1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to arts assistance; requiring the Board of the Arts to establish and 
1.3 	administer a revolving loan fund to assist rural Minnesota cultural facilities 
1.4 	construction projects; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, 
1.5 	section 129D.04, subdivision 1.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 129D.04, subdivision 1, is amended to 
1.8 	read:
1.9 		Subdivision 1.Authority. The board shall through the following activities stimulate 
1.10 	and encourage the creation, performance and appreciation of the arts in the state:
1.11 	(1) receive and consider any requests for grants, loans or other forms of assistance;
1.12 	(2) advise and serve as a technical resource at the request of sponsoring organizations 
1.13 	and political subdivisions in the state on programs relating to the arts;
1.14 	(3) advise and recommend on existing or proposed activities of the departments 
1.15 	of the state relating to the arts;
1.16 	(4) accept gifts and grants to the board and distribute the same in accordance with 
1.17 	the instructions of the donor insofar as the instructions are consistent with law;
1.18 	(5) promulgate by rule procedures to be followed by the board in receiving and 
1.19 	reviewing requests for grants, loans or other forms of assistance;
1.20 	(6) promulgate by rule standards consistent with this chapter to be followed by the 
1.21 	board in the distribution of grants, loans, and other forms of assistance;
1.22 	(7) distribute according to the above procedures and standards grants, loans, and 
1.23 	other forms of assistance for artistic activities to departments and agencies of the state, 
1.24 	political subdivisions, sponsoring organizations and, in appropriate cases, to individuals 
1.25 	engaged in the creation or performance of the arts; provided that a member of the board 
2.1 	shall not participate in deliberations or voting on assistance to groups or persons in which 
2.2 	that member has an interest as officer, director, employee, or recipient;
2.3 	(8) appoint advisory committees which the board determines are essential to the 
2.4 	performance of its powers and duties under this section; provided that no member of an 
2.5 	advisory committee shall serve on a committee to which the member has an application 
2.6 	pending for a grant, loan, or other form of assistance from the board or its predecessor;
2.7 	(9) serve as a fiscal agent to disburse appropriations for regional arts councils 
2.8 	throughout the state~~.~~; and 
2.9 	(10) establish and administer a revolving loan fund to assist rural Minnesota cultural 
2.10 	facilities construction projects undertaken by rural arts organizations within counties 
2.11 	whose populations do not exceed 50,000 residents as reported in the most recent federal 
2.12 	census.

2.13 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 2.14 	$....... in fiscal year 2007 is appropriated from the general fund to the Board of 
2.15 	the Arts to establish the revolving loan fund required under Minnesota Statutes, section 
2.16 	129D.04, subdivision 1, clause (10).  This is a onetime appropriation, and is in addition to 
2.17 	the appropriation in Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 1, article 3, section 11.