Routine maintenance fund appropriation

1. A routine maintenance fund is created in the state treasury under the control of the department. The fund shall consist of all moneys appropriated to the fund. 2. There is appropriated from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund to the department for deposit in the routine maintenance fund, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the sum of two million dollars. 3. Moneys in the routine maintenance fund are appropriated to the department for purposes of routine maintenance projects for state buildings and facilities, excluding buildings and facilities under the control of the state board of regents, state department of transportation, department of natural resources, and department of public defense. For purposes of this section, routine maintenance includes regular upkeep of physical properties and recurring, preventive, and ongoing maintenance necessary to delay or prevent the failure of physical properties. 4. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the routine maintenance fund shall be credited to the routine maintenance fund. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys credited to the routine maintenance fund shall not revert at the close of a fiscal year.