Senate Study Bill 1237
SENATE/HOUSE FILE
BY (PROPOSED GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET BILL)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to public funding and regulatory matters and
2 making, reducing, and transferring appropriations and revising
3 fund amounts and including effective, retroactive, and other
4 applicability date provisions.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 DIVISION I
1 2 JUMPSTART AND SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
1 3 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 15E.361 SMALL BUSINESS DISASTER
1 4 RECOVERY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
1 5 1. The department shall establish and administer a small
1 6 business disaster recovery financial assistance program.
1 7 Under the program, the department shall provide grants to
1 8 administrative entities for purposes of providing financial
1 9 assistance to eligible businesses that sustained physical
1 10 damage or economic loss due to a natural disaster occurring
1 11 after May 24, 2008, and before August 14, 2008. Moneys shall
1 12 be allocated to administrative entities on the basis of the
1 13 percentage of disaster loans awarded by the United States
1 14 small business administration to businesses located within a
1 15 city's jurisdiction or a disaster recovery area as defined by
1 16 the department.
1 17 2. An eligible business is a business that sustained
1 18 physical damage or economic loss due to a natural disaster
1 19 occurring after May 24, 2008, and before August 14, 2008, and
1 20 has executed loan documents for a disaster loan from an
1 21 eligible lender as defined by the department. Financial
1 22 assistance shall be in the form of forgivable loans and
1 23 reimbursement for acquisition of energy=efficient equipment.
1 24 The maximum amount of a forgivable loan is twenty=five percent
1 25 of the loan amount from the eligible lender up to a maximum of
1 26 fifty thousand dollars. Up to an additional five thousand
1 27 dollars of assistance shall be available for the reimbursement
1 28 of energy=efficient purchases and installation.
1 29 3. As determined by the department, unused or unobligated
1 30 moneys may be reclaimed and reallocated by the department to
1 31 other administrative agencies.
1 32 4. For purposes of this section, "administrative entity"
1 33 means cities identified by the department that administer
1 34 local disaster recovery programs and councils of government.
1 35 Sec. 2. Section 15F.204, subsection 8, paragraph a,
2 1 subparagraph (5), Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
2 2 (5) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending
2 3 June 30, 2009, the sum of twelve million dollars.
2 4 Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, of the amount
2 5 appropriated in this subparagraph, one million nine hundred
2 6 thousand dollars is transferred to the housing assistance fund
2 7 to be used for the jumpstart housing assistance program
2 8 established pursuant to section 16.191.
2 9 Sec. 3. Section 15G.111, Code 2009, is amended by adding
2 10 the following new subsection:
2 11 NEW SUBSECTION. 9A. Each appropriation made in
2 12 subsections 1 through 9 for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2 13 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, is reduced by twenty percent.
2 14 There is appropriated from the grow Iowa values fund created
2 15 in section 15G.108 to the department of economic development
2 16 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June
2 17 30, 2009, ten million dollars to be used for the small
2 18 business disaster recovery financial assistance program
2 19 established pursuant to section 15E.361.
2 20 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 16.191 JUMPSTART HOUSING ASSISTANCE
2 21 PROGRAM.
2 22 1. The Iowa finance authority shall establish and
2 23 administer a jumpstart housing assistance program. Under the
2 24 program, the authority shall provide grants to local
2 25 government participants for purposes of distributing the
2 26 moneys to eligible residents for eligible purposes which
2 27 relate to disaster=affected homes.
2 28 2. An eligible resident is a person residing in a
2 29 disaster=affected home who is the owner of record of a right,
2 30 title, or interest in the disaster=affected home and who has
2 31 been approved by the federal emergency management agency for
2 32 housing assistance.
2 33 3. Eligible purposes include forgivable loans for down
2 34 payment assistance and housing repair or rehabilitation and
2 35 forgivable loans for interim mortgage assistance. An eligible
3 1 resident who receives a forgivable loan may also receive
3 2 energy efficiency assistance which shall be added to the
3 3 principal of the forgivable loan.
3 4 4. A local government participant may retain a portion of
3 5 the grant moneys for administrative purposes as provided in a
3 6 grant agreement between the authority and the local government
3 7 participant.
3 8 5. Any money paid to a local government participant by an
3 9 eligible resident shall be remitted to the authority for
3 10 deposit in the housing assistance fund created in section
3 11 16.40.
3 12 6. As determined by the authority, unused or unobligated
3 13 moneys may be reclaimed and reallocated by the authority to
3 14 other local government participants.
3 15 7. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise
3 16 requires:
3 17 a. "Disaster=affected home" means a primary residence that
3 18 was destroyed or damaged due to a natural disaster occurring
3 19 after May 24, 2008, and before August 14, 2008.
3 20 b. "Local government participant" means the cities of
3 21 Ames, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Davenport,
3 22 Des Moines, Dubuque, Iowa City, Waterloo, and West Des Moines;
3 23 a council of governments whose territory includes at least one
3 24 county that was declared a disaster area by the president of
3 25 the United States after May 24, 2008, and before August 14,
3 26 2008; and any county that is not part of any council of
3 27 governments and was declared a disaster area by the president
3 28 of the United States after May 24, 2008, and before August 14,
3 29 2008.
3 30 Sec. 5. POWER FUND == HOUSING ASSISTANCE. Of the amount
3 31 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the power
3 32 fund pursuant to section 469.10, subsection 1, for the fiscal
3 33 year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, the
3 34 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, is
3 35 transferred to the Iowa finance authority to be used for the
4 1 purposes designated:
4 2 To be credited to the housing assistance fund to be used
4 3 for the jumpstart housing assistance program established
4 4 pursuant to section 16.191, as enacted by this Act,
4 5 notwithstanding contrary provisions of section 469.9 or any
4 6 other provision of law:
4 7 .................................................. $ 2,500,000
4 8 Sec. 6. 2004 Iowa Acts, First Extraordinary Session,
4 9 chapter 1002, section 2, subsection 1, paragraph d, is amended
4 10 to read as follows:
4 11 d. (1) For deposit in the loan and credit guarantee fund
4 12 created in section 15E.227:
4 13 .................................................. $ 5,728,402
4 14 (2) Of the amount appropriated in subparagraph (1), $1,785
4 15 shall be expended pursuant to contracts or approved projects
4 16 or activities validated in this division of this Act.
