Copy artboard (and art) to another document

Hi Tim, here you go, open both your template and your destination document and run the script

#target illustrator
// script.name = timLCdupArtboards.jsx; 
// script.description = duplicates provided artboards to another open document;
// script.required = requires CS5, and both source and destination documenets (with the same layer structure) open
// script.parent = CarlosCanto // 02/07/12;  
// script.elegant = false;
// Notes: use only in documents with NO sublayers, 
var docList = doclist(); // get a list of open docs
var source = prompt ("Enter Source Document (Index Number)\r\r" + docList, 0, "Copy Artboards"); // get source doc name index
if (source!=null) {// quit if pressed Cancel
    var dest = prompt ("Enter Destination Document (Index Number)\r\r" + docList, 1, "Copy Artboards"); // get destination doc name index
    if (dest!=null) {// quit if pressed Cancel
        var absstring = prompt ("Enter Indexes of Artboards to copy (comma separated)", "25,37,16,19,34,35,36", "Copy Artboards"); // get list of artboards to copy
        if (absstring!=null) {// quit if pressed Cancel
            var artbs = absstring.split (","); // turn list into an array
            var absCount = artbs.length; // get artboards count
            var sourceDoc = app.documents[source]; // get actual docs
            var destDoc = app.documents[dest];
            // get layer visible/lock info & unlock and make visible all layers
            var sourceDocLayerState = unlockUnhideLayers(sourceDoc);
            var destDocLayerState = unlockUnhideLayers(destDoc);
            sourceDoc.activate(); // activate source otherwise it is not able to access selection
            var ABs = []; // array to hold of artboard objects to copy
            var ABsRect = []; // array to hold artboards Rectangles
            var ABsNames = []; // array to hold artboard names
            var ABsInfo = []; // array to hold [Rect, Names]
            for (i=0; i<absCount; i++) {
                ABs = sourceDoc.artboards[artbs-1]; // get actual artboard
                ABsRect = ABs.artboardRect; // get Rectangle
                ABsNames = ABs.name; // get Name
                ABsInfo = [ABsRect, ABsNames]; // get Rectangle and Name
                sourceDoc.selection = null; // deselect everything
                sourceDoc.artboards.setActiveArtboardIndex (artbs-1); // activate each artboard
                sourceDoc.selectObjectsOnActiveArtboard(); // select all in artboard
                sel = sourceDoc.selection; // get selection
                moveObjects(sel, destDoc); // move selection
            }
            addArtboards(destDoc, ABsInfo); // recreate artboards in destination document
            // restore layer original state
            lockHideLayers(sourceDoc, sourceDocLayerState);
            lockHideLayers(destDoc, destDocLayerState);
        }
    }
}
function unlockUnhideLayers(doc) {
          // get visible state of each layer, and show/unlock layers
          var layerState = []; // array to hold layer visibility
          var layerCount = doc.layers.length; // layer count
          // get layer visibility, and turn all layers on
          for (i=0; i<layerCount; i++) {
                    var ilayer = doc.layers;
                    layerState = [ilayer.visible, ilayer.locked];
                    ilayer.visible = true;
        ilayer.locked = false;
          }
    return layerState;
}
function lockHideLayers(doc, layerstate) {
          // restore layer visibility
    var layerCount = doc.layers.length; // layer count
          for (k=0; k<layerCount; k++) {
                    var ilayer = doc.layers;
        ilayer.visible = layerstate[0]; // already a Boolean value, no need to convert
        ilayer.locked = layerstate[1]; // already a Boolean value, no need to convert
          }
}
// create artboards in destination doc, using the info in absInfo (abRect, Name)
function addArtboards(doc, absInfo) {
    var destDoc = doc;
    var absCount = absInfo.length;
    destDoc.activate();
    for (j=0; j<absCount; j++) {
        var newAB = destDoc.artboards.add(ABsInfo[0]);
        newAB.name = ABsInfo[1];
    }
}
// move selected objects (sel) to destination document
function moveObjects(sel, destDoc) {
    for (k=0; k<sel.length; k++) { 
        // duplicate items to the same layer in dest document, give both documents have the same layer structure
        var newItem = sel.duplicate(destDoc.layers[sel.layer.name],ElementPlacement.PLACEATEND);
    }
}
// get a list of open documents, separated by tabs
function doclist() {
    var docs = app.documents;
        msg = "";
    for (i=0; i<docs.length; i++) {
        msg += i + ". " + docs.name + "\t"; // had to use tab (insted of \r) to have the list "inline". Prompt only allows 4 rows in windows
    }
    return msg;
}