Senate File 2292 SENATE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (SUCCESSOR TO SF 2250) Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act providing for the automatic repeal of programs containing 2 an appropriation under specified circumstances. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6948SV 80 5 rn/sh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 8E.211 APPROPRIATIONS PROVISIONS 1 2 == AUTOMATIC REPEAL. 1 3 1. A new program or project established by an agency which 1 4 commences during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, July 1 5 1, 2006, July 1, 2007, July 1, 2008, or July 1, 2009, and 1 6 which is funded by a state appropriation, shall be repealed 1 7 after five years if the department determines that substantial 1 8 progress has not been made toward achieving the goals 1 9 specified in the agency strategic plan as set out in section 1 10 8E.207. In determining whether substantial progress has been 1 11 made, the department shall review the agency's annual 1 12 performance reports submitted during the five=year period 1 13 since the inception of the program or project. The department 1 14 may make recommendations during performance audits conducted 1 15 during the five=year period, or upon review of annual 1 16 performance reports, designed to enhance the likelihood that 1 17 substantial progress will be determined to have been achieved, 1 18 and may grant an extension of time where an agency can 1 19 demonstrate a good=faith effort to comply with recommendations 1 20 received, or where the agency can demonstrate that the failure 1 21 to achieve substantial progress was due to circumstances which 1 22 were unforeseeable when the agency's performance goals, 1 23 measures, and plans were established. 1 24 2. This section is repealed July 1, 2014. 1 25 EXPLANATION 1 26 This bill provides for the automatic repeal of programs or 1 27 projects funded by a state appropriation which fail to make 1 28 substantial progress toward achieving the goals set out in the 1 29 agency's strategic plan. 1 30 The bill provides that any new program or project 1 31 established by a state agency which commences during the 1 32 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, July 1, 2006, July 1, 1 33 2007, July 1, 2008, or July 1, 2009, and which is funded by a 1 34 state appropriation, must be determined by the department of 1 35 management to have made substantial progress after five years 2 1 toward achieving the agency's strategic plan, developed 2 2 pursuant to Code section 8E.207. The bill provides that in 2 3 determining whether substantial progress has been made, the 2 4 department shall review the agency's annual performance 2 5 reports submitted during the five=year period since the 2 6 inception of the program or project, and during that period 2 7 can make recommendations designed to enhance the likelihood 2 8 that substantial progress will be determined to have been 2 9 achieved. The bill provides that the department may grant an 2 10 extension of time where an agency can demonstrate a good=faith 2 11 effort to comply with recommendations received by the agency, 2 12 or where it can be demonstrated that substantial progress was 2 13 not achieved due to unforeseeable circumstances. 2 14 The bill contains a repeal date of July 1, 2014. 2 15 LSB 6948SV 80 2 16 rn/sh/8