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Senate File 557 - EnrolledAn Actrelating to and making appropriations for state
government administration and regulation, including the
department of administrative services, auditor of state,
ethics and campaign disclosure board, offices of governor
and lieutenant governor, department of inspections, appeals,
and licensing, department of insurance and financial
services, department of management, Iowa public employees’
retirement system, public information board, department
of revenue, secretary of state, treasurer of state, and
Iowa utilities board, creating a licensing and regulation
fund, and modifying provisions related to major procurement
contracts for the Iowa lottery division of the department of
revenue.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
FY 2023-2024 appropriations
Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the department of administrative services for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the
following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
used for the purposes designated:
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $3,597,181
............................................... FTEs55.30
b. For the payment of utility costs, and for not more than
the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $4,487,598
............................................... FTEs1.00
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
for utility costs in this lettered paragraph that remain
unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year
shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure
for the purposes designated until the close of the succeeding
fiscal year.
c. For Terrace Hill operations, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $460,884
............................................... FTEs4.37
d. For state library services:
(1) For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,557,594
............................................... FTEs20.00
(2) For the enrich Iowa program established under section
256.57, as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $2,464,823
-1- e. For administration of cultural activities:
(1) For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $168,403
............................................... FTEs0.75
(2) The department shall coordinate historical and cultural
activities with the tourism office of the economic development
authority to promote attendance at the state historical
building and at the state’s historic sites.
(3) Full-time equivalent positions authorized under
this paragraph are funded, in full or in part, using moneys
appropriated under this paragraph and paragraphs “f” and “g”.
f. For support of the state’s historical resources, and for
not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $3,136,371
............................................... FTEs37.24
g. For administration and support of the state’s historic
sites, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
positions:
.................................................. $425,751
............................................... FTEs2.00
2. Any moneys and premiums collected by the department
for workers’ compensation shall be segregated into a separate
workers’ compensation fund in the state treasury to be used
for payment of state employees’ workers’ compensation claims
and administrative costs. Notwithstanding section 8.33,
unencumbered or unobligated moneys remaining in this workers’
compensation fund at the end of the fiscal year shall not
revert but shall remain available for expenditure for purposes
of the fund in subsequent fiscal years.
Sec. 2. REVOLVING FUNDS. There is appropriated to the
department of administrative services for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, from the
revolving funds designated in chapter 8A and from internal
-2-service funds created by the department such amounts as the
department deems necessary for the operation of the department
consistent with the requirements of chapter 8A.
Sec. 3. STATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION
CHARGE. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending
June 30, 2024, the monthly per contract administrative charge
which may be assessed by the department of administrative
services shall be $2.00 per contract on all health insurance
plans administered by the department.
Sec. 4. AUDITOR OF STATE.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the office of the auditor of state for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $983,971
............................................... FTEs98.00
b. For auditing costs associated with the transition of
state entities pursuant to 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $65,400
2. The auditor of state may retain additional full-time
equivalent positions as is reasonable and necessary to
perform governmental subdivision audits which are reimbursable
pursuant to section 11.20 or 11.21, to perform audits which are
requested by and reimbursable from the federal government, and
to perform work requested by and reimbursable from departments
or agencies pursuant to section 11.5A or 11.5B. The auditor
of state shall notify the department of management, the
legislative fiscal committee, and the legislative services
agency of the additional full-time equivalent positions
retained.
3. The auditor of state shall allocate moneys from the
-3-appropriations in this section solely for audit work related to
the annual comprehensive financial report, federally required
audits, and investigations of embezzlement, theft, or other
significant financial irregularities until the audit of the
annual comprehensive financial report is complete.
Sec. 5. IOWA ETHICS AND CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURE BOARD. There
is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $773,554
............................................... FTEs7.00
Sec. 6. GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. There is
appropriated from the general fund of the state to the offices
of the governor and the lieutenant governor for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
1. GENERAL OFFICE
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,810,502
............................................... FTEs25.00
2. TERRACE HILL QUARTERS
For the governor’s quarters at Terrace Hill, including
salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and
for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $142,281
............................................... FTEs1.93
Sec. 7. DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTIONS, APPEALS, AND
-4-LICENSING. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June
30, 2024, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
1. ADMINISTRATION DIVISION
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $545,733
............................................... FTEs10.55
2. ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS DIVISION
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $624,374
............................................... FTEs23.00
3. INVESTIGATIONS
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,235,992
............................................... FTEs50.00
b. By December 1, 2023, the department shall submit a
report to the general assembly concerning the department’s
activities relative to fraud in public assistance programs
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June
30, 2023. The report shall include but is not limited to a
summary of the number of cases investigated, case outcomes,
overpayment dollars identified, amount of cost avoidance, and
actual dollars recovered.
4. HEALTH FACILITIES
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
-5-.................................................. $4,862,971
............................................... FTEs115.00
b. The department shall make all of the following
information available to the public as part of the department’s
development efforts to revise the department’s internet site:
(1) The number of inspections of health facilities
conducted by the department annually by type of service
provider and type of inspection.
(2) The total annual operations budget for the department
that is associated with health facilities regulation, including
general fund appropriations and federal contract dollars
received by type of service provider inspected.
(3) The total number of full-time equivalent positions
in the department that are associated with health facilities
regulation, to include the number of full-time equivalent
positions serving in a supervisory capacity, and serving as
surveyors, inspectors, or monitors in the field by type of
service provider inspected.
(4) Identification of state and federal survey trends,
cited regulations, the scope and severity of deficiencies
identified, and federal and state fines assessed and collected
concerning nursing and assisted living facilities and programs.
c. It is the intent of the general assembly that the
department continuously solicit input from health facilities
regulated by the department to assess and improve the
department’s level of collaboration and to identify new
opportunities for cooperation.
5. EMPLOYMENT APPEAL BOARD
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $38,865
............................................... FTEs11.00
b. The employment appeal board shall be reimbursed by the
department for all costs associated with hearings conducted
-6-under chapter 91C related to contractor registration. The
board may expend, in addition to the amount appropriated under
this subsection, additional amounts as are directly billable
to the department under this subsection and to retain the
additional full-time equivalent positions as needed to conduct
hearings required pursuant to chapter 91C.
c. The employment appeal board may temporarily exceed and
draw more than the amount appropriated in this subsection and
incur a negative cash balance as long as there are receivables
of federal funds equal to or greater than the negative balance
and the amount appropriated in this subsection is not exceeded
at the close of the fiscal year.
6. FOOD AND CONSUMER SAFETY
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $509,565
............................................... FTEs33.75
7. IOWA STATE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1,337,999
............................................... FTEs27.00
b. The Iowa state civil rights commission may enter into
a contract with a nonprofit organization to provide legal
assistance to resolve civil rights complaints.
8. LABOR SERVICES
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $3,365,697
............................................... FTEs56.00
9. DIVISION OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
-7-purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $3,321,044
............................................... FTEs26.10
b. The division of workers’ compensation shall charge a
$100 filing fee for workers’ compensation cases. The filing
fee shall be paid by the petitioner of a claim. However,
the fee can be taxed as a cost and paid by the losing party,
except in cases where it would impose an undue hardship or be
unjust under the circumstances. The moneys generated by the
filing fee allowed under this paragraph are appropriated to
the department to be used for purposes of administering the
division of workers’ compensation.
10. PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,862,660
............................................... FTEs156.00
11. APPROPRIATION REALLOCATION. Notwithstanding section
8.39, the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing,
in consultation with the department of management, may
reallocate moneys appropriated in this section as necessary to
best fulfill the needs of the department provided for in the
appropriation.
Sec. 8. DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTIONS, APPEALS, AND LICENSING
— LICENSE OR REGISTRATION FEES.
1. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending
June 30, 2024, the department of inspections, appeals, and
licensing shall collect any license or registration fees or
electronic transaction fees generated during the fiscal year
as a result of licensing and registration activities under
chapters 99B, 137C, 137D, and 137F.
2. From the fees collected by the department under this
section on behalf of a municipal corporation with which
-8-the department has an agreement pursuant to section 137F.3,
through a statewide electronic licensing system operated by
the department, notwithstanding section 137F.6, subsection 2,
the department shall remit the amount of those fees to the
municipal corporation for whom the fees were collected less
any electronic transaction fees collected by the department to
enable electronic payment.
3. From the fees collected by the department under this
section, other than those fees described in subsection 2,
the department shall deposit the amount of $800,000 into the
general fund of the state prior to June 30, 2024.
