2009 Iowa Code
Title 8 - Transportation
Subtitle 1 - Highways and Waterways
CHAPTER 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
303.8 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD AND DIVISION.

        303.8  POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD AND DIVISION.
         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 division administrator on
      historically related matters.
         c.  Review and recommend to the director or the director's
      designee policy decisions regarding the division.
         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.
         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.  

        bsp;Section History: Early Form

         [C73, § 1902; C97, § 2858, 2884; S13, § 2881-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, §
      4515--4517, 4544; C39, § 4541.03, 4544; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66,
      71, 73, § 303.3, 304.3; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 303.4, 303.5; 82 Acts, ch
      1238, § 7] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         C83, § 303.6
         86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1309
         C87, § 303.8
         89 Acts, ch 78, §4