SF 2375 (LSB 5393SV (1) 90)

SENATE FILE 2375

BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3173)

(COMPANION TO LSB 5393HV BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the powers, duties, and responsibilities of state government entities associated with the budget, financial control, and information technology, making penalties applicable, and making appropriations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

DIVISION I
BUDGET AND FINANCIAL CONTROL —— INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

    Section 1.  Section 8.2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   8.2  Definitions.
   When used in this chapter:
   1.  “Appropriable receipts” means receipts that are available for appropriation.
   2.  “Appropriated receipts” means receipts that have been appropriated by the general assembly.
   1.  3.  “Block grant” means funds from the federal government awarded in broad program areas within which the state is given considerable latitude in determining how funds are used and for which the state develops its own plan for spending according to general federal guidelines. “Block grant” does not include education research grants.
   4.  “Broadband” means a high-speed, high-capacity electronic transmission medium, including fixed wireless and mobile wireless mediums, that can carry data signals from independent network sources by establishing different bandwidth channels and that is commonly used to deliver internet services to the public.
   5.  “Broadband infrastructure” means the physical infrastructure used for the transmission of data that provides broadband services. “Broadband infrastructure” does not include land, buildings, structures, improvements, or equipment not directly used in the transmission of data via broadband.
   2.  6.  “Budget” means the budget document required by this chapter to be transmitted to the legislature general assembly.
   3.  7.  “Categorical grant” means federal funds applied for and received by the state which are in the form of entitlements, formula grants, discretionary grants, open-ended entitlements, or another form that may be used only for specific, narrowly defined activities, except funds for student aid and assistance; grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for research and training for which no appropriated matching funds are required; and reimbursements for services rendered.
   4.  “Code” or “the Code” means the Code of Iowa.
   8.  “Communications service provider” means a service provider that provides broadband service.
   9.  “Crop operation” means the same as defined in section 717A.1.
   10.  “Custodial funds” means those funds from various deposits, taxes, or other means that are properly collected from, held for, and distributed to individuals, private organizations, and other governments as provided by law.
   5.  11.  The terms “department and establishment” and “department” or “establishment”, “department or establishment” mean any executive department, commission, board, institution, bureau, office, or other agency of the state government, by whatever name called, that uses, expends, or receives any state government funds, including the state department of transportation, except for funds which that are required to match federal aid allotted to the state by the federal government for highway special purposes, but excluding the courts and the legislature general assembly.
   12.  “Facilitate” means a communication service provider’s ability to provide broadband service at or above the download and upload speeds specified in the definition of targeted service area in this section to a home, farm, school, or business within a commercially reasonable time and at a commercially reasonable price upon request by a consumer.
   13.  “General fund” means the general fund of the state established pursuant to section 444.21.
   6.  14.  “Government” means the government of the state of Iowa.
   7.  “Private trust funds” means any and all endowment funds and any and all moneys received by a department or establishment from private persons to be held in trust and expended as directed by the donor.
   8.  “Repayment receipts” means those moneys collected by a department or establishment that supplement an appropriation made by the legislature.
   15.  “Government funds” means all moneys appropriated by the general assembly, or moneys collected by or for the state, or a department or establishment of the state, pursuant to authority granted by law.
   16.  “Information technology” means computing and electronics applications used to process and distribute information in digital and other forms and includes information technology devices, information technology services, infrastructure services, broadband and broadband infrastructure, and value-added services.
   17.  “Information technology device” means equipment or associated software, including programs, languages, procedures, or associated documentation, used in operating the equipment which is designed for utilizing information stored in an electronic format. “Information technology device” includes but is not limited to computer systems, computer networks, and equipment used for input, output, processing, storage, display, scanning, and printing.
   18.  “Information technology services” means services designed to do any of the following:
   a.  Provide functions, maintenance, and support of information technology devices.
   b.  Provide services including but not limited to any of the following:
   (1)  Computer systems application development and maintenance.
   (2)  Systems integration and interoperability.
   (3)  Operating systems maintenance and design.
   (4)  Computer systems programming.
   (5)  Computer systems software support.
   (6)  Planning and security relating to information technology devices.
   (7)  Data management consultation.
   (8)  Information technology education and consulting.
   (9)  Information technology planning and policies.
   (10)  Establishment of local area network and workstation management policies.
   19.  “Information technology staff” includes any employees performing information technology services, including but not limited to department or establishment employees in information technology classifications, contractors, temporary workers, and any other employees providing information technology services.
   20.  “Infrastructure services” includes all of the following:
   a.  Data centers used to support mainframe and other computers and their associated components including servers, information networks, storage systems, redundant or backup power systems, redundant data communications connections, environmental controls, and security devices.
   b.  Servers, mainframes, or other centralized processing systems.
   c.  Storage systems, including but not limited to disk, tape, optical, and other structured repositories for storing digital information.
   d.  Computer networks commonly referred to as local area networks.
   e.  Network services, including equipment and software which support local area networks, campus area networks, wide area networks, and metro area networks. Network services also include data network services such as routers, switches, firewalls, virtual private networks, intrusion detection systems, access control, internet protocol load balancers, event logging and correlation, and content caching.
   f.  Groupware applications used to facilitate collaboration, communication, and workflow, including electronic mail, directory services, calendaring and scheduling, and imaging systems.
   g.  Information technology help desk services.
   h.  Cybersecurity functions and equipment.
   i.  Digital printing and printing procurement services.
   j.  Data warehouses, including services that assist in managing and locating digital information.
   k.  Disaster recovery technology and services.
   l.  Cloud computing solutions including but not limited to solutions based on software as a service, platform as a service, and infrastructure as a service.
   m.  Other similar or related services as determined by the director of the department of management.
   21.  “Private purpose trust funds” means trust arrangements under which the principal and income benefit individuals, private organizations, or other governments. “Private purpose trust funds” does not include pension or other employee benefit trust funds or investment trust funds.
   9.  22.  “Special fund” “Special revenue fund” means any and all government fees and other revenue receipts earmarked to finance a governmental agency to which no a general fund appropriation is not made by the state.
   10.  “State funds” means any and all moneys appropriated by the legislature, or money collected by or for the state, or an agency thereof, pursuant to authority granted by any of its laws.
   23.  “Supported entity” means a unit of state government, which is an authority, board, commission, committee, council, department, or independent agency as defined in section 7E.4, including but not limited to each principal central department enumerated in section 7E.5. However, “supported entity” does not mean any of the following:
   a.  The office of the governor or the office of an elective constitutional or statutory officer.
   b.  The general assembly, or any office or unit under its administrative authority.
   c.  The judicial branch, as provided in section 602.1102.
   d.  A political subdivision of the state or its offices or units, including but not limited to a county, city, or community college.
   e.  The state board of regents and institutions operated under its authority.
   24.  “Targeted service area” means any of the following:
   a.  A United States census bureau census block located in this state, including any crop operation located within the census block, or other geographic unit the department of management sets by rule, within which no communications service provider offers or facilitates broadband service at or above the tier 1, tier 2, or tier 3 download and upload speeds. As used in this subsection:
   (1)  “Tier 1” means a maximum download speed of less than twenty-five megabits per second and a maximum upload speed of less than three megabits per second.
   (2)  “Tier 2” means a minimum download speed of greater than or equal to twenty-five megabits per second but less than fifty megabits per second.
   (3)  “Tier 3” means a minimum download speed of greater than or equal to fifty megabits per second but less than eighty megabits per second.
   b.  Any geographic area, as the department of management sets by rule, that is materially underserved by broadband service such that tier 1, tier 2, and tier 3 download and upload speeds are not meaningfully available. The department of management’s power to determine the geographic area by rule under this paragraph includes the power to define and interpret policies as to whether a geographic area is materially underserved and broadband service is meaningfully available.
   25.  “Underserved area” means any portion of a targeted service area within which no communications service provider facilitates broadband service meeting the tier 1 download and upload speeds specified in the definition of targeted service area.
   11.  26.  “Unencumbered balance” means the unobligated balance of an appropriation after charging thereto to the appropriation all unpaid liabilities for goods and services and all contracts or agreements payable from an the appropriation or a special fund.
   27.  “Value-added services” means services that offer or provide unique, special, or enhanced value, benefits, or features to the customer or user including but not limited to services in which information technology is specially designed, modified, or adapted to meet the special or requested needs of the user or customer; services involving the delivery, provision, or transmission of information or data that require or involve additional processing, formatting, enhancement, compilation, or security; services that provide the customer or user with enhanced accessibility, security, or convenience; research and development services; and services that are provided to support technological or statutory requirements imposed on supported entities and other governmental entities, businesses, and the public.
    Sec. 2.  Section 8.3A, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  “Capital project” means a project that consists of nonroutine repairs and replacements unrelated to new construction for which the cost is two hundred fifty thousand dollars or more, new construction, infrastructure or site development, equipment, or information technology. “Capital project” includes land acquisition and projects that extend the useful life of or change the functional use of a facility.

“Capital project” does not include highway and right-of-way projects or airport capital projects undertaken by the state department of transportation and financed from dedicated funds or capital projects funded by nonstate grants, gifts, or contracts obtained at or through state universities, if the projects do not require a commitment of additional state resources for maintenance, operations, or staffing.
    Sec. 3.  Section 8.4, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   8.4  Department of management.
   The department of management is created, which is directly attached to the office of the governor and under the general direction, supervision, and control of the governor. The office is in immediate charge of an officer to be known as “the director”, who shall be appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate, and shall hold office at the governor’s pleasure and shall receive a salary as set by the governor.  The director may establish, abolish, and consolidate divisions within the department of management when necessary for the efficient performance of the various functions and duties of the department of management. Before entering upon the discharge of duties, the director shall take the constitutional oath of office and give a surety bond in the penalty fixed by the governor, payable to the state, which shall not be less than twenty-five thousand dollars, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the director’s duties. The premium on the bond shall be paid out of the state treasury.
    Sec. 4.  Section 8.5, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Assistants.  Employ, with the approval of the governor, two assistants and such clerical assistants as the director may find necessary.
    Sec. 5.  Section 8.5, Code 2024, is amended by adding the following new subsections:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  Investigations.  Make such investigations of the organization, activities, and methods of procedure of the several departments and establishments as the director of the department of management may be called upon to make by the governor or general assembly.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  Legislative assistance.
   a.  Furnish to any committee of either house of the general assembly having jurisdiction over revenues or appropriations such assistance and information regarding the financial affairs of the government as the committee may request.
   b.  Develop and recommend legislative proposals deemed necessary for the continued efficiency of the department of management in performing information technology functions, and review legislative proposals generated outside of the department which are related to matters within the department’s purview.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  7.  Rules.  Make such rules, subject to the approval of the governor, as may be necessary for effectively carrying on the work of the department of management. The director may, with the approval of the executive council, require any state official, agency, department, or commission, to require any applicant, registrant, filer, permit holder, or license holder, whether individual, partnership, trust, or corporation, to submit to said official, agency, department, or commission, the social security number or the tax number or both so assigned to said individual, partnership, trust, or corporation.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  8.  Allotments.  Perform the necessary work involved in reviewing requests for allotments as are submitted to the governor for approval.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  9.  Budget document.  Prepare the budget document and draft the legislation to make it effective.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  10.  Taxation transparency and disclosure.  Exercise the powers and perform the duties and responsibilities of the director and the department as authorized or required under chapter 8G.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  11.  General control.  Perform such other duties as may be required to effectively control the financial operations of the government as limited by this chapter.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  12.  Capital project budgeting requests.  Compile annually all capital project budgeting requests of all state agencies, as those terms are defined in section 8.3A, and to consolidate the requests, with individual state agency priorities noted, into a report for submission with the budget documents by the governor pursuant to section 8.22. Any additional information regarding the capital project budgeting requests or priorities shall be compiled and submitted in the same report.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  13.  Capital project planning and budgeting authority.  Call upon any state agency, as defined in section 8.3A, for assistance the director may require in performing the director’s duties under subsection 12. All state agencies, upon the request of the director, shall assist the director and are authorized to make available to the director any existing studies, surveys, plans, data, and other materials in the possession of the state agencies which are relevant to the director’s duties.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  14.  State tort claims —— risk management coordinator.  Designate a position within the department of management to serve as the executive branch’s risk management coordinator.
   a.  The risk management coordinator shall have all of the following responsibilities:
   (1)  Coordinating and monitoring risk control policies and programs in the executive branch, including but not limited to coordination with the employees of departments who are responsible for the workers’ compensation for state employees and management of state property.
   (2)  Consulting with the attorney general with respect to the risk control policies and programs and trends in claims and liability of the state under chapter 669.
   (3)  Coordinating the state’s central data repository for claims and risk information.
   b.  The costs of salary, benefits, and support for the risk management coordinator shall be authorized by the state appeal board established in chapter 73A and shall be paid as claims for services furnished to the state under section 25.2.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  15.  Salary model administrator.  Designate a position within the department of management to serve as the salary model administrator.
   a.  The salary model administrator shall work in conjunction with the legislative services agency to maintain the state’s salary model used for analyzing, comparing, and projecting state employee salary and benefit information, including information relating to employees of the state board of regents.
   b.  The department of revenue, the department of administrative services, the institutions governed by the state board of regents pursuant to section 262.7, each judicial district’s department of correctional services, and the state department of transportation shall provide salary data to the department of management and the legislative services agency to operate the state’s salary model. The format and frequency of provision of the salary data shall be determined by the department of management and the legislative services agency.
   c.  The information shall be used in collective bargaining processes under chapter 20 and in calculating the funding needs contained within any annual salary adjustment legislation. A state employee organization as defined in section 20.3, subsection 4, may request information produced by the model, but the information provided shall not contain information attributable to individual employees.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  16.  Chief information officer.  Designate a position within the department of management to serve as the chief information officer for the department and supported entities, who shall be the sole chief information officer for the department and supported entities.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  17.  Gubernatorial advice.  Provide advice to the governor, including advice related to information technology.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  18.  Information technology consultation.  Consult with departments and establishments on issues related to information technology.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  19.  Cybersecurity.  Exercise the sole authority in the executive branch of state government for convening cross-jurisdictional, multi-entity collaborations to address cybersecurity issues for supported entities.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  20.  Designation of services —— funding —— customer council.
   a.  Establish a process by which the department of management, in consultation with the department of administrative services, determines which services provided by the department of administrative services shall be funded by an appropriation and which services shall be funded by the governmental entity receiving the service.
   b.  Establish a process for determining whether the department of administrative services shall be the sole provider of a service for purposes of those services which the department of management determines under paragraph “a” are to be funded by the governmental entities receiving the service.
   c.  (1)  Establish, by rule, a customer council responsible for overseeing the services provided solely by the department of administrative services. The rules adopted shall provide for all of the following:
   (a)  The method of appointment of members to the council by the governmental entities required to receive the services.
   (b)  The duties of the customer council which shall be as follows:
   (i)  Annual review and approval of the department of administrative services’ business plan regarding services provided solely by the department of administrative services.
   (ii)  Annual review and approval of the procedure for resolving complaints concerning services provided by the department of administrative services.
   (iii)  Annual review and approval of the procedure for setting rates for the services provided solely by the department of administrative services.
   (c)  A process for receiving input from affected governmental entities as well as for a biennial review by the customer council of the determinations made by the department of management of which services are funded by an appropriation to the department of administrative services and which services are funded by the governmental entities receiving the service, including any recommendations as to whether the department of administrative services shall be the sole provider of a service funded by the governmental entities receiving the service. The department of management, in consultation with the department of administrative services, may change the determination of a service if the change is in the best interests of those governmental entities receiving the service.
   (2)  If a service to be provided may also be provided to the judicial branch or legislative branch, then the rules shall provide that the chief justice of the supreme court may appoint a member to the customer council, and the legislative council may appoint a member from the senate and a member from the house of representatives to the customer council, respectively, at their discretion.
   NEW SUBSECTION.  21.  Other powers and duties.  Exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by law.
    Sec. 6.  Section 8.8, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   8.8  Special olympics fund —— appropriation.
   A special olympics fund is created in the office of the treasurer of state under the control of the department of management. There is appropriated annually from the general fund of the state to the special olympics fund department of management one hundred thousand dollars for distribution to one or more organizations which administer special olympics programs benefiting the citizens of Iowa with disabilities.
