HF 2319 (LSB 6033YH (5) 89)

HOUSE FILE 2319

BY  JACOBSEN

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the elimination of the legislative services agency, and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

DIVISION I
LEGISLATIVE SERVICES AGENCY —— ELIMINATION

    Section 1.  Section 2.12, subsection 4, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  There is appropriated out of any funds in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year budgets budget of the legislative services agency and the office of ombudsman for salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes to carry out their its statutory responsibilities. The legislative services agency and the office of ombudsman shall submit their its proposed budgets budget to the legislative council not later than September 1 of each year. The legislative council shall review and approve the proposed budgets budget not later than December 1 of each year. The budget approved by the legislative council for each of its statutory legislative agencies shall be transmitted by the legislative council to the department of management on or before December 1 of each year for the fiscal year beginning July 1 of the following year. The department of management shall submit the approved budgets received from the legislative council to the governor for inclusion in the governor’s proposed budget for the succeeding fiscal year. The approved budgets shall also be submitted to the chairpersons of the committees on appropriations. The committees on appropriations may allocate from the funds appropriated by this section the funds contained in the approved budgets, or such other amounts as specified, pursuant to a concurrent resolution to be approved by both houses of the general assembly. The director of the department of administrative services shall issue warrants for salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes upon requisition by the administrative head of each statutory legislative agency. If the legislative council elects to change the approved budget for a legislative agency prior to July 1, the legislative council shall transmit the amount of the budget revision to the department of management prior to July 1 of the fiscal year, however, if the general assembly approved the budget it cannot be changed except pursuant to a concurrent resolution approved by the general assembly.
    Sec. 2.  Section 2.42, subsections 1, 2, and 14, Code 2022, are amended by striking the subsections.
    Sec. 3.  Section 2.46, subsection 2, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  Examination.  Examine the reports and official acts of the executive council and of each officer, board, commission, and department of the state, in respect to the conduct and expenditures thereof and the receipts and disbursements of public funds thereby. All state departments and agencies are required to immediately notify the legislative fiscal committee of the legislative council and the director of the legislative services agency if any state facilities within their jurisdiction have been cited for violations of any federal, state, or local laws or regulations or have been decertified or notified of the threat of decertification from compliance with any state, federal, or other nationally recognized certification or accreditation agency or organization.
    Sec. 4.  Section 2.48, subsection 2, paragraph b, subparagraph (1), Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  Estimate for each fiscal year, in conjunction with the legislative services agency and the department of revenue, the cost of each individual tax expenditure and the total cost of all tax expenditures, and by December 15 provide those estimates to the governor for use in the preparation of the budget message under section 8.22 and to the general assembly to be used in the budget process.
    Sec. 5.  Section 2.69, subsection 6, Code 2022, is amended by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 6.  Section 2B.5, subsection 3, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Perform other duties as directed by the director of the legislative services agency, the legislative council, or the administrative rules review committee and as provided by law.
    Sec. 7.  Section 2B.6, subsection 3, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Perform other duties as directed by the director of the legislative services agency or the legislative council and as provided by law.
    Sec. 8.  Section 7D.29, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 2022, is amended by striking the paragraph.
    Sec. 9.  Section 8.55, subsection 3, paragraph c, subparagraph (2), Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  The governor issues an official proclamation and notifies the legislative fiscal committee and the legislative services agency that the balance of the general fund is negative and that an appropriation made pursuant to this paragraph brings the general fund of the state into balance.
    Sec. 10.  Section 8.62, subsection 3, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  On or before June 30 of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which funds were encumbered under this section, an agency encumbering funds under this section shall report to the joint appropriations subcommittee which recommends funding for the agency, the legislative services agency, the department of management, and the legislative fiscal committee of the legislative council detailing how the moneys were expended. Moneys shall not be encumbered under this section from an appropriation which received a transfer from another appropriation pursuant to section 8.39.
