1. (a) The Commission shall:

   1. (1) initiate, direct, and coordinate projects that further the understanding of African American history and culture;
   2. (2) receive and administer any available federal, State, or private money to plan and execute projects or educational activities that further the understanding of African American history and culture;
   3. (3) operate the Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum in Annapolis to house and display photographs, objects, oral history tapes, artifacts, and other materials of African American historic and cultural significance;
   4. (4) locate, preserve, and disseminate to the public information about significant buildings and sites relating to African American history and culture; and
   5. (5) publish an annual report and any other material that the Commission considers necessary.
2. (b) The Commission may provide operational funding to a museum that specializes in African American history and culture.

Added as Housing and Community Development § 5-207 by Acts 2005, c. 26, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2005. Transferred to State Finance and Procurement § 5A-207 by Acts 2005, c. 440, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2005. Transferred to State Government § 9.5-407 by Acts 2008, c. 521, § 3, eff. July 1, 2008. Amended by Acts 2011, c. 162, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2011; Acts 2015, c. 145, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2015. Renumbered as State Government § 9-3707 by Acts 2022, c. 451, § 1, eff. July 1, 2022; Acts 2022, c. 452, § 1, eff. July 1, 2022. Amended by Acts 2024, c. 57, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2024; Acts 2024, c. 58, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2024.