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SENATE BILL NO. 1305 – Idaho Comm on Arts/director/authrty

SENATE BILL NO. 1305

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S1305......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
IDAHO COMMISSION ON THE ARTS - Amends existing law to provide
administrative authority to the executive director of the Idaho Commission
on the Arts; to provide current references; to strike obsolete language;
and to provide a correct reference to the National Endowment for the Arts.
                                                                        
02/12    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/13    Rpt prt - to St Aff

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 2004
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1305
                                                                        
                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE IDAHO COMMISSION ON THE ARTS; AMENDING SECTION 67-5601,  IDAHO
  3        CODE, TO REVISE THE DECLARATION OF POLICY; AMENDING SECTION 67-5602, IDAHO
  4        CODE,  TO  STRIKE  RESTRICTIVE  LANGUAGE;  AMENDING SECTION 67-5604, IDAHO
  5        CODE, TO PROVIDE  ADMINISTRATIVE  AUTHORITY  IN  THE  EXECUTIVE  DIRECTOR;
  6        AMENDING  SECTION  67-5605,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO  STRIKE OBSOLETE PROVISIONS;
  7        AMENDING SECTION 67-5606, IDAHO CODE, TO ADD SERVICES AUTHORIZED; AMENDING
  8        SECTION 67-5607, IDAHO CODE, TO CORRECT REFERENCE TO THE  NATIONAL  ENDOW-
  9        MENT  FOR  THE  ARTS;  AND AMENDING SECTION 67-5608, IDAHO CODE, TO STRIKE
 10        OBSOLETE LANGUAGE.
                                                                        
 11    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 12        SECTION 1.  That Section 67-5601, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 13    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 14        67-5601.  DECLARATION  OF  POLICY.  It  is  hereby  found that there is an
 15    increasing appreciation and interest in the  practice  and  enjoyment  of  the
 16    arts, that our citizens are becoming aware, due to increasing leisure time, of
 17    a  broader  and  richer life through artistic endeavors, that there is need to
 18    improve the cultural environment of our state, for our young people, and  that
 19    growth  of our industry, commerce and agriculture, and quality of life will be
 20    enhanced by cultural development.
 21        It is hereby declared to be the policy  of  the  state  to  encourage  the
 22    development of our artistic and cultural life and to join with all persons and
 23    institutions  concerned  with  the arts to insure that the role of the arts in
 24    our communities will grow and play an ever more significant part in  the  wel-
 25    fare and educational experience of our citizens.
                                                                        
 26        SECTION  2.  That  Section 67-5602, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 27    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 28        67-5602.  COMMISSION ON THE ARTS  --  CREATION  --  MEMBERSHIP.  There  is
 29    hereby  created and established within the office of the governor a state com-
 30    mission, to be known as the Idaho commission on the arts, to consist of  thir-
 31    teen  (13)  members, representative of the public, Idaho's ethnic and cultural
 32    diversity, the various fields of the performing and fine arts,  and  all  geo-
 33    graphic  areas  of  our  state. Each member shall be appointed by the governor
 34    from among citizens of the state who are widely known for their interest, com-
 35    petence, and experience in the  performing  and  fine  arts.  In  making  such
 36    appointments,  due consideration shall be given to the recommendations made by
 37    representative civic, educational and  professional  associations  and  groups
 38    concerned  with or engaged in production or presentation of the performing and
 39    fine arts generally.
                                                                        
 40        SECTION 3.  That Section 67-5604, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
                                                                        
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  1    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  2        67-5604.  EMPLOYEES.  The  commission shall employ, and at pleasure remove
  3    an executive director. The executive director shall  be  the  chief  executive
  4    officer  of  the  commission. The director may, subject to the approval of the
  5    commission, employ and remove any consultants, experts or other  employees  as
  6    may  be needed. The chairman executive director shall, subject to the approval
  7    of the commission, set the compensation for all exempt employees,  within  the
  8    amounts made available for such purposes.
                                                                        
  9        SECTION  4.  That  Section 67-5605, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 10    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 11        67-5605.  DUTIES OF COMMISSION. The duties of the commission shall be:
 12        (1)  To stimulate and encourage throughout the state the study and presen-
 13    tation of the performing and fine arts and public interest  and  participation
 14    therein;
 15        (2)  To make such surveys as may be deemed advisable of public and private
 16    institutions  engaged  within  the  state in artistic and cultural activities,
 17    including but not limited to, music, theatre, dance, creative writing,  paint-
 18    ing, sculpture, architecture, and allied folk and traditional arts and crafts,
 19    and  to  make recommendations concerning appropriate methods to encourage par-
 20    ticipation in and appreciation of the arts to meet the  legitimate  needs  and
 21    aspirations of persons in all parts of the state;
 22        (3)  To  take  such steps as may be necessary and appropriate to encourage
 23    public interest in the cultural heritage  of  our  state  and  to  expand  the
 24    state's cultural resources;
 25        (4)  To  encourage and assist freedom of artistic expression essential for
 26    the well-being of the arts;
 27        (5)  To support and strengthen the interest  in  and  the  growth  of  the
 28    humanities.
                                                                        
