303.8  Powers and duties of board and division.

1.  The state historical society board of trustees shall:

a.  Recommend to the state historical society a comprehensive, coordinated, and efficient policy to preserve, research, interpret, and promote to the public an awareness and understanding of local, state, and regional history.

b.  Make recommendations to the division administrator on historically related matters.

c.  Review and recommend to the director or the director's designee policy decisions regarding the division.

d.  Recommend to the state historic preservation officer for approval the state preservation plan.

e.  Perform other functions prescribed by law to further historically related matters in the state.

2.  The department shall:

a.  Have authority to acquire by fee simple title historic properties by gift, purchase, devise, or bequest; preserve, restore, transfer, and administer historic properties; and charge reasonable admission to historic properties.

b.  Maintain research centers in Des Moines and Iowa City.

Section History: Early form

  [C73, § 1902; C97, § 2858, 2884; S13, § 2881-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, § 4515-4517, 4544; C39, § 4541.03, 4544; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, § 303.3, 304.3; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 303.4, 303.5; 82 Acts, ch 1238, § 7]

Section History: Recent form

  C83, § 303.6

  86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1309

  C87, § 303.8

  89 Acts, ch 78, §4


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