Executive Order 19

Signed by Governor Terry E. Branstad on September 18, 1985.

What it does

AI summary This order implements a 3.85 percent reduction in state appropriations for fiscal year 1986 to prevent a deficit in the general fund. The reduction applies to allotment requests for the remaining three-quarters of the fiscal year, except for certain excluded items like the courts, the legislature, and specific trust or highway funds. The state comptroller is directed to prepare these modified allotments starting October 1.¹

The Legislature’s description: Implements a 3.85% reduction in appropriations for FY 1986.

Read the order

EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER NINETEEN WHEREAS, economic conditions in Iowa are reflecting a depressed agricultural economy and a softening demand for consumer goods; and WHEREAS, these factors have generated a decline in actual state revenues compared to earlier estimates for fiscal year 1986; and WHEREAS, the state comptroller has concluded that without revisions to the state budget in 'fiscal year 1986, the shortfall in revenues will result in a general fund deficit on June 30, 1986 of $91.l million; and WHEREAS, Article VII of the Iowa Constitution prohibits state budget deficits; and WHEREAS, Iowa Code Section 8.31, provides a procedure for uniform and prorated reductions of state appropriations by the Governor to avoid overdrafts and deficits; and WHEREAS, without implementing these uniform, prorated reductions in state appropriations, the state will face a $91.l million deficit in the general fund on June 30, 1986. NOW THEREFORE, !,.Terry E. Branstad, Governor of the State of Iowa, by the power and authority invested in me by the Constitution and the laws of Iowa, do hereby make the following findings and orders: 1. I find that the estimated budget resources during fiscal year 1986 are insufficient to pay all appropriations in full as required by Iowa Code Section 8.30, to wit: General fund balance, June 30, 1985 Fiscal year 1986 receipts (net) Fiscal year 1986 appropriations and standing estimated appropriat·ions TOTAL $ .0 million $2,123.0 million $2,214.l million ($91. l million) 2. I further find that a 3.85 percent reduction in appropriations subject to Iowa Code Section 8.31 is necessary to prevent an overdraft or deficit in the general fund of the state at the end of this fiscal year. 3. I hereby direct the implementation of Iowa Code Section 8.31 requiring the uniform modification of allotment requests filed .pursuant to that section for each of the remaining three-quarters of the fiscal year to achieve an annual 3.85 percent fiscal year reduction in each respective appropriation unless subsequent projections provide good reason to alter these .findings. 4. I further direct the state comptroller to prepare such modified allotments for the second quarter of fiscal year 1986, which commences October 1, with the exception of appropriations excluded by Iowa Code Section 8.2(1), pertaining to the courts, the legislature, constructive trust funds such as tax refund allocations, 'federal highway matching funds, and obligated , encumbered or contracted capital items, and those approp;iations that by law have been distributed 100 percent to date. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the Great .Seal of Iowa to be affixed. Done at Des Moines this I 9-1-li day of September in the year of our Lord one-thousand nine hundred and eighty-five .

From the text in the order’s PDF. Older orders were scanned, so a few words may be garbled; the signed PDF is the official version.

Signed order (PDF)

Printed in the Iowa Administrative Bulletin, VIII, No. 8 (10/09/1985) p. 775.

Bills on the same laws

The order cites Iowa Code chapter 8. These bills changed the same chapter.²

SF 2507 Relating to state and local government and finances, including by making, modifying, limiting, or reducing app…
91th General Assembly · chapter 8 · Withdrawn
HF 2792 Relating to and making appropriations from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund, technology reinvestment fund,…
91th General Assembly · chapter 8 · Withdrawn
SF 2490 Relating to oil and gas production, including filing requirements, the authority of the department of natural …
91th General Assembly · chapter 8 · Signed by Governor
SF 2473 Relating to matters under the purview of the department of management, and including effective date and applic…
91th General Assembly · chapter 8 · Approved by committee
HF 2742 Relating to reports on major maintenance projects for state infrastructure
91th General Assembly · chapter 8 · Passed House
HF 2739 Relating to state finances by modifying the taxes imposed on health maintenance organizations, making transfer…
91th General Assembly · chapter 8 · Signed by Governor
SF 2386 Relating to indirect costs charged to state-funded grants, and including applicability provisions
91th General Assembly · chapter 8 · Approved by committee
SF 2372 Relating to statutory corrections that adjust language to reflect current practices, correct grammar, insert e…
91th General Assembly · chapter 8 · Withdrawn
HF 2389 Relating to the establishment of programs administered by the economic development authority, including the in…
91th General Assembly · chapter 8 · In committee
HF 2223 Relating to local and state government finances by modifying provisions relating to homestead property tax cre…
91th General Assembly · chapter 8 · In committee
HF 2149 Relating to software licensing restrictions for certain state entities, and including applicability provisions
91th General Assembly · chapter 8 · In committee
HF 1041 Relating to sports wagering receipts, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions
91th General Assembly · chapter 8 · Withdrawn
SF 650 Relating to and making appropriations from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund and technology reinvestment fu…
91th General Assembly · chapter 8 · Withdrawn
HF 1028 Relating to matters under the purview of the department of management, and including effective date and applic…
91th General Assembly · chapter 8 · Signed by Governor
SF 627 Authorizing length of service award programs for volunteer fire fighters, volunteer emergency medical care pro…
91th General Assembly · chapter 8 · Withdrawn