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  1  1                           DIVISION I
  1  2         CAPITAL PROJECT AND LEASE-PURCHASE REQUIREMENTS
  1  3    Section 1.  Section 2.47A, subsection 1, paragraph d, Code
  1  4 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  1  5    d.  Receive semiannual annual status reports for all
  1  6 ongoing capital projects of state agencies, pursuant to
  1  7 section 18.12, subsection 15.
  1  8    Sec. 2.  Section 8.46, Code 1995, is amended to read as
  1  9 follows:
  1 10    8.46  LEASE-PURCHASE &endash; REPORTING.
  1 11    1.  For the purposes of this section, unless the context
  1 12 otherwise requires, "state:
  1 13    a.  "Installment acquisition" includes, but is not limited
  1 14 to, an arrangement in which title of ownership passes when the
  1 15 first installment payment is made.
  1 16    b.  "Lease-purchase arrangement" includes, but is not
  1 17 limited to, an arrangement in which title of ownership passes
  1 18 when the final installment payment is made.
  1 19    c.  "State agency" means any executive, judicial, or
  1 20 legislative department, commission, board, institution,
  1 21 division, bureau, office, agency, or other entity of state
  1 22 government.
  1 23    1. 2.   Before At least thirty days prior to entering into
  1 24 a contract involving a lease-purchase or installment
  1 25 acquisition arrangement in which any part or the total amount
  1 26 of the contract is at least fifty thousand dollars, a state
  1 27 agency shall notify the legislative fiscal bureau concerning
  1 28 the contract.  The legislative fiscal bureau shall compile the
  1 29 notifications for submission to the legislative fiscal
  1 30 committee of the legislative council regarding the contract.
  1 31 The notification is required regardless of the source of
  1 32 payment for the lease-purchase or installment acquisition
  1 33 arrangement.  The notification shall include all of the
  1 34 following information:
  1 35    a.  A description of the object of the lease-purchase or
  2  1 installment acquisition arrangement.
  2  2    b.  The cost of the contract.
  2  3    c.b.  The proposed terms of the contract.
  2  4    d.c.  The total cost of the contract, including principal
  2  5 and interest costs.  If the actual cost of a contract is not
  2  6 known at least thirty days prior to entering into the
  2  7 contract, the state agency shall estimate the principal and
  2  8 interest costs for the contract.
  2  9    e.d.  An identification of the means and source of payment
  2 10 of the contract.
  2 11    f.e.  An analysis of consequences of delaying or abandoning
  2 12 the commencement of the contract.
  2 13    2.3.  The legislative fiscal committee shall report to the
  2 14 legislative council concerning the notifications it receives
  2 15 pursuant to this section.
  2 16    3.  A state agency shall report quarterly to the
  2 17 legislative fiscal committee concerning its contracts
  2 18 involving a lease-purchase arrangement.  The format of the
  2 19 report shall be determined by the legislative fiscal bureau in
  2 20 consultation with the department of management.  The report
  2 21 shall include all of the following information:
  2 22    a.  A description of the objects of a lease-purchase
  2 23 arrangement under contract.
  2 24    b.  The total costs of the contracts.
  2 25    c.  Total principal and interest cost in each fiscal year
  2 26 of each contract.
  2 27    d.  An identification of the means and source of payment
  2 28 for each contract.
  2 29    Sec. 3.  Section 18.12, subsection 15, Code 1995, is
  2 30 amended to read as follows:
  2 31    15.  Prepare semiannual annual status reports for all
  2 32 ongoing capital projects of all state agencies, as defined in
  2 33 section 8.3A, and submit the status reports to the legislative
  2 34 capital projects committee.  
