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1 1 HOUSE FILE 698
1 2
1 3 AN ACT
1 4 RELATING TO REGULATORY AND EXPENDITURE MATTERS, MAKING
1 5 APPROPRIATIONS, AND INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE AND
1 6 RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY PROVISIONS.
1 7
1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 9
1 10 Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS FOR TEMPORARY UTILITY BOARD AND
1 11 CONSUMER ADVOCATE STAFFING. The utilities board and the
1 12 consumer advocate may employ additional temporary staff, or
1 13 may contract for professional services with persons who are
1 14 not state employees, as the board and the consumer advocate
1 15 deem necessary to perform required functions, including but
1 16 not limited to, review of power purchase contracts, review of
1 17 emission plans and budgets, and review of ratemaking
1 18 principles proposed for construction or lease of a new
1 19 generating facility pursuant to 2001 Iowa Acts, House File
1 20 577, if enacted. Beginning July 1, 2001, there is
1 21 appropriated out of any funds in the state treasury not
1 22 otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to
1 23 enable the board and the consumer advocate to hire additional
1 24 staff and contract for services under this section. The costs
1 25 of the additional staff and services shall be assessed to the
1 26 utilities pursuant to the procedure in section 476.10 and
1 27 section 475A.6.
1 28 Sec. 2. WORKFORCE ATTRITION PROGRAM AND FUND.
1 29 1. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending
1 30 June 30, 2002, the department of management shall establish a
1 31 workforce attrition program. The department shall administer
1 32 the program as necessary to achieve the goal of eliminating
1 33 full-time equivalent positions in the executive branch of
1 34 state government that approximate the number of executive
1 35 branch employees who voluntarily retire during the fiscal
2 1 year.
2 2 2. a. The department shall establish a workforce
2 3 attrition fund to receive transfers of moneys from executive
2 4 branch agencies and departments representing unused general
2 5 fund wages and benefits, after payment for vacation or sick
2 6 leave benefits, of employees who retire during the fiscal
2 7 year.
2 8 b. Unless an exception is authorized in accordance with
2 9 paragraph "c", if an employee of an executive branch
2 10 department or agency voluntarily retires during the fiscal
2 11 year, the department or agency shall transfer to the workforce
2 12 attrition fund the remaining amount of general fund salary and
2 13 benefits, after payment for vacation or sick leave benefits,
2 14 that would have been expended had the retired employee
2 15 remained on the payroll for the balance of the fiscal year.
2 16 In lieu of reporting in accordance with section 8.39, the
2 17 department of management shall report monthly to the
2 18 legislative fiscal committee and the legislative fiscal bureau
2 19 concerning the transfers made to the workforce attrition fund.
2 20 c. The department or agency table of organization shall be
2 21 revised to reflect the elimination of an equivalent number of
2 22 positions as retire in the department or agency during the
2 23 fiscal year. However, if the department determines that
2 24 eliminating a full-time equivalent position would severely
2 25 impact the department's or agency's mission or services, the
2 26 department or agency may appeal to the department of
2 27 management for an exception. If the department of management
2 28 concurs with the department's or agency's determination, the
2 29 exception shall be granted, the transfer to the workforce
2 30 attrition fund shall not be made, and the table of
2 31 organization shall not be revised.
2 32 3. Moneys transferred to the workforce attrition fund are
2 33 not subject to further transfer under section 8.39 or any
2 34 other provision of law and shall not be encumbered or
2 35 obligated unless appropriated. The moneys in the workforce
3 1 attrition fund at the close of the fiscal year beginning July
3 2 1, 2001, shall be transferred to the general fund of the state
3 3 and the program and fund shall be eliminated.
