SF 2438 (LSB 5008SV (1) 90)

SENATE FILE 2438

BY  COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3202)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to and making appropriations from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund and technology reinvestment fund, providing for related matters, and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

DIVISION I
REBUILD IOWA INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

    Section 1.  REBUILD IOWA INFRASTRUCTURE FUND —— APPROPRIATIONS.  There is appropriated from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund created in section 8.57 to the following departments and agencies for the following fiscal years, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   1.  DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
   a.  For the demolition of the fleet building located at 307 East Seventh Street, Des Moines, Iowa, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph “c”:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $  1,997,500

   b.  For major maintenance projects:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $ 20,000,000

   c.  For elevator upgrades and replacement on the capitol complex and Terrace Hill:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $  5,364,500

   2.  DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP
   a.  (1)  For deposit in the water quality initiative fund created in section 466B.45 for purposes of supporting the water quality initiative administered by the division of soil conservation and water quality as provided in section 466B.42, including salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph “c”:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $  8,200,000

   (2)  (a)  The moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph shall be used to support demonstration projects in subwatersheds as designated by the department that are part of high-priority watersheds identified by the water resources coordinating council.
   (b)  The moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph shall be used to support demonstration projects in watersheds generally, including regional watersheds, as designated by the division and high-priority watersheds identified by the water resources coordinating council.
   (3)  In supporting projects in watersheds and subwatersheds as provided in subparagraph (2), all of the following apply:
   (a)  The demonstration projects must utilize water quality practices as described in the latest revision of the document entitled “Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy” initially presented in November 2012 by the department of agriculture and land stewardship, the department of natural resources, and Iowa state university of science and technology.
   (b)  The division shall implement demonstration projects as provided in subparagraph division (a) by providing for participation by persons who hold a legal interest in agricultural land used in farming. To every extent practical, the division shall provide for collaborative participation by such persons who hold a legal interest in agricultural land located within the same subwatershed.
   (c)  The division shall implement demonstration projects on a cost-share basis as determined by the division. Except for edge-of-field practices, the state’s share of the amount shall not exceed 50 percent of the estimated cost of establishing the practice as determined by the division or 50 percent of the actual cost of establishing the practice, whichever is less.
   (d)  The demonstration projects shall be used to educate other persons about the feasibility and value of establishing similar water quality practices. The division shall promote field day events for purposes of allowing interested persons to establish water quality practices on such persons’ agricultural land.
   (e)  The division shall conduct water quality evaluations within supported subwatersheds. Within a reasonable period after accumulating information from such evaluations, the division shall create an aggregated database of water quality practices. Any information identifying a person holding a legal interest in agricultural land or specific agricultural land shall be a confidential record.
   (4)  The moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph shall be used to support education and outreach in a manner that encourages persons who hold a legal interest in agricultural land used for farming to implement water quality practices, including the establishment of such practices in watersheds generally, and not limited to subwatersheds or high-priority watersheds.
   (5)  The moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph may be used to contract with persons to coordinate the implementation of efforts provided in this paragraph.
   (6)  The moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph may be used by the department to support urban soil and water conservation efforts, which may include but are not limited to management practices related to bioretention, landscaping, the use of permeable or pervious pavement, and soil quality restoration. The moneys shall be allocated on a cost-share basis as provided in chapter 161A.
   (7)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the department may use moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph to carry out the provisions of this paragraph on a cost-share basis in combination with other moneys available to the department from a state or federal source.
   (8)  Not more than 10 percent of the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph may be used for costs of administration and implementation of the water quality initiative administered by the soil conservation division.
   b.  For deposit in the renewable fuels infrastructure fund created in section 159A.16 for renewable fuel infrastructure programs:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $ 10,000,000

   The appropriation made in this paragraph is in lieu of the standing appropriation from the general fund of the state in section 159A.17 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, which shall be zero.
   c.  For updating the maximum return to nitrogen modeling system for fertilizer management, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph “c”:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $  1,000,000

   Any information received, collected, or held for purposes of this paragraph is a confidential record exempt from public release if the information identifies a person who holds a legal interest in agricultural land or who has previously held a legal interest in agricultural land, a person who is involved or who was previously involved in managing the agricultural land or producing crops or livestock on the agricultural land, or the identifiable location of the agricultural land.
   3.  DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND
   For building repairs for the building located at 524 Fourth Street, Des Moines, Iowa:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $    225,600

