Senate File 2080 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2080 BY CHAPMAN A BILL FOR An Act relating to state financing involving the state 1 general fund expenditure limitation by revising calculation 2 requirements for the limitation, increasing reserve fund 3 balances, creating a safety net fund, creating an Iowa 4 personal income tax rate reduction fund, making transfers, 5 and providing for related state personal income tax rate 6 reductions, and including effective and applicability dates. 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 8 TLSB 5572XS (4) 87 tm/jh

S.F. 2080 Section 1. Section 8.54, subsection 1, Code 2018, is amended 1 by adding the following new paragraphs: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . 0b. “Iowa wage and salary component” means 3 the wage and salary component of the quarterly state personal 4 income table for Iowa issued by the bureau of economic analysis 5 of the United States department of commerce. For the purposes 6 of this paragraph and paragraph “c” , “quarter” means the 7 calendar year quarter identified in the table issued by the 8 bureau. 9 NEW PARAGRAPH . c. “Wage and salary growth factor” means 10 one-half of the percentage increase, if any, in the average 11 of the second quarter Iowa wage and salary component issued 12 immediately prior to the meeting of the revenue estimating 13 conference held by December 15 in accordance with section 14 8.22A, subsection 3, and the Iowa wage and salary components 15 for the three quarters immediately preceding such second 16 quarter component, as compared to the average of the four 17 quarters of the Iowa wage and salary component immediately 18 preceding the oldest quarter used to calculate the first 19 average. 20 Sec. 2. Section 8.54, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2018, are 21 amended to read as follows: 22 2. a. There is created a state general fund expenditure 23 limitation for each fiscal year calculated as provided in 24 this section . An expenditure limitation shall be used for 25 the portion of the budget process commencing on the date the 26 revenue estimating conference agrees to a revenue estimate for 27 the following fiscal year in accordance with section 8.22A, 28 subsection 3 , and ending with the governor’s final approval 29 or disapproval of the appropriations bills applicable to that 30 fiscal year that were passed prior to July 1 of that fiscal 31 year in a regular or extraordinary legislative session. 32 b. A wage and salary growth factor for the following 33 fiscal year shall be calculated jointly by the department of 34 management and the legislative services agency for use in the 35 -1- LSB 5572XS (4) 87 tm/jh 1/ 10

S.F. 2080 budget process for the following fiscal year in accordance with 1 this section. The wage and salary growth factor calculation 2 for the following fiscal year shall be issued concurrently 3 with the meeting of the revenue estimating conference held by 4 December 15 in which the estimates used to develop the adjusted 5 revenue estimate for the following fiscal year are agreed to 6 by the conference. 7 3. Except as otherwise provided in this section , the state 8 general fund expenditure limitation for a fiscal year shall be 9 the lesser of the following amounts: 10 a. ninety-nine Ninety-nine percent of the adjusted revenue 11 estimate for the fiscal year . 12 b. The percentage derived from adding to one hundred percent 13 of the wage and salary growth factor calculated for the fiscal 14 year times the final state general fund expenditure limitation 15 for the prior fiscal year. 16 Sec. 3. Section 8.54, subsection 5, Code 2018, is amended by 17 striking the subsection. 18 Sec. 4. Section 8.55, subsection 2, Code 2018, is amended 19 to read as follows: 20 2. The maximum balance of the fund is the amount equal to 21 two and one-half percent of the adjusted revenue estimate for 22 the fiscal year. If the amount of moneys in the Iowa economic 23 emergency fund is equal to the maximum balance, moneys in 24 excess of this amount shall be distributed as follows in the 25 following order : 26 a. The initial excess, not to exceed the amount necessary 27 for the safety net fund to reach its maximum balance of two 28 percent of the adjusted revenue estimate for the fiscal year, 29 shall be transferred to the safety net fund created in section 30 8.57H. 31 a. b. The Following a transfer pursuant to paragraph “a” , 32 the remainder of the excess, if any, not to exceed the first 33 sixty million dollars of the difference between the actual net 34 revenue for the general fund of the state for the fiscal year 35 -2- LSB 5572XS (4) 87 tm/jh 2/ 10

