7D.15 - PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH FOUNDATION.
7D.15 PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH FOUNDATION.
1. The public policy research foundation is created for the
purpose of conducting studies and making recommendations on critical
and long-term issues needing the attention of state government. The
foundation is authorized to establish an endowment fund to assist in
the financing of its activities. The foundation may exercise any
power authorized by chapter 504 and this section.
2. The executive council shall cause a public policy research
foundation to be created under chapter 504 and this section. The
foundation shall be created so that donations and bequests to it
qualify as tax deductible under the federal and state income tax
laws. The foundation is not a state agency and shall not exercise
any sovereign power of the state. The state is not liable for any
debts of the foundation.
3. The public policy research foundation shall have a board of
directors of ten members. One member shall be appointed by the state
board of regents and one member shall be appointed by the Iowa
association of independent colleges and universities. Four members
shall be appointed by the governor and four members shall be
appointed by the legislative council, one by each appointing
authority representing the interests of each of the following four
categories:
a. Business.
b. Labor.
c. Community-based organizations.
d. Farming.
4. The terms of the members of the board of directors shall be
two years beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30. A vacancy on
the board shall be filled in the same manner as the original
appointment for the remainder of the term. Not more than two of the
governor's appointees and two of the legislative council's
appointees, respectively, shall be of the same gender or of the same
political party.
5. The governor, the legislative council by motion, and the
general assembly by concurrent resolution may request that studies be
conducted by the public policy research foundation. The board of
directors of the foundation shall establish the priorities of the
research requests based upon available financial resources.
6. For the purposes of this section "community-based
organizations" means private nonprofit organizations which are
representative of communities or significant segments of communities.
Examples include United Way of America, neighborhood groups and
organizations, community action agencies, community development
corporations, vocational rehabilitation organizations, rehabilitation
facilities as defined in section 7, subsection 10, of the federal
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, tribal governments, and agencies serving
youth, persons with disabilities, displaced homemakers, or on-
reservation Indians. Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1154, § 1
C87, § 19.15
C93, § 7D.15
96 Acts, ch 1129, § 113; 2004 Acts, ch 1049, §191; 2004 Acts, ch
1175, §393