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﻿ Ch. 129D MN Statutes
CHAPTER 129D. ARTS ASSISTANCE
129D.02 BOARD OF THE ARTS.
129D.03 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; STAFF.
129D.04 DUTIES.
129D.045 REGIONAL ARTS COUNCILS.
129D.05 PUBLICATIONS; LEGEND.
129D.06 [Repealed, 1Sp2001 c 10 art 2 s 102]
129D.11 PUBLIC TELEVISION GRANTS; PURPOSE.
129D.12 DEFINITIONS.
129D.13 GRANTS.
129D.16 AUDIT PROCEDURES.
129D.17 ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND.
129D.18 GRANTS TO PUBLIC TELEVISION.
(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 2; and
1975 c 297 s 1; 1995 c 126 s 1; 2012 c 187 art 1 s 20
The Board of the Arts shall consist of 11 members to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. One member shall be appointed from each of the congressional districts, and the remaining members shall be appointed at large. Persons appointed to the board shall have demonstrated experience or interest in the arts. No member shall within two years prior to appointment have received or applied for, in the member's name, a grant, loan or other form of assistance from the board or its predecessor, the State Arts Council. No more than four of the members shall during their terms of office be officers, directors or employees of recipient sponsoring organizations. The board members shall annually select from their membership a chair and other officers as they deem necessary.
Three of the initial members including one at-large member shall be appointed to terms ending the first Monday in January in each of the years 1977, 1979 and 1980. The remaining two members shall be appointed to terms ending the first Monday in January, 1978. Thereafter, the terms of all members of the board shall be four years. Members may serve until their successors are appointed and qualify. If the governor fails to appoint a successor by the July 1 of the year in which the term expires, the term of the member for whom a successor has not been appointed shall extend, subject to the advice and consent of the senate, until the first Monday in January four years after the scheduled end of the original term.
Members shall be compensated as provided in section 15.0575, subdivision 3.
Subd. 4.Removing members; filling vacancies.
A member may be removed by the governor at any time (1) for cause after notice and hearing, (2) for failing to submit any report required in subdivision 5, or (3) for missing three consecutive scheduled meetings of the board. The chair shall inform the governor of a member missing the three meetings. The secretary of the board shall inform in writing a member after two consecutive missed meetings and before the next meeting that the member is subject to removal by missing the next meeting. Vacancies on the board shall be filled by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, for the remainder of the unexpired term.
By November 15 of each year, the board shall prepare and deliver to the legislature and the governor a report which shall include the following:
(a) a financial statement showing receipts and disbursements for the year ending the preceding June 30, including a listing of the donors and amounts of gifts to the board or its advisory committees valued in excess of $1,000;
(b) a brief description of the activities of the board for the preceding year;
(c) the number of meetings and approximate hours spent by board members in meetings and on other board activities;
(f) a brief summary of board rules proposed or adopted during the period with appropriate citations to the state register and published rules;
(g) the number of requests for assistance received by the board and the number of written and oral complaints received from residents of the state relating to the activities of the board or the performance of the duties of the board as provided in this chapter;
(h) a summary by category of the substance of the complaints and requests referred to in (g) above and the responses of the board thereto;
(i) a listing of all grants, loans or other forms of assistance given by the board. This listing shall indicate (1) the recipients of board assistance who are members of the board or its advisory committees, and (2) each recipient sponsoring organization having a member of the board or its advisory committees as a director, officer or employee. The indication required in clause (2) shall also specify the name of the member who is the officer, director or employee. The listing shall also include the amount of money, number of grants, and the basis for the allocations made to major arts organizations, to individuals, for statewide distribution, for regional distribution, for sponsor assistance to community organizations, and for sponsor assistance to educational organizations.
1975 c 297 s 2; 1977 c 332 s 11; 1986 c 444; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 4 s 32
The director shall be selected by a majority of the board, and shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The director shall be knowledgeable in the arts, and shall have demonstrated proficiency in the administration of programs relating to the arts. The director may upon designation and instruction by the board serve as the state agent to apply for, receive and disburse federal funds made available to the state in furtherance of the arts. The director is the chief administrative officer of the board and is responsible for performing the executive duties of the board as provided in this chapter. The director shall not be a member of the board. All other employees of the board shall be in the classified civil service of the state. No employee of the board or its advisory committees may be an applicant for or recipient of board assistance, nor may an employee be an officer, director or employee of a recipient sponsoring organization.
