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