29A.57 - ARMORY BOARD.
29A.57 ARMORY BOARD.
1. The governor shall appoint an armory board which consists of
the adjutant general serving as chairperson, at least two officers
from the active commissioned personnel of the national guard, and at
least one other person, who is a citizen of the state of Iowa. One
member of the board shall have at least five years' experience in the
building construction trade. The board shall meet at times and
places as ordered by the governor. The members shall serve at the
pleasure of the governor. Members of the board shall receive actual
expenses for each day in which they are actually employed under this
chapter. Each member of the board may also be eligible to receive
compensation as provided in section 7E.6.
2. The board may acquire land or real estate by purchase,
contract for purchase, gift, or bequest and acquire, own, contract
for the construction of, erect, purchase, maintain, alter, operate,
and repair installations and facilities of the Iowa army national
guard and the Iowa air national guard when funds for the
installations and facilities are made available by the federal
government, the state of Iowa, municipalities, corporations, or
individuals. The title to the property so acquired shall be taken in
the name of the state of Iowa and the real estate may be sold or
exchanged by the executive council, upon recommendation of the board,
when it is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was
acquired. Income or revenue derived from the sale of the real estate
shall be credited to the national guard facilities improvement fund
and used for the purposes specified in section 29A.14, subsection 2.
3. In carrying out this section, the armory board may:
a. Borrow money.
b. Mortgage any real estate acquired and the improvements
erected on the real estate when purchasing or improving the property,
in order to secure necessary loans.
c. Pledge the sales, rents, profits and income received from
the property for the discharge of obligations executed.
d. Grant a temporary or permanent easement with or without
monetary consideration for utility, public highway, or other purposes
if granting the easement will not adversely affect use of the real
estate for military purposes.
e. Enter into a design-build contract with a successful
bidder identified as a result of a competitive bidding process for a
facility to be funded entirely with federal funds and to be used
solely by the national guard or jointly by the national guard and
other armed forces of the United States. A design-build contract may
provide that design and construction of the project may be in
sequential or concurrent phases. As used in this paragraph,
"design-build contract" means a single contract providing for
both design services and construction services that may include
maintenance, operations, preconstruction, and other related services.
4. An obligation created under this section shall not be a charge
against the state of Iowa, but all the obligations, including
principal and interest, are payable solely from any of the following:
a. The sales, net rents, profits and income arising from the
property so pledged or mortgaged.
b. The sales, net rents, profits and income which have not
been pledged for other purposes arising from any other installation
and facility or like improvement under the control and management of
said board.
c. The income derived from gifts and bequests for
installations and facilities under the control of the armory board.
5. All property, real or personal, acquired by, and all bonds,
debentures or other written evidences of indebtedness, given as
security by the board, are exempt from taxation.
6. When property acquired by the armory board, under this
chapter, is free and clear of all indebtedness, the title of the
property shall pass to the state of Iowa.
7. There is no liability to the state of Iowa under this section.
Members of the armory board and of the state executive council shall
not be held to any personal or individual liability for any action
taken by them under this chapter.
8. The board shall fix the amount to be paid to commanding
officers of each organization and unit of the national guard for
headquarters expenses and shall provide by regulation how the amount
shall be disbursed by the commanding officers. The governor may
disapprove the actions of the armory board.
9. The allowances made by the armory board shall be paid from the
funds appropriated for the support and maintenance of the national
guard. Section History: Early Form
[C24, 27, 31, § 453; C35, § 467-f47; C39, § 467.49; C46, 50, §
29.49; C54, 58, 62, § 29.57; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 29A.57;
81 Acts, ch 14, § 20] Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1703; 92 Acts, ch 1238, § 16; 2006 Acts, ch
1143, §1; 2007 Acts, ch 74, §2; 2007 Acts, ch 126, §13