3 4 Sec. 3. Section 12.72, subsection 4, Code 2001, is amended
3 5 by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the
3 6 following:
3 7 4. a. The treasurer of state may create and establish one
3 8 or more special funds, to be known as "bond reserve funds", to
3 9 secure one or more issues of bonds or notes issued pursuant to
3 10 section 12.71. The treasurer of state shall pay into each
3 11 bond reserve fund any moneys appropriated and made available
3 12 by the state or the treasurer for the purpose of the fund, any
3 13 proceeds of sale of notes or bonds to the extent provided in
3 14 the resolutions authorizing their issuance, and any other
3 15 moneys which may be available to the treasurer for the purpose
3 16 of the fund from any other sources. All moneys held in a bond
3 17 reserve fund, except as otherwise provided in this chapter,
3 18 shall be used as required solely for the payment of the
3 19 principal of bonds secured in whole or in part by the fund or
3 20 of the sinking fund payments with respect to the bonds, the
3 21 purchase or redemption of the bonds, the payment of interest
3 22 on the bonds, or the payments of any redemption premium
3 23 required to be paid when the bonds are redeemed prior to
3 24 maturity.
3 25 b. Moneys in a bond reserve fund shall not be withdrawn
3 26 from it at any time in an amount that will reduce the amount
3 27 of the fund to less than the bond reserve fund requirement
3 28 established for the fund, as provided in this subsection,
3 29 except for the purpose of making, with respect to bonds
3 30 secured in whole or in part by the fund, payment when due of
3 31 principal, interest, redemption premiums, and the sinking fund
3 32 payments with respect to the bonds for the payment of which
3 33 other moneys of the treasurer are not available. Any income
3 34 or interest earned by, or incremental to, a bond reserve fund
3 35 due to the investment of it may be transferred by the
4 1 treasurer to other funds or accounts to the extent the
4 2 transfer does not reduce the amount of that bond reserve fund
4 3 below the bond reserve fund requirement for it.
4 4 c. The treasurer of state shall not at any time issue
4 5 bonds, secured in whole or in part by a bond reserve fund if,
4 6 upon the issuance of the bonds, the amount in the bond reserve
4 7 fund will be less than the bond reserve fund requirement for
4 8 the fund, unless the treasurer at the time of issuance of the
4 9 bonds deposits in the fund from the proceeds of the bonds
4 10 issued or from other sources an amount which, together with
4 11 the amount then in the fund will not be less than the bond
4 12 reserve fund requirement for the fund. For the purposes of
4 13 this subsection, the term "bond reserve fund requirement"
4 14 means, as of any particular date of computation, an amount of
4 15 money, as provided in the resolutions authorizing the bonds
4 16 with respect to which the fund is established.
4 17 d. To assure the continued solvency of any bonds secured
4 18 by the bond reserve fund, provision is made in paragraph "a"
4 19 for the accumulation in each bond reserve fund of an amount
4 20 equal to the bond reserve fund requirement for the fund. In
4 21 order further to assure maintenance of the bond reserve funds,
4 22 the treasurer shall, on or before January 1 of each calendar
4 23 year, make and deliver to the governor the treasurer's
4 24 certificate stating the sum, if any, required to restore each
4 25 bond reserve fund to the bond reserve fund requirement for
4 26 that fund. Within thirty days after the beginning of the
4 27 session of the general assembly next following the delivery of
4 28 the certificate, the governor shall submit to both houses
4 29 printed copies of a budget including the sum, if any, required
4 30 to restore each bond reserve fund to the bond reserve fund
4 31 requirement for that fund. Any sums appropriated by the
4 32 general assembly and paid to the treasurer pursuant to this
4 33 subsection shall be deposited by the authority in the
4 34 applicable bond reserve fund.
