On page 2, after line 43, by inserting the following:
``(b) (1) Except as otherwise provided by paragraph (2) of this subsection, the appraised
valuation of all real property, other than land devoted to agricultural use, shall not increase
from one taxable year to the next such year by a percentage exceeding the percentage by
which the average consumer price index for all urban consumers published by the federal
department of labor as of the close of the 12-month period ending on August 31 of the first
calendar year preceding the appropriate taxable year exceeds such index as of such period
ending on August 31 of the second calendar year preceding the appropriate taxable year.
(2) The appraised valuation for new or newly improved real property shall, in its initial
year of valuation, be based upon the comparison with values of other real property of known
or recognized value which is subject to the provisions of paragraph (1).'';
On page 3, in line 1, by striking ``(b)'' and inserting ``(c)''; in line 9, by striking all after
``would''; in line 10, by striking all before ``provide''; in line 13, by striking all before ``real''
and inserting ``limit to the percentage increase of the consumer price index'' and the con-
current resolution be adopted as amended.
REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEE
Your Committee on Calendar and Printing recommends on requests for resolutions
and certificates that
Request No. 123, by Representative Schwartz, congratulating Mr. and Mrs. Roy Carlson
on 60 years of marriage;
Request No. 124, by Representative Nichols, commending First Lutheran Church of
Topeka for embarking on their capital campaign, which will greatly expand the worship
opportunities for Topekans;
Request No. 125, by Representative Mays, welcoming the 1998 International
SmartWare Developers Conference which will be held March 20-23 at Washburn Univer-
sity;
Request No. 126, by Representative Powers, honoring Eagle Scouts who are members
of Mulvane Boy Scout Troop 888: Jason Calkins, Travis Morgan, Christopher Coulter, T.J.
LaPlant, Michael Wilfong, Christopher Griffin, James Griffith, Stephan Wells, Steven Bev-
erage;
Request No. 127, by Representative Haley, congratulating George McClain on his 100th
birthday;
Request No. 128, by Representative Haley, congratulating Maurice Greene, native of
Kansas City and graduate of Schlagle High School, for records set in international track
competition;
Request No. 129, by Representative Dahl, honoring Ted and Jeannie White on 50 years
of marriage;
Request No. 130, by Representative Spangler, recognizing Kellen Hunt for achieving
Eagle Scout;
Request No. 131, by Representative Schwartz, congratulating Valley Heights Girls Bas-
ketball Team for winning third place in the Class 2A State Tournament;
Request No. 132, by Representative Schwartz, congratulating Hanover Boys Basketball
Team for winning the Class 1A State Basketball Championship;
Request No. 133, by Representative Schwartz, congratulating Riley County Girls Bas-
ketball Team for winning third place in the Class 3A State Tournament;
Request No. 134, by Representative Nichols, commending Emil Lutz, Jr., for ten years
of service to the State of Kansas as Director of Legislative Administrative Services;
Request No. 135, by Representative Dahl, honoring Ben and Ella Mae Barrett on 60
years of marriage;
Request No. 136, by Representative M. Long, congratulating Kellen Hunt on achieving
Eagle Scout;
Request No. 137, by Representative Toplikar, commending Amy Heiman on member-
ship in the Washburn President's Honors Program for the 1997 fall semester;
Request No. 138, by Representative Burroughs, congratulating Turner Golden Bears
Boys Basketball Team on their representation in the Class 5A State tournament;
Request No. 139, by Representative Boston, commending Barbara Greer-Sluiter on 34
years of service teaching Kansas school children;
Request No. 140, by Representative Spangler, honoring Frances Mulich for 49 years of
service to the Wyandotte County District Court;
Request No. 141, by Representative Henderson, honoring Ethyl M. Mills on her 100th
birthday;
be approved and the Chief Clerk of the House be directed to order the printing of said
certificates and order drafting of said resolutions.
On motion of Rep. Jennison, the committee report was adopted.
Upon unanimous consent, the House referred back to the regular order of business,
Introduction of Bills and Concurrent Resolutions.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS
The following bill was introduced and read by title:
HB 3019, An act relating to alternative-fueled motor vehicle property; providing a tax
credit; amending K.S.A. 79-32,201 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on
Taxation.
REPORT ON ENROLLED BILLS
HB 2564, 2645, 2687, 2761 reported correctly enrolled, properly signed and presented
to the governor on March 20, 1998.
REPORT ON ENROLLED RESOLUTIONS
HR 6018 reported correctly enrolled and properly signed on March 20, 1998.
On motion of Rep. Jennison, the House adjourned until 11:00 a.m., Monday, March 23,
1998.