1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; requiring the Minnesota
1.3 	Historical Society to request the continued display of
1.4 	specified portraits in the Capitol building.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. PORTRAITS.
 1.7 	The Minnesota Historical Society must request the
1.8 	Smithsonian Institute to extend the period during which the
1.9 	portraits of Julia Finch Gilbert and Cass Gilbert are displayed
1.10 	in the Capitol building.  In negotiating an extension of the
1.11 	loan period, the historical society must request that the
1.12 	portraits remain on display in the Capitol when they are not
1.13 	being publicly displayed elsewhere, but must recognize that it
1.14 	is desirable for the portraits to be displayed in other
1.15 	buildings designed by Cass Gilbert, in conjunction with
1.16 	centennial celebrations for those buildings.

1.17 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.18 	Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.