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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 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, 2011, and ending June 30, 2012, 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 expenditure for the purposes specified in this subsection until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
   2.  For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:
   a.  Operations:
.................................................. $  6,570,000
   b.  Planning:
.................................................. $    458,000
   c.  Motor vehicles:
.................................................. $ 33,921,000
   3.  For payments to the department of administrative services for utility services:
.................................................. $    225,000
   4.  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:
.................................................. $    119,000
   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 motor vehicle division field facility maintenance projects at various locations:
.................................................. $    200,000
   12.  For scale replacement projects at various locations:
.................................................. $    550,000
   For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsections 11 and 12 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, 2011, and ending June 30, 2012, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   1.  For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
   a.  Operations:
.................................................. $ 40,356,529
............................................... FTEs     296.00
   b.  Planning:
.................................................. $  8,697,095
............................................... FTEs     121.00
   c.  Highways:
.................................................. $230,913,992
............................................... FTEs   2,247.00
   d.  Motor vehicles:
.................................................. $  1,413,540
............................................... FTEs     445.00
   2.  For payments to the department of administrative services for utility services:
.................................................. $  1,388,000
   3.  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:
.................................................. $  2,846,000
   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:
.................................................. $  5,366,000
   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:
.................................................. $    400,000
   13.  For deferred maintenance projects at field facilities throughout the state:
.................................................. $  1,000,000
   14.  For elevator upgrades at the Ames complex:
.................................................. $    100,000
   15.  For wastewater treatment improvements at various locations:
.................................................. $  1,000,000
   16.  For replacement of the Swea City garage:
.................................................. $  2,100,000
   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.
EXPLANATION
   This bill makes and limits appropriations for FY 2011-2012 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, motor vehicle division field facility maintenance projects, and scale replacement 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, elevator upgrades at the Ames complex, wastewater treatment improvements, and replacement of the Swea City garage.