   4.  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
   a.  For deposit in the community attraction and tourism fund created in section 15F.204:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $  8,000,000

   b.  For deposit in the destination Iowa fund created in section 15.281, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph “c”:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $  8,500,000

   c.  For equal distribution to regional sports authority districts certified by the department pursuant to section 15E.321, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph “c”:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $  1,000,000

   d.  For grants to nonprofit organizations committed to strengthening communities through youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility for costs associated with the renovation and maintenance of facility infrastructure at facilities located in cities with a population of less than 28,000 as determined by the 2020 federal decennial census:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $    250,000

   5.  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
   a.  For renovation of the Lucas Building:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $ 10,000,000

   b.  For patient door conversion at the unit located at the state mental health institute at Cherokee:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $     50,000

   c.  For renovation and expansion at the unit located at the state mental health institute at Cherokee:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $  7,000,000

   d.  For renovation and expansion at the Iowa office of the state medical examiner building:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $ 18,150,000

   FY 2025-2026:
   ...................................................................... $ 18,150,000

   e.  For tunnel decentralization for the state resource center at Woodward:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $ 21,700,000

   6.  DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
   a.  For implementation of lake projects that have established watershed improvement initiatives and community support in accordance with the department’s annual lake restoration plan and report, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph “c”:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $  9,600,000

   b.  For state park infrastructure improvements:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $  5,000,000

   c.  For water trails and low head dam safety grants, including grants for projects relating to eligible water bodies, as defined in section 456A.33C:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $  1,500,000

   d.  For grants to communities or organizations for tree planting projects through the community forestry grant program, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph “c”:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $    250,000

   7.  DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC DEFENSE
   a.  For major maintenance projects at national guard armories and facilities:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $  2,100,000

   b.  For improvement projects for Iowa national guard installations and readiness centers to support operations and training requirements:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $  2,100,000

   c.  For construction improvement projects at the Camp Dodge facility:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $    550,000

   d.  The department of public defense shall report to the general assembly by December 15, 2024, regarding the projects the department has funded or intends to fund from moneys appropriated to the department pursuant to this subsection.
   8.  DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
   a.  For payments and other costs due under a financing agreement entered into by the treasurer of state for building the statewide interoperable communications system pursuant to section 29C.23, subsection 2, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph “c”:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $  6,424,379

   b.  For deposit in the public safety equipment fund created in section 80.48, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph “c”:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $  2,500,000

   9.  BOARD OF REGENTS
   a.  For allocation by the state board of regents to the state university of Iowa, Iowa state university of science and technology, and the university of northern Iowa to reimburse the institutions for deficiencies in the operating funds resulting from the pledging of tuition, student fees and charges, and institutional income to finance the cost of providing academic and administrative buildings and facilities and utility services at the institutions:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $ 26,500,000

   b.  For the renovation and construction of an industrial technology center at the university of northern Iowa:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $  3,850,000

   c.  For nonresidential infrastructure renovations at the Iowa lakeside laboratory regent resource center:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $  1,000,000

   10.  DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
   a.  For acquiring, constructing, and improving recreational trails within the state:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $  2,500,000

   b.  For deposit in the public transit infrastructure grant fund created in section 324A.6A, for projects that meet the definition of vertical infrastructure in section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph “c”:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $  1,500,000

   c.  For deposit in the railroad revolving loan and grant fund created in section 327H.20A, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph “c”:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $  2,000,000

   d.  For vertical infrastructure improvements at the commercial service airports within the state:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $  1,900,000

   e.  For vertical infrastructure improvements at general aviation airports within the state:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $  1,000,000

   11.  TREASURER OF STATE
   For distribution in accordance with chapter 174 to qualified fairs that belong to the association of Iowa fairs for county fair vertical infrastructure improvements:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $  1,060,000

   12.  JUDICIAL BRANCH
   For chiller replacement at the judicial building:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $    475,000

   13.  DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
   For replacement of cemetery equipment, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph “c”:
   FY 2024-2025:
   ...................................................................... $    168,388
    Sec. 2.  REVERSION.  For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided otherwise, unencumbered or unobligated moneys from an appropriation made in this division of this Act shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year that ends two years after the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made. However, if the project or projects for which such appropriation was made are completed in an earlier fiscal year, unencumbered or unobligated moneys shall revert at the close of that same fiscal year.
    Sec. 3.  CONTINGENT TRANSFER.  There is transferred from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund created in section 8.57 to the Iowa major events and tourism fund established in section 15G.104, if enacted by 2024 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2419, section 4, or successor legislation, the following amount:
   ...................................................................... $ 10,000,000
DIVISION II
TECHNOLOGY REINVESTMENT FUND

