Senate File 2112
SENATE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3062)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to and making transportation and other
2 infrastructure=related appropriations to the state department
3 of transportation, including allocation and use of moneys from
4 the road use tax fund, the primary road fund, and the keep
5 Iowa beautiful fund, and providing for the nonreversion of
6 certain moneys.
7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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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
5 2 Supplement 2003, 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.
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