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IA Code § 303.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.9 - Funds received by department.

303.9 Funds received by department.   1. All funds received by the department, including but not limited to gifts, endowments, funds from the sale of memberships in the state historical society, funds from the sale of mementos and other items relating to Iowa history as authorized under subsection 2, interest generated by the life membership trust fund, and fees, shall be credited to the account of the department and are appropriated to the department to be invested or used for programs and purposes under the authority of the department. Interest earned on funds credited to the department, except funds appropriated to the department from the general fund of the state, shall be credited to the department. Section 8.33 does not apply to funds credited to the department under this section.   2. The department may sell mementos and other items relating to Iowa history and historic sites on the premises of property under control of the department and at the state capitol. Notwithstanding sections 8A.321 and 8A.327, the department may directly and independently enter into rental and lease agreements with private vendors for the purpose of selling mementos. All fees and income produced by the sales and rental or lease agreements shall be credited to the account of the department. The mementos and other items sold by the department or vendors under this subsection are exempt from section 8A.311.   3. Notwithstanding section 633.63, the board may authorize nonprofit foundations acting solely for the support of the state historical society of Iowa to accept and administer trusts deemed by the board to be beneficial to the division’s operations. The board and the foundation may act as trustees in such instances.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §303.9; 81 Acts, ch 10, §11; 82 Acts, ch 1238, §8]  86 Acts, ch 1244, §36; 88 Acts, ch 1284, §8; 89 Acts, ch 78, §5; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §237;  2003 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 2, §160, 205  Referred to in §404A.3
IA Code § 303.9A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.9A - Iowa heritage fund.

303.9A Iowa heritage fund.   1. An Iowa heritage fund is created in the state treasury to be administered by the state historical society. The fund shall consist of all moneys allocated to the fund by the treasurer of state.   2. Moneys in the fund shall be used in accordance with the following:   a. Ninety percent shall be retained by the state historical society and used to maintain and expand Iowa’s history curriculum, to provide teacher training in Iowa history, and to support museum exhibits, historic sites, and adult education programs.   b. Five percent shall be retained by the state historical society to be used for start-up costs for the one hundred seventy-fifth and two hundredth anniversaries of Iowa statehood.   c. Five percent shall be retained by the state historical society to be used for the promotion of the sale of the Iowa heritage registration plate issued under section 321.34.  96 Acts, ch 1088, §2; 2001 Acts, ch 144, §1; 2008 Acts, ch 1005, §2  Referred to in §321.34
IA Code § 303.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.10 - Acceptance and use of money grants.

303.10 Acceptance and use of money grants.   All federal grants to and the federal receipts of the agencies receiving funds under this chapter are appropriated for the purpose set forth in the federal grants or receipts.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §303.10]
IA Code § 303.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.11 - Gifts.

303.11 Gifts.   1. The division may accept gifts and bequests which shall be used in accordance with the desires of the donor if expressed. Funds contained in an endowment fund for either the department of history and archives or the state historical society existing on July 1, 1974, remain an endowment of the division. Gifts shall be accepted only on behalf of the division, and gifts to a part, branch, or section of the division are presumed to be gifts to the division.   2. If publication of a book is financed by the endowment fund, this chapter does not prevent the return of moneys from sales of the book to the endowment fund.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, §4526, 4527; C39, §4541.07, 4541.08; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §303.7, 303.8; C66, 71, 73, §303.7, 303.8, 304.13; C75, 77, 79, 81, §303.11; 82 Acts, ch 1238, §9]  86 Acts, ch 1244, §37; 89 Acts, ch 78, §6; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104
IA Code § 303.17 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.17 - Iowa studies — findings — curriculum — committee.

303.17 Iowa studies — findings — curriculum — committee. Repealed by its own terms;  2010 Acts, ch 1188, §31, 33  .
IA Code § 303.18 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.18 - Rural electric cooperatives and municipal utilities — historic properties — archeological site surveys.

