2014 Iowa Code
TITLE I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT
SUBTITLE 4 - EXECUTIVE BRANCH
CHAPTER 8 - DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT — BUDGET AND FINANCIAL CONTROL ACT
SECTION 8.6 - Specific powers and duties.

8.6  Specific powers and duties.

The specific duties of the director of the department of management shall be:

1.  Forms.  To consult with all state officers and agencies which receive reports and forms from county officers, in order to devise standardized reports and forms which will permit computer processing of the information submitted by county officers, and to prescribe forms on which each municipality, at the time of preparing estimates required under section 24.3, shall be required to compile in parallel columns the following data and estimates for immediate availability to any taxpayer upon request:

a.  For the immediate prior fiscal year, revenue from all sources, other than revenue received from property taxation, allocated to each of the several funds and separately stated as to each such source, and for each fund the unencumbered cash balance thereof at the beginning and end of the year, the amount received by property taxation allocated to each fund, and the amount of actual expenditure for each fund.

b.  For the current fiscal year, actual and estimated revenue, from all sources, other than revenue received from property taxation, and separately stated as to each such source, allocated to each of the several funds, and for each fund the actual unencumbered cash balance available at the beginning of the year, the amount to be received from property taxation allocated to each fund, and the amount of actual and estimated expenditures, whichever is applicable.

c.  For the proposed budget year, an estimate of revenue from all sources, other than revenue to be received from property taxation, separately stated as to each such source, to be allocated to each of the several funds, and for each fund the actual or estimated unencumbered cash balance, whichever is applicable, to be available at the beginning of the year, the amount proposed to be received from property taxation allocated to each fund, and the amount proposed to be expended during the year plus the amount of cash reserve, based on actual experience of prior years, which shall be the necessary cash reserve of the budget adopted exclusive of capital outlay items.  The estimated expenditures plus the required cash reserve for the ensuing fiscal year less all estimated or actual unencumbered balances at the beginning of the year and less the estimated income from all sources other than property taxation shall equal the amount to be received from property taxes, and such amount shall be shown on the proposed budget estimate.

d.  To insure uniformity, accuracy, and efficiency in the preparation of budget estimates by municipalities subject to chapter 24, the director shall prescribe the procedures to be used and instruct the appropriate officials of the various municipalities on implementation of the procedures.

2.  Report of standing appropriations.  To annually prepare a separate report containing a complete list of all standing appropriations showing the amount of each appropriation and the purpose for which the appropriation is made and furnish a copy of the report to each member of the general assembly on or before the first day of each regular session.

3.  Budget document.  To prepare the budget document and draft the legislation to make it effective.

4.  Allotments.  To perform the necessary work involved in reviewing requests for allotments as are submitted to the governor for approval.

5.  Reserved.

6.  Investigations.  To make such investigations of the organization, activities and methods of procedure of the several departments and establishments as the director of management may be called upon to make by the governor or the governor and executive council, or the legislature.

7.  Legislative aid.  To furnish to any committee of either house of the legislature having jurisdiction over revenues or appropriations such aid and information regarding the financial affairs of the government as it may request.

8.  Rules.  To make such rules, subject to the approval of the governor, as may be necessary for effectively carrying on the work of the department of management. The director may, with the approval of the executive council, require any state official, agency, department, or commission, to require any applicant, registrant, filer, permit holder, or license holder, whether individual, partnership, trust, or corporation, to submit to said official, agency, department, or commission, the social security number or the tax number or both so assigned to said individual, partnership, trust, or corporation.

9.  Budget report.  To prepare and file in the department of management, on or before the first day of December of each year, a state budget report, which shall show in detail the following:

a.  Classified estimates in detail of the expenditures necessary, in the director’s judgment, for the support of each department and each institution and department thereof for the ensuing fiscal year.

b.  A schedule showing a comparison of such estimates with the askings of the several departments for the current fiscal year and with the expenditures of like character for the last two preceding fiscal years.

c.  A statement setting forth in detail the reasons for any recommended increases or decreases in the estimated requirements of the various departments, institutions, and departments thereof.

d.  Estimates of all receipts of the state other than from direct taxation and the sources thereof for the ensuing fiscal year.

e.  A comparison of such estimates and askings with receipts of a like character for the last two preceding fiscal years.

f.  The expenditures and receipts of the state for the last completed fiscal year, and estimates of the expenditures and receipts of the state for the current fiscal year.

g.  A detailed statement of all appropriations made during the two preceding fiscal years, also of unexpended balances of appropriations at the end of the last fiscal year and estimated balances at the end of the current fiscal year.

h.  Estimates in detail of the appropriations necessary to meet the requirements of the several departments and institutions for the next fiscal year.

i.  Statements showing:

(1)  The condition of the treasury at the end of the last fiscal year.

(2)  The estimated condition of the treasury at the end of the current fiscal year.

(3)  The estimated condition of the treasury at the end of the next fiscal year, if the director’s recommendations are adopted.

(4)  An estimate of the taxable value of all the property within the state.

(5)  The estimated aggregate amount necessary to be raised by a state levy.

