Bill Text: IA SF2320 | 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, 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]

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Senate File 2320 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON
                                     APPROPRIATIONS

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO LSB
                                     5017SB)

                                      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, the primary road fund, the state
  5    aviation fund, and the federal surface transportation block
  6    grant program.
  7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1                           DIVISION I
  1  2                          FY 2016=2017
  1  3    Section 1.  2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 131, section 3, is
  1  4 amended to read as follows:
  1  5    SEC. 3.  ROAD USE TAX FUND.  There is appropriated from the
  1  6 road use tax fund created in section 312.1 to the department of
  1  7 transportation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and
  1  8 ending June 30, 2017, the following amounts, or so much thereof
  1  9 as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
  1 10    1.  For the payment of costs associated with the production
  1 11 of driver's licenses, as defined in section 321.1, subsection
  1 12 20A:
  1 13 .................................................. $  1,938,000
  1 14 3,876,000
  1 15    Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
  1 16 subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close
  1 17 of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available
  1 18 for expenditure for the purposes specified in this subsection
  1 19 until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
  1 20    2.  a.  For salaries, support, maintenance, and
  1 21 miscellaneous purposes:
  1 22    a.  (1)  Operations:
  1 23 .................................................. $  3,279,911
  1 24 6,715,591
  1 25    b.  (2)  Planning:
  1 26 .................................................. $    219,487
  1 27 454,604
  1 28    c.  (3)  Motor vehicles:
  1 29 .................................................. $ 17,962,673
  1 30 36,202,585
  1 31    d.  (4)  Performance and technology:
  1 32 .................................................. $    254,520
  1 33 518,400
  1 34    b.  As a condition of receiving the moneys appropriated in
  1 35 this subsection, the department of transportation shall not use
  2  1 such appropriated moneys to construct, rent, lease, maintain,
  2  2 support, or staff a facility in a county with a population
  2  3 of between 55,000 and 85,000 persons, according to the 2010
  2  4 federal decennial census, if the facility is or will be used to
  2  5 issue driver's licenses.
  2  6    3.  For payments to the department of administrative
  2  7 services for utility services:
  2  8 .................................................. $    129,776
  2  9 259,560
  2 10    4.  Unemployment compensation:
  2 11 .................................................. $      3,500
  2 12 7,000
  2 13    5.  For payments to the department of administrative
  2 14 services for paying workers' compensation claims under chapter
  2 15 85 on behalf of employees of the department of transportation:
  2 16 .................................................. $     71,734
  2 17 157,938
  2 18    6.  For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect
  2 19 cost recoveries:
  2 20 .................................................. $     39,000
  2 21 90,000
  2 22    7.  For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit
  2 23 expenses as provided in section 11.5B:
  2 24 .................................................. $     36,505
  2 25 82,516
  2 26    8.  For automation, telecommunications, and related costs
  2 27 associated with the county issuance of driver's licenses and
  2 28 vehicle registrations and titles:
  2 29 .................................................. $    703,000
  2 30 1,406,000
  2 31    9.  For costs associated with the participation in the
  2 32 Mississippi river parkway commission:
  2 33 .................................................. $     20,000
  2 34 40,000
  2 35    10.  For costs associated with the traffic and criminal
  3  1 software program and the mobile architecture and communications
  3  2 handling program:
  3  3 .................................................. $    150,000
  3  4 300,000
  3  5    11.  For motor vehicle division field facility maintenance
  3  6 projects at various locations:
  3  7 .................................................. $    150,000
  3  8 300,000
  3  9    For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided
  3 10 otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsection 11 that remain
  3 11 unencumbered or unobligated shall not revert but shall remain
  3 12 available for expenditure for the purposes designated until
  3 13 the close of the fiscal year that ends three years after the
  3 14 end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation was made.
  3 15 However, if the projects for which the appropriation was
  3 16 made are completed in an earlier fiscal year, unencumbered
  3 17 or unobligated moneys shall revert at the close of that same
  3 18 fiscal year.