303.18 Rural electric cooperatives and municipal utilities — historic properties — archeological site surveys.   1. The state historic preservation officer shall only recommend that a rural electric cooperative or a municipal utility constructing electric distribution and transmission facilities for which it is receiving federal funding conduct an archeological site survey of its proposed route when, based upon a review of existing information on historic properties within the area of potential effects of the construction, the state historic preservation officer has determined that a historic property, as defined by the federal National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, Pub. L. No. 89-665, as amended and codified at 16 U.S.C. §470 et seq., is likely to exist within the proposed route.   2. The state historic preservation officer shall not require a level of archeological identification effort which is greater than the reasonable and good faith effort required by the federal agency. Such effort shall reflect the public interest and shall take into account the likelihood and magnitude of potential impacts to historic properties and project costs.  2011 Acts, ch 4, §2, 3; 2011 Acts, ch 131, §92, 102; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §107
IA Code § 303.19 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.19 - American civil war sesquicentennial advisory committee.

303.19 American civil war sesquicentennial advisory committee. Repealed by its own terms;  2008 Acts, ch 1057, §3  .
IA Code § 303.20 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.20 - Definitions.

303.20 Definitions.   As used in this subchapter of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Area of historical significance” means contiguous pieces of property of no greater area than one hundred sixty acres under diverse ownership which:   a. Are significant in American history, architecture, archaeology and culture, and   b. Possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials, skill, feeling and association, and   c. Are associated with events that have been a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history, or   d. Are associated with the lives of persons significant in our past, or   e. Embody the distinctive characteristics of a type; period; method of construction; represent the work of a master; possess high artistic values; represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction.   f. Have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history.   2. “Commission” is the five-person body, elected by the registered voters in the historical preservation district from persons living in the district for the purpose of administering this subchapter of this chapter.   3. “District” means a historical preservation district established under this subchapter of this chapter.   4. “Department” means the department of cultural affairs.   5. “Exterior features” means the architectural style, general design and general arrangement of the exterior of a building or other structure, including the kind and texture of the building material and the type and style of all windows, doors, light fixtures, signs and other appurtenant fixtures. In the case of an outdoor advertising sign, “exterior features” means the style, material, size and location of the sign.   6. “Property owner” means an individual or corporation who is the owner of real estate for taxation purposes.  [C77, 79, 81, §303.20; 82 Acts, ch 1238, §14]  86 Acts, ch 1245, §1315; 95 Acts, ch 67, §53  Referred to in §8C.8, 303.33, 303.34, 427.16
IA Code § 303.21 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.21 - Petition.

303.21 Petition.   1. The eligible voters in an area of asserted historical significance may petition the department for a referendum for the establishment of a district.   2. The petition must be signed by not less than ten percent of the eligible voters of the area and shall contain both a description of the property suggested for inclusion in the district and the reasons justifying the creation of the district.  [C77, 79, 81, §303.21; 82 Acts, ch 1238, §15]  2001 Acts, ch 24, §45; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §129  Referred to in §303.33, 303.34  Section amended
IA Code § 303.22 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.22 - Action by department.

303.22 Action by department.   1. The department shall hold a hearing not less than thirty days or more than sixty days after the petition is received. The department shall publish notice of the hearing, at a reasonable time before the hearing is to take place, and shall post notice of the hearing in a reasonable number of places within the suggested district. The cost of notification shall be paid by the persons who petition for the establishment of a district.   2. At the hearing the department shall hear interested persons, accept written presentations, and shall determine whether the suggested district is an area of historical significance which may properly be established as a historical preservation district pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter of this chapter. The department may determine the boundaries which shall be established for the district. The department shall not include property which is not included in the suggested district unless the owner of the property is given an opportunity to be heard.   3. The department, if it determines that the suggested district meets the criteria for establishment as a historical preservation district, shall indicate the owners of the property and residents included and shall forward a list of owners and residents to the county commissioner of elections.   4. If the department determines that the suggested district does not meet the criteria for establishment as a historical preservation district, it shall so notify the petitioners.  [C77, 79, 81, §303.22; 82 Acts, ch 1238, §16]  2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121  Referred to in §303.33, 303.34
IA Code § 303.23 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.23 - Referendum.