4. From the fees collected by the department under this
section, other than those fees described in subsections 2 and
3, the department shall retain the remainder of the fees for
the purposes of enforcing the provisions of chapters 99B, 137C,
137D, and 137F. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys retained
by the department pursuant to 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 of enforcing the provisions of chapters 99B,
137C, 137D, and 137F during the succeeding fiscal year. The
department shall provide an annual report to the department
of management and the legislative services agency on fees
billed and collected and expenditures from the moneys retained
by the department in a format determined by the department
of management in consultation with the legislative services
agency.
Sec. 9. HOUSING TRUST FUND APPROPRIATION — DEPARTMENT OF
INSPECTIONS, APPEALS, AND LICENSING. There is appropriated
from the housing trust fund created in section 16.181 to the
department of inspections, appeals, and licensing for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024,
the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
used for the purposes designated:
For professional licensing salaries, support, maintenance,
-9-and miscellaneous purposes:
.................................................. $62,317
Sec. 10. RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION — RACING AND GAMING
REGULATION. There is appropriated from the gaming regulatory
revolving fund established in section 99F.20 to the racing and
gaming commission of the department of inspections, appeals,
and licensing for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and
ending June 30, 2024, the following amount, or so much thereof
as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes for regulation, administration, and enforcement of
pari-mutuel racetracks, excursion boat gambling, gambling
structure laws, sports wagering, and fantasy sports contests,
and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
positions:
.................................................. $7,013,449
............................................... FTEs53.70
Sec. 11. ROAD USE TAX FUND APPROPRIATION — DEPARTMENT OF
INSPECTIONS, APPEALS, AND LICENSING. There is appropriated
from the road use tax fund created in section 312.1 to
the administrative hearings division of the department of
inspections, appeals, and licensing for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes:
.................................................. $1,623,897
Sec. 12. DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL
SERVICES. There is appropriated from the commerce revolving
fund created in section 546.12, as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts,
Senate File 514, to the department of insurance and financial
services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending
June 30, 2024, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
-10- 1. BANKING DIVISION
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $13,025,180
............................................... FTEs79.00
2. CREDIT UNION DIVISION
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,553,593
............................................... FTEs16.00
3. INSURANCE DIVISION
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $6,876,987
............................................... FTEs123.85
b. From the full-time equivalent positions authorized
in this subsection, the insurance division shall use 2.00
full-time equivalent positions for two fraud investigators.
c. The insurance division shall use 1.00 full-time
equivalent positions authorized in this subsection for an
employee whose sole responsibility is investigating complaints
and notifications related to financial exploitation of eligible
adults.
d. The insurance division shall use 2.00 full-time
equivalent positions authorized in this subsection for
management, enforcement, and investigation of matters related
to pharmacy benefit manager programs.
e. Except as provided in paragraphs “b”, “c”, and “d”,
the insurance division may reallocate authorized full-time
equivalent positions as necessary to respond to accreditation
recommendations or requirements.
f. The insurance division expenditures for examination
-11-purposes may exceed the projected receipts, refunds, and
reimbursements, estimated pursuant to section 505.7, subsection
7, including the expenditures for retention of additional
personnel, if the expenditures are fully reimbursable and the
division first does all of the following:
(1) Notifies the department of management, the legislative
services agency, and the legislative fiscal committee of the
need for the expenditures.
(2) Files with each of the entities named in subparagraph
(1) the legislative and regulatory justification for the
expenditures, along with an estimate of the expenditures.
Sec. 13. DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES
— CAPTIVE INSURANCE. There is appropriated from the general
fund of the state to the department of insurance and financial
services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending
June 30, 2024, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
For deposit in the captive insurance regulatory and
supervision fund created in section 521J.12, if enacted
by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 549, for use as provided in
section 521J.12, including salaries, support, maintenance, and
miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $450,000
............................................... FTEs2.00
Sec. 14. DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT. There is appropriated
from the general fund of the state to the department of
management for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and
ending June 30, 2024, the following amounts, or so much thereof
as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
1. For enterprise resource planning, providing for a salary
model administrator, conducting performance audits, and the
department’s LEAN process; for salaries, support, maintenance,
and miscellaneous purposes; and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
-12-.................................................. $2,766,693
............................................... FTEs21.00
2. For the security office of the chief information officer;
for salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes;
and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
positions:
.................................................. $4,421,887
............................................... FTEs24.39
Of the moneys appropriated in this subsection, $325,000
is allocated to providing cybersecurity services to local
governments.
Sec. 15. DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT — OFFICE OF THE CHIEF
INFORMATION OFFICER — REVOLVING FUND.
1. There is appropriated to the office of the chief
information officer of the department of management for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024,
from the revolving funds designated in chapter 8B and from
internal service funds created by the office such amounts as
the office deems necessary for the operation of the office
consistent with the requirements of chapter 8B.
2. a. Notwithstanding section 321A.3, subsection 1, for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024,
the first $750,000 collected and transferred to the treasurer
of state with respect to the fees for transactions involving
the furnishing of a certified abstract of a vehicle operating
record under section 321A.3, subsection 1, shall be transferred
to the IowAccess revolving fund created in section 8B.33 for
the purposes of developing, implementing, maintaining, and
expanding electronic access to government records as provided
by law.
b. All fees collected with respect to transactions
involving IowAccess shall be deposited in the IowAccess
revolving fund created under section 8B.33 and shall be used
only for the support of IowAccess projects.
Sec. 16. ROAD USE TAX FUND APPROPRIATION — DEPARTMENT OF
-13-MANAGEMENT. There is appropriated from the road use tax fund
created in section 312.1 to the department of management for
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30,
2024, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary,
to be used for the purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes:
.................................................. $56,000
Sec. 17. IPERS — GENERAL OFFICE. There is appropriated
from the Iowa public employees’ retirement fund created in
section 97B.7 to the Iowa public employees’ retirement system
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June
30, 2024, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
1. For salaries, support, maintenance, and other
operational purposes to pay the costs of the Iowa public
employees’ retirement system, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $20,923,309
............................................... FTEs98.13
Sec. 18. IOWA PUBLIC INFORMATION BOARD. There is
appropriated from the general fund of the state to the Iowa
public information board for the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following amount, or
so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $357,407
............................................... FTEs3.20
Sec. 19. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the department of revenue for the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following amounts, or
-14-so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated:
a. (1) For salaries, support, maintenance, and
miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $15,056,183
............................................... FTEs151.16
(2) From the moneys appropriated in this paragraph, the
department shall use $400,000 to pay the direct costs of
compliance related to the collection and distribution of local
sales and services taxes imposed pursuant to chapters 423B and
423E.
b. For alcoholic beverage control activities; for salaries,
support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes; and for not
more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1,010,054
............................................... FTEs18.10
2. The director of revenue shall prepare and issue a state
appraisal manual and the revisions to the state appraisal
manual as provided in section 421.17, subsection 17, without
cost to a city or county.
Sec. 20. MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX FUND APPROPRIATION. There
is appropriated from the motor vehicle fuel tax fund created
pursuant to section 452A.77 to the department of revenue for
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30,
2024, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary,
to be used for the purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for administration and enforcement of the
provisions of chapter 452A and the motor vehicle fuel tax
program:
.................................................. $1,305,775
Sec. 21. SECRETARY OF STATE. There is appropriated from
the general fund of the state to the office of the secretary of
state for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending
-15-June 30, 2024, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
1. ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,121,759
............................................... FTEs16.50
b. The state department or agency that provides data
processing services to support voter registration file
maintenance and storage shall provide those services without
charge.
2. BUSINESS SERVICES
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1,417,535
............................................... FTEs16.00
Sec. 22. ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM REVOLVING FUND
APPROPRIATION — SECRETARY OF STATE. There is appropriated
from the address confidentiality program revolving fund created
in section 9.8 to the office of the secretary of state for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024,
the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
used for the purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes:
.................................................. $195,400
Sec. 23. SECRETARY OF STATE FILING FEES REFUND.
Notwithstanding the obligation to collect fees pursuant to the
provisions of section 489.117, subsection 1, paragraphs “c” and
“q”, section 490.122, subsection 1, paragraph “a”, and section
504.113, subsection 1, paragraphs “a”, “c”, “d”, “j”, “k”,
“l”, and “m”, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, the
secretary of state may refund these fees to the filer pursuant
-16-to rules established by the secretary of state. The decision
of the secretary of state not to issue a refund under rules
established by the secretary of state is final and not subject
to review pursuant to chapter 17A.
