2000 Minnesota Statutes

     129D.06 Grants to arts organizations. 

    Subdivision 1.    State arts account; appropriation.  
 The state arts account consists of amounts credited to it by law.
 Money in the account is appropriated to the board for annual 
 distribution as follows, after deducting the board's reasonable 
 expenses for administration: 

    (1) 85 percent must be used to fund grants to qualified 
 arts organizations as provided in subdivision 2; and 

    (2) 15 percent must be distributed to the regional arts 
 councils designated by the board through the board acting as a 
 fiscal agent for the regional arts councils. 

    Subd. 2.    Grants; amount.  The board shall make grants 
 to qualified arts organizations.  The amount of the grant to 
 each organization is the percentage of the organization's 
 three-year average cash operating expense budget for nonprofit 
 arts activities that, when applied to the three-year nonprofit 
 average cash operating expense budgets of all qualified arts 
 organizations, equals the amount available for distribution from 
 the state arts account under subdivision 1.  The board shall 
 require an organization that receives a grant under this section 
 to annually report to the board in the form required by the 
 board the purposes for which the grant was used. 

    As used in this section, "qualified arts organization" 
 means a sponsoring organization as defined in section 129D.01, 
 paragraph (d), that has applied for a grant under this section 
 if the board finds that the organization: 

    (1) has a three-year average cash operating expense budget 
 for nonprofit arts activities of at least $100,000, as adjusted 
 annually by a consumer price index determined by the board; and 

    (2) is a recipient of a grant from the board or from one of 
 the regional arts councils in the fiscal year in which 
 application is made. 

    Under emergency circumstances as defined by the board, a 
 sponsoring organization may be reevaluated using established 
 review criteria prior to receiving a grant under this section. 

    A "qualified arts organization" does not include an 
 organization that receives any proceeds from a tax levy under 
 section 450.25. 

    HIST: 1993 c 369 s 59