(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: “Municipal building” means any building or facility owned or leased by a municipal government in the state of Connecticut and open to the public or intended for such use, exclusive of any shed, warehouse, garage or building of a temporary nature; “work of art” means art work which is to be an integrated part of such municipal building, including but not limited to, fresco, mosaic, sculpture and other architectural embellishment or functional art created by a professional artist, artisan or craftsperson, and any work of visual art which is not to be an integrated part of such municipal building, including but not limited to, a drawing, painting, sculpture, mosaic, photograph, work of calligraphy or work of graphic art or mixed media. Work of art as used in this section shall not include landscape architecture or landscape gardening.
(b) Any municipality may, in the allocation of funds for purposes of construction, reconstruction or remodeling of any municipal building, allocate for work of art, with respect to each such project, an amount of such funds equal to one per cent or more of the total estimated cost of such construction, reconstruction or remodeling, exclusive of (1) the cost of any land acquisition, (2) any nonconstruction costs including the cost of such work of art, (3) any augmentations to such cost and (4) the amount of such costs paid for with funds derived from grants or loans from the state or the federal government. No funds derived from a grant or loan from the state or the federal government shall be allocated for work of art unless such grant or loan specifically provides for such use.
(c) The municipality shall designate the officer or agency which shall, with respect to work of art in any such project, be responsible for selection of and contractual arrangements with any artist, artisan or craftsperson, review of any design or plan, execution and completion of such work of art and acceptance and placement of such work of art.
(P.A. 81-164, S. 1, 2.)
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