2009 Iowa Code
Title 8 - Transportation
Subtitle 1 - Highways and Waterways
CHAPTER 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
303.19 - AMERICAN CIVIL WAR SESQUICENTENNIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

        303.19  AMERICAN CIVIL WAR SESQUICENTENNIAL ADVISORY
      COMMITTEE.
         1.  Establishment and purpose.  A civil war sesquicentennial
      advisory committee is established within the historical division of
      the department of cultural affairs for the purpose of advising and
      assisting the division in its efforts to commemorate the
      sesquicentennial of Iowa's involvement in the American civil war.
         2.  Membership and qualifications.  The committee shall
      consist of twenty members appointed by the administrator of the
      historical division.  Each member shall be from an academic
      institution, a museum, or a civic organization or otherwise be
      someone with an interest in the preservation of Iowa's civil war
      heritage.  Membership of the committee shall reflect multicultural
      diversity and shall be appointed pursuant to the requirements of
      sections 69.16 and 69.16A.  Vacancies shall be filled by an
      appointment by the administrator of the historical division in the
      same manner as other appointments.
         3.  Expenses and reimbursement.  The members of the committee
      are not entitled to receive per diem compensation but are entitled to
      receive reimbursement for actual expenses incurred while engaged in
      the performance of official duties.
         4.  Duties and authority.  The committee shall, for the period
      beginning in 2010 and ending in 2016, advise and assist the
      historical division as it plans, coordinates, and implements
      activities and programs relating to the commemoration of the
      sesquicentennial of Iowa's involvement in the American civil war.
         a.  The activities and programs of the division may include
      but are not limited to creating interpretive and educational
      materials such as exhibitions, literature and films, planning and
      promoting special events, designing logos and advertising campaigns,
      and producing commemorative items and memorabilia.  The division
      shall have the authority to sell or offer for sale any of the
      materials, or other goods or services produced pursuant to this
      section, notwithstanding section 23A.2.
         b.  The division may hold copyrights or trademarks in the
      materials created during the commemoration, including but not limited
      to the interpretive materials and memorabilia it designs and
      produces.  In addition, the division, at its discretion, may license
      the rights to the materials.  For the purposes of this section,
      section 22.2 shall not be interpreted to prevent the division's
      exclusive ability to license the use, reproduction, or dissemination
      of the materials produced for the commemoration.
         c.  The division may adopt, in consultation with the committee
      and pursuant to chapter 17A, any rules necessary for the licensing of
      materials created during the commemoration.
         5.  Dissolution.  The committee shall complete its duties no
      later than June 30, 2017, but may complete its duties and dissolve
      itself prior to that date.
         6.  Repeal.  This section is repealed June 30, 2017.  

         >Section History: Recent Form

         2008 Acts, ch 1057, §3