Bill Text: IA HF637 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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. Effective 7-1-15.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2015-05-15 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 1073. [HF637 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF637-Introduced.html

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House File 637 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON
                                     APPROPRIATIONS

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO LSB
                                     1024HB)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to transportation and other
  2    infrastructure=related appropriations to the department of
  3    transportation, including allocation and use of moneys from
  4    the road use tax fund and the primary road fund.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1                           DIVISION I
  1  2                          FY 2015=2016
  1  3    Section 1.  ROAD USE TAX FUND.  There is appropriated
  1  4 from the road use tax fund created in section 312.1 to the
  1  5 department of transportation for the fiscal year beginning July
  1  6 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, the following amounts, or
  1  7 so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
  1  8 designated:
  1  9    1.  For the payment of costs associated with the production
  1 10 of driver's licenses, as defined in section 321.1, subsection
  1 11 20A:
  1 12 .................................................. $  3,876,000
  1 13    Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
  1 14 subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close
  1 15 of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available
  1 16 for expenditure for the purposes specified in this subsection
  1 17 until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
  1 18    2.  For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
  1 19 purposes:
  1 20    a.  Operations:
  1 21 .................................................. $  6,559,821
  1 22    b.  Planning:
  1 23 .................................................. $    438,973
  1 24    c.  Motor vehicles:
  1 25 .................................................. $ 35,925,345
  1 26    d.  Performance and technology:
  1 27 .................................................. $    509,040
  1 28    3.  For payments to the department of administrative
  1 29 services for utility services:
  1 30 .................................................. $    251,465
  1 31    4.  Unemployment compensation:
  1 32 .................................................. $      7,000
  1 33    5.  For payments to the department of administrative
  1 34 services for paying workers' compensation claims under chapter
  1 35 85 on behalf of employees of the department of transportation:
  2  1 .................................................. $    143,468
  2  2    6.  For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect
  2  3 cost recoveries:
  2  4 .................................................. $     78,000
  2  5    7.  For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit
  2  6 expenses as provided in section 11.5B:
  2  7 .................................................. $     73,010
  2  8    8.  For automation, telecommunications, and related costs
  2  9 associated with the county issuance of driver's licenses and
  2 10 vehicle registrations and titles:
  2 11 .................................................. $  1,406,000
  2 12    9.  For costs associated with the participation in the
  2 13 Mississippi river parkway commission:
  2 14 .................................................. $     40,000
  2 15    10.  For costs associated with the traffic and criminal
  2 16 software program and the mobile architecture and communications
  2 17 handling program:
  2 18 .................................................. $    300,000
  2 19    11.  For motor vehicle division field facility maintenance
  2 20 projects at various locations:
  2 21 .................................................. $    300,000
  2 22    For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided
  2 23 otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsection 11 that remain
  2 24 unencumbered or unobligated shall not revert but shall remain
  2 25 available for expenditure for the purposes designated until
  2 26 the close of the fiscal year that ends three years after the
  2 27 end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation was made.
  2 28 However, if the projects for which the appropriation was
  2 29 made are completed in an earlier fiscal year, unencumbered
  2 30 or unobligated moneys shall revert at the close of that same
  2 31 fiscal year.
