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

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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-Enrolled.html

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House File 637 - Enrolled




                              HOUSE FILE       
                              BY  COMMITTEE ON
                                  APPROPRIATIONS

                              (SUCCESSOR TO LSB
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                                         House File 637

                             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:
                           DIVISION I
                          FY 2015=2016
    Section 1.  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, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, 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:
 .................................................. $  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:
 .................................................. $  6,559,821
    b.  Planning:
 .................................................. $    438,973
    c.  Motor vehicles:
 .................................................. $ 35,925,345
    d.  Performance and technology:
 .................................................. $    509,040
    3.  For payments to the department of administrative
 services for utility services:
 .................................................. $    251,465
    4.  Unemployment compensation:
 .................................................. $      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:
 .................................................. $    143,468
    6.  For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect
 cost recoveries:
 .................................................. $     78,000
    7.  For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit
 expenses as provided in section 11.5B:
 .................................................. $     73,010
    8.  For automation, telecommunications, and related costs
 associated with the county issuance of driver's licenses and
 vehicle registrations and titles:
 .................................................. $  1,406,000
    9.  For costs associated with the participation in the
 Mississippi river parkway commission:
 .................................................. $     40,000
    10.  For costs associated with the traffic and criminal
 software program and the mobile architecture and communications
 handling program:
 .................................................. $    300,000
    11.  For motor vehicle division field facility maintenance
 projects at various locations:
 .................................................. $    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.  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, 2015, and
 ending June 30, 2016, 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:
 .................................................. $ 40,296,045
 ............................................... FTEs     267.00
    b.  Planning:
 .................................................. $  8,340,481
 ............................................... FTEs     102.00
    c.  Highways:
 .................................................. $238,625,855
 ............................................... FTEs   2,056.00
    d.  Motor vehicles:
 .................................................. $  1,496,889
 ............................................... FTEs     412.00
    e.  Performance and technology:
 .................................................. $  3,126,960
 ............................................... FTEs      35.00
    2.  For payments to the department of administrative
 services for utility services:
 .................................................. $  1,544,713
    3.  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:
 .................................................. $  3,443,221
    5.  For disposal of hazardous wastes from field locations and
 the central complex:
 .................................................. $    800,000
    6.  For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect
 cost recoveries:
 .................................................. $    572,000
    7.  For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit
 expenses as provided in section 11.5B:
 .................................................. $    448,490
    8.  For inventory and equipment replacement:
 .................................................. $  5,366,000
    9.  For utility improvements at various locations:
 .................................................. $    400,000
    10.  For roofing projects at various locations:
 .................................................. $    500,000
    11.  For heating, cooling, and exhaust system improvements
 at various locations:
 .................................................. $    700,000
    12.  For deferred maintenance projects at field facilities
 throughout the state:
 .................................................. $  1,700,000
    13.  For maintenance projects at rest area facilities
 throughout the state:
 .................................................. $    250,000
    14.  For improvements related to compliance with the federal
 Americans with Disabilities Act to facilities throughout the
 state:
 .................................................. $    150,000
    15.  For the replacement and upgrade of the fire protection
 system at the complex in Ames:
 .................................................. $  2,000,000
    16.  For the replacement of the Muscatine/Wapello combined
 facility:
 .................................................. $  5,427,000
    For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided
 otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsections 9 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.
                           DIVISION II
                          FY 2016=2017
    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
    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
    b.  Planning:
 .................................................. $    219,487
    c.  Motor vehicles:
 .................................................. $ 17,962,673
    d.  Performance and technology:
 .................................................. $    254,520
    3.  For payments to the department of administrative
 services for utility services:
 .................................................. $    129,776
    4.  Unemployment compensation:
 .................................................. $      3,500
    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
    6.  For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect
 cost recoveries:
 .................................................. $     39,000
    7.  For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit
 expenses as provided in section 11.5B:
 .................................................. $     36,505
    8.  For automation, telecommunications, and related costs
 associated with the county issuance of driver's licenses and
 vehicle registrations and titles:
 .................................................. $    703,000
    9.  For costs associated with the participation in the
 Mississippi river parkway commission:
 .................................................. $     20,000
    10.  For costs associated with the traffic and criminal
 software program and the mobile architecture and communications
 handling program:
 .................................................. $    150,000
    11.  For motor vehicle division field facility maintenance
 projects at various locations:
 .................................................. $    150,000
    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. 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
 ............................................... FTEs     267.00
    b.  Planning:
 .................................................. $  4,170,241
 ............................................... FTEs     102.00
    c.  Highways:
 .................................................. $119,414,428
 ............................................... FTEs   2,056.00
    d.  Motor vehicles:
 .................................................. $    748,445
 ............................................... FTEs     412.00
    e.  Performance and technology:
 .................................................. $  1,563,480
 ............................................... FTEs      35.00
    2.  For payments to the department of administrative
 services for utility services:
 .................................................. $    797,193
    3.  Unemployment compensation:
 .................................................. $     69,000
    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
    5.  For disposal of hazardous wastes from field locations and
 the central complex:
 .................................................. $    400,000
    6.  For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect
 cost recoveries:
 .................................................. $    286,000
    7.  For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit
 expenses as provided in section 11.5B:
 .................................................. $    224,245
    8.  For costs associated with producing transportation maps:
 .................................................. $    121,000
    9.  For inventory and equipment replacement:
 .................................................. $  2,683,000
    10.  For utility improvements at various locations:
 .................................................. $    200,000
    11.  For roofing projects at various locations:
 .................................................. $    250,000
    12.  For heating, cooling, and exhaust system improvements
 at various locations:
 .................................................. $    350,000
    13.  For deferred maintenance projects at field facilities
 throughout the state:
 .................................................. $    850,000
    14.  For maintenance projects at rest area facilities
 throughout the state:
 .................................................. $    125,000
    15.  For improvements related to compliance with the federal
 Americans with Disabilities Act to facilities throughout the
 state:
 .................................................. $     75,000
    16.  For the replacement of the Mount Pleasant/Fairfield
 combined facility:
 .................................................. $  2,451,000
    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.


                                                             
                               KRAIG PAULSEN
                               Speaker of the House


                                                             
                               PAM JOCHUM
                               President of the Senate
    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
 is known as House File 637, Eighty=sixth General Assembly.


                                                             
                               CARMINE BOAL
                               Chief Clerk of the House
 Approved                , 2015


                                                             
                               TERRY E. BRANSTAD
                               Governor

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