SSB 1238 (LSB 1008XC (6) 91)

SENATE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON KRAAYENBRINK)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to and making appropriations from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund and technology reinvestment fund, providing for related matters including county payment for district court furnishings, establishing the Iowa major events and tourism program and fund, and eliminating the sports tourism marketing program and 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 state entities 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 3, paragraph “c”:
   FY 2025-2026:
   ...................................................................... $  1,500,000

   b.  For maintenance projects at the state historical building:
   FY 2025-2026:
   ...................................................................... $  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”:
   FY 2025-2026:
   ...................................................................... $  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 fuel infrastructure fund created in section 159A.16 for renewable fuel infrastructure programs:
   FY 2025-2026:
   ...................................................................... $ 10,000,000

   The appropriation made in this lettered 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, 2025, which shall be zero.
   c.  For updating the maximum return to nitrogen modeling system for fertilizer management, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 3, paragraph “c”:
   FY 2025-2026:
   ...................................................................... $  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:
   FY 2025-2026:
   ...................................................................... $    559,000

   4.  DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
   For the renovation and construction of a central office for community-based corrections located in district 4:
   FY 2025-2026:
   ...................................................................... $  3,163,847

   FY 2026-2027:
   ...................................................................... $  3,775,898

   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”:
   FY 2025-2026:
   ...................................................................... $  8,000,000

   b.  For deposit in the destination Iowa fund created in section 15.281, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 3, paragraph “c”:
   FY 2025-2026:
   ...................................................................... $  8,000,000

   c.  For equal distribution to regional sports authority districts certified by the authority pursuant to section 15E.321, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 3, paragraph “c”:
   FY 2025-2026:
   ...................................................................... $    750,000

   d.  For deposit in the Iowa major events and tourism fund established in section 15G.104, as enacted by this Act, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 3, paragraph “c”:
   FY 2025-2026:
   ...................................................................... $ 15,000,000

   6.  IOWA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
   For the construction of a network redundancy at the joint forces headquarters, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 3, paragraph “c”:
   FY 2025-2026:
   ...................................................................... $  2,000,000

   7.  IOWA LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY
   For the construction of a driving training facility:
   FY 2025-2026:
   ...................................................................... $ 15,000,000

   8.  IOWA STATE FAIR AUTHORITY
   For the construction of an agriculture education facility:
   FY 2025-2026:
   ...................................................................... $  2,700,000

   FY 2026-2027:
   ...................................................................... $  2,300,000

   9.  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”:
   FY 2025-2026:
   ...................................................................... $  9,600,000

   b.  For state park infrastructure improvements:
   FY 2025-2026:
   ...................................................................... $  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”:
   FY 2025-2026:
   ...................................................................... $  1,500,000

   10.  DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC DEFENSE
   a.  For major maintenance projects at national guard armories and facilities:
   FY 2025-2026:
   ...................................................................... $  2,100,000

   b.  For improvement projects for Iowa national guard installations and readiness centers to support operations and training requirements:
   FY 2025-2026:
   ...................................................................... $  2,100,000

   c.  For construction improvement projects at the Camp Dodge facility:
   FY 2025-2026:
   ...................................................................... $    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.
   11.  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”:
   FY 2025-2026:
   ...................................................................... $  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”:
   FY 2025-2026:
   ...................................................................... $  2,500,000

   12.  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 2025-2026:
   ...................................................................... $ 25,600,000

   b.  For the renovation and construction of the public policy center at the commons at the university of northern Iowa:
   FY 2025-2026:
   ...................................................................... $  1,100,000

   13.  DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
   a.  For acquiring, constructing, and improving recreational trails within the state:
   FY 2025-2026:
   ...................................................................... $  2,200,000

   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”:
   FY 2025-2026:
   ...................................................................... $  1,200,000

   c.  For deposit in the railroad revolving loan and grant fund created in section 327H.20A, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 3, paragraph “c”:
   FY 2025-2026:
   ...................................................................... $  1,700,000

   d.  For vertical infrastructure improvements at the commercial service airports within the state:
   FY 2025-2026:
   ...................................................................... $  1,600,000

   e.  For vertical infrastructure improvements at general aviation airports within the state:
   FY 2025-2026:
   ...................................................................... $    700,000

