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68th Legislature 2023 HB 9.1
1 HOUSE BILL NO. 9
2 INTRODUCED BY M. HOPKINS
3 BY REQUEST OF THE OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM PLANNING
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5 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT ESTABLISHING PRIORITIES FOR CULTURAL AND AESTHETIC
6 PROJECTS GRANT AWARDS; APPROPRIATING MONEY FOR CULTURAL AND AESTHETIC GRANTS;
7 AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.”
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9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
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11 NEW SECTION. Section 1. Appropriation of cultural and aesthetic grant funds -- priority of
12 disbursement. (1) The Montana arts council shall award grants for projects authorized by and limited to the
13 amounts appropriated by [section 2] and this section.
14 (2) The Montana arts council shall disburse money to projects authorized by [section 2] through
15 grant contracts between the Montana arts council and the grant recipient. The award contract with a grantee
16 must require the grantee to post the following statement on its website, promotional materials, and publications:
17 "We are funded in part by coal severance taxes paid based upon coal mined in Montana and deposited in
18 Montana's cultural and aesthetic projects trust fund." The award contract must bind the parties to conditions, if
19 any, listed with the appropriation in [section 2].
20 (3) There is appropriated $30,000 from the cultural and aesthetic projects trust fund account to the
21 Montana historical society for the biennium ending June 30, 2025, for the care and conservation of capitol
22 complex artwork.
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24 NEW SECTION. Section 2. Appropriation of cultural and aesthetic grant funds. The following
25 projects are approved, and $558,876 is appropriated from the cultural and aesthetic projects trust fund account
26 to the Montana arts council for the biennium ending June 30, 2025:
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28 Grant # Grantee Award Amount
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1 Special Projects
2 2407 Preserve Montana (Formerly Montana Preservation Alliance) $10,000
3 2406 Montana Historical Society $9,000
4 2402 Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives $6,500
5 2401 Billings Preservation Society $7,000
6 2405 Lewistown Art Center $9,450
7 2404 Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture $10,000
8 2409 Upper Swan Valley Historical Society, Inc. $4,000
9 2408 Support Local Artists and Musicians (S.L.A.M.) $10,000
10 2403 City County Preservation Committee $5,000
11 Operating Support
12 2445 Montana Shakespeare in the Parks $10,000
13 2431 Humanities Montana $10,000
14 2436 MCT, Inc. $10,000
15 2430 Holter Museum of Art $10,000
16 2435 MAPS Media Institute (Formerly Irwin & Florence Rosten Fnd) $10,000
17 2423 Cohesion Dance Project $5,000
18 2459 Western Heritage Center $10,000
19 2434 Mai Wah Society Museum $6,749
20 2429 Hockaday Museum of Art $10,000
21 2411 Alpine Artisans, Inc. $6,000
22 2453 Sunburst Arts and Education $6,000
23 2439 MonDak Heritage Center $10,000
24 2413 Art Mobile of Montana $10,000
25 2454 The Myrna Loy $10,000
26 2415 Billings Symphony Society $10,000
27 2451 Schoolhouse History & Art Center $10,000
28 2458 WaterWorks Art Museum $10,000
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1 2438 Missoula Writing Collaborative $8,000
2 2442 Montana Dance Arts Association $5,000
3 2412 Archie Bray Foundation $10,000
4 2414 Billings Cultural Partners $4,500
5 2452 Stillwater Historical Society $8,000
6 2424 Glacier Symphony and Chorale $10,000
7 2410 Alberta Bair Theater $10,000
8 2450 Pondera Arts Council $4,000
9 2433 Montana Art Gallery Directors Association (MAGDA) $8,000
10 2443 Montana Performing Arts Consortium $10,000
11 2457 Verge Theater $10,000
12 2449 Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art $10,000
13 2444 Montana Repertory Theatre, University of Montana $10,000
14 2421 Carbon County Arts Guild & Depot Gallery $10,000
15 2432 Intermountain Opera Association $10,000
16 2456 The Roxy Theater (Formerly International Wildlife Film Festival) $4,000
17 2418 Butte Citizens for Preservation and Revitalization $4,500
18 2437 Missoula Symphony Association $10,000
19 2441 Montana Ballet Company $10,000
20 2417 Bozeman Symphony Society $10,000
21 2455 The Paradise Center $7,000
22 2425 Grandstreet Broadwater Productions, Inc. $10,000
23 2461 Whitefish Theatre Co $10,000
24 2427 Hamilton Players, Inc $10,000
25 2440 Montana Association of Symphony Orchestras $10,000
26 2422 Carbon County Historical Society $7,500
27 2416 Bozeman Art Museum $10,000
28 2428 Helena Symphony $10,000
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1 2462 Zootown Arts Community Center $10,000
2 2420 C.M. Russell Museum $10,000
3 2419 Butte Symphony Association $10,000
4 2448 North Valley Music School $9,000
5 2447 Museums Association of Montana $10,000
6 2426 Great Falls Symphony $10,000
7 2446 Montana State Firefighters Memorial $6,000
8 2460 Whitefish Review, Inc. Capital Expenditures $10,000
9 2463 Friends of the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula $3,677
10 2464 Red Lodge Area Community Foundation $5,000
11 2465 Yellowstone Art Museum $10,000
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13 NEW SECTION. Section 3. Reversion of grant money. On July 1, 2025, the unencumbered
14 balance of the grants for the biennium ending June 30, 2025, reverts to the cultural and aesthetic projects trust
15 fund account provided for in 15-35-108.
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17 NEW SECTION. Section 4. Changes to grants on pro rata basis. Except for the appropriation
18 provided for in [section 1(3)], if money in the cultural and aesthetic projects trust fund account is insufficient to
19 fund projects at the appropriation levels provided in [section 2], reductions to those projects with funding greater
20 than $2,000 must be made on a pro rata basis.
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22 NEW SECTION. Section 5. Effective date. [This act] is effective July 1, 2023.
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