House Study Bill 237 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON RAECKER) 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 2767HC (4) 84 dea/tm
H.F. _____ DIVISION I 1 FY 2011-2012 2 Section 1. ROAD USE TAX FUND. There is appropriated 3 from the road use tax fund created in section 312.1 to the 4 department of transportation for the fiscal year beginning July 5 1, 2011, and ending June 30, 2012, the following amounts, or 6 so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes 7 designated: 8 1. For the payment of costs associated with the production 9 of driver’s licenses, as defined in section 321.1, subsection 10 20A: 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,876,000 12 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this 13 subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close 14 of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available 15 for expenditure for the purposes specified in this subsection 16 until the close of the succeeding fiscal year. 17 2. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous 18 purposes: 19 a. Operations: 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 6,570,000 21 b. Planning: 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 458,000 23 c. Motor vehicles: 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 33,921,000 25 3. For payments to the department of administrative 26 services for utility services: 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 225,000 28 4. Unemployment compensation: 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 7,000 30 5. For payments to the department of administrative 31 services for paying workers’ compensation claims under chapter 32 85 on behalf of employees of the department of transportation: 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 119,000 34 6. For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect 35 -1- LSB 2767HC (4) 84 dea/tm 1/ 10
H.F. _____ cost recoveries: 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 78,000 2 7. For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit 3 expenses as provided in section 11.5B: 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 67,319 5 8. For automation, telecommunications, and related costs 6 associated with the county issuance of driver’s licenses and 7 vehicle registrations and titles: 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,406,000 9 9. For transfer to the department of public safety for 10 operating a system providing toll-free telephone road and 11 weather conditions information: 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 100,000 13 10. For costs associated with the participation in the 14 Mississippi river parkway commission: 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 40,000 16 11. For motor vehicle division field facility maintenance 17 projects at various locations: 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 200,000 19 12. For scale replacement projects at various locations: 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 550,000 21 For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided 22 otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsections 11 and 12 that 23 remain unencumbered or unobligated shall not revert but shall 24 remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated 25 until the close of the fiscal year that ends three years after 26 the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation was 27 made. However, if the projects for which the appropriation 28 was made are completed in an earlier fiscal year, unencumbered 29 or unobligated moneys shall revert at the close of that same 30 fiscal year. 31 Sec. 2. PRIMARY ROAD FUND. There is appropriated from the 32 primary road fund created in section 313.3 to the department of 33 transportation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, and 34 ending June 30, 2012, the following amounts, or so much thereof 35 -2- LSB 2767HC (4) 84 dea/tm 2/ 10
H.F. _____ as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated: 1 1. For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous 2 purposes, and for not more than the following full-time 3 equivalent positions: 4 a. Operations: 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 40,356,529 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 296.00 7 b. Planning: 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 8,697,095 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 121.00 10 c. Highways: 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $230,913,992 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 2,247.00 13 d. Motor vehicles: 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,413,540 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 445.00 16 2. For payments to the department of administrative 17 services for utility services: 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,388,000 19 3. Unemployment compensation: 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 138,000 21 4. For payments to the department of administrative 22 services for paying workers’ compensation claims under 23 chapter 85 on behalf of the employees of the department of 24 transportation: 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,846,000 26 5. For disposal of hazardous wastes from field locations and 27 the central complex: 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 800,000 29 6. For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect 30 cost recoveries: 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 572,000 32 7. For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit 33 expenses as provided in section 11.5B: 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 415,181 35 -3- LSB 2767HC (4) 84 dea/tm 3/ 10
H.F. _____ 8. For costs associated with producing transportation maps: 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 242,000 2 9. For inventory and equipment replacement: 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5,366,000 4 10. For utility improvements at various locations: 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 400,000 6 11. For roofing projects at various locations: 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 200,000 8 12. For heating, cooling, and exhaust system improvements 9 at various locations: 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 400,000 11 13. For deferred maintenance projects at field facilities 12 throughout the state: 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000,000 14 14. For elevator upgrades at the Ames complex: 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 100,000 16 15. For wastewater treatment improvements at various 17 locations: 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000,000 19 16. For replacement of the Swea City garage: 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,100,000 21 For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided 22 otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsections 10 through 16 23 that remain unencumbered or unobligated shall not revert 24 but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes 25 designated until the close of the fiscal year that ends 26 three years after the end of the fiscal year for which the 27 appropriation was made. However, if the project or projects 28 for which such appropriation was made are completed in an 29 earlier fiscal year, unencumbered or unobligated moneys shall 30 revert at the close of that same fiscal year. 31 DIVISION II 32 FY 2012-2013 33 Sec. 3. ROAD USE TAX FUND. There is appropriated from the 34 road use tax fund created in section 312.1 to the department of 35 -4- LSB 2767HC (4) 84 dea/tm 4/ 10
H.F. _____ transportation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, and 1 ending June 30, 2013, the following amounts, or so much thereof 2 as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated: 3 1. For the payment of costs associated with the production 4 of driver’s licenses, as defined in section 321.1, subsection 5 20A: 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,876,000 7 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this 8 subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close 9 of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available 10 for expenditure for the purposes specified in this subsection 11 until the close of the succeeding fiscal year. 12 2. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous 13 purposes: 14 a. Operations: 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 6,570,000 16 b. Planning: 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 458,000 18 c. Motor vehicles: 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 33,921,000 20 3. For payments to the department of administrative 21 services for utility services: 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 225,000 23 4. Unemployment compensation: 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 7,000 25 5. For payments to the department of administrative 26 services for paying workers’ compensation claims under chapter 27 85 on behalf of employees of the department of transportation: 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 119,000 29 6. For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect 30 cost recoveries: 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 78,000 32 7. For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit 33 expenses as provided in section 11.5B: 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 67,319 35 -5- LSB 2767HC (4) 84 dea/tm 5/ 10
