House Study Bill 501 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON MOHR) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the duties of the revenue estimating 1 conference. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5172YC (2) 89 ns/tm
H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 8.22A, subsection 2, Code 2022, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 2. The conference shall meet as often as deemed necessary, 3 but shall meet at least three times per year with at least 4 one meeting taking place each year in March. The conference 5 may use sources of information deemed appropriate. At 6 each meeting, the conference shall agree to estimates for 7 the current fiscal year and the following fiscal year for 8 the general fund of the state, for lottery revenues to be 9 available for disbursement, and from for gambling revenues 10 and from for interest earned on the cash reserve fund and 11 the economic emergency fund to be deposited in the rebuild 12 Iowa infrastructure fund , and for revenues to be deposited 13 in the sports wagering receipts fund . At the meeting taking 14 place each year in March, in addition to agreeing to estimates 15 for the current fiscal year and the following fiscal year, 16 the conference shall agree to estimates for the fiscal year 17 beginning July 1 of the following calendar year. Only an 18 estimate for the following fiscal year agreed to by the 19 conference pursuant to subsection 3, 4, or 5 , shall be used 20 for purposes of calculating the state general fund expenditure 21 limitation under section 8.54 , and any other estimate agreed 22 to shall be considered a preliminary estimate that shall not 23 be used for purposes of calculating the state general fund 24 expenditure limitation. 25 Sec. 2. Section 8.22A, subsection 5, Code 2022, is amended 26 by adding the following new paragraph: 27 NEW PARAGRAPH . e. The amount of revenue for the following 28 fiscal year to be deposited in the sports wagering receipts 29 fund created in section 8.57, subsection 6. 30 EXPLANATION 31 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 32 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 33 This bill requires the revenue estimating conference (REC) 34 to estimate revenues to be deposited in the sports wagering 35 -1- LSB 5172YC (2) 89 ns/tm 1/ 2
H.F. _____ receipts fund, in addition to the REC’s current duties. Under 1 current law, the sports wagering receipts fund receives 2 revenues from the internet fantasy sports contest tax (Code 3 section 99E.6) and the sports wagering tax (Code section 4 99F.11(5)). 5 -2- LSB 5172YC (2) 89 ns/tm 2/ 2