Bill Text: IN SB0473 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: State house displays.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-22 - Senator Buck added as second author [SB0473 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-SB0473-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 2-5-36.
Synopsis: State house displays. Establishes the state house bust
commission to consider all aspects of honoring individuals by the
creation of a bust of the individual to be placed in the state house.
Names Governor Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. and Chief Justice Randall T.
Shepard as individuals to be honored by the placement of a bust of each
in the state house. Provides that the statute expires July 1, 2018.
Effective: July 1, 2013.
January 14, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Policy.
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Chapter 36. State House Bust Commission
Sec. 1. The definitions in IC 2-5-1.2 apply throughout this chapter.
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "commission" refers to the state house bust commission established by section 4 of this chapter.
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "honored individual" refers to an individual named in section 8(b) of this chapter to be honored by the placement of a bust of the individual in the state house.
Sec. 4. The state house bust commission is established.
Sec. 5. The commission consists of the following members:
(1) Four (4) members of the house appointed by the speaker. Not more than two (2) members appointed under this subdivision may be members of the same political party.
(2) Four (4) members of the senate appointed by the president
pro tempore. Not more than two (2) members appointed
under this subdivision may be members of the same political
party.
Sec. 6. The chairman of the legislative council shall appoint the
commission's chair.
Sec. 7. IC 2-5-1.2 applies to the commission.
Sec. 8. (a) The commission shall consider all aspects of honoring
the individuals named in subsection (b) with a bust of each honored
individual to be created and placed in the state house. The
commission shall do the following relating to each honored
individual:
(1) Solicit proposals from accomplished artists for the
creation of a bust of each honored individual.
(2) Consider the cost of the creation of a bust of each honored
individual and the source of funding for creation of the bust.
(3) Consider and recommend the location of the appropriate
placement of a bust of each honored individual in the state
house.
(4) Select an artist for creation of the bust of each honored
individual after consultations with appropriate persons.
(5) Recommend any details of a contract with the artist
selected under subdivision (4).
(6) Consider and recommend any details of ceremonies for the
placement of the bust in the state house after the bust's
completion.
(7) Consider and make recommendations about any other
matters the commission considers appropriate for the
creation and placement of a bust of each honored individual.
(b) The following individuals shall be honored by the placement
of a bust of the individual in the state house:
(1) Governor Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.
(2) Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard.
Sec. 9. This chapter expires July 1, 2018.
