Oklahoma § 74-9030.3 - Administration of act - Art in Public Places Oversight

§ 74-9030.3. Administration of act - Art in Public Places Oversight

Committee.

A. The Oklahoma Arts Council may create an Art in Public Places

Division to administer the Oklahoma Art in Public Places Act.

B. There is hereby created an Art in Public Places Oversight

Committee comprised of:

1. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services, or designee;

2. The Director of the Oklahoma Arts Council, or designee;

3. The Director of the Oklahoma Historical Society, or

designee;

4. The Director of the Department of Transportation, or

designee;

5. The Chancellor of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher

Education, or designee;

6. One artist appointed by the Director of the Oklahoma Arts

Council;

7. One architect appointed by the Director of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services;

8. One engineer appointed by the Director of the Office of

Management and Enterprise Services; and

9. One museum director/curator appointed by the Director of the

Oklahoma Arts Council.

C. 1. All appointed members shall serve a term of three (3)

years and may be reappointed for one additional three-year term.

2. The officers of the Committee shall be a chair, a vicechair, and a secretary elected at the last meeting of each fiscal

year. Appointments to fill officer vacancies shall be made by the

chair between elections.

3. Meetings shall be held at the call of the chair, and for the

initial appointments, a majority of the members present shall

constitute a quorum.

D. Except as provided for in subsections E and G of this

section, the Oversight Committee is empowered with overseeing each

of the following phases of the development and management of the

Oklahoma Art in Public Places Act:

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government

1. Develop job specifications for a Division Director of the

Art in Public Places Division, who shall not be subject to the Merit

System of Personnel Administration;

2. Make recommendations for the implementation of the Art in

Public Places Program to the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Arts

Council; and

3. Develop methods of selection of artists, criteria for

selection, final approval of site projects, maintenance and repair

of works of art, and periodic evaluation of the Program.

E. Artwork or art restoration projects in the administrative

control of the Oversight Committee pursuant to the Oklahoma Art in

Public Places Act shall not be subject to The Oklahoma Central

Purchasing Act, but the projects shall be subject to a call for

entries process established by the Oversight Committee.

F. Members shall be reimbursed for necessary travel expenses in

accordance with the State Travel Reimbursement Act.

G. The State Capitol Preservation Commission shall retain its

administrative control over art projects for the Capitol and the

Governor's Mansion as provided for in Section 4104 of Title 74 of

the Oklahoma Statutes.

H. The governing boards for institutions of higher education or

local boards of trustees shall perform the duties of the Oversight

Committee for art projects on the campuses that they oversee.

Added by Laws 2004, c. 254, § 4. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, §

1055; Laws 2015, c. 196, § 4, eff. July 1, 2015.