Sec. 8-44. Public arts trust.

   (a)   There is a Public Arts Trust fund within County Government to:

      (1)   receive, hold, and pay out public and private funds to:

         (A)   buy and display works of art on public property in the County; and

         (B)   pay the cost of administering the fund; and

      (2)   sponsor privately-funded temporary or permanent displays of art on public property in the County.

   (b)   The Chief Administrative Officer or a designee must administer the trust in consultation with:

      (1)   Arts and Humanities Council;

      (2)   Montgomery County Public Schools;

      (3)   Montgomery College; and

      (4)   Montgomery County Parks Commission.

   (c)   The Chief Administrative Officer must report to the County Council:

      (1)    each quarter on:

         (A)   new locations selected for works of art to be funded by the Public Arts Trust; and

         (B)   works of art purchased or displayed with Public Arts Trust funds during the quarter; and

      (2)   each year by January 15 on all other uses of Public Arts Trust funds during the prior calendar year. (1995 L.M.C., ch. 12, § 1; 2001 L.M.C., ch. 28, §§ 2, 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.