A bill for an act creating the Iowa state archives and records authority, providing penalties, and making appropriations.

Summary

The bill establishes a new authority, run by a board of archivists, public members, legislators and a historian, to manage research centers, an archival facility and a digital memory library. It also creates a state records commission to set policies, standards and guidelines for how Iowa agencies handle their records. The goal is to protect Iowa’s historical, cultural and digital records for future generations.

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