 29        SECTION  5.  That  Section 67-5606, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 30    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 31        67-5606.  HEARINGS -- CONTRACTS -- ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS AND  BEQUESTS.  The
 32    commission is hereby authorized and empowered to hold public and private hear-
 33    ings,  to  enter into contracts, within the limit of funds available therefor,
 34    with individuals, organizations and institutions for services  furthering  the
 35    educational  and  cultural  objectives  of the commission's programs; to enter
 36    into contracts, within the limit of funds available therefor, with  local  and
 37    regional  associations  for  cooperative  endeavors furthering the educational
 38    objectives of the commission's programs; to accept gifts,  contributions,  and
 39    bequests of funds from individuals, foundations, corporations, and other orga-
 40    nizations  or  institutions,  for  the  purpose  of furthering the educational
 41    objectives of the commission's programs; to make and sign any  agreements  and
 42    to  do and perform any acts that may be necessary to carry out the purposes of
 43    the act.
                                                                        
 44        SECTION 6.  That Section 67-5607, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 45    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 46        67-5607.  AGENCY  TO  HANDLE FUNDS FROM NATIONAL FOUNDATION ENDOWMENT. The
 47    commission is the official agency of this state to receive  and  disburse  any
 48    funds made available by the national foundation on endowment for the arts. and
                                                                        
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  1    humanities.
                                                                        
  2        SECTION  7.  That  Section 67-5608, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  3    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  4        67-5608.  TRANSFER OF POWERS, DUTIES, RECORDS, ASSETS, AND LIABILITIES  OF
  5    TEMPORARY  COMMISSION. All of the functions and powers possessed by and all of
  6    the obligations and duties of  the  temporary  "commission  on  the  arts  and
  7    humanities"  created  on March 26, 1966, by executive order of the governor of
  8    the state of Idaho, are hereby transferred and assigned  to,  assumed  by  and
  9    devolved upon, the Idaho commission on the arts and humanities created by this
 10    act.
 11        All  appropriations to or any funds in the custody and control of the tem-
 12    porary "commission on the arts and humanities"  to  the  extent  of  remaining
 13    unexpended or unencumbered, and balances thereof, whether allocated or unallo-
 14    cated,  and  whether  obligated  or unobligated, are hereby transferred to and
 15    made available for the use and expenditure by the Idaho commission on the arts
 16    and humanities, for the same purpose for which originally appropriated or  for
 17    which  the  funds were received, and shall be payable on vouchers furnished or
 18    approved by the chairman or vice-chairman of the Idaho commission on the arts.
 19    and humanities.
 20        All funds in the custody or control of the temporary  "commission  on  the
 21    arts  and  humanities"  and subject to transfer to the Idaho commission on the
 22    arts and humanities, all gifts, contributions and bequests  of  funds  to  the
 23    commission,  and  any  funds received from the national foundation on the arts
 24    and humanities by the commission, are hereby declared exempt from  the  provi-
 25    sions of the Standard Appropriations Act of 1945.
 26        Payments for liabilities incurred by the temporary "commission on the arts
 27    and  humanities" and for liabilities to be incurred in completing its affairs,
 28    shall also be made on vouchers or certificates approved  by  the  chairman  or
 29    vice-chairman of the Idaho commission on the arts. and humanities.
 30        The  chairman  of  the  temporary  "commission on the arts and humanities"
 31    shall deliver to the chairman executive director of the  Idaho  commission  on
 32    the arts and humanities all books, papers, records, and properties of the tem-
 33    porary state commission.
 34        The  Idaho  commission on the arts and humanities shall be deemed and held
 35    to constitute the continuation of the temporary "commission on  the  arts  and
 36    humanities" and not a different agency or authority.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                      STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                                
                            RS 13939                          
                                
The statutory sections governing the Commission On The Arts were enacted 
in 1967. Current Idaho Code  67-5608 contains the original provisions 
transferring to the commission the powers and duties of the commission 
on the arts and humanities established by a 1966 Executive Order.  

This bill includes minor revisions reflecting changes in terminology over 
the last quarter century such as the assignment of support for the 
humanities to the Idaho Humanities Council and the change in the name of 
the federal agency supporting the arts to the National Endowment for the 
Arts.  The bill also revises the process for setting employee salaries by 
removing the requirement of commission approval.  The part-time commission 
desires to delegate this function to the executive director. Lastly, this 
bill consolidates the powers and duties of the commission into Idaho Code. 
Current Idaho Code  67-5608 incorporates the powers granted to the 
commission by the 1966 executive order.  This section is the source of 
the commission's power to enact the rules required to administer its 
programs.  This bill adds rulemaking power to the powers granted to the 
commission in Idaho Code  67-5605 and repeals the outdated section 
67-5608.  This bill preserves the current exemption from appropriation
for gifts and federal funding by moving it from the repealed Idaho Code 
 67-5608 to section 67-5607.


                         FISCAL IMPACT
                                
None.





CONTACT
Name:     Dan Harpole, Executive Director    
Agency:   Idaho Commission on the Arts
Phone:    334-2119 ext. 29
          Cort Conley



Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Impact                      S 1305