4 17 (3) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary,
4 18 $1,900,000 of the amount appropriated in subparagraph (1) is
4 19 transferred to the community attraction and tourism fund
4 20 created in section 15F.204.
4 21 Sec. 7. 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1178, section 20, is
4 22 amended to read as follows:
4 23 SEC. 20. RIVER ENHANCEMENT COMMUNITY ATTRACTION AND
4 24 TOURISM FUND == APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated from any
4 25 interest or earnings on moneys in the federal economic
4 26 stimulus and jobs holding fund for deposit in the river
4 27 enhancement community attraction and tourism fund created in
4 28 section 15F.205 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008,
4 29 and ending June 30, 2009, the following amount, or so much
4 30 thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purpose
4 31 designated:
4 32 For financial assistance to applicants under section
4 33 15F.205:
4 34 .................................................. $ 2,000,000
4 35 Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, all of the
5 1 amount appropriated in this section is transferred to the
5 2 housing assistance fund to be used for the jumpstart housing
5 3 assistance program established pursuant to section 16.191, if
5 4 enacted by the Eighty=third General Assembly, 2009 Session.
5 5 Sec. 8. 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1179, section 1,
5 6 subsection 1, paragraphs a and c, are amended to read as
5 7 follows:
5 8 a. For routine maintenance of state buildings and
5 9 facilities, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 6,
5 10 paragraph "c":
5 11 .................................................. $ 3,000,000
5 12 Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, $1,600,000
5 13 of the amount appropriated in this lettered paragraph is
5 14 transferred to the Iowa finance authority to be credited to
5 15 the housing assistance fund to be used for the jumpstart
5 16 housing assistance program established pursuant to section
5 17 16.191, if enacted by the Eighty=third General Assembly, 2009
5 18 Session.
5 19 c. To provide funding and related services for capitol
5 20 complex property acquisition, notwithstanding section 8.57,
5 21 subsection 6, paragraph "c":
5 22 .................................................. $ 1,000,000
5 23 Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the amount
5 24 appropriated in this lettered paragraph is transferred to the
5 25 Iowa finance authority to be credited to the housing
5 26 assistance fund to be used for the jumpstart housing
5 27 assistance program established pursuant to section 16.191, if
5 28 enacted by the Eighty=third General Assembly, 2009 Session.
5 29 Sec. 9. 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1179, section 1,
5 30 subsection 5, paragraph e, is amended to read as follows:
5 31 e. For deposit into the river enhancement community
5 32 attraction and tourism fund created in 2008 Iowa Acts, Senate
5 33 File 2430, if enacted section 15F.205:
5 34 .................................................. $ 10,000,000
5 35 Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, all of the
6 1 amount appropriated in this section is transferred to the
6 2 housing assistance fund to be used for the jumpstart housing
6 3 assistance program established pursuant to section 16.191, if
6 4 enacted by the Eighty=third General Assembly, 2009 Session.
6 5 Sec. 10. 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1179, section 1,
6 6 subsection 9, paragraph a, is amended to read as follows:
6 7 a. For purposes of supporting a lowhead dam public hazard
6 8 improvement program, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection
6 9 6, paragraph "c":
6 10 .................................................. $ 1,000,000
6 11 The department shall award grants to dam owners including
6 12 counties, cities, state agencies, cooperatives, and
6 13 individuals, to support projects approved by the department.
6 14 The department shall require each dam owner applying for a
6 15 project grant to submit a project plan for the expenditure of
6 16 the moneys, and file a report with the department regarding
6 17 the project, as required by the department.
6 18 The funds can be used for signs, posts, and related
6 19 cabling, and the department shall only award money on a
6 20 matching basis, pursuant to the dam owner contributing at
6 21 least 20 cents for every 80 cents awarded by the department,
6 22 in order to finance the project. For the remainder of the
6 23 funds, including any balance of money not awarded for signs,
6 24 posts, and related cabling, the department shall only award
6 25 moneys to a dam owner on a matching basis. A dam owner shall
6 26 contribute one dollar for each dollar awarded by the
6 27 department in order to finance a project.
6 28 Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the
6 29 department of natural resources shall defer implementation of
6 30 the lowhead dam public hazard improvement program unless other
6 31 funding is made available for the program. The amount
6 32 appropriated in this lettered paragraph is transferred to the
6 33 Iowa finance authority to be credited to the housing trust
6 34 fund to be used for the jumpstart housing assistance program
6 35 established pursuant to section 16.191, if enacted by the
7 1 Eighty=third General Assembly, 2009 Session.
7 2 Sec. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE == APPLICABILITY.
7 3 1. This division of this Act, being deemed of immediate
7 4 importance, takes effect upon enactment, and is retroactively
7 5 applicable to July 1, 2008, for the fiscal year beginning on
7 6 that date.
7 7 2. The appropriations and transfers made in this division
7 8 of this Act apply in lieu of any transfers for the jumpstart
7 9 housing assistance and small business assistance programs or
7 10 from the loan and credit guarantee fund made by the executive
7 11 branch, as reported by the department of management in the
7 12 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008.
7 13 3. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated or
7 14 allocated in this division of this Act to the department of
7 15 economic development for purposes of the small business
7 16 disaster recovery and financial assistance program that remain
7 17 unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year
7 18 shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure
7 19 for the purposes designated until the close of the succeeding
7 20 fiscal year.
7 21 DIVISION II
7 22 CAPITAL APPROPRIATION REVISIONS
7 23 REBUILD IOWA INFRASTRUCTURE FUND == APPROPRIATION REDUCTION
7 24 Sec. 12. 2004 Iowa Acts, chapter 1175, section 288,
7 25 subsection 4, paragraph b, as amended by 2006 Iowa Acts,
7 26 chapter 1179, section 29, is amended to read as follows:
7 27 b. For construction of a community=based correctional
7 28 facility, including district offices, in Davenport:
7 29 FY 2004=2005...................................... $ 3,000,000
7 30 FY 2005=2006...................................... $ 3,750,000
7 31 291,783
7 32 FY 2006=2007...................................... $ 0
7 33 NEW STATE OFFICE BUILDING == APPROPRIATIONS
7 34 ELIMINATED AND REDUCED
7 35 Sec. 13. 2006 Iowa Acts, chapter 1179, section 5, as
8 1 amended by 2007 Iowa Acts, chapter 219, section 22, 2008 Iowa
8 2 Acts, chapter 1176, section 6, and 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter
8 3 1179, section 29, is amended to read as follows:
8 4 SEC. 5. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. There is
8 5 appropriated from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund to the
8 6 department of administrative services for the designated
8 7 fiscal years, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
8 8 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
8 9 For planning, design, and construction of a new state
8 10 office building, including costs associated with furnishing
8 11 the building:
8 12 FY 2007=2008...................................... $ 0
8 13 FY 2008=2009...................................... $ 0
8 14 FY 2009=2010...................................... $ 12,657,100
8 15 0
8 16 The location, design, plans and specifications, and
8 17 occupants of the building shall be determined jointly by the
8 18 executive council and the department of administrative
8 19 services in consultation with the capitol planning commission
8 20 following an analysis of space needs to be completed no later
8 21 than January 1, 2009. Recommendations for the design, plans
8 22 and specifications, and occupants shall be presented to the
8 23 general assembly and the governor for approval by the start of
8 24 the 2009 legislative session.