    Sec. 11.  Section 8A.123, subsection 1, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Activities of the department shall be accounted for within the general fund of the state, except that the director may establish and maintain internal service funds in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as defined in section 8.57, subsection 4, for activities of the department which are primarily funded from billings to governmental entities for services rendered by the department. The establishment of an internal service fund is subject to the approval of the director of the department of management and the concurrence of the auditor of state. At least ninety days prior to the establishment of an internal service fund pursuant to this section, the director shall notify in writing the general assembly, including the legislative council, and the legislative fiscal committee, and the legislative services agency.
    Sec. 12.  Section 8A.124, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   8A.124  Additional personnel.
   The department may employ, upon the approval of the department of management, additional personnel in excess of the number of full-time equivalent positions authorized by the general assembly if such additional personnel are reasonable and necessary to perform such duties as required to meet the needs of the department to provide services to other governmental entities and as authorized by this chapter. The director shall notify in writing the department of management, and the legislative fiscal committee, and the legislative services agency of any additional personnel employed pursuant to this section.
    Sec. 13.  Section 8A.321, subsection 16, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   At least thirty days prior to entering into a contract for a lease or renewal of a lease pursuant to subsection 6 or a contract for the acquisition of real property pursuant to subsection 9 in which any part or the total amount of the contract is at least fifty thousand dollars, notify the legislative services agency concerning the contract. The legislative services agency shall submit the notification to the general assembly’s standing committees on government oversight. The notification is required regardless of the source of payment for the lease, renewal of lease, or acquisition of real property. The notification shall include all of the following information:
    Sec. 14.  Section 8A.341, subsection 2, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  If money is appropriated for this purpose, by November 1 of each year supply a report which contains the name, gender, county, or city of residence when possible, official title, salary received during the previous fiscal year, base salary as computed on July 1 of the current fiscal year, and traveling and subsistence expense of the personnel of each of the departments, boards, and commissions of the state government except personnel who receive an annual salary of less than one thousand dollars. The number of the personnel and the total amount received by them shall be shown for each department in the report. All employees who have drawn salaries, fees, or expense allowances from more than one department or subdivision shall be listed separately under the proper departmental heading. On the request of the director, the head of each department, board, or commission shall furnish the data covering that agency. The report shall be distributed upon request without charge in an electronic medium to each caucus of the general assembly, the legislative services agency, the chief clerk of the house of representatives, and the secretary of the senate. Copies of the report shall be made available to other persons in an electronic medium upon payment of a fee, which shall not exceed the cost of providing the copy of the report. Sections 22.2 through 22.5 apply to the report. All funds from the sale of the report shall be deposited in the printing revolving fund established in section 8A.345.
    Sec. 15.  Section 8B.13, subsections 1 and 5, Code 2022, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  Activities of the office shall be accounted for within the general fund of the state, except that the chief information officer may establish and maintain internal service funds in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as defined in section 8.57, subsection 4, for activities of the office which are primarily funded from billings to governmental entities for services rendered by the office. The establishment of an internal service fund is subject to the approval of the director of the department of management and the concurrence of the auditor of state. At least ninety days prior to the establishment of an internal service fund pursuant to this section, the chief information officer shall notify in writing the general assembly, including the legislative council, and the legislative fiscal committee, and the legislative services agency. 
   5.  The office shall submit an annual report not later than October 1 to the members of the general assembly and the legislative services agency of the activities funded by and expenditures made from an internal service fund established pursuant to this section during the preceding fiscal year.
    Sec. 16.  Section 8B.33, subsection 2, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The office shall submit an annual report not later than January 31 to the members of the general assembly and the legislative services agency of the activities funded by and expenditures made from the revolving fund during the preceding fiscal year. Section 8.33 does not apply to any moneys in the revolving fund, and, notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, earnings or interest on moneys deposited in the revolving fund shall be credited to the revolving fund. 
    Sec. 17.  Section 8E.209, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   8E.209  Periodic performance audits and performance data validation.
   1.  The department, in consultation with the legislative services agency, the auditor of state, and agencies, shall establish and implement a system of periodic performance audits. The purpose of a performance audit is to assess the performance of an agency in carrying out its programs in light of the agency strategic plan, including the effectiveness of its programs, based on performance measures, performance targets, and performance data. The department may make recommendations to improve agency performance which may include modifying, streamlining, consolidating, expanding, redesigning, or eliminating programs.
