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  1  1                                             HOUSE FILE 759
  1  2 
  1  3                             AN ACT
  1  4 RELATING TO PUBLIC FUNDING AND REGULATORY MATTERS AND MAKING
  1  5    AND REDUCING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING
  1  6    JULY 1, 2001, AND INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY
  1  7    PROVISIONS. 
  1  8 
  1  9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  1 10 
  1 11                           DIVISION I
  1 12                        EXECUTIVE BRANCH
  1 13    Section 1.  STANDING APPROPRIATIONS.  After applying the
  1 14 reduction made pursuant to executive order number 24 to the
  1 15 appropriations for the following designated purposes, there is
  1 16 appropriated from the general fund of the state for the fiscal
  1 17 year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, the
  1 18 following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
  1 19 supplement the appropriations for the following designated
  1 20 purposes:
  1 21    1.  For the endowment for Iowa's health account of the
  1 22 tobacco settlement trust fund in 2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 174,
  1 23 section 1, subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph 2:  
  1 24 .................................................. $    311,664
  1 25    2.  For payment of claims against the state by the state
  1 26 appeals board in sections 25.2 and 669.11:  
  1 27 .................................................. $    236,500
  1 28    3.  For performance of duty by the executive council in
  1 29 sections 7D.29, 18.12, and 29C.20:  
  1 30 .................................................. $     64,500
  1 31    4.  For payment of expenses, compensation, and claims
  1 32 incurred by members of the national guard while on active duty
  1 33 in section 29A.29:  
  1 34 .................................................. $      4,730
  1 35    5.  For the secretary of state's administration of absentee
  2  1 ballots for Iowa residents serving in the armed forces in
  2  2 section 53.50:  
  2  3 .................................................. $        151
  2  4    6.  For state unemployment compensation administration
  2  5 under chapter 96:  
  2  6 .................................................. $     15,179
  2  7    7.  For the Iowa early intervention block grant program in
  2  8 section 256D.5, subsection 1:  
  2  9 .................................................. $  1,290,000
  2 10    8.  For instructional support state aid to school districts
  2 11 in section 257.20:  
  2 12 .................................................. $    636,324
  2 13    9.  For tuition grants in section 261.25, subsection 1:  
  2 14 .................................................. $    425,000
  2 15    10.  For child development grants and other programs for
  2 16 at-risk children in section 279.51:  
  2 17 .................................................. $    497,080
  2 18    11.  For educational excellence in section 294A.25,
  2 19 including the distributions required by that section, as
  2 20 amended by 2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 181, sections 21, 22, and
  2 21 24:  
  2 22 .................................................. $  3,478,327
  2 23    12.  For school improvement technology in section 256D.5,
  2 24 subsection 2:  
  2 25 .................................................. $    430,000
  2 26    13.  For the property tax relief fund in section 426B.1:  
  2 27 .................................................. $  4,085,000
  2 28    14.  For payment of costs associated with extradition of
  2 29 criminals in section 820.24:  
  2 30 .................................................. $        172
  2 31    Sec. 2.  ICN DEBT SERVICE.  After applying the reduction
  2 32 made pursuant to executive order number 24 to the
  2 33 appropriation made for the following designated purpose, there
  2 34 is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
  2 35 treasurer of state for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001,
  3  1 and ending June 30, 2002, the following amount, or so much
  3  2 thereof as is necessary, to supplement the appropriation for
  3  3 the following designated purpose:
  3  4    For Iowa communications network debt service in 2001 Iowa
  3  5 Acts, chapter 176, section 21:  
  3  6 .................................................. $    427,384
  3  7    Sec. 3.  NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
  3  8 After applying the reduction made pursuant to executive order
  3  9 number 24 to the appropriation made for the following
  3 10 designated purpose, there is appropriated from the general
  3 11 fund of the state to the college student aid commission for
  3 12 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30,
  3 13 2002, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
  3 14 necessary, to supplement the appropriation for the following
  3 15 designated purpose:
  3 16    For the national guard educational assistance program in
  3 17 2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 181, section 1, subsection 6:  
  3 18 .................................................. $     50,525
  3 19    Sec. 4.  COMMUNITY COLLEGES.  After applying the reduction
  3 20 made pursuant to executive order number 24 to the
  3 21 appropriation made for community colleges, there is
  3 22 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
  3 23 department of education for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
  3 24 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, the following amount, or so
  3 25 much thereof as is necessary, to supplement the following
  3 26 appropriation:
  3 27    To supplement the appropriation made in 2001 Iowa Acts,
  3 28 chapter 181, section 6, subsection 14, for general state
  3 29 financial aid, including general financial aid to merged areas
  3 30 in lieu of personal property tax replacement payments, to
  3 31 merged areas as defined in section 260C.2, for vocational
  3 32 education programs in accordance with chapters 258 and 260C:  
  3 33 .................................................. $  1,000,000
  3 34    The appropriation made in this section shall be distributed
  3 35 among the merged areas listed in 2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 181,
  4  1 section 6, subsection 14, in proportion to the amount that
  4  2 each original allocation bears to the total amount originally
  4  3 appropriated in the subsection.
