SSB 3186 (LSB 5016XG (5) 91)

SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED GOVERNOR BUDGET BILL)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to transportation and other infrastructure-related appropriations to the department of transportation, including allocation and use of moneys from the road use tax fund and the primary road fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  ROAD USE TAX FUND —— FY 2026-2027.  There is appropriated from the road use tax fund created in section 312.1 to the department of transportation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   1.  For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:
   a.  Transportation operations:
   ...................................................................... $ 17,723,539

   b.  Motor vehicles:
   ...................................................................... $ 34,234,969

   2.  For payments to the department of administrative services and the department of management for utility services:
   ...................................................................... $  1,823,348

   3.  For unemployment compensation:
   ...................................................................... $      7,000

   4.  For payments to the department of administrative services for paying workers’ compensation claims under chapter 85 on behalf of employees of the department of transportation:
   ...................................................................... $    199,907

   5.  For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect cost recoveries:
   ...................................................................... $     90,000

   6.  For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit expenses as provided in section 11.5B:
   ...................................................................... $    107,884

   7.  For automation, telecommunications, and related costs associated with the county issuance of driver’s licenses and vehicle registrations and titles:
   ...................................................................... $  1,406,000

   8.  For costs associated with participation in the Mississippi river parkway commission:
   ...................................................................... $     40,000

   9.  For costs associated with the traffic and criminal software program and the mobile architecture and communications handling program:
   ...................................................................... $    300,000

   10.  For motor vehicle division field facility maintenance projects at various locations:
   ...................................................................... $    400,000

   11.  For costs associated with motor vehicle division systems modernization:
   ...................................................................... $ 20,000,000

   For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsections 10 and 11 that remain unencumbered or unobligated 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. However, if the project or projects for which the 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. 2.  PRIMARY ROAD FUND —— FY 2026-2027.  There is appropriated from the primary road fund created in section 313.3 to the department of transportation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   1.  For transportation operations salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:
   ...................................................................... $348,619,071

   2.  For payments to the department of administrative services and the department of management for utility services:
   ...................................................................... $ 11,200,563

   3.  For unemployment compensation:
   ...................................................................... $    138,000

   4.  For payments to the department of administrative services for paying workers’ compensation claims under chapter 85 on behalf of the employees of the department of transportation:
   ...................................................................... $  4,835,877

   5.  For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect cost recoveries:
   ...................................................................... $    660,000

   6.  For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit expenses as provided in section 11.5B:
   ...................................................................... $    662,716

   7.  For costs associated with producing transportation maps:
   ...................................................................... $    195,000

   8.  For inventory and equipment replacement:
   ...................................................................... $ 23,623,165

   9.  For costs associated with the statewide interoperability network:
   ...................................................................... $    442,162

   10.  For facility major maintenance and enhancement:
   ...................................................................... $  7,300,000

   11.  For facility routine maintenance and preservation:
   ...................................................................... $  8,050,000

   12.  For replacement of the Alton maintenance garage:
   ...................................................................... $ 13,000,000

   For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsections 10 through 12 that remain unencumbered or unobligated 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. 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.  2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 117, section 2, unnumbered paragraph 2, is amended to read as follows:
   For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsections 10 through 13 12 that remain unencumbered or unobligated 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.  For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsection 13 that remain unencumbered or unobligated 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 was 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.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill makes appropriations from the road use tax fund and the primary road fund to the department of transportation.
   Appropriations for FY 2026-2027 from the road use tax fund include appropriations for transportation operations, motor vehicles, utility services, unemployment and workers’ compensation, indirect cost recoveries, audits, county issuance of driver’s licenses and vehicle registration and titling, participation in the Mississippi river parkway commission, the traffic and criminal software program and the mobile architecture and communications handling program, and motor vehicle division field facility maintenance projects and systems modernization.
   Appropriations for FY 2026-2027 from the primary road fund include appropriations for transportation operations, utility services, unemployment and workers’ compensation, indirect cost recoveries, audits, transportation maps, inventory and equipment replacement, the statewide interoperability network, major facility maintenance and enhancement, routine facility maintenance and preservation, and the Alton maintenance garage.
   The bill provides that an FY 2023-2024 appropriation for replacement of the Davenport highway operations complex will remain available until the close of FY 2027-2028.