8 25 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
8 26 section shall not revert at the close of the fiscal year for
8 27 which they were appropriated but shall remain available for
8 28 the purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year
8 29 that begins July 1, 2011, or until the project for which the
8 30 appropriation was made is completed, whichever is earlier.
8 31 The design specifications of the new state office building
8 32 shall include, at a minimum, energy efficiency specifications
8 33 that exceed state building code requirements and have the
8 34 potential for leadership in energy and environmental design
8 35 silver certification from the United States green building
9 1 council.
9 2 Effective December 9, 2008, the department shall cancel
9 3 existing activities pertaining to the new state office
9 4 building addressed by this section and shall defer further
9 5 activities until specifically authorized by law.
9 6 Sec. 14. 2006 Iowa Acts, chapter 1179, section 16,
9 7 subsection 1, paragraph b, as amended by 2007 Iowa Acts,
9 8 chapter 219, section 23, is amended to read as follows:
9 9 b. For planning, design, and construction costs associated
9 10 with the construction of a new approximately
9 11 350,000=gross=square=foot state office building:
9 12 .................................................. $ 37,585,000
9 13 1,000,000
9 14 (1) Of the amount appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
9 15 up to $750,000 may be used by the department to provide an
9 16 earnest deposit on the purchase of no more than ten acres of
9 17 certain property adjacent to the capitol complex and generally
9 18 located north of grand avenue and between east 12th and east
9 19 14th street, if such purchase is made; to provide for parking
9 20 lot improvements necessary to facilitate an exchange of
9 21 property consistent with the planned construction of the new
9 22 state office building; and to provide for the demolition of a
9 23 structure located on the property to be used for the
9 24 construction of the new state office building or to provide
9 25 for the sale by auction and relocation of such structure in an
9 26 effort to reduce or eliminate the costs associated with the
9 27 removal of such structure from the property. Any amount
9 28 received from the sale of a structure as permitted under this
9 29 lettered paragraph shall be retained by the department for the
9 30 use specified for the moneys appropriated pursuant to this
9 31 lettered paragraph.
9 32 (2) Upon the department's decision to purchase property as
9 33 described in subparagraph (1), the department shall determine
9 34 the feasibility of including all or a portion of any amount
9 35 expended pursuant to subparagraph (1) in the financing
10 1 mechanism to be used by the department to complete such
10 2 purchase. The department shall provide a report to the
10 3 department of management and the legislative services agency
10 4 that includes the results of the department's determination.
10 5 Notwithstanding provisions of law to the contrary, the
10 6 department is hereby authorized to honor and maintain existing
10 7 leases located on property to be acquired by the department if
10 8 such property is acquired, as long as such leased property is
10 9 used for providing health care and pharmaceutical services to
10 10 citizens in the community. Such leases may be maintained for
10 11 a period deemed appropriate by the director of the department,
10 12 but in no case shall such leases continue or be renewed for a
10 13 period of more than ten years or if a lessee of the property
10 14 ceases to occupy such property or provide such services.
10 15 REBUILD IOWA INFRASTRUCTURE FUND == APPROPRIATIONS
10 16 ELIMINATED AND REDUCED
10 17 Sec. 15. 2007 Iowa Acts, chapter 219, section 1,
10 18 subsection 1, paragraph j, is amended to read as follows:
10 19 j. For costs associated with the relocation of the vehicle
10 20 dispatch fueling station:
10 21 .................................................. $ 350,000
10 22 839
10 23 Sec. 16. 2007 Iowa Acts, chapter 219, section 1,
10 24 subsection 3, paragraph b, is amended to read as follows:
10 25 b. For capital improvement projects at correctional
10 26 facilities:
10 27 .................................................. $ 5,495,000
10 28 2,697,624
10 29 Sec. 17. 2007 Iowa Acts, chapter 219, section 1,
10 30 subsection 5, paragraph b, unnumbered paragraph 1, is amended
10 31 to read as follows:
10 32 For accelerated career education program capital projects
10 33 at community colleges that are authorized under chapter 260G
10 34 and that meet the definition of "vertical infrastructure" in
10 35 section 8.57, subsection 6, paragraph "c":
11 1 .................................................. $ 5,500,000
11 2 1,625,000
11 3 Sec. 18. 2007 Iowa Acts, chapter 219, section 1,
11 4 subsection 12, paragraph b, is amended to read as follows:
11 5 b. For construction of a state emergency response training
11 6 facility to be located in merged area XI:
11 7 .................................................. $ 2,000,000
11 8 0
11 9 Sec. 19. 2007 Iowa Acts, chapter 219, section 7,
11 10 subsection 1 and subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph 1, are
11 11 amended to read as follows:
11 12 1. For costs associated with the establishment of the Iowa
11 13 institute for biomedical discovery at the state university of
11 14 Iowa:
11 15 FY 2008=2009...................................... $ 10,000,000
11 16 4,585,278
11 17 FY 2009=2010...................................... $ 10,000,000
11 18 0
11 19 For planning, design, and construction costs associated
11 20 with the construction of a new renewable fuels building at
11 21 Iowa state university of science and technology:
11 22 FY 2008=2009...................................... $ 14,756,000
11 23 3,479,000
11 24 FY 2009=2010...................................... $ 11,597,000
11 25 Sec. 20. 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1179, section 1,
11 26 subsection 5, paragraph a, is amended to read as follows:
11 27 a. For accelerated career education program capital
11 28 projects at community colleges that are authorized under
11 29 chapter 260G and that meet the definition of "vertical
11 30 infrastructure" in section 8.57, subsection 6, paragraph "c":
11 31 .................................................. $ 900,000
11 32 0
11 33 The moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph shall be
11 34 allocated equally among the community colleges in the state.
