House Bill No. 9
Introduced By bergsagel
By Request of the Montana Arts Council and the Office of Budget and Program Planning
A Bill for an Act entitled: "An Act establishing priorities for cultural and aesthetic project grant awards; and appropriating money for cultural and aesthetic grants."
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Montana:
NEW SECTION. 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 this section. Money must be disbursed in priority order, first to projects covered under subsection (2), second to the project listed in subsection (3), third to the projects listed in subsection (5), and fourth to the project listed in subsection (4). The Montana arts council shall disburse money to projects authorized by this section through grant contracts between the Montana arts council and the grant recipient. The award contract must bind the parties to contingencies, if any, listed with the appropriation in subsection (5).
(2) If the money in the cultural and aesthetic projects account is insufficient in the biennium ending June 30, 1997, to fund projects in the amount for which they are approved, the approved amount for the projects is reappropriated from the account until money has been disbursed to fully cover appropriations or until October 1, 1998, whichever comes first.
(3) There is appropriated to the Montana historical society $15,000 for the biennium ending July 1, 1999, for care and conservation of capitol complex artwork. This appropriation is recommended to be repeated for two successive bienniums and to be reviewed in fiscal year 2001 to determine if it should continue.
(4) There is appropriated to the Montana historical society $95,000 for the biennium ending July 1, 1999, for capitol stained glass restoration.
(5) The following projects are approved and amounts appropriated to the Montana arts council for the biennium ending June 30, 1999, from the cultural and aesthetic projects account:
(a) Special Projects - $4,500 or Less:
Yellowstone Ballet Company - Romeo and Juliet and Western Women Ballet Production $4,436
MT Preservation Alliance - Statewide Technical Assistance Program 4,329
Granite County Museum and Cultural Center - Staff Salaries and Historic Preservation 4,500
SunCreek Films - SunCreek Film Festival Series 2,886
Northern Showcase - Northern Showcase Performing Arts Series 4,500
MT Five Rivers Film Festival - Montana Five Rivers Film Festival 2,886
Northern Heights Tenants Assoc. - Artist Residency 4,329
MT Storytelling Conference - Storytelling Conference 4,329
Council for the Arts, Inc., Lincoln - Performing Arts Series Artist Fee Support 2,600
The Country Grain Elevator Historical Society - Newsletter
to Promote Conservation of Grain Elevators 2,165
MT Chamber Music Festival - Montana Chamber Music Festival Outreach 0
MT State Theater Association - Operating Support 0
(b) Special Projects:
MT Committee for Humanities - Speakers' Bureau Program Support $40,800
Liberty Village Arts Center and Gallery - Phillip Aaberg Artist in Residency 18,000
MT Historical Society Press - MT Mainstreets-Guidebooks to Historic MT Communities 25,000
Carbon County Historical Society - Peaks to Plains Initiative 23,089
The Montana Repertory Theatre - Arts Education Coordinator/Program Development 28,861
Western Heritage Center - Explore the Yellowstone Exhibit and Education Activities 28,573
Yellowstone Art Center - Opening the Museum: The Montana Collection 28,861
Virginia City Preservation Alliance - Curriculum Guide Development and School Services 5,400
MT Performing Arts Consortium - Expansion of Rural Regrant Program 43,292
MT Arts Foundation - Operational Support and Rural Community Regrant 40,406
Alberta Bair Theater - Operating Support 14,431
Missoula Children's Theatre - Rural Montana Tour Project 28,861
Native Voices - Artistic/Technical Media Training for Native Americans 25,975
H. Earl Clack Museum - Museum Learning Center and Expansion of Exhibit 14,431
Little Rockies Arts Association - Executive Director Salary Support 8,800
Butte Symphony Orchestra - SW MT Youth Orch./Butte Sym. Orch./Mgr. to Half Time 5,772
Hockaday Center for the Arts - Hockaday Center for the Arts Education Program 20,000
Great Falls Symphony - Ensemble Outreach 12,266
Livingston Depot Foundation - Museum Promotion Thru Tours and Educational Outreach 14,431
Young Audiences of Western Montana - Tour Support 11,354
Billings Preservation Society, Inc. - Education Director Position Support 8,658
Glacier Orchestra and Chorale - Glacier Orchestra and Chorale Artistic Support Project 18,038
Missoula Community Access TV - The Montana Media Arts in Education Project 14,431
Missoula Symphony Association - Missoula Symphony Orchestra Educational Outreach 5,050
MT Hist. Soc./Library and Archives - Process and Preserve Historical State Medical Records 17,317
Contingency: The privacy of persons in records must be maintained.
