Public building art mandate-repeal.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill's status as inactive means it is unlikely to be enacted and therefore the effective date of July 1, 2021, may not apply.

Repealing Artwork Mandate in Public Buildings

The bill removes the requirement for new public buildings to include artwork and allows leftover funds to be used for building maintenance or administration.

What This Bill Does

• Removes the rule that requires new public buildings to have artwork on display.
• Gets rid of rules about buying and managing art in public buildings.
• Allows any unused money set aside for art to be spent on building maintenance or administration instead.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who build new public buildings
• The government department responsible for managing artwork in public buildings

Terms To Know

Unexpended funds

Money that has been set aside but not yet spent.

Effective date

The day when a new law starts to work.

Limits and Unknowns

• This bill is marked as inactive, meaning it will likely not be passed in the current session.
• It does not specify what happens to existing artwork already in public buildings.

Current Bill Text

21LSO-0341
2021
STATE OF WYOMING
21LSO-0341
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0126

Public building art mandate-repeal.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Burt, Andrew, Baker, Bear, Fortner, Haroldson, Jennings, Ottman, Styvar and Wharff and Senator(s) Hutchings, James and Salazar

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to public property; repealing the mandate that new public buildings include artwork for public display; repealing provisions related to the acquisition of artwork in public buildings; providing for the expenditure of unexpended, unobligated funds; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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W.S. 16
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6
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802, 16
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6
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803 and 16
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804(b) are repealed.

Section 2
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Beginning on the effective date of this act, any unexpended, unobligated funds together with any grants, gifts or other funds in the separate account established under W.S. 16
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6
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802(b) shall be expended by the department for the maintenance and administration of works of art purchased under this article.

Section 3
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This act is effective July 1, 2021
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