  4  4    Sec. 5.  STATE BOARD OF REGENTS.  After applying the
  4  5 reduction made pursuant to executive order number 24 to the
  4  6 appropriations for the following designated purposes, there is
  4  7 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the state
  4  8 board of regents for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001,
  4  9 and ending June 30, 2002, the following amounts, or so much
  4 10 thereof as is necessary, to supplement the appropriations for
  4 11 the following designated purposes:
  4 12    1.  For payments in lieu of tuition in 2001 Iowa Acts,
  4 13 chapter 176, section 19:  
  4 14 .................................................. $  1,121,500
  4 15    2.  For the state university of Iowa state hygienic
  4 16 laboratory in 2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 181, section 8,
  4 17 subsection 2, paragraph "f":  
  4 18 .................................................. $    178,821
  4 19    3.  For the state school for the deaf in 2001 Iowa Acts,
  4 20 chapter 181, section 8, subsection 5:  
  4 21 .................................................. $    341,872
  4 22    4.  For the Iowa braille and sight saving school in 2001
  4 23 Iowa Acts, chapter 181, section 8, subsection 6:  
  4 24 .................................................. $    191,605
  4 25    Sec. 6.  IOWA VETERANS HOME.  After applying the reduction
  4 26 made pursuant to executive order number 24 to the
  4 27 appropriation made for the following designated purpose, there
  4 28 is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
  4 29 commission of veterans affairs for the fiscal year beginning
  4 30 July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, the following amount,
  4 31 or so much thereof as is necessary, to supplement the
  4 32 appropriation for the following designated purpose:
  4 33    For the Iowa veterans home in 2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 182,
  4 34 section 7, subsection 2:  
  4 35 .................................................. $  2,123,563
  5  1    Sec. 7.  DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.  After applying the
  5  2 reduction made pursuant to executive order number 24 to the
  5  3 appropriations for the following designated purposes, there is
  5  4 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
  5  5 department of corrections for the fiscal year beginning July
  5  6 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, the following amounts, or
  5  7 so much thereof as is necessary, to supplement the
  5  8 appropriations for the following designated purposes:
  5  9    1.  For the operation of adult correctional institutions in
  5 10 2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 186, section 4, subsection 1, to be
  5 11 allocated as follows:
  5 12    a.  For the operation of the Fort Madison correctional
  5 13 facility in 2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 186, section 4, subsection
  5 14 1, paragraph "a":  
  5 15 .................................................. $    467,922
  5 16    b.  For the operation of the Anamosa correctional facility
  5 17 in 2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 186, section 4, subsection 1,
  5 18 paragraph "b":  
  5 19 .................................................. $    383,705
  5 20    c.  For the operation of the Clarinda correctional facility
  5 21 in 2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 186, section 4, subsection 1,
  5 22 paragraph "g":  
  5 23 .................................................. $    645,379
  5 24    d.  For restoring the bed capacity, including the
  5 25 associated correctional officer positions, other essential
  5 26 positions, authorized programs, and authorized services such
  5 27 as treatment, medical, maintenance, and food service that were
  5 28 reduced from the quantity of beds, programs, and services
  5 29 funded and authorized as of July 1, 2001, in 2001 Iowa Acts,
  5 30 chapter 186, section 4, subsection 1:  
  5 31 .................................................. $    362,875
  5 32    2.  For reimbursement of counties for certain confinement
  5 33 costs in 2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 186, section 4, subsection 1:  
  5 34 .................................................. $     30,119
  5 35    3.  For the judicial district departments of correctional
  6  1 services in 2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 186, section 6, subsection
  6  2 1, for restoring the quantity of probation, parole, and
  6  3 residential officer positions funded and authorized as of July
  6  4 1, 2001, including restoring as many of the beds and programs
  6  5 that were reduced from the quantity funded and authorized as
  6  6 of July 1, 2001:  
  6  7 .................................................. $  1,110,000
  6  8    Sec. 8.  IOWA LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY.  After applying the
  6  9 reduction made pursuant to executive order number 24 to the
  6 10 appropriation made for the following designated purpose, there
  6 11 is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the Iowa
  6 12 law enforcement academy for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
  6 13 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, the following amount, or so
  6 14 much thereof as is necessary, to supplement the appropriation
