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Styrian Provincial Law of 14 March 2000 on the Return or Taking to Account of Works of Art or Cultural Assets confiscated from their owners during the Nazi Regime

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Title
Styrian Provincial Law of 14 March 2000 on the Return or Taking to Account of Works of Art or Cultural Assets confiscated from their owners during the Nazi Regime (Landesverfassungsgesetz vom 14. März 2000 über die Rückgabe oder Verwertung von Kunstgegenständen und Kulturgütern, die während der nationalsozialistischen Gewaltherrschaft ihren Eigentümern entzogen worden sind)

Date
14 March 2000

Summary
In April 1998, a working group on "Acquisitions and Restitutions of Jewish Property 1938-1955" was created at the Landesmuseum Joanneum, the Provincial Museum of Styria. Between early April 1998 and the end of 1999, the working group undertook archival research to identify looted works of art in the Joanneum collection with a view to returning them to the former owners or their heirs. In late 1999, it submitted a 400-page research report to the Provincial Government of Styria.

The Provincial Law was drafted on the basis of this report and came into force on 1 January 2000. It instructs and authorises the Styrian Provincial Government to return to legitimate claimants works of art and cultural assets currently owned by the Province of Styria which were seized from their owners during the Nazi regime. If the heirs cannot be identified, the objects are to be taken to account and the proceeds are to benefit victims of National Socialism, i.e. relevant organisations. The Provincial Government is further instructed and authorised to refund any federal tax which may arise to the "donation recipients" (Zuwendungsempfänger ).

Legslation
Der Steiermärkische Landtag hat beschlossen:

§ 1
Die Landesregierung wird beauftragt und ermächtigt, die im
Eigentum des Landes Steiermark befindlichen Kunstgegenstände und
Kulturgüter, die während der Zeit der nationalsozialistischen
Gewaltherrschaft ihren Eigentümern entzogen worden sind,
Anspruchsberechtigten unentgeltlich zu übereignen oder für den
Fall, dass Anspruchsberechtigte nicht gefunden werden können,
einer Verwertung zuzuführen, deren Erlös Opfern des
Nationalsozialismus bzw. entsprechenden Organisationen zukommen
soll.

§ 2
Die Landesregierung wird beauftragt und ermächtigt, in diesem
Zusammenhang allenfalls anfallende Bundesabgaben den
Zuwendungsempfängern zu ersetzen.

§ 3
Dieses Gesetz tritt mit 1. Jänner 2000 in Kraft.

Dokumentnummer
LRST/0001/006


Source
Rechtsinformationssytem <http://www.ris.bka.gv.at/taweb-cgi/taweb?x=d&o=d&v=lrst&d=LRST&i=457&p=12&q=%20%20%20%20und%20%28Landesverfassungsgesetz%29>, accessed 28 April 2003

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