CHAPTER 76
H.P. 1620 - L.D. 2250
An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Maine Commission on Outstanding Citizens
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. Hanging of portraits. The Legislature endorses the recommendations of the report from the Maine Commission on Outstanding Citizens as established pursuant to Resolve 1997, chapter 64.
The following are the 20 persons recognized as outstanding citizens in the report:
1. Charles H. Best;
2. Rachel Carson;
3. Cornelia Thurza "Fly Rod" Crosby;
4. Samuel de Champlain;
5. Dorothea Lynde Dix;
6. Fanny Hardy Eckstorm;
7. John Ford;
8. James Augustine Healy;
9. Winslow Homer;
10. Oliver Otis Howard;
11. Sarah Orne Jewett;
12. Alvin O. Lombard;
13. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow;
14. Elijah Parish Lovejoy;
15. Edna St. Vincent Millay;
16. Commodore Edward Preble;
17. Edwin Arlington Robinson;
18. Louis Francis Sockalexis;
19. Harriet Beecher Stowe; and
20. Rudy Vallee.
In additon, the following persons are recognized as outstanding citizens whose portraits should be acquired in accordance with Resolve 1997, chapter 64:
1. Dora Bradbury Tinkham; and
2. Kate Douglas Wiggin.
The State House and Capitol Park Commission shall recommend to the Legislative Council the schedule for acquiring or commissioning the portraits of those Maine citizens so honored and shall implement the schedule approved by the Legislative Council.
Sec. 2. Percent for Art Program. For purposes of acquiring portraits pursuant to this Act under the Percent for Art Program, Maine Revised Statutes, Title 27, chapter 16, the Legislative Council is the contracting agency, as defined by Title 27, section 452. The percentage calculated under Title 27, section 453 for use by the commission must be based on any construction, as defined in section 452, subsection 3-A, that is approved by the Legislative Council on or after March 1, 1998 and for which funds are appropriated, allocated or transferred.
Effective June 30, 1998.
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