  6 15 for the following designated purpose:
  6 16    For the Iowa law enforcement academy in 2001 Iowa Acts,
  6 17 chapter 186, section 10:  
  6 18 .................................................. $     59,500
  6 19    Sec. 9.  DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC DEFENSE.  After applying the
  6 20 reduction made pursuant to executive order number 24 to the
  6 21 appropriations for the following designated purposes, there is
  6 22 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
  6 23 department of public defense for the fiscal year beginning
  6 24 July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, the following amounts,
  6 25 or so much thereof as is necessary, to supplement the
  6 26 appropriations for the following designated purposes:
  6 27    1.  For the military division in 2001 Iowa Acts, chapter
  6 28 186, section 12, subsection 1:  
  6 29 .................................................. $    238,088
  6 30    2.  For the emergency management division in 2001 Iowa
  6 31 Acts, chapter 186, section 12, subsection 2:  
  6 32 .................................................. $     46,383
  6 33    Sec. 10.  DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.  After applying the
  6 34 reduction made pursuant to executive order number 24 to the
  6 35 appropriations for the following designated purposes, there is
  7  1 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
  7  2 department of public safety for the fiscal year beginning July
  7  3 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, the following amounts, or
  7  4 so much thereof as is necessary, to supplement the
  7  5 appropriations for the following designated purposes:
  7  6    1.  For the department's administrative functions in 2001
  7  7 Iowa Acts, chapter 186, section 13, subsection 1:  
  7  8 .................................................. $    109,710
  7  9    2.  For the division of criminal investigation and bureau
  7 10 of identification in 2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 186, section 13,
  7 11 subsection 2:  
  7 12 .................................................. $    542,099
  7 13    3.  For the division of narcotics enforcement in 2001 Iowa
  7 14 Acts, chapter 186, section 13, subsection 3, paragraph "a":  
  7 15 .................................................. $    155,587
  7 16    4.  For the division of narcotics enforcement for
  7 17 undercover enforcement in 2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 186, section
  7 18 13, subsection 3, paragraph "b":  
  7 19 .................................................. $      5,582
  7 20    5.  For the state fire marshal's office in 2001 Iowa Acts,
  7 21 chapter 186, section 13, subsection 4, paragraph "a":  
  7 22 .................................................. $     81,489
  7 23    6.  For the state fire marshal's office for fire protection
  7 24 services in 2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 186, section 13,
  7 25 subsection 4, paragraph "b":  
  7 26 .................................................. $     26,184
  7 27    7.  For the capitol police division in 2001 Iowa Acts,
  7 28 chapter 186, section 13, subsection 5:  
  7 29 .................................................. $     56,914
  7 30    8.  For the division of the Iowa state patrol in 2001 Iowa
  7 31 Acts, chapter 186, section 13, subsection 6:  
  7 32 .................................................. $  1,652,907
  7 33    9.  For costs associated with the maintenance of the
  7 34 automated fingerprint information system (AFIS) in 2001 Iowa
  7 35 Acts, chapter 186, section 13, subsection 7:  
  8  1 .................................................. $     10,309
  8  2    10.  For deposit in the public safety law enforcement sick-
  8  3 leave benefit fund established under section 80.42 in 2001
  8  4 Iowa Acts, chapter 186, section 13, subsection 8:  
  8  5 .................................................. $     12,390
  8  6    11.  For costs associated with the training and equipment
  8  7 needs of volunteer fire fighters in 2001 Iowa Acts, chapter
  8  8 186, section 13, subsection 10:  
  8  9 .................................................. $     24,795
  8 10    Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
  8 11 subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
  8 12 close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
  8 13 available for expenditure for the purposes designated until
  8 14 the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
  8 15    Sec. 11.  DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES.  After applying
  8 16 the reduction made pursuant to executive order number 24 to
  8 17 the appropriations made for the following designated purposes,
  8 18 there is appropriated from the general fund of the state to
  8 19 the department of general services for the fiscal year
  8 20 beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, the
  8 21 following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
  8 22 supplement the appropriations for the following designated
  8 23 purposes:
  8 24    1.  For rental space in 2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 187,
  8 25 section 6, subsection 4:  
  8 26 .................................................. $     44,243