Sec. 24. TREASURER OF STATE.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the office of treasurer of state for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1,015,300
............................................... FTEs26.00
2. The office of treasurer of state shall supply
administrative support for the executive council.
Sec. 25. ROAD USE TAX FUND APPROPRIATION — OFFICE OF
TREASURER OF STATE. There is appropriated from the road use
tax fund created in section 312.1 to the office of treasurer of
state for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending
June 30, 2024, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
For enterprise resource management costs related to the
distribution of road use tax fund moneys:
.................................................. $316,788
Sec. 26. IOWA UTILITIES BOARD.
1. There is appropriated from the commerce revolving fund
created in section 546.12, as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate
File 514, to the Iowa utilities board for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
-17-equivalent positions:
.................................................. $10,746,366
............................................... FTEs75.00
2. The utilities board may expend additional moneys,
including moneys for additional personnel, if those additional
expenditures are actual expenses which exceed the moneys
budgeted for utility regulation and the expenditures are fully
reimbursable. Before the board expends or encumbers an amount
in excess of the moneys budgeted for regulation, the board
shall first do all of the following:
a. Notify the department of management, the legislative
services agency, and the legislative fiscal committee of the
need for the expenditures.
b. File with each of the entities named in paragraph “a” the
legislative and regulatory justification for the expenditures,
along with an estimate of the expenditures.
Sec. 27. CHARGES. The Iowa utilities board and each
division of the department of insurance and financial services
shall include in its charges assessed or revenues generated
an amount sufficient to cover the amount stated in its
appropriation and any state-assessed indirect costs determined
by the department of administrative services.
Sec. 28. IOWA PRODUCTS. As a condition of receiving an
appropriation, any agency appropriated moneys pursuant to this
Act shall give first preference when purchasing a product to an
Iowa product or a product produced by an Iowa-based business.
Second preference shall be given to a United States product or
a product produced by a business based in the United States.
Fy 2023-2024 STANDING APPROPRIATIONS — LIMITATIONS
Sec. 29. LIMITATION OF STANDING APPROPRIATION — FY
2023-2024. Notwithstanding the standing appropriation in the
following designated section for the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the amount appropriated from
the general fund of the state pursuant to that section for the
following designated purpose shall not exceed the following
-18-amount:
For the enforcement of chapter 453D relating to tobacco
product manufacturers under section 453D.8:
.................................................. $17,525
department of inspections, appeals, and licensing
licensing and regulation fund
Sec. 30. Section 10A.104, subsection 15, as enacted by
2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 1430, is amended by
striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
15. Perform fire control duties pursuant to section
10A.511.
Sec. 31. NEW SECTION. 10A.507 Licensing and regulation
fund.
1. A licensing and regulation fund is created in the state
treasury under the control of the department of inspections,
appeals, and licensing. Moneys in the fund are appropriated
to the department to be used to fulfill the administration and
enforcement responsibilities of the department and boards under
the purview of the department under this subchapter.
2. The fund shall consist of moneys and fees collected by
the department for deposit in the fund.
3. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund
that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the
fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for
expenditure for the purposes designated in succeeding fiscal
years. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest
or earnings on moneys deposited in the fund shall be credited
to the fund.
Sec. 32. Section 88A.5, Code 2023, as amended by 2023 Iowa
Acts, Senate File 514, section 1766, is amended to read as
follows:
88A.5 Fees to general licensing and regulation fund.
All fees collected by the department under the provisions
of this chapter shall be transmitted to the treasurer of state
-19-and credited by the treasurer to the general fund of the state
licensing and regulation fund created in section 10A.507.
Sec. 33. Section 89.9, Code 2023, as amended by 2023 Iowa
Acts, Senate File 514, section 1797, is amended to read as
follows:
89.9 Disposal of fees.
All fees provided for in this chapter shall be collected
by the director and remitted to the treasurer of state, to
be deposited in the boiler and pressure vessel safety fund
pursuant to section 89.8 licensing and regulation fund created
in section 10A.507, together with an itemized statement showing
the source of collection.
Sec. 34. Section 89A.19, Code 2023, as amended by 2023 Iowa
Acts, Senate File 514, section 1820, is amended by striking the
section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
89A.19 Fees.
All fees collected by the director pursuant to this chapter
shall be remitted to the treasurer of state, to be deposited in
the licensing and regulation fund created in section 10A.507.
Sec. 35. Section 101A.12, Code 2023, as amended by 2023
Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 1550, is amended to read
as follows:
101A.12 Deposit and use of fees.
The fees collected by the director in issuing licenses
pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the state
general fund licensing and regulation fund created in section
10A.507.
Sec. 36. Section 103.7, Code 2023, as amended by 2023 Iowa
Acts, Senate File 514, section 1561, is amended by striking the
section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
103.7 Fees.
All licensing, examination, renewal, and inspection fees
under this chapter shall be deposited in the licensing and
regulation fund created in section 10A.507.
Sec. 37. Section 105.9, subsection 3, Code 2023, is amended
-20-by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
3. All fees collected under this chapter shall be deposited
in the licensing and regulation fund created in section
10A.507.
Sec. 38. Section 135.11A, subsection 1, Code 2023, as
amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 1580, is
amended to read as follows:
1. Each board under chapters chapter 100C, 103, 103A,
105, or 147 that are is under the administrative authority
of the department, except the board of nursing, board of
medicine, dental board, and board of pharmacy, shall receive
administrative and clerical support from the department and
may not employ its own support staff for administrative and
clerical duties. The executive director of the board of
nursing, board of medicine, dental board, and board of pharmacy
shall be appointed pursuant to section 135.11B.
Sec. 39. Section 147.80, subsection 3, Code 2023, is amended
to read as follows:
3. The board of medicine, the board of pharmacy, the
dental board, and the board of nursing shall retain individual
executive officers pursuant to section 135.11B, but shall
make every effort to share administrative, clerical, and
investigative staff to the greatest extent possible.
Sec. 40. Section 147.82, Code 2023, as amended by 2023
Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 1624, is amended to read
as follows:
147.82 Fee retention.
All fees collected by a board listed in section 147.13 or by
the department, and fees collected pursuant to sections 124.301
and 147.80 and chapter 155A by the board of pharmacy, shall be
retained by each board or by the department deposited in the
licensing and regulation fund created in section 10A.507. The
moneys retained by a board shall be used for any of the board’s
duties, including but not limited to the addition of full-time
-21-equivalent positions for program services and investigations.
Revenues retained by a board pursuant to this section shall
be considered repayment receipts as defined in section 8.2.
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys retained by a board
pursuant to this section are not subject to reversion to the
general fund of the state.
Sec. 41. Section 542.4, subsection 4, Code 2023, is amended
to read as follows:
4. All moneys collected by the board from fees authorized
to be charged by this chapter shall be received and accounted
for by the board and shall be paid monthly to the treasurer of
state for deposit in the general fund of the state licensing
and regulation fund created in section 10A.507. Expenses
of administering this chapter shall be paid from moneys
appropriated to the department pursuant to section 10A.507
and from appropriations made by the general assembly, which
expenses may include but shall not be limited to the costs
of conducting investigations and of taking testimony and
procuring the attendance of witnesses before the board or its
committees; all legal proceedings taken under this chapter for
the enforcement of this chapter; and educational programs for
the benefit of the public and licensees and their employees.
Sec. 42. Section 542B.12, Code 2023, is amended to read as
follows:
542B.12 Disposition of fees.
The staff shall collect and account for all fees provided
for by this chapter and pay the fees to the treasurer of state
who shall deposit the fees in the general fund of the state
licensing and regulation fund created in section 10A.507.
Sec. 43. Section 543B.14, Code 2023, as amended by 2023
Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 1669, is amended to read
as follows:
543B.14 Fees and expenses.
All fees and charges collected by the real estate commission
under this chapter shall be paid into the general fund of the
-22-state, except that deposited in the licensing and regulation
fund created in section 10A.507. Of the moneys deposited
in the fund, twenty-five dollars from each real estate
salesperson’s license fee and each broker’s license fee shall
be appropriated to the department of inspections, appeals, and
licensing for the purpose of hiring and compensating a real
estate education director and regulatory compliance personnel.
