HOUSE BILL NO. 9

INTRODUCED BY M.MCCANN

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; APPROPRIATING GENERAL FUND AND OTHER MONEY FOR CULTURAL AND AESTHETIC GRANTS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE."

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 [section 2] and this section. Money must be disbursed in priority order, first to projects covered under subsection (3) and second to the projects listed in [section 2].

(2) The Montana arts council shall disburse money to projects authorized by [section 2] 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 2].

(3) There is appropriated from the cultural and aesthetic projects account to the Montana historical society $15,000 for the biennium ending July 1, 2001, for care and conservation of capitol complex artwork. This appropriation is recommended to be repeated for one additional biennium and also to be reviewed in fiscal year 2001 to determine if it should continue in the 2003 biennium and future bienniums.

NEW SECTION. Section 2. Appropriation of general fund and cultural and aesthetic grant funds. (1) There is appropriated $300,000 in general fund money in fiscal year 2000 and $300,000 in general fund money in fiscal year 2001 to the Montana arts council for the projects approved in this section. The general fund appropriation is a continuing appropriation for the biennium.

(2) The following projects are approved and amounts appropriated to the Montana arts council for the biennium ending June 30, 2001, from the cultural and aesthetic projects account first and the general fund last:

(a) Category 1 - Special Projects $4,500 or Less:

Grantee	Amount

Bonnie Cypher - Lewis & Clark Educational Trunk	1,100

Montana Preservation Alliance - Technical Assistance Team	5,000

Museums Association of Montana - Envisioning the Future	4,000

Montana Agricultural Center & Museum - Homestead Village Business Development	4,400

Butte Symphony Orchestra - Celebrating Heritage	3,300

Yellowstone Ballet Company - French Romantic Ballet in Rural MT	5,000

Montana Watercolor Society - "MONAQUA"	3,000

International Choral Festival, Inc. - Foreign Choir Outreach & Performance	4,000

Blackfeet Tribe - Information Signage Project	5,000

Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Historical Society - CD Recorder for Oral Histories	1,200

Council for the Arts, Inc., Lincoln - Standing Ovation Series X & XI	3,000

Charlo School District 7J - True Art	2,000

Heron Players - Special Project	3,000

Libby Fine Arts Council - Veterans Memorial Gym Renovation	1,200

Institute for African-American Folk Culture - Support	4,000

Contingency: Funding contingent on the Montana arts council's approval of applicant's budget and production planning.

(b) Category 2 - Special Projects:

Montana Committee for the Humanities - Speakers' Bureau 2000-2001	$32,000

Rattlesnake Productions, Inc. - Butte, America: From Their Labors	16,000

Montana State Historical Records Advisory Board - Local Records Project	24,000

Montana Repertory Theater - Regional Arts Education Initiative	32,000

Hockaday Museum of Art - School Tour & Arts Outreach	20,000

Missoula Children's Theater, Inc. - Rural MT Tour	32,000

Montana Performing Arts Consortium - Four-Part Special Project	24,000

Glacier Orchestra & Chorale - Making Music in Northwestern MT	16,000

Western Heritage Center - Many Voices, Many Visions	12,000

Miles Community College - Speakers' Bureau Expansion	5,000

Whitefish Theater Company - Performing Arts for Children	15,000

Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art - Permanent Collection Galleries	21,000

Montana Historic Quilt Project - Border to Border Exhibits	5,000

Helena Symphony Society - Cascade Quartet Residency	10,200

Yellowstone County Museum Foundation - The Stories Project	13,400

Wakina Sky Learning Circle - Sharing the Native American Spirit in Arts	4,000

MT Indian Art & Culture Assn. - Service & Staff Expansion	12,000

Gallatin County Historical Society - Historic Signs Project	14,200

Missoula Symphony Association - Rural Outreach & Youth Mentoring	9,400

Very Special Arts Montana - Model Arts Programs for People with Disabilities	7,100

Meadowlark Fund - Meadowlark Fund Partnership	20,000

Montana State University-Billings - Managing the Past at MSU	6,000

Museum of Fine Arts, University of Montana - Cataloging Works on Paper	12,000

MT Alliance for Arts Education - Making a Positive Impact	8,000

Broadwater Prod/Grandstreet Theater - Scholarships for Needy Students	5,000

Bitterroot RC & D Area, Inc. - Asian Community Cultural Project	4,000

Bertha Kassing - Montana Baseball	4,000

Spring Meadow Resources, Inc. - Virtual Art Center	9,000

(c) Category 3 - Operational Support:

Writer's Voice of Billings YMCA - Expanding the Literary Frontier	$22,000

Custer County Art Center - Avenues to Ed - Through the Arts	17,300

Vigilante Players, Inc. - Tour Support	20,000

Carbon County Historical Society - Peaks to Plains	16,000

Helena Presents, Inc. - Support	32,000

Montana Arts - Support	22,000

Montana Art Gallery Directors Assn. - Exhibition Fee Support	24,400

Shakespeare in the Parks - Support	21,000

Montana Transport Company - Support	12,000

Yellowstone Art Museum - Preserving & Sharing Montana's Cultural Heritage	28,000

Great Falls Symphony Assoc., Inc. - Support for Outreach	12,000

Butte Center for the Performing Arts - Mother Lode Theater	16,000

Archie Bray Foundation - 50 Years of Montana's Archie Bray	17,300

Alberta Bair Theater - Support	10,000

Garden City Ballet of Montana - Support	4,000

Billings Symphony Society - Support for Education & Outreach	16,000

Young Audiences of Western Montana - Artist/Staff Travel	10,000

Montana Dance Arts Assn. - Support	5,000

Holter Museum of Art - Support	16,000

Montana Association of Symphony Orchestras - Support	12,000

Montana Ballet Company - Competitive Salaries for Staff	8,000

Artist Group - Kaleidoscope Arts Productions	6,300

Bozeman Symphony Society - Musicians' Fee Support	8,000

Helena Art Center - Support	6,300

Montana Chorale - Outreach Support	6,000

Little Red School House, Inc. - School House in the Year 2000	6,000

Montanans for Quality Television - New Crystal Program Expansion	3,000

(d) Category 4 - Capital Expenditures:

Art Museum of Missoula - Contemporary Indian Art Collection Expansion	$11,000

Cascade County Historical Society - High Plains Heritage Museum & Archives	24,000

Fort Peck Fine Arts Council - Theater Restoration/Reroof	15,000

Billings Preservation Society, Inc. - Moss Mansion Carriage House	24,000

Contingency: Funding is contingent on the provision of a 20% match by the city of Billings in either cash or in-kind contributions.

C.M. Russell Museum - Facility Expansion	28,000

Emerson, Inc. - Theater Seats	16,000

Arlee Historical Society, Inc. - Finish Interior and Handicap Ramp	3,000

Hamilton Players, Inc. - Playhouse Renovation & Expansion	12,000

Performing Arts Advisory Board: WMC-UM - Support	7,000

NEW SECTION. Section 3. Reversion of granted money. On July 1, 2001, the unencumbered balance of the 2001 biennium grants revert to the cultural and aesthetic project account provided for in 15-35-108 and the unencumbered balance of the general fund reverts to the general fund.

NEW SECTION. Section 4. Reduction of grants. Except as provided in [section 1(3)], if money in the cultural and aesthetic project account is insufficient to fund projects at the appropriation levels contained in [section 2], reductions to all projects will be made on a pro-rata basis.

NEW SECTION. Section 5. Effective date. [This act] is effective July 1, 1999.

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