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CHAPTER 181a
CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES GRANTS
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Sec. 10-373aa. Grant program for local humanities institutions.
Sec. 10-373bb. Cultural heritage development account. Grant program. Report.
There is established a grant program to provide grants and support services for local institutions in the
humanities, including, but not limited to libraries, museums and historical and cultural
societies and associations. The program shall be administered by the Connecticut Humanities Council*. Grants shall be made yearly and shall be payable on a matching
basis. Each grant under this section shall be matched equally by the local institution
through in-kind contribution, monetary contribution, or any combination of an in-kind
or monetary contribution. In the case of grants in the amount of five thousand dollars
or more but less than twenty-five thousand dollars, at least twenty-five per cent of the
matching contribution by the local institution shall be from private sources. In the case
of grants in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars or more, fifty per cent of the
matching contribution by the local institution shall be from private sources. The council
shall report to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance
of appropriations and local humanities institutions in December of each year concerning
the grants, services and programs supported under this section and their purposes.
(P.A. 85-490, S. 1, 3; P.A. 98-252, S. 45, 80.)
*Note: The Connecticut Humanities Council is the state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
History: P.A. 98-252 added provision of support services, changed the match provisions, established different requirements based on the amount of the grant, removed a twenty-five thousand dollar cap on the amount of grants and made
technical changes, effective July 1, 1998.
There is established an account to be known as the "cultural heritage development
account" which shall be a separate nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The
account may contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. The
moneys in said account shall be allocated to a grant program administered by the Connecticut Humanities Council*, to provide funds for local institutions in the humanities,
including but not limited to, libraries, museums and historical and cultural societies and
associations. No such grant for technical assistance shall exceed ten thousand dollars, no
such grant for planning or professional development shall exceed twenty-five thousand
dollars, and no such grant for implementation shall exceed one hundred fifty thousand
dollars. Each grant under this section shall be matched equally by the local institution,
through an in-kind contribution, monetary contribution, or any combination of an in-
kind or monetary contribution. In the case of an implementation grant in the amount of
five thousand dollars or more, but less than twenty-five thousand dollars, at least twenty-
five per cent of the matching contribution by the local institution shall be from private
sources. In the case of an implementation grant in the amount of twenty-five thousand
dollars or more, at least fifty per cent of the matching contribution by the local institution
shall be from private sources. The council* shall report to the joint standing committees
of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and
the Department of Economic and Community Development in December of each year
concerning the grants made under the program and their purposes.
(P.A. 95-347, S. 2, 6; P.A. 96-154, S. 1, 2.)
*Note: The Connecticut Humanities Council is the state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
History: P.A. 95-347 effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-154 repealed requirement that moneys in cultural heritage development account be allocated to grant program established under Sec. 10-373aa and established provisions for a grant program
for such moneys, effective May 31, 1996.
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