CHAPTER 1131APPROPRIATIONS — TRANSPORTATIONS.F. 2320AN 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, the primary road fund, the state aviation fund, and the federal surface transportation block grant program.Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:DIVISION IFY 2016-2017 Section 1. 2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 131, section 3, is amended to read as follows: SEC. 3. ROAD USE TAX FUND. 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, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated: 1. For the payment of costs associated with the production of driver’s licenses, as defined in section 321.1, subsection 20A: ............................................................ $ 1,938,000 ............................................................ $ 3,876,000 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes specified in this subsection until the close of the succeeding fiscal year. 2. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes: a. Operations: ............................................................ $ 3,279,911............................................................ $ 6,679,706 b. Planning: ............................................................ $ 219,487............................................................ $ 446,789 c. Motor vehicles: ............................................................ $ 17,962,673............................................................ $ 36,063,965 d. Performance and technology: ............................................................ $ 254,520............................................................ $ 513,720 3. For payments to the department of administrative services for utility services: ............................................................ $ 129,776 ............................................................ $ 259,560 4. Unemployment compensation: ............................................................ $ 3,500 ............................................................ $ 7,000 5. 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: ............................................................ $ 71,734 ............................................................ $ 157,938 6. For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect cost recoveries: ............................................................ $ 39,000 ............................................................ $ 90,000 7. For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit expenses as provided in section 11.5B: ............................................................ $ 36,505 ............................................................ $ 82,516 8. For automation, telecommunications, and related costs associated with the county issuance of driver’s licenses and vehicle registrations and titles: ............................................................ $ 703,000 ............................................................ $ 1,406,000 9. For costs associated with the participation in the Mississippi river parkway commission: ............................................................ $ 20,000 ............................................................ $ 40,000 10. For costs associated with the traffic and criminal software program and the mobile architecture and communications handling program: ............................................................ $ 150,000 ............................................................ $ 300,000 11. For motor vehicle division field facility maintenance projects at various locations: ............................................................ $ 150,000 ............................................................ $ 300,000 For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsection 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 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. 2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 131, section 4, is amended to read as follows: SEC. 4. PRIMARY ROAD FUND. 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, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated: 1. For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the following full-time equivalent positions: a. Operations: ............................................................ $ 20,148,023............................................................ $ 41,032,482 ......................................................... FTEs 267.00......................................................... FTEs 261.00 b. Planning: ............................................................ $ 4,170,241............................................................ $ 8,488,981 ......................................................... FTEs 102.00......................................................... FTEs 98.00 c. Highways: ............................................................ $ 119,414,428............................................................ $ 244,749,911 ......................................................... FTEs 2,056.00......................................................... FTEs 1,994.00 d. Motor vehicles: ............................................................ $ 748,445............................................................ $ 1,502,665 ......................................................... FTEs 412.00......................................................... FTEs 402.00 e. Performance and technology: ............................................................ $ 1,563,480............................................................ $ 3,155,710 ......................................................... FTEs 35.00......................................................... FTEs 34.00 2. For payments to the department of administrative services for utility services: ............................................................ $ 797,193 ............................................................ $ 1,594,440 3. Unemployment compensation: ............................................................ $ 69,000 ............................................................ $ 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: ............................................................ $ 1,721,611 ............................................................ $ 3,790,504 5. For disposal of hazardous wastes from field locations and the central complex: ............................................................ $ 400,000 ............................................................ $ 800,000 6. For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect cost recoveries: ............................................................ $ 286,000 ............................................................ $ 660,000 7. For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit expenses as provided in section 11.5B: ............................................................ $ 224,245 ............................................................ $ 506,884 8. For costs associated with producing transportation maps: ............................................................ $ 121,000 ............................................................ $ 242,000 9. For inventory and equipment replacement: ............................................................ $ 2,683,000 ............................................................ $ 5,366,000 10. For utility improvements at various locations: ............................................................ $ 200,000 ............................................................ $ 400,000 11. For roofing projects at various locations: ............................................................ $ 250,000 ............................................................ $ 500,000 12. For heating, cooling, and exhaust system improvements at various locations: ............................................................ $ 350,000 ............................................................ $ 700,000 13. For deferred maintenance projects at field facilities throughout the state: ............................................................ $ 850,000 ............................................................ $ 1,700,000 14. For maintenance projects at rest area facilities throughout the state: ............................................................ $ 125,000 ............................................................ $ 250,000 15. For improvements related to compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act to facilities throughout the state: ............................................................ $ 75,000 ............................................................ $ 150,000 16. For the replacement of the Mount Pleasant/Fairfield combined facility: ............................................................ $ 2,451,000 ............................................................ $ 4,902,000 For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsections 10 through 16 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. STATE AVIATION FUND. 1. There is appropriated from the state aviation fund created in section 328.56 to the department of transportation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated: a. For infrastructure improvements at commercial service airports within the state: ............................................................ $ 60,000 b. For infrastructure improvements at general aviation airports within the state: ............................................................ $ 750,000 2. It is the intent of the general assembly that the state invest wisely in necessary infrastructure improvements in general aviation airports across the state and avoid costly future maintenance payments to airports with limited aviation activity. 3. The department of transportation shall adopt a process for a political subdivision of the state that has ceased operation of an airport to submit an application to the department to forgive any required repayment of financial assistance that may be owed to the state as a result of the closure of the airport. The application shall include a cost-benefit analysis performed by the applicable political subdivision and plans for the future use of the airport facility. The process adopted by the department shall provide that if the future use of the facility results in a project that creates jobs and expands the economy, the department shall forgive any required repayment of financial assistance that may be owed to the state as a result of the closure of the airport provided that the amount of private investment in the project for the future use of the facility is equal to at least two times the amount estimated to be repaid to the state.DIVISION IIffy 2016-2017 Sec. 4. 2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 130, is amended by adding the following new section: NEW SECTION. SEC. 14A. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated from the fund created by section 8.41 to the department of transportation for the following federal fiscal year beginning October 1, and ending September 30, the following amount: FFY 2016-2017............................................................ $ 149,300,000 The appropriation made in this section is in the amount anticipated to be received from the federal government for the designated federal fiscal year under 23 U.S.C. §133, which provides funding allocated by the state transportation commission for state and local transportation projects. The department shall expend the moneys appropriated in this section as provided in the federal law making the funds available and in conformance with chapter 17A.Approved May 27, 2016
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