Senate Study Bill 3090





                                 SENATE/HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                      APPROPRIATIONS BILL BY JOINT
                                      APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE
                                      ON TRANSPORTATION, INFRASTRUCTURE,
                                      AND CAPITALS)


    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 and the primary road fund.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  ROAD USE TAX FUND.  There is appropriated from
  1  2 the road use tax fund to the state department of
  1  3 transportation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and
  1  4 ending June 30, 2007, the following amounts, or so much
  1  5 thereof as is necessary, for the 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, 2007, 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 .................................................. $  5,602,060
  1 19    b.  Administrative services:
  1 20 .................................................. $    548,222
  1 21    c.  Planning:
  1 22 .................................................. $    470,476
  1 23    d.  Motor vehicles:
  1 24 .................................................. $ 32,155,203
  1 25    3.  For payments to the department of administrative
  1 26 services for utility services:
  1 27 .................................................. $    140,000
  1 28    4.  Unemployment compensation:
  1 29 .................................................. $     17,000
  1 30    5.  For payments to the department of administrative
  1 31 services for paying workers' compensation claims under chapter
  1 32 85 on behalf of employees of the state department of
  1 33 transportation:
  1 34 .................................................. $    125,480
  1 35    6.  For payment to the general fund of the state for
  2  1 indirect cost recoveries:
  2  2 .................................................. $    102,000
  2  3    7.  For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit
  2  4 expenses as provided in section 11.5B:
  2  5 .................................................. $     56,420
  2  6    8.  For automation, telecommunications, and related costs
  2  7 associated with the county issuance of driver's licenses and
  2  8 vehicle registrations and titles:
  2  9 .................................................. $  2,064,000
  2 10    9.  For transfer to the department of public safety for
  2 11 operating a system providing toll=free telephone road and
  2 12 weather conditions information:
  2 13 .................................................. $    100,000
  2 14    10.  For costs associated with the participation in the
  2 15 Mississippi river parkway commission:
  2 16 .................................................. $     40,000
  2 17    11.  For membership in the North America's superhighway
  2 18 corridor coalition:
  2 19 .................................................. $     50,000
  2 20    12.  For development of a reporting database:
  2 21 .................................................. $    500,000
  2 22    13.  For development of an international registration plan
  2 23 and international fuel tax administration system:
  2 24 .................................................. $  1,000,000
  2 25    Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
  2 26 subsections 12 and 13 that remain unencumbered or unobligated
  2 27 at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall
  2 28 remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated
  2 29 until the close of the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2008.
  2 30    Sec. 2.  PRIMARY ROAD FUND.  There is appropriated from the
  2 31 primary road fund to the state department of transportation
  2 32 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June
  2 33 30, 2007, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
  2 34 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
  2 35    1.  For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
  3  1 purposes and for not more than the following full=time
  3  2 equivalent positions:
  3  3    a.  Operations and finance:
  3  4 .................................................. $ 34,412,659
  3  5 ............................................... FTEs     269.00
  3  6    b.  Administrative services:
  3  7 .................................................. $  3,400,067
  3  8 ............................................... FTEs      35.00
  3  9    c.  Planning:
  3 10 .................................................. $  8,901,251
  3 11 ............................................... FTEs     136.00
  3 12    d.  Highways:
  3 13 .................................................. $198,956,346
  3 14 ............................................... FTEs   2,452.00
  3 15    e.  Motor vehicles:
  3 16 .................................................. $  1,283,891
  3 17 ............................................... FTEs     483.00
  3 18    2.  For payments to the department of administrative
  3 19 services for utility services:
  3 20 .................................................. $    860,000
  3 21    3.  Unemployment compensation:
  3 22 .................................................. $    328,000
  3 23    4.  For payments to the department of administrative
