ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2649	By:	Faught of the House

			and

		Garrison of the Senate

An Act relating to the Oklahoma Music Trail; enacting the Oklahoma Music Trail Act of 2010; making designation for purposes of planning and administration; requiring specific executive agencies to work in cooperation; designating entities and certain appointments as working group; requiring certain input and assistance; providing for coalition of scholars; requiring creation of map and brochures; providing for marketing and advertising; providing for selection of sites based upon persons and places; providing for system of markers; providing for features of markers; making implementation contingent  upon funding; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1891.1 of Title 74, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Music Trail Act of 2010”.
SECTION 2.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1891.2 of Title 74, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame and Museum is hereby designated as the entity responsible for planning and providing administration for the Oklahoma Music Trail.
SECTION 3.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1891.3 of Title 74, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame and Museum, the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, the Oklahoma Historical Society, the Oklahoma Film and Music Commission and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation shall work in a cooperative partnership to establish, maintain and promote the Oklahoma Music Trail.  A representative of each of the entities identified in this section plus a representative appointed by the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and a representative appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate shall be collectively referred to as the Oklahoma Music Trail working group.
SECTION 4.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1891.4 of Title 74, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  The members of the working group shall seek input and assistance from music-related museums both within and without the State of Oklahoma to develop the Oklahoma Music Trail system.
B.  The working group shall promote the formation of a distinguished coalition of music historians and scholars to develop an inventory of the most notable musical sites to feature and highlight as part of the Oklahoma Music Trail.
C. The working group shall be responsible for creating a detailed “Oklahoma Music Trail” map and brochure to promote the history, heritage, legends and folklore that characterize Oklahoma’s musical heritage and the musical heritage of the United States.
D.  The working group shall be responsible for the marketing and advertising of the “Oklahoma Music Trail” both within and without the state as well as internationally through the use of a website, press releases, and the publicists of the various musical artists being honored or selected for a dedicated marker along the Oklahoma Music Trail.
SECTION 5.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1891.5 of Title 74, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  The Oklahoma Music Trail shall consist of a number of specific site locations, to be selected by agreement of the working group, highlighting the lives, careers and musical achievements of musicians born in the state or who spent a substantial or significant part of their musical career in the state.
B.  The Oklahoma Music Trail shall also consist of a number of specific site locations, to be selected by agreement of the working group, identifying places of significance with respect to Oklahoma’s musical heritage, including, but not limited to, residences, commercial buildings or other structures.
C.  Each site along the Oklahoma Music Trail may be designated with a marker, the design of which shall be selected by agreement of the working group with final approval by the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame and Museum, memorializing the person, place or event selected for inclusion along the Trail.
D.  The markers may include such features as the working group deems to be in the best interest of promoting public interest in and support of the Oklahoma Music Trail.
SECTION 6.  The provisions of this act shall be contingent upon the availability of funding.
SECTION 7.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2010.
Passed the House of Representatives the 8th day of March, 2010.

	
Presiding Officer of the House of
	Representatives

Passed the Senate the ____ day of __________, 2010.

	
Presiding Officer of the Senate