§ 9.5-407. Powers and duties

   The Commission shall:

   (1) initiate, direct, and coordinate projects that further the understanding of African American history and culture;

   (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) operate the Banneker-Douglass Museum in Annapolis to house and display photographs, objects, oral history tapes, artifacts, and other materials of African American historic and cultural significance;

   (4) locate, preserve, and disseminate to the public information about significant buildings and sites relating to African American history and culture; and

   (5) publish an annual report and any other material that the Commission considers necessary.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 83B, § 5-303; 2005, ch. 26, § 2; ch. 440, § 2; 2008, ch. 521, § 3; 2011, ch. 162.