All expenses incurred by the commission under this chapter,
including compensation of staff assigned to the commission,
shall be paid from funds appropriated for those purposes.
Sec. 44. Section 543D.6, subsection 2, Code 2023, as amended
by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 1674, is amended
to read as follows:
2. All fees collected by the board shall be deposited into
the commerce revolving licensing and regulation fund created in
section 546.12 and are appropriated to the director on behalf
of the board 10A.507 to be used to administer this chapter,
including but not limited to purposes such as examinations,
investigations, and administrative staffing. Notwithstanding
section 8.33, moneys retained by the director pursuant to this
section are not subject to reversion to the general fund of
the state. However, the appraisal management company national
registry fees the board collects on behalf of the appraisal
subcommittee as defined in section 543E.3 shall be transmitted
to the appraisal subcommittee in accordance with federal laws
and regulations.
Sec. 45. Section 543E.10, subsection 2, Code 2023, as
amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 1685, is
amended to read as follows:
2. Except as provided in subsection 3, all fees collected
under this chapter shall be deposited into the commerce
revolving licensing and regulation fund created in section
546.12 and are appropriated to the director 10A.507 to be
used to administer this chapter including but not limited
to purposes such as examinations, investigations, and
-23-administrative staffing. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys
appropriated pursuant to this subsection are not subject to
reversion to the general fund of the state.
Sec. 46. Section 544A.11, subsection 2, Code 2023, is
amended to read as follows:
2. All fees shall be paid to the treasurer of state and
deposited in the general fund of the state licensing and
regulation fund created in section 10A.507.
Sec. 47. Section 544B.14, subsection 2, Code 2023, is
amended to read as follows:
2. All fees shall be collected by the secretary, paid to the
treasurer of state, and deposited in the general fund of the
state licensing and regulation fund created in section 10A.507.
Sec. 48. Section 544C.3, subsection 1, paragraph e, Code
2023, is amended to read as follows:
e. Establishing fees for registration as a registered
interior designer, renewal of registration, reinstatement of
registration, and for other activities of the board pertaining
to its duties. The fees shall be sufficient to defray the
costs of administering this chapter, and shall be deposited in
the general fund of the state licensing and regulation fund
created in section 10A.507.
Sec. 49. Section 546.10, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code
2023, as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section
1704, is amended by striking the paragraph.
Sec. 50. Section 546.10, subsection 5, Code 2023, as amended
by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 1704, is amended
by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
5. All expenses required in the discharge of the duties and
responsibilities imposed upon the department, the director, and
the licensing boards by the laws of this state shall be paid
from moneys appropriated for those purposes.
Sec. 51. REPEAL. Section 89.8, Code 2023, is repealed.
Sec. 52. TRANSITION PROVISIONS.
-24- 1. Any unobligated and unencumbered moneys in the boiler
and pressure vessel safety revolving fund created in section
89.8, Code 2023, as of July 1, 2023, shall be transferred for
deposit in the licensing and regulation fund created in section
10A.507, as enacted by this Act.
2. Any unobligated and unencumbered moneys in the revolving
elevator safety fund created in section 89A.19, Code 2023,
as of July 1, 2023, shall be transferred for deposit in the
licensing and regulation fund created in section 10A.507, as
enacted by this Act.
3. Any unobligated and unencumbered moneys in the
electrician and installer licensing and inspection fund created
in section 103.7, Code 2023, as of July 1, 2023, shall be
transferred for deposit in the licensing and regulation fund
created in section 10A.507, as enacted by this Act.
4. Any unobligated and unencumbered moneys retained by any
board or the department of public health for the bureau of
professional licensure pursuant to section 147.82, Code 2023,
as of July 1, 2023, shall be transferred for deposit in the
licensing and regulation fund created in section 10A.507, as
enacted by this Act.
5. All fees collected under chapters 543D and 543E and
deposited into the department of commerce revolving fund
created in section 546.12, Code 2023, as of July 1, 2023, shall
be transferred for deposit in the licensing and regulation fund
created in section 10A.507, as enacted by this Act.
department of revenue
Iowa lottery division
MAJOR PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS
Sec. 53. Section 99G.3, subsection 18, Code 2023, as amended
by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 2300, is amended
to read as follows:
18. “Vendor” means a person who provides or proposes to
provide goods or services to the department pursuant to a major
procurement contract, but does not include an employee of the
-25-department under this chapter, a retailer, or a state agency or
instrumentality thereof.
Sec. 54. Section 99G.8, subsection 13, Code 2023, as amended
by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 2309, is amended
to read as follows:
13. Board members shall not have any direct or indirect
interest in an undertaking that puts their personal interest
in conflict with that of the department under this chapter
including but not limited to an interest in a major procurement
contract or a participating retailer.
Sec. 55. Section 99G.9, subsection 2, Code 2023, as amended
by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 2313, is amended
to read as follows:
2. Approve, disapprove, amend, or modify the terms of major
lottery procurements recommended by the administrator.
Sec. 56. Section 99G.22, subsections 1, 3, 4, and 6, Code
2023, as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section
2324, are amended to read as follows:
1. The department shall investigate the financial
responsibility, security, and integrity of any lottery system
vendor who is a finalist in submitting a bid, proposal, or
offer as part of a major procurement contract. Before a major
procurement contract is awarded, the division of criminal
investigation of the department of public safety shall conduct
a background investigation of the vendor to whom the contract
is to be awarded. The administrator shall consult with the
division of criminal investigation and shall provide for the
scope of the background investigation and due diligence to
be conducted in connection with major procurement contracts.
At the time of submitting a bid, proposal, or offer to the
department on a major procurement contract, each vendor shall
be required to submit to the division of criminal investigation
appropriate investigation authorization to facilitate this
investigation, together with an advance of funds to meet the
anticipated investigation costs. If the division of criminal
-26-investigation determines that additional funds are required
to complete an investigation, the vendor will be so advised.
The background investigation by the division of criminal
investigation may include a national criminal history check
through the federal bureau of investigation. The screening
of vendors or their employees through the federal bureau of
investigation shall be conducted by submission of fingerprints
through the state criminal history repository to the federal
bureau of investigation.
3. A major procurement contract shall not be entered into
with any lottery system vendor who has not complied with
the disclosure requirements described in this section, and
anycontract with such a vendor is voidable. Any contract
with a vendor that does not comply with the requirements for
periodically updating such disclosures during the tenure of
the contract as may be specified in such contract may be
terminated. The provisions of this section shall be construed
broadly and liberally to achieve the ends of full disclosure
of all information necessary to allow for a full and complete
evaluation by the department of the competence, integrity,
background, and character of vendors for major procurements.
4. A major procurement contract shall not be entered into
with any vendor who has been found guilty of a felony related
to the security or integrity of the lottery in this or any
other jurisdiction.
6. If, based on the results of a background investigation,
the department determines that the best interests of the
department, including but not limited to the department’s
reputation for integrity, would be served thereby, the
department may disqualify a potential vendor from contracting
with the department for a major procurement contract or from
acting as a subcontractor in connection with a contract for a
major procurement contract.
Sec. 57. Section 99G.37, Code 2023, as amended by 2023
Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 2343, is amended to read
-27-as follows:
99G.37 Competitive bidding Major procurement contracts.
All major procurement contracts under this chapter must
be competitively bid entered into in accordance with chapter
8A, subchapter III, part 2. Procurement Major procurement
contracts shall take into consideration the greatest integrity
for the Iowa lottery. In any bidding process, the services
of the department of administrative services shall may be
utilized.
Sec. 58. Section 99G.39, subsection 1, Code 2023, as amended
by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 2345, is amended
to read as follows:
1. Upon receipt of any revenue from lottery games, the
director shall deposit the moneys in the lottery fund created
pursuant to section 99G.40. At least fifty percent of the
projected annual revenue accruing from the sale of tickets
or shares shall be allocated for payment of prizes to the
holders of winning tickets. After the payment of prizes, the
expenses of conducting the lottery shall be deducted from the
department’s revenue under this chapter prior to disbursement.
Expenses for advertising production and media purchases shall
not exceed four percent of the department’s gross revenue under
this chapter for the year.
Sec. 59. REPEAL. 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section
2301, is repealed.
