Artists shall be selected to provide works of art by the Commissioner of Administrative Services or his Deputy Commissioner for Public Works, upon the recommendation of the State Commission on the Arts. The procedure of selection shall be as follows: The Commission shall be informed by the Department of Administrative Services of pending and future state building projects that have been designated to receive works of art, and it shall make public announcements concerning all eligible projects. In its public announcements the Commission shall indicate whether it shall recommend artists on the basis of

1. (a) open competition among artists,
2. (b) direct selection, with a minimum of three artists considered, or
3. (c) limited competition, among three or more artists invited to submit proposals. The Commission shall proceed to furnish the names of at least two artists with respect to each eligible project. Final selection from among the artists recommended shall be made by the Commissioner, except that, in the event the Commissioner declines to appoint any of the artists whose names have been furnished, he shall direct the Commission on the Arts to invite new proposals or conduct new competition.

(Effective October 30, 1979)