11 35 If any portion of the equal allocation to a community college
12 1 is not obligated or encumbered by April 1, 2009, the
12 2 unobligated and unencumbered portions shall be made available
12 3 by the department for use by other community colleges.
12 4 NEW STATE OFFICE BUILDING == APPROPRIATION ELIMINATED
12 5 Sec. 21. 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1179, section 18,
12 6 subsection 1, paragraph a, is amended to read as follows:
12 7 a. For the planning, design, and construction of a new
12 8 state office building, including costs associated with the
12 9 furnishing of the building:
12 10 .................................................. $ 20,000,000
12 11 0
12 12 The location, design, plans and specifications, and
12 13 occupants of the building shall be determined jointly by the
12 14 executive council and the department of administrative
12 15 services in consultation with the capitol planning commission
12 16 following an analysis of space needs to be completed no later
12 17 than January 1, 2009. Recommendations for design, plans and
12 18 specifications, and occupants shall be presented to the
12 19 general assembly and the governor for approval by the start of
12 20 the 2009 legislative session.
12 21 Effective December 9, 2008, the department shall cancel
12 22 existing activities pertaining to the new state office
12 23 building addressed by this paragraph and shall defer further
12 24 activities until specifically authorized by law.
12 25 REBUILD IOWA INFRASTRUCTURE FUND == TRANSFER
12 26 TO GENERAL FUND
12 27 Sec. 22. TRANSFER TO GENERAL FUND. There is transferred
12 28 from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund to the general fund
12 29 of the state for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and
12 30 ending June 30, 2009, the following amount:
12 31 .................................................. $ 37,000,000
12 32 REBUILD IOWA INFRASTRUCTURE FUND == NEW APPROPRIATION
12 33 Sec. 23. HONEY CREEK. There is appropriated from the
12 34 rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund to the department of natural
12 35 resources for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and
13 1 ending June 30, 2009, the following amount, or so much thereof
13 2 as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
13 3 For construction of the cabins, activity building, picnic
13 4 shelters, and other costs associated with the opening of the
13 5 Honey creek premier destination park:
13 6 .................................................. $ 4,900,000
13 7 REPLACEMENT APPROPRIATIONS
13 8 Sec. 24. ENDOWMENT FOR IOWA'S HEALTH RESTRICTED CAPITAL
13 9 FUNDS ACCOUNT. There is appropriated from the endowment for
13 10 Iowa's health restricted capitals fund account to the
13 11 following departments and agencies for the fiscal year
13 12 beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, the
13 13 following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
13 14 used for the purposes designated:
13 15 1. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
13 16 a. For construction of a community=based correctional
13 17 facility, including district offices, in Davenport:
13 18 .................................................. $ 3,458,217
13 19 b. For capital improvement projects at correctional
13 20 facilities:
13 21 .................................................. $ 2,797,376
13 22 2. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
13 23 For accelerated career education program capital projects
13 24 at community colleges that are authorized under chapter 260G:
13 25 .................................................. $ 5,125,000
13 26 3. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
13 27 For construction of a state emergency response training
13 28 facility to be located in merged area XI:
13 29 .................................................. $ 2,000,000
13 30 4. BOARD OF REGENTS
13 31 a. For costs associated with the establishment of the Iowa
13 32 institute for biomedical discovery at the state university of
13 33 Iowa:
13 34 .................................................. $ 15,414,722
13 35 b. For planning, design, and construction costs associated
14 1 with the construction of a new renewable fuels building at
14 2 Iowa state university of science and technology:
14 3 .................................................. $ 11,277,000
14 4 Moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph are
14 5 contingent upon the state board of regents or Iowa state
14 6 university of science and technology actively pursuing the
14 7 hiring of new research teams to provide world=class expertise
14 8 in the area of biorenewable fuels research.
14 9 EFFECTIVE DATE == APPLICABILITY
14 10 Sec. 25. EFFECTIVE DATE == APPLICABILITY.
14 11 1. This division of this Act, being deemed of immediate
14 12 importance, takes effect upon enactment.
14 13 2. The sections of this division of this Act that address
14 14 a new state office building are retroactively applicable to
14 15 December 9, 2008.
14 16 DIVISION III
14 17 ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION REDUCTIONS
14 18 Sec. 26. 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1182, section 1,
14 19 subsection 1, is amended to read as follows:
14 20 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
14 21 state to the judicial branch for the fiscal year beginning
14 22 July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, the following amount,
14 23 or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
14 24 purposes designated:
14 25 For salaries of supreme court justices, appellate court
14 26 judges, district court judges, district associate judges,
14 27 judicial magistrates and staff, state court administrator,
14 28 clerk of the supreme court, district court administrators,
14 29 clerks of the district court, juvenile court officers, board
14 30 of law examiners and board of examiners of shorthand reporters
14 31 and judicial qualifications commission; receipt and
14 32 disbursement of child support payments; reimbursement of the
14 33 auditor of state for expenses incurred in completing audits of
14 34 the offices of the clerks of the district court during the
14 35 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008; and maintenance,
15 1 equipment, and miscellaneous purposes:
15 2 .................................................. $144,745,322
15 3 140,959,432
15 4 Sec. 27. 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1191, section 3, is
15 5 amended to read as follows:
15 6 SEC. 3. GENERAL ASSEMBLY. The appropriations made
15 7 pursuant to section 2.12 for the expenses of the general
15 8 assembly and legislative agencies for the fiscal year
15 9 beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, are reduced
15 10 by the following amount:
15 11 .................................................. $ 1,400,261
15 12 2,356,851
15 13 Sec. 28. GENERAL REDUCTIONS.
15 14 1. The amounts appropriated from the general fund of the
15 15 state to executive branch agencies other than the state board
15 16 of regents for operational purposes in enactments made for the
15 17 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009,
15 18 and standing limited and unlimited appropriations from the
15 19 general fund of the state for the fiscal year beginning July
15 20 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, are reduced by $26,100,000.
15 21 For the purposes of this subsection, "operational purposes"
15 22 means salary, support, administrative expenses, or other
15 23 personnel=related costs.