______________________________
AMY SINCLAIRPresident of the Senate______________________________
PAT GRASSLEYSpeaker of the House I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 557, Ninetieth General Assembly.______________________________
W. CHARLES SMITHSONSecretary of the SenateApproved _______________, 2023______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernores/ns/mb
government administration and regulation, including the
department of administrative services, auditor of state,
ethics and campaign disclosure board, offices of governor
and lieutenant governor, department of inspections, appeals,
and licensing, department of insurance and financial
services, department of management, Iowa public employees’
retirement system, public information board, department
of revenue, secretary of state, treasurer of state, and
Iowa utilities board, creating a licensing and regulation
fund, and modifying provisions related to major procurement
contracts for the Iowa lottery division of the department of
revenue.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
FY 2023-2024 appropriations
Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the department of administrative services for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the
following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
used for the purposes designated:
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $3,597,181
............................................... FTEs55.30
b. For the payment of utility costs, and for not more than
the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $4,487,598
............................................... FTEs1.00
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
for utility costs in this lettered paragraph that remain
unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year
shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure
for the purposes designated until the close of the succeeding
fiscal year.
c. For Terrace Hill operations, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $460,884
............................................... FTEs4.37
d. For state library services:
(1) For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,557,594
............................................... FTEs20.00
(2) For the enrich Iowa program established under section
256.57, as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $2,464,823
-1- e. For administration of cultural activities:
(1) For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $168,403
............................................... FTEs0.75
(2) The department shall coordinate historical and cultural
activities with the tourism office of the economic development
authority to promote attendance at the state historical
building and at the state’s historic sites.
(3) Full-time equivalent positions authorized under
this paragraph are funded, in full or in part, using moneys
appropriated under this paragraph and paragraphs “f” and “g”.
f. For support of the state’s historical resources, and for
not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $3,136,371
............................................... FTEs37.24
g. For administration and support of the state’s historic
sites, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
positions:
.................................................. $425,751
............................................... FTEs2.00
2. Any moneys and premiums collected by the department
for workers’ compensation shall be segregated into a separate
workers’ compensation fund in the state treasury to be used
for payment of state employees’ workers’ compensation claims
and administrative costs. Notwithstanding section 8.33,
unencumbered or unobligated moneys remaining in this workers’
compensation fund at the end of the fiscal year shall not
revert but shall remain available for expenditure for purposes
of the fund in subsequent fiscal years.
Sec. 2. REVOLVING FUNDS. There is appropriated to the
department of administrative services for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, from the
revolving funds designated in chapter 8A and from internal
-2-service funds created by the department such amounts as the
department deems necessary for the operation of the department
consistent with the requirements of chapter 8A.
Sec. 3. STATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION
CHARGE. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending
June 30, 2024, the monthly per contract administrative charge
which may be assessed by the department of administrative
services shall be $2.00 per contract on all health insurance
plans administered by the department.
Sec. 4. AUDITOR OF STATE.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the office of the auditor of state for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $983,971
............................................... FTEs98.00
b. For auditing costs associated with the transition of
state entities pursuant to 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514:
.................................................. $65,400
2. The auditor of state may retain additional full-time
equivalent positions as is reasonable and necessary to
perform governmental subdivision audits which are reimbursable
pursuant to section 11.20 or 11.21, to perform audits which are
requested by and reimbursable from the federal government, and
to perform work requested by and reimbursable from departments
or agencies pursuant to section 11.5A or 11.5B. The auditor
of state shall notify the department of management, the
legislative fiscal committee, and the legislative services
agency of the additional full-time equivalent positions
retained.
3. The auditor of state shall allocate moneys from the
-3-appropriations in this section solely for audit work related to
the annual comprehensive financial report, federally required
audits, and investigations of embezzlement, theft, or other
significant financial irregularities until the audit of the
annual comprehensive financial report is complete.
Sec. 5. IOWA ETHICS AND CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURE BOARD. There
is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $773,554
............................................... FTEs7.00
Sec. 6. GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. There is
appropriated from the general fund of the state to the offices
of the governor and the lieutenant governor for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
1. GENERAL OFFICE
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,810,502
............................................... FTEs25.00
2. TERRACE HILL QUARTERS
For the governor’s quarters at Terrace Hill, including
salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and
for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $142,281
............................................... FTEs1.93
Sec. 7. DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTIONS, APPEALS, AND
-4-LICENSING. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June
30, 2024, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
1. ADMINISTRATION DIVISION
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $545,733
............................................... FTEs10.55
2. ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS DIVISION
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $624,374
............................................... FTEs23.00
3. INVESTIGATIONS
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,235,992
............................................... FTEs50.00
b. By December 1, 2023, the department shall submit a
report to the general assembly concerning the department’s
activities relative to fraud in public assistance programs
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June
30, 2023. The report shall include but is not limited to a
summary of the number of cases investigated, case outcomes,
overpayment dollars identified, amount of cost avoidance, and
actual dollars recovered.
4. HEALTH FACILITIES
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
-5-.................................................. $4,862,971
............................................... FTEs115.00
b. The department shall make all of the following
information available to the public as part of the department’s
development efforts to revise the department’s internet site:
(1) The number of inspections of health facilities
conducted by the department annually by type of service
provider and type of inspection.
(2) The total annual operations budget for the department
that is associated with health facilities regulation, including
general fund appropriations and federal contract dollars
received by type of service provider inspected.
(3) The total number of full-time equivalent positions
in the department that are associated with health facilities
regulation, to include the number of full-time equivalent
positions serving in a supervisory capacity, and serving as
surveyors, inspectors, or monitors in the field by type of
service provider inspected.
(4) Identification of state and federal survey trends,
cited regulations, the scope and severity of deficiencies
identified, and federal and state fines assessed and collected
concerning nursing and assisted living facilities and programs.
c. It is the intent of the general assembly that the
department continuously solicit input from health facilities
regulated by the department to assess and improve the
department’s level of collaboration and to identify new
opportunities for cooperation.
5. EMPLOYMENT APPEAL BOARD
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $38,865
............................................... FTEs11.00
b. The employment appeal board shall be reimbursed by the
department for all costs associated with hearings conducted
-6-under chapter 91C related to contractor registration. The
board may expend, in addition to the amount appropriated under
this subsection, additional amounts as are directly billable
to the department under this subsection and to retain the
additional full-time equivalent positions as needed to conduct
hearings required pursuant to chapter 91C.
c. The employment appeal board may temporarily exceed and
draw more than the amount appropriated in this subsection and
incur a negative cash balance as long as there are receivables
of federal funds equal to or greater than the negative balance
and the amount appropriated in this subsection is not exceeded
at the close of the fiscal year.
6. FOOD AND CONSUMER SAFETY
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $509,565
............................................... FTEs33.75
7. IOWA STATE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1,337,999
............................................... FTEs27.00
b. The Iowa state civil rights commission may enter into
a contract with a nonprofit organization to provide legal
assistance to resolve civil rights complaints.
8. LABOR SERVICES
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $3,365,697
............................................... FTEs56.00
9. DIVISION OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
-7-purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $3,321,044
............................................... FTEs26.10
b. The division of workers’ compensation shall charge a
$100 filing fee for workers’ compensation cases. The filing
fee shall be paid by the petitioner of a claim. However,
the fee can be taxed as a cost and paid by the losing party,
except in cases where it would impose an undue hardship or be
unjust under the circumstances. The moneys generated by the
filing fee allowed under this paragraph are appropriated to
the department to be used for purposes of administering the
division of workers’ compensation.
10. PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,862,660
............................................... FTEs156.00
11. APPROPRIATION REALLOCATION. Notwithstanding section
8.39, the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing,
in consultation with the department of management, may
reallocate moneys appropriated in this section as necessary to
best fulfill the needs of the department provided for in the
appropriation.
Sec. 8. DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTIONS, APPEALS, AND LICENSING
— LICENSE OR REGISTRATION FEES.
1. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending
June 30, 2024, the department of inspections, appeals, and
licensing shall collect any license or registration fees or
electronic transaction fees generated during the fiscal year
as a result of licensing and registration activities under
chapters 99B, 137C, 137D, and 137F.
2. From the fees collected by the department under this
section on behalf of a municipal corporation with which
-8-the department has an agreement pursuant to section 137F.3,
through a statewide electronic licensing system operated by
the department, notwithstanding section 137F.6, subsection 2,
the department shall remit the amount of those fees to the
municipal corporation for whom the fees were collected less
any electronic transaction fees collected by the department to
enable electronic payment.
3. From the fees collected by the department under this
section, other than those fees described in subsection 2,
the department shall deposit the amount of $800,000 into the
general fund of the state prior to June 30, 2024.