S.F. 2080 and the adjusted revenue estimate for the fiscal year , shall 1 be transferred to the taxpayers trust fund created in section 2 8.57E . 3 b. c. The Following a transfer pursuant to paragraph “b” , 4 the remainder of the excess, if any, shall be transferred to 5 the general fund of the state Iowa personal income tax rate 6 reduction fund created in section 8.57G . 7 Sec. 5. NEW SECTION . 8.57G Iowa personal income tax rate 8 reduction fund. 9 1. An Iowa personal income tax rate reduction fund is 10 created. The fund shall be separate from the general fund of 11 the state and the balance in the fund shall not be considered 12 part of the balance of the general fund of the state. The 13 moneys credited to the fund are not subject to section 8.33 and 14 shall not be transferred, used, obligated, appropriated, or 15 otherwise encumbered except as provided in this section. 16 2. a. Moneys in the Iowa personal income tax rate reduction 17 fund shall only be used pursuant to appropriations or transfers 18 made by the general assembly for tax relief. 19 b. No later than June 30 in each fiscal year the entire 20 balance of the Iowa personal income tax rate reduction fund, if 21 any, is transferred to the general fund of the state. 22 c. The moneys transferred to the general fund of the state 23 in accordance with paragraph “b” shall not be considered new 24 revenue for purposes of the state general fund expenditure 25 limitation under section 8.54 but instead shall be considered 26 as replacing a like amount included in the expenditure 27 limitation for the fiscal year in which the transfer is made. 28 3. a. Moneys in the Iowa personal income tax rate reduction 29 fund may be used for cash flow purposes during a fiscal year 30 provided that any moneys so allocated are returned to the fund 31 by the end of that fiscal year. 32 b. Except as provided in section 8.58, the Iowa personal 33 income tax rate reduction fund shall be considered a special 34 account for the purposes of section 8.53 in determining the 35 -3- LSB 5572XS (4) 87 tm/jh 3/ 10

S.F. 2080 cash position of the general fund of the state for the payment 1 of state obligations. 2 4. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or 3 earnings on moneys deposited in the Iowa personal income tax 4 rate reduction fund shall be credited to the fund. 5 Sec. 6. NEW SECTION . 8.57H Safety net fund. 6 1. A safety net fund is created. The fund shall be separate 7 from the general fund of the state and the balance in the fund 8 shall not be considered part of the balance of the general fund 9 of the state. The moneys credited to the fund are not subject 10 to section 8.33 and shall not be transferred, used, obligated, 11 appropriated, or otherwise encumbered except as provided in 12 this section. 13 2. Moneys in the safety net fund shall only be used pursuant 14 to appropriations or transfers made by the general assembly 15 to augment appropriations made for important education, 16 employment, health, human services, and other programs to aid 17 individuals and families with low income. 18 3. a. Moneys in the safety net fund may be used for cash 19 flow purposes during a fiscal year provided that any moneys so 20 allocated are returned to the fund by the end of that fiscal 21 year. 22 b. Except as provided in section 8.58, the safety net fund 23 shall be considered a special account for the purposes of 24 section 8.53 in determining the cash position of the general 25 fund of the state for the payment of state obligations. 26 4. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest 27 or earnings on moneys deposited in the safety net fund shall 28 be credited to the fund. 29 Sec. 7. Section 8.58, Code 2018, is amended to read as 30 follows: 31 8.58 Exemption from automatic application. 32 1. To the extent that moneys appropriated under section 33 8.57 do not result in moneys being credited to the general fund 34 under section 8.55, subsection 2 , moneys Moneys appropriated 35 -4- LSB 5572XS (4) 87 tm/jh 4/ 10

S.F. 2080 under section 8.57 and moneys contained in the cash reserve 1 fund, rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund, environment first 2 fund, Iowa economic emergency fund, taxpayers trust fund, 3 and state bond repayment fund , Iowa personal income tax rate 4 reduction fund, and safety net fund shall not be considered 5 in the application of any formula, index, or other statutory 6 triggering mechanism which would affect appropriations, 7 payments, or taxation rates, contrary provisions of the Code 8 notwithstanding. To the extent that moneys projected to be 9 transferred from the Iowa personal income tax rate reduction 10 fund to the general fund of the state pursuant to section 8.57G 11 replace revenues reduced pursuant to section 422.5, subsection 12 1, paragraph “k” , such moneys reduction shall not be considered 13 by such arbitrator or in such negotiations in the application 14 of such mechanisms that affect appropriations, payments, or 15 taxation rates. 16 2. To the extent that moneys appropriated under section 17 8.57 do not result in moneys being credited to the general fund 18 under section 8.55, subsection 2 , moneys Moneys appropriated 19 under section 8.57 and moneys contained in the cash reserve 20 fund, rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund, environment first 21 fund, Iowa economic emergency fund, taxpayers trust fund, 22 and state bond repayment fund , Iowa personal income tax rate 23 reduction fund, and safety net fund shall not be considered 24 by an arbitrator or in negotiations under chapter 20 . To the 25 extent that moneys projected to be transferred from the Iowa 26 personal income tax rate reduction fund to the general fund of 27 the state pursuant to section 8.57G replace revenues reduced 28 pursuant to section 422.5, subsection 1, paragraph “k” , such 29 moneys reduction shall not be considered by such arbitrator or 30 in such negotiations in the application of such mechanisms that 31 affect appropriations, payments, or taxation rates. 32 Sec. 8. Section 422.5, subsection 1, Code 2018, is amended 33 by adding the following new paragraph: 34 NEW PARAGRAPH . k. For the tax year beginning January 1 35 -5- LSB 5572XS (4) 87 tm/jh 5/ 10