4 35 Sec. 4. Section 12.82, subsection 4, Code 2001, is amended
5 1 by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the
5 2 following:
5 3 4. a. The treasurer of state may create and establish one
5 4 or more special funds, to be known as "bond reserve funds", to
5 5 secure one or more issues of bonds or notes issued pursuant to
5 6 section 12.81. The treasurer of state shall pay into each
5 7 bond reserve fund any moneys appropriated and made available
5 8 by the state or the treasurer for the purpose of the fund, any
5 9 proceeds of sale of notes or bonds to the extent provided in
5 10 the resolutions authorizing their issuance, and any other
5 11 moneys which may be available to the treasurer for the purpose
5 12 of the fund from any other sources. All moneys held in a bond
5 13 reserve fund, except as otherwise provided in this chapter,
5 14 shall be used as required solely for the payment of the
5 15 principal of bonds secured in whole or in part by the fund or
5 16 of the sinking fund payments with respect to the bonds, the
5 17 purchase or redemption of the bonds, the payment of interest
5 18 on the bonds, or the payments of any redemption premium
5 19 required to be paid when the bonds are redeemed prior to
5 20 maturity.
5 21 b. Moneys in a bond reserve fund shall not be withdrawn
5 22 from it at any time in an amount that will reduce the amount
5 23 of the fund to less than the bond reserve fund requirement
5 24 established for the fund, as provided in this subsection,
5 25 except for the purpose of making, with respect to bonds
5 26 secured in whole or in part by the fund, payment when due of
5 27 principal, interest, redemption premiums, and the sinking fund
5 28 payments with respect to the bonds for the payment of which
5 29 other moneys of the treasurer are not available. Any income
5 30 or interest earned by, or incremental to, a bond reserve fund
5 31 due to the investment of it may be transferred by the
5 32 treasurer to other funds or accounts to the extent the
5 33 transfer does not reduce the amount of that bond reserve fund
5 34 below the bond reserve fund requirement for it.
5 35 c. The treasurer of state shall not at any time issue
6 1 bonds, secured in whole or in part by a bond reserve fund if,
6 2 upon the issuance of the bonds, the amount in the bond reserve
6 3 fund will be less than the bond reserve fund requirement for
6 4 the fund, unless the treasurer at the time of issuance of the
6 5 bonds deposits in the fund from the proceeds of the bonds
6 6 issued or from other sources an amount which, together with
6 7 the amount then in the fund will not be less than the bond
6 8 reserve fund requirement for the fund. For the purposes of
6 9 this subsection, the term "bond reserve fund requirement"
6 10 means, as of any particular date of computation, an amount of
6 11 money, as provided in the resolutions authorizing the bonds
6 12 with respect to which the fund is established.
6 13 d. To assure the continued solvency of any bonds secured
6 14 by the bond reserve fund, provision is made in paragraph "a"
6 15 for the accumulation in each bond reserve fund of an amount
6 16 equal to the bond reserve fund requirement for the fund. In
6 17 order further to assure maintenance of the bond reserve funds,
6 18 the treasurer shall, on or before January 1 of each calendar
6 19 year, make and deliver to the governor the treasurer's
6 20 certificate stating the sum, if any, required to restore each
6 21 bond reserve fund to the bond reserve fund requirement for
6 22 that fund. Within thirty days after the beginning of the
6 23 session of the general assembly next following the delivery of
6 24 the certificate, the governor shall submit to both houses
6 25 printed copies of a budget including the sum, if any, required
6 26 to restore each bond reserve fund to the bond reserve fund
6 27 requirement for that fund. Any sums appropriated by the
6 28 general assembly and paid to the treasurer pursuant to this
6 29 subsection shall be deposited by the authority in the
6 30 applicable bond reserve fund.
6 31 Sec. 5. 1998 Iowa Acts, chapter 1219, section 6,
6 32 subsection 6, is amended by adding the following new
6 33 paragraphs:
6 34 NEW PARAGRAPH. a. The department of general services is
6 35 authorized pursuant to section 18.12, subsection 12, to
7 1 dispose of the real property located at the northwest corner
7 2 of the intersection of Grand and Pennsylvania avenues on which
7 3 the parking structure is to be located and any structures
7 4 located on such real property. The department may enter into
7 5 an agreement under chapter 28E with public and private
7 6 agencies for purposes of the planning, design, construction,
7 7 ownership, operation, or maintenance of the parking structure.
