SECTIONS 5135-5138 - California Statutes

PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE

SECTION 5135-5138

5135. Every city and every county may accept title to real property
for museum or art gallery purposes, or permit the erection of
buildings and improvements for such purposes on lands owned by the
city or county.

5136. Whenever any donation of real property has been made to a
city or county for museum or art gallery purposes, or any building or
improvements therefor have been erected upon public lands by an
individual or corporation without cost to the city or county, the
governing body of the city or county may delegate the management,
operation, maintenance and regulation thereof to the donor or his
successors, or to boards of trustees or directors nominated by the
donor and appointed by the governing body of the city or county, upon
such terms and conditions as the governing body may prescribe.

5137. In every instance of such delegation of power the governing
body of the city or county shall require:
(a) That all members of the public shall be admitted to the
gallery or museum at reasonable times, which times shall be
specifically approved by the governing body of the city or county.
(b) That no charges for admission to the gallery or museum shall
be made other than such charges as may be determined by the governing
body of the city and county to be necessary to defray the cost of
operation and maintenance of the gallery or museum; and that all
accounts and financial records of the donor or the board of directors
or managers nominated by him relating to the operation, management,
or maintenance of the gallery or museum shall be subject to such
inspection and audit as may be directed by the governing body of the
city or county; and
(c) That all questions involving the determination of policy or
the exercise of discretion in the management, operation, maintenance,
or regulation of the gallery or museum shall be referred to the
governing body of the city or county, together with the
recommendations of the donor or the board of directors or managers
thereon, for determination by the governing body of the city or
county.

5138. The governing body of the city or county may appropriate and
expend funds for the improvement, operation, expansion and support of
any such art gallery or museum, and shall have, in addition to the
powers specified in this article, the same powers in respect thereto
that a county board of supervisors has in respect to a county museum
under the provisions of Article 2 of this chapter.