Senate
File
2144
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SENATE
FILE
2144
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COMMITTEE
ON
TRANSPORTATION
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
TRANSPORTATION)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
certain
reporting
requirements
of
the
1
department
of
transportation.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
2015
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
2,
section
12,
subsection
1
2,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
It
is
the
intent
of
the
general
assembly
that
the
state
3
department
of
transportation
and
the
state
transportation
4
commission
shall
utilize
one
hundred
percent
of
the
revenue
5
produced
as
a
result
of
the
increase
in
the
excise
taxes
on
6
motor
fuel
and
certain
special
fuel
enacted
in
this
Act
that
7
is
allocated
to
the
department
on
critical
road
and
bridge
8
construction
projects.
The
department
shall
identify
the
9
critical
road
and
bridge
construction
projects
funded
with
such
10
revenue
in
the
department’s
annual
five-year
transportation
11
improvement
program
report.
12
Sec.
2.
2015
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
2,
section
12,
subsection
3,
13
is
amended
by
striking
the
subsection.
14
Sec.
3.
REPEAL.
2012
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1129,
section
4,
15
as
amended
by
2014
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1123,
section
21,
is
16
repealed.
17
EXPLANATION
18
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
19
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
20
In
2012,
the
general
assembly
required
the
department
of
21
transportation
(DOT)
to
submit
quarterly
reports
regarding
the
22
implementation
of
efficiency
measures
identified
in
the
road
23
use
tax
fund
efficiency
report
published
in
January
2012.
The
24
DOT
is
required
to
provide
details
of
activities
undertaken
25
relating
to
one-time
and
long-term
program
efficiencies
and
26
partnership
efficiencies.
Issues
required
to
be
covered
in
the
27
reports
include
but
are
not
limited
to
savings
realized
from
28
the
implementation
of
particular
efficiency
measures;
updates
29
concerning
measures
that
have
not
been
implemented;
efforts
30
involving
cities,
counties,
other
jurisdictions,
or
stakeholder
31
interest
groups;
any
new
efficiency
measures
identified
or
32
undertaken;
and
identification
of
any
legislative
action
that
33
may
be
required
to
achieve
efficiencies.
In
2014,
the
general
34
assembly
amended
this
reporting
requirement
by
making
it
an
35
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annual,
rather
than
a
quarterly,
report.
This
bill
repeals
the
1
entire
reporting
requirement.
2
In
2015,
the
general
assembly
enacted
legislation
that,
3
among
other
things,
increased
the
state
fuel
tax.
That
4
legislation
included
a
requirement
that
the
DOT
identify
the
5
critical
road
and
bridge
construction
projects
funded
with
6
revenue
gained
as
a
result
of
the
legislation
in
the
DOT’s
7
annual
five-year
transportation
improvement
program
report.
8
The
bill
strikes
that
reporting
requirement.
9
In
addition,
the
2015
legislation
required
the
DOT
to
10
identify
$10
million
in
efficiencies
for
FY
2015-2016
and
11
FY
2016-2017.
The
DOT
is
required
to
provide
details
of
12
activities
undertaken
to
implement
those
efficiencies
in
the
13
annual
road
use
tax
fund
efficiency
report.
The
bill
strikes
14
this
provision.
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