  8 27    2.  For utility costs in 2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 187,
  8 28 section 6, subsection 5:  
  8 29 .................................................. $     94,941
  8 30    Sec. 12.  STATE WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS.  After
  8 31 applying the reduction made pursuant to executive order number
  8 32 24 to the appropriation made for the following designated
  8 33 purpose, there is appropriated from the general fund of the
  8 34 state to the department of personnel for the fiscal year
  8 35 beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, the
  9  1 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
  9  2 supplement the appropriation for the following designated
  9  3 purpose:
  9  4    For distribution to state departments for funding of
  9  5 premiums for paying workers' compensation claims in 2001 Iowa
  9  6 Acts, chapter 187, section 20:  
  9  7 .................................................. $     21,500
  9  8    Sec. 13.  DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FIELD OPERATIONS.
  9  9 After applying the reduction made pursuant to executive order
  9 10 number 24 for the following designated purpose, there is
  9 11 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
  9 12 department of human services for the fiscal year beginning
  9 13 July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, the following amount,
  9 14 or so much thereof as is necessary, to supplement the
  9 15 appropriation for the following designated purpose:
  9 16    For field operations in 2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 191,
  9 17 section 27:  
  9 18 .................................................. $  3,000,000
  9 19    If the federal government approves the state plan amendment
  9 20 to commence, in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, using
  9 21 medical assistance funding for targeted case management
  9 22 services for children, as submitted by the department pursuant
  9 23 to 2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 191, section 28, the appropriation
  9 24 made in this section is reduced in an amount equal to the net
  9 25 increase in federal reimbursement received for the services.  
  9 26                           DIVISION II
  9 27                       LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
  9 28    Sec. 14.  GENERAL ASSEMBLY.  The appropriations made from
  9 29 the general fund of the state in section 2.12, for the fiscal
  9 30 year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, for the
  9 31 expenses of the general assembly and for legislative agencies,
  9 32 are reduced by the following amount:  
  9 33 .................................................. $  1,079,992
  9 34    Sec. 15.  LEGISLATIVE PER DIEM PAYMENT.  Notwithstanding
  9 35 section 2.10, subsection 6, for the special session that
 10  1 convenes November 8, 2001, the members of the general assembly
 10  2 are not entitled to and shall not receive the sum of eighty-
 10  3 six dollars per day for each day the general assembly is
 10  4 actually in special session, but shall receive the same travel
 10  5 allowances and expenses as authorized by section 2.10.  
 10  6                          DIVISION III
 10  7                         JUDICIAL BRANCH
 10  8    Sec. 16.  2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 179, section 1,
 10  9 unnumbered paragraph 2, is amended to read as follows:
 10 10    For salaries of supreme court justices, appellate court
 10 11 judges, district court judges, district associate judges,
 10 12 judicial magistrates and staff, state court administrator,
 10 13 clerk of the supreme court, district court administrators,
 10 14 clerks of the district court, juvenile court officers, board
 10 15 of law examiners and board of examiners of shorthand reporters
 10 16 and judicial qualifications commission, receipt and
 10 17 disbursement of child support payments, reimbursement of the
 10 18 auditor of state for expenses incurred in completing audits of
 10 19 the offices of the clerks of the district court during the
 10 20 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and maintenance,
 10 21 equipment, and miscellaneous purposes:  
 10 22 .................................................. $113,792,166
 10 23                                                    $108,688,725
 10 24    Sec. 17.  2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 179, section 2, is
 10 25 amended to read as follows:
 10 26    SEC. 2.  JUDICIAL RETIREMENT FUND.  There is appropriated
 10 27 from the general fund of the state to the judicial retirement
 10 28 fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending
 10 29 June 30, 2002, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
 10 30 necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
 10 31    Notwithstanding section 602.9104, subsection 4, paragraph
 10 32 "b", for the state's contribution to the judicial retirement
 10 33 fund in the amount of 16.6 15.9 percent of the basic salaries
 10 34 of the judges covered under chapter 602, article 9:  
 10 35 .................................................. $  3,207,834
 11  1                                                       3,069,897
 11  2                           DIVISION IV
 11  3                  EDUCATION-RELATED PROVISIONS
 11  4    Sec. 18.  AREA EDUCATION AGENCY SERVICES.
