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 thecustody of the division. The collection shall be permanentlydisplayed in public areas of the state house under the supervision ofthe division, which is charged with its care and maintenance.
    (b) The director of the division shall inspect each painting in thecollection annually in the company of one (1) or more experts in thefield of art conservation selected by the director of the division.
    (c) After the inauguration of each governor, the director of thedivision, with the concurrence of the governor, shall select andcommission an artist to paint the governor's portrait. The portraitmust be hung in the permanent collection immediately following thecompletion and acceptance of the portrait by the director of thedivision and the governor.
    (d) The division shall include in its budget requests the amountthe division considers necessary to:
        (1) provide for the proper care, maintenance, and display of thegovernors' portraits collection; and
        (2) commission the painting of an oil portrait of each governorfor the collection.
The division may use appropriated funds or any other funds providedfor these purposes.
    (e) The director of the division, in discharging the duties underthis section, shall use the appropriate cultural and technical resourcesof the state, including the Indiana historical bureau and the Indianadepartment of administration.
As added by P.L.69-2009, SEC.6.

IC 14-20-16-2
Governors' portraits fund; use
    Sec. 2. (a) The governors' portraits fund is established as adedicated fund to be administered by the division. Money in the fundmay be expended by the director of the division exclusively for thepreservation and exhibition of the state owned portraits of formergovernors of Indiana.
    (b) The proceeds from the sale of items as directed by law or bythe director of the division, from gifts of money or the proceeds fromthe sale of gifts donated to the fund and from investment earningsfrom 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 notcurrently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the samemanner as other public money may be invested.
    (d) All money accruing to the governors' portraits fund iscontinuously allotted and appropriated for the purposes specified inthis section.    (e) Money in the fund at the end of the fiscal year does not revertto the state general fund.
As added by P.L.69-2009, SEC.6.