Senate Study Bill 1008 



                                       SENATE/HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF
                                            PUBLIC DEFENSE BILL)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the military code by amending the powers of
  2    the adjutant general and by allowing the armory board to enter
  3    into design=build contracts for the construction of certain
  4    national guard facilities.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 1252DP 82
  7 eg/je/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 29A.12, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  The adjutant general shall have command and control of
  1  4 the military division, and perform such duties as pertain to
  1  5 the office of the adjutant general under law and regulations,
  1  6 pursuant to the authority vested in the adjutant general by
  1  7 the governor.  The adjutant general shall superintend the
  1  8 preparation of all letters and reports required by the United
  1  9 States from the state, and perform all the duties prescribed
  1 10 by law.  The adjutant general shall have charge of the state
  1 11 military reservations, and all other property of the state
  1 12 kept or used for military purposes.  The adjutant general may
  1 13 accept and expend nonappropriated funds in accordance with law
  1 14 and regulations.  The adjutant general shall cause an
  1 15 inventory to be taken at least once each year of all military
  1 16 stores, property, and funds under the adjutant general's
  1 17 jurisdiction.  In each year preceding a regular session of the
  1 18 general assembly, the adjutant general shall prepare a
  1 19 detailed report of the transactions of that office, its
  1 20 expenses, and other matters required by the governor for the
  1 21 period since the last preceding report, and the governor may
  1 22 at any time require a similar report.
  1 23    Sec. 2.  Section 29A.57, subsection 3, Code 2007, is
  1 24 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1 25    NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  Enter into a design=build contract for
  1 26 a facility to be funded entirely with federal funds and to be
  1 27 used solely by the national guard or jointly by the national
  1 28 guard and other armed forces of the United States.  A
  1 29 design=build contract may provide that design and construction
  1 30 of the project may be in sequential or concurrent phases.  As
  1 31 used in this paragraph, "design=build contract" means a single
  1 32 contract providing for both design services and construction
  1 33 services that may include finance, maintenance, operations,
  1 34 preconstruction, and other related services.
  1 35                           EXPLANATION
  2  1    This bill makes changes to the military code relating to
  2  2 certain powers of the adjutant general and the armory board.
  2  3    Code section 29A.12 is amended to authorize the adjutant
  2  4 general to accept and expend nonappropriated funds in
  2  5 accordance with state and federal law and regulations.
  2  6    Code section 29A.57 is amended to authorize the armory
  2  7 board to enter into a contract known as a "design=build
  2  8 contract" to construct a facility for use by the Iowa national
  2  9 guard or the Iowa national guard and other armed forces of the
  2 10 United States where the construction funding is entirely
  2 11 federal moneys.  The bill defines design=build contract.
  2 12 LSB 1252DP 82
  2 13 eg:sc/je/5.1