Senate File 628 - Introduced SENATE FILE 628 BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1219) A BILL FOR An Act relating to transportation and other 1 infrastructure-related appropriations to the department 2 of transportation, including allocation and use of moneys 3 from the road use tax fund, the primary road fund, and the 4 statutory allocations fund. 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 6 TLSB 1016SV (2) 91 th/ns
S.F. 628 Section 1. ROAD USE TAX FUND FY 2025-2026. There is 1 appropriated from the road use tax fund created in section 2 312.1 to the department of transportation for the fiscal year 3 beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, the following 4 amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the 5 purposes designated: 6 1. For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous 7 purposes, and for not more than the following full-time 8 equivalent positions: 9 a. Transportation operations: 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 17,611,473 11 b. Motor vehicles: 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 32,710,876 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 294.00 14 2. For payments to the department of administrative 15 services and the department of management for utility services: 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 500,878 17 3. For unemployment compensation: 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 7,000 19 4. For payments to the department of administrative 20 services for paying workers compensation claims under chapter 21 85 on behalf of employees of the department of transportation: 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 153,679 23 5. For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect 24 cost recoveries: 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 90,000 26 6. For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit 27 expenses as provided in section 11.5B : 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 107,884 29 7. For automation, telecommunications, and related costs 30 associated with the county issuance of drivers licenses and 31 vehicle registrations and titles: 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,406,000 33 8. For costs associated with participation in the 34 Mississippi river parkway commission: 35 -1- LSB 1016SV (2) 91 th/ns 1/ 5
S.F. 628 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 40,000 1 9. For costs associated with the traffic and criminal 2 software program and the mobile architecture and communications 3 handling program: 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 300,000 5 10. For motor vehicle division field facility maintenance 6 projects at various locations: 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 400,000 8 11. For costs associated with motor vehicle division 9 systems modernization: 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 20,000,000 11 For purposes of section 8.33 , unless specifically provided 12 otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsections 10 and 11 that 13 remain unencumbered or unobligated shall not revert but shall 14 remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated 15 until the close of the fiscal year that ends three years 16 after the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation 17 was made. However, if the project or projects for which the 18 appropriation was made are completed in an earlier fiscal year, 19 unencumbered or unobligated moneys shall revert at the close of 20 that same fiscal year. 21 Sec. 2. PRIMARY ROAD FUND FY 2025-2026. There is 22 appropriated from the primary road fund created in section 23 313.3 to the department of transportation for the fiscal year 24 beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, the following 25 amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the 26 purposes designated: 27 1. For transportation operations salaries, support, 28 maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than 29 the following full-time equivalent positions: 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $346,489,821 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 2,363.00 32 2. For payments to the department of administrative 33 services and the department of management for utility services: 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,076,822 35 -2- LSB 1016SV (2) 91 th/ns 2/ 5
S.F. 628 3. For unemployment compensation: 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 138,000 2 4. For payments to the department of administrative 3 services for paying workers compensation claims under 4 chapter 85 on behalf of the employees of the department of 5 transportation: 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,726,405 7 5. For payment to the general fund of the state for indirect 8 cost recoveries: 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 660,000 10 6. For reimbursement to the auditor of state for audit 11 expenses as provided in section 11.5B : 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 662,716 13 7. For inventory and equipment replacement: 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 40,818,240 15 8. For costs associated with the statewide interoperability 16 network: 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 442,162 18 9. For facility major maintenance and enhancement: 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 6,300,000 20 10. For facility routine maintenance and preservation: 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 8,050,000 22 11. For renovation of the Waterloo maintenance garage: 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 18,897,387 24 For purposes of section 8.33 , unless specifically provided 25 otherwise, moneys appropriated in subsections 9 through 11 that 26 remain unencumbered or unobligated shall not revert but shall 27 remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated 28 until the close of the fiscal year that ends three years after 29 the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation was 30 made. However, if the project or projects for which such 31 appropriation was made are completed in an earlier fiscal year, 32 unencumbered or unobligated moneys shall revert at the close of 33 that same fiscal year. 34 Sec. 3. Section 321.145, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 35 -3- LSB 1016SV (2) 91 th/ns 3/ 5
S.F. 628 2025, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph: 1 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH . (4) An amount necessary for the payment 2 of costs associated with producing and distributing drivers 3 licenses and nonoperators identification cards, not to exceed 4 revenues derived from fees charged for drivers licenses and 5 nonoperators identification cards, is appropriated to the 6 department for that purpose. 7 EXPLANATION 8 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 9 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 10 This bill makes appropriations from the road use tax fund, 11 the primary road fund, and the statutory allocations fund to 12 the department of transportation (DOT). 13 Appropriations for FY 2025-2026 from the road use tax 14 fund include appropriations for transportation operations, 15 motor vehicles, utility services, unemployment and workers 16 compensation, indirect cost recoveries, audits, county issuance 17 of drivers licenses and vehicle registration and titling, 18 participation in the Mississippi river parkway commission, 19 the traffic and criminal software program and the mobile 20 architecture and communications handling program, and motor 21 vehicle division field facility maintenance projects and 22 systems modernization. 23 Appropriations for FY 2025-2026 from the primary road fund 24 include appropriations for transportation operations, utility 25 services, unemployment and workers compensation, indirect cost 26 recoveries, audits, inventory and equipment replacement, the 27 statewide interoperability network, major facility maintenance 28 and enhancement, routine facility maintenance and preservation, 29 and renovation of the Waterloo maintenance garage. 30 The bill amends Code section 321.145 relating to the 31 disposition of moneys from the statutory allocations fund 32 (SAF). Under current law, revenues derived from trailer 33 registration fees, fees charged for drivers licenses and 34 nonoperators identification cards, fees charged for commercial 35 -4- LSB 1016SV (2) 91 th/ns 4/ 5
S.F. 628 drivers license driving skills tests, fees charged for the 1 issuance of a certificate of title, the certificate of title 2 surcharge, revenues derived from the imposition of a use tax on 3 vehicles subject only to the issuance of a certificate of title 4 and manufactured housing, and revenues arising from automobile 5 rental excise taxes are deposited in the SAF. Current law 6 credits SAF moneys to the DOT to be used for purposes of public 7 transit assistance, to the motorcycle rider education fund, 8 and for the various purposes specified in Code section 321.34 9 relating to special registration plate fees. Any revenues 10 remaining in the SAF are credited to the road use tax fund. 11 The bill provides a standing appropriation from the SAF 12 to the DOT for an amount necessary for the payment of costs 13 associated with producing and distributing drivers licenses 14 and nonoperators identification cards, not to exceed SAF 15 revenues derived from fees charged for drivers licenses and 16 nonoperators identification cards. By operation of law, 17 unused moneys from the appropriation would revert to the SAF 18 and be credited to the road use tax fund in accordance with 19 current law. In previous fiscal years, the general assembly 20 annually appropriated moneys from the road use tax fund to the 21 DOT for the payment of costs associated with the production of 22 drivers licenses. 23 -5- LSB 1016SV (2) 91 th/ns 5/ 5