RS 25:1213
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RS 25:1213
§1213. Donations and loans; disposition of abandoned loans
A. The board may solicit and accept funds, governmental and private grants, donations, and contributions of lands, buildings, money, relics, works of art, or other property on behalf of and as additions to the museum either in the form of loans or in the form of donations inter vivos or mortis causa, or may acquire them by purchase, lease, or otherwise, subject to the terms, conditions, or limitations contained in the instrument by which such property is acquired. All gifts or donations conditionally made shall be subject to the approval of the governing authority.
B. The board may enter into any and all contracts with any person, lender, or donor that it may deem fit, proper, and necessary to accept and receive such lands, buildings, money, relics, works of art, or other property on behalf of and as additions to a public museum.
C. The board may serve as beneficiary of any public trust heretofore or hereafter created for such purpose.
D. The board shall have authority of deaccession with respect to any collection of any public museum subject to law or ordinance. With the advice of the association, the board shall establish policies and procedures necessary to carry out this authority in an orderly manner consistent with the standards established by the American Association of Museums.
Acts 1991, No. 120, §1, eff. June 30, 1991.