Text: HF02278 Text: HF02280 Text: HF02200 - HF02299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 303.3A ARTS AND CULTURAL 1 2 CONFERENCES AND CAUCUSES. 1 3 1. For the purposes of this section, the following 1 4 definitions apply: 1 5 a. "Arts" means music, dance, theater, opera and music 1 6 theater, visual arts, literature, design arts, media arts, and 1 7 folk and traditional arts. 1 8 b. "Culture" or "cultural" means programs and activities 1 9 which explore past and present human experience. 1 10 c. "Department" means the department of cultural affairs. 1 11 2. The department shall administer regional conferences 1 12 and a statewide caucus on arts and cultural enhancement. The 1 13 purpose of the conferences and caucus is to encourage the 1 14 development of the arts and culture in the state by 1 15 identifying opportunities for programs regarding education, 1 16 outreach, and enhancement, by reviewing possible changes in 1 17 enhancement program policies, programs, and funding, and by 1 18 making recommendations to the department regarding funding 1 19 allocations and priorities. 1 20 3. Every four years beginning in the year 2001, in the 1 21 month of June, the department shall convene a statewide caucus 1 22 on arts and cultural enhancement. 1 23 a. Prior to the statewide caucus, the department shall 1 24 make arrangements to hold a conference in each of several 1 25 regions of the state as defined by the Iowa arts council. The 1 26 department shall promote attendance of interested persons at 1 27 each conference. A designee of the department shall serve as 1 28 temporary chairperson until persons attending elect a 1 29 chairperson. The department shall provide persons attending 1 30 with current information regarding cultural programs and 1 31 expenditures. Persons attending shall identify opportunities 1 32 for programs in the areas of education, outreach, and 1 33 enhancement, and make recommendations in the form of a 1 34 resolution. The persons attending the conference shall elect 1 35 six persons from among the attendees to serve as regional, 2 1 voting delegates to the statewide caucus. The conference 2 2 attendees shall elect a chairperson from among the six 2 3 representatives. Other interested persons are encouraged to 2 4 attend the statewide caucus as nonvoting attendees. 2 5 b. A designee of the department shall call the caucus to 2 6 order and serve as temporary chairperson until persons 2 7 attending the caucus elect a chairperson. Persons attending 2 8 the caucus shall discuss the recommendations of the regional 2 9 conferences and decide upon recommendations to be made to the 2 10 department and the general assembly. Elected chairpersons of 2 11 the regional conferences shall meet with representatives of 2 12 the department and present the recommendations of the caucus. 2 13 Sec. 2. Chapter 303C, Code 1997, is repealed. 2 14 EXPLANATION 2 15 This bill repeals Code chapter 303C relating to the Iowa 2 16 arts and cultural enhancement and endowment accounts, the arts 2 17 and cultural enhancement program, matching funds provided to 2 18 nonprofit organizations, block grants, an advisory council, 2 19 the arts and cultural endowment program, and the arts and 2 20 cultural endowment foundation. 2 21 The bill provides for the department of cultural affairs to 2 22 administer regional conferences and a statewide caucus on arts 2 23 and culture. The bill provides that a caucus shall be 2 24 convened every four years in June, beginning in the year 2001. 2 25 Prior to the caucus, a conference shall be held in several 2 26 regions in the state to identify opportunities for programs in 2 27 the areas of education, outreach, and enhancement, and make 2 28 recommendations. The persons attending the conferences shall 2 29 elect six persons from the attendees of each conference to 2 30 serve as regional, voting delegates to the statewide caucus. 2 31 The attendees of the conference shall elect a chairperson from 2 32 one of the six representatives. The bill provides that 2 33 interested persons are encouraged to attend the caucus as 2 34 nonvoting attendees. At the caucus, the recommendations of 2 35 the regional conferences shall be discussed and the caucus 3 1 shall decide upon recommendations to be made to the department 3 2 and the general assembly. The chairpersons shall present the 3 3 recommendations to the representatives of the department. 3 4 The bill removes all references to programs, funds, and 3 5 accounts which are repealed in the bill. 3 6 LSB 3818HH 77 3 7 tm/cf/24.2
Text: HF02278 Text: HF02280 Text: HF02200 - HF02299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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