Minnesota Session Laws - 1995, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 126-H.F.No. 1194 
                  An act relating to state government; allocating 
                  certain appropriations to regional arts councils; 
                  amending Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 129D.01; 
                  proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
                  chapter 129D. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 129D.01, is 
        amended to read: 
           129D.01 [DEFINITIONS.] 
           As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the 
        definitions given them: 
           (a) "Arts" means activities resulting in the artistic 
        creation or artistic performance of works of the imagination.  
        Artistic activities include but are not limited to the following 
        forms:  music, dance, drama, folk art, architecture and allied 
        fields, painting, sculpture, photography, graphic and craft 
        arts, costume and fashion design, motion pictures, television, 
        radio, tape and sound recording, activities related to the 
        presentation, performance, execution, and exhibition of the art 
        forms, and the study of the arts and their application to the 
        human environment; 
           (b) "Board" means the board of the arts; 
           (c) "Director" means the executive director of the board; 
           (d) "Sponsoring organization" means an association, 
        corporation or other group of persons (1) providing an 
        opportunity for citizens of the state to participate in the 
        creation, performance or appreciation of the arts and (2) 
        qualifying as a tax-exempt organization within the meaning of 
        section 290.05, subdivision 1, clause (i).  
           (e) "Regional arts council" means an autonomous grass-roots 
        organization designated by the board to make final decisions on 
        the use of appropriations for local or regional arts development.
           Sec. 2.  [129D.045] [REGIONAL ARTS COUNCILS.] 
           A portion of each appropriation to the board shall be used 
        for statewide distribution through the regional arts council 
        system.  These organizations shall work together to determine a 
        formula for distributing the funds to the regions.  The board 
        serves as fiscal agent for distribution of the funds to each 
        regional arts council. 
           Presented to the governor May 4, 1995 
           Signed by the governor May 5, 1995, 9:15 a.m.