1. As used in this section, “planning period” means a period comprised of five consecutive fiscal years each beginning July 1 and ending June 30.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 456.5A

  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. Not later than January 10, 2022, and not later than January 10 of each subsequent five-year period, the state geologist shall publish a new long-range budget plan for the next planning period. The long-range budget plan shall describe how moneys appropriated, expected to be appropriated, or otherwise available or expected to be available to the Iowa geological survey for each fiscal year of that planning period are to be expended in a manner that best allows the Iowa geological survey to exercise its powers and carry out its duties or functions. The long-range budget plan shall include any performance goals and measures required by law or established by the state geologist. The state geologist shall annually evaluate the Iowa geological survey’s progress in attaining those performance goals and shall revise the long-term budget plan as the state geologist determines necessary or desirable.