House Study Bill 202 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 department of 3 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: 6 TLSB 1133JB 82 7 dea/gg/14 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. ROAD USE TAX FUND. There is appropriated from 1 2 the road use tax fund to the department of transportation for 1 3 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 1 4 2008, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is 1 5 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 .................................................. $ 3,047,000 1 10 Notwithstanding section 8.33, unencumbered or unobligated 1 11 funds remaining on June 30, 2008, 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: 1 18 .................................................. $ 6,237,000 1 19 b. Planning: 1 20 .................................................. $ 470,000 1 21 c. Motor vehicles: 1 22 .................................................. $ 33,347,113 1 23 3. For payments to the department of administrative 1 24 services for utility services: 1 25 .................................................. $ 145,000 1 26 4. Unemployment compensation: 1 27 .................................................. $ 17,000 1 28 5. For payments to the department of administrative 1 29 services for paying workers' compensation claims under chapter 1 30 85 on behalf of employees of the department of transportation: 1 31 .................................................. $ 108,000 1 32 6. For payment to the general fund of the state for 1 33 indirect cost recoveries: 1 34 .................................................. $ 102,000 1 35 7. For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit 2 1 expenses as provided in section 11.5B: 2 2 .................................................. $ 60,988 2 3 8. For automation, telecommunications, and related costs 2 4 associated with the county issuance of driver's licenses and 2 5 vehicle registrations and titles: 2 6 .................................................. $ 1,832,000 2 7 9. For transfer to the department of public safety for 2 8 operating a system providing toll=free telephone road and 2 9 weather conditions information: 2 10 .................................................. $ 100,000 2 11 10. For costs associated with the participation in the 2 12 Mississippi river parkway commission: 2 13 .................................................. $ 40,000 2 14 11. For membership in the North America's superhighway 2 15 corridor coalition: 2 16 .................................................. $ 50,000 2 17 12. For scale maintenance projects at various locations: 2 18 .................................................. $ 100,000 2 19 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this 2 20 subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the 2 21 close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain 2 22 available for expenditure for the purposes designated until 2 23 the close of the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2010. 2 24 13. For development of an international registration plan 2 25 and international fuel tax administration system: 2 26 .................................................. $ 1,000,000 2 27 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this 2 28 subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the 2 29 close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain 2 30 available for expenditure for the purposes designated until 2 31 the close of the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2009. 2 32 Sec. 2. PRIMARY ROAD FUND. There is appropriated from the 2 33 primary road fund to the department of transportation for the 2 34 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, 2 35 the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to 3 1 be used for the purposes designated: 3 2 1. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous 3 3 purposes and for not more than the following full=time 3 4 equivalent positions: 3 5 a. Operations: 3 6 .................................................. $ 38,311,652 3 7 ............................................... FTEs 305.00 3 8 b. Planning: 3 9 .................................................. $ 8,920,908 3 10 ............................................... FTEs 132.00 3 11 c. Highways: 3 12 .................................................. $209,436,880 3 13 ............................................... FTEs 2,454.00 3 14 d. Motor vehicles: 3 15 .................................................. $ 1,384,000 3 16 ............................................... FTEs 483.00 3 17 2. For payments to the department of administrative 3 18 services for utility services: 3 19 .................................................. $ 888,000 3 20 3. Unemployment compensation: 3 21 .................................................. $ 328,000 3 22 4. For payments to the department of administrative 3 23 services for paying workers' compensation claims under chapter 3 24 85 on behalf of the employees of the department of 3 25 transportation: 3 26 .................................................. $ 2,592,000 3 27 5. For disposal of hazardous wastes from field locations 3 28 and the central complex: 3 29 .................................................. $ 800,000 3 30 6. For payment to the general fund for indirect cost 3 31 recoveries: 3 32 .................................................. $ 748,000 3 33 7. For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit 3 34 expenses as provided in section 11.5B: 3 35 .................................................. $ 376,212 4 1 8. For costs associated with producing transportation 4 2 maps: 4 3 .................................................. $ 242,000 4 4 9. For inventory and equipment replacement: 4 5 .................................................. $ 2,250,000 4 6 10. For utility improvements at various locations: 4 7 .................................................. $ 400,000 4 8 11. For garage roofing projects at various locations: 4 9 .................................................. $ 100,000 4 10 12. For heating, cooling, and exhaust system improvements 4 11 at various locations: 4 12 .................................................. $ 100,000 4 13 13. For deferred maintenance projects at field facilities 4 14 throughout the state: 4 15 .................................................. $ 351,500 4 16 14. For construction of a new Clarinda garage: 4 17 .................................................. $ 2,300,000 4 18 15. For federal Americans With Disabilities Act 4 19 improvements at various locations: 4 20 .................................................. $ 200,000 4 21 16. For elevator upgrades at the Ames complex: 4 22 .................................................. $ 100,000 4 23 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in 4 24 subsections 10 through 16 that remain unencumbered or 4 25 unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert 4 26 but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes 4 27 designated until the close of the fiscal year that begins July 4 28 1, 2010. 4 29 EXPLANATION 4 30 This bill makes and limits appropriations for the 2007=2008 4 31 fiscal year from the road use tax fund and the primary road 4 32 fund to the department of transportation. 4 33 Appropriations from the road use tax fund include 4 34 appropriations for driver's license production costs, 4 35 salaries, operations, planning, motor vehicles, utility 5 1 services provided by the department of administrative 5 2 services, unemployment and workers' compensation, indirect 5 3 cost recoveries, audits, county issuance of driver's licenses 5 4 and vehicle registration and titling, a system providing 5 5 toll=free telephone road and weather reports, participation in 5 6 the Mississippi river parkway commission, membership in the 5 7 North America's superhighway corridor coalition, scale 5 8 maintenance projects, and development of an international 5 9 registration plan and international fuel tax administration 5 10 system. 5 11 Appropriations from the primary road fund include 5 12 appropriations for salaries, operations, planning, highways, 5 13 motor vehicles, utility services provided by the department of 5 14 administrative services, unemployment and workers' 5 15 compensation, hazardous waste disposal, indirect cost 5 16 recoveries, audits, production of transportation maps, 5 17 inventory and equipment replacement, utility projects, garage 5 18 roofing, heating and cooling improvements, deferred 5 19 maintenance at field facilities, replacement of the Clarinda 5 20 garage, various Americans With Disabilities Act improvements, 5 21 and elevator upgrades at the Ames complex. 5 22 LSB 1133JB 82 5 23 dea:mg/gg/14