SF 2415 (LSB 5007SV (1) 88)

SENATE FILE 2415

BY  COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3203)

(COMPANION TO HF 2644 BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to transportation and other infrastructure-
related appropriations to the department of transportation, including allocation and use of moneys from the road use tax fund and the primary road fund and other related provisions, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  ROAD USE TAX FUND.  There is appropriated from the road use tax fund created in section 312.1 to the department of transportation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   1.  For the payment of costs associated with the production of driver’s licenses, as defined in section 321.1, subsection 20A:
   ...................................................................... $  3,876,000

   Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes specified in this subsection until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
   2.  For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:
   a.  Administrative services:
   ...................................................................... $  6,800,347

   b.  Planning:
   ...................................................................... $    450,327

   c.  Highways:
   ...................................................................... $ 10,319,346

   d.  Motor vehicles:
   ...................................................................... $ 26,552,992

   e.  Strategic performance:
   ...................................................................... $    675,955

   3.  For payments to the department of administrative services for utility services:
   ...................................................................... $    337,404

   4.  For unemployment compensation:
   ...................................................................... $      7,000

   5.  For payments to the department of administrative services for paying workers’ compensation claims under chapter 85 on behalf of employees of the department of transportation:
   ...................................................................... $    170,209

   6.  For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect cost recoveries:
   ...................................................................... $     90,000

   7.  For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit expenses as provided in section 11.5B:
   ...................................................................... $     92,120

   8.  For automation, telecommunications, and related costs associated with the county issuance of driver’s licenses and vehicle registrations and titles:
   ...................................................................... $  1,406,000

   9.  For costs associated with the participation in the Mississippi river parkway commission:
   ...................................................................... $     40,000

   10.  For costs associated with the traffic and criminal software program and the mobile architecture and communications handling program:
   ...................................................................... $    300,000

   11.  For costs associated with the statewide interoperability network:
   ...................................................................... $     72,889

   12.  For motor vehicle division field facility maintenance projects at various locations:
   ...................................................................... $    300,000

   For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsection 12 that remain unencumbered or unobligated 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 was made. However, if the project or projects for which the appropriation was made are completed in an earlier fiscal year, unencumbered or unobligated moneys shall revert at the close of that same fiscal year.
    Sec. 2.  PRIMARY ROAD FUND.  There is appropriated from the primary road fund created in section 313.3 to the department of transportation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   1.  For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
   a.  Administrative services:
   ...................................................................... $ 41,773,560

   ............................................................... FTEs        251.00

   b.  Planning:
   ...................................................................... $  8,556,215

   ............................................................... FTEs         94.00

   c.  Highways:
   ...................................................................... $252,436,259

   ............................................................... FTEs     2,064.00

   d.  Motor vehicles:
   ...................................................................... $  1,272,705

   ............................................................... FTEs        289.00

   e.  Strategic performance:
   ...................................................................... $  4,152,292

   ............................................................... FTEs         41.00

   2.  For payments to the department of administrative services for utility services:
   ...................................................................... $  2,007,247

   3.  For unemployment compensation:
   ...................................................................... $    138,000

   4.  For payments to the department of administrative services for paying workers’ compensation claims under chapter 85 on behalf of the employees of the department of transportation:
   ...................................................................... $  4,085,021

   5.  For disposal of hazardous wastes from field locations and the central complex:
   ...................................................................... $  1,000,000

   6.  For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect cost recoveries:
   ...................................................................... $    660,000

   7.  For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit expenses as provided in section 11.5B:
   ...................................................................... $    565,880

   8.  For costs associated with producing transportation maps:
   ...................................................................... $    242,000

   9.  For inventory and equipment replacement:
   ...................................................................... $ 10,085,000

   10.  For costs associated with the statewide interoperability network:
   ...................................................................... $    487,793

   11.  For utility improvements at various locations:
   ...................................................................... $    400,000

   12.  For roofing projects at various locations:
   ...................................................................... $    500,000

   13.  For heating, cooling, and exhaust system improvements at various locations:
   ...................................................................... $    700,000

   14.  For deferred maintenance projects at field facilities throughout the state:
   ...................................................................... $  1,700,000

   15.  For maintenance projects at rest area facilities throughout the state:
   ...................................................................... $    250,000

   16.  For improvements related to compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act to facilities throughout the state:
   ...................................................................... $    150,000

   17.  For renovations to the northwest wing of the department headquarters in Ames:
   ...................................................................... $ 11,287,000

   For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsections 11 through 17 that remain unencumbered or unobligated 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 was 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.
    Sec. 3.  The department of transportation shall study the effectiveness of rumble strips in preventing vehicle crashes at certain stop-controlled intersections as determined by the department. The department shall submit a report of its findings to the general assembly on or before December 31, 2021. 
    Sec. 4.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  Unless otherwise provided, this Act, if approved by the governor on or after July 1, 2020, takes effect upon enactment.
    Sec. 5.  RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  Unless otherwise provided, this Act, if approved by the governor on or after July 1, 2020, applies retroactively to July 1, 2020.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill makes appropriations for FY 2020-2021 from the road use tax fund and the primary road fund to the department of transportation.
   Appropriations from the road use tax fund include appropriations for driver’s license production, administrative services, planning, highways, motor vehicles, strategic performance, utility services provided by the department of administrative services, unemployment and workers’ compensation, indirect cost recoveries, audits, county issuance of driver’s licenses and vehicle registration and titling, participation in the Mississippi river parkway commission, the traffic and criminal software program and the mobile architecture and communications handling program, the statewide interoperability network, and motor vehicle division field facility maintenance projects.
   Appropriations from the primary road fund include appropriations for administrative services, planning, highways, motor vehicles, strategic performance, utility services provided by the department of administrative services, unemployment and workers’ compensation, hazardous waste disposal, indirect cost recoveries, audits, the production of transportation maps, inventory and equipment replacement, the statewide interoperability network, utility improvements, roofing projects, heating and cooling improvements, deferred maintenance projects at field facilities, maintenance projects at rest area facilities, improvements related to compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, and renovations to the northwest wing of the department headquarters in Ames.
   The bill requires the department of transportation to study the effectiveness of rumble strips in preventing vehicle crashes at certain intersections and requires the department to submit a report of its findings to the general assembly on or before December 31, 2021. 
   The bill, if approved by the governor on or after July 1, 2020, takes effect upon enactment and applies retroactively to July 1, 2020.