  2 35                           DIVISION II
  3  1                       REVENUE ESTIMATING
  3  2    Sec. 4.  Section 8.21, Code 1995, is amended by adding the
  3  3 following new unnumbered paragraph:
  3  4    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  Unless a collective bargaining
  3  5 agreement, as referred to in section 20.17, subsection 10,
  3  6 between a state public employer and the state employee
  3  7 organization which represents the largest number of state
  3  8 employees, providing for salary adjustment for the ensuing
  3  9 fiscal year is being negotiated at the time required for
  3 10 transmission of the governor's budget, the portion of the
  3 11 governor's budget for the ensuing fiscal year which provides
  3 12 the details of recommended appropriations and a draft
  3 13 appropriation bill for adjustment of state employee salaries
  3 14 shall be submitted to the general assembly on or before March
  3 15 1 of the legislative session.  If a collective bargaining
  3 16 agreement, as referred to in section 20.17, subsection 10,
  3 17 between a state public employer and the state employee
  3 18 organization which represents the largest number of state
  3 19 employees, providing for salary adjustment for the ensuing
  3 20 fiscal year is being negotiated at the time required for
  3 21 transmission of the governor's budget, the portion of the
  3 22 governor's budget for the ensuing fiscal year which provides
  3 23 the details of recommended appropriations and a draft
  3 24 appropriation bill for adjustment of state employee salaries
  3 25 shall be submitted to the general assembly within thirty days
  3 26 of the date by which the collective bargaining agreement
  3 27 between the state public employer and the state employee
  3 28 organization is completed, either through agreement or
  3 29 arbitration or prior to the date of final adjournment of that
  3 30 legislative session, whichever is earlier.  
  3 31    Sec. 5.  Section 8.22A, Code 1995, is amended by adding the
  3 32 following new subsections:
  3 33    NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  At the meeting in which the conference
  3 34 agrees to the revenue estimate for the succeeding fiscal year
  3 35 in accordance with the provisions of subsection 3, the
  4  1 conference shall also agree to the following estimate which
  4  2 shall be used by the governor and the general assembly in
  4  3 preparation of the budget message under section 8.22 and the
  4  4 general assembly in the budget process for the succeeding
  4  5 fiscal year:
  4  6    The amount of lottery revenues for the following fiscal
  4  7 year to be available for disbursement following the deductions
  4  8 made pursuant to section 99E.10, subsection 1.
  4  9    NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  At the meeting in which the conference
  4 10 agrees to the revenue estimate for the succeeding fiscal year
  4 11 in accordance with the provisions of subsection 3, the
  4 12 conference shall also agree to a preliminary projection of the
  4 13 amount of the appropriation necessary for the succeeding
  4 14 fiscal year to fund the medical assistance program under
  4 15 chapter 249A.  This preliminary projection shall be developed
  4 16 based upon the state and federal requirements for the medical
  4 17 assistance program in effect at the time the projection is
  4 18 made unless the members of the revenue estimating conference
  4 19 agree to assume different requirements for purposes of
  4 20 developing the projection.  As a preliminary projection, it
  4 21 shall be used as the basis for later projections deemed
  4 22 necessary by the governor or used by the general assembly,
  4 23 which are developed due to revised budget assumptions,
  4 24 proposed policy revisions, or other adjustments.  
  4 25                          DIVISION III
  4 26                    STATE PAYMENT PROVISIONS
  4 27    Sec. 6.  Section 282.31, subsection 1, Code 1995, is
  4 28 amended to read as follows:
  4 29    1.  a.  A child who lives in a facility pursuant to section
  4 30 282.30, subsection 1, paragraph "a", and who is not enrolled
  4 31 in the educational program of the district of residence of the
  4 32 child, shall receive appropriate educational services.  The
  4 33 area education agency shall submit a proposed program and
  4 34 budget to the department of education by January 1 for the
  4 35 next succeeding school year.  The department of education
  5  1 shall review and approve or modify the program and proposed
  5  2 budget and shall notify the department of revenue and finance
  5  3 and the area education agency of its action by February 1.
