Iowa-2015-SF2320-Introduced
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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