House Study Bill 774
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, and including
5 an effective date.
6 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, 2008, and ending June 30,
1 4 2009, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
1 5 necessary, to be used 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, 2009, from the appropriation made
1 12 in this subsection shall not revert but shall remain available
1 13 for subsequent fiscal years for the purposes specified in this
1 14 subsection.
1 15 2. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
1 16 purposes:
1 17 a. Operations:
1 18 .................................................. $ 6,411,178
1 19 b. Planning:
1 20 .................................................. $ 490,945
1 21 c. Motor vehicles:
1 22 .................................................. $ 34,443,525
1 23 3. For payments to the department of administrative
1 24 services for utility services:
1 25 .................................................. $ 183,000
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 .................................................. $ 117,000
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 .................................................. $ 64,082
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 .................................................. $ 1,442,000
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 .................................................. $ 61,000
2 14 11. For membership in North America's supercorridor
2 15 coalition:
2 16 .................................................. $ 50,000
2 17 12. For development of an overdimension permitting system:
2 18 .................................................. $ 1,000,000
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 motor vehicle division field facility maintenance
2 25 projects at various locations:
2 26 .................................................. $ 200,000
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, 2011.
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, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009,
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, miscellaneous
3 3 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
3 4 equivalent positions:
3 5 a. Operations:
3 6 .................................................. $ 39,386,314
3 7 ............................................... FTEs 308.00
3 8 b. Planning:
3 9 .................................................. $ 9,320,862
3 10 ............................................... FTEs 131.00
3 11 c. Highways:
3 12 .................................................. $217,651,984
3 13 ............................................... FTEs 2,453.00
3 14 d. Motor vehicles:
3 15 .................................................. $ 1,435,497
3 16 ............................................... FTEs 481.00
3 17 2. For payments to the department of administrative
3 18 services for utility services:
3 19 .................................................. $ 1,121,000
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 .................................................. $ 2,814,000
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 of the state for
3 31 indirect cost 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 .................................................. $ 395,218
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 roofing projects at various locations:
4 9 .................................................. $ 200,000
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 .................................................. $ 500,000
4 16 14. For construction of a new Waukon garage:
4 17 .................................................. $ 2,500,000
4 18 15. For federal Americans With Disabilities Act
4 19 improvements at various locations:
4 20 .................................................. $ 120,000
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, 2011.
4 29 Sec. 3. 2007 Iowa Acts, chapter 216, section 2, subsection
4 30 1, paragraph c, is amended to read as follows:
4 31 c. Highways:
4 32 .................................................. $209,436,880
4 33 219,166,306
4 34 ............................................... FTEs 2,454.00
4 35 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
5 1 lettered paragraph that remain unencumbered or unobligated at
5 2 the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
5 3 available for expenditure for the purposes designated until
5 4 the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
5 5 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. The section of this Act amending
5 6 2007 Iowa Acts, chapter 216, section 2, subsection 1,
5 7 paragraph "c", being deemed of immediate importance, takes
5 8 effect upon enactment.
5 9 EXPLANATION
5 10 This bill makes and limits appropriations for FY 2008=2009
5 11 from the road use tax fund and the primary road fund to the
5 12 department of transportation.
5 13 Appropriations from the road use tax fund include
5 14 appropriations for driver's license production costs,
5 15 salaries, operations, planning, motor vehicles, utility
5 16 services provided by the department of administrative
5 17 services, unemployment and workers' compensation, indirect
5 18 cost recoveries, audits, county issuance of driver's licenses
5 19 and vehicle registration and titling, a system providing
5 20 toll=free telephone road and weather reports, participation in
5 21 the Mississippi river parkway commission, membership in North
5 22 America's supercorridor coalition (NASCO), development of an
5 23 overdimension permitting system, and motor vehicle division
5 24 field facility maintenance projects.
5 25 Appropriations from the primary road fund include
5 26 appropriations for salaries, operations, planning, highways,
5 27 motor vehicles, utility services provided by the department of
5 28 administrative services, unemployment and workers'
5 29 compensation, hazardous waste disposal, indirect cost
5 30 recoveries, audits, production of transportation maps,
5 31 inventory and equipment replacement, utility projects, roofing
5 32 projects, heating and cooling improvements, deferred
5 33 maintenance at field facilities, replacement of the Waukon
5 34 garage, various federal Americans With Disabilities Act
5 35 improvements, and elevator upgrades at the Ames complex.
6 1 The bill provides a supplemental appropriation for FY
6 2 2007=2008 from the primary road fund to the department to be
6 3 used for highways. The supplemental appropriation is
6 4 effective upon enactment of the bill.
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