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Senate Study Bill 3062

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  1  1    Section 1.  There is appropriated from the road use tax
  1  2 fund to the state department of transportation for the fiscal
  1  3 year beginning July 1, 2004, and ending June 30, 2005, the
  1  4 following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, for the
  1  5 purposes designated:
  1  6    1.  For the payment of costs associated with the production
  1  7 of driver's licenses, as defined in section 321.1, subsection
  1  8 20A:  
  1  9 .................................................. $  2,820,000
  1 10    Notwithstanding section 8.33, unencumbered or unobligated
  1 11 funds remaining on June 30, 2005, from the appropriation made
  1 12 in this subsection shall not revert, but shall remain
  1 13 available for subsequent fiscal years for the purposes
  1 14 specified in this subsection.
  1 15    2.  For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
  1 16 purposes:
  1 17    a.  Operations and finance:  
  1 18 .................................................. $  5,357,153
  1 19    b.  Administrative services:  
  1 20 .................................................. $    553,964
  1 21    c.  Planning:  
  1 22 .................................................. $    460,225
  1 23    d.  Motor vehicles:  
  1 24 .................................................. $ 30,378,726
  1 25    3.  For payments to the department of administrative
  1 26 services for expenses incurred in administering the merit
  1 27 system on behalf of the state department of transportation, as
  1 28 required by chapter 19A:  
  1 29 .................................................. $     37,500
  1 30    4.  Unemployment compensation:  
  1 31 .................................................. $     17,000
  1 32    5.  For payments to the department of administrative
  1 33 services for paying workers' compensation claims under chapter
  1 34 85 on behalf of employees of the state department of
  1 35 transportation:  
  2  1 .................................................. $     95,000
  2  2    6.  For payment to the general fund of the state for
  2  3 indirect cost recoveries:  
  2  4 .................................................. $    102,000
  2  5    7.  For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit
  2  6 expenses as provided in section 11.5B:  
  2  7 .................................................. $     54,314
  2  8    8.  For automation, telecommunications, and related costs
  2  9 associated with the county issuance of driver's licenses and
  2 10 vehicle registrations and titles:  
  2 11 .................................................. $  1,096,000
  2 12    9.  For transfer to the department of public safety for
  2 13 operating a system providing toll-free telephone road and
  2 14 weather conditions information:  
  2 15 .................................................. $    100,000
  2 16    10.  For costs associated with the participation in the
  2 17 Mississippi river parkway commission:  
  2 18 .................................................. $     40,000
  2 19    11.  For membership in the North America's superhighway
  2 20 corridor coalition:  
  2 21 .................................................. $     50,000
  2 22    Sec. 2.  There is appropriated from the primary road fund
  2 23 to the state department of transportation for the fiscal year
  2 24 beginning July 1, 2004, and ending June 30, 2005, the
  2 25 following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
  2 26 used for the purposes designated:
  2 27    1.  For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
  2 28 purposes and for not more than the following full-time
  2 29 equivalent positions:
  2 30    a.  Operations and finance:  
  2 31 .................................................. $ 32,758,225
  2 32 ............................................... FTEs        271
  2 33    b.  Administrative services:  
  2 34 .................................................. $  3,402,920
  2 35 ............................................... FTEs         37
  3  1    c.  Planning:  
  3  2 .................................................. $  8,744,293
  3  3 ............................................... FTEs        142
  3  4    d.  Highways:  
  3  5 .................................................. $180,300,015
  3  6 ............................................... FTEs      2,464
  3  7    e.  Motor vehicles:  
  3  8 .................................................. $  1,226,838
  3  9 ............................................... FTEs        507
  3 10    2.  For payments to the department of administrative
  3 11 services for expenses incurred in administering the merit
  3 12 system on behalf of the state department of transportation, as
  3 13 required by chapter 19A:  
  3 14 .................................................. $    712,500
  3 15    3.  Unemployment compensation:  
  3 16 .................................................. $    328,000
  3 17    4.  For payments to the department of administrative
  3 18 services for paying workers' compensation claims under chapter
  3 19 85 on behalf of the employees of the state department of
  3 20 transportation:  
  3 21 .................................................. $  2,268,000
  3 22    5.  For disposal of hazardous wastes from field locations
  3 23 and the central complex:  
  3 24 .................................................. $    800,000
  3 25    6.  For payment to the general fund for indirect cost
  3 26 recoveries:  
  3 27 .................................................. $    748,000
  3 28    7.  For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit
  3 29 expenses as provided in section 11.5B:  
  3 30 .................................................. $    336,036
  3 31    8.  For costs associated with producing transportation
  3 32 maps:  
  3 33 .................................................. $    275,000
  3 34    9.  For Ames complex facilities improvements:  
  3 35 .................................................. $    650,000
  4  1    10.  For deferred maintenance projects at field facilities
  4  2 throughout the state:  
  4  3 .................................................. $    351,500
  4  4    Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
  4  5 subsections 9 and 10 that remain unencumbered or unobligated
  4  6 at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall
  4  7 remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated
  4  8 until the close of the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2007.
