SSB 3231 (LSB 5104XG (6) 83)

SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED GOVERNOR’S BUDGET BILL)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to and making transportation and other infrastructure-related appropriations to the department of transportation, including allocation and use of moneys from the road use tax fund and the primary road fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  ROAD USE TAX FUND.  There is appropriated from the road use tax fund created in section 312.1 to the department of transportation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, and ending June 30, 2011, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   1.  For the payment of costs associated with the production of driver’s licenses, as defined in section 321.1, subsection 20A:

.................................................. $  3,876,000

   Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for subsequent fiscal years for the purposes specified in this subsection.

   2.  For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:
   a.  Operations:

.................................................. $  6,654,962

   b.  Planning:

.................................................. $    506,127

   c.  Motor vehicles:

.................................................. $ 35,604,012

   3.  For payments to the department of administrative services for utility services:

.................................................. $    225,000

   4.  For unemployment compensation:

.................................................. $      7,000

   5.  For payments to the department of administrative services for paying workers’ compensation claims under chapter 85 on behalf of employees of the department of transportation:

.................................................. $    137,000

   6.  For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect cost recoveries:

.................................................. $     78,000

   7.  For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit expenses as provided in section 11.5B:

.................................................. $     67,319

   8.  For automation, telecommunications, and related costs associated with the county issuance of driver’s licenses and vehicle registrations and titles:

.................................................. $  1,406,000

   9.  For transfer to the department of public safety for operating a system providing toll-free telephone road and weather conditions information:

.................................................. $    100,000

   10.  For costs associated with the participation in the Mississippi river parkway commission:

.................................................. $     40,000

   11.  For membership in North America’s supercorridor coalition:

.................................................. $     50,000

   12.  For motor vehicle division field facility maintenance projects at various locations:

.................................................. $    200,000

   For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided otherwise, moneys appropriated in this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year that ends three years after the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation was made. However, if the projects for which the appropriation was made are completed in an earlier fiscal year, unencumbered or unobligated moneys shall revert at the close of that same fiscal year.
    Sec. 2.  PRIMARY ROAD FUND.  There is appropriated from the primary road fund created in section 313.3 to the department of transportation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, and ending June 30, 2011, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   1.  For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:
   a.  Operations:

.................................................. $ 40,951,274

   b.  Planning:

.................................................. $  9,610,960

   c.  Highways:

.................................................. $237,565,726

   d.  Motor vehicles:

.................................................. $  1,555,005

   2.  For payments to the department of administrative services for utility services:

.................................................. $  1,382,000

   3.  For unemployment compensation:

.................................................. $    138,000

   4.  For payments to the department of administrative services for paying workers’ compensation claims under chapter 85 on behalf of the employees of the department of transportation:

.................................................. $  3,278,000

   5.  For disposal of hazardous wastes from field locations and the central complex:

.................................................. $    800,000

   6.  For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect cost recoveries:

.................................................. $    572,000

   7.  For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit expenses as provided in section 11.5B:

.................................................. $    415,181

   8.  For costs associated with producing transportation maps:

.................................................. $    242,000

   9.  For inventory and equipment replacement:

.................................................. $  2,250,000

   10.  For utility improvements at various locations:

.................................................. $    400,000

   11.  For roofing projects at various locations:

.................................................. $    200,000

   12.  For heating, cooling, and exhaust system improvements at various locations:

.................................................. $    200,000

   13.  For deferred maintenance projects at field facilities throughout the state:

.................................................. $  1,000,000

   14.  For federal Americans With Disabilities Act improvements at various locations:

.................................................. $    120,000

   15.  For elevator upgrades at the Ames complex:

.................................................. $    100,000

   16.  For construction of wastewater treatment projects:

.................................................. $  1,000,000

   For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsections 10 through 16 that remain unencumbered or unobligated shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year that ends three years after the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation was made. However, if the project or projects for which such appropriation was made are completed in an earlier fiscal year, unencumbered or unobligated moneys shall revert at the close of that same fiscal year.
    Sec. 3.  GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, and ending June 30, 2011, and subject to prior approval by the department of management, there is appropriated from the primary road fund to the department of transportation an amount sufficient to implement government efficiency including full-time equivalent positions that are in addition to the full-time equivalent positions otherwise authorized. The moneys appropriated in this section are in addition to any other appropriation made in this Act. The department of management shall file a report on or before January 1, 2011, and on or before July 1, 2011, with the legislative fiscal committee and the legislative services agency on the status of any approvals given under this section.
EXPLANATION
   This bill makes and limits appropriations for FY 2010-2011 from the road use tax fund and the primary road fund to the department of transportation.
   Appropriations from the road use tax fund include appropriations for driver’s license production costs, salaries, operations, planning, motor vehicles, utility services provided by the department of administrative services, unemployment and workers’ compensation, indirect cost recoveries, audits, county issuance of driver’s licenses and vehicle registration and titling, a system providing toll-free telephone road and weather reports, participation in the Mississippi river parkway commission, membership in North America’s supercorridor coalition, and motor vehicle division field facility maintenance projects.
   Appropriations from the primary road fund include appropriations for salaries, operations, planning, highways, motor vehicles, utility services provided by the department of administrative services, unemployment and workers’ compensation, hazardous waste disposal, indirect cost recoveries, audits, production of transportation maps, inventory and equipment replacement, utility projects, roofing projects, heating and cooling improvements, deferred maintenance at field facilities, various federal Americans With Disabilities Act improvements, elevator upgrades at the Ames complex, and wastewater treatment projects.
   The bill contains a conditional appropriation from the primary road fund, in addition to the other amounts appropriated in the bill, in an amount sufficient for the department of transportation to implement government efficiency, including the addition of full-time equivalent positions. The availability of the additional funds is subject to prior approval of the department of management. The department of management is required to file a report on the status of such approvals with the legislative fiscal committee and the legislative services agency by January 1, 2011, and July 1, 2011.