    Sec. 7.  Section 8.9, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The office of grants enterprise management is established in the department of management. The function of the office is to develop and administer a system process to track, identify, advocate for, and coordinate nonstate block grants as defined in section 8.2, subsections 1 and 3

and categorical grants. Staffing for the office of grants enterprise management shall be provided by a facilitator appointed by the director of the department of management. Additional staff may be hired, subject to the availability of funding.
    Sec. 8.  Section 8.10, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   8.10  Facilitator’s duties.
   The specific duties of the facilitator of the office of grants enterprise management may include the following:
   1.  Establish Coordinate a grants network representing all state agencies to assist the grants enterprise management office in an advisory capacity. Each state agency shall designate an employee on the management or senior staff level to serve as the agency’s federal funds coordinator and represent the agency on the grants network. An agency may not create a staff position for a federal funds coordinator. The coordinator’s duties shall be in addition to the duties of the employee of the agency.
   2.  Develop a plan for increased state access to funding sources other than the general fund of the state.
   3.  Develop procedures to formally notify appropriate state and local agencies of the availability of discretionary federal funds and, when necessary, coordinate the application process.
   4.  2.  Establish an automated information system process database for grants applied for and received and to track congressional activity.
   5.  Provide information and counseling to state agencies and political subdivisions of the state concerning the availability and means of obtaining state, federal, and private grants.
   6.  Provide grant application writing assistance and training to state agencies and political subdivisions of the state, directly or through interagency contracts, cooperative agreements, or contracts with third-party providers.
   7.  3.  Monitor the federal register and other federal or state publications to identify funding opportunities, with special emphasis on discretionary grants or other funding opportunities available to the state.
   8.  Periodically review the funding strategies and methods of those states that rank significantly above the national average in the per capita receipt of federal funds to determine whether those strategies and methods could be successfully employed by this state.
    Sec. 9.  NEW SECTION.  8.13  Establishment of funds.
   1.  The department of management may establish one or more funds within the state treasury under the control of the department. Moneys deposited in or accruing to such a fund are appropriated to the department for purposes of administering the department.
   2.  a.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in such a fund that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of a fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated.
   b.  This subsection does not apply to moneys annually appropriated to the department of management by the general assembly in an Act of the general assembly. Such moneys shall be subject to reversion as otherwise provided by law.
   3.  Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in such a fund shall be credited to the fund.
    Sec. 10.  Section 8.21, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Not later than February 1 of each legislative regular session of the general assembly, the governor shall transmit to the legislature general assembly a document to be known as a budget, setting forth the governor’s financial program for the ensuing fiscal year and having the character and scope set forth in sections 8.22 through 8.29 this subchapter.
    Sec. 11.  Section 8.22, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Part I —— Governor’s budget message.  Part I shall consist of the governor’s budget message, in which the governor shall set forth all of the following:
   a.  Part I shall consist of the governor’s budget message, in which the governor shall set forth:
   (1)  (a)  The governor’s program for meeting all the expenditure needs of the government for the fiscal year, indicating the classes of funds, general or special, from which appropriations are to be made and the means through which the expenditures shall be financed.  The governor’s program shall include a single budget request for all capital projects proposed by the governor. The request shall include but is not limited to all of the following:
   (b)  The governor’s program shall include a single budget request for all capital projects proposed by the governor. The request shall include but is not limited to the following:
   (i)  (1)  The purpose and need for each capital project.
   (ii)  (2)  A priority listing of capital projects.
   (iii)  (3)  The costs of acquisition, lease, construction, renovation, or demolition of each capital project.
   (iv)  (4)  The identification of the means and source of funding each capital project.
   (v)  (5)  The estimated operating costs of each capital project after completion.
   (vi)  (6)  The estimated maintenance costs of each capital project after completion.
   (vii)  (7)  The consequences of delaying or abandoning each capital project.
   (viii)  (8)  Alternative approaches to meeting the purpose or need for each capital project.
   (ix)  (9)  Alternative financing mechanisms.
   (x)  (10)  A cost-benefit analysis or economic impact of each capital project.
   b.  (1)  Financial statements giving in summary form:
   (a)  The condition of the treasury at the end of the last completed fiscal year, the estimated condition of the treasury at the end of the year in progress, and the estimated condition of the treasury at the end of the following fiscal year if the governor’s budget proposals are put into effect.
   (b)  Statements showing the bonded indebtedness of the government, debt authorized and unissued, debt redemption and interest requirements, and condition of the sinking funds, if any.
   (c)  A summary of appropriations recommended for the following fiscal year for each department and establishment and for the government as a whole, in comparison with the actual expenditures for the last completed fiscal year and the estimated expenditures for the year in progress.
   (d)  A summary of the revenue, estimated to be received by the government during the following fiscal year, classified according to sources, in comparison with the actual revenue received by the government during the last completed fiscal year and estimated income during the year in progress.
   (e)  A statement of federal funds received in the form of block or categorical grants which were not included in the governor’s budget for the previous fiscal year and a statement of anticipated block grants and categorical grants. The budget shall indicate how the federal funds will be used and the programs to which they will be allocated. The amount of state government funds required to implement the programs to which the federal funds will apply shall also be indicated. The departments and establishments shall provide information to the director on the anticipated federal block grants and categorical grants to be received on or before November 1 of each year. The director shall use this information to develop an annual update of the statement of federal funds received which shall be provided to the general assembly.
   (f)  Other financial statements, data, and comments as in the governor’s opinion are necessary or desirable in order to make known in all practicable detail the financial condition and operation of the government and the effect that the budget as proposed by the governor will have on the financial condition and operation.
   (g)  A separate report containing a complete list of all standing appropriations showing the amount or estimated amount of each appropriation and the purpose for which the appropriation is made.
   (2)  If the estimated revenues of the government for the ensuing fiscal year as set forth in the budget on the basis of existing laws, plus the estimated amounts in the treasury at the close of the year in progress, available for expenditure in the ensuing fiscal year are less than the aggregate recommended for the ensuing fiscal year as contained in the budget, the governor shall make recommendations to the legislature in respect to the manner in which the deficit shall be met, whether by an increase in the state tax or the imposition of new taxes, increased rates on existing taxes, or otherwise, and if the aggregate of the estimated revenues, plus estimated balances in the treasury, is greater than the recommended appropriations for the ensuing fiscal year, the governor shall make recommendations in reference to the application of the surplus to the reduction of debt or otherwise, to the reduction in taxation, or to such other action as in the governor’s opinion is in the interest of the public welfare.
   c.  Supplemental estimates for such appropriations as in the governor’s judgment may be necessary or otherwise in the public interest. The governor shall accompany such estimates with a statement of the reasons therefor, including the reasons for their omission from a prior budget, if applicable. Whenever such supplemental estimates amount to an aggregate which, if they had been contained in a prior budget, would have required the governor to make a recommendation for the raising of additional revenue, the governor shall make such recommendation.
    Sec. 12.  Section 8.22A, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The conference shall meet as often as deemed necessary, but shall meet at least three times per year with at least one meeting taking place each year in March. The conference may use sources of information deemed appropriate. At each meeting, the conference shall agree to estimates for the current fiscal year and the following fiscal year for the net appropriable receipts of the revenues of the general fund of the state, lottery revenues as described in section 99G.39, subsection 1, to be available for disbursement, and from gambling revenues described in section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph “f”, and from interest earned on the cash reserve fund and the economic emergency fund to be deposited in the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund. At the meeting taking place each year in March, in addition to agreeing to estimates for the current fiscal year and the following fiscal year, the conference shall agree to estimates for the fiscal year beginning July 1 of the following calendar year. Only an estimate for the following fiscal year agreed to by the conference pursuant to subsection 3, 4, or 5, shall be used for purposes of calculating the state general fund expenditure limitation under section 8.54, and any other estimate agreed to shall be considered a preliminary estimate that shall not be used for purposes of calculating the state general fund expenditure limitation.
    Sec. 13.  Section 8.22A, subsections 4 and 5, Code 2024, are amended by striking the subsections.
    Sec. 14.  Section 8.23, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   On or before October 1, prior to each legislative regular session of the general assembly, all departments and establishments of the government shall transmit to the director of the department of management, on blanks to be furnished in a format designated by the director, estimates of their expenditure requirements, including every proposed expenditure, for the ensuing fiscal year, together with supporting data and explanations as called for by the director after consultation with the legislative services agency.
    Sec. 15.  Section 8.23, subsection 1, paragraphs a and d, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   a.  The estimates of expenditure requirements shall be in a form specified by the director, and the expenditure requirements shall include all proposed expenditures and shall be prioritized by program or the results to be achieved. The estimates shall be accompanied by performance measures for evaluating the effectiveness of the programs or results.
   d.  The director shall furnish designate standard budget request forms formats to each department or agency establishment of state government.
    Sec. 16.  Section 8.26, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   8.26  Hearings.
   Immediately upon the receipt of the tentative budget provided for by section 8.25 the The governor shall make provision for public hearings thereon on the estimates of expenditure requirements required by section 8.23, at which the governor may require the attendance of the heads and other officers of all departments, establishments, and other persons receiving or requesting the grant of state government funds and the giving by them of such explanations and suggestions as they may be called upon to give or as they may desire to offer in respect to items of requested appropriations in which they are interested. The governor shall also extend invitations to the governor-elect and the director of the department of management to be present at such hearings and to participate in the hearings through the asking of questions or the expression of opinion in regard to the items of the tentative budget estimates.
    Sec. 17.  Section 8.29, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   8.29  Regents universities —— uniform accounting system.
   The state board of regents, with the approval of the director of the department of management, shall establish a uniform budgeting and accounting system for the institutions of higher education under its control, and shall require each of the institutions of higher education to begin operating operate under the uniform system not later than June 30, 1994.
    Sec. 18.  Section 8.31, subsections 3 and 5, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   3.  The allotment requests of all departments and establishments collecting governmental fees and other revenue which supplement a state appropriation shall attach to the summary of requests a statement showing how much of the proposed allotments are to be financed from state appropriations, stores, and repayment appropriated receipts.
   5.  If the governor determines that the estimated budget resources during the fiscal year are insufficient to pay all appropriations in full, the reductions shall be uniform and prorated between all departments, agencies, and establishments upon the basis of their respective appropriations.
    Sec. 19.  Section 8.32, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   8.32  Conditional availability of appropriations —— applicability of chapter.
   1.  All appropriations made to any department or establishment of the government as receive receivable or collect collectable moneys available for expenditure by them under present laws law, are declared to be in addition to such repayment appropriated receipts, and such appropriations are to be available as and to the extent that such receipts are insufficient to meet the costs of administration, operation, and maintenance, or and public improvements of such departments or establishments, provided all of the following conditions are met:
   a.  Provided, that such Such receipts or collections shall be are deposited in the state treasury as part of the general fund or special revenue funds in all cases, except those collections made by the state fair board, the institutions under the state board of regents, and the natural resource commission.
   b.  Provided further, that no repayment Appropriated receipts shall be are not available for expenditures until allotted as provided in section 8.31; and.
   c.  Provided further, that the The collection of repayment appropriated receipts by the state fair board and the institutions under the state board of regents shall be are deposited in a bank or banks duly designated and qualified as state depositories, in the name of the state of Iowa, for the use of such boards and institutions, and such funds shall be are available only on the check of such boards or institutions depositing them, which are hereby authorized to withdraw such funds, but only after allotment by the governor as provided in section 8.31; and.
   d.  2.  a.  Provided further, that this This chapter shall does not apply to endowment or private purpose trust funds or to gifts to institutions owned or controlled by the state or to the income from such endowment or private purpose trust funds, or to private custodial funds belonging to students or inmates of state institutions.
   2.  b.  The provisions of this This chapter shall not be construed to prohibit the state fair board from creating an emergency or sinking fund out of the receipts of the state fair and state appropriation for the purpose of taking care of any emergency that might arise beyond the control of the board of not to exceed three hundred thousand dollars. Neither shall this
   c.  This chapter shall not be construed to prohibit the state fair board from retaining an additional sum of not to exceed three hundred fifty thousand dollars to be used in carrying out the provisions of chapter 173.
    Sec. 20.  Section 8.35, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   8.35  General supervisory control.
   The governor and the director of the department of management and any officer of the department of management, when authorized by the governor, are hereby authorized to make such inquiries regarding the receipts, custody, and application of state government funds, existing organization, activities, and methods of business of the departments and establishments, assignments of particular activities to particular services and regrouping of such services, as in the opinion of the governor, will enable the governor to make recommendations to the legislature general assembly, and, within the scope of the powers possessed by the governor, to order action to be taken, having for their purpose to bring about increased economy and efficiency in the conduct of the affairs of government.
    Sec. 21.  Section 8.35A, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  A government agency which receives state government funds directly from the state or indirectly through a political subdivision as directed by statute and which is not a city, county, or school district is subject to this subsection. A government agency which is subject to this subsection shall submit a copy of its budget to the legislative services agency, identifying it as being submitted under this subsection, when the budget of that government agency has received approval from the governing head or body of that agency. The copy of the budget submitted to the legislative services agency shall be on the budget forms provided in the format designated by the department of management to state agencies under this chapter section 8.23. The government agency shall also submit a statement identifying any funds available to the agency which are not included in the budget.
    Sec. 22.  NEW SECTION.  8.48  Local budgets —— forms and procedures.
   1.  The director of the department of management shall consult with all state officers and agencies which receive reports and forms from county officers, in order to devise standardized reports and forms which will permit computer processing of the information submitted by county officers, and prescribe forms on which each municipality, at the time of preparing estimates required under section 24.3, shall be required to compile in parallel columns all of the following data and estimates for immediate availability to any taxpayer upon request:
   a.  For the immediate prior fiscal year, revenue from all sources, other than revenue received from property taxation, allocated to each of the several funds and separately stated as to each such source, and for each fund the unencumbered cash balance thereof at the beginning and end of the year, the amount received by property taxation allocated to each fund, and the amount of actual expenditure for each fund.
   b.  For the current fiscal year, actual and estimated revenue, from all sources, other than revenue received from property taxation, and separately stated as to each such source, allocated to each of the several funds, and for each fund the actual unencumbered cash balance available at the beginning of the year, the amount to be received from property taxation allocated to each fund, and the amount of actual and estimated expenditures, whichever is applicable.
   c.  For the proposed budget year, an estimate of revenue from all sources, other than revenue to be received from property taxation, separately stated as to each such source, to be allocated to each of the several funds, and for each fund the actual or estimated unencumbered cash balance, whichever is applicable, to be available at the beginning of the year, the amount proposed to be received from property taxation allocated to each fund, and the amount proposed to be expended during the year plus the amount of cash reserve, based on actual experience of prior years, which shall be the necessary cash reserve of the budget adopted exclusive of capital outlay items. The estimated expenditures plus the required cash reserve for the ensuing fiscal year less all estimated or actual unencumbered balances at the beginning of the year and less the estimated income from all sources other than property taxation shall equal the amount to be received from property taxes, and such amount shall be shown on the proposed budget estimate.
   2.  To ensure uniformity, accuracy, and efficiency in the preparation of budget estimates by municipalities subject to chapter 24, the director shall prescribe the procedures to be used and instruct the appropriate officials of the various municipalities on implementation of the procedures.
    Sec. 23.  Section 8.54, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   For the purposes of section 8.22A, this section, and sections 8.55 through 8.57 section 8.56:
    Sec. 24.  Section 8.54, subsection 5, paragraph a, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  For fiscal years in which it is anticipated that the distribution of moneys from the Iowa economic emergency fund in accordance with section 8.55 8.56, subsection 2 3, will result in moneys being transferred to the general fund of the state, the original state general fund expenditure limitation amount provided for in subsection 3 shall be readjusted to include the amount of moneys anticipated to be so transferred.
    Sec. 25.  Section 8.56, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  A cash reserve fund is created in the state treasury. The cash reserve fund shall be separate from the general fund of the state and shall not be considered part of the general fund of the state except in determining the cash position of the state as provided in subsection 3. The moneys in the cash reserve fund are not subject to section 8.33 and shall not be transferred, used, obligated, appropriated, or otherwise encumbered except as provided in this section. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the cash reserve fund shall be credited to the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund created in section 8.57. Moneys in the cash reserve fund may be used for cash flow purposes during a fiscal year provided that any moneys so allocated are returned to the cash reserve fund by the end of that fiscal year.
