2014 Indiana Code TITLE 14. NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES ARTICLE 20. STATE MUSEUMS AND HISTORIC SITES CHAPTER 16. GOVERNORS' PORTRAITS COLLECTION
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IC 14-20-16
Chapter 16. Governors' Portraits Collection
IC 14-20-16-1
Governors' portraits collection; care and maintenance budget
Sec. 1. (a) The governors' portraits collection is placed in the
custody of the Indiana state museum and historic sites corporation
(IC 4-37-2-1). The collection shall be permanently displayed in
public areas of the state house under the supervision of the Indiana
state museum and historic sites corporation, which is charged with its
care and maintenance.
(b) The chief executive officer of the Indiana state museum and
historic sites corporation shall inspect each painting in the collection
annually in the company of one (1) or more experts in the field of art
conservation selected by the chief executive officer of the Indiana
state museum and historic sites corporation.
(c) After the inauguration of each governor, the chief executive
officer of the Indiana state museum and historic sites corporation,
with the concurrence of the governor, shall select and commission an
artist to paint the governor's portrait. The portrait must be hung in the
permanent collection immediately following the completion and
acceptance of the portrait by the chief executive officer of the Indiana
state museum and historic sites corporation and the governor.
(d) The Indiana state museum and historic sites corporation shall
include in its budget requests the amount the Indiana state museum
and historic sites corporation considers necessary to:
(1) provide for the proper care, maintenance, and display of the
governors' portraits collection; and
(2) commission the painting of an oil portrait of each governor
for the collection.
The Indiana state museum and historic sites corporation may use
appropriated funds or any other funds provided for these purposes.
(e) The chief executive officer of the Indiana state museum and
historic sites corporation, in discharging the duties under this section,
shall use the appropriate cultural and technical resources of the state,
including the department, Indiana historical bureau, and the Indiana
department of administration.
As added by P.L.69-2009, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.167-2011,
SEC.27.
IC 14-20-16-2
Governors' portraits fund; use
Sec. 2. (a) The governors' portraits fund is established as a
dedicated fund to be administered by the Indiana state museum and
historic sites corporation (IC 4-37-2-1). Money in the fund may be
expended by the chief executive officer of the Indiana state museum
and historic sites corporation exclusively for the preservation and
exhibition of the state owned portraits of former governors of
Indiana.
(b) The proceeds from the sale of items as directed by law or by
the chief executive officer of the Indiana state museum and historic
sites corporation, from gifts of money or the proceeds from the sale
of gifts donated to the fund, and from investment earnings from any
portion of the fund, shall be deposited in the governors' portraits
fund.
(c) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not
currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same
manner as other public money may be invested.
(d) All money accruing to the governors' portraits fund is
continuously allotted and appropriated for the purposes specified in
this section.
(e) Money in the fund at the end of the fiscal year does not revert
to the state general fund.
As added by P.L.69-2009, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.167-2011,
SEC.28.
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