1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to history and cultural heritage; appropriating money for certain 
1.3 	historical society activities and grants.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND.
 1.6 	$800,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2013 from the arts and cultural heritage 
1.7 	fund to the governing board of the Minnesota Historical Society to preserve and enhance 
1.8 	access to Minnesota's history and its cultural and historical resources. Grant agreements 
1.9 	entered into by the Minnesota Historical Society and other recipients of appropriations 
1.10 	under this section must ensure that these funds are used to supplement and not substitute 
1.11 	for traditional sources of funding. Funds directly appropriated to the Minnesota Historical 
1.12 	Society shall be used to supplement, and not substitute for, traditional sources of funding. 
1.13 	Notwithstanding  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, for historic preservation projects 
1.14 	that improve historic structures, the amounts are available until June 30, 2015. This 
1.15 	appropriation is divided as follows:
1.16 	(1) $200,000 is for statewide historic and cultural grants for history programs and 
1.17 	projects operated or conducted by or through local, county, regional, or other historical 
1.18 	or cultural organizations; or for activities to preserve significant historic and cultural 
1.19 	resources. The Minnesota Historical Society shall distribute these funds through a 
1.20 	competitive grants process using established mechanisms, with assistance from  the 
1.21 	advisory committee created under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 4, section 2, subdivision 
1.22 	4, paragraph (b), clause (ii);
1.23 	(2) $400,000 is for statewide history programs administered by the Minnesota 
1.24 	Historical Society; and
2.1 	(3) $200,000 is for history partnerships involving multiple organizations, which may 
2.2 	include the Minnesota Historical Society, to preserve and enhance access to Minnesota's 
2.3 	history and cultural heritage in all regions of the state.