(6)  The amount per thousand dollars of taxable value necessary to produce such amount.

(7)  Other data or information as the director deems advisable.

10.  Budget and tax rate databases.  To develop and make available to the public a searchable budget database and internet site as required under chapter 8G, subchapter I, and to develop and make available to the public a searchable tax rate database and internet site as required under chapter 8G, subchapter II.

11.  General control.  To perform such other duties as may be required to effectively control the financial operations of the government as limited by this chapter.

12.  Targeted small businesses.  To assist the director of the economic development authority as requested in the establishment and implementation of the Iowa targeted small business procurement Act.

13.  State programs for equal opportunity.  To perform specific powers and duties as provided in chapter 19B and other provisions of law with respect to oversight and the imposition of sanctions in connection with state programs emphasizing equal opportunity through affirmative action, contract compliance policies, and procurement set-aside requirements.

14.  Capital project budgeting requests.  To compile annually all capital project budgeting requests of all state agencies, as defined in section 8.3A, and to consolidate the requests, with individual state agency priorities noted, into a report for submission with the budget documents by the governor pursuant to section 8.22.  Any additional information regarding the capital project budgeting requests or priorities shall be compiled and submitted in the same report.

15.  Capital project planning and budgeting authority.  To call upon any state agency, as defined in section 8.3A, for assistance the director may require in performing the director’s duties under subsection 14.  All state agencies, upon the request of the director, shall assist the director and are authorized to make available to the director any existing studies, surveys, plans, data, and other materials in the possession of the state agencies which are relevant to the director’s duties.

16.  State tort claims — risk management coordinator.  To designate a position within the department to serve as the executive branch’s risk management coordinator.

a.  The risk management coordinator shall have all of the following responsibilities:

(1)  Coordinating and monitoring risk control policies and programs in the executive branch, including but not limited to coordination with the employees of departments who are responsible for the workers’ compensation for state employees and management of state property.

(2)  Consulting with the attorney general with respect to the risk control policies and programs and trends in claims and liability of the state under chapter 669.

(3)  Coordinating the state’s central data repository for claims and risk information.

b.  The costs of salary, benefits, and support for the risk management coordinator shall be authorized by the state appeal board established in chapter 73A and shall be paid as claims for services furnished to the state under section 25.2.

17.  Designation of services — funding — customer council.

a.  To establish a process by which the department, in consultation with the department of administrative services, shall determine which services provided by the department of administrative services shall be funded by an appropriation and which services shall be funded by the governmental entity receiving the service.

b.  To establish a process for determining whether the department of administrative services shall be the sole provider of a service for purposes of those services which the department determines under paragraph “a” are to be funded by the governmental entities receiving the service.

c.  To establish, by rule, a customer council responsible for overseeing the services provided solely by the department of administrative services.  The rules adopted shall provide for all of the following:

(1)  The method of appointment of members to the council by the governmental entities required to receive the services.

(2)  The duties of the customer council which shall be as follows:

(a)  Annual review and approval of the department of administrative services’ business plan regarding services provided solely by the department of administrative services.

(b)  Annual review and approval of the procedure for resolving complaints concerning services provided by the department of administrative services.

(c)  Annual review and approval of the procedure for setting rates for the services provided solely by the department of administrative services.

(3)  A process for receiving input from affected governmental entities as well as for a biennial review by the customer council of the determinations made by the department of which services are funded by an appropriation to the department of administrative services and which services are funded by the governmental entities receiving the service, including any recommendations as to whether the department of administrative services shall be the sole provider of a service funded by the governmental entities receiving the service.  The department, in consultation with the department of administrative services, may change the determination of a service if it is determined that the change is in the best interests of those governmental entities receiving the service.

d.  If a service to be provided may also be provided to the judicial branch and legislative branch, then the rules shall provide that the chief justice of the supreme court may appoint a member to the customer council, and the legislative council may appoint a member from the senate and a member from the house of representatives to the customer council, in their discretion.

[C51, §50; R60, §71, 1967; C73, §66; C97, §89; S13, §89, 161-a; C24, 27, 31, §102, 130, 329; C35, §84-e6; C39, §84.06; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §8.6]

83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 84 Acts, ch 1067, §3; 85 Acts, ch 212, §21; 86 Acts, ch 1244, §3; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §104, 105, 2014; 86 Acts, ch 1246, §121; 86 Acts, ch 1016, §1; 89 Acts, ch 284, §1; 89 Acts, ch 298, §5; 90 Acts, ch 1168, §3, 4; 90 Acts, ch 1266, §29; 91 Acts, ch 268, §602, 603; 99 Acts, ch 204, §21, 22; 2001 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 2, §2, 3, 13; 2006 Acts, ch 1185, §90; 2007 Acts, ch 22, §2; 2008 Acts, ch 1184, §29; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §5; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §85, 89; 2011 Acts, ch 122, §39; 2011 Acts, ch 131, §49, 158; 2013 Acts, ch 13, §1; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §1

Referred to in §2.47A

Subsections 8 and 12 amended