HF 2500 (LSB 5749YH (4) 90)

HOUSE FILE 2500

BY  BAGNIEWSKI

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to maintenance of state monuments, and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  2016 Iowa Acts, chapter 1133, section 1, subsection 1, as amended by 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 173, section 12, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
   For major maintenance projects:
   FY 2016-2017:
   ...................................................................... $  8,729,237

   However, of the moneys appropriated in this subsection, $100,000 is Of the moneys appropriated in this subsection, any unobligated and unencumbered moneys remaining as of the effective date of this 2024 Iowa Act, are allocated for the costs of major maintenance of monuments without dedicated funds available for maintenance and restoration, subject to a requirement that moneys shall not be allocated unless a match of at least $2 for each $1 allocated is received from private sources.
   In addition, of the moneys appropriated in this subsection, the department should give priority to projects that address health and safety issues of Iowa law enforcement academy facilities.
    Sec. 2.  2016 Iowa Acts, chapter 1133, section 2, as amended by 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 137, section 7, is amended to read as follows:
   SEC. 2.  REVERSION.
   1.  Except as provided in subsection 2, for purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided otherwise, unencumbered or unobligated moneys made from an appropriation in this division of this Act 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 is 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.
   2.  For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided otherwise, unencumbered or unobligated moneys appropriated and allocated for the costs of major maintenance of monuments without dedicated funds available for maintenance and restoration, in section 1, subsection 1, in this division of this 2016 Iowa Act, shall not revert but shall remain available for the purpose designated until the close of the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2023.
    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Under current law, the department of administrative services (DAS) controls a monument maintenance account in the state treasury. The account includes moneys deposited into the account for the maintenance of state monuments. Any maintenance moneys in the fund for a state monument and interest earned on the moneys must be used to maintain the designated monument.
   For FY 2016-2017, the general assembly allocated $100,000 from an appropriation to DAS for the costs of major maintenance of monuments without dedicated funds available for maintenance and restoration. However, the general assembly placed a condition on the allocation restricting the receipt of moneys unless DAS receives at least $2 from private sources for each $1 allocated.
   This bill strikes the private source funding requirement, and provides that any moneys remaining from the original appropriation are allocated for monument maintenance.
   The bill strikes the provision under which the moneys will revert at the end of FY 2023-2024.
   The bill takes effect upon enactment.