Connecticut 2011 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00113 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/11/2011

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 113
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 365
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
Introduced by:
SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 113 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 365

Referred to Committee on Appropriations 

Introduced by:

SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING STATE FUNDING FOR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to prohibit line item appropriations in the state budget for arts organizations and to require that all state funding for such organizations be done by a competitive process through the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism.

Statement of Purpose: 

To require that state funding for arts organizations be competitive so that all such organizations have the same opportunity to apply for funding.