303.23 Referendum.   Within thirty days after the receipt of the list of owners of property and residents within the suggested historical preservation district, the department shall fix a date not more than forty-five days from the receipt of the petition seeking a referendum on the question of establishment of a historical preservation district. The department, after consultation with the county commissioner of elections, shall specify the polling place within the suggested district that will best serve the convenience of the voters and shall appoint from residents of the proposed district three judges and two clerks of election.  [C77, 79, 81, §303.23; 82 Acts, ch 1238, §17]  Referred to in §303.33, 303.34
IA Code § 303.24 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.24 - Notice.

303.24 Notice.   The department, after consultation with the county commissioner of elections, shall post notice of the referendum in a reasonable number of places within the suggested district a reasonable time before it is to take place. The notice shall state the purpose of the referendum, a description of the district, the date of the referendum, the location of the polling place, and the hours when the polls will open and close.  [C77, 79, 81, §303.24; 82 Acts, ch 1238, §18]  Referred to in §303.33, 303.34
IA Code § 303.25 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.25 - Voting.

303.25 Voting.   1. A person shall be qualified to vote at the referendum if such person is a registered voter of the area embraced by the proposed historic district.   2. A historic preservation district is established if a majority of the persons voting at the referendum votes in favor of its establishment.  [C77, 79, 81, §303.25]  94 Acts, ch 1169, §64  Referred to in §303.33, 303.34
IA Code § 303.26 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.26 - Commission.

303.26 Commission.   1. At the same time the referendum is held, an election shall be held for the commission. Each voter at the referendum may write upon the ballot the names of not more than five persons who are eligible voters within the district to be members of the commission.   2. The five persons receiving the highest number of votes shall constitute the commission. In the event one of the five receiving the highest number of votes elects not to serve on the commission, the person receiving the next highest number of votes shall serve.   3. Of the initial commission the person receiving the highest number of votes shall receive a five-year term of office, the next highest a four-year term, the next highest a three-year term, the next highest a two-year term, and the fifth highest a one-year term. Thereafter, an election shall be held annually in the district to elect a member to a five-year term as each term expires.   4. Vacancies in the commission occurring between elections shall be filled by the remaining members of the commission by majority vote. Should a majority of those voting vote not to establish the district, the election shall be void.  [C77, 79, 81, §303.26]  2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121  Referred to in §303.33, 303.34
IA Code § 303.27 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.27 - Controls.

303.27 Controls.   After the establishment of a district, an exterior portion of any building, exterior fixture, or other exterior structure, or any aboveground utility structure or any type of outdoor advertising sign shall not be erected, altered, restored, moved or demolished within such district until after an application for a certificate of appropriateness as to exterior features has been submitted to and approved by the commission.  [C77, 79, 81, §303.27]  Referred to in §303.33, 303.34
IA Code § 303.28 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.28 - Interior.

303.28 Interior.   The commission shall not consider or attempt to control the interior arrangement of any building in the district.  [C77, 79, 81, §303.28]  Referred to in §303.33, 303.34
IA Code § 303.29 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.29 - Use of structures.

303.29 Use of structures.   No change in the use of any structure or property within a designated historical district shall be permitted until after an application for a certificate of appropriateness has been submitted to and approved by the commission. For purposes of this section “use” means the legal enjoyment of property that consists in its employment, exercise, or practice.  [C77, 79, 81, §303.29]  Referred to in §303.33, 303.34
IA Code § 303.30 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.30 - Procedures.

303.30 Procedures.   1. Prior to issuance or denial of a certificate of appropriateness the commission shall take such action as may reasonably be required to inform persons likely to be materially affected by the application, and shall give the applicant and such persons an opportunity to be heard. In cases where the commission deems it necessary, it may hold a public hearing concerning the application. The commission shall vote upon any application for a certificate of appropriateness within sixty days after its submission to the commission.   2. If the commission determines that the proposed construction, reconstruction, alteration, restoration, moving, demolition, or the change in use is appropriate, it shall forthwith approve such application and shall issue to the applicant a certificate of appropriateness.   3. If the commission determines that the proposed construction, reconstruction, alteration, restoration, moving or demolition of buildings, structures, appurtenant fixtures, outdoor advertising signs or natural features, or the proposed change in use would be incongruous with the historical, architectural, archaeological or cultural aspects of the district, a certificate of appropriateness shall not be issued, and the commission shall place upon its records the reasons for such determination and shall notify the applicant of such determination, furnishing the applicant an attested copy of its reasons and its recommendations, if any, as appearing in the records of the commission.   4. The commission may approve the application in any case where a person would suffer extreme hardship, not including loss of profit, unless the certificate of appropriateness was issued. Any applicant aggrieved by a determination of the commission may appeal to the district court for the county in which the land concerned is located within sixty days of the commission’s action.  [C77, 79, 81, §303.30]  2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121  Referred to in §303.33, 303.34
IA Code § 303.31 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.31 - Action by commission.