1975 c 297 s 3; 1986 c 444
The board shall through the following activities stimulate and encourage the creation, performance and appreciation of the arts in the state:
(1) receive and consider any requests for grants, loans or other forms of assistance;
(2) advise and serve as a technical resource at the request of sponsoring organizations and political subdivisions in the state on programs relating to the arts;
(3) advise and recommend on existing or proposed activities of the departments of the state relating to the arts;
(4) accept gifts and grants to the board and distribute the same in accordance with the instructions of the donor insofar as the instructions are consistent with law;
(5) promulgate by rule procedures to be followed by the board in receiving and reviewing requests for grants, loans or other forms of assistance;
(6) promulgate by rule standards consistent with this chapter to be followed by the board in the distribution of grants, loans, and other forms of assistance;
(7) distribute according to the above procedures and standards grants, loans, and other forms of assistance for artistic activities to departments and agencies of the state, political subdivisions, sponsoring organizations and, in appropriate cases, to individuals engaged in the creation or performance of the arts; provided that a member of the board shall not participate in deliberations or voting on assistance to groups or persons in which that member has an interest as officer, director, employee, or recipient;
(8) appoint advisory committees for a term of no more than four years which the board determines are essential to the performance of its powers and duties under this section; provided that no member of an advisory committee shall serve on a committee to which the member has an application pending for a grant, loan, or other form of assistance from the board or its predecessor;
(9) serve as a fiscal agent to disburse appropriations for regional arts councils throughout the state.
Subd. 2.Exercising authority.
In performing the duties under subdivision 1, the board shall insofar as reasonably possible:
(1) avoid any actions which infringe on the freedom of artistic expression or which interfere with programs in the state which relate to the arts but which do not involve board assistance;
(2) distribute board assistance equitably according to population throughout the geographical regions of the state;
(3) give special consideration to requests for assistance for the creation or performance of types or variations of the arts which have yet to receive the level of general support and assistance given to the more established types or variations of the arts; and
(4) distribute appropriations to regional arts councils upon receipt of the biennial plan or, in even-numbered years, the annual plan update. These plans are not subject to modification by the board. The annual report from the previous year must be on file at the board before distribution of appropriations to a regional arts council.
Subd. 3.Professional touring program.
The board shall be responsible for the administration of the professional touring program.
Subd. 4.Statewide information and publicity.
The board shall develop and implement a comprehensive statewide information and publicity system. In its report required under section 129D.02, subdivision 5, the board shall summarize its activities pursuant to this subdivision.
Subd. 5.Contracting.
The board may contract as necessary in the performance of its duties.
The board's receipts from the sale of publications, mailing lists, recordings or media projects, and fees from seminars or workshops are annually appropriated to the board for the purposes of this section.
1975 c 297 s 4; 1977 c 332 s 12; 1977 c 444 s 9; 1979 c 337 s 17; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 560 s 1; 1991 c 233 s 53,54; 2007 c 133 art 2 s 6
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.
1995 c 126 s 2
(a) Every publication, program, or other graphic material prepared by the board or prepared for use by any other organization in connection with an activity paid for by the board shall bear the legend: "This activity is made possible in part by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board through an appropriation by the Minnesota state legislature."
(b) Each publication, program, or other graphic material prepared by an individual artist in connection with an activity paid for by the board shall bear the legend: "(artist's name) is a (fiscal year) recipient of a (program) grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board from funds appropriated by the Minnesota legislature."
1977 c 332 s 13; 1991 c 233 s 55
The purpose of sections 129D.11 to 129D.13 is to facilitate the use of public television as a community resource for the public by providing financial assistance to public television stations serving Minnesota citizens, and to provide for cooperation between public television station officials and the Department of Administration.
1975 c 271 s 6; 1975 c 298 s 5; 1976 c 201 s 1; 1981 c 356 s 317
As used in sections 129D.11 to 129D.14, the terms defined in this section have the meanings here given them.
Subd. 2.Public station.
"Public station" means a station holding a license or operating under a program test authority from the Federal Communications Commission as a noncommercial educational television broadcast station within this state or a station outside the state which received funds under section 129D.13 in 1976.
1976 c 201 s 2; 1979 c 337 s 18; 1981 c 356 s 318,319
The commissioner shall distribute the money provided by sections 129D.11 to 129D.13. Annually the commissioner shall make block grants which shall be distributed in equal amounts to public stations for operational costs. The commissioner shall allocate money appropriated for the purposes of sections 129D.11 to 129D.13 in such a manner that each eligible public station receives a block grant. In addition, the commissioner shall make matching grants to public stations. Matching grants shall be used for operational costs and shall be allocated using the procedure developed for distribution of state money under this section for grants made in fiscal year 1979. No station's matching grant in any fiscal year shall exceed the amount of Minnesota-based contributions received by that station in the previous fiscal year. Grants made pursuant to this subdivision may only be given to those federally licensed stations that are certified as eligible for community service grants through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Grant funds not expended by a station during the first year of the biennium do not cancel and may be carried over into the second fiscal year.
Subd. 2.Exclusions from contribution amount.
In calculating the amount of contributions received by a public station pursuant to subdivision 1, there shall be excluded: contributions, whether monetary or in kind, from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; tax generated funds, including payments by public or private elementary and secondary schools; that portion of any foundation or corporation donation in excess of $2,500 from any one contributor in the previous station fiscal year; contributions from any source if made for the purpose of capital expenditures; and contributions from all sources based outside the state.
Each station receiving a grant shall report annually by August 1 to the commissioner the purposes for which the money was used in the past year and the anticipated use of the money in the next year. This report shall be submitted along with a new grant request submission. If the report is not submitted, the commissioner may redistribute that money to other educational stations.
