House File 2683 - IntroducedA Bill ForAn Act 1relating to transportation and other
2infrastructure-related appropriations to the department of
3transportation, including allocation and use of moneys from
4the road use tax fund and the primary road fund.
5BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1   Section 1.  ROAD USE TAX FUND — FY 2024-2025.  There is
2appropriated from the road use tax fund created in section
3312.1 to the department of transportation for the fiscal year
4beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, the following
5amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
6purposes designated:
   71.  For the payment of costs associated with the production
8of driver’s licenses, as defined in section 321.1, subsection
920A:
..................................................  $101,600,000
   11Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
12subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close
13of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available
14for expenditure for the purposes specified in this subsection
15until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
   162.  For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
17purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
18equivalent positions:
   19a.  Transportation operations:
..................................................  $2016,976,308
   21b.  Motor vehicles:
..................................................  $2230,542,265
...............................................  FTEs23294.00
   243.  For payments to the department of administrative
25services and the office of the chief information officer for
26utility services:
..................................................  $27455,647
   284.  For unemployment compensation:
..................................................  $297,000
   305.  For payments to the department of administrative
31services for paying workers’ compensation claims under chapter
3285 on behalf of employees of the department of transportation:
..................................................  $33141,577
   346.  For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect
35cost recoveries:
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..................................................  $190,000
   27.  For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit
3expenses as provided in section 11.5B:
..................................................  $4107,884
   58.  For automation, telecommunications, and related costs
6associated with the county issuance of driver’s licenses and
7vehicle registrations and titles:
..................................................  $81,406,000
   99.  For costs associated with participation in the
10Mississippi river parkway commission:
..................................................  $1140,000
   1210.  For costs associated with the traffic and criminal
13software program and the mobile architecture and communications
14handling program:
..................................................  $15300,000
   1611.  For motor vehicle division field facility maintenance
17projects at various locations:
..................................................  $18400,000
   19For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided
20otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsection 11 that remain
21unencumbered or unobligated shall not revert but shall remain
22available for expenditure for the purposes designated until
23the close of the fiscal year that ends three years after the
24end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation was made.
25However, if the project or projects for which the appropriation
26was made are completed in an earlier fiscal year, unencumbered
27or unobligated moneys shall revert at the close of that same
28fiscal year.
29   Sec. 2.  PRIMARY ROAD FUND — FY 2024-2025.  There is
30appropriated from the primary road fund created in section
31313.3 to the department of transportation for the fiscal year
32beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, the following
33amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
34purposes designated:
   351.  For transportation operations salaries, support,
-2-1maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than
2the following full-time equivalent positions:
..................................................  $3333,994,227
...............................................  FTEs42,363.00
   52.  For payments to the department of administrative
6services and the office of the chief information officer for
7utility services:
..................................................  $82,798,974
   93.  For unemployment compensation:
..................................................  $10138,000
   114.  For payments to the department of administrative
12services for paying workers’ compensation claims under
13chapter 85 on behalf of the employees of the department of
14transportation:
..................................................  $153,432,963
   165.  For disposal of hazardous wastes from field locations and
17the central complex:
..................................................  $181,000,000
   196.  For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect
20cost recoveries:
..................................................  $21660,000
   227.  For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit
23expenses as provided in section 11.5B:
..................................................  $24662,716
   258.  For costs associated with producing transportation maps:
..................................................  $26195,000
   279.  For inventory and equipment replacement:
..................................................  $2829,626,000
   2910.  For costs associated with the statewide
30interoperability network:
..................................................  $31442,162
   3211.  For facility major maintenance and enhancement:
..................................................  $336,300,000
   3412.  For facility routine maintenance and preservation:
..................................................  $355,200,000
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   113.  For the renovation of the Albia maintenance garage:
..................................................  $27,291,067
   314.  For the renovation of the Jefferson maintenance garage:
..................................................  $46,999,292
   5For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided
6otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsections 11 through 14
7that remain unencumbered or unobligated shall not revert
8but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
9designated until the close of the fiscal year that ends
10three years after the end of the fiscal year for which the
11appropriation was made. However, if the project or projects
12for which such appropriation was made are completed in an
13earlier fiscal year, unencumbered or unobligated moneys shall
14revert at the close of that same fiscal year.
15EXPLANATION
16The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
17the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   18This bill makes appropriations from the road use tax fund and
19the primary road fund to the department of transportation.
   20Appropriations for FY 2024-2025 from the road use tax
21fund include appropriations for driver’s license production,
22transportation operations, motor vehicles, utility services,
23unemployment and workers’ compensation, indirect cost
24recoveries, audits, county issuance of driver’s licenses
25and vehicle registration and titling, participation in the
26Mississippi river parkway commission, the traffic and criminal
27software program and the mobile architecture and communications
28handling program, and motor vehicle division field facility
29maintenance projects.
   30Appropriations for FY 2024-2025 from the primary road fund
31include appropriations for transportation operations, utility
32services, unemployment and workers’ compensation, hazardous
33waste disposal, indirect cost recoveries, audits, production of
34transportation maps, inventory and equipment replacement, the
35statewide interoperability network, major facility maintenance
-4-1and enhancement, routine facility maintenance and preservation,
2and renovation of the maintenance garages in Albia and
3Jefferson.
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