303.31 Action by commission.   The commission shall take action to enjoin any attempts to construct, reconstruct, alter, restore, move, or demolish any exterior feature, or to change the use of the property within the district without a certificate of appropriateness.  [C77, 79, 81, §303.31]  Referred to in §303.33, 303.34
IA Code § 303.32 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.32 - Ordinary maintenance and repair.

303.32 Ordinary maintenance and repair.   Nothing in this subchapter of this chapter shall be construed to prevent the ordinary maintenance or repair of any exterior feature in a district which does not involve a change in design, material or outer appearance, nor to prevent the construction, reconstruction, alteration, restoration or demolition of any such feature which is required by public safety because of an unsafe or dangerous condition.  [C77, 79, 81, §303.32]  Referred to in §303.33, 303.34
IA Code § 303.33 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.33 - Termination of district.

303.33 Termination of district.   1. Two years after the establishment of a district, a referendum for the termination of the district shall be held if ten percent of the eligible voters in the district so request. If the registered voters, by a majority of those voting, favor termination, sections 303.20 through 303.32 will no longer have any effect on the property formerly included in the district.   2. If an election is held to terminate a district under this section and such attempt fails, another referendum for termination of the district in question shall not take place for a period of two years.  [C77, 79, 81, §303.33]  95 Acts, ch 67, §53; 96 Acts, ch 1034, §18; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104  Referred to in §303.34
IA Code § 303.41 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.41 - Eligibility and purpose.

303.41 Eligibility and purpose.   A land use district shall not be created under this subchapter unless it is an area of contiguous territory encompassing twenty thousand acres or more of predominately rural and agricultural land owned by a single entity which has within its general boundaries at least seven platted villages which are not incorporated as municipalities at the time the district is organized. The eligible electors may create a land use district to conserve the distinctive historical and cultural character and peculiar suitability of the area for particular uses with a view to conserving the value of all existing and proposed structures and land and to preserve the quality of life of those citizens residing within the boundaries of the contiguous area by preserving its historical and cultural quality.  83 Acts, ch 108, §1  Referred to in §303.48, 303.64
IA Code § 303.42 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.42 - Petition.

303.42 Petition.   Eligible electors residing within the limits of a proposed land use district equal in number to at least ten percent or more of the registered voters residing within the limits of a proposed land use district may file a petition in the office of the county auditor of the county in which the proposed land use district, or its major portion, is located, requesting that there be submitted to the registered voters of the proposed district the question of whether the territory within the boundaries of the proposed district shall be organized as a land use district under this subchapter. The petition shall be addressed to the board of supervisors of the county where it is filed and shall set forth the following:   1. An intelligible description of the boundaries of the territory to be embraced in the district.   2. The name of the proposed district.   3. That the territory to be embraced in the district has a distinctive historical and cultural character which might be preserved by the establishment of the district.   4. That the public welfare will be promoted by the establishment of the district.   5. The signatures of the petitioners.  83 Acts, ch 108, §2; 2001 Acts, ch 56, §16  Referred to in §303.48, 303.64
IA Code § 303.43 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Section 303.43 - Jurisdiction — decisions — records.

303.43 Jurisdiction — decisions — records.   The board of supervisors of the county in which the proposed land use district, or its major portion, is located has jurisdiction of the proceedings on the petition as provided in this subchapter and the decision of a majority of the members of that board is necessary for adoption. All orders of the board made under this subchapter shall be spread at length upon the records of the proceedings of the board of supervisors, but need not be published.  83 Acts, ch 108, §3  Referred to in §303.48, 303.64