Senate Study Bill 3099 



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                                 BY  (PROPOSED GOVERNOR'S BUDGET BILL)


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                                      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 general fund of the state, the road use tax fund, and the
  5    primary road fund.
  6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  GENERAL FUND.  There is appropriated from the
  1  2 general fund of the state to the department of transportation
  1  3 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June
  1  4 30, 2009, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
  1  5 necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
  1  6    For deposit into the railroad revolving loan and grant fund
  1  7 created in section 327H.20A:
  1  8 .................................................. $  2,000,000
  1  9    The moneys appropriated in this section shall be used to
  1 10 generate at least $10,000,000 in vertical infrastructure
  1 11 capital investments.
  1 12    Sec. 2.  ROAD USE TAX FUND.  There is appropriated from the
  1 13 road use tax fund to the department of transportation for the
  1 14 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009,
  1 15 the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
  1 16 be used for the purposes designated:
  1 17    1.  For the payment of costs associated with the production
  1 18 of driver's licenses, as defined in section 321.1, subsection
  1 19 20A:
  1 20 .................................................. $  3,047,000
  1 21    Notwithstanding section 8.33, unencumbered or unobligated
  1 22 funds remaining on June 30, 2009, from the appropriation made
  1 23 in this subsection shall not revert but shall remain available
  1 24 for subsequent fiscal years for the purposes specified in this
  1 25 subsection.
  1 26    2.  For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
  1 27 purposes:
  1 28    a.  Operations:
  1 29 .................................................. $  6,411,178
  1 30    b.  Planning:
  1 31 .................................................. $    490,945
  1 32    c.  Motor vehicles:
  1 33 .................................................. $ 34,443,525
  1 34    3.  For payments to the department of administrative
  1 35 services for utility services:
  2  1 .................................................. $    183,000
  2  2    4.  Unemployment compensation:
  2  3 .................................................. $     17,000
  2  4    5.  For payments to the department of administrative
  2  5 services for paying workers' compensation claims under chapter
  2  6 85 on behalf of employees of the department of transportation:
  2  7 .................................................. $    117,000
  2  8    6.  For payment to the general fund of the state for
  2  9 indirect cost recoveries:
  2 10 .................................................. $    102,000
  2 11    7.  For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit
  2 12 expenses as provided in section 11.5B:
  2 13 .................................................. $     64,082
  2 14    8.  For automation, telecommunications, and related costs
  2 15 associated with the county issuance of driver's licenses and
  2 16 vehicle registrations and titles:
  2 17 .................................................. $  1,442,000
  2 18    9.  For transfer to the department of public safety for
  2 19 operating a system providing toll=free telephone road and
  2 20 weather conditions information:
  2 21 .................................................. $    100,000
  2 22    10.  For costs associated with the participation in the
  2 23 Mississippi river parkway commission:
  2 24 .................................................. $     61,000
  2 25    11.  For membership in North America's supercorridor
  2 26 coalition:
  2 27 .................................................. $     50,000
  2 28    12.  For development of an overdimension permitting system:
  2 29 .................................................. $  1,000,000
  2 30    Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
  2 31 subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
  2 32 close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
  2 33 available for expenditure for the purposes designated until
  2 34 the close of the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2010.
  2 35    13.  For motor vehicle division field facility maintenance
  3  1 projects at various locations:
  3  2 .................................................. $    200,000
  3  3    Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
  3  4 subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
  3  5 close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
  3  6 available for expenditure for the purposes designated until
  3  7 the close of the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2011.