 11  5    1.  For the budget year beginning July 1, 2001,
 11  6 notwithstanding the requirements of section 257.37 for
 11  7 determining the budgets and funding of media services and
 11  8 educational services, an area education agency may, within the
 11  9 limits of the total of the funds provided to an area education
 11 10 agency pursuant to section 257.35, expend for special
 11 11 education support services an amount that exceeds the payment
 11 12 for special education support services pursuant to section
 11 13 257.35 in order to maintain the level of required special
 11 14 education support services in the area education agency.
 11 15    2.  For the school budget year beginning July 1, 2001, and
 11 16 ending June 30, 2002, there is appropriated from the general
 11 17 fund of the state to the department of education the sum of
 11 18 one hundred eighteen thousand dollars to be distributed to
 11 19 area education agency XVI to supplement other moneys available
 11 20 to the agency.  The appropriation in this subsection is not
 11 21 subject to executive order number 24.
 11 22    Sec. 19.  CATEGORICAL FUNDING TO SCHOOLS – FY 2001-2002.
 11 23 For the school budget year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending
 11 24 June 30, 2002, notwithstanding section 256.33 for educational
 11 25 technology assistance, chapter 256D for the Iowa early
 11 26 intervention and school improvement technology block grants,
 11 27 or section 294A.25 for educational excellence phase III, the
 11 28 board of directors of a school district may use the
 11 29 categorical state funding identified in this section and
 11 30 received by the district, for any school general fund purpose.
 11 31    Sec. 20.  Section 261.17, subsection 7, paragraph e, Code
 11 32 2001, is amended by striking the paragraph.  
 11 33                           DIVISION V
 11 34                  INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR ADULT
 11 35               OFFENDERS – CORRECTIVE AMENDMENTS
 12  1    Sec. 21.  Section 422.7, subsection 12, paragraph c, Code
 12  2 2001, as amended by 2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 15, section 1, is
 12  3 amended to read as follows:
 12  4    c.  An individual, whether or not domiciled in this state
 12  5 at the time of the hiring, who is on parole or probation and
 12  6 to whom the interstate probation and parole compact under
 12  7 section 907A.1, Code 2001, applies, or to whom the compact for
 12  8 adult offenders under chapter 907B applies.
 12  9    Sec. 22.  Section 422.7, subsection 12A, paragraph b, Code
 12 10 2001, as amended by 2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 15, section 2, is
 12 11 amended to read as follows:
 12 12    b.  An individual, whether or not domiciled in this state
 12 13 at the time of the hiring, who is on parole or probation and
 12 14 to whom the interstate probation and parole compact under
 12 15 section 907A.1, Code 2001, applies, or to whom the compact for
 12 16 adult offenders under chapter 907B applies.
 12 17    Sec. 23.  Section 422.35, subsection 6, paragraph c, Code
 12 18 2001, as amended by 2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 15, section 3, is
 12 19 amended to read as follows:
 12 20    c.  An individual, whether or not domiciled in this state
 12 21 at the time of the hiring, who is on parole or probation and
 12 22 to whom the interstate probation and parole compact under
 12 23 section 907A.1, Code 2001, applies, or to whom the compact for
 12 24 adult offenders under chapter 907B applies.
 12 25    Sec. 24.  Section 422.35, subsection 6A, paragraph b, Code
 12 26 2001, as amended by 2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 15, section 4, is
 12 27 amended to read as follows:
 12 28    b.  An individual, whether or not domiciled in this state
 12 29 at the time of the hiring, who is on parole or probation and
 12 30 to whom the interstate probation and parole compact under
 12 31 section 907A.1, Code 2001, applies, or to whom the compact for
 12 32 adult offenders under chapter 907B applies.