    Sec. 26.  Section 8.56, subsections 2, 3, and 4, Code 2024, are amended by striking the subsections and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
   2.  At the conclusion of a fiscal year, the surplus is transferred to the cash reserve fund. As used in this subsection, “surplus” means the excess of revenues and other financing sources over expenditures and other financing uses for the general fund of the state in a fiscal year.
   3.  The maximum balance of the cash reserve fund is twelve and one-half percent of the adjusted revenue estimate. If the amount in the cash reserve fund is equal to the maximum balance, moneys in excess of this amount shall be distributed as follows:
   a.  The difference between the actual net revenue for the general fund of the state for the fiscal year and the adjusted revenue estimate for the fiscal year shall be transferred to the taxpayer relief fund created in section 8.57E.
   b.  The remainder of the excess, if any, shall be transferred to the general fund of the state.
   4.  a.  Except as provided in paragraphs “b”, “c”, and “d”, the moneys in the cash reserve fund shall only be used pursuant to an appropriation made by the general assembly. An appropriation shall only be made for the fiscal year in which the appropriation is made.
   b.  Moneys in the cash reserve fund may be used for cash flow purposes during a fiscal year provided that any moneys so allocated are returned to the cash reserve fund by the end of that fiscal year.
   c.  There is appropriated from the cash reserve fund to the executive council an amount sufficient to pay the expenses authorized by the executive council, as specified in section 7D.29.
   d.  There is appropriated from the cash reserve fund to the general fund of the state an amount not to exceed one percent of the adjusted revenue estimate for the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made. This appropriation is contingent upon all of the following having occurred:
   (1)  Prior to an appropriation being made pursuant to this paragraph, the balance of the general fund of the state at the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made is negative.
   (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.
   e.  If an appropriation is made pursuant to paragraph “a” or “d” for a fiscal year, there is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the cash reserve fund for the following fiscal year the amount of the appropriation made pursuant to paragraph “a” or “d”.
    Sec. 27.  Section 8.57, subsections 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6, Code 2024, are amended by striking the subsections.
    Sec. 28.  Section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph a, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   A rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund is created under the authority of the department of management. The fund shall consist of appropriations made to the fund and transfers of interest, earnings, and moneys from other funds as provided by law. The rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund shall be separate from the general fund of the state and the balance in the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund shall not be considered part of the balance of the general fund of the state. However, the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund shall be considered a special account for the purposes of section 8.53, relating to generally accepted accounting principles.
    Sec. 29.  Section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraphs d and e, Code 2024, are amended by striking the paragraphs.
    Sec. 30.  Section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph f, subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (b), Code 2024, is amended by striking the subparagraph division.
    Sec. 31.  Section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph f, subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (d), subparagraph subdivision (i), Code 2024, is amended by striking the subparagraph subdivision.
    Sec. 32.  Section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph f, subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (g), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   (g)  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the total moneys in excess of the moneys deposited under this paragraph “f” in the revenue bonds debt service fund, the revenue bonds federal subsidy holdback fund, the vision Iowa fund, the water quality infrastructure fund, the Iowa skilled worker and job creation fund, and the general fund of the state shall be deposited in the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund and shall be used as provided in this section, notwithstanding section 8.60.
    Sec. 33.  Section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph g, Code 2024, is amended by striking the paragraph.
    Sec. 34.  Section 8.57A, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  An environment first fund is created under the authority of the department of management. The fund shall consist of appropriations made to the fund and transfers of interest, earnings, and moneys from other funds as provided by law. The fund shall be separate from the general fund of the state and the balance in the fund shall not be considered part of the balance of the general fund of the state. However, the fund shall be considered a special account for the purposes of section 8.53, relating to generally accepted accounting principles.
    Sec. 35.  Section 8.57B, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The fund shall be separate from the general fund of the state and the balance in the fund shall not be considered part of the balance of the general fund of the state. However, the fund shall be considered a special account for the purposes of section 8.53, relating to generally accepted accounting principles.
    Sec. 36.  Section 8.57C, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  A technology reinvestment fund is created under the authority of the department of management. The fund shall consist of appropriations made to the fund and transfers of interest, earnings, and moneys from other funds as provided by law. The fund shall be separate from the general fund of the state and the balance in the fund shall not be considered part of the balance of the general fund of the state. However, the fund shall be considered a special account for the purposes of section 8.53, relating to generally accepted accounting principles.
    Sec. 37.  Section 8.57C, subsection 3, paragraphs a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, and j, Code 2024, are amended by striking the paragraphs.
    Sec. 38.  Section 8.57D, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  The levee improvement fund shall be separate from the general fund of the state and the balance in the fund shall not be considered part of the balance of the general fund of the state. However, the fund shall be considered a special account for the purposes of section 8.53, relating to generally accepted accounting principles.
    Sec. 39.  Section 8.57E, subsection 2, paragraph b, subparagraph (1), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and for each fiscal year thereafter, if the actual net revenue for the general fund of the state for the fiscal year plus the amount transferred to the general fund of the state under section 8.55 8.56, subsection 2 3, paragraph “b”, for the fiscal year, if any, is less than one hundred three and one-half percent of the actual net revenue for the general fund of the state for the prior fiscal year, there is transferred from the taxpayer relief fund to the general fund of the state an amount equal to the difference or the remaining balance of the taxpayer relief fund, whichever is lower, subject to subparagraph (2).
    Sec. 40.  Section 8.57E, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  a.  Moneys in the taxpayer relief fund may be used for cash flow purposes during a fiscal year provided that any moneys so allocated are returned to the fund by the end of that fiscal year.
   b.  Except as provided in section 8.58, the taxpayer relief fund shall be considered a special account for the purposes of section 8.53 in determining the cash position of the general fund of the state for the payment of state obligations.
    Sec. 41.  Section 8.57F, subsection 1, paragraph d, Code 2024, is amended by striking the paragraph.
    Sec. 42.  Section 8.57G, subsections 3 and 4, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   3.  Except as provided in section 8.58, the fund shall be considered a special account for the purposes of section 8.53 in determining the cash position of the general fund of the state for the payment of state obligations. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of a fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
   4.  This section is repealed July 1, 2025 2027.
    Sec. 43.  Section 8.57H, subsections 3 and 4, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   3.  Except as provided in section 8.58, the fund shall be considered a special account for the purposes of section 8.53 in determining the cash position of the general fund of the state for the payment of state obligations. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of a fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
   4.  This section is repealed July 1, 2025 2027.
    Sec. 44.  NEW SECTION.  8.57I  Sports wagering receipts fund.
   1.  A sports wagering receipts fund is created in the state treasury under the authority of the department of management. The fund shall consist of appropriations made to the fund and transfers of interest, earnings, and moneys from other funds or sources as provided by law. The sports wagering receipts fund shall be separate from the general fund of the state and the balance in the sports wagering receipts fund shall not be considered part of the balance of the general fund of the state.
   2.  Moneys in the sports wagering receipts fund are not subject to section 8.33. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the sports wagering receipts fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the sports wagering receipts fund may be used for cash flow purposes during a fiscal year provided that any moneys so allocated are returned to the fund by the end of that fiscal year.
   3.  Moneys in the sports wagering receipts fund in a fiscal year shall be used as directed by the general assembly.
   4.  Annually, on or before January 15 of each year, a state agency that received an appropriation from the sports wagering receipts fund shall report to the legislative services agency and the department of management the status of all projects completed or in progress. The report shall include a description of the project, the progress of work completed, the total estimated cost of the project, a list of all revenue sources being used to fund the project, the amount of funds expended, the amount of funds obligated, and the date the project was completed or an estimated completion date of the project, where applicable.
   5.  Annually, on or before December 31 of each year, a recipient of moneys from the sports wagering receipts fund for any purpose shall report to the state agency to which the moneys are appropriated the status of all projects completed or in progress. The report shall include a description of the project, the progress of work completed, the total estimated cost of the project, a list of all revenue sources being used to fund the project, the amount of funds expended, the amount of funds obligated, and the date the project was completed or an estimated completion date of the project, where applicable.
    Sec. 45.  Section 8.58, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   8.58  Exemption from automatic application.
   1.  To the extent that moneys appropriated under section 8.57 do not result in moneys being credited to the general fund under section 8.55, subsection 2, moneys appropriated under section 8.57 and If moneys are not transferred to the general fund of the state pursuant to section 8.56, subsection 3, moneys contained in the cash reserve fund, rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund, environment first fund, Iowa economic emergency fund, taxpayer relief fund, state bond repayment fund, Iowa coronavirus fiscal recovery fund, and Iowa coronavirus capital projects fund, and Iowa skilled worker and job creation fund shall not be considered in the application of any formula, index, or other statutory triggering mechanism which would affect appropriations, payments, or taxation rates, contrary provisions of the Code law notwithstanding.
   2.  To the extent that moneys appropriated under section 8.57 do not result in moneys being credited to the general fund under section 8.55, subsection 2, moneys appropriated under section 8.57 and If moneys are not transferred to the general fund of the state pursuant to section 8.56, subsection 3, moneys contained in the cash reserve fund, rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund, environment first fund, Iowa economic emergency fund, taxpayer relief fund, state bond repayment fund, Iowa coronavirus fiscal recovery fund, and Iowa coronavirus capital projects fund, and Iowa skilled worker and job creation fund shall not be considered by an arbitrator or in negotiations under chapter 20.
    Sec. 46.  Section 8.70, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   8.70  Lean enterprise and change management office.
   1.  For purposes of this section, “lean”:
   a.  “Change management” means the application of a structured approach to the transition of an organization and its workforce from a current state to a future state to achieve expected benefits. “Change management” includes preparing and supporting employees, establishing the necessary steps for change, and monitoring activities to ensure successful implementation.
   b.  “Lean” means a business-oriented system for organizing and managing product development, operations, suppliers, and customer relations to create precise customer value, expressed as providing goods and services with higher quality and fewer defects and errors, with less human effort, less space, less capital, and less time than more traditional systems.
   2.  The office of lean enterprise and change management is established in the department of management. The function of the office is to ensure implementation of lean tools and enterprises change management as a component components of a performance management system for all executive branch agencies. Staffing for the office of lean enterprise shall be provided by an administrator appointed by the director of the department of management.
   3.  The duties of the office of lean enterprise may include the following:
   a.  Create a standardized approach to change that achieves expected benefits and organizational goals.
   a.  b.  Create strategic and tactical approaches for lean implementation, including integration into state governance and operational systems.
   b.  c.  Lead and develop state government’s capacity to implement lean and change management tools and enterprises structures, including design and development of instructional materials as needed with the goal of integrating continuous improvement and change management into the organizational culture.
   c.  d.  (1)  Create demand for lean and change management tools and enterprises initiatives in departments and establishments.
   (2)  Communicate with agency directors, boards, commissions, and senior management to create interest and organizational will to implement lean and change management tools and enterprises to improve agency results.
   (3)  Provide direction and advice to department heads and senior management to plan and implement departmental lean and change management programs.
   (4)  Direct and review plans for leadership and assist with the selection of identifying and selecting process improvement projects of key importance to agency goals, programs, and missions.
   d.  (1)  Identify and assist departments in identifying potential lean projects.
   (2)  e.  Continuously evaluate organizational performance in meeting objectives, identify and structure the direction the that change management and lean implementation should take to provide greatest effectiveness, and justify critical and far-reaching changes.
   e.  f.  (1)  Lead the collection and reporting of data and learning related to lean and change management accomplishments.
   (2)  Widely disseminate lean and change management results and learning with Iowans, stakeholders, and other members of the public to demonstrate the benefits and return on investment.
   f.  g.  (1)  Evaluate the effect of unforeseen developments on plans and programs and present to agency directors, boards, commissions, and senior management suggested changes in overall direction.
   (2)  Provide input related to proposals regarding new or revised legislation, regulations, and related changes which have a direct impact over the implementation.
   g.  h.  Lead the development of alliances and partnerships with the business community, associations, consultants, and other stakeholders to enhance external support and advance the implementation of lean and change management tools and enterprises in state government.
   h.  i.  Lead relations with the general assembly and staff to build support for and understanding of lean and change management work in state government.
    Sec. 47.  Section 8.75, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The Iowa skilled worker and job creation fund shall be separate from the general fund of the state and the balance in the Iowa skilled worker and job creation fund shall not be considered part of the balance of the general fund of the state. However, the Iowa skilled worker and job creation fund shall be considered a special account for the purposes of section 8.53, relating to generally accepted accounting principles. Moneys in the fund may be used for cash flow purposes during a fiscal year provided that any moneys so allocated are returned to the fund by the end of that fiscal year. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to any other fund but shall remain in the fund for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years.
    Sec. 48.  NEW SECTION.  8.76  Subchapter definitions.
   As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
   1.  “Department” means the department of management.
   2.  “Director” means the director of the department of management.
    Sec. 49.  Section 8B.4A, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   8B.4A  Background checks.
   An applicant for employment with the office department, or an applicant for employment with a participating agency supported entity for a position as information technology staff, may be subject to a background investigation by the office department. The background investigation may include, without limitation, a work history, financial review, request for criminal history data, and national criminal history check through the federal bureau of investigation. In addition, a contractor, vendor, employee, or any other individual performing work for the office department, or an individual on the information technology staff of a participating agency supported entity, may be subject to a national criminal history check through the federal bureau of investigation at least once every ten years, including, without limitation, any time the office department or participating agency supported entity has reason to believe an individual has been convicted of a crime. The office department may request the national criminal history check and, if requested, shall provide the individual’s fingerprints to the department of public safety for submission through the state criminal history repository to the federal bureau of investigation. The individual shall authorize release of the results of the national criminal history check to the office department and the applicable participating agency supported entity. The office department shall pay the actual cost of the fingerprinting and national criminal history check, if any, unless otherwise agreed as part of a contract between the office department or participating agency supported entity and a vendor or contractor performing work for the office department or participating agency supported entity. The results of a criminal history check conducted pursuant to this section shall not be considered a public record under chapter 22.
    Sec. 50.  Section 8B.6, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   8B.6  Acceptance of funds.
   The office department of management may receive and accept donations, grants, gifts, and contributions in the form of moneys, services, materials, or otherwise, from the United States or any of its agencies, from this state or any of its agencies, or from any other person, and expend such moneys, services, materials, or other contributions, or issue grants, in carrying out the operations of the office department. All federal grants to and the federal receipts of the office department are appropriated for the purpose set forth in such federal grants or receipts. The office department shall report annually to the general assembly on or before September 1 the donations, grants, gifts, and contributions with a monetary value of one thousand dollars or more that were received during the most recently concluded fiscal year. 
    Sec. 51.  Section 8B.10, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  The determination of whether a communications service provider facilitates broadband service meeting the tier 1, tier 2, or tier 3 download and upload speeds specified in the definition of targeted service area in section 8B.1 shall be determined or ascertained by reference to broadband availability maps or data sources that are identified by the office department by rule. The office department shall periodically make renewed determinations of whether a communications service provider facilitates broadband service at or above the tier 1, tier 2, or tier 3 download and upload speeds specified in the definition of targeted service area in section 8B.1, which shall, to the extent updated maps and data sources are available at the time, include making such determinations prior to each round of grant applications solicited by the office department pursuant to section 8B.11. The office department is not required to make renewed determinations of whether a communications service provider facilitates broadband service at or above the tier 1, tier 2, or tier 3 download and upload speeds specified in the definition of targeted service area in section 8B.1 more frequently than once in any calendar year.
   2.  The office department shall establish procedures to allow challenges to the office’s department’s finding on whether an area meets the definition of targeted service area.
    Sec. 52.  Section 8B.11, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   8B.11  Empower rural Iowa —— broadband grants —— fund.
