Bill Text: IA SF2324 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to state departments and agencies from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund, the state bond repayment fund, the technology reinvestment fund, and the prison bonding fund, providing for related matters, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 3188.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2016-04-29 - Sent to Governor. S.J. 0. [SF2324 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-SF2324-Enrolled.html
Senate File 2324 - Enrolled
SENATE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS
(SUCCESSOR TO SSB
3188)
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A BILL FOR
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Senate File 2324
AN ACT
RELATING TO AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO STATE DEPARTMENTS AND
AGENCIES FROM THE REBUILD IOWA INFRASTRUCTURE FUND, THE
STATE BOND REPAYMENT FUND, THE TECHNOLOGY REINVESTMENT FUND,
AND THE PRISON BONDING FUND, PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS,
AND INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE AND RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY
PROVISIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
REBUILD IOWA INFRASTRUCTURE FUND
Section 1. REBUILD IOWA INFRASTRUCTURE FUND ====
APPROPRIATIONS. There is appropriated from the rebuild Iowa
infrastructure fund to the following departments and agencies
for the following fiscal years, the following amounts, or so
much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated:
1. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
For major maintenance projects:
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 9,489,237
However, of the moneys appropriated in this subsection,
$100,000 is allocated for the costs of major maintenance of
monuments without dedicated funds available for maintenance and
restoration, subject to a requirement that moneys shall not be
allocated unless a match of at least $2 for each $1 allocated
is received from private sources.
In addition, of the moneys appropriated in this subsection,
the department should give priority to projects that address
health and safety issues of Iowa law enforcement academy
facilities.
2. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP
a. (1) For deposit in the water quality initiative
fund created in section 466B.45 for purposes of supporting
the water quality initiative administered by the soil
conservation division as provided in section 466B.42, including
salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes,
notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph "c":
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 5,200,000
(2) (a) The moneys appropriated in this lettered
paragraph shall be used to support demonstration projects in
subwatersheds as designated by the department that are part
of high=priority watersheds identified by the water resources
coordinating council established pursuant to section 466B.3.
(b) The moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
shall be used to support demonstration projects in watersheds
generally, including regional watersheds, as designated by the
division and high=priority watersheds identified by the water
resources coordinating council established pursuant to section
466B.3.
(c) Of the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
$225,000 is allocated to the Iowa nutrient research center at
Iowa state university of science and technology for nutrient
water monitoring network technology and equipment. Of the
moneys allocated in this subparagraph division, not more than
$150,000 may be used for the operations and maintenance of the
nutrient water monitoring network.
(3) In supporting projects in watersheds and subwatersheds
as provided in subparagraph (2), subparagraph divisions (a) and
(b), all of the following shall apply:
(a) The demonstration projects shall utilize water quality
practices as described in the latest revision of the document
entitled "Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy" initially presented
in November 2012 by the department of agriculture and land
stewardship, the department of natural resources, and Iowa
state university of science and technology.
(b) The division shall implement demonstration projects
as provided in subparagraph division (a) by providing
for participation by persons who hold a legal interest in
agricultural land used in farming. To every extent practical,
the division shall provide for collaborative participation by
such persons who hold a legal interest in agricultural land
located within the same subwatershed.
(c) The division shall implement demonstration projects on
a cost=share basis as determined by the division. However, the
state's share of the amount shall not exceed 50 percent of the
estimated cost of establishing the practice as determined by
the division or 50 percent of the actual cost of establishing
the practice, whichever is less.
(d) The demonstration projects shall be used to educate
other persons about the feasibility and value of establishing
similar water quality practices. The division shall promote
field day events for purposes of allowing interested persons to
establish water quality practices on their agricultural land.
(e) The division shall conduct water quality evaluations
within supported subwatersheds. Within a reasonable period
after accumulating information from such evaluations, the
division shall create an aggregated database of water quality
practices. Any information identifying a person holding a
legal interest in agricultural land or specific agricultural
land shall be a confidential record.