    Sec. 4.  TECHNOLOGY REINVESTMENT FUND.  There is appropriated from the technology reinvestment fund created in section 8.57C to the following departments and agencies for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   1.  DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
   For cybersecurity and technology projects:
   ...................................................................... $    278,503

   2.  DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
   For camera systems upgrades and replacement, Iowa medical and classification center pharmacy technology upgrades, Iowa medical and classification center and Iowa correctional institution for women data and voice network switching and server replacements, and community-based corrections technology updates:
   ...................................................................... $  3,604,279

   3.  DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
   a.  For the continued development and implementation of an educational data warehouse that will be utilized by teachers, parents, school district administrators, area education agency staff, department of education staff, and policymakers:
   ...................................................................... $    600,000

   Of the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph, the department may use a portion for an e-transcript data system capable of tracking students throughout the students’ education via interconnectivity with multiple schools.
   b.  For maintenance and lease costs associated with connections for part III of the Iowa communications network:
   ...................................................................... $  2,727,000

   c.  To the public broadcasting division for costs associated with a searchable digital asset management system:
   ...................................................................... $    196,000

   4.  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
   To fund the transition to maintenance and operations of the Medicaid enterprise modernization effort at the Iowa department of health and human services:
   ...................................................................... $    330,000

   5.  DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
   For the continuing implementation of a statewide mass notification and emergency messaging system:
   ...................................................................... $    400,000

   6.  DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT
   a.  For the continued development and implementation of a searchable database that can be placed on the internet for budget and financial information:
   ...................................................................... $     45,000

   b.  For the continued development and implementation of the comprehensive electronic grant management system:
   ...................................................................... $     70,000

   c.  For the upgrade of the local government budget and property tax system:
   ...................................................................... $    120,000

   d.  For the annual licensing of a searchable database that is placed on the internet for budget and financial information:
   ...................................................................... $    382,131

   e.  For the cost of equipment and computer software for the continued development and implementation of Iowa’s criminal justice information system:
   ...................................................................... $  1,400,000

   f.  For the costs associated with the justice enterprise data warehouse:
   ...................................................................... $    282,664

   g.  For the security office of the chief information officer for statewide endpoint detection and response:
   ...................................................................... $  1,117,658

   h.  For the security office of the chief information officer for cybersecurity incident investigation response:
   ...................................................................... $  1,830,000

   7.  DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
   For tax system modernization:
   ...................................................................... $  4,070,460

   8.  DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
   For the replacement of law enforcement radios:
   ...................................................................... $  1,565,000

   9.  SECRETARY OF STATE
   For the upgrade of cyberanalysis and cybersecurity technology:
   ...................................................................... $    324,000

   10.  TREASURER OF STATE
   a.  For the purchase of software relating to investment tracking:
   ...................................................................... $    192,000

   b.  For the purchase of software relating to banking reconciliations:
   ...................................................................... $    228,000
    Sec. 5.  REVERSION.  For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided otherwise, unencumbered or unobligated moneys from an appropriation made in this division of this Act shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year that ends two years after the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made. However, if the project or projects for which such appropriation was made are completed in an earlier fiscal year, unencumbered or unobligated moneys shall revert at the close of that same fiscal year.
DIVISION III
CHANGES TO PRIOR APPROPRIATIONS