   1.  The office department shall administer a broadband grant program designed to reduce or eliminate unserved and underserved areas in the state, leveraging federal funds and public and private partnerships where possible, by awarding grants to communications service providers that reduce or eliminate targeted service areas by installing broadband infrastructure that facilitates broadband service in accordance with the following:
   a.  The broadband infrastructure facilitates broadband service that provides a minimum download speed of one hundred megabits per second and a minimum upload speed of one hundred megabits per second in a targeted service area within which no communications service provider offers or facilitates broadband service that provides download and upload speeds less than or equal to the tier 1 download and upload speeds specified in the definition of targeted service area in section 8B.1.
   b.  The broadband infrastructure facilitates broadband service that provides a minimum download speed of one hundred megabits per second and a minimum upload speed of one hundred megabits per second in a targeted service area within which no communications service provider offers or facilitates broadband service that provides any of the following:
   (1)  Download speeds less than or equal to the tier 2 download speed specified in the definition of targeted service area in section 8B.1.
   (2)  Download speeds less than or equal to the tier 3 download speed specified in the definition of targeted service area in section 8B.1.
   2.  a.  An empower rural Iowa broadband grant fund is established in the state treasury under the authority of the office department. The fund shall consist of moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the office department. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the office department to be used for the grant program, including for broadband mapping and the administration and operation of the grant program, and for the fiberoptic network conduit installation program established in section 8B.25.
   b.  The office department shall use moneys in the fund to provide grants to communications service providers pursuant to this section and to lead and coordinate the fiberoptic network conduit installation program pursuant to section 8B.25. The office department may use not more than two and one-half percent of the moneys in the fund at the beginning of the fiscal year to pay the costs and expenses associated with the administration and operation of the grant program and the fiberoptic network conduit installation program. The office department shall use moneys in the fund to leverage available federal moneys if possible.
   c.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until three years following the last day of the fiscal year in which the funds were originally appropriated.
   d.  Notwithstanding paragraph “c” or any provision to the contrary, moneys in the fund that have been awarded but not paid to a communications service provider shall not revert but shall remain available to the office department for purposes of administering the award in a manner consistent with the terms and conditions of any corresponding contract or grant agreement governing the administration of the award.
   3.  Communications service providers may apply to the office department for a grant pursuant to this section for the installation of broadband infrastructure that facilitates broadband service in targeted service areas. The office department shall make available a public internet site identifying all publicly available information contained in the applications and any results of performance testing conducted after the project is completed. The office department shall devote one full-time equivalent position to evaluate applications submitted under this section and provide technical assistance to communications service providers in completing applications for federal funds, or any other funds from any public or private sources, related to improving broadband infrastructure.
   4.  a.  The office department shall award grants on a competitive basis for the installation of broadband infrastructure that facilitates broadband service as provided in subsection 3 in targeted service areas after considering the following:
   (1)  The relative need for broadband infrastructure in the area and the existing broadband service speeds, including whether the project serves a rural area or areas.
   (2)  The applicant’s total proposed budget for the project, including all of the following:
   (a)  The amount or percentage of local or federal matching funds, if any, and any funding obligations shared between public and private entities.
   (b)  The percentage of funding provided directly from the applicant, including whether the applicant requested from the office department an amount less than the maximum amount the office department could award pursuant to subsection 5 and, if so, the percentage of the project cost that the applicant is requesting.
   (3)  The relative download and upload speeds of proposed projects for all applicants.
   (4)  The specific product attributes resulting from the proposed project, including technologies that provide higher qualities of service, such as service levels, latency, and other service attributes as determined by the office department.
   (5)  The percentage of the homes, farms, schools, and businesses in the targeted service area that will be provided access to broadband service.
   (6)  The proportion of proposed projects that will result in the installation of broadband infrastructure in a targeted service area within which the only broadband service available provides the tier 1 download and upload speeds specified in the definition of targeted service area in section 8B.1.
   (7)  Other factors the office department deems relevant.
   b.  In considering the factors listed in paragraph “a” for awarding grants pursuant to this section, the office department shall afford the greatest weight to the factors described in paragraph “a”, subparagraphs (1) through (3), and subparagraph (6).
   5.  The total amount of the grants the office department awards from the empower rural Iowa broadband grant fund pursuant to this section shall not exceed any of the following amounts:
   a.  Seventy-five percent of a communications service provider’s project costs for projects that will result in the installation of broadband infrastructure in a targeted service area within which no communications service provider offers or facilitates broadband service that provides download and upload speeds less than or equal to the tier 1 download and upload speeds specified in the definition of targeted service area in section 8B.1.
   b.  Fifty percent of a communications service provider’s project costs for projects that will result in the installation of broadband infrastructure in a targeted service area within which no communications service provider offers or facilitates broadband service that provides download speeds less than or equal to the tier 2 download speeds specified in the definition of targeted service area in section 8B.1.
   c.  Thirty-five percent of a communications service provider’s project costs for projects that will result in the installation of broadband infrastructure in a targeted service area within which no communications service provider offers or facilitates broadband service that provides download speeds less than or equal to the tier 3 download speed specified in the definition of targeted service area in section 8B.1.
   6.  Notwithstanding subsections 3 and 5, communications service providers may apply to the office department for a grant pursuant to this section for the installation of broadband infrastructure that facilitates broadband service providing a minimum download speed of one hundred megabits per second and a minimum upload speed of twenty megabits per second in targeted service areas pursuant to this subsection. The office department shall make available a public internet site identifying all publicly available information contained in the applications and any results of performance testing conducted after the project is completed. 
   a.  The office department shall award grants under this subsection on a competitive basis after considering the factors provided in subsection 4 and affording weight to the factors pursuant to subsection 4, paragraph “b”. 
   b.  The total amount of the grants the office department shall award pursuant to this subsection shall not exceed fifty percent of a communications service provider’s project costs for projects that will result in the installation of broadband infrastructure in a targeted service area within which no communications service provider offers or facilitates broadband service that provides download and upload speeds less than or equal to the tier 1 download and upload speeds specified in the definition of targeted service area in section 8B.1.
   7.  Notwithstanding subsections 5 and 6, at least twenty percent of the total amount of the grants the office department awards from the empower rural Iowa broadband grant fund pursuant to this section shall be allocated to projects that will result in the installation of broadband infrastructure in difficult to serve targeted service areas within which no communications service provider offers or facilitates broadband service that provides download and upload speeds less than or equal to the tier 1 download and upload speeds specified in the definition of targeted service area in section 8B.1. For purposes of this subsection, a targeted service area is difficult to serve if the soil conditions, topography, or other local conditions make the installation of broadband infrastructure in the targeted service area more time-consuming or labor-intensive compared to other areas of the state.
   8.  The office department shall provide public notice regarding the application process and receipt of funding.
   9.  The office department may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A interpreting this chapter subchapter or necessary for administering this chapter subchapter, including but not limited to rules relating to the broadband grant program process, management, and measurements as deemed necessary by the office department.
   10.  The office department shall adopt rules establishing procedures to allow aggrieved applicants an opportunity to challenge the office’s department’s award of grants under this section.
    Sec. 53.  Section 8B.12, subsections 1 and 3, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  The chief information officer director shall enter into agreements with state agencies supported entities, and may enter into agreements with any other governmental entity, including a local governmental entity or entity created pursuant to chapter 28E, or with a nonprofit organization, to furnish services and facilities of the office department to the applicable governmental entity or nonprofit organization under this subchapter. The agreement shall must provide for the reimbursement to the office department of the reasonable cost of the services and facilities furnished. All governmental entities of this state may enter into such agreements. For purposes of this subsection, “nonprofit organization” means a nonprofit entity which is exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code and which is funded in whole or in part by public funds. 
   3.  The state board of regents shall not be required to obtain any service for the state board of regents or any institution under the control of the state board of regents that is provided by the office department pursuant to this chapter subchapter without the consent of the state board of regents.
    Sec. 54.  Section 8B.15, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   8B.15  Billing —— credit card payments.
   1.  The chief information officer director may bill a governmental entity for services rendered by the office department in accordance with the duties of the office department as provided in this chapter subchapter. Bills may include direct, indirect, and developmental costs which have not been funded by an appropriation to the office department. The office department shall periodically render a billing statement to a governmental entity outlining the cost of services provided to the governmental entity. The amount indicated on the statement shall be paid by the governmental entity and amounts received by the office department shall be considered repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2, and deposited into the accounts of the office department. 
   2.  In addition to other forms of payment, a person may pay by credit card for services provided by the office department, according to rules adopted by the treasurer of state. The credit card fees to be charged shall not exceed those permitted by statute. A governmental entity may adjust its payment to reflect the costs of processing as determined by the treasurer of state. The discount charged by the credit card issuer may be included in determining the fees to be paid for completing a financial transaction under this section by using a credit card. All credit card payments shall be credited to the fund used to account for the services provided. 
    Sec. 55.  Section 8B.16, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   8B.16  Office Department debts and liabilities —— appropriation request.
   If a service provided by the office department and funded from an internal service a fund established under section 8B.13 8.13 ceases to be provided and insufficient funds remain in the internal service fund to pay any outstanding debts and liabilities relating to that service, the chief information officer director shall notify the department of management and the general assembly and request that moneys be appropriated from the general fund of the state to pay such debts and liabilities. 
    Sec. 56.  Section 8B.21, subsections 1, 2, and 3, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  Powers and duties of office the chief information officer.  The powers and duties of the office chief information officer as it relates to information technology services shall include but are not limited to all of the following: 
   a.  Approving information technology for use by agencies supported entities and other governmental entities.
   b.  Directing, developing, and implementing policies, procedures, and organization measures designed to ensure the efficient administration of information technology.
   b.  c.  Implementing the strategic information technology plan. 
   d.  Prescribing and adopting information technology policies, procedures, and rules that are binding on all supported entities and that represent best practices for other governmental entities in the state that are not supported entities.
   c.  e.  Developing and implementing a business continuity plan, as the chief information officer director determines is appropriate, to be used if a disruption occurs in the provision of information technology to participating agencies supported entities and other governmental entities. 
   d.  f.  Prescribing standards policies and adopting rules relating to cyber security cybersecurity, geospatial systems, application development, and information technology and procurement, including but not limited to system design and systems integration, and interoperability, which shall apply to are binding on all participating agencies supported entities except as otherwise provided in this chapter subchapter, and which represent best practices for other governmental entities in the state that are not supported entities. The office department shall implement information technology standards policies as established pursuant to this chapter which subchapter that are applicable to information technology procurements for participating agencies supported entities. 
   g.  Providing continuous monitoring through a security operations center for supported entities, which the department may also make available to other governmental entities.
   e.  h.  Establishing an enterprise strategic and project management function for oversight of all information technology-related projects and resources of participating agencies supported entities that require prior approval by rule.
   f.  i.  (1)  Developing and maintaining security policies and systems to ensure the integrity of the state’s information resources and to prevent the disclosure of confidential records. The office department shall ensure that the security policies and systems be consistent with the state’s data transparency efforts by developing and implementing policies and systems for the sharing of data and information by participating agencies supported entities.
   (2)  Establishing statewide standards policies, to include periodic review and compliance measures, for information technology security to maximize the functionality, security, and interoperability of the state’s distributed information technology assets, including but not limited to communications and encryption technologies.
   (3)  Requiring all information technology security services, solutions, hardware, and software purchased or used by a participating agency supported entity to be subject to approval by the office department in accordance with security standards policies.
   g.  j.  Developing and implementing effective and efficient strategies for the use and provision of information technology and information technology staff for participating agencies supported entities and other governmental entities. 
   h.  k.  Coordinating and managing the acquisition of information technology goods and services by participating agencies supported entities in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter subchapter. The office department shall institute procedures to ensure effective and efficient compliance with the applicable standards policies established pursuant to this chapter subchapter. 
   i.  Entering into contracts, leases, licensing agreements, royalty agreements, marketing agreements, memorandums of understanding, or other agreements as necessary and appropriate to administer this chapter. 
   l.  Selecting the chief information security officer in consultation with the director, and selecting other information technology staff deemed necessary for the administration of the department’s information technology functions as provided in this chapter.
   j.  m.  Determining and implementing statewide efforts to standardize data elements, determine data ownership assignments, and implement the sharing of data.
   k.  n.  Requiring that a participating agency supported entity provide such information as is necessary to establish and maintain an inventory of information technology used by participating agencies, and such participating agency supported entities. A supported entity shall provide such information to the office department in a timely manner. The, in a form and content of the containing information to be provided shall be as determined by the office department. 
   l.  o.  Requiring participating agencies supported entities to provide the full details of the agency’s entity’s information technology and operational requirements upon request, report information technology security incidents to the office department in a timely manner, provide comprehensive information concerning the information technology security employed by the agency entity to protect the agency’s entity’s information technology, and forecast the parameters of the agency’s entity’s projected future information technology security needs and capabilities.
   m.  p.  Charging reasonable fees, costs, expenses, charges, or other amounts to an agency, governmental entity, public official, or person or entity related to the provision, sale, use, or utilization of, or cost sharing with respect to, information technology and any intellectual property interests related thereto; research and development; proprietary hardware, software, and applications; and information technology architecture and design. The office department may enter into nondisclosure agreements and take any other legal action reasonably necessary to secure a right to an interest in information technology development by or on behalf of the state of Iowa and to protect the state of Iowa’s proprietary information technology and intellectual property interests. The provisions of chapter 23A relating to noncompetition by state agencies and political subdivisions with private enterprise shall do not apply to office department activities authorized under this paragraph. 
   n.  q.  Charging reasonable fees, costs, expenses, charges, or other amounts to an agency, governmental entity, public official, or other person or entity to or for whom information technology or other services have been provided by or on behalf of, or otherwise made available through, the office department. 
   o.  r.  Providing, selling, leasing, licensing, transferring, or otherwise conveying or disposing of information technology, or any intellectual property or other rights with respect thereto, to agencies, governmental entities, public officials, or other persons or entities. 
   p.  s.  Entering into partnerships, contracts, leases, or other agreements with public and private entities for the evaluation and development of information technology pilot projects. 
   q.  t.  Initiating and supporting the development of electronic commerce, electronic government, and internet applications across participating agencies supported entities and in cooperation with other governmental entities. The office department shall foster joint development of electronic commerce and electronic government involving the public and private sectors, develop customer surveys and citizen outreach and education programs and material, and provide for citizen input regarding the state’s electronic commerce and electronic government applications. 
   u.  Working with all governmental entities in an effort to achieve information technology goals.
   v.  Developing systems and methodologies to review, evaluate, and prioritize information technology projects.
   w.  Streamlining, consolidating, and coordinating the access to and availability of broadband and broadband infrastructure throughout the state, including but not limited to facilitating public-private partnerships, ensuring that all departments’ and establishments’ broadband and broadband infrastructure policies are aligned, resolving issues that arise with regard to implementation efforts, and collecting data and developing metrics or policies against which the data may be measured and evaluated regarding broadband infrastructure installation and deployment.
   x.  Administering the broadband grant program pursuant to section 8B.11, and providing technical assistance to communications service providers related to grant applications under section 8B.11.
   y.  Coordinating the fiberoptic network conduit installation program established in section 8B.25.
   2.  Responsibilities.  The responsibilities of the office chief information officer as it relates to information technology services include all of the following: 
   a.  Coordinate the activities of the office in promoting, integrating, and supporting Promote, integrate, and support information technology in all business aspects of state government. 
   b.  Provide for server systems, including mainframe and other server operations, desktop support, and applications integration. 
   c.  Provide applications development, support, and training, and advice and assistance in developing and supporting business applications throughout state government. 
   3.  Information technology charges.  The office department shall render a statement to an agency, governmental entity, public official, or other person or entity to or for whom information technology, value-added services, or other items or services have been provided by or on behalf of, or otherwise made available through, the office department. Such an agency, governmental entity, public official, or other person or entity shall pay an amount indicated on such statement in a manner determined by the office department. 
    Sec. 57.  Section 8B.21, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
   4.  Exclusion.  The department of public defense is not required to obtain any information technology services pursuant to this subchapter where such services involve or impact interconnections with federal networks and systems.
    Sec. 58.  Section 8B.21, subsections 5 and 6, Code 2024, are amended by striking the subsections.
    Sec. 59.  Section 8B.22, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   8B.22  Digital government.
   1.  The office department is responsible for initiating and supporting the development of electronic commerce, electronic government, mobile applications, and internet applications across participating agencies supported entities and in cooperation with other governmental entities. 
