4-12-111 - Fees or admission Facilities for nonprofit groups.
4-12-111. Fees or admission Facilities for nonprofit groups.
(a) (1) The state museum is authorized to impose a fee or charge admission for special events or programs.
(2) The amount of the fee or charge shall be determined by the Douglas Henry state museum commission, and proceeds from the fees or charges shall only be used by the commission to offset the cost of the special events or programs or other educational programs of the state museum.
(3) There shall be no more than four (4) special events, programs or exhibits per year, and this limitation shall not apply to educational programs, such as classes, workshops, lectures, film series or to annual meetings or conferences of professional organizations.
(4) The square footage occupied by any such special event or program shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the total square footage of the museum.
(b) The state museum is authorized by this subsection (b) to have reduced fees or admission charges for any person who may be an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces, handicapped, sixty-five (65) years of age or older, or a student in any school, grades kindergarten through twelve (K-12), for the special events or programs.
(c) The state museum, in the discretion of the director of the state museum, is further authorized to provide facilities, assistance and space to any nonprofit corporation that has as its principal purpose the support of the programs of the state museum and whose net proceeds are directed to benefit the programs or operation of the state museum. This cooperation and assistance may be provided regardless of whether the corporation charges a fee or imposes an admission charge to its programs.
[Acts 1979, ch. 367, § 1; T.C.A., § 4-1211; Acts 2008, ch. 1128, § 1; 2009, ch. 497, § 5.]