  3 24 services for paying workers' compensation claims under chapter
  3 25 85 on behalf of the employees of the state department of
  3 26 transportation:
  3 27 .................................................. $  3,011,520
  3 28    5.  For disposal of hazardous wastes from field locations
  3 29 and the central complex:
  3 30 .................................................. $    800,000
  3 31    6.  For payment to the general fund for indirect cost
  3 32 recoveries:
  3 33 .................................................. $    748,000
  3 34    7.  For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit
  3 35 expenses as provided in section 11.5B:
  4  1 .................................................. $    346,580
  4  2    8.  For costs associated with producing transportation
  4  3 maps:
  4  4 .................................................. $    235,000
  4  5    9.  For inventory and equipment replacement:
  4  6 .................................................. $  2,250,000
  4  7    10.  For utility improvements at various locations:
  4  8 .................................................. $    400,000
  4  9    11.  For garage roofing projects at various locations:
  4 10 .................................................. $    100,000
  4 11    12.  For heating, cooling, and exhaust system improvements
  4 12 at various locations:
  4 13 .................................................. $    100,000
  4 14    13.  For deferred maintenance projects at field facilities
  4 15 throughout the state:
  4 16 .................................................. $    351,500
  4 17    14.  For construction of a new Fairfield garage:
  4 18 .................................................. $  2,500,000
  4 19    15.  For federal Americans With Disabilities Act
  4 20 improvements at various locations:
  4 21 .................................................. $    200,000
  4 22    16.  For paving the Ames complex south parking lot:
  4 23 .................................................. $    200,000
  4 24    17.  For elevator upgrades at the Ames complex:
  4 25 .................................................. $    100,000
  4 26    Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
  4 27 subsections 10 through 17 that remain unencumbered or
  4 28 unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
  4 29 but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
  4 30 designated until the close of the fiscal year that begins July
  4 31 1, 2009.
  4 32    Sec. 3.  DES MOINES SATELLITE DRIVER'S LICENSE STATION ==
  4 33 LEGISLATIVE INTENT.  It is the intent of the general assembly
  4 34 that the satellite driver's license station to be established
  4 35 by the state department of transportation within the city of
  5  1 Des Moines be open for the renewal of driver's licenses no
  5  2 later than the date of the opening of the new motor vehicle
  5  3 division facility in Ankeny, whether or not there is a
  5  4 commitment from the Polk county treasurer to operate or staff
  5  5 the satellite station.  The general assembly further intends
  5  6 that, to the extent practicable, the satellite station be
  5  7 located as close as possible to the site of the office of
  5  8 driver services currently operated by the department within
  5  9 the city of Des Moines.
  5 10                           EXPLANATION
  5 11    This bill makes and limits appropriations for the 2006=2007
  5 12 fiscal year from the road use tax fund and the primary road
  5 13 fund to the state department of transportation.
  5 14    Appropriations from the road use tax fund include
  5 15 appropriations for driver's license production costs,
  5 16 salaries, operations and finance, administrative services,
  5 17 planning, motor vehicles, services provided by the department
  5 18 of administrative services, unemployment and workers'
  5 19 compensation, indirect cost recoveries, audits, county
  5 20 issuance of driver's licenses and vehicle registration and
  5 21 titling, a system providing toll=free telephone road and
  5 22 weather reports, participation in the Mississippi river
  5 23 parkway commission, membership in the North America's
  5 24 superhighway corridor coalition, development of a reporting
  5 25 database to warehouse driver and vehicle information, and
  5 26 development of an international registration plan and
  5 27 international fuel tax administration system.
  5 28    Appropriations from the primary road fund include
  5 29 appropriations for salaries, operations and finance,
  5 30 administrative services, planning, highways, motor vehicles,
  5 31 services provided by the department of administrative
  5 32 services, unemployment and workers' compensation, hazardous
  5 33 waste disposal, indirect cost recoveries, audits, production
  5 34 of transportation maps, inventory and equipment replacement,
  5 35 utility projects, garage roofing, heating and cooling
  6  1 improvements, deferred maintenance at field facilities,
  6  2 replacement of the Fairfield garage, various Americans With
  6  3 Disabilities Act improvements, parking lot paving at the Ames
  6  4 complex, and elevator upgrades at the Ames complex.
  6  5    The bill contains an expression of legislative intent
  6  6 regarding the establishment of a satellite driver's license
  6  7 station in the city of Des Moines.
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