Sec. 5A-6. Council Authority.

   The Arts and Humanities Council, in cooperation with the County government and other local public agencies, should:

   (a)   Support, encourage, and promote the arts and humanities in the County, including projects, performance, research, education, information exchange, historic preservation, and other activities that advance the artistic, cultural, and intellectual environment in the County.

   (b)   Promote creativity, scholarship, and professionalism in the arts and humanities.

   (c)   Provide and coordinate funding for the arts and humanities in the County.

   (d)   Advise local, State, and federal agencies about financial and other needs of arts and humanities programs in the County.

   (e)   Report annually in writing to the County Council, County Executive, and public on the operations and activities of the Arts and Humanities Council and on the state of the arts and humanities in the County, including how these activities affect any underserved or underrepresented populations in the County.

   (f)   Avoid duplication in arts and humanities activities by coordinating Arts and Humanities Council activities with other existing and planned governmental programs and activities. (1976 L.M.C., ch. 15, § 1; 1999 L.M.C., ch. 24, §§ 1, 15 and 16.)

   Editor’s note­The effective date of the amendments made to this section by 2001 L.M.C., ch. 28, § 2, is the same effective date as 1999 L.M.C., ch. 24, § 1.