The 1992 Statute on Encouraging and Rewarding Cultural and Art Enterprises requires public art expenditure to be included in the budget for public buildings and major infrastructure projects, at a value not less than one percent of total construction cost.
民國八十一年，文化藝術獎助條例中明文規定，公共建築或重大建設，應該設置藝術品美化環境，且其價值不得少於建築物造價的百分之一，開啟了台灣公共藝術的第一扇門。