  5  4 Beginning with the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1990, and
  5  5 ending June 30, 1991, and in succeeding years, the The
  5  6 department of revenue and finance shall pay the approved
  5  7 budget amount for an area education agency in monthly
  5  8 installments beginning September 15 and ending June 15 of the
  5  9 next succeeding school year.  The installments shall be as
  5 10 nearly equal as possible as determined by the department of
  5 11 management, taking into consideration the relative budget and
  5 12 cash position of the state's resources.  The department of
  5 13 revenue and finance shall transfer the approved budget amount
  5 14 for an area education agency from the moneys appropriated
  5 15 under section 257.16 and make the payment to the area
  5 16 education agency.  The area education agency shall submit an
  5 17 accounting for the actual cost of the program to the
  5 18 department of education by August 1 of the following school
  5 19 year.  The department shall review and approve or modify all
  5 20 expenditures incurred in compliance with the guidelines
  5 21 pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 10, and shall notify the
  5 22 department of revenue and finance of the approved accounting
  5 23 amount.  The approved accounting amount shall be compared with
  5 24 any amounts paid by the department of revenue and finance to
  5 25 the area education agency and any differences added to or
  5 26 subtracted from the October payment made under this paragraph
  5 27 for the next school year.  Any amount paid by the department
  5 28 of revenue and finance shall be deducted monthly from the
  5 29 state foundation aid paid under section 257.16 to all school
  5 30 districts in the state during the remainder of that subsequent
  5 31 fiscal year to all school districts in the state.  The portion
  5 32 of the total amount of the approved budget that shall be
  5 33 deducted from the state aid of a school district shall be the
  5 34 same as the ratio that the budget enrollment for the budget
  5 35 year of the school district bears to the total budget
  6  1 enrollment in the state for that budget year in which the
  6  2 deduction is made.
  6  3    b.  A child who lives in a facility or home pursuant to
  6  4 section 282.19, and who does not require special education and
  6  5 who is not enrolled in the educational program of the district
  6  6 of residence of the child, shall be included in the basic
  6  7 enrollment of the school district in which the facility or
  6  8 home is located.
  6  9    However, on June 30 of a school year, if the board of
  6 10 directors of a school district determines that the number of
  6 11 children under this paragraph who were counted in the basic
  6 12 enrollment of the school district on the third Friday of
  6 13 September of that school year is fewer than the sum of the
  6 14 number of months all children were enrolled in the school
  6 15 district under this paragraph during the school year divided
  6 16 by nine, the secretary of the school district may submit a
  6 17 claim to the department of education by August 1 following the
  6 18 school year for an amount equal to the district cost per pupil
  6 19 of the district for the previous school year multiplied by the
  6 20 difference between the number of children counted and the
  6 21 number of children calculated by the number of months of
  6 22 enrollment.  The amount of the claim shall be paid by the
  6 23 department of revenue and finance to the school district by
  6 24 October 1.  The department of revenue and finance shall
  6 25 transfer the total amount of the approved claim of a school
  6 26 district from the moneys appropriated under section 257.16 and
  6 27 the amount paid shall be deducted monthly from the state
  6 28 foundation aid paid to all school districts in the state
  6 29 during the remainder of that the subsequent fiscal year to all
  6 30 school districts in the state in the manner provided in
  6 31 paragraph "a".
  6 32    Sec. 7.  Section 282.31, subsection 3, Code 1995, is
  6 33 amended to read as follows:
  6 34    3.  The actual special education instructional costs,
  6 35 including transportation, for a child who requires special
  7  1 education shall be paid by the department of revenue and
  7  2 finance to the school district in which the facility or home
  7  3 is located, only when a district of residence cannot be
  7  4 determined, and the child was not included in the weighted
  7  5 enrollment of any district pursuant to section 256B.9, and the
  7  6 payment pursuant to subsection 2, paragraph "a" was not made
  7  7 by any district.  The district shall submit a proposed program
  7  8 and budget to the department of education by January 1 for the
  7  9 next succeeding school year.  The department of education
  7 10 shall review and approve or modify the program and proposed
  7 11 budget and shall notify the district by February 1.  The
  7 12 district shall submit a claim by August 1 following the school
  7 13 year for the actual cost of the program.  The department shall
  7 14 review and approve or modify the claim and shall notify the
  7 15 department of revenue and finance of the approved claim amount
  7 16 by September 1.  The total amount of the approved claim shall
  7 17 be paid by the department of revenue and finance to the school
  7 18 district by October 1.  The total amount paid by the
  7 19 department of revenue and finance shall be deducted monthly
  7 20 from the state foundation aid paid under section 257.16 to all
  7 21 school districts in the state during the remainder of that
  7 22 subsequent fiscal year to all school districts in the state.