   2.  The department, in cooperation with the legislative services agency and the auditor of state, shall provide for the analysis of the integrity and validity of performance data.
    Sec. 18.  Section 8G.3, subsection 7, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   7.  “State audit or report” shall include any audit or report issued by the auditor of state, department of management, legislative services agency, legislative committee, or executive body relating to the entity or recipient of state funds, the budget program or activity, or agency.
    Sec. 19.  Section 13.2, subsection 1, paragraph o, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   o.  Submit a report by January 15 of each year to the co-chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations subcommittee on the justice system, and to the executive council, and to the legislative services agency detailing the amount of annual money receipts generated by each settlement or judgment in excess of two hundred fifty thousand dollars collected pursuant to legal proceedings under chapters 455B, 553, and 714. The report shall include the name of the civil or criminal case involved, the court of jurisdiction, the settlement amount, the state’s share of the settlement amount, the name of the fund in which the receipts were deposited, and the planned use of the moneys.
    Sec. 20.  Section 13.32, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  The report shall be provided to the co-chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations subcommittee on the justice system, and the governor, and the legislative services agency by January 15, 2015, and each January 15 thereafter.
    Sec. 21.  Section 13B.4, subsection 7, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   7.  The state public defender shall not revise the allocations to the office of the state public defender and the allocations for indigent defense of adults and juveniles, unless prior notice of the revisions is given to the legislative services agency, the co-chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations subcommittee on the justice system, and the co-chairpersons and ranking members of the house and senate committees on appropriations.
    Sec. 22.  Section 15.120, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  The center shall prepare an annual report in coordination with the authority. The center shall submit the report to the general assembly and the legislative services agency by January 15 of each year.
    Sec. 23.  Section 28B.4, subsection 2, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   2.   The commission’s members and the members of all committees which it establishes shall be reimbursed for their travel and other necessary expenses in carrying out their obligations under this chapter and legislative members shall be paid a per diem for each day in which engaged in the performance of their duties, the per diem and legislators’ expenses to be paid from funds appropriated by sections 2.10 and 2.12. Expenses of administrative officers, state officials, or state employees who are members of the Iowa commission on interstate cooperation or a committee appointed by the commission shall be paid from funds appropriated to the agencies or departments which persons represent except as may otherwise be provided by the general assembly. Expenses of citizen members who may be appointed to committees of the commission may be paid from funds as authorized by the general assembly. Expenses of the secretary or employees of the secretary and support services in connection with the administration of the commission shall be paid from funds appropriated to the legislative services agency unless otherwise provided designated by the general assembly. Expenses of commission members shall be paid upon approval of the chairperson or the secretary of the commission.
    Sec. 24.  Section 80.48, subsection 3, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   The department shall submit a report to the co-chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations subcommittee on the justice system and to the legislative services agency on or before December 31 of each year which shall contain all of the following:
    Sec. 25.  Section 80E.1, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   c.  Submit an advisory budget recommendation to the governor and general assembly concerning enforcement programs, treatment programs, and education programs related to drugs within the various departments. The coordinator shall work with these departments in developing the departmental budget requests to be submitted to the legislative services agency and the general assembly.
    Sec. 26.  Section 97B.17, subsection 5, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  Confidential records of the system maintained for the operation of the retirement system may be released to the directors, agents, and employees of the legislative services agency, the department of revenue, the department of management, the department of administrative services, or an employer of employees covered by the retirement system pursuant to rules adopted by the system for the performance of the requestor’s duties. To obtain a record under this subsection, the person requesting the records shall provide a written description of the information requested and the reason for requesting the records to the system. A person receiving a record pursuant to this subsection shall maintain the confidentiality of any information otherwise required to be kept confidential and shall be subject to the same penalties as the custodian of the records for the public dissemination of such information.
