1. The Iowa prison infrastructure fund is created and established as a separate and distinct fund in the state treasury. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, the first eight million dollars and, beginning July 1, 1997, the first nine million five hundred thousand dollars, of moneys remitted to the treasurer of state from fines, fees, costs, and forfeited bail collected by the clerks of the district court in criminal cases, including those collected for both scheduled and nonscheduled violations, collected in each fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1995, shall be deposited in the fund. Interest and other income earned by the fund shall be deposited in the fund. However, beginning with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, all fines and fees attributable to commercial vehicle violation citations issued after July 1, 1998, shall be deposited as provided in section 602.8108, subsection 5. If the treasurer of state determines pursuant to 1994 Iowa Acts, chapter 1196, that bonds can be issued pursuant to this section and section 16.177, then the moneys in the fund are appropriated to and for the purpose of paying the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on bonds issued by the Iowa finance authority under section 16.177. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, amounts in the funds shall not be subject to appropriation for any purpose by the general assembly, but shall be used only for the purposes set forth in this section. The treasurer of state shall act as custodian of the fund and disburse amounts contained in it as directed by the department of corrections including the automatic disbursement of funds pursuant to the terms of bond indentures and documents and security provisions to trustees and custodians. The treasurer of state is authorized to invest the funds deposited in the fund subject to any limitations contained in any applicable bond proceedings. Any amounts remaining in the fund at the end of each fiscal year shall be transferred to the general fund of the state.
2. If the treasurer of state determines that bonds cannot be issued pursuant to this section and section 16.177, the treasurer of state shall deposit the moneys in the prison infrastructure fund into the general fund of the state.
94 Acts, ch 1196, §21; 95 Acts, ch 202, § 12; 96 Acts, ch 1216, § 32; 98 Acts, ch 1212, §9
Referred to in § 16.177, 602.1304
Nonreversion of funds transferred on June 30, 1997, to department of corrections facility remodeling fund; 98 Acts, ch 1222, §23
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