LCO No. 3005 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6806 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 3005 Referred to Committee on COMMERCE Introduced by: REP. PALM, 36th Dist. AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CONNECTICUT CULTURAL FACILITIES FUND. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to establish a Connecticut 1 Cultural Facilities Fund to provide grants to small and mid-sized 2 cultural facilities in the state, all state funding for which will be 3 matched by private funds on a sliding scale based on grant amount. 4 Statement of Purpose: To bolster the long-term viability of small and mid-sized cultural facilities in the state by providing an alternative to the traditional bonding process through the Connecticut Cultural Facilities Fund.