Executive orders · Governor Chester J. Culver
Executive Order 18
Signed by Governor Chester J. Culver on September 25, 2009.
What it does
AI summary This order directs the Department of Management to transfer $45.3 million from the State Economic Emergency Fund to the State General Fund. These actions to balance the Fiscal Year 2009 state budget are to begin on September 25, 2009.1
The Legislature’s description: Transfers $45.3 million from the Economic Emergency Fund to the General Fund in order to balance the FY 2009 state budget.
Read the order
• "' .."' ., I j I~. ]!Lwmfilrr J,qrartmrti .,. , INTHE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF IOWA EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER 18 WHEREAS, the State Revenue Estimating Conference (REC) reduced its Fiscal Year 2009 net General Fund revenue estimate at the December 12, 2008, meeting by. 1.6 percent from $6.151 billion to $6.052 billion; and WHEREAS, as a result of the December 12, 2008, REC meeting, I issued a uniform reduction, as required in Iowa Code section 8.31, of 1.5 percent, or $89.1 million, while also imposing additional spending expenditure reductions and recommendation on program eliminations to bring the State General Fund back into balance; and WHEREAS, the REC, again, reduced its Fiscal Year 2009 net General Fund revenue estimate at its March 20, 2009, meeting, by 1.3 percent from $6.052 billion to $5.970 billion; and • WHEREAS, as a result of the March 20, 2009, REC meeting, I negotiated with the Iowa General Assembly and signed into law, a Fiscal Year 2009 General Fund budget that was balanced and had a positive ending balance; and WHEREAS, since the March 20, 2009, REC meeting, as a direct result of the national recession, gross state revenues unexpectedly and precipitously declined in May and June - the last two months of Fiscal Year 2009 - by $77.6 million; and WHEREAS, the Department of Management has informed me, as expected, that a transfer / from the State's Economic Emergency Fund established in Iowa Code section 8.55, would be necessary to balance the Fiscal Year 2009 State General Fund; and NOW, THEREFORE, I, Chester J. Culver, Governor of the State of Iowa, by the power vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the State of Iowa, do hereby order the transfer of $45.3 million from the State Economic Emergency Fund to the State General Fund, as provided under Iowa Code section 8.55. The Department of Management shall take all necessary steps under Iowa law to effectuate these transactions. Actions taken by the Department of Management to implement this order shall commence on September 25, 2009. ATTEST: MiCHAEL A. MAURO SECRETARY OF STATE IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the Great Seal of Iowa~ be affixed. Done at Des Moines thist:f.~ day of September, in the :~ue;;cGOVERNOR
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.
Printed in the Iowa Administrative Bulletin, XXXII, No. 9 (10/21/2009) p. 1138.
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 infrastructure91th 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 provisions91th 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 provisions91th General Assembly · chapter 8 · In committee
- HF 1041 Relating to sports wagering receipts, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions91th 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