    Sec. 27.  Section 99D.14, subsection 2, paragraphs e and f, Code 2022, are amended to read as follows:
   e.  By January 1, 2015, and by January 1 of every year thereafter, the division of criminal investigation shall provide the co-chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations subcommittee on the justice system, the legislative services agency, and the commission with a report detailing the activities of the division during the previous fiscal year for each racetrack enclosure.
   f.  The division of criminal investigation shall conduct a review relating to the number of special agents permitted for each racetrack under this subsection and the activities of such agents. The review shall also include comments from the commission and licensees and be combined with the review conducted under section 99F.10, subsection 4, paragraph “g”. The division of criminal investigation shall file a report detailing the review conducted pursuant to this paragraph with the co-chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations subcommittee on the justice system and the legislative services agency by July 1, 2020.
    Sec. 28.  Section 99F.10, subsection 4, paragraphs f and g, Code 2022, are amended to read as follows:
   f.  By January 1, 2015, and by January 1 of every year thereafter, the division of criminal investigation shall provide the co-chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations subcommittee on the justice system, the legislative services agency, and the commission with a report detailing the activities of the division during the previous fiscal year for each excursion gambling boat and gambling structure.
   g.  The division of criminal investigation shall review the number of special agents permitted for each excursion gambling boat or gambling structure under this subsection and the activities of such agents. The review shall also include comments from the commission and licensees and be combined with the review conducted under section 99D.14, subsection 2, paragraph “f”. The division of criminal investigation shall file a report detailing the review conducted pursuant to this paragraph with the co-chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations subcommittee on the justice system and the legislative services agency by July 1, 2020.
    Sec. 29.  Section 99G.40, subsection 4, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  For informational purposes only, the chief executive officer shall submit to the department of management by October 1 of each year a proposed operating budget for the authority for the succeeding fiscal year. This budget proposal shall also be accompanied by an estimate of the net proceeds to be deposited into the general fund during the succeeding fiscal year. This budget shall be on forms prescribed by the department of management. A copy of the information required to be submitted to the department of management pursuant to this subsection shall be submitted to the general assembly’s standing committees on government oversight and the legislative services agency by October 1 of each year.
    Sec. 30.  Section 135D.6, subsection 3, paragraph f, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   f.  Provide an annual budget and fiscal report for the Iowa health information network to the governor, the department of public health, the department of management, and the chairs and ranking members of the legislative government oversight standing committees, and the legislative services agency. The report shall also include information about the services provided through the network and information on the participant usage of the network. 
    Sec. 31.  Section 237.18, subsection 6, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   6.  In conjunction with the legislative services agency and in In consultation with the department of human services, supreme court, and private foster care providers, develop and maintain an evaluation program regarding citizen foster care review programming. The evaluation program shall be designed to evaluate the effectiveness of citizen reviews in improving case permanency planning and meeting case permanency planning goals, identify the amount of time children spend in foster care placements, and identify problem issues in the foster care system. The state board shall submit an annual evaluation report to the governor and the general assembly.
    Sec. 32.  Section 256E.7, subsection 2, paragraph f, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   f.  Be subject to the same financial audits, audit procedures, and audit requirements as a school district. The audit shall be consistent with the requirements of sections 11.6, 11.14, 11.19, and 279.29, and section 256.9, subsection 20, except to the extent deviations are necessary because of the program at the school. The department, or the auditor of state, or the legislative services agency may conduct financial, program, or compliance audits.
    Sec. 33.  Section 256F.4, subsection 2, paragraph f, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   f.  Be subject to the same financial audits, audit procedures, and audit requirements as a school district. The audit shall be consistent with the requirements of sections 11.6, 11.14, 11.19, 256.9, subsection 20, and section 279.29, except to the extent deviations are necessary because of the program at the school. The department, or the auditor of state, or the legislative services agency may conduct financial, program, or compliance audits.