4. From the fees collected by the department under this
section, other than those fees described in subsections 2 and
3, the department shall retain the remainder of the fees for
the purposes of enforcing the provisions of chapters 99B, 137C,
137D, and 137F. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys retained
by the department pursuant to 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 of enforcing the provisions of chapters 99B,
137C, 137D, and 137F during the succeeding fiscal year. The
department shall provide an annual report to the department
of management and the legislative services agency on fees
billed and collected and expenditures from the moneys retained
by the department in a format determined by the department
of management in consultation with the legislative services
agency.
Sec. 9. HOUSING TRUST FUND APPROPRIATION — DEPARTMENT OF
INSPECTIONS, APPEALS, AND LICENSING. There is appropriated
from the housing trust fund created in section 16.181 to the
department of inspections, appeals, and licensing for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024,
the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
used for the purposes designated:
For professional licensing salaries, support, maintenance,
-9-and miscellaneous purposes:
.................................................. $62,317
Sec. 10. RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION — RACING AND GAMING
REGULATION. There is appropriated from the gaming regulatory
revolving fund established in section 99F.20 to the racing and
gaming commission of the department of inspections, appeals,
and licensing for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and
ending June 30, 2024, the following amount, or so much thereof
as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes for regulation, administration, and enforcement of
pari-mutuel racetracks, excursion boat gambling, gambling
structure laws, sports wagering, and fantasy sports contests,
and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
positions:
.................................................. $7,013,449
............................................... FTEs53.70
Sec. 11. ROAD USE TAX FUND APPROPRIATION — DEPARTMENT OF
INSPECTIONS, APPEALS, AND LICENSING. There is appropriated
from the road use tax fund created in section 312.1 to
the administrative hearings division of the department of
inspections, appeals, and licensing for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes:
.................................................. $1,623,897
Sec. 12. DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL
SERVICES. There is appropriated from the commerce revolving
fund created in section 546.12, as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts,
Senate File 514, to the department of insurance and financial
services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending
June 30, 2024, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
-10- 1. BANKING DIVISION
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $13,025,180
............................................... FTEs79.00
2. CREDIT UNION DIVISION
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,553,593
............................................... FTEs16.00
3. INSURANCE DIVISION
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $6,876,987
............................................... FTEs123.85
b. From the full-time equivalent positions authorized
in this subsection, the insurance division shall use 2.00
full-time equivalent positions for two fraud investigators.
c. The insurance division shall use 1.00 full-time
equivalent positions authorized in this subsection for an
employee whose sole responsibility is investigating complaints
and notifications related to financial exploitation of eligible
adults.
d. The insurance division shall use 2.00 full-time
equivalent positions authorized in this subsection for
management, enforcement, and investigation of matters related
to pharmacy benefit manager programs.
e. Except as provided in paragraphs “b”, “c”, and “d”,
the insurance division may reallocate authorized full-time
equivalent positions as necessary to respond to accreditation
recommendations or requirements.
f. The insurance division expenditures for examination
-11-purposes may exceed the projected receipts, refunds, and
reimbursements, estimated pursuant to section 505.7, subsection
7, including the expenditures for retention of additional
personnel, if the expenditures are fully reimbursable and the
division first does all of the following:
(1) Notifies the department of management, the legislative
services agency, and the legislative fiscal committee of the
need for the expenditures.
(2) Files with each of the entities named in subparagraph
(1) the legislative and regulatory justification for the
expenditures, along with an estimate of the expenditures.
Sec. 13. DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES
— CAPTIVE INSURANCE. There is appropriated from the general
fund of the state to the department of insurance and financial
services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending
June 30, 2024, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
For deposit in the captive insurance regulatory and
supervision fund created in section 521J.12, if enacted
by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 549, for use as provided in
section 521J.12, including salaries, support, maintenance, and
miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $450,000
............................................... FTEs2.00
Sec. 14. DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT. There is appropriated
from the general fund of the state to the department of
management for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and
ending June 30, 2024, the following amounts, or so much thereof
as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
1. For enterprise resource planning, providing for a salary
model administrator, conducting performance audits, and the
department’s LEAN process; for salaries, support, maintenance,
and miscellaneous purposes; and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
-12-.................................................. $2,766,693
............................................... FTEs21.00
2. For the security office of the chief information officer;
for salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes;
and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
positions:
.................................................. $4,421,887
............................................... FTEs24.39
Of the moneys appropriated in this subsection, $325,000
is allocated to providing cybersecurity services to local
governments.
Sec. 15. DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT — OFFICE OF THE CHIEF
INFORMATION OFFICER — REVOLVING FUND.
1. There is appropriated to the office of the chief
information officer of the department of management for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024,
from the revolving funds designated in chapter 8B and from
internal service funds created by the office such amounts as
the office deems necessary for the operation of the office
consistent with the requirements of chapter 8B.
2. a. Notwithstanding section 321A.3, subsection 1, for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024,
the first $750,000 collected and transferred to the treasurer
of state with respect to the fees for transactions involving
the furnishing of a certified abstract of a vehicle operating
record under section 321A.3, subsection 1, shall be transferred
to the IowAccess revolving fund created in section 8B.33 for
the purposes of developing, implementing, maintaining, and
expanding electronic access to government records as provided
by law.
b. All fees collected with respect to transactions
involving IowAccess shall be deposited in the IowAccess
revolving fund created under section 8B.33 and shall be used
only for the support of IowAccess projects.
Sec. 16. ROAD USE TAX FUND APPROPRIATION — DEPARTMENT OF
-13-MANAGEMENT. There is appropriated from the road use tax fund
created in section 312.1 to the department of management for
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30,
2024, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary,
to be used for the purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes:
.................................................. $56,000
Sec. 17. IPERS — GENERAL OFFICE. There is appropriated
from the Iowa public employees’ retirement fund created in
section 97B.7 to the Iowa public employees’ retirement system
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June
30, 2024, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
1. For salaries, support, maintenance, and other
operational purposes to pay the costs of the Iowa public
employees’ retirement system, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $20,923,309
............................................... FTEs98.13
Sec. 18. IOWA PUBLIC INFORMATION BOARD. There is
appropriated from the general fund of the state to the Iowa
public information board for the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following amount, or
so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $357,407
............................................... FTEs3.20
Sec. 19. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the department of revenue for the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following amounts, or
-14-so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated:
a. (1) For salaries, support, maintenance, and
miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $15,056,183
............................................... FTEs151.16
(2) From the moneys appropriated in this paragraph, the
department shall use $400,000 to pay the direct costs of
compliance related to the collection and distribution of local
sales and services taxes imposed pursuant to chapters 423B and
423E.
b. For alcoholic beverage control activities; for salaries,
support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes; and for not
more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1,010,054
............................................... FTEs18.10
2. The director of revenue shall prepare and issue a state
appraisal manual and the revisions to the state appraisal
manual as provided in section 421.17, subsection 17, without
cost to a city or county.
Sec. 20. MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAX FUND APPROPRIATION. There
is appropriated from the motor vehicle fuel tax fund created
pursuant to section 452A.77 to the department of revenue for
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30,
2024, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary,
to be used for the purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for administration and enforcement of the
provisions of chapter 452A and the motor vehicle fuel tax
program:
.................................................. $1,305,775
Sec. 21. SECRETARY OF STATE. There is appropriated from
the general fund of the state to the office of the secretary of
state for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending
-15-June 30, 2024, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
1. ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $2,121,759
............................................... FTEs16.50
b. The state department or agency that provides data
processing services to support voter registration file
maintenance and storage shall provide those services without
charge.
2. BUSINESS SERVICES
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1,417,535
............................................... FTEs16.00
Sec. 22. ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM REVOLVING FUND
APPROPRIATION — SECRETARY OF STATE. There is appropriated
from the address confidentiality program revolving fund created
in section 9.8 to the office of the secretary of state for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024,
the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
used for the purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes:
.................................................. $195,400
Sec. 23. SECRETARY OF STATE FILING FEES REFUND.
Notwithstanding the obligation to collect fees pursuant to the
provisions of section 489.117, subsection 1, paragraphs “c” and
“q”, section 490.122, subsection 1, paragraph “a”, and section
504.113, subsection 1, paragraphs “a”, “c”, “d”, “j”, “k”,
“l”, and “m”, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, the
secretary of state may refund these fees to the filer pursuant
-16-to rules established by the secretary of state. The decision
of the secretary of state not to issue a refund under rules
established by the secretary of state is final and not subject
to review pursuant to chapter 17A.