   2.  In developing the concept of digital government, the office department shall do all of the following: 
   a.  Establish standards policies, consistent with other state law, for the implementation of electronic commerce, including standards policies for the technical implementation of electronic signatures pursuant to chapter 554D, electronic currency, and other items associated with electronic commerce. 
   b.  Establish guidelines for the appearance and functioning of applications. 
   c.  Establish standards policies for the integration of electronic data across state agencies. 
   d.  Foster joint development of electronic commerce and electronic government involving the public and private sectors. 
   e.  Develop customer surveys and citizen outreach and education programs and material, and provide for citizen input regarding the state’s electronic commerce and electronic government applications. 
   f.  Assist participating agencies supported entities in converting printed government materials to electronic materials which can be accessed through an internet searchable database.
   g.  Encourage participating agencies supported entities to utilize duplex printing and a print on demand strategy to reduce printing costs, publication overruns, excessive inventory, and obsolete printed materials.
    Sec. 60.  Section 8B.23, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   8B.23  Information technology standards policies.
   1.  The office department shall develop and adopt information technology standards policies applicable to the procurement of information technology by all participating agencies supported entities. Such standards policies, unless waived by the office department, shall apply to all information technology procurements for participating agencies supported entities. 
   2.  The office of the governor or the office of an elective constitutional or statutory officer shall consult with the office department prior to procuring information technology and consider the information technology standards policies adopted by the office department, and provide a written report to the office department relating to the other office’s decision regarding such acquisitions. 
    Sec. 61.  Section 8B.24, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   8B.24  Procurement of information technology.
   1.  Standards Policies established by the office department, unless waived by the office department, shall apply to all information technology procurements for participating agencies supported entities. 
   2.  The office department shall institute procedures to ensure effective and efficient compliance with standards policies established by the office department. 
   3.  The office department shall develop policies and procedures that apply to all information technology goods and services acquisitions, and shall ensure the compliance of all participating agencies supported entities. The office department shall also be the sole provider of infrastructure information technology goods and services for participating agencies supported entities, the sole authority in state government for the procurement of information technology goods and services for supported entities, the sole authority in state government for the establishment of master agreements for information technology goods and services, and the sole authority in state government for determining whether any particular procurement is an information technology procurement. 
   4.  The office department, by rule, may implement a prequalification procedure for contractors with which the office department has entered or intends to enter into agreements regarding the procurement of information technology. 
   5.  Notwithstanding the provisions governing purchasing as provided in chapter 8A, subchapter III, the office department may procure information technology as provided in this section. The office department may cooperate with other governmental entities in the procurement of information technology in an effort to make such procurements in a cost-effective, efficient manner as provided in this section. The office department, as deemed appropriate and cost effective, may procure information technology using any of the following methods: 
   a.  Cooperative procurement agreement.  The office department may enter into a cooperative procurement agreement with another governmental entity relating to the procurement of information technology, whether such information technology is for the use of the office department or other governmental entities. The cooperative procurement agreement shall must clearly specify the purpose of the agreement and the method by which such purpose will be accomplished. Any power exercised under such agreement shall not exceed the power granted to any party to the agreement. 
   b.  Negotiated contract.  The office department may enter into an agreement for the purchase of information technology if any of the following applies apply: 
   (1)  The contract price, terms, and conditions are pursuant to the current federal supply contract, and the purchase order adequately identifies the federal supply contract under which the procurement is to be made. 
   (2)  The contract price, terms, and conditions are no less favorable than the contractor’s current federal supply contract price, terms, and conditions; the contractor has indicated in writing a willingness to extend such price, terms, and conditions to the office department; and the purchase order adequately identifies the contract relied upon. 
   (3)  The contract is with a vendor who has a current exclusive or nonexclusive price agreement with the state for the information technology to be procured, and such information technology meets the same standards and specifications as the items to be procured and both all of the following apply: 
   (a)  The quantity purchased does not exceed the quantity which may be purchased under the applicable price agreement. 
   (b)  The purchase order adequately identifies the price agreement relied upon. 
   c.  Contracts let by another governmental entity.  The office, on its own behalf or on the behalf of another participating agency or governmental entity, may procure information technology under a contract let by another agency or other governmental entity, or approve such procurement in the same manner by a participating agency or governmental entity. The office, on its own behalf or on the behalf of another participating agency or governmental entity, may also procure information technology by leveraging an existing competitively procured contract, other than a contract associated with the state board of regents or an institution under the control of the state board of regents.  The department may contract for information technology by leveraging an existing, competitively procured contract established by any other governmental entity or cooperative purchasing organization.
   d.  Reverse auction.
   (1)  The office department may enter into an agreement for the purchase of information technology utilizing a reverse auction process. Such process shall result in the purchase of information technology from the vendor submitting the lowest responsible bid amount for the information technology to be acquired. The office department, in establishing a reverse auction process, shall do all of the following: 
   (a)   Determine the specifications and requirements of the information technology to be acquired. 
   (b)  Identify and provide notice to potential vendors concerning the proposed acquisition. 
   (c)  Establish prequalification requirements to be met by a vendor to be eligible to participate in the reverse auction. 
   (d)  Conduct the reverse auction in a manner as deemed appropriate by the office department and consistent with rules adopted by the office department. 
   (2)  Prior to conducting a reverse auction, the office department shall establish a threshold amount which shall be the maximum amount that the office department is willing to pay for the information technology to be acquired. 
   (3)  The office department shall enter into an agreement with a vendor who is the lowest responsible bidder which meets the specifications or description of the information technology to be procured, or the office department may reject all bids and begin the process again. In determining the lowest responsible bidder, the office department may consider various factors including but not limited to the past performance of the vendor relative to quality of product or service, the past experience of the office department in relation to the product or service, the relative quality of products or services, the proposed terms of delivery, and the best interest of the state. 
   e.  Competitive bidding.  The office department may enter into an agreement for the procurement or acquisition of information technology in the same manner as provided under chapter 8A, subchapter III, for the purchasing of service.  The department may also contract for the purchase of information technology goods or services using a competitive bidding process that includes a vendor selection process that focuses on realized, efficiency-based competition models. 
   f.  Other agreement.  In addition to the competitive bidding procedure provided for under paragraph “e”, the office department may enter into an agreement for the purchase, disposal, or other disposition of information technology in the same manner and subject to the same limitations as otherwise provided in this chapter subchapter. The office, by rule, shall provide for such procedures. 
   6.  The office department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement the procurement methods and procedures provided for in subsections 2 through 5. 
   7.  The department may establish and collect administrative fees associated with purchases made from department information technology agreements. The department may retain fees collected under this subsection in a fund created pursuant to section 8.13.
    Sec. 62.  Section 8B.25, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   2.  The office department shall lead and coordinate a program to provide for the installation of fiberoptic network conduit where such conduit does not exist. The chief information officer director shall consult and coordinate with applicable agencies and entities, including public utilities as defined in section 476.1, the state department of transportation, the economic development authority, county boards of supervisors, municipal governing bodies, the farm-to-market review board, county conservation boards, and the boards, commissions, or agencies in control of state parks, as determined appropriate to ensure that the opportunity is provided to lay or install fiberoptic network conduit wherever a state-funded construction project involves trenching, boring, a bridge, a roadway, or opening of the ground, or alongside any state-owned infrastructure.
   3.  Contingent upon the provision of funding for such purposes by the general assembly, the office department may contract with a nongovernmental third party to manage, lease, install, or otherwise provide fiberoptic network conduit access for projects described in this section. This section does not require coordination with or approval from the office department pursuant to this program or installation of fiberoptic conduit as required by this section for construction projects not using public funding.
    Sec. 63.  Section 8B.31, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  IowAccess.  The office department shall establish IowAccess as a service to the citizens of this state that is the gateway for one-stop electronic access to government information and transactions, whether federal, state, or local. Except as provided in this section, IowAccess shall be a state-funded service providing access to government information and transactions. The office department, in establishing the fees for value-added services, shall consider the reasonable cost of creating and organizing such government information through IowAccess. 
    Sec. 64.  Section 8B.31, subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   The office department shall do all of the following: 
    Sec. 65.  Section 8B.31, subsection 2, paragraph b, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   Approve and establish the priority of projects associated with IowAccess. The determination may also include requirements concerning funding for a project proposed by a political subdivision of the state or an association, the membership of which is comprised solely of political subdivisions of the state. Prior to approving a project proposed by a political subdivision, the office department shall verify that all of the following conditions are met: 
    Sec. 66.  Section 8B.31, subsection 2, paragraph d, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   d.  Establish the IowAccess total budget request and ensure that such request reflects the priorities and goals of IowAccess as established by the office department. 
    Sec. 67.  Section 8B.32, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   Moneys paid to a participating agency supported entity from persons who complete an electronic financial transaction with the agency entity by accessing IowAccess shall be transferred to the treasurer of state for deposit in the general fund of the state, unless the disposition of the moneys is specifically provided for under other law. The moneys may include all of the following: 
    Sec. 68.  Section 8B.33, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   8B.33  IowAccess revolving fund.
   1.  An IowAccess revolving fund is created in the state treasury. The revolving fund shall be administered by the office department and shall consist of moneys collected by the office department as fees, moneys appropriated by the general assembly, and any other moneys obtained or accepted by the office department for deposit in the revolving fund. The proceeds of the revolving fund are appropriated to and shall be used by the office department to maintain, develop, operate, and expand IowAccess consistent with this chapter subchapter. 
   2.  The office 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 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. 69.  Section 28D.3, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  Persons employed by the department of management, department of natural resources, department of administrative services, and the or Iowa communications network under this chapter are not subject to the twenty-four-month time limitation specified in subsection 2.
    Sec. 70.  Section 97B.4, subsection 2, paragraph d, Code 2024, is amended by striking the paragraph.
    Sec. 71.  2021 Iowa Acts, chapter 172, section 28, is amended to read as follows:
   SEC. 28.  REPEAL.  The section of this division of this Act amending section 8.58 is repealed July 1, 2025 2027.
    Sec. 72.  REPEAL.  Sections 8.6, 8.25, 8.28, 8.43, 8.53, 8.55, 8.59, 8.60, 8.61, 8B.1, 8B.2, 8B.3, 8B.4, 8B.5, 8B.9, and 8B.13, Code 2024, are repealed.
    Sec. 73.  CODE EDITOR DIRECTIVE.  For all of the following terminology changes, the Code editor is directed to make changes in any Code sections amended or enacted by any other Act to correspond with the changes made in this division of this Act if there appears to be no doubt as to the proper method of making the changes and the changes would not be contrary to or inconsistent with the purposes of this Act or any other Act:
   1.  “Repayment receipts” to “appropriated receipts”.
   2.  “Participating agency” to “supported entity” for purposes associated with chapter 8B, Code 2024.
    Sec. 74.  CODE EDITOR DIRECTIVE.
   1.  The Code editor is directed to make the following transfers:
   a.  Section 8.7 to section 68B.22A.
   b.  Section 8.75 to section 8.57J.
   c.  Section 8B.4A to section 8.78.
   d.  Section 8B.6 to section 8.12.
   e.  Section 8B.7 to section 8.7A.
   f.  Section 8B.10 to section 8.79.
   g.  Section 8B.11 to section 8.91.
   h.  Section 8B.12 to section 8.80.
   i.  Section 8B.15 to section 8.81.
   j.  Section 8B.16 to section 8.82.
   k.  Section 8B.21 to section 8.77.
   l.  Section 8B.22 to section 8.83.
   m.  Section 8B.23 to section 8.84.
   n.  Section 8B.24 to section 8.85.
   o.  Section 8B.25 to section 8.86.
   p.  Section 8B.26 to section 8.87.
   q.  Section 8B.31 to section 8.88.
   r.  Section 8B.32 to section 8.89.
   s.  Section 8B.33 to section 8.90.
   2.  The Code editor shall correct internal references in the Code and in any enacted legislation as necessary due to the enactment of this section.
   3.  The Code editor shall designate sections 8.76 through 8.99 as a new subchapter within chapter 8.
    Sec. 75.  TRANSFER OF MONEYS.  On the effective date of this division of this Act, moneys remaining in the Iowa economic emergency fund created in section 8.55, Code 2024, shall be transferred as follows:
   1.  To the cash reserve fund created in section 8.56 up to the maximum balance of the cash reserve fund as described in section 8.56, as amended by this division of this Act.
   2.  If moneys remain after the transfer under subsection 1, to the general fund of the state.
    Sec. 76.  TRANSITION.  Any rule, regulation, form, order, or directive promulgated by the office of the chief information officer shall continue in full force and effect until amended, repealed, or supplemented by affirmative action of the department of management.
DIVISION II
CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

    Sec. 77.  Section 2.47A, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  Receive the reports of all capital project budgeting requests of all state agencies, with individual state agency priorities noted, pursuant to section 8.6 8.5, subsection 12.
    Sec. 78.  Section 7D.29, subsection 1, paragraphs a and b, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   a.  From the appropriation made from the Iowa economic emergency cash reserve fund in section 8.55 8.56 for purposes of paying such expenses.
   b.  To the extent the appropriation from the Iowa economic emergency cash reserve fund described in paragraph “a” is insufficient to pay such expenses, there is appropriated from moneys in the general fund of the state not otherwise appropriated the amount necessary to fund that deficiency.
    Sec. 79.  Section 8A.101, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   As used in this chapter and chapter 8B, unless the context otherwise requires:
    Sec. 80.  Section 8A.104, subsection 7, Code 2024, is amended by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 81.  Section 8A.123, subsection 1, Code 2024, 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, legislative fiscal committee, and the legislative services agency.
    Sec. 82.  Section 8A.125, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The director may bill a governmental entity for services rendered by the department in accordance with the duties of the department as provided in this chapter. Bills may include direct, indirect, and developmental costs which have not been funded by an appropriation to the department. The department shall periodically render a billing statement to a governmental entity outlining the cost of services provided to the governmental entity. The amount indicated on the statement shall be paid by the governmental entity and amounts received by the department shall be considered repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2, and deposited into the accounts of the department.
    Sec. 83.  Section 8A.502, subsection 7, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   7.  Accounts.  To keep the central budget and proprietary control accounts of the general fund of the state and special revenue funds, as defined in section 8.2, of the state government. Upon elimination of the state deficit under generally accepted accounting principles, including the payment of items budgeted in a subsequent fiscal year which under generally accepted accounting principles should be budgeted in the current fiscal year, the The recognition of revenues received and expenditures paid and transfers received and paid within the time period required pursuant to section 8.33 shall be in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Budget accounts are those accounts maintained to control the receipt and disposition of all funds, appropriations, and allotments. Proprietary accounts are those accounts relating to assets, liabilities, income, and expense. For each fiscal year, the financial position and results of operations of the state shall be reported in an annual comprehensive financial report prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as established by the governmental accounting standards board.
    Sec. 84.  Section 8A.502, subsection 8, paragraph b, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  By charging all collections made by the educational institutions and state fair board to the respective advance accounts of the institutions and state fair board, and by crediting all such repayment collections appropriated receipts to the respective appropriations and special revenue funds.
    Sec. 85.  Section 8D.3, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  The auditor of state or the auditor’s designee and the chief information officer selected designated pursuant to section 8B.2 8.5 or the chief information officer’s designee shall serve as nonvoting, ex officio members of the commission.
    Sec. 86.  Section 10A.107, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   10A.107  Repayment Appropriated receipts.
   The department may charge state departments, agencies, and commissions for services rendered and the payment received shall be considered repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2.
    Sec. 87.  Section 10A.503, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The department and the licensing boards referenced in subsection 1 may expend funds in addition to amounts budgeted, if those additional expenditures are directly the result of actual examination and exceed funds budgeted for examinations. Before the department or a licensing board expends or encumbers an amount in excess of the funds budgeted for examinations, the director of the department of management shall approve the expenditure or encumbrance. Before approval is given, the department of management shall determine that the examination expenses exceed the funds budgeted by the general assembly to the department or board and the department or board does not have other funds from which examination expenses can be paid. Upon approval of the department of management, the department or licensing board may expend and encumber funds for excess examination expenses. The amounts necessary to fund the excess examination expenses shall be collected as fees from additional examination applicants and shall be treated as repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2.
