Title 9, Title 9: Cultural and Community Engagement

9-6-203. Division powers relating to property. (1) The division may: take by purchase, grant, gift, donation, devise, or bequest, any property, real or personal, for any purpose appropriate to the objectives of the division; and convert property received by gift, grant, donation,…

9-6-301. Utah Arts and Museums Advisory Board. (1) There is created within the division the Utah Arts and Museums Advisory Board. (2) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), the arts and museums board shall consist of nine members appointed or reappointed by the governor to four…

9-6-302. Arts and museums board powers and duties. (1) The arts and museums board may: with the concurrence of the director, make rules governing the conduct of the arts and museums board's business in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act; and …

9-6-304. State of Utah Alice Merrill Horne Art Collection. (1) There is created the State of Utah Alice Merrill Horne Art Collection. (2) The State of Utah Alice Merrill Horne Art Collection: consists of all works of art acquired under this part; and shall be held as the property…

9-6-401. Short title. This part is known as the "Utah Percent-for-Art Act."

9-6-402. Purpose. This part is designed to: (1) establish a program which administers that portion of appropriations for capital expenditures which is set aside: for the acquisition of works of art used for public buildings; and to facilitate public art installations as described…

9-6-403. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Artist" means a practitioner in the visual arts, generally recognized by critics and the artist's peers as a professional who is committed to producing high quality work on a regular basis, and who is not the project architect or a…

9-6-404. Creation of program -- Use of appropriations. (1) A Percent-for-Art Program shall be administered by the division. (2) Before January 1, 2035, an appropriation received by or available to the director under Subsectionfor a new state building or facility that is not locat…

9-6-405. Procedures, guidelines, and rules. (1) The division shall follow these guidelines in administering the program: Works of art shall be acquired under the program for use only with respect to those buildings or facilities that the division determines have significant publi…

9-6-406. Director to enter into contracts. The director may enter into contracts on behalf of the division to acquire works of art and to commission artists for the creation of works of art as selected by the division or committees established by the division, and may sue and be …

9-6-407. Title to work of art vests in the name of the state -- Title subject to restrictions and interests. (1) Title to a work of art acquired by or created for the program vests upon its completion, installation, and final acceptance in the division in the name of the state. (…

9-6-408. Division responsible for maintenance and security. The division is responsible, in cooperation with the contracting agency, for the conservation, maintenance, and security of all works of art placed in or at each state building or facility under the program.

9-6-409. Rights of artist commissioned by program. An artist who is commissioned by the program to create a work of art has the following rights with respect to that work of art: (1) all rights secured to the artist under federal copyright laws; (2) the right to claim authorship …

9-6-410. Public Art Installation Initiative. (1) As used in this section: "Applicant" means: a county of the first class; a municipality in a county of the first class; or a metro township in a county of the first class. "Local funds" means money in the possession of a county, mu…

9-6-501. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Endowment fund" means any endowment fund created under this chapter by a qualifying organization. (2) "Qualifying organization" means any Utah nonprofit arts or museum organization that qualifies under this chapter to create an end…

9-6-502. Utah Arts and Museums Endowment Fund. (1) There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the "Utah Arts and Museums Endowment Fund." (2) The state fund shall be administered by the division in accordance with applicable law. (3) Any administrative costs inc…

9-6-503. Arts and museums endowment funds. (1) Any Utah nonprofit arts or museum organization that meets the requirements described in this part may create an endowment fund into which there may be deposited money from the state fund. (2) The principal of each endowment fund desc…

9-6-504. Duties of the division. The division, in accordance with the provisions of this part, shall: (1) allocate money from the state fund to the endowment fund created by a qualifying organization under Section; 9-6-503 (2) determine the eligibility of each qualifying organiza…

9-6-505. Eligibility requirements of qualifying arts organizations -- Allocation limitations -- Matching requirements. (1) Any qualifying organization may apply to receive money from the state fund to be deposited in an endowment fund the organization has created under Section: 9…

9-6-506. Unallocated money. Money in the state fund that is unallocated shall be reallocated by the division on a proportionate basis to qualifying organizations that raise 100% of their required match by the date determined under Subsection.

9-6-507. Spending restrictions -- Return of endowment. (1) If a qualifying organization has received endowment money from the state fund, the qualifying organization may not expend any of that money or the required matching money in the qualifying organization's endowment fund, b…

9-6-508. Federal match. The creation of the state fund and the use of state fund money to enable qualifying organizations to create endowment funds may be construed as a state match for any arts funding provided by the federal government.