PRINTER'S NO. 3475
No. 2577 Session of 1982
INTRODUCED BY PITTS, RYAN, HAYES, IRVIS, ZWIKL, J. L. WRIGHT AND
WAMBACH, JUNE 8, 1982
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 8, 1982
AN ACT
1 Establishing the Capitol Restoration Trust Fund and providing
2 for its administration.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Capitol Restoration Trust Fund.
6 (a) There is hereby established a separate account in the
7 State Treasury to be known as the Capitol Restoration Trust
8 Fund.
9 (b) This fund shall be administered by a committee to be
10 composed of the following:
11 (1) Those members of the General Assembly who have been
12 appointed to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
13 Commission.
14 (2) The Executive Director of the Pennsylvania
15 Historical and Museum Commission.
16 (3) The Secretary of General Services.
17 (4) The Secretary of the State Art Commission.
1 (c) All moneys in the trust shall be placed in an interest
2 drawing account and are hereby appropriated to the committee on
3 a continuing basis.
4 Section 2. Use of funds.
5 The committee may use the moneys in the trust for the
6 maintenance, planning, professional fees, restoration, and
7 rehabilitation of statuary, art and antiquities, appointments,
8 and any elements and items that contribute to the historical
9 significance of the Capitol structures, giving priority to those
10 items that are in an immediate state of deterioration and for
11 the acquisition of artifacts, documents and other historical
12 objects or resources which contribute to the historical
13 significance of the State Capitol Building.
14 Section 3. Contribution, gifts and fund raising.
15 The committee is authorized to solicit and receive
16 contributions and gifts from public and private sources and
17 other entities, and to solicit and raise moneys from public and
18 private sources through the sale of commemorative items which
19 promote the historic preservation and restoration of the State
20 Capitol Building. These funds shall not be used for the
21 operation of the committee.
22 Section 4. Effective date.
23 This act shall take effect immediately.
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