(4) The moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
shall be used to support education and outreach in a manner
that encourages persons who hold a legal interest in
agricultural land used for farming to implement water quality
practices, including the establishment of such practices in
watersheds generally, and not limited to subwatersheds or
high=priority watersheds.
(5) The moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
may be used to contract with persons to coordinate the
implementation of efforts provided in this paragraph.
(6) The moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
may be used by the department to support urban soil and water
conservation efforts, which may include but are not limited
to management practices related to bioretention, landscaping,
the use of permeable or pervious pavement, and soil quality
restoration. The moneys shall be allocated on a cost=share
basis as provided in chapter 161A.
(7) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
contrary, the department may use moneys appropriated in
this lettered paragraph to carry out the provisions of this
paragraph on a cost=share basis in combination with other
moneys available to the department from a state or federal
source.
(8) Not more than 10 percent of the moneys appropriated in
this lettered paragraph may be used for costs of administration
and implementation of the water quality initiative administered
by the soil conservation division.
b. For deposit in the agricultural drainage well water
quality assistance fund created in section 460.303 for
purposes of supporting the agricultural drainage well water
quality assistance program as provided in section 460.304,
notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph "c":
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 1,920,000
Not more than 10 percent of the moneys appropriated in this
lettered paragraph may be used for costs of administration and
implementation of soil conservation practices.
3. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
For infrastructure costs addressing life and safety needs
at facilities owned or operated by the third judicial district
department of correctional services:
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 150,000
4. DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
a. For deposit in the Iowa great places program fund created
in section 303.3D for Iowa great places program projects that
meet the definition of "vertical infrastructure" in section
8.57, subsection 5, paragraph "c":
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 1,000,000
b. For providing a grant to the entity in possession of the
USS Iowa (BB=61) for purposes of repairing active corrosion
issues along the waterline of the ship:
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 250,000
FY 2017=2018:
.................................................. $ 250,000
c. For grants to nonprofit organizations committed to
strengthening communities through youth development, healthy
living, and social responsibility for costs associated with
the renovation and maintenance of facility infrastructure at
facilities located in cities with a population of less than
28,000 as determined by the 2010 federal decennial census:
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 500,000
5. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
a. For deposit in the community attraction and tourism fund
created in section 15F.204:
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 5,000,000
b. For equal distribution to regional sports authority
districts certified by the department pursuant to section
15E.321, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph
"c":
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 500,000
c. For administration and support of the world food prize
including the Borlaug/Ruan scholar program, notwithstanding
section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph "c":
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 300,000
6. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
a. For the renovation and construction of certain nursing
facilities, consistent with the provisions of chapter 249K:
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 500,000
b. For a grant to a nonprofit agency that provides
innovative solutions to children and adults with autism in a
county with a population over 400,000 in the latest preceding
certified federal census for costs associated with renovations
and improvements to facilities:
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 485,000
7. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
a. For implementation of lake projects that have
established watershed improvement initiatives and community
support in accordance with the department's annual lake
restoration plan and report, notwithstanding section 8.57,
subsection 5, paragraph "c":
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 9,600,000
b. For the administration of a water trails and low head
dam public hazard statewide plan, including salaries, support,
maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, notwithstanding
section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph "c":
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 1,000,000
c. For state park infrastructure improvements:
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 3,000,000
8. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC DEFENSE
a. For major maintenance projects at national guard
armories and facilities:
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 2,000,000
b. For improvement projects for Iowa national guard
installations and readiness centers to support operations and
training requirements:
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 1,500,000
c. For construction improvement projects at the Camp Dodge
facility:
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 300,000
9. BOARD OF REGENTS
For allocation by the state board of regents to the state
university of Iowa, Iowa state university of science and
technology, and the university of northern Iowa to reimburse
the institutions for deficiencies in the operating funds
resulting from the pledging of tuition, student fees and
charges, and institutional income to finance the cost of
providing academic and administrative buildings and facilities
and utility services at the institutions:
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 32,447,187
10. STATE FAIR AUTHORITY
For infrastructure costs associated with the remodeling of
the northwest portion of the fairgrounds, including but not
limited to a new events area and updates to the grandstand,
stage, and midway:
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 500,000
FY 2017=2018:
.................................................. $ 500,000
11. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
a. For acquiring, constructing, and improving recreational
trails within the state:
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 2,500,000
b. For deposit in the public transit infrastructure grant
fund created in section 324A.6A, for projects that meet
the definition of vertical infrastructure in section 8.57,
subsection 5, paragraph "c":
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 1,500,000
c. For deposit in the railroad revolving loan and grant
fund created in section 327H.20A, notwithstanding section 8.57,
subsection 5, paragraph "c":
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 1,500,000
d. For infrastructure improvements at the commercial
service airports within the state:
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 1,440,000
12. TREASURER OF STATE
For distribution in accordance with chapter 174 to qualified
fairs which belong to the association of Iowa fairs for county
fair infrastructure improvements:
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 1,060,000
Sec. 2. REVERSION. For purposes of section 8.33, unless
specifically provided otherwise, unencumbered or unobligated
moneys made from an appropriation in this division of this Act
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 is 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
REBUILD IOWA INFRASTRUCTURE FUND ==== TECHNOLOGY APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 3. REBUILD IOWA INFRASTRUCTURE FUND ==== TECHNOLOGY
APPROPRIATIONS. There is appropriated from the rebuild Iowa
infrastructure fund to the following departments and agencies
for the following fiscal years, the following amounts, or so
much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated, notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 5,
paragraph "c":
1. DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
For providing a grant to the Grout museum district at the
Sullivan brothers veterans museum for costs associated with the
Korean war history project including but not limited to exhibit
information technology, computer connectivity, and interactive
display technologies:
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 250,000
FY 2017=2018:
.................................................. $ 250,000
2. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
a. For the continued development and implementation of an
educational data warehouse that will be utilized by teachers,
parents, school district administrators, area education agency
staff, department of education staff, and policymakers:
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 363,839
The department may use a portion of the moneys appropriated
in this lettered paragraph for an e=transcript data system
capable of tracking students throughout their education via
interconnectivity with multiple schools.
b. For maintenance and lease costs associated with
connections for part III of the Iowa communications network:
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 2,727,000
c. To the public broadcasting division for the replacement
of equipment and for tower and facility maintenance:
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 1,017,000
3. IOWA TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY COMMISSION
For replacement of equipment for the Iowa communications
network:
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 1,150,000
The commission may continue to enter into contracts pursuant
to section 8D.13 for the replacement of equipment and for
operations and maintenance costs of the network.
In addition to moneys appropriated in this subsection,
the commission may use a financing agreement entered into by
the treasurer of state in accordance with section 12.28 for
the replacement of equipment for the network. For purposes
of this subsection, the treasurer of state is not subject to
the maximum principal limitation contained in section 12.28,
subsection 6. Repayment of any amounts financed shall be made
from receipts associated with fees charged for use of the
network.
4. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
a. For the cost of equipment and computer software for the
continued development and implementation of Iowa's criminal
justice information system:
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 1,345,000
b. For the costs associated with the justice enterprise data
warehouse:
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 117,980
5. DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT
a. For the continued development and implementation of
a searchable database that can be placed on the internet for
budget and financial information:
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 45,000
b. For completion of the comprehensive electronic grant
management system:
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 50,000
6. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
a. For the development of an integrated data system for
maternal health, child health, oral health, family planning,
the maternal, infant, and early childhood home visiting
program, the healthy opportunities for parents to experience
success program, the school=based dental sealant program, and
the 1st five program within the department:
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 500,000
b. For a grant to a nonprofit corporation for capital
investment and technology infrastructure costs associated with
establishing a statewide safety net pharmacy to serve the
medication needs of uninsured or underinsured Iowans:
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 75,000
7. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
For the implementation of a statewide mass notification and
emergency messaging system:
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 400,000
8. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC DEFENSE
For exhibit improvements at the gold star museum at Camp
Dodge:
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 250,000
9. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
For DNA marker software at the division of criminal
investigation criminalistics laboratory in Ankeny:
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 150,000
10. SECRETARY OF STATE
For the updating and upgrading capabilities of aging voter
registration systems and business services data systems to
meet current and future expectations of open and transparent
elections:
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 300,000
Moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be expended by
the secretary of state in consultation with the office of the
chief information officer.