    Sec. 88.  Section 10A.506, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  The department may expend additional funds, including funds for additional personnel, if those additional expenditures are directly the cause of actual examination expenses exceeding funds budgeted for examinations. Before the department expends or encumbers an amount in excess of the funds budgeted for examinations, the director of the department of management shall approve the expenditure or encumbrance. Before approval is given, the director of the department of management shall determine that the examination expenses exceed the funds budgeted by the general assembly to the department and the department does not have other funds from which the expenses can be paid. Upon approval of the director of the department of management, the department may expend and encumber funds for excess examination expenses. The amounts necessary to fund the examination expenses shall be collected as fees from additional examination applicants and shall be treated as repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2, subsection 8.
    Sec. 89.  Section 10A.801, subsection 9, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   9.  The division may charge agencies for services rendered and the payment received shall be considered repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2.
    Sec. 90.  Section 10A.902, subsection 5, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  The department shall adopt rules regarding minimum requirements for lead inspector, lead abater, and lead-safe renovator training programs, certification, work practice standards, and suspension and revocation requirements, and shall implement the training and certification programs. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection shall comply with chapter 272C. The department shall seek federal funding and shall establish fees in amounts sufficient to defray the cost of the programs. The fees shall be used for any of the department’s duties under this subchapter, including but not limited to the costs of full-time equivalent positions for program services and investigations. Fees received shall be considered repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2.
    Sec. 91.  Section 11.5B, subsection 14, Code 2024, is amended by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 92.  Section 12.89, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  The revenues required to be deposited into the fund pursuant to section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph “e”, subparagraphs (1) and (2) “f”.
    Sec. 93.  Section 12.89A, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  The revenues required to be deposited in the fund pursuant to section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph “e”, subparagraphs (1) and (2) “f”.
    Sec. 94.  Section 13B.8, subsection 4, paragraph b, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  The state public defender may enter into agreements with the office of the chief information officer created in chapter 8B department of management to provide or procure suitable computer networks and other information technology services to or for each office of the state public defender, including the central administrative office and the office of the state appellate defender, and to each office of the local public defender.
    Sec. 95.  Section 15E.167, subsection 1, paragraphs a and b, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   a.  “Broadband” means the same as defined in section 8B.1 8.2.
   b.  “Broadband infrastructure” means the same as defined in section 8B.1 8.2.
    Sec. 96.  Section 15E.311, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  At the end of each fiscal year, moneys in the fund shall be transferred into separate accounts within the fund and designated for use by each county in which no licensee authorized to conduct gambling games under chapter 99F was located during that fiscal year. Moneys transferred to county accounts shall be divided equally among the counties. Moneys transferred into an account for a county shall be transferred by the department to an eligible county recipient for that county. Of the moneys transferred, an eligible county recipient shall distribute seventy-five percent of the moneys as grants to charitable organizations for charitable purposes in that county and shall retain twenty-five percent of the moneys for use in establishing a permanent endowment fund for the benefit of charitable organizations for charitable purposes. In addition, of the moneys transferred from moneys appropriated to the fund from the sports wagering receipts fund created in section 8.57, subsection 6, 8.57I and distributed, eligible county recipients shall give consideration for grants, upon application, to a charitable organization that operates a racetrack facility that conducts automobile races in that county. Of the amounts distributed, eligible county recipients shall give special consideration to grants for projects that include significant vertical infrastructure components designed to enhance quality of life aspects within local communities. In addition, as a condition of receiving a grant, the governing body of a charitable organization receiving a grant shall approve all expenditures of grant moneys and shall allow a state audit of expenditures of all grant moneys.
    Sec. 97.  Section 16.50, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  A workforce housing assistance grant fund is created under the control of the authority. The fund shall consist of appropriations made to the fund. The fund shall be separate from the general fund of the state and the balance in the fund shall not be considered part of the balance of the general fund of the state. However, the fund shall be considered a special account for the purposes of section 8.53, relating to generally accepted accounting principles.
    Sec. 98.  Section 16.81, subsection 2, paragraph d, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   d.  The amount of application fees collected by the authority under this subsection shall be considered repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2.
    Sec. 99.  Section 17A.6B, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The office of the chief information officer department of management shall establish and maintain a user-friendly state services fee database and internet site for use by the public. Each agency shall make available through the internet site the current fees, rates, and charges imposed by the agency on the public.
    Sec. 100.  Section 20.33, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   20.33  Retention of costs and fees.
   1.  All moneys paid in advance by the board and subsequently taxed as a cost to a party or parties pursuant to section 20.6, subsection 6, and section 20.11, subsection 3, shall, when reimbursed by the party or parties taxed under those sections, be retained by the board as repayment appropriated receipts, as defined in section 8.2, and used exclusively to offset the cost of the certified shorthand reporter reporting the proceeding and of any transcript requested by the board.
   2.  All fees established and collected by the board pursuant to section 20.6, subsection 7, shall be retained by the board as repayment appropriated receipts, as defined in section 8.2, and used exclusively for the purpose of covering the cost of elections required pursuant to section 20.15, including payment for the services of any vendor retained by the board to conduct or assist in the conduct of such an election.
    Sec. 101.  Section 22.3A, subsection 2, paragraph f, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   A government body may establish payment rates and procedures required to provide access to data processing software, regardless of whether the data processing software is separated from or combined with a public record. Proceeds from payments may be considered repayment appropriated receipts, as defined in section 8.2. The payment amount shall be calculated as follows:
    Sec. 102.  Section 23A.2, subsection 8, paragraph o, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   o.  The performance of an activity authorized pursuant to section 8B.21, subsection 1, paragraph “m” “p”.
    Sec. 103.  Section 29C.8, subsection 5, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  The department may charge fees for the repair, calibration, or maintenance of radiological detection equipment and may expend funds in addition to funds budgeted for the servicing of the radiological detection equipment. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A providing for the establishment and collection of fees for radiological detection equipment repair, calibration, or maintenance services and for entering into agreements with other public and private entities to provide the services. Fees collected for repair, calibration, or maintenance services shall be treated as repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2 and shall be used for the operation of the department’s radiological maintenance facility or radiation incident response training.
    Sec. 104.  Section 35D.7, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  Sums paid to and received by the department for the support of members of the home shall be considered repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2 and credited to the Iowa veterans home account referred to in section 35D.18, subsection 3.
    Sec. 105.  Section 35D.18, subsection 3, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   Revenues received that are attributed to the Iowa veterans home during a fiscal year shall be credited to the Iowa veterans home account and shall be considered repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2, including but not limited to all of the following:
    Sec. 106.  Section 35D.18, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 107.  Section 68A.405A, subsection 1, paragraph a, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   Except as provided in sections 29C.3 and 29C.6, a statewide elected official or member of the general assembly shall not permit the expenditure of public moneys under the control of the statewide elected official or member of the general assembly, including but not limited to moneys held in a private purpose trust fund as defined by section 8.2, for the purpose of any paid advertisement or promotion bearing the written name, likeness, or voice of the statewide elected official or member of the general assembly distributed through any of the following means:
    Sec. 108.  Section 68A.405A, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  A person who willfully violates this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of an amount up to the amount of moneys withdrawn from a public account or private purpose trust fund as defined in section 8.2 used to fund the communication found to be in violation of this section by the board or, for members of the general assembly, by an appropriate legislative ethics committee. A penalty imposed pursuant to this section shall be paid by the candidate’s committee. Such penalty shall be determined and assessed by the board or, for a member of the general assembly, the appropriate legislative ethics committee, and paid into the account from which such moneys were withdrawn. Additional criminal or civil penalties available under section 68A.701 or established by the board pursuant to section 68B.32A may also be determined and assessed by the board for violations of this section. Nothing in this section shall prevent the imposition of any penalty or sanction for a violation of this section by a legislative ethics committee.
    Sec. 109.  Section 80.28, subsection 2, paragraph a, subparagraph (7), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   (7)  One member representing the office of the chief information officer created in section 8B.2 department of management.
    Sec. 110.  Section 80B.15, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The director of the academy shall assess a fee for use of law enforcement media resources supplied or loaned by the academy. The fees shall be established by rules adopted pursuant to chapter 17A. The fees shall be considered as repayment appropriated receipts, as defined in section 8.2.
    Sec. 111.  Section 80B.19, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Activities of the academy shall be accounted for within the general fund of the state, except the academy may establish and maintain an internal training clearing fund, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as defined in section 8.57, subsection 4, for activities of the academy which are primarily from billings to governmental entities for services rendered by the academy. 
    Sec. 112.  Section 84A.5, subsection 9, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   9.  The director of the department of workforce development may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to charge and collect fees for enhanced or value-added services provided by the department of workforce development which are not required by law to be provided by the department and are not generally available from the department of workforce development. Fees shall not be charged to provide a free public labor exchange. Fees established by the director of the department of workforce development shall be based upon the costs of administering the service, with due regard to the anticipated time spent, and travel costs incurred, by personnel performing the service. The collection of fees authorized by this subsection shall be treated as repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2.
    Sec. 113.  Section 99D.14, subsection 2, paragraphs b and c, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   b.  Notwithstanding sections 8.60 and section 99D.17, the portion of the fee paid pursuant to paragraph “a” relating to the costs of special agents plus any direct and indirect support costs for the agents, for the division of criminal investigation’s racetrack activities, shall be deposited into the gaming enforcement revolving fund established in section 80.43. However, the department of public safety shall transfer, on an annual basis, the portion of the regulatory fee attributable to the indirect support costs of the special agents to the general fund of the state.
   c.  Notwithstanding sections 8.60 and section 99D.17, the portion of the fee paid pursuant to paragraph “a” relating to the costs of the commission shall be deposited into the gaming regulatory revolving fund established in section 99F.20.
    Sec. 114.  Section 99D.17, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   99D.17  Use of funds.
   Funds received pursuant to sections 99D.14 and 99D.15 shall be deposited as provided in section 8.57, subsection 5, and shall be subject to the requirements of section 8.60. These funds shall first be used to the extent appropriated by the general assembly. The commission is subject to the budget requirements of chapter 8 and the applicable auditing requirements and procedures of chapter 11.
    Sec. 115.  Section 99D.22, subsection 3, paragraph d, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   d.  Establish a registration fee imposed on each horse which is a thoroughbred, quarter horse, or standardbred which shall be paid by the breeder of the horse. The department shall not impose the registration fee more than once on each horse. The amount of the registration fee shall not exceed thirty dollars. The moneys paid to the department from registration fees shall be considered repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2, and shall be used for the administration and enforcement of this subsection.
    Sec. 116.  Section 99D.22, subsection 4, paragraph b, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  The moneys paid to the department from registration fees as provided in paragraph “a” shall be considered repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2, and shall be used for the administration and enforcement of programs for the promotion of native dogs.
    Sec. 117.  Section 99E.5, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  The annual license fee to conduct internet fantasy sports contests shall be one thousand dollars or, for a licensed internet fantasy sports contest service provider with total annual internet fantasy sports contest adjusted revenues for the year prior to the annual license fee renewal date of one hundred fifty thousand dollars or greater, five thousand dollars. Moneys collected by the commission from the license fees paid under this section shall be considered repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2.
    Sec. 118.  Section 99E.5, subsection 4, paragraph c, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   c.  Notwithstanding section 8.60, the The portion of the fee paid pursuant to paragraph “a” relating to the costs of the commission shall be deposited into the gaming regulatory revolving fund established in section 99F.20.
    Sec. 119.  Section 99E.6, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The taxes imposed by this section for internet fantasy sports contests authorized under this chapter shall be paid by the internet fantasy sports contest service provider to the treasurer of state as determined by the commission and shall be credited as provided in section 8.57, subsection 6 8.57I.
    Sec. 120.  Section 99F.4, subsections 2 and 27, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   2.  To license qualified sponsoring organizations, to license the operators of excursion gambling boats, to identify occupations engaged in the administration, control, and conduct of gambling games and sports wagering which require licensing, and to adopt standards for licensing the occupations including establishing fees for the occupational licenses and licenses for qualified sponsoring organizations. The fees shall be paid to the commission and deposited in the general fund of the state. All revenue received by the commission under this chapter from license fees and regulatory fees shall be deposited in the general fund of the state and shall be subject to the requirements of section 8.60.
   27.  To adopt standards under which all sports wagering is conducted, including the scope and type of wagers allowed, to identify occupations within sports wagering which require licensing, and to adopt standards for licensing and background qualifications for occupations including establishing fees for the occupational license. All revenue received by the commission under this chapter from license fees shall be deposited in the general fund of the state and shall be subject to the requirements of section 8.60. All revenue received by the commission from regulatory fees shall be deposited into the gaming regulatory revolving fund established in section 99F.20.
    Sec. 121.  Section 99F.10, subsection 4, paragraphs b and c, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   b.  Notwithstanding sections 8.60 and section 99F.4, the portion of the fee paid pursuant to paragraph “a” relating to the costs of special agents and officers plus any direct and indirect support costs for the agents and officers, for the division of criminal investigation’s excursion gambling boat or gambling structure activities, shall be deposited into the gaming enforcement revolving fund established in section 80.43. However, the department of public safety shall transfer, on an annual basis, the portion of the regulatory fee attributable to the indirect support costs of the special agents and gaming enforcement officers to the general fund of the state.
   c.  Notwithstanding sections 8.60 and section 99F.4, the portion of the fee paid pursuant to paragraph “a” relating to the costs of the commission shall be deposited into the gaming regulatory revolving fund established in section 99F.20.
    Sec. 122.  Section 99F.11, subsection 5, paragraph b, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  The taxes imposed by this subsection for sports wagering authorized under this chapter shall be paid by the licensed operator to the treasurer of state as determined by the commission and shall be credited as provided in section 8.57, subsection 6 8.57I.
    Sec. 123.  Section 99G.39, subsection 6, paragraph a, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  Notwithstanding subsection 1, if gaming revenues under sections 99D.17 and 99F.11 are insufficient in a fiscal year to meet the total amount of such revenues directed to be deposited in the vision Iowa fund during the fiscal year pursuant to section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph “e” “f”, the difference shall be paid from lottery revenues prior to deposit of the lottery revenues in the general fund, transfer of lottery revenues to the veterans trust fund as provided in subsection 3, and the transfer of lottery revenues to the public safety survivor benefits fund as provided in subsection 4.  If lottery revenues are insufficient during the fiscal year to pay the difference, the remaining difference shall be paid from lottery revenues prior to deposit of lottery revenues in the general fund, the transfer of lottery revenues to the veterans trust fund as provided in subsection 3, and the transfer of lottery revenues to the public safety survivor benefits fund as provided in subsection 4 in subsequent fiscal years as such revenues become available.
    Sec. 124.  Section 100B.4, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, repayment appropriated receipts, as defined in section 8.2, collected by the division of state fire marshal for the fire service training bureau that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
    Sec. 125.  Section 100C.9, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  All fees assessed pursuant to this chapter shall be retained as repayment appropriated receipts, as defined in section 8.2, by the department and such fees received shall be used exclusively to offset the costs of administering this chapter.
    Sec. 126.  Section 100D.7, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  All fees assessed pursuant to this chapter shall be retained as repayment appropriated receipts, as defined in section 8.2, by the department and such fees received shall be used exclusively to offset the costs of administering this chapter.
    Sec. 127.  Section 123.17, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Notwithstanding subsection 2, if gaming revenues under sections 99D.17 and 99F.11 are insufficient in a fiscal year to meet the total amount of such revenues directed to be deposited in the revenue bonds debt service fund and the revenue bonds federal subsidy holdback fund during the fiscal year pursuant to section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph “e” “f”, the difference shall be paid from moneys deposited in the beer and liquor control fund prior to transfer of such moneys to the general fund pursuant to subsection 2 and prior to the transfer of such moneys pursuant to subsections 5 and 6. If moneys deposited in the beer and liquor control fund are insufficient during the fiscal year to pay the difference, the remaining difference shall be paid from moneys deposited in the beer and liquor control fund in subsequent fiscal years as such moneys become available.
    Sec. 128.  Section 124.553, subsection 6, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   6.  The board shall not charge a fee to a pharmacy, pharmacist, veterinarian, or prescribing practitioner for the establishment, maintenance, or administration of the program, including costs for forms required to submit information to or access information from the program, except that the board may charge a fee to an individual who requests the individual’s own program information. A fee charged pursuant to this subsection shall not exceed the actual cost of providing the requested information and shall be considered a repayment receipt appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2.