  7 23 The portion of the total amount of the approved claims that
  7 24 shall be deducted from the state aid of a school district
  7 25 shall be the same as the ratio that the budget enrollment for
  7 26 the budget year of the school district bears to the total
  7 27 budget enrollment in the state for the budget year in which
  7 28 the deduction is made.  The department of revenue and finance
  7 29 shall transfer the total amount of the approved claims from
  7 30 moneys appropriated under section 257.16 for payment to the
  7 31 school district.  
  7 32    Sec. 8.  Section 421.31, Code 1995, is amended by adding
  7 33 the following new subsection:
  7 34    NEW SUBSECTION.  11.  FEDERAL CASH MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT
  7 35 ACT ADMINISTRATOR.  To serve as administrator for state
  8  1 actions relating to the federal Cash Management and
  8  2 Improvement Act of 1990, Pub. L. No. 101-453, as codified in
  8  3 31 U.S.C. } 6503.  The director shall perform the following
  8  4 duties relating to the federal law:
  8  5    a.  Act as the designated representative of the state in
  8  6 the negotiation and administration of contracts between the
  8  7 state and federal government relating to the federal law.
  8  8    b.  Modify the centralized statewide accounting system and
  8  9 develop, or require to be developed by the appropriate
  8 10 departments of state government, the necessary reports and
  8 11 procedures necessary to complete the managerial and financial
  8 12 reports required to comply with the federal law.
  8 13    Sec. 9.  Section 260D.12, as amended by 1994 Iowa Acts,
  8 14 chapter 1181, section 13, is amended to read as follows:
  8 15    260D.12  PAYMENT OF APPROPRIATION.
  8 16    Payment of appropriations for distribution under this
  8 17 chapter or of appropriations made in lieu of such
  8 18 appropriations, shall be made by the department of revenue and
  8 19 finance in four monthly installments due on or about November
  8 20 15, February 15, May 15, and August 15 the fifteenth day of
  8 21 each month of a budget year, and installments shall be as
  8 22 nearly equal as possible, as determined by the department of
  8 23 revenue and finance, taking into consideration the relative
  8 24 budget and cash position of the state resources.
  8 25    Sec. 10.  1994 Iowa Acts, chapter 1181, section 18, is
  8 26 amended to read as follows:
  8 27    SEC. 18.  CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE.  Sections 12, 13, 14,
  8 28 and 15 of this division shall take effect upon the publication
  8 29 date of the state comprehensive annual financial report
  8 30 prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
  8 31 principles which indicates that the payment of the obligation
  8 32 described in the section is made in accordance with generally
  8 33 accepted accounting principles July 1, 1995.  A report shall
  8 34 be made by the department of management to the Code editor on
  8 35 or before the publication date of the report.
  9  1    Sec. 11.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  Section 9 of this division of
  9  2 this Act, amending section 260D.12, takes effect July 1, 1995,
  9  3 and the remainder of the division, being deemed of immediate
  9  4 importance, takes effect upon enactment.  
  9  5                           DIVISION IV
  9  6                 CASH RESERVE AND SPECIAL FUNDS
  9  7    Sec. 12.  Section 8.55, subsection 3, Code 1995, is amended
  9  8 to read as follows:
  9  9    3.  The moneys in the Iowa economic emergency fund may be
  9 10 appropriated by the general assembly only in the fiscal year
  9 11 for which the appropriation is made.  The moneys shall only be
  9 12 appropriated by the general assembly for emergency
  9 13 expenditures.  However, except as provided in section 8.58,
  9 14 the balance in the Iowa economic emergency fund may be used in
  9 15 determining the cash position of the general fund of the state
  9 16 for the payment of state obligations.
  9 17    Sec. 13.  Section 8.55, subsection 4, Code 1995, is amended
  9 18 to read as follows:
  9 19    4.  Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest
  9 20 or earnings on moneys deposited in the Iowa economic emergency
  9 21 fund shall be credited to the rebuild Iowa economic emergency
  9 22 infrastructure fund.
