REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

ON SENATE FILE 2324
   To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives:

   We, the undersigned members of the conference committee appointed to resolve the differences between the Senate and House of Representatives on Senate File 2324, a bill for an Act relating to and making appropriations to state departments and agencies from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund, the state bond repayment fund, the technology reinvestment fund, and the prison bonding fund, providing for related matters, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions, respectfully make the following report:
   1.  That the House recedes from its amendment, S-5174.
   2.  That Senate File 2324, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Page 1, by striking lines 10 through 14 and inserting: 
   <For major maintenance projects:>

   2.  Page 1, by striking line 16 and inserting: 
   <...................................................................... $  9,489,237>
   3.  Page 1, by striking lines 23 through 30 and inserting: 
   <In addition, of the moneys appropriated in this subsection, the department should give priority to projects that address health and safety issues of Iowa law enforcement academy facilities.>
   4.  Page 2, by striking line 4 and inserting: 
   <...................................................................... $  5,200,000>
   5.  Page 2, line 17, by striking <$450,000> and inserting <$225,000>
   6.  Page 4, by striking lines 31 through 34.
   7.  Page 5, line 18, by striking <35,000> and inserting <28,000>
   8.  Page 6, by striking lines 14 through 33.
   9.  Page 7, by striking line 12 and inserting: 
   <...................................................................... $  1,000,000>
   10.  Page 7, by striking lines 16 through 20.
   11.  Page 8, by striking line 24 and inserting: 
   <...................................................................... $  2,500,000>
   12.  Page 8, by striking line 35 and inserting: 
   <...................................................................... $  1,500,000>
   13.  Page 9, before line 1 by inserting: 
   <d.  For infrastructure improvements at the commercial service airports within the state:
   FY 2016-2017:
   ...................................................................... $  1,440,000>
   14.  By striking page 11, line 31, through page 12, line 2.
   15.  Page 12, by striking line 30 and inserting: 
   <...................................................................... $    300,000>
   16.  Page 14, after line 1 by inserting: 
   <As a condition of receiving the appropriation provided in this subsection, the department shall not expend any moneys to pay an owners’ representative fee related to the repair and renovation of the dome of the Iowa state capitol.
   Of the moneys appropriated in this subsection, the department shall be authorized to expend such amount as is necessary for the costs of installing outdoor lighting at the Iowa state capitol.>
   17.  Page 14, by striking lines 2 through 19 and inserting: 
   <2.  JUDICIAL BRANCH
   For furniture and equipment for the Polk county justice center:
   ...................................................................... $  6,718,443>
   18.  Page 14, after line 31 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  2011 Iowa Acts, chapter 133, section 4, as amended by 2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 139, section 8, is amended to read as follows:
   SEC. 4.  REVERSION.
   1.  Except as provided in subsection subsections 2 and 3, for purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided otherwise, unencumbered or unobligated moneys made from an appropriation in this division of this Act shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year that ends three years after the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made. However, if the project or projects for which such appropriation was made are completed in an earlier fiscal year, unencumbered or unobligated moneys shall revert at the close of that same fiscal year.
   2.  For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided otherwise, moneys appropriated in section 3, subsection 8, paragraph “b”, of this division of this Act as amended by 
2012 Iowa Acts, chapter 1140, section 18
, that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, shall not revert but shall remain available for the purpose designated until the close of the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2016, or until the project for which the appropriation was made is completed, whichever is earlier.
   3.  Of the moneys appropriated in section 3, subsection 5, paragraph “a”, of this division of this 2011 Act as amended by 2012 Iowa Acts, chapter 1140, section 17, and 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 142, section 47, on June 30, 2016, an amount equal to $2,992,416 shall be transferred to the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund created in section 8.57.>
   19.  Page 15, after line 31 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  2014 Iowa Acts, chapter 1136, section 1, subsection 7, paragraph c, is amended to read as follows:
   c.  For the construction of a new facility and an addition, renovation, and modernization of current facilities and related improvements for biosciences at Iowa state university of science and technology:
   FY 2015-2016:
   ...................................................................... $ 11,000,000

   FY 2016-2017:
   ...................................................................... $ 19,500,000
                                                                           15,500,000

   FY 2017-2018:
   ...................................................................... $ 19,500,000
                                                                           23,500,000>
   20.  By striking page 15, line 32, through page 16, line 6.
   21.  Page 16, by striking lines 27 through 35.
   22.  By striking page 19, line 32, through page 20, line 4.
   23.  By striking page 20, line 30, through page 21, line 6.
   24.  Page 21, by striking lines 21 through 26 and inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  REBUILD IOWA INFRASTRUCTURE FUND —— FUTURE APPROPRIATIONS.  It is the intent of the general assembly that future appropriations from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund should be used, to the greatest extent possible, for public vertical infrastructure projects that involve major maintenance of state government facilities necessary for the proper functioning of state government.>
   25.  By renumbering, redesignating, and correcting internal references as necessary.

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE:

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MATT McCOY, CHAIRPERSON

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TOD R. BOWMAN

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JANET PETERSEN

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE:

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DAN HUSEMAN, CHAIRPERSON

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DENNIS COHOON

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STEVE HOLT

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JIM LYKAM

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GUY VANDER LINDEN