   14.  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 2025-2026:
   ...................................................................... $  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 state entities 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
   a.  For camera system upgrades:
   ...................................................................... $  1,000,000

   b.  For Anamosa state penitentiary security fence upgrades:
   ...................................................................... $    546,700

   c.  For the Anamosa state penitentiary computer backup system:
   ...................................................................... $     25,000

   d.  For Anamosa state penitentiary building automation system upgrades:
   ...................................................................... $    832,033

   e.  For Fort Dodge correctional facility sodium hydroxide skid and pH analyzer system replacement:
   ...................................................................... $     45,777

   f.  For Fort Dodge correctional facility battery backup system replacement:
   ...................................................................... $     45,000

   g.  For replacement and expansion of personal data assistants used at the Iowa correctional institution for women:
   ...................................................................... $     46,725

   h.  For Iowa correctional institution for women door control replacements:
   ...................................................................... $     60,602

   i.  For staff tracking and identification systems at corrections institutions:
   ...................................................................... $    244,129

   j.  For north central correctional facility at Rockwell City phone system upgrades:
   ...................................................................... $     17,500

   k.  For body cameras at corrections institutions:
   ...................................................................... $    150,000

   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 ongoing costs associated with software used for investment tracking:
   ...................................................................... $    192,000

   b.  For the ongoing costs associated with software used for 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 one hundred forty-seven thousand two hundred ninety-five 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 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. 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.  2024 Iowa Acts, chapter 1155, section 1, subsection 1, paragraph b, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  For major maintenance projects at the Iowa state capitol and for signage on capitol complex grounds:
   ...................................................................... $  2,000,000

   (1)  Of the amount appropriated in this paragraph, the department of administrative services shall allocate and use the moneys necessary to improve and repair the steps on the west side of the exterior of the capitol building and for projects on the east side of the exterior of the capitol building, as directed by the legislative branch, by the close of the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2024 2025.
   (2)  Of the amount appropriated in this paragraph, the department of administrative services shall allocate and use not more than $100,000 to purchase and erect signs on the state capitol complex grounds, as directed by the legislative branch, by the close of the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2025.
    Sec. 9.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This division of this Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
DIVISION IV
DISTRICT COURT FURNISHINGS

    Sec. 10.  Section 602.1303, subsection 1, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  d.  A county shall provide furnishings for the use of judicial officers, referees, and their staff.
    Sec. 11.  Section 602.11101, subsection 1, paragraph e, subparagraph (2), Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  (a)  Until July 1, 1986, the county shall remain responsible for the compensation of and operating costs for court employees not presently designated for state financing and for miscellaneous costs of the judicial branch related to furnishings, supplies, and equipment purchased, leased, or maintained for the use of judicial officers, referees, and their staff.
   (b)  Effective July 1, 1986, except as provided in subparagraph division (c) or (d), as applicable, the state shall assume the responsibility for the compensation of and operating costs for court employees presently designated for state financing and for miscellaneous costs of the judicial branch related to furnishings, supplies, and equipment purchased, leased, or maintained for the use of judicial officers, referees, and their staff. However, the county shall at all times remain responsible for the provision of suitable courtrooms, offices, and other physical facilities pursuant to section 602.1303, subsection 1, including paint, wall covering, and fixtures in the facilities. In addition, however, effective 
   (c)  Effective July 1, 2023, except as provided in subparagraph division (d), if a county expends moneys for the renovation or construction of suitable courtrooms, offices, and other physical facilities pursuant to section 602.1303, that requires the purchase of furnishings, supplies, and equipment for the use of judicial officers, referees, and their staff as a result of that renovation or construction, the state shall be responsible for only seventy-five percent of the cost of the purchase.
   (d)  Effective July 1, 2025, the state is not responsible for the cost of furnishings purchased, leased, or maintained for the use of judicial officers, referees, and their staff in physical facilities described in section 602.1303, subsection 1.
DIVISION V
IOWA MAJOR EVENTS AND TOURISM PROGRAM AND FUND

