Senate File 2320 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2320 BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (SUCCESSOR TO LSB 5017SB) A BILL FOR An Act relating to 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, the primary road fund, the state 4 aviation fund, and the federal surface transportation block 5 grant program. 6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 7 TLSB 5017SV (1) 86 ns/tm

S.F. 2320 DIVISION I 1 FY 2016-2017 2 Section 1. 2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 131, section 3, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 SEC. 3. ROAD USE TAX FUND. There is appropriated from the 5 road use tax fund created in section 312.1 to the department of 6 transportation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and 7 ending June 30, 2017, the following amounts, or so much thereof 8 as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated: 9 1. For the payment of costs associated with the production 10 of driver’s licenses, as defined in section 321.1, subsection 11 20A : 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,938,000 13 3,876,000 14 Notwithstanding section 8.33 , moneys appropriated in this 15 subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close 16 of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available 17 for expenditure for the purposes specified in this subsection 18 until the close of the succeeding fiscal year. 19 2. a. For salaries, support, maintenance, and 20 miscellaneous purposes: 21 a. (1) Operations: 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,279,911 23 6,715,591 24 b. (2) Planning: 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 219,487 26 454,604 27 c. (3) Motor vehicles: 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 17,962,673 29 36,202,585 30 d. (4) Performance and technology: 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 254,520 32 518,400 33 b. As a condition of receiving the moneys appropriated in 34 this subsection, the department of transportation shall not use 35 -1- LSB 5017SV (1) 86 ns/tm 1/ 9

S.F. 2320 such appropriated moneys to construct, rent, lease, maintain, 1 support, or staff a facility in a county with a population 2 of between 55,000 and 85,000 persons, according to the 2010 3 federal decennial census, if the facility is or will be used to 4 issue driver’s licenses. 5 3. For payments to the department of administrative 6 services for utility services: 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 129,776 8 259,560 9 4. Unemployment compensation: 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,500 11 7,000 12 5. For payments to the department of administrative 13 services for paying workers’ compensation claims under chapter 14 85 on behalf of employees of the department of transportation: 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 71,734 16 157,938 17 6. For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect 18 cost recoveries: 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 39,000 20 90,000 21 7. For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit 22 expenses as provided in section 11.5B : 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 36,505 24 82,516 25 8. For automation, telecommunications, and related costs 26 associated with the county issuance of driver’s licenses and 27 vehicle registrations and titles: 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 703,000 29 1,406,000 30 9. For costs associated with the participation in the 31 Mississippi river parkway commission: 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 20,000 33 40,000 34 10. For costs associated with the traffic and criminal 35 -2- LSB 5017SV (1) 86 ns/tm 2/ 9

S.F. 2320 software program and the mobile architecture and communications 1 handling program: 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 150,000 3 300,000 4 11. For motor vehicle division field facility maintenance 5 projects at various locations: 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 150,000 7 300,000 8 For purposes of section 8.33 , unless specifically provided 9 otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsection 11 that remain 10 unencumbered or unobligated shall not revert but shall remain 11 available for expenditure for the purposes designated until 12 the close of the fiscal year that ends three years after the 13 end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation was made. 14 However, if the projects for which the appropriation was 15 made are completed in an earlier fiscal year, unencumbered 16 or unobligated moneys shall revert at the close of that same 17 fiscal year. 18 Sec. 2. 2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 131, section 4, is amended 19 to read as follows: 20 SEC. 4. PRIMARY ROAD FUND. There is appropriated from the 21 primary road fund created in section 313.3 to the department of 22 transportation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and 23 ending June 30, 2017, the following amounts, or so much thereof 24 as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated: 25 1. a. For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous 26 purposes, and for not more than the following full-time 27 equivalent positions: 28 a. (1) Operations: 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 20,148,023 30 41,252,919 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 267.00 32 261.00 33 b. (2) Planning: 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 4,170,241 35 -3- LSB 5017SV (1) 86 ns/tm 3/ 9