 12 33    Sec. 25.  2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 15, is amended by adding
 12 34 the following new section:
 12 35    NEW SECTION.  SEC. 9.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  The effective date
 13  1 of this Act shall be the later of July 1, 2002, or upon the
 13  2 legislative enactment of the interstate compact for adult
 13  3 offender supervision by the thirty-fifth jurisdiction.  The
 13  4 director of the department of corrections shall notify the
 13  5 Code editor upon the enactment of the compact by the thirty-
 13  6 fifth jurisdiction.  The date upon which this Act takes effect
 13  7 constitutes the date of renunciation of the interstate
 13  8 probation and parole compact under section 907A.1, Code 2001,
 13  9 by the state of Iowa, and this Act in itself shall constitute
 13 10 and satisfy the six months' notice of renunciation required by
 13 11 section 907A.1, Code 2001.  The duties of the state of Iowa as
 13 12 a renouncing state under section 907A.1, subsection 7, Code
 13 13 2001, shall continue as to parolees and probationers residing
 13 14 within the state of Iowa on the effective date of renunciation
 13 15 until the parolees and probationers are retaken or finally
 13 16 discharged by the sending state.
 13 17    Sec. 26.  RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  This division of this
 13 18 Act is retroactively applicable to July 1, 2001, and is
 13 19 applicable on and after that date.  
 13 20                           DIVISION VI
 13 21                        BUDGETING REFORMS
 13 22    Sec. 27.  Section 8.55, subsection 1, Code 2001, is amended
 13 23 to read as follows:
 13 24    1.  The Iowa economic emergency fund is created.  The fund
 13 25 shall be separate from the general fund of the state and the
 13 26 balance in the fund shall not be considered part of the
 13 27 balance of the general fund of the state.  The moneys in the
 13 28 fund shall not revert to the general fund, notwithstanding
 13 29 section 8.33, unless and to the extent the fund exceeds the
 13 30 maximum balance.  However, the fund shall be considered a
 13 31 special account for the purposes of section 8.53 The moneys
 13 32 credited to the fund are not subject to section 8.33 and shall
 13 33 not be transferred, used, obligated, appropriated, or
 13 34 otherwise encumbered except as provided in this section.
 13 35    Sec. 28.  Section 8.55, subsection 3, Code 2001, is amended
 14  1 to read as follows:
 14  2    3.  a.  The Except as provided in paragraphs "b" and "c",
 14  3 the moneys in the Iowa economic emergency fund may be
 14  4 appropriated shall only be used pursuant to an appropriation
 14  5 made by the general assembly.  An appropriation shall only in
 14  6 be made for the fiscal year for in which the appropriation is
 14  7 made.  The moneys shall only be appropriated by the general
 14  8 assembly for emergency expenditures.  However, except
 14  9    b.  Moneys in the fund may be used for cash flow purposes
 14 10 during a fiscal year provided that any moneys so allocated are
 14 11 returned to the fund by the end of that fiscal year.
 14 12    c.  There is appropriated from the Iowa economic emergency
 14 13 fund to the general fund of the state for the fiscal year in
 14 14 which moneys in the fund were used for cash flow purposes, for
 14 15 the purposes of reducing or preventing any overdraft on or
 14 16 deficit in the general fund of the state, the amount from the
 14 17 Iowa economic emergency fund that was used for cash flow
 14 18 purposes pursuant to paragraph "b" and that was not returned
 14 19 to the Iowa economic emergency fund by June 30 of the fiscal
 14 20 year.  The appropriation in this paragraph shall not exceed
 14 21 fifty million dollars and is contingent upon all of the
 14 22 following having occurred:
 14 23    (1)  The revenue estimating conference estimate of general
 14 24 fund receipts made during the last quarter of the fiscal year
 14 25 was or the actual fiscal year receipts and accruals were at
 14 26 least one-half of one percent less than the comparable
 14 27 estimate made during the third quarter of the fiscal year.
 14 28    (2)  The governor has implemented the uniform reductions in
 14 29 appropriations required in section 8.31 as a result of
 14 30 subparagraph (1) and such reduction was insufficient to
 14 31 prevent an overdraft on or deficit in the general fund of the
 14 32 state or the governor did not implement uniform reductions in
 14 33 appropriations because of the lateness of the estimated or
 14 34 actual receipts and accruals under subparagraph (1).