7 8 In conjunction with the chapter 28E agreement, the department
7 9 is authorized to enter into a long-term lease agreement for
7 10 office space located on property adjacent to the property on
7 11 which the parking structure is to be located.
7 12 NEW PARAGRAPH. b. The department may obligate and use
7 13 moneys appropriated in this subsection as consideration to
7 14 acquire on behalf of the state an interest in the completed
7 15 parking structure and real property on which the parking
7 16 structure is located pursuant to the terms of the chapter 28E
7 17 agreement described in paragraph "a". Notwithstanding
7 18 anything to the contrary in section 18.12, subsection 12,
7 19 moneys expended from the appropriation in this subsection that
7 20 are reimbursed to the department by a party to the chapter 28E
7 21 agreement shall be credited to the appropriation in this
7 22 subsection and shall be used to acquire an interest on behalf
7 23 of the state in the completed parking structure and real
7 24 property as described in this paragraph.
7 25 NEW PARAGRAPH. c. Notwithstanding section 8.33 or any
7 26 provision of this section to the contrary, unencumbered or
7 27 unobligated funds remaining on June 30, 2003, from the funds
7 28 appropriated in this subsection, shall revert to the rebuild
7 29 Iowa infrastructure fund on August 31, 2003.
7 30 Sec. 6. 1999 Iowa Acts, chapter 204, section 4, subsection
7 31 6, is amended by adding the following new paragraphs after the
7 32 last unnumbered paragraph:
7 33 NEW PARAGRAPH. a. The department of general services is
7 34 authorized pursuant to section 18.12, subsection 12, to
7 35 dispose of the real property located at the northwest corner
8 1 of the intersection of Grand and Pennsylvania avenues on which
8 2 the parking structure is to be located and any structures
8 3 located on such real property. The department may enter into
8 4 an agreement under chapter 28E with public and private
8 5 agencies for purposes of the planning, design, construction,
8 6 ownership, operation, or maintenance of the parking structure.
8 7 In conjunction with the chapter 28E agreement, the department
8 8 is authorized to enter into a long-term lease agreement for
8 9 office space located on property adjacent to the property on
8 10 which the parking structure is to be located.
8 11 NEW PARAGRAPH. b. The department may obligate and use
8 12 moneys appropriated in this subsection as consideration to
8 13 acquire on behalf of the state an interest in the completed
8 14 parking structure and real property on which the parking
8 15 structure is located pursuant to the terms of the chapter 28E
8 16 agreement described in paragraph "a". Notwithstanding
8 17 anything to the contrary in section 18.12, subsection 12,
8 18 moneys expended from the appropriation in this subsection that
8 19 are reimbursed to the department by a party to the chapter 28E
8 20 agreement shall be credited to the appropriation in this
8 21 subsection and shall be used to acquire an interest on behalf
8 22 of the state in the completed parking structure and real
8 23 property as described in this paragraph.
8 24 NEW PARAGRAPH. c. Notwithstanding section 8.33, or any
8 25 provision of this Act to the contrary, unencumbered or
8 26 unobligated funds remaining on June 30, 2003, from the funds
8 27 appropriated in this subsection, shall revert to the rebuild
8 28 Iowa infrastructure fund on August 31, 2003.
8 29 Sec. 7. EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATES. This Act,
8 30 being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
8 31 enactment and, if approved by the governor after July 1, 2001,
8 32 shall apply retroactively to July 1, 2001.
8 33
8 34
8 35
9 1 BRENT SIEGRIST
9 2 Speaker of the House
9 3
9 4
9 5
9 6 MARY E. KRAMER
9 7 President of the Senate
9 8
9 9 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
9 10 is known as House File 698, Seventy-ninth General Assembly.
9 11
9 12
9 13
9 14 MARGARET THOMSON
9 15 Chief Clerk of the House
9 16 Approved , 2001
9 17
9 18
9 19
9 20 THOMAS J. VILSACK
9 21 Governor
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