  2 32    Sec. 2.  PRIMARY ROAD FUND.  There is appropriated from the
  2 33 primary road fund created in section 313.3 to the department of
  2 34 transportation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and
  2 35 ending June 30, 2016, the following amounts, or so much thereof
  3  1 as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
  3  2    1.  For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
  3  3 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
  3  4 equivalent positions:
  3  5    a.  Operations:
  3  6 .................................................. $ 40,296,045
  3  7 ............................................... FTEs     267.00
  3  8    b.  Planning:
  3  9 .................................................. $  8,340,481
  3 10 ............................................... FTEs     102.00
  3 11    c.  Highways:
  3 12 .................................................. $238,625,855
  3 13 ............................................... FTEs   2,056.00
  3 14    d.  Motor vehicles:
  3 15 .................................................. $  1,496,889
  3 16 ............................................... FTEs     412.00
  3 17    e.  Performance and technology:
  3 18 .................................................. $  3,126,960
  3 19 ............................................... FTEs      35.00
  3 20    2.  For payments to the department of administrative
  3 21 services for utility services:
  3 22 .................................................. $  1,544,713
  3 23    3.  Unemployment compensation:
  3 24 .................................................. $    138,000
  3 25    4.  For payments to the department of administrative
  3 26 services for paying workers' compensation claims under
  3 27 chapter 85 on behalf of the employees of the department of
  3 28 transportation:
  3 29 .................................................. $  3,443,221
  3 30    5.  For disposal of hazardous wastes from field locations and
  3 31 the central complex:
  3 32 .................................................. $    800,000
  3 33    6.  For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect
  3 34 cost recoveries:
  3 35 .................................................. $    572,000
  4  1    7.  For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit
  4  2 expenses as provided in section 11.5B:
  4  3 .................................................. $    448,490
  4  4    8.  For inventory and equipment replacement:
  4  5 .................................................. $  5,366,000
  4  6    9.  For utility improvements at various locations:
  4  7 .................................................. $    400,000
  4  8    10.  For roofing projects at various locations:
  4  9 .................................................. $    500,000
  4 10    11.  For heating, cooling, and exhaust system improvements
  4 11 at various locations:
  4 12 .................................................. $    700,000
  4 13    12.  For deferred maintenance projects at field facilities
  4 14 throughout the state:
  4 15 .................................................. $  1,700,000
  4 16    13.  For maintenance projects at rest area facilities
  4 17 throughout the state:
  4 18 .................................................. $    250,000
  4 19    14.  For improvements related to compliance with the federal
  4 20 Americans with Disabilities Act to facilities throughout the
  4 21 state:
  4 22 .................................................. $    150,000
  4 23    15.  For the replacement and upgrade of the fire protection
  4 24 system at the complex in Ames:
  4 25 .................................................. $  2,000,000
  4 26    16.  For the replacement of the Muscatine/Wapello combined
  4 27 facility:
  4 28 .................................................. $  5,427,000
  4 29    For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided
  4 30 otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsections 9 through 16 that
  4 31 remain unencumbered or unobligated shall not revert but shall
  4 32 remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated
  4 33 until the close of the fiscal year that ends three years after
  4 34 the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation was
  4 35 made. However, if the project or projects for which such
  5  1 appropriation was made are completed in an earlier fiscal year,
  5  2 unencumbered or unobligated moneys shall revert at the close of
  5  3 that same fiscal year.
  5  4                           DIVISION II
  5  5                          FY 2016=2017
  5  6    Sec. 3.  ROAD USE TAX FUND.  There is appropriated from the
  5  7 road use tax fund created in section 312.1 to the department of
  5  8 transportation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and
  5  9 ending June 30, 2017, the following amounts, or so much thereof
  5 10 as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
  5 11    1.  For the payment of costs associated with the production
  5 12 of driver's licenses, as defined in section 321.1, subsection
  5 13 20A:
  5 14 .................................................. $  1,938,000
  5 15    Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
  5 16 subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close
  5 17 of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available
  5 18 for expenditure for the purposes specified in this subsection
  5 19 until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
  5 20    2.  For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
  5 21 purposes:
  5 22    a.  Operations:
  5 23 .................................................. $  3,279,911
  5 24    b.  Planning:
  5 25 .................................................. $    219,487
  5 26    c.  Motor vehicles:
  5 27 .................................................. $ 17,962,673
  5 28    d.  Performance and technology:
  5 29 .................................................. $    254,520
  5 30    3.  For payments to the department of administrative
  5 31 services for utility services:
  5 32 .................................................. $    129,776
  5 33    4.  Unemployment compensation:
  5 34 .................................................. $      3,500
  5 35    5.  For payments to the department of administrative
  6  1 services for paying workers' compensation claims under chapter
