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2004 Special Session I

Budget Bill - HB5001 (Introduced)

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Virginia Commission for the Arts

Item 262

Item 262

First Year - FY2005Second Year - FY2006
Financial Assistance for Cultural and Artistic Affairs (14300)$3,172,435$3,392,435
Financial Assistance to the Arts (14302)FY2005 $3,172,435FY2006 $3,392,435
Fund Sources:  
GeneralFY2005 $2,635,333FY2006 $2,855,333
Federal TrustFY2005 $537,102FY2006 $537,102

Authority: Title 2.2, Chapter 25, Article 4, Code of Virginia.


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


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.


C. In the allocation of grants to arts organizations, the Commission shall not consider any other general fund amounts which may be appropriated to an arts organization elsewhere in this act, nor shall any funds appropriated elsewhere in this act supplant those grants which may be allocated from this appropriation.


D. Out of this appropriation, the expenditure of $210,000 the first year and $430,000 the second year from the general fund for financial assistance to the arts is contingent upon the passage into law of the provisions contained in Enactment Nos. 2, 3, and 5 of Part 5 of introduced House Bill 30/Senate Bill 30 of the 2004 Session.