House File 159

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  JENKINS


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the restoration of dedicated funds used for
  2    nondedicated purposes and providing an effective date.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1116HH 80
  5 mg/pj/5

PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  8.60A  RESTORATION OF DESIGNATED
  1  2 MONEYS USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
  1  3    1.  State fees that are received during a fiscal year
  1  4 beginning on or after July 1, 2003, that are deposited into a
  1  5 specific account or fund to be used for a specific purpose
  1  6 shall not be transferred or appropriated from that account or
  1  7 fund for purposes other than the specified purpose, except as
  1  8 provided in subsection 2.
  1  9    2.  The Act that transfers or appropriates dedicated moneys
  1 10 as described in subsection 1 shall contain a provision that
  1 11 provides for the restoring of the transferred or appropriated
  1 12 moneys over a period not to exceed five fiscal years with at
  1 13 least twenty percent being restored in any fiscal year.  The
  1 14 period for the restoration shall begin with the first fiscal
  1 15 year following the fiscal year for which the transfer or
  1 16 appropriation is made.
  1 17    3.  The funds to which subsection 1 apply include, but are
  1 18 not limited to the following:
  1 19    a.  Title guaranty fund created in section 16.91.
  1 20    b.  Special conservation fund created in section 321G.7.
  1 21    c.  Waste tire management fund created in section 455D.11C.
  1 22    d.  Groundwater protection fund created in section 455E.11.
  1 23    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 24 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 25                           EXPLANATION
  1 26    This bill provides that when fees which are dedicated for a
  1 27 specific purpose are transferred or appropriated from a
  1 28 specific account or fund for another purpose, those fees are
  1 29 to be restored.  The restoration would be made to the account
  1 30 or fund over a period not to exceed five fiscal years with at
  1 31 least 20 percent restored in each fiscal year.  The
  1 32 restoration schedule would be contained in the same Act in
  1 33 which the transfer or appropriation is made.
  1 34    The bill identifies four funds to which this requirement
  1 35 specifically applies.  These are the title guaranty fund,
  2  1 special conservation fund (snowmobile and all=terrain vehicle
  2  2 fees), waste tire management fund, and groundwater protection
  2  3 fund.  The restoration requirement is not limited to those
  2  4 four funds.
  2  5    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
  2  6 LSB 1116HH 80
  2  7 mg/pj/5