Bill Text: IA SF2363 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to state and local finances by making transfers and appropriations, providing for properly related matters, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 3224.) Vetoed 5-30-14.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Vetoed) 2014-05-30 - Vetoed by Governor. S.J. 933. [SF2363 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2013-SF2363-Enrolled.html

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Senate File 2363
AN ACT
RELATING TO STATE AND LOCAL FINANCES BY MAKING TRANSFERS AND
APPROPRIATIONS, PROVIDING FOR PROPERLY RELATED MATTERS, AND
INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY PROVISIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
STATE BOND REPAYMENT FUND
Section 1. STATE BOND REPAYMENT FUND.
1. Notwithstanding section 8.55, subsection 2, paragraph
“b”, if the Iowa economic emergency fund reaches its maximum
balance in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, after the
designated portion of the excess moneys is transferred to the
taxpayers trust fund pursuant to section 8.55, subsection 2,

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paragraph “a”, the next $60,050,000 is transferred to the state
bond repayment fund created in section 8.57F.
2. If the treasurer of state determines that the amount
transferred pursuant to subsection 1 is not sufficient to
defease or redeem the bonds specified in section 8.57F,
subsection 2A, as enacted by this division of this Act, and
to pay the costs relating to the defeasance or redemption, to
the entire extent that the bonds may be defeased or redeemed,
the treasurer of state may submit a written request to the
department of management that the department certify the
amount of the insufficiency as determined by the treasurer
of state. The request shall detail the information needed
by the department of management to determine whether the
department concurs with the treasurer of state’s determination.
Upon issuance of the department of management’s written
certification of the insufficiency amount, there is transferred
from the Iowa economic emergency fund, after the transfer made
pursuant to subsection 1 to the state bond repayment fund,
an amount equal to the insufficiency amount certified by the
department of management. The treasurer of state’s request,
any documents relating to the request, and the department
of management’s certification shall also be submitted to
the chairpersons and ranking members of the committees on
appropriations of the senate and house of representatives and
the legislative services agency at the time of submission or
certification.
3. To the extent the vision Iowa program bonds issued
pursuant to section 12.71 are defeased or redeemed by moneys
transferred or credited to the state bond repayment fund
created in section 8.57F, there is transferred to the rebuild
Iowa infrastructure fund from the revenue source otherwise
designated by law or existing practice for payment of the
vision Iowa program bonds, an amount equal to that which
otherwise would have been paid in connection with the vision
Iowa program bonds issued pursuant to section 12.71 from such
revenue source for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014,
and each fiscal year thereafter as provided in section 8.57,
subsection 5, paragraph “e”.
Sec. 2. Section 8.57F, Code 2014, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 2A. The moneys credited to and available
in the fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, are
appropriated to the treasurer of state for the defeasance or

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redemption of the vision Iowa program bonds issued pursuant to
section 12.71 and for the costs relating to the defeasance or
redemption, to the extent the bonds can be defeased or redeemed
and costs paid within the amount appropriated.
Sec. 3. Section 8.57F, subsection 3, Code 2014, is amended
to read as follows:
3. Any bonds listed in subsection subsections 2 and 2A that
are not defeased or redeemed in accordance with this section
shall continue to be payable from their original payment
source.
Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This division of this
Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
enactment.
Sec. 5. APPLICABILITY. The section of this division of this
Act providing for transfer of moneys from the Iowa economic
emergency fund to the state bond repayment fund instead of the
general fund of the state applies to transfers made from the
Iowa economic emergency fund after the effective date of this
division of this Act.
DIVISION II
MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 6. GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS —— FY 2013-2014. There
is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
following departments and agencies for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
1. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND STEWARDSHIP
a. For deposit in the agricultural drainage well water
quality assistance fund created in section 460.303 to be used
for purposes of supporting the agricultural drainage well water
quality assistance program as provided in section 460.304:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,240,000
b. For deposit in the water quality initiative fund created
in section 466B.45 for purposes of supporting special projects
associated with a water quality initiative administered by the
soil conservation division as provided in section 466B.42:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,500,000
c. For deposit in the watershed improvement fund created in
section 466A.2:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,500,000
d. For use by the department in providing for soil and
water conservation administration, the conservation of soil and

