HF 2494 (LSB 5034HV (1) 87)

HOUSE FILE 2494

BY  COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 695)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to 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.  2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 164, 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, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, 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 Administrative services:
   ...................................................................... $  3,350,073

                                                                          6,677,758

   b.  Planning:
   ...................................................................... $    224,770

                                                                             447,822

   c.  Motor vehicles:
   ...................................................................... $ 18,005,103

                                                                        25,962,748

   d.  Performance and technology Strategic performance:
   ...................................................................... $    262,670

                                                                             671,369

   e.  Highways:
   ...................................................................... $ 10,233,174

   3.  For payments to the department of administrative services for utility services:
   ...................................................................... $    129,780

                                                                             259,560

   4.  For 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:
   ...................................................................... $     87,740

                                                                             175,748

   6.  For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect cost recoveries:
   ...................................................................... $     45,000

                                                                               90,000

   7.  For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit expenses as provided in section 11.5B:
   ...................................................................... $     43,659

                                                                               87,318

   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 costs associated with the participation in the Mississippi river parkway commission:
   ...................................................................... $     20,000

                                                                               40,000

   10.  For costs associated with the traffic and criminal software program and the mobile architecture and communications handling program:
   ...................................................................... $    150,000

                                                                             300,000

   11.  For motor vehicle division field facility maintenance projects at various locations:
   ...................................................................... $    150,000

                                                                             300,000

   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.
   12.  For costs associated with the statewide interoperability network:
   ...................................................................... $    497,191
    Sec. 2.  2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 164, 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, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019, 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 Administrative services:
   ...................................................................... $ 20,579,021

                                                                        41,020,512

   ............................................................... FTEs    259.00

                                                                                250.00

   b.  Planning:
   ...................................................................... $  4,270,616

                                                                          8,508,616

   ............................................................... FTEs 97.00

                                                                                  94.00

   c.  Highways:
   ...................................................................... $122,985,456

                                                                      247,828,001

   ............................................................... FTEs    1,962.00

                                                                     2,056.00

   d.  Motor vehicles:
   ...................................................................... $    750,213

                                                                          1,081,781

   ............................................................... FTEs    395.00

                                                                                281.00

   e.  Performance and technology Strategic performance:
   ...................................................................... $  1,611,825

                                                                          4,124,123

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

                                                                     41.00

   2.  For payments to the department of administrative services for utility services:
   ...................................................................... $    797,220

                                                                          1,594,440

   3.  For 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:
   ...................................................................... $  2,105,762

                                                                          4,217,954

   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:
   ...................................................................... $    330,000

                                                                             660,000

   7.  For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit expenses as provided in section 11.5B:
   ...................................................................... $    268,191

                                                                             536,382

   8.  For costs associated with producing transportation maps:
   ...................................................................... $    121,000

                                                                             242,000

   9.  For inventory and equipment replacement:
   ...................................................................... $  5,232,500

                                                                        10,465,000

   9A.  For costs associated with the statewide interoperability network:
   ...................................................................... $  3,054,172

   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:
   ...................................................................... $    350,000

                                                                             700,000

   13.  For deferred maintenance projects at field facilities throughout the state:
   ...................................................................... $    850,000

                                                                          1,700,000

   14.  For maintenance projects at rest area facilities throughout the state:
   ...................................................................... $    125,000

                                                                             250,000

   15.  For improvements related to compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act to facilities throughout the state:
   ...................................................................... $     75,000

                                                                             150,000

   16.  For renovations to the Waterloo maintenance garage:
   ...................................................................... $    895,000

                                                                          1,790,000

   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
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill makes appropriations for FY 2018-2019 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, administrative services, planning, motor vehicles, strategic performance, highways, 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, participation in the Mississippi river parkway commission, the traffic and criminal software program and the mobile architecture and communications handling program, motor vehicle division field facility maintenance projects, and the statewide interoperability network.
   Appropriations from the primary road fund include appropriations for administrative services, planning, highways, motor vehicles, strategic performance, 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, the statewide interoperability network, utility improvements, roofing projects, heating, cooling, and exhaust system improvements, deferred maintenance projects at field facilities, maintenance projects at rest area facilities, improvements related to compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, and renovations to the Waterloo maintenance garage.