SSB 1218 (LSB 1017XG (7) 91)

SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED GOVERNOR BUDGET BILL)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to and making appropriations from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund and technology reinvestment fund, 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 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, 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 3, paragraph “c”:
   ...................................................................... $  1,500,000

   b.  For maintenance projects at the state historical building:
   ...................................................................... $  5,000,000

   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 3, paragraph “c”:
   ...................................................................... $  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 lettered 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 lettered 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 division.
   b.  For deposit in the renewable fuels infrastructure fund created in section 159A.16 for renewable fuel infrastructure programs:
   ...................................................................... $ 10,000,000

   c.  For updating the maximum return to nitrogen modeling system for fertilizer management, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 3, paragraph “c”:
   ...................................................................... $  1,000,000

   Any information received, collected, or held for purposes of this lettered 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:
   ...................................................................... $    559,000

   4.  DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
   For the renovation and construction of a central office for community-based corrections located in district 4:
   ...................................................................... $  4,163,847

   5.  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
   a.  For deposit in the community attraction and tourism fund created in section 15F.204, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 3, paragraph “c”:
   ...................................................................... $ 10,000,000

   b.  For deposit in the destination Iowa fund created in section 15.281, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 3, paragraph “c”:
   ...................................................................... $ 10,000,000

   c.  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:
   ...................................................................... $    250,000

   d.  For providing a grant to the entity in possession of the U.S.S. Iowa (BB-61) for purposes of deck replacement, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 3, paragraph “c”:
   ...................................................................... $    750,000

   6.  IOWA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
   For the construction of a network redundancy at the joint forces headquarters, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 3, paragraph “c”:
   ...................................................................... $  2,000,000

   7.  IOWA LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY
   For the construction of a driving training facility:
   ...................................................................... $ 15,000,000

   8.  IOWA STATE FAIR AUTHORITY
   For the construction of an agriculture education facility:
   ...................................................................... $  2,500,000

   9.  JUDICIAL BRANCH
   For the renovation of the Linn county courthouse, and for furnishing the courthouse, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 3, paragraph “c”:
   ...................................................................... $    229,000

   10.  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 3, paragraph “c”:
   ...................................................................... $  9,600,000

   b.  For state park infrastructure improvements:
   ...................................................................... $  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, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 3, paragraph “c”:
   ...................................................................... $  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 3, paragraph “c”:
   ...................................................................... $    250,000

   e.  For providing funding assistance to eligible communities, as described in section 455E.11, subsection 2, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (d), to address abandoned buildings by promoting waste abatement, diversion, selective dismantlement of building components, and recycling, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 3, paragraph “c”:
   ...................................................................... $    800,000

   11.  DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC DEFENSE
   a.  For major maintenance projects at national guard armories and facilities:
   ...................................................................... $  2,100,000

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

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

   d.  The department of public defense shall report to the general assembly by December 15, 2025, regarding the projects the department has funded or intends to fund from moneys appropriated to the department pursuant to this subsection.
   12.  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 3, paragraph “c”:
   ...................................................................... $  6,486,177

   b.  For deposit in the public safety equipment fund created in section 80.48, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 3, paragraph “c”:
   ...................................................................... $  2,500,000

   13.  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:
   ...................................................................... $ 25,600,000

   b.  For the renovation and construction of the public policy center at the commons at the university of northern Iowa:
   ...................................................................... $  4,720,000

   14.  DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
   a.  For acquiring, constructing, and improving recreational trails within the state:
   ...................................................................... $  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 3, paragraph “c”:
   ...................................................................... $  1,500,000

   c.  For deposit in the railroad revolving loan and grant fund created in section 327H.20A, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 3, paragraph “c”:
   ...................................................................... $  2,000,000

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

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

   15.  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:
   ...................................................................... $  1,060,000
    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.
DIVISION II
TECHNOLOGY REINVESTMENT FUND

    Sec. 3.  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, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   1.  DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
   For technology projects and upgrades: 
   ...................................................................... $  3,013,466

   2.  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
  For the purchase of an enterprise management system:
   ...................................................................... $  5,375,000

   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

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

   5.  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:
   ...................................................................... $    358,429

   e.  For the security office of the chief information officer, including for statewide endpoint detection and response, cybersecurity incident investigation response, and miscellaneous purposes:
   ...................................................................... $  2,947,658

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

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

   h.  For the costs associated with the justice enterprise data warehouse transition:
   ...................................................................... $    290,000

   6.  DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC DEFENSE
   For the purchase of software relating to state active-duty tracking and for data conversion costs associated with migrating technology platforms:
   ...................................................................... $    220,000

   7.  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. 4.  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. 5.  Section 8.57C, subsection 3, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  a.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the technology reinvestment fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 2026, and for each subsequent fiscal year thereafter, the sum of seventeen million five hundred thousand dollars.
   b.  There is appropriated from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023 2025, and ending June 30, 2024 2026, the sum of eighteen million three hundred ninety thousand two hundred ninety eighteen million two hundred sixty-nine thousand two hundred seventeen dollars to the technology reinvestment fund, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 3, paragraph “c”.
   c.  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 one hundred thirty-one thousand eight hundred seventy-three dollars to the technology reinvestment fund, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 3, paragraph “c”.
DIVISION III
CHANGES TO PRIOR APPROPRIATIONS

    Sec. 6.  2021 Iowa Acts, chapter 167, section 2, as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 118, section 6, and 2024 Iowa Acts, chapter 1155, section 7, is amended to read as follows:
   SEC. 2.  REVERSION.
   1.  Except as provided in subsection 2, for purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided otherwise, unencumbered or unobligated moneys 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 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.
   c.  For purposes of section 8.33, unencumbered or unobligated moneys from an appropriation made in section 1, subsection 16, of this division of this 2021 Iowa Act, as amended by this 2024 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. 7.  2022 Iowa Acts, chapter 1150, section 2, as amended by 2024 Iowa Acts, chapter 1155, section 9, 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 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.
    Sec. 8.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This division of this Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to and makes appropriations from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund (RIIF) and the technology reinvestment fund (TRF). The bill is organized by divisions.
   REBUILD IOWA INFRASTRUCTURE FUND. This division appropriates project funding for FY 2025-2026 from RIIF for projects for the departments of administrative services, agriculture and land stewardship, the blind, corrections, natural resources, public defense, public safety, and transportation, and for the economic development authority, Iowa communications network, Iowa law enforcement academy, Iowa state fair authority, judicial branch, board of regents, and treasurer of state. 
   TECHNOLOGY REINVESTMENT FUND. This division appropriates project funding for FY 2025-2026 from TRF for projects for the departments of corrections, education, homeland security and emergency management, management, and public defense, and for the economic development authority and treasurer of state. Code section 8.57C (TRF) is amended to provide that the standing appropriation to TRF from the general fund for fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2025, is changed to fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2026, and to provide for an appropriation to TRF from RIIF for FY 2025-2026.
   CHANGES TO PRIOR APPROPRIATIONS. This division delays the reversion of the following: 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, 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.