H.F. _____ 8. For automation, telecommunications, and related costs 1 associated with the county issuance of driver’s licenses and 2 vehicle registrations and titles: 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,406,000 4 9. For transfer to the department of public safety for 5 operating a system providing toll-free telephone road and 6 weather conditions information: 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 100,000 8 10. For costs associated with the participation in the 9 Mississippi river parkway commission: 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 40,000 11 11. For motor vehicle division field facility maintenance 12 projects at various locations: 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 200,000 14 12. For scale replacement projects at various locations: 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 550,000 16 For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided 17 otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsections 11 and 12 that 18 remain unencumbered or unobligated shall not revert but shall 19 remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated 20 until the close of the fiscal year that ends three years after 21 the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation was 22 made. However, if the projects for which the appropriation 23 was made are completed in an earlier fiscal year, unencumbered 24 or unobligated moneys shall revert at the close of that same 25 fiscal year. 26 Sec. 4. PRIMARY ROAD FUND. There is appropriated from the 27 primary road fund created in section 313.3 to the department of 28 transportation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, and 29 ending June 30, 2013, the following amounts, or so much thereof 30 as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated: 31 1. For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous 32 purposes, and for not more than the following full-time 33 equivalent positions: 34 a. Operations: 35 -6- LSB 2767HC (4) 84 dea/tm 6/ 10
H.F. _____ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 40,356,529 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 296.00 2 b. Planning: 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 8,697,095 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 121.00 5 c. Highways: 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $232,922,992 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 2,247.00 8 d. Motor vehicles: 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,413,540 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 445.00 11 2. For payments to the department of administrative 12 services for utility services: 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,388,000 14 3. Unemployment compensation: 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 138,000 16 4. For payments to the department of administrative 17 services for paying workers’ compensation claims under 18 chapter 85 on behalf of the employees of the department of 19 transportation: 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,846,000 21 5. For disposal of hazardous wastes from field locations and 22 the central complex: 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 800,000 24 6. For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect 25 cost recoveries: 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 572,000 27 7. For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit 28 expenses as provided in section 11.5B: 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 415,181 30 8. For costs associated with producing transportation maps: 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 242,000 32 9. For inventory and equipment replacement: 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5,366,000 34 10. For utility improvements at various locations: 35 -7- LSB 2767HC (4) 84 dea/tm 7/ 10
H.F. _____ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 400,000 1 11. For roofing projects at various locations: 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 200,000 3 12. For heating, cooling, and exhaust system improvements 4 at various locations: 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 200,000 6 13. For deferred maintenance projects at field facilities 7 throughout the state: 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000,000 9 14. For wastewater treatment improvements at various 10 locations: 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000,000 12 15. For replacement of the New Hampton combined facility: 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5,200,000 14 For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided 15 otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsections 10 through 15 16 that remain unencumbered or unobligated shall not revert 17 but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes 18 designated until the close of the fiscal year that ends 19 three years after the end of the fiscal year for which the 20 appropriation was made. However, if the project or projects 21 for which such appropriation was made are completed in an 22 earlier fiscal year, unencumbered or unobligated moneys shall 23 revert at the close of that same fiscal year. 24 EXPLANATION 25 This bill makes and limits appropriations for FY 2011-2012 26 and FY 2012-2013 from the road use tax fund and the primary 27 road fund to the department of transportation. 28 DIVISION I, FY 2011-2012. Appropriations from the road use 29 tax fund include appropriations for driver’s license production 30 costs, salaries, operations, planning, motor vehicles, 31 utility services provided by the department of administrative 32 services, unemployment and workers’ compensation, indirect cost 33 recoveries, audits, county issuance of driver’s licenses and 34 vehicle registration and titling, a system providing toll-free 35 -8- LSB 2767HC (4) 84 dea/tm 8/ 10
H.F. _____ telephone road and weather reports, participation in the 1 Mississippi river parkway commission, motor vehicle division 2 field facility maintenance projects, and scale replacement 3 projects. 4 Appropriations from the primary road fund include 5 appropriations for salaries, operations, planning, highways, 6 motor vehicles, utility services provided by the department 7 of administrative services, unemployment and workers’ 8 compensation, hazardous waste disposal, indirect cost 9 recoveries, audits, production of transportation maps, 10 inventory and equipment replacement, utility projects, 11 roofing projects, heating and cooling improvements, deferred 12 maintenance at field facilities, elevator upgrades at the Ames 13 complex, wastewater treatment improvements, and replacement of 14 the Swea City garage. 15 DIVISION II, FY 2012-2013. Appropriations from the road use 16 tax fund include appropriations for driver’s license production 17 costs, salaries, operations, planning, motor vehicles, 18 utility services provided by the department of administrative 19 services, unemployment and workers’ compensation, indirect cost 20 recoveries, audits, county issuance of driver’s licenses and 21 vehicle registration and titling, a system providing toll-free 22 telephone road and weather reports, participation in the 23 Mississippi river parkway commission, motor vehicle division 24 field facility maintenance projects, and scale replacement 25 projects. 26 Appropriations from the primary road fund include 27 appropriations for salaries, operations, planning, highways, 28 motor vehicles, utility services provided by the department 29 of administrative services, unemployment and workers’ 30 compensation, hazardous waste disposal, indirect cost 31 recoveries, audits, production of transportation maps, 32 inventory and equipment replacement, utility projects, 33 roofing projects, heating and cooling improvements, deferred 34 maintenance at field facilities, wastewater treatment 35 -9- LSB 2767HC (4) 84 dea/tm 9/ 10
H.F. _____ improvements, and replacement of the New Hampton combined 1 facility. 2 -10- LSB 2767HC (4) 84 dea/tm 10/ 10