216A.121 - IOWA ABRAHAM LINCOLN BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION.
216A.121 IOWA ABRAHAM LINCOLN BICENTENNIAL
COMMISSION.
1. Organization. An Iowa Abraham Lincoln bicentennial
commission is established in the department of human rights. The
commission shall be chartered and shall operate as a nonprofit
corporation within the state of Iowa according to the provisions of
chapter 504.
2. Purpose. The purpose of the commission shall be to plan,
coordinate, and administer activities and programs relating to the
commemoration of the bicentennial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln in
2009.
3. Membership.
a. The commission shall consist of twenty-two members,
including eighteen voting members and four nonvoting members.
(1) The voting members shall be as follows:
(a) The governor or the governor's designee.
(b) One member, appointed by the governor, who is an Iowa
designated representative to the federal Abraham Lincoln bicentennial
commission governors' council.
(c) One member appointed by the president of humanities Iowa.
(d) One member appointed by the director of the department of
economic development.
(e) One member appointed by the administrator of the state
historical society of Iowa.
(f) One member appointed by the executive director of the Iowa
arts council.
(g) One member appointed by the executive director of the Iowa
museum society.
(h) One member appointed by the president of the league of Iowa
human rights agencies.
(i) One member appointed by the president of the Iowa league of
cities.
(j) One member appointed by the executive director of the Iowa
state association of counties.
(k) One member appointed by the director of the department of
education.
(l) One member appointed by the chairperson of the state board of
regents.
(m) One member appointed by the president of the Iowa library
board.
(n) One member appointed by the chairperson of the Iowa state
chapter of the national association for the advancement of colored
people.
(o) Four public members, appointed by the governor, with a
demonstrated interest in history and substantial knowledge and
appreciation of Abraham Lincoln.
(2) The nonvoting members shall be two state representatives, one
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and one by
the minority leader of the house, and two state senators, one
appointed by the majority leader of the senate and one by the
minority leader of the senate.
b. Ten voting members of the board shall constitute a quorum.
Persons making appointments shall consult with one another to ensure
that the commission is balanced by gender, political affiliation, and
geographic location and to ensure selection of members representing
diverse interest groups. The provisions of chapters 21 and 22 shall
apply to meetings and records of the commission.
c. The commission shall elect a chairperson and vice
chairperson from the members of the commission. Commission members
shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for actual
and necessary expenses.
4. Rulemaking authority. The department, in cooperation with
the commission, may adopt rules in accordance with chapter 17A in
order to accomplish the purpose of the commission.
5. Authority. The commission may receive and make grants,
receive and expend appropriations, contract for services, hold
licenses and copyrights, and otherwise act as is necessary to
accomplish the purpose of the commission.
6. Fund established. The Abraham Lincoln bicentennial fund
is established as a separate fund in the state treasury under the
control of the commission.
7. Funds received. All funds received by the commission,
including but not limited to gifts, transfers, endowments, moneys
from the sale of mementos and products related to the purposes of the
commission, and appropriations, shall be credited to the bicentennial
fund and are appropriated to the commission to be invested or used to
support the activities of the commission. Notwithstanding section
8.33, any balance in the fund on June 30 of any fiscal year shall not
revert to the general fund of the state.
8. Expiration. The commission shall expire no later than
June 30, 2010. Upon expiration, all fund balances from
appropriations of state funds shall be returned to the general fund
of the state, and all other assets shall be transferred to the Iowa
historical foundation authorized pursuant to section 303.9,
subsection 3, subject to any conditions or restrictions previously
placed on the assets.
9. This section is repealed June 30, 2010. Section History: Recent Form
2007 Acts, ch 99, §1; 2007 Acts, ch 215, §98