- (1) Pursuant to KRS 11.026(1), if a statue, monument, or object of art is privately funded and created depicting or representing United States Senator Addison Mitchell McConnell, and that statue, monument, or object of art is offered to the Commonwealth of Kentucky as a donation, the state curator shall accept that statue, monument, or object of art for display in the New State Capitol rotunda.
- (2) Notwithstanding the authority granted to the Historic Properties Advisory Commission in KRS 11.027(3), the commission shall reserve a place in one (1) of the four (4) corners of the first floor of the New State Capitol rotunda for the installation and permanent display of the statue, monument, or object of art referred to in subsection (1) of this section.
- (3) Pursuant to KRS 11.027(3)(a) and (d)1., the General Assembly hereby identifies and authorizes the installation and permanent display of the statue, monument, or object of art referred to in subsection (1) of this section in the place designated in subsection (2) of this section, and the commission and the Department for Facilities and Support Services in the Finance and Administration Cabinet shall take whatever action is required to install and display the statue, monument, or object of art upon the reopening of the New State Capitol after completion of its renovation.
Effective: April 14, 2026
History: Created 2026 Ky. Acts ch. 161, sec. 127, effective April 14, 2026.