Senate Study Bill 1088
SENATE/HOUSE FILE
BY (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF
CULTURAL AFFAIRS BILL)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act concerning fine arts projects in state buildings.
2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. Section 304A.10, Code 2009, is amended to read
1 2 as follows:
1 3 304A.10 COST OF FINE ARTS == PERCENTAGE.
1 4 The total estimated cost of the fine arts elements included
1 5 in a plan and specifications for a state building or group of
1 6 state buildings in accordance with the purposes of this
1 7 division shall in no case be less than one=half of one percent
1 8 of the total estimated cost of such building or group of
1 9 buildings. This percentage allocation shall not be diminished
1 10 by professional fees. By September 1 annually, the
1 11 contracting officer or principal user shall submit to the
1 12 department of cultural affairs the total amount of state
1 13 financial assistance expended in accordance with this section
1 14 during the previous fiscal year. If deemed in the best
1 15 interests of the citizens, funds allocated for the acquisition
1 16 of fine arts may be accumulated over more than one
1 17 appropriation or fiscal period or combined to complete
1 18 significant projects, however, this sentence does not
1 19 authorize interproject transfers with prior approval of the
1 20 Iowa arts council. The total estimated cost of the fine arts
1 21 elements included in a plan and specifications for a state
1 22 building or group of state buildings in accordance with this
1 23 section shall be included by the department of cultural
1 24 affairs in calculating the amount of state financial
1 25 assistance for the arts for purposes of national ranking
1 26 surveys. By January 1 annually, the department of cultural
1 27 affairs shall submit a summary of the total amount of state
1 28 financial assistance expended in accordance with this section
1 29 and for which state buildings the assistance was expended.
1 30 Sec. 2. Section 304A.12, Code 2009, is amended to read as
1 31 follows:
1 32 304A.12 SEPARATE CONTRACT == MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT.
1 33 1. Contracts for the fine arts elements shall be executed
1 34 within the limits of the actual costs as determined by section
1 35 304A.10. Funds in the amount of one percent of the total
2 1 estimated cost of the fine arts elements, as determined by
2 2 section 304A.10, shall be transferred to the arts division for
2 3 administration of the program. All expenses related to the
2 4 acquisition of the fine arts elements shall be contracted for
2 5 separately by the arts division with the funds allocated for
2 6 these purposes. In addition, an amount equal to ten percent
2 7 of the total estimated cost of the fine arts elements, as
2 8 determined by section 304A.10, for a project shall be
2 9 deposited in the maintenance and conservation fund created in
2 10 this section.
2 11 2. A maintenance and conservation fund is created in the
2 12 state treasury under the control of the arts division of the
2 13 department of cultural affairs. Moneys credited to the fund
2 14 as provided in this section, and interest and earnings on that
2 15 money, shall be accounted for and appropriated to the arts
2 16 division to be used for the maintenance and conservation of
2 17 fine arts elements acquired. Notwithstanding section 8.33,
2 18 moneys credited to the fund that remain unencumbered or
2 19 unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
2 20 but shall remain available for expenditure for the purpose
2 21 designated.
2 22 EXPLANATION
2 23 This bill concerns fine arts projects in state buildings.
2 24 The bill provides that 1 percent of the total estimated
2 25 cost of projects for a state building or group of state
2 26 buildings shall be used for fine arts elements. Fine arts
2 27 elements is defined in current law to include sculptures,
2 28 fountains, etc. Current law provides that .5 percent shall be
2 29 used for fine arts elements.
2 30 The bill also allows funds allocated for fine arts to be
2 31 accumulated and used over more than one fiscal period and to
2 32 be combined to complete significant projects with the approval
2 33 of the Iowa arts council.
2 34 The bill also provides that 10 percent of the moneys for
2 35 fine arts elements in a particular state building project
3 1 shall be transferred to a new maintenance and conservation
3 2 fund under the control of the arts division of the department
3 3 of cultural affairs. The bill provides that moneys credited
3 4 to the fund shall be used for the maintenance and conservation
3 5 of fine arts elements acquired.
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