  3  8    Sec. 3.  PRIMARY ROAD FUND.  There is appropriated from the
  3  9 primary road fund to the department of transportation for the
  3 10 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009,
  3 11 the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
  3 12 be used for the purposes designated:
  3 13    1.  For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
  3 14 purposes:
  3 15    a.  Operations:
  3 16 .................................................. $ 39,386,314
  3 17    b.  Planning:
  3 18 .................................................. $  9,320,862
  3 19    c.  Highways:
  3 20 .................................................. $217,651,984
  3 21    d.  Motor vehicles:
  3 22 .................................................. $  1,435,497
  3 23    2.  For payments to the department of administrative
  3 24 services for utility services:
  3 25 .................................................. $  1,121,000
  3 26    3.  Unemployment compensation:
  3 27 .................................................. $    328,000
  3 28    4.  For payments to the department of administrative
  3 29 services for paying workers' compensation claims under chapter
  3 30 85 on behalf of the employees of the department of
  3 31 transportation:
  3 32 .................................................. $  2,814,000
  3 33    5.  For disposal of hazardous wastes from field locations
  3 34 and the central complex:
  3 35 .................................................. $    800,000
  4  1    6.  For payment to the general fund of the state for
  4  2 indirect cost recoveries:
  4  3 .................................................. $    748,000
  4  4    7.  For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit
  4  5 expenses as provided in section 11.5B:
  4  6 .................................................. $    395,218
  4  7    8.  For costs associated with producing transportation
  4  8 maps:
  4  9 .................................................. $    242,000
  4 10    9.  For inventory and equipment replacement:
  4 11 .................................................. $  2,250,000
  4 12    10.  For utility improvements at various locations:
  4 13 .................................................. $    400,000
  4 14    11.  For roofing projects at various locations:
  4 15 .................................................. $    200,000
  4 16    12.  For heating, cooling, and exhaust system improvements
  4 17 at various locations:
  4 18 .................................................. $    100,000
  4 19    13.  For deferred maintenance projects at field facilities
  4 20 throughout the state:
  4 21 .................................................. $    351,500
  4 22    14.  For construction of a new Waukon garage:
  4 23 .................................................. $  2,500,000
  4 24    15.  For federal Americans With Disabilities Act
  4 25 improvements at various locations:
  4 26 .................................................. $    100,000
  4 27    16.  For elevator upgrades at the Ames complex:
  4 28 .................................................. $    100,000
  4 29    17.  For maintenance garage improvements at various
  4 30 locations:
  4 31 .................................................. $  1,000,000
  4 32    Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
  4 33 subsections 10 through 17 that remain unencumbered or
  4 34 unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
  4 35 but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
  5  1 designated until the close of the fiscal year that begins July
  5  2 1, 2011.
  5  3                           EXPLANATION
  5  4    This bill makes and limits appropriations for FY 2008=2009
  5  5 from the state general fund, the road use tax fund, and the
  5  6 primary road fund to the department of transportation.
  5  7    The appropriation from the general fund is for deposit in
  5  8 the railroad revolving loan and grant fund to be used to
  5  9 generate vertical infrastructure capital investments.
  5 10    Appropriations from the road use tax fund include
  5 11 appropriations for driver's license production costs,
  5 12 salaries, operations, planning, motor vehicles, utility
  5 13 services provided by the department of administrative
  5 14 services, unemployment and workers' compensation, indirect
  5 15 cost recoveries, audits, county issuance of driver's licenses
  5 16 and vehicle registration and titling, a system providing
  5 17 toll=free telephone road and weather reports, participation in
  5 18 the Mississippi river parkway commission, membership in North
  5 19 America's supercorridor coalition (NASCO), development of an
  5 20 overdimension permitting system, and motor vehicle division
  5 21 field facility maintenance projects.
  5 22    Appropriations from the primary road fund include
  5 23 appropriations for salaries, operations, planning, highways,
  5 24 motor vehicles, utility services provided by the department of
  5 25 administrative services, unemployment and workers'
  5 26 compensation, hazardous waste disposal, indirect cost
  5 27 recoveries, audits, production of transportation maps,
  5 28 inventory and equipment replacement, utility projects, roofing
  5 29 projects, heating and cooling improvements, deferred
  5 30 maintenance at field facilities, replacement of the Waukon
  5 31 garage, various Americans With Disabilities Act improvements,
  5 32 elevator upgrades at the Ames complex, and maintenance garage
  5 33 improvements.
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