Text: HSB00633 Text: HSB00635 Text: HSB00600 - HSB00699 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 8.33, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 1 2 1997, is amended to read as follows: 1 3NoA payment of an obligation for goods and services shall 1 4 not be charged to an appropriation subsequent to the last day 1 5 of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made unless 1 6 the goods or services are received on or before the last day 1 7 of the fiscal year, except thatrepairpayments for the 1 8 following obligations for goods and services, which were 1 9 committed and in progress prior to the end of the fiscal year, 1 10 are excluded from this provision: 1 11 1. Repair projects, purchase. 1 12 2. Purchase of specialized equipment and furnishings,and1 13otherincluding the purchase of goods and services from Iowa 1 14 prison industries which are received or completed within 1 15 ninety days of the commencement of the succeeding fiscal year. 1 16 3. Other contracts for services and capital expenditures 1 17 for the purchase of land or the erection of buildings or new 1 18 construction or remodeling, which were committed and in1 19progress prior to the end of the fiscal year are excluded from1 20this provision. 1 21 Sec. 2. Section 904.706, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1 22 1997, is amended to read as follows: 1 23 A revolving farm fund is created in the state treasury in 1 24 which the department shall deposit receipts from agricultural 1 25 products, nursery stock, agricultural land rentals, and the 1 26 sale of livestock. However, before any agricultural operation 1 27 is phased out, the department which proposes to discontinue 1 28 this operation shall notify the governor, chairpersons and 1 29 ranking members of the house and senate appropriations 1 30 committees, and cochairpersons and ranking members of the 1 31 subcommittee in the senate and house of representatives which 1 32 has handled the appropriation for this department in the past 1 33 session of the general assembly. Before the department sells 1 34 farmland under the control of the department, the director 1 35 shall notify the governor, chairpersons and ranking members of 2 1 the house and senate appropriations committees, and 2 2 cochairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations 2 3 subcommittee that handled the appropriation for the department 2 4 during the past session of the general assembly. The 2 5 department may pay from the fund for the operation, 2 6 maintenance, and improvement of farms and agricultural or 2 7 nursery property under the control of the department. A 2 8 purchase order for five thousand dollars or less payable from 2 9 the fund is exempt from the general purchasing requirements of 2 10 chapter 18. Notwithstanding section 8.33, unencumbered or 2 11 unobligated receipts in the revolving farm fund, as well as 2 12 the proceeds earned from investment of the fund balance, which 2 13 remain at the end ofathe revolving farm fund's fiscal year 2 14 shall not revert to the general fund of the state. The 2 15 revolving farm fund's fiscal year is the calendar year. 2 16 Sec. 3. Section 904.809, subsection 5, Code Supplement 2 17 1997, is amended to read as follows: 2 18 5. An inmate of a correctional institution employed 2 19 pursuant to this section shall surrender to the department of 2 20 corrections the inmate's total earnings less deductions for 2 21 federal, state, and local taxes, and any other payroll 2 22 deductions required by law.The department of corrections2 23shall deduct twenty percent of the balance to be credited to2 24the inmate's general account. The department shall then2 25deduct from the earnings remaining as follows:2 26a. The department shall first deduct the following amounts2 27 The inmate's employer shall collect all required tax 2 28 deductions and shall deliver the remaining payroll to the 2 29 department of corrections at the institution where the inmate 2 30 is housed. The inmate's employer shall provide each employed 2 31 inmate with the withholdings statement required under section 2 32 422.16, and any other employment information necessary for the 2 33 filing of an income tax return by the employed inmate. Upon 2 34 receipt of the remainder of an inmate's payroll earnings, 2 35 deductions, as applicable, shall be made in the following 3 1 order of priority: 3 2(1)a. Twenty percent, to be deposited in the inmate's 3 3 general account. 3 4 b. An amount the inmate may be legally obligated to pay 3 5 for the support of the inmate's dependents, the amount of 3 6 which shall be paid to the dependents through the department 3 7 of humanservicesservices' collection services center. 3 8(2)c. Restitution as ordered by the court pursuant to 3 9 chapter 910, not to exceed twenty percent, unless specifically 3 10 ordered by a court with jurisdiction over the inmate. 3 11(3)d. Five percentof the balanceto the victim 3 12 compensation fund created in section 912.14. 3 13(4)e. An amount the inmate islegallyobligated to pay 3 14 for any other legal or department financial obligation. 3 15(5)f.An amount determined to be the costThe balance of 3 16 the payroll shall be deposited in a special account for 3 17 reimbursement to the department of corrections forproviding3 18forthe costs of the inmate's incarcerationof the inmate. 3 19b. Of the balance remaining after deductions and payments3 20required pursuant to paragraph "a", the department shall3 21deposit in the Iowa state industries revolving fund created in3 22section 904.813, an amount equal to the costs incurred by the3 23fund related to the inmate's employment pursuant to this3 24section. Any balance remaining after the deductions and3 25payments required by this subsection shall be credited to the3 26inmate's general account.3 27 EXPLANATION 3 28 This bill makes changes relating to funds paid to or 3 29 administered by the department of corrections. 3 30 Code section 8.33 is amended to add the purchase of goods 3 31 and services from Iowa prison industries to those activities 3 32 which may be charged against an appropriation after the last 3 33 day of a fiscal year if the funds are committed and the 3 34 activity is in progress on or before the end of the fiscal 3 35 year. 4 1 Code section 904.706 is amended to prevent the reversion of 4 2 proceeds earned from investment of the revolving farm fund 4 3 balance. Currently, the Code section only provides that any 4 4 unencumbered or unobligated receipts in the fund do not 4 5 revert. 4 6 Code section 904.809 is amended to provide that private 4 7 employers of inmates of correctional institutions are to 4 8 collect all required tax deductions and then deliver the 4 9 payroll balance to the department of corrections. The 4 10 employer is also to provide the employed inmate with 4 11 withholdings statements and any other information necessary 4 12 for the filing of the inmate's tax returns. The deductions 4 13 which are then to be made by the department of corrections 4 14 from the balance of an inmate's earnings are modified to 4 15 provide for the initial deduction of 20 percent of the balance 4 16 for deposit in the inmate's general account, capping the 4 17 amount of the deduction for restitution at 20 percent, and 4 18 providing that any remaining balance is to be deposited in a 4 19 special account for reimbursement to the department for the 4 20 costs of the inmate's incarceration. 4 21 LSB 3550DP 77 4 22 lh/cf/24.1
Text: HSB00633 Text: HSB00635 Text: HSB00600 - HSB00699 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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