    Sec. 6.  2018 Iowa Acts, chapter 1162, section 4, as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts, chapter 1150, section 6, is amended to read as follows:
   SEC. 4.  REVERSION.
   1.  Except as provided in subsection 2, for purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided otherwise, unencumbered or unobligated moneys made from an appropriation in this division of this Act shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year that ends three years after the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made. However, if the project or projects for which such appropriation was made are completed in an earlier fiscal year, unencumbered or unobligated moneys shall revert at the close of that same fiscal year.
   2.  a.  For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided in paragraph “b” or otherwise, unencumbered or unobligated moneys from an appropriation made in section 3, subsection 4, of this division of this 2018 Iowa Act shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year that ends four years after the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made, or until the project for which the appropriation was made is completed, whichever is earlier.
   b.  For purposes of section 8.33, unencumbered or unobligated moneys from an appropriation made for the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2019, in section 3, subsection 4, of this division of this 2018 Iowa Act shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year that ends five years after the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made, or until the project for which the appropriation was made is completed, whichever is earlier.
    Sec. 7.  2021 Iowa Acts, chapter 167, section 2, as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 118, section 6, is amended to read as follows:
   SEC. 2.  REVERSION.
   1.  Except as provided in subsection 2, for purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided otherwise, unencumbered or unobligated moneys from an appropriation made in this division of this Act shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year that ends two years after the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made. However, if the project or projects for which such appropriation was made are completed in an earlier fiscal year, unencumbered or unobligated moneys shall revert at the close of that same fiscal year.
   2.  a.  For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided otherwise, unencumbered or unobligated moneys from an appropriation made in section 1, subsection 10, paragraph “d”, of this division of this 2021 Iowa Act, as amended by 2022 Iowa Acts, chapter 1150, section 11, shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the project for which the appropriation was made is completed.
   b.  For purposes of section 8.33, unencumbered or unobligated moneys from an appropriation made in section 1, subsection 4, of this division of this 2021 Iowa Act, shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year that ends three years after the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made, or until the project for which the appropriation was made is completed, whichever is earlier.
    Sec. 8.  2021 Iowa Acts, chapter 167, section 4, is amended to read as follows:
   SEC. 4.  REVERSION.
   1.  For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided in subsection 2 or otherwise, unencumbered or unobligated moneys from an appropriation made in this division of this Act shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year that ends two years after the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made. However, if the project or projects for which such appropriation was made are completed in an earlier fiscal year, unencumbered or unobligated moneys shall revert at the close of that same fiscal year.
   2.  For purposes of section 8.33, unencumbered or unobligated moneys from an appropriation made in section 3, subsection 7, of this division of this 2021 Iowa Act, shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year that ends three years after the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation was made, or until the project for which the appropriation was made is completed, whichever is earlier.
    Sec. 9.  2022 Iowa Acts, chapter 1150, section 2, is amended to read as follows:
   SEC. 2.  REVERSION.
   1.  For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided in subsection 2 or otherwise, unencumbered or unobligated moneys from an appropriation made in this division of this Act shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year that ends two years after the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made. However, if the project or projects for which such appropriation was made are completed in an earlier fiscal year, unencumbered or unobligated moneys shall revert at the close of that same fiscal year.
   2.  For purposes of section 8.33, unencumbered or unobligated moneys from an appropriation made in section 1, subsection 4, of this division of this 2022 Iowa Act, shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year that ends three years after the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made, or until the project for which the appropriation was made is completed, whichever is earlier.
    Sec. 10.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This division of this Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
DIVISION IV
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

    Sec. 11.  Section 8.57C, subsection 3, paragraph k, Code 2024, is amended by striking the paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
   k.  There is appropriated from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, the sum of twenty-one million ninety-seven thousand eight hundred seventy-three dollars to the technology reinvestment fund, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph “c”.
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 and makes appropriations from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund (RIIF) and the technology reinvestment fund (TRF) and provides for related matters. The bill is organized by divisions.
   REBUILD IOWA INFRASTRUCTURE FUND. This division appropriates project funding from RIIF for multiple fiscal years for projects for the departments of administrative services, agriculture and land stewardship, the blind, health and human services, natural resources, public defense, public safety, transportation, and veterans affairs, and for the economic development authority, treasurer of state, board of regents, and judicial branch. As part of an appropriation from RIIF, the bill reduces a standing appropriation from the general fund to the renewable fuel infrastructure fund to zero for FY 2024-2025. The bill transfers moneys from RIIF to the Iowa major events and tourism fund, if enacted by 2024 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2419, or successor legislation.
   TECHNOLOGY REINVESTMENT FUND. This division appropriates project funding for FY 2024-2025 from TRF for projects for the departments of justice, corrections, education, health and human services, homeland security and emergency management, management, revenue, and natural resources, and for the secretary of state and treasurer of state.
   CHANGES TO PRIOR APPROPRIATIONS. This division delays the reversion of all of the following: an FY 2019-2020 appropriation from TRF to the department of health and human services for the upgrade of the Medicaid management information system, an FY 2021-2022 appropriation from RIIF to the department of corrections for the remodel and expansion of the kitchen and visitation areas at the Clarinda treatment complex, an FY 2021-2022 appropriation from TRF to the department of inspections and appeals (currently the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing) for a registry of children receiving foster care, and an FY 2022-2023 appropriation from RIIF to the department of corrections for kitchen equipment at the Clarinda treatment complex and various infrastructure projects at correctional facilities. These provisions take effect upon enactment.
   MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. Code section 8.57C (TRF) is amended to provide for an appropriation to TRF from RIIF for FY 2024-2025.