House Study Bill 191
SENATE/HOUSE FILE
BY (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT
OF MANAGEMENT BILL)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to state government financial matters concerning
2 charter agencies, the state appeal board, and reinvention
3 initiatives of the department of management, and making
4 appropriations.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 7J.1, subsection 3, paragraph d, Code
1 2 2005, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 d. For the fiscal period beginning July 1, 2003, and
1 4 ending June 30, 2005 2006, a charter agency is not subject to
1 5 a uniform reduction ordered by the governor in accordance with
1 6 section 8.31.
1 7 Sec. 2. Section 7J.1, subsection 8, Code 2005, is amended
1 8 to read as follows:
1 9 8. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL FLEXIBILITY. Notwithstanding any
1 10 provision of law to the contrary, a charter agency shall not
1 11 be required to obtain executive council approval for claims
1 12 for expenses of attending conventions, out=of=state travel
1 13 requests, lease approvals, asset sales, and memberships in
1 14 professional organizations.
1 15 Sec. 3. Section 7J.1, Code 2005, is amended by adding the
1 16 following new subsection:
1 17 NEW SUBSECTION. 8A. APPEAL BOARD FLEXIBILITY.
1 18 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a
1 19 charter agency shall not be required to obtain state appeal
1 20 board approval for payment of prior year claims from funds
1 21 other than the general fund of the state.
1 22 Sec. 4. 2004 Iowa Acts, chapter 1175, section 213, is
1 23 amended to read as follows:
1 24 SEC. 213. STATE APPEAL BOARD STREAMLINING. For the fiscal
1 25 year period beginning July 1, 2004, and ending June 30, 2007,
1 26 the state appeal board may pay out of any moneys in the state
1 27 treasury not otherwise appropriated for costs associated with
1 28 streamlining and improving the state appeal board process.
1 29 Sec. 5. 2004 Iowa Acts, chapter 1175, section 272, is
1 30 amended to read as follows:
1 31 SEC. 272. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys
1 32 appropriated in 2003 Iowa Acts, chapter 178, section 62, and
1 33 2003 Iowa Acts, chapter 181, section 11, subsection 3, which
1 34 remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal
1 35 year beginning July 1, 2003, shall not revert but shall remain
2 1 available for expenditure for the purposes for which they were
2 2 appropriated for the fiscal year period beginning July 1,
2 3 2004, and ending June 30, 2007.
2 4 EXPLANATION
2 5 This bill provides changes relative to the authority of
2 6 charter agencies and state appeal board expenditures, and for
2 7 nonreversion of certain moneys appropriated to the department
2 8 of management.
2 9 Code chapter 7J, concerning charter agencies, is amended.
2 10 Under current law, a charter agency is exempt from the
2 11 authority of the governor to impose an across=the=board
2 12 reduction in moneys appropriated to the charter agency through
2 13 June 30, 2005. This bill extends the exemption from this
2 14 authority through June 30, 2006. In addition, the bill
2 15 provides that a charter agency is not required to obtain
2 16 executive council approval for lease approvals and asset
2 17 sales. The bill also provides that a charter agency is
2 18 authorized to pay prior year claims from funds other than the
2 19 general fund of the state without state appeal board approval.
2 20 The bill also provides that moneys in the state treasury
2 21 not otherwise appropriated may be paid for costs associated
2 22 with streamlining and improving the state appeal board process
2 23 from July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2007. Current law only
2 24 provided for this authority through the fiscal year ending
2 25 June 30, 2005.
2 26 The bill also amends a provision of law enacted in 2004
2 27 dealing with the nonreversion of moneys appropriated to the
2 28 department of management for reinvention initiatives. In
2 29 2003, $6.35 million was appropriated to the department of
2 30 management for reinvention initiatives for the fiscal year
2 31 ending June 30, 2004. In 2004, legislation was enacted that
2 32 provided that the money appropriated for reinvention
2 33 initiatives in 2003 but not expended by June 30, 2004, did not
2 34 revert but remained available for expenditure for the purpose
2 35 listed through June 30, 2005. This bill amends the 2004
3 1 legislation and provides that any unexpended money shall
3 2 remain available for reinvention initiatives through June 30,
3 3 2007.
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