Bill Text: IA HF2494 | 2017-2018 | 87th 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 and the primary road fund, providing for other properly related matters, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 695.) Effective 7-1-18, with exception of Division II effective 6-1-18.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2018-06-01 - NOBA: Graybook [HF2494 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HF2494-Enrolled.html
House File 2494 - Enrolled
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS
(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 695)
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A BILL FOR
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House File 2494
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, PROVIDING
FOR OTHER PROPERLY RELATED MATTERS, AND INCLUDING EFFECTIVE
DATE PROVISIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
FY 2018=2019 APPROPRIATIONS
Section 1. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 164, 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, 2018, and
ending June 30, 2019, 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 Administrative services:
.................................................. $ 3,350,073
6,677,758
b. Planning:
.................................................. $ 224,770
447,822
c. Motor vehicles:
.................................................. $ 18,005,103
25,962,748
d. Performance and technology Strategic performance:
.................................................. $ 262,670
671,369
e. Highways:
.................................................. $ 10,233,174
3. For payments to the department of administrative
services for utility services:
.................................................. $ 129,780
259,560
4. For 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:
.................................................. $ 87,740
175,748
6. For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect
cost recoveries:
.................................................. $ 45,000
90,000
7. For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit
expenses as provided in section 11.5B:
.................................................. $ 43,659
87,318
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.
12. For costs associated with the statewide
interoperability network:
.................................................. $ 497,191
Sec. 2. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 164, 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, 2018, and
ending June 30, 2019, 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 Administrative services:
.................................................. $ 20,579,021
41,020,512
............................................... FTEs259.00
250.00
b. Planning:
.................................................. $ 4,270,616
8,508,616
............................................... FTEs 97.00
94.00
c. Highways:
.................................................. $122,985,456
247,828,001
............................................... FTEs1,962.00
2,056.00
d. Motor vehicles:
.................................................. $ 750,213
1,081,781
............................................... FTEs395.00
281.00
e. Performance and technology Strategic performance:
.................................................. $ 1,611,825
4,124,123
............................................... FTEs 35.00
41.00
2. For payments to the department of administrative
services for utility services:
.................................................. $ 797,220
1,594,440
3. For 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:
.................................................. $ 2,105,762
4,217,954
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:
.................................................. $ 330,000
660,000
7. For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit
expenses as provided in section 11.5B:
.................................................. $ 268,191
536,382
8. For costs associated with producing transportation maps:
.................................................. $ 121,000
242,000
9. For inventory and equipment replacement:
.................................................. $ 5,232,500
10,465,000
9A. For costs associated with the statewide
interoperability network:
.................................................. $ 3,054,172
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 renovations to the Waterloo maintenance garage:
.................................................. $ 895,000
1,790,000
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.
DIVISION II
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYEES DESIGNATED AS PEACE
OFFICERS
Sec. 3. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 149, section 4, is amended
to read as follows:
SEC. 4. REPEAL. The section of this Act amending section
321.477 is repealed July 1, 2018 2019.
Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
DIVISION III
SPECIAL MINOR'S LICENSES
Sec. 5. Section 321.194, subsection 1, Code 2018, is amended
to read as follows:
1. Persons eligible. Upon certification of a special need
by the school board, superintendent of the applicant's school,
or principal, if authorized by the superintendent, the The
department may issue a class C or M driver's license to a
person between the ages of fourteen and eighteen years if all
of the following apply:
a. The person's driving privileges have not been suspended,
revoked, or barred under this chapter or chapter 321J during,
and the person has not been convicted of a moving traffic
violation or involved in a motor vehicle accident for, the
six=month period immediately preceding the application for the
special minor's license.
b. The person has successfully completed an approved driver
education course. However, the completion of a course is not
required if the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction
of the department that completion of the course would impose
a hardship upon the applicant. The department shall adopt
rules defining the term "hardship" and establish procedures for
the demonstration and determination of when completion of the
course would impose a hardship upon an applicant.
c. The person's school has certified to the department
that the person has a special need for the license pursuant to
subsection 3.
Sec. 6. Section 321.194, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
2018, is amended to read as follows:
a. Permitted operations. The driver's license entitles
the holder licensee, while having the license in immediate
possession, to operate a motor vehicle, other than a commercial
motor vehicle or as a chauffeur:, during the times and for the
purposes set forth in this paragraph.