  6  2 85 on behalf of employees of the department of transportation:
  6  3 .................................................. $     71,734
  6  4    6.  For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect
  6  5 cost recoveries:
  6  6 .................................................. $     39,000
  6  7    7.  For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit
  6  8 expenses as provided in section 11.5B:
  6  9 .................................................. $     36,505
  6 10    8.  For automation, telecommunications, and related costs
  6 11 associated with the county issuance of driver's licenses and
  6 12 vehicle registrations and titles:
  6 13 .................................................. $    703,000
  6 14    9.  For costs associated with the participation in the
  6 15 Mississippi river parkway commission:
  6 16 .................................................. $     20,000
  6 17    10.  For costs associated with the traffic and criminal
  6 18 software program and the mobile architecture and communications
  6 19 handling program:
  6 20 .................................................. $    150,000
  6 21    11.  For motor vehicle division field facility maintenance
  6 22 projects at various locations:
  6 23 .................................................. $    150,000
  6 24    For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided
  6 25 otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsection 11 that remain
  6 26 unencumbered or unobligated shall not revert but shall remain
  6 27 available for expenditure for the purposes designated until
  6 28 the close of the fiscal year that ends three years after the
  6 29 end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation was made.
  6 30 However, if the projects for which the appropriation was
  6 31 made are completed in an earlier fiscal year, unencumbered
  6 32 or unobligated moneys shall revert at the close of that same
  6 33 fiscal year.
  6 34    Sec. 4.  PRIMARY ROAD FUND.  There is appropriated from the
  6 35 primary road fund created in section 313.3 to the department of
  7  1 transportation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and
  7  2 ending June 30, 2017, the following amounts, or so much thereof
  7  3 as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
  7  4    1.  For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
  7  5 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
  7  6 equivalent positions:
  7  7    a.  Operations:
  7  8 .................................................. $ 20,148,023
  7  9 ............................................... FTEs     267.00
  7 10    b.  Planning:
  7 11 .................................................. $  4,170,241
  7 12 ............................................... FTEs     102.00
  7 13    c.  Highways:
  7 14 .................................................. $119,414,428
  7 15 ............................................... FTEs   2,056.00
  7 16    d.  Motor vehicles:
  7 17 .................................................. $    748,445
  7 18 ............................................... FTEs     412.00
  7 19    e.  Performance and technology:
  7 20 .................................................. $  1,563,480
  7 21 ............................................... FTEs      35.00
  7 22    2.  For payments to the department of administrative
  7 23 services for utility services:
  7 24 .................................................. $    797,193
  7 25    3.  Unemployment compensation:
  7 26 .................................................. $     69,000
  7 27    4.  For payments to the department of administrative
  7 28 services for paying workers' compensation claims under
  7 29 chapter 85 on behalf of the employees of the department of
  7 30 transportation:
  7 31 .................................................. $  1,721,611
  7 32    5.  For disposal of hazardous wastes from field locations and
  7 33 the central complex:
  7 34 .................................................. $    400,000
  7 35    6.  For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect
  8  1 cost recoveries:
  8  2 .................................................. $    286,000
  8  3    7.  For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit
  8  4 expenses as provided in section 11.5B:
  8  5 .................................................. $    224,245
  8  6    8.  For costs associated with producing transportation maps:
  8  7 .................................................. $    121,000
  8  8    9.  For inventory and equipment replacement:
  8  9 .................................................. $  2,683,000
  8 10    10.  For utility improvements at various locations:
  8 11 .................................................. $    200,000
  8 12    11.  For roofing projects at various locations:
  8 13 .................................................. $    250,000
  8 14    12.  For heating, cooling, and exhaust system improvements
  8 15 at various locations:
  8 16 .................................................. $    350,000
  8 17    13.  For deferred maintenance projects at field facilities
  8 18 throughout the state:
  8 19 .................................................. $    850,000
  8 20    14.  For maintenance projects at rest area facilities
  8 21 throughout the state:
  8 22 .................................................. $    125,000
  8 23    15.  For improvements related to compliance with the federal
  8 24 Americans with Disabilities Act to facilities throughout the
  8 25 state:
  8 26 .................................................. $     75,000
  8 27    16.  For the replacement of the Mount Pleasant/Fairfield
  8 28 combined facility:
  8 29 .................................................. $  2,451,000
  8 30    For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided
  8 31 otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsections 10 through 16
  8 32 that remain unencumbered or unobligated shall not revert
  8 33 but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
  8 34 designated until the close of the fiscal year that ends
  8 35 three years after the end of the fiscal year for which the
  9  1 appropriation was made. However, if the project or projects
  9  2 for which such appropriation was made are completed in an
  9  3 earlier fiscal year, unencumbered or unobligated moneys shall
  9  4 revert at the close of that same fiscal year.