Southwest MT Arts Council - Salary Support and Marketing Support 7,215
UM/Broadcast Media Center - U of M Broadcast Media Center Cultural Productions 23,089
Bozeman Symphony Orchestra - BSO Outreach Recording Project 4,329
Center for Native American Studies - Native American Awareness Week 1998 4,500
MT Indian Contemporary Arts - NPN Artist Residencies and Annual Symposium 8,658
Very Special Arts Montana - Governor's Art Show - Touring Exhibit 11,544
Grandstreet Theatre - Theatre School Director Salary Support 7,215
MSU-Billings Inter-Tribal Indian Club - 1998 and 1999 MSU Annual Inter-Tribal PowWows 7,215
Helena Symphony Society - Cascade String Quartet Residency 6,950
The Helena Art Center - Rural Outreach 4,329
MT Ass'n. of Symphony Orchestras - MASO:
Building Momentum - Rural Outreach and Service 21,646
Holter Museum of Art - Old Paint New: The Image of the Horse in Contemporary Art 23,089
VIAs, Inc. - Discovering Lewis and Clark: World Wide Web Site 14,431
MSU-Billings - Montana Moments: A Radio Series 5,600
MT Chorale - Operating Support 7,215
Missoula Writing Collaborative - Writers-in-the-Schools 4,329
MT Alliance for Arts Education - Arts Education Awareness and Advocacy Project 11,544
MSU Libraries - Farm, Ranch and MT Pioneer Women Collections Conservation 4,502
Contingency: Grant funds may not be used for salaries.
The Montana Transport Company - 1998-1999 Rural Montana Tours 10,000
Wolf Point Productions - Against the Grain: Dramatic Feature Film 10,101
Bozeman Hist. Pres. Advisory Comm. - The Bozeman Area Historic Walking Tours/Talking House 5,051
Deaconess-Billings Clinic - The Healing Environment 0
Picture Tomorrow - Working the Woods, A Photographic Survey 0
Maggie Wagner - Big Timber Bygones: A Community Memory Album 0
Going-to-the-Sun Institute - Plains Indian Educational Game Development 0
Haynes Fine Art Gallery - MSU Traveling Faculty Exhibition 0
(c) Operational Support:
The Writer's Voice - YMCA - Operational Support $18,000
MT Shakespeare in the Parks - Operational Support 26,000
MT Art Gallery Directors Association - Operational Support 31,747
Billings Symphony Society - Operational Support 18,038
Vigilante Players, Inc. - Operational Support 25,000
Archie Bray Fndn. for Ceramic Arts - Operational Support 21,646
Helena Presents - Operational Support 30,000
Hellgate Writers, Inc. - Operational Support 12,988
Custer County Art Center - Operational Support 18,000
International Wildlife Film Festival - Operational Support 8,658
MT Dance Arts Association - Operational Support 6,000
Copper Village Museum and Arts Center - Operational Support 14,431
Growth Thru Art, Inc. - Operational Support 7,215
(d) Capital Expenditure:
Museum of the Rockies - Rockies Rise Again-Permanent Exhibition Construction $28,861
Fort Peck Fine Arts Council, Inc. - Ft. Peck Theatre Electrical Improvements and Toilet Rooms 43,292
Whitefish Theatre Co. - Whitefish Cultural Arts Center 28,861
Fort Connah Restoration Society - Fund Raising for Acreage to Secure Legal Access 14,000
Contingency: Clarification is requested as to how much land is being purchased and what entity holds ownership.
Arlee Historical Society, Inc. - Septic, Drainfield, and Roof Installation 4,358
Rialto Community Theatre, Inc. - Rialto Community Theatre Stage Area Electrical Upgrade 5,400
Gallatin County Historical Society - Attached Building Conversion to Museum Use 4,000
MT Agricultural Center and Museum - Roof Replacement MT Agricultural Center and Museum 10,000
Contingency: A 3-to-1 match must be expended or encumbered during the grant period.
Sanders Community Hall, Inc. - Water System for Sanders Community Hall, Inc. 5,772
Upper Blackfoot Valley Hist. Society - Restoration of Two Historic Miner Cabins at Museum 8,000
Old Towne Development Corp. - St. Ignatius Outdoor Performing Arts Center 5,772
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art - Capital Expenditure Historic Window Replacement 32,469
C.M. Russell Museum - Restoration of C.M. Russell Residence 18,038
(e) Challenge Grant:
Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art - Endowment Challenge for Paris Gibson Square $7,215
Billings Pres. Soc. Endowment Trust - Building a Permanent Endowment for the BPS, Inc. 7,215
Glacier Orchestra and Chorale - Glacier Orchestra
and Chorale Permanent Endowment Challenge Grant 7,215
Great Falls Symphony - Endowment Challenge 7,215
(6) An amount not to exceed $11,000 is appropriated from money that may revert from appropriations made in subsection (5) to the Montana arts council for project evaluations. The evaluations must be done after July 1, 1998, and results must be included in a report on the projects funded by subsections (1) through (5) to be submitted to the 56th legislature.
NEW SECTION. Section 2. Reversion of granted money. (1) On October 1, 1998, money reappropriated in [section 1(2)] but not disbursed reverts to the cultural and aesthetic projects account provided for in 15-35-108.
(2) On July 1, 1999, the unencumbered balance of the 1999 biennium grants reverts to the cultural and aesthetic project account provided for in 15-35-108.
NEW SECTION. Section 3. Reduction of grants. If money in the cultural and aesthetic project account is insufficient to fund projects at the appropriation levels contained in [section 1], the Montana arts council shall allocate the available money on a pro rata basis to the authorized projects.
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