SSB 3132 (LSB 5018XG (6) 85)

SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED GOVERNOR 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.  2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 134, section 3, is amended to read as follows:
   SEC. 3.  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, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, 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:

.................................................. $  1,938,000

______________________________________________________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:

.................................................. $  3,192,480

______________________________________________________6,384,960

   b.  Planning:

.................................................. $    207,000

________________________________________________________414,000

   c.  Motor vehicles:

.................................................. $ 16,960,500

_____________________________________________________34,616,659

   d.  Performance and technology:

.................................................. $    230,020

________________________________________________________460,040

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

.................................................. $    107,500

________________________________________________________235,125

   4.  Unemployment compensation:

.................................................. $      3,500

__________________________________________________________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:

.................................................. $     57,000

________________________________________________________114,000

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

.................................................. $     39,000

_________________________________________________________78,000

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

.................................................. $     33,660

_________________________________________________________67,319

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

.................................................. $    703,000

______________________________________________________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:

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

________________________________________________________100,000

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

.................................................. $     20,000

_________________________________________________________40,000

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

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

________________________________________________________200,000

   For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsection 11 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.  2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 134, section 4, is amended to read as follows:
   SEC. 4.  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, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, 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, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions:
   a.  Operations:

.................................................. $ 19,612,953

_____________________________________________________39,225,906

............................................... FTEs     266.00

   b.  Planning:

.................................................. $  3,932,727

______________________________________________________7,865,454

............................................... FTEs     102.00

   c.  Highways:

.................................................. $116,015,648

____________________________________________________235,717,855

............................................... FTEs   2,057.00

   d.  Motor vehicles:

.................................................. $    706,770

______________________________________________________1,460,575

............................................... FTEs     410.00

   e.  Performance and technology:

.................................................. $  1,412,980

______________________________________________________2,825,960

............................................... FTEs      35.00

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

.................................................. $    660,500

______________________________________________________1,444,627

   3.  Unemployment compensation:

.................................................. $     69,000

________________________________________________________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:

.................................................. $  1,371,500

______________________________________________________2,743,000

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

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

________________________________________________________800,000

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

.................................................. $    286,000

________________________________________________________572,000

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

.................................................. $    207,591

________________________________________________________415,181

   8.  For costs associated with producing transportation maps:

.................................................. $     80,000

________________________________________________________242,000

   9.  For inventory and equipment replacement:

.................................................. $  2,683,000

______________________________________________________5,366,000

   10.  For utility improvements at various locations:

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

________________________________________________________400,000

   11.  For roofing projects at various locations:

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

________________________________________________________500,000

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

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

________________________________________________________700,000

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

.................................................. $    750,000

______________________________________________________1,700,000

   14.  For wastewater treatment improvements at various locations:

.................................................. $    500,000

______________________________________________________1,000,000

   15.  For replacement of the Des Moines north garage:

.................................................. $  3,176,500

______________________________________________________6,353,000

   16.  For the remodel and purchase of equipment to relocate the traffic operations center to the Ankeny motor vehicle facility:

.................................................. $    730,000

   For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsections 10 through 15 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
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill makes and limits appropriations for FY 2014-2015 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, operations, planning, motor vehicles, performance and technology, 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, and motor vehicle division field facility maintenance projects.
   Appropriations from the primary road fund include appropriations for operations, planning, highways, motor vehicles, performance and technology, 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, wastewater treatment improvements, replacement of the Des Moines north garage, and relocation of the traffic operations center to the Ankeny motor vehicle facility.