Senate File 130 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON LOCAL
                                           GOVERNMENT

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO SF 22)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to commissions that oversee memorial buildings
  2    and monuments.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1045SV 82
  5 eg/je/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 37.9, unnumbered paragraphs 1 and 6,
  1  2 Code 2007, are amended to read as follows:
  1  3    When the proposition to erect any such a building or
  1  4 monument under this chapter has been carried by a majority
  1  5 vote, the board of supervisors or the city council, as the
  1  6 case may be, shall appoint a commission consisting of five or
  1  7 seven not more than eleven members, in the manner and with the
  1  8 qualifications provided in this chapter, which shall have
  1  9 charge and supervision of the erection of the building or
  1 10 monument, and when erected, the management and control of the
  1 11 building or monument.
  1 12    The commissioners having the management and control of a
  1 13 memorial hospital shall, within ten days after their
  1 14 appointment, qualify by taking the usual oath of office, but
  1 15 no bonds shall be required of them except as hereinafter
  1 16 provided.  The commissioners shall organize by electing a
  1 17 chairperson, secretary, and treasurer.  The secretary and
  1 18 treasurer shall each file with the chairperson of the
  1 19 commission a surety bond in such sum as the commission may
  1 20 require, with sureties approved by the commission, for the use
  1 21 and benefit of the memorial hospital.  The reasonable costs of
  1 22 such bonds shall be paid from operating funds of the hospital.
  1 23 The secretary shall immediately report to the county auditor
  1 24 and county treasurer the names of the chairperson, secretary,
  1 25 and treasurer of the commission.  The commission shall meet at
  1 26 least once each month.  Three members of a five=member
  1 27 commission and five members of a seven=member A majority of
  1 28 the commission members shall constitute a quorum for the
  1 29 transaction of business.  The secretary shall keep a complete
  1 30 record of its proceedings.
  1 31                           EXPLANATION
  1 32    Under Code chapter 37 and subject to voter approval, a city
  1 33 or county may erect and equip a memorial building or monument
  1 34 to commemorate the service rendered by soldiers, sailors, and
  1 35 marines of the United States.  The city council or the board
  2  1 of supervisors, as the case may be, appoints a commission to
  2  2 oversee the erection and management of the building or
  2  3 monument.  Under current law, the commission consists of five
  2  4 or seven members.  This bill allows additional persons to be
  2  5 appointed, not to exceed 11 members.  In accord with existing
  2  6 law, the bill provides that a majority of the commission
  2  7 members constitutes a quorum.
  2  8 LSB 1045SV 82
  2  9 eg:nh/je/5