Section 16.83 - State capitol and executive residence board(1) PURPOSE. The purpose of the state capitol and executive residence board is to direct the continuing and consistent maintenance of the property, decorative furniture and furnishings of the capitol and executive residence.(2) POWERS AND DUTIES. No renovation, repairs except repairs of an emergency nature, installation of fixtures, decorative items or furnishings for the grounds and buildings of the capitol or executive residence may be performed by or become the property of the state by purchase wholly or in part from state funds, or by gift, loan or otherwise until approved by the board as to design, structure, composition and appropriateness. The board shall:(a) Annually thoroughly investigate the state of repair of the capitol and executive residence.(b) Project the necessary personnel, materials and supplies required annually to maintain the executive residence appropriately both for its public functions and as the residence of the governor, and make specific budget recommendations to the department of administration to accomplish this purpose.(c) Ensure the architectural and decorative integrity of the buildings, fixtures, decorative items, furnishings and grounds of the capitol and executive residence by setting standards and criteria for subsequent repair, replacement and additions.(cm) Accept for the state donations or loans of works of art or other decorative items and fixtures consistent with par. (c) to be used at the state capitol.(d) Accept for the state donations or loans of furnishings, works of art or other decorative items and fixtures consistent with par. (c).(e) Accept for the state all gifts, grants and bequests to the state capitol restoration fund, and authorize expenditures from the appropriation under s. 20.505(4) (r) for the purposes of maintenance, restoration, preservation and rehabilitation of the buildings and grounds of the state capitol, or of artifacts, documents and other historical objects or resources located within and around the state capitol, and for the purpose of the acquisition of replacement or reacquisition of original artifacts, documents and other historical objects or resources, including statuary and works of art, consistent with par. (c), for the state capitol.(3) SWIMMING POOL PROHIBITED. The board may not approve the construction or maintenance of a swimming pool on the grounds of or in the executive residence.(4) FOUNDATION. The board may organize or cooperate in the organization of a private foundation to be operated for the purposes specified in sub. (2) (e).1979 c. 34, 221; 1993 a. 477, 491.