 14 35    (3)  The balance of the general fund of the state at the
 15  1 end of the fiscal year prior to the appropriation made in this
 15  2 paragraph was negative.
 15  3    (4)  The governor has issued an official proclamation and
 15  4 has notified the cochairpersons of the fiscal committee of the
 15  5 legislative council and the legislative fiscal bureau that the
 15  6 contingencies in subparagraphs (1) through (3) have occurred
 15  7 and the reasons why the uniform reductions specified in
 15  8 subparagraph (2) were insufficient or were not implemented to
 15  9 prevent an overdraft on or deficit in the general fund of the
 15 10 state.
 15 11    d.  If an appropriation is made pursuant to paragraph "c"
 15 12 for a fiscal year, there is appropriated from the general fund
 15 13 of the state to the Iowa economic emergency fund for the
 15 14 following fiscal year, the amount of the appropriation made
 15 15 pursuant to paragraph "c".
 15 16    e.  Except as provided in section 8.58, the balance in the
 15 17 Iowa economic emergency fund may be used shall be considered a
 15 18 special account for the purposes of section 8.53 in
 15 19 determining the cash position of the general fund of the state
 15 20 for the payment of state obligations.
 15 21    Sec. 29.  Section 8.56, subsection 1, Code 2001, is amended
 15 22 to read as follows:
 15 23    1.  A cash reserve fund is created in the state treasury.
 15 24 The cash reserve fund shall be separate from the general fund
 15 25 of the state and shall not be considered part of the general
 15 26 fund of the state except in determining the cash position of
 15 27 the state as provided in subsection 3.  The moneys in the cash
 15 28 reserve fund are not subject to section 8.33 and shall not be
 15 29 transferred, used, obligated, appropriated, or otherwise
 15 30 encumbered except as provided in this section.
 15 31 Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or
 15 32 earnings on moneys deposited in the cash reserve fund shall be
 15 33 credited to the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund created in
 15 34 section 8.57.  Moneys in the cash reserve fund may be used for
 15 35 cash flow purposes during a fiscal year provided that any
 16  1 moneys so allocated are returned to the cash reserve fund by
 16  2 the end of each that fiscal year.  However, the fund shall be
 16  3 considered a special account for the purposes of section 8.53.
 16  4    Sec. 30.  Section 8.56, subsection 3, Code 2001, is amended
 16  5 to read as follows:
 16  6    3.  The moneys in the cash reserve fund may shall only be
 16  7 appropriated used pursuant to an appropriation made by the
 16  8 general assembly.  An appropriation shall be made in
 16  9 accordance with subsection 4 only in for the fiscal year for
 16 10 in which the appropriation is made.  The moneys shall only be
 16 11 appropriated by the general assembly for nonrecurring
 16 12 emergency expenditures and shall not be appropriated for
 16 13 payment of any collective bargaining agreement or arbitrator's
 16 14 decision negotiated or awarded under chapter 20.  However,
 16 15 except Except as provided in section 8.58, the balance in the
 16 16 cash reserve fund may be used shall be considered a special
 16 17 account for the purposes of section 8.53 in determining the
 16 18 cash position of the general fund of the state for the payment
 16 19 of state obligations.
 16 20    Sec. 31.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  The provisions of this division
 16 21 of this Act amending section 8.56 take effect July 1, 2002.  
 16 22                          DIVISION VII
 16 23    Sec. 32.  SALES TAX EXEMPTION PER FEDERAL SALES TAX HOLIDAY
 16 24 ACT.
 16 25    1.  a.  There is hereby exempted from imposition of sales
 16 26 and use tax under division IV of chapter 422 or chapter 422B,
 16 27 422E, or 423, the gross receipts from the sale of tangible
 16 28 personal property which receipts are otherwise taxable under
 16 29 division IV of chapter 422 or chapter 422B, 422E, or 423,
 16 30 contingent upon enactment of the federal Sales Tax Holiday Act
 16 31 of 2001 providing one hundred percent reimbursement from the
 16 32 federal government to the states for the loss of revenue from
 16 33 a tax exemption for sales that take place during a period of
 16 34 time specified in the federal Sales Tax Holiday Act of 2001
 16 35 and providing reimbursement from the federal government for
 17  1 administrative costs incurred by the department of revenue and
 17  2 finance separate from the amount reimbursed for sales tax not
 17  3 collected.  The exemption shall be applied in the manner
 17  4 prescribed by the federal Act.
