HF 616 (LSB 1053HV (1) 87)

HOUSE FILE 616

BY  COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 192)

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:

DIVISION I
FY 2017-2018

    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, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, 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:
   ...................................................................... $  6,700,146

   b.  Planning:
   ...................................................................... $    449,539

   c.  Motor vehicles:
   ...................................................................... $ 36,010,205

   d.  Performance and technology:
   ...................................................................... $    525,340

   3.  For payments to the department of administrative services for utility services:
   ...................................................................... $    259,560

   4.  For 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:
   ...................................................................... $    175,480

   6.  For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect cost recoveries:
   ...................................................................... $     90,000

   7.  For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit expenses as provided in section 11.5B:
   ...................................................................... $     84,882

   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 costs associated with the participation in the Mississippi river parkway commission:
   ...................................................................... $     40,000

   10.  For costs associated with the traffic and criminal software program and the mobile architecture and communications handling program:
   ...................................................................... $    300,000

   11.  For motor vehicle division field facility maintenance projects at various locations:
   ...................................................................... $    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 the replacement of the Dubuque maintenance garage:
   ...................................................................... $    600,000
    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, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018, 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:
   ...................................................................... $ 41,158,042

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

   b.  Planning:
   ...................................................................... $  8,541,231

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

   c.  Highways:
   ...................................................................... $245,060,911

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

   d.  Motor vehicles:
   ...................................................................... $  1,500,425

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

   e.  Performance and technology:
   ...................................................................... $  3,223,650

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

   2.  For payments to the department of administrative services for utility services:
   ...................................................................... $  1,594,440

   3.  For 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:
   ...................................................................... $  4,211,524

   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:
   ...................................................................... $    660,000

   7.  For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit expenses as provided in section 11.5B:
   ...................................................................... $    521,418

   8.  For inventory and equipment replacement:
   ...................................................................... $ 10,535,000

   9.  For utility improvements at various locations:
   ...................................................................... $    400,000

   10.  For roofing projects at various locations:
   ...................................................................... $    500,000

   11.  For heating, cooling, and exhaust system improvements at various locations:
   ...................................................................... $    700,000

   12.  For deferred maintenance projects at field facilities throughout the state:
   ...................................................................... $  1,700,000

   13.  For maintenance projects at rest area facilities throughout the state:
   ...................................................................... $    250,000

   14.  For improvements related to compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act to facilities throughout the state:
   ...................................................................... $    150,000

   15.  For the replacement of the Dubuque maintenance garage:
   ...................................................................... $ 10,200,000

   16.  For renovations to the Adair maintenance garage:
   ...................................................................... $  1,478,000

   For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsections 9 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.
DIVISION II
FY 2018-2019

    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

   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:
   ...................................................................... $  3,350,073

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

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

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

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

   4.  For unemployment compensation:
   ...................................................................... $      3,500

   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

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

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

   8.  For automation, telecommunications, and related costs associated with the county issuance of driver’s licenses and vehicle registrations and titles:
   ...................................................................... $    703,000

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

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

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

   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. 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:
   ...................................................................... $ 20,579,021

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

   3.  For unemployment compensation:
   ...................................................................... $     69,000

   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

   5.  For disposal of hazardous wastes from field locations and the central complex:
   ...................................................................... $    400,000

   6.  For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect cost recoveries:
   ...................................................................... $    330,000

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

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

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

   10.  For utility improvements at various locations:
   ...................................................................... $    200,000

   11.  For roofing projects at various locations:
   ...................................................................... $    250,000

   12.  For heating, cooling, and exhaust system improvements at various locations:
   ...................................................................... $    350,000

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

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

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

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

   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 2017-2018 and FY 2018-2019 from the road use tax fund and the primary road fund to the department of transportation.
   FY 2017-2018. Appropriations from the road use tax fund include appropriations for driver’s license production, 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, 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 replacement of the Dubuque maintenance garage.
   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, inventory and equipment replacement, utility improvements, roofing projects, heating and cooling improvements, deferred maintenance projects at field facilities, maintenance projects at rest area facilities, improvements related to compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, the replacement of the Dubuque maintenance garage, and renovations to the Adair maintenance garage.
   FY 2018-2019. Appropriations from the road use tax fund include appropriations for driver’s license production, 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, participation in the Mississippi river parkway commission, the traffic and criminal software program and the mobile architecture and communications handling program, 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 improvements, roofing projects, heating and cooling 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.