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 PAG LIN 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