LCO No. 2310 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5498 January Session, 2025 LCO No. 2310 Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS Introduced by: REP. CARNEY, 23 rd Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR THE PERFORMING THEATERS GRANT. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That (1) the sum of ____ dollars be appropriated to the Department 1 of Economic and Community Development, from the General Fund, for 2 the fiscal years ending June 30, 2026, June 30, 2027, and each fiscal year 3 thereafter, for the "Performing Theaters Grant" line item, and (2) 4 recipients of funding in said line item include The Katherine Hepburn 5 Cultural Arts Center, the New Haven Center for Performing Arts and 6 the Fairfield Theater Company. 7 Statement of Purpose: To expand the list of recipients of the Performing Theaters Grant and appropriate additional funding for such grant.