Senate Joint Resolution 2007 - Introduced SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 2007 BY COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS (SUCCESSOR TO LSB 6220SC) SENA TE JOINT RESOLUTION A Joint Resolution supporting the preservation efforts for the 1 Battleship Iowa, BB-61. 2 WHEREAS, BB-61, the USS Iowa, is the namesake for the most 3 powerful class of warships ever made; and 4 WHEREAS, navy members recruited from Iowa have received 5 preference for assignment to service on board the USS Iowa 6 through most of its service life; and 7 WHEREAS, the USS Iowa would remain a continuing marketing 8 display for the talented and well-educated workforce in the 9 State of Iowa throughout a period of museum duty; and 10 WHEREAS, there is now a proposal to assign the USS Iowa to 11 museum duty in the San Francisco Bay area of California; and 12 WHEREAS, former Governors Robert D. Ray and Terry E. 13 Branstad and former Governor and current United States 14 Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J. Vilsack serve as honorary 15 chairpersons of efforts to preserve the USS Iowa as a 16 national museum and memorial, truly a source of pride for all 17 Iowans; and 18 WHEREAS, those efforts include restoration of the USS 19 Iowa and future service as an educational museum and tourist 20 attraction, and perhaps, with her many facilities still intact, 21 service as an emergency response center; and 22 WHEREAS, the restoration and preservation of the USS Iowa 23 will honor all veterans of the State of Iowa, inspire youth, 24 and educate the public; NOW THEREFORE, 25 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 26 TLSB 6220SV (1) 83 jr/rj

S.J.R. 2007 Section 1. STATE OF IOWA SUPPORT. The state of Iowa hereby 1 supports the assignment of the USS Iowa as a museum to an 2 appropriate location in the Bay area of California. 3 Sec. 2. COMMITTEE CREATED. A committee of ten is created, 4 to be appointed by the governor and to serve at the pleasure 5 of the governor, to support efforts for the preservation and 6 relocation of the Battleship Iowa. 7 a. The committee shall annually select its own chairperson 8 and establish its rules of procedure. The committee shall meet 9 as may be deemed necessary by the chairperson. A majority of 10 the members of the committee shall constitute a quorum. 11 b. Members shall serve without compensation or 12 reimbursement for actual expenses. 13 c. The committee shall raise all of the funds necessary for 14 the operation of the committee; and shall solicit donations to 15 be used for the preservation and relocation of the Battleship 16 Iowa. 17 Sec. 3. ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT. The department of cultural 18 affairs shall provide all necessary administrative support for 19 the committee and shall administer the BB-61 fund. 20 Sec. 4. BB-61 FUND. A BB-61 fund is created in the 21 state treasury, to be administered by the department of 22 cultural affairs. The proceeds of the fund shall be used 23 for the purposes specified in section 2 of this resolution. 24 The department may accept gifts, grants, bequests, and 25 other moneys, including but not limited to state or federal 26 moneys, and in-kind contributions for deposit in the fund. 27 Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest or earnings on moneys 28 in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Notwithstanding 29 section 8.33, any unexpended or unencumbered moneys remaining 30 in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to 31 the general fund of the state, but shall remain available 32 from the fund for expenditure by the department in succeeding 33 fiscal years for the purposes specified in section 2 of this 34 resolution. 35 -1- LSB 6220SV (1) 83 jr/rj 1/ 2

S.J.R. 2007 EXPLANATION 1 This joint resolution creates a 10-member committee to 2 raise funds to support efforts to relocate and preserve the 3 Battleship Iowa. The committee members will not receive any 4 compensation or reimbursement. Staff support is to be provided 5 by the department of cultural affairs. 6 The joint resolution creates a BB-61 fund in the state 7 treasury, administered by the department of cultural affairs. 8 The fund can be used to finance committee operations, and 9 finance the relocation and preservation of the Battleship Iowa. 10 BB-61, the Battleship Iowa, was decommissioned in 1990 and 11 is currently berthed with the National Defense Reserve Fleet 12 at Suisun Bay, near San Francisco, California. The State of 13 Iowa has formally expressed its support for the preservation of 14 the USS Iowa, and the U.S. Department of the Navy has declared 15 its desire to turn the vessel over to a nonprofit corporation, 16 to berth the USS Iowa in the San Francisco Bay area and to 17 preserve the USS Iowa as a museum and memorial. 18 -2- LSB 6220SV (1) 83 jr/rj 2/ 2