Senate Bill 2218

    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 2218

    By Senator Diaz-Balart





    1-1033A-99                                              See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to art in state buildings;

  3         amending s. 255.043, F.S.; authorizing rather

  4         than requiring, a specified portion of the

  5         total appropriation for the original

  6         construction of a state building which provides

  7         public access to be used for the acquisition of

  8         works of art; providing an effective date.

  9

10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

11

12         Section 1.  Section 255.043, Florida Statutes, is

13  amended to read:

14         255.043  Art in state buildings.--

15         (1)  Each appropriation for the original construction

16  of a state building which provides public access may shall

17  include an amount of up to 0.25 0.5 percent of the total

18  appropriation for the construction of the building, not to

19  exceed $100,000, to be used for the acquisition of works of

20  art produced by, but not limited to, Florida artists or

21  craftspersons.  Those works of art acquired shall be displayed

22  for viewing in public areas in the interior or on the grounds

23  or the exterior of the building and not in private offices or

24  areas with limited public access.

25         (2)  The Department of Management Services, the Board

26  of Regents, or other state agencies receiving appropriations

27  for original constructions shall notify the Florida Arts

28  Council and the user agency of any construction project which

29  is eligible under the provisions of this section. The

30  Department of Management Services, the Board of Regents, or

31  other state agency shall determine the amount authorized to be

                                  1

CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.






    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 2218
    1-1033A-99                                              See HB




  1  made available for purchase or commission of works of art for

  2  each project and shall report these amounts to the Florida

  3  Arts Council and the user agency.  Payments therefor shall be

  4  made from funds appropriated for fixed capital outlay

  5  according to law.

  6         (3)  The selection of artists or craftspersons shall be

  7  the responsibility of the user agency.  The final approval of

  8  any recommendation for the purchase of or commissioning of

  9  works of art shall be consistent with the art selection

10  process pursuant to rule promulgated by the Department of

11  State.  The approval of any invoice for payment for any

12  purchase of or commissioning of works of art shall be the

13  responsibility of the user agency.

14         (4)  This section shall not apply to any funds for the

15  construction of public buildings if the funds were

16  appropriated prior to July 1, 1979.

17         (5)  The Department of State shall be authorized to

18  promulgate rules to implement this section.

19         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

20

21            *****************************************

22                       LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

23
      With respect to chapter 255, F.S., relating to public
24    property and publicly owned buildings, revises current
      provisions of law to authorize that each appropriation
25    for the original construction of a state building which
      provides public access include an amount of up to 0.25
26    percent of the total appropriation for the construction
      of the building, not to exceed $100,000, to be used for
27    the acquisition of works of art produced by, but not
      limited to, Florida artists or craftspersons. Current law
28    requires 0.5 percent be earmarked for this purpose.

29

30

31

                                  2