Massachusetts § 65 - Senate art committee

§ 65. Senate art committee

  Section 65. There is hereby established in the senate a senate art committee, hereinafter called the committee, to consist of the president and the minority leader thereof, and seven persons to be appointed by the president, of whom at least 1 may be a member of The Doric Docents Inc. Each member shall be appointed for a term coterminous with that of the president, and shall serve at his pleasure.

  The committee may consider and advise the senate relative to any matter germane to the upgrading and restoration of the quarters in the state house used by the members of the senate and its employees, with particular attention to the historical and artistic qualities of said quarters. The committee may file recommendations from time to time with the clerk of the senate.

[ Paragraph added by 2025, 14, Sec. 3 effective August 5, 2025.]

  There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a Senate Artistic Upgrade and Representation Fund, which shall be used, without further appropriation, for purposes, including, but not limited to, upgrading and restoring historical and artistic qualities of quarters in the state house used by the members of the senate and its employees. The chief financial officer of the senate shall administer the fund. The fund shall consist of appropriations authorized by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; provided, however, that items authorized to be transferred under section 7M of chapter 29 may be transferred to the fund by the chief financial officer of the senate. The fund shall not be subject to section 13A of said chapter 29 and any unexpended balance in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years. An accounting of all fund activity shall be reported in the annual fiscal year audit conducted pursuant to applicable senate rules.