S.F. 2320 8,637,481 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 102.00 2 98.00 3 c. (3) Highways: 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 119,414,428 5 249,013,967 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 2,056.00 7 1,994.00 8 d. (4) Motor vehicles: 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 748,445 10 1,508,441 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 412.00 12 402.00 13 e. (5) Performance and technology: 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,563,480 15 3,184,459 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 35.00 17 34.00 18 b. As a condition of receiving the moneys appropriated in 19 this subsection, the department of transportation shall not use 20 such appropriated moneys to construct, rent, lease, maintain, 21 support, or staff a facility in a county with a population 22 of between 55,000 and 85,000 persons, according to the 2010 23 federal decennial census, if the facility is or will be used to 24 issue driver’s licenses. 25 2. For payments to the department of administrative 26 services for utility services: 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 797,193 28 1,594,440 29 3. Unemployment compensation: 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 69,000 31 138,000 32 4. For payments to the department of administrative 33 services for paying workers’ compensation claims under 34 chapter 85 on behalf of the employees of the department of 35 -4- LSB 5017SV (1) 86 ns/tm 4/ 9

S.F. 2320 transportation: 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,721,611 2 3,790,504 3 5. For disposal of hazardous wastes from field locations and 4 the central complex: 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 400,000 6 800,000 7 6. For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect 8 cost recoveries: 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 286,000 10 660,000 11 7. For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit 12 expenses as provided in section 11.5B : 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 224,245 14 506,884 15 8. For costs associated with producing transportation maps: 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 121,000 17 242,000 18 9. For inventory and equipment replacement: 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,683,000 20 5,366,000 21 10. For utility improvements at various locations: 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 200,000 23 400,000 24 11. For roofing projects at various locations: 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 250,000 26 500,000 27 12. For heating, cooling, and exhaust system improvements 28 at various locations: 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 350,000 30 700,000 31 13. For deferred maintenance projects at field facilities 32 throughout the state: 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 850,000 34 1,700,000 35 -5- LSB 5017SV (1) 86 ns/tm 5/ 9

S.F. 2320 14. For maintenance projects at rest area facilities 1 throughout the state: 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 125,000 3 250,000 4 15. For improvements related to compliance with the federal 5 Americans with Disabilities Act to facilities throughout the 6 state: 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 75,000 8 150,000 9 16. For the replacement of the Mount Pleasant/Fairfield 10 combined facility: 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,451,000 12 4,902,000 13 For purposes of section 8.33 , unless specifically provided 14 otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsections 10 through 16 15 that remain unencumbered or unobligated shall not revert 16 but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes 17 designated until the close of the fiscal year that ends 18 three years after the end of the fiscal year for which the 19 appropriation was made. However, if the project or projects 20 for which such appropriation was made are completed in an 21 earlier fiscal year, unencumbered or unobligated moneys shall 22 revert at the close of that same fiscal year. 23 Sec. 3. STATE AVIATION FUND. 24 1. There is appropriated from the state aviation fund 25 created in section 328.56 to the department of transportation 26 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 27 2017, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, 28 to be used for the purposes designated: 29 a. For infrastructure improvements at commercial service 30 airports within the state: 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,500,000 32 b. For infrastructure improvements at general aviation 33 airports within the state: 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 750,000 35 -6- LSB 5017SV (1) 86 ns/tm 6/ 9

