SSHB889 474 5342
HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS
HB 889 2022 Regular Session Magee
MUSEUMS/STATE MUSEUM: Establishes the Dew Drop-America's Rock and Roll
Museum within the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism
Synopsis of Senate Amendments
1.Add notice requirements applicable to property that was loaned to the museum,
that has been held for more than 10 years, and that has not been claimed; retain
proposed law regarding notice to owners of property deposited with the
museum in a manner other than a loan.
Digest of Bill as Finally Passed by Senate
Proposed law establishes the Dew Drop-America's Rock and Roll Museum as a facility in
the parish of Orleans. Provides that the museum shall research, collect, preserve, and
present, as an educational resource, the music, recordings, pictures, documents, artifacts,
objects of art, and the like that reflect the social, cultural, and economic history of rock and
roll music in the state and in the Orleans Parish area in particular.
Proposed law creates the board of directors of the museum to govern the museum. Provides
that the board is comprised as follows:
(1)The lieutenant governor shall appoint one member.
(2)The LaSalle Cultural Corridor Commission shall appoint one member.
(3)The mayor of New Orleans shall appoint one member.
(4)The New Orleans city council shall appoint one member.
(5)The board of trustees of the Recording Academy shall appoint one member.
(6)The speaker of the House of Representatives or his designee.
(7)The president of the Senate or his designee.
(8)The members of the board appointed as provided above shall appoint two members
who represent cultural institutions or culture-sector industries in La.
Proposed law provides that members serve four-year staggered terms without compensation.
Proposed law requires the board to:
(1)Meet at least three times a year at the call of the board chairman.
(2)Adopt bylaws.
(3)Establish and use an identifying seal pertaining to museum business.
Proposed law specifies that the board of directors is created as a body corporate and grants
it powers typical of corporate bodies including the power to acquire and posses property,
enter contracts, adopt bylaws, and elect officers.
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Proposed law authorizes the Dept. of Culture, Recreation and Tourism to include in its
annual budget request a request for funds necessary for support of the museum. Further
requires the governor to include in the executive budget sufficient funding for the support
of operations and maintenance of the museum and its exhibits.
Proposed law authorizes the board, individually or in cooperation with a nonprofit
corporation formed to support the museum, to solicit and accept funds and other property for
the museum either as loans or donations and provides with respect thereto. Authorizes the
museum to serve as the beneficiary of any public or private trust or insurance policy created
for such purpose. Grants the board authority of deaccession with respect to any collection
of the museum and in case of such deaccessions exempts the board from present law relative
to sale or disposal of surplus property. Requires board policies and procedures to carry out
such authority.
Proposed law provides relative to unclaimed property loaned to or otherwise left with the
museum. Provides that such property shall become property of the museum after 10 years
and after notice according to specified procedures. Provides relative to loans of museum
property. Provides that museum collections shall be available for use in educational projects
subject to board approval.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 25:380.41-380.45 and R.S. 36:209(C)(5))
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