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1 1 Section 1. IOWA BATTLE FLAG COMMISSION.
1 2 1. An Iowa battle flag commission is established within
1 3 the department of cultural affairs to develop a plan to
1 4 preserve, document, and display the state battle flag
1 5 collection. The commission shall consist of eleven voting
1 6 members with seven citizen members appointed by the governor
1 7 and four members of the general assembly, two of whom shall be
1 8 appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives after
1 9 consultation with the majority and minority leaders of the
1 10 house of representatives, and two of whom shall be appointed
1 11 by the majority leader of the senate after consultation with
1 12 the president of the senate and the minority leader of the
1 13 senate, with not more than two members being from the same
1 14 political party. The director of the department of cultural
1 15 affairs, the director of the department of general services,
1 16 and the adjutant general of the Iowa national guard, or their
1 17 designees, shall be nonvoting ex officio members. The
1 18 commission shall elect its own chairperson from among its
1 19 members. The citizen members shall include two
1 20 representatives from the sons of the union veterans of the
1 21 civil war, one representative from an Iowa civil war
1 22 roundtable, one representative from an Iowa veterans service
1 23 organization, one textile preservation expert from a regents
1 24 institution, and two representatives from the general public.
1 25 A legislative member is eligible for per diem and expenses as
1 26 provided in section 2.10.
1 27 The department shall provide administrative support for the
1 28 commission and may contract with a professional flag
1 29 conservator to assist the commission in performing its duties.
1 30 2. The commission shall transmit to the governor and the
1 31 general assembly on or before December 1, 1999, a plan to
1 32 preserve Iowa's battle flag collection. The plan shall
1 33 include recommendations with alternatives to stabilize,
1 34 document, preserve, and display the collection and to
1 35 recommend treatments for the battle flag display areas in the
2 1 state capitol rotunda. The plan shall present budgets to
2 2 accomplish these goals.
2 3 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated from the
2 4 general fund of the state to the department of cultural
2 5 affairs for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, and ending
2 6 June 30, 2000, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
2 7 necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
2 8 For conducting a study of the battle flag collection's
2 9 condition by a professional flag conservator, to provide staff
2 10 support for the Iowa battle flag commission, established in
2 11 this Act, and for other necessary expenses incurred by the
2 12 commission:
2 13 .................................................. $ 50,000
2 14 EXPLANATION
2 15 This bill provides for the establishment of an Iowa battle
2 16 flag commission. The commission will be formed to develop a
2 17 plan to preserve, document, and display the state battle flag
2 18 collection. The bill provides that the commission will
2 19 develop and transmit to the governor and the general assembly
2 20 by December 1, 1999, a plan to preserve the battle flag
2 21 commission, which will include recommendations regarding
2 22 alternative approaches to stabilize, document, preserve, and
2 23 display the collection, along with anticipated budgets to
2 24 accomplish these objectives.
2 25 The bill provides that the commission membership will
2 26 consist of 11 voting members, seven of which will be citizen
2 27 members with backgrounds or qualifications as specified in the
2 28 bill appropriate for service on the commission, and four of
2 29 which will be members of the general assembly. The bill
2 30 additionally provides that the director of the department of
2 31 cultural affairs, the director of the department of general
2 32 services, and the adjutant general of the Iowa national guard,
2 33 or their designees, will be nonvoting ex officio members.
2 34 The bill provides for an appropriation of $50,000 to
2 35 provide staff support to the commission, to finance a study of
3 1 the battle flag collection's condition by a professional flag
3 2 conservator, and for other necessary expenses incurred by the
3 3 commission.
3 4 LSB 2045SS 78
3 5 rn/jw/5
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