HOUSE BILL NO. 9
INTRODUCED BY M.MCCANN
BY REQUEST OF THE MONTANA ARTS COUNCIL AND THE OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM PLANNING
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:
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.
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
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.
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.
Section 5. Effective date. [This act] is effective July 1, 1999.
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