Iowa Code § 8A.204
State librarian — state library fund created
Redline — January 1, 2012 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2026
As of January 1, 2012
1. Definitions. For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
a. “Large agency” means a participating agency with more than seven hundred full-time, year-round employees.
b. “Medium-sized agency” means a participating agency with at least seventy or more full-time, year-round employees, but not more than seven hundred permanent employees.
c. “Small agency” means a participating agency with less than seventy full-time, year-round employees.
2. Membership.
a. The technology advisory council is composed of ten members as follows:
(1) The chief information officer.
(2) The director of the department of management, or the director’s designee.
(3) Eight members appointed by the governor as follows:
(a) Three representatives from large agencies.
(b) Two representatives from medium-sized agencies.
(c) One representative from a small agency.
(d) Two public members who are knowledgeable and have experience in information technology matters.
b. (1) Members appointed pursuant to paragraph “a”, subparagraph (3), shall serve two-year staggered terms. The department shall provide, by rule, for the commencement of the term of membership for the nonpublic members. The terms of the public members shall be staggered at the discretion of the governor.
(2) Sections 69.16, 69.16A, and 69.19 shall apply to the public members of the council.
(3) Public members appointed by the governor are subject to senate confirmation.
(4) Public members appointed by the governor may be eligible to receive compensation as provided in section 7E.6.
(5) Members shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in performance of the members’ duties.
(6) A director, deputy director, or employee with information technology expertise of an agency is preferred as an appointed representative for each of the agency categories of membership pursuant to paragraph “a”, subparagraph (3).
c. The technology advisory council annually shall elect a chair and a vice chair from among the members of the council, by majority vote, to serve one-year terms.
d. A majority of the members of the council shall constitute a quorum.
e. Meetings of the council shall be held at the call of the chairperson or at the request of three members.
3. Powers and duties of the council. The powers and duties of the technology advisory council as they relate to information technology services shall include but are not limited to all of the following:
a. Advise the chief information officer in developing and adopting information technology standards pursuant to sections 8A.203 and 8A.206 applicable to all agencies.
b. Make recommendations to the chief information officer regarding all of the following:
(1) Technology utility services to be implemented by the department.
(2) Improvements to information technology service levels and modifications to the business continuity plan for information technology operations developed by the department for agencies, and to maximize the value of information technology investments by the state.
(3) Technology initiatives for the executive branch.
c. Advise the department regarding rates to be charged for access to and for value-added services performed through IowAccess.
Referred to in
Confirmation, see §2.32
1. The director shall appoint the state librarian who shall administer the duties of the department as it relates to library services.
2. The state librarian shall do all of the following:
a. Organize, staff, and administer the department as it relates to library services so as to render the greatest benefit to libraries in the state.
b. Control all library services-related property of the department. The state librarian may dispose of, through sale, conveyance, or exchange, any library materials that may be obsolete or worn out or that may no longer be needed or appropriate to the mission of the state library of Iowa. These materials may be sold by the state library directly or the library may sell the materials by consignment with an outside entity. A state library fund is created in the state treasury. Proceeds from the sale of the library materials shall be remitted to the treasurer of state and credited to the state library fund and shall be used for the purchase of books and other library materials. 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.
c. Perform other duties as assigned by the director or as imposed by law.
Subsection 2, paragraph b stricken and former paragraphs c and d redesignated as b and c
Official source: Iowa Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Iowa statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.