House Study Bill 195 - Introduced SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS BILL BY JOINT APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND CAPITALS) A BILL FOR An Act relating to and making transportation and other 1 infrastructure-related appropriations to the department of 2 transportation, including allocation and use of moneys from 3 the road use tax fund and the primary road fund. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1007JB (1) 84 dea/tm
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ Section 1. ROAD USE TAX FUND. There is appropriated 1 from the road use tax fund created in section 312.1 to the 2 department of transportation for the fiscal year beginning July 3 1, 2011, and ending June 30, 2012, the following amounts, or 4 so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes 5 designated: 6 1. For the payment of costs associated with the production 7 of driver’s licenses, as defined in section 321.1, subsection 8 20A: 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,876,000 10 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this 11 subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close 12 of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available 13 for expenditure for the purposes specified in this subsection 14 until the close of the succeeding fiscal year. 15 2. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous 16 purposes: 17 a. Operations: 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 6,570,000 19 b. Planning: 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 458,000 21 c. Motor vehicles: 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 33,921,000 23 3. For payments to the department of administrative 24 services for utility services: 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 225,000 26 4. Unemployment compensation: 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 7,000 28 5. For payments to the department of administrative 29 services for paying workers’ compensation claims under chapter 30 85 on behalf of employees of the department of transportation: 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 119,000 32 6. For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect 33 cost recoveries: 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 78,000 35 -1- LSB 1007JB (1) 84 dea/tm 1/ 5
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ 7. For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit 1 expenses as provided in section 11.5B: 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 67,319 3 8. For automation, telecommunications, and related costs 4 associated with the county issuance of driver’s licenses and 5 vehicle registrations and titles: 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,406,000 7 9. For transfer to the department of public safety for 8 operating a system providing toll-free telephone road and 9 weather conditions information: 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 100,000 11 10. For costs associated with the participation in the 12 Mississippi river parkway commission: 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 40,000 14 11. For motor vehicle division field facility maintenance 15 projects at various locations: 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 200,000 17 12. For scale replacement projects at various locations: 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 550,000 19 For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided 20 otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsections 11 and 12 that 21 remain unencumbered or unobligated shall not revert but shall 22 remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated 23 until the close of the fiscal year that ends three years after 24 the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation was 25 made. However, if the projects for which the appropriation 26 was made are completed in an earlier fiscal year, unencumbered 27 or unobligated moneys shall revert at the close of that same 28 fiscal year. 29 Sec. 2. PRIMARY ROAD FUND. There is appropriated from the 30 primary road fund created in section 313.3 to the department of 31 transportation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, and 32 ending June 30, 2012, the following amounts, or so much thereof 33 as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated: 34 1. For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous 35 -2- LSB 1007JB (1) 84 dea/tm 2/ 5
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ purposes, and for not more than the following full-time 1 equivalent positions: 2 a. Operations: 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 40,356,529 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 296.00 5 b. Planning: 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 8,697,095 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 121.00 8 c. Highways: 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $230,913,992 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 2,247.00 11 d. Motor vehicles: 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,413,540 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 445.00 14 2. For payments to the department of administrative 15 services for utility services: 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,388,000 17 3. Unemployment compensation: 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 138,000 19 4. For payments to the department of administrative 20 services for paying workers’ compensation claims under 21 chapter 85 on behalf of the employees of the department of 22 transportation: 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,846,000 24 5. For disposal of hazardous wastes from field locations and 25 the central complex: 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 800,000 27 6. For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect 28 cost recoveries: 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 572,000 30 7. For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit 31 expenses as provided in section 11.5B: 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 415,181 33 8. For costs associated with producing transportation maps: 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 242,000 35 -3- LSB 1007JB (1) 84 dea/tm 3/ 5
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ 9. For inventory and equipment replacement: 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5,366,000 2 10. For utility improvements at various locations: 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 400,000 4 11. For roofing projects at various locations: 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 200,000 6 12. For heating, cooling, and exhaust system improvements 7 at various locations: 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 400,000 9 13. For deferred maintenance projects at field facilities 10 throughout the state: 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000,000 12 14. For elevator upgrades at the Ames complex: 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 100,000 14 15. For wastewater treatment improvements at various 15 locations: 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000,000 17 16. For replacement of the Swea City garage: 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,100,000 19 For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided 20 otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsections 10 through 16 21 that remain unencumbered or unobligated shall not revert 22 but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes 23 designated until the close of the fiscal year that ends 24 three years after the end of the fiscal year for which the 25 appropriation was made. However, if the project or projects 26 for which such appropriation was made are completed in an 27 earlier fiscal year, unencumbered or unobligated moneys shall 28 revert at the close of that same fiscal year. 29 EXPLANATION 30 This bill makes and limits appropriations for FY 2011-2012 31 from the road use tax fund and the primary road fund to the 32 department of transportation. 33 Appropriations from the road use tax fund include 34 appropriations for driver’s license production costs, salaries, 35 -4- LSB 1007JB (1) 84 dea/tm 4/ 5
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ operations, planning, motor vehicles, utility services provided 1 by the department of administrative services, unemployment 2 and workers’ compensation, indirect cost recoveries, audits, 3 county issuance of driver’s licenses and vehicle registration 4 and titling, a system providing toll-free telephone road and 5 weather reports, participation in the Mississippi river parkway 6 commission, motor vehicle division field facility maintenance 7 projects, and scale replacement projects. 8 Appropriations from the primary road fund include 9 appropriations for salaries, operations, planning, highways, 10 motor vehicles, utility services provided by the department 11 of administrative services, unemployment and workers’ 12 compensation, hazardous waste disposal, indirect cost 13 recoveries, audits, production of transportation maps, 14 inventory and equipment replacement, utility projects, 15 roofing projects, heating and cooling improvements, deferred 16 maintenance at field facilities, elevator upgrades at the Ames 17 complex, wastewater treatment improvements, and replacement of 18 the Swea City garage. 19 -5- LSB 1007JB (1) 84 dea/tm 5/ 5