Bill Text: NJ A3232 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires protection of fine arts elements in public buildings that are to be renovated.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-09-24 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Tourism and the Arts Committee [A3232 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-A3232-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman DIANNE C. GOVE
District 9 (Atlantic, Burlington and Ocean)
Assemblyman CHRIS A. BROWN
District 2 (Atlantic)
SYNOPSIS
Requires protection of fine arts elements in public buildings that are to be renovated.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning fine arts elements in public buildings and supplementing P.L.1978, c.117 (C.52:16A-29 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Every fine arts element included or incorporated in a public building, pursuant to P.L.1978, c.117 (C.52:16A-29 et seq.), shall be preserved and protected whenever the public building or a portion thereof is to be renovated, demolished, reconstructed, or replaced, and shall be included or incorporated in the newly renovated, reconstructed, or replaced public building, in addition to any newly commissioned fine arts elements that may be included or incorporated therein.
b. The New Jersey State Council on the Arts shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations to implement subsection a. of this section.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would require the preservation and protection of fine arts elements in public buildings whenever a public building or portion thereof is to be renovated, demolished, reconstructed, or replaced.
The fine arts elements would be required to be included or incorporated in the newly renovated, reconstructed, or replaced public building, in addition to any newly commissioned fine arts elements that may be included or incorporated therein.
The New Jersey State Council on the Arts would be required to adopt rules and regulations to implement the bill.
The "Public Buildings Arts Inclusion Act" provides for the inclusion or incorporation of elements of fine arts in the design of new public buildings constructed at the expense and for the use of the State. This law does not provide for the preservation or protection of those fine arts elements in the event that the public building, or a portion thereof, is renovated, demolished, reconstructed, or replaced. Since the "Public Buildings Arts Inclusion Act" was enacted over 30 years ago, the aging buildings may undergo changes or updates from time to time and the law should be updated to protect the fine arts paid for with taxpayer funds.
