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2005 Session

Budget Amendments - HB1500 (Member Request)

Chief Patron: Ware
Co-Patron(s): Griffith
Art Museum of Western Virginia

Item 531 #105h

Item 531 #105h

First Year - FY2005 Second Year - FY2006
Nonstate Agencies
State Grants to Nonstate Entities-Nonstate Agencies FY2005 $0 FY2006 $325,000 GF

Language
Page 482, after line 18, insert:
"Out of the amounts for Financial Assistance for Cultural and Artistic Affairs, $325,000 the second year from the general fund is provided to the Art Museum of Western Virginia."


Explanation
(This amendment provides $325,000 from the general fund in the second year to the Art Museum of Western Virginia. Funding will support annual operating expenses that enable to Art Museum to significantly expand its education initiatives for chilren across the region including significant expansion of the Art Museum's outreach programs, to fill the void for art education programs in the schools.)