  9 23    Sec. 14.  Section 8.56, subsection 1, Code 1995, is amended
  9 24 to read as follows:
  9 25    1.  A cash reserve fund is created in the state treasury.
  9 26 The cash reserve fund shall be separate from the general fund
  9 27 of the state and shall not be considered part of the general
  9 28 fund of the state except in determining the cash position of
  9 29 the state as provided in subsection 3.  The moneys in the cash
  9 30 reserve fund are not subject to section 8.33 and shall not be
  9 31 transferred, used, obligated, appropriated, or otherwise
  9 32 encumbered except as provided in this section.
  9 33 Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or
  9 34 earnings on moneys deposited in the cash reserve fund shall be
  9 35 credited to the rebuild Iowa economic emergency fund
 10  1 infrastructure fund created in section 8.57.  Moneys in the
 10  2 cash reserve fund may be used for cash flow purposes provided
 10  3 that any moneys so allocated are returned to the cash reserve
 10  4 fund by the end of each fiscal year.  However, the fund shall
 10  5 be considered a special account for the purposes of section
 10  6 8.53.
 10  7    Sec. 15.  Section 8.57, subsection 2, Code 1995, is amended
 10  8 to read as follows:
 10  9    2.  Moneys appropriated under subsection 1 shall be first
 10 10 credited to the cash reserve fund.  To the extent that moneys
 10 11 appropriated under subsection 1 would make the moneys in the
 10 12 cash reserve fund exceed the cash reserve goal percentage of
 10 13 the adjusted revenue estimate for the fiscal year, the moneys
 10 14 are appropriated to the department of management to be spent
 10 15 for the purpose of eliminating Iowa's GAAP deficit, including
 10 16 the payment of items budgeted in a subsequent fiscal year
 10 17 which under generally accepted accounting principles should be
 10 18 budgeted in the current fiscal year.  These moneys shall be
 10 19 deposited into a GAAP deficit reduction account established
 10 20 within the department of management.  Unspent moneys in this
 10 21 account shall be available for expenditure for subsequent
 10 22 fiscal years.  The department of management shall annually
 10 23 file with both houses of the general assembly at the time of
 10 24 the submission of the governor's budget, a schedule of the
 10 25 items for which moneys appropriated under this subsection for
 10 26 the purpose of eliminating Iowa's GAAP deficit, including the
 10 27 payment of items budgeted in a subsequent fiscal year which
 10 28 under generally accepted accounting principles should be
 10 29 budgeted in the current fiscal year, shall be spent.  The
 10 30 schedule shall indicate the fiscal year in which the spending
 10 31 for an item is to take place and shall incorporate the items
 10 32 detailed in 1994 Iowa Acts, chapter 1181, section 17.  The
 10 33 schedule shall list each item of expenditure and the estimated
 10 34 dollar amount of moneys to be spent on that item for the
 10 35 fiscal year.  The department of management may submit during a
 11  1 regular legislative session an amended schedule for
 11  2 legislative consideration.  If moneys appropriated under this
 11  3 subsection are not enough to pay for all listed expenditures,
 11  4 the department of management shall distribute the payments
 11  5 among the listed expenditure items.  Moneys appropriated to
 11  6 the department of management under this subsection shall not
 11  7 be spent on items other than those included in the filed
 11  8 schedule.  After elimination of the GAAP deficit, including
 11  9 elimination of the making of any appropriation in an incorrect
 11 10 fiscal year, any moneys in the GAAP deficit reduction account
 11 11 shall be appropriated On September 1 following the close of a
 11 12 fiscal year, moneys in the GAAP deficit reduction account
 11 13 which remain unexpended for items on the filed schedule for
 11 14 the previous fiscal year shall be credited to the Iowa
 11 15 economic emergency fund.
 11 16    Sec. 16.  Section 8.57, subsection 5, Code 1995, is amended
 11 17 to read as follows:
 11 18    5.  a.  A rebuild Iowa infrastructure account fund is
 11 19 created under the authority of the department of management.
