Bill Text: IA SF2320 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Enrolled
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, the primary road fund, the state aviation fund, and the federal surface transportation block grant program.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2016-04-29 - Sent to Governor. S.J. 0. [SF2320 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-SF2320-Enrolled.html
Senate File 2320 - Enrolled
SENATE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS
(SUCCESSOR TO LSB
5017SB)
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A BILL FOR
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Senate File 2320
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, 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 I
FY 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
261.00
b. Planning:
.................................................. $ 4,170,241
8,488,981
............................................... FTEs 102.00
98.00
c. Highways:
.................................................. $119,414,428
244,749,911
............................................... FTEs 2,056.00
1,994.00
d. Motor vehicles:
.................................................. $ 748,445
1,502,665
............................................... FTEs 412.00
402.00
e. Performance and technology:
.................................................. $ 1,563,480
3,155,710
............................................... FTEs 35.00
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 II
FFY 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.
PAM JOCHUM
President of the Senate
LINDA UPMEYER
Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
is known as Senate File 2320, Eighty=sixth General Assembly.
MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
Secretary of the Senate
Approved , 2016
TERRY E. BRANSTAD
Governor
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