House Study Bill 84 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON RAECKER) A BILL FOR An Act requiring the state board of regents to sell a work of 1 art and providing for the earnings from the proceeds to be 2 used for scholarship assistance and including effective date 3 provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1909YC (7) 84 jp/nh
H.F. _____ Section 1. SALE OF WORK OF ART. The state board of regents 1 shall provide for the sale of the Jackson Pollock painting, 2 “Mural”, held by the state university of Iowa. The proceeds 3 from the sale shall be credited to a trust fund. Usage of 4 the moneys in the trust fund shall be limited to providing 5 scholarship assistance to undergraduate students at the 6 university who are residents of this state and majoring in 7 art. If sufficient funds are available, scholarship assistance 8 shall also be provided for such undergraduate students with 9 liberal arts majors other than art. In any fiscal year, the 10 amount of such scholarship assistance provided shall not exceed 11 the amount of interest or earnings on the moneys in the trust 12 fund in the preceding fiscal year. The conditions for the 13 sale shall provide for the painting to be on loan to the state 14 university of Iowa at least once every four years for a period 15 of three months or longer. 16 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 17 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 18 EXPLANATION 19 This bill requires the state board of regents to provide for 20 the sale of the Jackson Pollock painting, “Mural”, held by the 21 state university of Iowa. The proceeds from the sale shall be 22 credited to a trust fund. Usage of the moneys in the trust fund 23 is limited to providing scholarship assistance to undergraduate 24 students at the university who are residents of this state 25 and majoring in art. If sufficient funds are available, 26 scholarship assistance is also required to be provided for such 27 undergraduate students with liberal arts majors other than art. 28 In any fiscal year, the amount of the assistance provided is 29 limited to the amount of interest or earnings on the moneys in 30 the trust fund in the preceding fiscal year. 31 The conditions for the sale shall provide for the painting to 32 be on loan to the state university of Iowa at least once every 33 four years for a period of three months or longer. 34 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 35 -1- LSB 1909YC (7) 84 jp/nh 1/ 1