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:
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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 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.
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