    Sec. 34.  Section 260C.66, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   The board of directors of each community college shall determine, in consultation with the legislative services agency, the financial information to be included in line item budget information for projects funded by the issuance of bonds or notes under this chapter and shall submit the line item budget information to the general assembly as requested. The board of directors of each community college shall submit quarterly reports to the general assembly concerning the projects funded by the issuance of bonds or notes under this chapter as follows:
    Sec. 35.  Section 261.2, subsection 11, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   11.  Require any postsecondary institution whose students are eligible for or who receive financial assistance under programs administered by the commission to transmit annually to the commission information about the numbers of minority students enrolled in and minority faculty members employed at the institution. The commission shall compile and report the information collected to the general assembly, and the governor, and the legislative services agency by March 1 annually.
    Sec. 36.  Section 262A.13, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   The state board of regents shall determine, in consultation with the legislative services agency, the financial information to be included in line item budget information for projects funded by the issuance of bonds or notes under this chapter and shall submit the line item budget information to the general assembly as requested. The state board of regents shall submit quarterly reports to the general assembly concerning the projects funded by the issuance of bonds or notes under this chapter as follows:
    Sec. 37.  Section 272.10, subsection 4, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  The board shall submit a detailed annual financial report by January 1 to the general assembly and the legislative services agency.
    Sec. 38.  Section 292.2, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   c.  The department of education, in consultation with the department of revenue and the legislative services agency, shall annually calculate the estimated tax for school infrastructure that is or would be received by each school district in the state pursuant to section 423F.2. These calculations shall be made on a total tax and on a tax per pupil basis for each school district.
    Sec. 39.  Section 307.20, subsection 1, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  A biodiesel and biodiesel blended fuel revolving fund is created in the state treasury. The biodiesel and biodiesel blended fuel revolving fund shall be administered by the department and shall consist of moneys received from the sale of EPAct credits banked by the department on April 19, 2001, moneys appropriated by the general assembly, and any other moneys obtained or accepted by the department for deposit in the fund. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to and shall be used by the department for the purchase of biodiesel and biodiesel blended fuel for use in department vehicles. The department shall submit an annual report not later than January 31 to the members of the general assembly and the legislative services agency, of the expenditures made from the fund during the preceding fiscal year. Section 8.33 does not apply to any moneys in the fund and, notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, earnings or interest on moneys deposited in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
    Sec. 40.  Section 307.32, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   307.32  Annual report —— secondary road construction program —— structurally deficient bridges.
   On or before February 15 of each year, the department, in collaboration with the Iowa county engineers association, shall compile the annual reports received from counties pursuant to sections 309.22 and 309.22A into a cumulative report and submit the cumulative report in electronic format to the chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives standing committees on transportation and the legislative services agency. 
    Sec. 41.  Section 307.46, subsection 2, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  On or before June 30 of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which funds were encumbered under this section, the department shall report to the joint transportation, infrastructure, and capitals appropriations subcommittee, the legislative services agency, the department of management, the general assembly’s standing committees on government oversight, and the legislative fiscal committee of the legislative council detailing how the moneys were expended. Moneys shall not be encumbered under this section from an appropriation which received a transfer from another appropriation pursuant to section 8.39.
    Sec. 42.  Section 331.391, subsection 2, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The accounting system and financial reporting to the department shall conform with the cost principles for state, local, and Indian tribal governments issued by the United States office of management and budget. The information shall segregate expenditures for administration, purchase of service, and enterprise costs for which the region is a service provider or is directly billing and collecting payments and shall be identified along with other financial information in a uniform chart of accounts prescribed by the department of management. Following periodic review of administrative costs, the department shall make recommendations, in consultation with the legislative services agency, for standards defining region administrative costs and the methodology for calculating a region’s administrative load. Such standards shall be specified in rule adopted by the state commission.
    Sec. 43.  Section 331.403, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  Each county that had an urban renewal plan and area in effect at any time during the most recently ended fiscal year shall complete for each such urban renewal plan and area and file with the department of management an urban renewal report by December 1 following the end of such fiscal year. Each report shall be approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the board and be prepared in the format and submitted electronically pursuant to the instructions prescribed by the department of management in consultation with the legislative services agency.
