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ORDINANCE NO. 2020-60 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN <br />MARCOS, TEXAS AMENDING SECTION 2.361 OF THE SAN MARCOS <br />CITY CODE RELATING TO THE GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES <br />OF THE SAN MARCOS ARTS COMMISSION AND <br />RECOMMENDATIONS AND DECISIONS ON FUNDING MADE BY THE <br />SAN MARCOS ARTS COMMISSION; INCLUDING PROCEDURAL <br />PROVISIONS; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ANY <br />CONFLICTING PROVISIONS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE <br />DATE. <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, <br />TEXAS: <br />SECTION 1. Section 2.361 of the San Marcos City Code is hereby amended to expand <br />the categories of art eligible for funding to track the categories authorized by State law. Added <br />text is indicated by underlining and deleted text is indicated by strikethroughs. <br />Sec. 2.361. - General powers and duties; recommendations and decisions on funding and <br />locations for permanent display art. <br />(a) The arts commission will provide oversight for the expenditure of city hotel occupancy tax <br />funds for the promotion of the arts, including instrumental and vocal music, dance, drama, <br />folk art, creative writing, architecture, design and allied fields, painting, sculpture, <br />photography, graphic and craft arts, motion pictures, radio, television, tape and sound <br />recording, and other arts related to the presentation, performance, execution, and exhibition <br />of these major art forms. <br />(b) In consultation with the arts community, the arts commission will develop written <br />guidelines regarding the process for allocation of hotel occupancy tax funds for the arts. In <br />addition, the arts commission will recommend policies to govern placement of temporary <br />and permanent display art on city property for approval by the city council, and the arts <br />commission may adopt procedural guidelines for evaluating temporary and permanent <br />display art. <br />(c) At least 50 per cent of the amount of hotel occupancy tax funds allotted by the city council <br />for the arts shall be expended for eligible projects that consist of public art 4per-maxent <br />+� r Oro <'e Public art' includes those major art forms listed in part (a) that will <br />enhance the arts and cultural life in San Marcos and encourage tourism to the city. Any such <br />funding remaining unexpended at the end of a fiscal year will be retained in a capital <br />improvement account for future spending for this purpose. <br />(d) The arts commission is expressly authorized to: <br />