Senate File 22SENATE FILE BY PUTNEY Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to commissions that oversee memorial buildings 2 and monuments. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1045SS 82 5 eg/je/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 37.9, unnumbered paragraphs 1 and 6, 1 2 Code 2007, are amended to read as follows: 1 3 When the proposition to erect any sucha building or 1 4 monument under this chapter has been carried by a majority 1 5 vote, the board of supervisors or the city council, as the 1 6 case may be, shall appoint a commission consisting offive or 1 7 sevennot more than eleven members, in the manner and with the 1 8 qualifications provided in this chapter, which shall have 1 9 charge and supervision of the erection of the building or 1 10 monument, and when erected, the management and control of the 1 11 building or monument. 1 12 The commissioners having the management and control of a 1 13 memorial hospital shall, within ten days after their 1 14 appointment, qualify by taking the usual oath of office, but 1 15 no bonds shall be required of them except as hereinafter 1 16 provided. The commissioners shall organize by electing a 1 17 chairperson, secretary, and treasurer. The secretary and 1 18 treasurer shall each file with the chairperson of the 1 19 commission a surety bond in such sum as the commission may 1 20 require, with sureties approved by the commission, for the use 1 21 and benefit of the memorial hospital. The reasonable costs of 1 22 such bonds shall be paid from operating funds of the hospital. 1 23 The secretary shall immediately report to the county auditor 1 24 and county treasurer the names of the chairperson, secretary, 1 25 and treasurer of the commission. The commission shall meet at 1 26 least once each month.Three members of a five=member 1 27 commission and five members of a seven=memberA majority of 1 28 the commission members shall constitute a quorum for the 1 29 transaction of business. The secretary shall keep a complete 1 30 record of its proceedings. 1 31 EXPLANATION 1 32 Under Code chapter 37 and subject to voter approval, a city 1 33 or county may erect and equip a memorial building or monument 1 34 to commemorate the service rendered by soldiers, sailors, and 1 35 marines of the United States. The city council or the board 2 1 of supervisors, as the case may be, appoints a commission to 2 2 oversee the erection and management of the building or 2 3 monument. Under current law, the commission consists of five 2 4 or seven members. This bill allows additional persons to be 2 5 appointed, not to exceed 11 members. In accord with existing 2 6 law, the bill provides that a majority of the commission 2 7 members constitutes a quorum. 2 8 LSB 1045SS 82 2 9 eg:nh/je/5