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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 4157

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Senator Gaspard

Read first time 2/8/85 and referred to Committee on Education.

AN ACT Relating to purchases of works of art for state educational institutions; and amending RCW 28B.10.025.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 4, chapter 176, Laws of 1974 ex. sess. as last amended by section 8, chapter 204, Laws of 1983 and RCW 28B.10.025 are each amended to read as follows:

          The Washington state arts commission shall, in consultation with the boards of regents of the University of Washington and Washington State University and with the boards of trustees of the regional universities, The Evergreen State College, and the community college districts, determine the amount to be made available for the purchases of art under RCW 28B.10.027, and payment therefor shall be made in accordance with law.  The designation of projects and sites, the selection, contracting, purchase, commissioning, reviewing of design, execution and placement, acceptance, maintenance, and sale, exchange, or disposition of works of art shall be the responsibility of the Washington state arts commission in consultation with the board of regents or trustees:  PROVIDED, That the selection and final acceptance of works of art commissioned under this section by the Washington state arts commission shall be approved by the respective board of regents or trustees.  However, the costs to carry out the Washington state arts commission's responsibility for maintenance shall not be funded from the moneys referred to under this section, RCW 43.17.200, 43.19.455, or 28A.58.055, but shall be contingent upon adequate appropriations being made for that purpose.