15 24 2. The reduction in appropriations made pursuant to
15 25 subsection 1 shall be carried out by the governor in the
15 26 manner specified in section 8.31. However, provided that the
15 27 total amount of the reductions required by this section
15 28 remains unchanged, the governor may approve the exercise of
15 29 transfer authority under section 8.39 as necessary to
15 30 prudently adjust the reductions made to individual
15 31 appropriations and the report required under this section
15 32 shall constitute the notice and report otherwise required
15 33 under section 8.39, subsections 3 and 4.
15 34 3. Upon implementation of the appropriations reductions
15 35 specified in subsection 1, the department of management shall
16 1 submit a report to the chairpersons and ranking members of the
16 2 appropriations committees of each chamber of the general
16 3 assembly specifying how the reductions were applied and if any
16 4 transfers were authorized.
16 5 4. Moneys which become available as a result of the
16 6 appropriations reductions made pursuant to this section shall
16 7 be considered to have reverted to the general fund of the
16 8 state on the effective date of this section.
16 9 Sec. 29. EFFECTIVE DATE == APPLICABILITY.
16 10 1. This division of this Act, being deemed of immediate
16 11 importance, takes effect upon enactment.
16 12 2. The appropriation reductions made pursuant to this
16 13 division of this Act shall be applied after applying the
16 14 reductions made pursuant to executive order number 10 issued
16 15 December 22, 2008.
16 16 DIVISION IV
16 17 TRANSFERS
16 18 Sec. 30. INNOVATIONS FUND. There is transferred from the
16 19 innovations fund created in section 8.63 for the fiscal year
16 20 beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, the
16 21 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
16 22 used for the purpose designated:
16 23 Notwithstanding section 8.63, subsection 1, to be credited
16 24 to the general fund of the state:
16 25 .................................................. $ 4,500,000
16 26 Sec. 31. LOCAL GOVERNMENT INNOVATION FUND. There is
16 27 transferred from the local government innovation fund created
16 28 in section 8.67 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008,
16 29 and ending June 30, 2009, the following amount, or so much
16 30 thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purpose
16 31 designated:
16 32 Notwithstanding section 8.67, subsection 1, to be credited
16 33 to the general fund of the state:
16 34 .................................................. $ 844,182
16 35 Sec. 32. IOWA COMPREHENSIVE PETROLEUM UNDERGROUND STORAGE
17 1 TANK FUND. There is transferred from the Iowa comprehensive
17 2 petroleum underground storage tank fund created in section
17 3 455G.3 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending
17 4 June 30, 2009, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
17 5 necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
17 6 Notwithstanding section 455G.3, subsection 1, to be
17 7 credited to the general fund of the state:
17 8 .................................................. $ 5,655,818
17 9 Sec. 33. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
17 10 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
17 11 DIVISION V
17 12 APPROPRIATION RESTORATIONS AND SUPPLEMENTS
17 13 Sec. 34. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. After applying the
17 14 reduction made pursuant to executive order number 10 issued
17 15 December 22, 2008, to the appropriations made for the
17 16 following designated purposes, there is appropriated from the
17 17 general fund of the state to the department of corrections for
17 18 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30,
17 19 2009, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
17 20 necessary, to supplement the appropriations made for the
17 21 following designated purposes:
17 22 1. For the operation of adult correctional institutions in
17 23 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section 3, subsection 1, to be
17 24 allocated as follows:
17 25 a. For the operation of the Fort Madison correctional
17 26 facility in 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section 3,
17 27 subsection 1, paragraph "a":
17 28 .................................................. $ 684,867
17 29 b. For the operation of the Anamosa correctional facility
17 30 in 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section 3, subsection 1,
17 31 paragraph "b":
17 32 .................................................. $ 483,143
17 33 c. For the operation of the Oakdale correctional facility
17 34 in 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section 3, subsection 1,
17 35 paragraph "c":
18 1 .................................................. $ 906,708
18 2 d. For the operation of the Newton correctional facility
18 3 in 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section 3, subsection 1,
18 4 paragraph "d":
18 5 .................................................. $ 434,340
18 6 e. For the operation of the Mt. Pleasant correctional
18 7 facility in 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section 3,
18 8 subsection 1, paragraph "e":
18 9 .................................................. $ 419,962
18 10 f. For the operation of the Rockwell City correctional
18 11 facility in 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section 3,
18 12 subsection 1, paragraph "f":
18 13 .................................................. $ 144,923
18 14 g. For the operation of the Clarinda correctional facility
18 15 in 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section 3, subsection 1,
18 16 paragraph "g":
18 17 .................................................. $ 390,790
18 18 h. For the operation of the Mitchellville correctional
18 19 facility in 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section 3,
18 20 subsection 1, paragraph "h":
18 21 .................................................. $ 246,868
18 22 i. For the operation of the Fort Dodge correctional
18 23 facility in 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section 3,
18 24 subsection 1, paragraph "i":
18 25 .................................................. $ 464,129
18 26 j. For reimbursement of counties for certain confinement
18 27 costs in 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section 3, subsection
18 28 1, paragraph "j":
18 29 .................................................. $ 14,520
18 30 k. For federal prison reimbursement, reimbursements for
18 31 out=of=state placements, and miscellaneous contracts in 2008
18 32 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section 3, subsection 1, paragraph
18 33 "k":
18 34 .................................................. $ 3,619
18 35 2. For department of corrections general administration in
19 1 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section 4, to be allocated as
19 2 follows:
19 3 a. For department of corrections general administration in
19 4 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section 4, subsection 1,
19 5 paragraph "a":
19 6 .................................................. $ 77,403
19 7 b. For educational programs for inmates at state penal
19 8 institutions in 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section 4,
19 9 subsection 1, paragraph "b":
19 10 .................................................. $ 29,172
19 11 c. For development of the Iowa corrections offender
19 12 network (ICON) data system in 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180,
19 13 section 4, subsection 1, paragraph "c":
19 14 .................................................. $ 6,416
19 15 d. For offender mental health and substance abuse
19 16 treatment in 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section 4,
19 17 subsection 1, paragraph "d":
19 18 .................................................. $ 375
19 19 e. For viral hepatitis prevention and treatment in 2008
19 20 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section 4, subsection 1, paragraph
19 21 "e":
19 22 .................................................. $ 2,820
19 23 3. For the judicial district departments of correctional
19 24 services in 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section 5,
19 25 subsection 1, to be allocated as follows:
19 26 a. For the first judicial district department of
19 27 correctional services in 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section
19 28 5, subsection 1, paragraph "a":
19 29 .................................................. $ 203,607
19 30 b. For the second judicial district department of
19 31 correctional services in 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section
19 32 5, subsection 1, paragraph "b":
19 33 .................................................. $ 169,214
19 34 c. For third judicial district department of correctional
19 35 services in 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section 5,
20 1 subsection 1, paragraph "c":
