2009 Iowa Code
Title 8 - Transportation
Subtitle 1 - Highways and Waterways
CHAPTER 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
303.2 - DIVISION RESPONSIBILITIES.

        303.2  DIVISION RESPONSIBILITIES.
         1.  The administrative services section shall provide
      administrative, accounting, public relations and clerical services
      for the department, report to the director and perform other duties
      assigned to it by the director.
         2.  The historical division shall:
         a.  Administer and care for historical sites under the
      authority of the division, and maintain collections within these
      buildings.
         (1)  Except for the state board of regents, a state agency which
      owns, manages, or administers a historical site must enter into an
      agreement with the department of cultural affairs under chapter 28E
      to insure the proper management, maintenance, and development of the
      site.
         (2)  For the purposes of this section, "historical site" is
      defined as any district, site, building, or structure listed on the
      national register of historic sites or identified as eligible for
      such status by the state historic preservation officer or that is
      identified according to established criteria by the state historic
      preservation officer as significant in national, state, and local
      history, architecture, engineering, archaeology, or culture.
         b.  Encourage and assist local county and state organizations
      and museums devoted to historical purposes.
         c.  Develop standards and criteria for the acquisition of
      historic properties and for the preservation, restoration,
      maintenance, operation, and interpretation of properties under the
      jurisdiction of the division.  The administrator of the division
      shall serve as the state historic preservation officer, certified by
      the governor, pursuant to federal requirements.
         d.  Administer the state archives and records program in
      accordance with chapter 305.
         e.  Identify and document historic properties.
         f.  Prepare and maintain a state register of historic places,
      including those listed on the national register of historic places.
         g.  Conduct historic preservation activities pursuant to
      federal and state requirements.
         h.  Publish matters of historical value to the public, and
      pursue historical, architectural, and archaeological research and
      development which may include but are not limited to continuing
      surveys, excavation, scientific recording, interpretation, and
      publication of the historical, architectural, archaeological, and
      cultural sites, buildings, and structures in the state.
         i.  Buy or receive by other means historical materials
      including, but not limited to, artifacts, art, books, manuscripts,
      and images.  Such materials are not personal property under sections
      8A.321 and 8A.324 and shall be received and cared for under the rules
      of the department.  The historical division may sell or otherwise
      dispose of those materials according to the rules of the department
      and be credited for any revenues credited by the disposal less the
      costs incurred.
         j.  Administer the historical resource development program
      established in section 303.16.
         k.  Administer, preserve, and interpret the battle flag
      collection assembled by the state in consultation and coordination
      with the department of veterans affairs and the department of
      administrative services.  A portion of the battle flag collection
      shall be on display at the state capitol and the state historical
      building at all times, unless on loan approved by the department of
      cultural affairs.
         l.  Establish, maintain, and administer a digital collection
      of historical manuscripts, documents, records, reports, images, and
      artifacts and make the collection available to the public through an
      online research center.
         3.  The arts division shall:
         a.  Make surveys as deemed advisable of existing artistic and
      cultural programs and activities within the state, including but not
      limited to music, theatre, dance, painting, sculpture, architecture,
      and allied arts and crafts.
         b.  Submit a report to the governor and to the general
      assembly not later than ten calendar days following the commencement
      of each first session of the general assembly concerning the studies
      undertaken during the biennium and recommending legislation and other
      action as necessary for the implementation and enforcement of this
      subsection and subchapter VI of this chapter.  

         86 Acts, ch 1238, § 52; 86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1303
         C87, § 303.2
         87 Acts, ch 211, § 5; 90 Acts, ch 1065, § 2; 90 Acts, ch 1097, §
      1; 91 Acts, ch 157, § 10; 92 Acts, ch 1246, § 51; 93 Acts, ch 48, §
      50, 51; 98 Acts, ch 1017, § 2; 2001 Acts, ch 86, §1; 2002 Acts, ch
      1119, §39; 2003 Acts, ch 92, §3; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §236, 286; 2005
      Acts, ch 115, §30, 40; 2008 Acts, ch 1005, §1; 2008 Acts, ch 1057, §1

         Referred to in § 427.16