Sec. 4. REVERSION. For purposes of section 8.33, unless
specifically provided otherwise, unencumbered or unobligated
moneys made from an appropriation in this division of this Act
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 is 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 III
MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 5. TECHNOLOGY REINVESTMENT FUND. There is
appropriated from the technology reinvestment fund created in
section 8.57C to the department of education 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 purpose designated:
For the continued development and implementation of an
educational data warehouse that will be utilized by teachers,
parents, school district administrators, area education agency
staff, department of education staff, and policymakers:
.................................................. $ 236,161
The department may use a portion of the moneys appropriated
in this section for an e=transcript data system capable
of tracking students throughout their education via
interconnectivity with multiple schools.
Sec. 6. STATE BOND REPAYMENT FUND. There is appropriated
from the state bond repayment fund created in section 8.57F
to the following departments and agencies 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, notwithstanding section 8.57F, subsection
1, paragraph "b":
1. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
For costs associated with the repair and renovation of the
dome of the Iowa state capitol:
.................................................. $ 9,990,900
As a condition of receiving the appropriation provided in
this subsection, the department shall not expend any moneys to
pay an owners' representative fee related to the repair and
renovation of the dome of the Iowa state capitol.
Of the moneys appropriated in this subsection, the
department shall be authorized to expend such amount as is
necessary for the costs of installing outdoor lighting at the
Iowa state capitol.
2. JUDICIAL BRANCH
For furniture and equipment for the Polk county justice
center:
.................................................. $ 6,718,443
Sec. 7. REVERSION. For purposes of section 8.33, unless
specifically provided otherwise, unencumbered or unobligated
moneys made from an appropriation in this division of this Act
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 is 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 IV
CHANGES TO PRIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 8. 2011 Iowa Acts, chapter 133, section 4, as amended
by 2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 139, section 8, is amended to read
as follows:
SEC. 4. REVERSION.
1. Except as provided in subsection subsections 2 and 3,
for purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided
otherwise, unencumbered or unobligated moneys made from an
appropriation in this division of this Act 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 is 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.
2. For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically
provided otherwise, moneys appropriated in section 3,
subsection 8, paragraph "b", of this division of this Act as
amended by 2012 Iowa Acts, chapter 1140, section 18, that
remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2014, shall not revert but shall remain
available for the purpose designated until the close of the
fiscal year that begins July 1, 2016, or until the project for
which the appropriation was made is completed, whichever is
earlier.
3. Of the moneys appropriated in section 3, subsection 5,
paragraph "a", of this division of this 2011 Act as amended
by 2012 Iowa Acts, chapter 1140, section 17, and 2013 Iowa
Acts, chapter 142, section 47, on June 30, 2016, an amount
equal to $2,992,416 shall be transferred to the rebuild Iowa
infrastructure fund created in section 8.57.
Sec. 9. 2012 Iowa Acts, chapter 1140, section 4, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 4. REVERSION.
1. For Except as provided in subsection 2, for purposes
of section 8.33, unless specifically provided otherwise,
unencumbered or unobligated moneys made from an appropriation
in this division of this Act 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.
2. For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically
provided otherwise, unencumbered or unobligated moneys
appropriated in section 3, subsection 3, paragraph "b", of
this division of this Act, shall not revert but shall remain
available for the purpose designated until the close of the
fiscal year that begins July 1, 2017, or until the project for
which the appropriation was made is completed, whichever is
earlier.
