§ 263B.5 — State department of transportation contracts

Iowa § 263B.5

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VII: EDUCATION, HISTORY, AND CULTURE
• Ch. 263B: STATE ARCHAEOLOGIST

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1. The state department of transportation in letting contracts for road construction shall
takeactiontoseethathistoricalobjectswillnotbeneedlesslydestroyedorifsuchdestruction
cannot be avoided reasonable action shall be taken to obtain all information concerning such
objects prior to destruction. If it should appear that the proposed construction will result in
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the destruction of historical objects and it is determined by the appropriate authority that
such objects cannot be reasonably removed or otherwise preserved, consideration shall be
given to possible alternate locations of the highway.
2. If during the course of construction, historical objects are encountered, the appropriate
authority shall be notified immediately and steps taken to excavate and preserve the objects
if practicable or if preservation is impracticable, to permit the appropriate authority to obtain
and record data relative thereto.
3. Agreements may be entered into with the appropriate authority to pay from federal
highway funds the reasonable cost of salvage work. Extra work orders may be issued to
the contractor where necessary and extra work orders may be issued in cases within the
meaning of “subsurface or lateral conditions” or “unknown physical conditions” where such
terms are used in the standard contract forms. Payment for salvage work shall be limited to
thatperformedwithintheroadwayprismandanylocationdesignatedasasourceofmaterial.
If the contractor’s operations are delayed because of salvage work such contractor shall be
entitled to an appropriate extension of the contract time. If practicable, the operations shall
be rescheduled to avoid the section where the historical material is, until the removal of it.
4. The cost of exploratory work prior to construction shall be borne by the appropriate
authority. Costs of excavation of historical objects or recordation of data may be paid by the
federal highway funds. Excavation costs may include costs of protecting and preservation
during removal from the site but shall not include the expense of shipping historical objects
from the site.

Legislative History

[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §305A.5]