Transportation

Its budget

It gets no General Fund money: it runs on the Road Use Tax Fund (fuel taxes and vehicle fees) and federal funds, which Iowa Funnel’s budget pages don’t cover. See the whole state budget.

Bills that would change its laws

Recent bills that add to, rewrite or repeal the Iowa Code chapters it mainly carries out¹: chapter 307, chapter 321, chapter 312, chapter 313.

• HF 2793Relating to a railway tracks overpass and underpass fund, and making appropriationsDied when the session ended
• SF 2501Relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to charter school approval, contracts, funding, and operations, services provided to charter schools by area education agencies, charter school student participation in extracurricular activities provided by public schools, the Iowa public employees’ retirement system, education savings accounts, independent accreditation, teacher training and licensure, the statewide voluntary preschool program, the district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program, open enrollment, school tuition organizations, and innovation zone schools; making appropriations; and including effective date and applicability provisionsWithdrawn
• HF 2761Relating to driver’s licenses and nonoperator’s identification cards marked to reflect gold star statusDied when the session ended
• HF 2748Relating to agriculture, including by providing for the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, including the promotion and regulation of commodities and products; the regulation of the transportation of agricultural commodities; the use of agricultural land; and taxation, including property taxes, excise and sales taxes, and income taxes; making penalties applicable; and including effective date and applicability provisionsDied when the session ended
• HF 2747Relating to national wild turkey federation special registration plates, providing fees, and making appropriationsDied when the session ended
• SF 2475Relating to abandoned vehiclesWithdrawn
• HF 2741Establishing a scenic byways enhancement fund, including by providing for voluntary contributions to the fund, making appropriations, and including effective date provisionsDied when the session ended
• SF 2465Relating to agriculture, including by providing for the powers and duties of the department of agriculture and land stewardship, including the promotion and regulation of commodities and products, the regulation of the transportation of agricultural items, the use of agricultural land, sales and use taxes, and veterinary practice and income taxes, making penalties applicable, and including effective date and applicability provisionsSigned by Governor
• HF 2700Relating to sufficient English language proficiency requirements for commercial drivers, providing penalties, and including applicability provisionsWithdrawn
• HF 2699Relating to charter schools and innovation zone schools, including by modifying provisions related to charter school funding and operations, services provided to charter schools by area education agencies, charter school contracts, and charter school student participation in extracurricular activities provided by public schools, striking provisions allowing for the establishment of innovation zone schools, and including applicability provisionsDied when the session ended
• SF 2457Relating to abandoned vehicles, and making appropriationsRenumbered as SF 2475
• SF 2434Relating to local government, including the approval of action by ordinance, and including applicability provisionsDied when the session ended