House File 740 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 740 BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 164) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the state budget process. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 TLSB 2497HV (1) 88 ns/tm
H.F. 740 Section 1. Section 8.6, Code 2019, is amended by adding the 1 following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 16. Salary model administrator. To 3 designate a position within the department to serve as the 4 salary model administrator. 5 a. The salary model administrator shall work in conjunction 6 with the legislative services agency to maintain the state’s 7 salary model used for analyzing, comparing, and projecting 8 state employee salary and benefit information, including 9 information relating to employees of the state board of 10 regents. 11 b. The department of revenue, the department of 12 administrative services, the institutions governed by the state 13 board of regents pursuant to section 262.7, each judicial 14 district’s department of correctional services, and the state 15 department of transportation shall provide salary data to the 16 department of management and the legislative services agency 17 to operate the state’s salary model. The format and frequency 18 of provision of the salary data shall be determined by the 19 department of management and the legislative services agency. 20 c. The information shall be used in collective bargaining 21 processes under chapter 20 and in calculating the funding needs 22 contained within any annual salary adjustment legislation. 23 A state employee organization as defined in section 20.3, 24 subsection 4, may request information produced by the model, 25 but the information provided shall not contain information 26 attributable to individual employees. 27 Sec. 2. Section 8.23, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1, 28 Code 2019, is amended to read as follows: 29 On or before October 1, prior to each legislative session, 30 all departments and establishments of the government shall 31 transmit to the director, on blanks to be furnished by the 32 director, estimates of their expenditure requirements, 33 including every proposed expenditure, for the ensuing fiscal 34 year, classified so as to distinguish between expenditures 35 -1- LSB 2497HV (1) 88 ns/tm 1/ 3
H.F. 740 estimated for administration, operation, and maintenance, and 1 the cost of each project involving the purchase of land or the 2 making of a public improvement or capital outlay of a permanent 3 character, together with supporting data and explanations 4 as called for by the director after consultation with the 5 legislative services agency . 6 Sec. 3. Section 8.23, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2019, 7 is amended to read as follows: 8 a. The estimates of expenditure requirements shall be 9 based upon seventy-five percent of the funding provided for 10 the current fiscal year accounted for by program reduced by 11 the historical employee vacancy factor in a form specified by 12 the director , and the remainder of the estimate of expenditure 13 requirements shall include all proposed expenditures and shall 14 be prioritized by program or the results to be achieved . The 15 estimates shall be accompanied with by performance measures 16 for evaluating the effectiveness of the program programs or 17 results . 18 Sec. 4. Section 602.1301, subsection 2, paragraph a, 19 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2019, is amended to read as 20 follows: 21 As early as possible, but not later than December 1, the 22 supreme court shall submit to the legislative services agency 23 the annual budget request and detailed supporting information 24 for the judicial branch. The submission shall be designed 25 to assist the legislative services agency in its preparation 26 for legislative consideration of the budget request. The 27 information submitted shall contain and be arranged in a format 28 substantially similar to the format specified by the director 29 of the department of management and used by all departments 30 and establishments in transmitting to the director estimates 31 of their expenditure requirements pursuant to section 8.23 , 32 except the estimates of expenditure requirements shall be based 33 upon one hundred percent of funding for the current fiscal 34 year accounted for by program, and using the same line item 35 -2- LSB 2497HV (1) 88 ns/tm 2/ 3
H.F. 740 definitions of expenditures as used for the current fiscal 1 year’s budget request, and the remainder of the estimate of 2 expenditure requirements prioritized by program . The supreme 3 court shall also make use of the department of management’s 4 automated budget system when submitting information to the 5 director of the department of management to assist the director 6 in the transmittal of information as required under section 7 8.35A . The supreme court shall budget and track expenditures by 8 the following separate organization codes: 9 EXPLANATION 10 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 11 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 12 This bill codifies provisions relating to the salary 13 model administrator that appear annually in the standings 14 appropriations bill, with one exception. The provisions, in 15 part, required the five institutions under the jurisdiction 16 of the state board of regents to provide salary data to the 17 department of management and the legislative services agency to 18 operate the state’s salary model. The bill instead requires 19 such action by the institutions governed by the state board of 20 regents pursuant to Code section 262.7. These institutions 21 include the state university of Iowa including the university 22 of Iowa hospitals and clinics, the Iowa state university of 23 science and technology including the agricultural experiment 24 station, the university of northern Iowa, the Iowa braille and 25 sight saving school, the state school for the deaf, the Oakdale 26 campus, and the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics’ 27 center for disabilities and development. 28 The bill also codifies provisions relating to the state 29 budget process that appear biennially and apply annually in 30 the standings appropriations bill. The provisions specify the 31 contents of the estimates of expenditure requirements required 32 to be submitted by all departments and establishments of the 33 government, including the judicial branch, each year to the 34 director of the department of management. 35 -3- LSB 2497HV (1) 88 ns/tm 3/ 3