[Repealed, 2009 c 78 art 9 s 9]
1975 c 271 s 6; 1975 c 298 s 5; 1976 c 201 s 3; 1977 c 445 s 1,2; 1978 c 793 s 65; 1979 c 337 s 19,20; 1981 c 356 s 320-322; 1983 c 301 s 137; 2009 c 78 art 9 s 1-3
1Sp1985 c 13 s 271; 2013 c 142 art 3 s 29
1991 c 345 art 1 s 76; 2009 c 78 art 9 s 7; 2013 c 142 art 3 s 30
The commissioner of administration may establish a procedure to audit expenditure of money appropriated for grants to public television stations and noncommercial radio stations.
1Sp1985 c 13 s 272; 1993 c 337 s 9
The arts and cultural heritage fund is established in the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15. All money earned by the fund must be credited to the fund.
(a) Funding from the arts and cultural heritage fund may be spent only for arts, arts education, and arts access, and to preserve Minnesota's history and cultural heritage. A project or program receiving funding from the arts and cultural heritage fund must include measurable outcomes, and a plan for measuring and evaluating the results. A project or program must be consistent with current scholarship, or best practices, when appropriate and must incorporate state-of-the-art technology when appropriate.
(d) A state agency or other recipient of a direct appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund must compile and submit all information for funded projects or programs, including the proposed measurable outcomes and all other items required under section 3.303, subdivision 10, to the Legislative Coordinating Commission as soon as practicable or by January 15 of the applicable fiscal year, whichever comes first. The Legislative Coordinating Commission must post submitted information on the website required under section 3.303, subdivision 10, as soon as it becomes available.
(f) All money from the arts and cultural heritage fund must be for projects located in Minnesota.
(g) When practicable, a direct recipient of an appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund shall prominently display on the recipient's website home page the legacy logo required under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 5, section 10, as amended by Laws 2010, chapter 361, article 3, section 5, accompanied by the phrase "Click here for more information." When a person clicks on the legacy logo image, the website must direct the person to a web page that includes both the contact information that a person may use to obtain additional information, as well as a link to the Legislative Coordinating Commission website required under section 3.303, subdivision 10.
Subd. 3.Special review.
For a project receiving an appropriation or appropriations from the arts and cultural heritage fund totaling $10,000,000 or more in a biennium, the attorney general must review and approve all contracts and real estate transactions and must exercise due diligence in the best interests of the state.
Subd. 4.Minnesota State Arts Board allocation.
At least 47 percent of the total appropriations from the arts and cultural heritage fund in a fiscal biennium must be for grants and services awarded through the Minnesota State Arts Board, or regional arts councils subject to appropriation.
Subd. 5.Reserve requirement.
2008 c 363 art 5 s 25; 2009 c 172 art 4 s 5; 2010 c 361 art 3 s 3; 1Sp2011 c 6 art 5 s 5; 2013 c 137 art 4 s 3; 1Sp2015 c 2 art 5 s 5; 2016 c 172 art 4 s 1; 2017 c 91 art 4 s 3,4
Subdivision 1.Use of grant funds.
Money appropriated from the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund may be designated to make grants to public stations, as defined in section 129D.12, subdivision 2. Grants received under this section must be used to create, produce, acquire, or distribute programs that educate, enhance, or promote local, regional, or statewide items of artistic, cultural, or historic significance. Grant funds may be used to cover any expenses associated with the creation, production, acquisition, or distribution of public television programs through broadcast or online, including the creation and distribution of educational materials.
Money appropriated under this section must be used by the commissioner of administration to make grants based upon the recommendations of the Minnesota Public Television Association.
(a) A public station receiving funds appropriated under this section must:
(1) make programs produced with these funds available for broadcast to all other public stations eligible to receive grants under this section;
(2) offer free classroom use of programs produced with these funds to public educational institutions, excluding those materials for which public television stations do not have rights to distribute;
A public station receiving funds appropriated under this section must report annually by January 15 to the commissioner, the Legislative Coordinating Commission, and the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees and divisions having jurisdiction over arts and cultural heritage policy and finance regarding how the previous year's grant funds were expended. In addition to all information required of each recipient of money from the arts and cultural heritage fund under section 3.303, subdivision 10, the report must contain specific information for each program produced and broadcast, including the cost of production, the number of stations broadcasting the program, estimated viewership, the number of hours of legacy program content available for streaming on websites, and other related measures. If the programs produced include educational material, the public station must report on these efforts.
2009 c 172 art 4 s 6; 1Sp2011 c 6 art 4 s 6,7
This section applies only to the Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations and the noncommercial radio stations that are members of the Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations.
Money appropriated from the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund may be designated to make grants to the Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations and its member stations and noncommercial radio stations, as defined in section 129D.14, subdivision 2. Grants received under this section must be used to create, produce, acquire, or distribute programs that educate, enhance, or promote local, regional, or statewide items of artistic, cultural, or historic significance. Grant funds may be used to cover any expenses associated with the creation, production, acquisition, or distribution of noncommercial radio programs through broadcast.
2009 c 172 art 4 s 7; 1Sp2011 c 6 art 4 s 8; 2013 c 137 art 4 s 4,5