House Study Bill 61



                                       SENATE/HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF
                                            CULTURAL AFFAIRS BILL)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the administrative functions of the department
  2    of cultural affairs, including the board of trustees of the
  3    state historical society of Iowa and the state records
  4    commission.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 1235DP 81
  7 kh/pj/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 303.4, subsection 2, Code 2005, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  The term of office of members of the board of trustees
  1  4 is three years commencing and ending as provided in section
  1  5 69.19 beginning on July 1 and ending June 30.  The terms of
  1  6 office of the governor's appointees are staggered terms of
  1  7 three years each, so that three members are appointed each
  1  8 year.
  1  9    Sec. 2.  Section 305.8, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
  1 10 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  1 11    b.  In consultation with the homeland security and
  1 12 emergency management division of the department of public
  1 13 safety defense, establish policies, standards, and guidelines
  1 14 for the identification, protection, and preservation of
  1 15 records essential for the continuity or reestablishment of
  1 16 governmental functions in the event of an emergency arising
  1 17 from a natural or other disaster.
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill changes the dates on which the terms of
  1 20 membership for the board of trustees of the state historical
  1 21 society of Iowa begin and end and amends language within the
  1 22 state archives and records Act to correctly identify the
  1 23 homeland security and emergency management division as a
  1 24 division of the department of public defense, rather than of
  1 25 the department of public safety.
  1 26    The terms of the board of trustees of the state historical
  1 27 society of Iowa currently begin on May 1 and end on April 30.
  1 28 The dates are currently tied to those of the governor's
  1 29 appointments confirmed by the senate.  However, governor's
  1 30 appointments to the state historical society board of trustees
  1 31 are not confirmed by the senate.  Under the bill, terms begin
  1 32 July 1 and end on June 30.
  1 33 LSB 1235DP 81
  1 34 kh/pj/5