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water resources, and the support of soil and water conservation
district commissioners:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5,000,000
e. For support of the silos and smokestacks national
heritage area to provide continued agricultural-related
education and preservation:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 200,000
2. DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
a. For preservation of civil war muster rolls:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 90,000
b. For restoration of the grave of governor Samuel Merrill:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 50,000
c. For the funding of an oral history of civil rights at a
museum located in a county with a population between 200,000
and 300,000 in the latest preceding certified federal census:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 300,000
d. (1) For the planning, design, construction, and
renovation of the state historical building:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,800,000
(2) By October 15, 2014, the department shall submit a
report to the general assembly on the results of the planning
and study of the building including the use of and anticipated
cash flow needs for the final building design.
3. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
a. For purposes of the midwest United States-Japan
conference:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 100,000
b. For the strategic infrastructure program if enacted by
2014 Iowa Acts, House File 2445, or 2014 Iowa Acts, Senate File
2359:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 4,000,000
c. For the home base Iowa initiative:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 400,000
(1) Moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
shall be used to conduct a professional and occupational
licensure analysis for connecting military occupations with
Iowa’s professional and occupational licensure rules. The
analysis shall assist licensing boards in developing policies
providing veterans with credit in the licensing process for
military education, training, and service and shall identify
military occupations that are most closely aligned with Iowa’s
professional and occupational licensures.
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be used to mitigate costs incurred by licensing boards in
implementing policies providing veterans with credit in the
professional and occupational licensing process for military
education, training, and service.
(3) Moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph shall be
used to support increased workforce-related data capabilities
for veterans in Iowa. The data capabilities shall allow the
department to effectively track the progress of assisting
veterans with workforce issues.
4. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
For purposes of providing reimbursement to public school
districts that conduct radon testing pursuant to section
280.30, as enacted in this Act:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000,000
5. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
To supplement the appropriation made for the low-income
home energy assistance program in 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 136,
section 10:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,000,000
6. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
a. For the costs of compensatory education to address the
reviews of special education of certain children placed at the
Iowa juvenile home conducted by the department of education in
fall 2013 and reported to the department of human services on
October 7 and December 20, 2013:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,220,000
b. For a study to assess placement of sex offenders or
other hard-to-place persons in the state requiring the type
of personal and medical care provided by a nursing facility,
including salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 100,000
(1) From the moneys appropriated in this lettered
paragraph, the department of human services shall utilize a
request for proposals process to select a private entity to
study the implementation of facilities in other states that
provide care for sex offenders and other hard-to-place persons
needing the type of care provided by a nursing facility, to
develop projections of the need for this type of facility in
the state over the next twenty years, and to develop cost
projections and financing considerations for facility options
in the state. The department of human services shall issue
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enactment of this division of this Act.
(2) The study and report following the conclusion of the
study shall include all of the following information:
(a) A summary of long-term care facilities operated in
other states for the purpose of caring for sex offenders or
other hard-to-place persons, whether the facility is operated
by a governmental entity or through a contract with a private
entity. The summary of the facilities shall include an
overview of ownership and operations, populations served,
financing sources and average costs per patient, public
financing limitations, security or staff training policies, and
other considerations deemed appropriate. The summary shall
focus on models that may be adaptable to Iowa.
(b) A projection of the number of persons in the state who,
in the next twenty years, would require the services of such a
facility due to sex offender status, a history of abusive or
violent behavior in previous nursing facility placements, or
other unmet psychiatric needs.
(c) An analysis of options for the state based on the
research of out-of-state models and projected need. The
analysis shall identify potential ownership structures and
public or private facility options, including an identification
of state-owned facilities that may be underutilized and could
be reconfigured. The analysis shall also include management
structures, whether public or private, potential sources of
revenue and limitations on those sources, the need for enhanced
security or staff training for safety, and other considerations
deemed appropriate.
(3) A report on the results of the study produced pursuant
to this lettered paragraph shall be submitted to the governor,
the general assembly, and the department of human services by
November 1, 2014.
(4) The departments of human services, corrections,
inspections and appeals, and aging, the state public defender,
the office of ombudsman, the office of the state long-term care
ombudsman, and the judicial branch shall provide information
for purposes of the study as requested by the private entity
conducting the study. However, any information which is
confidential shall continue to be maintained as confidential.
(5) Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
this lettered paragraph that remain unencumbered or unobligated
at the close of the fiscal year for which appropriated shall
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purposes designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal
year.
c. For the public purpose of providing grants to community
mental health centers in accordance with this lettered
paragraph:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 800,000
The appropriation made in this lettered paragraph shall be
distributed as grants of up to $100,000 to those nonprofit
community mental health centers designated by the department
under chapter 230A as of January 1, 2014. The grants shall
be used by the centers for the costs of implementing an
electronic health record system. The electronic health record
systems implemented pursuant to a grant shall comply with the
electronic health information provisions implemented pursuant
to section 135.156 and with the mental health and disabilities
services system central data repository implemented pursuant
to section 225C.6A and other data requirements under chapter
225C. Each recipient of a grant shall have the electronic
health record system fully operational on or before July 1,
2018. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
this lettered paragraph that remain unencumbered or unobligated
at the close of the fiscal year for which appropriated shall
not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the
purposes designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal
year.
d. To be used for payment of verified costs for previously
uncompensated medical and surgical treatment provided during
the period beginning July 1, 2013, and ending December 31,
2013, to individuals who met the eligibility requirements
pursuant to chapter 249J, Code 2013, but were not members of
the expansion population pursuant to chapter 249J, Code 2013,
during such period:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10,900,000
(1) Applicants for moneys appropriated in this lettered
paragraph include a publicly owned acute care teaching hospital
located in a county with a population over 350,000, and the
university of Iowa hospitals and clinics. All applicants shall
receive moneys appropriated under this lettered paragraph in an
amount to be determined by the department.
(2) In order to receive moneys under this lettered
paragraph, an applicant must submit claim documentation to the
department verifying the costs for previously uncompensated
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beginning July 1, 2013, and ending December 31, 2013, to the
individuals specified in this lettered paragraph.
e. For use by an Iowa-based nonprofit organization that is a
grantee of the department for expanding the usage of the earned
income tax credit to evaluate the need to assist low-income
Iowans in preparing tax returns for electronic filing:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10,000
f. For implementation costs to contract with a third-party
vendor to establish an asset, income, and identity eligibility
verification system for the purposes of determining or
redetermining eligibility of an individual who is an applicant
for or recipient of medical assistance under the Medicaid
program state plan on the basis of being aged, blind, or
disabled in accordance with 42 U.S.C. §1396w, as provided in
2014 Iowa Acts, House File 2463, if enacted:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 400,000
g. For development and initial implementation of an
inpatient psychiatric bed tracking system in accordance with
this lettered paragraph:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 200,000
(1) In developing the requirements for procurement of the
system, the department of human services shall engage the
group of magistrates and hospital personnel that assisted the
department in developing the hospital bed tracking system
report submitted to the general assembly in December 2013,
pursuant to 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 130, section 56. The
department shall also engage representatives of other portions
of the mental health system, including representatives of the
regional mental health and disability services system, the
state mental health institutes, the Iowa behavioral health
association, and the Iowa association of community providers.
The procedural issues addressed by the group shall include
but are not limited to the responsibility for data entry
and verification, timeliness of data entry, confidentiality
requirements associated with the data needed to ensure the
usefulness of the system, and key characteristics and capacity
information about the beds in the system.
(2) The department shall base the procurement requirements
on the recommendation option contained in the December 2013
report that projected the lowest annual maintenance and
operating costs than the other option.
(3) Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
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at the close of the fiscal year for which appropriated shall
not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the
purposes designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal
year.
7. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
For the public purpose of providing a grant on behalf of
substance-related disorder treatment providers in accordance
with this section:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,800,000
The appropriation made in this lettered paragraph shall
be distributed as a grant to an association representing the
majority of the nonprofit substance-related disorder treatment
providers licensed under section 125.13 by the department as of
January 1, 2014, that receive federal prevention and treatment
of substance abuse block grant funding through the department.
The grant shall be used for bulk purchasing and to implement an
electronic health record system in the providers that receive
that federal grant. The electronic health record system
implemented with the grant shall comply with the electronic
health information provisions implemented pursuant to section
135.156 and with the mental health and disabilities services
system central data repository implemented pursuant to section
225C.6A and other data requirements under chapter 225C. Each
of the providers shall have the electronic health record system
fully operational on or before July 1, 2018. Notwithstanding
section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph
that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the
fiscal year for which appropriated shall not revert but shall
remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated
until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
8. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
For the fire service training bureau for the purchase of
equipment including mobile training units and an interior fire
attack simulator:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 450,000
9. IOWA JUDICIAL BRANCH
For costs associated with the electronic document management
system and other technology-related projects:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,650,000
10. STATE BOARD OF REGENTS
a. For the Iowa flood center at the state university of
Iowa:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,200,000