 11 20 Moneys The fund shall consist of appropriations made to the
 11 21 fund and transfers of interest, earnings, and moneys from
 11 22 other funds as provided by law.  The fund shall be separate
 11 23 from the general fund of the state and the balance in the fund
 11 24 shall not be considered part of the balance of the general
 11 25 fund of the state.  However, the fund shall be considered a
 11 26 special account for the purposes of section 8.53, relating to
 11 27 generally accepted accounting principles.
 11 28    b.  Moneys in the infrastructure fund are not subject to
 11 29 section 8.33.  Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2,
 11 30 interest or earnings on moneys in the infrastructure fund
 11 31 shall be credited to the infrastructure fund.
 11 32    c.  Moneys in the account fund in a fiscal year shall be
 11 33 used as directed by the general assembly for public
 11 34 infrastructure-related expenditures.
 11 35    d.  The general assembly may provide that all or part of
 12  1 the moneys deposited in the GAAP deficit reduction account
 12  2 created in this section shall be transferred to the
 12  3 infrastructure account fund in lieu of appropriation of the
 12  4 moneys to the Iowa economic emergency fund.
 12  5    Sec. 17.  Section 8.58, Code 1995, is amended to read as
 12  6 follows:
 12  7    8.58  EXEMPTION FROM AUTOMATIC APPLICATION.
 12  8    To the extent that moneys appropriated under section 8.57
 12  9 do not result in moneys being credited to the general fund
 12 10 under section 8.55, subsection 2, moneys appropriated under
 12 11 section 8.57 and moneys contained in the cash reserve fund,
 12 12 rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund, and Iowa economic emergency
 12 13 fund shall not be considered in the application of any
 12 14 formula, index, or other statutory triggering mechanism which
 12 15 would affect appropriations, payments, or taxation rates,
 12 16 contrary provisions of the Code notwithstanding.
 12 17    To the extent that moneys appropriated under section 8.57
 12 18 do not result in moneys being credited to the general fund
 12 19 under section 8.55, subsection 2, moneys appropriated under
 12 20 section 8.57 and moneys contained in the cash reserve fund,
 12 21 rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund, and Iowa economic emergency
 12 22 fund shall not be considered by an arbitrator or in
 12 23 negotiations under chapter 20.
 12 24    Sec. 18.  NEW SECTION.  8.63  INNOVATIONS FUND.
 12 25    1.  An innovations fund is created in the state treasury
 12 26 under the control of the department of management for the
 12 27 purpose of stimulating and encouraging innovation in state
 12 28 government by the awarding of repayable loans to state
 12 29 agencies.
 12 30    2.  The director of the department of management shall
 12 31 establish an eight-member committee to be called the state
 12 32 innovations fund committee.  The committee shall review all
 12 33 requests for funds and approve loans of funds if the committee
 12 34 determines that an agency request would result in cost savings
 12 35 or added revenue to the general fund of the state.  Eligible
 13  1 projects are projects which cannot be funded from an agency's
 13  2 operating budget without adversely affecting the agency's
 13  3 normal service levels.  Projects may include, but are not
 13  4 limited to, purchase of advanced technology, contracting for
 13  5 expert services, and acquisition of equipment or supplies.
 13  6    3.  A state agency seeking a loan from the innovations fund
 13  7 shall complete an application form designed by the state
 13  8 innovations fund committee which employs a return on
 13  9 investment concept and demonstrates how state general fund
 13 10 expenditures will be reduced or how state general fund
 13 11 revenues will increase.  Minimum loan requirements for state
 13 12 agency requests shall be determined by the committee.  As an
 13 13 incentive to increase state general fund revenues, an agency
 13 14 may retain up to fifty percent of savings realized in
 13 15 connection with a loan from the innovations fund.  The amount
 13 16 retained shall be determined by the innovations fund
 13 17 committee.
 13 18    4.  In order for the innovations fund to be self-
 13 19 supporting, the innovations fund committee shall establish
 13 20 repayment schedules for each innovation fund loan awarded.