    Sec. 44.  Section 331.655, subsection 5, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  The Iowa state sheriffs’ and deputies’ association shall, no later than December 1, 2016, and every six years thereafter, submit to the chairpersons and ranking members of the standing committees on ways and means and to the legislative services agency a report that details, based on at least one year’s data from a random sampling of at least ten rural counties and at least six urban counties as determined by the association, the total annual county budget allocation to the sheriff to fulfill those duties for which the sheriff is required to collect a fee under subsection 1, the average cost per service, summons, execution, or other activity by activity category, the revenue generated by collection of those fees by category, and the associated impact on property taxes for each county to fulfill those duties for which the sheriff is required to collect a fee under subsection 1. The standing committees on ways and means shall review the report during the next succeeding legislative session and the committees may sponsor and submit legislative bills for consideration by the general assembly to adjust the fees collected by the sheriff pursuant to subsection 1. For the purposes of this subsection, the term “category” means each separate activity for which the sheriff is required to collect a fee under subsection 1.
    Sec. 45.  Section 357H.9, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  Each board of trustees that has by resolution provided for a division of taxes in the rural improvement zone during the most recently ended fiscal year shall complete and file with the department of management a tax increment financing report by December 1 following the end of such fiscal year. The report shall be approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the board of trustees and be prepared in the format and submitted electronically pursuant to the instructions prescribed by the department of management in consultation with the legislative services agency.
    Sec. 46.  Section 384.22, subsection 2, paragraphs a and c, Code 2022, are amended to read as follows:
   a.  Each city that had an urban renewal plan and area in effect at any time during the most recently ended fiscal year shall complete for each such urban renewal plan and area and file with the department of management an urban renewal report by December 1 following the end of such fiscal year. Each report shall be approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the city council and be prepared in the format and submitted electronically pursuant to the instructions prescribed by the department of management in consultation with the legislative services agency.
   c.  By December 1, 2012, the department of management, in collaboration with the legislative services agency, shall make publicly available on an internet site a searchable database of all such information contained in the reports required under this subsection. Reports from previous years shall be retained by the department and shall continue to be available and searchable on the internet site.
    Sec. 47.  Section 404A.5, subsection 1, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The authority, in consultation with the department of revenue, shall be responsible for keeping the general assembly and the legislative services agency informed on the overall economic impact to the state of qualified rehabilitation projects.
    Sec. 48.  Section 421.17, subsection 23, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   23.  To develop, modify, or contract with vendors to create or administer systems or programs which identify nonfilers of returns or nonpayers of taxes administered by the department and to identify and prevent the issuance of fraudulent or erroneous refunds. Fees for services, reimbursements, costs incurred by the department, or other remuneration may be funded from the amount of tax, penalty, or interest actually collected and shall be paid only after the amount is collected. An amount is appropriated from the amount of tax, penalty, and interest actually collected, not to exceed the amount collected, which is sufficient to pay for services, reimbursement, costs incurred by the department, or other remuneration pursuant to this subsection. Vendors entering into a contract with the department pursuant to this subsection are subject to the requirements and penalties of the confidentiality laws of this state regarding tax information. The director shall report annually to the legislative services agency and the chairpersons and ranking members of the ways and means committees on the amount of costs incurred and paid during the previous fiscal year pursuant to this subsection and the incidence of refund fraud and the costs incurred and amounts prevented from issuance during the previous fiscal year pursuant to this subsection.
    Sec. 49.  Section 421.17, subsection 27, paragraphs h and j, Code 2022, are amended to read as follows:
   h.  The director shall report quarterly to the legislative fiscal committee, the legislative services agency, and the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations subcommittee on administration and regulation concerning the implementation of the centralized debt collection program, the number of departmental collection programs initiated, the amount of debts collected, and an estimate of future costs and benefits which may be associated with the collection program. It is the intent of the general assembly that the centralized debt collection program will result in the collection of at least two dollars of indebtedness for every dollar expended in administering the collection program during a fiscal year.
   j.  Of the amount of debt actually collected pursuant to this subsection an amount, not to exceed the amount collected, which is sufficient to pay for salaries, support, maintenance, services, and other costs incurred by the department related to the administration of this subsection shall be retained by the department. Revenues retained by the department pursuant to this section shall be considered repayment receipts as defined in section 8.2. The director shall, in the annual budget request pursuant to section 8.23, make an estimate as to the amount of receipts to be retained and the estimated amount of additional receipts to be collected. The director shall report annually to the department of management, and the legislative fiscal committee, and the legislative services agency on any additional positions added and the costs incurred during the previous fiscal year pursuant to this subsection.
