| (a) Budget and Appropriations. (1) The commission shall annually approve an operating budget for the operations of the commission. (2) The commission shall, on the schedule established by the legislature or such other times as shall be appropriate, approve a legislative appropriations request and forward the request to the appropriate agencies. (3) The chairman shall monitor the expenditure of the funds of the commission and shall report to the commission at each regularly scheduled meeting on the accounts of the commission. (b) Donations. (1) The commission may solicit and accept donations of money to fund the operations of the commission, the advisory committee to the commission, the monuments to be created by the commission, the celebration of Juneteenth, or for any other purpose of the commission. The commission may solicit and accept donations of personal property or real property to be used by the commission in any manner within the authority of the commission. (2) The commission may contract with another state agency or with a private entity to raise funds. (3) Donations of money shall be deposited into the Emancipation Juneteenth Cultural and Historical Commission Account in the state treasury. (4) Donations of personal property shall be held for safekeeping as may be provided by the commission. (5) Donations of real property may be used for the placement of monuments to commemorate the Juneteenth holiday, or, if not used for that purpose, may be disposed of in accordance with state law and any conditions imposed by the grantor. The proceeds from any sale shall be deposited into the Emancipation Juneteenth Cultural and Historical Commission Account in the state treasury. |
