1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; appropriating money for African culture, heritage, 
1.3 	and arts grants through the Minnesota Humanities Center.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; AFRICAN CULTURE, HERITAGE, AND ARTS 
1.6 	GRANTS.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $3,000,000 in 
1.8 	fiscal year 2017 are appropriated from the arts and cultural heritage fund to the board of 
1.9 	directors of the Minnesota Humanities Center to provide competitive grants for African 
1.10 	culture, heritage, and arts programs. The Minnesota Humanities Center shall work in 
1.11 	collaboration with the Council on Black Minnesotans to design, administer, and award the 
1.12 	competitive grants to organizations and artists to promote African culture, heritage, and 
1.13 	arts programs throughout Minnesota with a priority for grants to organizations and artists 
1.14 	outside the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
1.15 		Subd. 2.Grant program administration. (a) The Minnesota Humanities Center 
1.16 	shall collaborate with the Council on Black Minnesotans to develop a written plan 
1.17 	for the competitive issuance of grants and shall submit the plan to the Department of 
1.18 	Administration for review and approval to administer the grants program in subdivision 1.
1.19 	(b) The Minnesota Humanities Center may use a percentage of the grant 
1.20 	appropriation in subdivision 1 to cover the costs of administering, planning, evaluating, 
1.21 	and reporting these grants, including reimbursing the Minnesota Council on Black 
1.22 	Minnesotans for the cost of administering, planning, evaluating, and reporting on the 
2.1 	grants and their work in collaboration with the Minnesota Humanities Center on the 
2.2 	projects related to this appropriation.