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Senate Study Bill 1119

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321G.7, Code 1999, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    321G.7  FEES REMITTED TO COMMISSION – APPROPRIATION.
  1  4    1.  Within ten days after the end of each month, a county
  1  5 recorder shall remit to the commission the all-terrain vehicle
  1  6 and snowmobile fees collected by the recorder during the
  1  7 previous month.  Before January 10 of odd-numbered years, a
  1  8 recorder shall remit unused license forms from the previous
  1  9 biennium to the commission.
  1 10    2.  The department shall remit the fees to the treasurer of
  1 11 state, who shall place the money in a special conservation
  1 12 fund.  The money is appropriated to the department for the
  1 13 all-terrain vehicle and snowmobile programs of the state.
  1 14 All-terrain vehicle fees shall be used only for all-terrain
  1 15 vehicle programs and snowmobile fees shall be used only for
  1 16 snowmobile programs.  Joint programs shall be supported from
  1 17 both types of fees on a usage basis.  The all-terrain vehicle
  1 18 and snowmobile programs shall include grants, subgrants,
  1 19 contracts, or cost-sharing of all-terrain vehicle and
  1 20 snowmobile programs with political subdivisions or
  1 21 incorporated private organizations or both in accordance with
  1 22 rules adopted by the commission.  All all-terrain vehicle
  1 23 programs using cost-sharing, grants, subgrants, or contracts
  1 24 shall establish and implement a safety instruction program
  1 25 either singly or in cooperation with other all-terrain vehicle
  1 26 programs.  At least fifty percent of the special fund shall be
  1 27 available for political subdivisions or incorporated private
  1 28 organizations or both.  Moneys from the special fund not used
  1 29 by the political subdivisions or incorporated private
  1 30 organizations or both shall remain in the all-terrain vehicle
  1 31 or snowmobile accounts.  The department may use funds from
  1 32 these accounts for the administration of the all-terrain
  1 33 vehicle and snowmobile programs.
  1 34    3.  Moneys from the excise tax on motor fuels used in
  1 35 snowmobiles which are transferred to the fund pursuant to
  2  1 section 452A.79 shall be used for the following purposes:
  2  2    a.  The acquisition, development, promotion, and management
  2  3 of existing and new snowmobile recreation trails.
  2  4    b.  The administration, operation, and maintenance of
  2  5 recreational snowmobiling activities, including snowmobile
  2  6 safety courses, of the department of natural resources.
  2  7    Sec. 2.  Section 452A.79, Code 1999, is amended to read as
  2  8 follows:
  2  9    452A.79  USE OF REVENUE.
  2 10    1.  The Except as otherwise provided in this section, the
  2 11 net proceeds of the excise tax on the diesel special fuel and
  2 12 the excise tax on motor fuel and other special fuel, and
  2 13 penalties collected under the provision of this chapter, shall
  2 14 be credited to the road use tax fund.
  2 15    2.  Annually, the first four hundred eleven thousand three
  2 16 hundred eleven dollars derived from the excise tax on the sale
  2 17 of motor fuel used in watercraft, computed pursuant to section
  2 18 452A.84, shall be deposited in the general fund of the state.
  2 19 The moneys in excess of four hundred eleven thousand three
  2 20 hundred eleven dollars shall be deposited in the rebuild Iowa
  2 21 infrastructure fund.  Moneys deposited to the general fund and
  2 22 to the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund under this section
  2 23 subsection and section 452A.84 are subject to the requirements
  2 24 of section 8.60 and are subject to appropriation by the
  2 25 general assembly to the department of natural resources for
  2 26 use in its recreational boating program, which may include but
  2 27 is not limited to:
  2 28    1. a.  Dredging and renovation of natural lakes of this
  2 29 state.
  2 30    2. b.  Acquisition, development and maintenance of access
  2 31 to public boating waters.
  2 32    3. c.  Development and maintenance of boating facilities
  2 33 and navigation aids.
  2 34    4. d.  Administration, operation, and maintenance of
  2 35 recreational boating activities of the department of natural
  3  1 resources.
  3  2    5. e.  Acquisition, development and maintenance of
  3  3 recreation facilities associated with recreational boating.
  3  4    3.  Annually, the first one hundred thousand dollars
  3  5 derived from the excise tax on the sale of motor fuels used in
  3  6 snowmobiles, computed pursuant to section 452A.84, shall be
  3  7 transferred to the special conservation fund created in
  3  8 section 321G.7.  The moneys in excess of one hundred thousand
  3  9 dollars shall be deposited in the road use tax fund as
  3 10 provided in subsection 1.  Moneys deposited in the special
  3 11 conservation fund pursuant to this subsection shall be used
  3 12 for snowmobile trails and programs as specified in section
  3 13 321G.7.
  3 14    Sec. 3.  Section 452A.84, Code 1999, is amended to read as
  3 15 follows:
  3 16    452A.84  TRANSFER TO STATE GENERAL FUND FUNDS.
  3 17    1.  The treasurer of state shall transfer from the motor
  3 18 fuel tax fund to the general fund of the state that portion of
  3 19 moneys collected under this chapter attributable to motor fuel
  3 20 used in watercraft computed as follows:
  3 21    1. a.  Determine monthly the total amount of motor fuel tax
  3 22 collected under this chapter and multiply the amount by nine-
  3 23 tenths of one percent.
  3 24    2. b.  Subtract from the figure computed pursuant to
  3 25 subsection 1 of this section paragraph "a", three percent of
  3 26 the figure for administrative costs and further subtract from
  3 27 the figure the amounts refunded to commercial fishers pursuant
  3 28 to section 452A.17, subsection 1, paragraph "a", subparagraph
  3 29 (7).  All moneys remaining after claims for refund and the
  3 30 cost of administration have been made shall be transferred to
  3 31 the general fund of the state.
  3 32    2.  The treasurer of state shall transfer from the motor
  3 33 fuel tax fund to the special conservation fund that portion of
  3 34 moneys collected under this chapter attributable to motor fuel
  3 35 used in snowmobiles computed as follows:
  4  1    a.  Determine monthly the total amount of motor fuel tax
  4  2 collected under this chapter and multiply the amount by nine-
  4  3 tenths of one percent.
  4  4    b.  Subtract from the figure computed pursuant to paragraph
  4  5 "a", three percent of the figure for administrative costs.  
  4  6                           EXPLANATION
  4  7    This bill amends Code section 321G.7 to provide that moneys
  4  8 from the excise tax on the sale of motor fuels used in
  4  9 snowmobiles which are deposited in the special conservation
  4 10 fund, are to be used by the department of natural resources
  4 11 for snowmobile trails and programs.  Code section 452A.79 is
  4 12 also amended to direct that up to $100,000 of the snowmobile
  4 13 fuel tax revenues be deposited in the special conservation
  4 14 fund.
  4 15    The bill amends Code section 452A.84 to provide a formula
  4 16 for determining the amount of revenue derived annually from
  4 17 the excise tax on the sale of motor fuel used in snowmobiles.  
  4 18 LSB 2019XC 78
  4 19 nh/sc/14
     

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