  4  9    Sec. 3.  Section 314.28, Code 2003, is amended to read as
  4 10 follows:
  4 11    314.28  KEEP IOWA BEAUTIFUL FUND.
  4 12    A keep Iowa beautiful fund is created in the office of the
  4 13 treasurer of state.  The fund is composed of moneys
  4 14 appropriated or available to and obtained or accepted by the
  4 15 treasurer of state for deposit in the fund.  The fund shall
  4 16 include moneys credited transferred to the fund as provided in
  4 17 section 422.12A.  All interest earned on moneys in the fund
  4 18 shall be credited to and remain in the fund.  Section 8.33
  4 19 does not apply to moneys in the fund.
  4 20    Moneys in the fund are subject to appropriation by the
  4 21 general assembly annually for the purposes of educating and
  4 22 encouraging that are authorized by the department for
  4 23 expenditure are appropriated, and shall be used, to educate
  4 24 and encourage Iowans to take greater responsibility for
  4 25 improving their community environment and enhancing the beauty
  4 26 of the state through litter prevention, improving waste
  4 27 management and recycling efforts, and beautification projects.
  4 28    The department may authorize payment of moneys appropriated
  4 29 from the fund to the department upon approval of an
  4 30 application from a private or public organization.  The
  4 31 applicant shall submit a plan for litter prevention, improving
  4 32 waste management and recycling efforts, or a beautification
  4 33 project along with its application.  The department shall
  4 34 establish standards relating to the type of projects available
  4 35 for assistance.
  5  1    Sec. 4.  Section 422.12A, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2003,
  5  2 are amended to read as follows:
  5  3    2.  The director of revenue shall draft the income tax form
  5  4 to allow the designation of contributions to the keep Iowa
  5  5 beautiful fund on the tax return.  The department of revenue,
  5  6 on or before January 31, shall certify transfer the total
  5  7 amount designated on the tax return forms due in the preceding
  5  8 calendar year and shall report the amount to the treasurer of
  5  9 state to the keep Iowa beautiful fund.  The treasurer of state
  5 10 shall credit the amount to the keep Iowa beautiful fund.
  5 11 However, before a checkoff pursuant to this section shall be
  5 12 permitted, all liabilities on the books of the department of
  5 13 revenue and accounts identified as owing under section 421.17
  5 14 and the political contribution allowed under section 68A.601
  5 15 shall be satisfied.
  5 16    3.  Moneys in the fund are subject to appropriation as
  5 17 provided in section 314.28.  The state department of
  5 18 transportation may authorize payment of moneys from the keep
  5 19 Iowa beautiful fund, in accordance with section 314.28.  
  5 20                           EXPLANATION
  5 21    This bill makes and limits appropriations for the 2004-2005
  5 22 fiscal year from the road use tax fund and the primary road
  5 23 fund to the state department of transportation.
  5 24    Appropriations from the road use tax fund include
  5 25 appropriations for driver's license production costs,
  5 26 salaries, operations and finance, administrative services,
  5 27 planning, motor vehicles, the merit system, unemployment and
  5 28 workers' compensation, indirect cost recoveries, audits,
  5 29 county issuance of driver's licenses and vehicle registration
  5 30 and titling, a system providing toll-free telephone road and
  5 31 weather reports, participation in the Mississippi river
  5 32 parkway commission, and the state's membership in the North
  5 33 America's superhighway corridor coalition.
  5 34    Appropriations from the primary road fund include
  5 35 appropriations for salaries, operations and finance,
  6  1 administrative services, planning, highways, motor vehicles,
  6  2 the merit system, unemployment and workers' compensation,
  6  3 hazardous waste disposal, indirect cost recoveries, audits,
  6  4 production of transportation maps, improvements to Ames
  6  5 complex facilities, and deferred maintenance at field
  6  6 facilities.
  6  7    The bill amends provisions relating to the keep Iowa
  6  8 beautiful fund by requiring that the department of revenue
  6  9 transfer, rather than credit, designated income tax checkoff
  6 10 contributions to the fund.  The state department of
  6 11 transportation may authorize payments from the fund without
  6 12 further action by the general assembly.  Moneys in the fund
  6 13 are appropriated upon the department's authorization and shall
  6 14 be used for educating and encouraging interest in community
  6 15 environmental and beautification projects and providing
  6 16 financial assistance to such projects.  
  6 17 LSB 5007JA 80
  6 18 dea/sh/8.2
     

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