§ 4-12-102 — Executive director and other employees - Museum fund

(a) The Douglas Henry state museum commission shall employ a museum executive director, and delegates its authority to the museum executive director to hire and manage experts and other employees as may be needed to properly care for and maintain the museum and to impart its educational value to the visiting public. (b) The museum executive director has the authority to assume charge of all collections and articles acquired, and to coordinate and display such articles in such manner as the museum executive director deems to the best interest of the general public. (c) (1) The museum executive director also has the power to solicit and accept gifts and contributions on behalf of the state museum upon such terms and conditions and for such uses and purposes as may be consistent with state law. (2) The museum executive director shall install and maintain suitable containers for the collection of small cash donations to the state museum. The funds so collected shall be receipted and deposited as departmental revenue of the museum with the same budgetary and accounting controls as other funds of the museum. Expenditure of funds so collected shall be for the furtherance of the objectives of the museum's programs and shall be made under the same restrictions and controls as other expenditures of the museum. (3) (A) The museum executive director may directly solicit funds on behalf of the museum, including, but not limited to, creating membership and sponsorship organizations and conducting annual giving campaigns. (B) There is established within the general fund a special agency account to be known as the museum fund for the purpose of furthering the objectives of the museum's programs. All funds collected pursuant to this subdivision (c)(3) must be deposited into the fund. No part of the fund reverts to the general fund, but shall be carried forward until expended in accordance with this chapter. (C) The fund must be administered by the museum executive director. (D) Expenditure of funds collected pursuant to this subdivision (c)(3) must be for the furtherance of the objectives of the museum's programs and must be made under the same restrictions and controls as other expenditures of the museum. (E) The museum executive director may create subfunds for funds raised with donor conditions upon their expenditure. (F) Prior to July 1, 2019, and prior to July 1 of each subsequent fiscal year, and to the extent necessary during the fiscal year, certifications must be made and delivered to the commissioner of finance and administration, who has final authority regarding the actual expenditures of the fund. (G) The museum executive director may promulgate rules in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in chapter 5 of this title to effectuate the purposes of this subdivision (c)(3). (H) On or before July 31, 2019, and on or before July 31 of each subsequent fiscal year, the museum executive director must submit to the chairs of the finance, ways and means committees of the senate and the house of representatives, a report detailing the fundraising activities of the museum during the previous fiscal year.

Legislative History

Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 81,s 1, eff. 4/3/2019. Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 821,Secs.s1, s2, s3 eff. 4/24/2018. Acts 1937, ch. 285, § 2; C. Supp. 1950, § 2569.3 (Williams, § 2569.6); Acts 1959, ch. 154, § 2; 1971, ch. 388, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 4-1202; Acts 1983, ch. 420, § 4; 2008, ch. 641, § 1; 2009, ch. 497, § 3.