Sec. 24. TREASURER OF STATE.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the office of treasurer of state for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
.................................................. $1,015,300
............................................... FTEs26.00
2. The office of treasurer of state shall supply
administrative support for the executive council.
Sec. 25. ROAD USE TAX FUND APPROPRIATION — OFFICE OF
TREASURER OF STATE. There is appropriated from the road use
tax fund created in section 312.1 to the office of treasurer of
state for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending
June 30, 2024, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
For enterprise resource management costs related to the
distribution of road use tax fund moneys:
.................................................. $316,788
Sec. 26. IOWA UTILITIES BOARD.
1. There is appropriated from the commerce revolving fund
created in section 546.12, as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate
File 514, to the Iowa utilities board for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
-17-equivalent positions:
.................................................. $10,746,366
............................................... FTEs75.00
2. The utilities board may expend additional moneys,
including moneys for additional personnel, if those additional
expenditures are actual expenses which exceed the moneys
budgeted for utility regulation and the expenditures are fully
reimbursable. Before the board expends or encumbers an amount
in excess of the moneys budgeted for regulation, the board
shall first do all of the following:
a. Notify the department of management, the legislative
services agency, and the legislative fiscal committee of the
need for the expenditures.
b. File with each of the entities named in paragraph “a” the
legislative and regulatory justification for the expenditures,
along with an estimate of the expenditures.
Sec. 27. CHARGES. The Iowa utilities board and each
division of the department of insurance and financial services
shall include in its charges assessed or revenues generated
an amount sufficient to cover the amount stated in its
appropriation and any state-assessed indirect costs determined
by the department of administrative services.
Sec. 28. IOWA PRODUCTS. As a condition of receiving an
appropriation, any agency appropriated moneys pursuant to this
Act shall give first preference when purchasing a product to an
Iowa product or a product produced by an Iowa-based business.
Second preference shall be given to a United States product or
a product produced by a business based in the United States.
Fy 2023-2024 STANDING APPROPRIATIONS — LIMITATIONS
Sec. 29. LIMITATION OF STANDING APPROPRIATION — FY
2023-2024. Notwithstanding the standing appropriation in the
following designated section for the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, the amount appropriated from
the general fund of the state pursuant to that section for the
following designated purpose shall not exceed the following
-18-amount:
For the enforcement of chapter 453D relating to tobacco
product manufacturers under section 453D.8:
.................................................. $17,525
department of inspections, appeals, and licensing
licensing and regulation fund
Sec. 30. Section 10A.104, subsection 15, as enacted by
2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 1430, is amended by
striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
15. Perform fire control duties pursuant to section
10A.511.
Sec. 31. NEW SECTION. 10A.507 Licensing and regulation
fund.
1. A licensing and regulation fund is created in the state
treasury under the control of the department of inspections,
appeals, and licensing. Moneys in the fund are appropriated
to the department to be used to fulfill the administration and
enforcement responsibilities of the department and boards under
the purview of the department under this subchapter.
2. The fund shall consist of moneys and fees collected by
the department for deposit in the fund.
3. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund
that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the
fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for
expenditure for the purposes designated in succeeding fiscal
years. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest
or earnings on moneys deposited in the fund shall be credited
to the fund.
Sec. 32. Section 88A.5, Code 2023, as amended by 2023 Iowa
Acts, Senate File 514, section 1766, is amended to read as
follows:
88A.5 Fees to general licensing and regulation fund.
All fees collected by the department under the provisions
of this chapter shall be transmitted to the treasurer of state
-19-and credited by the treasurer to the general fund of the state
licensing and regulation fund created in section 10A.507.
Sec. 33. Section 89.9, Code 2023, as amended by 2023 Iowa
Acts, Senate File 514, section 1797, is amended to read as
follows:
89.9 Disposal of fees.
All fees provided for in this chapter shall be collected
by the director and remitted to the treasurer of state, to
be deposited in the boiler and pressure vessel safety fund
pursuant to section 89.8 licensing and regulation fund created
in section 10A.507, together with an itemized statement showing
the source of collection.
Sec. 34. Section 89A.19, Code 2023, as amended by 2023 Iowa
Acts, Senate File 514, section 1820, is amended by striking the
section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
89A.19 Fees.
All fees collected by the director pursuant to this chapter
shall be remitted to the treasurer of state, to be deposited in
the licensing and regulation fund created in section 10A.507.
Sec. 35. Section 101A.12, Code 2023, as amended by 2023
Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 1550, is amended to read
as follows:
101A.12 Deposit and use of fees.
The fees collected by the director in issuing licenses
pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the state
general fund licensing and regulation fund created in section
10A.507.
Sec. 36. Section 103.7, Code 2023, as amended by 2023 Iowa
Acts, Senate File 514, section 1561, is amended by striking the
section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
103.7 Fees.
All licensing, examination, renewal, and inspection fees
under this chapter shall be deposited in the licensing and
regulation fund created in section 10A.507.
Sec. 37. Section 105.9, subsection 3, Code 2023, is amended
-20-by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
3. All fees collected under this chapter shall be deposited
in the licensing and regulation fund created in section
10A.507.
Sec. 38. Section 135.11A, subsection 1, Code 2023, as
amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 1580, is
amended to read as follows:
1. Each board under chapters chapter 100C, 103, 103A,
105, or 147 that are is under the administrative authority
of the department, except the board of nursing, board of
medicine, dental board, and board of pharmacy, shall receive
administrative and clerical support from the department and
may not employ its own support staff for administrative and
clerical duties. The executive director of the board of
nursing, board of medicine, dental board, and board of pharmacy
shall be appointed pursuant to section 135.11B.
Sec. 39. Section 147.80, subsection 3, Code 2023, is amended
to read as follows:
3. The board of medicine, the board of pharmacy, the
dental board, and the board of nursing shall retain individual
executive officers pursuant to section 135.11B, but shall
make every effort to share administrative, clerical, and
investigative staff to the greatest extent possible.
Sec. 40. Section 147.82, Code 2023, as amended by 2023
Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 1624, is amended to read
as follows:
147.82 Fee retention.
All fees collected by a board listed in section 147.13 or by
the department, and fees collected pursuant to sections 124.301
and 147.80 and chapter 155A by the board of pharmacy, shall be
retained by each board or by the department deposited in the
licensing and regulation fund created in section 10A.507. The
moneys retained by a board shall be used for any of the board’s
duties, including but not limited to the addition of full-time
-21-equivalent positions for program services and investigations.
Revenues retained by a board pursuant to this section shall
be considered repayment receipts as defined in section 8.2.
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys retained by a board
pursuant to this section are not subject to reversion to the
general fund of the state.
Sec. 41. Section 542.4, subsection 4, Code 2023, is amended
to read as follows:
4. All moneys collected by the board from fees authorized
to be charged by this chapter shall be received and accounted
for by the board and shall be paid monthly to the treasurer of
state for deposit in the general fund of the state licensing
and regulation fund created in section 10A.507. Expenses
of administering this chapter shall be paid from moneys
appropriated to the department pursuant to section 10A.507
and from appropriations made by the general assembly, which
expenses may include but shall not be limited to the costs
of conducting investigations and of taking testimony and
procuring the attendance of witnesses before the board or its
committees; all legal proceedings taken under this chapter for
the enforcement of this chapter; and educational programs for
the benefit of the public and licensees and their employees.
Sec. 42. Section 542B.12, Code 2023, is amended to read as
follows:
542B.12 Disposition of fees.
The staff shall collect and account for all fees provided
for by this chapter and pay the fees to the treasurer of state
who shall deposit the fees in the general fund of the state
licensing and regulation fund created in section 10A.507.
Sec. 43. Section 543B.14, Code 2023, as amended by 2023
Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 1669, is amended to read
as follows:
543B.14 Fees and expenses.
All fees and charges collected by the real estate commission
under this chapter shall be paid into the general fund of the
-22-state, except that deposited in the licensing and regulation
fund created in section 10A.507. Of the moneys deposited
in the fund, twenty-five dollars from each real estate
salesperson’s license fee and each broker’s license fee shall
be appropriated to the department of inspections, appeals, and
licensing for the purpose of hiring and compensating a real
estate education director and regulatory compliance personnel.
All expenses incurred by the commission under this chapter,
including compensation of staff assigned to the commission,
shall be paid from funds appropriated for those purposes.
