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PAG LIN 1 1 STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 1 2 Section 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of 1 3 the state to the state department of transportation for the 1 4 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999, 1 5 the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to 1 6 be used for the purposes designated: 1 7 1. a. For providing assistance for the restoration, 1 8 conservation, improvement, and construction of railroad main 1 9 lines, branch lines, switching yards, and sidings as required 1 10 in section 327H.18, for use by the Iowa railway finance 1 11 authority as provided in chapter 327I: 1 12 .................................................. $ 1,190,000 1 13 b. For airport engineering studies and improvement 1 14 projects as provided in chapter 328: 1 15 .................................................. $ 2,484,000 1 16 2. For planning and programming, for salaries, support, 1 17 maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes: 1 18 .................................................. $ 265,465 1 19 3. For transfer to the Iowa civil air patrol: 1 20 .................................................. $ 16,000 1 21 Sec. 2. There is appropriated from the road use tax fund 1 22 to the state department of transportation for the fiscal year 1 23 beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999, the 1 24 following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, for the 1 25 purposes designated: 1 26 1. For the payment of costs associated with the production 1 27 of motor vehicle licenses, as defined in section 321.1, 1 28 subsection 43: 1 29 .................................................. $ 1,644,000 1 30 2. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous 1 31 purposes: 1 32 a. Operations and finance: 1 33 .................................................. $ 4,603,525 1 34 b. Administrative services: 1 35 .................................................. $ 901,910 2 1 c. Planning and programming: 2 2 .................................................. $ 443,490 2 3 d. Motor vehicles: 2 4 .................................................. $ 23,855,755 2 5 3. For payments to the department of personnel for 2 6 expenses incurred in administering the merit system on behalf 2 7 of the state department of transportation, as required by 2 8 chapter 19A: 2 9 .................................................. $ 35,000 2 10 4. Unemployment compensation: 2 11 .................................................. $ 17,000 2 12 5. For payments to the department of personnel for paying 2 13 workers' compensation claims under chapter 85 on behalf of 2 14 employees of the state department of transportation: 2 15 .................................................. $ 77,000 2 16 6. For payment to the general fund of the state for 2 17 indirect cost recoveries: 2 18 .................................................. $ 96,000 2 19 7. For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit 2 20 expenses as provided in section 11.5B: 2 21 .................................................. $ 37,520 2 22 8. For up to the following amount for membership in the 2 23 North America's superhighway corridor coalition: 2 24 .................................................. $ 150,000 2 25 9. For transfer to the department of public safety for 2 26 operating a system providing toll-free telephone road and 2 27 weather conditions information: 2 28 .................................................. $ 100,000 2 29 10. For improvements to scale facility in Fremont county: 2 30 .................................................. $ 550,000 2 31 Sec. 3. There is appropriated from the primary road fund 2 32 to the state department of transportation for the fiscal year 2 33 beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999, the 2 34 following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be 2 35 used for the purposes designated: 3 1 1. For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous 3 2 purposes and the following full-time equivalent positions: 3 3 a. Operations and finance: 3 4 .................................................. $ 28,278,797 3 5 ............................................... FTEs 271.00 3 6 b. Administrative services: 3 7 .................................................. $ 5,540,303 3 8 ............................................... FTEs 98.00 3 9 c. Planning and programming: 3 10 .................................................. $ 8,417,646 3 11 ............................................... FTEs 174.00 3 12 d. Project development: 3 13 .................................................. $ 55,478,000 3 14 ............................................... FTEs 1,174.00 3 15 Not more than $317,000, plus an allocation for salary 3 16 adjustment, shall be expended from the highway beautification 3 17 fund for salaries and benefits for not more than 