HSB 518 (LSB 5358DP (2) 90)

SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BILL)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to certain reporting requirements of the department of transportation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 2, section 12, subsection 2, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  It is the intent of the general assembly that the state department of transportation and the state transportation commission shall utilize one hundred percent of the revenue produced as a result of the increase in the excise taxes on motor fuel and certain special fuel enacted in this Act that is allocated to the department on critical road and bridge construction projects. The department shall identify the critical road and bridge construction projects funded with such revenue in the department’s annual five-year transportation improvement program report.
    Sec. 2.  2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 2, section 12, subsection 3, is amended by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 3.  REPEAL.  2012 Iowa Acts, chapter 1129, section 4, as amended by 2014 Iowa Acts, chapter 1123, section 21, is repealed.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   In 2012, the general assembly required the department of transportation (DOT) to submit quarterly reports regarding the implementation of efficiency measures identified in the road use tax fund efficiency report published in January 2012. The DOT is required to provide details of activities undertaken relating to one-time and long-term program efficiencies and partnership efficiencies. Issues required to be covered in the reports include but are not limited to savings realized from the implementation of particular efficiency measures; updates concerning measures that have not been implemented; efforts involving cities, counties, other jurisdictions, or stakeholder interest groups; any new efficiency measures identified or undertaken; and identification of any legislative action that may be required to achieve efficiencies. In 2014, the general assembly amended this reporting requirement by making it an annual, rather than a quarterly, report. This bill repeals the entire reporting requirement.
   In 2015, the general assembly enacted legislation that, among other things, increased the state fuel tax. That legislation included a requirement that the DOT identify the critical road and bridge construction projects funded with revenue gained as a result of the legislation in the DOT’s annual five-year transportation improvement program report. The bill strikes that reporting requirement. 
   In addition, the 2015 legislation required the DOT to identify $10 million in efficiencies for FY 2015-2016 and FY 2016-2017. The DOT is required to provide details of activities undertaken to implement those efficiencies in the annual road use tax fund efficiency report. The bill strikes this provision.