House File 2217 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC
                                           GROWTH

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 540)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the administration of the department of
  2    cultural affairs.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5309HV 82
  5 ak/nh/24

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 303.2, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code
  1  2 2007, is amended by striking the paragraph.
  1  3    Sec. 2.  Section 303.9A, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
  1  4 amended to read as follows:
  1  5    1.  An Iowa heritage fund is created in the state treasury
  1  6 to be administered by the state historical society board of
  1  7 trustees.  The fund shall consist of all moneys allocated to
  1  8 the fund by the treasurer of state.
  1  9    Sec. 3.  Sections 304A.21, 304A.22, 304A.23, 304A.24,
  1 10 304A.25, 304A.26, 304A.27, 304A.28, 304A.29, and 304A.30, Code
  1 11 2007, are repealed.
  1 12                           EXPLANATION
  1 13    This bill makes the state historical society of Iowa
  1 14 responsible for administering the Iowa heritage fund.  The
  1 15 bill also removes division III from Code chapter 304A.  The
  1 16 division contains an indemnification program for special
  1 17 exhibit items lost or damaged while on loan to nonprofit
  1 18 organizations or governmental entities in Iowa.
  1 19 LSB 5309HV 82
  1 20 ak/nh/24