    Sec. 12.  NEW SECTION.  15G.101  Definitions.
   As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
   1.  “Board” means the same as defined in section 15.102.
   2.  “Entity” means an Iowa nonprofit organization established to promote economic development and tourism in an area.
   3.  “Event” means a tourism-oriented athletic contest, convention, music festival, or art festival.
   4.  “Financial assistance” means assistance provided only from the funds, rights, and assets legally available to the authority and includes but is not limited to assistance in the form of grants.
   5.  “Fund” means the Iowa major events and tourism fund established in section 15G.104.
   6.  “Program” means the Iowa major events and tourism program established in section 15G.102.
    Sec. 13.  NEW SECTION.  15G.102  Iowa major events and tourism program —— purpose.
   1.  The authority shall establish and administer the Iowa major events and tourism program to provide financial assistance to eligible entities that support events in this state, or support events involving a geographic region that includes this state, and the event generates large attendance, significant publicity, and has a measurable economic impact on this state.
   2.  The program shall be administered for the purpose of awarding financial assistance to an eligible entity for any of the following purposes:
   a.  To pay for or reimburse the costs incurred by the entity to apply or bid for selection as the site for the event.
   b.  To pay for or reimburse the costs incurred by the entity to plan or to conduct the event, including any fees charged by a site selection organization as a prerequisite to hosting the event, including but not limited to hosting fees, sanctioning fees, participation fees, operational fees, or bid fees.
    Sec. 14.  NEW SECTION.  15G.103  Program —— application, review, eligibility, and funding.
   1.  An application for financial assistance under the program shall be submitted to the authority. For each application that meets the eligibility criteria under subsection 2, the authority shall conduct a staff evaluation of the application and forward the application and staff evaluation to the board.
   2.  a.  The authority shall establish eligibility criteria for the program by rule. The eligibility criteria must include all of the following:
   (1)  The entity must currently be involved in the bidding and selection process for the event for which the entity submits an application.
   (2)  The entity’s application under subsection 1 must include an economic analysis of the event that includes but is not limited to all of the following:
   (a)  Projected hotel and motel room occupancies during the event.
   (b)  Projected number of event attendees from this state, other states, and other countries.
   b.  Notwithstanding paragraph “a”, an entity shall be deemed eligible for the program if any of the following apply:
   (1)  After a highly competitive bidding and selection process involving potential sites not located in this state, a location in Iowa has been selected for the entity’s event.
   (2)  This state serves as the sole site for the entity’s event.
   (3)  The sole site for the entity’s event is a geographical region that includes this state and one or more contiguous states.
   3.  When evaluating an application, the authority shall consider, at a minimum, all of the following:
   a.  The potential impact of the event on the local, regional, and state economies.
   b.  The event’s potential to attract visitors from this state, other states, and other countries.
   c.  The amount of positive advertising or media coverage the event may generate.
   d.  The quality, size, and scope of the event.
   e.  The ratio of public-to-private investment required for the event.
   4.  a.  (1)  Upon review of the staff evaluation, the board shall make the final funding decision on each application and may approve, deny, defer, or modify each application, in the board’s discretion, to fund as many events as possible with the moneys available. The board and the authority may negotiate with an eligible applicant regarding the details of the applicant’s proposed event and the amount and terms of any financial assistance. In making final funding decisions pursuant to this subsection, the board and the authority shall be exempt from chapter 17A.
   (2)  An application and staff evaluation forwarded to the board under subsection 1 shall remain eligible for consideration by the board under subparagraph (1) for up to two years from the date of receipt of the application by the board.
   b.  In order to be awarded financial assistance under the program, an applicant must demonstrate the ability to provide matching funds for the event that equal at least fifty percent of the award of financial assistance. 
    Sec. 15.  NEW SECTION.  15G.104  Iowa major events and tourism fund.
   1.  a.  The authority shall establish an Iowa major events and tourism fund pursuant to section 15.106A, subsection 1, paragraph “o”, for purposes of providing financial assistance as described in this chapter. The fund may be administered as a revolving fund and shall consist of any moneys transferred to the fund and any moneys appropriated by the general assembly for purposes of this chapter.
   b.  (1)  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this section 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 fiscal year following the succeeding fiscal year.
   (2)  Moneys encumbered or obligated pursuant to financial assistance awarded under section 15G.103, subsection 4, shall be disbursed by the authority within five calendar years from the date of encumbrance or obligation, or the moneys shall revert to the state treasury and shall be credited to the funds from which the appropriations were made as provided in section 8.33.
   c.  Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
   2.  a.  Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the authority for purposes of providing financial assistance under the program. The authority shall not use more than five percent of the moneys in the fund at the beginning of each fiscal year for purposes of administrative costs, technical assistance, and other program support.
   b.  An entity that is awarded financial assistance pursuant to this chapter is not eligible to receive financial assistance under the sports tourism infrastructure program pursuant to chapter 15F, subchapter IV.
DIVISION VI
SPORTS TOURISM MARKETING PROGRAM AND FUND —— REPEAL