    Sec. 129.  Section 124E.10, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   124E.10  Fees.
   All fees collected by the department under this chapter shall be retained by the department for operation of the medical cannabidiol registration card program and the medical cannabidiol manufacturer and medical cannabidiol dispensary licensing programs. The moneys retained by the department shall be considered repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2 and shall be used for any of the department’s duties under this chapter, including but not limited to the addition of full-time equivalent positions for program services and investigations. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys retained by the department pursuant to this section shall not revert to the general fund of the state but shall remain available for expenditure only for the purposes specified in this section.
    Sec. 130.  Section 124E.19, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  The department shall charge an applicant for a medical cannabidiol manufacturer license or a medical cannabidiol dispensary license a fee determined by the department of public safety and adopted by the department by rule to defray the costs associated with background investigations conducted pursuant to the requirements of this section. The fee shall be in addition to any other fees charged by the department. The fee may be retained by the department of public safety and shall be considered repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2.
    Sec. 131.  Section 135C.7, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  In addition to the license fees listed in this section, there shall be an annual assessment assessed to each licensee in an amount to cover the cost of independent reviewers provided pursuant to section 135C.42. The department shall, in consultation with licensees, establish the assessment amount by rule based on the award of a request for proposals. The assessment shall be retained by the department as a repayment receipt appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2 and used for the purpose of paying the cost of the independent reviewers.
    Sec. 132.  Section 135Q.2, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  A health care employment agency operating in the state shall register annually with the department. Each separate location of a health care employment agency shall register annually with and pay an annual registration fee of five hundred dollars to the department. The department shall issue each location a separate certification of registration upon approval of registration and payment of the fee. The annual registration fees shall be retained by the department as repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2.
    Sec. 133.  Section 135R.3, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  The fees collected under this section shall be considered repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2 and shall be used by the department to administer this chapter.
    Sec. 134.  Section 136C.10, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  Fees collected pursuant to this section shall be retained by the department, shall be considered repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2, and shall be used for the purposes described in this section, including but not limited to the addition of full-time equivalent positions for program services and investigations. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys retained by the department pursuant to this subsection are not subject to reversion to the general fund of the state.
    Sec. 135.  Section 147A.6, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The department, upon initial application and receipt of the prescribed initial application fee, shall issue a certificate to an individual who has met all of the requirements for emergency medical care provider certification established by the rules adopted under section 147A.4, subsection 2. All fees received pursuant to this section shall be retained by the department. The moneys retained by the department shall be used for any of the department’s duties under this chapter, including but not limited to the addition of full-time equivalent positions for program services and investigations. Revenues retained by the department pursuant to this section shall be considered repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys retained by the department pursuant to this section are not subject to reversion to the general fund of the state.
    Sec. 136.  Section 155A.40, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  A request for criminal history data shall be submitted to the department of public safety, division of criminal investigation, pursuant to section 692.2, subsection 1. The board may also require such applicants, licensees, and registrants to provide a full set of fingerprints, in a form and manner prescribed by the board. Such fingerprints may be submitted to the federal bureau of investigation through the state criminal history repository for a national criminal history check. The board may authorize alternate methods or sources for obtaining criminal history record information. The board may, in addition to any other fees, charge and collect such amounts as may be incurred by the board, the department of public safety, or the federal bureau of investigation in obtaining criminal history information. Amounts collected shall be considered repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2.
    Sec. 137.  Section 162.2B, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The department shall retain all fees that it collects under this section for the exclusive purpose of administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter. The fees shall be considered repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2. The general assembly shall appropriate moneys to the department each state fiscal year necessary for the administration and enforcement of this chapter.
    Sec. 138.  Section 192.111, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Fees collected under this section and section 194.20 shall be deposited in the general fund of the state. All moneys deposited under this section are appropriated to the department for the costs of inspection, sampling, analysis, and other expenses necessary for the administration of this chapter and chapter 194, and shall be subject to the requirements of section 8.60.
    Sec. 139.  Section 198.9, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Fees collected shall be deposited in the general fund of the state and shall be subject to the requirements of section 8.60. Moneys deposited under this section shall be used for the payment of the costs of inspection, sampling, analysis, supportive research, and other expenses necessary for the administration of this chapter.
    Sec. 140.  Section 200.9, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   200.9  Fertilizer fees.
   Fees collected for licenses and inspection fees under sections 200.4 and 200.8, with the exception of those fees collected for deposit in the agriculture management account of the groundwater protection fund, shall be deposited in the general fund of the state and shall be subject to the requirements of section 8.60. Moneys deposited under this section to the general fund shall be used only by the department for the purpose of inspection, sampling, analysis, preparation, and publishing of reports and other expenses necessary for administration of this chapter. The secretary may assign moneys to the Iowa agricultural experiment station for research, work projects, and investigations as needed for the specific purpose of improving the regulatory functions for enforcement of this chapter.
    Sec. 141.  Section 201A.11, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   201A.11  Fees and appropriation.
   Fees collected under this chapter shall be deposited in the general fund of the state and shall be subject to the requirements of section 8.60. Moneys deposited under this section to the general fund shall be used only by the department for the purpose of administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter, including inspection, sampling, analysis, and the preparation and publishing of reports.
    Sec. 142.  Section 203.9, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  A grain dealer shall keep complete and accurate records. A grain dealer shall keep records for the previous six years. If the grain dealer’s records are incomplete or inaccurate, the department may reconstruct the grain dealer’s records in order to determine whether the grain dealer is in compliance with the provisions of this chapter. The department may charge the grain dealer the actual cost for reconstructing the grain dealer’s records, which shall be considered repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2.
    Sec. 143.  Section 203C.2, subsection 5, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  Moneys received by the department in administering this section shall be considered repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2.
    Sec. 144.  Section 204.4, subsection 2, paragraph e, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   e.  The results of a national criminal history record check of an applicant as may be required by the department. The department shall inform an applicant if a national criminal history record check will be conducted. If a national criminal history record check is conducted, the applicant shall provide the applicant’s fingerprints to the department. The department shall provide the fingerprints to the department of public safety for submission through the state criminal history repository to the federal bureau of investigation. The applicant shall pay the actual cost of conducting any national criminal history record check to the department of agriculture and land stewardship. The department shall pay the actual cost of conducting the national criminal history record check to the department of public safety from moneys deposited in the hemp fund pursuant to section 204.6. The department of public safety shall treat such payments as repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2. The results of the national criminal history check shall not be considered a public record under chapter 22.
    Sec. 145.  Section 206.12, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  The registrant, before selling or offering for sale any pesticide for use in this state, shall register each brand and grade of such pesticide with the secretary upon forms furnished by the secretary. The secretary shall set the registration fee annually at three hundred dollars for each and every brand and grade to be offered for sale in this state. The secretary shall adopt by rule exemptions to the fee. Fifty dollars of each fee collected shall be deposited in the general fund of the state, shall be subject to the requirements of section 8.60, and shall be used only for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter. The remainder of each fee collected shall be deposited in the agriculture management account of the groundwater protection fund created in section 455E.11.
    Sec. 146.  Section 215A.9, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  A fee of fifteen dollars shall be charged for each device subject to reinspection under section 215A.5. All moneys received by the department under the provisions of this chapter shall be handled in the same manner as “repayment receipts” appropriated receipts as defined in chapter 8 section 8.2, and shall be used for the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.
    Sec. 147.  Section 222.92, subsection 3, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   Subject to the approval of the department, except for revenues segregated as provided in section 249A.11, revenues received that are attributed to a state resource center for a fiscal year shall be credited to the state resource center’s account and shall be considered repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2, including but not limited to all of the following:
    Sec. 148.  Section 222.92, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 149.  Section 226.9B, subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   Revenues received that are attributed to the psychiatric medical institution for children beds during a fiscal year shall be credited to the mental health institute’s account and shall be considered repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2, including but not limited to all of the following:
    Sec. 150.  Section 232D.307, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  The judicial branch in conjunction with the department of public safety, the department of health and human services, and the state chief information officer department of management shall establish procedures for electronic access to the single contact repository necessary to conduct background checks requested under subsection 1.
    Sec. 151.  Section 252B.4, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Fees collected pursuant to this section shall be considered repayment appropriated receipts, as defined in section 8.2, and shall be used for the purposes of child support services. The director or a designee shall keep an accurate record of the fees collected and expended.
    Sec. 152.  Section 252B.5, subsection 13, paragraph b, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  Fees collected pursuant to this subsection shall be considered repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2, and shall be used for the purposes of child support services. The director shall maintain an accurate record of the fees collected and expended under this subsection.
    Sec. 153.  Section 252B.23, subsection 11, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   11.  All surcharge payments shall be received and disbursed by the collection services center. The surcharge payments received by the collection services center shall be considered repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2 and shall be used to pay the costs of any contracts with a collection entity.
    Sec. 154.  Section 262.9, subsection 19, paragraph b, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  Authorize, at its discretion, each institution of higher education to retain the student fees and charges it collects to further the institution’s purposes as authorized by the board. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, student fees and charges, as defined in section 262A.2, shall not be considered repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2.
    Sec. 155.  Section 262.9B, subsections 1, 3, and 4, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  Overview.  The state board of regents for institutions under its control shall coordinate interagency cooperation with state agencies, as defined in section 8A.101, in the area of purchasing and information technology with the goal of annually increasing the amount of joint purchasing. The board and the institutions under the control of the board shall engage the department of administrative services, the chief information officer of the state department of management, and other state agencies authorized to purchase goods and services in pursuing mutually beneficial activities relating to purchasing items and acquiring information technology. The board and the institutions shall explore ways to leverage resources, identify cost savings, implement efficiencies, and improve effectiveness without compromising the mission of the board and the institutions under the control of the board relative to students and research commitments.
   3.  Information technology.
   a.  The board shall direct institutions under its control to cooperate with the chief information officer of the state department of management in efforts to cooperatively obtain information technology and related services that result in mutual cost savings and efficiency improvements, and shall seek input from the chief information officer of the state department of management regarding specific areas of potential cooperation between the institutions under the control of the board and the office of the chief information officer department of management.
   b.  The board shall convene at least quarterly an interagency information technology group meeting including the institutions under its control, the state chief information officer department of management and any other agency authorized to purchase goods and services, for purposes of timely cooperation in obtaining information technology and related services.
   4.  Cooperative purchasing plan.  The board shall, before July 1 of each year, prepare a plan that identifies specific areas of cooperation between the institutions under its control, the department of administrative services, and the chief information officer of the state department of management that will be addressed for the next fiscal year including timelines for implementing, analyzing, and evaluating each of the areas of cooperation. The plan shall also identify the potential for greater interinstitutional cooperation in areas that would result in a net cost savings.
    Sec. 156.  Section 272C.6, subsection 6, paragraph b, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  The department of agriculture and land stewardship, the department of insurance and financial services, the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing, and the department of health and human services shall each adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A which provide for the allocation of fees and costs collected pursuant to this section to the board under its jurisdiction collecting the fees and costs. The fees and costs shall be considered repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2.
    Sec. 157.  Section 321.52, subsection 4, paragraph d, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   d.  A salvage theft examination shall be made by a peace officer who has been specially certified and recertified when required by the Iowa law enforcement academy to do salvage theft examinations. The Iowa law enforcement academy shall determine standards for training and certification, conduct training, and may approve alternative training programs which satisfy the academy’s standards for training and certification. The owner of the salvage vehicle shall make the vehicle available for examination at a time and location designated by the peace officer doing the examination. The owner may obtain a permit to drive the vehicle to and from the examination location by submitting a repair affidavit to the agency performing the examination stating that the vehicle is reasonably safe for operation and listing the repairs which have been made to the vehicle. The owner must be present for the examination and have available for inspection the salvage title, bills of sale for all essential parts changed, if applicable, and the repair affidavit. The examination shall be for the purposes of determining whether the vehicle or repair components have been stolen. The examination is not a safety inspection and a signed salvage theft examination certificate shall not be construed by any court of law to be a certification that the vehicle is safe to be operated. There shall be no cause of action against the peace officer or the agency conducting the examination or the county treasurer for failure to discover or note safety defects. If the vehicle passes the theft examination, the peace officer shall indicate that the vehicle passed examination on the salvage theft examination certificate. The permit and salvage theft examination certificate shall be on controlled forms prescribed and furnished by the department. The owner shall pay a fee of fifty dollars at the time the examination is scheduled. The agency performing the examinations shall retain forty dollars of the fee and shall pay five dollars of the fee to the department and five dollars of the fee to the treasurer of state for deposit in the general fund of the state. Moneys deposited to the general fund under this paragraph are subject to the requirements of section 8.60 and shall be used by the Iowa law enforcement academy to provide for the special training, certification, and recertification of officers as required by this subsection.
    Sec. 158.  Section 321.491, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  A certified abstract of the record of the case prepared for the department shall only be available to the public from the department. A noncertified record of conviction or forfeiture of bail shall be available to the public from the judicial branch. The clerk of the district court shall collect a fee of fifty cents for each noncertified copy of any record of conviction or forfeiture of bail furnished to any requester except the department or other local, state, or federal government entity. Moneys collected under this section shall be transferred to the department as a repayment receipt appropriated receipts, as defined in section 8.2, to enhance the efficiency of the department to process records and information between the department and the Iowa court information system.
    Sec. 159.  Section 321A.3, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The department of transportation shall upon request furnish any person a certified abstract of the operating record of a person subject to chapter 321 or 321J, or this chapter. The abstract shall also fully designate the motor vehicles, if any, registered in the name of the person. If there is no record of a conviction of the person having violated any law relating to the operation of a motor vehicle or of any injury or damage caused by the person, the department of transportation shall so certify. A fee of five dollars and fifty cents shall be paid for each abstract except for abstracts requested by state, county, or city officials, court officials, public transit officials, or other officials of a political subdivision of the state or a nonprofit charitable organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Except for any additional access fee collected under subsection 7, the department of transportation shall transfer the moneys collected under this section to the treasurer of state who shall credit to the general fund all moneys collected. If a fee established in this subsection is collected by the office of the chief information officer, created in section 8B.2, department of management for a record furnished through an electronic portal maintained by the office of the chief information officer department of management, the office of the chief information officer department of management shall transfer the moneys collected under this subsection to the treasurer of state who shall credit the moneys to the general fund.
    Sec. 160.  Section 325A.5, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   325A.5  Fees —— credited to road use tax fund —— seminar receipts.
   All fees received for applications and permits or certificates under this chapter shall be remitted to the treasurer of state and credited to the road use tax fund. All fees collected for the motor carrier safety education seminar shall be considered a repayment receipt appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2, and shall be remitted to the department to be used to pay for the seminars.
    Sec. 161.  Section 421.17, subsection 2, paragraph d, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   d.  To facilitate uniformity and equalization of assessments throughout the state of Iowa and to facilitate transfers of funds to local governments, the director of the department of revenue may use geographic information system technology and may require assessing authorities and local governments that have adopted compatible technology to provide information to the department of revenue electronically using electronic geographic information system file formats. The department of revenue shall act on behalf of political subdivisions and the state to deliver a consolidated response to the boundary and annexation survey and provide legal boundary geography data to the United States census bureau. The department of revenue shall coordinate with political subdivisions and the state to ensure that consistent, accurate, and integrated geography is provided to the United States census bureau. The office of the chief information officer department of management shall provide geographic information system and technical support to the department of revenue to facilitate the exchange.
    Sec. 162.  Section 421.17, subsection 27, paragraph j, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   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 appropriated 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, 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. 163.  Section 422.7, subsection 10, paragraph b, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  As used in this subsection, “broadband infrastructure”, “communications service provider”, and “targeted service area” mean the same as defined in section 8B.1 8.2, respectively.
    Sec. 164.  Section 422.35, subsection 13, paragraph b, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  As used in this subsection, “broadband infrastructure”, “communications service provider”, and “targeted service area” mean the same as defined in section 8B.1 8.2, respectively.
