§ 22-3-503 — Powers and duties

(a) The Capitol Arts and Grounds Commission shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To recommend the acquisition of land for such expansion of the State Capitol grounds as may be required to meet the needs of state agencies; (2) To review and recommend to the Secretary of State on the location of monuments, memorials, fountains, and similar improvements on the State Capitol grounds or for the relocation of existing monuments, memorials, and fountains on the State Capitol grounds; (3) To review any permanent statue, statuary, fountain, monument, or memorial tablet to be erected in the public areas of the State Capitol Building or on its grounds for compliance with the adopted plan; and (4) To review proposed actions of the Secretary of State under § 1-4-134 regarding the design, material, production, and method of display of the statue representing Daisy Lee Gatson Bates under § 1-4-134(d)(1) or the statue representing John R. "Johnny" Cash under § 1-4-134(d)(2) , or both. (b) The commission shall have the right to accept donations in money, pictures, paintings, statuary fountains, and memorial tablets on behalf of the state for the State Capitol Building. In cases of money donations, the commission shall have the right to expend the money in decorations, either in the building or on the grounds thereof. To that end, the commission may make all necessary contracts for the expenditure of the funds. (c) (1) A monument shall not be constructed on or removed from the State Capitol grounds unless authorized by an act of the General Assembly. (2) The commission shall not consider the construction of a monument on the State Capitol grounds or the removal of a monument from the State Capitol grounds without legislative authorization under subdivision (c)(1) of this section. (d) (1) The commission may promulgate rules for the orderly discharge of the duties of the commission. (2) In promulgating rules under subdivision (d)(1) of this section, the commission shall follow the procedure set out in the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2021, No. 696,§ 3, eff. 7/28/2021. Amended by Act 2019, No. 1068,§ 2, eff. 7/24/2019. Amended by Act 2017, No. 274,§ 1, eff. 2/22/2017. Acts 1987, No. 665, § 4; 1989, No. 880, § 1; 1997, No. 1043, § 3; 2005, No. 1379, § 3.