2SHB 2587 -
By Representative Wylie
WITHDRAWN 02/14/2012
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"Sec. 1 RCW 43.63A.750 and 2006 c 371 s 235 are each amended to
read as follows:
(1) A competitive grant program is created to assist the following
nonprofit arts and cultural organizations in acquiring, constructing,
or rehabilitating the organization's facilities:
(a) Performing arts organizations, art museums, and cultural
((facilities is created)) organizations; and
(b) Zoos, aquariums, and technology and science centers. To be
eligible, a zoo or aquarium must be an organization accredited by the
association of zoos and aquariums and a technology and science center
must be an organization that meets the requirements to be a member of
the association of science - technology centers.
(2)(a)(i) In its biennial capital budget request to the governor
and legislature, the department shall submit ((a)) two lists of
eligible, recommended ((performing arts, art museum projects, and
cultural organization)) facilities projects ((eligible for funding to
the governor and the legislature in the department's biennial capital
budget request beginning with the 2001-2003 biennium and thereafter)),
one for projects of organizations listed in subsection (1)(a) of this
section and one for projects of organizations listed in subsection (1)
(b) of this section. The lists, each in priority order, shall include
a description of each project, the amount of recommended state funding,
and documentation of nonstate funds to be used for the project. The
total amount of recommended state funding for projects on a
((biennial)) project list ((shall)) may not exceed:
(A) Twelve million dollars for projects of organizations listed in
subsection (1)(a) of this section; and
(B) Four million dollars for projects of organizations listed in
subsection (1)(b) of this section.
(ii) For projects that are a collaboration between organizations
listed in subsection (1)(a) and (b) of this section, the collaborating
organizations may submit a joint application identifying the respective
funding amounts requested under (a)(i)(A) and (B) of this subsection.
The requested funding under each list may not exceed any per project
funding limit established by the department for each list. If the
department includes a joint project in its capital budget request, the
department must identify the corresponding parts of the project on each
list as a joint project. This subsection does not modify the
department's authority to evaluate and rank applications as provided in
this section.
(b) The department shall establish a competitive process to
prioritize applications for state assistance as follows:
(i) The department shall conduct a statewide solicitation of
project applications from nonprofit organizations, local governments,
and other entities, as determined by the department. The department
shall evaluate and rank applications, using objective criteria, in
consultation with a citizen advisory committee, ((including)) which
must include a representative from the state arts commission((, using
objective criteria)) and a representative with expertise in one or more
of the subject matters relevant to the organizations listed in
subsection (1)(b) of this section. The evaluation and ranking process
shall also consider local community support for projects and an
examination of existing assets that applicants may apply to projects.
(ii) The department may establish the amount of state grant
assistance for individual project applications but the amount shall not
exceed twenty percent of the estimated total capital cost or actual
cost of a project, whichever is less. The remaining portions of the
project capital cost shall be a match from nonstate sources. The
nonstate match may include cash, the value of real property when
acquired solely for the purpose of the project, and in-kind
contributions. The department is authorized to set matching
requirements for individual projects. State assistance may be used to
fund separate definable phases of a project if the project demonstrates
adequate progress and has secured the necessary match funding.
(iii) The department ((shall)) may not sign contracts or otherwise
financially obligate funds under this section until the legislature has
approved a specific list or lists of projects. In contracts for grants
authorized under this section, the department ((shall)) must include
provisions requiring that capital improvements be held by the grantee
for a specified period of time appropriate to the amount of the grant
and that facilities be used for the express purpose of the grant. If
the grantee is found to be out of compliance with provisions of the
contract, the grantee ((shall)) must repay to the state general fund
the principal amount of the grant plus interest calculated at the rate
of interest on state of Washington general obligation bonds issued most
closely to the date of authorization of the grant."
Correct the title.
EFFECT: Provides for two separate Building for the Arts project
lists, one for the organizations currently covered by law, up to the
current amount of $12 million in recommended projects, and a second
list for the newly covered organizations (zoos, aquariums, and
technology and science centers), up to $4 million in recommended
projects.
Allows joint applications for collaborative projects between
current organizations and the new organizations if the application
identifies the respective amount of the project funding that is being
requested under each funding list.
Adds to the Building for the Arts Citizen Advisory Committee a
representative with expertise in the subject matters relevant to the
newly covered organizations.