261#1c (VCA) Com Arts Increase Funding. HB1600 - Conference Report

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1997 Session

Budget Amendments - HB1600 (Conference Report)

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Com Arts Increase Funding

Item 261 #1c

Item 261 #1c	First Year - FY1997	Second Year - FY1998
Education: Other
Virginia Commission for the Arts	FY1997 $0	FY1998 $500,000	GF

Language
Page 182, line 33, strike "$2,684,757" and insert "$3,184,757".
Page 182, line 38, insert "A."
Page 182, after line 40, insert:
"B. It is the objective of the Commonwealth to fund the Virginia Commission for the Arts at an amount that equals one dollar for each resident of Virginia."

Explanation
(This amendment provides $500,000 in the second year from the general fund to increase state arts grants, administered by the Virginia Commission for the Arts.)

Item 261

Item 261	First Year - FY1997	Second Year - FY1998
Financial Assistance for Cultural and Artistic Affairs (14300)	$2,671,257	$2,684,757
Financial Assistance to the Arts (14302)	FY1997 $2,671,257	FY1998 $2,684,757
Fund Sources:
General	FY1997 $2,342,007	FY1998 $2,342,007
Federal Trust	FY1997 $329,250	FY1998 $342,750

Authority: Title 9, Chapter 9.1, Code of Virginia.

In the allocation of grants to arts organizations, the Commission shall give preference to the performing arts.