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H.B. 270 Enrolled

    

STATE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

    
OUTREACH PROGRAMS

    
1997 GENERAL SESSION

    
STATE OF UTAH

    
Sponsor: Evan L. Olsen

    AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY; PROVIDING
    THAT THE MUSEUM MAKE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE
    STATE OF UTAH, AND ASSIST WITH THE CARE OF, PROGRAMS AND
    EXHIBITS ABOUT ARCHEOLOGICAL AND PALEONTOLOGICAL OBJECTS;
    PROVIDING A $100,000 APPROPRIATION FOR THE PROGRAMS; AND
    PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
    This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
    AMENDS:
         53B-17-601, as last amended by Chapter 303, Laws of Utah 1990
    Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
        Section 1. Section 53B-17-601 is amended to read:
         53B-17-601. Utah Museum of Natural History -- Traveling exhibits and Outreach
     Programs.
        [Recognizing the cultural and educational advantages of maintaining a centralized display
    of the many objects of natural science which could support and encourage local and municipal
    museums throughout the state of Utah, there]
        (1) There is established at the University of Utah the Utah Museum of Natural History,
    where tangible objects reflecting the past, present, and continuing development of our natural
    history may be collected and displayed for educational and cultural purposes.
        (2) (a) The museum shall make available to people throughout the state, through traveling
    exhibits and outreach programs, archeological and paleontological objects retrieved from the state
    of Utah.
        (b) The museum shall provide professional expertise and assistance in the proper care of
    the archeological and paleontological collections from state lands as they are housed throughout


    the state.
        (3) The museum shall submit an annual request to the Legislature to fund the ongoing costs
    of the programs authorized under Subsection (2) as part of its base budget.
        Section 2. Appropriation.
        There is appropriated for fiscal year 1997-98 $50,000 from the General Fund and $50,000
    from the Uniform School Fund to the State Museum of Natural History for costs incurred in
    implementing the traveling exhibits and outreach programs authorized in Section 53B-17-601.
        Section 3. Effective date.
        This act takes effect on July 1, 1997.

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