House File 148 H-1184 Amend House File 148 as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause 2 and inserting: 3 < Section 1. Section 8.22A, subsection 2, Code 2011, 4 is amended to read as follows: 5 2. The conference shall meet as often as deemed 6 necessary, but shall meet at least quarterly. The 7 conference may use sources of information deemed 8 appropriate. At each meeting, the conference shall 9 agree to estimates for the current and the next 10 two succeeding fiscal years for the general fund 11 of the state, lottery revenues to be available for 12 disbursement, and from gambling revenues and from 13 interest earned on the cash reserve fund and the 14 economic emergency fund to be deposited in the rebuild 15 Iowa infrastructure fund. 16 Sec. 2. Section 8.39, subsections 1 and 2, Code 17 2011, are amended to read as follows: 18 1. Except as otherwise provided by law, an 19 appropriation or any part of it shall not be used 20 for any other purpose than that for which it was 21 made. However, with the prior written consent and 22 approval of the governor and the director of the 23 department of management, the governing board or head 24 of any state department, institution, or agency may, 25 at any time during the fiscal year, make a whole or 26 partial intradepartmental transfer of its unexpended 27 appropriations for purposes within the scope of such 28 department, institution, or agency. Such transfer 29 shall be to an appropriation made from the same funding 30 source and within the same fiscal year. The amount 31 of a transfer made from an appropriation under this 32 subsection shall be limited to not more than one-tenth 33 of one percent of the total of all appropriations 34 made from the funding source of the transferred 35 appropriation for the fiscal year in which the transfer 36 is made. 37 2. If the appropriation of a department, 38 institution, or agency is insufficient to properly meet 39 the legitimate expenses of the department, institution, 40 or agency, the director, with the approval of the 41 governor, may make an interdepartmental transfer from 42 any other department, institution, or agency of the 43 state having an appropriation in excess of its needs, 44 of sufficient funds to meet that deficiency. Such 45 transfer shall be to an appropriation made from the 46 same funding source and within the same fiscal year. 47 The amount of a transfer made from an appropriation 48 under this subsection shall be limited to not more 49 than one-tenth of one percent of the total of all 50 -1- HF148.1150 (3) 84 jp/sc 1/ 2 #1.
appropriations made from the funding source of the 1 transferred appropriation for the fiscal year in which 2 the transfer is made. An interdepartmental transfer 3 to an appropriation which is not an entitlement 4 appropriation is not authorized when the general 5 assembly is in regular session and, in addition, 6 the sum of interdepartmental transfers in a fiscal 7 year to an appropriation which is not an entitlement 8 appropriation shall not exceed fifty percent of the 9 amount of the appropriation as enacted by the general 10 assembly. For the purposes of this subsection , an 11 entitlement appropriation is a line item appropriation 12 to the state public defender for indigent defense or to 13 the department of human services for foster care, state 14 supplementary assistance, or medical assistance, or for 15 the family investment program. 16 Sec. 3. Section 8.39, Code 2011, is amended by 17 adding the following new subsection: 18 NEW SUBSECTION . 2A. The aggregate amount of 19 intradepartmental and interdepartmental transfers made 20 from all appropriations for a fiscal year pursuant to 21 this section is limited to not more than five-tenths of 22 one percent of the total amount of the appropriations 23 made from the general fund of the state for the fiscal 24 year. 25 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being 26 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon 27 enactment. > 28 2. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 8 29 and inserting < An Act relating to state expenditure 30 requirements involving the revenue estimating 31 conference and appropriation transfers and including 32 effective date provisions. > 33 ______________________________ RAECKER of Polk ______________________________ WENTHE of Fayette -2- HF148.1150 (3) 84 jp/sc 2/ 2 #2.