    Sec. 50.  Section 456A.33B, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  It is the intent of the general assembly that the department of natural resources shall develop annually a lake restoration plan and report that shall be submitted to the joint appropriations subcommittee on transportation, infrastructure, and capitals and the legislative services agency by no later than January 1 of each year. The plan and report shall include the department’s plans and recommendations for lake restoration projects to receive funding consistent with the process and criteria provided in this section, and shall include the department’s assessment of the progress and results of projects funded with moneys appropriated under this section.
    Sec. 51.  Section 602.8107, subsection 6, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   6.  Reports.  The judicial branch shall prepare a report aging the court debt. In addition, the report shall include the amounts written off pursuant to subsection 5. The judicial branch shall provide the report to the co-chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations subcommittee on the justice system, the legislative services agency, and the department of management by December 15 of each year.
    Sec. 52.  REPEAL.  Sections 2A.1, 2A.2, 2A.3, and 2A.4, Code 2022, are repealed.
    Sec. 53.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This division of this Act takes effect July 1, 2023.
DIVISION II
LEGISLATIVE SERVICES AGENCY ELIMINATION STUDY COMMITTEE

    Sec. 54.  INTERIM STUDY COMMITTEE —— LEGISLATIVE SERVICES AGENCY —— ELIMINATION.
   1.  The legislative council is requested to establish an interim study committee to identify entities to perform the duties currently performed by the legislative services agency pursuant to sections 2.14, 2.16, 2.32A, 2.45, 2.51, 2.56, 2.61, 2A.4, 2A.5, 2A.6, 2A.7, 2B.1, 2B.5A, 2B.5B, 2B.10, 2B.12, 2B.17, 2B.17A, 2B.18, 2B.32, 2B.34, 2B.35, 2B.37, 2B.38, 2B.39, 2D.3, 3.2, 7A.11, 7E.5A, 7E.5B, 8.6, 8.7, 8.9, 8.22A, 8.23, 8.35A, 8.36A, 8.44, 8.46, 8.57, 8.57A, 8.57C, 8.61, 8A.321, 8E.301, 8F.3, 8F.4, 9.8, 9F.4, 12.79, 12.88, 12.88A, 12E.12, 12E.13, 13.11, 16.50, 16.196, 17A.4, 23A.2A, 25B.5, 28B.1, 34A.7A, 49.7, 49.73, 68B.32A, 97D.4, 99F.20, 135.11, 135.16A, 161D.8, 161D.13, 216A.133, 218.6, 234.47, 275.23A, 307.40, 307.47, 327J.3, 331.209, 331.210A, 331.403, 384.3, 422.72, 423.3, 452A.33, 455B.183A, 455G.4, 505.7, 524.207, 533.111, 546.12, 602.1301, 602.1302, 602.4202, 602.6107, 602.8108, 904.116, 904.706, 905.6, 905.8, and 906.5, and chapter 42.
   2.  The interim study committee shall submit a report, including findings and recommendations, to the general assembly by December 15, 2022, for the 2023 legislative session.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the elimination of the legislative services agency. The bill is organized into divisions.
   DIVISION I —— LEGISLATIVE SERVICES AGENCY —— ELIMINATION.  The bill eliminates the legislative services agency and makes conforming changes. This division of the bill takes effect July 1, 2023.
   DIVISION II —— LEGISLATIVE SERVICES AGENCY ELIMINATION STUDY COMMITTEE. The bill requests the legislative council to establish an interim study committee for the 2022 legislative interim to identify entities to perform the duties currently performed by the legislative services agency. The interim study committee shall submit a report, including its findings and recommendations to the general assembly by December 15, 2022.