S.F. 2080 immediately preceding July 1 of any fiscal year in which a 1 transfer is made to the Iowa personal income tax rate reduction 2 fund pursuant to section 8.57G, subsection 2, paragraph “b” , 3 each rate in paragraphs “a” through “i” shall be reduced, and 4 rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of one percent, by the 5 percentage that the amount transferred during the fiscal year 6 to the Iowa personal income tax rate reduction fund bears 7 to the actual net revenue for the general fund of the state 8 for the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year in 9 which such transfer was made to the Iowa personal income tax 10 rate reduction fund. A tax rate reduction provided in this 11 paragraph only applies to the tax year which is the subject 12 of the rate reduction and shall not effect tax rates in any 13 successive tax year. The department shall draft the income tax 14 form for any tax year in which rates are reduced under this 15 paragraph to provide information to taxpayers necessary to 16 calculate the tax due. 17 Sec. 9. Section 422.5, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 2018, 18 is amended to read as follows: 19 a. There is imposed upon every resident and nonresident 20 of this state, including estates and trusts, the greater of 21 the tax determined in subsection 1 , paragraphs “a” through “j” 22 “k” , or the state alternative minimum tax equal to seventy-five 23 percent of the maximum state individual income tax rate for 24 the tax year, rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percent, 25 times the state alternative minimum taxable income of the 26 taxpayer as computed under this subsection . 27 Sec. 10. Section 422.11B, Code 2018, is amended to read as 28 follows: 29 422.11B Minimum tax credit. 30 1. a. There is allowed as a credit against the tax 31 determined in section 422.5, subsection 1 , paragraphs “a” 32 through “j” “k”, for a tax year an amount equal to the minimum 33 tax credit for that tax year. 34 b. The minimum tax credit for a tax year is the excess, 35 -6- LSB 5572XS (4) 87 tm/jh 6/ 10

S.F. 2080 if any, of the net minimum tax imposed for all prior tax 1 years beginning on or after January 1, 1987, over the amount 2 allowable as a credit under this section for those prior tax 3 years. 4 2. a. The allowable credit under subsection 1 for a tax 5 year shall not exceed the excess, if any, of the tax determined 6 in section 422.5, subsection 1 , paragraphs “a” through “j” “k” , 7 over the state alternative minimum tax as determined in section 8 422.5, subsection 2 . 9 b. The net minimum tax for a tax year is the excess, if any, 10 of the tax determined in section 422.5, subsection 2 , for the 11 tax year over the tax determined in section 422.5, subsection 12 1 , paragraphs “a” through “j” “k” , for the tax year. 13 Sec. 11. Section 422.16, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 14 2018, is amended to read as follows: 15 a. Every withholding agent and every employer as defined 16 in this chapter and further defined in the Internal Revenue 17 Code, with respect to income tax collected at source, making 18 payment of wages to a nonresident employee working in Iowa, 19 or to a resident employee, shall deduct and withhold from the 20 wages an amount which will approximate the employee’s annual 21 tax liability on a calendar year basis, calculated on the 22 basis of tables to be prepared by the department and schedules 23 or percentage rates, based on the wages, to be prescribed by 24 the department , and calculated without regard to the rate 25 reductions provided in section 422.5, subsection 1, paragraph 26 “k” . Every employee or other person shall declare to the 27 employer or withholding agent the number of the employee’s 28 or other person’s personal allowances to be used in applying 29 the tables and schedules or percentage rates. However, no 30 greater number of allowances may be declared by the employee 31 or other person than the number to which the employee or other 32 person is entitled except as allowed under sections 3402(m)(1) 33 and 3402(m)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and as allowed 34 for the child and dependent care credit provided in section 35 -7- LSB 5572XS (4) 87 tm/jh 7/ 10