 17  5    b.  Retailers shall be required to accurately report actual
 17  6 sales made during the period of time this exemption applies
 17  7 pursuant to rules adopted by the department.
 17  8    c.  The governor shall, not later than the date specified
 17  9 in the federal Sales Tax Holiday Act of 2001, notify the
 17 10 United States secretary of the treasury in writing of Iowa's
 17 11 intention to qualify for reimbursement under the federal Sales
 17 12 Tax Holiday Act of 2001 by not collecting applicable sales tax
 17 13 during the sales tax holiday period specified in the federal
 17 14 Act.
 17 15    d.  Notwithstanding paragraph "a", the motor vehicle lease
 17 16 tax imposed under section 423.7A is not considered an exempt
 17 17 sale for purposes of this section and the federal Sales Tax
 17 18 Holiday Act of 2001.
 17 19    e.  Notwithstanding paragraph "c", if the director of
 17 20 revenue and finance determines that it is not feasible to
 17 21 administer a sales tax holiday in the time provided by the
 17 22 federal Sales Tax Holiday Act of 2001, the director of revenue
 17 23 and finance shall immediately inform the governor and the
 17 24 governor may decline to send notification to the United States
 17 25 secretary of the treasury.
 17 26    2.  The department of revenue and finance may adopt
 17 27 emergency rules under section 17A.4, subsection 2, and section
 17 28 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph "b", to implement the
 17 29 provisions of this section and the rules shall be effective
 17 30 immediately upon filing unless a later date is specified in
 17 31 the rules.  Any rules adopted in accordance with this section
 17 32 shall also be published as a notice of intended action as
 17 33 provided in section 17A.4.
 17 34    3.  If any provision of this section is held invalid, the
 17 35 invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of
 18  1 the section which can be given effect without the invalid
 18  2 provision or application, and to this end the provisions of
 18  3 this section are severable.
 18  4    4.  This section is repealed effective January 31, 2002.  
 18  5                          DIVISION VIII
 18  6                       GENERAL PROVISIONS
 18  7    Sec. 33.  Section 226.1, subsection 2, Code 2001, is
 18  8 amended by adding the following new paragraph after paragraph
 18  9 b:
 18 10    NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  A unit for the civil commitment of
 18 11 sexually violent predators committed to the custody of the
 18 12 director of human services pursuant to chapter 229A.
 18 13    Sec. 34.  SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS UNIT.  Of the funds
 18 14 appropriated to the department of general services for the
 18 15 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002,
 18 16 up to $600,000 may be used for costs associated with
 18 17 renovation and furnishing of space necessary to meet the
 18 18 capacity needs of the department of human services unit for
 18 19 the civil commitment of sexually violent predators.
 18 20    Sec. 35.  CIVIL COMMITMENT OF SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS.
 18 21 The department of human services may collocate the unit for
 18 22 civil commitment of sexually violent predators at the mental
 18 23 health institute at Mount Pleasant.
 18 24    Sec. 36.  EFFECT OF APPROPRIATION REDUCTIONS.  The moneys
 18 25 appropriated in this Act to supplement the appropriations for
 18 26 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30,
 18 27 2002, are not subject to executive order number 24.
 18 28    Sec. 37.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  Unless otherwise provided by
 18 29 this Act, this Act, being deemed of immediate importance,
 18 30 takes effect upon enactment.  
 18 31 
 18 32 
 18 33                                                             
 18 34                               BRENT SIEGRIST
 18 35                               Speaker of the House
 19  1 
 19  2 
 19  3                                                             
 19  4                               MARY E. KRAMER
 19  5                               President of the Senate
 19  6 
 19  7    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
 19  8 is known as House File 759, Seventy-ninth General Assembly.
 19  9 
 19 10 
 19 11                                                             
 19 12                               MARGARET THOMSON
 19 13                               Chief Clerk of the House
 19 14 Approved                , 2001
 19 15 
 19 16 
 19 17                            
 19 18 THOMAS J. VILSACK
 19 19 Governor
     

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