Iowa Code 8A.707 – Powers and duties of board and department
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1. The state historical society board of trustees shall:
a. Recommend to the state historical society a comprehensive, coordinated, and efficient policy to preserve, research, interpret, and promote to the public an awareness and understanding of local, state, and regional history.
b. Make recommendations to the director on historically related matters.
c. Review and recommend to the director or the director’s designee policy decisions regarding the department as it relates to the historical resources of the state.
d. Recommend to the state historic preservation officer for approval the state preservation plan.
e. Perform other functions prescribed by law to further historically related matters in the state.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 8A.707
- Bequest: Property gifted by will.
- Department: means the department of administrative services. See Iowa Code 8A.101
- Devise: To gift property by will.
- Director: means the director of the department of administrative services or the director's designee. See Iowa Code 8A.101
- Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Rule: includes "regulation". See Iowa Code 4.1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. The department shall:
a. Have authority to acquire by fee simple title historic properties by gift, purchase, devise, or bequest; preserve, restore, transfer, and administer historic properties; and charge reasonable admission to historic properties.
b. Maintain research centers in Des Moines and Iowa City.
3. The department may:
a. By rule, establish advisory groups necessary for the receipt of federal funds or grants or the administration of any of the department’s programs relating to the historical resources of the state.
b. Develop and implement fee-based educational programming opportunities, including preschool programs, related to arts, history, and other cultural matters for Iowans of all ages.