Sec. 10. 2014 Iowa Acts, chapter 1136, section 1, subsection
7, paragraph b, is amended to read as follows:
b. For costs associated with the renovation, modernization,
and construction of a new addition at the pharmacy building at
the state university of Iowa:
FY 2015=2016:
.................................................. $ 13,000,000
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 29,000,000
23,000,000
FY 2017=2018:
.................................................. $ 22,300,000
28,300,000
Sec. 11. 2014 Iowa Acts, chapter 1136, section 1, subsection
7, paragraph c, is amended to read as follows:
c. For the construction of a new facility and an addition,
renovation, and modernization of current facilities and related
improvements for biosciences at Iowa state university of
science and technology:
FY 2015=2016:
.................................................. $ 11,000,000
FY 2016=2017:
.................................................. $ 19,500,000
15,500,000
FY 2017=2018:
.................................................. $ 19,500,000
23,500,000
Sec. 12. 2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 139, section 1, subsection
6, paragraph d, is amended to read as follows:
d. For a grant to a nonprofit organization that provides
youth emergency and shelter services for children and their
families located in a county with a population of more than
400,000 as determined by the 2010 federal decennial census,
for infrastructure costs for expansion of an emergency youth
shelter facility, to include reimbursement of infrastructure
costs incurred by the grant recipient for the expansion of the
facility in the prior fiscal year:
FY 2015=2016:
.................................................. $ 500,000
The grant recipient that receives funding pursuant to this
lettered paragraph shall provide at least a dollar=for=dollar
match of moneys received from both private and public sources
excluding funding from the state. The grant recipient can
meet the match requirement in this lettered paragraph through
expenditures and in=kind contributions made in any fiscal
year, and moneys received in any fiscal year, relating to the
expansion of the emergency youth shelter facility.
Sec. 13. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. The following
provision of this division of this Act applies retroactively to
July 1, 2015:
1. The section of this division of this Act amending 2015
Iowa Acts, chapter 139, section 1, subsection 6, paragraph d.
Sec. 14. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This division of this
Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
enactment.
DIVISION V
SHALLOW LAKES
Sec. 15. Section 456A.33B, Code 2016, is amended by adding
the following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 01. For purposes of this section, unless
the context otherwise requires:
a. "Lake" includes a significant public lake and a public
shallow lake or wetland.
b. "Public shallow lake or wetland" means a water body that
meets the following criteria:
(1) Is owned by the federal government, the state of
Iowa, a county, or a municipal government, and is maintained
principally for public use.
(2) Is a multi=use system capable of supporting diverse
wildlife, fish, or recreational opportunities.
(3) Has a surface water area of at least ten acres.
(4) Does not have a watershed=to=lake surface area ratio of
greater than two hundred to one.
(5) Is an open freshwater system where maximum depth is
typically less than six to eight feet at its deepest spot and
is under four and one=half feet mean depth.
(6) Is typically fringed by a border of emergent vegetation
in water depth less than six feet and when clear is dominated
by both emergent and submergent vegetation and provides
important wildlife and fish habitat.
c. "Significant public lake" means a lake that meets all of
the following criteria:
(1) Is owned by the federal government, the state of
Iowa, a county, or a municipal government, and is maintained
principally for public use.
(2) Is a multi=use system capable of supporting diverse
wildlife, fish, or recreational opportunities.
(3) Has a surface water area of at least ten acres.
(4) Does not have a watershed=to=lake surface area ratio of
greater than two hundred to one.
(5) Is not an on=stream impoundment that emulates riverine
habitat rather than a lake environment.
(6) Is not used solely as a water supply reservoir.
Sec. 16. Section 456A.33B, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
2016, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (6) When restored, will contribute to the
department's fish and wildlife conservation plans.
Sec. 17. Section 456A.33B, subsection 2, paragraphs a and b,
Code 2016, are amended to read as follows:
a. The department, with input from stakeholders, shall
develop maintain an initial annual list of not more than
thirty=five significant public lakes and not more than five
public shallow lakes or wetlands to be considered for funding
based on the feasibility of restoring each lake and the use or
potential use of the lake, if restored. The list shall include
lake projects under active development that the department
shall recommend be given priority for funding so long as
progress toward completion of the projects remains consistent
with the goals of this section.
b. The department shall meet with stakeholders and
representatives of communities where lakes on the initial
annual list are located to provide an initial annual lake
restoration assessment and to explain the process and criteria
for receiving lake restoration funding. Communities with
lakes not included on the initial annual list may petition the
director of the department for a preliminary lake restoration
assessment and explanation of the funding process and criteria.