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(1) Of the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
$200,000 shall be used for purposes of a groundwater monitoring
network.
(2) Of the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
$1,000,000 shall be used for purposes of a soil monitoring
network.
b. For the advanced manufacturing center at the university
of northern Iowa:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,000,000
(1) Of the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
$2,000,000 shall be used to purchase advanced manufacturing
equipment.
(2) Of the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
$1,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure costs at the
center.
c. For the veterinary diagnostic laboratory at the college
of veterinary medicine at Iowa state university of science and
technology for the purchase of cancer-related equipment:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 300,000
d. For construction, renovation, and related improvements
for phase II of the agricultural and biosystems engineering
complex, including classrooms, laboratories, and offices at
Iowa state university of science and technology:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 18,600,000
e. For the renovation and related improvements to the dental
science building at the state university of Iowa including but
not limited to renovation of clinical spaces and development of
a multidisciplinary clinical area:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 8,000,000
f. For renovation and related improvements for Bartlett
hall at the university of northern Iowa including providing
faculty offices, seminar rooms, and laboratories in the
building and the associated demolition of Baker hall:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,947,000
Sec. 7. REAP. Notwithstanding the amount of the standing
appropriation from the general fund of the state to the Iowa
resources enhancement and protection fund as provided in
section 455A.18, and in addition to moneys appropriated in 2014
Iowa Acts, House File 2458, and 2014 Iowa Acts, Senate File
2349, there is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the Iowa resources enhancement and protection fund for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014,
the following amount, to be allocated as provided in section