 13 21 Agencies shall repay the funds over a period not to exceed
 13 22 five years with interest, at a rate to be determined by the
 13 23 innovations fund committee.
 13 24    5.  Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest
 13 25 or earnings on moneys deposited in the innovations fund shall
 13 26 be credited to the innovations fund.  Notwithstanding section
 13 27 8.33, moneys remaining in the innovations fund at the end of a
 13 28 fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the state.
 13 29    Sec. 19.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This division of this Act, being
 13 30 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.  
 13 31                           DIVISION V
 13 32                       BUDGET SUBMISSIONS
 13 33    Sec. 20.  Section 8.23, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1995,
 13 34 is amended to read as follows:
 13 35    On or before September October 1, prior to each legislative
 14  1 session, all departments and establishments of the government
 14  2 shall transmit to the director, on blanks to be furnished by
 14  3 the director, estimates of their expenditure requirements,
 14  4 including every proposed expenditure, for the ensuing fiscal
 14  5 year, classified so as to distinguish between expenditures
 14  6 estimated for administration, operation, and maintenance, and
 14  7 the cost of each project involving the purchase of land or the
 14  8 making of a public improvement or capital outlay of a
 14  9 permanent character, together with supporting data and
 14 10 explanations as called for by the director.  The budget
 14 11 estimates shall include for those agencies which pay for
 14 12 energy directly a line item for energy expenses itemized by
 14 13 type of energy and location.  The estimates of expenditure
 14 14 requirements shall be based upon seventy-five percent of the
 14 15 funding provided for the current fiscal year accounted for by
 14 16 program reduced by the historical employee vacancy factor in
 14 17 form specified by the director and the remainder of the
 14 18 estimate of expenditure requirements prioritized by program.
 14 19 The estimates shall be accompanied with performance measures
 14 20 for evaluating the effectiveness of the program.  If a
 14 21 department or establishment fails to submit estimates within
 14 22 the time specified, the legislative fiscal bureau shall use
 14 23 the amounts of the appropriations to the department or
 14 24 establishment for the fiscal year in process at the time the
 14 25 estimates are required to be submitted as the amounts for the
 14 26 department's or establishment's request in the documents
 14 27 submitted to the general assembly for the ensuing fiscal year
 14 28 and the governor shall cause estimates to be prepared for that
 14 29 department or establishment as in the governor's opinion are
 14 30 reasonable and proper.  The director shall furnish standard
 14 31 budget request forms to each department or agency of state
 14 32 government.
 14 33    Sec. 21.  Section 8.35A, subsection 2, Code 1995, is
 14 34 amended to read as follows:
 14 35    2.  Commencing September October 1, the director shall
 15  1 provide weekly budget tapes in the form and level of detail
 15  2 requested by the legislative fiscal bureau reflecting
 15  3 finalized agency budget requests for the following fiscal year
 15  4 as submitted to the governor.  The director shall transmit all
 15  5 agency requests in final form to the legislative fiscal bureau
 15  6 by November 15.  Final budget records containing the
 15  7 governor's recommendation and final agency requests shall be
 15  8 transmitted to the legislative fiscal bureau by January 1 or
 15  9 no later than the date the governor's budget document is
 15 10 delivered to the printer.  The governor's recommendation
 15 11 included on this record shall be considered confidential by
 15 12 the legislative fiscal bureau until it is made public by the
 15 13 governor.  The legislative fiscal bureau shall use this data
 15 14 in the preparation of information for the legislative
 15 15 appropriation process.
 15 16    Sec. 22.  Section 456A.19, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code
 15 17 1995, is amended to read as follows:
 15 18    The department shall annually on or before September by
 15 19 October 1 of each year submit to the department of management
 15 20 for transmission to the general assembly a detailed estimate
 15 21 of the amount required by the department during the succeeding
 15 22 year for carrying on the activities embraced in the fish and
 15 23 wildlife division.  The estimate shall be in the same general
 15 24 form and detail as required by law in estimates submitted by
 15 25 other state departments.  
 15 26 SF 475
 15 27 jp/cc/26
     

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