  3 19    Sec. 2.  2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 131, section 4, is amended
  3 20 to read as follows:
  3 21    SEC. 4.  PRIMARY ROAD FUND.  There is appropriated from the
  3 22 primary road fund created in section 313.3 to the department of
  3 23 transportation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and
  3 24 ending June 30, 2017, the following amounts, or so much thereof
  3 25 as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
  3 26    1.  a.  For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous
  3 27 purposes, and for not more than the following full=time
  3 28 equivalent positions:
  3 29    a.  (1)  Operations:
  3 30 .................................................. $ 20,148,023
  3 31 41,252,919
  3 32 ............................................... FTEs     267.00
  3 33                                                          261.00
  3 34    b.  (2)  Planning:
  3 35 .................................................. $  4,170,241
  4  1 8,637,481
  4  2 ............................................... FTEs     102.00
  4  3                                                           98.00
  4  4    c.  (3)  Highways:
  4  5 .................................................. $119,414,428
  4  6 249,013,967
  4  7 ............................................... FTEs   2,056.00
  4  8                                                        1,994.00
  4  9    d.  (4)  Motor vehicles:
  4 10 .................................................. $    748,445
  4 11 1,508,441
  4 12 ............................................... FTEs     412.00
  4 13                                                          402.00
  4 14    e.  (5)  Performance and technology:
  4 15 .................................................. $  1,563,480
  4 16 3,184,459
  4 17 ............................................... FTEs      35.00
  4 18                                                           34.00
  4 19    b.  As a condition of receiving the moneys appropriated in
  4 20 this subsection, the department of transportation shall not use
  4 21 such appropriated moneys to construct, rent, lease, maintain,
  4 22 support, or staff a facility in a county with a population
  4 23 of between 55,000 and 85,000 persons, according to the 2010
  4 24 federal decennial census, if the facility is or will be used to
  4 25 issue driver's licenses.
  4 26    2.  For payments to the department of administrative
  4 27 services for utility services:
  4 28 .................................................. $    797,193
  4 29 1,594,440
  4 30    3.  Unemployment compensation:
  4 31 .................................................. $     69,000
  4 32 138,000
  4 33    4.  For payments to the department of administrative
  4 34 services for paying workers' compensation claims under
  4 35 chapter 85 on behalf of the employees of the department of
  5  1 transportation:
  5  2 .................................................. $  1,721,611
  5  3 3,790,504
  5  4    5.  For disposal of hazardous wastes from field locations and
  5  5 the central complex:
  5  6 .................................................. $    400,000
  5  7 800,000
  5  8    6.  For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect
  5  9 cost recoveries:
  5 10 .................................................. $    286,000
  5 11 660,000
  5 12    7.  For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit
  5 13 expenses as provided in section 11.5B:
  5 14 .................................................. $    224,245
  5 15 506,884
  5 16    8.  For costs associated with producing transportation maps:
  5 17 .................................................. $    121,000
  5 18 242,000
  5 19    9.  For inventory and equipment replacement:
  5 20 .................................................. $  2,683,000
  5 21 5,366,000
  5 22    10.  For utility improvements at various locations:
  5 23 .................................................. $    200,000
  5 24 400,000
  5 25    11.  For roofing projects at various locations:
  5 26 .................................................. $    250,000
  5 27 500,000
  5 28    12.  For heating, cooling, and exhaust system improvements
  5 29 at various locations:
  5 30 .................................................. $    350,000
  5 31 700,000
  5 32    13.  For deferred maintenance projects at field facilities
  5 33 throughout the state:
  5 34 .................................................. $    850,000
  5 35 1,700,000
  6  1    14.  For maintenance projects at rest area facilities
  6  2 throughout the state:
  6  3 .................................................. $    125,000
  6  4 250,000
  6  5    15.  For improvements related to compliance with the federal
  6  6 Americans with Disabilities Act to facilities throughout the
  6  7 state:
  6  8 .................................................. $     75,000
  6  9 150,000
  6 10    16.  For the replacement of the Mount Pleasant/Fairfield
  6 11 combined facility:
  6 12 .................................................. $  2,451,000
  6 13 4,902,000
  6 14    For purposes of section 8.33, unless specifically provided
  6 15 otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsections 10 through 16
  6 16 that remain unencumbered or unobligated shall not revert
  6 17 but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
  6 18 designated until the close of the fiscal year that ends
  6 19 three years after the end of the fiscal year for which the
  6 20 appropriation was made. However, if the project or projects
  6 21 for which such appropriation was made are completed in an
  6 22 earlier fiscal year, unencumbered or unobligated moneys shall
  6 23 revert at the close of that same fiscal year.
  6 24    Sec. 3.  STATE AVIATION FUND.
  6 25    1.  There is appropriated from the state aviation fund
  6 26 created in section 328.56 to the department of transportation
  6 27 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30,
  6 28 2017, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary,
  6 29 to be used for the purposes designated:
  6 30    a.  For infrastructure improvements at commercial service
  6 31 airports within the state:
  6 32 .................................................. $  1,500,000
  6 33    b.  For infrastructure improvements at general aviation
  6 34 airports within the state:
  6 35 .................................................. $    750,000
  7  1    2.  It is the intent of the general assembly that the state
  7  2 invest wisely in necessary infrastructure improvements in
  7  3 general aviation airports across the state and avoid costly
  7  4 future maintenance payments to airports with limited aviation
  7  5 activity.