S.F. 2080 422.12C . The claiming of allowances in excess of entitlement is 1 a serious misdemeanor. 2 Sec. 12. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect July 1, 3 2019. 4 Sec. 13. APPLICABILITY. The following provisions of this 5 Act are first applicable to calculate the state general fund 6 expenditure limitation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 7 2019: 8 1. The sections amending section 8.54. 9 2. The sections amending section 8.55. 10 EXPLANATION 11 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 12 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 13 This bill relates to the state general fund expenditure 14 limitation by revising calculation requirements for the 15 limitation, creating a safety net fund, creating an Iowa 16 personal income tax rate reduction fund, making transfers, 17 and providing for related state personal income tax rate 18 reductions. 19 Code section 8.54, relating to the state general fund 20 expenditure limitation, is amended to provide an additional 21 method for calculating the limitation. Under current law, 22 the limitation is 99 percent of the adjusted revenue estimate 23 for the following fiscal year based on an estimate approved 24 by the revenue estimating conference in a meeting held by 25 December 15. The new calculation method in the bill is based 26 on the growth in the average wage and salary component of the 27 quarterly state personal income table for Iowa issued by the 28 bureau of economic analysis of the United States department of 29 commerce. Under the new method, the department of management 30 and the legislative services agency are directed to apply the 31 component issued for the quarters of a two-year period to 32 jointly calculate a wage and salary growth factor percentage. 33 One-half of this percentage amount, combined with 100 percent, 34 is applied to the amount of the state general fund expenditure 35 -8- LSB 5572XS (4) 87 tm/jh 8/ 10

S.F. 2080 limitation for the prior fiscal year (fiscal year in progress). 1 The lesser amount identified by the two methods is required to 2 be used as the state general fund expenditure limitation in the 3 budget process for the following fiscal year. 4 Under current law, if a surplus is anticipated for the 5 general fund of the state at the close of a fiscal year, any 6 excess remaining, after the surplus is applied to bring state 7 reserve funds to their maximum balances, is transferred back 8 to the state general fund for the following fiscal year. The 9 original state general fund expenditure limitation for that 10 following fiscal year is required to be readjusted to reflect 11 the amount of excess anticipated to be transferred. The bill 12 repeals the current law requirements for the excess in Code 13 sections 8.54(5) and 8.55(2) and instead requires the excess 14 to be transferred in the following order: first to the safety 15 net fund created by the bill, up to the maximum balance for 16 the safety net fund which is established as 2 percent of the 17 adjusted revenue estimate for the fiscal year; next, to the 18 taxpayer trust fund, up to the maximum amount specified in 19 current law; and the entire remainder to the personal income 20 tax rate reduction fund created by the bill. 21 New Code section 8.57G creates an Iowa personal income tax 22 reduction fund separate from the general fund. Moneys in the 23 fund can only be used pursuant to appropriations or transfers 24 made by the general assembly for tax relief and for temporary 25 cash flow purposes. 26 New Code section 8.57H creates a safety net fund separate 27 from the general fund. Moneys in the fund can only be used 28 pursuant to appropriations or transfers made by the general 29 assembly to augment appropriations made for important 30 education, employment, health, human services, and other 31 programs to aid individuals and families with low income. 32 Moneys in the new funds are treated similarly to other 33 reserve funds under Code section 8.58 and exempted from 34 automatic application in triggering mechanisms which affect 35 -9- LSB 5572XS (4) 87 tm/jh 9/ 10

S.F. 2080 appropriations, payments, or taxation rates and cannot be 1 considered by an arbitrator or in collective bargaining 2 negotiations under Code chapter 20. 3 Moneys transferred to the Iowa personal income tax rate 4 reduction fund are required to be transferred to the general 5 fund of the state by the end of the same fiscal year and treated 6 as a replacement of revenue resulting from the individual 7 income tax rate reduction provided for in the bill. 8 For tax years beginning January 1 immediately preceding July 9 1 of a fiscal year in which a transfer is made to the Iowa 10 personal income tax rate reduction fund, the rates for each of 11 the nine tax brackets of the individual income tax are required 12 to be reduced by the percentage that the amount transferred 13 to the fund bears to the state’s actual net revenue for the 14 preceding fiscal year. Tax rate reductions only apply for one 15 tax year and do not affect tax rates in any successive tax 16 year. Withholding agents and employers are prohibited from 17 factoring in such an individual income tax rate reduction in 18 their calculation of appropriate employee withholding amounts 19 during a tax year. Under the bill, the tax year beginning 20 January 1, 2020, is the first tax year to which the individual 21 income tax rate reduction may apply. 22 The bill takes effect July 1, 2019. However, the provisions 23 affecting calculation of the state general fund expenditure 24 limitation are first applicable for the budget process for the 25 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019 (FY 2019-2020). 26 -10- LSB 5572XS (4) 87 tm/jh 10/ 10