Conference Committee Releases Budget
The Conference Committee Budget was released last night (July 7), around 8 p.m.
The Conference Committee has released the budget in two bills:
https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/House/H3650
https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/House/H3651
Today, both the House and Senate will vote on it. If they approve it, the budget then goes to the Governor.
https://malegislature.gov/Budget/Process
The released budget did not contain any changes to the Film Tax Credit.
The MCC was funded at $14,160,000.
Massachusetts Cultural Council.
0640-0300 For the services and operations of the council, including grants to or
contracts with public and nonpublic entities; provided, that the council
may expend the amounts appropriated in this item for the purposes of
the council as provided in sections 52 to 58, inclusive, of chapter 10 of
the General Laws; provided further, that 25 per cent of the amount
appropriated in this item shall be transferred quarterly from the State
Lottery and Gaming Fund to the General Fund; provided further, that a
person employed under this item shall be considered an employee within
the meaning of section 1 of chapter 150E of the General Laws and shall
be placed in the appropriate bargaining unit; provided further, that not
less than $60,000 shall be expended on the Cogswell school building for
execution of the feasibility study requirements for the Cogswell school
project in the Bradford section of the city of Haverhill; and provided
further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Playwright
Mentoring Project at Barrington Stage Company, Inc. in the city of
Pittsfield ………………………………………………………………………………………………$14,160,000
The outside section for percent for public art is in the budget:
(Note this is only part of this section)
SECTION 28. Chapter 7C of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following
Section 73. (a) There shall be a Massachusetts percent for art program, or MPAP, to be
administered by the public art commission established in subsection (c). The MPAP shall
provide for the creation and preservation of existing public art in the city of Boston and
municipalities designated as gateway municipalities under section 3A of chapter 23A. Under
this program, if construction or substantial renovation of state-owned buildings and properties is
undertaken, a minimum of 0.5 per cent of the cost of that construction or substantial renovation,
not to exceed $250,000, shall be dedicated to the preservation of existing public art and the
creation of new public art.
MALC is still going through the budget to report on all the line items we are following:
Stay tuned!