Amend House File 267, as passed by the House, as follows:
   1.  By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: 
   Section 1.  Section 303.2, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   c.  Develop standards and criteria for the acquisition of historic properties and for the preservation, restoration, maintenance, operation, and interpretation of properties under the jurisdiction of the division. The administrator of the division shall serve as the state historic preservation officer, certified by the governor, pursuant to federal requirements.  The recommendations and decisions of the state historic preservation officer shall be subject to the review and approval of the director.
   Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  303.19A  Effort required of rural electric cooperatives receiving federal funding to identify historic properties.
   1.  The state historic preservation officer shall only recommend that a rural electric cooperative constructing electric distribution and transmission facilities for which it is receiving federal funding conduct an archeological site survey of its proposed route when, based upon a review of existing information on historic properties within the area of potential effects of the construction, the state historic preservation officer has determined that a historic property, as defined by the federal National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, is likely to exist within the proposed route.
   2.  The state historic preservation officer shall not require a level of archeological identification effort which is greater than the reasonable and good faith effort required by the federal agency. Such effort shall reflect the public interest and shall take into account the likelihood and magnitude of potential impacts to historic properties and project costs.
   Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.>
   2.  Title page, line 1, after<to> by inserting <the historical division of the department of cultural affairs, including>
   3.  Title page, line 2, after<cooperatives> by inserting <and including effective date provisions>

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COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH/REBUILD IOWA

STEVEN SODDERS, CHAIRPERSON