9.00 FTEs. 3 18 e. Maintenance: 3 19 .................................................. $101,812,000 3 20 ............................................... FTEs 1,591.00 3 21 f. Motor vehicles: 3 22 .................................................. $ 917,265 3 23 ............................................... FTEs 563.00 3 24 2. For deposit in the state department of transportation's 3 25 highway materials and equipment revolving fund established by 3 26 section 307.47 for funding the increased replacement cost of 3 27 equipment: 3 28 .................................................. $ 3,939,000 3 29 Not more than $3,371,000 plus an allocation for salary 3 30 adjustment, from the highway materials and equipment revolving 3 31 fund, shall be expended for salaries and benefits for not more 3 32 than 89.00 FTEs. 3 33 3. For payments to the department of personnel for 3 34 expenses incurred in administering the merit system on behalf 3 35 of the state department of transportation, as required by 4 1 chapter 19A: 4 2 .................................................. $ 665,000 4 3 4. Unemployment compensation: 4 4 .................................................. $ 328,000 4 5 5. For payments to the department of personnel for paying 4 6 workers' compensation claims under chapter 85 on behalf of the 4 7 employees of the state department of transportation: 4 8 .................................................. $ 1,463,000 4 9 6. For disposal of hazardous wastes from field locations 4 10 and the central complex: 4 11 .................................................. $ 1,000,000 4 12 7. For payment to the general fund for indirect cost 4 13 recoveries: 4 14 .................................................. $ 704,000 4 15 8. For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit 4 16 expenses as provided in section 11.5B: 4 17 .................................................. $ 230,480 4 18 9. For improvements to upgrade the handling of wastewater 4 19 at various field facilities throughout the state: 4 20 .................................................. $ 300,000 4 21 10. For replacement of roofs according to the department's 4 22 priority list at field facilities throughout the state: 4 23 .................................................. $ 300,000 4 24 11. For field garage facilities throughout the state: 4 25 .................................................. $ 1,500,000 4 26 12. For the federal Americans With Disabilities Act 4 27 accessibility improvements to department facilities throughout 4 28 the state: 4 29 .................................................. $ 200,000 4 30 13. For construction of salt storage building at various 4 31 field facilities throughout the state: 4 32 .................................................. $ 500,000 4 33 14. For remodeling the third floor of the administration 4 34 building in Ames, including the removal of asbestos and the 4 35 replacement of HVAC and electrical systems: 5 1 .................................................. $ 1,250,000 5 2 Section 8.33 does not apply to funds appropriated in 5 3 subsections 9 through 14. Funds appropriated in subsections 9 5 4 through 14 shall remain available for expenditure for the 5 5 purposes designated until June 30, 2001. Unencumbered or 5 6 unobligated funds remaining on June 30, 2001, from funds 5 7 appropriated in subsections 9 through 14 shall revert to the 5 8 primary road fund on August 31, 2001. 5 9 Sec. 4. There is appropriated from the motorcycle rider 5 10 education fund to the department of transportation for the 5 11 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999, 5 12 for the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, 5 13 to be used for the purpose designated: 5 14 For a grant to a state affiliate of a national group of 5 15 motorcycle riders, for the purchase of motorcycles and related 5 16 equipment to be used for training and educating persons to 5 17 operate motorcycles in a safe manner: 5 18 .................................................. $ 25,000 5 19 Sec. 5. Section 312.2, subsection 13, Code 1997, is 5 20 amended to read as follows: 5 21 13. The treasurer of state, before making the allotments 5 22 provided for in this section, shall credit annually to the 5 23 general fund of the state from revenues credited to the road 5 24 use tax fund under section 423.24, subsection 1, paragraph 5 25 "d", an amount equal totwenty-fiveten cents on each title 5 26 issuance for motor vehicle fraud law enforcement and 5 27 prosecution purposes including, but not limited to, the 5 28 enforcement of state and federal odometer laws. Moneys 5 29 deposited to the general fund under this subsection are 5 30 subject to the requirements of section 8.60. This subsection 5 31 shall be repealed at the end of fiscal year 1999. 