House Journal: Page 2254: Tuesday, June 3, 2003
I am unable to approve the designated portion of Section 15, subsection 2. This
would restrict the expenditure of additional penalty and interest revenues to
accomplish the mission of the department to provide safe workplaces and steady
employment. The director of the Department of Workforce Development currently has
the authority to reassign unused penalty and interest funds. We must maintain that
flexibility to reallocate dollars when needed to ensure the safety and employment
security of working Iowans.
I am unable to approve the item designated as Section 20. Expenditure information
for executive branch agencies of state government is currently available to the
economic development appropriations subcommittees and the Legislative Fiscal
Bureau on a daily basis through the Iowa Financial and Accounting System. The
Legislative Fiscal Bureau also has the authority to request expenditure information
from Regent universities. The reporting requirement in this section would duplicate
existing data and place an unneeded and unprecedented requirement on limited staff
resources.
For the above reasons, I respectfully disapprove these items in accordance with
Amendment IV of the Amendments of 1968 to the Constitution of the State of Iowa.
All other items in Senate File 433 are hereby approved as this date.
Sincerely,
Thomas J. Vilsack
Governor
May 30, 2003
The Honorable Chester Culver
Secretary of State
State Capitol Building
L O C A L
Dear Mr. Secretary:
I hereby transmit Senate File 452, an Act relating to and making appropriations to
state departments and agencies from the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund,
Environment First Fund, and Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund, relating to the Capitol
complex parking structure, and authorizing fees.
Senate File 452 is, approved on this date with the following exceptions, which I
hereby disapprove.
I am unable to approve the items designated as Division IV, Sections 28, 29 and 30
in their entirety. These sections would require the establishment of a parking fee for
the Capitol complex parking structure located at Pennsylvania and Grand Avenues.
Iowans should be encouraged to participate in their democracy by parking free to visit
their State Capitol and the state office buildings surrounding their State Capitol.
Charging parking fees to the newly constructed parking structure located at
Pennsylvania and Grand Avenues operates as a hidden tax for the visiting public and
would discourage some from exercising their fundamental rights as citizens. Such a fee
should not have been and will not be sanctioned or approved.
© 2003 Cornell College and
League of Women Voters of Iowa
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