House bill NO. 9

INTRODUCED BY M. Hopkins

By Request of the Office of Budget and Program Planning

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING PRIORITIES FOR CULTURAL AND AESTHETIC PROJECTS GRANT AWARDS; APPROPRIATING 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.

(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 with a grantee must require the grantee to post the following statement on its website, promotional materials, and publications: "We are funded in part by coal severance taxes paid based upon coal mined in Montana and deposited in Montana's cultural and aesthetic projects trust fund." The award contract must bind the parties to conditions, if any, listed with the appropriation in [section 2].

(3)        There is appropriated $30,000 from the cultural and aesthetic projects trust fund account to the Montana historical society for the biennium ending June 30, 2025, for the care and conservation of capitol complex artwork.

 

Section 2. Appropriation of cultural and aesthetic grant funds. The following projects are approved, and $558,876 is appropriated from the cultural and aesthetic projects trust fund account to the Montana arts council for the biennium ending June 30, 2025:

 

Grant # Grantee                                                                                     Award Amount

            Special Projects

2407     Preserve Montana (Formerly Montana Preservation Alliance)       $10,000

2406     Montana Historical Society                                                        $9,000

2402     Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives                                                $6,500

2401     Billings Preservation Society                                                      $7,000

2405     Lewistown Art Center                                                                 $9,450

2404     Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture                                        $10,000

2409     Upper Swan Valley Historical Society, Inc.                                  $4,000

2408     Support Local Artists and Musicians (S.L.A.M.)                           $10,000

2403     City County Preservation Committee                                          $5,000

            Operating Support        

2445     Montana Shakespeare in the Parks                                            $10,000

2431     Humanities Montana                                                                  $10,000

2436     MCT, Inc.                                                                                  $10,000

2430     Holter Museum of Art                                                                $10,000

2435     MAPS Media Institute (Formerly Irwin & Florence Rosten Fnd)     $10,000

2423     Cohesion Dance Project                                                             $5,000

2459     Western Heritage Center                                                            $10,000

2434     Mai Wah Society Museum                                                          $6,749

2429     Hockaday Museum of Art                                                          $10,000

2411     Alpine Artisans, Inc.                                                                   $6,000

2453     Sunburst Arts and Education                                                      $6,000

2439     MonDak Heritage Center                                                            $10,000

2413     Art Mobile of Montana                                                               $10,000

2454     The Myrna Loy                                                                          $10,000

2415     Billings Symphony Society                                                         $10,000

2451     Schoolhouse History & Art Center                                               $10,000

2458     WaterWorks Art Museum                                                           $10,000

2438     Missoula Writing Collaborative                                                   $8,000

2442     Montana Dance Arts Association                                               $5,000

2412     Archie Bray Foundation                                                             $10,000

2414     Billings Cultural Partners                                                            $4,500

2452     Stillwater Historical Society                                                        $8,000

2424     Glacier Symphony and Chorale                                                  $10,000

2410     Alberta Bair Theater                                                                   $10,000

2450     Pondera Arts Council                                                                 $4,000

2433     Montana Art Gallery Directors Association (MAGDA)                   $8,000

2443     Montana Performing Arts Consortium                                         $10,000

2457     Verge Theater                                                                            $10,000

2449     Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art                                          $10,000

2444     Montana Repertory Theatre, University of Montana                     $10,000

2421     Carbon County Arts Guild & Depot Gallery                                  $10,000

2432     Intermountain Opera Association                                               $10,000

2456     The Roxy Theater (Formerly International Wildlife Film Festival)   $4,000

2418     Butte Citizens for Preservation and Revitalization                        $4,500

2437     Missoula Symphony Association                                                 $10,000

2441     Montana Ballet Company                                                           $10,000

2417     Bozeman Symphony Society                                                     $10,000

2455     The Paradise Center                                                                  $7,000

2425     Grandstreet Broadwater Productions, Inc.                                   $10,000

2461     Whitefish Theatre Co                                                                 $10,000

2427     Hamilton Players, Inc                                                                 $10,000

2440     Montana Association of Symphony Orchestras                           $10,000

2422     Carbon County Historical Society                                               $7,500

2416     Bozeman Art Museum                                                               $10,000

2428     Helena Symphony                                                                     $10,000

2462     Zootown Arts Community Center                                                $10,000

2420     C.M. Russell Museum                                                                $10,000

2419     Butte Symphony Association                                                     $10,000

2448     North Valley Music School                                                         $9,000

2447     Museums Association of Montana                                              $10,000

2426     Great Falls Symphony                                                               $10,000

2446     Montana State Firefighters Memorial                                          $6,000

2460     Whitefish Review, Inc. Capital Expenditures                                $10,000

2463     Friends of the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula                       $3,677

2464     Red Lodge Area Community Foundation                                     $5,000

2465     Yellowstone Art Museum                                                            $10,000

 

Section 3. Reversion of grant money. On July 1, 2025, the unencumbered balance of the grants for the biennium ending June 30, 2025, reverts to the cultural and aesthetic projects trust fund account provided for in 15-35-108.

 

Section 4. Changes to grants on pro rata basis. Except for the appropriation provided for in [section 1(3)], if money in the cultural and aesthetic projects trust fund account is insufficient to fund projects at the appropriation levels provided in [section 2], reductions to those projects with funding greater than $2,000 must be made on a pro rata basis.

 

Section 5. Effective date. [This act] is effective July 1, 2023.