Sec. 44. Section 543D.6, subsection 2, Code 2023, as amended
by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 1674, is amended
to read as follows:
2. All fees collected by the board shall be deposited into
the commerce revolving licensing and regulation fund created in
section 546.12 and are appropriated to the director on behalf
of the board 10A.507 to be used to administer this chapter,
including but not limited to purposes such as examinations,
investigations, and administrative staffing. Notwithstanding
section 8.33, moneys retained by the director pursuant to this
section are not subject to reversion to the general fund of
the state. However, the appraisal management company national
registry fees the board collects on behalf of the appraisal
subcommittee as defined in section 543E.3 shall be transmitted
to the appraisal subcommittee in accordance with federal laws
and regulations.
Sec. 45. Section 543E.10, subsection 2, Code 2023, as
amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 1685, is
amended to read as follows:
2. Except as provided in subsection 3, all fees collected
under this chapter shall be deposited into the commerce
revolving licensing and regulation fund created in section
546.12 and are appropriated to the director 10A.507 to be
used to administer this chapter including but not limited
to purposes such as examinations, investigations, and
-23-administrative staffing. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys
appropriated pursuant to this subsection are not subject to
reversion to the general fund of the state.
Sec. 46. Section 544A.11, subsection 2, Code 2023, is
amended to read as follows:
2. All fees shall be paid to the treasurer of state and
deposited in the general fund of the state licensing and
regulation fund created in section 10A.507.
Sec. 47. Section 544B.14, subsection 2, Code 2023, is
amended to read as follows:
2. All fees shall be collected by the secretary, paid to the
treasurer of state, and deposited in the general fund of the
state licensing and regulation fund created in section 10A.507.
Sec. 48. Section 544C.3, subsection 1, paragraph e, Code
2023, is amended to read as follows:
e. Establishing fees for registration as a registered
interior designer, renewal of registration, reinstatement of
registration, and for other activities of the board pertaining
to its duties. The fees shall be sufficient to defray the
costs of administering this chapter, and shall be deposited in
the general fund of the state licensing and regulation fund
created in section 10A.507.
Sec. 49. Section 546.10, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code
2023, as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section
1704, is amended by striking the paragraph.
Sec. 50. Section 546.10, subsection 5, Code 2023, as amended
by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 1704, is amended
by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
5. All expenses required in the discharge of the duties and
responsibilities imposed upon the department, the director, and
the licensing boards by the laws of this state shall be paid
from moneys appropriated for those purposes.
Sec. 51. REPEAL. Section 89.8, Code 2023, is repealed.
Sec. 52. TRANSITION PROVISIONS.
-24- 1. Any unobligated and unencumbered moneys in the boiler
and pressure vessel safety revolving fund created in section
89.8, Code 2023, as of July 1, 2023, shall be transferred for
deposit in the licensing and regulation fund created in section
10A.507, as enacted by this Act.
2. Any unobligated and unencumbered moneys in the revolving
elevator safety fund created in section 89A.19, Code 2023,
as of July 1, 2023, shall be transferred for deposit in the
licensing and regulation fund created in section 10A.507, as
enacted by this Act.
3. Any unobligated and unencumbered moneys in the
electrician and installer licensing and inspection fund created
in section 103.7, Code 2023, as of July 1, 2023, shall be
transferred for deposit in the licensing and regulation fund
created in section 10A.507, as enacted by this Act.
4. Any unobligated and unencumbered moneys retained by any
board or the department of public health for the bureau of
professional licensure pursuant to section 147.82, Code 2023,
as of July 1, 2023, shall be transferred for deposit in the
licensing and regulation fund created in section 10A.507, as
enacted by this Act.
5. All fees collected under chapters 543D and 543E and
deposited into the department of commerce revolving fund
created in section 546.12, Code 2023, as of July 1, 2023, shall
be transferred for deposit in the licensing and regulation fund
created in section 10A.507, as enacted by this Act.
department of revenue
Iowa lottery division
MAJOR PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS
Sec. 53. Section 99G.3, subsection 18, Code 2023, as amended
by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 2300, is amended
to read as follows:
18. “Vendor” means a person who provides or proposes to
provide goods or services to the department pursuant to a major
procurement contract, but does not include an employee of the
-25-department under this chapter, a retailer, or a state agency or
instrumentality thereof.
Sec. 54. Section 99G.8, subsection 13, Code 2023, as amended
by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 2309, is amended
to read as follows:
13. Board members shall not have any direct or indirect
interest in an undertaking that puts their personal interest
in conflict with that of the department under this chapter
including but not limited to an interest in a major procurement
contract or a participating retailer.
Sec. 55. Section 99G.9, subsection 2, Code 2023, as amended
by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 2313, is amended
to read as follows:
2. Approve, disapprove, amend, or modify the terms of major
lottery procurements recommended by the administrator.
Sec. 56. Section 99G.22, subsections 1, 3, 4, and 6, Code
2023, as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section
2324, are amended to read as follows:
1. The department shall investigate the financial
responsibility, security, and integrity of any lottery system
vendor who is a finalist in submitting a bid, proposal, or
offer as part of a major procurement contract. Before a major
procurement contract is awarded, the division of criminal
investigation of the department of public safety shall conduct
a background investigation of the vendor to whom the contract
is to be awarded. The administrator shall consult with the
division of criminal investigation and shall provide for the
scope of the background investigation and due diligence to
be conducted in connection with major procurement contracts.
At the time of submitting a bid, proposal, or offer to the
department on a major procurement contract, each vendor shall
be required to submit to the division of criminal investigation
appropriate investigation authorization to facilitate this
investigation, together with an advance of funds to meet the
anticipated investigation costs. If the division of criminal
-26-investigation determines that additional funds are required
to complete an investigation, the vendor will be so advised.
The background investigation by the division of criminal
investigation may include a national criminal history check
through the federal bureau of investigation. The screening
of vendors or their employees through the federal bureau of
investigation shall be conducted by submission of fingerprints
through the state criminal history repository to the federal
bureau of investigation.
3. A major procurement contract shall not be entered into
with any lottery system vendor who has not complied with
the disclosure requirements described in this section, and
anycontract with such a vendor is voidable. Any contract
with a vendor that does not comply with the requirements for
periodically updating such disclosures during the tenure of
the contract as may be specified in such contract may be
terminated. The provisions of this section shall be construed
broadly and liberally to achieve the ends of full disclosure
of all information necessary to allow for a full and complete
evaluation by the department of the competence, integrity,
background, and character of vendors for major procurements.
4. A major procurement contract shall not be entered into
with any vendor who has been found guilty of a felony related
to the security or integrity of the lottery in this or any
other jurisdiction.
6. If, based on the results of a background investigation,
the department determines that the best interests of the
department, including but not limited to the department’s
reputation for integrity, would be served thereby, the
department may disqualify a potential vendor from contracting
with the department for a major procurement contract or from
acting as a subcontractor in connection with a contract for a
major procurement contract.
Sec. 57. Section 99G.37, Code 2023, as amended by 2023
Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 2343, is amended to read
-27-as follows:
99G.37 Competitive bidding Major procurement contracts.
All major procurement contracts under this chapter must
be competitively bid entered into in accordance with chapter
8A, subchapter III, part 2. Procurement Major procurement
contracts shall take into consideration the greatest integrity
for the Iowa lottery. In any bidding process, the services
of the department of administrative services shall may be
utilized.
Sec. 58. Section 99G.39, subsection 1, Code 2023, as amended
by 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section 2345, is amended
to read as follows:
1. Upon receipt of any revenue from lottery games, the
director shall deposit the moneys in the lottery fund created
pursuant to section 99G.40. At least fifty percent of the
projected annual revenue accruing from the sale of tickets
or shares shall be allocated for payment of prizes to the
holders of winning tickets. After the payment of prizes, the
expenses of conducting the lottery shall be deducted from the
department’s revenue under this chapter prior to disbursement.
Expenses for advertising production and media purchases shall
not exceed four percent of the department’s gross revenue under
this chapter for the year.
Sec. 59. REPEAL. 2023 Iowa Acts, Senate File 514, section
2301, is repealed.
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AMY SINCLAIRPresident of the Senate______________________________
PAT GRASSLEYSpeaker of the House I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 557, Ninetieth General Assembly.______________________________
W. CHARLES SMITHSONSecretary of the SenateApproved _______________, 2023______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernores/ns/mb