2009 Iowa Code
Title 8 - Transportation
Subtitle 1 - Highways and Waterways
CHAPTER 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
303.16 - HISTORICAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

        303.16  HISTORICAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
         1.  The historical division shall administer a program of grants
      and loans for historical resource development throughout the state,
      subject to funds for such grants and loans being made available
      through the appropriations process or otherwise provided by law.
         2.  The purpose of the historical resource development program is
      to preserve, conserve, interpret, and enhance historical resources
      that will encourage and support the economic and cultural health and
      development of the state and the communities in which the resources
      are located.  For this purpose, the division may make grants and
      loans as otherwise provided by law with funds as may be made
      available by applicable law.
         3.  The following persons are eligible to receive historical
      resource grants and loans:
         a.  County and city governments.
         b.  Nonprofit corporations.
         c.  Private corporations and businesses.
         d.  Individuals.
         e.  State agencies.
         f.  Governments and traditional tribal societies of recognized
      resident American Indian tribes in Iowa.
         g.  Other units of government.
         4.  Grants and loans may be made for the following purposes:
         a.  Acquisition and development of historical resources.
         b.  Preservation and conservation of historical resources.
         c.  Interpretation of historical resources.
         d.  Professional training and educational programs on the
      acquisition, development, preservation, conservation, and
      interpretation of historical resources.
         5.  Grants and loans shall be awarded in each of the following
      categories:
         a.  Museums.
         b.  Documentary collections.
         c.  Historic preservation.
         Not less than twenty percent and not more than sixty percent of
      the program's funds appropriated in one fiscal year shall be
      allocated to any single category.
         6.  Grants and loans are subject to the following restrictions:
         a.  Not more than twenty percent of the total grant moneys
      combined shall be given to or received by state agencies and
      institutions, or their representatives or agents.
         b.  A portion of the applicant's operating expenses may be
      used as a cash match or in-kind match as specified by the division's
      rules.
         c.  Grant or loan funds shall not be used to support public
      relations or marketing expenses.
         d.  Not more than one hundred thousand dollars or twenty
      percent of the annual appropriation, whichever is more, shall be
      granted and loaned to recipients within a single county in any given
      grant cycle.
         e.  Not more than one hundred thousand dollars or ten percent
      of the annual appropriation, whichever is more, shall be granted and
      loaned to any single recipient or its agent within a single fiscal
      year.
         f.  Grants under this program may be given only after review
      and recommendation by the state historical society board of trustees.
      The division may contract with lending institutions chartered in this
      state to act as agents for the administration of loans under the
      program, in which case, the lending institution may have the right of
      final approval of loans, subject to the division's administrative
      rules.  If the division does not contract with a lending institution,
      loans may be made only after review and recommendation by the state
      historical society board of trustees.
         g.  The division shall not award grants or loans to be used
      for goods or services obtained outside the state, unless the proposed
      recipient demonstrates that it is neither feasible nor prudent to
      obtain the goods or services within the state.
         h.  Grant or loan funds shall not be awarded to a city or
      county government for a project in the historic preservation category
      unless the city or county government has been approved as a certified
      local government by the state historic preservation officer.
         7.  For each dollar of grant funds the following recipients must
      provide the following matching cash and in-kind resources:
         a.  All units of government and nonprofit corporations, fifty
      cents, of which at least twenty-five cents must be in cash.
         b.  For other private corporations and businesses, one dollar
      of which at least seventy-five cents must be in cash.
         c.  For individuals, seventy-five cents of which at least
      fifty cents must be in cash.
         8.  The division may use ten percent of the annual appropriation
      to the division, but in no event more than seventy-five thousand
      dollars for administration of the grant and loan program.
         9. a.  The division may establish a historical resource grant
      and loan fund composed of any money appropriated by the general
      assembly for that purpose, funds allocated pursuant to section
      455A.19, and of any other moneys available to and obtained or
      accepted by the division from the federal government or private
      sources for placement in that fund.  Each loan made under this
      section shall be for a period not to exceed ten years, shall bear
      interest at a rate determined by the state historical board, and
      shall be repayable to the revolving loan fund in equal yearly
      installments due March 1 of each year the loan is in effect.  The
      interest rate upon loans for which payment is delinquent shall
      accelerate immediately to the current legal usury limit.  Applicants
      are eligible for not more than one hundred thousand dollars in loans
      outstanding at any time under this program.  A single lending
      institution contracting with the division pursuant to this section
      shall not hold more than five hundred thousand dollars worth of
      outstanding loans under the program.
         Any applicant, who is otherwise eligible, who receives a direct or
      indirect appropriation from the general assembly for a project or
      portion of a project is ineligible for a historical resources
      development grant for that same project during the fiscal year for
      which the appropriation is made.  For purposes of this paragraph,
      "project" includes any related activities, including, but not
      limited to, construction, restoration, supplies, equipment,
      consulting, or other services.
         b.  The division may:
         (1)  Contract and adopt administrative rules necessary to carry
      out the provisions of this section, but the division shall not in any
      manner directly or indirectly pledge the credit of the state of Iowa.

         (2)  Authorize payment from the historical resource grant and loan
      fund, from fees and from any income received by investments of money
      in the fund for costs, commissions, attorney fees and other
      reasonable expenses related to and necessary for making and
      protecting direct loans under this section, and for the recovery of
      moneys loaned or the management of property acquired in connection
      with such loans.
         10. a.  The general assembly finds that the country school
      that served Iowa's educational needs for much of its history offered
      a unique opportunity to students and communities, providing for
      multigenerational attendance, high educational performance, a safe
      environment, a focus for community support, and a caring, attentive
      environment.
         b.  A country schools historical resource preservation grant
      program is therefore established to be administered by the historical
      division for the preservation of one-room and two-room buildings once
      used as country schools.  In developing grant approval criteria, the
      division shall place a priority on the educational uses planned for
      the country school building, which may include, but are not limited
      to, historical interpretation and use as a teaching museum or as an
      operational classroom accessible to a school district or accredited
      nonpublic school for provisional instructional purposes.
         c.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the
      amount of a grant shall not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars and
      applicants shall match grant funding on a dollar-for-dollar basis, of
      which at least one-half of the local match must be in cash.  

         86 Acts, ch 1238, § 54; 86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1314; 87 Acts, ch 17,
      §8; 89 Acts, ch 78, § 11, 12; 89 Acts, ch 236, § 12--14; 89 Acts, ch
      319, § 79; 90 Acts, ch 1097, § 2--8; 91 Acts, ch 73, §1--7; 99 Acts,
      ch 205, §44
         Referred to in § 303.2, 455A.19