HOUSE BILL NO. 9
INTRODUCED BY WITT
BY REQUEST OF THE OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM PLANNING
AN ACT ESTABLISHING PRIORITIES FOR CULTURAL AND AESTHETIC PROJECTS GRANT AWARDS; APPROPRIATING MONEY FOR CULTURAL AND AESTHETIC GRANTS; PROVIDING FOR A TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM THE STATE GENERAL FUND TO THE CULTURAL AND AESTHETIC TRUST FUND; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Appropriation of cultural and aesthetic grant funds -- priority of disbursement. (1) The Montana arts council shall award grants for projects authorized by and limited to the amounts appropriated by [section 3] and this section. Money must be disbursed in priority order, first to projects covered under subsection (3) and second to projects listed in [section 3].
(2) The Montana arts council shall disburse money to projects authorized by [section 3] through grant contracts between the Montana arts council and the grant recipient. The award contract must bind the parties to conditions, if any, listed with the appropriation in [section 3].
(3) There is appropriated from the cultural and aesthetic projects account in the state special revenue fund to the Montana historical society $30,000 for the biennium ending July 1, 2007, for care and conservation of capitol complex artwork.
Section 2. Fund transfer. At the beginning of fiscal year 2006, the amount of $3,412,500 is transferred from the state general fund to the cultural and aesthetic projects trust fund established in 15-35-108 for the purpose of protection of the works of art in the capitol and for other cultural and aesthetic projects.
Section 3. Appropriation of cultural and aesthetic grant funds. The following projects are approved and $792,925 is appropriated to the Montana arts council for the biennium ending June 30, 2007, from the cultural and aesthetic projects account:
Grant # Grantee Grant Amount
A. Special Project $4,500 or Less
1105 60; & #160; Miles City Speakers Bureau $4,500
1108 60; & #160; Preservation Cascade, Inc. $3,000
1102 60; & #160; Council for the Arts, Lincoln $2,500
1107 60; & #160; Montana Storytelling Roundup $4,500
1101 60; & #160; Butte Citizens for Preservation and Revitalization $4,500
1109 60; & #160; Signatures From Big Sky $4,500
1103 60; & #160; Fort William H. Harrison Museum Foundation $3,000
1104 60; & #160; Metropolitan Opera National Council $1,000
1106 60; & #160; Montana Mandolin Society $2,000
1110 60; & #160; Wibaux County Visioning Committee $3,550
B. Special Projects
1126 60; & #160; Montana Committee for the Humanities $31,798
1129 60; & #160; Montana Preservation Alliance $17,600
1117 60; & #160; Emerson Cultural Center $10,600
1133 60; & #160; Prairie County Museum/Montana Historical Society $16,700
1123 60; & #160; Missoula Art Museum $14,100
1132 60; & #160; Pondera Arts Council $13,400
1112 60; & #160; Bozeman Symphony Society $9,900
1134 60; & #160; Rimrock Opera Company $7,100
1124 60; & #160; Missoula Symphony Association $4,500
1135 60; & #160; Southwest Montana Arts Council $6,300
1127 60; & #160; Montana Historical Society $14,100
1137 60; & #160; VIAs, Inc. $12,000
1120 60; & #160; International Choral Festival $3,500
1121 60; & #160; KUFM-TV, Montana PBS $10,600
1138 60; & #160; World Museum of Mining $1,447
1122 60; & #160; Mission Valley Friends of the Arts $4,000
1111 60; & #160; Artisan Dance Theatre $14,100
1136 60; & #160; St. Vincent Health Care Foundation $4,500
1125 60; & #160; Montana Alliance for Arts Education $4,500
1128 60; & #160; Montana Museum of Art and Culture $3,500
1115 60; & #160; Children's Museum of Montana $6,200
1114 60; & #160; Chantilly Players $5,600
1130 60; & #160; National Museum of Forest Service History $2,500
1113 Bro wning Community Development Corporation $9,000
C. Operational Support 0;
1164 60; & #160; Montana Art Gallery Director's Association $14,100
1170 60; & #160; Montana Performing Arts Consortium $17,600
1167 60; & #160; Montana Association of Symphony Orchestras $6,300
1166 60; & #160; Montana Arts $10,600
1169 60; & #160; Montana Dance Arts Association $4,500
1177 60; & #160; Shakespeare in the Parks $17,600
1150 60; & #160; Custer County Art Center $22,600
1163 60; & #160; Montana Agricultural Center and Museum $17,000
1162 60; & #160; Missoula Children's Theatre, Inc. $30,000
1149 60; & #160; Carbon County Historical Society $15,500
1183 60; & #160; Writer's Voice (Billings YMCA) $17,600
1155 60; & #160; Great Falls Symphony Association $14,100
1142 60; & #160; Art Mobile of Montana $10,600
1159 60; & #160; Holter Museum of Art $21,200
1145 60; & #160; Billings Symphony Society $13,400
1140 60; & #160; Alberta Bair Theater $17,600
1176 60; & #160; Schoolhouse History and Art Center $10,600
1181 60; & #160; Western Heritage Center $14,100
1143 60; & #160; Big Horn Arts and Crafts Association $10,600
1182 60; & #160; Whitefish Theatre Company $10,600
1157 60; & #160; Helena Symphony Orchestra and Chorale $14,100
1141 60; & #160; Archie Bray Foundation $14,100
1146 60; & #160; Butte Center for the Performing Arts $17,600
1154 60; & #160; Grandstreet Theatre $10,600
1173 60; & #160; Myrna Loy Center $14,100
1184 60; & #160; Yellowstone Art Museum $18,300
1171 60; & #160; Montana Repertory Theatre $10,600
1168 60; & #160; Montana Ballet Company $8,500
1158 60; & #160; Hockaday Museum of Art $8,500
1165 60; & #160; Montana Artists Refuge $4,500
1172 60; & #160; Museum of the Rockies $7,100
1175 60; & #160; Rocky Mountain Ballet Theater $7,100
1180 60; & #160; VSA Arts of Montana $7,100
1185 60; & #160; Young Audiences of Western Montana $5,600
1179 60; & #160; Vigilante Theatre Company $6,300
1147 60; & #160; Butte Symphony Association $7,100
1160 60; & #160; Intermountain Opera $8,500
1151 60; & #160; District 7 HRDC Growth Thru Art $10,600
1156 60; & #160; Hamilton Players, Inc. $7,100
1148 60; & #160; Carbon County Arts Guild and Depot $6,400
1174 60; & #160; Northwest Montana Historical Society $4,500
1161 60; & #160; Miles City Preservation Commission $3,000
1178 60; & #160; Sunburst Community Foundation $5,300
1144 60; & #160; Billings Cultural Partners $2,000
D. Capital Expenditure
1188 60; & #160; Liberty Village Arts Center and Gallery $12,300
1189 60; & #160; Meagher County Historical Association $4,500
1190 60; & #160; St. Labre Indian School and Museum $3,730
1186 60; & #160; Friends of the Madison Valley Library $4,500
1187 60; & #160; Lewistown Art Center $2,500
Section 4. Reversion of grant money. On July 1, 2007, the unencumbered balance of the 2007 biennium grants revert to the cultural and aesthetic projects account provided for in 15-35-108.
Section 5. Reduction of grants on pro rata basis. Except as provided in [section 1(3)], if money in the cultural and aesthetic projects account is insufficient to fund projects at the appropriation levels contained in [section 3], reductions to projects with funding greater than $4,500 will be made on a pro rata basis.
Section 6. Effective date. [This act] is effective July 1, 2005.
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