ART INSTITUTE COLLECTION                                                                  S.B. 401 (S-2):

                                                                                                      FLOOR SUMMARY

Senate Bill 401 (Substitute S-2 as reported)                                  (Senate-passed version)

Sponsor:  Senator Randy Richardville

Committee:  Government Operations

CONTENT

The bill would amend the Art Institute Authorities Act to do the following:

-- Prohibit the sale or deaccession of an art institute's collection unless it were in accordance with the Code of Ethics for Museums of the American Alliance of Museums.

-- Require the art institute's facility to be used only to exhibit, preserve, and maintain the art collection.

-- Prohibit the facility from being leased or encumbered, or from being sold unless the sale were connected with the relocation of the art collection to a comparable facility in the same municipality.

Specifically, an art institute could not deaccession from its collection, or sell, lease, pledge, mortgage, or otherwise encumber art that was accessioned to or otherwise held in the collection of the art institute except in accordance with the Code of Ethics for Museums published by the American Alliance of Museums or a successor organization.

In addition, a facility owned by a municipality in which the primary art collection of an art institute is exhibited would have to be used principally to exhibit, preserve, and maintain the art collection; could not be leased, pledged, mortgaged, or otherwise encumbered; and could not be sold unless the sale were in connection with the relocation of the art collection to a comparable facility within the same municipality.

Proposed MCL 123.1231                                               Legislative Analyst:  Suzanne Lowe

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

Date Completed:  6-5-13                                                          Fiscal Analyst:  David Zin

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.