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Chapter II Organization and Responsibilities of the Review Committee
Article 10
The review committee shall consist of between nine and 15 persons. Of these, one member who is concurrently the head, deputy head, or chief of staff at the reviewing agency shall serve as the convener. One member who is concurrently the head of the business unit at the reviewing agency shall serve as the deputy convener. The other members shall be hired from among the following categories, with each category represented by at least one member:
1. Visual arts: artistic creation, art criticism, applied arts, arts education, or arts administration;
2. Environmental space: urban planning, architectural design, landscape gardening, and ecological environmental planning.
3. Other professions: local culture and history, community building, law, and other professions.
4. Representatives of relevant organizations.
Members from the fourth category shall not constitute more than one-fourth the total number of committee members, and shall be drawn from outside the business unit of the reviewing agency.
In forming the review committee, representatives of each sex shall account for at least one-third of seats.
Article 11
The review committee shall have the following duties:
1. Provide opinions with purview over the overall public art planning, installation, education and promotion, and management and maintenance policies;
2. Review public art installation plans;
3. Review donations of public art;
4. Review the remittance of public art monies to funds or dedicated accounts;
5. Review public art relocation and removal plans;
6. Handle other matters concerning funding, guidance, rewards, and administration.
In addition to the above, the Ministry of Culture’s review committee shall be responsible for reviewing the database of visual arts experts and scholars of public art and handling cases covered under Paragraph 2 of Article 4 and Article 7.
Article 12
A quorum of one-half of review committee members shall be required to convene a meeting and to pass resolutions, and decisions shall be adopted by the vote of more than one-half of members present.
Committee members shall abide by the principle of recusal and act in accordance with Article 32 and Article 33 of the Administrative Procedure Act and other related provisions.
Article 13
The review committee shall convene at least once per year and may conduct ad-hoc meetings as needed. Committee members shall serve a term of two years and may be rehired.
Where a committee member resigns or dies, or where the duties of a committee member representing an organization change, or where a committee member is unable to perform the duties of office, said committee member may be dismissed from office. The reviewing agency shall then hire a replacement whose term of office shall be the same as that of the original member.