    Sec. 165.  Section 423.2A, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Of the amount of sales tax revenue actually transferred per quarter pursuant to subsection 2, paragraphs “e” and “f”, the department shall retain an amount equal to the actual cost of administering the transfers under subsection 2, paragraphs “e” and “f”, or twenty-five thousand dollars, whichever is less. The amount retained by the department pursuant to this subsection shall be divided pro rata each quarter between the amounts that would have been transferred pursuant to subsection 2, paragraphs “e” and “f”, without the deduction made by operation of this subsection. Revenues retained by the department pursuant to this subsection shall be considered repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2.
    Sec. 166.  Section 426B.1, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  A property tax relief fund is created in the state treasury under the authority of the department of health and human services. The fund shall be separate from the general fund of the state and shall not be considered part of the general fund of the state except in determining the cash position of the state for payment of state obligations. The moneys in the fund are not subject to the provisions of section 8.33 and shall not be transferred, used, obligated, appropriated, or otherwise encumbered except as provided in this chapter. Moneys in the fund may be used for cash flow purposes, provided that any moneys so allocated are returned to the fund by the end of each fiscal year. However, the fund shall be considered a special account for the purposes of section 8.53, relating to elimination of any GAAP deficit. For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “property tax relief fund” means the property tax relief fund created in this section.
    Sec. 167.  Section 427.1, subsection 40, paragraphs a and b, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   a.  The owner of broadband infrastructure shall be entitled to an exemption from taxation to the extent provided in this subsection for assessment years beginning before January 1, 2027. Unless the context otherwise requires, the words and phrases used in this subsection shall have the same meaning as the words and phrases used in chapter 8B, including but not limited to the words and phrases defined in section 8B.1 8.2. 
   b.  The exemption shall apply to the installation of broadband infrastructure that facilitates broadband service at or above the download and upload speeds specified in the definition of targeted service area in section 8B.1 8.2 commenced and completed on or after July 1, 2015, and before July 1, 2025, in a targeted service area, and used to deliver internet services to the public. A person claiming an exemption under this subsection shall certify to the local assessor prior to commencement of the installation that the installation of broadband infrastructure will facilitate broadband service at or above the download and upload speeds specified in the definition of targeted service area in section 8B.1 8.2 within a targeted service area and shall specify the current number of homes, farms, schools, and businesses in the targeted service area to which broadband service was facilitated and the download and upload speeds available prior to the broadband infrastructure installation for which the exemption is claimed and the number of homes, farms, schools, and businesses in the targeted service area to which broadband service will be facilitated and the download and upload speeds that will be available as a result of installation of the broadband infrastructure for which the exemption is claimed.
    Sec. 168.  Section 427.1, subsection 40, paragraph f, subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (d), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   (d)  Certification from the office of the chief information officer department of management that the installation will facilitate broadband service in a targeted service area at or above the download and upload speeds specified in the definition of targeted service area in section 8B.1 in a targeted service area 8.2.
    Sec. 169.  Section 427.1, subsection 40, paragraph f, subparagraphs (2) and (7), Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   (2)  The department of revenue and the board of supervisors shall not approve applications that are missing any of the information or documentation required in subparagraph (1). The department of revenue or the board of supervisors may consult with the office of the chief information officer department of management to access additional information needed to review an application.
   (7)  At any time after the exemption is granted and the broadband service is available in a targeted service area, the department of revenue or the board of supervisors, as applicable, under the direction of the office of the chief information officer department of management, may require the property owner receiving the exemption to substantiate that the owner continues to provide the service described in paragraph “b”. If the department of revenue or the board of supervisors determines that the property owner no longer provides the service described in paragraph “b”, the department of revenue or the board of supervisors shall revoke the exemption. An owner may appeal the decision to revoke the exemption in the same manner as provided in subparagraphs (5) and (6), as applicable.
    Sec. 170.  Section 453A.35A, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  A health care trust fund is created in the office of the treasurer of state. The fund consists of the revenues generated from the tax on cigarettes pursuant to section 453A.6, subsection 1, and from the tax on tobacco products as specified in section 453A.43, subsections 1, 2, 3, and 4, that are credited to the health care trust fund, annually, pursuant to section 453A.35. Moneys in the fund shall be separate from the general fund of the state and shall not be considered part of the general fund of the state. However, the fund shall be considered a special account for the purposes of section 8.53 relating to generally accepted accounting principles. Moneys in the fund shall be used only as specified in this section and shall be appropriated only for the uses specified. Moneys in the fund are not subject to section 8.33 and shall not be transferred, used, obligated, appropriated, or otherwise encumbered, except as provided in this section. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
    Sec. 171.  Section 461A.79, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  Moneys available to be expended for purposes of this section for public outdoor recreation and resources shall be credited to or deposited to the general fund of the state and appropriations made for purposes of this section shall be allocated as provided in this section. Moneys credited to or deposited to the general fund of the state pursuant to this subsection are subject to the requirements of section 8.60.
    Sec. 172.  Section 473.19A, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  Any moneys awarded or allocated to the state, its citizens, or its political subdivisions as a result of the federal court decisions and United States department of energy settlements resulting from alleged violations of federal petroleum pricing regulations attributable to or contained within the Exxon fund. Amounts remaining in the oil overcharge account established in section 455E.11, subsection 2, paragraph “e”, Code 2007, and the energy conservation trust established in section 473.11, Code 2007, as of June 30, 2008, shall be deposited into the building energy management fund pursuant to this paragraph, notwithstanding section 8.60, subsection 15, Code 2007.
    Sec. 173.  Section 475A.6, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  The office of consumer advocate may expend additional funds, including funds for outside consultants, if those additional expenditures are actual expenses which exceed the funds budgeted for the performance of the advocate’s duties. Before the office expends or encumbers an amount in excess of the funds budgeted, the director of the department of management shall approve the expenditure or encumbrance. Before approval is given, the director of the department of management shall determine that the expenses exceed the funds budgeted by the general assembly to the office of consumer advocate and that the office does not have other funds from which such expenses can be paid. Upon approval of the director of the department of management, the office may expend and encumber funds for excess expenses. The amounts necessary to fund the excess expenses shall be collected from those utilities or persons which caused the excess expenditures, and the collections shall be treated as repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2, subsection 8.
    Sec. 174.  Section 477C.7, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The entities subject to assessment shall remit the assessed amounts, as determined by the board, to a special revenue fund, as defined under section 8.2, subsection 9. The moneys in the fund are appropriated solely to plan, establish, administer, and promote the relay service and equipment distribution programs.
    Sec. 175.  Section 505.7, subsection 7, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   7.  The insurance division shall, by January 15 of each year, prepare estimates of projected receipts, refunds, and reimbursements to be generated by the examinations function of the division during the calendar year in which the report is due, and such receipts, refunds, and reimbursements shall be treated in the same manner as repayment appropriated receipts, as defined in section 8.2, subsection 8, and shall be available to the division to pay the expenses of the division’s examination function.
    Sec. 176.  Section 523A.501, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  A request for criminal history data shall be submitted to the department of public safety, division of criminal investigation, pursuant to section 692.2, subsection 1. The commissioner may also require such applicants or licensees to provide a full set of fingerprints, in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner. Such fingerprints may be submitted to the federal bureau of investigation through the state criminal history repository for a national criminal history check. The commissioner may authorize alternate methods or sources for obtaining criminal history record information. The commissioner may, in addition to any other fees, charge and collect such amounts as may be incurred by the commissioner, the department of public safety, or the federal bureau of investigation in obtaining criminal history information. Amounts collected shall be considered repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2.
    Sec. 177.  Section 523A.502, subsection 4, paragraph b, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  A request for criminal history data shall be submitted to the department of public safety, division of criminal investigation, pursuant to section 692.2, subsection 1. The commissioner may also require such applicants or licensees, to provide a full set of fingerprints, in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner. Such fingerprints may be submitted to the federal bureau of investigation through the state criminal history repository for a national criminal history check. The commissioner may authorize alternate methods or sources for obtaining criminal history record information. The commissioner may, in addition to any other fees, charge and collect such amounts as may be incurred by the commissioner, the department of public safety, or the federal bureau of investigation in obtaining criminal history information. Amounts collected shall be considered repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2.
    Sec. 178.  Section 524.207, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  The banking division may expend additional funds, including funds for additional personnel, if those additional expenditures are actual expenses which exceed the funds budgeted for bank or licensee examinations or investigations and directly result from examinations or investigations of banks or licensees. The amounts necessary to fund the excess examination or investigation expenses shall be collected from banks and licensees being regulated, and the collections shall be treated as repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2. The division shall notify in writing the legislative services agency and the department of management when hiring additional personnel. The written notification shall include documentation that any additional expenditure related to such hiring will be totally reimbursed as provided in section 546.12, subsection 2, and shall also include the division’s justification for hiring such personnel. The division must obtain the approval of the department of management only if the number of additional personnel to be hired exceeds the number of full-time equivalent positions authorized by the general assembly.
    Sec. 179.  Section 524.901, subsection 7, paragraph c, subparagraph (2), subparagraph division (a), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  A targeted service area as defined in section 8B.1, subsection 13 8.2.
    Sec. 180.  Section 533.111, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  The amounts necessary to fund the excess examination expenses shall be collected from state credit unions being regulated, and the collections shall be treated as repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2.
    Sec. 181.  Section 543D.22, subsection 5, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  The board may, in addition to any other fees, charge and collect such amounts as may be incurred by the board, the department of public safety, or federal bureau of investigation in obtaining criminal history information. Amounts collected shall be considered repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2, subsection 8.
    Sec. 182.  Section 543E.20, subsection 5, paragraph d, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   d.  The director may, in addition to any other fees, charge and collect such amounts as may be incurred by the director, the department of public safety, or the federal bureau of investigation in obtaining criminal history information. Amounts collected shall be considered repayment appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2.
    Sec. 183.  Section 556.18, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  The treasurer of state shall annually credit all moneys received under section 556.4 to the general fund of the state. Moneys credited to the general fund of the state pursuant to this subsection are subject to the requirements of subsections 1 and 2 and section 8.60.
    Sec. 184.  Section 633.564, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  The judicial branch, in conjunction with the department of public safety, the department of health and human services, and the state chief information officer department of management, shall establish procedures for electronic access to the single contact repository established pursuant to section 135C.33 necessary to conduct background checks requested under subsection 1.
    Sec. 185.  2022 Iowa Acts, chapter 1145, section 6, subsection 1, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The salary rates specified in subsection 2 are for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, effective for the pay period beginning June 24, 2022, and for subsequent fiscal years until otherwise provided by the general assembly. The salaries provided for in this section shall be paid from moneys allocated to the judicial branch from the salary adjustment fund, or if the allocation is not sufficient, from moneys appropriated to the judicial branch pursuant to this Act or any other Act of the general assembly.
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 powers, duties, and responsibilities of state government entities associated with the budget, financial control, and information technology.
   For purposes of Code chapter 8 (budget and financial control), the bill defines “appropriable receipts”, “custodial funds”, “general fund”, “government funds”, “private purposes trust funds”, and “special revenue fund”. The term “repayment receipts” is redefined as “appropriated receipts” and the term is changed throughout the Code.
   The bill adds relevant definitions from Code chapter 8B (information technology) as part of the bill’s integration of Code chapter 8B into Code chapter 8, including “broadband”, “broadband infrastructure”, “communications service provider”, “crop operation”, “facilitate”, “information technology”, “information technology device”, “information technology services”, “information technology staff”, “infrastructure services”, “targeted service area”, “underserved area”, and “value-added services”. The bill replaces the term “participating agency” for purposes of information technology with the term “supported entity”.
   The bill defines “capital project” for purposes of Code section 8.3A (capital project planning and budgeting). The term is also used in Code sections 8.5 and 8.22 for budgeting purposes.
   The bill authorizes the director of the department of management (DOM) to establish, abolish, and consolidate divisions within DOM. The bill strikes a provision requiring the DOM director to post a $25,000 surety bond. Under current law (Code section 8A.321(12)), the department of administrative services (DAS) purchases a blanket surety bond for state officers.
   The bill consolidates Code sections 8.5 and 8.6, which relate to general and specific duties of the DOM director. Duties relating to the reporting of standing appropriations are moved to Code section 8.22. Duties relating to the preparation of local budget reports are moved to new Code section 8.48. The bill adds duties relating to information technology as part of the bill’s integration of Code chapter 8B into Code chapter 8, including preparing legislative proposals, designating a chief information officer, providing advice to the governor, consulting, and addressing cybersecurity.
   The bill eliminates the special olympics fund and instead provides a standing appropriation to DOM for such purposes.
   The bill revises the functions and duties of the office of grants enterprise management within DOM.
   The bill authorizes DOM to establish one or more funds within the state treasury under the control of DOM for purposes of administering DOM.
   The bill moves and alters provisions relating to supplemental appropriations estimates from Code section 8.28 to Code section 8.22.
   The bill revises the duties of the revenue estimating conference and strikes provisions relating to the conference’s estimate for tax refunds payable from estimated revenue and certain specified revenue estimates.
   The bill combines the Iowa economic emergency fund (EEF) and the cash reserve fund (CRF) by (1) eliminating the EEF, (2) increasing the maximum balance of the CRF from 7.5 percent of the adjusted revenue estimate to 12.5 percent of the adjusted revenue estimate, and (3) authorizing moneys in the CRF to be used for purposes previously authorized for moneys in the EEF. These authorizations include (1) support of the executive council, (2) appropriations to the general fund of the state (GF) under emergency circumstances when the balance of the GF is negative, and (3) transfers of a budget surplus to the taxpayer relief fund and to the GF, as applicable. Upon the elimination of the EEF, remaining EEF moneys are transferred to the CRF up to the CRF’s new maximum balance, and then to the GF.
   The repeal dates for Code sections 8.57G (Iowa coronavirus fiscal recovery fund) and 8.57H (Iowa coronavirus capital projects fund) are extended from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2027. The Iowa skilled worker and job creation fund is moved to Code chapter 8, subchapter V (special purpose funds), and the sports wagering receipts fund is moved from Code section 8.57 to new Code section 8.57I.
   The bill revises the provisions establishing the office of lean enterprise and change management within DOM.
   In 2022, the general assembly converted the office of the chief information officer (OCIO) from an independent agency to an entity within DOM. Generally, the bill eliminates the OCIO and updates and moves relevant provisions from Code chapter 8B into Code chapter 8.
   The bill authorizes the chief information officer and DOM to adopt various information technology policies and procedures and provide continuous monitoring through a cybersecurity operations center. The bill designates DOM as the sole authority in state government for providing and procuring information technology goods and services and for establishing associated master agreements. The bill authorizes DOM to establish and collect fees associated with purchases made from DOM information technology agreements, to be retained by DOM for administration.
   Under the bill, employees of DOM are no longer subject to a 24-month limitation on employee interchange among governmental entities.
   The bill eliminates an existing exception providing that the Iowa public employees’ retirement system (IPERS) is not a supported entity for purposes of information technology, thereby subjecting IPERS to DOM’s powers and responsibilities relating to information technology under the bill.
   The bill eliminates the salary adjustment fund, references to the GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) deficit, and provisions relating to the preparation of a tentative budget. The bill repeals provisions freezing appropriations under Code sections 53.50 (expenses for absentee voting), 229.35 (expenses for state mental health and disability services commission), 230.8 (expenses for transfers of persons with mental illness), 230.11 (expenses for custody, care, and investigation of persons with mental illness), and 663.44 (reimbursement for costs of habeas corpus proceedings). The bill also repeals provisions limiting the use of moneys collected under 1993 law along with provisions requiring the tracking and reporting of those moneys.
   The bill transfers Code section 8.7 (reporting of gifts and bequests received) to Code chapter 68B (government ethics and lobbying). By operation of law, the bill applies the penalties in Code section 68B.34 to Code section 8.7. A person who knowingly and intentionally violates Code section 8.7 is guilty of a serious misdemeanor and may be reprimanded, suspended, or dismissed from the person’s position or otherwise sanctioned. A serious misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than one year and a fine of at least $430 but not more than $2,560.
   The bill repeals provisions relating to the establishment of OCIO, OCIO’s duties, prohibited pecuniary interests of the chief information officer, and required reporting by OCIO.