  7  6    3.  The department of transportation shall adopt a process
  7  7 for a political subdivision of the state that has ceased
  7  8 operation of an airport to submit an application to the
  7  9 department to forgive any required repayment of financial
  7 10 assistance that may be owed to the state as a result of the
  7 11 closure of the airport. The application shall include a
  7 12 cost=benefit analysis performed by the applicable political
  7 13 subdivision and plans for the future use of the airport
  7 14 facility. The process adopted by the department shall provide
  7 15 that if the future use of the facility results in a project
  7 16 that creates jobs and expands the economy, the department shall
  7 17 forgive any required repayment of financial assistance that may
  7 18 be owed to the state as a result of the closure of the airport
  7 19 provided that the amount of private investment in the project
  7 20 for the future use of the facility is equal to at least two
  7 21 times the amount estimated to be repaid to the state.
  7 22                           DIVISION II
  7 23                          FFY 2016=2017
  7 24    Sec. 4.  2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 130, is amended by adding
  7 25 the following new section:
  7 26    NEW SECTION.  SEC. 14A.  SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANT
  7 27 PROGRAM APPROPRIATION.  There is appropriated from the fund
  7 28 created by section 8.41 to the department of transportation
  7 29 for the following federal fiscal year beginning October 1, and
  7 30 ending September 30, the following amount:
  7 31 FFY 2016=2017 ..................................... $149,300,000
  7 32    The appropriation made in this section is in the amount
  7 33 anticipated to be received from the federal government for
  7 34 the designated federal fiscal year under 23 U.S.C. {133,
  7 35 which provides funding allocated by the state transportation
  8  1 commission for state and local transportation projects. The
  8  2 department shall expend the moneys appropriated in this section
  8  3 as provided in the federal law making the funds available and
  8  4 in conformance with chapter 17A.
  8  5                           EXPLANATION
  8  6 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  8  7 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  8  8    DIVISION I ==== FY 2016=2017. This bill makes and limits
  8  9 appropriations for FY 2016=2017 from the road use tax fund,
  8 10 the primary road fund, and the state aviation fund to the
  8 11 department of transportation (DOT).
  8 12    Appropriations from the road use tax fund include
  8 13 appropriations for driver's license production costs,
  8 14 operations, planning, motor vehicles, performance and
  8 15 technology, utility services provided by the department
  8 16 of administrative services, unemployment and workers'
  8 17 compensation, indirect cost recoveries, audits, county issuance
  8 18 of driver's licenses and vehicle registration and titling,
  8 19 participation in the Mississippi river parkway commission,
  8 20 the traffic and criminal software program and the mobile
  8 21 architecture and communications handling program, and motor
  8 22 vehicle division field facility maintenance projects.
  8 23    Appropriations from the primary road fund include
  8 24 appropriations for operations, planning, highways, motor
  8 25 vehicles, performance and technology, utility services provided
  8 26 by the department of administrative services, unemployment
  8 27 and workers' compensation, hazardous waste disposal, indirect
  8 28 cost recoveries, audits, production of transportation maps,
  8 29 inventory and equipment replacement, utility projects,
  8 30 roofing projects, heating and cooling improvements, deferred
  8 31 maintenance at field facilities, maintenance projects at rest
  8 32 area facilities throughout the state, improvements related to
  8 33 compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act to
  8 34 facilities throughout the state, and the replacement of the
  8 35 Mount Pleasant/Fairfield combined facility.
  9  1 The bill prohibits the DOT from using certain appropriated
  9  2 moneys to construct, rent, lease, maintain, support, or staff a
  9  3 facility in a county with a population of between 55,000 and
  9  4 85,000 persons if the facility is or will be used to issue
  9  5 driver's licenses.
  9  6    Appropriations from the state aviation fund include
  9  7 appropriations for infrastructure improvements at commercial
  9  8 service airports and infrastructure improvements at general
  9  9 aviation airports. Previously, similar appropriations were
  9 10 made from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund.
  9 11    The bill requires the DOT to adopt a process for a political
  9 12 subdivision of the state that has ceased operation of an
  9 13 airport to submit an application to the DOT to forgive any
  9 14 required repayment of financial assistance that may be owed to
  9 15 the state as a result of the closure of the airport. If the
  9 16 future use of the facility results in a project that creates
  9 17 jobs and expands the economy, the bill requires the DOT to
  9 18 forgive any required repayment of financial assistance that may
  9 19 be owed to the state as a result of the closure of the airport
  9 20 provided that the amount of private investment in the project
  9 21 for the future use of the facility is equal to at least two
  9 22 times the amount estimated to be repaid to the state.
  9 23    DIVISION II ==== FFY 2016=2017. The bill appropriates to
  9 24 the DOT moneys anticipated to be received from the federal
  9 25 government under the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program
  9 26 created by the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act,
  9 27 which was signed into law on December 4, 2015.
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