303.3A - ARTS AND CULTURAL CONFERENCES AND CAUCUSES.

        303.3A  ARTS AND CULTURAL CONFERENCES AND CAUCUSES.         1.  For the purposes of this section, the following definitions      apply:         a.  "Arts" means music, dance, theater, opera and music      theater, visual arts, literature, design arts, media arts, and folk      and traditional arts.         b.  "Culture" or "cultural" means programs and activities      which explore past and present human experience.         c.  "Department" means the department of cultural affairs.         d.  "Enhancement" means programs that allow arts and cultural      organizations to improve or enhance the quality of programs currently      offered, and increase and support professional and student artists      and arts educators.         e.  "Outreach" means programs that increase rural access to      cultural resources, social awareness, cultural diversity, and which      serve special populations.         2.  The department shall administer regional conferences and a      statewide caucus on arts and cultural enhancement.  The purpose of      the conferences and caucus is to encourage the development of the      arts and culture in the state by identifying opportunities for      programs involving education, outreach, and enhancement; by reviewing      possible changes in enhancement program policies, programs, and      funding; and by making recommendations to the department regarding      funding allocations and priorities for arts and cultural enhancement.         3.  Every four years beginning in June 2001, the department shall      convene a statewide caucus on arts and cultural enhancement.         a.  Prior to the statewide caucus, the department shall make      arrangements to hold a conference in each of several regions of the      state as determined by the Iowa arts council.  The department shall      promote attendance of interested persons at each conference.  A      designee of the department shall serve as temporary chairperson until      persons attending the conference elect a chairperson.  The department      shall provide persons attending the conference with current      information regarding cultural programs and expenditures.  Persons      attending the conference shall identify opportunities for programs in      the areas of education, outreach, and enhancement, and make      recommendations in the form of a resolution.  The persons attending      the conference shall elect six persons from among the attendees to      serve as regional, voting delegates to the statewide caucus.  The      conference attendees shall elect a chairperson from among the six      representatives.  Other interested persons are encouraged to attend      the statewide caucus as nonvoting attendees.         b.  The department shall charge a reasonable fee for      attendance at the statewide caucus on arts and cultural enhancement.         c.  A designee of the department shall call the statewide      caucus to order and serve as temporary chairperson until persons      attending the caucus elect a chairperson.  Persons attending the      caucus shall discuss the recommendations of the regional conferences      and decide upon recommendations to be made to the department and the      general assembly.  Elected chairpersons of the regional conferences      shall meet with representatives of the department and present the      recommendations of the caucus.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         98 Acts, ch 1215, §54