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title: O.C.G.A. § 45-13-72. Submission of recommendations to achieve highest museum standards; designation of area as Georgia Capitol Agricultural History Museum.
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# O.C.G.A. § 45-13-72. Submission of recommendations to achieve highest museum standards; designation of area as Georgia Capitol Agricultural History Museum.

(a) The Capitol Art Standards Commission may recommend to the Governor and the General Assembly changes in state statutes, policies, budgets, and standards relating to the capitol art collection, with the objective of keeping the collection at the highest museum standards.

(b) The Capitol Art Standards Commission, in cooperation with the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, shall designate areas within the capitol museum as the Georgia Capitol Agricultural History Museum areas. Such areas shall include information, artifacts, photographs, monuments, or other related items which tell the history and importance of agriculture to this state’s economic growth. Except as provided for in this part, the Georgia Capitol Agricultural History Museum areas of the capitol museum shall be maintained, operated, and managed in the same manner as the other areas of the capitol museum.

## History

Code 1981, § 45-13-72, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 149, § 1/HB 978; Ga. L. 2014, p. 693, § 2/SB 274; Ga. L. 2024, p. 922, § 13-2/SB 341, effective May 6, 2024.

## Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective May 6, 2024, deleted “and the Commission on the Preservation of the State Capitol” following “University System of Georgia” in the first sentence in subsection (b).