1. The director shall maintain a depreciation fund for the purchase of replacement motor vehicles and additions to the fleet. The director’s records shall show the total funds deposited by and credited to each department or agency. At the end of each month, the director shall render a statement to each state department or agency for additions to the fleet and total depreciation credited to that department or agency. Such depreciation expense shall be paid by the state departments or agencies in the same manner as other expenses are paid, and shall be deposited in the depreciation fund to the credit of the department or agency. The funds credited to each department or agency shall remain the property of the department or agency. However, at the end of each biennium, the director shall cause to revert to the fund from which it accumulated any unassigned depreciation.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 8A.365

  • Department: means the department of administrative services. See Iowa Code 8A.101
  • Director: means the director of the department of administrative services or the director's designee. See Iowa Code 8A.101
  • month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" and the abbreviation "A. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • 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. The department of corrections is not obligated to pay the depreciation expense otherwise required by this section.