20 2 .................................................. $ 93,453
20 3 d. For the fourth judicial district department of
20 4 correctional services in 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section
20 5 5, subsection 1, paragraph "d":
20 6 .................................................. $ 85,788
20 7 e. For the fifth judicial district department of
20 8 correctional services in 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section
20 9 5, subsection 1, paragraph "e":
20 10 .................................................. $ 294,421
20 11 f. For the sixth judicial district department of
20 12 correctional services in 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section
20 13 5, subsection 1, paragraph "f":
20 14 .................................................. $ 218,496
20 15 g. For the seventh judicial district department of
20 16 correctional services in 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section
20 17 5, subsection 1, paragraph "g":
20 18 .................................................. $ 111,216
20 19 h. For the eighth judicial district department of
20 20 correctional services in 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section
20 21 5, subsection 1, paragraph "h":
20 22 .................................................. $ 108,830
20 23 Sec. 35. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. After applying the
20 24 reduction made pursuant to executive order number 10 issued
20 25 December 22, 2008, to the appropriations made for the
20 26 following designated purposes, there is appropriated from the
20 27 general fund of the state to the department of public safety
20 28 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June
20 29 30, 2009, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
20 30 necessary, to supplement the appropriations made for the
20 31 following designated purposes:
20 32 1. For the department's administrative functions in 2008
20 33 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section 14, subsection 1:
20 34 .................................................. $ 68,484
20 35 2. For the division of criminal investigation in 2008 Iowa
21 1 Acts, chapter 1180, section 14, subsection 2:
21 2 .................................................. $ 329,310
21 3 3. For the criminalistics laboratory fund created in
21 4 section 691.9 in 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section 14,
21 5 subsection 3:
21 6 .................................................. $ 5,130
21 7 4. For the division of narcotics enforcement in 2008 Iowa
21 8 Acts, chapter 1180, section 14, subsection 4, paragraph "a":
21 9 .................................................. $ 99,534
21 10 5. For the state fire marshal's office for fire protection
21 11 services in 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1180, section 14,
21 12 subsection 5:
21 13 .................................................. $ 62,186
21 14 6. For the division of state patrol in 2008 Iowa Acts,
21 15 chapter 1180, section 14, subsection 6:
21 16 .................................................. $ 780,362
21 17 7. For costs associated with the training and equipment
21 18 needs of volunteer fire fighters in 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter
21 19 1180, section 14, subsection 8:
21 20 .................................................. $ 10,504
21 21 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
21 22 subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
21 23 close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
21 24 available for expenditure for the purposes designated until
21 25 the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
21 26 Sec. 36. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH == INFECTIOUS
21 27 DISEASES. After applying the reduction made pursuant to
21 28 executive order number 10 issued December 22, 2008, there is
21 29 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
21 30 department of public health for the fiscal year beginning July
21 31 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, the following amount, or so
21 32 much thereof as is necessary, to supplement the appropriation
21 33 made for the following designated purpose:
21 34 For reducing the incidence and prevalence of communicable
21 35 diseases in 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1187, section 2,
22 1 subsection 7:
22 2 .................................................. $ 992,915
22 3 Sec. 37. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
22 4 PROGRAM. After applying the reduction made pursuant to
22 5 executive order number 10 issued December 22, 2008, to the
22 6 appropriation made for the following designated purpose, there
22 7 is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
22 8 department of human services for the fiscal year beginning
22 9 July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, the following amount,
22 10 or so much thereof as is necessary, to supplement the
22 11 appropriation made for the following designated purpose:
22 12 For medical assistance reimbursement and related costs in
22 13 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1187, section 9:
22 14 .................................................. $ 47,000,000
22 15 Sec. 38. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES. After applying
22 16 the reduction made pursuant to executive order number 10
22 17 issued December 22, 2008, there is appropriated from the
22 18 general fund of the state to the department of natural
22 19 resources for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and
22 20 ending June 30, 2009, the following amount, or so much thereof
22 21 as is necessary, to supplement the appropriation made for the
22 22 following designated purposes:
22 23 For supporting the department, as provided in this section,
22 24 for administration, regulation, and programs, including for
22 25 salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes in
22 26 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1189, section 17:
22 27 .................................................. $ 1,958,000
22 28 The appropriation made in this section is allocated to
22 29 support the department's parks bureau for addressing flood
22 30 damage to state parks and facilities and other extraordinary
22 31 costs associated with the bureau's operations.
22 32 Sec. 39. DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. After
22 33 applying the reduction made pursuant to executive order number
22 34 10 issued December 22, 2008, to the appropriations made for
22 35 the following designated purposes, there is appropriated from
23 1 the general fund of the state to the department of workforce
23 2 development for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and
23 3 ending June 30, 2009, the following amounts, or so much
23 4 thereof as is necessary, to supplement the appropriations made
23 5 for the following designated purposes:
23 6 1. For the division of labor services in 2008 Iowa Acts,
23 7 chapter 1190, section 16, subsection 1:
23 8 .................................................. $ 65,735
23 9 2. For the division of workers' compensation in 2008 Iowa
23 10 Acts, chapter 1190, section 16, subsection 2:
23 11 .................................................. $ 44,152
23 12 3. For the operation of field offices, the workforce
23 13 development board, and new Iowans centers in 2008 Iowa Acts,
23 14 chapter 1190, section 16, subsection 3:
23 15 .................................................. $ 189,367
23 16 4. For conducting integrated basic education and skills
23 17 training demonstration projects in 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter
23 18 1190, section 16, subsection 4:
23 19 .................................................. $ 7,500
23 20 5. For the development and administration of an offender
23 21 reentry program in 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1190, section 16,
23 22 subsection 5:
23 23 .................................................. $ 5,625
23 24 6. For purposes of administration of a security employee
23 25 pilot project training program in 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter
23 26 1190, section 16, subsection 6:
23 27 .................................................. $ 225
23 28 Sec. 40. FISH AND GAME PROTECTION FUND. There is
23 29 transferred from the general fund of the state to the
23 30 department of natural resources for the fiscal year beginning
23 31 July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, the following amount,
23 32 or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
23 33 purposes designated:
23 34 To be credited to the state fish and game protection fund
23 35 and used for addressing flood damage to public lands and
24 1 facilities administered by the department of natural
24 2 resources:
24 3 .................................................. $ 4,070,000
24 4 Sec. 41. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.