The department shall work with stakeholders and representatives
of each community to develop a joint lake restoration action
plan. At a minimum, each joint action plan shall document the
causes, sources, and magnitude of lake impairment, evaluate
the feasibility of the lake and watershed restoration options,
establish water quality and fishery and wildlife goals and a
schedule for attainment, describe long=term management actions,
assess the economic benefits of the project, identify the
sources and amounts of any leveraged funds, and describe the
community's commitment to the project, including local funding.
The stakeholders' and community's commitment to the project may
include moneys to fund a lake diagnostic study and watershed
assessment, including development of a TMDL (total maximum
daily load).
Sec. 18. Section 456A.33B, subsection 2, paragraph c,
subparagraph (2), Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
(2) If proposed, dredging of the lake will be conducted to
a mean depth of at least ten eight feet to gain water quality
benefits unless a combination of biologic and structural
controls is sufficient to assure water quality targets will be
achieved at a shallower average water depth.
Sec. 19. Section 456A.33B, subsection 2, paragraph d, Code
2016, is amended to read as follows:
d. The department shall evaluate the joint action plans
and prioritize the plans based on the criteria required in
this section. The department's annual lake restoration plan
and report shall include the prioritized list and the amounts
of state and other funding the department recommends for each
lake restoration project. The department may shall seek public
comment on its recommendations prior to submitting the plan and
report to the general assembly.
DIVISION VI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 20. Section 8.57C, subsection 3, paragraph a,
subparagraph (2), Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
(2) The fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016 2017, and for
each subsequent fiscal year thereafter.
Sec. 21. Section 12.79, subsection 3, Code 2016, is amended
to read as follows:
3. Moneys in the fund in a fiscal year shall be used as
appropriated by the general assembly for prison improvement and
prison construction projects. However, for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2016, any unobligated and unencumbered moneys
in the fund from the previous fiscal year are appropriated to
the department of corrections for major maintenance projects.
Sec. 22. IOWA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK ==== AUTHORIZATION
FOR CONTRACTS. Pursuant to section 8D.11, subsection 1,
paragraph "a", the general assembly authorizes the Iowa
telecommunications and technology commission to enter into a
contract or contracts in excess of the contract limitation
amount established in section 8D.11, subsection 1, paragraph
"c", for purposes of the commission's network core upgrade
project. This authorization applies for the duration of the
commission's project and to all existing or future contracts
associated with the project, whether or not the award is made
to a single vendor or multiple vendors.
Sec. 23. REBUILD IOWA INFRASTRUCTURE FUND ==== FY 2017=2018
BUDGET REQUEST INFORMATION. Finalized agency budget requests
submitted to the governor for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2017, that include a request for an appropriation
from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund to be used for a
public vertical infrastructure project as defined in section
8.57, subsection 5, paragraph "c", shall include salary cost
information as required by this section. The salary cost
information shall include the number of full=time equivalent
positions to be utilized for the requested project and that
portion, in dollars, of salaries and any compensation costs
attributable to these full=time equivalent positions that will
be paid from the requested appropriation from the rebuild Iowa
infrastructure fund.
Sec. 24. REBUILD IOWA INFRASTRUCTURE FUND == FUTURE
APPROPRIATIONS. It is the intent of the general assembly that
future appropriations from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure
fund should be used, to the greatest extent possible, for
public vertical infrastructure projects that involve major
maintenance of state government facilities necessary for the
proper functioning of state government.
Sec. 25. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. The following provision
of this division of this Act, being deemed of immediate
importance, takes effect upon enactment:
1. The section of this division of this Act authorizing the
Iowa telecommunications and technology commission to enter into
a contract or contracts.
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 2324, Eighty=sixth General Assembly.
MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
Secretary of the Senate
Approved , 2016
TERRY E. BRANSTAD
Governor
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