House File 797 - Introduced



                                    HOUSE FILE       
                                    BY  COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH

                                    (SUCCESSOR TO HF 34)


    Passed House, Date                Passed Senate,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the establishment of a promotional program for
  2    national historic landmarks and certified cultural and
  3    entertainment districts.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  15.274  PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM FOR
  1  2 NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARKS AND CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT
  1  3 DISTRICTS.
  1  4    The department of economic development, in cooperation with
  1  5 the state department of transportation and the department of
  1  6 cultural affairs, shall establish and administer a program
  1  7 designed to promote knowledge of and access to buildings,
  1  8 sites, districts, structures, and objects located in this
  1  9 state that have been designated by the secretary of the
  1 10 interior of the United States as a national historical
  1 11 landmark, unless the national historic landmark is protected
  1 12 under section 22.7, subsection 20, and located in certified
  1 13 cultural and entertainment districts, as established in 2005
  1 14 Iowa Acts, if enacted.  The program shall be designed to
  1 15 maximize the visibility and visitation of national historic
  1 16 landmarks in this state and buildings, sites, structures, and
  1 17 objects located in certified cultural and entertainment
  1 18 districts, as established in 2005 Iowa Acts, if enacted,
  1 19 through the use of, but not limited to, signage on highways,
  1 20 tourism literature, and maps of the state and cities.  For
  1 21 purposes of this section, "highway" means the same as defined
  1 22 in section 325A.1.
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This bill relates to the establishment of a promotional
  1 25 program for national historic landmarks and certified cultural
  1 26 and entertainment districts.
  1 27    The bill requires the department of economic development,
  1 28 in cooperation with the state department of transportation and
  1 29 the department of cultural affairs, to establish and
  1 30 administer a program designed to promote knowledge of and
  1 31 access to buildings, sites, districts, structures, and objects
  1 32 located in the state that have been designated by the
  1 33 secretary of the interior of the United States as a national
  1 34 historical landmark, unless the national historic landmark is
  1 35 protected by confidential records laws, and that are located
  2  1 in certified cultural and entertainment districts, if enacted.
  2  2 The bill provides that the program shall be designed to
  2  3 maximize the visibility and visitation of national historic
  2  4 landmarks and sites in certified cultural and entertainment
  2  5 districts, if enacted, in the state.
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