24 5 1. There is appropriated from the fund created by section
24 6 8.41 to the department of economic development for the federal
24 7 fiscal year beginning October 1, 2007, and ending September
24 8 30, 2008, the following amount:
24 9 .................................................. $156,690,815
24 10 2. Funds appropriated in this section are community
24 11 development block grant funds awarded to the state under Pub.
24 12 L. No. 110-252, Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008.
24 13 3. The department of economic development shall expend the
24 14 funds appropriated in this section for disaster relief,
24 15 long=term recovery, and restoration of infrastructure as
24 16 provided in the federal law making the funds available and in
24 17 conformance with chapter 17A. An amount not to exceed 3
24 18 percent of the funds appropriated in this section shall be
24 19 used by the department for administrative expenses. From the
24 20 funds set aside for administrative expenses, the department
24 21 shall pay to the auditor of state an amount sufficient to pay
24 22 the cost of auditing the use and administration of the state's
24 23 portion of the funds appropriated in this section.
24 24 Sec. 42. EFFECTIVE DATE.
24 25 1. This division of this Act, being deemed of immediate
24 26 importance, takes effect upon enactment.
24 27 2. The section of this division of this Act appropriating
24 28 federal community development block grant funds is
24 29 retroactively applicable to June 30, 2008.
24 30 DIVISION VI
24 31 OTHER PROVISIONS
24 32 Sec. 43. Section 257.31, subsection 15, Code 2009, is
24 33 amended to read as follows:
24 34 15. Annually the school budget review committee shall
24 35 review the amount of property tax levied by each school
25 1 district for the cash reserve authorized in section 298.10.
25 2 If in the committee's judgment, the amount of a district's
25 3 cash reserve levy is unreasonably high, the committee shall
25 4 instruct the director of the department of management to
25 5 reduce that district's tax levy computed under section 257.4
25 6 for the following budget year by the amount the cash reserve
25 7 levy is deemed excessive. Cash reserve levies for the budget
25 8 year shall not exceed fifteen percent of the general fund
25 9 expenditures for the year previous to the base year minus the
25 10 general fund unexpended fund balance for the year previous to
25 11 the base year. A reduction in a district's property tax levy
25 12 for a budget year under this subsection does not affect the
25 13 district's authorized budget.
25 14 Sec. 44. 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1181, section 2,
25 15 subsection 6, is amended to read as follows:
25 16 6. ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
25 17 For purposes of the all Iowa opportunity assistance
25 18 program, which includes the all Iowa opportunity foster care
25 19 grant program established pursuant to section 261.6, and the
25 20 all Iowa opportunity scholarship program established pursuant
25 21 to section 261.87:
25 22 .................................................. $ 4,000,000
25 23 From the funds appropriated pursuant to this subsection, up
25 24 to $500,000 $750,000 shall be used for purposes of the all
25 25 Iowa opportunity foster care grant program established
25 26 pursuant to section 261.6, and at least $500,000 shall be used
25 27 for purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship program
25 28 as established in section 261.87.
25 29 If the funds appropriated by the general assembly to the
25 30 college student aid commission for the 2008=2009 fiscal year
25 31 for purposes of the all Iowa opportunity scholarship program
25 32 exceed $500,000, "eligible institution" as defined in section
25 33 261.87, shall, during the 2008=2009 fiscal year, include
25 34 accredited private institutions as defined in section 261.9,
25 35 subsection 1.
26 1 Sec. 45. 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1187, section 4,
26 2 subsection 2, is amended to read as follows:
26 3 2. IOWA VETERANS HOME
26 4 For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
26 5 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
26 6 equivalent positions:
26 7 .................................................. $ 12,694,154
26 8 ............................................... FTEs 951.95
26 9 a. The Iowa veterans home billings involving the
26 10 department of human services shall be submitted to the
26 11 department on at least a monthly basis.
26 12 b. If there is a change in the employer of employees
26 13 providing services at the Iowa veterans home under a
26 14 collective bargaining agreement, such employees and the
26 15 agreement shall be continued by the successor employer as
26 16 though there had not been a change in employer.
26 17 Sec. 46. USE OF REVERSIONS == FY 2009. Notwithstanding
26 18 section 8.62, at the close of the fiscal year beginning July
26 19 1, 2008, any balance of an operational appropriation that
26 20 remains unexpended or unencumbered shall not be encumbered or
26 21 deposited in the cash reserve fund as provided in section
26 22 8.62, but shall instead revert to the general fund of the
26 23 state at the close of the fiscal year as provided in section
26 24 8.33.
26 25 Sec. 47. USE OF REVERSIONS == FY 2010. Notwithstanding
26 26 section 8.62, at the close of the fiscal year beginning July
26 27 1, 2009, any balance of an operational appropriation that
26 28 remains unexpended or unencumbered shall not be encumbered or
26 29 deposited in the cash reserve fund as provided in section
26 30 8.62, but shall instead revert to the general fund of the
26 31 state at the close of the fiscal year as provided in section
26 32 8.33.
26 33 Sec. 48. EFFECTIVE DATE APPLICABILITY.
26 34 1. This division of this Act, being deemed of immediate
26 35 importance, takes effect upon enactment.
27 1 2. The amendment to section 257.31 in this division of
27 2 this Act applies to school budget years beginning on or after
27 3 July 1, 2009.
27 4 EXPLANATION
27 5 This bill relates to public funding and regulatory matters
27 6 and makes, reduces, and transfers appropriations and revises
27 7 fund amounts. The bill is organized into divisions.
27 8 JUMPSTART AND SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. This
27 9 division codifies the jumpstart housing assistance program
27 10 under the Iowa finance authority in new Code section 16.191
27 11 and the small business disaster recovery financial assistance
27 12 program under the department of economic development in new
27 13 Code section 15E.361. Appropriations are made and transferred
27 14 for funding of the programs for FY 2008=2009.