    Sec. 16.  Section 15F.401, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  The authority shall establish, and, at the direction of the board, shall administer a sports tourism marketing and infrastructure program to provide financial assistance for projects that promote sporting events or for infrastructure projects supporting sporting events for organizations of accredited colleges and universities, professional sporting events, and other sporting events in the state.
    Sec. 17.  Section 15F.401, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
   NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (03)  “Fund” means the sports tourism infrastructure program fund established in section 15F.404.
    Sec. 18.  Section 15F.401, subsection 2, paragraph a, subparagraph (1), Code 2025, is amended by striking the subparagraph.
    Sec. 19.  Section 15F.401, subsection 2, paragraph a, subparagraph (2), Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  A city or county in the state, or a public entity that is a convention and visitors bureau or a district nonprofit organization, may apply to the authority be eligible for financial assistance from the sports tourism infrastructure program fund created in section 15F.404 fund for an infrastructure project that actively and directly supports sporting events for accredited colleges and universities, professional sporting events, and other sporting events in the area served by the city, county, or public entity. However, financial assistance shall not be provided to an applicant a public entity that is a nonprofit organization from the sports tourism infrastructure program fund created in section 15F.404

fund for infrastructure projects located in a reinvestment district as defined and approved by the authority pursuant to section 15J.4 or to applicants that have received a rebate of sales tax imposed and collected by retailers pursuant to section 423.4, subsection 5.
    Sec. 20.  Section 15F.401, subsection 4, paragraph b, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  An applicant under the program shall not receive financial assistance from the sports tourism marketing program fund created in section 15F.403 or the sports tourism infrastructure program fund created in section 15F.404 fund in an amount exceeding fifty percent of the total cost of the project.
    Sec. 21.  Section 15F.401, subsection 5, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  The board shall make final funding decisions on each application and may approve, deny, defer, or modify applications for financial assistance under the sports tourism marketing and infrastructure program, in its discretion, in order to fund as many projects with the moneys available as possible. The board and the authority may negotiate with applicants regarding the details of projects and the amount and terms of any award. The total amount of financial assistance provided to an applicant from the sports tourism marketing program fund created in section 15F.403 in any one fiscal year shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars. In making final funding decisions pursuant to this subsection, the board and the authority are exempt from chapter 17A. 
    Sec. 22.  Section 15F.401, subsection 6, Code 2025, is amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
   6.  A city, county, or public entity shall not use financial assistance received under the program from the fund as reimbursement for completed projects.
    Sec. 23.  Section 15F.402, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2025, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  Applications for assistance under the sports tourism marketing and infrastructure program established in section 15F.401 shall be submitted to the authority. For those applications that meet the eligibility criteria, the authority shall forward the applications to the board and provide a staff review analysis and evaluation to the sports tourism program review committee referred to in subsection 2 and to the board.
   2.  A review committee composed of five members of the board shall review sports tourism marketing and infrastructure program applications forwarded to the board and make recommendations regarding the applications to the authority. 
    Sec. 24.  Section 15F.404, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the authority for purposes of providing financial assistance to cities, counties, and eligible public entities under the sports tourism marketing and infrastructure program established and administered pursuant to this subchapter.
    Sec. 25.  REPEAL.  Section 15F.403, Code 2025, is repealed.
    Sec. 26.  TRANSFER OF MONEYS.  On the effective date of this division of this Act, any moneys remaining in the sports tourism marketing program fund in section 15F.403, Code 2025, shall be transferred to the Iowa major events tourism fund established in section 15G.104, as enacted in this Act.
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. The bill appropriates project funding for multiple fiscal years 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, board of regents, and treasurer of state. 
   TECHNOLOGY REINVESTMENT FUND. The bill 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. The bill delays the reversion of 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 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, and an FY 2021-2022 appropriation from RIIF to the legislative branch for the repair and renovation of the domes of the Iowa state capitol and other Iowa state capitol maintenance projects. The bill amends an FY 2024-2025 appropriation from RIIF to the department of administrative services that was allocated for use to improve and repair the steps on the west side of the exterior of the capitol building by making the previously allocated moneys also available for projects on the east side of the exterior of the capitol building and for signs on the state capitol complex grounds by the close of FY 2025-2026. These provisions take effect upon enactment.
   DISTRICT COURT FURNISHINGS. Under current law, the state is responsible for 75 percent of the costs to purchase furnishings, supplies, and equipment for the use of judicial officers, referees, and their staff if a county expends moneys for the renovation or construction of suitable courtrooms, offices, and other physical facilities of a district court. The bill provides that counties, rather than the state, are responsible for providing furnishings for physical facilities of a district court.
   IOWA MAJOR EVENTS AND TOURISM PROGRAM AND FUND. The bill requires the economic development authority to establish and administer an Iowa major events and tourism program and fund.
   SPORTS TOURISM MARKETING PROGRAM AND FUND —— REPEAL. The bill modifies the sports tourism marketing and infrastructure program by repealing the sports tourism marketing program and fund. The bill retains the sports tourism infrastructure program and fund. The bill transfers any remaining moneys in the sports tourism marketing program fund to the Iowa major events and tourism fund.