5 32 Sec. 6. Section 602.8108, subsection 5, Code 1997, is 5 33 amended to read as follows: 5 34 5. The state court administrator shall allocate all of the 5 35 fines and fees attributable to commercial vehicle violation 6 1 citations issued by motor vehicle division personnel of the 6 2 state department of transportation to the treasurer of state 6 3 for deposit in the road use tax fund.However, the fines and6 4fees to be deposited under this subsection shall not be6 5deposited in the road use tax fund unless and until the6 6deposit to the Iowa prison infrastructure fund provided for in6 7section 602.8108A has been made.6 8 Sec. 7. Section 602.8108A, subsection 1, Code Supplement 6 9 1997, is amended to read as follows: 6 10 1. The Iowa prison infrastructure fund is created and 6 11 established as a separate and distinct fund in the state 6 12 treasury. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter 6 13 to the contrary, the first eight million dollars and, 6 14 beginning July 1, 1997, the first nine million five hundred 6 15 thousand dollars, of moneys remitted to the treasurer of state 6 16 from fines, fees, costs, and forfeited bail collected by the 6 17 clerks of the district court in criminal cases, including 6 18 those collected for both scheduled and nonscheduled 6 19 violations, collected in each fiscal year commencing with the 6 20 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1995, shall be deposited in the 6 21 fund. Interest and other income earned by the fund shall be 6 22 deposited in the fund. However, beginning with the fiscal 6 23 year beginning July 1, 1998, all fines and fees attributable 6 24 to commercial vehicle violation citations issued after July 1, 6 25 1998, shall be deposited as provided in section 602.8108, 6 26 subsection 5. If the treasurer of state determines pursuant 6 27 to 1994 Iowa Acts, chapter 1196, that bonds can be issued 6 28 pursuant to this section and section 16.177, then the moneys 6 29 in the fund are appropriated to and for the purpose of paying 6 30 the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on bonds 6 31 issued by the Iowa finance authority under section 16.177. 6 32 Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, amounts in the 6 33 funds shall not be subject to appropriation for any purpose by 6 34 the general assembly, but shall be used only for the purposes 6 35 set forth in this section. The treasurer of state shall act 7 1 as custodian of the fund and disburse amounts contained in it 7 2 as directed by the department of corrections including the 7 3 automatic disbursement of funds pursuant to the terms of bond 7 4 indentures and documents and security provisions to trustees 7 5 and custodians. The treasurer of state is authorized to 7 6 invest the funds deposited in the fund subject to any 7 7 limitations contained in any applicable bond proceedings. Any 7 8 amounts remaining in the fund at the end of each fiscal year 7 9 shall be transferred to the general fund of the state. 7 10 EXPLANATION 7 11 This bill makes appropriations from the general fund of the 7 12 state, the road use tax fund, and the primary road fund to the 7 13 state department of transportation and from the primary road 7 14 fund to the department of public safety. 7 15 Appropriations from the general fund include appropriations 7 16 for railroad lines, airport engineering studies, civil air 7 17 patrol, and planning and programming. 7 18 Appropriations from the road use tax fund include 7 19 appropriations for license plate production costs, salaries, 7 20 operations, motor vehicles, unemployment and workers' 7 21 compensation, membership in the North America's superhighway 7 22 corridor coalition and indirect cost recoveries. 7 23 Appropriations from the primary road fund include 7 24 appropriations for salaries, operations, planning and 7 25 programming, project development, maintenance, motor vehicles, 7 26 equipment, the merit system, unemployment and workers' 7 27 compensation, disposal of hazardous wastes at field locations, 7 28 indirect costs, wastewater handling, roof replacement at field 7 29 facilities, field garages, operations, for a system providing 7 30 toll-free telephone road and weather reports, scale facility 7 31 in Fremont county, compliance with ADA at department 7 32 facilities, construction of salt storage facilities and for 7 33 remodeling of the administration building at Ames. 7 34 This bill reduces the amount credited to the general fund 7 35 from the funds collected on each title issuance from 25 cents 8 1 to 10 cents for the fiscal year 1998-1999, and no funds shall 8 2 be appropriated from title issuance fees to the general fund 8 3 after the fiscal year 1998-1999. All fees shall be deposited 8 4 in the road use tax fund after fiscal year 1998-1999. 8 5 This bill eliminates the requirement that fines and fees 8 6 attributable to commercial vehicle violations be first 8 7 deposited in the Iowa prison infrastructure fund before being 8 8 deposited in the road use tax fund. 8 9 LSB 3178JA 77 8 10 jm/jl/8.3
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