2009 Iowa Code
Title 8 - Transportation
Subtitle 1 - Highways and Waterways
CHAPTER 305 - STATE RECORDS AND ARCHIVES
305.16 - IOWA HISTORICAL RECORDS ADVISORY BOARD ESTABLISHED.

        305.16  IOWA HISTORICAL RECORDS ADVISORY BOARD
      ESTABLISHED.
         An Iowa historical records advisory board is established in
      accordance with 36 C.F.R. § 1206.36--38.
         1.  Membership.  The board shall consist of nine members
      appointed by the governor for three-year staggered terms.  Members
      shall be eligible for reappointment.  The members shall have
      experience in a field of research or an activity that administers or
      makes extensive use of historical records.  The majority of the
      members shall have professional qualifications and experience in the
      administration of government records, historical records, or
      archives.  The administrator of the historical division of the
      department of cultural affairs shall serve as an ex officio member of
      the board.
         2.  Coordinator.  The state archivist shall serve as chair of
      the board and as state historical records coordinator.
         3.  Administration.  The department of cultural affairs,
      through the state archives and records program, is the primary agency
      responsible for providing administrative personnel and services for
      the board.
         4.  Meetings.  The board shall meet at least three times
      annually and at the call of the chair.  At least one meeting annually
      shall be held outside the state capital or in conjunction with a
      meeting of a relevant statewide professional organization.
         5.  Expenses.  Members of the board shall serve without
      compensation but may receive their actual expenses incurred in the
      performance of their duties.
         6.  Responsibilities.
         a.  The board shall do all of the following:
         (1)  Serve as the central advisory body for historical records
      planning in the state and as a coordinating body to facilitate
      cooperation among historical records repositories and other
      information agencies within the state.
         (2)  Serve as a state level review body for grant proposals
      submitted to the national historical publications and records
      commission.
         b.  The board may do all of the following:
         (1)  Serve in an advisory capacity to the state records
      commission, the state archives and records program, and other
      statewide archival or records agencies.
         (2)  Seek funds from the national historical publications and
      records commission or other grant-funding bodies for sponsoring and
      publishing surveys of the conditions and needs of historical records
      in the state; for developing, revising, and distributing funding
      priorities for historical records projects in Iowa; for implementing
      projects to be carried out in the state for the preservation of
      historical records and publications; or for reviewing through reports
      and otherwise, the operation and progress of records projects in the
      state.  

         2003 Acts, ch 92, §19