S.F. 2320 2. It is the intent of the general assembly that the state 1 invest wisely in necessary infrastructure improvements in 2 general aviation airports across the state and avoid costly 3 future maintenance payments to airports with limited aviation 4 activity. 5 3. The department of transportation shall adopt a process 6 for a political subdivision of the state that has ceased 7 operation of an airport to submit an application to the 8 department to forgive any required repayment of financial 9 assistance that may be owed to the state as a result of the 10 closure of the airport. The application shall include a 11 cost-benefit analysis performed by the applicable political 12 subdivision and plans for the future use of the airport 13 facility. The process adopted by the department shall provide 14 that if the future use of the facility results in a project 15 that creates jobs and expands the economy, the department shall 16 forgive any required repayment of financial assistance that may 17 be owed to the state as a result of the closure of the airport 18 provided that the amount of private investment in the project 19 for the future use of the facility is equal to at least two 20 times the amount estimated to be repaid to the state. 21 DIVISION II 22 FFY 2016-2017 23 Sec. 4. 2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 130, is amended by adding 24 the following new section: 25 NEW SECTION . SEC. 14A. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANT 26 PROGRAM APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated from the fund 27 created by section 8.41 to the department of transportation 28 for the following federal fiscal year beginning October 1, and 29 ending September 30, the following amount: 30 FFY 2016-2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $149,300,000 31 The appropriation made in this section is in the amount 32 anticipated to be received from the federal government for 33 the designated federal fiscal year under 23 U.S.C. §133, 34 which provides funding allocated by the state transportation 35 -7- LSB 5017SV (1) 86 ns/tm 7/ 9

S.F. 2320 commission for state and local transportation projects. The 1 department shall expend the moneys appropriated in this section 2 as provided in the federal law making the funds available and 3 in conformance with chapter 17A. 4 EXPLANATION 5 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 6 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 7 DIVISION I —— FY 2016-2017. This bill makes and limits 8 appropriations for FY 2016-2017 from the road use tax fund, 9 the primary road fund, and the state aviation fund to the 10 department of transportation (DOT). 11 Appropriations from the road use tax fund include 12 appropriations for driver’s license production costs, 13 operations, planning, motor vehicles, performance and 14 technology, utility services provided by the department 15 of administrative services, unemployment and workers’ 16 compensation, indirect cost recoveries, audits, county issuance 17 of driver’s licenses and vehicle registration and titling, 18 participation in the Mississippi river parkway commission, 19 the traffic and criminal software program and the mobile 20 architecture and communications handling program, and motor 21 vehicle division field facility maintenance projects. 22 Appropriations from the primary road fund include 23 appropriations for operations, planning, highways, motor 24 vehicles, performance and technology, utility services provided 25 by the department of administrative services, unemployment 26 and workers’ compensation, hazardous waste disposal, indirect 27 cost recoveries, audits, production of transportation maps, 28 inventory and equipment replacement, utility projects, 29 roofing projects, heating and cooling improvements, deferred 30 maintenance at field facilities, maintenance projects at rest 31 area facilities throughout the state, improvements related to 32 compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act to 33 facilities throughout the state, and the replacement of the 34 Mount Pleasant/Fairfield combined facility. 35 -8- LSB 5017SV (1) 86 ns/tm 8/ 9

S.F. 2320 The bill prohibits the DOT from using certain appropriated 1 moneys to construct, rent, lease, maintain, support, or staff a 2 facility in a county with a population of between 55,000 and 3 85,000 persons if the facility is or will be used to issue 4 driver’s licenses. 5 Appropriations from the state aviation fund include 6 appropriations for infrastructure improvements at commercial 7 service airports and infrastructure improvements at general 8 aviation airports. Previously, similar appropriations were 9 made from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund. 10 The bill requires the DOT to adopt a process for a political 11 subdivision of the state that has ceased operation of an 12 airport to submit an application to the DOT to forgive any 13 required repayment of financial assistance that may be owed to 14 the state as a result of the closure of the airport. If the 15 future use of the facility results in a project that creates 16 jobs and expands the economy, the bill requires the DOT to 17 forgive any required repayment of financial assistance that may 18 be owed to the state as a result of the closure of the airport 19 provided that the amount of private investment in the project 20 for the future use of the facility is equal to at least two 21 times the amount estimated to be repaid to the state. 22 DIVISION II —— FFY 2016-2017. The bill appropriates to 23 the DOT moneys anticipated to be received from the federal 24 government under the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program 25 created by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, 26 which was signed into law on December 4, 2015. 27 -9- LSB 5017SV (1) 86 ns/tm 9/ 9