  9  5                           EXPLANATION
  9  6 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  9  7 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  9  8    This bill makes and limits appropriations for FY 2015=2016
  9  9 and FY 2016=2017 from the road use tax fund and the primary
  9 10 road fund to the department of transportation.
  9 11    FY 2015=2016. Appropriations from the road use tax fund
  9 12 include appropriations for driver's license production
  9 13 costs, operations, planning, motor vehicles, performance
  9 14 and technology, utility services provided by the department
  9 15 of administrative services, unemployment and workers'
  9 16 compensation, indirect cost recoveries, audits, county issuance
  9 17 of driver's licenses and vehicle registration and titling,
  9 18 participation in the Mississippi river parkway commission,
  9 19 the traffic and criminal software program and the mobile
  9 20 architecture and communications handling program, and motor
  9 21 vehicle division field facility maintenance projects.
  9 22    Appropriations from the primary road fund include
  9 23 appropriations for operations, planning, highways, motor
  9 24 vehicles, performance and technology, utility services provided
  9 25 by the department of administrative services, unemployment
  9 26 and workers' compensation, hazardous waste disposal, indirect
  9 27 cost recoveries, audits, inventory and equipment replacement,
  9 28 utility projects, roofing projects, heating and cooling
  9 29 improvements, deferred maintenance at field facilities,
  9 30 maintenance projects at rest area facilities throughout the
  9 31 state, improvements related to compliance with the federal
  9 32 Americans with Disabilities Act to facilities throughout the
  9 33 state, the replacement and upgrade of the fire protection
  9 34 system at the complex in Ames, and the replacement of the
  9 35 Muscatine/Wapello combined facility.
 10  1 FY 2016=2017. Appropriations from the road use tax fund
 10  2 include appropriations for driver's license production
 10  3 costs, operations, planning, motor vehicles, performance
 10  4 and technology, utility services provided by the department
 10  5 of administrative services, unemployment and workers'
 10  6 compensation, indirect cost recoveries, audits, county issuance
 10  7 of driver's licenses and vehicle registration and titling,
 10  8 participation in the Mississippi river parkway commission,
 10  9 the traffic and criminal software program and the mobile
 10 10 architecture and communications handling program, and motor
 10 11 vehicle division field facility maintenance projects.
 10 12    Appropriations from the primary road fund include
 10 13 appropriations for operations, planning, highways, motor
 10 14 vehicles, performance and technology, utility services provided
 10 15 by the department of administrative services, unemployment
 10 16 and workers' compensation, hazardous waste disposal, indirect
 10 17 cost recoveries, audits, production of transportation maps,
 10 18 inventory and equipment replacement, utility projects,
 10 19 roofing projects, heating and cooling improvements, deferred
 10 20 maintenance at field facilities, maintenance projects at rest
 10 21 area facilities throughout the state, improvements related to
 10 22 compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act to
 10 23 facilities throughout the state, and the replacement of the
 10 24 Mount Pleasant/Fairfield combined facility.
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