27 15 Funding for the jumpstart housing assistance program is
27 16 transferred from appropriations made for the community
27 17 attraction and tourism fund, the river enhancement community
27 18 attraction and tourism fund, the power fund, and the rebuild
27 19 Iowa infrastructure fund appropriations for routine
27 20 maintenance of state buildings and capitol complex property
27 21 acquisition (department of administrative services) and for
27 22 supporting a lowhead dam public hazard improvement program
27 23 (department of natural resources). The division includes a
27 24 transfer from the loan and credit guarantee fund to restore
27 25 the amount transferred from the community attraction and
27 26 tourism fund appropriation.
27 27 Appropriations for the small business disaster recovery
27 28 financial assistance program are made from the grow Iowa
27 29 values fund. The appropriations made from the grow Iowa
27 30 values fund for fiscal year 2008=2009 are each reduced by 20
27 31 percent. This provision is retroactively applicable to July
27 32 1, 2008. The division includes a nonreversion clause for
27 33 moneys appropriated or allocated by the division for purposes
27 34 of the program, allowing the moneys to continue to be used for
27 35 the program until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
28 1 The division takes effect upon enactment and applies
28 2 retroactively to July 1, 2008.
28 3 The division specifies the appropriations and transfers
28 4 apply in lieu of any transfers for the jumpstart housing
28 5 assistance and small business assistance programs or from the
28 6 loan and credit guarantee fund, as reported by the department
28 7 of management in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008.
28 8 CAPITAL APPROPRIATION REVISIONS. This division reduces or
28 9 eliminates appropriations made for a new state office building
28 10 at the capitol complex and reduces or eliminates various
28 11 capital appropriations from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure
28 12 fund (RIIF). Replacement appropriations for the amounts
28 13 reduced or eliminated from RIIF are made from the endowment
28 14 for Iowa's health restricted capitals fund account for FY
28 15 2008=2009. An amount of $37 million is transferred from the
28 16 rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund to the general fund of the
28 17 state for FY 2008=2009. The division takes effect upon
28 18 enactment. The provisions relating to the new state office
28 19 building are retroactively applicable to December 9, 2008.
28 20 ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION REDUCTIONS. This division applies
28 21 reductions to appropriations made from the general fund of the
28 22 state for FY 2008=2009 in addition to those made pursuant to
28 23 the governor's uniform reduction under executive order number
28 24 10.
28 25 The judicial and legislative branch appropriations were
28 26 exempt from reduction under the executive order in accordance
28 27 with Code section 8.31.
28 28 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1182, is amended to reduce the
28 29 appropriation to the judicial branch by approximately
28 30 $3,786,000.
28 31 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1191, section 3, is amended to
28 32 increase existing reductions to the general assembly
28 33 appropriations by approximately $957,000.
28 34 The operational appropriations made to executive branch
28 35 agencies are reduced by $26.1 million. The reductions are to
29 1 be applied uniformly, however, the reductions may be adjusted
29 2 through the exercise of the governor's transfer authority.
29 3 The division takes effect upon enactment.
29 4 TRANSFERS. This division transfers approximately $11
29 5 million from various funds to the general fund of the state
29 6 for FY 2008=2009.
29 7 The transfers are made from the innovations fund, the local
29 8 government innovation fund, and the Iowa comprehensive
29 9 petroleum underground storage tank fund. Language is included
29 10 notwithstanding clauses that would otherwise restrict the use
29 11 of the amounts transferred.
29 12 The division takes effect upon enactment.
29 13 APPROPRIATION RESTORATIONS AND SUPPLEMENTS. This division
29 14 supplements various annual appropriations made from the
29 15 general fund of the state for FY 2008=2009. The supplemental
29 16 appropriations restore the following appropriations for the
29 17 1.5 percent uniform reduction made in appropriation allotments
29 18 pursuant to the governor's executive order number 10: to the
29 19 department of corrections for operation of the correctional
29 20 institutions, departmental administration, and community=based
29 21 corrections, to the department of public safety for various
29 22 divisions, and to the department of workforce development for
29 23 various programs. Additional supplemental appropriations are
29 24 made to the department of public health for reducing the
29 25 incidence and prevalence of communicable diseases, to the
29 26 department of human services for the medical assistance
29 27 (Medicaid) program, and to the department of natural resources
29 28 for the parks bureau. The division also provides a transfer
29 29 to the state fish and game protection fund to be used for
29 30 addressing flood damage to public lands and facilities
29 31 administered by the department of natural resources. The
29 32 division appropriates approximately $156.7 million of the
29 33 federal community development block grant funds to the
29 34 department of economic development for disaster relief. This
29 35 appropriation is retroactively applicable to June 30, 2008.
30 1 The division takes effect upon enactment.
30 2 OTHER PROVISIONS. This division addresses other
30 3 provisions.
30 4 Code section 257.31, relating to the school budget review
30 5 committee authority to review the amount of property tax
30 6 levied by a school district, is amended to limit the amount
30 7 that can be levied for the cash reserve. This amendment first
30 8 applies to school budgets for FY 2009=2010.
30 9 A requirement in the appropriation made for the all Iowa
30 10 opportunity assistance program that at least $500,000 be used
30 11 for the all Iowa opportunity foster care grant program, is
30 12 increased to $750,000.
30 13 A 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1187, provision in the
30 14 appropriation for the Iowa veterans home relating to employee
30 15 positions authorized for the Iowa veterans home is amended by
30 16 removing the limitation on the number of full=time equivalent
30 17 positions.
30 18 The bill suspends for fiscal years 2008=2009 and 2009=2010
30 19 existing law in Code section 8.62 that authorizes agencies to
30 20 encumber 50 percent of operational appropriations from the
30 21 general fund of the state that remain unexpended at the close
30 22 of the fiscal year and would otherwise revert to the general
30 23 fund of the state. The provision being suspended would
30 24 otherwise allow the agencies to use the encumbered funds
30 25 during the succeeding fiscal year for employee training,
30 26 technology enhancement, or purchases of goods and services
30 27 from Iowa prison industries. Instead, the division directs
30 28 that the moneys revert to the general fund of the state at the
30 29 close of the fiscal year.
30 30 The division takes effect upon enactment.
30 31 LSB 1696XG 83
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