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IDAHO ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY CREATED -- PURPOSE -- DEFINITION --
ADVISORY BOARD. (1) There is hereby created the Idaho archaeological survey,
to be administered as a special cooperative program under the authority of the
Idaho state board of education and the board of regents of the university of
Idaho. It is the policy of the state of Idaho that the archaeological
resources recovered from within the state, and their associated documentation,
be accorded long-term curation within the state to ensure their continued
accessibility by the educational programs of the state universities and for
the public benefit of the citizens of the state of Idaho. It is a policy of
the state of Idaho that archaeological inventories conducted within the state
be documented in a comprehensive database accessible by educational programs
and for other public purposes consistent with the protection of these
resources. The survey shall be the lead state entity for the compilation,
coordination, preservation and dissemination of archaeological survey data and
long-term curation of collections for Idaho. This information is to be
acquired through field and laboratory investigations by the staff of the
survey and through cooperative programs with other governmental and private
agencies, including the educational programs at the state universities which
recover, use and care for archaeological materials. Nothing in this chapter
shall limit the established role of the state universities in archaeological
research and educational programs using archaeological materials.
(2) For the purposes of this chapter "archaeological resources" refer to
both cultural remains and associated environmental materials recovered by
archaeological studies and to sites on the landscape containing materials
potentially supportive of anthropological or historical archaeological
studies.
(3) There is hereby established a board for the survey which shall
consist of the following members: the Idaho state archaeologist, who shall be
director of the survey and nonvoting chairman of the advisory board, the
academic vice presidents of the university of Idaho, Idaho state university
and Boise state university or their designated representatives; the governor
of the state of Idaho or his designated representative; and a member of the
public who shall be elected by a majority vote of the advisory board and who
shall serve for a term of two (2) years. Should a vacancy occur in the public
member position, the board shall appoint a replacement to serve the remainder
of the term. Members of the board shall be compensated as provided in section
59-509(b), Idaho Code, which compensation shall be paid from the
archaeological survey account created in section 33-3905, Idaho Code. A quorum
of the board shall be required to be present to conduct business.

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