(1) If the licensee attends a public school, the licensee
may operate a motor vehicle during the hours of 5:00 a.m. to
10:00 p.m. as follows:
(a) During the hours of 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. over Over
the most direct and accessible route between the licensee's
residence and schools of enrollment or the closest school bus
stop or public transportation service, and between schools of
enrollment, for the purpose of attending duly scheduled courses
of instruction and extracurricular activities within the school
district of enrollment.
(2) (b) During the hours of 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
over Over the most direct and accessible route between the
licensee's residence or school of enrollment and a site,
facility, or school that is not the licensee's school of
enrollment, for the purpose of participating in extracurricular
activities conducted under a sharing agreement with the
licensee's school of enrollment or conducted at a site, or
facility, or school designated by the licensee's school
district for the accommodation of the school's extracurricular
activities, provided the site, facility, or school is within
the licensee's school district of enrollment or is within a
school district contiguous to the licensee's school district
of enrollment.
(2) If the licensee attends an accredited nonpublic school,
the licensee may operate a motor vehicle during the hours of
5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. as follows:
(a) Over the most direct and accessible route between
the licensee's residence and schools of enrollment or the
closest school bus stop or public transportation service, and
between schools of enrollment, for the purpose of attending
duly scheduled courses of instruction and extracurricular
activities, provided the driving distance between the point of
origin and the destination is no more than twenty=five miles.
(b) Over the most direct and accessible route between
the licensee's residence or school of enrollment and a site,
facility, or school that is not the licensee's school of
enrollment, for the purpose of participating in extracurricular
activities conducted at a site, facility, or school designated
by the licensee's school of enrollment for the accommodation of
the school's extracurricular activities, provided the driving
distance between the point of origin and the destination is no
more than twenty=five miles.
(3) To a service station for the purpose of refueling, so
long as the service station is the station closest to the route
on which the licensee is traveling on under subparagraph (1)
or (2).
(4) At any time when the licensee is accompanied in
accordance with section 321.180B, subsection 1.
Sec. 7. Section 321.194, subsection 3, Code 2018, is amended
to read as follows:
3. Certification of need and issuance of license.
a. Each application shall be accompanied by a statement from
the school board, superintendent, or principal, if authorized
by the superintendent, of the applicant's school of enrollment.
The statement shall be upon a form provided by the department.
The school board, superintendent, or principal, if authorized
by the superintendent, and shall certify that a need exists for
the license and that the board, superintendent, or principal
authorized by the superintendent person signing the statement
is not responsible for actions of the applicant which pertain
to the use of the driver's license.
(1) If the applicant attends a public school, the
certification shall be made by the school board, superintendent
of the applicant's school, or principal, if authorized by the
superintendent.
(2) If the applicant attends an accredited nonpublic
school, the certification shall be made by the authorities in
charge of the accredited nonpublic school or a duly authorized
representative of the authorities.
b. Upon receipt of a statement of necessity, the department
shall issue the driver's license provided the applicant is
otherwise eligible for issuance of the license. The fact that
the applicant resides at a distance less than one mile from the
applicant's school of enrollment is prima facie evidence of the
nonexistence of necessity for the issuance of a license.
c. The school board shall develop and adopt a policy
establishing the criteria that the school shall be used
by a school district administrator use to approve or deny
certification that a need exists for a license. If the school
is a public school, the policy shall be developed and adopted
by the school board. If the school is an accredited nonpublic
school, the policy shall be developed and adopted according
to procedures determined by the authorities in charge of the
accredited nonpublic school.
d. The A student enrolled in a public school may appeal
to the school board the decision of a school district
administrator to deny certification. A student enrolled in an
accredited nonpublic school may appeal the school's decision to
deny certification as permitted by the authorities in charge of
the accredited nonpublic school. The decision of the school
board or authorities in charge of the accredited nonpublic
school is final.
e. The driver's license shall not be issued for purposes
of attending a public school in a school district other than
either of the following:
a. (1) The district of residence of the parent or guardian
of the student.
b. (2) A district which is contiguous to the district of
residence of the parent or guardian of the student, if the
student is enrolled in the public school which is not the
school district of residence because of open enrollment under
section 282.18 or as a result of an election by the student's
district of residence to enter into one or more sharing
agreements pursuant to the procedures in chapter 282.
f. The driver's license shall not be issued for purposes
of attending an accredited nonpublic school if the driving
distance between the school and the residence of the parent or
guardian of the student is more than twenty=five miles.
LINDA UPMEYER
CHARLES SCHNEIDE
CARMINE BOAL
KIM REYNOLDS
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