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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 division. The collection shall be permanently
displayed in public areas of the state house under the supervision of
the division, which is charged with its care and maintenance.
(b) The director of the division 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 director of the division.
(c) After the inauguration of each governor, the director of the
division, 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 director of the
division and the governor.
(d) The division shall include in its budget requests the amount
the division 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 division may use appropriated funds or any other funds provided
for these purposes.
(e) The director of the division, in discharging the duties under
this section, shall use the appropriate cultural and technical resources
of the state, including the Indiana historical bureau and the Indiana
department 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 a
dedicated fund to be administered by the division. Money in the fund
may be expended by the director of the division 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 director of the division, 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.
