LCO No. 1180 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 298 January Session, 2021 LCO No. 1180 Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS Introduced by: SEN. SAMPSON, 16th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING THE REUSE OF WORKS OF ART IN STATE BUILDINGS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That section 4b-53 of the general statutes be amended to (1) eliminate 1 the requirement that the State Bond Commission allocate from the 2 proceeds of state bonds one per cent of the total estimated cost of the 3 construction, reconstruction or remodeling of a state building for the 4 purchase of works of art, and (2) permit works of art already present in 5 an existing state building to be transferred to state construction, 6 reconstruction or remodeling projects. 7 Statement of Purpose: To reduce state spending by reusing existing works of art in state buildings.