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455A.19:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5,000,000
Sec. 8. 2011 Iowa Acts, chapter 133, section 1, subsection
10, paragraphs d through f, as amended by 2012 Iowa Acts,
chapter 1140, section 15, are amended to read as follows:
d. For construction, renovation, and related improvements
for phase II of the agricultural and biosystems engineering
complex, including classrooms, laboratories, and offices at
Iowa state university of science and technology:
FY 2011-2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000,000
FY 2012-2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 19,050,000
FY 2013-2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 21,750,000
FY 2014-2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 18,600,000
0
e. For the renovation and related improvements to the dental
science building at the state university of Iowa including but
not limited to renovation of clinical spaces and development of
a multidisciplinary clinical area:
FY 2011-2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000,000
FY 2012-2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10,250,000
FY 2013-2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 9,750,000
FY 2014-2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 8,000,000
0
f. For renovation and related improvements for Bartlett
hall at the university of northern Iowa including providing
faculty offices, seminar rooms, and laboratories in the
building and the associated demolition of Baker hall:
FY 2011-2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000,000
FY 2012-2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 7,786,000
FY 2013-2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10,267,000
FY 2014-2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,947,000
0
Sec. 9. REPORTING.
1. On or before January 15 of each year, a state agency
that received an appropriation in this division of this
Act shall report to the legislative services agency and the
department of management the status of all projects completed
or in progress. The report shall include a description of the
project, the progress of work completed, the total estimated
cost of the project, a list of all revenue sources being used
to fund the project, the amount of funds expended, the amount
of funds obligated, and the date the project was completed or
an estimated completion date of the project, where applicable.

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2. On or before December 31 of each year, a recipient
of moneys appropriated in this division of this Act for any
purpose shall report to the state agency to which the moneys
are appropriated the status of all projects completed or in
progress. The report shall include a description of the
project, the progress of work completed, the total estimated
cost of the project, a list of all revenue sources being used
to fund the project, the amount of funds expended, the amount
of funds obligated, and the date the project was completed or
an estimated completion date of the project, where applicable.
Sec. 10. REVERSION. For purposes of section 8.33, unless
specifically provided otherwise, unencumbered or unobligated
moneys from an appropriation made or amended in this division
of this Act shall not revert but shall remain available for
expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017. However, if the
project or projects for which such appropriation was made or
amended are completed in an earlier fiscal year, unencumbered
or unobligated moneys shall revert at the close of that same
fiscal year.
Sec. 11. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This division of this
Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
enactment.
DIVISION III
RADON CONTROL IN SCHOOLS
Sec. 12. NEW SECTION . 280.30 Radon testing.
1. For purposes of this section, “short-term test” means
a test approved by the department of public health in which a
testing device remains in an area for not less than two days
and not more than ninety days to determine the amount of radon
in the air that is acceptable for human inhalation.
2. The board of directors of each public school district
may provide for short-term testing and retesting for radon gas
to be performed at each attendance center under its control
and following any new construction of an attendance center or
additions, renovations, or repairs to an attendance center.
3. a. The department of public health and the department
of education shall each adopt rules to jointly administer this
section.
b. In consultation with appropriate stakeholders, the
department of public health shall adopt rules establishing
standards for radon testing at attendance centers. Such
standards shall include but are not limited to training

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requirements for persons to conduct such testing and best
practices for conducting such testing.
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PAM JOCHUM
President of the Senate
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KRAIG PAULSEN
Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
is known as Senate File 2363, Eighty-fifth General Assembly.
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MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
Secretary of the Senate
Approved _______________, 2014
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TERRY E. BRANSTAD
Governor